Winnie the Pimp
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hahaha this is EXACTLY what i was thinking the other day
The resemblance is uncanny...
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hahaha this is EXACTLY what i was thinking the other day
The resemblance is uncanny...
TheFuzz
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Wait until you see the head come together and how it "holds" it's shape.
On a related note, I almost bought the Resistance troop transport but held off and bit on the Tie Advanced Prototype. I hear good things about the build.
Haloid1177
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Thanks for the DCPI listings. Will be building them today. Got them pulled from the back at my Target no fuss.
How much did they cost?
Chiaroscuro
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Is Wall-e a great build? Worth it?
I was thinking in getting the Yellow Submarine for Xmas, but it is not officially released here and in short supply by other means. Wall-e can be its substitute.
I was thinking in getting the Yellow Submarine for Xmas, but it is not officially released here and in short supply by other means. Wall-e can be its substitute.
fredrancour
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wait what these are out already omg
Haloid1177
Banned
Joker's Low Rider was $49.99 and the Batmobile was $59.99.
I dunno if they're street dated or not but they're not register locked or anything. My Target employees know me really well from my Star Wars collecting days and getting stuff pulled then so I it's usually all good. These were the only two they had, though, checked the others I assumed were in the November wave and no stock.
Always Target. Anyway, pics!
Built the Low Rider first. Definitely on the short side, took maybe 45 minutes. The set feels hefty though, definitely designed with play in mind because it's sturdy. Lots of fun little prints and colors spread throughout. Minifigs are all awesome, but Joker and Harley are next level.
The Batmobile is amazing though. I was unaware of the three modes until I started playing around with it, they're simple but change the look of the set so well. Build was a lot more interesting than the Low Rider too, I don't buy nearly as much as other people in this thread but it definitely wasn't like any set I've built before. Minifigs were kinda meh except for Robin who is adorable and amazing and everything I wanted him to be. Biggest complaint is the massive sticker sheet. Probably 12 total and the cockpit detail is all stickers. Should have at least printed that.
tiggerkiddo
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Sweet mercy that Dino set, gotta buy that one
PhoncipleBone
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Great news!
Knew the Batmobile would have other modes based on pics with ball joints.
Still clinging to hope of Joker's Low Rider being a dark horse of best sets this year. It looks to be scratching some great itches.
PalaceBrother
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I'm looking forward to it! Good call on the Tie. Both are among the best SW builds of the last couple of years but the TAP won't be around much longer. It's an awesome, dense little ship.
So the one I'm building now is AT-ST. Both legs are in place and it's been a cool build. Looking through my Brickset collection now....
AT-DP, Geonosis vehicle & AT-ST Microfighters/Planets don't really count. Neither does the Rebels AT-DP poly.
Hmm....I guess this is only my third "full sized" bipedal one. The Rebels AT-DP and the 2013 AT-RT that came with Yoda were both good but don't feel as "raw" (in a good way, "greebling wise") as this one.
I still have the AT-AT as well, which I adore...
I'm awful at rating builds, I'd say it's nice but not astoundung.
But the model is just great, worth every penny and more to me. Wonderful display set.
No, I don't think there'd be any interest there to be honest. Modulars are very much a LEGO niche thing
SiegfriedFM
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Cool. Is this a reboot or something? Seems to be the snake theme all over again. I'm also a bit confused - is the blue ninja Nya? I wouldn't mind if she got a proper colour rather than the ugly red+medium blue.
Haloid1177
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Target I got the Low Rider and Batmobile at today seem to have gotten a second shipment in as Freeze and Batcave sets are now showing up on Brickseek. Will stop by again tomorrow to see what I can grab. Will keep you guys in the loop!
Awesome work! I'm regularly checking stores near me in the Bay Area, we haven't received anything yet.
Brickseek shows around 40% of stores nationwide have received them though. So if you want early access, go on brickseek and see what the status is in your area guys!
If Targets are getting them, TRU could be at any time too.
BentBricks
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Thank goodness, only these two interest me. Sadly they are the two most expensive sets. I am interested in the minifigs in other sets, just not the builds. Looks like I'm gonna resort to Bricklinking them depending on the prices.
Dat serpent mech.
I feel like I need 2 sets of the two-headed dragon so I can make one completely blue and one completely red. I know it's a fuse of blue and red ninja dragons, but my symmetrical OCD kicks in.
TheSecondSpitter
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I thought the idea was to help a fellow gaffer out.
Also I think your project has appeal beyond being a "just another modular." (e.g. most of the comments have been about the chess board). Furthermore, not too long ago ghostmind made a thread in OT showcasing all the sets in the modular series
PalaceBrother
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I disagree.
Include some shameless self-promotion in the title about your previous successes on Cuusoo that made it to review. Focus on the fact that the Ecto-1 actually got made and is available at retail. From what I've seen GAF likes to support its own when they succeed. At the very least I suspect you get a few hundred votes out of it.
Now whether or not LEGO approves it...given the fact that they're apparently open to exploring more interesting non-IP sets I think a modular's chances are better than they were in the Cuusoo days.
TheSecondSpitter
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On a related note, I've been bumping the Autumn Park thread on Eurobricks Town Forum so it stays on the front page by asking questions I already know the answers to. I'd appreciate it if anybody wants to help out in this regard.
haha so you're "Another Brick in the Wall" then?
TheSecondSpitter
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That's me.
antiquegamer
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Wow this is pretty neat.
BentBricks
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Not much info on it. I completely forgot about this set. I don't believe it's been released, at least not here in the U.S.
http://brickset.com/sets/40226-1/Birthday-Buddy
http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-birthday-buddy-40226-set-found/
LEGO Birthday Buddy (40226) by Allen Tran, on Flickr
EDIT: It will probably go well with the Adventure Time LEGO Ideas set as a Candy Kingdom tasty citizen.
BentBricks
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I think it was SiegfriedFM that was raving about how Elves dragons were better than Ninjago dragons. I wouldn't go that far, but I definitely was impressed with the white dragon from 41179: Queen Dragon's Rescue.
I would go as far as to say it is the Resistance Troop Transporter 75140 of LEGO dragons. Their were a lot of interesting techniques and the LEGO "math" for pulling off all sorts of SNOT techniques and shaping the dragon were impressive. It was a very enjoyable build. It will of course have mirror building for the legs.
The feel I got from the Elves dragons are a lot of effort is spent on giving the dragons a much more solid look than the Ninjago dragons. Studs are well hidden leaving a lot of smooth curves. The ball joints connecting the legs to the body are mostly hidden. The white dragon is dense and tightly packed. I dread having to take it apart.
I know some find them too cute, but I think they could easily be modified with some color changes and some tweeks. Being a white dragon, I thought I'd switch the heads between the Elves white dragon and Sensei Wu's white dragon. Proportions are a bit different between the dragons, but I think the swap is halfway decent. It took only a few minutes for me to change out the connections for the heads with the parts shown. Elves dragon uses large ball joint and Ninjago dragon uses the small ball joint.
Time for LEGOGAF to enable and pimp out the Elves white dragon like the it did for the Resistance Trooper Transporter.
EDIT: Of the Elves dragons, I have only built the white and green dragons. Green one is nice, but build experience is nowhere close to that of the white dragon.
I would go as far as to say it is the Resistance Troop Transporter 75140 of LEGO dragons. Their were a lot of interesting techniques and the LEGO "math" for pulling off all sorts of SNOT techniques and shaping the dragon were impressive. It was a very enjoyable build. It will of course have mirror building for the legs.
The feel I got from the Elves dragons are a lot of effort is spent on giving the dragons a much more solid look than the Ninjago dragons. Studs are well hidden leaving a lot of smooth curves. The ball joints connecting the legs to the body are mostly hidden. The white dragon is dense and tightly packed. I dread having to take it apart.
I know some find them too cute, but I think they could easily be modified with some color changes and some tweeks. Being a white dragon, I thought I'd switch the heads between the Elves white dragon and Sensei Wu's white dragon. Proportions are a bit different between the dragons, but I think the swap is halfway decent. It took only a few minutes for me to change out the connections for the heads with the parts shown. Elves dragon uses large ball joint and Ninjago dragon uses the small ball joint.
Time for LEGOGAF to enable and pimp out the Elves white dragon like the it did for the Resistance Trooper Transporter.
EDIT: Of the Elves dragons, I have only built the white and green dragons. Green one is nice, but build experience is nowhere close to that of the white dragon.
Pretty decent LEGO sale at Target right now!
Avengers tower for $35, Star Wars Clone Turbo Tank for $75 and many, many more deals.
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324079-lego-star-wars-clone-turbo-tank-75-19-more-free-shipping
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324091-lego-friends-heartlake-grand-hotel-83-19-more-free-shipping
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324103-le...-ock-s-tentacle-trap-25-59-more-free-shipping
In fact it looks like they have over 100 sets on sale so if you have been waiting for something to get cheaper, look around on their site.
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prefer amazon? they are price matching. here is one example:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CIGN2TE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Avengers tower for $35, Star Wars Clone Turbo Tank for $75 and many, many more deals.
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324079-lego-star-wars-clone-turbo-tank-75-19-more-free-shipping
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324091-lego-friends-heartlake-grand-hotel-83-19-more-free-shipping
https://slickdeals.net/f/9324103-le...-ock-s-tentacle-trap-25-59-more-free-shipping
In fact it looks like they have over 100 sets on sale so if you have been waiting for something to get cheaper, look around on their site.
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prefer amazon? they are price matching. here is one example:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CIGN2TE/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SiegfriedFM
Member
Good to hear. Although both of those abominations scream out "kill me!".
That was it. Thanks!
Not much info on it. I completely forgot about this set. I don't believe it's been released, at least not here in the U.S.
http://brickset.com/sets/40226-1/Birthday-Buddy
http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-birthday-buddy-40226-set-found/
LEGO Birthday Buddy (40226) by Allen Tran, on Flickr
EDIT: It will probably go well with the Adventure Time LEGO Ideas set as a Candy Kingdom tasty citizen.
...if I ever need to make a Lego Obelix, that's the lower half right there.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
This is hilarious....if I ever need to make a Lego Obelix, that's the lower half right there.
And what I'd give for a Lego Asterix theme.
Y'know, I *was* being facetious, but now I think about it, Lego Asterix could be fantastic. A Great Banquet large set? Think of the minibuilds!
SiegfriedFM
Member
A lot of French/Belgian comics would be great as Lego, although I think the appeal is a bit too European. Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke and Valerian (now that there is a feature film - hint hint hint).
Oh god, imagine a Tintin's Hair lego piece!
Haloid1177
Banned
Well, I guess it was a good weekend.
Building them today as well, will post thoughts and pictures later. Target is pulling them no fuss for me, hoping some of you guys have the same luck!
Building them today as well, will post thoughts and pictures later. Target is pulling them no fuss for me, hoping some of you guys have the same luck!
Picked up the Darths Tie Advanced vs. A Wing for $56 with redcard. I don't remember Star Wars sets being discounted this deep before like over the last month or so. Including UCS sets. I mean the Rogue Ones sets were discounted almost right out the gate and now they are almost half off. This is so weird, but whos complaining right.
Not LEGO, but in the awesome rooms department JANG has revealed "Room 117", his Halo (Mega Construx) shrine:
Introduction: https://youtu.be/b163EqCe-WQ
In depth: https://youtu.be/PCmC9c3YtUw
Introduction: https://youtu.be/b163EqCe-WQ
In depth: https://youtu.be/PCmC9c3YtUw
El Pescado
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So which sets could Target possibly have in the back now?
Sweet. Halo's one of those series where even though I haven't played the most recent games, I'm still attached to the world.
UGGGHHHH...I don't want to take down my LoTR stuff, its what got me back into Lego. I'm just running out of room. I have a modular shelf which will soon be overflowing with Assembly Square, two Star Wars shelves and that leaves one shelf that will either be a Batman shelf or a LoTR shelf. I don't know what to do.
On my tablet at the moment so can't embed all the images, but all the batman sets revealed
WOW-eeee Wow. Okay, so couple things.
1) That Riddler set will be pretty sought after for all those unique figs.
2) Speaking of Riddler FINALLY he gets a proper Riddler question mark cane
3) That Croc truck looks pretty awesome for just a 4 x 4 truck
4) Lots of Batgirl figs
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