Friday, October 20, 2023

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


Sunday, September 3, 2023

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

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

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


Wednesday, August 9, 2023

My favorite sets

I  found pics of my favorite lego sets

4 924 sets and 2 918s above and beta command center ship and mobile lab

2 928 galaxy explorers

My bars and clips...great for greebling

These are probably my favorite sets and parts!

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Top 11 things to do with lego in 1975 ish

 

Top 11 things to do with lego in 1975 ish as a kid

1) use blocks to look like the logo on the box

There is no end to lego...an omen for afols

2 take large red spoke wheels put on a green baseplate as a car




3 tow the blue car around living room (and untangle the string)



4 substitute the biplane yellow struts with minifigure heads and figure out why they are thin vs. fat

 



5 use hinge bricks and wind strings up and down


6 build and use forklift to launch bricks by using spring action of the forklift





7 put every black 2x2 with wheels on to a 2x8 beam



8 stack the blocks as high as possible 



9 losing small pieces in shaggy carpet of 70s



10 trying to fit legos neatly back into the nifty comparments






11 perseverate on why you need and could build better with a motor



Ahh the good old days!  Actually launching bricks from the forklifts spring action never gets old.