Technic frustrations

[JunkstyleGio]

My biggest frustration:

The constant battle: not having enough spareparts(and lots of models on display) and having enough spareparts (and too many room for models to display)..

[DarkShadow73]

I hear you there...I've got a lot of spare parts, but some are unique to the models I've displayed and I hate to take them apart or part out a sealed set for just a piece of two...

My biggest frustration:

The constant battle: not having enough spareparts(and lots of models on display) and having enough spareparts (and too many room for models to display)..

[bb15080]

for me it's the lack of room to build. Each time I have to clear the table

Edited May 12, 2012 by bb15080

[sqiddster]

How about when you realize all 10 of your pneumatic cylinders have simultaneously stopped working...

Also, I wonder if any of you guys get this, but that time when you are working on a really complex part which is somewhat fragile... trying to squeeze in a bushing or something... and then, like magic, it all falls apart in your hands.

[timslegos]

Also, I wonder if any of you guys get this, but that time when you are working on a really complex part which is somewhat fragile... trying to squeeze in a bushing or something... and then, like magic, it all falls apart in your hands.

That happens to me ALL the time! It is so annoying! Another annoying thing is when your almost done building something and a pnuematic hose or wire comes loose inthe absolute center of the model, so infuriating , but i guess that is what Lego is all about, having FUN.

tim

[DarkShadow73]

Another I hear you there...I have 6 30"x30" card tables set up in my sparking clean garage, but 4 of them are full of models already built, and about 110-120 MISB sets underneath the 4 tables awaiting resale once I reopen my BL store...I keep 2 open to build on, but am in the process of finishing electrical runs out there, so bunches of pipe, wiring, fittings, etc on those 2 tables...one of these days I'll finish the last circuit and at least have one table free for building entirely, 1 year later and 3 additional electric runs out there, 1 for lighting, 1 for outlets, and 1 for space heating or fans in the summer...kind of a hobbyist in a lot of areas, but want to get at the 9397 'b' model and the 8466 4x4" Off-Roader I purchased some time ago...

for me it's the lack of room to build. Each time I have to clear the table

@squiddster- 10 cylinders not working all at once?!? That's not fun, wonder if TLG still produces them for sale separately other than BL or Lego Education(really expensive there)...used to buy lots of pneumatic stuff from them, but I think all they offer now are packs of many different pneumatics, used to be you could buy just the parts you wanted, but their shipping is astronomical even for Ground shipping, like $10 for a small mailer envelope, been about 4 years since I bought anything from them, but I looked a few months ago and they seemed to just bunch pack pneumatic system parts together now, and you could buy those huge lengths of black and gray tubing about size of 8455 Backhoe's tubing lengths, still have a couple of taped lengths of it, thank god since I have cut some too short for the models you have to slice off certain size lengths like the Backhoe and the Front-End Loader, sometimes I'd short cut them a bit...of course TLG also makes you wait a while since IIRC they only sell individual parts from their Denmark or Germany warehouse, not in the US, if you're overseas, suppose you would get them much faster, I know I had to wait about 4 weeks to get my replacement LA's for my 8043 back in fall 2010...but that was a major recall issue to hundreds of customers too, so maybe that's why it took more time...first come, first serve I'm assuming it was...

How about when you realize all 10 of your pneumatic cylinders have simultaneously stopped working...

Also, I wonder if any of you guys get this, but that time when you are working on a really complex part which is somewhat fragile... trying to squeeze in a bushing or something... and then, like magic, it all falls apart in your hands.

Or when a clutch slips out of a changeover catch in the middle of a model, happened to me countless times when building the 8295 Telehandler, took about a pain...

That happens to me ALL the time! It is so annoying! Another annoying thing is when your almost done building something and a pnuematic hose or wire comes loose inthe absolute center of the model, so infuriating , but i guess that is what Lego is all about, having FUN.

tim

Edited May 13, 2012 by TechnicFreak