The Lego Thread.

[Mike_P]

Maybe getting through to Game of Bricks as no stupid email from them yet today. Yesterdays was a classic with a diagram of the 3 light part saying if what I had matched it the part was right.
Replied to then pointing out I had already sent them a photo with ruler on it illustrating that the distance between the fixing points illustrated in their instructions was in excess of 14cm so no a wire length of 12cm shown on their diagram could not be right.
Ordered the rather expensive Light My Brick set for Endurance. They do have a distinct advantage over all others as far as I can make out as they have instructions for fitting their parts as you assemble the set, rather than having to take various parts off once you have completed.
The as you build instructions are the complete Lego ones modified and the assembly of some bag parts is varied, which would seem to imply fitting the light set whilst building results on a beter more concealed light and wiring assembly. Worked out last night there parts alone if bought separately would cost an extra £30 on top of their set price and beyond that the set has 46 extra Lego parts in it.

 

[Mike_P]

Well that was a surprise today

 

[Mike_P]

Lesson learnt with these new paper bags they are using, once torn open and the contents emptied then undo the bag into a single sheet of paper as there is a fare chance their is still something in the bag. Just emptied the card/paper recycling bag and did that on all the lego bags in it anf found two parts I was missing plus a third I did not know I was missing.

 

[icowden]

Lesson learnt with these new paper bags they are using, once torn open and the contents emptied then undo the bag into a single sheet of paper as there is a fare chance their is still sometimes in the bag. Just emptied the card/paper recycling bag and did that on all the lego bags in it anf found two parts I was missing plus a third I did not know I was missing.

To be fair, I sometimes manage to do that with the plastic bags as well. It is a bit easier to do with the paper though.

 

[PeteXXX]

In the Lego shop, London town. Guesstimate 4'tall ish.

 

[Mike_P]

Current progress on Endurance. Its quite an interesting build so far as most sections are plainly a ship related item and its only the internal spine for the centre section that is one of those sections that baffles as to what it is. The Light my Bricks instructions change in parts the order of build. The lifeboats are last to be built bar the masts in the Lego instructions but are built early as they each have a lit lantern. They are rather fragile so have detached the lanterns and they are resting on the deck.

 

[Mike_P]

Bought Endurance a roll of masking tape! Far too many gaps in the decking when trying to fit small parts and them disappearing into the hull so the holes are going to be covered over.

Found one section following the Light My Brick instruction impossible for it to stay together. Transpired that in order to route the cables they left off two parts of the underside base plate meaning the top baseplate was too weak to try to add quite heavy parts to. Ended up fitting the two missing baseplates using Mek to make sure they stayed in place and altered the cable routing.

 

[Mike_P]

Maybe getting through to Game of Bricks as no stupid email from them yet today. Yesterdays was a classic with a diagram of the 3 light part saying if what I had matched it the part was right.
Replied to then pointing out I had already sent them a photo with ruler on it illustrating that the distance between the fixing points illustrated in their instructions was in excess of 14cm so no a wire length of 12cm shown on their diagram could not be right.
Ordered the rather expensive Light My Brick set for Endurance. They do have a distinct advantage over all others as far as I can make out as they have instructions for fitting their parts as you assemble the set, rather than having to take various parts off once you have completed.
The as you build instructions are the complete Lego ones modified and the assembly of some bag parts is varied, which would seem to imply fitting the light set whilst building results on a beter more concealed light and wiring assembly. Worked out last night there parts alone if bought separately would cost an extra £30 on top of their set price and beyond that the set has 46 extra Lego parts in it.

Correct length set lights arrived today but still with the cable passing through a stud that needs to be completely free of the cable. Carefully cut with a tiny pair of side cutters.

 

[Mike_P]

Correct length set lights arrived today but still with the cable passing through a stud that needs to be completely free of the cable. Carefully cut with a tiny pair of side cutters.

Incredibly they responded saying push harder to get the stud through the hole. Clear message is avoid Game of Bricks

 

[icowden]

Apropos of nothing I just found this work of genius on the youtube...

 

[Pinno718]

That's ^ brilliant.

 

[Pinno718]

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