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LEGO |OT 3| Build Hard. Buy Fast. No Mercy.
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RelentlessRolento
Member
jawas <3
Yeah that was on my radar for today since I'm still not fully decided what to order. I just want to top $75 and hold most other stuff for April.
I think I'll snag the new Hulk set and... not sure what else. The only other Superhero set I need is the Goblin one but it's a bit expensive for what you get.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Welcome to the fun! And the decals are not necessary for that set to look cool. You can skip them. As for pieces falling apart, I am not sure. Mine seemed pretty stable as I built it. I hope the rest of the build is more enjoyable for you.
If not, many of us here can recommend some great sets to get for fun.
I asked for the day off from work on the Saturday they are giving away the store set. I want one of those bad. If I snag two, I will keep you in mind.
And I am still on the fence if I will drive to Natick to get Martian Manhunter. If I knew they had a crazy PAB wall, I would go no questions asked, but I want to wait on sets for double VIP.
If anyone is getting a second Martian Manhunter, let me know. I will trade something for it. If not, I will just go get the bare minimum to get him.
MiniBossman
Member
Martian Man-Hunter is up at S@H
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Thanks! Overall, I did enjoy it, it was just that certain pieces seemed to fall apart pretty easily but now that it's actually complete it seems stable enough. I'm trying to get all the LEGO movie sets first, but I also want to collect anything and everything Batman.
Even though the decals don't matter, for future reference, is there a way to order more decals for a particular set if you mess 'em up?
Also, what's this about special sets like Martian Manhunter?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
If you are missing decals, you can usually get more from LEGO customer service. Some stuff they will not replace, however. Things that are licensed like VW and Star Wars.
As for Martian Manhunter and similar, there are promos every month at LEGO stores or LEGO.com where if you buy X amount of stuff from them, you get something free. For March, if you buy $75 worth of product from LEGO stores or LEGO.com, you get a free Martian Manhunter figure. These promos are usually pretty exclusive, and the figures or sets from them wind up being pretty valuable later. I still love my Hulk figure from two years ago.
And the exclusives are a good thing for me to add to the OP at a later point. That is something I overlooked. But the OP covers a lot of stuff if you are just diving in, but promos like this I did not cover, so I will fix that at some point. Thank you.
Order placed... I settled on Hulk Lab Smash and Spider-Helicopter Rescue, because I think I'll be a lot more likely to find the other sets I'm eying by other means at a cheaper price. I like a lot of the new Chima stuff, but it's frequently discounted or clearanced, so no reason to rush.
Now the long wait for S@H delivery. Cursed rain
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Order placed... I settled on Hulk Lab Smash and Spider-Helicopter Rescue, because I think I'll be a lot more likely to find the other sets I'm eying by other means at a cheaper price. I like a lot of the new Chima stuff, but it's frequently discounted or clearanced, so no reason to rush.
Now the long wait for S@H delivery. Cursed rain
Yeah, not sure if I want to make the drive. It is supposed to snow here in CT on Monday, which is when I planned to drive. At the same time, ordering online means I have to put up with FedEx. Ugh.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
That sounds pretty awesome! Is the Piece of Resistance Emmet a promo similar to that? I got that one for February.
Also thanks for answering my questions! I may end up getting new decals (even if I have to pay for 'em) but right now I think my mech is fine. It looks really awesome regardless!
Also, how valuable do you think the LEGO Movie theater/game exclusive minifigs will eventually be? I know it's probably hard to tell, and I won't ever really sell them, but I'm just curious.
It's weird, when something is shipped by Ontrac they get inside my building fine. UPS usually has no trouble either, it's rare. but I have a lot of trouble with FedEX not understanding how to get in my building or call me from the entry system, which is weird because they must deal with hundreds of such systems every day, yet they play stupid with mine. Often I'll be home the entire day and I'll go down to check the mail and find a sticker placed by them. They don't even try to contact me!
I own a set of these. Its so painful to put bricks together and take them apart, they were likely intended as a torture device.
Whoa, how did you get them?
Sea Cow is the #1 seller on S@H right now -- wow
Gonna assume most of these people don't know about double VIP next month. I mean, $250 for a set is nothing to sneeze at.
Maybe their kid is clamoring for it and couldn't wait any longer? This is the first day the Sea Cow is available to non-VIP members.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Built Uruk-Hai army. That's a tiny little wall... but it looks good. Can't wait to have the entire keep finished. Tons of cool figures too.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Placed an order for the Jedi Defender and my free Martian Manhunter. Looking forward to both.
That's the next set I plan on picking up, I'm waiting for May the 4th.
21st century cowboy
Member
A heads up for some cheap sets for Euro gaf. I was looking for An Unexpected Gathering as my friend bought it last week from £52 and I searched for the set on idealo.com. I found a site called http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/offers/logo.list That has it listed £50 but even better is that if you get 2 logo items together and use code LEGO2 you get 10% off both. Most of the sets are cheaper elsewhere but even if you don't find something you can get a lego movie figure for £2.50 as the second item to get AUG for £45.
I don't care for the Hobbit sets but I think I'll collect the 9 fellowship figures and display them in front of bag end. I am tempted to pick up the mines of Maria though haha
I don't care for the Hobbit sets but I think I'll collect the 9 fellowship figures and display them in front of bag end. I am tempted to pick up the mines of Maria though haha
Great set though! You get one of the new scooters, cookie tiles, cups and of course, Mia is the best friend anyway
Somebody auctioned some sets with a low entry bid. Honestly I had to snipe the bidding to get it.
Nice! I'd love t get something like that just for collecting's sake. Going to keep my eyes open for it in Japan next time I'm there.
SiegfriedFM
Member
I had some friends over to help build Helm's Deep. And then we looked at the finished set and thought that it needed something more. Then one thing led to another.
In this picture you're not even seeing the AT-ST (controlled by Unikitty), the Snail-loaded Ewok catapult and Lex lending a robotic hand to the uruk-hai.
antiquegamer
Member
Wait there's also a Rapunzel polybag?
Winnie the Pimp
Member
wait so that Manhunter promo is ONLY when your order online or also when you go to the store physically and buy stuff > 75 bucks?
antiquegamer
Member
Physical store also have the same promo. Popular promo do run out quick sometimes before the middle of the month.
FUBAR McDangles
Member
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That is both hideous and beautiful at the same time. I wanna see more of the interior now.
Utinni!
We should get the official reveal next weekend.
I'm very curious to see what other minifigs are included, and if it does include at least part of the Lars Homestead.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Those technic treads are going to help pad the piece count
Winnie the Pimp
Member
even if no other figs are included, the jawas alone make this one worth it ))
))That is truly, truly outrageous. We need to see more Unikitty everywhere. Make it the new things on cats fad.
So i added most of the new superhero sets and all of the mixels to my cart and came out to be $260. Saving money by not going with the Sea Cow is not working out very good. Also im broke at the moment and cant order anything for two weeks. Are my chances of getting a MM fig in two weeks still pretty good?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Trutheven if no other figs are included, the jawas alone make this one worth it
SiegfriedFM
Member
Utinni!
Noicce, it's lookin good.
ohhthegore
Member
Joker Steam Roller set already sold out online? They better have it at my local store
Cereal KiIIer
Member
RelentlessRolento
Member
Damn. I think the sand crawler will be the biggest set I will purchase of lego ever... Scary and awesome