SillyEskimo
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That's the problem with limited edition bullshit. I would also wager most people that landed them will not even open them.
What a waste.
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That's the problem with limited edition bullshit. I would also wager most people that landed them will not even open them.
What a waste.
Christ, looks like i'm going to have to bite the bullet on the last 3 hobbit sets I am missing including Battle of 5 armies and The Lonely Mountain. I called like 30 different walmarts, Meijers, Targets, and some independents in the central Ohio region and not only do none of them have those 3 on sale but they don't even have them in stock anymore and won't be getting them back. Many of them only got 2 or 3 sets back when it came out they said and never got restock.
Guess I am going to have to bit the bullet and pay full price on Amazon which I have NEVER had to do before. Looking at Brickset statistics, they are actually pretty highly owned sets (except for The Lonely Mountain) I don't want to risk missing out on a Dragon that will obviously be pricy in the future
Also based on your guys worries, I picked up that Walmart exclusive and while I was at that walmart (They had like 60 raptor sets, an entire aisle display shelf), I picked up a bunch of other sets that were on clearance including the rest of the first 2 waves of Ultra Agents I wanted and some technic sets for gears and rotors and stuff and to teach myself techniques
. I will list my current July haul later just because its unusually big.
Guess I am going to have to bit the bullet and pay full price on Amazon which I have NEVER had to do before. Looking at Brickset statistics, they are actually pretty highly owned sets (except for The Lonely Mountain) I don't want to risk missing out on a Dragon that will obviously be pricy in the future
Also based on your guys worries, I picked up that Walmart exclusive and while I was at that walmart (They had like 60 raptor sets, an entire aisle display shelf), I picked up a bunch of other sets that were on clearance including the rest of the first 2 waves of Ultra Agents I wanted and some technic sets for gears and rotors and stuff and to teach myself techniques
. I will list my current July haul later just because its unusually big.tiggerkiddo
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I find it hilarious the SDCC sets are going for so much. The minifigs I can understand but the sets don't even have any exclusive minifigs.
TheSecondSpitter
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I'm no expert on lego parts, but i'm sure the Action Comics set can be bricklinked for < $20
BentBricks
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Christ, looks like i'm going to have to bite the bullet on the last 3 hobbit sets I am missing including Battle of 5 armies and The Lonely Mountain. I called like 30 different walmarts, Meijers, Targets, and some independents in the central Ohio region and not only do none of them have those 3 on sale but they don't even have them in stock anymore and won't be getting them back. Many of them only got 2 or 3 sets back when it came out they said and never got restock.
Guess I am going to have to bit the bullet and pay full price on Amazon which I have NEVER had to do before. Looking at Brickset statistics, they are actually pretty highly owned sets (except for The Lonely Mountain) I don't want to risk missing out on a Dragon that will obviously be pricy in the future
Also based on your guys worries, I picked up that Walmart exclusive and while I was at that walmart (They had like 60 raptor sets, an entire aisle display shelf), I picked up a bunch of other sets that were on clearance including the rest of the first 2 waves of Ultra Agents I wanted and some technic sets for gears and rotors and stuff and to teach myself techniques
Thanks for the heads up. I'm gonna order it on Amazon right now. It's 4% below MSRP so you won't be paying full price.
You could order through LEGO S@H and get 5% back in VIP points plus the freebie polybag bonus (~$5 value). Order confirmed.
I'll definitely snag 1 more if it ever goes on sale, but even if it did it probably would be snapped up and sold out before I got to it like the 20% in-store sale I missed awhile back.
SillyEskimo
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Ant Man set built!
So much better than it looks via the box art. I'm happy I picked it up. Including Hank Pym was unnecessary (he's not on any box art, only his minifig in the corner), but I'm really happy to see him. He looks great. All 3 figs are phenomenal, but the flying ant deserves praise as well. All the transparencies within the helmets are impressive. It's very intricate and subtle and sets them apart from other minifigs.
Now I need to do that tiny fig...
So much better than it looks via the box art. I'm happy I picked it up. Including Hank Pym was unnecessary (he's not on any box art, only his minifig in the corner), but I'm really happy to see him. He looks great. All 3 figs are phenomenal, but the flying ant deserves praise as well. All the transparencies within the helmets are impressive. It's very intricate and subtle and sets them apart from other minifigs.
Now I need to do that tiny fig...
SillyEskimo
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The Bootleg Avengers
And my decent tiny Ant Man attempt:
I have enough heroes and villians to make lots of group shots and alternative teams now.
And my decent tiny Ant Man attempt:
I have enough heroes and villians to make lots of group shots and alternative teams now.
SillyEskimo
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I also believe I am the first person to update the Ghostbusters Lego set with the upcoming all female version that is now shooting.
BentBricks
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The Bootleg Avengers
And my decent tiny Ant Man attempt:
I have enough heroes and villians to make lots of group shots and alternative teams now.
Dat Thor helmet! Custom micro Antman looks great from a distance.
SillyEskimo
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He's not too terrible from a distance.
MrPressStart
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I also believe I am the first person to update the Ghostbusters Lego set with the upcoming all female version that is now shooting.
Forgive me for asking... But is that shit?
Jables Swan
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tiggerkiddo
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Wish they would show off some of the new Star Wars sets but I guess that will wait.
Jables Swan
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^ Beautiful
PhoncipleBone
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Shiny and chrome.
I understand that LEGO can't release a chrome Phasma as a main figure, but hopefully next year sees a chromed promo version.
These are Mexico factory leaks, so they are incomplete (many have incorrect or solid black minifigure heads), so the possibility of a cape (and more individualized weaponry) is strong.
Jables Swan
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We definitely need new blasters to match the great new style.
DrForester
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Not going to lie, just for the LOL, I kind of wish Phasma had the female minigif body outline.
BentBricks
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Black umbilical cord one is interesting. Looks cool, but helmet will not be very reusable.
My favorite is the pearl silver trooper in the middle. Wouldn't mind an army of those.
Not liking the white troop much. If that's the one missing some sort of cape, maybe it may look better.
The silver trooper (Captain Phasma) should have cape. The white trooper is a Flametrooper and (probably) should have a back-tank and a flamethrower instead of a blaster rifle.
Not sure how any of the helmets would be very re-usable though, they're Star Wars things and that would stick out.
Unless you're thinking like custom Star Wars minifig, say a black-armored Stormtrooper and use the TIE pilot hlemet to represent that?
Makes a good scuba trooper though. An air-tank (the standard two-tank version with nothing extra works probably best) and flippers... Yeah, it would look nice i think.
TheSecondSpitter
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I bit the bullet and bought one for $250 ..... this thread is potentially a very dangerous place.
RyanardoDaVinci
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Today was the first time I have ever seen a set for 50% off, the Chima Phoenix Temple.
I would've bought it for the parts but I'm saving for a PS4.
I would've bought it for the parts but I'm saving for a PS4.
TheSecondSpitter
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Anybody own a UCS Sandcrawler? I'm interested in your thoughts...
I own it but haven't built it yet so I can't help you :/ I look forward to building it though!
I need to buy it... damn, I need to buy it!
But I'm going to wait it out. Maybe next year. I have to see how drained I'm going to be after the raid on my bank account later this year with all the stuff coming out.
After a few quiet months leading up to Brickworld, I went all out on purchases the last week and a half due to all the streams crossing.
July purchases so far:
The Hobbit
-79012 Mirkwood Elf Army
-79015 Witch King Battle
-79016 Attack on Lake-town
-79017 The Battle of the Five Armies
-79018 The Lonely Mountain
Jurassic world
-75920 Raptor Escape
Star Wars
-75078 Imperial Troop Transport
-75081 T-16 Skyhopper
Marvel
-76020 Knowhere Escape Mission
-76021 The Milano Spaceship Rescue
Ultra Agents
-70168 Drillex Diamond Job
-70169 Agent Stealth Patrol
Technic
-2x 42020 Twin Rotor Helicopter
-42025 Cargo Plane
-10 Large Pick a Brick cups
-10,000 brick lugbulk order arrived and had to be paid for
-10 bricklink orders totaling $350
Will be awesome once I have all the bulk sorted and added to the inventory database. So much additional material to build with.
While I was updating brickset I looked at some of my collection statistics.
Sets owned by year now:
2008: 12
2009: 35
2010: 48
2011: 67
2012: 84
2013: 105
2014: 125 + 12 wanted
2015: 47 + 69 wanted (includes a bunch of dimensions stuff which will probably replace mixils and cmf since classic style cmf is only like 2 times a year now.)
It is possible still that I could buy more 2015 sets than I did 2014 sets since those wanted numbers do not include force awakens sets or monster cmf which is like another 16 and 8 sets.
My top 5 themes for piece count (based on one copy of each set so mine is not completely accurate as I own many duplicates of advanced models and creator sets.:
1. Advanced Models
2. Star Wars
3. City
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. The Lego Movie
Themes I am the most complete on:
1. The Lego Movie 82%
2. Mixels 80%
3. CMF 78%
4. The Lord of the Rings 71%
5. The Hobbit 66%
Edit: remarkably, even with the constant increase in number of sets from each year I buy, the amount I spend stays relatively constant according to the charts. I am not sure if it counts when I have purchased multiple modulars and so on, though.
July purchases so far:
The Hobbit
-79012 Mirkwood Elf Army
-79015 Witch King Battle
-79016 Attack on Lake-town
-79017 The Battle of the Five Armies
-79018 The Lonely Mountain
Jurassic world
-75920 Raptor Escape
Star Wars
-75078 Imperial Troop Transport
-75081 T-16 Skyhopper
Marvel
-76020 Knowhere Escape Mission
-76021 The Milano Spaceship Rescue
Ultra Agents
-70168 Drillex Diamond Job
-70169 Agent Stealth Patrol
Technic
-2x 42020 Twin Rotor Helicopter
-42025 Cargo Plane
-10 Large Pick a Brick cups
-10,000 brick lugbulk order arrived and had to be paid for
-10 bricklink orders totaling $350
Will be awesome once I have all the bulk sorted and added to the inventory database. So much additional material to build with.
While I was updating brickset I looked at some of my collection statistics.
Sets owned by year now:
2008: 12
2009: 35
2010: 48
2011: 67
2012: 84
2013: 105
2014: 125 + 12 wanted
2015: 47 + 69 wanted (includes a bunch of dimensions stuff which will probably replace mixils and cmf since classic style cmf is only like 2 times a year now.)
It is possible still that I could buy more 2015 sets than I did 2014 sets since those wanted numbers do not include force awakens sets or monster cmf which is like another 16 and 8 sets.
My top 5 themes for piece count (based on one copy of each set so mine is not completely accurate as I own many duplicates of advanced models and creator sets.:
1. Advanced Models
2. Star Wars
3. City
4. The Lord of the Rings
5. The Lego Movie
Themes I am the most complete on:
1. The Lego Movie 82%
2. Mixels 80%
3. CMF 78%
4. The Lord of the Rings 71%
5. The Hobbit 66%
Edit: remarkably, even with the constant increase in number of sets from each year I buy, the amount I spend stays relatively constant according to the charts. I am not sure if it counts when I have purchased multiple modulars and so on, though.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Zombies 2.0. But I feel this set will increase in value much faster since it has two exclusive dinosaurs. The dinos would command a good dollar anyways, but now you add super rarity to it and it will be crazy.
Lonely Mountain at $5 off! Whoo hoo!
But on a serious note: Quinjet. It's all about that Quinjet.
I wonder if this is in response to the 20% off sale Toys R Us is having right now.
yea, not that one, hehe. Actually I was looking at Battle of Five Armies for $52. That's mostly for figs for most people though so not sure. I'm looking at the parts for my Bank moc though so I think i'm going to bite, and I need a Bard and Thorin fig.
Found another, Shuttle Tydirium for $84. That one might get some attention.
I'm thinking of getting the shuttle and a 2nd Avengers tower.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Wait, you have the UCS Imperial Shuttle and haven't opened it? Open it! Bask in its magnificence and enormity.
Oh, and it is the most brutal kind of set as well. No numbered bags!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Just finished Indominus Rex Breakout, and it was a pretty nice set. I like how it uses the mech joint pieces to get the angles and hinges for the walls, and that it is a uniquely shaped enclosure in the end instead of just four walls and a door on one of them.
Aside from the joints used as hinges on the walls, there weren't any unique techniques of note in the build. It was a rather solid build from beginning to end, and has tons of useful pieces if you are making building MOCs.
The Indominus Rex is obviously the standout of the set. The pictures don't do the dino justice, as it is so much cooler in person than the box leads you to believe. And it even has posable hands because the wrists rotate.
For the price, this set is actually pretty fairly priced. 1156pcs for $130. That is only a slight markup considering that you get mostly unique figures, and one unique dino that most likely won't show up in anything else. Top it off that there are many larger bricks (like walls and fences) in decent quantities in the set, and that it is a licensed set it doesn't seem like that bad of a deal in the end. Especially compared to the earlier Dino series.
It is funny that both flagship sets for Dino and Jurassic World are just enclosures for a dinosaur.
Are there better sets for the price of this one? Of course. You could spend $20 more and get a modular with nearly twice as many bricks and a better build. But those don't come with a giant dinosaur figure.
In the end, as with all the JW sets, it is just a glorified parts pack I justified buying to get bricks and dinosaurs and not much else.
Aside from the joints used as hinges on the walls, there weren't any unique techniques of note in the build. It was a rather solid build from beginning to end, and has tons of useful pieces if you are making building MOCs.
The Indominus Rex is obviously the standout of the set. The pictures don't do the dino justice, as it is so much cooler in person than the box leads you to believe. And it even has posable hands because the wrists rotate.
For the price, this set is actually pretty fairly priced. 1156pcs for $130. That is only a slight markup considering that you get mostly unique figures, and one unique dino that most likely won't show up in anything else. Top it off that there are many larger bricks (like walls and fences) in decent quantities in the set, and that it is a licensed set it doesn't seem like that bad of a deal in the end. Especially compared to the earlier Dino series.
It is funny that both flagship sets for Dino and Jurassic World are just enclosures for a dinosaur.
Are there better sets for the price of this one? Of course. You could spend $20 more and get a modular with nearly twice as many bricks and a better build. But those don't come with a giant dinosaur figure.
In the end, as with all the JW sets, it is just a glorified parts pack I justified buying to get bricks and dinosaurs and not much else.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Best JW set for the money is the dilophosaur set. It isn't amazing, but it is the best bang for buck of the series.
SillyEskimo
Member
I have zero desire for the JW sets, so it's chinese dinosaurs for me!
I want a T-Rex so now you have my attention. Any particular good ones you've seen?
SillyEskimo
Member
I saw a pack of dinos on aliexpress the other day when I was looking to see if any new superhero figs were out. I don't think a trex was in the mix.
Edit: quick search with cell turned up this
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/323932...nifigures&tracelog=wwwdetail2mobilesitedetail
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