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

I went on a harry potter buying spree last month or so and finally built them.  Yes, I do hoard them so I may buy the same sets over and over again.  

22 hours ago, eliminator said:

Tonight I sliced open 75052 Mos Eisley Cantina. Pretty cool set and surprised by its dismal investment performance thus far...

What's not to love? Iconic scene setting, 8 minifigs, landspeeder, dewback, and vaporator. I think it's a great set and will go nicely with other Tatooine related sets.

I have to agree, I just can't understand why this set is a dud, it can be purchased for as little as £10 above RRP!! It's Original Trilogy, includes a speeder, very rare minifigs all in one set!!! I had about 6 and ended splitting them all up, the dewback, sandtrooper, bith band and greedo make about £75 alone, a few of the other figs for about £6 each then the set I sold for £40.

 

Apologies for slight thread derail.

In January I picked up 6399: Airport Shuttle at an online estate sale. It was mostly complete minus baseplates (ouch!). I finally got it built tonight. It is a huge set and I can't imagine having room to permanently display it. Here are a few pictures. I need to order one more piece, clean it up, and get it sold!

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a video of the train in motion: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8NDKxiGRhy1UlRGWW9qSnpOeVE

13 hours ago, Baragon said:

In January I picked up 6399: Airport Shuttle at an online estate sale. It was mostly complete minus baseplates (ouch!). I finally got it built tonight. It is a huge set and I can't imagine having room to permanently display it. Here are a few pictures. I need to order one more piece, clean it up, and get it sold!

Here is a video of the train in motion: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8NDKxiGRhy1UlRGWW9qSnpOeVE

With everything still working, you made an awesome score (assuming you got a good deal). When selling, keep in mind that the real interest for this set is not on EBay or Amazon, but on Bricklink. BL average sale price for a used 6399 is $500+; EBay would get you $300-500 before fees.

With everything still working, you made an awesome score (assuming you got a good deal). When selling, keep in mind that the real interest for this set is not on EBay or Amazon, but on Bricklink. BL average sale price for a used 6399 is $500+; EBay would get you $300-500 before fees.

Thanks for the tip! It was a local estate sale with online bidding, so the competition wasn't too bad. Unfortunately that meant I couldn't tell the baseplates and a little track were missing. It is my first attempt at buying a used set to flip. With all the missing pieces I hard to order I'm all in for about $300.

Don't mind me, I'm definitely not the droid you're looking for.

Silent Mary. Definitely not for everyone. Starts out as a mostly technic build. The hull is nice to build versus just putting together 5 solid pieces with a few technic pins in 30 seconds will have to see if the display of it grows on me. It is not a mirror symmetrical build so there are differences between the two sides. There are also "missing" pieces to give it that ghost ship appearance I think the only one I may have to add is the gold post that is part of the front railing. Not a fan of the breakaway mast and will probably mod that to be a little taller and fixed. 

No pic today, but tomorrow.  I started building my first AT-AT (75054) last night.  This is the used one I got where they opened the first 5 bags and everything seems to be there so far.  Got the first two bags (most I've done with that many technics so far) completed.

To date, I've really only build Star Wars vehicles (2013 and newer with bulk being from 2015+), Batman Movie sets, a few Monster Fighters and a handful of other randoms since picking this up in December.

 

 

Saw this MOC somewhere on the web and thought it was great so decided to recreate it...

Cool little build

Update with progress on my first AT AT (used set).  So far only missing 3 pieces, but I had two of them in my extra parts.  

Edited May 23, 20178 yr by Halfrig

Until I put up some suitable shelving the only place I can display this is in my office. Anyway I've finished the fleet.

"Send the fleet to the far side of Endor.... there it will stay until called for"

 

Got through the first set of bags last night, took about an hour. Also got the town laid out to make room for the carnival. A few buildings will go into storage until I get a larger space but I should have room for all three of the carnival sets & a nice park setting. 

Carousel should be open for business Memorial day  

 

Greetings from germany.

Today i build the 6989 Mega Core Magnetizer Set from my childhood.

On ‎5‎/‎23‎/‎2017 at 9:09 AM, TheGallows said:

Until I put up some suitable shelving the only place I can display this is in my office. Anyway I've finished the fleet.

"Send the fleet to the far side of Endor.... there it will stay until called for"

You gonna use a tin-opener to get those Wall-e's out?

My youngest just built the 42052 Technic Heavy Lift Helicopter. Damn that thing is big! Interesting build with a lot of stickers! Now to find a place to display this monstrosity!

7 minutes ago, CrabslayerT said:

You gonna use a tin-opener to get those Wall-e's out?

Haha, theres a bit of space on the other side to tilt and release.

53 minutes ago, odysea11 said:

My youngest just built the 42052 Technic Heavy Lift Helicopter. Damn that thing is big! Interesting build with a lot of stickers! Now to find a place to display this monstrosity!

So did my son. Completed it a few hours ago. Nice machine, totally worth the money. The way the two turntables work to create the counterrotating blades is ingenious.

Through bag three. Love the build so far. Much closer to a technic set than a modular building. The rotation is smooth and ties in with the animal movement nicely. It's an excellent design. 

Ticket presale is open, line is down the block 

 

 

On ‎5‎/‎27‎/‎2017 at 0:46 PM, marcandre said:

Through bag three. Love the build so far. Much closer to a technic set than a modular building. The rotation is smooth and ties in with the animal movement nicely. It's an excellent design. 

Ticket presale is open, line is down the block 

careful!  i see tabby boy in the back waiting to cut in line.  i was wondering where he went:)

I just finished 8037 Anakin's Y-Wing. It is part of a large Star Wars lot I picked up a few months ago. This is the first build I haven't enjoyed since getting back into Lego. It was repetitive and I'm fairly confident that the engines will fall off if I look at it the wrong way!

My son finally finished off the Seacow. Our first ever ship and , I have to say , I'm very impressed. Love the colours and the ship design. So used to SW grey and black , it's great to see other colours in a set . Much bigger than I had imagined when the hull pieces were first put together.

I just finished 8037 Anakin's Y-Wing. It is part of a large Star Wars lot I picked up a few months ago. This is the first build I haven't enjoyed since getting back into Lego. It was repetitive and I'm fairly confident that the engines will fall off if I look at it the wrong way!

My son swooshes his all the time and it's fairly sturdy.

My son swooshes his all the time and it's fairly sturdy.

Your son is clearly a superior pilot. If I were building a fleet of these things, the Republic would have lost the Clone Wars!