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

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

Beaten up boxes

 I've only trouble getting a non beat up box from lego...it was an eiffel tower that had to be shipped back 2 times before a clean and non dented product.

Fast forward to the new galaxy explorer.  People were getting beat up boxes and I just thought "how can a box in another shipping box get beat up.?"

Now I'm a believer in beat up boxes from the same store as other people complained about.

Non of the legos were hurt but can't they company attempt to deliver in better condition!  Now I see why the 3 police cars were $6.99 vs. $9.99!

If i could go back in time

 I wish I could go back in time and buy the following pieces

There are multiple elements but I would focus on the bigger wheels as in the mobile rocket launchers and 744 universal building sets.

 Dumbest lego moc but I liked it...

I hate green pieces but I had a bunch of them so I started messing with them and came up with this model...it's the oasis found in the midst of knockoff building blocks.

I added a sky background too (below)

So that's my desert oasis...I used to hate green but I'm warming up to it.