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LEGO |OT 3| Build Hard. Buy Fast. No Mercy.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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Yofaycesux
Neo Member
Ugh, broke down and splurged on some Lego today. Picked up the Melting Room, Treehouse, and a witch polybag they had laying around, all pretty sweet. The Melting Room is fantastic, I love all the little bits, definitely a good choice, and the Treehouse is great. Glad I took the recommendation. I even enjoyed the witch, it had a lot of good colors in it, might grab another.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
What's this about a free ticket?
BentBricks
Member
Cool. I expect those polybags to fly off the shelves.
I'm in the same boat and have been serious thinking of opening a bricklink store to get rid of excess items where I have multiples of 1 set. I'm a hoarder though and always think I'll need some piece or minifig later. Do I really need 4 Spider-man that are exactly the same? Maybe 2 or 3. One to play, 1 for backup play and one for keeping in pristine condition.
BentBricks
Member
Lego MOC 31008 #5
I had a weird head to start off with, but it tidied up near the end. Shame I can't say the same about the legs...
Maybe I'll work on it some more.
Love the head. You should flesh it out after the competition when you don't have limited pieces.
Congrats! Baby steps to full addiction... I love that Wyldstyle minifig. The other small set, LEGO Movie 70800 Getaway Glider, is great too for the minifigs. The two cowboy robots are awesome and you can easily swap them out for regular heads and hands. It has great parts, but glider isn't great for play or display.
Hmm, maybe. I think I work best when I'm limited, though. NEarly wouldn't know where to start with more pieces!
I only have a few sets as well, fortunately, mostly creator sets, so a wide selection of pieces. My first lego set in my own personal Lego renaissance since like 10 years was the first GAF-MOC contest, the blue roadster.
Then I followed with an orange transport copter, and the highway white speedster, now this!
Oh and a bunch of minifigs.
Anyway, thanks for the comments.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Spend $50 or more on LEGO at TRU this week and get a voucher to get a free ticket to the movie.
Movie sets are 20% off this week, and TRU actually has them at msrp before the sale. So I snagged the exclusive Rescue Reinforcements for 20% off and got a free ticket in the process.
And the set is fantastic so far. Almost finished with the evil robot part.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Nice deal. Looks like my local TRU us out of the Fire Rescue sets. If it comes back in stock this week I'll pick it up.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Did you go into the store or check the website? Because when I checked the website today, it showed that no one in 50 miles had Rescue Reinforcements. Yet, when I went into the store myself they have piles of them. Maybe the website is not updating quick enough or something, but I would go check yourself for the set.
Speaking of Rescue Reinforcements, I just finished it. What in the world was that final part of the set? It is like a crazed farmer tossed all of the parts of his shed and windmill together and made a helicopter out of it. So ridiculous, and I feel like it is more awesome without any context. The fact that the farmer is missing teeth and has both a rooster and a pig as part of the copter is insanely awesome.
If anyone is able to find this set at TRU this week, it is a damn steal at $56 or whatever it rings up at. 859 pieces even at the regular price of $70 is great, but at $56 it is even better. Fantastic fun to put together, and a fabulous parts pack.
VERY highly recommended.
I picked up this set at TRU yesterday after work and got my free movie ticket. What I found interesting was the comment the cashier said as I was handed the movie ticket. She said it was the first ticket she had handed out all day long. And this was at 4:00. I would maybe not have guessed that between the movie just about to come out and the 20% sale they had going.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Clerk I had had no clue about a free ticket until I asked for one. I would put more money on the employees not knowing than the sales being slow.
At the same time, the department was VERY well stocked. So maybe sales aren't there.
I think parents know about the Toys R Us lego tax and avoid TrUs for lego.. They're always have more stuff than (and older stuff) than the Targets/Walmarts.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Good, I hope that is the case. TRU should come down on their Lego prices. It tends to be that way for me at a lot of TRU's stores.
But getting a voucher for a free ticket...uh...I may have to make a trip out there soon. Gonna be tough with the roads in the shape they are but a free ticket sounds nice.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
All the movie sets are MSRP at TRU before the sale, so it is a great week to grab stuff.
I decided to go with the LEGO store for the promo polybag. I'll get my free ticket (or at least partially free) from the LEGO Movie game on Friday.
Speaking of TRU, here's a PDF illustrating the "make and take" Emmet's car from this weekend's TRU build event.
http://trucadevtest.com/tru/pdf/LEGO_Movie_Make_N_Take_Emmets_012914.pdf
Speaking of TRU, here's a PDF illustrating the "make and take" Emmet's car from this weekend's TRU build event.
http://trucadevtest.com/tru/pdf/LEGO_Movie_Make_N_Take_Emmets_012914.pdf
Boring build, but it's a good display piece and swooshable.
Finally got internet up at the new apartment so expect a photobomb of the LEGO room setup within the next day or two
can't wait to see it
tiggerkiddo
Member
I need an Amazon warehouse deal on the one Lego movie set with the Fabuland and Blacktron minifigs.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That is Rescue Reinforcements, which is the TRU exclusive. Yes, I have been pimping it hard on this page.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Has Lego ever done a East Asian themed Medieval line? Or Classical Rome/Ancient Greece? I'd really like to see those.
They had ninjas and samurais in fortresses before Ninjago.
http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Castle/subtheme-Ninja
Besides the minifigures in the CMF series, this is the closest we've gotten to Rome:
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Good know, I'll stop into the store tomorrow morning!
From the LEGO store mini-build event:
Here's the last 3 steps if you want to build it yourself.
I hope they do The Colosseum on a Tower Bridge/Sydney Opera House scale sooner rather than later.
amazon put up a bunch of chi temples in warehousedeals. I am tempted to get one. LEGO Gaf, what would you do?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1C2RVK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Well that makes me angry, because I could have got one yesterday. Drove right past TRU but didn't go in cause the website said no stores had it.
I'll try today... sigh.
Anyway, as of this moment the site still shows NO stores within 50 miles have it except one in Sunnydale and that's not worth the effort for me.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1C2RVK/?tag=neogaf0e-20
... are you serious.
Well that makes me angry, because I could have got one yesterday. Drove right past TRU but didn't go in cause the website said no stores had it.
I'll try today... sigh.
Anyway, as of this moment the site still shows NO stores within 50 miles have it except one in Sunnydale and that's not worth the effort for me.
My wallet hates your pimping.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I have seen the set in person but I didn't love it so unless I can get a great discount, I plan to Briccklink the minifigs and call it a day.
From the LEGO store mini-build event:
What is that supposed to be?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Box o doom.
I have no idea, but almost all Movie sets have similar things in them.
The Lamonster
Member
Nice Dolphin Cruiser!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
More like Derping Cruiser. It looks so bad, and is obviously a blatant rip off of Dolphin Cruiser.
I've seen some blatant product copying in my day... but this really ranks up there. Mega is desperate for that LEGO dollar.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, it is not the first.
http://s1.megabrandsmedia.com/catalog/styles/large/public/products/megabloks-build-n-play-luxury-yacht-80253-5085.jpg]
Barbie's Luxury Yacht
[IMG]http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/AdditionalImages/41015-1/41015_alt1.jpg
Dolphin Cruiser
Bakery Shop
Downtown Bakery
Superstar Stage
Rehearsal Stage
Glam Salon
Butterfly Beauty Shop
The Lamonster
Member
So I want to collect all of the upcoming Simpsons minifigures. I've never tried to collect minifigures before and I don't want to waste money on mystery polybags. I think that AFOLs usually buy a box of them but what are the details? Don't you generally have to split it with someone else to make it worth it? If so, anybody wanna go in on a box with me whenever it comes out?
I've tried going that route. Usually not much interest. I recommend finding a TRU or LEGO store and feel out the packs. Its not that challenging. Fun, actually.
BentBricks
Member
Classic PhoncipleBone photo.
In other news, Spacehip, Spaceship, SPACESHIP.
Astro, Astro ASTROOOOOOO unikitty! by Si-MOCs, on Flickr
EDIT:
Angry Uni-kitty. by Lego Junkie., on Flickr
It was sold out the last couple days, but now you have a second chance if you want a go at it guys.
LEGO Chima 70009 Worriz Combat Lair 49% off
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1C2RRO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
LEGO Chima 70009 Worriz Combat Lair 49% off
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00C1C2RRO/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Winnie the Pimp
Member
So i just went over to Brickset for the amazon shopper and ... nooooooooooooo what happened? It's all NEW and confusing ((( maybe it's better in the end that they updated their site but for now i am super lost!!
((( maybe it's better in the end that they updated their site but for now i am super lost!!oneknightr
Member
Here's an even better deal if you want two. Target has it for $35.99 ($0.30 more than Amazon), but they have the buy one get one 30% off sale going on right now. And if you have a Target redcard, you save an additional 5% and get free shipping. I bought two for $63.21 shipped. Not too shabby.
http://www.target.com/p/lego-chima-worriz-combat-lair-70009/-/A-14547620
BentBricks
Member
So i just went over to Brickset for the amazon shopper and ... nooooooooooooo what happened? It's all NEW and confusing
It's not too bad. Looks nice, but It's a bit too spacious for my taste. I liked the older one which was more simple, compact, and streamlined IMO.
I like when you search for a set it pulls a summary view which has the price. That's what I use Brickset for most of the time (besides news), to check MSRP. With the issues Brickset had recently, I learned Brickipedia provides similar pricing info.
Cool. Looks like a clearance wave is coming. I'm being tempted now by the Gorzan Gorilla set now.
I really wanted that set, but then got overwhelmed by so many new LEGO sets it fell near bottom of my list.Got a little photo bomb of the beginnings of my setup at my new place. First 2 pictures are of some of my sets in other rooms on display. Still much to do and not everything I have is photographed.
The next 6 pictures are of the new LEGO hobby room.
The following picture is all my sets that I haven't built yet. There are a ton of them in the zip lock bags in the 2 boxes as well as the ones I haven't removed from the boxes. They are some of the sets I had listed in an earlier post of what I had for backlog.
All those yellow and black containers below are full of small plates, tiles, specialty pieces, etc sorted by color and so on.
This is my shelving so far. I plan on getting at least 3 more of these units.
The next 6 pictures are of the new LEGO hobby room.
The following picture is all my sets that I haven't built yet. There are a ton of them in the zip lock bags in the 2 boxes as well as the ones I haven't removed from the boxes. They are some of the sets I had listed in an earlier post of what I had for backlog.
All those yellow and black containers below are full of small plates, tiles, specialty pieces, etc sorted by color and so on.
This is my shelving so far. I plan on getting at least 3 more of these units.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Holy cow
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Dat Imperial Shuttle. Towering over everything. Like a beast.
Yarp, that's why I needed a LEGO hobby room >.> and why I moved to a 2 bedroom place.
-Deadpool-
Member
Dayummmm, Ryuuroden.
Envy.
Wish I had that sort of space.
Envy.
Wish I had that sort of space.