Do you buy for the parts or the Kit (part II)

[Phantom59]

Do you buy the kit more for the parts or the kit itself ?

I lean towards the parts myself (i think i have posted this question before.)

[syclone]

Mostly because of the new or must have in collection parts.

[Milan]

i dont buy kits, but when i do, it is always for the parts.

btw, you should have probably posted this in other, more community type of forum.

[LennyRhys]

I always buy for the kit. If I need parts, I buy parts from bricklink, which I have been doing for 10+ years now. When I think about it, I haven't bought a new Technic kit for a long time. I usually buy preowned from ebay, and more often than not it's kits that I wanted in the late 90s but didn't get!

[Phantom59]

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btw, you should have probably posted this in other, more community type of forum.

I thought of posting in the general forum (or it would be moved ) , but I am more intersted in Technic Lego

Edited July 4, 2015 by Phantom59

[allanp]

Usually for the new parts. However 42043 looks like an interesting build, far more so than last years large sets so I'll be getting and building that for sure. 42042 also has a good supply of blue and a new turn table and the new clutch gears and so on so I'll get that. Here's a similar question, how many of you guys buy a set but do not build it, you just put the parts straight into your collection?

[Phantom59]

I am thinking of getting 2 42043 for parts (wife willing or not knowing). out of the 140 (more or less) technic set i have, i have only kept one 8455-1 Backhoe loader to gether

[Victor Imaginator]

buying a set instead of parts is easier, but costs more. simple choice - money versus time

[Paul B Technic]

I buy for parts mostly, I only have one set build and that has been modded :)

[SMC]

I got 42030 for parts but wanted to keep it built so had to get another one, so I guess both.

[Immo]

I mostly buy sets I like, especially when I see a nice alternate build possibilities. However, for my first serious MOC after the Dark Age I bought a ton of panels and parts through the Internet and stationary stores.

[Freekysch]

Always for the kit itself. I tend to have the 1 set / year rule, but I never stick to it

[Immo]

Always for the kit itself. I tend to have the 1 set / year rule, but I never stick to it

Sounds like a fancy way to torture yourself. Good thing you ignore it

[Foggy]

Buy just kits that i like or used to like in my childhood but haven't had.

[kungpo]

Both - I always keep an intact set (and I aim to have at least one of every set released) and if I'm working on something else I'll get more copies of a set if it has a lot of useful pieces.

Slightly of topic - "kits" versus "sets" - I always called them sets but notice that others refer to them as "kits". To me a "kit" is more like a plastic model kit - you can only make one thing.

[jorgeopesi]

Since I have enough standar pieces I just buy the new ones of the year, the 42030 bucket for example. I have to say that I disarmed all my MOCs so I have enough pieces.

[Moz]

I buy mostly for parts, but also to experience the new build techniques and because some models are cool as is (flagships, mostly). During the GFC the Australian dollar was very high against the Euro, so I bought a great deal of Lego - multiple copies of 8043 and 8528, plus a bunch of other stuff. I decided it was worth it because the currency swing made everything about 30% cheaper, plus there were some good end-of-line sales on those two models in particular. 8043 was ~$Oz250 here, I was paying about $120-$150 including postage.

My guilty pleasure is buying unusual coloured gears and axles so I can have consistent colouring in models. When I'm buying parts from Bricklink I'll also buy 3 long pin with friction in black, 2-long and odd-length axles in black, and generally any rare or unusual gears and axles (recently a bunch of 8T and 20T gears in white, for example). The rare colours I mostly use for exhibitions where I will build split-out sections of the model to show how it works, and try to build each part of the drivetrain in a different colour to make it easier to follow (like people do when posting LDraw drivetrain pics here). Some visitors love that, others seem oblivious to it.

One day I want to try motorising the split out sections and having those controllable by the audience. I think that would be very cool... also a lot of work.

Edited July 5, 2015 by Moz