Pirate_King_1982

Exactly this. Someone is better trying their luck with the BDP if they want to publish a modular building. If I ever try my hand at getting a LEGO Ideas submission approved I'd probably build a retro item. We've had the PacMan Machine, the Atari, the NES, the Fender and the Polaroid Camera. You're better building what LEGO is more likely to produce rather than what you want as a set. Also once you've submitted an entry you can't do anything with it like sell plans on Rebrickable or have a third party company like Mediaeval Bricks or their parent sell your idea for you for no small period of time afterwards.

Yeah it was really rough on her. My sister and her husband and my two nieces along with their next door neighbour, an elderly woman, were told to move out and given not much notice. She offered to pay more rent but the landlord said he wanted to redevelop and put more units on the lot. Stupid thing is is that after the duplex she was in was bulldozed, the lot now sits vacant with a for sale sign on it. What makes things even worse is that three years later the landlord of the house she moved into next has done the same thing and she had to move again. Both times she offered to pay more rent and both times that respective landlords said no. At least my niece's didn't have to swap schools twice and are still at their new school because they managed to stay in the same district. Her youngest daughter, the youngest of my five nieces, enjoyed looking at my LEGO when they came by to borrow the trailer to move house the second time . The reason Mum gave her the box of LEG was that her other daughter got heavily into LEGO after watching the LEGO Movie. She even nagged my sister to build Metal Beard's ship when she saw the ship hulls, which my sister attempted to the best of her ability, lol. Not only was my pirate and castle stuff in there, but also our other sister's Paradisa stuff and some western sets our brothers had, along with elements from 1980's town sets. The rental market in our city is brutal and I am thankful everyday that my Dad, two brothers and I are able to share a mortgage and are home owners, or at least will be once we finish paying the bank. Sometimes there is conflict, four grown men sharing a residence, but we're lucky we're not renting and at the end of the day we got each other's backs

I wasn't the one who threw it out it was my sister. And I did suggest putting it up on Facebook for someone to grab for free. However, in her defence she had very little time to vacate the premises as the landlord wanted to redevelop and she was moving into a much smaller house. I'm pretty sure the LEGO wasn't the only thing of worth that ended up in the skip bin. But yes it was incredibly wasteful and I'll regret not taking possession of the LEGO for the rest of my life, as not only could I have had fun rebuilding my childhood sets but I'd also have had plenty of bricks and pieces for MOC building.

My parents got me the Carribbean Clipper for my 9th birthday and wanted to use kragle. I insisted on it not be glued together and my mother reluctantly agreed but told me she would not be assembling it a second time. I was very protective of the ship and wouldn't let my younger cousins or siblings play with it because I knew it would end up in bits. It stayed intact, albeit covered in a thick layer of dust for years but unfortunately ended up in a mixed LEGO storage bin when I entered my dark ages because "LEGO wasn't cool anymore". That bin of LEGO ended up being put in a dumpster decades later when my sister moved house in 2020. The worst thing about that is it happened six months to a year prior to falling in love with LEGO again, and was even asked if I wanted it all. However I didn't have the foreknowledge that I was going to be getting back into LEGO as an AFOL or that Bricklink existed meaning that I could have sourced missing pieces. My biggest regret was not properly storing the pieces after I took it apart. I also owned Lagoon Lockup, Eldorado Fortress and Renegade Runner along with the Wolfpack Fortress and Forrestmen Tree Fortress that all shared the same fate as the Clipper. However, it's the Clipper I lament rhost.

Reminds me of Homer Simpson when he used the drinking bird toy automatically press the button with his work. It didn't end too well. Funny episode though and worth looking up on YouTube if it's available. It was in the first couple of seasons.

Yeah I want some elk or dear and such. Mainly so I can appropriate them for my Lego castle mocs. Can't wait to see clear pictures of the construction excavator as it will likely be day one purchase for me.

Beautiful. Love it. Kudos.

Will reserve judgement until I see further pics. However I do like the the dragon be detached from the building and is a stand alone build. I hope it won’t be too hard to Figbarf some of the figs to be yellow skinned as I’m not really a fan of fleshies.

Absolutely stunning. Great choice of minifigs, the buildings look amazing especially with the deterioration hinting at the buildings age, and the flora is fantastic too. You should be very proud of your work. Kudos.

Looks a tiny bit bit like a Leman Russ Battle Tank from Warhammer 40,000. Very nice build regardless.

Personally I like slopes (POBB) and curved slopes (Eldorado). I can’t really explain why beyond that I like how they look out of all the options provided.

I couldn’t agree more. it would be fantastic I LEGO made sticks available on PAB.

Great stuff. Kudos. I especially love the two knights about to wake up the third knight with trumpet.

Anyone who thinks LEGO are greedy and evil hasn’t dealt with Games Workshop.

What a beautiful ship. Kudos. I look forward to seeing her built from bricks.