Recently, a topic was released about what themes LEGO should bring back/discontinue. As I was reviewing this topic, I decided I wanted to rebuild some of my sets from my favorite themes.
Going online, I found a website that had instructions from older themes.
I have started with the POWER MINERS theme.
I have built the Stone Chopper, Mine Mech, Granite Grinder, Claw Digger and Thunder Driller (stickers and all!). The Crystal Sweeper, Boulder Blaster, and Crystal King are next on the list.
I challenge everybody who wants to walk down Memory Lane to rebuild previously owned sets from your private collection (and, if you REALLY want a challenge, try to build with the exact pieces the instructions show; no short-cuts).
It seems hard, but it is actually really fun! Feel free to post WIP photos!
I have very few and limited system pieces, but I have managed to construct either actual sets, alternate models, models in certain lego games, or modules of sets (pre-2011) which have their own building step sections in the instructions, and compiled all the builds into a single mini cityscape while trying to coordinate a somewhat coherent colour scheme
The ramp build on the right for example is part of this Spider Man alternate model, the gas pump on the lower left if part of an old town set, and the boat on the lower right is from the Res-Q town subtheme
The ladder build is from a small studios set, and the border beside it is a section from an Indiana Jones set. The house is an inspirational build shown in the classic bulk boxes instructions if I recall correctly
Reminds me of the times when I was really young and I just used the correctly shaped parts to rebuild stuff. The colour schemes got… interesting, if not to say out of hand.
I rebuilt everything I have a couple years ago already, here a few examples of my favorite sets:
I’ve been rebuilding some sets recently. I rebuilt some small city sets (A Lawnmower polybag and a tiny little farm thing) but I’m mainly focusing on fixing my older Ninjago sets. I already rebuilt Skull Motorbike and Ninja Ambush so all that’s left is Epic Dragon Battle. It is a huge pain in the butt to find all the pieces to, but I guess I’ll update when I’ve made more progress.
UPDATE: March 7th
The Crystal Sweeper is functional, but it needs a few more pieces before it is basically perfect. What’s funny is that while digging for pieces for the previous sets, I’ve come across the pieces I needed, but ignored them at the time. Now, when I really need them most, they seem to just vanish.
Funny how that works.
So, in short, if you can’t find the pieces you need, move on to restoring another theme. Chances are you’ll find what you need when you won’t need it. -LOL
This used to happen to me every time when I was trying to rebuild all my bonklez in the 2011-2014 period. It’s the unwritten law of large Lego containers, I guess .
So here’s a picture of all the pieces I’ve found for the Epic Dragon Battle, and the pile that I need to search through that has most of the rest of them. I say most because there are more that aren’t in there. It’s also a mix of Shellraiser pieces because I wanna rebuild that.
Left is EDB pieces, right is parts I need to search through
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