i've been living in a cave regarding legos

[feedback]

I had those too. Erector

[MKJ]

lego used to be the absolute bomb. a limited set of pieces but an unlimited amount of possibilities. nowadays the pieces you get with a model can only be used to build *that* model. bah

also, meccano \o/

[plained]

lots o upset-by-lego mis-imformedmorons in this thread regarding custom pieces

if a person has a very limited imagination, they can only use a spescialized piece for its desighned porpose bcuz they cant envision anything else , i understand that.



awesome models fb! i have one ugly spaceship thing from decades ago i want to see if i can locate it 4 a pic,its not as awesome as ur stuff tho!

[Doombrain]

omg i agree with plained....

[obsidian]

lol... plained fell out of character and now he's redoubling his efforts.

Most specialized pieces are very reusable as long as you have a large enough of a kit. If you buy a small set with a dozen pieces and 4 of those are specialized, there's not much you can do with it, but if you use those with other kits, you can be quite creative. Otherwise, you might as well be playing with Duplo, eyyyy!

[xer0s]

Watch your mouth, mister.

[plained]

my advice to you whove felt burned by low piece count/custum/large piece kits

werent you/UR MOM savey enough to tell by the pic on the box that it was a learning/starter kit intended for starters/toddlers?

i suggest u discard ur anger toward them and share them with a very young person who hasnt lego'd yet.

i think those duplo/starter kits are very important in what role they play in bringing in new generations into lego

its obviosly been a success in doing so

[plained]

check out the working cinema room here!

http://technicbricks.blogspot.com/

that tumbler thing wow ey

[feedback]

Brickshelf.com has uploaded catalog scans and instruction scans from like 1979 to 2007, there's some cool things there.

[DRuM]

[Whiskey 7]

Now they are good Thanks DRuM

[vesp]

http://www.brothers-brick.com/

I recommend having a gander through the archives... very illuminating

Lego is the greatest toy ever created, even if you yanks do fuck up and call em 'legos'... The official stance on the matters (straight from the Lego Group) is that 'Lego' is both the singular and plural form.

lego, legos
sheep, sheeps

[werldhed]

I've known the proper form of the word for a long time, but I can't bring myself to say it, because, as an American, I'd feel like a poser. Like using "football" properly in public. I'd just get beat up.

As for the specialized pieces, I'm not saying you can't be creative with them, but I think it takes more skill to use the generic bricks to build something cool. Sure, I could use a set of palm tree branches to make a helicopter rotor, but it will look cooler with straight bricks, IMO.

[plained]

It didn't too long but I found a photo of the Lego I bought for my son 15 -20 years ago

Pity I sold it but so good to see it again

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Ahead of it's time perhaps. It had a visible cylinder block, (V8? - not sure) suspension, steering and even pop up headlights

I remember carrying it home in the bus after haggling to get the best price in town, and I did. It was something like $170 back then.

i love this story ur an awesome dad man!

[plained]

Brickshelf.com has uploaded catalog scans and instruction scans from like 1979 to 2007, there's some cool things there.

ok thx i'm going to check it out

[JooKed]

I would get at least one big lego technic every christmas. I'm sure you guys remember the Lego Ferrari, Space Shuttle, F1 Car, and the big semi truck.

I tore all them apart after like 3 days though and made my own stuff. I had a toybox that was filled with over 3,000 dollars worth of legos and technics, but I never had enough right parts (or could find them) to make my creations symmetrical and the same color.

[obsidian]

18" Lego Technic Ferrari F1 sitting on my computer case.

[plained]

haha funny u mention color match and symmetry as they were quite important to me back in the day as well

i had felt the same way


i noticed it didnt seem to be a prob for fb he had a good amount of black and red ey!

[plained]

oh wow ey i found my old lego with like prolly the last thing i built in there

certainly not a piece to brag about!

its incomplete, it had a big front piece thing , a retractable starwars stle gun turret thing that retracted from the bottom, i also remember it had almost no lego dots visable, where there are dots now , when it was complete,
on tips o the sides, there were
rockets or gunstype stuff i belive

its lots of 70' pieces

it has some 3 engine battlestar galactica type thing going on, it was popular on tv back in the day

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3312/dsc06969.jpg

[feedback]

haha funny u mention color match and symmetry as they were quite important to me back in the day as well

i had felt the same way


i noticed it didnt seem to be a prob for fb he had a good amount of black and red ey!

I didn't' have enough of the right colors, so I actually had to paint some of the more unique pieces to make that model.

[Whiskey 7]

http://www.brothers-brick.com/

Big thanks there vesp

Spent too long there

Gawd this video, you got to view it. It was on the above site

Look I know it's an ad for bmw but the art form of Theo Jansen deserves a look...




here is is the lego equivalent..



##Fingers crossed for vid insertion##

grr where's that topic on youtube vid inserting Done Clicky

[plained]

haha fb i was wondering what that black was on the floor!

ink?

[Whiskey 7]

haha fb i was wondering what that black was on the floor!

ink?

OK plained. What black on what floor? I can not see it

[plained]

eyy in that last pic fb posted just in front of the robo's feet on the parquet floor there that black stuff

and the robo's feet look a liul goobly at the bottoms there or ami freakin?

[Whiskey 7]

eyy in that last pic fb posted just in front of the robo's feet on the parquet floor there that black stuff

and the robo's feet look a liul goobly at the bottoms there or ami freakin?

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