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Reclaiming an old set from The Tubs (lemmy.nz)
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I spent the weekend and today (Remembrance Day, Nov 11 in Canada) combing through old tubs of Lego for all the parts from a beloved set I had in the late 80s, early 90s. Only 3 parts missing though another dozen hours of searching might fix that - subbing for colour in the meantime.

Inspired by a video I came across where the subject is building a 5x scale version of the preceding set from 3D printed parts (here). I want to show my kids the power of patience and nostalgia; also I just want to see the set IRL again.

Should be pretty easy to guess which set this is.

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If that's not a joke, those are brick separator tools, not parts of the finished model.

[–] JimmyTheGrate@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did not know that. Spent my childhood trying to separate bricks with my teeth 😄

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As did I! I don't know how one got the grey ones back in the day, but I have a couple in my childhood bucket 'o lego. The orange ones come with larger modern sets.

[–] devdoggy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

You could get them through their catalog.