Alt Bricks

WhichDawg · **Reply #30 on:** November 25, 2024, 03:08:17 PM

Very cool!

PitCarver · **Reply #31 on:** November 30, 2024, 01:05:09 AM

While the wife and my youngest daughter went out black Friday shopping, today, I spent a couple hours making another block camera. Picked it up off of the Temu and it came in earlier in the week.
Cutaway DSLR, Yes Brick brand with 556 + pieces.

Chako · **Reply #32 on:** November 30, 2024, 05:25:51 AM

PitCarver · **Reply #33 on:** November 30, 2024, 06:45:27 PM

How's the car kit coming along, Chako?

Chako · **Reply #34 on:** November 30, 2024, 07:13:18 PM

Still only done bag 1 of 3. Busy with a lot of snow shoveling and building the Iconic Arcade unit and populating it with ROMs.

PitCarver · **Reply #35 on:** November 30, 2024, 10:01:05 PM

Bags. That camera kit came with 7 bags, none of which were numbered. Just dumped them all out on a towel and sorted them by color.
I'm putting my mech robot on hold till I get the latest 2 for my wife in. Orchids and a coffee grinder for the bar.

PitCarver · **Reply #36 on:** December 04, 2024, 05:20:50 PM

Anyone following the Lego thread, also, knows that the wife bought a Lego Nutcracker kit. Well, she also bought a Lego compatible Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. Enjoy.

WhichDawg · **Reply #37 on:** December 05, 2024, 05:25:45 AM

WhichDawg · **Reply #38 on:** December 14, 2024, 07:34:44 AM

I've been ordering some Lord of the Rings Alt-Lego pieces, few dozen orcs which are very nice and these:

my Cave Troll & Goblin KIng:

and here are the actual Lego figures:

the ones I ordered cost:
CaveTroll $4.06 (I got x2)
GoblinKing $6.33 and I had to pay a few dollars shipping (like 3 bucks)

to buy from Bricklink (real lego) the CaveTroll used with flaws cheapest I found is $50 USD plus shipping which can be as much as 20 dollars (I know I've ordered from them)
and for new/sealed is $85 USD (lowest I found and it goes up)

the Lego Goblin King used/flawed $25 and new/sealed starting at $40

can you see a difference? I have them in hand and they seem fine. the Alt non-lego ones are shinny, the Lego ones seem mat finish. coloring and fit is good. I likem

PitCarver · **Reply #39 on:** December 14, 2024, 05:20:54 PM

My wife told me, last night, that I need to find another room to store all my toys in. I'll bet she gets really mad when I take over her sewing room.

WhichDawg · **Reply #40 on:** December 14, 2024, 05:29:28 PM

Quote from: PitCarver on December 14, 2024, 05:20:54 PM

My wife told me, last night, that I need to find another room to store all my toys in. I'll bet she gets really mad when I take over her sewing room.

lol! my cousin to me not to send her husband anymore Legos because they have no more room in the house.

PitCarver · **Reply #41 on:** December 14, 2024, 08:49:21 PM

My wife made a Walmart run today and brought me this brickcraft mistletoe kit.
I told her that I'm gonna leave it up all year so I can get unlimited kisses.
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I'm really bummed that I can't find any of the Yukon Cornelius kits though. He reminds me of me.

WhichDawg · **Reply #42 on:** December 15, 2024, 02:20:06 AM

lol Neon! very nice

WhichDawg · **Reply #43 on:** December 17, 2024, 10:47:02 AM

some Orcs I got from AliExpress (for my Lord of the Rings sets)

8 figures per set, I got 3 sets of these for $7.57 each set. Excellent details and fit, a little tight putting the hands on the arms but no big deal (small kids couldn't do it).

these will go good on my Barad-dûr or Battle of the Black Gate sets

PitCarver · **Reply #44 on:** February 01, 2025, 05:45:57 PM

My oldest granddaughter had something that she called her "crabby dance" where she'd sidle back and forth with her hands overhead making pincers, like crab claws. So, it was a given that when I saw this little set, on the AliExpress, I had to get one.

Chako · **Reply #45 on:** February 04, 2025, 11:13:17 PM

I thought I lost a piece and tore my living room apart looking for it. When I could not find it, I put it aside for a later date. That later date was a few months long. I got tired of looking at the incomplete model and decided that I should proceed to completion. When I started, I soon realized that I did not lose a piece, and all was accounted for. Go figure.

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Happy that it is done, and on top of an arcade machine on display.

PitCarver · **Reply #46 on:** February 05, 2025, 08:00:57 PM

Awesome.

WhichDawg · **Reply #47 on:** February 16, 2025, 03:11:41 PM

some nice sets!

PitCarver · **Reply #48 on:** February 16, 2025, 07:35:16 PM

I thought that this would be a cute Valentine's Day present for the Boss Lady.
Nano block build.
Instructions are terrible and the piece is kinda unstable until you get up a few levels on it.
I had to take it apart 3 times because it wasn't working out.
It's still not finished because I didn't want to have to try for 4 rebuilds. Perhaps I'll have a go again later.
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Pic from the seller.

Chako · **Reply #49 on:** February 18, 2025, 12:37:33 PM

That does look challenging.

Just got this set in yesterday delivered to my door. Iowa class USS Missouri battleship.

Front and back of the instruction book.

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2228 pieces and 83cm long, this should make a very nice display piece when done. I bought it off of TEMU and of course it came with no box. It saves me the hassle of throwing it away, but always leaves me wondering if I got all of the pieces.

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Started with the bow as per instructions. My last set was techniques (that blue porsche), and this one is brick style lol.

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I was surprised it came with a set of 4 sailor mini figures.

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Currently working on bag 3 of 7 and have most of the first 3/4 of the hull completed.

If I have room, I my add the Bismarck for a later build.

PitCarver · **Reply #50 on:** February 18, 2025, 06:09:54 PM

That looks really cool, Chako.
I wish I had the room for some of the larger builds.

WhichDawg · **Reply #51 on:** February 19, 2025, 03:05:29 PM

Very cool heart PitCarver!

even a light BEHIND it would be wild

Love them big ship builds Chako

Chako · **Reply #52 on:** February 22, 2025, 05:08:39 PM

Thanks guys, Just got it finished. This was a fun build as I can't seem to follow the little pictures very well. I made 3 mistakes that I had to backtrack to fix. I figured the instructions were at fault, but nope, it was all me lol.

Here are some more photos.

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Chako · **Reply #53 on:** April 19, 2025, 03:06:44 PM

I noticed another battleship in the series and decided that building the first one was so much fun, that I bought the Bismarck model. It came in a week ago but decided to wait to build in on the Easter weekend, which is now. I think I will start it either later today or tomorrow.

Got a box this time.

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The stick

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There are 7 bags marked as such inside of the larger bag. Included are 4 mini figures much like the first model.

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This is going to be another big battleship with a little over 2000 pieces. It will be 75 cm long and I hope it will fit right next to my other model on top of the arcade unit.

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Much like the USS Missouri, there are wheels that rotate the propellers as you roll it along a flat surface.

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WhichDawg · **Reply #54 on:** April 20, 2025, 04:27:57 AM

Sweeeeeet! I bet it will be fun and look great

then you can get the HMS Hood!

https://www.buildcobi.com/cobi-building-block-sets-tanks-submarines-ships-battleships-world-of-wwii-small-army-tank-museum/p/cobi-hms-hood-battlecruiser-set-4830

Chako · **Reply #55 on:** April 21, 2025, 04:08:12 AM

That is way cool, Just don't have the room for that one at the moment. I haven't even started the Bismarck yet. I got pulled into a photography tangent at the moment.