meenmichael

Thank you for the review, Clone O'Patra! I do have a question though. I recently finished putting mine together, and I noticed a small problem. In bag two, it seems that I was given one less 1x2 brown-orange brick and one extra 2x4 brown tile. I am very OCD about my LEGO building and it is absolutely bugging me that I can't figure out what happened. I've never had a problem with a missing piece before, and was maybe thinking that all Burrows would have the same issue, but from your pics, you seem to have a complete set. Can anyone tell me if it's possible this could happen, or did I just misplace a piece? I understand we are given extras, but a 2x4 tile? That seems too much like a mistake. Thanks, and other than that, I really enjoy this set!

Thanks for the review, Svelte. This set has been on my radar for awhile now, yet I won't be getting it for me, but for a good friend. She is entering her 4th year of college and on her way to grad school to become an architect. She has already mentioned to me how much she likes this set, and although she is not as big of a LEGO fan as myself, I know she will enjoy it greatly. The build looks fairly involved and almost tedious but I'm expecting the satisfaction upon completion to be well worth it. The additional materials included makes this a fantastic collector's set. I got mine from Amazon.com for $70 US. No tax and free shipping. I'm in the USA however so I don't know what that means for some of you others. I just thought I'd point out where I got it and what I think is a great price for this great set!

Yes, I have looked at those two threads. Those official Lego sets made by fans are very impressive and must have taken a lot of work and determination. I am definitely going to enjoy experimenting with LDD to see what I can come up with myself. Thanks again.

Okay, I think I got it! By going to the Creator or Mindstorms theme and then turning off filters, I get the whole selection of available parts (not including LU parts of course). I was slightly confused because I incorrectly assumed that most sets in real life production by Lego were included in the program, when in fact only a few sets are. I was expecting to see, for example, Star Wars and Architecture sets (and any special pieces and mini-figs), that I could then use on my own. I'm still a little disappointed that only a fraction of the available parts are actually able to be uploaded and bought, but that is a limitation of Pick a Brick I assume. However I can now see and select most of the parts in LDD. Thank you both for the help!

Well, I decided not to install the Lego Universe parts as I might want to upload my model to Lego and order the parts. Using those LU parts mixed in wouldn't allow me to by all those parts for real. But I don't think I need to do that. The tutorial video on Lego.com had multiple sets in their Brick Palette, and I assume you wouldn't need to do the LU download to get my interface to look like theirs. Are you saying I need to import these set files regardless, as they are somehow in the application folder but not automatically imported when I open the application for the first time? I get the feeling I shouldn't have to do this manually.

Hello everyone, this is my first post! I was originally planning on only being a lurker on these forums, as posted news and other people's answered questions seemed to give me any and all info I would ever need... that is until I decided to download LDD yesterday. In all the tutorial videos and FAQs I could find, the "Filter Bricks by Boxes" is filled with lots of sets from Lego's inventory. However in my program (I'm on a Mac-10.6), there are only two options: "Design By Me" and "Atlantis". Additionally, I have to be in the Creator theme for it to show any of the sets from "Atlantis". My question is, how do I get to choose from all of those sets from all of Lego's various themes? Thanks so much for the help!