Lego psychology

[pldeutelephonz]

Okay, so this is hard to express in words but its a general circumstance that happens to me all the time. I'm a lego star wars freak, and I'm not picky as to which trilogy I prefer, in fact I can't actually tell you which I do prefer because that would upset the natural balance. I feel as though both trilogies complement each other and I realise that many true star wars fans typically hate the prequels but I personally see the good things in both trilogies. Anyway onto the point. Now I probably have as many sets and ships in lego from the original trilogy, and the prequel trilogy. I'm a builder and whenever there's a scene I feel I can recreate I do so with what pieces I have. But I'm not a collector that just has my lego for show. I like to bring one ship down and add it to my location or scene I've made. But it seems that for me my lego taste changes constantly. One moment I will be in love with the mustafar scene and build all I can from that and get my palpatines shuttle down, then a day later my desire will have changed onto for example cloud city and that means that I put the mustafar stuff away and get out my millennium falcon and slave 1. Its honestly an endless spiral and I feel it has something to do with psychology and the fact that if I look at a particular ship or set in a catalogue my interest in it will develop. I'm just very fickle and faddy when it comes to lego. I wish I could sustain my interest in one star wars lego scene for more than a few days. :( any similar experiences? Who wants to play psychiatrist?

[arc]

I don't know anything about psychology, but I do know exactly what you mean. I've been through the same thing, one week I set up a dino attack diorama, a couple weeks later I'm making an episode 5 hoth scene. It might be 'cause I like a variety, but again, I'm not a psychiatrist.

[korpen4444]

Variety in your projects is good. I see no problem. But then again, I'm no psychiatrist.

[DarthTwoShedsJackson]

From a common sense point of view, as long as your 'obsession' does not hurt the rest of your life significantly, you have nothing to worry about.

At the end of the day, a medium like LEGO is asking for fiddling and experimenting with it, and trying to come up with new stuff constantly. I'd even go so far as to say that this is the essence of Lego. I guess almost every builder goes through what you describe, some more, some less.

Here's what I would suggest:

If you (like me) find yourself constantly building stuff, and then dismantling or abandoning it because something else has caught your fancy, document what you have done, taking lots of high quality photographs of your builds (and propably how you've built them) before taking them apart to build something new. That way, no build is lost, even if you dismantle it for something else.

[pldeutelephonz]

From a common sense point of view, as long as your 'obsession' does not hurt the rest of your life significantly, you have nothing to worry about.

At the end of the day, a medium like LEGO is asking for fiddling and experimenting with it, and trying to come up with new stuff constantly. I'd even go so far as to say that this is the essence of Lego. I guess almost every builder goes through what you describe, some more, some less.

Here's what I would suggest:

If you (like me) find yourself constantly building stuff, and then dismantling or abandoning it because something else has caught your fancy, document what you have done, taking lots of high quality photographs of your builds (and propably how you've built them) before taking them apart to build something new. That way, no build is lost, even if you dismantle it for something else.

Thanks for the advice! That is a good idea, I need to catalogue my builds.

I don't know anything about psychology, but I do know exactly what you mean. I've been through the same thing, one week I set up a dino attack diorama, a couple weeks later I'm making an episode 5 hoth scene. It might be 'cause I like a variety, but again, I'm not a psychiatrist.

Its really annoying because one moment I'll be into a certain ship like the solar sailed and the next day I'll be like hang on I don't feel like building or using this ship, I'm more into another ship now. Its like a fad and when I loose that desire to create something or finish creating something I feel really angry that I can't get that desire back. Its so hard to explain!

[Nom Carver]

If you (like me) find yourself constantly building stuff, and then dismantling or abandoning it because something else has caught your fancy, document what you have done, taking lots of high quality photographs of your builds (and propably how you've built them) before taking them apart to build something new. That way, no build is lost, even if you dismantle it for something else.

Absolutely agree!

I would suggest to keep building new stuff, the more original and of your own design, the better, creativeness should always be the miror of your own psyche/soul , but I also recomend to finish your proyect before anything else comes to be built, dismantling your current assembled creations or sets will always open the door for new and more awesome vehicles/scenes/universes, but you could also save their memory in your PC or an online platform and share them if you like, but this would not apply if you have an unlimited supply of bricks ofcourse, I am no psycologist but have readed a few texts from C. G. Jung and S. Freud and I think you would find yourself very pleased to see your own thoughts shaped in the physical form of a new ship, an awesome SW story, or your own original theme, this may be a little of topic from the SW forum but is a very clever question, but if this actually reflects on your real life like never completing one task or loosing interest on things too fast you may want to ask a real psycologist (a good one) and NOT a psychiatrist (psychologist=fixing traumas and complexes on your mind, psychiatrist=drugs for you brain ).

.

Edited January 25, 2014 by Nom Carver

[pldeutelephonz]

Absolutely agree!

I would suggest to keep building new stuff, the more original and of your own design, the better, creativeness should always be the miror of your own psyche/soul , but I also recomend to finish your proyect before anything else comes to be built, dismantling your current assembled creations or sets will always open the door for new and more awesome vehicles/scenes/universes, but you could also save their memory in your PC or an online platform and share them if you like, but this would not apply if you have an unlimited supply of bricks ofcourse, I am no psycologist but have readed a few texts from C. G. Jung and S. Freud and I think you would find yourself very pleased to see your own thoughts shaped in the physical form of a new ship, an awesome SW story, or your own original theme, this may be a little of topic from the SW forum but is a very clever question, but if this actually reflects on your real life like never completing one task or loosing interest on things too fast you may want to ask a real psycologist (a good one) and NOT a psychiatrist (psychologist=fixing traumas and complexes on your mind, psychiatrist=drugs for you brain ).

.

I've always been a phase person with my hobbies. Its just lately the phases or fads are more fickle and I think when I start building something that I want, I fulfill that need and I'm instantly put off continuing that interest. I hope my current interest in the millennium falcon and cloud city lasts longer.