PhoncipleBone
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I bought it while on break from work last summer. I built it then left it climbing up the back of the computer monitor of a coworker. After she screamed she thought it was funny.
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LEGO GAF |OT2|: Building Dreams. Demolishing Wallets
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Indeed, I just bought Moria last week to get Boromir.
PhoncipleBone
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I just bought Vampyre Castle the other day because of how much everyone raves about it. I wont be building it until October, but I say get it. Just finish off the Monster Fighter line. If anything, you will have lots of bricks for MOCs.
They are completely different building experiences, so I would say yes, you should have both.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Silvio says you should get both. I listened to Sil.
Now to wait months before opening it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Here's my series 10 collection so far. I'm hoping to still track down Chicken Suit Man before 9 disappears. So far my favorite is the Bumble Bee. And I'd really like to get the Paintball Guy. Also, I'm kinda new to this, where can I sell/trade my doubles?
Right here! Give you a skydiver for the colonial soldier. That is if you are in the US.
I am. I'm in Ohio. And i'd love to!
Edit: for anyone feeling the bags. The Medusa is easy to find cuz she's the bulkiest. I have a hard time feeling them out when I went. But she was easily spotted.
PhoncipleBone
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Send me a PM with your address.
And the Roman soldier and Mohawk Indian are easy to confuse when feeling for them because of the headpiece/mohawk being similar. But you can feel for the soldier's helmet.
Edit: when are the next wave of Friends and Galaxy Squad sets due? Plotting my summer buying. At least until Orthanc ruins all plans.
SystemShark
Member
Weathertop, An Unexpected Gathering, TMNT Turtle Lair, TMNT Shellraiser.
Of the four, which would you get?
I understand that Weathertop is going OOP soon.
I'm a huge fan of both and I'm leaning towards getting one of the TMNT sets as it seems easier to get all the Turtles fairly easily in like 4 sets.
I have Shelob Attacks and Gandalf Arrives, but would still need to get a bunch of other sets to finish off the Fellowship, or all the Dwarves.
If only LEGO didn't push through sets so quickly.
And I had more disposable income.
Of the four, which would you get?
I understand that Weathertop is going OOP soon.
I'm a huge fan of both and I'm leaning towards getting one of the TMNT sets as it seems easier to get all the Turtles fairly easily in like 4 sets.
I have Shelob Attacks and Gandalf Arrives, but would still need to get a bunch of other sets to finish off the Fellowship, or all the Dwarves.
If only LEGO didn't push through sets so quickly.
And I had more disposable income.Winnie the Pimp
Member
Damn, why do Shelob and Helm's Deep have to go OOP so soon?
I was gonna wait for a better amazon deal on both
I was gonna wait for a better amazon deal on both
anonymous_abc
Member
I should have been more specific, no boxes yet.
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?q=box of 30
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Picked up all the Series 10 figures at TRU today. An hour well spent! It pays to be a Bag Whisperer.
It's a shame we'll never find a Mr. Gold, forever leaving our collections at 99% complete. Couldn't they have made him one per case? I expected a casual morning stakeout, not an eBay-driven manhunt!
It's a shame we'll never find a Mr. Gold, forever leaving our collections at 99% complete. Couldn't they have made him one per case? I expected a casual morning stakeout, not an eBay-driven manhunt!
Do not get the Shellraiser. It's very poorly designed and falls apart far too easily. And it sucks when it's sitting still too. I guess there were alt instructions for something else it could make on fbtb, but not enough. Bricklink the figs if you need them.
That's all I can say regarding any of them I've built, but unexpected gathering is fantastic when done.
I picked up a couple fire fighter sets. The Fire Truck set is a great value at $20. It's a very solid build. It has play features with the telescoping ladder and a rope that's suppose to be a fire hose.
I can't really recommend the Fire Emergency set though. It's over priced at $40 for 300 pieces. The base of it's fire truck is similar to the $20 model. The building is alright with its boarded up windows. You can push on the windows to pop off the boards. It also has a knob on the side where you can turn the flame 180 degrees.
I can't really recommend the Fire Emergency set though. It's over priced at $40 for 300 pieces. The base of it's fire truck is similar to the $20 model. The building is alright with its boarded up windows. You can push on the windows to pop off the boards. It also has a knob on the side where you can turn the flame 180 degrees.
Hitting a crisis point in my storage. Still have plenty of space for basic bricks, but the more specialist ones are breaking my system. Next big set I break down will need me to change how I'm storing - eg tower bridge has too many cheese to let me keep one small box for cheese, plus it has too many of one colour so I'd like two boxes for one piece.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Weathertop, An Unexpected Gathering, TMNT Turtle Lair, TMNT Shellraiser.
Of the four, which would you get?
I understand that Weathertop is going OOP soon.
I'm a huge fan of both and I'm leaning towards getting one of the TMNT sets as it seems easier to get all the Turtles fairly easily in like 4 sets.
I have Shelob Attacks and Gandalf Arrives, but would still need to get a bunch of other sets to finish off the Fellowship, or all the Dwarves.
If only LEGO didn't push through sets so quickly.
If you have Gandalf Arrives, you NEED AUG. Also, dat Bofur. And Balin.
I bought Boromir and Theoden on Bricklink. Expensive, yes, but I don't need a ton of semi-random bricks.
Edit:
(disclaimer: tree not as awesome in the original set)
Winnie the Pimp
Member
nice stand there for UG... it almost looks like a sort of river house though with water floating beneath it
Theoden on BrickLink eh? I have seen him for as low as 10 bucks or something which is acceptable BUT, where to integrate him, place him if not in a Helm's Deep scenario? hmm unless i'd only grab him to integrate into my minifig collection that is...
Theoden on BrickLink eh? I have seen him for as low as 10 bucks or something which is acceptable BUT, where to integrate him, place him if not in a Helm's Deep scenario? hmm unless i'd only grab him to integrate into my minifig collection that is...
SiegfriedFM
Member
nice stand there for UG... it almost looks like a sort of river house though with water floating beneath it
Theoden on BrickLink eh? I have seen him for as low as 10 bucks or something which is acceptable BUT, where to integrate him, place him if not in a Helm's Deep scenario? hmm unless i'd only grab him to integrate into my minifig collection that is...
I built it to prop the house up behind my character display stand. I'm gonna tear down my unwanted Hobbit sets and build a proper path instead.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
amazing, huge medieval landscape scenario
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=53197&st=600
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=53197&st=600
SiegfriedFM
Member
After replacing some Ikea stuff, I have a better way to display my Lego. Bottom shelf is going to be a few dioramas for my customs. Middle shelf is the Middle-earth stuff and unfinished customs. I'm thinking of tearing down the Clipper and making a ship model type display stand for the Barracuda.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Wow, the huge spruce made from palm leaves and an original spruce on top...
UCS Medieval, plz?
After replacing some Ikea stuff, I have a better way to display my Lego. Bottom shelf is going to be a few dioramas for my customs. Middle shelf is the Middle-earth stuff and unfinished customs. I'm thinking of tearing down the Clipper and making a ship model type display stand for the Barracuda.
Pirates
anonymous_abc
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SiegfriedFM
Member
Oh, it gets even better.
That stuff is really, really cool, but it's such a tease. That amount of Lego would cost ridiculous sums of money, not to mention the skill building it. Just not gonna happen.
That stuff is really, really cool, but it's such a tease. That amount of Lego would cost ridiculous sums of money, not to mention the skill building it. Just not gonna happen.
anonymous_abc
Member
i read something about 30k pieces.... -.-
Winnie the Pimp
Member
More concerned about the amount of TIME that goes into a project like this... you probably need to get rid of ALL your other hobbies and activities or else it's gonna take you 10+ years to finish something of that scale
on a sidenote:
just built the new Planet series 4 Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
(by the way, that is a printed piece in the front there not a sticker!)
Stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
on a sidenote:
just built the new Planet series 4 Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
(by the way, that is a printed piece in the front there not a sticker!)
Stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
anonymous_abc
Member
More concerned about the amount of TIME that goes into a project like this... you probably need to get rid of ALL your other hobbies and activities or else it's gonna take you 10+ years to finish something of that scale
on a sidenote:
just built the new Series 4 Planet series Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
is that a sticker
More concerned about the amount of TIME that goes into a project like this... you probably need to get rid of ALL your other hobbies and activities or else it's gonna take you 10+ years to finish something of that scale
on a sidenote:
just built the new Planet series 4 Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
(by the way, that is a printed piece in the front there not a sticker!)
Stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
Love it!
Is it just me or are these coming out fairly quickly. I didn't think we would be on series 4 already. I still don't have my series 3 ones assembled yet!
you're damn right, the scene is so awesome and easy to recognize, also anticipates all the wonderful adventures that are gonna happen in the books
Winnie the Pimp
Member
is that a sticker
not sure if you saw my edit but just in case: nope not a sticker, which is why i like that piece so much
))Is that how it's supposed to be built? That gap between the speeder and its wings looks quite large to be honest. Official LEGO pics seem to put the wings closer to the cockpit?More concerned about the amount of TIME that goes into a project like this... you probably need to get rid of ALL your other hobbies and activities or else it's gonna take you 10+ years to finish something of that scale
on a sidenote:
just built the new Planet series 4 Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
(by the way, that is a printed piece in the front there not a sticker!)
Stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
Winnie the Pimp
Member
yeah you're right, i just noticed that indeed i have to put the white winged part one stud further inwards ;P the gap is still the same on the lower side but it LOOKS closer now since the upper part is further in
maybe i'll take an updated pic later on...
anonymous_abc
Member
not sure if you saw my edit but just in case: nope not a sticker, which is why i like that piece so much
thats a relief!
You are in reverse order than me. I have HH left to get, but ordered Crazy Scientist last week as my last Monster Fighter set. Its an awesome theme and once you get a couple you cant stop. Vampyres Castle was an awesome build that surprised me. Its under a 1000 pieces but felt like i was putting together a bigger set and the end castle is plenty huge especially if you open it up. Plus you get an awesome car with unique pieces. I have loved the mini figs in every set as well and plan on having one mean Halloween scene.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Updated pic (now with less dust/snow as well):
anonymous_abc
Member
Updated pic (now with less dust/snow as well):
that angle really does look much better.
Chuckie
Member
I was about to say it still had dust...but then I found out it was my monitor.
I want that Snowspeeder though!
Winnie the Pimp
Member
Well there are still SOME particles left but it seems practically impossbile to get rid of em all
Yeah it really is my favorite of all the Planet series so far... still gotta get the Frigate and the B-Wing though but i can't see em topping the snowspeeder!
There are at least three vendors selling sealed boxes of 60 Series 10 at the link I provided.
Bricklink's search isn't very reliable, especially for new items.
anonymous_abc
Member
not for me there aren't...
http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?pg=1&q=71001&viewFrom=sf&sz=10&searchSort=B
alas, I am in no hurry, and a box of 30 will do me.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That space is reserved for Orthanc
More concerned about the amount of TIME that goes into a project like this... you probably need to get rid of ALL your other hobbies and activities or else it's gonna take you 10+ years to finish something of that scale
on a sidenote:
just built the new Planet series 4 Snowspeeder & Hoth, pretty neat imo:
(by the way, that is a printed piece in the front there not a sticker!)
Stupid white dust particles on the name plate that you can't see until you took the pics, errr i mean that's snow of course!
Where did you get? I was in Target yesterday hoping Wave 4 was out, but they only had Wave 3 still. I love these planets. I guess I could check the local Lego store.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
TRU has B1G1 40% off most LEGO sets this week. Figures included. Wonder if they will let me price match the bundle I bought yesterday?
Winnie the Pimp
Member
They're out in the EU, not sure the US got em yet...
SiegfriedFM
Member
Actually, no. I don't know what I will put there once Bag End takes the Clipper's place. Maybe something non-Lego (gasp!).