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Well, that page didn't last long.
Uh oh, got a 503 error on that post, though it went through. I remember some recent troubles related to that.
By the way, did you make that picture?
Yes. I did that Photoshop in 2018.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I had to add something to this gingerbread town.
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Those are fun.
Star Wabs Assemble!
https://youtu.be/OPnys-pfPSQ
Makes me wanna Photoshop another Lego set. :bigyello:Quote:
Originally Posted by dilettante
@Peter - My son (who is 8) nearly died of laughter when he saw your "Salvaged Death Star" box.
He kept saying, "that can't be real, omg"
It's certainly a good idea, though. One of the complaints I have with the direction that Lego has gone is that they make too many models. The whole point of Lego is to see what you can do with your imagination, rather than just putting together some model. There need to be more, "a whole lot of random pieces" kits out there. It seems like that's all I had when I was growing up. The kid with the most pieces won, not the one with the most models.
Kits have there advantages. It makes all kids capable of making cool things with Legos. It makes it easier for the parents to participate. This way everyone gets a participation award. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
When I was a kid, I use to love building my own pirate ships with Legos. I don't mind models, but large sets of random pieces is better. That's how I started my kids out when they were as young as yours. Before we brought Star Wars sets, me and my kids built our own space ships with retractable landing gears and slide and pop-up canopys and sliding doors. We actually built a Star Destroyer. It was huge, but it wasn't exact, using different colored pieces. Had alot of fun with that thing!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
In Germany we can still buy sets with tons of random pieces. If there's something we need that's not included in these sets, well for my family, Legoland was close by to buy whatever we needed from their shops.
Yeah, and it's a good thing that Legos float, because one hit from a Lego cannonball and those ships tended to fall to pieces. Eight of them, to be exact. They fell into pieces of eight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Porter
My response was always, "Arrrrgggh!", but that was mostly because my Lego parrot would fall off my shoulder.
Ahh, a way to reinforce the Lake Wobegon Effect.Quote:
Originally Posted by wes4dbt
I'm sure if I would've placed any of my builds in water, it will sink without a single strike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I preferred Meccano to Lego - with screws and nuts and metal plates and gears and screwdrivers and spanners and chains and motors and ... I thought Meccano had gone but I see that it's still around. I've still got my old sets from the 60's and 70's. I spent many happy hours building cranes, bridges, engines, landmark models (favourite Blackpool Tower) etc. Ah, those were the days...
I vaguely remember that. I thought it went away decades back.