Supa Necta
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LEGO |OT 3| Build Hard. Buy Fast. No Mercy.
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PalaceBrother
Member
Bunch of enablers in this thread.
"Oh look, you can get another Spaceman and mini-camper van if you order TODAY"
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
"Oh look, you can get another Spaceman and mini-camper van if you order TODAY"
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
PalaceBrother
Member
I agree, but given the popularity of the SW droids (Astromechs are excluded from my argument...for some reason) I've given them a mental pass. In my mind, it's disingenuous to present a brick-built character as a "minifigure".
ColonelSkills
Member
I really like that shelving. What kind is it, and from where?
Supa Necta
Banned
Bunch of enablers in this thread.
"Oh look, you can get another Spaceman and mini-camper van if you order TODAY"
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
Hah. My bad. My rationale was that the mini VW is going for $50 on eBay.
Love the display.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
First off, I need the AT-AT. Damn, it looks sexy.
Second, the UCS B-Wing is a sexy beast too.
Third, is that Y-Wing stand attached through the holes on the side of the ship like mine was the other year?
cassidyarch
Neo Member
That SW shelving display is gorgeous.
Totally random thought. LEGO did the generic "Castle" theme, soon to be followed up by the generic "Pirates" theme. What if next up is a generic "Space" theme. No Galaxy Squad, no Space Police, no factions, just generic "Space" with classic spacemen.
I didn't like the generic Castle line (except for the dragon set), and I'm not over the moon about the new Pirates line (although I do want an army of bluecoats). But I'd go bananas for generic "Space".
The classic lines were Town, Castle, Pirates, Space. According to the Brickset database, named themes (like Aquazone) didn't start showing up until around 1995. All through the 80s and early 90s, it was Town, Space, Pirates, Castle. What if those generic Castle and Pirates lines are already throwback nods to those early themed sets?
Generic "Space", I want it.
Totally random thought. LEGO did the generic "Castle" theme, soon to be followed up by the generic "Pirates" theme. What if next up is a generic "Space" theme. No Galaxy Squad, no Space Police, no factions, just generic "Space" with classic spacemen.
I didn't like the generic Castle line (except for the dragon set), and I'm not over the moon about the new Pirates line (although I do want an army of bluecoats). But I'd go bananas for generic "Space".
The classic lines were Town, Castle, Pirates, Space. According to the Brickset database, named themes (like Aquazone) didn't start showing up until around 1995. All through the 80s and early 90s, it was Town, Space, Pirates, Castle. What if those generic Castle and Pirates lines are already throwback nods to those early themed sets?
Generic "Space", I want it.
PalaceBrother
Member
Thanks! Basic Ikea shelves, randomly added to as I get more sets. No idea what they're called, but I suspect an umlaut may be involved. Thus far my wife has yet to realize that the volume of sets has increased (2 years and counting). This month`s play has been to box up all of the minifigures and focus on set displays, thereby reducing the clutter and convincing her that there's simply far fewer LEGO sets in the office.
$50!?
...are you serious? For real?
This will be my fourth mini Camper and haven't opened any yet. I figured they went for $10-$12 at this point.
Did you miss out on the super limited run of Jesus resurrection sets? They go for a lot these days. The flick-fire boulder-move feature seemed gimicky at first but the kids just love it. I wish Mary Magdalene didn't glow in the dark though...seems out of place.
I really, really like the At At. I think the scale of the new set is perfect as it can be posed in so many viable positions.
I know I've said it before, but the UCS B-Wing is still my favorite SW build yet. None of my other SW sets come close. The Malevolence may be a distant second.
My Y-Wing stand is a roadmap of horrors. I have zero creativity, but no it doesn't attach in any way. I used some random Technic beams to rest the set on an angle....if I was more enterprising I would totally redesign it.
Jables Swan
Member
Bunch of enablers in this thread.
"Oh look, you can get another Spaceman and mini-camper van if you order TODAY"
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
Love the Star Wars display. Can you show us a close up of the stand you've built for the ISD? I need to do that.
BentBricks
Member
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0067LZHAE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
I really liked the spacemen minifigs for the theme and aliens were decent.
70706 Crater Creeper
My kids liked playing with this one. Some nice parts in trans red and dark red, but I have no idea what to do with the other parts.
70702 Warp Stinger
It looks nice, but it's not swooshable and tail doesn't have any articulation.
70703 Star Slicer
This may be the only set I don't have. I might have it in my backlog, but I don't know. O_O
The other sets of this theme are much better ones. I really liked the Mech.
I'd pass on these if the minifigs and bugs don't call to you. The fact you have to ask when it's 50% off kinda says you won't lose any sleep missing out on them or see a lot of reusable parts you would use.
Trojan Basket by Bent Bricks, on Flickr
So these sets are on offer at half price at a store near me, I've never gotten any galaxy squad sets, anyone got any opinions on them?
Those are probably the three weakest sets of the Galaxy Squad theme. Of the three, I would say that the 70706 Crater Creeper is the best.
Strange, it's still working for me atm. Sorry about that
PM me a mail adress and I'll send you the archive if you're still interessed.
On a side note, the double VIP points for October and the 40106 Elves's workshop have been confirmed for Europe (well, France anyway) so yeah.
Elves's workshop will be available from October 15th to 31st for the usual 55 and more.
Jeff Vader
Member
After what felt like an eternity I finished my 4x4 crawler earlier today and took it for a test drive through my house. But man are my fingers sore from pushing all those pins and axels though the spots. I'm not sure if I wanna slap on the stickers but overall I really feel like I got my money's worth.
WordAssassin
Member
So these sets are on offer at half price at a store near me, I've never gotten any galaxy squad sets, anyone got any opinions on them?
I don't own the middle one just yet but I have the top and bottom ones. The top one is great. It's a good army set, I wanted to get at least two of them before my store sold out but, I missed out.
Bottom one, Star Slicer, is both awesome and not awesome. It's REALLY big, and it's the only set to come with that little red bug minifigure. However, it's REALLY big, and it's not very easy to play with.. I was also disappointed to find that it rests on its stomach, not on its legs.
However... that didn't stop me from buying three of them when for some mixed up reason Lego sent us a case after retiring them and they rang up for $10 ($5) each.
Shit, I thought I bought a lot but it feels like you are making up for lost time even worse than me. You must have a few hundred sets already. How many in the last year?
On Sept 29th in the US and CA you can get some speial edition Ghost Busters 30th Anniversary DONUTS at Krispy Kreme, complete with special box
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89nQAWH92ug
Mmmmmmmm...
only semi LEGO related, but what better way to celebrate than to become your own version of Slimer as you scarf these down?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89nQAWH92ug
Mmmmmmmm...
only semi LEGO related, but what better way to celebrate than to become your own version of Slimer as you scarf these down?
Looks a lot like the shed from the Christmas Cottage two years back.
I'm still awaiting some parts in the right colour to finish it off properly but I pieced together that Tumbler I found on LEGO Ideas last week. Here it is next to my old design, it's much bigger but it's far more accurate to the film and fits 2 minifigs. I think it's time to retire my old bad boy for the new successor, it had a good run, 6 years since I made it and it was the first thing I made coming out of my dark age but this new design really kicks it's arse and will look great in the batcave when it's complete
Here's the link to the LEGO Ideas page for it and instructions if anyone else wants to build it.
MrPressStart
Member
Bunch of enablers in this thread.
"Oh look, you can get another Spaceman and mini-camper van if you order TODAY"
The last couple of months has been bad.
I think I'm 400 deep in the last 20 days.
Y'all need Jesus.
Can you show more pictures of your lego wall setup? I am digging those shelves... do they come in white? Where did you get them from?
MrPressStart
Member
So my Mother in law ordered the VW camper van from the Lego online store. Can anyone confirm if in deed you do get a spaceman, chima fire bike and the mini VW camper van with the purchase. I don't get to open it until Christmas. Thanks!
PalaceBrother
Member
If you check the post above yours you'll see that my invoice does at least indicate that all three are included. Hopefully they'll really be in the box.
PalaceBrother
Member
Yep. It's nothing special, but I'll post a pic today. It's at least better than what's holding up the Sith Fury, Malevolance & the X-Wing, that's for sure.
I'm still awaiting some parts in the right colour to finish it off properly but I pieced together that Tumbler I found on LEGO Ideas last week. Here it is next to my old design, it's much bigger but it's far more accurate to the film and fits 2 minifigs. I think it's time to retire my old bad boy for the new successor, it had a good run, 6 years since I made it and it was the first thing I made coming out of my dark age but this new design really kicks it's arse and will look great in the batcave when it's complete
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2610740/Lego/newtumbler_01.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2610740/Lego/newtumbler_02.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
What about set 7888? I haven't really noticed it until recently but it looks fairly decent.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/2dIkjIy.jpg
SillyEskimo
Member
What about set 7888? I haven't really noticed it until recently but it looks fairly decent.
Needs more flick missiles
oneknightr
Member
Hey PalaceBrother, awesome setup! Looks great when each set has its own shelf.
On a side note, does anyone here have the new AT-AT and the motorized AT-AT? I would love to see a comparison shot of the two next to each other. I had the motorized one but sold it about a year ago...been kind of regretting it. Wanted to see if the new one is bigger or not.
On a side note, does anyone here have the new AT-AT and the motorized AT-AT? I would love to see a comparison shot of the two next to each other. I had the motorized one but sold it about a year ago...been kind of regretting it. Wanted to see if the new one is bigger or not.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
From Brickset's review of the set.
In chronological order. The newest version being all the way on the right.
battousai11
Member
I'm still awaiting some parts in the right colour to finish it off properly but I pieced together that Tumbler I found on LEGO Ideas last week. Here it is next to my old design, it's much bigger but it's far more accurate to the film and fits 2 minifigs. I think it's time to retire my old bad boy for the new successor, it had a good run, 6 years since I made it and it was the first thing I made coming out of my dark age but this new design really kicks it's arse and will look great in the batcave when it's complete
Have you looked at the tumbler that came with LEGO 7888? I thought that was minifig scale.
Oh, didn't see someone posted it already; the reason I thought about it was because I just bricklinked all the parts for it.
BentBricks
Member
What about set 7888? I haven't really noticed it until recently but it looks fairly decent.
That ice cream cone is quite inadequate
BentBricks
Member
LEGO Marvel 75th Anniversary Magazine by tormentalous, on Flickr
*drool*
Sooooo many Super Hero minifigs that LEGO can still make. Not only that, but there are costume variations.
I love that Squirrel Girl is in the picture.
Thanos with extra hand which looks like Infinite Gauntlet please!
Iceman minifig so I can make him and Elsa minidoll make out.
PalaceBrother
Member
I love seeing which minor characters TLG chooses to include in their $25 sets. I guess Decool will have to fill the rest in....
Depends on your country. In Europe you get nothing at all this month.
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
Sometimes I wonder why LEGO doesn't just make Sentinel/Galactus alarm clocks so we can have a HUGE FIGURE.
MrPressStart
Member
North America. The reason I ask is because I thought the VW mini van promo was only when the VW van first came out (sorta like the mini cooper mini promo)
Jeff Vader
Member
Because it makes too much sense.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Only if we get a clock for Anti-Monitor as well.
They could expand and make The Watcher baby cams.
PalaceBrother
Member
I think the promo actually happened well after the Camper's release
Edit: Yep. The promo showed up last September, but the actual camper set is from September 2011.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Well, they have sworn not to interfere.
PalaceBrother
Member
Potato photo incoming:
It's actually two pieces, they're not connected. It could be vastly improved by both connecting the legs together & adding tiles to the top so it isn't actually locked in.
