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

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!

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 and make it a catepillar or a massive truck

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.

Tonights moc

 I took a bag of 3 lego police cars I bought and made an moc.  It was an el Camino and station wagon Combination.

Classic space feel present also.  What I'm most happy with is using a locking technique with the gray 1x4 as it fused 1/3 parts of the body.

Great new used lego store

 Great new used lego idea

In 2016 I was in Indianapolis and found 1/2 price books carries used lego.  I ended buying their inventory. 

Someone even tried to sort them.

Frustrating that these stores are not available for me and with medical issues I can't get to them...but it was a great night..love lego money tiles, yellow wheel rims and silver harpoon.

Big vs. Little taxi

Being from the Midwest; taxis (and oceans!) are exciting things to see.  Simultaneously I have always liked the song Big yellow taxi.  Now when my wife took pics for me in New York of this life size lego taxi, the Lyrics of "paved paradise" and the excitement of seeing a real NY taxi fused together to bring together the. best of both.  A "free" museum, a taxi indoors, paved paradise in the Lego store.

For now though I'll stay with riding the little yellow taxi!  Much cheaper but life is not always "fare".

"Big yellow taxi "Written by: Joni MitchellLyrics © Crazy Crow Music / Siquomb Music Publishing, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INCLyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind