Two of our more popular threads are "What LEGO set(s) did you buy today?" and "What LEGO set(s) did you sell today?" These threads are filled with great information. But we all know LEGO bricks are about "building" LEGO sets and models, so why shouldn't we talk about it on this site as well? I mean, many LEGO sets that are fantastic builds are also investment winners, so why shouldn't people share some of their experiences of build and set quality that might affect LEGO set values, either positively or negatively? Let us know what you built today and your overall thoughts on the set. Don't forget to leave more in depth reviews in our LEGO SET REVIEWS section...

Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

Welcome to the Hidden Side . Went from having one set in the theme to all of them over the last two weeks, just because they look cool . Built my first one , nice little set and the interactive is a cool touch though probably won’t lose too much sleep if I don’t play it. 
 

Bought and built this Bonsai Tree set with my son today. Nice-looking, and if you don't already know, the pink flower pieces are previously designed as a frog.

Was surprised how cool this Architecture White House 21054 was to build. Also nice how the set fits into the box when storing.

I did one minor change. The included transparent antenna looked dumb as a water fountain so I used a trans blue element from some Marvel set.

Bought and built this Bonsai Tree set with my son today. Nice-looking, and if you don't already know, the pink flower pieces are previously designed as a frog.

I really like it. Has anyone built the bouquet yet? 

Round 2 bulk buy. This is 14 sets since Friday, gonna have to take a break before I tackle the large sets. The Scooby sets were fun but these felt like work, esp Bennys. Next up is Voltron, Sea Cow, and Destinys Bounty 

 

I built Pirates of Barracuda Bay. Haven’t built a lego set in a while. I used the iPad app and only issue was the Technic rods are not the same size as pictured like in the printed instructions. Also, there were two minor mistakes in the instructions not sure if they are wrong on the printed version. Other observations seems like there are less spare parts then in years past and some of the small gold window screen elements didn’t have that snap tight fit. Looks like it would be a great play set lots of places for minifigs may have to populate it with my pirates chess set, but will probably do the ship conversion first. 

I built this Stranger Things set over the past few evenings. I enjoyed building the first half but the second half was a little repetitive (obviously!). The finished set looks great though. 

Grabbed this random lot on Mercari a few months ago because it had a few large Fantasy Castle trolls in it. Finally opened it up this weekend.

Ended up being at least 99% complete 7097 Troll's Mountain Fortress. 2 year old ran off with the horse

 

2 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

Grabbed this random lot on Mercari a few months ago because it had a few large Fantasy Castle trolls in it. Finally opened it up this weekend.

Ended up being at least 99% complete 7097 Troll's Mountain Fortress. 2 year old ran off with the horse

 

Nice, the two troll big figs already cover the cost of the set. One thing I really dislike about the old sets is that the colors on the paper/pdf manuals are damn hard to read.

17 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

Wow....is that a tape player?!?

38 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

Wow....is that a tape player?!?

LMAO! Yes, that is an old Realistic receiver purchased from Radio Shack in the early 80's for around $120.  It replaced an aging Scott tube amp from the 50's, my dad's I am not that old, that if I kept and restored would be worth thousands of dollars. Although vintage audio is in that is not why I am using it and I haven't tried the tape deck.  I use it for the "MONO" switch for when I play my mono records as my current Marantz amplifier does not have mono capabilities. It really brings the albums to life and you get that "in your room sound". Plus the market for these records is amazing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CHET-BAKER-Sings-PACIFIC-JAZZ-RECORDS-PJ-1222-US-1956-DG-MONO-Russ-Freeman/313360917830?hash=item48f5c42546:g:Z38AAOSwafBf6Xn~

The kids and I finished up the 7163 Republic Gunship.  Another fun build...I like all of the Gunship builds so I am excited about the UCS version that is soon to be released.  This was another build from our FM Marketplace haul...Next up: The Death Star 2 10143 and UCS Star Destroyer 10030.  

Comp pic with the 75021 version:

The kids and I finished up the 7163 Republic Gunship.  Another fun build...I like all of the Gunship builds so I am excited about the UCS version that is soon to be released.  This was another build from our FM Marketplace haul...Next up: The Death Star 2 10143 and UCS Star Destroyer 10030.  
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Comp pic with the 75021 version:
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10030.

Ugh.

So much repetition. So much grebbling. SO. MUCH. GREBBLING.

After building that set I discovered I just can’t get into 3000+ sets. Just too much work.

21 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

10030.

Ugh.

So much repetition. So much grebbling. SO. MUCH. GREBBLING.

After building that set I discovered I just can’t get into 3000+ sets. Just too much work.

feel you.  We are on month 8 of the UCS MILF.  Once we hit greebling progress hit slower than snail's pace (made 1000x worse being a used set)

I've been building 21034 - London the last few days.  Here are the builds in my style of stop motion: 

1. National Gallery: 

 

2. Nelson's Column https://www.tiktok.com/@bradtrainer/video/6915752258030292230

 

3. London Eye https://www.tiktok.com/@bradtrainer/video/6916104137897807109

 

4. Big Ben / Westminster https://www.tiktok.com/@bradtrainer/video/6916489683002313989

 

 

I built this Stranger Things set over the past few evenings. I enjoyed building the first half but the second half was a little repetitive (obviously!). The finished set looks great though. 
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Mine kept following apart. Ended up returning it. Ugh.

3 hours ago, jaisonline said:

Mine kept following apart. Ended up returning it. Ugh.

Ugh, that sucks. Yeah it is definitely fragile and the roof keeps coming apart. Putting the trees in to hold it all together was also frustrating as a bunch of pieces kept popping off in all directions! Hopefully mine will hold together but it is definitely not sturdy.

10030.

Ugh.

So much repetition. So much grebbling. SO. MUCH. GREBBLING.

After building that set I discovered I just can’t get into 3000+ sets. Just too much work.

Agreed, 10030 was the worst building experience I've ever had. And yes, mine was a used set, so digging through all the light gray to find each piece was even less fun.

Agreed, 10030 was the worst building experience I've ever had. And yes, mine was a used set, so digging through all the light gray to find each piece was even less fun.

Mine was also used. I spent hours sorting those pieces. I had a system of buckets so I had a general idea where everything was as I was building. I became a bit of a machine.

It helped that i inventoried the set beforehand, and had to get some missing parts (maybe 50 or so?). Nothing expensive. Still best return I ever had, buying for $100 (maybe $110 after missing parts) and selling for $900.

I have 10030 waiting to be built in the basement.  I was going to build it after I built Death Star II, but after building that one I was scared away from spending all day staring at another sea of gray.  And now I'm reminded that I haven't fully recovered enough to attempt to build 10030.

Mine was also used. I spent hours sorting those pieces. I had a system of buckets so I had a general idea where everything was as I was building. I became a bit of a machine.

It helped that i inventoried the set beforehand, and had to get some missing parts (maybe 50 or so?). Nothing expensive. Still best return I ever had, buying for $100 (maybe $110 after missing parts) and selling for $900.

You sold a used 10030 for $900?!

You sold a used 10030 for $900?!

This was a few years ago. The height of 10030 being long since retired, and the new one not even a glimmer in LEGO’s eye.

New 10030s were going for twice that.

Someone check me if I’m wrong. But that’s what I remember.

This was a few years ago. The height of 10030 being long since retired, and the new one not even a glimmer in LEGO’s eye.

New 10030s were going for twice that.

Someone check me if I’m wrong. But that’s what I remember.

Okay just checked my sheets. My bad - sold for $850 on eBay April 2017. I bought in Feb 2015.

Bulk buy final round. Sea Cow is crazy, love that set. Think I'm good on building for a couple months. 

What an insane haul, and an insane amount of building.

Sea Cow is a favorite of mine. Always disappointed that it didn’t do better post EOL.