Adult Fixie-skidders of LEGO

It's just another one of those display pieces that LEGO's been doing a lot of. Quite a lot of people seem to enjoy a LEGO one-off so they can put it on their mantelpiece/wherever.

All Lego recently has been a one off, that's how they sell them.

The last time I saw multiple build instructions was the first lego Technic car.

Yeah. That is the gap between kid stuff and new stuff.

Lego have a Creator 3in1 theme, currently with 28 sets, where each set has instructions for 3 things.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/themes/creator-3-in-1

They don't have the detail of the bigger and more expensive models that Lego are mostly targeting at adults but they are great sets.

I quite liked the 3in1 shark set I got recently, so I got another one to have multiple sea creatures!

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8863342

Also this set is £17.50 in Morrisons at the moment, which is decent over retail https://www.johnlewis.com/lego-classic-11002-basic-brick-set/p3910280?

Just ordered that set for my daughter for Christmas, and also a few sets of the tulips for Mrs GB.

decent discounts

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2006844?clickPR=plp:25:287

even less if you don't mind amazon

https://www.amazon.co.uk/LEGO-42110-Toy-Multicolour/dp/B07P2GQDQ6/

By 'one-off' I meant that people who don't normally buy LEGO buy something as a one-off to display somewhere. It's one aspect of how LEGO has expanded its appeal into model-making, i.e. where people might have done a Revell kit in the past and put that somewhere, now they can do the same with LEGO.

decent discounts

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/2006844?­clickPR=plp:25:287

Cheaper here:
https://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-and-bricks/lego-technic/lego-42110-technic-land-rover-defender-off-roader-4x4-car-toy/p/176191

last time I saw multiple build instructions was the first lego Technic car.

As well as Creator 3-in-1, many recent Technic sets have B model instructions either in the box or available to download

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Multiple build options have always been a LEGO feature. Many old sets had them without being branded '3 in 1' or '2 in 1'.

old sets had them

Mr Sworld was suggesting that this had changed, and that no recent sets had multiple build instructions.

Ah, sorry, I missed that that's what he meant.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-build-hat-lego-education/

I always love the look of these collector kits, but for 750 beer tokens I'd want it to be able to contribute to invading a small planet, not just sitting on the shelf...

Fukin around wid a Lego design software... Guess the car?

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The MAVIC neutral service vehicle? :)

It'd pass for a Metro 6R4.

Metro 6R4.

I for one would welcome a full suite of Group B cars in the Speed Champions range, and I'm sure they're more on-brand for the AFOL demographic than the cookie-cutter modern Lambo/McLaren/Koenigsegg stuff they're doing at the moment.

They had an AT-AT kit from the Last Jedi that was very disappointing.
This UCS version looks fab and makes me want to sneak out of work early and go to the Lego store.

Lots of really good deals in some the Black Friday sales, Argos and Amazon in particular. Picked up another couple of city scapes and a few more speed champions too.

John Lewis have the UCS Star Destroyer and Millenium Falcon at £520 and £550 respectively. Both absolute bargains, obviously.

I'd take advantage if I had space for either of the damn things when finished.

Group B ay.

(Gets back to modelling)

Group B

File name is a give-away

(ETA: Technically, Integrale is the basis car for the later group A racers, the Group B car is a Delta S4)

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Tweakage...

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