👍 [Beginner Tips] Dream Gift Factory: Third Update


And last update of the week! I’m taking a long weekend vacation for Halloween. I tried to complete the whole “toy assembly line” before going to bed last night, but man, I was sleepy :rofl: so I left the second part of it (the mechanical part will have to wait! But man, can’t wait to finish it and see those little toys moving around when I press the button :stuck_out_tongue: it is fun enough to manually rotate the piece attached to their structure and see them turning though)
But hey, at least I had the time to build the line itself! It was an entertaining one, specially when tagging the little toys to the “tape” and while assembling that piece of structure for it. It was indeed an entertaining part of the build.

Oh! One tip/recommendation for those who are willing to build this and/or are not in this step yet. Regarding this specific part of the process in page 21:

I was kind of breaking my head about how the heck was I supposed to hold all those pieces together while also aligning the holes in them and using the screwdriver with those two P15 screws through them. Turns out you don’t have to and it took me longer than I’m proud to admit to realize it, just press the pieces in the corresponding order through the length of the P15 screws and then use the screwdriver to attach those to H15 through the hole in A25 as shown. There’s another smaller process like this one in the next page which will work in a similar way.
Hopefully I’m saving someone some brain time! :rofl:

Oh, and last but not least, a funny story (Gosh, every time I post something I write too much :scream:), as you can see in the following image, even when I like to take my time and enjoy the process, sometimes my hectic brain is so eager to keep going that I just get blind at some specific steps or images of the manual and I end up in situations like this one, as you can see, I assembled the structure without first adding the tape of toys to it. I did have a small panic attack :rofl: gladly it wasn’t hard to disassemble, add the tape and build it again properly this time lol. But I was sweating there for a moment!
Note to self and to whoever gets a bit anxious about building this stuff: take a proper look at the instructions before putting things together :rofl:

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Thank you for sharing the tips. I will build this for December. definitely a fun one to build.

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It is, I’m enjoying it a lot so far!

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Thank for sharing tips. You did well

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Appreciated!

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Yes! @TheToday . Directions must always be followed right down to the Last Detail. It’s looking really good

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@TheToday I am reading this and thinking you sound like a younger version! I tend to write alot on here, I include pages too, I get tired but want to keep working so I miss some little things. I have a moment of panic when I do, and then all comes together!
Keep up what your doing. I love the tips and specifics -it makes a difference!

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This always happens to me. That i skip a part and later on i am like why do i still have this and have to go back.

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This update made me smile! You’re doing such an amazing job — that toy assembly line looks so fun to build! And don’t worry, I’ve also had those “wait… I skipped a step!” moments before :joy:

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Thank you for sharing these valuable tips with us :sparkling_heart:

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Yup, I’m re-learning that the hard way :rofl:

It’s good to know I’m not that alone in that craziness!

We’re all humans after all, aren’t we?

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Thank you for your kind words! Can’t wait for next week to keep building it :smiley:

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Least I can do!

That has happened to me before as well. The spares are nice to have but I hate when I am looking at a part and thinking where did I forget to put this one in and it’s actually a spare… LOL @Jerry_Boswijk

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You absolutely are not alone!

In the beginning i have all sheets in correct order but during the build it becomes more and more a mess and then im looking for parts that fell out of a sheet . I sometimes think i didnt get a part and minutes later find in right in front of me

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Yep…that happens to me as well. @Jerry_Boswijk Especially when painting sections at a time.

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We have a expression that literally says a donky doesnt hit the same stone twice. I think im part donky as i have this every build haha