Legogal

Holy cow!!! This is stunning...can't wait to see it at Brickworld! It looks too real to be Lego. Congratulations!

I vote for Gunzburg in 2013, too! In Munich area this week, and it is lovely....and MUC is much easier to reach than BLL. Sounds like you guys had a blast in Billund. May your recovery be speedy, Legogal

WOW! Everything about this MOC is just stunning! The pearl gold and white color scheme is so classy; perfect for Chanel. The decorative use of pearl gold fish is just a hoot! What a brilliant idea. I think that Friends' sets should have more accessories. This is going to be a challenge because you need high end items. Do they make shoes or boots for regular minfigs? I just have Scala and possibly some Belville shoes. Ditto for jewelry. Looking at this store makes me want to open the door (actually they have doormen), and march right in. Not that I would buy anything there. It is an interesting place to visit, but I prefer to shop in the Lego Store, Nordstrom or REI! Can't wait for your next creation!

This thread makes me want to be a kid again....a little girl.... with toys.... the next go round. We had to make our own toys growing up in such a large and impoverished family. With four brothers, our games were rough and tumbly. So I guess this is my second childhood. I buy whatever Lego I fancy. We already did the raising the kids thing, so when it comes to buying toys (for us now.) our motto is "Screw the kids!" Hubby gets whatever N scale rail models he wants to build, and I select from Duplo and Lego. SO.... Daisy.... maybe you will get that chance to buy some Lego that YOU want, and JUST for YOU! And maybe your brother (who got all the Lego when y'all were kids) will become jealous of your collection at some point. You deserve it, so please buy what you want.

It seems as if such high tax burdens really hurt folks with hobbies, such as Lego. Most of us buy our toys with what is left over after paying for the basics. So if there is nothing left over, there is not much of a hobby purchase left. For those of us with enough or too much Lego, we can still build to our heart's content. But I do pity those just starting out trying to collect enough Lego to build a decent sized MOC. And with postal prices increasing everywhere, this hurts BL and eBay purchases in a big way. Maybe we should contemplate encouraging folks who own a lot of Lego to sell their spares to newer collectors for lower prices. But then we would have to decide which pieces we won't need anytime soon, and that is impossible not knowing what we will be building in the future.

KateB: This is a hilarious post! Having been born in the US, I can identify with other folks thinking that Americans let it all hang out too much, and that Brits tend to be too emotionally repressed. The way you stated this problem is just a scream! My ancestors left Malvern in 1725 for the U.S. state of Virginia, so we are a bit removed from the British scene, but still try to keep up with happenings there. I read some of the early posts on this thread and agree 100% that prices for everything are too high in the UK. You have our total sympathy. And with your generally deplorable weather, it is easy to understand why so many of our families left the UK. But we still love visiting your country, and folks tend to be nice to us when we are there. Cheerio for now!

Holymoly! Love your colors from yellow to red! What a blast! And such a cool design. Raquel is one cool lady. Too bad they don't sell kits like this because your cars are so much cooler than Lego's, which tend to use the same primary colors....over and over and over again. Wowee!

I like buying modular sets and then sometimes changing the colors to something that is more appealing to me. Or putting two or three modular sets together to make a larger set so there is more room to do interiors because often the rooms are too crowded to add much furniture. So you don't have to keep the set as built in the instructions unless it is one of your favorites and you have space to exhibit it. Most of us tend to buy the bricks we need off Bricklink to to expand or customize Lego sets and to build new MOC's that may take some techniques from a set we bought. So there does not seem to be one answer to this question, and your tastes will tell you what you should do over time. The main thing is just to enjoy building something, and it can be totally your own creation or a set straight out of the box.

WOW! Incredible scene and details! The floors are amazing, too. Great choice of colors and detail. And special effects.

Holycrap! That is one hot driver and some very hot wheels! Love the purple colors; how would Catwoman look in this machine? I would be jealous, but it is more fun to be thrilled that you nailed this so perfectly....congratulations!!!

I prefer the flesh color minifies because they look more lifelike to me. I don't know of anyone with that color of yellow skin. I change out most of the yellow figs adding flesh heads and arms when possible. It is great that the DC figures are flesh providing many more options for changing heads and arms. I also build all shades of brown figs; that adds some needed variety to the skin color game. And the printed faces are wonderful! This is the main way to differentiate females from males, and adds much more interest to the fig. Without printed faces, figs look too plain to me. It is fine if others prefer the classic plain, yellow faces....that keeps the prices on the flesh faces lower for me!

Wow! This is an amazing house! Love all the details, especially your furniture and bath. Way to go!

I just opened the enormous TH box today and built the first floor. I am amazed at how huge the box is! The contents filled about two thirds of the box. Could Lego shake these a bit at the factory and use a much smaller box? It was difficult carrying this box out of the mall to my car; no way would I have wanted to lug this behemoth home on public transportation. Otherwise I love the set so far!

Twisted Mess performed by Nineh Cherry in the score of Best Laid Plans by Craig Armstrong. Movie scores and more movie scores in my playlist.

Wow! These are fantastic modulars! The gym equipment is outstanding as are all your interiors. Hard to believe you have been building for just a year. We all share your pain when it comes to buying Lego, and storing them is also a killer. Especially when you have big plans like you do this year. Hope you partner is into Lego; if so, it can be a fun thing to do together. My hubby builds N Scale train models while I do things with Lego, and that works out okay, too. Anyway congratulations on some find building and the upcoming plans!

Holy cow! That is one cool flying machine! Looks like it is in Siberia or somewhere far off. Brrrrrr! Seems it would have to be built on some kind of flying/helicopter type RC chassis unless one glued the bricks together for strength. Love the lighting on this thing in the dark....wow!

Another lovely modular! Love the patio area out back, the bookcases, sofa, and design of all of it. Your work is wonderful and refreshing! Thanks!

Wow! These are very cool modulars! Way to go! I love the entrance on the new one; you have added so many neat features in the stairs, furniture and overall design. Very, very nice!

Sounds like a good solution to the storage and sorting problem. There comes a point when it is easy to get overwhelmed by all the Lego one owns. We have run out of space for containers, and don't feel comfortable storing them in our attic where the temps hit 140F on our hot summer days with a dark roof and vents near the top. Much of it is sorted by color; a few sets are stored by their number with most broken down to save space. The thousands of minifigs have mostly been broken down to torsos in separate cases by color, and other body parts stored separately to save space. Once we have a finished basement, it will be easier to access the containers. But yes, one can easily get overwhelmed by all of the parts. Can't tell you how many days I have spent sorting.....maybe 40 days over 20 years of Lego. But that is the only way one can find the parts needed to build anything. Good luck with your new shed and sorting!

Actually I love this set and your outstanding review complete with photos of the real thing! The first time you see the Opera House (as your plane lands in Sydney), it takes your breathe away (assuming you land during the day.) I was stunned seeing it from the air just after it opened....there was nothing in the whole world like it....then or now. I have studied outstanding buildings in over 50 countries, and this one is the real thing for sure. So it is a thrill to see Lego Architecture introduce this set. (And yes, we will buy one to place next to our Fallingwater!) The set is a representation, not an actual model of the Opera House, and it does that just fine. Some blue water around it would have helped, but could have made the set too large. And we can always build water around it if we want to display it that way. It was quite helpful seeing the built set in front of the real thing....what a brilliant idea! Thanks for going the extra distance to show us how they compare.

Will definitely add this set to our complete modular collection....love these buildings! The dark orange color is a lovely choice....it is one of the first color of bricks I started collecting because it is such a wonderful tint of orange. The size is appropriate for what is often the largest building in a traditional smaller town. And the elevator is a nice touch as well. Last year I added the girl's orange torso to my minifig collection when it was introduced in a large brick set. It is one of my favorites. The new bride looks ravishing! So glad there are 8 minifigs as the earlier modulars did not have enough folks. Can't wait to build this one! Way to go Lego!

This is great seeing all the types of minifies produced over the years. Some of them are pretty rare by now and surprisingly ugly as well. Thanks for pulling these out the woodwork for all to see, Legogal

Not sure about whether there are too many themes for sale in 2012, but do think that: -all of the new Friends sets are needed to jumpstart a new theme....most are completely sold out at our TRU and Target, and selling quite well at our local Lego store. -many folks collect minifigs, and it is much less expensive to buy a CMF at 3USD than a set at 20-150USD just to get one or two minifigs you want. And the prices for these desirable minifigs from sets such as the Green Princess/Queen from Kingdom Joust, is ridicously high on BL at 16USD+. So I do not think that these two lines are overproduced in 2012. Many of us only buy 3 or 4 from each set of 16 CMF's; even with 4 sets are introduced in one year, that is only 16 or so minifigs at a total cost of about 50USD. That is less than most larger sets cost. The one major hole I see in Lego's line up is the lack of a LegoVille Duplo playhouse/doll house similar to the old 4966/9225. They need to bring these sets back or provide a new one in neutral colors for boys and girls; the retired replacement sets are sold out or very high priced on eBay. These sets are a wonderful way to recruit young kids to Lego.

Lovely details with so much going on. The tile embankment in the port is first class! Congratulations!!! My only question is do they use mostly pastel colored buildings in the Bahamas? My cousin is docked there right now, and I could ask him what colors are most prominent. From the few photos I have seen, it seems there may be a lot of pink buildings there. So the wall colors may need to be pastel or white, but I am not sure. Makes you want to join the scene for real!

Wow! What a lovely garden and shrine! Your rocks, plants, Buddha, lanterns and waterfall are outstanding! The trees look perfect with cherry blossoms as it will be that time again in a few weeks. Congratulations on such a fine build!