I got The Lego Adventure Book recently, and it has a lot of great looking models in it. However, my collection of Lego is limited to the original MindStorms set, a brick tub, and a few scattered sets. That doesn't get very far when it comes to building these models.
I wonder how you would advise getting parts for some of the models in the book. I started shopping for parts for the first model (the Idea Lab) on BrickLink, but figuring out and searching for parts is extremely time consuming.
Any tips that might ease the process of acquiring a good variety of parts?
I'm thinking of skipping to the truck, as that's a smaller and simpler model (albeit doing it in a different color scheme). It also seems to have less obscure parts. Then perhaps I'll try to build its trailer, which does not have step-by-step instructions.
More broadly, I'm curious about others who have this book (and others like it). Are you building the models, or just looking at it for fun and inspiration?
I wonder how you would advise getting parts for some of the models in the book. I started shopping for parts for the first model (the Idea Lab) on BrickLink, but figuring out and searching for parts is extremely time consuming.
Any tips that might ease the process of acquiring a good variety of parts?
I'm thinking of skipping to the truck, as that's a smaller and simpler model (albeit doing it in a different color scheme). It also seems to have less obscure parts. Then perhaps I'll try to build its trailer, which does not have step-by-step instructions.
More broadly, I'm curious about others who have this book (and others like it). Are you building the models, or just looking at it for fun and inspiration?