The LEGO thread

Matthewfalle
Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
edited September 2019 in The bottom bracket
Right,

Post your best Lego creations here.
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
smithy21 wrote:

He's right you know.
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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    Are we including Duplo? I built a great house last week with a garage, balcony and rooftop swimming pool 8)
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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Matthew mun, ya dinnae ken how tae dae it like!
  • Flâneur
    Flâneur Posts: 3,081
    I was too busy playing to take pictures.

    Guess this weekend will become a building weekend
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  • How long til someone tries to make a life size bike out of Lego just for the picture to post.....
  • mrfpb
    mrfpb Posts: 4,569
    I didn't do this one on my own, but:

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    I and two of my kids helped James May build this (along with 1,000 other volunteers) at Denbies vineyard (near Box Hill)
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    mrfpb wrote:
    I didn't do this one on my own, but:

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    I and two of my kids helped James May build this (along with 1,000 other volunteers) at Denbies vineyard (near Box Hill)
    That's going to be hard to beat. Boo, spoil sport.
    Pinno, מלך אידיוט וחרא מכונאי
  • step83
    step83 Posts: 4,170
    Yes! Couple of kits built at home ill snap them when I get back
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,233
    i used to have a small suitcase full of it when i was a kid, some inherited from older relatives, even had the revolutionary electric motor and train tracks :)

    long before the days when they started adding loads of special shapes
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    From the other thread, my Battle of Hoth:



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    And a few of my other sets - the Falcon is based on LEGO's own 10179 set, but I totally redid all the external details, built a different engine with LED lighting, extended and added lighting to the cockpit etc.

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    These are custom builds, I sourced all the parts and built them, but they're not my own design.

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  • Pretty cool stuff Norvern
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  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    Me and my son built this at Christmas, it's a collection of official sets with all the landscape done by us.

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    And just for scale, as nobody ever realises how big the Falcon is until they see it in person! This was before I modified it.

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  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    NorvernRob wrote:
    Me and my son built this at Christmas, it's a collection of official sets with all the landscape done by us.

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    And just for scale, as nobody ever realised how big the Falcon is until they see it in person! This was before I modified it.

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    Can you adopt me please. I'm fully house trained. I would say lucky son but I'm not sure how much of that he'd be allowed to play with :wink:
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  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    edited March 2017
    Did you mean building lego or building with lego? Ran out of bricks! :D

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  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Thread of the week!

    Excellent stuff NorvernRob, well worth the wait!
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    team47b wrote:
    Did you mean building lego or building with lego? Ran out of bricks! :D

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    Try fixing that roof with Lego :wink:
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    sungod wrote:
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    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • fat daddy
    fat daddy Posts: 2,605
    That falcon is just too big to play with .. you cant pick that up, run up the stairs making a "whraaaahowgh" noise, perform a hammer head at the top of the stairs and fly back down
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    seanoconn wrote:
    Mmmmm Lego porn. :D

    I spent most of Christmas building a Lego Indiana Jones Temple Escape for my son, complete with rolling stone ball, gold idol booby trap, spears shooting from walls, whip swing and closing door booby trap.

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    Of course it was smashed to bits soon after and has not been played with since. But I'm fine about it, honest :(
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • team47b
    team47b Posts: 6,425
    Garry H wrote:
    team47b wrote:
    Did you mean building lego or building with lego? Ran out of bricks! :D

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    Try fixing that roof with Lego :wink:

    Mmm, now there's an idea...
    my isetta is a 300cc bike
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,638
    seanoconn wrote:
    Mmmmm Lego porn. :D

    I spent most of Christmas building a Lego Indiana Jones Temple Escape for my son, complete with rolling stone ball, gold idol booby trap, spears shooting from walls, whip swing and closing door booby trap.

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    Of course it was smashed to bits soon after and has not been played with since. But I'm fine about it, honest :(
    Thanks MF. If anyone wants to buy a zillion pieces of temple escape I'm open to offers.
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  • norvernrob
    norvernrob Posts: 1,448
    fat daddy wrote:
    That falcon is just too big to play with .. you cant pick that up, run up the stairs making a "whraaaahowgh" noise, perform a hammer head at the top of the stairs and fly back down

    Absolutely, that's why the 5 year old gets the little one :lol:
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    I spent at least 7 hours on xmas day building a lego ninjago temple that has subsequently been played with all of 0 minutes
    "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got."

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    B-Twin Alur 700 = Sundays and Hills
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    A friend has the Caterham 7 kit and I thought it would be just that, a kit but after watching the 10 minute assembly video on Youtube I realise it more of a model.

    https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Caterham-Seven-620R-21307

    https://youtu.be/_S59ehAtf5A

    I could quite easily clear the bank account in the Cardiff Lego store.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174
    edited March 2017
    Here we go:

    Here's a ship I built using 'old Lego', it was about 3 feet long:

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    Some detail:

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    Smooching staff:

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    British staffed obviously, one working and the other having a cuppa:

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174
    ...and a port 'Tractor', with suspension:

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    Trailer to go with it:

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    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,174
    edited March 2017
    However, I have moved on from the old stuff unless I am playing with the girls. I never do kits. Don't see the point as once they're built, the challenge is over and there might be a part of you that wants to keep it which means having to buy more Lego.

    This was my first Technics model. A 9v Mad Max bike with gearbox and diff.

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    I would really like to move on to pneumatics but it's expensive stuff.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Garry H
    Garry H Posts: 6,639
    Pinno wrote:
    Here we go:

    Here's a ship I built using 'old Lego', it was about 3 feet long:

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    Some detail:

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    Smooching staff:

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    British staffed obviously, one working and the other having a cuppa:

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    Fantastic stuff there Pinno. The Stranraer influence for all to see!

    One day, whne I've learned how to read, I shall post pictyures of what me and the girl child built. Been buying tons (tonnes?) of Lego off of that Gumtree.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Yup - agree completely. Top work that man.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.
  • Matthewfalle
    Matthewfalle Posts: 17,380
    Lego masters about to start on C4 peeps.

    Tidy.
    Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am

    De Sisti wrote:
    This is one of the silliest threads I've come across. :lol:

    Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour :D
    smithy21 wrote:

    He's right you know.