Be Excellent To Each Other

Man. That guy has standards

It's a bit snobby, to be honest.

The comments are worse.

I didn’t find the article snobby, so much. The guy must have some kind of background in injection moulding plastics to know so many technical details, so I think he’s actively looking and finding flaws that others would shrug ‘oh well’ at, but which he is examining in such a way that makes him seem like he’s looking down his nose at every component. I think, though, for a Lego fan site it’s surprisingly more balanced than maybe expected, especially silly as the author would be walking a fine line because it was always going to upset some people and there’d be pressure not to be seen to endorse the Off-brand.

Some of those comments are ridiculous, though.

I quite enjoyed reading that article. Our oldest has just got into Lego in a big way, which is great. This Christmas I spent hours building the batmobile and some Ninjago airship thing.

Lady T also bought a big box of cheapo bricks (not Lego, but '100% compatible' according to the box). Ouch, that stuff has really sharp edges and is ridiculously hard to separate, even with a tool from the genuine Lego set.

I want that Lego model of the Saturn V...... to replace the 'airfix style' one that I had as a kid and is long, long gone.

I think I linked that article earlier, or at least read it. I agree he wasn't snobby, just genuinely pointing out the differences. I have a lot to do with injection moulding both through work and hobbies so it's kind of interesting to me:)


Never ever ever read comments on anything. Good rule to live by and stay happy.

I don’t usually read the comments, but I went back curious because of what Grim... had said.

Same for me, I've bought a lot of the figures from China, they are fine and nice and cheap.

Also, Lego doesn't really do figures outside of sets, you can use Brick Link or similar, but if what you want is "rare" you pay a bomb for it. If you're prepared to wait for delivery the figures are 50-60p each from China.

For Christmas, I bought him all genuine retired sites from Ebay, got them 2nd hand but complete with a box, was very surprised how well packaged they were. I got Palpatine's Arrest (or the Emperors Office as he calls it) and the Emperors shuttle.

Recently I've bought some none Lego bricks, around 4KG of 2X4 and 2X8 blocks, these are great as they are encouraging him to use his imagination and we do things together.

Not got any Chinese Lego sets as yet, probably will get Jabba's sail barge, not until Easter though he has enough Lego for now!

Wilkinsons/Wilko/whatever they’ve branded it now sell off-brand Lego, and it’s cheap and well made. They have some sets for kids and the like, but they also have a brick pick n mix station where you pay fir a tub and fill it with whichever bricks you fancy. They also sell base plates very cheaply, all great for imaginative building Ng or if you want to build a structure to mount things on in a frame, for example.

Ok thanks for that Think there is one of those in Camberley, will have a look

It’s complete.

That looks ace! Can't wait for my X-Wing to turn up now. I might do some sort of lights mod for it too.

Omg it lights up!! Haha!

It looks ace.

The LED strip and battery pack cost 4 quid from eBay and makes a huge difference.

Oh, that didn’t come with it? I think it looks super!

looks amazing...

Tesco seem to be selling off some stuff at the moment. Picked up an Eclipse Fighter for £24, which seems a pretty good deal.

I have a y-wing to build

That Falcon’s beautiful. If I had the money....

That said can’t complain. I got a detective agency for Xmas. It’s basically a Doll’s House and it’s amazing. Best Lego I’ve ever built.

Just seen this on AliExpress, they are charging £20 more than the collectors Millennium Falcon and its got 6200 pieces

Did Lego every release this as a set??

Nope, they got the plans from here.

https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-0694/A ... destroyer/

Some more interesting sets here.

https://www.shoplepin.com/starwars?

Also, they are cheaper in most cases that AliExpress and take PayPal

Done my first order from AliExpress last week, mostly figures looks ok so far have updates and tracking info

My X-Wing is coming Monday apparently, which is pretty damn quick considering that "Irene" from Aliexpress only messaged me to confirm my postcode last Friday.

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What did that cost you? Been keeping away from anything over £30 to avoid customs charges

£50. Customs don't know the value of anything unless it's written on the package. There's always a chance but in my experience it's a fairly small one.

Ah ok so they deal with it like that, was wanting to get some bigger models but not so great if you get hit with 20% plus post office charges.

Made a start on the X-Wing today. Everything seems fine so far with the bricks grouped together with similar types so whilst finding the parts for each step requires a bit of zen it stops short of being annoying like some mental jigsaw and remains enjoyable. Our 4 year old daughter is pretty good at popping the pieces together once I've found them all however at this current rate of progress it will take several weeks. Although I expect that she'll get bored after a few more sessions and let me do some by myself.

Well they sometimes open things up but it seems not to be that frequent.

Finally got the Lego Jabba and Rancor.

Had to build a pit and area for Jabba without delay

These are the sets we got for Christmas, pretty impressed how much care my son shows these.

Bits come off during play but he always comes to me and asks me to fix them

We've been steadily chipping away at Red 5. Ace fun to do, it'll be a decent size when it's finished too!

Aw, you’re so cute. You look younger without the beard.

Thanks! I think holding the very large Lego model probably makes me look a bit smaller/younger too.

The Lepin Star Plan X-Wing is complete:



"May the power be with you"

Couple more:




Everything fitted perfectly, no missing parts but a few extras. I'm fucked if I'd ever spend £200+ on something like this but for £50 it was well worth it.

Sweet.

Much bigger than I thought it would be.

I think I have the older version of that in Lego.. it is huge

Good to know, I have an order from AliExpress thats arrived just a small set to try out, I've always just bought figures from them.

If this is OK I'm getting a bigger 800 piece model next, probaly the Sith Infiltrator, then the moterised AT-AT Walker after that.

I got some new Lego for my birthday, I've been building it for a couple of hours over the last two nights, should finish it tomorrow I think. Below are the buildings I have finished, along with my Technic bucket wheel excavator.

I love doing them, can't wait for them to release more! The diner, which is the latest one and the one I'm building now is amazing, the detail and inventiveness is incredible.

Oh, that’s a thing of beauty.

The set I got from you splits into two individual townhouse sized buildings or I'd never have got them all on the shelf! I don't know how I'm going to squeeze the diner in there.

I only bought the shelves last week so not the best planning!

Superb new Lego there, Flis!

Cat on a hot tin roof?

Yep, it's handy there. I've got mine in two halves stood on the speakers in the lounge. I've still not built any of the others I own.

How? That is an inhuman response to Lego ownership!!

What can I say.

Is that a pile of Amiga games in the background?

Yep, there’s a few more boxes out of shot.

So you took pictures of the Lego but not the Amiga games? Man... You're cold.

I posted pics of the Lego, but not the games stuff. I’d definitely taken them.