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LEGO |OT5| DARKNESS! NO MONEY! (or Break the Rules! Mix the Bags!)
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fredrancour
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i want all the creator sets and the park. Oddly a couple of the airport sets and the gas station kind of speak to me too, but I doubt i'll take my collection in that direction, too much stuff i want.
i'm not sure what i was hoping for out of the volcano sets but i don't think i got it. Time to take to my sketchpad and lego software and see if i can express my brick-dreams.
i'd love to stockpile magma balls/glowing rocks but I don't want to accumulate hundreds of bricks of green vehicle... wonder if i'm gonna be bricklinking for the rocks, opening up shop to bricklink away the vehicles, or finding something to do with the pieces.
i'm not sure what i was hoping for out of the volcano sets but i don't think i got it. Time to take to my sketchpad and lego software and see if i can express my brick-dreams.
i'd love to stockpile magma balls/glowing rocks but I don't want to accumulate hundreds of bricks of green vehicle... wonder if i'm gonna be bricklinking for the rocks, opening up shop to bricklink away the vehicles, or finding something to do with the pieces.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I'm biased but I do like some of the designs for the vehicles in the Volcano line and will be buying them all.
wesleyshark
Banned
They are cool sets I just wish that the Volcano was bigger haha. Easily fixed with bricklink but I feel like that'll be an expensive set and seems like it could be bigger.
fredrancour
Member
biased how? you a volcanologist or something?
I feel like i want maybe two vehicles total to go with it. My appetite for glowing lava-rocks just dwarfs the quantity that i can get in only one or two sets.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I mentioned it on a last page but when I was younger, I studied volcanoes and geology as a whole a TON on my own because I wanted to become one (That or a meteorologist). Of course I got to college and got demolished by science courses but that's another story. Either way, these sets are just up my alley!
fredrancour
Member
Makes sense. My childhood obsession was space so I've been kind of spoiled in that regard.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Oh I loved me some space too so I was spoiled rotten when it came to that as a kid.
Between the Banana Suit guy and the truck driver in the Gorilla Grodd set I REALLY need to MOC a Bluth Banana Stand...
PalaceBrother
Member
Just forced myself to walk away from the GBHQ at my local LEGO store.
Need to stay strong. If I'm not feeling the urge to build the backlog, then I have to stop purchasing.
I did cash in my coupon for the little parrot thing though.
Need to stay strong. If I'm not feeling the urge to build the backlog, then I have to stop purchasing.
I did cash in my coupon for the little parrot thing though.
You can't tell me this isn't Dengar! Compare it to the other minifigs if you're still not sure
https://gyazo.com/2cb4e8e17bfbeb412a09f97b2439e66d
PalaceBrother
Member
Totes Dengar.
I really should have pre-ordered that Avengers game and picked it up day 1 (didn't order it). All the EBs around me are saying that they don't have nearly enough figs.
Purple Cheeto
Member
That A-Wing doesn't look right at all. Maybe it is just the angle but it looks really off.
It was pre-order only at EB. You can try calling around and see if a location nearby has extras and is willing to give you one with the purchase of the game.
Prices are pretty high on Bricklink due to the limited supply right now and the CAD/USD exchange rate. Maybe it will improve if more sellers start offering them for sale. I have no clue how many were produced.
EDIT: I should point out that I only remembered it was available because Zulithe gave a reminder in this thread (thanks). I rarely ever pre-order games at full price but my plan was to pre-order the 3DS version (lowest price) and then trade it in fairly quickly so that the minifg didn't cost too much. I ended up selling the game and the minifig cost me very little.
It's a SW Rebels A-Wing so either it's stylized after the show or it's a different model, or both!
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Between the Banana Suit guy and the truck driver in the Gorilla Grodd set I REALLY need to MOC a Bluth Banana Stand...
Brilliant idea, but it looks like somebody beat you to the punch...
I forgot how bright of a blue the actual in-movie creature is. I think the blue Lego is using could actually work with a real dusting of dirt
Time to bust out that Vallejo dirt pigment!
GalacticMouse
Member
Ugh. I need that TIE Advanced and the Grey/Blue X-Wing.
My wife is going to be SO happy I finally caved and bought a LEGO set this week...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Awesome. I can order a bunch of stuff on March 7th then.
It's a SW Rebels A-Wing so either it's stylized after the show or it's a different model, or both!
SillyEskimo
Member
I hope there's money in the banana stand.
Jables Swan
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RelentlessRolento
Member
waaaht! new lava rock pieces? they are sideways now? oddly, this is super sweet and I don't know why.
Also glad to see a new city proper large minifig get set like Lego use to do where you could buy a large box of weird mixes of figures and things.
Also glad to see a new city proper large minifig get set like Lego use to do where you could buy a large box of weird mixes of figures and things.
SiegfriedFM
Member
4200 pieces? Just forget it. It's not happening. Lego should set a cold hard limit and just start deleting those vanity/greed projects.
Oh yeah, for sure. It'll never happen. It's still a super cool MOC though.
But yeah, I agree.
looks like normal blue, sand blue would have been perfect, mixed with some greys and browns for rust
Interesting that the Star Wars Advent calendar hasa Bespin Guard. UCS Cloud City set coming in 2017? The rumour starts here!
I hope so, I want a bespin Lando to go in my ikea frame, kick out the desert skiff version for bespin
Yay at Double VIP points being back on March 7!
I bought the Pet Shop and Palace Cinema last double points period, I'll probably be adding the Parisian Restaurant and Detective's Office on March 7
Looks like I'll wait and get the Firehouse HQ at that time.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Firehouse HQ and bank for me. Still on the fence about Batcave.
PalaceBrother
Member
If I can hold out I'm thinking the same thing. Will likely try to save the UCS Tie for the May SW event.
Unrelated:
Finished up the Spiderman/Sandman/Rhino set last night and I'm actually pretty impressed with the play features. My kids have been having a blast with the finished product; I'm glad I got it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I am still on the fence about UCS Sandcrawler. The set isn't speaking to me like many other UCS sets, but at the same time, I have gotten all Star Wars UCS sets since Imperial Shuttle and I might feel weird missing one or two along the line.
And with Firehouse HQ, I am on the fence as well. Part of me thinks it will be a cool build, but will quickly get demolished for parts. Same reason I never bought Kwik-E-Mart
At the Nuremberg show, the release dates for upcoming Star Wars sets was announced:
2H Classic, Force Awakens, Rebels - July
LEGO Star Wars: The Free Maker Adventures (the new LEGO SW TV show) - August
Rogue One - October
Keep in mind these are the announced dates for Germany, and may be different for other regions.
2H Classic, Force Awakens, Rebels - July
LEGO Star Wars: The Free Maker Adventures (the new LEGO SW TV show) - August
Rogue One - October
Keep in mind these are the announced dates for Germany, and may be different for other regions.
GalacticMouse
Member
Finally got some time to put together my first set in over a decade tonight!
Had a blast and I'm already plotting where to go next. I'll probably pick up Rey's Speeder to hold me over until I can justify
spending the money on the Ecto-1 or the Millennium Falcon!
Had a blast and I'm already plotting where to go next. I'll probably pick up Rey's Speeder to hold me over until I can justify
(i.e. convince my wife on)
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Finally got some time to put together my first set in over a decade tonight!
Had a blast and I'm already plotting where to go next. I'll probably pick up Rey's Speeder to hold me over until I can justifyspending the money on the Ecto-1 or the Millennium Falcon!(i.e. convince my wife on)
Kiss your money goodbye.
GalacticMouse
Member
Kiss your money goodbye.
I've enjoyed having disposable income while it lasted. From here on out...
On a side note...I'm a little leery about displaying the X-Wing with the wings open for two reasons...
1) The wings go lower than the feet, which puts some pressure on the wings when the set is in that position.
2) The elastics that hold the wings closed don't seem super strong and I don't want to stretch them out to the point where they don't bounce back.
Anyone have any experience with this they wouldn't mind sharing?
Hmmm I might have to agree. You managed to pause it at a better place than I did, but the chest looks different to the existing one.
Is Slave I in Rogue One? Or is it simply a miscommunication?
guess we won't find out for a while.
lol at the lack of prequel trilogy on that graphic
Jables Swan
Member
I hope we don't get Slave 1 in Rogue One. I'm still a bit annoyed that we might be getting
Han Solo.
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