Some say he once wrestled a Duplo figure to the ground using only his mind, and that if he could be bothered to do so, he would fire the bloke that came up with Bionicle. #lego
The F1 sets from Ferrari are top notch, wish they would make more of them. I always wanted to make a MOC of a F1 race. Not that a person couldn't now by building their own cars and sticker sets, but LEGO released sets would be so much better.
I started too. Then ran out of proper parts after getting plans of peeron.
I think I am scaling back my idea. I am going to try and build Black Hawk Farms Raceway in Rockton IL. Then make a bunch of Improved Touring cars and some Formula Vee's cruising the track.
Ya, little crazy with the LEGO but it is a good excuse to play with my two sons. #lego
@lilwillie: I completely respect your lego/racing enthusiasm. Sadly I'm in my early 20s, so I lack children to play legos with and my parents have all my legos boxed up at home. Someday when i have my own house and/or children I'll be able to to fulfill my dream. #lego
Nice to know I am not the only AFOL in the auto world.
The "Dark Ages" is what it is called, the time from your youth to your time as a adult when you set LEGO aside for other things. Only a few friends know I am a AFOL, now a lot on here do also, but its easy to disguise my love of LEGO with two kids.
@Comrade Clockwork: This is why I'm 29 and still have 75% of the legos from my childhood. My son will be able to use them in about another 3 years, saving me literally thousands of dollars. #lego
@Comrade Clockwork: Many of the good, reasonably sized sets are in the $30 range. When you get in the $100 range, that's when you get wacky features like motors, remote controls, or simply very large sets. #lego
@Skunky: True. My two sons each get half a dozen sets a year because the smaller sets are somewhat affordable (we only have a couple sets that cost more than $50). We figure we have about 50k pieces now.
The problem is they never seem to be able to keep the kits assembled, so we end up with boxes and boxes of loose pieces. Word to the wise: keep your assembly instructions! #lego
@RayonFog: Yes, keep those instructions, and as for loose pieces, I have a huge bin of unsorted stuff and two Akro-Mils 24 drawer thingies (pictured) hanging on the wall for sorted stuff. #lego
Makes me want to go back to my parents house, find all my legos and make race cars. Then add guns, rockets and wings resulting in an epic air battle where Lewis Hamilton dies and Jarno Trulli comes in second.
I feel worse for Kamui Kobayashi than for anyone else, including Yamashina.
But it would be fun to see a Japanese driver in a Ferrari some day... #formulaone
Alonso was the only reason Renault did as well as they did this season - which wasn't very well at all. He won't be there next year. So Renault might find themselves mixing it up with Force India for last place honors.
Or, they might be considering making an offer to Trulli. #f1
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Sweet.
The F1 sets from Ferrari are top notch, wish they would make more of them. I always wanted to make a MOC of a F1 race. Not that a person couldn't now by building their own cars and sticker sets, but LEGO released sets would be so much better.
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I started too. Then ran out of proper parts after getting plans of peeron.
I think I am scaling back my idea. I am going to try and build Black Hawk Farms Raceway in Rockton IL. Then make a bunch of Improved Touring cars and some Formula Vee's cruising the track.
Ya, little crazy with the LEGO but it is a good excuse to play with my two sons. #lego
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Nice to know I am not the only AFOL in the auto world.
The "Dark Ages" is what it is called, the time from your youth to your time as a adult when you set LEGO aside for other things. Only a few friends know I am a AFOL, now a lot on here do also, but its easy to disguise my love of LEGO with two kids.
Here was my Formula Cars I built for them
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Btw, is that qui gon jin in the back with the cape? #lego
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Some parts of off Qui but it is not, just a Fig I use in all my MOCs. #lego
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Still, this is pretty cool. When I have kids, daddy is probably going to be more excited about some of their Christmas presents than they are! #lego
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The problem is they never seem to be able to keep the kits assembled, so we end up with boxes and boxes of loose pieces. Word to the wise: keep your assembly instructions! #lego
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@RayonFog: Yes, keep those instructions, and as for loose pieces, I have a huge bin of unsorted stuff and two Akro-Mils 24 drawer thingies (pictured) hanging on the wall for sorted stuff. #lego
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But it would be fun to see a Japanese driver in a Ferrari some day... #formulaone
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With all the other constructors gone Renault had a shot at WINNING A RACE for once.
So much for making me proud. #f1
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Everyone is jumping ship. #f1
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Or, they might be considering making an offer to Trulli. #f1