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Post by SquirKim on Jun 23, 2005 23:22:49 GMT -5
for someone just considering starting working with LEGO again to buy? I am considering starting to play around with it again. What would you guys consider that best thing for me to buy, that would give me a good amout of LEGO to work with?
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Post by trueshadow01 on Jun 23, 2005 23:55:42 GMT -5
Star Wars Legos or Town Legos.
Town Legos can be really fun, there are so many different things you can try and make, if you get enough legos
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Post by SquirKim on Jun 23, 2005 23:58:11 GMT -5
Okay, thanks for your input.
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Post by J1A3L5 on Jun 24, 2005 1:12:39 GMT -5
First, this is assuming you have no theme you're specifically interested in building (Space, castle, town, technic, etc.,), and just for general collection-building. My first suggestion would be anything from the Designer theme. Most of the sets build pretty cool models, some displaying fairly good building skills, and come with general, unspecific parts. I personally own all the X-Pods, and they're really cool and affordable sets. I'd recommend them to you, except they don't exactly come with a lot of parts to use. I found them more useful for the few more unqiue parts they had. I also own 4097 - Mini Robots. That would be a set I'd really recommend. I'm unsure of if it's still available, but I do know a second, similar set was released: 4881 - Robo Platoon. As I believe you know, I recently got 4402- Sea Riders and it's a larger, more expensive set, but again would be a great starter set for more basic pieces. It also includes a small amount of Technic pieces, which gives a little taste of that mixed in. 4505 - Sea Machines is a set that's tempted me for a while. At $7 US, I think it's a pretty economic set, and it looks like it's got some pretty useful stuff in it. Diverging from the Designer theme, there's a few other (current) sets I'd recommend: 10133 - BNSF Locomotive7249 - XXL Mobile Crane7416 - Emperor's Ship10151 - Hot Rod...just to name a few. I own all three, excepting the crane, but I hope to change that soon. I've heard lots of good things about the crane. My version of the Hot Rod is the original 1995 edition, but I don't believe there's any changes except for the grey colour change. Great model, great parts. Anyway, I'm sure this is a long enough post. How much are you looking to spend? LEGO gets very expensive very fast... Also, any specific themes you're interested in? -John "We need more girls in the LEGO community!" Langrish. |
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Post by TheQ on Jun 24, 2005 5:57:26 GMT -5
Good and cheap way to invest on LEGO bricks is to buy used ones. Ask friends and such. That way, you can get good "base" for your future LEGO sets and bricks. I recently bought about 1000+ bricks from my friends at a cost of 11 € (euros). Now that was a good package!
-Q, "John, that is true"
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Post by Jamit on Jun 24, 2005 7:08:17 GMT -5
Another thing you may want to look into is some buckets, I got one this year for $30 and it had 1,000 peices. That could be the cheepest way to get basic bricks.
Btw, do you live near Jake? If you do I can tell you were to get it.
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Post by Sz_2cool4u2b on Jun 24, 2005 11:00:39 GMT -5
For just basic, non-themed sets, I would reccomend, as Jail did, the designer sets. Very nice variety of themes, few "shortcut" pieces, and can get you a lot of basic parts you need to build the "core" of a lot of mechs. Or, for basic parts, you can try getting buckets like Jamit said. Also, for the finishing touches on a MOC, many people more interesting (usually), with lots of what you would call, "greeblies." In case you didn't know, greeblies are the fine little details on MOCs. For space themes, this could be air vents, engine parts, etc. I would say there is an entire theme that comes with lots of greeblies, but there are some sets I would like to point out: Clone Scout Walker - One of my favorite Star Wars sets, this cheap $10 set includes lot's of greebies needed for larger MOCs. Droid Tri-Fighter - Another good SW set, this is also a cheap $10-$15 dollar set, with good greeblies for MOCs. I'll update my list soon, I got to go right now.  |
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Post by J1A3L5 on Jun 24, 2005 14:57:17 GMT -5
Hi again, The reason I didn't mention basic brick tubs, is because I don't believe they're that useful for starting out. Sure, they're economical, and though many contain a few other non-basic-brick pieces, for the most part they're just bricks. Now, bricks are great, but unless you want to do sculptures, you need a lot more. For example, I just made a deal with someone for another 7194 - Yoda set...I mean, just check out the pieces! ...however, I don't see the set being overly useful to someone if that's basically all the pieces they have. See what I mean? -John "I love grey bricks!" Langrish. |
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Post by SquirKim on Jun 24, 2005 18:58:00 GMT -5
Okay, thanks for all the help. I will look at them more and decide.
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Post by SquirKim on Jun 24, 2005 19:00:33 GMT -5
Another thing you may want to look into is some buckets, I got one this year for $30 and it had 1,000 peices. That could be the cheepest way to get basic bricks. Btw, do you live near Jake? If you do I can tell you were to get it. Okay, sorry I didn't out this in my othre post I forgot. But um, yes I do live near him. How did you know that? |
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Post by Jamit on Jun 24, 2005 20:22:57 GMT -5
Another thing you may want to look into is some buckets, I got one this year for $30 and it had 1,000 peices. That could be the cheepest way to get basic bricks. Btw, do you live near Jake? If you do I can tell you were to get it. Okay, sorry I didn't out this in my othre post I forgot. But um, yes I do live near him. How did you know that? Well most of his Yak-Town members go to his school.  |
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Post by SquirKim on Jun 24, 2005 21:51:42 GMT -5
Oh, really I didn't know that most of the Yaktown members went to his school, well it is my school too lol. Hmm... that's weird. I could've been talking to people I knew in real life. Wow.
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