The LEGO Thread
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If you look at eBay you'll see there is a lot of demand for previously assembled kits that include all pieces, original box and manual. Very active bidding on those. There are also unopened kits priced significantly higher, but not as much bidding. Once a popular kit goes out of production the price will go up. I kind of doubt the SSD will ever grab the premiums that the UCS Star Destroyer does, let alone the huge prices the UCS Millenium Falcon gets... but chance are you'll be able to recoup your $400 and perhaps a bit more for your previously built SSD once it's been out of production for a while.
Honestly though I have got to say that Death Star playset is where it's at. It's so much more impressive once you see the assembled kit in person.
PhoncipleBone
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NOOOO! Why did you tell me? WHY!?
(Begins setting aside money to spend on it)
B-Wing is the most badass and awesome of the rebel ships. IT WILL BE MINE!
Bakkuma371
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A little something from the Lego store at Westfield Stratford, missed it on sale on S@H so glad I could pick it up to tide me over the wait before going for an SSD. Down from £95 to £56 means I don't care that the box is tatty and it's mainly for MOCing anyway.
Also got a cup at the wall, scored 800 pieces, my best yet.
Also got a cup at the wall, scored 800 pieces, my best yet.
Love the Maersk train, just disappointed it doesn't come with RC power functions. Is it easy to add?
Trains are at the bottom of my 'must buy' list, but my kids like Lego city stuff and building playsets around our road plates, so its fit in well. But needs to be RC. I like the RC cargo train but my son prefers the passenger train. I prefer the Maersk to both though
Trains are at the bottom of my 'must buy' list, but my kids like Lego city stuff and building playsets around our road plates, so its fit in well. But needs to be RC. I like the RC cargo train but my son prefers the passenger train. I prefer the Maersk to both though
How big is the Stratford one compared to Westfield? Tempted to pop over for the free gift in a couple of weeks, but Westfield west is much more convenient
I tend to build things like this for fun. No real purpose, just random pieces stuck together. Of course as I slowly sort out my pieces the box of random bricks will shrink so this challenge will soon die.I've come to downgrade the LEGO quality in this thread. I don't buy any new sets, but I did dig into my old collection and gave my hand at free-ball building an F15 Eagle.
Westfield is my "local" branch but being a bus only guy it's not that convenient to get to. This is why I miss Woolworth's, they were my local Lego shop and sometimes sold things off for cheap. Got the UCS Batmobile for £20 years go.
echoshifting
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Those are the sets we're expecting to disappear by July or so...some sooner...there me be another batch for the end of the year. The SSD is pretty new. The Death Star will go first.
Seems like Tantive IV is gone most places and is already starting to go up in value on e-bay.
Aw, I want a PoTC ship.
So.. whats the point of discontinuing them anyway?
harry Potter seems like it would sell well for years.
echoshifting
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My wife and I were talking about this the other day...she heard an npr story about the machinery and apparently it's quite costly to keep the machines rigged up for particular molds, and they only have so many of them. They are massive machines. So it's a practical issue...they'd never be able to introduce new lines unless they took old ones out of production. Shelf space, too. Finally, of course there's a collectible consideration. Look back a few pages and see all those posts from folks who are running out and buying some of the sets on that list? So, there's that. ;p
bodine1231
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Just spent about 3 hours checking Wal-Marts,all of these were 50% off. A few didn't have clearance stickers so I had to scan them to see if they were on sale. Every store had the Millenium Falcon but they were full price 
Can't wait to get started on the tank!
Can't wait to get started on the tank!
So for in-store Pick-a-Brick you can just stack them up w/out a lid, or did you do that after, Bakuma?
Also - Death Star is going OOP? Uh-oh. *credit card itches*
Hello, btw - lurking in this thread for ages, but have been a LEGO fan all my life, and escalated that to real junkie status over the last three or four months... (Modular Pet Shop ordered just yesterday...)
Also - Death Star is going OOP? Uh-oh. *credit card itches*
Hello, btw - lurking in this thread for ages, but have been a LEGO fan all my life, and escalated that to real junkie status over the last three or four months... (Modular Pet Shop ordered just yesterday...)
Bakkuma371
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I'm about half way between both of them but have only been to Stratford. Maybe heading to the other one next week.
Stratford one is a good size though, they had pretty much everything I could think of with a large stock of SW (my main interest) and really good staff.
My cup was more compact than the picture shows but the lid was hovering about 2cm's above the rim and they were fine with that.
Boss Doggie
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Holy shit, I'm jealous! Those are awesome!
echoshifting, you can add the Clone TurboTank to the OOP list, as the buzz on that one going out is building now (and that Walmart haul helps to confirm).
The tricky thing about those smaller SW sets on clearance is that sometimes they don't go OOP afterwards - case in point being the ARC170 - but the ones marked "limited edition" are far more likely.
The tricky thing about those smaller SW sets on clearance is that sometimes they don't go OOP afterwards - case in point being the ARC170 - but the ones marked "limited edition" are far more likely.
Oh God, my nostalgia senses are going wild.
I never had 'big sets' as a kid. I used to have the small ones and catalogs and imagine what it'd be like to have them
I used to dream of building a whole town with the city sets.
That fire station...
I'm sorely tempted to buy some stuff, but kind of left wondering where I'd put it all now.
I never had 'big sets' as a kid. I used to have the small ones and catalogs and imagine what it'd be like to have them
I used to dream of building a whole town with the city sets.That fire station...
I'm sorely tempted to buy some stuff, but kind of left wondering where I'd put it all now.
Dr Zhivago
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This week's John Lewis bargain is the V-Wing Fighter for £11. I bought one which will be donating its parts to either the Normandy or maybe a Vic Viper 
PjotrStroganov
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Oh God, my nostalgia senses are going wild.
I never had 'big sets' as a kid. I used to have the small ones and catalogs and imagine what it'd be like to have them
That fire station...
I'm sorely tempted to buy some stuff, but kind of left wondering where I'd put it all now.
I got some big sets but man, was I jealous of my friend. His dad was the mayor of our town and he and his brothers had a ridiculous amount of lego and playmobil. One day they had a complete village set up, including railroads, which covered almost half the room.
Bearded Dudebro
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How does the Cup of Lego thing work? They charge you a flat rate for anything you can fit in the cup or is it by weight? I'd imagine if it were just by how much you could fit in the cup, you could stack them neatly like you have pictured and get away with alot.
Also got a cup at the wall, scored 800 pieces, my best yet.
its all you can fit in a cup, but you have to be able to put the lid on. That picture is just showing the haul afterwards, I doubt they'd let you buy it looking like that. But there are all sorts of strategies to maximise how many you can fit in there.
Bakkuma371
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Indded as mrklaw says you have to have the lid on, or at least mostly on. The image I posted was just to show the contents a little better.
They have a sticker that holds the lid on so a 100% seal may not be needed. Here's a PAB I've done when being lazy and not stcking.
PhoncipleBone
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They were always organized. They just number the bags now. And with a build as huge as the SSD, going chaos style would be nuts.
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Deleted member 10571
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Nah, they weren't organized back in the days. Just a few unnumbered bags with similar pieces in each one, nothing like the step by step unpacking of today's sets.
Go for the chaos variant, it's so much more fun searching for that one piece in a big box of lego.
DrForester
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I'd agree something like the SSD, I'm probably better off it was numbered (Still took about 10 hours to build). I'm glad I dumped out all the pieces for the Shuttle Expedition set to build in chaos though.
My neighbour had (relatively) tonnes of stuff...so I spent most of my days next door
The new Tie Fighter is on sale at Amazon for 41.49
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VPRG10/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005VPRG10/?tag=neogaf0e-20
creationary is pretty good. As the name might suggest, its basically pictionary but you build an object out of lego.
It can sometimes feel like it needs a timer on the moves, but as a general family game its good fun.
fredrancour
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Lurking this thread has seriously expanded my list of "shit to buy when I graduate and get a real job." Now it's standing at a nice guitar, a gaming pc, stupid-large amounts of comic books, and stupid-large amounts of legos. And, yknow, professional attire and a place to live.
ChoklitReign
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Whoa, Amazon has good prices for the Imperial Shuttle and Tantive IV. So getting one of those for my B-day next month. It's been so long since I played/built Legos. Is this the best time to buy those UCS sets?
The "Fury" Class Interceptor from SWTOR is coming out in June accroding to Brickipedia. It will be my first Lego purchase since I was a kid. Can't wait.
PhoncipleBone
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Shape. It is easier to spot color differences at a glance than the many variations in pieces at near the same sizes.
nicoga3000
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While no sorting method is "best", shape is better than color. Like PhonicipleBone said, a red 1x4 plate is easier to spot amongst other 1x4 plates versus a bucket of red pieces.
Also, is that MOC competition going on, or is that still in limbo?
bucknuticus
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This thread has made me do this:
nicoga3000
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One suggestion that seems to go around often over at Eurobricks:
"Cleaned the legos last night in the bathtub with Dawn soap and used a toothbrush and hairdryer to dry it all. They look amazing! Thanks guys! "
Simple soap and water.
I used dawn dish soap in the tub and use this jet/bubble thing we have to stir them for a few hours lol.
Then I threw then in a big sheet and tied it nice and tight and put it in the cloths dryer on super low for a bit worked great xD.
I did NOT do this with ones with printing on them I hand washed them.
Dastardly Jerks
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Stuck at my GFs mums place for the past 4 days, got myself something to do.
Biggest complaint: Why is the droid compartment 90 degrees?
Biggest complaint: Why is the droid compartment 90 degrees?
Aruarian Reflection
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A really interesting look at Lego factories and how Lego are designed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wKt4WkAMgM
fatigues_gasolini
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Worked on this with my girlfriend today.
Is there some benefit to getting the UPCs on Lego boxes? I went to a local WalMart tonight, and found a couple Lego sets I might have picked up on clearance but for the UPCs being ripped off by some douche. I did get a small Alien Conquest set and City boat kit for cheap though.
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