Things that twist my bricks...

Peppermint Pig · Post by **Peppermint Pig** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:58 pm

LEGOFREAK wrote:*people who don't realize that everybody POOP's .

Classic.

Hopefully this hasn't already been said, but...

* Despite the amount of time and money you put into organizing your lego, there's often a significant amount of it that must be continually sorted, and typically leaves your workspace too cluttered to build on. (Prone to afflict Castle and large scale builders!)

DNL · Post by **DNL** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:20 pm

* You drop that piece (your only one of the type) that you are about to place on a MOC. You don't hear it hit the floor, and you never find it! Where did it go?

That happens to me all the time

*When you need a certain part when building a MOC and can't find one anywhere, but half an hour after finishing the MOC you find several of them while sorting.

CVfan13 · Post by **CVfan13** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:00 pm

*The obvious, classic, "Mega Bloks are no different from Legos!" thing.
*Not being able to find that ONE piece you really need when building a MOC.
*Running out of these: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/4444

*And these: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/3659
*And while I'm at it, these: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/2462
*Better yet, running out of ANY piece is annoying.
*Running into a situation in which you don't know what to do to continue building a MOC.
*Dropping a MOC and being so enraged you kick a MOC across the room/whack it off a table that it shatters into a million pieces.

Sir Dano · Post by **Sir Dano** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:19 pm

*people who post over large pics on forums.
*people who abuse their LEGO by kicking it across a room.
*Not really LEGO related, but people who can't get URL code right and don't bother trying to fix it.

Lcuan82 · Post by **Lcuan82** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 11:55 pm

getting a bit personal aren't we, sir dano?

Peppermint Pig · Post by **Peppermint Pig** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:36 am

Sir Dano wrote:*people who post over large pics on forums.

On similar lines, I actually wish CC administration allowed for larger image posts.. 640x480 would be plenty. Classic Space allows for larger images, so why can't CC get with the times? If you had to, you could establish a rule to limit image posting to 5 pictures and/or keep the combined file-size to 500k of data or less.

Sir Dano · Post by **Sir Dano** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:49 am

Peppermint Pig wrote:
Sir Dano wrote:*people who post over large pics on forums.
On similar lines, I actually wish CC administration allowed for larger image posts.. 640x480 would be plenty. Classic Space allows for larger images, so why can't CC get with the times? If you had to, you could establish a rule to limit image posting to 5 pictures and/or keep the combined file-size to 500k of data or less.

I must object, as not all of us have high speed internet or brand new computers.

Peppermint Pig · Post by **Peppermint Pig** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:59 am

Sir Dano wrote:
Peppermint Pig wrote:
Sir Dano wrote:*people who post over large pics on forums.
On similar lines, I actually wish CC administration allowed for larger image posts.. 640x480 would be plenty. Classic Space allows for larger images, so why can't CC get with the times? If you had to, you could establish a rule to limit image posting to 5 pictures and/or keep the combined file-size to 500k of data or less.
I must object, as not all of us have high speed internet or brand new computers.

So I guess you never visit Brickshelf either?

I used to have dialup until just under 2 years ago, and I got by fine before then. What computer or browser can't handle a few images?

Sir Dano · Post by **Sir Dano** » Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:11 am

Peppermint Pig wrote:So I guess you never visit Brickshelf either?

Yes, but that's just one image at a time.

Peppermint Pig wrote: What computer or browser can't handle a few images?

I am using a ten year old Dell, and topics on Eurobricks with too many images can easily crash my browser (Firefox 2.0).

MoonCheese · Post by **MoonCheese** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:19 pm

* When people think Lego is only for kids and/or males.
* Related: Lego putting, e.g., 6-12 for the ages instead of 6+.
* The apparent inability for me to bill to one address on Bricklink but ship to another one. My post office is just off of Eight Mile Rd. just outside of Detroit (the one made famous by Eminem, and it's in a really bad neighbourhood), and I don't have a car and have to rely on a bike or the bus system. I'd rather ship them to my mom, who visits frequently and has a car, but since I pay for them, I apparently have to have them shipped to the ghetto.
* Losing a whole bag of a category of pieces. I was looking for a 2*8 or 2*10 black plate, and I didn't know where I had put my "long" 2*X plates. (X ≥ 6)
* Not enough female minifigs.

As for dropping pieces, recently I had lost my only Lego cat. My mom found it in a bag of laundry I took to her place.

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:24 pm

*People who treat Clones like Kryptonite (Please do sell them to me if you want!)

*Living in China for work, when my home and all my LEGO is in NY.

*Not having the space to have my Lego out.

*When I drop a really cool MOC and it smashes into a bazillion pieces

darkarden · Post by **darkarden** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:44 am

*people who play with my MOC's like they are toys, and break them in the process
*When my mom/our cleaner dump all of my smaller sorted boxes into the one big crate of lego i have.
*The 23 dollar shipping i had to pay to get a castle advent calendar because lego decided not to sell it in the U.S. >.>
*When im building a moc and i accidentally drop a small piece into a small crowded piece of my moc, whereupon i knock of more pieces and knock over about half a dozen minis while trying to retrieve it.

FirebenderDude2 · Post by **FirebenderDude2** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 12:45 am

*Trying to sort my LEGOs then building a cool creation thing that I then tear apart to create something cooler and get a bigger mess than I started with.

*

Also, I don't really have any young relatives that are annoying (yet some friends in another state have two annoying younger siblings..).... yet.

Otherwise, ditto to most of this stuff.

annie2200 · Post by **annie2200** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:12 am

Karalora wrote:When my cat steals my minifigs and hides them. One of them never did turn up before I moved...

Ditto. My kitten lies on my lap when I'm building and watches, and as soon as I spill a piece over the table she's onto it, and in a matter of seconds it has millions of tiny teeth marks in it

I don't really have any peeves except my nephews who change my minifigs around when I have worked so hard to get it just right, and then loose the pieces. I wholeheartedly feel for everyone else with this problem too!!

KingDavid · Post by **KingDavid** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 2:23 pm

I hate it when my girlfriend complains about how much LEGOs cost. She doesn't seem to understand that they are a creative outlet and not just simple toys. They inspire creativity. And they also help you develop problem solving skills. Anyone who has ever tried to hold multiple sections of something they're building together until they can find the right parts to hold them securely knows what I'm talking about. Do I put a hinge here? Or should this snap together? Decisions, decisions. Anyway, I originally bought these LEGOs for my son, who's still a toddler. But when he's old enough for them, he'll have a huge kingdom to inherit. I'm just having a hard time convincing her that I will step down and let him take over, though. I gotta admit, it will be difficult.