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

6 hours ago, Yinchuan said:

6'4", 230. I am very curious about this one.  So, from an investor perspective, given price, build experience, displayability, shelf space, box size, storage space etc etc...would you consider this to be a "must have" set for future resale?  My initial thought is that this is a massive, overpriced kids play toy, but I have never seen a finished model in person so I can't say whether adults or comic book fanboys would be interested at such a high price.  I'll take your response off the air.

Here it is next to a Tumbler for scale...this thing is huge! I personally have one more sitting in inventory right now, and I feel pretty confident that this one will see some growth after retirement. Just not sure how much. It's definitely a great/challenging build. As @areyounormal mentioned, the interior could have had a bit more, but I'm perfectly happy with the exterior and that's what's being displayed anyways.

High MRP can be a turn off for a lot of buyers, but that also means this set won't be hoarded as much. We'll see how it goes.

Put together some more classics: 

918

 

 

and

6872

 

Came today, built today. Coin bank

Built the UN HQ today and it looks great. Think I might build Brandenburg gate tomorrow...

Received a Wall-E with a massive box dent earlier in the week so I decided to build it today.

Satisfying build and the final result is great. Not a set that I want to be left without when the time comes.

Received a Wall-E with a massive box dent earlier in the week so I decided to build it today.

Satisfying build and the final result is great. Not a set that I want to be left without when the time comes.

Going to motorise it with power functions for a bit of fun?

Before everyone in my house got up today...

On ‎1‎/‎23‎/‎2016 at 3:48 PM, midbenne said:

Built the UN HQ today and it looks great. Think I might build Brandenburg gate tomorrow...

Is giant batman menacing the UN or protecting it?

5 minutes ago, thoroakenfelder said:

Is giant batman menacing the UN or protecting it?

Protecting. It's too light in shot to be dark  

6 minutes ago, midbenne said:

Protecting. It's too light in shot to be dark  

I almost want to see Dinosaur suit guy, gorilla suit guy and wolfman climbing and smashing a skyscraper. RAMPAGE!

46 minutes ago, thoroakenfelder said:

I almost want to see Dinosaur suit guy, gorilla suit guy and wolfman climbing and smashing a skyscraper. RAMPAGE!

Somebody make this happen immediately and send pics. This will please me greatly.

38 minutes ago, mfortunek said:

Somebody make this happen immediately and send pics. This will please me greatly.

 

Totally awesome. Quadruple like. I haven't thought about this game in 15 years… I love it!

My 8 year daughter got for her birthday, and built, 41140 Daisy's Beauty Salon and 41142 Palace Pets Royal Castle.

Both are pretty cute.  She's still into Palace Pets, so it was a good pick from the friend that gave it to her.  The build wasn't overly challenging.  The usual bright colors that these lines seems to have.  But, as an 8 year old girl, she loves it.

2 hours ago, mfortunek said:

Somebody make this happen immediately and send pics. This will please me greatly.

actually found some real mocs

 

Today I built my first architecture set ever: Imperial Hotel.

The amount of pieces (almost 1200) in unnumbered bags was overwhelming at first, especially given that I only encountered sets with numbered bags since my return to Lego. The build itself was nice despite being fiddly at times. It's this high amount of small pieces though that allows for amazing detail for a model of this scale. The manual with additional information was informative, too.

All in all a highly recommended set I wouldn't want to miss in my collection.

My almost 4 year old son was dying to build something so we grabbed 30278 Poe's XWing polybag. I really liked it! So did he. I was pretty impressed that he built it pretty much with minimal help from me.

On ‎1‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 1:32 PM, brickcrazyhouse said:

actually found some real mocs

Oresome!

over the snowed-in long weekend, GF built White House, Trevi Fountain and Villa Savoye. I built the parrot from Rainforest Animals.  It poops!

26 minutes ago, brickcrazyhouse said:

over the snowed-in long weekend, GF built White House, Trevi Fountain and Villa Savoye. I built the parrot from Rainforest Animals.  It poops!

I love that little parrot! And the fly is such an adorably minimalist design.

This was a surreal experience a lot of enjoyment not so much from the build but from finally getting to build the CC.  I need a frog and some hair. Up next GG. 

Anakin's Custom Starfighter and First Order Snowspeeder. Reviews will be coming soon.

7783 The Batcave - phenomenal set, phenomenal figs.

Picked up a couple more series 15 CMF.

2 hours ago, Quacs said:

7783 The Batcave - phenomenal set, phenomenal figs.

I agree.  I bought this last year intending to sell it but I can't because It's a really beautiful piece and a nice rendition of the 1980s Batcave.