22 minutes ago, legone3 said:

I don't know why Technic is not popular than it is now. IMO it's way more interesting than normal studded Lego.

I agree  

31 minutes ago, legone3 said:

I don't know why Technic is not popular than it is now. IMO it's way more interesting than normal studded Lego.

I'll throw out a counter argument, for the sake of conversation. I don't like it, because it's not relaxing. I do LEGO for a hobby, and to unwind. Technic does the opposite to me. It winds me up. I agree that it is SUPER rewarding when you are done. The stuff is cool to display. But in the end, I just don't enjoy the build. The biggest I have done is the MKII, and it truly is agonizing when something does't line up, and you have to back-track 1 hour to fix it. That is not an exaggeration. It can take an hour to fix something in the center of a complex mechanism. To me, that sort of thing just makes it stressful. The last point which is minor to me, is that I didn't do technic growing up. Some of the joy I get from LEGO are memories from my childhood, and technic just wasn't a part of it. 

Same. Then came home and had a 15% off TRU coupon in my email. Sucks bec TRU is 25 min away.

That sucks. I always worry at this events that I'll get home and the kids won't have gotten all the pieces. I'm about 20 minutes away from mine.

My problem today was that I spent my rewards bucks on something yesterday and found something else today (different TRU) that I'd rather have.

That sucks. I always worry at this events that I'll get home and the kids won't have gotten all the pieces. I'm about 20 minutes away from mine.

My problem today was that I spent my rewards bucks on something yesterday and found something else today (different TRU) that I'd rather have.

New thread idea...what did you regret buying because you found something better almost immediately?

New thread idea...what did you regret buying because you found something better almost immediately?

For my wife it would be shoes, but she'll buy the other pair anyway.

We did the Nexo Knights build at TRU today. TRU employee was very enthusiastic. No joke, to get the little booklet/cards, you had to finish the build and then yell "huzzah" loudly. 

Nice free little build, my son was excited for the sword alone.

That's pretty funny.  We get so many people at our builds they don't even set up tables for doing the build.  They just have us bag them up and go home.

13 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

That's pretty funny.  We get so many people at our builds they don't even set up tables for doing the build.  They just have us bag them up and go home.

"Welcome to Toys R Us, now grab your s**t and get out! ...Oh, have a nice day!"

3 hours ago, thegooch49 said:

I'll throw out a counter argument, for the sake of conversation. I don't like it, because it's not relaxing. I do LEGO for a hobby, and to unwind. Technic does the opposite to me. It winds me up. I agree that it is SUPER rewarding when you are done. The stuff is cool to display. But in the end, I just don't enjoy the build. The biggest I have done is the MKII, and it truly is agonizing when something does't line up, and you have to back-track 1 hour to fix it. That is not an exaggeration. It can take an hour to fix something in the center of a complex mechanism. To me, that sort of thing just makes it stressful. The last point which is minor to me, is that I didn't do technic growing up. Some of the joy I get from LEGO are memories from my childhood, and technic just wasn't a part of it. 

Valid points. I didn’t think of that.

Classic Batman Batcave - loved it.  The batmobile and minifigs shine, and the rest is great too.  I hope to do a review of the build shortly.

5 minutes ago, Quacs said:

Classic Batman Batcave - loved it.  The batmobile and minifigs shine, and the rest is great too.  I hope to do a review of the build shortly.

Come on man what people really want is a build review of the new UCS hoth set.

2 minutes ago, stephen_rockefeller said:

Come on man what people really want is a build review of the new UCS hoth set.

Fortunately for everyone, I will neither be buying AOH or reviewing it.

 

2 minutes ago, Quacs said:

Fortunately for everyone, I will neither be buying AOH or reviewing it.

 

Lame sauce!

48 minutes ago, Quacs said:

Fortunately for everyone, I will neither be buying AOH or reviewing it.

 

AOH huh? In my head that sounds like "Eh-Oh" ...heh.

14 minutes ago, gregpj said:

AOH huh? In my head that sounds like "Eh-Oh" ...heh.

For me it's more like "oy".

7 hours ago, gregpj said:

AOH huh? In my head that sounds like "Eh-Oh" ...heh.

 

Built this earlier in the week over a couple day time frame...it's several images blended for different focal points It was a fun build.

Went back to a few of my classic Space sets

And built a few Modulars to finish my city block. I need to build a few more and will build my third green grocer next, but this time mirrorred. Should be an interesting build.

21 hours ago, Dr. Brick said:

And built a few Modulars to finish my city block. I need to build a few more and will build my third green grocer next, but this time mirrorred. Should be an interesting build.

This is awesome!

21 hours ago, Dr. Brick said:

And built a few Modulars to finish my city block. I need to build a few more and will build my third green grocer next, but this time mirrorred. Should be an interesting build.

I like the idea of having a pedestrian street between these buildings! Gives it a very European feel .... Well done!

3 hours ago, Phil B said:

I like the idea of having a pedestrian street between these buildings! Gives it a very European feel .... Well done!

Exactly what I was going for! Car free pedestrian walkway

I will add some 200 minifigures to this to give it a 'busy' street feel like the 'Kalverstraat' in Amsterdam

11 minutes ago, Dr. Brick said:

Exactly what I was going for! Car free pedestrian walkway

I will add some 200 minifigures to this to give it a 'busy' street feel like the 'Kalverstraat' in Amsterdam

Finally a use for the Thief minifigure as the obligatory pickpocket

Today I managed to finish building the Grand Emporium. For the photo I placed it between 10246 and 41101 which were built in the past two weeks.

Some people complain about the built being repetitious but I didn't mind that. What I did find noticeable when I opened the bags was the absence of a brick seperatator as Its regular inclusion in bigger sets is something one gets accustomed to with time.

I still have a second GE to realize an extension of this modular building at some point. The parts of two GEs might not be enough though.

 

 

Edited February 22, 20169 yr by Brian Briggs

Built my first Architecture set tonight with my daughter...thanks redghostx for pointing me to a great deal on four Architecture sets on eBay!