Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Hoarding/unorganized vs. Collecting and organized

When does collecting become hoarding?  

I Have to say that I don't know...although I'm not a completely a hoarder...just collecting a lot and unable to organize due to unforseen circumstances.

This week Ì had 2 people help me start cleaning my lego room.  I pointed out what was trash and what was donate. 

In the past, I had so many plans to make a cool diorama with using slot car track for roads...Lionel train tracks for trains until I got real lego track...etc...

Now I'm unable to set this up so I pitched the track. Instead, now  I want to use pure legos for a diorama instead.  The problem is that I planned to sort the legos but now I'm stuck with containers that look like bulk lego.  I cannot get to sort the multiple containers.

Here's my dilemma in pics.  Before and below is a pic of containers on floor and random sorted legos.

Above empty sterilite and other huge unsorted lego

After 3 hours my family helped clean up this mess in pic above since I cannot help lift.

Now I can get help to get things on higher shelves easier.

Sometimes I'm happy with all my legos but at other times I'm unsure if it is hoarding...!


I'd be curious to know if anyone else has experienced the same issue of trouble getting a hold on a lot of unsorted lego and empty containers/full containers.



Friday, May 26, 2023

Surrounded by lego in our lego room via panoramic pics

Panoramic pics of my lego room in panoramic mode vs. at Barnes and Noble 



Lego room David

Lego room David

Lego room David

Lego room David
And finally at Barnes and noble...not all panoramic but still fantastic 

Lego Barnes and noble










I think my lego room won!

To be surrounded by Lego, even just a pic=perfection!!!! :)

Sunday, May 14, 2023

Speed Champions

 I'm Having trouble building speed Champions.

I built the speed Champions newer sets and most people love them but I had trouble putting them together.  To reduce tightness And pushing together, the pieces on the other side of the car fall off as they arent locked at times. 

The pieces that are small are hard to determine the chirality of.  I feel like I'm trying to determine molecular structure with a model set while using then in a game of tetris.  The pieces that are 1/4 size of a dot piece are hard to apply esp to small sections that are built.  The small fender pieces fall off.  I can't get the Lamborghini front to stay on and the Ferrari was very difficult.  The pieces are hard to pick up like a coin on a table.  The 007 car canopy won't stay on. (76911 set)

007 Aston-Martin


I don't claim to be the best or the fastest builder but I wouldn't call the cars relaxing to build.  I think I'm old school where plates stack, headlight bricks were the thing, cars were studded ie police station.

Here's places I think it's hard to see instructions in the 007 car

 Lego speed Champions


Another problem I have is clipping subunits to bars...pieces fall off...i.e. ferrari (set 76914)


Also in the set 76914 above

I cannot get the black clips to attach to the gold oval 1x2 pieces and stay on in set 76915




Lego Lamborghini
Above 2 pics show black clips attach to the gold bars vertically 76915

 And pieces i.e. the small silver pin pieces fall off as below...see step 3 below



The same problem occurred putting the 007 car together (not shown) 76911

Another place where pieces keep falling off during the build is as below in set 76914


Those pieces are hard to keep on and small to hold.  Additional small subunits pieces are noted in set 76914


Hard to hold while assembling above as it falls apart if pieces are not tight together.

I think the lighting, fat fingers, too much force pushing, small pieces are just hard to do...obviously I'm not one of the quick builders.  I don't blame lego, it's just me.  Any tips or similar experiences would be appreciated in the comments section.

I think I'm old school where plates stack, headlight bricks were the thing, cars were studded ie police station!

Random pictures of my lego room through the years 2006 to 2020

 Random pics of lego room 2006 to 2020

Lego room
Above
The black bags on the left got pitched after a flood from the pipe above...2014
Lego room

Above about 2008

Lego room
Above 2007
Lego room
Above about 2011

About 2012...metal shelf needed due to the weight of sterilite crushing each box below

Above 2011sh
About 2009

2011ish
About 2013 Above 

















2017 Above 
Above 2020


I dream of having a professional organizer coming to save the day.  I can't do any moving now so I need someone to save the day!  So frustrating not to be able to move things.