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Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

Wort becoming an official set (and I mean it in a good way). Consider lego ideas maybe.

Love the roller coaster - don't think it will fly with ideas though. As far as I'm aware you are limited to parts that are moulded by TLG

Couple more 10030 pics. Had my first major issue tonight - missing a 1x3 Left Wedge Plate. Lucky for me, I had hit a 99 Cent Store and bought a lone Gmili Fun Pack that had that part in it. I only bought it for the minifig anyway, so no big loss there.

Couple more 10030 pics. Had my first major issue tonight - missing a 1x3 Left Wedge Plate. Lucky for me, I had hit a 99 Cent Store and bought a lone Gmili Fun Pack that had that part in it. I only bought it for the minifig anyway, so no big

Dimensions to the rescue!

16 hours ago, Lordoflego said:

Wort becoming an official set (and I mean it in a good way). Consider lego ideas maybe.

It is not my own design. Brick Coaster has a website with different "coaster" type setups and track for purchase. I believe they are out of Massachusetts and they manufacture their own tracks. I just Bricklink'd my own pieces for the build and modified the setup that I had with the power functions to get a working lift hill. 

Bought from eBay. Was told only 2 pieces were missing but 7 more were too so there are a few loose spots until replacements come in.

This set had a few brittle pieces that broke as well. Both of Sebulba's arms snapped very easily, which I was quite annoyed about!

Could improper storage lead to becoming brittle? Or are these parts always this fragile

Rainy day today, so I built book-1 (bags 1 to 4) of X-Wing 10240. Pretty happy so far.

Edited January 30, 20179 yr by eliminator

My daughter and I finished up the UCS R2-D2 that we picked up on eBay for $89+ a few bucks for the missing pieces.  I have to say, it looks great!  It was tough for my daughter to tell the difference between the two blue colors in the instruction book because they look so similar, so I think she ended up with a couple of 1x3 blue pieces switched around, but not really noticeable.  After no UCS builds in the past we have done two in January and are hooked!  

Up next is the UCS Imperial AT-ST 10174 that my son and I are going to build.  We picked up used/complete (other than the box) on eBay last week for $130 shipped, which I figured is worth it for the build.

Finished building Batcave Break-In 70909. The actual batcave build isn't too bad. The boat, vehicle and some of the minifigures are more interesting though. Still the batcave functions well as play set.  

After seeing some of the recent posts I've been itching to build one of my Exclusives I have tucked away.Big Ben is the one I have my eye on at the moment,had to build a little piddlin Spider-man Super Jumper set earlier to stop the cravings.

23 minutes ago, Slatesbin said:

After seeing some of the recent posts I've been itching to build one of my Exclusives I have tucked away.Big Ben is the one I have my eye on at the moment,had to build a little piddlin Spider-man Super Jumper set earlier to stop the cravings.

Every one that's built makes my MISB ones worth a fraction of a penny more...

Do it !

Do it NOW !!!

Pardon the dusty Batmobile please. The Joker's Lowrider is even larger than I thought. I thought it would look nice next to the Movie Ice Cream Truck but its so much longer. Its even longer than the (Burtonesque) Batmobile 76035. While I agree with most of you that $50 is very overpriced its a great car build. Wonder how it looks next to the Ecto 1?

 

Edited January 31, 20178 yr by ponderingzissou
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10030 update. Page 175 completed. I've been sick so I haven't worked much on it.

Moved from the superstructure to the bridge.

On ‎2‎/‎1‎/‎2017 at 2:29 AM, Alpinemaps said:

10030 update. Page 175 completed. I've been sick so I haven't worked much on it.

Moved from the superstructure to the bridge.
 

Slacker. People like you that take sets like that for granted make me sick. 

On 30/01/2017 at 0:14 AM, eliminator said:

Rainy day today, so I built book-1 (bags 1 to 4) of X-Wing 10240. Pretty happy so far.

After visiting my climbing partners house, who is also an AFOL, and seeing his original UCS x-wing 7191, I decided to build 10240. Loved the build, although the back was a bit weak during the first few stages. Can't say I love stickers much but did get the canopy on straight. Think my biggest trouble is that I can't stop until I finish a build. Was in bed at 3am, back up for work at 7...

Last night I built the first and second stories of the Sand Blue Grocer.

32 minutes ago, jkris53406 said:

Last night I built the first and second stories of the Sand Blue Grocer.

Would you share a picture??

On ‎1‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 4:34 AM, Alpinemaps said:

Another 10030 update. Built the other half of the bottom. Probably faster since it's a mirror image from the day before.

104 out of 225 pages complete.

 

Makes me wonder if Lego would ever consider filling out the interior on their earlier UCS sets like this and the Falcon.

PS, thanks for sharing the build progress. Really enjoy seeing these on sets I've never built.

10 hours ago, California92563 said:

Slacker. People like you that take sets like that for granted make me sick. 

Is it ok that I currently have on display a Big Ben where only bags 1 and 2 are completed.  It has been this way for almost 3 weeks now

15 minutes ago, redghostx said:

Is it ok that I currently have on display a Big Ben where only bags 1 and 2 are completed.  It has been this way for almost 3 weeks now

Your name isn't @Alpinemaps so I'll let it slide  

Hi all, today I picked up my daughter from school after a muddy mountainbike ride. We build Lego all afternoon. She was building the Heartlake Friends Cupcake Cafe while I cut the seals of the 75140 Resistance Troop Transporter. Great quality time!

I was amazed by the building process of 75140, what a magnificent set. Well designed and it looks awesome. The set is bigger than I expected and it feels really solid. Despite the stickers I absolutely enjoyed every moment of this build. And Princess Leia is special, great minifig.

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This... I thought the L*pin is known for such QC miserable failures.

23 hours ago, Shewie said:

This... I thought the L*pin is known for such QC miserable failures.
 

Lol. I assume you're talking about the spacing issue? When it gets mounted onto the superstructure, it mounts at an angle. So the two sections separate even more.

 

For some reason I could not upload straight from my phone. But here are some pics. I will finish it off this weekend and load more pics.

Hello all.  I'm still new to the hobby, so I'm playing catch up.  I started with Star Wars and want to get into another theme eventually (maybe the City or Creator sets with actual buildings, not just partial buildings like that of 75139 Takodana).  I did pick up a good deal on 4 Batman sets (70909/70907/70906/66546), but debating of trading/selling versus building.  I think the UCS sets will be later down the road for me due to price for one set.  I'm currently holding out for 75054 and 75055 (they are my top two wants right now) if I can find a really great price locally.

All of my collection so far is the current/newish FA and RO (only 4 older sets: 75050/75049/75034/75094).

I recently finished 75105 and enjoyed it more than I thought that I would as I'm more into the Empire sets.

I did start building the 75050 B-wing last night (bags 1 and 2) with plans to either start 75104 or 75140 next.

Edited February 2, 20178 yr by Halfrig