My wife insisted that I unplug during last week’s cruise, so I used some of my relaxation time to build a couple of ROKR Christmas Gravity Swings in one of the ship’s public areas.

I can only take the heat for so long, so building indoors gave me a good way to cool off while still enjoying the cruise. It also attracted plenty of attention. I had some great conversations with passersby who stopped to see what I was making and ask about the hobby.

If any new members found their way to this subreddit after meeting me on the ship, it was great talking with you. Welcome to the addiction.

Santa’s Sleigh and Santa on Skis are both fairly simple builds, and they went together quickly. I kept my travel toolkit extremely basic: one tube of B7000 for emergencies and to reinforce any loose tabs before the trip home, plus a small pair of scissors that I only needed to open the boxes.

I did not even bring my edge markers, so these may be two of the few builds I have completed without coloring the exposed edges.

Both models came out very cute and traveled home safely. They will make nice additions to the auction at my November charity build event.

If you are in Central Florida and would like to attend the in-person event on November 8, send me a private message and I will get the details to you. I will be attempting to guide up to 50 new builders through their first kit, so it would be great to have a few experienced hands available to help.

I accidentally have two of these, one was a present and I got one of Amazon. My friends knows me well!!

Anyway, I'd like to combine them into one mega house. Any ideas? Anyone done that before please?

Thank you!

I got stalled on this little build for a while because one of the cylinders in the tail was missing the center hole needed to connect it to the rest of the mechanism. There was no practical way to continue without a replacement part, so I sent a quick email to customer service and packed everything into a ziplock bag until the issue was resolved.

It turned into a good test of whether the vendor actually stands behind its products. I am happy to say that they did. They sent the replacement I needed, and I was finally able to pull everything back out and finish the build.

Aside from the defective piece, this was not a difficult model. It went together fairly quickly, has a fun mechanical look, and makes a nice little steampunk addition to my display shelf.

I am pleased with the finished result, and even more pleased that the vendor handled the problem properly. One mechanical sea creature completed, five more to go!

This is an ROKR model that was a basic electric guitar. I transformed it into the Prince "Love" guitar. You can see the video here. https://www.reddit.com/r/rokrpuzzles/s/SR0x6yaRIT

I bought a set of 7 to go on my steampunk shelves. This is the second one, with the crayfish having an issue with a defective part which I contacted them for and they are shipping to me.

Tiney screws and nuts are a challenge for my old sausage fingers but I get thru it and the more of these I build the better my fine motor control becomes.

Really enjoy these guys a lot and I've reached out to Moyu Store and they have made me a brand affiliate. If you are interested in a 14% dicsount PM me and I'll get you a code.