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Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by vaylian »

varun_ch wrote: post #44
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 If the LEGO are truly accurate to the real thing, that might take a while!

Over a century, as a matter of fact.

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Post by Hamuko »

ggm wrote: post #33

To all North Americans. The singular of Lego is Lego. The plural of Lego is .. Lego. It's like sheep. Legos is a mis--spelled City in Nigeria.

If we're drinking the Danish Kool-Aid, you're supposed to write it "LEGO".

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by f4c39012 »

pickleglitch wrote: post #56
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.

It's an impressive model and I'd like to see it in the Lego shop - but I wouldn't like to own it. When it comes time to use the pieces for something else, that's ten thousand beige blocks. Its like some of the Star Wars Lego, for instance the AT-AT is a fantastic creation but its just all the same colour, and to me isn't interesting for more than a few minutes. I like the larger builds that are minifigure-scaled e.g. the bookshop or Hogsmeade or Ninjago city gardens, there's much more detail and variation and fun

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by Hamuko »

fauria wrote: post #43
namuol wrote: post #25

Looking forward to the expansion pack(s) for when they finish building the real cathedral

It is not a cathedral, is a basilica: https://sagradafamilia.org/en/history-of-the-temple that will be finished next June 10th, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Gaudi's death and the visit of pope Leo XIV to Madrid.

It will be "finished". Expect to see construction workers in the basilica deep into the 2030s.

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by httpz »

jll29 wrote: post #72

People are apparently willing to pay a premium for older Lego sets, provided the original packaging is still intact. Older sets are offered and sold on eBay for substantially more oney that they cost when originally sold.

Only the collectible ones. It's do different with shoes, cars, Pokemon cards, etc

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by caseysoftware »

genocidicbunny wrote: post #120
caseysoftware wrote: post #104

I have the 2017 edition of the Lego Millenium Falcon and ~7500 pieces took about 30 hours without being super organized or focused. At that rate, this is almost 50 hours of assembly but I'd wager there's a ton of duplication in this one, likely speeding things up. And yes, for these sorts of sets, you put them on display. I added LEDs to mine: https://x.com/CaseySoftware/status/1766667069003645362

I'd love to see the back of that if you actually integrated the LEDs into the main engine (and I apologize if you did post other photos, I have X mostly blocked so I can only see the directly linked post.) I've been hacking at adding some lights to a few sets that I thought would look great with actual lighting on them, and my biggest challenge has been the routing of all the wires in a way where the lights actually…

I don't think I have pictures of the back specifically but the route was:

Started on one side of the engine framing, all the way across, inside through the body then around the round section holding the bottom gun turret, then along the front bottom edge, back into the body and around the top round section of the gun turret, back into the body into the bridge and across the ceiling ending there.

The LED string itself had adhesive backing, so I'd put it in place, remove a section of the adhesive cover, attach it, then do another section. It was probably 3-6" at a time, so not fast or easy. I had to take off a bunch of the ship panels - super easy - to get at some of the portions. My goal was that you couldn't see the LEDs directly from most viewing angles and was mostly successful

The LED string was ~$60 and it was a silly amount of work but I have it sitting over my left shoulder during conference calls and people ask about it constantly so it was fun.

Other pics: https://x.com/CaseySoftware/status/1757069749501018411

Edit: Just realized you can see the string here: https://x.com/CaseySoftware/status/1980269018511794422

Re: Sagrada Família Lego set

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Post by psadauskas »

epistasis wrote: post #17
liendolucas wrote: post #10

When I was a kid I used to spend entire days building and creating new stuff once I built the designs from the booklets. Today when I see a Lego kit is kind of another toy: is designed to build one and only one design, compared to the generic kits that were sold and also popular many years ago. All these new kits pieces are just to accomplish one build. The Lego spirit of ever combining and creating with same pieces…

My kids have a ton of legos, it's their favorite thing. However, and this is the important part: you have to let go of the concept of a set. Keep new assembled kits out, let them play with it as built from the instructions. But then as it falls apart with play, and the kids don't fix it the same way it was originally built, it eventually goes into a big box of former kits that are all jumbled together. We did this, a…

I have almost all of the $400+ star wars sets (and lotr, and star trek, ...), but relatively limited shelf space.

They only stay on the shelf for a couple years before I take it apart, rinse the dust off, sort it into ziplock bags, and add it to a box in the closet. Then I pick an old one I disassembled before, but hasn't been seen in awhile, or remember having fun building it, and spend a weekend or week building it again.

My favorite part is building them, so I get to enjoy doing that several times per set, often while having the corresponding movie on in the background.

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