grum64

Rarely now do I buy sets from eBay as I find the prices ridiculously high most of the time. I buy the occasional part/s but that's about it. I now use classified ads in local papers, car boot sales etc., to buy my sets at much, much lower prices than eBay. In the last month or so I've bought: 8461 Williams F1 - boxed & complete - £38 8461 Williams F1 - boxed & complete - £25 8258 Crane Truck - boxed & complete - £55 8265 Front End Loader - boxed & complete - £30 8295 Tele-handler - boxed & complete - £25 5218 Pneumatic Pack, 8462 Pneumatic Tow Truck, 8244 Convertibles & 8456 Fibre Optic Multi Set - no boxes but all complete - £25 5218 Pneumatic Pack - boxed but incomplete - £3 8262 Quad Bike - boxed & complete - £5 8274 Combine Harvester & 8416 Forklift - both boxed & complete - £35 9396 Helicopter - boxed & complete - £34 8448 Super Street Sensation - no box but complete - £35 8109 Flatbed Truck boxed & complete - boxed & complete - £18 8053 Mobile Crane - boxed & complete - £26 8262 Cherry Picker - boxed & complete - £12 Everything that should work has been tested and is in perfect condition. Amazingly bearing in mind the age of some of these sets and the well documented problems associated with Legos' whites, in all the sets with whites, they're perfect, no discolouration. As you can see I've had some absolute bargains & they've not been hard to find. I guess I have more time than most but as you can see, other than building, I put that time to very good use. I just need to find an 8674 Ferrari but it's proving to be very, very elusive. A few of the sets are replacements for sets I sold (yes on eBay!) last year whilst having a clear out as we were running very short of storage space. Now we've had that sort out we have the room. It's very rapidly filling up again! The trouble I have now is building fast enough to get through my 'collection'. 49 & counting!!!

Astonishing. Huge MOC, Huge Post! Now I know who's been out bidding me to all those eBay motor sales!!

Excellent looking vehicle. Well done.

STUNNING, SIMPLY STUNNING!

Very Nice. Very Nice Indeed!

UK buyers, just found this for £15 http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/lego-ninjago-skull-truck-2506/1015950124

I didn't get that far with my 'Mog. Had plans to but another build got in the way. I'll get back to it one day... One day!

As for the placement of the battery box tilting the Unimog to the left you could try 'my'(?) simple solution

Jake thinks this'd be a great replacement for my everyday 'chair'! And suddenly he wants his own iPhone! Mmmm, I wonder why?!

I've used BrickLink for 2 or 3 years and in that time I've ordered close to 5000 parts, and the vast majority of those were from these 2 UK stores: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=masterbuilder1 http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=keithkram They both have a very good selection of parts, the quality of the used parts especially has always been very good. They've been very reasonably priced, well packaged and delivered quickly. I've used other BrickLink stores, UK, European and US, and have been always been pleased with the parts and service but I keep going back to 'a brick or more' and 'KRAM'

Amazing Collection. Gives me a few ideas for the future of mine. Thank you.

Me too but with a mouth full of plastic!

Williams F1 Progress Report: After a couple of weeks or so building for around 4-6 hours a day (with more than the usual amount of cursing!) page 32 is on the horizon. People have told me that the 3 'F1's' are big when built & they're right. It's going to be very impressive! It's been a bugger at times but very enjoyable none the less? I've got the 8458 Silver Champion to build yet and am on the lookout for the 8674 Ferrari. Should look awesome together!

It's has PF & the features of the Meyra Optimus 2 I use. More here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=73378&hl= Stopped building it for a while to concentrate on the Crawler and a recently arrived (prestine!) Williams F1 that started 'calling' to me. As for progress on that, page 32 is on the horizon.

Just thought I'd throw my humble MOC into the mix! Or more seriously:

Ditto

I thought it might have been, it's too good not to be. Admitidly, I did only have a quick look.

Hi Guys I mentioned this in a reply to a question a few weeks ago but thought it deserves a wider audience. Personally, I can't wait! Take a look at the video on the website. http://coredevelopersteam.com Apologies if this has already been listed.

Very Nice.

Gandalf lives & he builds Lego! There's simply no other explanation!

Thank you. I really don't think Lego would be interested in implimenting my building techniques. I tend to 'grab' whatever is in range to help me. Lego would need to add everything from serviette trays to memo spikes, photo frames to mugs to their instruction books. Can't see it happening!

Controlling the motorised sets I make is the one thing I'm yet to do with any real success. I have a few goes with each but that's about it. There's light at the end of the tunnel though. I don't know whether you've heard of this, the Upcore G1 It's not available just yet but when it is it'll be the answer to my prayers and those who for what ever reason need or want another way to control their PF creations. It's an amazing piece of kit. You can find more information here: http://coredevelopersteam.com/

Thank you for your kind words. I'd not say I'm particularly skilled. I'm just very stubborn and loathe to let things beat me!

Evening All For Christmas I was lucky enough to get a 9398 Crawler from my wonderful family so my Meyra Optimus 2 wheelchair MOC was put on the 'back burner' After many weeks of the now, almost obligatory, huffing, puffing and cursing the Crawler has been completed and, even if I say so myself, it looks great. I very much enjoyed the build & didn't have too many problems. I had to build 'out of sequence' several times & had to employ a few build techniques of my own here and there but got there in the end. I'll not bore you with too many pictures as there are plenty on here already but here's mine. Today I've made a start on my 8461 Williams F1. Having spent a few evenings reading through the instruction book I anticipate several weeks of cursing ahead. Good job Jake's back at school! P.S. Sorry but I forgot to say that I didn't put the stickers on, my Wife had to do them for me.

In my case 26 weeks & another 8 to motorize it!