A really good knockoff i found

 I looked up galaxy explorer on Amazon and stumbled onto this set

I was surprised at the quality of the bricks.  The 2x1 brick feels slightly lighter than a lego but the clutch power and fit is really good.  This wouldbe great to make a classic space model.  Even the rod elements were straight without warping.  The translucent yellow pieces are handy too.

My far left lego Room over time

 My far left lego Room over time

Summary below through12/2121

I think ill be able to clean this once again someday...there's always another someday :(

Good lego day

 I had a lego filled day

I got to see outdoor legos, BN legos and the lego store this date..close to my birthday 

My hotel was just a small distance so I used my scooter

Had to have help with standing to get the higher bricks

It felt good getting out on my scooter today

Tired of lego making bathrooms

It seems like lego is fixated on making toilets in bathrooms. I think this is disgusting and not funny.  Why not put the toilets in the adult sets vs. Kids sets

Pics from lego, lego catalog and kotaku website.  I just cannot believe lego would do that in a young adult set.  It is sick in my opinion.  I feel trust in lego content is gone.  As a final note, in a jurassic park set with a triceratops, they didn't have to show the feces in the movie

I would love to have these new sets

New Favorite sets I like!

There are a lot of people and equipment in this picture

Love the seal above!

I've always love ski jumping like above

Like the orca above more than the boat!

Appears neat above, but worried pieces are too specific i.e. windshield

Worst off brand blocks

The non lego brands I've tried!

The model above didn't fit and the center was just a large cutout piece.

This tyco phone was not able to be taken apart

rite aid had the above models that I did enjoy but clutch power and fit weren't good.  I was going to try making a train car with a dome but the windows would need glued in place.

These generic bricks didn't mesh with real legos well

I couldn't believe how light these pieces were and clutch power wasn't there!  Same below 3 pics

You sure can see the quality of lego vs. The above sets

Redoing lego storage

 Before

Before

After:

 I can't physically do the drawers for storage and organizing.  Enter hardware cases.  Eventually I could get tables in a u shape with the hardware carriers in addition to a few cabinets to use a chair.  The plastic cabinets have to be braced as a small breeze could blow them over stacked. But some of the steel akro mills containers just need some bracing but are still stable.

I had to pour legos into the compartments of the trays but worried the cabinet where the drawer was pulled from would tip over.

So I changed the room storage as much as possible until I have help