Spookydonut posted:

Go to a hardware store and get like 3 different sizes of steel mesh and screen it to sort by size very quickly.

Zonko_T.M. posted:

I started sorting by color for a current project and it actually sucks if I'm looking for a specific part, so I'm going to say sort by size. It's way easier to see the black 2x4 brick in a drawer of 2x4 bricks than a drawer full of other black pieces. I only sorted by color so I could maintain a clean color palette but I wouldn't use it as a long term sorting solution.

Ineptitude posted:

DO NOT SORT BY COLOR

Cojawfee posted:

It all comes down to whether you think it's easier to quickly pick out a red 2x3 brick out of a sea of red 2x2s, 2x3s, and 2x4s, or out of a sea of different colored 2x3 bricks.

veni veni veni posted:

I've said it before, but ideas shouldn't allow existing ip and all (unless it's a LEGO IP) and Lego should set up a separate site that lets people vote on IPs they want Lego to see produce.

Cojawfee posted:

No, this thread is only for talking about technicalities of the ideas program.

Zonko_T.M. posted:

Neat! What are playing?

How stable is that mech suit? Those spindly legs worry me.

Zefiel posted:

I'm surprised it took me so long to realize this could easily be done with bricks, eat your heart out, LEGO wall art line

Zefiel posted:

Thank you! Yes that shouldn't be too hard and it will look MUCH better!

Waltzing Along posted:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=25214&idColor=4#T=S&C=4&O=%7B%22color%22:4,%22iconly%22:0%7D

Not exactly what you asked for as it is round. I don't know if there is a flat 90 degree piece.

Maybe this:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalo...2iconly%22:0%7D

or this:

https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=6060&idColor=1#T=S&C=1&O=%7B%22color%22:1,%22iconly%22:0%7D

Oxyclean posted:

What do you mean - Like within the box? Separate? What set did you get?

Oxyclean posted:

If it was just some extra pieces inside the set, yeah, that's really typical. Almost every set has some spares of the extra small bits.

Brawnfire posted:

Norse one, dude.

Zonko_T.M. posted:

This is great! I love how chunky the main ship is.

sigher posted:

I have this food storage filled with tons of random rear end parts I've collected with time, does any goon want it? Completely free shipped, I have no used for any of it as I don't do MOCs:



I'm going to dig through it for any airpieces or helmets I need for my other sets if I try and sell them complete, but that's all I care to keep from it. I honestly have no clue what the gently caress is in here.

Brawnfire posted:

I can't wait to put together that little hayride set with my daughter, it will be her first new lego set!

Brawnfire posted:

She had so much fun putting this together, and I had no idea how well she'd be able to follow instructions at 3 years old... but there were times she gathered the pieces and put them together just like the picture without any prompting from me, it was fantastic

veni veni veni posted:

It’s delightfully gratuitous.

Cojawfee posted:

Carbohydrates posted:

Mmmmm I didn't want to post this in the thread until I can physically build it, but that may be a month or two away due to budget and I'm mad excited about it NOW. A little something to compliment the saloon!



The main thing here is I wanted to do a brick/stone building with an intricate facade, since the bank would/should be the wealthiest and therefore fanciest building in town. Also, it would let me explore a totally different style from the wooden log aesthetic of the saloon.



The second thing I wanted to do was add a killer feature, something I've been thinking about for months now: a way to add an exploding wall mechanism like the oldschool Western sets, but one that's actually triggered by pressing the plunger on a TNT detonator. My first design was really bulky and involved Technic linkages, but I've come up with something ULTRA compact that fits in this super shallow base!



Due to the design of the interior having that central counter and wall separating the lobby from the office, I figured access would be difficult and having a removable roof and back wall still wouldn't be enough, so the entire interior lifts out of this one for access to play with and pose minifigs.

I don't really want to give away all the interior details and the TNT mechanism just yet, so... consider this a teaser because I am incapable of just keeping things that I'm excited about to myself.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Pretty much. They look weird side-by-side but they are close enough to the same scale.

Carbohydrates posted:

Well aren't we fancy with our new thread title and poo poo

COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:

If it's assembled and you don't feel like taking it apart, computer duster/can of compressed air is what I would use.

Ahh Lepin. I wanted to write a little bit about my recent experience with the Lion King Detective Building. Overall it was... interesting. The clutch on the pieces can be best described as "severe", and the effort needed to press them into the baseplate had me developing new muscle groups. Aside from the more obvious injection mold marks and the lack of lettering on the studs, the pieces are visually indistinguishable from Lego. The pieces do need to be attached to one another more deliberately than Lego, with Lego you don't have to approach precisely with a piece for it to naturally work into its "snap" position- these pieces will just attach wrong and you will have to remove it and put it on properly. Printed pieces are fine (I found it quite humorous that the LEGO News is now the LEPIN News, with the headline "the greatest LEPIN hero ever!"). Grateful as always for printed glass instead of clear stickers.

The brick separator (a giraffe like the one above) oddly was in the fourth numbered set of bags, so too late to be useful for anyone who needed one before that step. The cat on the third floor is replaced with a Friends-style lion cub (in keeping with the bastardized brand name that they're using). The biggest issue by far was with the windows- they take a lot of effort to cram in to the frames and to my eye look just slightly murkier than official Lego windows (this might be from the stress of bending slightly to fit in the frames- they don't "click" in nicely like the real ones).

Based on the actual building experience, and the fact that much like Mega Bloks the pieces should be kept separate from real Lego, I can't recommend this or any other Lepin/Lion King sets. I'm glad I did get it to see for myself (and it does scratch the itch of having my favourite OOP modular as it's visually identical). The best part was not having to spend $300. I definitely came away with a renewed appreciation for the quality of Lego and won't be taking it for granted any longer.

Spookydonut posted:

dial down the height of those back two platforms like 50%

Zefiel posted:

I would try to use the pieces supporting the tallest platform to make two 'walls' to either side of the main baseplates. the rear wall can be made with those black fence-like railings. then you can use the platforms over the back wall (supported by the side walls), get a sort of galleon or Caravel shape going, using that windshield for a little cockpit on the front-center or asymetrically off to one side like in those WWII landing ships all the videogames start in , I really should doodle a diagram but I hope I'm making enough sense.

EDIT: aw, I hope this doodle makes more sense. the tallest 'room' I'd lower and support by two walls as follows:



This gives you more of a cohesive, organic and maybe 'dynamic' shape, the rear can be made with those fence pieces if they're big enough and if you have the pieces maybe make them a ramp that can fold down? something for that cool mech to deploy from

Brawnfire posted:

Sorry about all these pictures, I did the


challenge, and made this:

The Exploriens Planetside Telescopy Vehicle, or PTV



This state-of-the-art mobile telescopy workstation is made for a variety of planetary climates and terrains.







The powerful roof-mounted polyspectral telescope is one of the most powerful planet-based telescopes available.









A number of workstations are able to configured for specific tasks.





The vehicle comes with a number of accessory trailers. Here is a powerful towed telescope.







This trailer can be used to carry components of a mobile field laboratory.





Pictured are a number of portable field telescope units.



The entire telescopy team: Left to Right there's Bill-E the Android, Tyler VanMartian, Chuck "Nova" Gideon-Kalogeropoulos, Bung Voight Chang, and Fellix Tt [a Mondrian, they just look like skeletons]
Not pictured: The driver, because everyone on the team likes to gently caress with him. What was his name again? Thick?

Cojawfee posted:

There's no way that has 9000 pieces.