What parts to buy at legoland?

[Kim72]

Hello,

I'm 42 and just recently decided to pick-up building LEGO technic again.

Also next saturday I will to on holiday to Denmark and so of course I'll be visiting legoland.

I've heard you can buy legoparts per 100 grams there.

My question is what parts do you recomment buying and in what quantity if you have to start building technic from scratch? I would like to build my own moc's. I only own a recently bought bulldozer. Years ago all my old 80's LEGO was geven away by my mother.

Regards, Kim.

[TheNextLegoDesinger]

i went to legoland a few years ago.

it has a pick-a-brick wall like in lego stores. I think there were no technic pieces in the pick-a-brick section.

i think buying at bricklink.com and lego.com store is much better.

amuse you at Legoland. you should go for 2 days so you can do everything. i hope you enjoy there

[zux]

As far as I remember price for parts was quite high In Danish Legoland and nothing worth for Technic fan. Not sure where you are from, but I'd go with buying sets with needed parts instead.

[Kim72]

Sorry, forgot to mention I'm from the netherlands.

What sets would you suggest to start with?

[Appie]

42009 is a great all round parts set.

42030 a great RC parts set.

And the upcoming 42043 should make a great part set like the 42009 but with the bonus of new style pneumatics.

For suspension stuff and a nice assortment of other parts the 42029 or 42038 are good choices.

Edit:

Also, www.brickwatch.net is your friend for cheap stores in the Netherlands.

Edited May 28, 2015 by Appie

[Kim72]

Thans Appie, time to take out my credit card

[Appie]

You're welcome, welcome back to the fun of Lego Technic building. Have fun in Legoland!

Also, I actually meant the 42039, not the 42038. Though the 42038 does have suspension parts and other fun parts like the tracks and orange parts, but the 42039 and 42029 come with double wishbone suspension arms.

[vliet]

Hi Kim, I am not sure about prices of the parts in Legoland, but I advice you NOT to buy sets there because those are priced half more than retail prices in Denmark. At least it was like that 4 years ago when we were there. The pick a brick wall was not much different than any other I have seen so far.

Edited May 28, 2015 by vliet

[Kim72]

Thanks for the heads up Vliet. I've written down the prices for the sets mentioned at brickwatch.net and will take those with me. Never steen a pick a brick wall before though. Can those be found at the regular toys shops?

[Coola1]

Thanks for the heads up Vliet. I've written down the prices for the sets mentioned at brickwatch.net and will take those with me. Never steen a pick a brick wall before though. Can those be found at the regular toys shops?

Yeah, I believe most lego shops have pick a brick walls, but as mentioned many times before, pick a brick walls aren't of much use for lego technic fans.

Oh, welcome to eurobricks btw, and have fun getting back into technic.

[skaah]

Don't buy anything at LEGOland, you can get if for cheaper at Dutch stores. Everything is more expensive in Denmark, this goes for LEGO as well.

Only buy at LEGOland what you cannot get back home. I got a neat 40115-1 (not very Technic though) a few months ago.

[Kiwi_Builder]

I've never seen a store with a Lego pick a brick wall, are there official Lego shops in Europe or something?

[zux]

are there official Lego shops in Europe or something?

Yes

[vliet]

I have also seen a pick a brick wall in danish departement stores, but can't remember which one.

[Kim72]

Thanks for the info all. Even if i don't buy anything at legoland at least it will be great fun to go there for the first time in my life!

[Kiwi_Builder]

Yes

Wow that looks like the most amazing shop The best we can do in NZ is a Toyworld store and that is just general toys with a small range of Technic/other Lego.

[Kim72]

Yeah it does look like a great candystore for LEGO fans! After my holiday I guess I'll be driving to Germany or Belgium

[Cwetqo]

Where you want to go is Legoland Gunzbur in Germany. They have "Factory" there, which is actualy very large shop with large selection of all kinds of bricks sold from large bins in including solid technic selection. Price is per weight and is notlow, but shop is still very worth visiting.

[Rockbrick]

The one in UK went from bad to worse - no technic sets for sale and they had removed the pick-a-brick wall....

[braker23]

That Legoland Gunzbur store looks simply amazing, thanks a lot for the info, I plan to visit it soon :)

[Alegomind]

Because don't you buy complete set? So you have a big assortment of pieces and some complete models!

[Kim72]

Thanks for the info on Gunzburg.

It's a bit far from the Netherlands, but if I am in the neighbourhood i will certainly go there.

[vliet]

I have heard there was something like that in Billund as well about 10-15 years ago

[Kim72]

I'm still in norway but i was wondering how do you built Mocs using both studded and studless pieces if the current sets mostly contain studless pieces?

[Erik Leppen]

Studless building is definitely going to take time to get used to. That's one reason to also buy sets, rather than just loose parts. I don't think it even matters that much which sets, as long as you like them. Pick among those that pique your interest, that leave you wondering, how does it all work, and build all models. Definitely build all models from each set you get. You'll learn about how things go in the studless world, even if unconsciously.

Because, yes, things are different than in the studded world. Studded builds are often from the bottom upwards. Studless builds are built from the inside outwards. To repeat what's often said: studless building is a bit like chess - you have to think ahead. Good studless building is not easy to do.

Also, maybe you have some ideas in mind about what you'd like to build. You might want to select your sets on that (if you're thinking about a common subject). E.g. if you are thinking of building cars, get 8070 or 42000. If you're thinking construction equipment, then 42006 might be interesting. If you want to get into remote control/power functions, get 42030 and have the whole package in one go.

A third criterion you can use to bulid up your collection of pieces using sets, is to look at color. If you have five sets and they have all different colors, it will be harder to build from that. I think it would be good if you would have a few sets that are similar in color. If your first set is yellow, maybe give other yellow models a higher preference as your next buy, so you build up a collection of that color. The other colors will come with time. (I know I wanted the crane 8288 for the white parts, but I could only really put them to use after getting 42025.)

A final advice is, don't buy ten sets in one go. Start with one nice set, build from that, and if you enjoy your time, slowly build a collection with one set at a time. This has a few benefits.

1. You get time to learn how to build while your collection is slowly growing. Your parts grow alongside your experience, preventing being overwhelmed by all those parts and not knowing how to use them well.

2. The happiness from ten sets at once is not that much greater than the happiness from one set at once. So if you buy the ten sets at ten different times, you'll have ten of those really joyous moments of giving yourself a new present, unpacking it and experiencing it (and every set opens up new possibilities of building, which you'll appreciate more when they're rarer).

3. In the event that this whole building thing ends up not sparking your interest as much as yyou thought it would do (which is always possible), you're spendings haven't risen through the roof. In other words, you give yourself time to find out if you really like this hobby.