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so, what are y'all working on? a few months back, I decided to build 6085, the Black Monarch's Castle. I always loved that set, but didn't have it when I was a kid, so I built it with the parts I have. then I modified it with some more modern touches, like the cheese wedge crenellation (yeah, that's not very modern, it's all relative). then I decided to expand. then expand more and more, to the point where it is now, with a very similar size and shape to the Ninjago city gardens.

staircases!

elaborate brick work!

modularity!

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[–] buffaloboobs 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

very cool 🤯 I don't think I've built a technic set in about 25 years, just not my thing compared to the regular brick, but they're so impressive.

the idea of disassembling that beast sounds nightmarish!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks! Brick for brick I also enjoy ‘normal’ lego more, but the MOCs for technic are better imo and more reasonably priced from what I have seen.

So of you take rebuilding/MOCs into account, in my experience (and opinion) Lego technic gives a bit more bang for your buck, but the absolute enjoyment of building a set is bigger with regular Lego.

Disassembling a newer set is significantly easier than older sets, because the pins are still more flexible. I think they tend to harden as they age. So if you put on some nice music and think of it as a little bit of me-time, it’s not so bad.

Edit: fixed a couple of typos