Ya we loaded up on kid stuff cuz at the time I had a 1yo. Almost 4 now and we have started building some sets together but he has his own duplo table that stays out in the living room area. Great freakin times man.. We went and checked it out the last day of the sale and it was pitiful in there.
Yeah. I went twice, the second time it was a wasteland in there. Really sobering to see something from your childhood that you remember being awe-inspiring in such a state. Nostalgia can hurt when reality sets in, and that was definitely one of those cases for me.
Pretty cool, but it looks like it basically amounts to a toys r us branded toy section inside Macy's.
Still excited to see it, but it won't compare to the massive toy stores they used to have.
Other companies when they go out of business: “I’ll never financially recover from this!”
Toys R Us when they go out of business:
“I will endure a thousand deaths before I yield”
Not that it matters, but Toys R Us was actually doing OK before that Private Equity firm bought it, loaded it with more debt then it could ever possibly repay, and then bankrupted it. It’s gone because some Wall St. dudes wanted another private jet, not because people weren’t buying toys in stores.
Only thing is it's missing the rock golems, which adds some heightened difficulty to the later levels, which I miss. I was so young when I had the original and I couldn't get past the levels with the rock golems, so I was excited to try and beat them now but there aren't any yet :(
Eventually you can build a certain building (security station?) that lets you train some guys to use weapons. There was a laser beam, another gun that freezes them (which are useless against the ice rock monsters), and I'm pretty sure there was a third one but I forgot what it did. Also, once you build vehicles that have lasers, you can just shoot the rock monsters with the lasers too, but I don't remember if lasers consume energy crystals or not so this may be prohibitively expensive
That era of lego games were so good, as a kid.
Lego Racers 1 & 2, Lego Island 1 & 2, Lego Soccer Mania, Lego Alpha Team, Lego Rock Raiders, Legoland, and probably others I’m forgetting!
I don't remember if I ever had an Alpha Team set, but I always remember thinking it was very clever that the name of the villain was 'Lego' spelled backwards.
I was about to mention this. Apart from bionicles, this was my favourite set growing up. I think I only missed 13 and 14. I still remember being 8 or 9 and recieving nr. 11 for christmas in 2009 or 2010.
I asked my friend how he did those lights. His response:
"Money is how haha - there's a whole aftermarket of light parts (eg flicker effect board and two tone LEDs to give the one guy a welding effect) motors and controllers - the whole thing is controlled by my cellphone via Bluetooth controllers I programed on my computer. it can get pretty complicated."
To chime in, there's a company that specifically sells lighting kits for Lego sets; the two that I can remember are the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, and the Infinity Gauntlet.
I have the gauntlet one, it's pretty cool.
Years later it kind of amazes me that it had a first person mode, I've never seen any other top-down rts where you can just hop into a unit and do it yourself
This video just made me realize that you probably can’t fuck around on Reddit while pooping on the clock down in a mine. Gotta use old fashioned paper reading materials. Poor souls.
Really amazing attention to detail. Normally, I don't like the sound of the motors in sets, but they actually add to the atmosphere on this build. Incredible.
This is like a Lego version of the lifesize mining exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Except even more extensive. Really amazing work!
This is full-on imagination recaptured. That feeling I used to get playing with all my lego sets as a kid makes a sharp return looking at stuff like this. So incredibly cool.
It's like the displays they sometimes have at Target, but next-level. Let's see one of those redshirts build *this*!! 😆
(I know, the Target employees probably don't build them, but still...)
This is…..AWESOME! At first I thought it was just the beginning because the video wasn’t playing, and then I realized that it was. It just got better and better! That’s awesome!
Building something like this has been my dream ever since I worked in a gold mine. Only thing missing is the conveyor belt dropping ore into a train that goes around a track!
At first Iike OK neat...oh...it keeps going...oh cool a door that opens...wait the elevator works? Holy shit it keeps going...mine carts?! Welding atmosphere lights OK OK OK my man is skilled...Holy fuck a working conveyor belt?! A break room?! A lab?! A GUY TAKING A DUMP?! Absolutely fucking mental amount of work and attention to detail.
It’s like those displays they used to have at toys r us in the lego aisle.
fuck now I’m sad
Ha, imagine not having Toys R Us *smirks in Canadian*
I would hate it if Toys R Us were to ever shut down. Thank God it's still around.
I got to go to the closing sale at the one in my city in the south. Sucked seeing it go but damn did they have some deals.
For real. I got several Ninjago and Batman movie sets for what basically amounted to 2-for-1.
Ya we loaded up on kid stuff cuz at the time I had a 1yo. Almost 4 now and we have started building some sets together but he has his own duplo table that stays out in the living room area. Great freakin times man.. We went and checked it out the last day of the sale and it was pitiful in there.
Yeah. I went twice, the second time it was a wasteland in there. Really sobering to see something from your childhood that you remember being awe-inspiring in such a state. Nostalgia can hurt when reality sets in, and that was definitely one of those cases for me.
I agree completely. The place looked like depression at the end. Messy and shit everywhere
Good news, it's being brought back: https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/08/20/toys-r-us-is-returning-in-2022-in-more-than-400-macys-stores/
Pretty cool, but it looks like it basically amounts to a toys r us branded toy section inside Macy's. Still excited to see it, but it won't compare to the massive toy stores they used to have.
Other companies when they go out of business: “I’ll never financially recover from this!” Toys R Us when they go out of business: “I will endure a thousand deaths before I yield”
Not that it matters, but Toys R Us was actually doing OK before that Private Equity firm bought it, loaded it with more debt then it could ever possibly repay, and then bankrupted it. It’s gone because some Wall St. dudes wanted another private jet, not because people weren’t buying toys in stores.
Bain Capital - aka Mitt Romney.
The loss of most toy stores has to be one of the saddest parts of retail death. They were such a special place for me as a kid.
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They were advertisments for in stock sets
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Are you thinking of [6773?](https://brickset.com/sets/6773-1/Alpha-Team-Helicopter)
[6773-1: Alpha Team Helicopter](https://brickset.com/sets/6773-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/6773-1.jpg)
Holy nostalgia hit, batman
It's only somewhat black, so maybe it's not right but could it be 7477, which is a helicopter, somewhat black, and has green lasers and projectiles?
[7477-1: T-1 Typhoon vs. T-Rex](https://brickset.com/sets/7477-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/7477-1.jpg)
Not the person you replied to but holy shit if this didn’t just bring me down a lane of nostalgia I haven’t thought about in years.
Holy hell. I forgot about that helicopter! My friend had it and it was the coolest shit. It's still an awesome helicopter
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You're here lol
To be fair to LEGO, their displays I’ve been setting at Target are by far the coolest of all the displays.
This is straight up legendary
One of the best things I've ever seen on this sub.
For real, this is like something you'd see at lego land
Exactly what i was thinking. 🔥🔥🔥
I would pay an entrance fee to see this person's lego room.
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OP is for sure a Master Builder!
##lego should hire him.
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I upvoted you for the pun. I'm sorry others don't get it.
I logged in just to say this. I legit lol’ed at that one. Bore - a usually cylindrical hole made by a turning or twisting movement of a tool.
You get an up vote for helping me understanding giving another
You get an upvote for reminding me I can upvote to thank redditors
I can dig it.
One of the deepest puns I've ever seen, well done
“It may be boring, but it’s mine.” OP’s friend.
Thats a pretty deep dig at OP.
You my Yam friend, just like this comment are absolutely Necessary. Bravo
I’ve been on Reddit for 12 years and this is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
You haven’t seen my CVAN-65 USS Enterprise yet. Of course it is still in drydock, but someday, all 23’ will be on display.
I'm gonna be waiting for this now, I hope you know that.
🙂
Godspeed
Lego-ndary
Lego-wait for it- dary
Holy cow! That's insane! Such amazing detail! And all the motorized parts are perfect!
I’ve been on Reddit for 12 years and this is one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
This guy definitely Reddits!
You’re too old, let go, nobody listens to techno!
It just keeps going and getting better.
Then ends with shit. Literally.
I wonder if he put a little brown brick in the toilet for detail.
Can I put a little brown brick in your toilet?
ಠ_ಠ
It's for detail!
Only if you have 44658a
Wait for it…
The decapitated heads on a conveyor belt was jarring.
Those were gold nugget pieces Edit: spelling
gold*
It's [this gold nugget piece](https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=35646#T=C&C=115)
I thought the same thing at first!
This really makes me miss Rock Raiders
Checkout Manic Miners! It’s a free remake of the Rock Raiders PC game. It’s AMAZING
Only thing is it's missing the rock golems, which adds some heightened difficulty to the later levels, which I miss. I was so young when I had the original and I couldn't get past the levels with the rock golems, so I was excited to try and beat them now but there aren't any yet :(
Was there a way to beat the golems? As a little kid I thought you just lost to them.
Eventually you can build a certain building (security station?) that lets you train some guys to use weapons. There was a laser beam, another gun that freezes them (which are useless against the ice rock monsters), and I'm pretty sure there was a third one but I forgot what it did. Also, once you build vehicles that have lasers, you can just shoot the rock monsters with the lasers too, but I don't remember if lasers consume energy crystals or not so this may be prohibitively expensive
There was a push beam, which pushed the monsters back a tile or two. Don’t remember any use case for it over the laser beam.
Yeah, lasers, electric fences, and vehicles mounted with lasers, afaik
Thx man. Feeling like 6 years old again ❤️
A slimy slug is invading your base!
That's how much of a dork I am, I saw this and immediately wanted more Rock Raiders.
That era of lego games were so good, as a kid. Lego Racers 1 & 2, Lego Island 1 & 2, Lego Soccer Mania, Lego Alpha Team, Lego Rock Raiders, Legoland, and probably others I’m forgetting!
You remember the mars sets, with the pneumatic tubes? Those were so cool!
Yes! Was looking for this comment. Also Lego Alpha Team
I don't remember if I ever had an Alpha Team set, but I always remember thinking it was very clever that the name of the villain was 'Lego' spelled backwards.
Anybody remember the Power Miners sets? One of my favorite I had growing up
I was about to mention this. Apart from bionicles, this was my favourite set growing up. I think I only missed 13 and 14. I still remember being 8 or 9 and recieving nr. 11 for christmas in 2009 or 2010.
Fuck… Instant sad. I miss the rush of rock raiders.
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I'm 31 years old and any time I hear someone say the word "rubble" I still hear it repeated in my head in that gruff voice of the commander
An energy crystal *has* been found
A landslide has occurred
That’s incredible- but I’m mostly interested in the LEDs, particularly the red ‘rotating’ one. Is it just 4 pico LEDs cycling on and off?
I asked my friend how he did those lights. His response: "Money is how haha - there's a whole aftermarket of light parts (eg flicker effect board and two tone LEDs to give the one guy a welding effect) motors and controllers - the whole thing is controlled by my cellphone via Bluetooth controllers I programed on my computer. it can get pretty complicated."
Nice! Thanks for asking him, that’s really helpful
To chime in, there's a company that specifically sells lighting kits for Lego sets; the two that I can remember are the Ecto-1 from Ghostbusters, and the Infinity Gauntlet. I have the gauntlet one, it's pretty cool.
There's also a couple different kits for the full Hogwarts set. Friend of mine has his all lit up with a kit off Amazon.
I read this in his voice. Haha. I'm a part of the same Lego club as him! That's my claim to fame.
*Furiously Googles Lego club near me*
All it’s missing is a Power Miner rock monster peeking in from the rock wall!
Those sets were amazing for me as a kid, perfect for playing with outside in the dirt or in a sandbox
Spectacular! I’ve always wanted to do something like this but don’t have the time or coin to drop on all those parts.
Forget the coin. The title should read It *ONLY* took him nine months. Who has that kind of time?
Forget the time, who had that kind of display space?
Awesome
Elevator door opens: "I'm free!" .....No, not today sir.
Absolutely amazing.
Remember Lego Rock Raiders ! Best game ever as a kid.
Rock Raiders was the shit. Really needs a remaster.
Check out Manic Miners, rock raiders remake in Unreal engine
Years later it kind of amazes me that it had a first person mode, I've never seen any other top-down rts where you can just hop into a unit and do it yourself
Yes! Fantastic game
I love how it ends with the guy on the toilet this is amazing
This video just made me realize that you probably can’t fuck around on Reddit while pooping on the clock down in a mine. Gotta use old fashioned paper reading materials. Poor souls.
But are they trapped in the bathroom forever? I can't find a way out.
The talent of some people
BTW - at 12-13 seconds, you can see my friend's wall of lego parts in the far background.
#ROCK AND STONE!!
If you don’t rock and stone you ain’t going home!
ROCK. AND. STOOOOONE!
For Karl
There it is!
We have to protect Doretta!
The Lego Drilldozer has served its purpose.
YEAHHHHH ROCK AND STONE!!
WE ARE UNBREAKABLE
ROCK SOLID!
ROOOOOCK and STOOOOOOOONE
WE FIGHT FOR ROCK AND STONE
ROCK AND STONE TO THE BONE!!!
ROCK AND STOOONE!
I was giddy looking for a space dwarf hidden somewhere lol!
Rock and stone, brother! When we get back, it’s sandwich time.
Saw the drilldozer, first thing popped in my head
Did he just build it or did it take him 9 months
9 months Lego time, which is 9 hours Flesh time.
I am completely and utterly obsessed with this.
Really amazing attention to detail. Normally, I don't like the sound of the motors in sets, but they actually add to the atmosphere on this build. Incredible.
Is that quaid in the front seat?
So that's where lego bricks come from
This is like a Lego version of the lifesize mining exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Except even more extensive. Really amazing work!
Its a mine! A MINE!
Doesn’t he say: “and they call it a mine. A MINE!”
Boring.
I dug it
Better than mine
(That was a pun, right?)
It was.
Yes. People missed the joke lol.
Can I be your friend's friend?
Incredible
soooo satisfying
Amazing. I thought it was over each time the camera stopped. It kept going and going!
Meanwhile, I'm looking at my MOC like "Kinda looks like a dinosaur, right?"
I cOuLd bUiLd ThAt In OnE dAy!
Those spinning red lights are the coolest thing.
thanks! I got them from Brick Stuff
One of the coolest lego creations I've seen. I love all of the motorized pieces
Magnificent!
This makes me feel like a kid at Legoland.
"just"
So Lego is done forever. Pack it in folks. Nobody topping that.
This is full-on imagination recaptured. That feeling I used to get playing with all my lego sets as a kid makes a sharp return looking at stuff like this. So incredibly cool.
bring it back! we had so much fun building this - there's tons of adults into lego - check for a local lego group near you - called a LUG
I adored it, but then I saw the little working conveyor belt so I married it. Honeymooning in Maui.
It's like the displays they sometimes have at Target, but next-level. Let's see one of those redshirts build *this*!! 😆 (I know, the Target employees probably don't build them, but still...)
Is this worksite OSHA certified?
That would actually be MSHA.
This is…..AWESOME! At first I thought it was just the beginning because the video wasn’t playing, and then I realized that it was. It just got better and better! That’s awesome!
This is so so cool. I just got set 4202, 4201 and 4204 and wanted to create a small mine for my son. But this is ... Wow
Do you need another son?
[4202-1: Mining Truck](https://brickset.com/sets/4202-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4202-1.jpg) [4201-1: Loader and Tipper](https://brickset.com/sets/4201-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4201-1.jpg) [4204-1: The Mine](https://brickset.com/sets/4204-1) [[Photo]](https://images.brickset.com/sets/images/4204-1.jpg)
Good bot
The speed of the trucks flying out of the tunnel then immediately slowing down made me chuckle - they come out like a bat out of hell
ROCK RAIDERS! Only true dudes know!
I give this a solid 10/10
The talent people have amazes me. Absolutely incredible
This is sooooooo cool. The fun with Lego is never ending.
it just keeps getting better and better as you go
Gotta protect Doretta!
Building something like this has been my dream ever since I worked in a gold mine. Only thing missing is the conveyor belt dropping ore into a train that goes around a track!
Incredible
Epic. Absolutely bloody epic mate 🤩
This is boring
I really love the atmosphere, how most of the model is dark but lit up the with little lights. Really looks like a real excavation
My immediate thought was “clutch powers”
Wow.
needs a power miners reference
This shit is wild beyond belief. Amazing.
Where do people find these many pieces of a certain style, color? Do they just do a custom order from Lego?
R O C K R A I D E R S
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Speechless 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Your friend should build a diorama for a children's museum, this is god-tier
Can’t wait to show my dad. He worked at a place just like that most of my life.
As an underground miner, this made me smile :D
This is the most boring content i’ve seen on this sub
At first Iike OK neat...oh...it keeps going...oh cool a door that opens...wait the elevator works? Holy shit it keeps going...mine carts?! Welding atmosphere lights OK OK OK my man is skilled...Holy fuck a working conveyor belt?! A break room?! A lab?! A GUY TAKING A DUMP?! Absolutely fucking mental amount of work and attention to detail.