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Daddydoink
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Well, since @Anonymous put a spotlight on my one hobby that doesn't require electricity (with exception of the train tracks, which is for another post) and gets me hopping about (in excitement or pain)*, I've decided to start a little Lego topic here for us all to post photos of our creations - from the instructions or from our own minds... actually, thinking about it, perhaps we need to start a poster-exclusion list now - I've read the rumours thread, you know.  

So, welcome to the Lego Topic - a place for the creative person in all of us to look, to enjoy, to share, to dribble over**, to contribute, to suggest, to.... something or other... just make sure you clean up after yourself.

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*I need to order some thick slippers for Christmas, I think. Or, you know, clean up after myself.

**Of course dribbling is allowed - this isn't a branch of Dixons, you know.

Lego Table V2 (yes, there was a Version 1)

Car showroom

Cafe

Table

Cafe and flats

Access stairs

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Only one sentence @Daddydoink

'Patience of a saint springs to mind'......Jaw-dropping

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PS...that post above is in no way negative you understand....Just no idea how you do that. I was never any good at lego with my sons. Patience was never my forte you see...all my lego builds just came out wonky and fell over...Rolleys

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This is amazing @Daddydoink! How much space is that hobby taking though? I thought my scrapbooking and acrylic painting was intrusive enough...you must have a lot of space to have all the little houses built up...

 

One question...is that a man dressed as a sausage or am I dreaming???

 

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This is amazing @Daddydoink! How much space is that hobby taking though? I thought my scrapbooking and acrylic painting was intrusive enough...you must have a lot of space to have all the little houses built up...

 

One question...is that a man dressed as a sausage or am I dreaming???

 

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He is - He's a Hotdog man, who undertakes promotional work for the cafe he's stood outside of.   Glad you like it @Anonymous


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Only one sentence @Daddydoink

'Patience of a saint springs to mind'......Jaw-dropping


No negative intent read, @Cleoriff.  It didn't spring up overnight though - its taken a couple of months a bit of input from the children.

Couple more pics:

Outside the Cafe

 

What a handsome Lego Photographer there wink

Inside the Bathrom

(I left the seat up!)

Messy kitchen

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@Cleoriff wrote:

PS...that post above is in no way negative you understand....Just no idea how you do that. I was never any good at lego with my sons. Patience was never my forte you see...all my lego builds just came out wonky and fell over...Rolleys


Betcha was good at Scalectrix tho' @Cleoriff with your love of & understanding of F1 

I did like lego, so did my mum, btw I was useless at 'playing cars' & I am not known for my patience with much of anything wink

 

Great topic @Daddydoink

 

PS: only a short few years ago was Drool in the toy shop window, Millennium Falcon, even asked my son, in his 20's if he'd like it for Christmas slight_smile

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Mmmmmm...I have been known to cheat at Scalextric Jane. I hear it has now gone digital though.....Fear

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Great to see @Daddydoink!

 

Do you just use City stuff, or do you ever delve into the film/comic-inspired sets?

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I like Scalectrix too - and the trains, actually... that's another topic for me altogether though!

I'm very lucky that the children love the lego - although they want me to build up some more trains, which means I need to get some more bricks...!

@Toby - I use whatever bricks we have - I don't get into the brands and comic-inspired stuff, although I have been known to use the odd bits with the buildings we have.  I like building things that the children want to play with though, as it tends to stand the test of time then.

Here's some pics of the old Lego table and a train we built:

Lego Table V1Lego Train

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the trains on lego run on electricity or are for display only? Interested as my dad in law is a big fan of miniatures and he'll probably ask Shocked

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