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Sagrada Família Lego set

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Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by b473a »

leipert wrote: post #41
sizzzzlerz wrote: post #21

Once built, what does one do with this? Generally, these are fragile in the sense that moving them can cause parts of it to become disconnected or fall apart so you don't want to be moving it around to much. It's going to take up a whole lot of space. Your kids can't actually play with it. And if you intend to show it off, you aren't really showing any real skills except for the ability to follow pages and pages of i…

In Germany there is a Lego subscription service. Put sets on a wishlist, they send you one of them. You build it, unbuild it and send it back. One set a month.

I feel like if I were just a little deeper on the Autism Spectrum I would really like Germany.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by AlanYx »

cryzinger wrote: post #40
pyreko wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly, and like, if one literally looks up "Lego catalogue" and actually read it you'll get a bunch of sets - even the brand tie-ins, which aren't new at all - and these are basically the same types of sets I grew up with and would happily build and then take apart as a kid to do other stuff with...

Lego also has "3-in-1" sets that come with dedicated instructions to build different possible configurations out of the exact same pieces, which seem like a cool way to encourage kids (or anyone :P) to then veer off into their own building experiments.

There were also two 20-in-1 sets recently, both very reasonably priced. Those were huge hits in my house.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by binary132 »

Towaway69 wrote: post #12
latexsalesman2 wrote: post #4

Wonder if it will take as long to complete the Lego version as it took to complete the real thing.

Have they completed the real thing ? I thought it was still being built…

They just finished the final tower after 144 years, although there is still another decade of (finishing?) work remaining.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by pickleglitch »

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #21

Once built, what does one do with this? Generally, these are fragile in the sense that moving them can cause parts of it to become disconnected or fall apart so you don't want to be moving it around to much. It's going to take up a whole lot of space. Your kids can't actually play with it. And if you intend to show it off, you aren't really showing any real skills except for the ability to follow pages and pages of i…

For me, when I was into legos, the answer would be: take it apart and add the pieces to my larger collection, from which I can build whatever I want.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by scrollaway »

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #21

Once built, what does one do with this? Generally, these are fragile in the sense that moving them can cause parts of it to become disconnected or fall apart so you don't want to be moving it around to much. It's going to take up a whole lot of space. Your kids can't actually play with it. And if you intend to show it off, you aren't really showing any real skills except for the ability to follow pages and pages of i…

> Once built, what does one do with this?

Are you asking about the church or the lego set?

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by ragebol »

sizzzzlerz wrote: post #21

Once built, what does one do with this? Generally, these are fragile in the sense that moving them can cause parts of it to become disconnected or fall apart so you don't want to be moving it around to much. It's going to take up a whole lot of space. Your kids can't actually play with it. And if you intend to show it off, you aren't really showing any real skills except for the ability to follow pages and pages of i…

Why do people put up flowers? No skill (I think...?) involved in getting a bouquet and putting it a vase on a table. Or buying (not creating) art. Some people just like the look and it;'s hard to argue about taste.

If people have a Lego set on display, that is surely a conversation starter for me. Especially if it's a ginormous Minas Tirith or Sagrada Familia set, or an old Technic set.

Not for everyone I suppose.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by pimlottc »

outside1234 wrote: post #30

What they really should have done is sell the kit in 7 stages, each for $99 each, such that you can slowly build it as you can budget money for the construction. :) (This is how the Sagrada Família was built in case folks don't know its history)

That would actually be really cool if each stage of the build reflected the actual construction history

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by vidarh »

bluedino wrote: post #38
vidarh wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of the Lego builds we did when my son was little was exactly this: A set would spark an idea and there'd be endless castles that started with piece of a castle set but went in totally different directions and incorporated all kinds of other stuff, for example. I can't but help think that people who assume that the big sets take away that haven't touched Lego in decades. My sons sets got built "to spec" once, go…

I find most of my kids friends don't mix sets, each set stays in its own box/bag

That sounds really sad, and not Lego's fault...
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