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[LEGOman273]

I bagbuilt my entire City advent calender.


See individual images here.

Edited by Legoman273, 08 February 2012 - 05:39 PM.

[RPGer]

I dislike bagbuilding.  You can't feel any pieces and it's hard to play with the bricks.

[LEGOman273]

RPGer, on 08 February 2012 - 08:37 PM, said:

I dislike bagbuilding.  You can't feel any pieces and it's hard to play with the bricks.

Then why are you posting in a thread about bagbuilding?

I, on the other hand, enjoy bagbuilding for those very reasons. I do it for the challenge.

[woolie]

It took a 28 hour marathon session and required various stimulants and anti-anxiety medications, but I have accomplished my masterpiece.

[Niku]

You mean you opened the original bags and build it inside the bigger one, that is cool.  

[Splat]

I had another go at bag building (my previous bag build here).  This time I bag built the 4433 Dirt Bike Transporter set.  The set comes in two bags, and each one also has a sub-bag within.  The first bag contains the 4x4 and the driver (I have him/her sitting in the driver's seat), and the second bag contains the trailer, two dirt bikes, and the mechanic.  The bags were quite large so the build wasn't too difficult; the hardest part was keeping the dirt bikes in place on the trailer and getting the drawers in their frame (also on the trailer).




I didn't apply the stickers as I couldn't put them on without opening the bags (and I don't usually apply stickers anyway).  It also looks like I have the black/white helmets on the trailer on the wrong way compared to the picture on the box, but the steps inside the instruction booklet have them the same way that I have placed them  



I also bought the 10230 Mini Modulars set, and I was going to give bag building another try, but I didn't have the patience to put all of those 1x1 plates together inside a bag  

Edited by Splat, 10 April 2013 - 02:40 AM.

[Legocrazy81]

woolie, on 10 February 2012 - 01:22 AM, said:

It took a 28 hour marathon session and required various stimulants and anti-anxiety medications, but I have accomplished my masterpiece.

I think that may be against the rules! But a very effective way of keeping it dust free.

[Galaxyconquest01]

I'll try this to I might have to go to the Lego store this weekend though to get some new polybag sets

[AussieJimbo]

Nice work, Splat.

And woolie, that is crazy but awesome at the same time.

[L@go]

I think maybe this brings another dimension to this topic...

[AussieJimbo]

Nice one.

Interesting how it jiggles about in zero gravity.

[Legocrazy81]

nicoga3000, on 15 January 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

I think I just beat LEGO.



I have no intention of building the other four like this.  My brain hurts.

How did you open the two inner bags in the CC?! I can't get them. I really want to try this...

[nicoga3000]

Legocrazy81, on 05 March 2012 - 03:06 AM, said:

How did you open the two inner bags in the CC?! I can't get them. I really want to try this...

Very very carefully, haha.  It actually wasn't terribly hard.  If I could explain it in words, I would (because I remember exactly how I did it!).  The hardest part was manipulating the bag AFTER the pieces were out.  You wouldn't believe how frustrating it was having it in there and taking up space/getting between things.  Having the brick separator in there was also a poor decision on my part.  I want to open it to use it, but I guess I'll just stick to my two green ones I bought ages ago.  

[Legocrazy81]

nicoga3000, on 05 March 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

Very very carefully, haha.  It actually wasn't terribly hard.  If I could explain it in words, I would (because I remember exactly how I did it!).  The hardest part was manipulating the bag AFTER the pieces were out.  You wouldn't believe how frustrating it was having it in there and taking up space/getting between things.  Having the brick separator in there was also a poor decision on my part.  I want to open it to use it, but I guess I'll just stick to my two green ones I bought ages ago.  

I just can't get the two sides of the small bags to separate. I pinch the bag(s), but then I can't feet the other side... I tried and tried, finally I just have in and opened the Cafe Corner one. I still have 4 tries.

[caperberry]

nicoga3000, on 05 March 2012 - 09:39 PM, said:

Having the brick separator in there was also a poor decision on my part.  I want to open it to use it, but I guess I'll just stick to my two green ones I bought ages ago.  

But can you disassemble the model using only the brick separator?

Only joking, awesome job! Bagbuilding is one of those LEGO curiosities that needs a wider audience!

Edited by caperberry, 05 March 2012 - 11:49 PM.

[nicoga3000]

caperberry, on 05 March 2012 - 11:38 PM, said:

But can you disassemble the model using only the brick separator?

Only joking, awesome job! Bagbuilding is one of those LEGO curiosities that needs a wider audience!

For whatever reason, I picture a video of someone doing this and laughing FAR too hard.  A+

[Matija]

Legocrazy81, on 05 March 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

I just can't get the two sides of the small bags to separate. I pinch the bag(s), but then I can't feet the other side... I tried and tried, finally I just have in and opened the Cafe Corner one. I still have 4 tries.

Worked for me, all you need is patience.

Also - one thing I learned from building-mini-modulars-in-bag is that one has to be careful not to destroy the outer bag.  Once it starts ripping it's hard to stop it :/

[Legocrazy81]

Matija, on 06 March 2012 - 09:23 AM, said:

Worked for me, all you need is patience.

Also - one thing I learned from building-mini-modulars-in-bag is that one has to be careful not to destroy the outer bag.  Once it starts ripping it's hard to stop it :/

Maybe that's my problem.

On a side note, I love your MOCs.

Edit: hooray for post count 1932!
Edit, part deux: I'm happy, frustrated, exhausted and finger pain. I bag built Mini FB. I think I chose the wrong one to do, so many 1x1s stacked on each other. I feel accomplished though, and a better AFOL for it.  

Edited by Legocrazy81, 07 March 2012 - 06:48 AM.

[brick god]

Here are my first two bag builds. Took me about 2-3hrs each mini modular to complete. With experience it has been becoming a lot easier.

Edited by brick god, 23 March 2012 - 09:42 AM.

[Legocrazy81]

brick god, on 23 March 2012 - 09:41 AM, said:

Here are my first two bag builds. Took me about 2-3hrs each mini modular to complete. With experience it has been becoming a lot easier.

Nice job. I bet that brick separator was a major pain to work around. My FB is still in its bag, I can't bring myself to open it.

[brick god]

Legocrazy81, on 24 March 2012 - 03:55 AM, said:

Nice job. I bet that brick separator was a major pain to work around. My FB is still in its bag, I can't bring myself to open it.

haha it was, pieces gettin stuck in it and such. It actually had its uses to, like when I would missplace the little 1x1 plates by a stud or 2.

[Remus_Lupin]

This is my only bag-building venture to date:



Not so sure I'd do it again - it left a little cosmetic damage on the polybag in the form of minor scratches. Some are visible on the bottom-right hand side of the image.

Edited by Remus_Lupin, 27 March 2012 - 06:14 PM.

[Cerator]

Hehe... Fun little topic!  

When I stumbled across the farmer, I had to try this, too.
While not as difficult as the other bag builds it was my first try in this domain.  


BagBuild_big by Cerator at Flickr

[mrklaw]

Never thought I'd even contemplate this, but I recently ordered a bunch of mini star wars ships, so I might give it a go :)

[Roger Rabbit]

Sorry to bump up an old topic, but that appears to be what happens all the time with this thread..  

Had a go at this with some (very) small sets and really enjoyed the challenge!!

Edited by Roger Rabbit, 30 June 2012 - 11:15 PM.