Day 2 of cleaning my lego room

 Tonight I got rid of $1 target bins with too small to reach fingers into and too non functional compartments

I continues throwing rusty/dusty drawer cabinets and $1 drug mart containers to small to hold to be functional 

Day 1 of cleaning my new room

  I cleaned my new lego room.  I had to take batteries out if my train so they dont corrode 

I had to sort what had fallen out of my drawer cabinets and threw out the dirty ones after emptying the legos caught in the bottom drawers

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 I have always dreamed of having a

  professional organizer coming to help me organize my legos.  We'll its come to fruition and here's pics of my lego room room 2.0..better than I could oon my own in a wheelchair.

Here's the picture with a few more coming:

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I am so thrilled!  Now just have to practice getting down there!

Building my train part 3

 I assumed that the train I have would be easier now that I'm able to pick out parts...the only problem is that there are so many pieces missing i can't even start blue unit b or the baggage cart.  I'm loving the train but the missing parts are hard to discern if they actually came vs I just lost it.  Here's today's progress 

Above: no roof pieces are present@

Above: not ready for these roof pieces because I dont have the plates

Above hard to get rear side and back pieces together without breaking the 3 sides

I sent an email and will wait for a response..they do move quickly to fix per reviews on internet!

Building my train part 2

 I sat today up to my tolerance and worked on my blue santa fe train.  Still trying to sort to make or just search each piece while making the train.  Still working but here's what I was able to do today

Below:The pieces are so difficult to move if needed to reposition the piece...here's what shows my effort:ouch! Shredded my thumbnail! The clutch power isn't too bad in these non lego pieces.  (Too tight for a brick separating)

I finished 2 cars today only 3 cars left!

Building my train Part 1

I have wanted the Lego santa fe set but cannot afford $500 for just one car.  I was thrilled to find letbricks had a version of it.

The only problem is that there were 3 bags but the majority of the parts were in bags withoug numbered bags, just mixed pieces. 

Above is the result of 2 hours of work which caused back pain and leg spasms (first day)

I learned from all this a few things 

1) I should have spent a few hours sorting the pieces in small bowls before trying to find pieces when I was building (2777 pieces)

2) keep pieces of blue yellow and gray/dark gray separated.

3) sort pieces that are transparent or pieces that are rarely used in a separate place

4) separate plates from beams

5) keep modified bricks separate 

After 4 hours over 2 days I came to this point

Trying the last 3 cars was a challenge as several pieces were missing...ive sent a note to let bricks so we'll see what happens..more to come!

I've got 5 more cars to go!

Reasons why it's easy to collect lego sets but not put them together

I'm sitting here tonight with black Friday purchases and want to build them but lack the "umpph" to get started..  in my head I have narrowed it down to multiple reasons:

1) too hard to see instructions at times, fear of mistakes

2) laziness and lack of initiation/self discipline 

3) feel guilty just wanting to dump all pieces on floor and make a moc

4) dream the sets are of such value that I'll make a fortune...although local fb marketplace may not be that lucrative 

5) tend to shake in hands (tremor) and the pieces are so small to manipulate at times

6) intimated by multiple steps that look insurmountable 

7) hard to find a place to leave a mess while building over a few days

8) so hard to go back and problem solve a misplaced piece steps ago

9) concentration limits to about an hour

10) worry where finished model will fit

11) enjoying sorting and greebling more than assembling

12) hate color combinations sometimes 

13) stopping to think why I'm an adult playing with kids toys

14) feeling inferior to master builders on the internet 

15) feel like I take way longer than the average person 

I would be interested if anyone has any ideas to overcome these feelings and are able to just jump right in

Black Friday deals!

Black Friday deals 2025

Unbelievably lucky today!!

$164 for all of these from Meijers above

$160 for boutique hotel below

Thanks to family for a great lego day...unexpected surprise!

Impressed with gobricks factory direct so far

 Impressed with gobricks 

After ordering from webrick.com I thought I'd try gobricks factory direct.  So far I've been happy with it although there's a few things I'm confused about.  I got a notification that a refund occurred but my invoice doesn't reflect it.  However there were 2 minifigs that they added..I guess to compensate for 1 missing.  

Some pieces were carefully wrapped in bags but most bricks were just in a large bag

The real time delivery tracker was kept up to date

I really believe the pieces were handpicked vs computer driven ordering fulfillment 

I ordered quite a few minifigs accessories and brackets since these are newer pieces I don't have as many of.

Again although I had a positive experience, the availability and prompt customer service and timeliness was good, I think Lego will always be the best.

Reasons why I'm not on Lego masters!

 Reasons why I could never be on lego masters 

1) no clue how to do power functions and gears i.e. roller coaster moc

2) difficulty thinking in 3d

3) wouldn't begin to know how to make a full size lego race car or real life size car

4) wouldn't know how to make the blue wave model

5) would have trouble making structure stability for taller buildings 

6) difficulty planning/visualizing finished projects

7) lack of SNOT knowledge incorporated into models

8) difficulty making 1 part of a model move distant from where the motion would be i.e. a steering column or differential 

9) difficulty planning ahead to create attachments for i.e. decorative elements done on a Christmas sleigh

10) hiding structural bases under the visible model part

11 Difficulty making lego figures and faces

Makes me really appreciate the lego masters..I'll leave it to the pros!