RightChandMan
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Mix the bags as in, take all the individual bags and combine them, then start building???
That sounds insane!
That sounds insane!
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Lego 21309: NASA Apollo Saturn V
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SuperBanana
Banned
I haven't built a lego set since I was like 9. Lets not get crazy here!
The joy of Lego is thus:
- Mix the bags up, because rooting through 2000 bricks to find the 1x1 transparent brick you need is part of the experience.
- Dropping a piece on the floor, only for it to bounce away into oblivion and be eaten by the unscrupulous carpet monster
- Later finding said piece with your foot at 2AM when you're busting for a piss and everyone in the house is asleep.
- Getting sore thumbs and bleeding gums trying to separate bricks because you don't have one of those natty little tools (this is from my childhood, probably rarer now)
You and me both. Especially now that it's roughly the same scale as the Saturn V.
Technosteve
Banned
WHERE CAN I BUY THIS, WHY AM I SCREAMING?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So this will be available on June 1st on the website?
DrForester
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Forgot to cross post from the LEGO thread, but here's the completed Saturn V next to the Shuttle and Curiosity Rover
And it's accurate...
And it's accurate...
JimJamJones
Member
Wait, that's not what you're supposed to do?
That's the way I always did it growing up.
Bags now come labeled with numbers for the larger sets and the instructions take you through by bags.
I always mix though.
RadicalVelocity
Member
This is a travesty. That's not how legos are meant to be put together!
I haven't touched a lego set in a decade and a half. But I want this Saturn V pretty bad.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
I don't think my coffee table is big enough to spread out 2,000~ pieces at once. I also like that the labeled bags let you build in stages without having to clean up your mess if you don't finish the set in one sitting.
You people that insist on calling them Lego® Bricks are the real weirdos
DrForester
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vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Legoes
DrForester
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UltraMagnanimous
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Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
It's here in all its glory!
Dreams-Visions
Member
This is awfully amazing.
Anywhere to get it anymore? Is everyone who didn't get one already SOL?
Anywhere to get it anymore? Is everyone who didn't get one already SOL?
It'll be up for order on Lego's site starting June 1st. People are just getting them early.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Really, people, get ready on the night of the 31st/morning June 1st. Order this massive, magnificent beast.
It is a treat of awesome building techniques for those with lots of LEGO experience, but I can't imagine how mind breaking it would be for people that aren't deep into LEGO building. It is using very common parts through the whole build, but doing so in such an awesome way that I can't even begin to understand the logistics of planning a build like this.
Just wonderful.
It is a treat of awesome building techniques for those with lots of LEGO experience, but I can't imagine how mind breaking it would be for people that aren't deep into LEGO building. It is using very common parts through the whole build, but doing so in such an awesome way that I can't even begin to understand the logistics of planning a build like this.
Just wonderful.
As someone who has never looked at any of the large sets, what are some of those awesome building techniques?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
I'm sure it will be quite the experience for us lapsed Lego folks. Especially since I didn't really even get any "big" sets back then, we couldn't afford those. And even then sets have gotten a lot more complex now than they were 15 years ago or however long.
Mine arrived today but I'm not going to mess with it until my day off.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
What's the best way to approach a build like this with two people? At first I was thinking we could each tackle a separate stage, but seems like we may miss some cool building techniques
PhoncipleBone
Banned
SNOT, or Studs Not On Top, techniques are extremely common in sets nowadays. Many of those SNOT pieces were in use back in the 80s, but not used in any of the ways they are used today.
Just look at that. I would say about 90% of the bricks used in that I had in some fashion almost 30 years ago. It is the fashion in which they are attached that makes it so cool. The best builds are ones that make you rethink the way you have been using bricks for years/decades.
While this doesn't have something as mind blowing as the water tower on Detective's Office (the less you know about that, the better. Just build the set and get to that point), the angles and almost cheating you use with hollow studs in this set to pull off the cylindrical shape is fantastic.
SNOT, or Studs Not On Top, techniques are extremely common in sets nowadays. Many of those SNOT pieces were in use back in the 80s, but not used in any of the ways they are used today.
Just look at that. I would say about 90% of the bricks used in that I had in some fashion almost 30 years ago. It is the fashion in which they are attached that makes it so cool. The best builds are ones that make you rethink the way you have been using bricks for years/decades.
While this doesn't have something as mind blowing as the water tower on Detective's Office (the less you know about that, the better. Just build the set and get to that point), the angles and almost cheating you use with hollow studs in this set to pull off the cylindrical shape is fantastic.
Dang, that looks really cool. If only I had the money to spend...
JimJamJones
Member
Just finished. Damn this thing is AMAZING. Now to figure out where to put it...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The nice thing is the footprint is small when displayed vertically. Mine is on top of one of my speakers.
Solaire of Astora
Death by black JPN
I preordered from amazon Japan.
The sad part is that I won't get to build it until I move into my new apartment next year. Going to look for a nice display cabinet for it in the meantime.
The sad part is that I won't get to build it until I move into my new apartment next year. Going to look for a nice display cabinet for it in the meantime.
Yeah, I think that's the beauty of the modern sets, particularly the large ones, an emphasis on using existing pieces whereever possible in interesting ways rather than opting for custom pieces for a particular set.
DrForester
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Set ruined...
Set ruined...
great. I'll never forget that now.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
This is why we can't have nice things.Set ruined...
Actually... Yeah if someone could point me in the right direction I might just do that....
Never bought custom pieces before
Also I guess I would need to know how many I need for the set.
Edit: actually I can just buy a bunch of them on the shop Lego store at the same time I buy the set.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Blue and clear bricks like that are needed? Should have a ton in my collection. Might swap them out today.
You'll need 5 for the second stage and one for the third stage.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Thanks!
You can probably find this tiny, cheap set most places, and it has more than enough of the studs.
The official LEGO online shop is selling them for 8 cents a piece so I'll just grab 10 of them with my order when I get the kit.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And you will get those pieces about a month later too. The pick a brick orders come direct from Denmark usually, and take a long time to show. Just keep that under consideration.
DrForester
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What's the piece number and how do you order from the LEGO store? Never ordered individual parts.
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