November 28, 20205 yr 19 minutes ago, nineliveslost said: Did the Millennium Falcon have an escape pod? Hmmmmmm Looks like there’s some DIY builds online for the various MF kits
November 28, 20205 yr Author interesting. Haven't started building the front but don't think it has it. We should know soon though
November 29, 20205 yr On 11/23/2020 at 2:47 PM, BabaYaga said: Anyone ever done the cost benefit analysis of old toys you destroyed as a kid with fire, bb guns, .22's and fireworks? Had to be in the thousands over the years. I once set off every last firecracker we had in the belly of my old Star wars AT-AT to simulate Luke's taking one out on Hoth. It was a glorious fireball of acrid smoke and later burying the evidence to hide it from pops.... Once upon a time, I strapped a model rocket engine to one side of the blade of a GI Joe Cobra helicopter. Rolled out the remote to maybe 5 feet away, turned my head (for safety's sake), and hit the FIRE button. Damned if that helicopter didn't lift off and fly as planned in my 12 year old mind for maybe 20 yards and 25 feet off the ground. It survived unscathed and is in my younger kids room as a trophy for awesomeness. Edited November 30, 20205 yr by dcbc
December 5, 20205 yr A couple years back I got my son the ~2000 piece falcon. I built the whole kit in n one long sitting on Christmas Day. My back hurt after that. it survived about a month.
December 5, 20205 yr My only comments on this thread: Love that you are building this, and enjoying the time spent with your wife. I'm afraid my husband would've never had a weapon sitting on the table near a kit like that because after seven successive tries at trying to pry apart two welded together tiny two pronged pieces and jamming one underneath a finger nail, I would shoot the Falcon. I loved Legos as a child and our children have spent a lot of time creating with them. They were not ones for the kits, though. They liked the loose collections. We have a running gag in our household about little plastic Barbie shoes and Legos and which one is more likely to cripple us. My husband has a wonderful story about accidentally setting the garage on fire, and also one about blowing up a doll (GI Joe or something similar) with a contraband M-80 firecracker that was apparently an attempt to reenact a movie plotline.
December 5, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, Mrs Whiggins said: My only comments on this thread: Love that you are building this, and enjoying the time spent with your wife. I'm afraid my husband would've never had a weapon sitting on the table near a kit like that because after seven successive tries at trying to pry apart two welded together tiny two pronged pieces and jamming one underneath a finger nail, I would shoot the Falcon. I loved Legos as a child and our children have spent a lot of time creating with them. They were not ones for the kits, though. They liked the loose collections. We have a running gag in our household about little plastic Barbie shoes and Legos and which one is more likely to cripple us. My husband has a wonderful story about accidentally setting the garage on fire, and also one about blowing up a doll (GI Joe or something similar) with a contraband M-80 firecracker that was apparently an attempt to reenact a movie plotline. Lady, the pry tool that comes with every kit now is great and saves you from all of that.
December 5, 20205 yr Author 2 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said: My only comments on this thread: Love that you are building this, and enjoying the time spent with your wife. I'm afraid my husband would've never had a weapon sitting on the table near a kit like that because after seven successive tries at trying to pry apart two welded together tiny two pronged pieces and jamming one underneath a finger nail, I would shoot the Falcon. I loved Legos as a child and our children have spent a lot of time creating with them. They were not ones for the kits, though. They liked the loose collections. We have a running gag in our household about little plastic Barbie shoes and Legos and which one is more likely to cripple us. My husband has a wonderful story about accidentally setting the garage on fire, and also one about blowing up a doll (GI Joe or something similar) with a contraband M-80 firecracker that was apparently an attempt to reenact a movie plotline. Guns were just for the photo op We actually spend a relaxing time building it and drinking while we listen to music. I am pleasantly surprised the wife loves the time and now it has bled over into her watching the Mandalorian with me. Good times .
December 5, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Lady, the pry tool that comes with every kit now is great and saves you from all of that. Yep. Took me a bit to figure out what that strange looking piece was for. Kids have it too easy these days.
December 5, 20205 yr Author 32 minutes ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: Yep. Took me a bit to figure out what that strange looking piece was for. Kids have it too easy these days. I tried to use it for a couple of minutes and said fuck it, gave it to the wife with nails or the tool to use. I don't remember legos fusing together like they do now
December 6, 20205 yr Author 1 hour ago, miguelito said: Half of my Legos had teeth marks in them from me trying to separate pieces. Too funny , thats why the wife is in charge of taking them apart. I started using my teeth because I couldn't use the damn tool Haven't got to the section if it has an escape pod.
December 12, 20205 yr Author Holy crap. 2 hours. Bunch of small intricate pieces all over this thing. 10 minutes spent finding a tiny piece that fell under the table. Looking good and over half way
December 12, 20205 yr Can you tell if the top comes off easily on panels or one piece for access to the interior? Or do you just have to be content knowing the interior is finished out?
December 12, 20205 yr Author Can you tell if the top comes off easily on panels or one piece for access to the interior? Or do you just have to be content knowing the interior is finished out?Top panels come off easily. There's little pegs they fit into securely but easy enough with a little pressure to release. Pretty genius engineering and the detail inside is incredible. Supposedly it's accurate to what was in the original design and all the scenes in the movies.
December 12, 20205 yr Author Negged for no tits.No tits. Maybe another shot when complete though. Of course clothed.
December 21, 20205 yr On 12/4/2020 at 11:11 PM, Elvis said: A couple years back I got my son the ~2000 piece falcon. I built the whole kit in n one long sitting on Christmas Day. My back hurt after that. it survived about a month. My six year old built that too. He's a Lego fanatic. He's done the MF, the AT-AT, Slave One, the Star Destroyer, Kylo Ren's ship, and others. It's amazing. I used to hate Lego. I hated that I always ended up putting the goddamn things together and then it was a toy the kid couldn't play with. My older son hates them too. But the 6 year old is like a surgeon.
January 23, 20214 yr Author We're back building the Falcon !2.5 hours I have said it before but damn this thing is detailed. Might do a video so you guys can see the inside of the millennium falcon and how much engineering went into this thing
January 24, 20214 yr We're back building the Falcon !2.5 hours I have said it before but damn this thing is detailed. Might do a video so you guys can see the inside of the millennium falcon and how much engineering went into this thingYou take the video, have the wife show the toy. I’m sure she’s better looking.
January 24, 20214 yr Author 1 hour ago, Jkwellborn said: You take the video, have the wife show the toy. I’m sure she’s better looking. oh she's way better looking and she has small hands so things look huge in them
January 24, 20214 yr Author 11 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said: Cool. Where are the tits? No tits just Lego set....for now
January 24, 20214 yr Author 3 hours ago, Bigbend1812 said: LOL. Man we are trying . Should be finished another month and a half at most . We only work on it Friday nights
January 24, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, nineliveslost said: LOL. Man we are trying . Should be finished another month and a half at most . We only work on it Friday nights It’s looking good. No way i could do this with my wife. Day 1 would have ended with it in the trash.
January 24, 20214 yr Author 2 hours ago, Bigbend1812 said: It’s looking good. No way i could do this with my wife. Day 1 would have ended with it in the trash. As strange as it sounds, she has ended up loving building this thing. She's happy, drinking and singing the entire time. I am the one that gets frustrated because of the small pieces and taking too much time building. Damn sure is making memories and quality time together most of the time
January 24, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, Bigbend1812 said: It’s looking good. No way i could do this with my wife. Day 1 would have ended with it in the trash. no shit. Here’s to having someone you still like to do shit with. Kudos
January 25, 20214 yr On 11/6/2020 at 8:22 PM, nineliveslost said: 2.5 hours and stopping for this weekend. Had fun and impressed with the engineers that created this thing. Freaking awesome Pic includes almost everything the Shag...errr Surly loves Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk need more pics with the same background. you know, for scale.
January 29, 20214 yr Author It's Falcon time again2.5 hours. Starting to fill out and look familiar. Can't wait for the lights to be installed. Tried to get participation for the background and she said maybe next time. Women...
January 30, 20214 yr Ah, so we are going with the classic story of how to turn a very promising story into a disappointment? A subject we are all too familiar with.
January 30, 20214 yr Are you a contractor? I’m guessing you are given the amount of time it is taking to complete this project.
January 30, 20214 yr Author 7 hours ago, conVINCEd said: Are you a contractor? I’m guessing you are given the amount of time it is taking to complete this project. Too funny. I wish I was getting paid for it. I do a lot of traveling but home on the weekends. We only work on the Lego set Friday night while we listen to tunes and have some drinks. It's perfect for us to reconnect after the week and "bond" while we build. I think we will do the big Star Destroyer next if I can figure out a place to put them .
January 30, 20214 yr Are you a contractor? I’m guessing you are given the amount of time it is taking to complete this project. How many contractors were killed when the Death Star blew up?
January 30, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, Jkwellborn said: How many contractors were killed when the Death Star blew up? Depends. Had they received their final payment yet? If yes, then none of them. If no, all of them. Edited January 30, 20214 yr by conVINCEd
January 30, 20214 yr Is there any way you could finish this area, you know, later? I'm kind of in the middle of something. Look, Mr. Saltine, I don't tell you how to...Threaten your blond kid, so why don't you go back over there to your sit-and-spin and let me do my job?
March 6, 20214 yr Author Popular Post The Millennium Falcon. 7,500 pieces. 23.5 hours. Worked on it only Friday nights. It's awesomeAll that's left is the lights and stand. Can't start that until 3 weeks. Should be done end of the month and I'll send last pics of this bad ass lego set... wife had more fun than i did building it. Next up, Star Destroyer Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk
March 6, 20214 yr On 1/30/2021 at 10:51 AM, Jkwellborn said: How many contractors were killed when the Death Star blew up? Given its state at destruction I’d say very few. I’m sure most had other jobs that took longer than expected and that their communicators mysteriously stopped being able to contact their client to inform them.
March 6, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, nineliveslost said: The Millennium Falcon. 7,500 pieces. 23.5 hours. Worked on it only Friday nights. It's awesome All that's left is the lights and stand. Can't start that until 3 weeks. Should be done end of the month and I'll send last pics of this bad ass lego set... wife had more fun than i did building it. Next up, Star Destroyer Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk Only photo we needed. +Rep
March 6, 20214 yr Author That kid on the first page built his way faster.Kid didn't have a job[emoji1]Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk
March 6, 20214 yr Author Only photo we needed. +RepTried to talk into wearing the Texas chaps or the Texas cheerleader outfit. No goSent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk
March 7, 20214 yr On 3/5/2021 at 5:58 PM, nineliveslost said: The Millennium Falcon. 7,500 pieces. 23.5 hours. Worked on it only Friday nights. It's awesome All that's left is the lights and stand. Can't start that until 3 weeks. Should be done end of the month and I'll send last pics of this bad ass lego set... wife had more fun than i did building it. Next up, Star Destroyer Sent from my SM-G970U using Tapatalk “What a piece of junk!” looks awesome. The falcon looks good too Edited March 7, 20214 yr by Incredulity
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