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LEGO GAF |OT2|: Building Dreams. Demolishing Wallets
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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Harry Potter
Banned
Ah ok. This thread moves fast!
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Wasn't "bridge of khazad dum" confirmed as well? Are there pictures? I'm secretly hoping the Balrog has a light piece in its maw.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Shame.
Also, while on lunch today I snagged and built the Lex Luthor robot set. It is now my favorite $20 or less set. So awesome once done, and lots of fun to build. Only thing I don't like is there is no knee joint.
Yeah I'd love to see the witch king of agmar but I don't recall him being in that scene.
Harry Potter
Banned
There is a rumored set with the Witch King, Eowyn, and Merry.
Sold
Bakkuma371
Member
Just finished my first sets of 2013, Umbaran Mobile Heavy Cannon and Highway Speedster.
Although the Umbaran MHC is one of those builds with repeated steps (6 legs and a symmetrical body) it was still an enjoyable build. At £50 it's step but a £5 voucher from the catalog helped.
The Umbaran minifigs are great too.
Highway Speedster is also a very fun build but at a much better price (£15), it was so much fun it's got me eying a Roaring Roadster on BL for almost 50% above MSRP.
Free Chima set is not my cup of tea but the CHI element will be nice for some sort of Crystal engine or something.
Although the Umbaran MHC is one of those builds with repeated steps (6 legs and a symmetrical body) it was still an enjoyable build. At £50 it's step but a £5 voucher from the catalog helped.
The Umbaran minifigs are great too.
Highway Speedster is also a very fun build but at a much better price (£15), it was so much fun it's got me eying a Roaring Roadster on BL for almost 50% above MSRP.
Free Chima set is not my cup of tea but the CHI element will be nice for some sort of Crystal engine or something.
Just saw this on tumblr
Is that supposed to be Minas Morgul or Tirith? I'm leaning toward Morgul and my boy thought that it was Morgul...
Also, who wouldn't want a 3666 piece Minas Morgul Set after a 3742 piece Minas Tirith?!
With the bright green magical beam of light shooting up with 3-6 light bricks "linked" to operate simultaneously through translucent blue-green bricks and whatnot!!!
Something easy, it would be something like this:
Edit: I wonder how many of those I'd be able to stack before it starts getting unstable.
Can you also find out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop while you're at it?
And please don't say: A one, a two, a crunch!!!
Unless that was a typo, you were sooo close to getting that name right!
From Wikipedia:
The Witch-king of Angmar, also known as the Lord of the Nazgûl and the Black Captain among other names, is a fictional character and an antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy writings.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-king_of_Angmar
Chuckie
Member
To be honest it doesn't look like both. If I had to choose I would say Minas Tirith, simply because the round form. The single tower in the middle does remind me of Morgul though
Minas Morgul has a starshaped (or something like that) shape
To be honest it doesn't look like both. If I had to choose I would say Minas Tirith, simply because the round form. The single tower in the middle does remind me of Morgul though
Minas Morgul has a starshaped (or something like that) shape
Thanks for posting that pic! God I love the look of Minas Morgul!
Last three modulars hav been March, May, and March again. So March-ish sounds good.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Off work for the night. Full belly of Chinese food. Time to break open box 3 of the SSD and finish this beast off...
BomberMouse
Member
Had no idea the cinema leaked. Looks really awesome.
MiniBossman
Member
I hit my local Lego Store tonight.
They had about a dozen series 9 minifigs.
Store manager was extra nice and helped me feel the bags. I got the Cyclops, Ceasar, and the Alien Trooper. I think we thought the Cyclops was the Chicken Suit Guy, or my 2 year old running around got me confused, because we were pretty sure I was gonna get a Chicken Suit Guy but oh well.
Anyway I also picked up the Batman vs. Mr. Freeze. That should be a fun quick build. Saw they had a bunch of Winter Cottages marked down to $79.99.
Too bad no Post Offices were left.
They had about a dozen series 9 minifigs.
Store manager was extra nice and helped me feel the bags. I got the Cyclops, Ceasar, and the Alien Trooper. I think we thought the Cyclops was the Chicken Suit Guy, or my 2 year old running around got me confused, because we were pretty sure I was gonna get a Chicken Suit Guy but oh well.
Anyway I also picked up the Batman vs. Mr. Freeze. That should be a fun quick build. Saw they had a bunch of Winter Cottages marked down to $79.99.
Too bad no Post Offices were left.
whatsinaname
Member
Just about wrapping up the Imperial Flagship. Good lord, it looks gorgeous and is a really fun build as well.
MiniBossman
Member
Oh I also forgot to mention Diagon Alley was marked down to $120.
SillyEskimo
Member
First floor of Haunted House complete. This is a great build so far!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
And Ghostmind's as well.
And at last...the ssd is complete. A magnificent beast. Truly magnificent.
You swoosh it yet lol!?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
No, but I slowly took it off the coffee table and put it on it's display table right by the Imperial Shuttle.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Iron Man poly bag is meh because I have the figure. Lone Ranger bags look good. That fountain one looks great though.
The LEGO store is going to be the last place you find these, except for the Spring Scene, which I'm betting is the March or April monthly incentive. The rest usually turn up at TRU, Target or Walmart - best advice is to keep up with this thread as someone here will report in when/where they find them.
No, but I slowly took it off the coffee table and put it on it's display table right by the Imperial Shuttle.
Sincere question: will you permanently display the SSD in that location? It looks like it almost blocks your view of the TV... Has your wife seen it yet? What does she think? I think it looks fantastic right there by the way!
Marty Chinn
Member
I'm so glad I have a UCS Star Destroyer. It keeps me from buying the UCS SSD.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, no. I only built it there over the last three nights. And in front of my wife.
There is a small desk by the windows that I cleared off to display it. I have the Imperial Shuttle there, and the SSD underneath it. It actually works quite well. If I am eyeing the rest of the space on the desk, I might be able to squeeze the B Wing behind them. Maybe.
And r2 has a spot on top of the speaker as you can see. Death Star on the subwoofer.
I have neither, but I would much rather have the UCS Star Destroyer than the UCS SSD. I think it's a more interesting looking ship.
Marty Chinn
Member
I agree. I think the SSD is cool, but as far as comparing the two UCS builds, I think the Star Destroyer looks better.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Regular Star Destroyer is definitely the better looking ship. I want the UCS of it, but it's too much and from word of mouth it is too fragile. I really hope they do a new one at some point and make it as solid as the SSD is.
Well, the info plate lists it has a crew of over 280,000...
Marty Chinn
Member
Well it's not like you're going to move or play with it =) It's sturdy enough to display. It's been sitting on a small table upstairs since I built it and is probably my favorite LEGO display so far.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That set in particular looks the most like a high end model of the ship. Even more so than the Imperial Shuttle does.
Marty Chinn
Member
I'd think there might be a case for the UCS Falcon. That's one that I could never justify spending the money on but at the same time regret letting it go. I really really wish I got that when it was in print, even if just to flip it.
Wookieepedia says the Executor is 11.8 miles long...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I think your image dun goof'd.
That means a SSD in true minifig scale would be 431 meters long, which would be a little bit longer than 4 and a half football fields joined together.
edit: incorrect info, adjusting
Ok, so I guess minifigs are scaled to 6 feet. That would make the scale 1:48. This would make the model 395 meters long, or 4.3 football fields.