Why I haven't posted any builds lately (Assuming anyone had noticed!)

[stillp]

Here's Brickplayer: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Br...soA91lZuJWf9XM:

I was chatting to a guy at an IPMS show a while ago, he told me he puts all his kits together with PVA, so if he enjoyed the build he can soak it, take it apart, and do it all again!

Pete

[Guest]

I should get out more :surprised:

[Gern]

I’d never heard of Brickplayer, but it sounds very similar to something my brother and I did play with called Brick Box:





The grey card strips were to simulate mortar, and it all went together with PVA glue so you could take it apart again by soaking it in the sink.

B****y 'Memory Lane' indeed! I remember having this exact kit when I was a kid!

[Gern]

So anyway, I priced up the main kits using the same sort of average values on ebay. About £650 - which is only about twice what the figures are worth! I think I'll start selling the sets of minifigures at three times what they're fetching and throw in the actual kit for free!

Time for a little 'Spot the Difference' competition. Usual rules, spot the only difference between these:

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I'm not going to insult you guys on this as you're all pretty good with dealing with tiny details - right?

The top image has black pupils, the bottom one has white pupils.

Insignificant you'd have thought. Not so my friends. Each of these belongs to a specific figure included only in specific sets - even though with the helmet on, you can see NOTHING of the face! Woe betide the poor sap who sells a set as '100% complete' if he sells it with the wrong one. Lego collectors include 'rivet counters' among their number just as we do. I just don't want to fall foul of one if there's money involved (There's a special Edition Boba Fett figure with painted arms selling for around £250. The normal version without the painted arms sells for about £3).

Of course, I have the one with black pupils so guess which one I need for my set. OK, you guessed! I'm gonna have to shop around a little though, as the only ones with white pupils on ebay at the moment are in the USA and would set me back best part of £25!

But suppose I search for a Lego Darth Vader on ebay. The image I'll see will most likely be this:

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Without reading every detail on the sale notice, how do I know which one I'm getting? And if it doesn't specify, how many times will I need to email sellers to find out?

And LOTS of the more popular characters have similar variations. My version of the Lego Visual Dictionary lists 28 different versions of Luke Skywalker - and I think mine dates back to 2014.

And I thought this would be a nice, relaxing hobby to take me back to my childhood a little bit! Ho hum!

PS. Can I come back to you guys who only have simple problems to solve - like just what shade of Olive Drab do I need for .....

PPS. This is the most expensive set of Lego figures I can find:

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It's valued at $2 090 000 000 for the set! Yeah! 2 billion dollars and change! Read why on here:

http://minifigpriceguide.com/wordpress/lego-figure-traveled-outer-reaches-space-nasa/

[Guest]

And I thought this would be a nice, relaxing hobby to take me back to my childhood a little bit! Ho hum!

If that’s what you’re really after, may I suggest reading this instead?

[colin m]

So what is it Dave, the model stash is now considered full, so you're starting a new one of lego ?

[dave]

Still got two large plastic skips of my sons Lego, plus some from my our own childhood in the cellar, plus the instruction books, but not the boxes. My wife’s retirement plan is to get it out and build it all.

Unfortunately I no longer have all my meccano.

[Gern]

So what is it Dave, the model stash is now considered full, so you're starting a new one of lego ?

Oh Gods, I hope not! I've bought them as a sort of investment in the hopes I'll get more for selling complete kits than I paid for job lots. If I start collecting them for the sake of having a Lego collection, there's no hope for me. My stashitis will have turned me into a hoarder!

[Guest]

Gern
you're probably already familiar with this site no-doubt. but just in case...

https://www.bricklink.com

[Gern]

Gern
you're probably already familiar with this site no-doubt. but just in case...
https://www.bricklink.com

Hi JC. Yes thanks, I have used both the Bricklink and Brick Owl sites to find missing parts.

You gotta shop around on both sites though, 'cos there can be HUGE differences in prices. The biggest one I've seen so far for a single piece (not a minifigure, but a building piece) is £9.00 from one site and 30p from another!

[Steve O]

Dave you have started me of with this Lego stuff now, i remember reading your post and for some reason it stuck in my head, well the other day i saw a TV add about Lego tecnic and started browsing but i'm going to have to save up for the mobile crane, thanks Dave.

Steve.

[Gern]

Dave you have started me of with this Lego stuff now, i remember reading your post and for some reason it stuck in my head, well the other day i saw a TV add about Lego tecnic and started browsing but i'm going to have to save up for the mobile crane, thanks Dave.

Steve.

Don't get blamin' me for your strange desires Steve! You're all grown up now and perfectly capable of sorting out your own perversions without my help!

[Steve O]

Don't get blamin' me for your strange desires Steve! You're all grown up now and perfectly capable of sorting out your own perversions without my help!

Thanks pal.

Steve.

[Gern]

Thanks pal.

Steve.

Aaaahhh Steve. You know you're welcome!