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  1. Andy D
    Very, very nice! Lots of little details. I like the textures an the wall in the front of he house, and I like the use of the leaves as the top of the side walls. I also am quite fond of he roof, very nice textures, the intereior is also well done, everything a minifig would need. Congratulations! Andy D
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    I'm thinking that "critical mass" means when your LEGO space implodes because you have so much LEGO or you question that it could implode at any minute. I think I am getting close... I am in the middle of a sorting project of some 20,000 - 30,000 parts and I have at least 40 - 50 unbuilt sets of various sizes from modular buildings down to the 100 - 300 piece impulse set. Most of my unbuilt sets are either modular building size or sets close to 1,000 pieces. As a result I think I am going to try to limit my new purchases to 12 sets per year. The modular building ( 3 copies), the Winter Village set (3 copies) and 3 copies of two other sets. Why 3 copies? One to build, one to mod and one just for parts. That would imply that my collection could expand at about 12,000 to 15,000 parts per year My collection will continue to grow, but the growth should slow to a more manageable level. I hope this works... Andy D
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    Thanks, I found it. It is not the table I was hoping for, but if I look up each part type I can find the weight. Now the question is... Is it faster to look up each part to find out the weight? --or-- Weigh a bunch to find the weight? Time will tell, I am sure it will be different for different pieces. Thanks, Andy D P.S. eurotrash - is it possible that I (like most others on this forum) do have a problem with my LEGO hobby (yeah, let's call it a hobby). Nah, none of us has a problem. ;)
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    Well, at least I do plan to weigh and count... Not record in my inventory by weight, or worse yet inventory by the "hand full". As for the intervention... I don't have a LEGO problem, not at all, I do not have a LEGO problem! Thanks for help and concern. Andy D
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    Very nice, good parts usage. I particulaly like the very clever tree. Andy D
  6. Andy D
    Great rock work and I really like he big tree. Looking forward to the finished project. I notoce you did not total your expense, but I am not sure that were I in your place If I would want to know a total. Andy D
  7. Andy D
    Very good representation! Great desert colors. I particularly like the gun to vehicle size ratio. Never can tell when you need a big gun ;) Andy D
  8. Andy D
    Thanks to Erik and Robert. I have been think about the weigh and count solution as well and it is probably what I will do. Now off to "the river", Amazon to find a scale. Thanks, Andy D
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    I went to Lgoland yesterday, bought a bunch of misc parts, some 1x1 plates, some 1x2 tiles and many other assorted goodies. Now I am sorting these pieces into my inventory and I started thinking that I also need to count these parts! I can't just put one "hand full" of 1x1 gray plates, two "hand full" 1x2 gold grates, etc. I started to think about weight. I know that there are several Bricklink store owners here and it seems to me that they must weigh large quantities of things 1x1's, 1x2's, in fact anything they sell. Does anyone have a reference to a LEGO parts weight to piece count table? Any help here will be much, much appreciated as I do not want to use "hand fulls" as a unit of measure in my inventory. Thanks, Andy D
  10. Andy D
    Nice representation of Dennis, Margarette, Joey(?) and of ourselves "good ol" Mr. Wilson. The tree, treehouse and tire swing are also very nice as well. Andy D
  11. Andy D
    I really like this. It is a proof of concept for a house made of 1x1 rounds. I may have to try this someday. Thanks for this... Andy D
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    I see you've found the answer to your question and those hip pieces could help me at sometime also. I realize that this thread is not about that video, but... The video wa great, but the crude language was totally unnecessary and for me it detracted from the video. Just MHO but others would do well to just make a video and leave out the swear words and crude language. Andy D
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    If I was into building vehicles, cars etc. I would also so copy this roadster. I can see why you had to build your own. Very good representation of the original. Maybe I will build one, don't know when, but in the meantime I can look at his one and Erol's. thanks for sharing this. Andy D
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    To each his/her own! I really like the WV Market. $100 is a fair price (to me anyway) and I will buy 2 or 3. One to build, one to mod, one for parts! Thanks for the blue arch! Now I can get serious about the Market Street. Andy D
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    I like your solution using 2 hinge pieces per corner. It looks very stable. This should be added to the resource on advanced building techniques. (google - lego advanced building techniques) Andy D
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    This is a good idea. But may I suggest that building a MOC is also a good downtime exercise. Last year my wife and I went on a 15 day cruise to Hawaii (just lots of water, 5 days over 5 days back no land). I took 2 copies of 7573 Battle of Alumut and built a MOC with just the pieces I had. I first built the set just to enjoy he build, but then disassembled it, sorted the parts from both sets then did a "free build" which took about 16 - 20 hours over the remaining 9 at sea days. This may be difficult for vacations where air travel is involved. We live close enoigh to the port that I just packed an extra suitcase with mostly the sets and some containers used for sorting. But when flying, it only costs about $50 for an extra suitcase, so you could just consider it part of your vacation entertainment. Vacation downtime builds are a great exercise to help us avoid vacation dangers LegoGal mentioned (vbg). Andy D
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    MOC:invasion

    Andy D replied to BelosveT's topic in LEGO Sci-Fi

    I reallylike your"bug". Looks like he (??) is doing a good job of terrorizing the locals. Your micro buildings are great. Your landscape is also quite nice, but a few more buildings would definately add to it. Andy D
  18. Andy D
    Still sorting and storing I am sorting into Glad food storage containers by color. Next by type and size. Then put into plastic freezer bags and into 15 quart storage containers. When that step is done, get the containers out 1 at a time, count and input into BaseBrick for an inventory listing. As you can see, this takes up most all of my available countertop and desktop (build) space. Here's what about 1/3 of my loose parts looks like right now photo by MyPlasticBricks, on Flickr the is the rest of the 1/3 of my loose parts photo by MyPlasticBricks, on Flickr Well, back to sorting... Wish me luck Andy D
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    NorCal or SoCal? Welcome to EB, Andy D
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    Just to help all of you who want to get this set, I will not purchase any, none! Someone else can purchase my set! Andy D
  21. Andy D
    Very nice! All the little details and textures. Looks like a place to avoid! Andy D
  22. Andy D
    I really like it! Steampunk facinates me and I would love to build some, but I cannot imagine in "steampunk". On close inspection, another whimisical element are the gear-wheels for motivation. It appears to me that they would be in conflict with each other it it tried to move. But this is part of the whimsey of steampunk. Whoops! It looks like someone else noticed this as well. Still nice! Andy D
  23. Andy D
    Kristel, Thanks for sharing this. I've been thinking about a Modular HM, I'm sure your instructions will give me some ideas how to proceed. Thanks again, Andy D
  24. Andy D
    I like the idea of using Brickstore, however I don't want to enter all my sets and parts again. Is there a way to import a Bricklink XML file into Brickstore? Thanks, Andy D
  25. Andy D
    Wow! Talk about organization. That is fantastic! Are you sure it is only about 55,000 parts. I hope it is more, as Brickset says I have some 80,000 parts (mostly tied up in unbuilt sets). I think I might have about 10,000 to 20,000 loose parts from Bricklink purchases, disassembled sets and PAB purchases. I am sure some of the ideas you presented willbe very helpful as I begin anew my sorting and storing process. Does your spreadsheet have pictures or just number/name of parts? I am using BaseBrick, but the downside is that it is an online database and it could go away. I really hope not as it is a valuable online resource. Thanks again, Andy D
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