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Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

40499 Santa's Sleigh

At-at

 

Edited December 25, 20214 yr by Gonkalin

Got this for (and built it with) my other half. 

Also I got one of those VIP GWP blankets. Surprisingly big and very soft. 

Found a Marvel Advent for $12.50 today and tried this challenge ... definitely something I'll do again!



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Finally got around to building the Blacksmith Shop I scored for 30% off a few months. I have to say that this was a very enjoyable build and will stay in my collection. The light brick gimmick is actually really cool.

40425 Nutcracker

1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said:

40425 Nutcracker

The similarity is uncanny.

View from the recliner in my man cave. Sounds a little weird but this is one of the AT-ATs best angles.  You really get a sense of scale and awesomeness 😎

 

Edited December 29, 20214 yr by Mathew

Lambo stickered up

Couple of Christmas builds. I particularly love the airship; it's very cleverly done.

Yay LEGO!

Finallllly got around to building one of these!

12 hours ago, redghostx said:

Couple of Christmas builds. I particularly love the airship; it's very cleverly done.

Yay LEGO!
 

I haven't picked up any of the Mario sets, but I'm tempted to get that airship.

15 minutes ago, eliminator said:

Finallllly got around to building one of these!

 

I love Assembly Square. It’s almost underrated. Jamie Berard did an amazing job putting so much detail into it. At $279 it’s a steal compared to the current $200 modulars.

56 minutes ago, Mathew said:

I love Assembly Square. It’s almost underrated. Jamie Berard did an amazing job putting so much detail into it. At $279 it’s a steal compared to the current $200 modulars.

Not to be the contrarian, the only thing I did not like about Assembly Square is the sorting of pieces. I posted this when I built it when it first came out that they should have had numbered bags 1-20 and for those that want a more challenging experience go ahead and open them all. Agreed that Jamie did an amazing job with it, but I still don’t want a GWP that has his name on it  

OBTW I think building that UCS AT-AT has been very therapeutic for you. Keep up the good work!

24 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Not to be the contrarian, the only thing I did not like about Assembly Square is the sorting of pieces. I posted this when I built it when it first came out that they should have had numbered bags 1-20 and for those that want a more challenging experience go ahead and open them all. Agreed that Jamie did an amazing job with it, but I still don’t want a GWP that has his name on it  

OBTW I think building that UCS AT-AT has been very therapeutic for you. Keep up the good work!

Tell me about it. 1-6 for that size of a set was a bit ridiculous. Also led to more pieces getting covered in dust since I left it out for weeks at a time between building sessions, lol.

8 minutes ago, minicoopers11 said:

Tell me about it. 1-6 for that size of a set was a bit ridiculous. Also led to more pieces getting covered in dust since I left it out for weeks at a time between building sessions, lol.

I don’t remember it being too much of a chore until bag 6. Medieval Market Village had 1600 pieces and no numbered bags. That was the second set I built as a AFOL and it was not fun sorting all the tiny pieces. 

33 minutes ago, Mathew said:

I don’t remember it being too much of a chore until bag 6. Medieval Market Village had 1600 pieces and no numbered bags. That was the second set I built as a AFOL and it was not fun sorting all the tiny pieces. 

Yeah, I may complain, but there is no valid comparison to the sets without numbered bags. I remember 10231 Shuttle Expedition being a bit fun in terms of sorting.

Didn't Tower Bridge have no numbered bags? I remember having thousands of pieces on my kitchen table for days over the holidays in 2010.

1 hour ago, eliminator said:

Didn't Tower Bridge have no numbered bags? I remember having thousands of pieces on my kitchen table for days over the holidays in 2010.

This is indeed correct. My sister and I built this over a weekend once though. Excellent team building set as you can each do a tower and not constantly get in each other’s way.

Almost done with this monstrosity. Motorized version for size comparison 

Wife surprised me with R2-D2. Not sure what I did to deserve this after the AT-AT but I’m thankful to have such a loving wife. 

Supra, good build but those horrendous translucent headlight stickers need to go. Look at the stickers lego uses in their pics. 

75321 The Razor Crest Microfighter