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Quitting Hearthstone for more addictive hobby: LEGO !

Hi everyone. The past few months I played 0 Hearthstone. Let's say that after 4 years I was growing tired, then DH came out, I started enjoy the game less and less. Still purchased the last 2 expansions, but the last one I didn't play AT ALL. I don't earn the monthly card back since 3 months. I just stopped enjoying the game and becoming more and more bored (I think it's normal, considering it represented my daily routine in the past 4 years).

I recently re-discovered an old passion of my childhood: LEGO ! Started with some LEGO Ideas set, continued with the Colosseum, the I did the big step: I started my own MOC (My own creation). Particularly, one I was pretty fond of: Scrooge McDuck's Money bin.
For those who don't know, Scrooge McDuck is Donald Duck's stingy uncle, richest duck in the world, who lives in a giant cube (the money bin) containing 3 cubic acres of coins. DuckTales and comics with Scrooge McDuck represent a huge part of my childhood, and I had plenty of fun recreating them LEGO version.

Here are some photos, but first let me say one more thing: if you like what you see, please support (aka, VOTE, completely free) my project on LEGO Ideas. If it reaches 10 thousand votes, LEGO will consider it to release it as an official set. It would mean the world to me. Link at the end of the post
Enough talking, let's go with the tour.

The DuckFamily outside the money bin
The outside, with the whole Duck family
Top view
Top view (34 cm tall)
Push the front wall away to get in
Push away the front wall to 'get inside'

First floor with anti-theft protection cannon, security camera, wall with secret passage behind the painting


"SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!"

Second floor top view

Canopy bed made of 100 dollar bills

Family pic by comic writer/genious Don Rosa and motivational quote in front of his bed xD

The salon, a.k.a. 'THE WORRY ROOM' (carpet is threadbare because he keeps walking in circle)

Another great quote by author Don Rosa. 


Bath-tub filled with coins and shower curtain made of dollars

Scrooge's office. My masterpiece, it has it all: number 1 dime, earth globe, multiple phones, profits's graphic skyrocketing, pyramid of coins for Donald to polish them, but most of all...


... a functioning trapdoor! It opens when you push forward and closes when you push back!

The beloved number 1 dime

Donald polishing coins

Graphic of profits

To get to the back we'll ask the help of a giant LEGO Darth Vader

DAMN RIGHT! It's a piggy bank! The back of the roof has a slot to insert coins. So you can fill the money bin with real coins. And admire it full through the big transparent panels.

DID YOU LIKE IT? THEN VOTE IT ON LEGO IDEAS --> LEGO Ideas Scrooge McDuck's money bin
Thank you all in advance guys ;)

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  • Hi everyone. The past few months I played 0 Hearthstone. Let's say that after 4 years I was growing tired, then DH came out, I started enjoy the game less and less. Still purchased the last 2 expansions, but the last one I didn't play AT ALL. I don't earn the monthly card back since 3 months. I just stopped enjoying the game and becoming more and more bored (I think it's normal, considering it represented my daily routine in the past 4 years).

    I recently re-discovered an old passion of my childhood: LEGO ! Started with some LEGO Ideas set, continued with the Colosseum, the I did the big step: I started my own MOC (My own creation). Particularly, one I was pretty fond of: Scrooge McDuck's Money bin.
    For those who don't know, Scrooge McDuck is Donald Duck's stingy uncle, richest duck in the world, who lives in a giant cube (the money bin) containing 3 cubic acres of coins. DuckTales and comics with Scrooge McDuck represent a huge part of my childhood, and I had plenty of fun recreating them LEGO version.

    Here are some photos, but first let me say one more thing: if you like what you see, please support (aka, VOTE, completely free) my project on LEGO Ideas. If it reaches 10 thousand votes, LEGO will consider it to release it as an official set. It would mean the world to me. Link at the end of the post
    Enough talking, let's go with the tour.

    The DuckFamily outside the money bin
    The outside, with the whole Duck family
    Top view
    Top view (34 cm tall)
    Push the front wall away to get in
    Push away the front wall to 'get inside'

    First floor with anti-theft protection cannon, security camera, wall with secret passage behind the painting


    "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!"

    Second floor top view

    Canopy bed made of 100 dollar bills

    Family pic by comic writer/genious Don Rosa and motivational quote in front of his bed xD

    The salon, a.k.a. 'THE WORRY ROOM' (carpet is threadbare because he keeps walking in circle)

    Another great quote by author Don Rosa. 


    Bath-tub filled with coins and shower curtain made of dollars

    Scrooge's office. My masterpiece, it has it all: number 1 dime, earth globe, multiple phones, profits's graphic skyrocketing, pyramid of coins for Donald to polish them, but most of all...


    ... a functioning trapdoor! It opens when you push forward and closes when you push back!

    The beloved number 1 dime

    Donald polishing coins

    Graphic of profits

    To get to the back we'll ask the help of a giant LEGO Darth Vader

    DAMN RIGHT! It's a piggy bank! The back of the roof has a slot to insert coins. So you can fill the money bin with real coins. And admire it full through the big transparent panels.

    DID YOU LIKE IT? THEN VOTE IT ON LEGO IDEAS --> LEGO Ideas Scrooge McDuck's money bin
    Thank you all in advance guys ;)

  • This will be better received in a lego forum. Maybe r/lego?

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  • Very impressive, ngl.

  • That's some pretty slick building! Where's the Hearthstone lego at to combine your previous passion with your new one? :D

    Lego is awesome. A few years back I purchased some of the lego trains stuff since it was a childhood dream to have one of them. Being a member of the lego club and getting the magazine every month or two, those damn trains always taunted me. Relegated to a plastic bin because I don't have a dedicated space for them post building, I hope one day I can setup a dedicated room to build out a city, another dream.

    Its such a relaxing activity building sets or creating your own stuff with the mix of pieces collected over the years, so congrats on revisiting the hobby! 

    • Quote From Fluxflashor

      That's some pretty slick building! Where's the Hearthstone lego at to combine your previous passion with your new one? :D

      Lego is awesome. A few years back I purchased some of the lego trains stuff since it was a childhood dream to have one of them. Being a member of the lego club and getting the magazine every month or two, those damn trains always taunted me. Relegated to a plastic bin because I don't have a dedicated space for them post building, I hope one day I can setup a dedicated room to build out a city, another dream.

      Its such a relaxing activity building sets or creating your own stuff with the mix of pieces collected over the years, so congrats on revisiting the hobby! 

      Thank you :) Well, there is LEGO Overwatch, it they will ever come up with LEGO Hearthstone i will definetely buy *.*

       

  • Ahh childhood memories. I loved Lego as a child. Your creation is awesome, really like it. Funnily Blizzard and Lego are pretty much on the same level for me. I really love the product in both cases but hate the company behind it. Lego is greedy as hell, had a couple of quality issues in recent years and at least in my country uses questionable legal practices to strangle the competition and even small distributors. That being said I really like the stuff itself. Also there are less expensive alternatives available now, some of which are fully compatible (COBI, Q-Bricks, etc.).

    P.S. You are aware that if you should make it to the 10k supporters and if Lego should actually decide to turn your idea into an actual product, they will pretty much screw you. You will basically have to give up all rights for a meager 1% of net sales. Will vote for you anyways :) Good luck.

    Edit: Just realized Ducktales is a license topic. Not sure, but hope that will not be a problem for them

    • Quote From Thraxus

      P.S. You are aware that if you should make it to the 10k supporters and if Lego should actually decide to turn your idea into an actual product, they will pretty much screw you. You will basically have to give up all rights for a meager 1% of net sales. Will vote for you anyways :) Good luck.

      Edit: Just realized Ducktales is a license topic. Not sure, but hope that will not be a problem for them

      Wouldn't call it "mere". 1% of something that will be sold in thousands of copy (plus LEGO is generally pricy) is still quite a lot of money.

      About license: DuckTales is allowed on LEGO Ideas, Scrooge McDuck no. This because when I submitted my idea in may, they were about to release Scrooge, Huey, Dewey and Louie's brickhadz -.-'' (just my luck). So at first they rejected my idea, then I submitted it again with some tweaks (it wasn't anymore Scrooge McDuck's money bin, but Glomgold's, his archnemesis). This costed me a lot of visibility in the first place, cause no one knows or cares about Glomgold. I edited the project, now it's simply "DuckTales: the money bin". But I still can't use Scrooge's name or image.
      Yet i'm almost at 1400 votes after 2 months, not an amazing speed rate, but still enough to hope to get to 10k :)

  • I loved lego myself when I was a kid. But bafflingly I always end up building according to script once before taking it all down and enjoying the true spirit of lego blocks - building your own shit from the top of your head. I remember building a model hand with movable parts way back then, no scripts.

    And then computers came along, and suddenly lego seems a bit like a model toy: build it once, place into glass podium, and then never come back.

  • Lego is and always will be a nice Hobby or something i can do to relax. 

    But if i buy some Legos it is usualy from something i play or either like i do not collect or anything :) - so not sure if i would call it a hobby - also most of the time if i build some legos i do it with my kids - or like for example i saw Overwatch lego in the Lego store and bought some because i liked it :) 

     

    • Well, I hope you like DuckTales then, so that I can't count on your support on LEGO Ideas 😜

      • Quote From sxavalentine

        Well, I hope you like DuckTales then, so that I can't count on your support on LEGO Ideas 😜

        Well, i like Ducktales so do the Kids but not enough to buy some Lego Ducktales :) but you sureley did a nice Job with the Lego Ducktales tough :) - and where can i Vote and Support that ? because the idea to made an own Lego set that could be purchased is an idea i would like to support :)