I pride myself in having a fairly large collection, and usally I have an amble supply of bricks for a certain MOC that I want to build. I was reading the 'When I was younger...' thread and one point that hit me was how when everyone was younger (including myself), we had a whole lot less bricks then we have now, which really limited us but also pushed our creativity. I recently got two new sets in the mail, 4851 and 10156, and since they looked like they had decent part I decide to try to make some alternate models with only the pieces from those sets. I had to throw four sided houses to the winds, and the urge for complete color coordination. This is what I came up with:
Airport, built with the parts from 4851
Telescope, built with parts from 4851
Truck, built with parts from 10156
It was a challenge to built something remotely satisfactory with such few parts in so many colors, but I had a fun time built like I did when I was a wee lil lad.
EDIT: oops, I forgot the folder link, here it is:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/lordo ... te-Models/
Alternate models of 4851 The Origins and 10156 LEGO Truck
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Alternate models of 4851 The Origins and 10156 LEGO Truck
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Very cool! I like that idea, and next time I buy a set I will have to try that like I did when I was young. I noticed you storage system in the background and was wondering if you had pics of th whole setup. Thanks.
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Thanks, it's fun when you're bored and half of your other pieces in in the process of sorting!forester3291 wrote:Very nice Nathan! I really like how you take one set and build alternate madels. Very very creative and inspiring.
Yeah, try it, it's nice to get back to basics once in a while. What you see in the background is only a small portion of my sorting system, and that is only one type. I also use bins for larger pieces like POOPs, sandwitch bags for 'modified' bricks, like 1x2s with grill, and open trays for tiles and such. I don't have any pics yet, but once I clean up my room I'll be sure to take some!Sir Terrance wrote:Very cool! I like that idea, and next time I buy a set I will have to try that like I did when I was young. I noticed you storage system in the background and was wondering if you had pics of th whole setup. Thanks.
Also, here's another model built out of 10156 LEGO Truck:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=101277
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