LEGO

The first 300 customers received this custom printed torso. Even though the queue to enter stretched to almost behind the building when I got in line and I had to wait 1 1/2 hours after the opening to even enter, I was still able to acquire one of these torsos. To celebrate the opening, there was a giant inflatable(?) minifigure in the parking lot, a live string band outside, free coffee and build-a-minifigure, displays by MichLUG, and Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader cosplayers. So glad to have a B&M nearby (but my wallet won’t be happy about it)

My first ever LEGO set was this Roadster*. I add the asterisk because it was not actually this roadster. Mine was Mitchell Mouse, not Moe, and not Michael. I am trying to find the pieces to mine, because I remember the doors, and the body being red. The same color as the chassis.

My instructions are long gone, however in one of my boxes of instructions in my storage shed there are pieces of this booklet.

Does anyone else recall their set being named Mitchell? I cannot find anything to back ups this claim other than mine and my father’s memory of it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19923946

[formula1.com] Formula 1 and The LEGO Group build partnership from 2025

Two of the world’s most recognised brands, Formula 1 and The LEGO Group, have announced an exciting new partnership that will see the launch of F1-inspired LEGO products for builders of all ages. The range will include LEGO DUPLO sets for pre-school children alongside brick sets for both children and adult builders.

The theme was essentially Lego City, but with mechs and a focus on their power source. I decided to take this prompt and put mechs in the most mundane and impractical City environment possible: office work.

Working mechs need their cup of coffee/motor oil to keep them energized

Being a mech doesn’t make pencil-pushing or working on spreadsheets any more exciting. The computer, of course, is powered by cute animal pictures.

This mechanized mop bucket is powered by… er.. the messes it cleans up.

Mech Corp.’s CEO gives the quarterly reports. His levitating bow tie is powered by money, and the design is meant to evoke Baron Harkonnen’s or Emperor Palpatine’s life support systems.

I realize I did push the definition of “mech” a bit throughout, but I wanted to go for the absurd.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/16799

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/730495141614828099

Hell yeah!

#hydrogen #HydrogenEconomy #Lego #Legoland #airship

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/119646

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/730477962916014609

Shout out to all the yummy mummies keeping me bricked up at Legoland!

#Lego #Legoland #NotDeer

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Over the past six months I've been trying to get my lego collection to a place of being very organized, and it's looking pretty good!

I mainly built things with technic, so most of my setup is focused on that, and smaller studded pieces are stored in tackle boxes on the shelf to the left.

The organizational elements on the right are built out of lego, including the set of drawers. (Not the drawers themselves)

The bins on the left are 3D printed from the Gridfinity system, using the Gridfinity Push together Baseplate, and the Ultra Light Gridfinity Bins Generator.

On the desk I have a Rebrickmat, which is SO useful for making MOCs.

Also worth noting that Lego forum sites such as Brickset have had to take down their previously shared images as well, apparently “at the request of LEGO's IP partner “

Instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-190858/zachpieces/the-cove-of-the-ice-sheet-serpent/#details

It seems these bricks were made in the late 1970s without Lego's authorization, by rogue employees developing new types of plastic and experimenting with their molds and various plastic colors.

It is unknown just how many of these bricks were made, but they are extremely valuable, and in my opinion and many others, very beautiful.