Tumbleweed Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 My mate bought this set a month back, and he still hasn't built it. I think I should take it off his hands... Latent_Blue and Capricorn 2
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 My mate bought this set a month back, and he still hasn't built it. I think I should take it off his hands... tumbler.jpgWHAT!!!!!!???? Sacrilege! Tumbleweed 1
Tumbleweed Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 WHAT!!!!!!???? Sacrilege! My mate said he is worried that it will lose value if he opens the box. I told him that saying that just made our friendship lose some value... Amberdrake, samson99, Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and 1 other 4
Stretch Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 1979 Minifig Patent Tumbleweed, Pure Savage, Latent_Blue and 1 other 4
samson99 Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 Where are the pictures?!!!!!!!!!!!!! Built the prezzie from the boys last night. Hadn't put a Technic set together for a while...it's cool when you get reacquainted with a "building style" after not having done it for a while. CJSQXhrWgAE2oHi.jpgI will take pictures of those that are built already and in the cupboard. those that have been taken apart and stored will need to be built soon. just need to finish the building first.
Tumbleweed Posted July 7, 2015 Posted July 7, 2015 I will take pictures of those that are built already and in the cupboard. those that have been taken apart and stored will need to be built soon. just need to finish the building first. You can always give them to me to build if you need some help...
Baldrick Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 1979 Minifig Patent My keyring collectionhttp://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r32/petdesk/IMG_4031_1.jpg Fruity and Tumbleweed 2
Tumbleweed Posted July 8, 2015 Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) I have Catgirl, Batman and C3-PO! Edited July 8, 2015 by Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Posted July 13, 2015 Posted July 13, 2015 This is quite a cool Technic set...relatively unchallenging build, but has lekker features like the roof that folds out from under the fairing.
Tumbleweed Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) You should never take your kids shopping with you when you're a big kid yourself...! Conor cajoled me into getting this over a while..."You know you want it," he taunted. Well, so I got it yesterday, and vowed not to build it until I've got around to painting and rearranging the front two rooms of the house that I use for hobbies and stuff.... So, I only built one small section last night... Edit: Must just add my impressions of the set so far. Busy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Building the first set was relatively simple, but frustrating in parts. It feels like there are "loads" on the bricks when the flat bits are "compressed" on top of them. Needs firmness in parts, and delicacy in others, like getting the studs on the struts that hold the platforms up. Edited July 15, 2015 by Tumbleweed Lurch the stalker and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2
Tumbleweed Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) My sons drive a hard bargain. Last night's went something like this: "Dad, how about you don't cook, we go to Grapes for burgers, come home, we'll chill and watch vids, and you build your opera thingie?" I um-ed and ah-ed a bit, then gave in. Finished the second book of instructions last night. Was a fiddly build like the first one. And lots of annoying searching for the same slanted 2/3 smooth bricks...even though it wasn't structurally necessary, and I could move on, I fixated and wouldn't turn the page until I got all 56 of them I felt under pressure like Jørn Utzon must have when preliminary work went ahead of the Opera House and all he had in his hand was a clutch of conceptual drawings and a coupla thousand quid for winning the design comp to build it! Okay, that's leaning a wee bit towards hyperbole...but, I've been reading up a bit more about the history of the landmark. I dug the dusty Architecture version of the Opera House to get an idea of the scale of what was left to build...and I almost cried...with joy. Some more happy building ahead! Edited July 16, 2015 by Tumbleweed deanbean and samson99 2
samson99 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) http://comicbook.com/2015/07/15/this-lego-optimus-prime-fully-transforms/ Optimus Prime that transforms. I wish I could get that!! Edited July 16, 2015 by samson99 Tumbleweed 1
Tumbleweed Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 http://comicbook.com/2015/07/15/this-lego-optimus-prime-fully-transforms/ Optimus Prime that transforms. I wish I could get that!! That is so cool! Surprised there's not a merchandising tie-in!
Tumbleweed Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Slight tangent...there was something I read on wiki this morning about Utzon and the Opera House that stuck in my head. In South Africa we know all to well about how stubborn pride of people in power can cost the taxman greatly: Although Utzon had spectacular, innovative plans for the interior of these halls, he was unable to realize this part of his design. In mid-1965, the New South Wales Liberal government of Robert Askin was elected. Askin had been a 'vocal critic of the project prior to gaining office.'[13] His new Minister for Public Works, Davis Hughes, was even less sympathetic. Elizabeth Farrelly, Australian architecture critic has written thatat an election night dinner party in Mosman, Hughes's daughter Sue Burgoyne boasted that her father would soon sack Utzon. Hughes had no interest in art, architecture or aesthetics. A fraud, as well as a philistine, he had been exposed before Parliament and dumped as Country Party leader for 19 years of falsely claiming a university degree. The Opera House gave Hughes a second chance. For him, as for Utzon, it was all about control; about the triumph of homegrown mediocrity over foreign genius.[13]Utzon soon found himself in conflict with the new Minister. Attempting to rein in the escalating cost of the project, Hughes began questioning Utzon's capability, his designs, schedules and cost estimates, refusing to pay running costs. In 1966, after a final request from Utzon that plywood manufacturer Ralph Symonds should be one of the suppliers for the roof structure was refused, he resigned from the job, closed his Sydney office and vowed never to return to Australia.[9] When Utzon left, the shells were almost complete, and costs amounted to only $22.9 million. Following major changes to the original plans for the interiors, costs finally rose to $103 million.[6] Edited July 16, 2015 by Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 Sorta finished building it last night. Will take the four main segments apart and firm them down later, then reassemble and asdd the last bit of exterior detail. It was a fun build. Surprisingly not as challenging as I thought it would be. The "shells", which I thought would be a bit tough went together quickly. samson99 1
Tumbleweed Posted July 17, 2015 Posted July 17, 2015 1979 Minifig Patent Having spent a bit of time with Lego of late... , my mind wandered, and I thought about Lego tattoos. The pic you posted, I thought, would make a cool one. Anyhows, so I google Lego tattoos and look what came up...
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