ugh. Now I just want to go back to my local store and get Tower Bridge.
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LEGO GAF |OT2|: Building Dreams. Demolishing Wallets
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ugh. Now I just want to go back to my local store and get Tower Bridge.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Buying sets to resell later sounds very neat and all, but there is just a gut feeling I have about it being a bad idea in the end. The notion of getting so much money back on the investment is tempting, but I can't help but feel that the market for this will crash in a few years much like the comic market did back in the 90s. You get a flood of people jumping into the investment game because they see the crazy money being made on it, but then you get to the point where there are so many people buying them and hoarding them just to resell later that they lose so much value.
anonymous_abc
Member
my main concern is that I will have problems actually making myself sell the sets if I dont have to...
especially if they are in mint condition
Nice, it's minifig scale.
Bakkuma371
Member
Sadly not quite. I took his legs off to fit him in. Maybe with a small adaptation and removal of parts you could fit a minifig in.
anonymous_abc
Member
tiggerkiddo
Member
This Brickpicker site is interesting, gonna have to do a little reading!
Bilbo: "Welcome! Welcome! Come in, come in!"
Bakkuma371
Member
you broke his legs so he could drive a car?!
he can fly levitate
He doesn't need his legs then does he. Although, the space under the car is massive so he could store them there.
Me too. It's making me look at my £100 of VIP points in a different way...... Tower Bridge is calling.
Welcome out of your dark ages!
fatty
Member
Made my first 2013 impulse LEGO purchase yesterday. I was looking for little Friends set as present for friends's daugter and saw discounted polybag with 20018 AT-AT Walker. Never bought polybags before but that was really nice little build for $6.
Where did you find that? I'm not into Star Wars but that is pretty cool.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
As I sit here and watch Empire Strikes Back, I am reminded of how awesome the Imperial Probe Droid is. We need a new, fancy set for him.
Oh, and we still need an UCS AT-AT. Now. Please.
Oh, and we still need an UCS AT-AT. Now. Please.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That's a MOC right? Looks great.
And as I watch the films I am drooling thinking of a new UCS X Wing. Hopefully they add all the landing pads to it.
I'll have to post a photo of my batman keyring I got it 2008. He has no arms, one leg, frayed Cape and completely scuffed printing.
It's from the same LEGO Office pic people found the Orthanc model in. I don't know where to find a bigger pic of it though (it obviously exists).
DrForester
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That UCS Snowspeeder looks amazing. I never knew that was a thing.
HammerOfThor
Member
Whoa people 'invest' in Legos? Thats crazy, never knew.
This is what what scares me.
Over the past week and a half the tally's up to like $600 maybe more...scared to count.
And the "family trip" to downtown disney (aka lego store) only fueled my want for the death star even more after seeing it in person. (Not crazy, liked them as a kid but not a diehard fan, for star wars series but that thing is a work of art)
I can only get away with its for the kid for so long.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I want one too. Real bad.
Harry Potter
Banned
What's above the Slave 1? I remember having a toy like that when I was little.
Bakkuma371
Member
I remember him too but research points to FX-6 who worked on Vader after being maimed on Mustafa.
Can anyone shed some light?
Nice one!
FX-6 Medical Assistant Droid from Episode III. There's the FX-7 from Episode V which you probably had which is similar.
Apparently there was a vote on starwars.com in 2006 for the next LEGO UCS model. The other 3 contenders were:
I'm guessing the AT-AT won, since we got http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=10178-1 in 2007. And that R2-D2 sure looks familiar now
But took 6 years to get released.parrotbeak
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Harry Potter
Banned
Here's the one I had (inherited it from my brother)
FX-7
http://starwars.carrotnetwork.com/reviews/potj_fx7_medical_droid_review/
One word: "Investments"
Thanks!
To the right you can see Helm's Deep and Orthanc, but I'm wondering what's on the left side.
Early Orc's Forge and Escape from Mirkwood Forest? A micro build of Lothlorien?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
One word: "plastics."
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Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Commodities?
GazzaScotland
Member
Well my folks got me a small set for Christmas as a sort of novelty as I used to get one every year when I was younger. It was enough to get me searching through cupboards to find my old sets and build them up again...I think I'm hooked all over again.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I still cry every time I see the canceled Alien Conquest sets in that picture.
Which sets? I am trying to spy them.
I still cry every time I see the canceled Alien Conquest sets in that picture.
Yeah, that was a shame. That one kit there looks like it has some 50's War of the Worlds influence.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Yeah, that was a shame. That one kit there looks like it has some 50's War of the Worlds influence.
Ah, gotcha. Very cool. Perhaps they will get resurrected someday in another line.
I have scoured that image a few times - it's set concepts like this (below) that interest me. The big kid in me finds them more appealing/sees more value. (Reflected in my owning both the Death Star and the Arkham Asylum sets.) And I often get bored of owning 'just more vehicles'.
Yavin (love the little award ceremony space in this, plus the hanger and guard outpost!)
Kasyyyk Battle
?????
Also, is it weird that I instantly recognised the guy in the cap in the foreground as the British chap who co-designed the R2D2 UCS?
Yavin (love the little award ceremony space in this, plus the hanger and guard outpost!)
Kasyyyk Battle
?????
Also, is it weird that I instantly recognised the guy in the cap in the foreground as the British chap who co-designed the R2D2 UCS?
Built my A-Wing tonight. Here's a comparison of it tucked neatly into the wing of the X-Wing in case anyone wanted to get a rough size idea without getting their hands on one first!
Still haven't decided if I'm going to apply the stickers. What a mess of stickers for such a small model!
Still haven't decided if I'm going to apply the stickers. What a mess of stickers for such a small model!
Thanks!
To the right you can see Helm's Deep and Orthanc, but I'm wondering what's on the left side.
Early Orc's Forge and Escape from Mirkwood Forest? A micro build of Lothlorien?
I'd love to get shelving like that with the glass to keep the dust out. It must be expensive.
Apparently the plan for Year 2 of Alien Conquest was the ADU taking the fight to the aliens' planet.
Early prototypes:
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Apparently the plan for Year 2 of Alien Conquest was the ADU taking the fight to the aliens' planet.
Early prototypes:
I loved the whole 50s sci fi aesthetic of the series. I never got all of them, but always admired them.
EDIT: Ehhhh. Not really digging that bottom model. I think it is the blue and orange combination like that that just looks off.
Agreed. I guess the original concept had all the ADU (ADF) vehicles in orange - glad they went with the Classic Space blue.
You ended too soon, Alien Conquest, but you live on with the Galaxy Squad.
DrForester
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Is that a UCS Venator Class ship in the bottom right? I don't think we've seen that before.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Possibly.
I am still drooling over the UCS Snow Speeder. I had seen pics before, but seeing just how massive it is makes me want to actually brick link something for the first time.
Also, I am thinking it is time for me to take down my lil dogfight of the X-Wing, TIE Fighter, and Y-Wing. I am running out of space, and want to display more stuff that is coming out. The SSD ate up TONS of room, and the smaller fighters have been up since they released almost a year ago. They had a good run.
Jables Swan
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Built my A-Wing tonight. Here's a comparison of it tucked neatly into the wing of the X-Wing in case anyone wanted to get a rough size idea without getting their hands on one first!
Still haven't decided if I'm going to apply the stickers. What a mess of stickers for such a small model!
Great pic. Thanks for that. I'm looking forward to picking this up. Still need the Y-Wing also.
Torhthelm Tídwald
Member
Thanks!
To the right you can see Helm's Deep and Orthanc, but I'm wondering what's on the left side.
Early Orc's Forge and Escape from Mirkwood Forest? A micro build of Lothlorien?
Is that a Balrog at the bottom left? Left half of it, with a wide stance and left wing visible over the body.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
Legends of Chima is out for iOS now brahs.
I've built the Robie house.
The large number of batches of tiny pieces are in there. There were 5 bags of red 2x1s and two bags of red square studs. Its pretty crazy, but I can get it after "stacking" them like actual bricks which is neat.
So now I ask, is this normal for architecture sets? To have a LOT of small pieces?
The large number of batches of tiny pieces are in there. There were 5 bags of red 2x1s and two bags of red square studs. Its pretty crazy, but I can get it after "stacking" them like actual bricks which is neat.
So now I ask, is this normal for architecture sets? To have a LOT of small pieces?