<p>If it is worth gluing is up to you. No one knows what you prefer.</p>
<p>However, if you glue it are you sure it will hold if someone knocks it off a table? I have disassembled sets which were glued. It made it more robust, but not indestructible.</p>
<p>Are you sure you won’t regret it when the kids are a few years older and you might want to take it apart and rebuild it with them as a Christmas tradition?</p>
<p>Most types of glue will be visible. It makes it far less appealing as a display piece. When Lego glues sets together for display in their stores or similar, they actually don’t glue them. Instead they dissolve a small part of each piece. Sure, you could do this, but the assembly process will be far less fun and more akin to work.</p>
<p>Personally I wouldn’t glue it, but place it on a shelf high up until the kids are older where you can place it on a table.</p>

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"Sure, you could do this,", that's only true with some major caveats. The product TLG uses require good ventilation and I believe it's quite hard to actually buy.
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Clarification: bricks are glued, not dissolved, for public LEGO models. Yes, the glue dissolves the plastic a tiny bit like any plastic glue does. Also some models are not entirely glued - only some sections of them, which allows them to be disassembled for transportation.
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<p>I really want to start collecting  the Winter village set as I’ve only recently discovered my love for Lego sets!
I would like it to be something I displayed every year. Would it be worth gluing it so I can get it in and out of the loft and so it’s a bit more secure when displayed? I have a 4yo who would be interested in touching it, which I think I would mind a lot less if it were glued. I’m still at the age with my children where they are inquisitive. I want it to be enjoyed and I don’t have a big enough house to have a custom display cabinet so it would just be set up on a table every year.
I’m sorry if this question has been done to death I’ve only just discovered this forum.</p>

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Talking about gluing LEGO is a sin!
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Winter village display
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# Winter village display

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-27)

I really want to start collecting the Winter village set as I’ve only recently discovered my love for Lego sets!
I would like it to be something I displayed every year. Would it be worth gluing it so I can get it in and out of the loft and so it’s a bit more secure when displayed? I have a 4yo who would be interested in touching it, which I think I would mind a lot less if it were glued. I’m still at the age with my children where they are inquisitive. I want it to be enjoyed and I don’t have a big enough house to have a custom display cabinet so it would just be set up on a table every year.
I’m sorry if this question has been done to death I’ve only just discovered this forum.

**Tags:** sets, glue

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Talking about gluing LEGO is a sin!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2024-12-27. Score: 0

If it is worth gluing is up to you. No one knows what you prefer.

However, if you glue it are you sure it will hold if someone knocks it off a table? I have disassembled sets which were glued. It made it more robust, but not indestructible.

Are you sure you won’t regret it when the kids are a few years older and you might want to take it apart and rebuild it with them as a Christmas tradition?

Most types of glue will be visible. It makes it far less appealing as a display piece. When Lego glues sets together for display in their stores or similar, they actually don’t glue them. Instead they dissolve a small part of each piece. Sure, you could do this, but the assembly process will be far less fun and more akin to work.

Personally I wouldn’t glue it, but place it on a shelf high up until the kids are older where you can place it on a table.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: "Sure, you could do this,", that's only true with some major caveats. The product TLG uses require good ventilation and I believe it's quite hard to actually buy.  
> **username_3**: Clarification: bricks are glued, not dissolved, for public LEGO models. Yes, the glue dissolves the plastic a tiny bit like any plastic glue does. Also some models are not entirely glued - only some sections of them, which allows them to be disassembled for transportation.  

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