Topic: Lego

[rob1966]

Imagine there's a lot of money in R&D for the sets themselves also.

If you are into Lego, it looks like a great job, getting paid a load of cash to spend all day creating a Lego set. The latest set we've bought the lad is huge, almost 4ft long, the R&D for that must have been massive

[Red Beret]

I imagine most R&D now is all CAD based, so you have a lot of clever people working on sets. I imagine many of the larger kits have a lot of specialised, maybe even unique, parts - and the designers have to figure that kind of thing out.

My 1993 Supercar set has a couple of rare or unique pieces on it, and that's from a very different Lego age; where it was making the transition from getting the most from a set collection of standard parts, to something far more intricate and specialised.

[Riquende]

If you are into Lego, it looks like a great job, getting paid a load of cash to spend all day creating a Lego set. The latest set we've bought the lad is huge, almost 4ft long, the R&D for that must have been massive

Funnily enough on holidays in Italy the other month we were sat behind two couples on the ferry who were chatting to each other, this young British girl had mentioned she lived in Denmark but turned out she'd moved there as she was a designer for Lego Star Wars sets. She started listing the sets she'd created and some of the process, but the American girl she was talking to was way OTT and I couldn't stand it so just put headphones in.

Anyway I suppose for me, none of the stuff like branding adds any value, because that's not how Lego worked back in the day. I did buy a few of the early Star Wars sets at my first job but like everything else they all got broken up and put into 'the box' for use in later projects. Now, my boss tells me he has all the big collector Star Wars sets made up on a shelf in his office. Like, why? What's the point of just looking at Lego? I'd rather buy an Airfix-style kit for that, more realistic end product and much cheaper too.

So to summarise: Change is bad & things were much better when I was a kid. Now you can carry on listing discounts.

[Red Beret]

I buckled and got myself the Lego Titanic. I needed the challenge. The space shuttle was awesome but I was only able to make it last about 10 days. If I do a couple of bags per day with the Titanic, I could make it last well into New Year.

It's very intricate. From the look of things, it's essentially half a dozen smaller modules that fit together to make three main pieces that form the whole ship. Lots of tiny pieces, which I guess is inevitable for a model that's over 9000 pieces. Box is massive and weighs a ton as well.

[Chakan]

Do any of you watch lego masters? I really enjoy the show.

[afc tukrish]

Do any of you watch lego masters? I really enjoy the show.

Arteta's hairdresser has her own show?  Noice...

[Red Beret]

Took me three days and I think around seven bags, but this is what £100 worth of Lego Titanic looks like.



This piece alone is pretty damned big.

[Redwhiteandnotblue]

Took me three days and I think around seven bags, but this is what £100 worth of Lego Titanic looks like.



This piece alone is pretty damned big.

Does it come with Di Caprio and Winslet Lego men? Doesn't look like it would float to me

[Red Beret]

Does it come with Di Caprio and Winslet Lego men? Doesn't look like it would float to me

I was thinking of hanging a few Lego skeletons off the bow actually. But for the time being, I only have a clown.

[Redwhiteandnotblue]

I was thinking of hanging a few Lego skeletons off the bow actually. But for the time being, I only have a clown.

Good progress there - it looks amazing.

[Red Beret]

Good progress there - it looks amazing.

It's a great build. Like I said, each of the three sections is subdivided into two blocks, so it's six separate builds. It's going to be longer than my Lego Saturn V is tall, and a lot bulkier.

[BOBSCOUSE]

Argos have got 3 expensive items with discount - not sure if cheaper elsewhere

Example Harry Potter castle £410 to £328, Rob's Republic Gunship above is £276 from £345, Millennium Falcon from £735 down to £580

Bought this for my 24 year old son after he'd asked for the Concorde model (I knew which he would really have wanted) and managed to keep it from him.  The look on his face yesterday was absolutely priceless - it's a great feeling to be able to give such joy to a young man given he's at an age where the excitement of Christmas is not as it was.

Also told him we'll be moving house early in the new year so there's no point in him building it yet 

[Jm55]

Took me three days and I think around seven bags, but this is what £100 worth of Lego Titanic looks like.



This piece alone is pretty damned big.

Few late nights I take it?

[rob1966]

Youngest has finished his Venator.

We had to buy a coffee table to put it on, the table is almsot 4ft long and is 2 and a half feet wide.

[Ziltoid]

Excellent

[Red Beret]

Youngest has finished his Venator.

We had to buy a coffee table to put it on, the table is almsot 4ft long and is 2 and a half feet wide.

I feel your pain.

[stoa]

I've been hooked watching a German guy doing Lego (and other manufacturers) set reviews on Youtube. After going back an forth a bit, I've decided to see, if I actually like building this stuff, because I think a lot of the sets look pretty great. Not gone for Lego though as it seems it's rather overprieced. Looking forward to finding out whether I have the patience to build something and whether I get enjoyment out of it.

[Red Beret]

I've been hooked watching a German guy doing Lego (and other manufacturers) set reviews on Youtube. After going back an forth a bit, I've decided to see, if I actually like building this stuff, because I think a lot of the sets look pretty great. Not gone for Lego though as it seems it's rather overprieced. Looking forward to finding out whether I have the patience to build something and whether I get enjoyment out of it.

Avoid the Chinese knock off shit. A lot of their stuff is so tiny and intricate you need fucking tweezers to put it together.

[stoa]

Avoid the Chinese knock off shit. A lot of their stuff is so tiny and intricate you need fucking tweezers to put it together.

Yeah, I had a look at some of that stuff, but went for something that's compatible with Lego even if it's produced in China, but sold by a German company.

[stoa]

Building my first Lego set (Ghostbusters Ecto 1) and it's a fucking breeze after doing three other models from Bluebrixx. The latter ones don't have any separate steps when building with labelled bags with the parts needed for each step. You just get a shitload of bags with the same and similar parts in them (some only have one type of part, if the set uses a ton of them). They are somewhat separated in terms of when you need them during your build, but it's still mainly just a big mess fiddling with loads of small containers where I put my parts in and then finding the right ones. Really love it though.

So far, I've done the A-Team van and two modular buildings (a small medieval tavern and a more modern restaurant in an old half-timbered house). After I'm done with Ecto-1, I'm planning on buiding K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider. That would be three iconic cars from TV-series or movies I really love. Cars are also small enough, so I can keep them around in my flat. The two buildings while not having huge part counts (1700 and 3000) take up quite a bit of room. So, I might take them apart to store them. Really tempted to go for this after KITT: https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/bluebrixxspecials/102818/Blaustein-Castle-BlueBrixx-Special  It has 5000 pieces, but also three or four expansions with similiar piece-numbers. I'm still not sure though as it seems to be ridiculously big...