I'll be honest, I'm pretty good at building Lego; Not great, just good. Good at following instructions, good at clicking those little bits and pieces together and generally good at avoiding some of the terrible Lego-afflictions that can come with the hobby of building it; Health issues like Lego fatigue which comes about from long hours of building Lego and Lego thumb which one gets by pushing all those parts together with one's thumb. I "Lego" at a pretty good level. Just the facts.
However, sometimes I need some help, or so Cleo the cat thinks. You can see her here, employing every trick in the book to avoid looking at the camera as she knew I wanted a good picture for my blog. As soon as the camera went away she looked right at me in that, I will stare you down until you get me food, pat me or let me sit on your lap look...It worked...She got some pats. Humans are so predictable.
You can see I've laid out the next stage of the build of my Mack Anthem on my Lego build-table. I use those little box lids as they are shallow sided, white inside so parts can't hide and easy to cover if I have to stop building for some reason. I don't know what others do, but it works for me...And Cleo obviously as she's pictures here giving it the paw of approval.
One of the most enjoyable things in our lives are our cats and they are rarely too far away when we are home, even when I'm building Lego as you can see. Our cats are like people to us, in fact we probably treat them better than people...We don't get mad with them, let them run the household [it's their's after all] and work our lives out around them. We'd not have it any other way because they are a valued part of our family.
So, tonight, as I start phase two of the Mack Anthem build I've got a wing man a wing-cat called Cleo...Someone to blame if I get some of the build wrong and have to start over...Although in reality, with a wing cat like Cleo how could I possibly get it wrong?!
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Cleo has the paw in the container ready to help find the correct piece for the next job😜
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I couldn't do it without her. 🐱🐾
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🤗😻
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Haha! That'd be Cleo!
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ho ho ho! superb.
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The worst Lego injury is the broken nail when trying to pull the narrow pieces apart.
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Been there, don't want to again...That's why they make these...It's all high-tech these days...Note Mack engine coming together in the background...
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Do they call it the, block splitter?
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Not sure...Cleo and I call it the orange Lego thingamyjigger although I have called it the Lego doozelywhatsit also...Mood-dependant.
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Ah, glad to hear you now have a handy applicator against the potentially life-threatening injuries of having to pull apart Legos... nothing more painful than that.
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I actually don't use it much...My thumbs have toughened up through loads of Lego building, but it's there if I need it.
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Hahaha I call this tool the pullapart legothingy . It’s such a useful tool!
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Well, that sounds like a legit name for it...I mean it is a tool, does pull stuff apart, is for Lego and is indeed a thingy. Legit name for a legit tool. What sort of Lego do you build?
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I do all sorts Cos of the kids (mainly city and ninjago at the moment) and the biggest one so far would be the disney castle. I’ve got a few big ones I haven’t opened like London bridge, ferries wheel etc Cos no space to put them but it’s there. How about you?
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I see a lot of that Ninjago stuff but it doesn't hold much appeal for me...It from a cartoon or something right? I've mainly focused on the Technic stuff, the transport-related ones. I have my next one already which is the Extreme Off-Road 4x4...It's actually has a motor and is controlled off a phone app so that should be fun. :)
I've seen that ferris wheel one and would like to have a go at it too. Space is the problem, as you point out.
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Behold the mighty Brick Separator....
As your collection grows you will accumulate a few of these. There are some pretty cool designs out there in interwebs world that use those in designs..
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That looks cool! I never contemplated something like this would exist but I can see the need! These are available online (eBay for instance?)
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She is soooo pretty! 😻
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She sure is...I think she takes after me.
(Probably not, actually) 🤣
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😜
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Good advice...
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Cool, thanks for saying so.
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Nice set of Tandems Buddy...!!!
I get that "Kitty Stink Eye" all day every day..... =^,,^=
At least You will have an idea where the missing pieces went...
https://bittubers.com/post/040465d8-dbb9-435b-a016-aeff81bffb46
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I'd rather a real prime mover in the driveway, but a Lego one has to do. 😄
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Thank you.
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I see you've segregated all the Legos for different sections of the Mack... very clever of you. I'll be keeping and eye on the next update, soon!
Also, employing a wing-cat may prove prudent, since you never know what tricks these Legos can do to put a human down. Send my fuzzy regards to Cleo the Cat :-)
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Each stage comes in numbered bags so in the case of this post you are looking at all the 2 bags opened and separated into the trays by bag. It makes it easier to follow the instructions to not have to rifle through a whole bunch of parts all thrown in together. Besides, I'm a little ocd so this works in that regard also.
Smart having a wing-cat huh? I don't know, sometimes I just come up with the best things! :)
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Indeed you do think of the best things :-)
My greatest mistake of building Legos in the past is not organising them well enough. I remembered cutting open the plastic bags, to then simply dump them in separate piles, but close enough to one another that they'll overlap. Those were some tedious times, having to find that one small piece...
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Oh yes, that's never going to end well typically. Keep them in their bag-groups and you'll know where to go to grab each thing rather than having to sift through all parts. Live and learn I guess right?
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lol..cats are so cool and that's a great shot of her. What's that picture hanging, is that photo or a painting?
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Cleo is my little bub, would be lost without my wing-cat.
That's a painting done by my dad. He was a fairly well-known artist in Australia and abroad. Here's a better shot taken just now. I've blurred out his name obviously in the bottom right corner.
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Oh that's a gorgeous painting sir galenkp! No wonder he was well known. Do you have alot of his paintings?
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All my siblings have some of his paintings in our collections. I have a guy, some millionaire nautical guy, telling my to name my price for one in my own collection...The tug boats you see below. It's a big painting, almost 1.8m square. (6 feet.)
The one below is also in my collection, again almost 2m in size but rectangular.
A photograph will never do them justice though.
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Those are absolutely stunning! I can see why that guy wants to buy the top one and anyone would want the bottom one too. Have you thought about selling and do you have any idea what the guy would pay? It could help you retire early.
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I doubt I'd sell it...I'm not giving him a figure on it.
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I wouldn't either. That is family legacy to stay in the family.
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Yep, my collection will go to my nieces and nephew.
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Thank you.
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Great idea those shallow box lids for containers (used yoghurt pots and icecream tubs for my son's techno projects). I'd have gone beserk if my Kleo would have jumped up to wing it! You know how much fun it is to tip those lids up and make the contents fly? Groan.... (sadly my Kleo is no longer with us since many years, but it sure brings back memories of the purring kind to see yours in excellent building condition). And oh, yes, those lego thumbs.... don't remind me!
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You're right, I was a little nervous about her turning up one of those lids and sending my Lego bots all over the room...Didn't happen on this occasion though so I got lucky. That's why I use those lids as I can stack them and put them away if I have to stop building before a stage is complete.
We all miss our pets when they go. I have a black cat called Merlin who is 22 years old so pretty ancient. Se are going to be devastated when he leaves us.
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Good news for you there: my mother's cat lived to the ripe old age of 26 would you believe it! (Good, as long as they are still able to totter about and suck up some food happily enough that is.)
Still, we have the memories for ever more (and in Kleo's case - if this isn't too morbid sounding for your: a little tin with her cremated remains, what I imagine to be teeth and bits of bone, to rattle ever so gently as if to summon her spirit again. Something I had to grow used to having on my mantle piece -discretely tucked away - but helpful in processing her demise for my autistic son.)
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It's always difficult to lose pets and I don't think it get's any easier the more it happens. We're not looking forward to losing Merlin but at 22 we know it will happen. We will have good memories of him though. Cleo too. 26 is old for a cat an we would be really glad to have Merlin around for that long!
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If you get it wrong you clearly weren't paying attention when she was pointing out that Lego piece or instruction that you missed ;D
She's very tolerant of your hobbies, the ginger and white bitebitebite that lives here would have every single one of those pieces scattered to the far corners of the house in about two seconds flat.
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Haha, yes she's a clever one for sure...A good cat too. Snuggly and very loving. Wouldn't know what to do without her.
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I actually am pretty good at building with legos freehand objects but I lack the patience lol, enjoy! Your cat is a cutie!
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Hello there. I used to freestyle a lot however tend to do the sets these days. Fortunately Cleo the cat helps me and I manage to get them all together and working fine with her help.
Thanks for your reply, I greatly appreciate it.
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heh, thats so true.. wisely observation! so simple but so true, nevertheless.
ps. I also enjoyed noticing the piece of the coral reef on your wall :P
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Hey there, yes, that is a portion of a painting my dad did several years ago. It hangs in a prime position in my home-office. (Which also doubles as my Lego building area)
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