What, for you, is a "custom Lego part"?

[XAxles]

I'm asking the question above because sometimes I feel that the dissidence against LEGO parts is getting a bit too much and I wanna understand why they see some parts as something that can only be used once as a particular design element.

Where does one part's use end and which parts begin making sense? What part is good for just a single purpose and is useless, tacky, and/or out of place everywhere else? What part, for you, is the most versatile and what's vestigial?

There could be another thread here about the same subject, so just redirect me there. If there isn't, then you can delve in here.

[Saint]

Hah !

I thought myself a "purist" for a long time... until I ran into a small problem I couldn't fix with the parts I had..

So I took the next best thing and glued 2 pieces together , thus making my own part.. and did the same thing with some tiles , glued and cut to size . And yes, those parts can really be used in that context and for nothing else. ( but they're white, not my primary building color ) . So it made perfect sence to me !

It's not for the cost of the parts for me, I just wanna make the best looking models out there.... so if that means cutting up a piece or 2 ... so be it !

Grtz Saint

[Dubbadgrim]

I'm not a fan of modifying parts. I try to keep everything official Lego, except I will sometimes make an exception for cloth/string etc. i would also use printed torsos and custom accessories if building in a theme like WW2.

Edited November 29, 2014 by Dubbadgrim