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LEGO |OT6| We Only Build in Black. And Sometimes Very Dark Grey.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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So now that falcon has shipped I have £25 burning a hole on my vip account. Decicions Decicions.
Ahh OK. Now I understand!
Chiaroscuro
Member
Strange.
So no fire sales (yet).
Not a business person, but I don't understand how a company so deep in debt can have such shabby, run-down properties and artificially high prices exceeding MSRP. The money is being spent on what exactly?
anonymous_abc
Member
Going off the other thread, Bain Capital is sucking out their profits.
The Omega Man
Member
My Falcon just arrived, hold me...
/hugs lol
Mix. Mix. Mix. Mix. Mix
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...-fourth-quarter-of-fiscal-2016-300438484.html
like 99% of their 2016 Operating earnings of 460M USD were taken by the interest for the debt taken to buyout the company in 2005. They didn't wanted to share with common shareholder, now they take the hard fall ...
The Omega Man
Member
I have the touch LOL. Now, I sit in the corner and cry because mine is still waiting for stock.
Just do a little
bags 1&2. Feel the joy.PhoncipleBone
Banned
Good to know. And based on some of the Facebook trailers,
how was Meowthra handled? I had an inkling a cat would be in there based on the sets having a laser pointer in them.
Lots of jokes, the beginning had a lot of adults laughing constantly. My gf was cracking up more than I was. Some pretty good nods to original series.
As for your spoiler...
frickin' adorable! Very cute, funny, and makes sense with how the story is done. It is lightly tossed into the movie but not the main focus. It came out of NOWHERE for me since I don't watch trailers. And JANGs complaint about the laser pointer from the dragon set isn't a bug but a feature that sort of goes with the movie.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Good to know. I was indifferent to the film, but the trailers have been fun when I saw them.
And my wife was very indifferent (she still won't watch LEGO Batman), but when she saw the Ninjago trailer the other month in theaters she was laughing a lot at it and I think wants to see it more than I do.
RightChandMan
Member
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Destiny's Bounty is the real MVP of the Ninjago Movie sets.
Yeah the playability for kids looks great and as a display piece it's appealing.
I'm sure my kid will love that set someday.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Destiny's Bounty is like that perfect storm of looking amazing, having great playability, great building techniques, and being relatively cheap per piece. Top it off with being very easily found, and possibly at a discount too.
I got back home today and decided to build to try and relax and get my mind off of things.
What is this punch, a miserable pile of non-alcoholic beverage! Have at you!
Got this fishing boat for my halloween moc scene. My first set with a large boat piece like this, i'm assuming it floats. It's cool, and makes for a neat play feature for kids but from a building perspective it kind of takes the fun out of the process.
blah blah, what, vampires fish too.
BentBricks
Member
Interesting that there are no reviews out yet for The Ninjago Movie. Maybe critics aren't allowed to release until tomorrow. Usually (not always) a blackout of reviews is a sign studios aren't confident in the movie and don't want negative reviews to hurt the opening weekend. After opening weekend, "word of mouth" kicks in.
This could be a good year for LEGO if the movie is a hit. Maybe LEGO will grow back the 5% shrinkage in sales they saw.
Caddywompus
Member
That's good to hear. I wondered how the humor would work without the pop culture crutch you could lean on in the other two movies. The trailers I've seen seem to rely heavily on worn out ninja cliches and lego-centric visual gags.
At 90, that's an impressive value. Can't wait to build it (and cry when I have to find a place for it)
Building a giant catamaran that actually float, is stable, and can be pushed by actual wind, using old boats parts (those that you can chain) as floating devices on both sides is a wonderful memory of my Lego childhood. I'm sure you can do fun actual building with those parts
I really think I'll do it, but that still seems a bit crazy.
Going through the tedious process of cataloguing my old LEGO. Bearing mind, much has no part number and some even just says "pat pend" it's that old. Lol. I have run out of bags.
I paid £3 extra do that it came via royal mail rather than yodel but it seems there is no tracking certainly none that I've been given.
I'm kind of in the same boat
I paid £3 extra do that it came via royal mail rather than yodel but it seems there is no tracking certainly none that I've been given.
SpinningBirdKick
Banned
Another MF missing in action here too.
Order is marked as complete but tracking company say they don't have it yet.
I spoke with Lego customer service on live chat and they're going to look into it and get back to me by email.
The courier is Yodel so anything could have happened.
With yodel its often best to check local shrubberies, wheelie bins and treetops. They really are capable of unimaginable stupidity.
Seems daft that there's not tracking on mine just because its Royal Mail. Like, there is no way they sent out a £650 set with no tracking...right?
One more: and you get every main Ninja in it and their Sensai too!
When do you get every main character in one set outsidenof the Death Star?! Super rare.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I know nothing of Ninjago stories or characters, so that is news to me. But does help sell how great the set is.
The minifigs I had as a child, well, all those that were in this bag. I do hope the rest is located!
Apparently I have a white, white/yellow, yellow and red spaceman, but not bloody blue!
Also found palm trees and treasure chests but no cannons. Curses.
They're in pretty good shape for something played with as a child! A lot of mine have teeth marks unfortunately.
I picked up one of these sealed recently... it felt so damn good opening up and assembling a 14 year old set!
I can attest to the greatness that is the Destiny's Bounty. It's so good my wife let's me display it in the living room, which otherwise is offlimits for every Lego that isn't Wall-E or Modular Building.
It's a beautiful model. A great build. And it's great to play with for kids too. The only real thing I don't like about it (but it's so small it's petty) is the fact that accessing the cargo hold isn't realy easy (you need to remove the line with flags to have more room, and even then it can be tight).
It's a beautiful model. A great build. And it's great to play with for kids too. The only real thing I don't like about it (but it's so small it's petty) is the fact that accessing the cargo hold isn't realy easy (you need to remove the line with flags to have more room, and even then it can be tight).
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Fading adds character.
Does the movie make you want to buy ninjago sets such as city?
I wanted to buy the city before but I didn't really recognize the "set" in the movie.
I want Jay's ship but don't know where I'd put it. So basically yes.
My press friend says they weren't doing screeners for them. So obviously the screenings are just fan reactions.
Don't recall ninja cliches but I can see some LEGO gags but nothing seemed over the top and too much to me. Maybe I am not hardcore LEGO enough since I just got my first modular and no MF.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
I wonder how it fare in comparison to the show though. I suppose no one here is actively watching it right?
Once you get into it after the first couple seasons, it becomes a good animated show in it's own right and you grow attached to the characters quite a bit! So this reboot while the actual show is continuing on the side is sort of weird to old fans...
Once you get into it after the first couple seasons, it becomes a good animated show in it's own right and you grow attached to the characters quite a bit! So this reboot while the actual show is continuing on the side is sort of weird to old fans...
LordOfLore
Banned
I had that oneThey're in pretty good shape for something played with as a child! A lot of mine have teeth marks unfortunately.
I picked up one of these sealed recently... it felt so damn good opening up and assembling a 14 year old set!
I literally know nothing about Ninjago so I'll be going in to the movie blind. Have to say the Batman movie didn't grab me much at all, despite absolutely loving Lego Movie.
Yeah some of the dirt is insane on some of these bits, but those are likely the ones that are 30+ years old! Managed to find a bunch of part numbers on bricklink so I can sort my cataloguing out without too much trouble.
Pissed I don't have a blue spaceman though.
Yeah some of the dirt is insane on some of these bits, but those are likely the ones that are 30+ years old! Managed to find a bunch of part numbers on bricklink so I can sort my cataloguing out without too much trouble.
Pissed I don't have a blue spaceman though.
Reminds me of my small vintage Lego spaceman army (with one guest):The minifigs I had as a child, well, all those that were in this bag. I do hope the rest is located!
Apparently I have a white, white/yellow, yellow and red spaceman, but not bloody blue!
Also found palm trees and treasure chests but no cannons. Curses.
I took care of my stuff pretty well even as a kid so they're still in decent shape. A bunch of these guys are now manning Benny's Spaceship where they fit right in.
I can see that but how they do this movie/story sort of explains why it is different. It isn't necessarily a reboot but more of a different story, a stand-alone film in a Ninjago universe. Of course I am not up-to-date on current series so I don't know how they are running things but felt like its own thing.
BattleMonkey
Member
So getting a MF now is kinda up in the air? This might actually be hard to get?
It will be hard to get for probably 2 to 3 months and then it'll be in production for another 18 months at least.
Same boat. The Batman movie was extremely annoying most of the time to me. Lego Batman works as a supporting character in TLM, but I can't stomach him as the main character. TLM also had the better story, better characters, better humor, and more heart. I have no prior knowledge of Ninjago, so I don't know what to expect.
Mine are in decent shape too, but several of the headgears for classic spacemen are broken (Benny-like) :/ I have probably a bunch of roadsigns broken at the bottom of the pole, too.
Daniel Jackson
Member
What's the height of a constructed Destiny's Bounty?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
According to LEGO site: 17 inches.
parrotbeak
Member
Medieval Market Village (10193) is on awd for $142, which is still decent for piece count (I mean, i got it for $86 in 2012 but it's been OOP for years).
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