LEGO bricks: Once you’ve played with them, you’ll find countless reasons to love them. When I bought my first set, it was all about “unwinding and relieving stress.”
However, if you run into the situations below, you might find yourself getting really frustrated—these are experiences every LEGO enthusiast is likely familiar with. Read on and see how many of these moments hit home!
Can’t Find the Piece
When you first start building with LEGO, you’re overwhelmed by the countless pieces of all shapes and sizes. As you’re putting things together, you can’t find the piece shown on the instructions and feel like digging through the entire set. In the end, you realize the piece was right there next to you all along…
The Sticker Was Crooked
When you’re carefully lining up a sticker with a piece, the more cautious you are, the more nervous you get. The more nervous you are, the shakier your hands become, and the shakier your hands get, the more mistakes you make… snap! The sticker ends up crooked. And when you’re trying to peel it off and fix it, you end up tearing it…
Piece Gets Damaged
When you discover a piece is damaged, either by accident or through your own clumsiness, and it messes up the next step of the build, making it impossible to complete the whole model…
Can’t Remove the Piece
When you realize you’ve placed a piece incorrectly, but it’s in such a tricky spot that no amount of twisting, prying, or lifting will work, you have no choice but to resort to using your teeth.
Made a Mistake Halfway Through the Build
When you realize you’re stuck on a crucial step, the assembly is wrong, or something doesn’t fit, and you realize you have to take apart what you’ve built just to fix it, all you can do is take a deep breath and quietly undo hours of work…
The LEGO Bags Spilled
As you’re building, you accidentally spill a bag of pieces all over the place or mix up the sorted parts. All you can do is groan while you clean up, and once you’re done, you’re still worried that you might have missed something or that pieces have rolled into corners… Finally, when you’re ready to continue, if you can’t find a piece, you immediately start a full-on search of the floor!
Bought a Fake LEGO
There are countless LEGO knockoffs out there, especially for newcomers. If you’re not careful, unscrupulous sellers can easily deceive you. When you get it home, take a look at the packaging, feel the pieces, and suddenly, you’ll get that sinking feeling in your stomach…
Realize a Piece is Missing
When you’re deep into the build and realize you can’t find a crucial piece, or when you get to the very end and can’t find the last one, you start to panic and wonder—did the manufacturer forget to include it? Did the seller forget to ship it? Did the delivery lose it? Did you drop it earlier? Or…?
You must be really rich to be buying LEGO!?
When you hear this, it feels like you’ve been hit with a magic spell. LEGO, especially the larger sets, can be pretty pricey. As a hobby, it’s often met with the assumption that you’re loaded. But the truth is, many LEGO enthusiasts save every penny, cutting back on other things just to afford their LEGO sets, and then stay up late, building away with a mix of tears and determination (not really).
Accidentally dropped and broke it after it was built
After you’ve carefully finished building your LEGO set and placed it on the table or display shelf, one little slip and—crash—it falls. Suddenly, your heart stops… Especially when a neighbor’s rambunctious kid or your own furry friend comes through, and after spending the whole day putting it together, you come home to find a sea of broken pieces. You’d be forgiven for wondering if your blood pressure just went through the roof…
What are the moments that make you break into a cold sweat?
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