SiegfriedFM
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If that is allowed, it would be great to see.
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If that is allowed, it would be great to see.
parrotbeak
Member
I would love to see that video.
I'm still waiting for my set from S@H but I hear the booklet pages tend to fall out? Is this happening to people?
BentBricks
Member
This weekend was Phoenix Comic-Con. A local Lego group set up a huge diorama every year and this year's was their biggest one yet.
Here's a couple pics of their setup
DSC03409.jpg by gsr_jedi, on Flickr - I like the way they did the Flash running
I have more on my Flickr page if anybody wants to see
One of the vendors there was selling a Quinjet for retail so I jumped on it. You guys were so right, that ship is fantastic! So glad I picked it up
The flash setup is awesome!
Haha...not sure if it's a parody or homage. To the person asking earlier if it's a custom, I think it's CGI minifig. EDIT: Zulithe confirmed it's CGI.
BentBricks
Member
Pretty sure most are not practical or something that is in someone's everyday life.
17 Practical Uses for Lego in Your Everyday Life
I haven't seen this set anywhere just yet, but I'm buying it as soon as I can get my hands on it.
I've been seeing the new X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy stuff everywhere but this hasn't popped up on my radar yet. I have three copies of the Fire Temple (all bought sans minifigs) and when I got the Temple of Light I sold off most of the minifigs and I believe I broke even on that build doing that. I'll try to do the same with my purchase of Ninjago City when I find it. I'll keep the Nya Samurai (which is probably the money figure, argh) but sell off the mech and the other seven figures to bring the cost of it down a bit. Maybe down the road I'll see if there's Ebay sellers dumping the building itself so I can just buy that part of it loose for more pieces.
I'll have enough pieces to make a bad LEGO stop-motion kung fu movie, lol.
I've been seeing the new X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy stuff everywhere but this hasn't popped up on my radar yet. I have three copies of the Fire Temple (all bought sans minifigs) and when I got the Temple of Light I sold off most of the minifigs and I believe I broke even on that build doing that. I'll try to do the same with my purchase of Ninjago City when I find it. I'll keep the Nya Samurai (which is probably the money figure, argh) but sell off the mech and the other seven figures to bring the cost of it down a bit. Maybe down the road I'll see if there's Ebay sellers dumping the building itself so I can just buy that part of it loose for more pieces.
I'll have enough pieces to make a bad LEGO stop-motion kung fu movie, lol.
OMG Orthanc is huge !!!
Any rumour of it going OOP ? I wouldn't want to miss it but it's expensive and I need to catch up on the older modulars first...
RelentlessRolento
Member
Got a bunch of 80 cent bins to prep disassembling my sets for moving. The one that's going to numb me out disassembling is unexpected gathering. It may be the only set I have out once I move in with my fiancé till we get a bigger place. Should I ziplock the parts together if I plan to rebuild it later?
Supa Necta
Banned
Hi all. This just dropped nationwide and I really want one after building silver mine shoot out. If anyone comes across one if pay cost plus shipping or offer something in trade.
yeah it's massive, the detailing on the inside is really cool as well. I haven't heard anything about it going out of print but I don't pay all that much attention.
WordAssassin
Member
DAMN! It's a lovely set and I've seen it at the Glendale TRU the last few times I've been but I just looked online and all TRUs in my area are sold out. I don't even have space for a train set but I would have totally bought one at that price just to have for the future. Thanks for the head's up, good luck finding one!
Supa Necta
Banned
You might still check if you're in the area as it's sometimes wrong.
BentBricks
Member
Definitely. Don't ask Dr. Forrester though, he may say mix all the sets together.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
That is what I have done with what I want to rebuild after moving. I disassemble and sort into lil bins, and then bag the pieces from each bin for rebuilding later. That way I just dump each bag out and I am already organized and ready to go.
Unless you take Dr. Forester's madman route and mix the bags. Then just dump all the pieces together and go.
So LEGO already listed the Mini Cooper on their website. I hadn't seen that picknick basket yet, that's a fantastic little detail.
Supa Necta
Banned
Yeah! Got a t1 VW van from warehouse deals.
oneknightr
Member
Went to the Lego store in Pleasanton, CA and overheard the two employees talking about the Ecto-1 set. One guy asked the manager to make sure the limit was still one per customer and also asked how many were left in the back. Manager said yes to the limit and said there were only about 10 left in the back (there were two on the shelves).
I picked up a Grand Emporium before heading out. Nothing additional to really report other than all the Ultra Agents sets were there. I didn't see any Simpsons figures either.
I picked up a Grand Emporium before heading out. Nothing additional to really report other than all the Ultra Agents sets were there. I didn't see any Simpsons figures either.
BentBricks
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I stopped by yesterday to see if any new Simpson figs came back in. Nothing came in. That's two weeks in a row no new Simpsons shipments. I don't think they are completely gone yet. I guess LEGO may be doing an inventory and allocation check.
Checking on 3rd party sellers on eBay and Bricklink, prices haven't skyrocketed. They are close to or below MSRP (below if you don't get accessories). I think prices won't go up until it's known that LEGO is completely sold out.
BentBricks
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Awesome logo paying respect to classic space. You latest creation came out great using those Wargs. Are those streams crossing? I need to file a hair piece like you did, it looks so much better for Venkman.
Cube builds were interesting. I hope to make it to a LEGO convention someday.
Nice. I've been holding out waiting for one to show up but failed to check this morning. Hopefully another chance comes soon.
Yup, crossing the streams
Yeah the wargs look a little dodgy up close but they worked for the most part. I'm going to dismantle that model though for the next show, I wasn't really happy with it
RelentlessRolento
Member
cool, glad for the input. I'll be disassembling sets in a few minutes.
BentBricks
Member
Micro review: 70162: Infearno Interception
http://brickset.com/sets/70162-1/Infearno-Interception
Awesome!
I noticed the plastic on the megaphone was a dull red. It was more like the plastic they use for dynamite where there is no shine. I don't have other ones handy to see if they also don't have a shine, but I wouldn't expect non-brick type plastic on that part.
Also, the 1x1 trans orange round brick seemed dull too. It wasn't quite as bad as some clone trans bricks I've seen, but it was definitely not as shiny as other trans parts.
I'm interested if anyone else saw this or am I just imagining things.
Biggest highlight of the set is Infearno. I wish he was in the cheapest set so I could buy an army of that minifig. The red armor and trans orange flame "helmet" are great and I'm sure they will be very useful. If we never get an official Silver Surfer minifig, I will just use this minifig it's so awesome.
The build was very interesting. I liked how the front wheels were done. I won't be vrooming the car around though as I don't like to scuff up my parts. There's a lot of technic pieces, and some parts I think are new or rarely used. I'll check Brickset.com.
Yes, this part is new. I'm not sure how useful it will be.
http://brickset.com/parts/6066952
This is also new. Spoiler shaft.
http://brickset.com/parts/design-98834
This is a weird part, but apparently it's been around awhile.
LEGO Batman would like the parts in this set as there are plenty of nice black and grey elements. There's also an abundance of Tron trans blue parts which many aren't noticeable in the images as they are 1x1 or 1x2 used to detail the car throughout. I really like the greeble throughout the build.
It has a cool hover mode much like the Nick Fury's hover car in the Spider-Man: Spider-Cycle Chase set.
One thing I didn't like so much is the blunt front end. It uses the canopy in a reverse position and does it in a cool way, but the resulting front end isn't very cool looking. Very minor as it's not very visible.
I'm glad I didn't wait for a 20-30% sale on this set. I'll grab a few more if it ever hits 30+% off.
EDIT: Spoiler shaft was used in 1 Cars set so it's not that new.
http://brickset.com/sets/70162-1/Infearno-Interception
Awesome!
I noticed the plastic on the megaphone was a dull red. It was more like the plastic they use for dynamite where there is no shine. I don't have other ones handy to see if they also don't have a shine, but I wouldn't expect non-brick type plastic on that part.
Also, the 1x1 trans orange round brick seemed dull too. It wasn't quite as bad as some clone trans bricks I've seen, but it was definitely not as shiny as other trans parts.
I'm interested if anyone else saw this or am I just imagining things.
Biggest highlight of the set is Infearno. I wish he was in the cheapest set so I could buy an army of that minifig. The red armor and trans orange flame "helmet" are great and I'm sure they will be very useful. If we never get an official Silver Surfer minifig, I will just use this minifig it's so awesome.
The build was very interesting. I liked how the front wheels were done. I won't be vrooming the car around though as I don't like to scuff up my parts. There's a lot of technic pieces, and some parts I think are new or rarely used. I'll check Brickset.com.
Yes, this part is new. I'm not sure how useful it will be.
http://brickset.com/parts/6066952
This is also new. Spoiler shaft.
http://brickset.com/parts/design-98834
This is a weird part, but apparently it's been around awhile.
LEGO Batman would like the parts in this set as there are plenty of nice black and grey elements. There's also an abundance of Tron trans blue parts which many aren't noticeable in the images as they are 1x1 or 1x2 used to detail the car throughout. I really like the greeble throughout the build.
It has a cool hover mode much like the Nick Fury's hover car in the Spider-Man: Spider-Cycle Chase set.
One thing I didn't like so much is the blunt front end. It uses the canopy in a reverse position and does it in a cool way, but the resulting front end isn't very cool looking. Very minor as it's not very visible.
I'm glad I didn't wait for a 20-30% sale on this set. I'll grab a few more if it ever hits 30+% off.
EDIT: Spoiler shaft was used in 1 Cars set so it's not that new.
So . . . I bought the Sandcrawler during May The 4th . . . . it's been sitting it in's box since, and it will continue for another month until I move. I'm wondering if it's worth keeping (for those who've opened it and built it). Or should I put the money towards the modular houses? We have like half the houses, but this could buy a couple more . . . so I'm curious . . .
I hope you can see that film one day!
tiggerkiddo
Member
Ecto 1 definitely worth the price of admission and then some!
BentBricks
Member
Ewwwww! That's one play feature they never showed in the LEGO videos.
Micro review: 70162: Infearno Interception
http://brickset.com/sets/70162-1/Infearno-Interception
Awesome!
Thanks for that. Now I'm dead set on getting this one. I like the Ultra Agents line a lot but this one seems to be the most appealing to me. That Tron Cycle-car-whatever looks awesome
tiggerkiddo
Member
The Tron Cycle is worthy of a buy. I would also highly recommend it.
Benny finally joins Kenny and Lenny
Ok. That's gorgeous.
What Lego needs to do know is to hire you and pay you big bucks to design a new wave of Classic Space (Neo-Classic ?). Please.
RyanardoDaVinci
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They were available for about 2 days or so.
I managed to pick up Slumbo, Lunk, and Tentro at Target the other day. There were only about 6 series 2 bags left, stuck in a series 1 box of mostly red guys.
They were definitely in stock but an extremely short time. I placed an order for the whole series later in the day on June 1st while still showing as in stock. Later that week my other items showed up but with no mixels in the box and the packing slip showing those as being back orderd, which was news to me as regards to my order. But the next day another box showed up with my set of them so I don't know what the heck was going on with that. So they did have them at the start of the month.
HammerOfThor
Member
So I'm going to my first Lego convention at some point this weekend hopefully. Brickworld.
What should I expect?
What should I expect?
BentBricks
Member
The exclusive minifig for the upcoming Legends of Chima Encyclopedia has been revealed.
Firox from the Phoenix tribe. The book releases August 4th.
I like the minifig. Won't buy the book for it though. May bricklink it if under $5.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Same here, the minifig has a nice design but I don't care enough about the line to buy the book.
BentBricks
Member
Ah, so Amazon stopped accepting pre-orders, which explains why my pre-order hasn't been cancelled. Perhaps some of those that had their pre-orders cancelled was around the time Amazon stopped accepting them.
Amazon Stops Taking Advance Orders for Lego and Other Warner Videos
Amazon Stops Taking Advance Orders for Lego and Other Warner Videos
oneknightr
Member
Lord Business' Evil Lair is coming up as triple VIP points. Saw on another forum that this is good until the end of June. Does anyone know if other sets are coming up triple VIP?
Just a heads up, my brother snagged Pirate Ship Ambush for me from a Meijer today for 50% off ($50). No idea if that is a just a local clearance or if other Meijers are doing it as well.
SiegfriedFM
Member
I finished Spaceship^3... and what a set! It's even a bit unfair getting this at the same time as Ecto-1. I mean, Ecto-1 is awesome but this ship might be one of the best sets ever! So much detail going into it. The wing extension feature is flawless. And as someone who was in time to get at least a few of the blue/gray Classic Space sets, this is marvellous.
I even went and built a display stand for it. Since I'm not a Star Wars guy I haven't needed to do that before, but this requires one. I've managed to get a decent angle to it, but I'm a little afraid of it collapsing. It feels sturdy enough but this is also a huge ship. I guess I'll place it on a soft surface and if it hasn't collapsed when I get back home tomorrow, it's safe.
You Lego engineers out there, is this safe? I'd think that the masts can take a bit of weight and there's a combined (pinned together) total of 32 studs holding the things to the baseplate.
Also, I got the Baxter robot mostly for pieces and to complete my turtles, but it looks much better in person than in pictures. I might use it as a base for some custom robot.
I even went and built a display stand for it. Since I'm not a Star Wars guy I haven't needed to do that before, but this requires one. I've managed to get a decent angle to it, but I'm a little afraid of it collapsing. It feels sturdy enough but this is also a huge ship. I guess I'll place it on a soft surface and if it hasn't collapsed when I get back home tomorrow, it's safe.
You Lego engineers out there, is this safe? I'd think that the masts can take a bit of weight and there's a combined (pinned together) total of 32 studs holding the things to the baseplate.
Also, I got the Baxter robot mostly for pieces and to complete my turtles, but it looks much better in person than in pictures. I might use it as a base for some custom robot.
BentBricks
Member
Been slow around here lately.
A nice Steam Punk version of GhostBusters
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bausteineck/14210519389/
A nice Steam Punk version of GhostBusters
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bausteineck/14210519389/