Boys and their toys

[Whiskey 7]

First draft

[plained]

heh nice one you grabbed the crawler ey, put the decals on there !

its a nice kit i wish they would put out a larger number of the big technic kits per year.

here in canada right now futureshop has unimog and crawlers for 180, nice deals that.

my guy didnt seem to care about the big crane so i got him a logging truck for christmas and i got my little lady the helicopter (nice kit)

my guy was out of technic sinse about late last spring but got back into it when he reassembled his kits in november, now he is back into freesyling . i put all the big kit instructions on a lappy he uses and he combines and alters stuff from other kits along with his own ideas.

i got him a bunch of cool parts from user- bag o bricks on ebay.uk, he parts out the superkits.

[Whiskey 7]

Got the big crane too but yet to start the build

New wisdom - Lego, exercise for the eyes

[plained]

oohh that crane will be a time 4 sure!

sadly i havnt built in a long long time , i have instructions to build this but its a struggle to get to.

its wicked tho right ey?





maybe when i retire like you i can do the super kits too that'd be awesome

[Whiskey 7]

Got the big crane too but yet to start the build

New wisdom - Lego, exercise for the eyes

Just to advise I finished the big crane Lego today.

Fault finding was fun.
Power wasn't being transferred as expected 2/3rds the way through the build and I had to disassemble to get to an area of a missing cog

Anyway, good clean building fun so thanks Lego for an excellent build

[seremtan]

then what's with the pic off Google?

[Whiskey 7]

then what's with the pic off Google?

'cause I had problems uploading a descent one. I will supply a picture soon as I can.

[Whiskey 7]

Been a while since I linked photos

All good fun, this Lego - Exercise for the eyes

[MKJ]

Watch and learn, Kracus

[Whiskey 7]

Watch and learn, Kracus

[Eraser]

Sweet stuff Whiskey. That crane is amazing. How much did it set you back?

[Whiskey 7]

The prices as follow in AUD$

Excavator $89 (I bought the Power Options addition @$49)
4 x4 (remote control ) .. Couldn't get it locally so ordered online so it was about $315 delivered
crane $259

I am told I am expensive but worth it

[seremtan]

nice, though i'm a bit lukewarm on these kind of kits since they detract from the original point of Lego, which was to built whatever you wanted with just standard bricks

also Whiskey if you like Lego and you like Minecraft there's this: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Minecraft-21102

(actually, if you like Lego and Minecraft then definitely don't buy that)

[vesp]

how old are you seremtan? even as a kid I remember Lego coming in regular (system) or technic - it's still the same!

If you mean the new "smooth" technic pieces, I agree with you a bit there, but they are still compatible with "old" studded technic and so old/new technic/system can all be used together! (and the new smooth pieces allow for some smooth construction methods that wouldn't otherwise be possible)

I have this bad boy from the early 90s (and still have all my lego):

[MKJ]

ah yes, 8862. used to have that one.
next level shit yo

[YourGrandpa]

I'm kind of surprised to see all of the adult interest in Legos. I was big into Legos when I was a kid and had multiple advanced kits. I would build what was on the box once, let it sit for a week or so and then tear it apart. All of my Legos eventually wound up in one big mixed box that was used to create my own projects. I would say that 80% of the time I spent building with Legos I was building my own ideas. My son was big into Legos too and like me his interest has faded at around the age of 13.

[vesp]

There's a term for it in the adult fan community - your "dark ages"
(period between adolescent waning interest and the realisation when you are a bit older that lego is still awesome and now you can buy whatever you want..)

There's a large lego blog and flickr community - some of the stuff being made is pretty stunning (http://www.brothers-brick.com/ is one of the most popular).

The interesting thing now is seeing "adult fans of lego" - who grew up with the toy and then became "names" in the online community with their excellent builds - now being major figures in the company as set designers, or as "lego artists" involved in event and art installations all over the world! (Nathan Sawaya http://brickartist.com/ being the most famous)


Definitely not just for kids : )

also... shilling aside, I don't work for lego. lol...

[Whiskey 7]

shilling aside - I haven't heard that term for years

and if you haven't been here it is a must see for Lego fans

http://mocpages.com/


PS: Use the search Luke (top right-hand side)

[DTS]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasnagra/1 ... otostream/
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2014/01/2 ... -mark-iva/



Edit: That could be ED-209 in the next Robocop remake

[Doombrain]

My oldest is showing a real interest in building blocks, he loves them. I'm secretly looking forward to Lego again.

[Eraser]

I built this one a year or two back:

[seremtan]

any chance you can build a lego Golf GTI? i've forgotten what one looks like

[Don Carlos]

I am not showing you it all, but here is a bit of it

[Whiskey 7]

[plained]

geez those of you guys with that whole weird "i only build without instructions eyso..."

ffs everybody does !

doing the instructed models sparks imagination, teaches techniques and concepts , and builds a vocabulary of fundamental tools.

by that "only pure freestlye" logic ey, i going to write a story, but i have to invent a alphabet and language first ey! i want to build with wood but i dont want to use any plans or already used concepts, and yea i dont want to use existing tools either! fuck yo i'm no copycat!

dot lego is great and it is better than ever before especially with all the special pieces, lets face it lego dots is a modeling tool and pixels are the good right? so all the new many sub 1x1 special pieces are great. and special pieces are great to give each persons creations more potential for uniqueness.

technic?

mechanical modeling .

it is far far better now with studless beams, just a whole bunch more versatile.

studded technic has its place tho dont get me wrong, but for most things the new technic all day everyday.

these instructed kits are great to teach the fundamentals of mechanical modeling and just so many standard ways of doing things mechanically .

but really its just toys/blocks for fun,

i think anyways,

but hey there is benefit there as a bonus .

anyways heres the new 2014 kit my kid found on utube and has been getting the fever for.




that volvo looks really promising tho loads of awesome parts in it.

that and the current green service truck one, he always tells me stuff about it. he is crazy for it.