Another LEGO tragic here.
I've never had the cash for the big, fancy kits, let alone anywhere to display them when finished. I had to pass by the Saturn V Apollo set because of that latter.
I've always been envious of the folks that had the cash for the big kits and somewhere to display their finished efforts.
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Originally Posted by LonelySpoon
If it wasn't for benefactors I wouldn't have them either- I couldn't justify it for myself, I'd feel too guilty.
My Saturn sits in a display case opposite my desk and was the source of much comment during lockdown Zoom meetings.
It's not just having the cash to buy the big sets, or receiving them as gifts, it's having the space to build and display them. And you need the space for display cabinets for the completed builds, or enough permanently clear shelf space.
At my old flat, I used the upper shelves of a 3ftx6ft bookcase as display space, and the largest constructed sets I could fit in it were #43172 Elsa's Magical Ice Palace and #41314 Friends Stephanie's House.
At my current flat, that bookcase is full of books, so I don't have the space for either set to be displayed assembled, and there's no more space in the flat for another bookcase. The biggest sets I could put on display here now are #70911 The Penguin Arctic Roller, and #31066 Creator 3-in-1 Space Shuttle Explorer.
Wow! Imagine that "kit" hitting the market. People would need to sell a car to afford it, and then devote a year to building it. But what a build it would be. Leon - are you up for it mate?
Wow! Imagine that "kit" hitting the market. People would need to sell a car to afford it, and then devote a year to building it. But what a build it would be. Leon - are you up for it mate?
You'd need to build an entire new room to your house, just to build and display sets that gigantic.
Or an entire new house?
Relating to your other post, what's a book? LOL
I have too many myself but they are all technical books on electronics/electrical, robotics and an assortment of maths and physics books. If only I'd learnt to read........
At my old flat, I used the upper shelves of a 3ftx6ft bookcase as display space.
At my current flat, that bookcase is full of books, so I don't have the space for either set to be displayed assembled, and there's no more space in the flat for another bookcase.
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Originally Posted by Leo.G
Or an entire new house?
Relating to your other post, what's a book? LOL
I have too many myself but they are all technical books on electronics/electrical, robotics and an assortment of maths and physics books. If only I'd learnt to read........
Bookcases...
3x 3ftx6ft
1x 3ftx6ft
1x 2ftx5ft
8x 1ftx6ft
They're all full of books, and there's no room spare in my current flat for another bookcase. And because they are already full, and their tops have already been claimed for display and storage spaces, I can't even use those spaces for displaying completed LEGO sets.
Leon, just a heads up mate. My wife is looking for you. It's something about me recently buying the NASA Apollo Saturn V kit and attributing the purchase to my rekindled interest in building per this thread
Leon, just a heads up mate. My wife is looking for you. It's something about me recently buying the NASA Apollo Saturn V kit and attributing the purchase to my rekindled interest in building per this thread
I did indeed - there was a guy selling it new and sealed not far from me. It seemed a shame to actually open it, but I got over that fairly quickly and started sorting!!! Stage 1 is now complete - its an excellent kit.
Imagine that "kit" hitting the market. People would need to sell a car to afford it, and then devote a year to building it. But what a build it would be. Leon - are you up for it mate?
your missus will never find me, 
enjoy you build.
