General Part Discussion

[Ngoc Nguyen]

New concave panels:

[astyanax]

Ugh I can't stand those messy building photos! 

[Lipko]

55 minutes ago, astyanax said:

Ugh I can't stand those messy building photos! 

At least there's no fake casually thrown blanket on a couch.

[Thirdwigg]

6 hours ago, astyanax said:

Ugh I can't stand those messy building photos! 

It's my jam. I feel like I am the only person alive who still builds from a single pile of bricks.

[N-4K0]

For large sets I sort out the different types of parts, usually keeping pins, connectors and the small stuff in a pile, but for smaller sets I don't mind having everything in a single pile.

I like to be organized, at least above a certain size of sets.

I do agree with the guy with the "impossible build" avatar ( ) - it irks me when they do pics of loose parts laying around all mixed, panels with pins and connectors between them, some trays with mostly small parts and for some reason a few large parts casually placed among them. It does irritate me to some degree. But maybe that's the point, it makes people talk and gives the set attention, in one way or another.

[astyanax]

4 hours ago, N-4K0 said:

the guy with the "impossible build" avatar ( )

Awwwww  that's the cutest thing anyone has ever called me

But y'all keep talking of "piles"..... come join the #SortingTrayMasterRace!

 

(Ofc all the above is tongue-in-cheek. I know these are just "lifestyle" photos. I guess the message they're trying to convey is to "do as you please", which fits the "adults welcome" slogan, which too is trying to convince people to just indulge, to carve out your own happy space/time, regardless of what others might think.)

[Jockos]

I'm one of those few people who like these lifestyle photos. I usually build the same way (having parts laying in one or two pile(s)), but I haven't used any container during builds in my life. 

This way I can lengthen the building process and save a bit of space.

[NV Lego technic]

The only reason I like them is because it gives us access to new pieces.

[N-4K0]

5 hours ago, astyanax said:

Awwwww  that's the cutest thing anyone has ever called me

 

I have no interest in this particular set as I am no mc guy, but I find these inverted, concave(?) panels interesting as they're showing up and I want to get my hands on this new windshield piece, I love new windshield pieces with pinholes.

[SNIPE]

some recolors, nothing really useful

[R0Sch]

39 minutes ago, SNIPE said:

some recolors, nothing really useful

Yes, a blue Dumbledore is nothing special. ;)

[R0Sch]

P.S. There are also reddish brown 1x4 gear racks in the Endurance ship.

[Jockos]

2 hours ago, SNIPE said:

some recolors, nothing really useful 

What bugs me is they can recolor a significantly interesting piece (shock absorber) in a small set, but they can't recolor a simple gear in a 200$ bike... Life isn't simple, I know.

[gyenesvi]

3 hours ago, Jockos said:

What bugs me is they can recolor a significantly interesting piece (shock absorber) in a small set, but they can't recolor a simple gear in a 200$ bike... Life isn't simple, I know.

That bugs me too, especially connectors, for example the pin-pinhole and the axle-pinhole parts are often not recolored to new colors, even though they are used a lot. They just keep replacing them with black/grey.

[msk6003]

While build studless 8479, I surprised how much rare is green technic parts. Not just 32009 double bent beam(last release on non-educational set is 1998), One of very common parts, 1x6(2003), 1x8(2003) and 1x10(2003) technic brick and #3(1999), #5(1999) and #6(1999) angle connector and 32184 Perpendicular connector 3L with Centre Pin Hole(only include 8446 which released in 1999) is also super rare in green.

And even before the 3 of John Deere license set came out, liftarm 7L is also very rare!

Edited November 27, 2024 by msk6003

[Stereo]

2 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

That bugs me too, especially connectors, for example the pin-pinhole and the axle-pinhole parts are often not recolored to new colors, even though they are used a lot. They just keep replacing them with black/grey.

I did find mixing both those parts in dark blue a bit annoying in the Ford GT, though that's a worse colour for instructions.  The 'standard' of using black for pin-pinhole and dbg for axle-pinhole helps with that.

[langko]

8 hours ago, gyenesvi said:

That bugs me too, especially connectors, for example the pin-pinhole and the axle-pinhole parts are often not recolored to new colors, even though they are used a lot. They just keep replacing them with black/grey.

Maybe it’s partly because they struggle to match the colour of those parts? It’s safer to use black ones than repeat what happened with the Sian. The lime ones are still not the same shade and it’s been how many years? I know the problem isn’t limited to lime either, I have red ones that don’t match. Still doesn’t explain why they’ll randomally do it for a botanical set though, but just thought I’d throw that out there. 

[J159753]

A (real) plant/flower/botanical will naturally have colour variation, so if anything it's good for there to minor variation in nominally the same colour for the Lego version; for a mechanical object like a car, that's not the case. ?

8 hours ago, langko said:

Maybe it’s partly because they struggle to match the colour of those parts? It’s safer to use black ones than repeat what happened with the Sian. The lime ones are still not the same shade and it’s been how many years? I know the problem isn’t limited to lime either, I have red ones that don’t match. Still doesn’t explain why they’ll randomally do it for a botanical set though, but just thought I’d throw that out there. 

 

[gyenesvi]

14 hours ago, Stereo said:

I did find mixing both those parts in dark blue a bit annoying in the Ford GT, though that's a worse colour for instructions.  The 'standard' of using black for pin-pinhole and dbg for axle-pinhole helps with that.

Sure that is not trivial to differentiate, but I actually liked that that set had both recolored (though not sure if those existed previously). In any case, they could recolor at least one of them (probably the pin variant is needed more often).

8 hours ago, langko said:

Maybe it’s partly because they struggle to match the colour of those parts? It’s safer to use black ones than repeat what happened with the Sian.

That could be a reason, though I'd still prefer a slighly different shade than a compleyely different color.

16 minutes ago, J159753 said:

A (real) plant/flower/botanical will naturally have colour variation, so if anything it's good for there to minor variation in nominally the same colour for the Lego version; for a mechanical object like a car, that's not the case. ?

But they are probably going to use it outside of botanical sets, so I don't think that was the argument..

[bruh]

On 11/25/2024 at 8:06 PM, N-4K0 said:

For large sets I sort out the different types of parts, usually keeping pins, connectors and the small stuff in a pile, but for smaller sets I don't mind having everything in a single pile.

I like to be organized, at least above a certain size of sets.

I do agree with the guy with the "impossible build" avatar ( ) - it irks me when they do pics of loose parts laying around all mixed, panels with pins and connectors between them, some trays with mostly small parts and for some reason a few large parts casually placed among them. It does irritate me to some degree. But maybe that's the point, it makes people talk and gives the set attention, in one way or another.

For me, as a perfectionist (kinda) I sort my pieces, but it takes me forever to respond them, even after a small project. My workspace is usually cluttered with dead/gutted projects and the random pieces from them.

[1gor]

7 hours ago, bruh said:

For me, as a perfectionist (kinda) I sort my pieces, but it takes me forever to respond them, even after a small project. My workspace is usually cluttered with dead/gutted projects and the random pieces from them.

My was too and then my wife got nervous brake down (since she insists that everything is organized like a box)

[Aurorasaurus]

1 hour ago, 1gor said:

since she insists that everything is organized like a box

she gets it :)

[NV Lego technic]

3 hours ago, 1gor said:

My was too and then my wife got nervous brake down (since she insists that everything is organized like a box)

Your wife builds Lego too?

[R0Sch]

Getting a bit off-topic here, don't you think?

[1gor]

10 hours ago, NV Lego technic said:

Your wife builds Lego too?

No, but  she gives me advices if MOCs are accurate since she doesn't have intetest in machinery. So when someone who don't understand says Wow instantly recognizable, then you know you are on right track...

Edited November 28, 2024 by 1gor
Crap, autocorrect beat me again...