The Importance of TESTing

[Black Sunder]

Those of you that know me well enough know I LOVE Lego sets. Now this one isn't mine but I'm building it atm but this is why you always TEST Technic sets as you build them. See below:

Again this is not mine, you can read the title here and see what he says if you want:
https://www.reddit.com/r/legotechnic/comments/3ge7tu/its_been_a_long_weekend_of_building_and_i_just/

If you don't want to go there the short story is that is a gear that makes the pneumatic system work(specifically the motor to pump connection) and he doesn't have it in the model. There are over 2700 pieces total in the set and he has to take apart the entire chassis to put that gear in. Something else to note is that unless he dumped all the bags out at once and wanted to go hardcore build mode, he should have noticed he had a piece leftover after the 3rd set of bags that go with the instructions at the absolute latest. So what did we learn today?

TEST YOUR STUFF CONSTANTLY AS YOU BUILD(or fly, or mine, or race, or salvage, or crash etc)! THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!

 

[Derkerter]

We should recruit him, he seems perfect!

 

[Black Sunder]

We should recruit him, he seems perfect!

Clearly this is immediate grounds for promotion to Captain of an Idris if he knows of Star Citizen and he were to join TEST.

 

[Guss De Blöd]

another AFOL ?
we should make a TEST Lug.

 

[Black Sunder]

another AFOL ?
we should make a TEST Lug.

Nothing wrong with building Lego as an adult. Its cheaper than 40K models.

 

[Snakey]

interviewed, recruited, promoted... dead

 

[thanatos73]

I always go for the Hardcore mode. But I also TEST every section as I go. Just sayin' ....

 

[Montoya]

2700 pieces?

Things have changed since I played with legos!

I sense that I may get back into it soon, I was walking through Toys R Us and the Star Wars stuff looks amazing!

Having a son is a great excuse to revisit all my childhood toys again!

 

[Space Monkey]

Beer makes it all better.

 

[mromutt]

2700 pieces?

Things have changed since I played with legos!

I sense that I may get back into it soon, I was walking through Toys R Us and the Star Wars stuff looks amazing!

Having a son is a great excuse to revisit all my childhood toys again!

You are lucky to have an excuse! I expect you to fully take advantage of this opportunity, or at least have a beer well you watch your kid put them together!

 

[Black Sunder]

Having a son is a great excuse to revisit all my childhood toys again!

You don't need kids to to want or like building Lego.

 

[Montoya]

You don't need kids to to want or like building Lego.

Like lego, yes.

Time to sit down and build logo? There is no time! Unless its been done as an activity which includes the kid!

 

[Black Sunder]

Like lego, yes.

Time to sit down and build logo? There is no time! Unless its been done as an activity which includes the kid!

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Remote-Controlled-VOLVO-L350F-Wheel-Loader-42030

This set is black and yellow. You should get it so we can have the TEST Loader. Checkmate. It's also remote control.

Besides your kid needs to see something daddy has built that he can try to make. Start collecting sets and building them now Montoya.

 

[Montoya]

$250?

Holy shit man! Are they made from gold?

 

[Black Sunder]

$250?

Holy shit man! Are they made from gold?

Technic sets are always more expensive because of their functions. That Leader has 5 motors. The set I just built(see OP post for another man's attempt) has more pieces bust costs 230 dollars. Its love of a hobby not the money that is important.

Get your kid some Star Wars sets and put them together because he's too young'.

 

[Liquor_and_ores]

Holy shit, legos came along way since my days of pirate island + ship

 

[Black Sunder]

Holy shit, legos came along way since my days of pirate island + ship

I had several of those ships and no islands :(

 

[WarrenPeace]

I still have several Wild West sets. The fort, the bank, the general store, the prison...

 

[Jhonon1]

Nothing wrong with building Lego as an adult. Its cheaper than 40K models.

That can be dependent upon your taste in models... The only lego's I want are the reeeeaaalllyyyy expensive architect series or supermassive Star Destroyer/Death Star type stuff, whereas with 40k I'm pretty satisfied with individual special models for like $15 off Ebay.

Not sure if anything can compare to the Wallet Rape that SC has become for me though.
That Tali+living spaces bundle is looking very, very tempting...

 

[Guss De Blöd]

Nothing wrong with building Lego as an adult. Its cheaper than 40K models.

well of course nothing is wrong. I don't really get your point there.
I was saying that with the number of Adults Fan Of Lego (AFOL) we have in test, whe should create a Lego User Groups, wich is the name of Lego clubs recognized and helped by Lego. Thought you would know that.

I'm a Lego Ambassador for Léman Lego User Group, so I'm not going to tell you that's wrong to play with Lego XD