I think the larger sets that are exclusive to the LEGO Store you do not have to worry about. They have shown no sign of being retired faster. It's just the sets that are carried everywhere.
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I think the larger sets that are exclusive to the LEGO Store you do not have to worry about. They have shown no sign of being retired faster. It's just the sets that are carried everywhere.
Jeff Vader
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Do you guys think Slave 1 is going to sell out as soon as it hits the shop?
BentBricks
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It will be like the Tumbler all over again. That means it will sell out instantly until the demand diminishes and supply increases. Tumbler is almost getting to the point where it doesn't sell out in store the first day of shipment. They had a hard rule of only 1 Tumbler per person at my local LEGO store and they still sold out the first day every time they got new shipments (granted they probably only got a few each shipment).
I was looking through the January LEGO catalog and those damn DC sets look way too pricey. $50 for that damn Gorilla Grodd set that only has 350 pieces? The Brainiac set has fewer pieces than the Man-Bat set and yet it is more expensive. :/
Anyway my brother has been making his way through the sets he got for christmas. The dragon that comes with the red creatures set in particular looks great. He has been enjoying having the Guardians of the Galaxy fight the Star Wars Rebels. The Ghost/Phantom look really good but some parts of the ship are a bit flimsy.
Anyway my brother has been making his way through the sets he got for christmas. The dragon that comes with the red creatures set in particular looks great. He has been enjoying having the Guardians of the Galaxy fight the Star Wars Rebels. The Ghost/Phantom look really good but some parts of the ship are a bit flimsy.
SpaceShark
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lol, that's the exact one I'm talking about!
Yes, it has the instructions for the "main" alternate build, but not the one pictured here: http://www.peeron.com/scans/5590-1/48
That image is the only thing about it the whole manual. It's got some similarities to the main build, but it's definitely a different truck.
SiegfriedFM
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Actually, the 2015 sets are listed as available now but for preorders, and shipping Jan 2nd. DO is still waiting though.
None are orderable for me, in the USA.
Only the same tiny selection of Creator and City sets that have been available for a few weeks.
I don't think S@H NA does pre-orders. Otherwise I'd be using that a lot.
There are some sites that have had 2015 sets up for order for many days, such as amazon.com -- if any one cares to go that route. I would, if amazon discounted them. But all the ones i saw were retail price
Sorry, Thanos will most definitely be a Big Fig. I suppose I can see them doing a smaller version like they did with Hulk but I'm doubtful.
LEGO does need to redesign their big figs, nobody seems to really like how they look and the posability is shit.
There are a few that were great like the Rancor but that's an example of LEGO putting in the extra effort to make it work. If only they would put so much effort into each big fig instead of having them all look like carbon copies locked in the same pose.
It's always a shame when LEGO releases new figure types (friends/disney princess/big figs such as Hulk) where they throw posing options out the window. The original LEGO minifigure design was great for its time. While it has its limitations, you can get some pretty good movement out of it while still having tons of interchangeable parts.
Most of their subsequent figure designs have not put as much thought into these strengths. One of my biggest LEGO complaints. I want to see more modularability not less.
Imagine if you could had the same modularity in the big figs as in the classic minifigs, you could take your hulk big fig and swap in some parts to make him into a World War Hulk big fig, as an example. But nah, you're stuck with that hulk for the most part.
LEGO does need to redesign their big figs, nobody seems to really like how they look and the posability is shit.
There are a few that were great like the Rancor but that's an example of LEGO putting in the extra effort to make it work. If only they would put so much effort into each big fig instead of having them all look like carbon copies locked in the same pose.
It's always a shame when LEGO releases new figure types (friends/disney princess/big figs such as Hulk) where they throw posing options out the window. The original LEGO minifigure design was great for its time. While it has its limitations, you can get some pretty good movement out of it while still having tons of interchangeable parts.
Most of their subsequent figure designs have not put as much thought into these strengths. One of my biggest LEGO complaints. I want to see more modularability not less.
Imagine if you could had the same modularity in the big figs as in the classic minifigs, you could take your hulk big fig and swap in some parts to make him into a World War Hulk big fig, as an example. But nah, you're stuck with that hulk for the most part.
SpaceShark
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I'm not really into minifigs, but my son made me realise how much you can do with them. He's 5, and I got him the SW Advent Calendar this Christmas. It comes with a "Santa" Darth Vader, but he took the legs of the TIE Pilot and the black cape from his Batman to make a proper looking Vader. It was impressive. Most impressive.
Damn it all. I was just browsing some sites for craft tables. When I wandered into walmart.ca toy section clearance. They had a ton of stuff marked way down.
Benny's Spaceship spaceship spaceship was 59$. Star Destroyer was 74$ ATAT was 64$ and a ton of other stuff too. its all out of stock now though
Benny's Spaceship spaceship spaceship was 59$. Star Destroyer was 74$ ATAT was 64$ and a ton of other stuff too. its all out of stock now though
Yep I agree, damn it would already be an improvement if you could move the head, hands and stuff on the big figs.
I vastly prefer my minifigsized Hulk over the big fig just because of these reasons
Love the idea of bigfigs, hope LEGO is aware that it is a contentious area of their product line which they could improve on.
Had the urge to watch The LEGO Movie today! It's too bad we aren't getting another LEGO feature in 2015, but hopefully starting with 2016 we'll see one LEGO big screen feature every year
Had the urge to watch The LEGO Movie today! It's too bad we aren't getting another LEGO feature in 2015, but hopefully starting with 2016 we'll see one LEGO big screen feature every year
I really want to hold off on the bigger sets till double VIP or such. Just kind of freaking me out how long Tumbler has been out of stock.
PhoncipleBone
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lol, that's the exact one I'm talking about!
Yes, it has the instructions for the "main" alternate build, but not the one pictured here: http://www.peeron.com/scans/5590-1/48
That image is the only thing about it the whole manual. It's got some similarities to the main build, but it's definitely a different truck.
Oh, gotcha. I totally forgot about that pic. I always remembered the smaller truck.
But that was common back in the 80s and 90s. Just post pics of alt builds on the boxes and instruction manuals, but give absolutely no direction on how to actually build them.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
My amazing wife got me a Winter Village Bakery for Christmas. I love the Winter Village series, so I'm really happy. My kids went crazy for the Benny's Spaceship and Lord Business Evil Lair.
I can't believe how two years ago we barely had any legos and now they're a major part of our Christmas.
I can't believe how two years ago we barely had any legos and now they're a major part of our Christmas.
Astral/H3X
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I normally hang out over in FigureGAF, but I can see you guys maybe thinking about getting a good camera to take shots of Legos, so I'd figure I'd drop this in here.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145084831&postcount=11693
I'm selling my a5000 over in the BST thread, for $300. It's in basically new condition, really the only difference is I've lost some of the package wrapping haha.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=145084831&postcount=11693
I'm selling my a5000 over in the BST thread, for $300. It's in basically new condition, really the only difference is I've lost some of the package wrapping haha.
It rapidly takes over. The good thing is it really does make good gifts for people of all ages!
Supa Necta
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Found this at toys r us along with TIE prototype, T-16, and Ezra's speeder (for Sabine minifig).
SillyEskimo
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Love the new Hawkeye. Capt America head print is iffy. I'm laughing at Hulk bigfig hair for some reason.
Baron von Loathsome
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Not a fan of that Hulk.
GruntOfAction
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So guys, I ended up finding this baby hiding in our house.
Not really a fan of the Mace Windu with the lightsaber permanently attached to his hand but this should be a fun build..
Not really a fan of the Mace Windu with the lightsaber permanently attached to his hand but this should be a fun build..
SiegfriedFM
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Jang absolutely loves the Heartlake Hair Salon and I'm tempted to add another set to the January hit list. Tons of useful pieces, new hairstyles, awesomely 80's themed glamour stickers, and a few samples of new 2015 parts. In fact, I might throw out Al's entirely to fit the DO better in my 1986 town.
Also, Wyldstyle's hair in yellow. Awesome!
Also, Wyldstyle's hair in yellow. Awesome!
fredrancour
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Lego-gaf, the combined forces of this thread and christmas gave me a dream about shopping for legos. I was looking at a display that was a bunch of sets that don't actually exist mixed in with a handful of collectible minifigures and LOTR/hobbit sets (some of which were either in clearly mislabelled packaging, like the dol guldur sets actually containing subsections of orthanc, or came already-built inside ornate packaging). it was strange.
Why am i such a boring person? I haven't had a good and horrifying nightmare in ages, yet I dream about toy shopping. I think I had an amiibo dream earlier this week too. damn materialism. something someting desire is the source of suffering something something possessions are an illusion.
also I got the falcon and an x wing for christmas.
i guess i collect star wars sets now.
Why am i such a boring person? I haven't had a good and horrifying nightmare in ages, yet I dream about toy shopping. I think I had an amiibo dream earlier this week too. damn materialism. something someting desire is the source of suffering something something possessions are an illusion.
also I got the falcon and an x wing for christmas.
i guess i collect star wars sets now.
TomJoadsGhost
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I just found this set of submissions on lego ideas that look amazing yet have pretty low support, i'd really like to get this set:-
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/39077
The whole range he/they have designed look pretty great actually.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/39077
The whole range he/they have designed look pretty great actually.
Jeff Vader
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Hit up Target earlier today, no new sets out but they were willing to bring them out from the back so I picked up the Braniac set.
Yeah, it just kinda...happens. Soon you'll be trying to figure out storage.
The new TIE advanced prototype is a nice set, the new cockpit dish pieces make the last TIE fighter set look archaic. The wing connections are much sturdier than Vader's TIE.
I'm tempted to grab a second TIE advanced prototype to merge it with the Vader's TIE that I already have.
I'm tempted to grab a second TIE advanced prototype to merge it with the Vader's TIE that I already have.
PhoncipleBone
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TIE Advance Prototype to be the sleeper set of 2015?
SpaceShark
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Yeah, I was just hoping for some tips on how to tackle a build where one image is all you've got. I guess I'll just start somewhere and hope for the best. It's the non-visible sections that concern me, like how the tray attaches to the front section of the truck.
PhoncipleBone
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Time to put those MOC skills to the test, my friend. I can't wait to see the results. Please post pics of progress. I am sure others would love to see.
I doubt it, it is a really sturdy build especially for a TIE, and the wings do an interesting job of simulating a curve. At the end of the day it's just a small cockpit with two(4?)small wings. The tan suit on the imperial officer is pretty sharp though.
I really like all things Imperial Navy, and this is a nice evolution to the LEGO TIE fighter.
Jeff Vader
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The lack of leg printing on Braniac bugged me so I looked for a replacement pair of pants and it hit me. The old Alien Conquest aliens have the perfect prints to go with him.
SpaceShark
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Ha ha, I don't have any MOC skills yet, I've just come out of dark ages a couple of months ago. I'll give it a try, although I may be jumping in the deep end...
Chezzymann
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Finished the Parisian Restaurant this weekend, its fantastic. Easily my favorite Lego ever. Took me hours but every second was worth it. I'd say its so great that it pushes the line between toys and art.
I'll post more pictures tomorrow along with Kopaka from Bionicle 2015.
I'll post more pictures tomorrow along with Kopaka from Bionicle 2015.
WordAssassin
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Lego City Arctic isn't already retired, is it? We're sold out of a bunch of sets and with Swamp Police and Demolition hitting this Thursday I'm anxious they're gonna quietly replace Arctic. I really want the big base so I can recreate The Thing but we only have like one left and if they're gone I gotta grab it.
PhoncipleBone
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Ha ha, I don't have any MOC skills yet, I've just come out of dark ages a couple of months ago. I'll give it a try, although I may be jumping in the deep end...
DO IT! Jump in the deep end. I think I speak for everyone when I say we would all love to see what you come up with. Remember, everything is awesome!
Oh man. That is just gorgeous. I mean, I've seen the stock photos, but seeing a photo of the actual thing just makes it that much better.
Any idea when this set will likely be retired? I'd like to get it eventually, but it'll probably be a while...
Most of the CITY Arctic sets should be around for a while, the exceptions being the retailer exclusives - 60064 Arctic Supply Plane (which is now Sold Out) and 60062 Arctic Icebreaker (which is getting a stock refresh in early January).
Also, I don't think that NorthAm shops are getting the Demolition sets until late February, or early March. They will be available in Europe/UK on January 1st though.
The only Arctic set that I have is 60062, which covers a lot of the exclusive elements from the Arctic subtheme.
I'm debating whether I should pick up any more from this subtheme.
DrForester
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Have the week off, and don't want to wait till Thursday for Slave 1. Why couldn't they do a VIP promotion on this one?
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