bricklink vs real lego

[digimon]

i don't know if i would have ever come across and download a software like bricklink before being introduced to it via the brick building bonanza event in the fairgrounds. i don't have a lot of lego and only have a few of the smaller creator kits (my favourite is the birthday clown and he lives on my desk!) i like that i get to keep what i make with real lego, but the possibilities felt endless with bricklink and i felt like i didn't need to hold back because all the pieces were at my disposal. i still think i prefer building with real lego cause it's taken me a bit of time to get used to the software (even though i'm not used to it at all, i felt super clumsy using it LOL)

so i guess my question is, what do you prefer building with, bricklink or real lego? also, if you've created anything else non-fair related with lego/bricklink feel free to share it here :3

 

[Alolan_Apples]

I prefer building with real legos, but I’m open to using digital software if I want to use any brick to design a new set.

 

[LambdaDelta]

gimmie real legos any day

 

[Cirice]

Real legos. I'm not into brick building at all and I'm procrastinating on this event because I need to install BrickLink but if I could I'd get a real Lego set instead because doing things in the real world makes me happier.

 

[Midoriya]

I had to use BrickLink for my event entry, however, I'd choose real Legos any day of the week.

 

[-Blue-]

I don't have Legos and had to use the BrickLink software to do my task. I am thankful it was provided as an alternative, but the more I used it the more I wished I drove to store to buy a box just for the event lmao. It was not user-friendly for me at all. The pieces would just go all over the place and it was hard to get them to snap together. It took a lot of tries as embarrassing as that is to say lol. Maybe it's not -Blue- friendly if everyone else didn't have issues with it, but I was struggling lol.

 

[Paperboy012305]

I never really bothered with legos back in the day, plus I don't know where any of my old ones are from anywhere in my house. I also never bothered trying out bricklink as I'm too lazy to do my entry. I know what I want to do with it, I just never found the motivation to do it.

But if I had to choose, I'll do bricklink. I'm not spending my money on something I'll only use once and never again.

 

[Doo]

I couldn’t be bothered to download bricklink so I just used real Lego for my entry, and reading these replies I’m glad I did

 

[Halloqueen]

I had Legos when I was a child, but I wasn't into them for too long. As such, I had to download the BrickLink software for the current Brick Building Bonanza event.

I think BrickLink is neat and I might even play around with it some, just as a little way to pass the time, even after I finish my entry for this event. While it might be neat to build things out of actual physical Lego blocks and, like, put it on a shelf or something, I don't really feel like spending the money on buying them blocks.

So yeah, I'm voting for BrickLink.

 

[skarmoury]

unpopular opinion, but bricklink!
I was definitely so lost when I started using it, but the more I did the more I understood how it worked The snapping part still annoyed me but overall it felt soooo fun having so many pieces to play around with. I was soooo amused that I could use any size of legos in any color; bricklink in itself felt like a digital canvas but insteas if pixels, it was lego pieces!

I’m not super into real legos, they’re hella expensive and I’d rather be displaying many other things over legos, but I did have fun building designs with bricklink! c:

 

[themysterybidder]

I had never heard of BrickLink until the TBT Fair. I'm not a Lego fan, but I did enjoy playing around with the BrickLink software!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I think I like the feel of actually playing with real Legos, so even though I haven't used the program BrickLink I'll still have to say that classic Legos are my favourite

 

[lieryl]

i’m not a fan of either, but i think i would find real legos easier (at the very least)! bricklink had me confused and it took me many days to finish my brick building entry orz

 

[rocketspruggs]

I prefer actual Lego, I have seriously never heard of Bricklink until I viewed this poll...

 

[Yoshi155]

Actual Legos since those are the only ones I’ve used before. Unfortunately I don’t have a computer T_T

 

[mewp0ka]

real legos! i love making new things with them when given the chance to.

 

[Holla]

Definitely real lego. I never had any as a kid but I’ve always loved building things with my hands and the satisfying way the bricks click together is just too good to pass up. For the event I used the software though as I don’t have enough Lego bricks to make something out of.

 

[JellyBeans]

bricklink stressed me out so much I was such a Lego kid so give me real Lego any day

 

[KittenNoir]

The software was cool to learn and use but I like using real lego to build

 

[BetsySundrop]

Ok i actually voted bricklink! It had a steep learning curve for me, but when i finally got the hang of it, it was pretty decent.

One issue- the controls. I kept accidentally picking up the baseplate. And the umbrellas! I put the stand out, then after an hour of trying to put the umbrella top on without it floating way up high, i found the "move" option, which let me just lower the umbrella top onto the stand. Oh- and figuring out the balloons.

But after getting the hang of it, for designing, there's really a ton of bricks/ items to use, with all the color options, way more than i could afford to buy. So I did come to like it. Eventually.