Mad Max meets Planet of the Apes meets... Lego.
I'm rebuilding one of my Lego Technic cranes at the moment. Just a few steps at a time each evening, long enough so I don't fall asleep watching Masterchef or University Challenge.
I tend to build very fast too, I think I took one meal break on the Saturn V! I did it on the floor upstairs so was listening to music on the JR149 rig whilst I did it.
So you did it in one session albeit with a meal break included?
Yes, I can’t remember how long it took, but I’m pretty fast at this stuff! Too fast really, I’m sure I’d enjoy it more if I took more time! There was quite a lot of repetition in the Saturn V build and I tend to do those in an assembly-line manner, i.e. lay the four or however many identical assemblies out and add the new brick to all four in sequence rather than repeating the whole module. I didn’t make any mistakes with the Saturn V either, whereas I did with both the Volvo loader and Yellow Sub (I got one structural piece shifted forwards or backwards by one stud which involved some un-picking). The Volvo took the longest as I’d never dealt with ‘Technic’ pieces before, they didn’t exist back when I was a kid, whereas the rest was pretty familiar albeit with far more complex (SNOT) techniques etc.
There was quite a lot of repetition in the Saturn V build and I tend to do those in an assembly-line manner, i.e. lay the four or however many identical assemblies out and add the new brick to all four in sequence rather than repeating the whole module.
This is where the progressively numbered bags that came with the Arcos truck and Saturn V sets make it far easier.Some nights I go with the wind and make a lot of progress. The worst part of it is finding the pieces that you need. It gradually gets easier when you go along but when you start and you've got 1,884 pieces to go through, finding the right ones brings needles and haystacks to mind....!
All the kits I've done have the numbered bags. Makes it a doddle. I might empty them all into a big pile next time, if only to slow the build process down.This is where the progressively numbered bags that came with the Arcos truck and Saturn V sets make it far easier.
As this is an investment thread I wonder if a built/used model would sell better if neatly disassembled back into numbered zip-lock bags? It would be easy enough to do when putting it back in the box to ship. Would that add further value to a rare model?
PS New Flinstones Ideas set is rather cool, but disappointing there is no Pebbles, Bam-Bam or Dino. I’ll pick one up for the collection if I see it at a good discount.