Littleworlds

Oooh! This looks great! Beautifully done building. Very detailed, organic and nicely layouted - and I appreciate the little jokes like the big angry Gorilla and the bluecoats. Things like that are the icing on the cake of a well done diorama for me. Looks all very alive and busy. Just great!

Hi Isavarg! I would go for a quite diverse approach. Often regular sets contain quite a number of interesting pieces and sometimes minifigs and accessories too. Some of the Ninjago sets, for example are really ueeful. With bricklink though you usually get the "bigger bang for the buck" and can pick exactly which pieces you want. Prices can vary quite a lot though, so it may need some time to compare prices, shipping and stock. Another option is buying in bulk at fleamarkets or ebay. Its a bit of a gamble there of course and you likely wont end up with exactly what you were looking for. At the same time, there might be positive surprises as well - and its often a very cheap way for obtaining pieces: people who sell their old Lego due to lack of interest often don't really know and/or care what is worth they are selling.

Hi there! I found your question quite intriguing and went to do some research. My results so far are not quite perfect, but things are definitely pointing into the right direction. I use Gimp as example for an image editor, because its free and cross platform. So, after you opened your picture, you go to Image>Scale Image and turn the size to a convenient level. Maybe something like 32x32 for a square picture. Next I looked for ways to get the Lego colours imported and found this link. I just saved the picture with the colour palette (not sure if that's all, but lets just assume it is), went to gimp and followed the instruction of this link. The result looked decent, but not 100% perfect. I would it prefer to make more use of the yellows, but I think with a bit of experimenting with increasing the yellow-value under Colours>Colour Balance, (but before converting to the Lego palette!) its doable to achieve acceptable results. The resulting picture can then be used as "instructions". But don't ask me how to determine how many 1x1 plates of each colour you use. I hope I could help you anyway!

Nice, and very informative video. I am both surprised and delighted that it didn't feature much of the storylines from the series, which - as far I can tell - are a bit... messy. This kept your narration focused and to the point. Good work! To add an afterthought or two: I would probably have introduced the main characters in the video as well and given some brief characterization of each.

God yes, that happened to me a couple of times. I am not 100% an expert on every single piece TLG ever produced, so - I guess its just bound to happen in one way or another. Usually its not a big deal since I can find a use for them somehow. I also once put some CMFs twice into the shopping basket since they didn't show up the first time. Of course they showed up in the mail It wasn't really terrible but a useful lesson!

Hello Thomas! Welcome to Eurobricks! Please feel free to post pictures.

Hey Gord! Welcome to Eurobricks. Hiding Lego away, aha? That's cute. See you around!

Hello there and welcome to Eurobricks! Excellent picture. Very atmospheric and gives him a lot of character the way details peek through the darkness. More of this please!

Good idea for that topic. $800 is a lot of money and showing what else you can get for that amount helps putting things a bit into perspective. I am not a fan of that set at all.

I agree, the idea of a scientific take is really something different and adds a lot of atmosphere to the builds. Very good! The vignettes themselves are well done, detailed and nicely diverse showing each cat in their typical habitat. Really lovely builds!

Now thats something different with the glass plate. And very good looking too. Excellent choice of colours too and the construction is just lovely crumbly. Nice job

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I heartfully agree. Its a lovely scene with some really well made underwater vegetation. I had the same thought btw. about the 007-style submarine. It may not be the lotus, but it clearly wants to be.. Lovely build!

Excellent build. A super clean yet complex design. I bet many non-Lego-fans would initially even think it is a model- kit.

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Lovely scenic. I like the way how you made the overgrown rocks. That gives just the right, naturalistic effect. Also lovely rope-bridge and vegetation in general. Overall very nicely balanced and harmonic build. Excellent!

Great idea and execution. It looks indeed absolutely normal, until it unfolds - and it all fits properly inside. Very good work. It is just hilarious how evil this little house can become

Hi James! A really impressively-sized starship. Good to see the classic space fleet is growing strong. A shame I didn't see your post before. There are a couple of things that don't quite work out though. Some of them are the same issues I ran into when I did a large (but not quite as large) classic space vessel by myself, which needs quite a serious overhaul too. So here are my thoughts: Detailing: There is a lot of blank blue and grey surfaces where the ship could use some detailing. Maybe some more elaborated detailing by using SNOT-technique (studs not on top): portholes, radiators, tiles for armor-plating and markings, random tech-stuff... like on the "roof" of she ship, which looks really neat. Shaping: The overall shape is also quite blocky, which relates to the issue of detailing. To me, it really wants a more smooth overall silhouette. Same for the engines. I would consider using technic-wheels, which work really well for that. Maybe an array of those per side? The landing is pretty blocky as well. I would also use technic-elements there. Maybe even make it retractable. Colours: The translucent neon-pieces sadly look quite out of place compared to the classic-space colour-scheme, which is mostly primary colours. Light blue for the ship robot and the interiors in general should work well with the established colours though. I would also avoid having two colours for the floors. I think grey works just fine. Since the hangar is a dangerous area, maybe some hazard markings instead. Proportions: The ratio between the fuselage of the ship itself and the grey "triangular" wing-plates is not ideal. It needs either a larger wing-area (which would requite to significantly increase the surface area), or reducing the footprint of the hull. Crew: I would also give the crew hair-pieces and individual faces (if they don't have them already). That really makes them come alive and gives so much character! I hope you don't take my criticism too negatively. I know that builds of such dimensions are time-consuming and sometimes quite hard work. But I'm sure that if these issues are fixes, your ship will really stand out! There are a lot of amazing builds in this forum which offer tons of inspiration.

This looks really cool! The colour-scheme makes it certainly spot on for Blacktron. It seems they are now extending its reach into futuristic megacities as well with this lovely monster of a car.

Hi there, Luca. Welcome to Eurobricks!

Looking good. Especially the great hall of Rohan.

These jellyfishes look really cool. Lovely colour palette on them and the patch of seafloor. Works just perfect for an underwater scene.

Brilliant! That's really a worthy ideas-set, since it really offers something new and creative.

Utterly stunning landscaping and layout. Very realistic and simply beautiful. I would, however, have built the boat full length. But for what is there - it looks excellent as well.

Is cute! looks fun! And also a very elegant way of suspending the UFO. I'd love to see more angles. I think a lower one could do it even more justice.