LEGO Therapy

[kmiller8]

Thanks to my Secret Santa, I'm addicted to LEGOs...

I don't know how much I'm going to spend, but it scares me to think about it z.z

I mean... just look at this...




The amount of effort that went into designing the set, and writing the book alone, makes this such a beautiful piece of work.



I mean, when I was placing this part, I said "wtf is this even supposed to-OMG IT'S A COVERED WALKWAY" and now I'm going to collect the entire Architecture series ,____,

I just ordered set 21010 Robie House, that should be a blast to build.

[fourzeropooh]

I have tubs full of legos in my garage. 

[SpAmRaY]

Wow...such lego....much finger pains....

[kmiller8]

I have tubs full of legos in my garage. 

We have a tub somewhere with god knows how many. It's more the fact these are such beautiful and well designed sets. I can't resist their charm ;___;

http://architecture.lego.com/en-us/products/ <- more info
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Architecture-ByTheme <- resist the urge to buy

[kmiller8]

The more I look into the LEGO model, the more I notice it resembles the real thing

[rowdy]

The more I look into the LEGO model, the more I notice it resembles the real thing

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Within the limits of what Lego can do, that is extremely close!

[McWilloughby]

Ah Lego.. I've been eyeing up the architecture series for a while, very nice sets.

Have you heard of nanoblocks btw? A friend of mine got me this set for christmas:

[regack]

[missalaire]

[noisyturtle]

I got some Lego kit for my cousin and was blown away by how crazy expensive they are now. Used to be you bought a big bucket of Lego's and built things from your imagination, now you pay upwards of $50 for a handful of specific pieces to build some tiny licensed vehicle from a movie

[kmiller8]

I got some Lego kit for my cousin and was blown away by how crazy expensive they are now. Used to be you bought a big bucket of Lego's and built things from your imagination, now you pay upwards of $50 for a handful of specific pieces to build some tiny licensed vehicle from a movie

it's ok noisy, we're here for you.

[noisyturtle]

I got some Lego kit for my cousin and was blown away by how crazy expensive they are now. Used to be you bought a big bucket of Lego's and built things from your imagination, now you pay upwards of $50 for a handful of specific pieces to build some tiny licensed vehicle from a movie

it's ok noisy, we're here for you.

/brohug

[kmiller8]

IN OTHER NEWS, I WAS WONDERING WHY THE THING LOOKED LIKE THIS.



sure enough...

[regack]

IN OTHER NEWS, I WAS WONDERING WHY THE THING LOOKED LIKE THIS.

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sure enough...

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Ah ha, they left out the small bump in the roof just above that interconnecting passage/building area.   

Joking aside... I like how they managed to get the texture of the windows by using those grille/grate pieces below the smooth pieces of the roof... that's some attention to detail right there.

[tp4tissue]

IN OTHER NEWS, I WAS WONDERING WHY THE THING LOOKED LIKE THIS.

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sure enough...

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Ah ha, they left out the small bump in the roof just above that interconnecting passage/building area.   

Joking aside... I like how they managed to get the texture of the windows by using those grille/grate pieces below the smooth pieces of the roof... that's some attention to detail right there.

of course.. they're xperts.

[HoffmanMyster]

* HoffmanMyster drools.

Need to get me one of these sets.

[audioave10]

I've seen some amazing things built with Lego.

[domoaligato]

you can also print your own with your 3d printer....

[kmiller8]

you can also print your own with your 3d printer....

instructions unclear, printed a reference sheet



So yeah, I now have this in my wallet so I can go shopping locally or on eBay to tell how badly I'm getting ripped off x.x

[domoaligato]

http://leocad.org/trac

this is a good read about 3d printing legos +/-
http://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1241/is-it-possible-to-build-lego-bricks-with-a-makerbot-replicator-3d-print

[kmiller8]

http://leocad.org/trac

this is a good read about 3d printing legos +/-
http://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1241/is-it-possible-to-build-lego-bricks-with-a-makerbot-replicator-3d-print

From the stackexchange:
"The fit will likely never be as tight as real legos. Those are tough tolerances to match. Lego Corp are (i've heard) the masters of injection molded plastic"

That's one reason I don't want to waste time trying to print plastic building bricks that aren't compatible with anything except themselves, in which I should just print the entire model already assembled instead of in pieces.

I know it's possible, I just don't want to do it.

[domoaligato]

I collect legos also. Good luck in your search. It is never ending.

[kmiller8]

I collect legos also. Good luck in your search. It is never ending.

Thankfully the search is very ending with this handy list, speaking of which, another one checked off x.x

[HoffmanMyster]

I collect legos also. Good luck in your search. It is never ending.

Thankfully the search is very ending with this handy list, speaking of which, another one checked off x.x

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Next one should be 21005 Falling Water.   :cool:

[kmiller8]

Next one should be 21005 Falling Water.   

Next one will be whichever one I can find below MSRP )

[kmiller8]

[HoffmanMyster]

Wow.  That's so beautiful...

I'm glad you keep buying them and posting them here, it's great to see.

[rowdy]

I am familiar with the size of Lego (my daughter has heaps of it), but would you be able to post a shot with something of known size, like a keycap, for comparison please?

[kmiller8]

I am familiar with the size of Lego (my daughter has heaps of it), but would you be able to post a shot with something of known size, like a keycap, for comparison please?

keyboard for scale



They're pretty small tbh, especially for their extortionist price x.x

[rowdy]

I am familiar with the size of Lego (my daughter has heaps of it), but would you be able to post a shot with something of known size, like a keycap, for comparison please?

keyboard for scale

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They're pretty small tbh, especially for their extortionist price x.x

Thanks for that - pretty much as I expected.

It is great how closely they can model something using standard blocks that small.

But kinda like the Lego Minecraft - I would have been all over that if they use the standard sized figures as Steve, instead of a couple of 1x1 blocks.

[kmiller8]

aaaaand I'm taking a break, it's been ~2 hours, and I'm on step 100 of 141...

[regack]

Robie house is looking good there...  Now you just have to go to Chicago to see the real thing.

[SpAmRaY]

impressive

[kmiller8]

~4 hours of work OuO





Detachable roof







So many 1x1 towers and 2x1 bricklaying u.u



These were pretty cool





This was a PITA to align somewhat respectably



LOOKIT THE CUTE LIL PORCH



The Current Family



Oh also, another one X'd off



kthxenjoy Happy New Years #bedtime ;-;

[kmiller8]

Just ordered a few sets off the LEGO shop. I really wish they had more US based Vendors... I might go check out the local Toys-R-Us later.

[HoffmanMyster]

Woww.....that detail...

[vun]

I need to get me some of these, but they're so expensive :/

And my fingers are still sore after spending somewhere in the area of 12 hours assembling a 42009.

[kmiller8]

So I went to Toys-R-Us, their collection was both 1. Pitiful and 2. Overpriced. I grabbed the only two that were at MSRP while waiting for the other three sets to arrive in the mail.

Burj Khalifa is pretty pitiful of a model tbh...



The Opera House was pretty nice, albeit a little small

[Halverson]

So I went to Toys-R-Us, their collection was both 1. Pitiful and 2. Overpriced. I grabbed the only two that were at MSRP while waiting for the other three sets to arrive in the mail.

Burj Khalifa is pretty pitiful of a model tbh...

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The Opera House was pretty nice, albeit a little small

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You need the opera house set I saw the other day, looked amazing.

[kmiller8]

Tomorrow I'll build the White House.

[inteli722]

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Tomorrow I'll build the White House.

Leaning Tower of Pisa model actually leans.

Mind = Blown

Seriously, though, that's pretty cool.

[kmiller8]

[SpAmRaY]

^^ no surface to air missile turrets??

[rowdy]

Those cute little trees

[Melvang]

Wow I didn't know this thread was here.  Will have to get some pics uploaded of mine.

One of these days I will have to dig out this one I have in a box.  It is currently sitting in a massive state of disassembly due to moving twice since I built it the first time.  If I remember right it was about an 8 or 9 hour build but I really want that death star and the super star destroyer but they are both in the $400 range on the lego site.

[rowdy]

Wow I didn't know this thread was here.  Will have to get some pics uploaded of mine.

One of these days I will have to dig out this one I have in a box.  It is currently sitting in a massive state of disassembly due to moving twice since I built it the first time.  If I remember right it was about an 8 or 9 hour build but I really want that death star and the super star destroyer but they are both in the $400 range on the lego site.

That's kinda wow!

[kmiller8]

Wow I didn't know this thread was here.  Will have to get some pics uploaded of mine.

One of these days I will have to dig out this one I have in a box.  It is currently sitting in a massive state of disassembly due to moving twice since I built it the first time.  If I remember right it was about an 8 or 9 hour build but I really want that death star and the super star destroyer but they are both in the $400 range on the lego site.

 

Welcome to LEGO Therapy.

As for the $400 SSD and Death Star, just don't wait until they become retired, and triple in price

[kmiller8]

Built this today. #retired



unfortunately there was one piece wrong, so that'll need a replacement..

Here's the collection as it sits



And here's the collection + rest of shelf, empty and ready for MOAR LEGOS

[dragonxx21]

A while ago I posted a thread about Lego and which sets to get. For Christmas my brother generously offered to buy me a modest set (~$30) so I started off with a Lego Creator (31006) set simply because it seemed to be the best bang for your buck (pretty decent block to $ ratio and three different possible models), and come on... cars. Guys love cars. Afterwards I decided to dabble in Lego Starwars and picked up the AT-RT (75002) and then soon after bought Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter (9498). I'm actually possibly going out on Thursday to buy another set but I'm still debating what I will get. Right now I've been buying in store at Toys-R-Us but will probably try out bricklink in the near future.

Obligatory pictures of current collection + desk clutter

[atlas3686]

Wow I didn't know this thread was here.  Will have to get some pics uploaded of mine.

One of these days I will have to dig out this one I have in a box.  It is currently sitting in a massive state of disassembly due to moving twice since I built it the first time.  If I remember right it was about an 8 or 9 hour build but I really want that death star and the super star destroyer but they are both in the $400 range on the lego site.

 

Welcome to LEGO Therapy.

As for the $400 SSD and Death Star, just don't wait until they become retired, and triple in price

Inside scoop is they not making anymore so what's in the shops is the last of them or so I've heard.