Parting out big sets - Ninjago city gardens

[Smw]

I made it not long after release and loved building it. But .... every time I need to move it things fall off it. The temple has been smashed completely already. 

I'm tempted to part it out and use it in MOCs  - but will I regret it if I do? I don't have a big layout, just lots of assembled sets and one theme that's becoming a layout

I keep thinking of the lovely pieces, but I know I will never make anything as immense out of them as the original set AND the thought of gathering all the pieces to reassemble it if parted out makes my brain ache

[Toastie]

1 hour ago, Smw said:

I keep thinking of the lovely pieces, but I know I will never make anything as immense out of them as the original set AND the thought of gathering all the pieces to reassemble it if parted out makes my brain ache

I can see that - gone through it, just to share my experience: There just needs to pop in an idea, where you desperately need one of the "lovely pieces". Use it or them. See, all the pieces are still there. You have the instructions. Putting it back together would always work(!) if you have to do it for some reason. But the longer the parts are nicely spread out on your display/in your MOCs, the less it "hurts". Eventually you will really love the idea and feeling that the set has helped you to build so many diverse things you really like. It is all still there. In a different appearance but there.

Just do it.

Best
Thorsten 

[Smw]

Thank you! You are right. I will let it bubble for a bit longer before I part it out. I couldn't imagine taking the clock tower for Harry Potter apart until I HAD to do it to create a whole different type of building (that needed tan arches etc)....