What was the largest Lego set you've ever built and would you do it again?
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How long did it take you to put this thing together. It's definitely one of the bigger ones.
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The Ducati looks like it has a lot of pieces I don't recognize from other sets. That's pretty unique.
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I can't remember the piece size of the top of my head, but physically, the Raiders of the Lost Ark temple is my biggest and would happily build it again.
My only worry is that the rubber bands might perish at some point.
I enjoyed building the ECTO1 but the stickers were really annoying. There's a large number of stickers representing rust and they're all identical.
I was going to leave them off so the car would look pristine like the original film but I changed my mind.
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It is physically very large. Larger than basically all cats and a lot of dogs. My daughter was 3 1/2 when I got it and it wasn't much smaller than she was then.
I've assembled and disassembled it several times. I think it takes 8-10 hours to get it together and not much less to take it apart. You really have to follow the instructions in reverse to get it broken down, and the pins make my fingers quite sore if I don't take it in stages.
The linked review is correct that the mechanics somewhat overtax the single motor, but I find the design so impressive that it doesn't matter.
This was the last "flagship" Technic set I ever bought. We don't have space in the house for more plastic toys this size, and I don't love the fact that the huge ones tend to be app controlled now. But I think this was a pretty high note to go out on.
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Memory is a little fuzzy as this was.. Over 10 years ago (oh god I'm old)..
I think I did a couple hours a day over several days. Probably totaling 8 hours -
I think i got it around 2003. Years ago the engine was a rotary and the cylinders actually rotated with the propeller!
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Yeah, the warp pipe Easter Egg was was sold me on this type of build. I really hope we get to see more non-minifig scale mocs that do this type of fan service. As I was putting it together I was trying to figure out what the hell I was building, and when it clicked? Oh man! I love showing the secret to guests.
On a similar note, the 25th anniversary Millennium Falcon has a few Easter eggs, but you only get to appreciate them during the build. Opening the Falcon up to take a peek isn’t an option.
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Probably fort legoredo, I wouldn't mind doing it again, but I think some pieces got mixed with some other sets from the wild West theme. I think that set also doubled my Lego gun collection as well.
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I bought the LEGO Rivendell set close to when it came out. It was a fun one to build, and I would do it again. Honestly, I'll probably need to disassemble and reassemble at least some of it whenever I move.
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...came here to post the same: we have a lot of high-end lego sets but rivendell is an unparalleled masterpiece, so exceptional that it makes almost everything else seem unworthy by comparison...
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...why does it include three pry-tools?..
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Because the main box is divided into three smaller boxes, one for bow, one for stern, and one for midship. You can build them in any order, or they can be built simultaneously by you and your friends/family. They included a brick separator in each sub-box.
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My buddy got me R2D2 this year, Chewbacca definitely took longer than R2D2 will in build time.
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Probably the AT-ST walker from Star Wars. That was cool since I hadn’t made anything that bit, but it was all grey, and therefore as memorable an experience as the last 9 star wars movies
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I don't have a ton of sets, but I absolutely love Rivendell. It is beautiful to look at, has all of the fellowship, and has so many tiny details. Truly one of LEGO's best sets in my opinion.
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The Home Alone house and in a heartbeat
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When I was a child I loved bionicles and worked all summer to raise $60 for this double set of dragon looking things. Better yet, you could combine them and make a hybrid monster. Somewhere in that process of creating the hybrid I realized it was too much work disassembling and reassembling and completely gave up.
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It was! I kept it split framing my tv for a while
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...we (my wife + myself) were so disappointed by barad-dûr afterward!..we didn't buy it, so we haven't built it, but based on the photos it's neither inspired nor crafted to the same exceptional standard as rivendell...
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...ah, i can't recall whether rivendell included two separators, but it was also packaged in sub-boxes with separate instruction books, which made teamwork a snap...
