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Yes, LEGO is expensive. But is it too expensive? Until now, no company is capable of producing so many types of parts in so many colours and such high accuracy, al TLC. Several factory’s try to imitate LEGO parts of sets. But or it is relatively cheap and therefore poor quality, or is almost as expensive as the LEGO brand itself. And they do have not the same service as LEGO. I think LEGO is only too expensive as other companies can do the same quality, quantity, and service with lower costs.

I think that it is not only a question of playing or not playing with LEGO-parts, but that it also depends on character and other interests. As a little child, I liked building very much. Wooden blocks, cardboard boxes, carts, everything that can be piled up. LEGO was thus a godsend for me as a child, and I liked it very much. But I’m a little older, and in my childhood, LEGO was purely a toy. And in those times, it was not ‘cool’ to play with toys if you were about 14 years. So, I put the LEGO in a cardboard box, stored it in the attic and forgot it for about forty years. Long ‘dark age’ indeed. I started modelling in wood because building things was still my passion. It was only by chance that I found the box with LEGO on the attic that I found my interest in the bricks again. Now, I like LEGO not so much for the brand or the sets or the collectors’ items but for my it is an exciting construction material. Clean, reusable, and you don’t need tools. And no noise pollution. And that is nice for the nabours. In short, building is the passion and LEGO is a means to that end. And not the other way around.

I like it to draw my MOC first as a Digital model. But for me, it is almost a necessity too. Due to the dimensions, I want to design my buildings first. So I know the numbers right. Sizes, parts, and so on. I don’t like unwanted surprises during building…

Speaking for myself, a MOC is finished as the last part is placed. At that moment, I’m satisfied with the result. Of course, I sometimes see things that could be better, but then, in my case, it is too late. For me, building a MOC can take several years. I usually start with making drawings to avoid errors because I wouldn’t like it very much to demolish a building halfway due to a mistake during the building process. But I think it is personal. I know afols who have great lay-outs, and they are never finished. They constantly change their town as were it a real town.

To be honest, It is the only real problem I have whit the LEGO company. White should be white and not a fifty shades of tan. And that also applies to other colours. Luckily, I build mainly historical buildings so that I can live with it. But a sparkling fairy-tale castle is not possible in my eyes. And that is a pity. I really don’t understand that a company like LEGO can’t make a consistent colour system.

The problem with the large number of parts is solved. I deleted the LDView 4.2 and replaced it with LDView 4.4. No runtime error, and I can see the whole drawing. It takes a while, but it works. The number of parts is the same as the number of parts on the LDCad drawing. Most parts are displayed correctly, and some have strange comments in the partslist. Some parts are unknown or not recognised. But maybe, it are errors in the drawing itself. About the colours, I made a copy of the drawing and changed it to one colour for the whole drawing. Maybe not the most elegant way, but it works for me. Thanks for your suggestions

Does anyone have experience with drawing large MOCs? Is it possible to ‘spit up’ a drawing in segments of 20.000 parts without ‘destroying’ it as a whole? Is it possible to disable the colours to see only the amounts of parts in the partslist without all the different colours? Lots of questions, I know. But maybe someone else has this kind of problems..

The size is indeed not a problem. It is apparently the number of bricks that matters. I made two test drawings. A wall with four sides of three meters. And a tower with a small ground plan but 8 meters high. Both were no problem. But only if I use no more than about 20,000 parts. obviously that is the limit?

The drawing in question is 16.0 MB... Too much, I'm afraid..? I use LDView 4.2 (64-bit)

Really amazing. How do you clean your creations from dust en cobwebs? I like big building too, and I know how much dust and cobwebs this kind of buildings collect

From my experience, I can tell that most of the BrickLink shops are trustworthy enough. But indeed, you have to do some research to see if you can trust the shop where you want to buy something. And BrickLink has a lot of possibilities to do that.

What I usually do is making a partslist with LDView. It works great, and a project of 20,000 parts is no problem. But 600,000 parts is apparently too much of the good. Or maybe, the problem is in the drawing itself. Too complicated? Too many submodels? An error somewhere? Using LDView I see Loading – Calculating size – parsing. That takes a while and then comes: Runtime Error…

Thanks for the fast response I'm going tot try it out.

LDCad is an excellent tool for drawing large MOC’s even if this MOC has more than 600,000 parts. But there is a problem with making a partslist. Too many parts, I’m afraid. Is there a limit for the number of parts for making a partslist? Or is there another way to make this partslist?

How sad to hear that. I wish you all the best.

No. Mij first dark age was long enough, Not to say; to long...

O yes, I have also certainly had a period of what is now called ‘dark ages’. About 35 years… I got my first LEGO when I was ten and that was in 1957. It was not really a set but a nice box with red and white basic bricks, a grey plate 10 x20 and some doors and windows. And I loved it. Soon I had a nice amount of parts collected. But then I was about 17. LEGO was in those days only a toy and certainly not a collector’s item. It was not ‘cool’ to play with toys at that time and all the LEGO-parts ended up in a big carton box in the attic of my parents. That was the beginning of my dark ages. And indeed, I was in no way aware of the whereabouts of the LEGO company Somewhere in 1998, I decided to clean up our own attic; therefore, I moved an old dusty box. By lifting it, spontaneously the bottom fell out and there I stood with a pile of LEGO parts over my shoes. The first reaction: throw it in the dustbin. But doing all the parts in another box, I wonder if it had any value to sell it. Looking at the internet, I discovered how many adults were doing great things with LEGO. That there were all kinds of LEGO- associations and events.. I’m not very interested in the typical LEGOsets. I’m a typical MOC-builder… but I reconstructed a tramstop that I had built when I was a child. In short, instead of selling the parts, I started building and buying new parts. A great hobby was reborn…

Done. I hope it helps,,,

Alas, the inventory Rebrickable have, is not what I expected, On a particular moment is was not possible to add more parts to my list. And I have a lot of parts On the one hand, it is very extensive, too extensive in my humble opinion. On the other hand, it is not possible to fill in the weight of the parts. In short, it is not very suitable for the inventory I’m looking for. But maybe I did something wrong? Have somebody any suggestions?

Thanks for your response. I’m going to try it right away.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a kind of inventory for storage and administration of my LEGO-stock. A few years ago, I had a programme named BrickStore, but that is no longer functioning, that is to say not on my computer. I have no idea why it has disappeared. Has somebody a suggestion where and how I can get a similar kind of inventory? Thanks in advance

I’m hoping for the arches 1x5. And the 1x7, 1x7x2 etc.

For me, de question is more: Do we need toy shops for buying LEGO parts? For sets, it will be nice, I think, but I’m not sure because I have never bought a set myself. But for parts, I think, it will be too many different pieces and too many colours for an average toy shop, unless it is a special LEGO-store. Then at least, there should be a possibility for ordering any desired part. But I’m pleased with the internet for buying all my LEGO needs. It is the only way I use for now.

Me too. At least the scale is better than the contemporary ones. But that is only my opinion. Do you want a gay couple? Well, buy two sets and change the wife and husband. And make your own little story.. LEGO is all about your own imagination.

Well, sometimes I think you are right about some colours LEGO comes up with. But on the other hand, LEGO is meant to be a toy. I think that children love that kind of colours. Use it if you can. Or put it away if you don’t like it. As for sets, You have not much choice. LEGO decide. I would rather wish that LEGO produce fewer colours and more complete series of parts. Not only 2x4 but the whole range, 1x1, 1x2 1x3 and so on. Arches, slopes so well… But that is only a personal opinion…