500 Essential Lego Pieces

[cekex59127]

Imagine, for some reason, you only have a maximum of 500 lego pieces. Which pieces would you choose to build as many MOCs as possible?

In other words, which 500 pieces do you think are the most useful for MOCs?

[Peppermint_M]

Now that is a good question! I would have to think about it for a bit.

[MAB]

I'd probably go for four wheels so vehicles can be built, a couple of windscreens that double up as windows in buildings, a couple of larger plates maybe 6x10 and 4x8, then a combination of smaller bricks and plates in maybe 4 different colours.

When I travelled a lot, I used to take some lego with me but with different constraints. To keep down the volume and weight, I used to take an old tobacco tin full of parts for making MOCs. Obviously at that size, it was microscale all the way. I had a 6x10 plate in tan, then all the other parts were no larger than 1x2. I could still get in a good number and combination of bricks, plates, tiles (inc black 1x1 round tiles for wheels), headlight bricks for SNOT builds and windows and doors, cheese slopes, etc.

[Toastie]

Heehee - you'll get 500+ different answers ...

So lets see. I'd go for 2x Interfaces A, 12x 4.5V motors, 12x 4.5V lights, 4x 4.5 touch sensors, 4x 4.5V light sensors, and 32x 4.5V cables (66 items so far). 

Next: 1x Interface B. 8x 9V motors, 8x 9V lights, 8x 9V touch sensors, 4x 9V rotation sensors, 4x 9V light sensors, and 32x 9V cables, each about 70 cm long
(98 items so far)

2x RCX 1.0 PBrick, 2x CodePilot PBrick, 2x Scout PBrick, 2x MicroScout PBrick, the IR tower + cable, the VLL "tower" (has cable), 4x "fiber" optics cable, max length (113 items so far)

Two large baseplates, 50x 1x16 technic bricks, 50x 1x4 plates, 50 2x2 corner plates (265 items so far)

Oh well, the rest goes into gears, axles, and axle pins = 500 items

OK, for sure I did not count right. And I am joking. Well, not really: I like programming LEGO devices - these will certainly not qualify as MOCs. I also like things in motion ... I freak out when a light sensor sees some light and a motor begins spinning in response. Can do that for endless hours.

I'm curious to see what else comes up here!

All the best
Thorsten