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best thing tumblr ever did for me is the term "rotating it in my mind". it's really true that sometimes you think about something real hard but you can't tell what the thoughts are exactly. it's revolutionary stuff, i might even say

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#Simpsons #lego #brick like me

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vintage lego dragon my beloved~

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I have both of these. The playmobil one glows in the dark!!!! There are several different versions of the Lego one and they’re cute but they don’t glow.

#lego #playmobil #skeletons

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Guys I bought a lego art school, I could not resist

Do you want updates on when I finish building it?

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LEGO On A Budget 2024 Intermission: A Couple Of The New Polybags

Remember when I bought this silly little thing?

Yeah, the amazing Kruidvat-branded bootleg handheld that looks like it was directly ordered from a provider to Temu or AliExpress. Well, that didn't paint the discounter store in the best light, did it? Let's change that with a more positive twist- their LEGO deals are pretty peak.

This is the only place in the Netherlands where i've seen polybags from the year 2024 so far. And as the title of 'discounter store' would imply, they were priced more gently than they would have been elsewhere. 3 bucks a pop! Now, these aren't alllll the polybags, there's a few more that I would appreciate to get so I can truly become the Budget Master (trademark), but this is a solid enough start.

As amazing as it is, My First Duck is out of the equation as a Duplo set. Here's the rest of them!

LEGO City - 30664 Police Off-Road Buggy Car

City, as consistent as clockwork. This is the only time you'll actually see the Police subtheme in my series, and it makes it count. Sorta.

It's 35 pieces, meaning it's easily the least substantial of the bunch, though it's really not all that bad. Hell, it compares favorably to some of the sets that it reminds me of. For one, the police motorcycle from 2005 came with only 28 pieces and was twice as expensive (it surprisingly being in a box probably had to do with it). And hey, it does drive rather nicely and comes with a somewhat uncommon minifigure torso as well as a completely unique 'wanted' poster.

For €3, you could do much worse. I would've liked it as a kid especially, I was never great with the big builds. Curiously, this was the one polybag to come with a vertical instruction manual as well. I'm autistic enough to notice that, hehe.

LEGO Friends - 30659 Flower Garden

Consider this a little preview of what will soon become a common theme on my blog. LEGO Friends is not something I really considered worth my time back in the day. I know, shock horror. But they always stood out negatively since they had the most brutal advertising, with a kid saying 'LEGO Friends' with the weirdest intonation possible. It's like when you would splice in a couple words from another sentence. Brutal.

So color me surprised when I say that I really enjoyed building this one. Clocking in at 64 pieces and therefore beating out the 4+ sets already, though about a quarter of them are already used on the petals of the sunflower. Doesn't matter too much.

The tulip is probably my favorite part, it required few pieces but the end result is very accurate looking. The sunflower is a lil hard to fidget into it's right spot, but is very flexible and that is always a lil fun. Overall, a nice addition to a bigger Friends playfield.

LEGO Creator - 30666 Gift Animals

Okay, so we can all generally agree that Lego Creator 3in1 is the best unthemed catagory for kids, right? They're affordable, rebuildable for a fair amount of time and generally look pretty nice as well. Plenty of sets that are pretty much just off-brand City or Friends escapades. Like this one, Gift Animals. With a whopping 75 pieces, it pretty much rivals what you could do with most sets I have covered as of late, for €7 less. LEGO On A Budget was MADE for sets like these.

The dog is the largest draw, of course. It uses up 71 pieces and is surprisingly very flexible. You can turn it's head so it can look like it's pleading at you with it's googly eyes. Same with the paws, tail and ears, they're all movable parts. I really dig that! It's a good build.

...Yet I should've built it last.

Can someone PLEASE explain to me what this is supposed to represent? I can only think of something among the lines of a bear cub or a weird different dog breed. I need answers! For that reason alone, it goes at the bottom of the Gift Animals tier list.

This is where the slightly disappointing reality set in, the other two builds only use like, two thirds of the available pieces. I mean it sorta makes sense, after all you can't really make 3 things with the same exact, rather obscure pieces. Still a small blemish, imagine if this little polybag would have more pieces used than the most elaborate €10 set. That'd be hilarious and sad.

The squirrel (right???) fares a little better. It's still not using a lot of the pieces, and it's the least flexible animal. On the flipside though, it's way more unique than whatever that previous alien was compared to the dog, and has a decent heft to it thanks to this mammal being a bit of a chonker. I like it a fair amount, gonna make it sniff at the Friends flowers in my little cabinet for this stuff.

And that concludes my escapades with the polybags for now. I'm surprised, really! These are well adapted for the price they are sold at, I would even argue that despite it's shortcomings, the Gift Animals set is a no brainer for the young'ins that don't have a lot of pocket money. Just don't forget that My First Duck will always be the peak of LEGO.

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I've discovered the joy of building Lego

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Oh LOOK AT THEM

i built the lego insect collection :3

#lego #lego insects

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Saw a picture of a Lego set on this site the other day, and I realize now that the “crook” minifig is stealing a giant blue gemstone; but at first I thought it was a cocktail glass and that the crime being committed was DUI/drunk and disorderly charges.

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peak half assed inclusivity that speaks to reality

good on Lego for making a physically disabled Lego dude

absolutely incredible accidental commentary by making him not fit in any of the buildings

#Lego #disability #accessibility

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20240106: History of LEGO Castle Day 006. 0016-1 Castles Mini Figures (1979, 15 pieces) 6002-2 Castle Figures (1983, 22 pieces) 15-1 Castle Mini Figures (1984, 38 pieces) Between 1979 and 1984, LEGO produced three different Mini Figure / Service Packs relating to castle figures. The first, 0016-1, produced in 1979, included three different printed knight torsos with one sword each. Two of the torsos were used as guards in 383-2 / 6083 Knight's Tournament from 1979 / 1981 but are listed as knights in this set. Those two torsos are the tri-color triangular shield torso pattern (found only in this set and 383-2 / 6083 from 1979 / 1982) and the black torso, red arms, and a red and yellow quarter checkered pattern on a triangular shield (found in these three Castle Minifigure sets). The middle torso consists of a red torso with light gray arms and a halved red and light gray pattern inside a blue triangular shield outline. This torso is only found in the Knight's Procession (677 / 6077 from 1979 / 1981) and the three Mini Figure / Service Packs listed here. The second Mini Figure set, 6002-2, consisted of four minifigures; two each of the black torso with red arms and a red and yellow checkered pattern and the red torso with light gray arms and the halved red and light gray pattern with a thick blue outline. Minifigure accessories for 6002-2 include one plain light gray shield, one light gray halberd, one light gray sword, and introduces the light gray hand axe. The third Mini Figure set was 15-1, which included two brown lances, two light gray swords, and two each of the different shields. The different shields include the halved red and light gray pattern inside a blue triangular shield outline, a red and yellow checkered pattern on a triangular shield, and a dark red and red checkered pattern on a triangular shield. The six minifigures included in this set include two each of the black torso with red arms and a red and yellow checkered pattern, blue torso with white arms and a red and dark red checkered pattern, and the red torso with light gray arms and the halved red and light gray pattern with a thick blue outline. The knights here also had plain-colored legs instead of the dual-colored legs. Legs for this set were two each in white, black, and red. These Mini Figure / Service Packs represent the first ability for people to begin "army building" in order to collect figures with the purpose of building armies for their castle factions, as they provide the newly created Mini Figures without any of the bricks necessary to build the sets.

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It seems like brown pieces and dark red pieces were affected and post 2019 pieces were improved but entire sets like Ghostbusters Fire Station and Star Wars Sandcrawlers were very affected.

#lego #brittle brown #broken lego

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I was cleaning up my storage bin that had some models in it waiting to be taken apart. Sometimes I break them down and put the parts in my bulk bins and sometimes I put them in a bag with the book and all the pieces. I broke down some Star Wars micro models and decided to also bag up the Rey’s junk hauler thing.

A bunch of the dark red and brown pieces straight up snapped, shattered or disintegrated as I was taking them apart. I’ve never had that happen before! It’s not all the dark red pieces as all the 1x3 and 1x2 plates were fine, and the hinged hood flaps weren’t brittle. But it must just have been a batch that was bad.

Luckily Lego has been dealing with this for a while as they have an entire page where you can enter your kit number and select replacement parts pretty easily. I’d done it once for missing parts but never for broken bits. ETA: My replacement order was rejected for no given reason so now I have sent an email to them instead. I guess they don’t want to replace 24 pieces out of a set without proof.

#lego 75099 #lego Star Wars #lego #lego replacement parts #afol

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lego brought back power crystals

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Since I'm sick, I'm posting LEGO updates. I received the natural history museum set for christmas, and had started work on it saturday before I got sick, and now it's my major project for the week.

Day 1 (Saturday): Bags 1 & 2

Day 2 (Sunday): Bags 3-8

#lego #other people build Lego