nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Dear lord...I want to wait and grab the Death Star during double VIP, but holy damn. :|
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Diseased Yak
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Hmmm....
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Dear everyone,
That Tower Bridge price is nuts. Buy immediately. You will not regret that set. Awesome build and great moc pieces. And over 4000 bricks for less than $200 now.
That Tower Bridge price is nuts. Buy immediately. You will not regret that set. Awesome build and great moc pieces. And over 4000 bricks for less than $200 now.
ChaChaChaChia
Member
I think someone took over my body and ordered this. And I was already planning on going to the Lego store after work and get the haunted house with my 10% off coupon. Spending almost $400 in one day on Lego? I need to join a support group.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
So hard to decide...Not a ton of money to spend at the moment, but...
E: $7 cheaper to buy at Walmart after tax. :| Cannot decide. Trigger pull or wait.
E: $7 cheaper to buy at Walmart after tax. :| Cannot decide. Trigger pull or wait.
Marty Chinn
Member
Jabba's Palace $102.25
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q0OVCK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q0OVCK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Walmart.com - Thank you! Your order has been placed.
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Star Wars Death Star
1 $357.89
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Star Wars Super Star Destroyer Executor
1 $335.99
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Grand Emporium
1 $121.47
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Pet Shop
1 $120.66
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Fire Station
1 $121.47
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Tower Bridge
1 $187.92
Think I'm doing buying LEGOs for the moment.
(until Oct 1st for B-Wing, then winter hibernation begins)
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Star Wars Death Star
1 $357.89
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Star Wars Super Star Destroyer Executor
1 $335.99
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 Qty Price
LEGO Grand Emporium
1 $121.47
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Pet Shop
1 $120.66
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Fire Station
1 $121.47
Ships Standard. Arrives 10/1 - 10/4 QtyPrice
LEGO Tower Bridge
1 $187.92
Think I'm doing buying LEGOs for the moment.
(until Oct 1st for B-Wing, then winter hibernation begins)
Marty Chinn
Member
Holy shit!
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Yeah, not sure what I'm thinking. My apartment just got smaller.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
But you saved a LOT of monies, haha. A++
You remind me of a young me... which by young I mean earlier this year.
Nothing for me today, but October will bring the B-wing and the Winter Cottage, and then December will have the 6 (or more) Hobbit sets.
ChaChaChaChia
Member
O.O I don't feel so bad anymore.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT........
NOOO tower bridge is out of stalk. NOOOOOO
I missed out on this sell because of a meeting at work. Stupid meeting.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Yikes, glad I ordered when I did, I initially had the Shuttle Expedition in my haul as well, but had a meeting, and upon returning found it out of stock.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
DiseasedYak: you are insane and I wish I had that much money. Much love!
Everyone else that dove in with that sale: enjoy the amazing sets. You will not be disappointed.
As for me, I am sitting at work(on break mind you) with an email confirming my Haunted House was delivered. Big problem: I won't get home til 8pm and the office will be closed, so I won't be able to get it. Grrr.
Everyone else that dove in with that sale: enjoy the amazing sets. You will not be disappointed.
As for me, I am sitting at work(on break mind you) with an email confirming my Haunted House was delivered. Big problem: I won't get home til 8pm and the office will be closed, so I won't be able to get it. Grrr.
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Sucky! That's the next set I'm starting on, it's been sitting in a corner at my apartment for a week, waiting on my table to be delivered so I can work on it. Hopefully tonight!
I'm actually pretty excited to play this.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
SCORE! Maintenance man was working in the apartment clubhouse late and went and got my package for me. Haunted House time tonight, and then at 10pm I watch Elementary and laugh into the night!
Is anyone preordering this at GameStop for the Elrond minifig? How do the Lego games play on the DS? The only Lego game I've played is Lego Star Wars on the Wii, and I'm not sure if I want to pay $50-$60 for a console version of this game.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Okay, haunted house bag 1 is annoying. You build all the interior trinkets now and set them aside to add in later? Lame. You should build them when they are needed during the course of the build, just like any other set. The main house better be good.
Rodney McKay
Member
Man, if I had ANY money to spend at the moment I would totally get the Grand Emporium or Pet Shop.
Pay day not for another 2 weeks, but what a GLORIOUS pay day it will be!
Pay day not for another 2 weeks, but what a GLORIOUS pay day it will be!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Just started the main house and it is indeed awesome. The asymmetry of it with the rot and ruin is very cool to build.
Machine
Member
One of my friends called me the recently and asked if I was interested in taking his son's Lego collection. Apparently the boy just started high school and wasn't interested in them anymore. Not knowing what was in store for me, I said yes. I ended up with several boxes full of loose pieces and partially assembled sets along with a separate box full of instruction books. Mostly Castle and Knight's Kingdom but some other stuff including Harry Potter, Exosquad, and a few others. It's kind of overwhelming.
Jables Swan
Member
Quick question for Australian Lego Gaffer:
My mate has a spare Series 8 DJ mini fig that he doesn't need. He was wondering if anyone would be interested in swapping or buying it off him. Just pm me if you're interested.
Cheers all.
My mate has a spare Series 8 DJ mini fig that he doesn't need. He was wondering if anyone would be interested in swapping or buying it off him. Just pm me if you're interested.
Cheers all.
Marty Chinn
Member
About to start mine. Do you recommend just opening all the bags or going the numbered route?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I usually go numbered. Easier to stagger the build, put away when bedtime, and it doesn't take up as much table space at a time. And makes it a less tempting target for cats.
Paging Dr. Forrester to tell you to man up and mix the bags.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Second floor of Haunted House done, and I am calling it a night. I shall finish it up after work tomorrow, then decide if I want to try and make a fence to go around the entire structure at some point.
So far, this is a REALLY cool build. Coming off of all of the modulars, doing a building in this style is very, very different. The hinge aspect of it is neat but also makes it slightly off angle all the time. Maybe it just needs to be broken in. I also do not like building all the interior details first, then adding them in later. I much prefer how the modulars and, well, any other set do it: build the structure, then add the details in when you actually get to that step.
But so far, this is a set that is delivering on the hype in the appearance department.
So far, this is a REALLY cool build. Coming off of all of the modulars, doing a building in this style is very, very different. The hinge aspect of it is neat but also makes it slightly off angle all the time. Maybe it just needs to be broken in. I also do not like building all the interior details first, then adding them in later. I much prefer how the modulars and, well, any other set do it: build the structure, then add the details in when you actually get to that step.
But so far, this is a set that is delivering on the hype in the appearance department.
Walmart has lowered prices AGAIN!
Death Star is now $336 and Modular Buildings are now $111!
http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-Death-Star/17353280
Death Star is now $336 and Modular Buildings are now $111!
http://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Star-Wars-Death-Star/17353280
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Seen that. I am thinking of making maybe a whole courtyard and whatnot. Maybe tombs and things.
Marty Chinn
Member
WTF? Seriously? I already placed one order earlier today. Hrm, man that Death Star is so tempting....
Jables Swan
Member
Quick question: Is the Grand Emporium the best modular that you can get atm? I'm trying to talk myself into buying it.
Marty Chinn
Member
Everyone raves about Fire Brigade and it's going away soon.
Jables Swan
Member
Yeah I'm torn between that and GE. It's a tough choice.
Marty Chinn
Member
If it helps, so was I and I eventually decided on Fire Brigade as my first modular. Just ordered it today in fact.
I saw this set at Target the other month and though "this is badass"
http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/The-Ghost-Train-9467?_requestid=1714113
http://shop.lego.com/en-AU/The-Ghost-Train-9467?_requestid=1714113
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
I just picked up Grand Emporium and Pet Shop. I was going to get GE next month at the Lego store in Nashville but I cannot pass up those prices. So I saved about 100 bux or close to it. So now my list for the Lego store will be:
Winter Village: Cottage House
Imperial Shuttle
Tower Bridge
Wish I could have gotten tower bridge from Walmart....
Cosmonaut X
Member
Lego mania has struck our house now that my daughter has the bug (and I do too, if I'm being honest 
)
I traced a bundle of missing bits, so she now has complete kits for:
6959 Spyrius Lunar Launch Site
7141 Naboo Fighter
6538 Rebel Roadster
6815 Explorien Hovertron
...as well as a growing assortment of minifigures, and her Tripod Invader. She's saved her pocket money to get Gandalf Arrives next week, and we've got her the Alien Mothership set for her birthday tomorrow.
Christmas is going to bring the more recent Droid Escape set, as well as the Dino Defense HQ, which brings me to a question for Lego-Gaf:
I've been looking up MOCs and dioramas, and messing about with the Lego Digital Designer with the idea of building a landscape for her Dino Defense HQ to be ready for her at Christmas. I've worked out the placement of the HQ by building it in LDD and decided that I can make a reasonably large and attractive landscape for her to play on with a pair of the 48x48 baseplates, and I'm building it up in LDD so I can work out exactly what I need to buy to make it.
Does anyone have any tips or links for inspiration? I've checked out Classic Castle for advice and examples, and I love the work done here - http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60907 - but I've not seen anything specific to the Dino theme.
I'm thinking of adapting the landscaping advice to try and make a small-ish jungle area. The HQ fits on one baseplate, with a few studs-width on one side so there's just enough room to build that, add some vegetation and connect it to the next plate. The HQ will be raised around 4 or 5 levels from the base to give it height and let me build a slope down from the entrance to the next baseplate to give it some visual interest, then the second plate will be a mix of low scrub and some larger trees. I had wondered about incorporating a river, but it would be a bit too much on a single base so I think I'll make a river bank and leave space to connect to a third plate in the future.
Does anyone have any pictures or links of something similar?
)I traced a bundle of missing bits, so she now has complete kits for:
6959 Spyrius Lunar Launch Site
7141 Naboo Fighter
6538 Rebel Roadster
6815 Explorien Hovertron
...as well as a growing assortment of minifigures, and her Tripod Invader. She's saved her pocket money to get Gandalf Arrives next week, and we've got her the Alien Mothership set for her birthday tomorrow.
Christmas is going to bring the more recent Droid Escape set, as well as the Dino Defense HQ, which brings me to a question for Lego-Gaf:
I've been looking up MOCs and dioramas, and messing about with the Lego Digital Designer with the idea of building a landscape for her Dino Defense HQ to be ready for her at Christmas. I've worked out the placement of the HQ by building it in LDD and decided that I can make a reasonably large and attractive landscape for her to play on with a pair of the 48x48 baseplates, and I'm building it up in LDD so I can work out exactly what I need to buy to make it.
Does anyone have any tips or links for inspiration? I've checked out Classic Castle for advice and examples, and I love the work done here - http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60907 - but I've not seen anything specific to the Dino theme.
I'm thinking of adapting the landscaping advice to try and make a small-ish jungle area. The HQ fits on one baseplate, with a few studs-width on one side so there's just enough room to build that, add some vegetation and connect it to the next plate. The HQ will be raised around 4 or 5 levels from the base to give it height and let me build a slope down from the entrance to the next baseplate to give it some visual interest, then the second plate will be a mix of low scrub and some larger trees. I had wondered about incorporating a river, but it would be a bit too much on a single base so I think I'll make a river bank and leave space to connect to a third plate in the future.
Does anyone have any pictures or links of something similar?
bucknuticus
Member
Oh man, to buy tower bridge and town hall or not. Cant decide!
Clearly everyone in the Lego thread are going to tell you not to buy them.
NathanMcMahon
Banned
Lego mania has struck our house now that my daughter has the bug (and I do too, if I'm being honest
I traced a bundle of missing bits, so she now has complete kits for:
6959 Spyrius Lunar Launch Site
7141 Naboo Fighter
6538 Rebel Roadster
6815 Explorien Hovertron
...as well as a growing assortment of minifigures, and her Tripod Invader. She's saved her pocket money to get Gandalf Arrives next week, and we've got her the Alien Mothership set for her birthday tomorrow.
Christmas is going to bring the more recent Droid Escape set, as well as the Dino Defense HQ, which brings me to a question for Lego-Gaf:
I've been looking up MOCs and dioramas, and messing about with the Lego Digital Designer with the idea of building a landscape for her Dino Defense HQ to be ready for her at Christmas. I've worked out the placement of the HQ by building it in LDD and decided that I can make a reasonably large and attractive landscape for her to play on with a pair of the 48x48 baseplates, and I'm building it up in LDD so I can work out exactly what I need to buy to make it.
Does anyone have any tips or links for inspiration? I've checked out Classic Castle for advice and examples, and I love the work done here - http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=60907 - but I've not seen anything specific to the Dino theme.
I'm thinking of adapting the landscaping advice to try and make a small-ish jungle area. The HQ fits on one baseplate, with a few studs-width on one side so there's just enough room to build that, add some vegetation and connect it to the next plate. The HQ will be raised around 4 or 5 levels from the base to give it height and let me build a slope down from the entrance to the next baseplate to give it some visual interest, then the second plate will be a mix of low scrub and some larger trees. I had wondered about incorporating a river, but it would be a bit too much on a single base so I think I'll make a river bank and leave space to connect to a third plate in the future.
Does anyone have any pictures or links of something similar?
That guide was what inspired me, so you're on the right track. Really, I just like getting inspiration from other peoples MOCs. My biggest one that I built was an Arkham Asylum. I saw someone else's version and used it for some inspiration and expanded on their ideas. I'd also suggest that you just start laying bricks and going with your instincts. Don't get bogged down in the large picture of what you want to accomplish. Half the battle is getting started and not feeling overwhelmed.
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