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LEGO |OT 4| EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
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PhoncipleBone
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Mother of god...
Now add Monster Fighters to the mix and theme of the forever!
sigh....
Hello LEGOGAF, I humbly come to you for help.
I teach high school science (biology/environmental sci), and I'm looking for some cool, minimalist desk decorations. Namely, something LEGO.
Last year I kept a Nanoblocks elephant out in the open, but he was super fragile and kids had to be relatively close to appreciate it.
So. I looked around at Target and it seems everything is branded. Cool, I could rock a Hobbit or Star Wars figure, but none of them caught my interest
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Amazon searches show TONS of these sets, but if anyone could give me a little bit more direction, I would appreciate it. Something low key and serene if possible.
Thanks!
Hello LEGOGAF, I humbly come to you for help.
I teach high school science (biology/environmental sci), and I'm looking for some cool, minimalist desk decorations. Namely, something LEGO.
Last year I kept a Nanoblocks elephant out in the open, but he was super fragile and kids had to be relatively close to appreciate it.
So. I looked around at Target and it seems everything is branded. Cool, I could rock a Hobbit or Star Wars figure, but none of them caught my interest
and the majority were from the newer movies, but I digress
Amazon searches show TONS of these sets, but if anyone could give me a little bit more direction, I would appreciate it. Something low key and serene if possible.
Thanks!
What about an Architecture set?
The Louvre is coming out at the start of September.
or, the LEGO Ideas Birds set, which is out now...
tiggerkiddo
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We need an Architecture set of the Hagia Sopia.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I was about to say Research Institute, but it is already out of print.
If you wait until September 1st there is the upcoming Wall-E set. Or perhaps get Ghostbusters Ecto-1, designed by GAFs own Wetwired.
Architecture sets are a good idea as well, and easily found too. Ghostmind is on point with that.
Might I also recommend Hulkbuster. It is a good price, a great build, super duper posable, and sturdy as hell.
Thanks for the responses guys!
I would love an architecture set, but the few I keep checking out (falling water and the japanese temples) are about double my budget.
ghostmind, that bird set looks awesome and I think I can swing that.
PhoncipleBone, Wall-E would be EXCELLENT, especially considering my content area. Going check prices, hope I'm not in for a shock...
Edit - Order placed. 21301 Birds Model Kit and a Manta Ray from Nanoblocks, both arriving for Tuesday.
I would love an architecture set, but the few I keep checking out (falling water and the japanese temples) are about double my budget.
ghostmind, that bird set looks awesome and I think I can swing that.
PhoncipleBone, Wall-E would be EXCELLENT, especially considering my content area. Going check prices, hope I'm not in for a shock...
Edit - Order placed. 21301 Birds Model Kit and a Manta Ray from Nanoblocks, both arriving for Tuesday.
PhoncipleBone
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Good call on Birds. It is a classy looking set.
Wall-E is going to be about $60. If you want Architecture in that price range, White House is a fantastic set. Others on here speak very highly of the UN Headquarters, but I do not have it yet myself.
But do look at the OP for some set recommendations. They are broken down by price point (as of the time of the thread creation), and were compiled by asking for recommendations by the regulars here. Most everything in there comes very recommended.
If by some strange coincidence you stumble upon a Lex Luthor Power Armor set from 2012 at a reasonable price, snag it. MSRP was $20, and that set is kind of a baseline for inexpensive sets that deliver the goods on here. Hulkbuster is the new Lex Power Armor around here.
Wall-E is going to be about $60. If you want Architecture in that price range, White House is a fantastic set. Others on here speak very highly of the UN Headquarters, but I do not have it yet myself.
But do look at the OP for some set recommendations. They are broken down by price point (as of the time of the thread creation), and were compiled by asking for recommendations by the regulars here. Most everything in there comes very recommended.
If by some strange coincidence you stumble upon a Lex Luthor Power Armor set from 2012 at a reasonable price, snag it. MSRP was $20, and that set is kind of a baseline for inexpensive sets that deliver the goods on here. Hulkbuster is the new Lex Power Armor around here.
Phon ain't joking about being an enabler, I have bought a bunch of sets over the last year. It has slowed down but I lately I have bought a lot more sets. Just got the Architecture White House and have saved up the cash for the new Star Wars sets.
What is the game plan for everyone for September 4th? Going to TRUs or hoping that Shop@home will have them?
What is the game plan for everyone for September 4th? Going to TRUs or hoping that Shop@home will have them?
Jeff Vader
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I want my instant gratification so I plan on leaving work and heading to TRU to get the set with Captain Phasma.
UN headquarters is really nice. Lots of clean lines but also some neat snot work to create walkways/ entrances etc. I also bought trevi fountain but haven't built it yet. Liking the look of the horses
Winnie the Pimp
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PhoncipleBone
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Alrighty, LEGO GAF. I went by TRU and snagged the final Hive Crawlers that were on clearance for $20. Anyone on here interested in it? One of them is for Amiibro, and I have already been in contact with him.
If anyone else wants the second one, just let me know. I am just looking for a trade of similar value to what I paid plus shipping. Or a gift card or something. Either way, an even steven swap.
EDIT: And it is now spoken for.
If anyone else wants the second one, just let me know. I am just looking for a trade of similar value to what I paid plus shipping. Or a gift card or something. Either way, an even steven swap.
EDIT: And it is now spoken for.
BentBricks
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I second LEGO Ideas bird set. Architecture sets are nice too, but they are pricey for what you get.
LEGO Creator sets have nice brick built animals or nice little house scenes.
http://www.lego.com/en-us/creator
Mixels are nice interesting builds. They run $5 each.
http://www.lego.com/en-us/mixels/products/series-5
You could always go old school and just get classic creative brick boxes. They have a book of things you can build with mostly basic bricks.
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Classic-ByTheme
Ghostbusters set is cool. It was created by a regular poster, wetwired, in this thread.
Scooby Doo and/or the "Halloween" minifig series would be great for the fall.
You could then get things like the gingerbread house or other xmas sets leading into the holidays.
There are also the Christmas advent calendars that have micro builds or a minifig for each day.
Wall-E
This is serene
but extremely pricey and large
PhoncipleBone
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Target here finally had the series 14 figures out this morning. They were on the bottom two pegs of the display with the Minecraft blind bags. So everything on the display was black, which made it hard to tell if they had the LEGO figures unless you looked really closely.
I grabbed 16 bags blindly. I am only missing the two zombies, pirate, mad scientist, and skeleton suit guy. For duplicates in the blind grab I got three Sasquatch figures, two spider ladies, two gargoyles, and two plant monsters. Spider Lady is meh for duplicate. Very happy about multiple gargoyles though.
Next trip I will take my time and feel things out, but getting two thirds of the figures in one blind grab isn't bad, especially for a series that many of them I want multiples.
I grabbed 16 bags blindly. I am only missing the two zombies, pirate, mad scientist, and skeleton suit guy. For duplicates in the blind grab I got three Sasquatch figures, two spider ladies, two gargoyles, and two plant monsters. Spider Lady is meh for duplicate. Very happy about multiple gargoyles though.
Next trip I will take my time and feel things out, but getting two thirds of the figures in one blind grab isn't bad, especially for a series that many of them I want multiples.
PhoncipleBone
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When?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
September 1st I hope. Makes padding the Wall-E order easier to get free shipping.
Winnie the Pimp
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are those just orange "head" pieces for pumpkins or do they actually have printing on them as you can KIND of spot a little on the left side of the left pumpkin...
They don't look printed, which is too bad since there is a printed Jack O' Lantern part in previous sets.
PhoncipleBone
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They don't look printed, which is too bad since there is a printed Jack O' Lantern part in previous sets.
Or just use the new jack o lantern heads from the Scooby sets.
BentBricks
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They are nailing it with these small seasonal sets the past couple years.
Lots of nice parts packed into such a small set. Black door, new sprout plant thingies, bucket, broom, witch hat, etc.
Yeah, disappointed in the lack of printing on the pumpkins, but I'm sure cost was a factor. Scooby Doo pumpkin heads would be even better, but I'm sure the cost for those is even higher than the printing.
Should be 9.99 at LEGO stores but will sell out in the first week probably. Even the halloween bat from last year sold out long before Halloween
Gotta say i'm kinda cold on this. No real unique pieces from what I see, not enough to do anything with anyways. I mean, using a generic bucket when they could have at least used that new neat trick or treat bucket with that CMF 14 fig. Generic skeleton, generic orange heads for pumpkins. Only one useful fig and its meh, they could have done better to make a trick or treater fig. I'm not gonna go outta my way to get it but I will prioritize other things like the CMF line over it. Hoping the other sets are better like the last ones.
BentBricks
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I wonder if someone will complain how "curvy" the girl witch is. It wasn't apparent on the front where the bucket is covering her.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Welcome!
my complaint is that her costume sucks
There appears to be some kind of dress or skirt but the legs don't show it. poor choice of torso.
BentBricks
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One of the best builders I follow. Whenever there is a new part, builders love to put it to use and possibly be the first to use it in a new way.
Lots of NPU and the new airjitsu domes make an excellent hour glass.
Lots of NPU and the new airjitsu domes make an excellent hour glass.
Damn nice Hourglass!
Winnie the Pimp
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on second thought. you're not wrong there... as usual Lego sets a LOT of the mood here with it's box art/background printing
75105 Force Awakens Millennium Falcon review:
http://www.northerndtool.com/my-blog/legostarwars75105-millenniumfalcon
http://www.northerndtool.com/my-blog/legostarwars75105-millenniumfalcon
BentBricks
Member
Definitely getting that!
I have the previous incarnation/release of it, but it's stilled in my backlog in a sealed box. Anyone have 7965: Millennium Falcon to compare to the new one? They look very similar with some tweeks such as the new circle plate with the hole in it. The "jets" on the new version is pretty cool. Looks like it will be a pain to put all those trans light blue pieces on a long tube.
http://brickset.com/sets/7965-1/Millennium-Falcon
PhoncipleBone
Banned
It looks like the build is like 90% similar to 7965, with the front teeth and sides looking better and more detailed. 7965 was a damn good set, but I am not sure if I feel the need to go and grab this one immediately since it doesn't seem different enough or improved enough.
Now, Poe's Sex Wing will be the must get. It looks like it has some similar techniques to the 2012 Sex Wing, but areas just different enough to be unique. And the color scheme is pretty awesome.
BentBricks
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LEGO Seasonal Thanksgiving Feast (40123)
I imagine this one will sell extremely well.
Interesting that their is a pitchfork on the other side of vignette. I imagine there is some fall or Thanksgiving deco on the other side.
Death Star (once again) available for order
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Death-Star-10188
Also, I don't know where people are seeing the pics of this but supposedly Phasma's minifigure head has no printing underneath the helmet. Super disappointing.
this guy has a few pics and videos of the new sets on his instagram (Mexico)
https://instagram.com/pacoamaya/
Kylo Ren minifig has a printed head so you can put the hood on him. Has a mask/helmet for when hood is off. I like that! I think the compromise they made on his lightsaber could have been better. I like this one even though it looks too bulky:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Death-Star-10188
Also, I don't know where people are seeing the pics of this but supposedly Phasma's minifigure head has no printing underneath the helmet. Super disappointing.
this guy has a few pics and videos of the new sets on his instagram (Mexico)
https://instagram.com/pacoamaya/
Kylo Ren minifig has a printed head so you can put the hood on him. Has a mask/helmet for when hood is off. I like that! I think the compromise they made on his lightsaber could have been better. I like this one even though it looks too bulky:
TheFuzz
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Hello all.
After browsing for months and waiting for approval, my account was activated here at Gaf! LegoGaf was one of the main reasons I wanted to join.
I look forward to wallowing in this wallet-emptying hobby with all of you moving forward!
Just a little about me, I'm a 30yr old AFOL from Atlanta. Was in my dark ages for 15 years... Then my wife bought me the DeLorean for Christmas two years ago. I was fine with only that, then I received the Ecto-1. It was over. Six modulars later, I'm knee deep into the hobby again. Thanks a lot WetWired!
LOVING those seasonal sets, btw. Ghostmind, you're a treasure.
After browsing for months and waiting for approval, my account was activated here at Gaf! LegoGaf was one of the main reasons I wanted to join.
I look forward to wallowing in this wallet-emptying hobby with all of you moving forward!
Just a little about me, I'm a 30yr old AFOL from Atlanta. Was in my dark ages for 15 years... Then my wife bought me the DeLorean for Christmas two years ago. I was fine with only that, then I received the Ecto-1. It was over. Six modulars later, I'm knee deep into the hobby again. Thanks a lot WetWired!
LOVING those seasonal sets, btw. Ghostmind, you're a treasure.
anonymous_abc
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Hello all.
After browsing for months and waiting for approval, my account was activated here at Gaf! LegoGaf was one of the main reasons I wanted to join.
I look forward to wallowing in this wallet-emptying hobby with all of you moving forward!
Just a little about me, I'm a 30yr old AFOL from Atlanta. Was in my dark ages for 15 years... Then my wife bought me the DeLorean for Christmas two years ago. I was fine with only that, then I received the Ecto-1. It was over. Six modulars later, I'm knee deep into the hobby again. Thanks a lot WetWired!
LOVING those seasonal sets, btw. Ghostmind, you're a treasure.
Welcome aboard, keep your nose clean and you will be fine.
SiegfriedFM
Member
Damn. I may have to get this sooner rather than later. But I'll probably put original Han in there and maybe replace the radar to make it more like the old one.
PhoncipleBone
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Well, you already jumped in the deep end. Congrats, and welcome.Hello all.
After browsing for months and waiting for approval, my account was activated here at Gaf! LegoGaf was one of the main reasons I wanted to join.
I look forward to wallowing in this wallet-emptying hobby with all of you moving forward!
Just a little about me, I'm a 30yr old AFOL from Atlanta. Was in my dark ages for 15 years... Then my wife bought me the DeLorean for Christmas two years ago. I was fine with only that, then I received the Ecto-1. It was over. Six modulars later, I'm knee deep into the hobby again. Thanks a lot WetWired!
LOVING those seasonal sets, btw. Ghostmind, you're a treasure.
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