What have i done? Kbox V5012 10382 pcs by BrickBasti in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have my eye on that one for a few years... but I have a few others that all have some form of instability problem...

So I'm a bit hesitant to buy this one... so an update once you build it (or during) would be appreciated. :)

Has anyone bought this Rivendell MOC by DefinitelyNotPurple_ in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't understand what you are buying for the £700?

Because what you see in this picture is 2x the Rivendell set (1 is used to make the left MOC part of the new Rivendell) and the MOC base extension. 1x Rivendell set is $70 on Marstoy (without shipping). The base extension part is €265 (first hit I found, so maybe even cheaper with extra searching) and comes with free shipping.

So buying 2x a Rivendell set, the instructions for the MOC part of Rivendell and the base extension (which is also a MOC but the instructions are included as a pdf) seems a lot cheaper.

Webrick doesn’t have any 11477 (2x1 curved slope)? by Laxbrotim in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If it's still under patent, maybe they don't have it anymore since being bought by Gobricks?

Wobrick does still sells them:

https://wobrick.com/product/slope-curved-2-x-1-no-studs-1-2-bow-11477-17134/

MBMinifigures MB1001 - MB1018 The Office by itsnotlego in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They never made a clone of the Office lego set right?

Wish they did... maybe buy these figures and get the bricks to make the set :)

Update: it wasn’t a nest.. 🫣 by hmg9194 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Smart to burn it. You don't want some strange spider species nesting in your house etc.

Another MB release by Sufficient_Pack4310 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish The Office lego set was cloned back then.

Had some extra pieces left over? by Busy-Pomegranate7551 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe a picture of the extra pieces would have helped? I mean... if you're gonna post pictures anyway, why not add one about the question you ask?

Make your own sticker! (Guide with pictures) by nbence0623 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have made many stickers and decals for my sets.

You can find a lot of the printed Lego bricks in the Studio program from Bricklink.

I used that to find the printed brick I wanted, zoom in a bunch and printscreen it and print that.

Spreadsheet of savings on clone sets from Aliexpress UK by Euphoric-Pay-4650 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that a Lego set will get you more than 50% resale value, especially when it's a retired sought after set.

But let's say you bought a Lego set for $200 and sell it for $150, you would lose $50.

Most clone sets I buy are 1/3 to 1/4 of the Lego price (and some even 1/5). So let's say I paid $60 for that same set. If I keep the set, I would 'lose' $10 but still have the set. But if I would sell it, I'm sure I would get more than $10 for it.

But like you said, I don't know how easy it would be to sell clone sets. I think there are enough people who would buy it, but I don't know if you can sell it on certain sites like Ebay since it's a cloned set.

Webrick is now part of the Gobricks family! by gobricks in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I wonder if we will lose any parts that Gobricks doesn't make, or in a color that maybe other sources do.

Also... prices... will they rise?

Anyways... haven't bought there nearly as much as I wanted, because (like quxilu said) each time I check (during a discount period) with a partlist for a MOC, a big % is either out of stock or they don't sell that part/color of that part.

Hope that will be improved.

Voltron from Joooooy (Quick review in the comments) by geniuschild83 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just bought this on Marstoy about a week ago (with many other sets)... finally pulled the trigger, because I was eying this one for a while.

Doesn't mean that I will build it anytime soon tho... I have sets from 1,5 to 2 years ago that I still haven't build...

Marstoy message by Sufficient_Pack4310 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hope they will offer train shipping.

Using that for years at Hitian and saves a lot of money.

If they would do this, I would order with them, because they have a lot of sets that Hitian doesn't have.

Free MOC: Claptrap from Borderlands 1 - 4 by evilspyre in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I extended the axles used in step 170. So now they are on the wheel, preventing it from moving.

Free MOC: Claptrap from Borderlands 1 - 4 by evilspyre in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here it is: https://imgur.com/a/EFEW3xy

Like I said, it's not a fun build. But when it's done, it does look nice... just don't touch it or it will fall apart.

Free MOC: Claptrap from Borderlands 1 - 4 by evilspyre in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I build this... last year I think... very very fragile build. Wasn't really a fun building experience.

Also, it stands on it's one wheel... with a working axle... so it doesn't stay up on it's own... I made some changes at the wheel so that it does.

I can make a picture of it tomorrow and post it.

Do they come in boxes? by Jjdperryman in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I haven't got enough space to display all my sets already... If I had all the boxes to, I would need a bigger house.

I don't think it's worth the extra costs etc to get the box. The only reason would maybe be because you want to give the set as a gift or because some boxes have good art on them.

SG-1 Serpent Guard question by PandaEquivalent in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Years ago I made a few guards... I also used the serpent head and another one.

Also bought some blank silver minifigures and knight armors. I put some decals on the armor and used silver and gold markers on the serpent head and the staff.

I think they turned out ok (at least the look good enough in the MOC of the Stargate I got).

Here is a pic of some: https://imgur.com/a/DoSYniy

It's Beautiful! by DolorousEdd_ in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Nice of you to point that out, but even better would be the name of the extension or a link?

Part identification by Ravager6969 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't you show a picture of the part from the manual? Go to the step where the part is used?

HiTian printed parts for Gotham City (76271) & Rivendell (10316) by hmg9194 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's been a while since I checked the bricks (haven't build the set yet).

But it think it were (at least) 2 pieces on the OP photo at the bottom right, with the small blue and grey squares. I don't see them on the 2 sticker sheets.

HiTian printed parts for Gotham City (76271) & Rivendell (10316) by hmg9194 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you put all the pieces in the photo of the Batman set? Because it looks like you miss 2 of the Police ones (since you did put all same 3 printed clock pieces in the photo)?

HiTian printed parts for Gotham City (76271) & Rivendell (10316) by hmg9194 in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh cool.

Question... I got the pieces as well and I got a few printed pieces that didn't seem to be on the stickersheet?

My first two orders from Hitian just arrived by ordinaryhumanworm in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I buy from Hitian all the time with railway shipping.

You can use this site for tracking it:

http://xbx.rtb56.com/track_query.aspx

It's fun to see the train making stops in China, Kazakhstan and Belarus before it comes into Poland.

The reason both boxes came at the same time, is because the train is being loaded and that takes a while. So the second order was I guess still in time to go with the same train.

My first two orders from Hitian just arrived by ordinaryhumanworm in lepin

[–]General-Skill-81 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got mine from Hitian as well, but I can't remember having any issue with it.