I'm sure they know what sells. Seems like a lot of the original runs (which do not have a TV show associated with them, e.g. Ninjago) don't sell like hot cakes.
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LEGO ERA |OT| Rebuilding One Brick at a Time.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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Gonna give my robot dude a giant gun. Might integrate a light brick into it and some clear bricks coming out of the barrell so it can have a muzzle flash effect.
Lol, posting this got the itch going. I finished my work for today somewhat quicker than anticipated,so I built the next 2 bags.
What a build this is. Just clever, cool stuf. Typical Psiaki too (locking loos bricks between others for instance), and those action features are very, very clever and cool. Yes it is a very expensive set, but shit, it will end up in my list of favourite Lego builds/sets.
hoarded em for a while but eventually came to terms with the fact that I was really just hoarding and dumped em in the recycling. EDIT: and we stored em flattened.
it's nice to think of a day when we'd have a nerd-room with a wall paneled in modular building boxes, but if it ever happens it'll be plenty far away. i'll revisit the idea of turning the coolest sets' packaging into tacky wall art when my kids one day enter lego age brackets. it'll be 2030 and i'll still be talking about how monster fighters was the greatest theme ever and there aren't enough spooky sets.
except for the things like the architecture sets' decent little sturdy trays. we've got the boxes from a few skylines and maybe some other sets lying around as trays for pieces during builds, and one of them is the misc spare small parts bin as well.
oh snap do i make my halloween moc a silent-hill-ifying of my modulars or an Inverted Castle? hmm
That's a problem but I try to fit smaller boxes inside of bigger boxes as much as possible, like russian dolls.
Worst case scenario you could open up both sides and then flatten them out, storing them flattened out on a pile.
about what time in US should i start paying attention to shop.lego.com for the hogwarts castle dont wanna miss out.
Can't wait to grab it tomorrow. Got it pre-ordered so hopefully I can snag it in the evening.
I flatten them out. An empty box on the shelf takes up way too much space as good as it looks.
Which leads to the one big conundrum of Lego, Lego storage. I have about 40 sets, half of which I've opened, but I still store them by set so the kids can build them easily.
I'm considering mixing them by theme now. Friends stuff together, City, Creator. That way its easier for them to build other things too.
Part of me wishes that Lego used reusable bags and made the box reusable so I could just put everything back in the box. But I get that, as collections get larger, that's not so great either.
Funny you say that, because I only get Friends/City/Creator(+Expert)/Classic.
The only licensed sets I have are Lego Disney Cinderella Castle, Lego Disney Elsa's Frozen castle.
Gotta say, I don't think those themes you listed would sell very well. Creator just got a pirate theme lite for the recent releases. That's probably the only way to sell them, as part of another line.
So was the Falcon and that was gone in seconds.
The Brothers Brick review is quite critical of Hogwarts in places, mainly around confusing degrees of scale, and stickers. STILL don't think it's done enough to stop me getting it though (when Double VIP is on).
Finished the DB5, and I absolutely love it. It looks way better in person than it does in pictures (though it suffers from blockiness compared to the real thing. Love the play features and the details as a Bond-fan, and the build is loaded with fun techniques (it's typical Psiaki, with clips making angles possible and lots of impressive Lego math where small builds tightly fit in an unexpected space).
The price is very high though, especially as a lot of pieces go into the mechanics (the first 'bag' is almost a Technic build because of this too). But that's probably due to 007 ànd Aston Martin tax combined. For that price I would've welcomed a row of decorative minifigs though, on a stand like the Ideas Ecto 1. Just the six bonds for instance. Another downside are some of the (few) stickers, who are pretty small and therefore a bit tricky to apply.
But overall, again an amazing Creator Expert car. Secretly one of the best lines Lego has imo. And I'd love them to do more movie cars. A Jurassic Park Explorer or Jeep, Expert delorian and/or Ecto, the Mustang from Bullit, ...
True. But that's Star Wars and probably had less stock. Not to mention the fact the previous one is such an infamous (and valuable) set.
Going to wait on Jangs review, but I think I'll buy it eventually if I find the place (probably going to buy a new Ikea bookcase, as I'm out of space for regular sets too)
The price is very high though, especially as a lot of pieces go into the mechanics (the first 'bag' is almost a Technic build because of this too). But that's probably due to 007 ànd Aston Martin tax combined. For that price I would've welcomed a row of decorative minifigs though, on a stand like the Ideas Ecto 1. Just the six bonds for instance. Another downside are some of the (few) stickers, who are pretty small and therefore a bit tricky to apply.
But overall, again an amazing Creator Expert car. Secretly one of the best lines Lego has imo. And I'd love them to do more movie cars. A Jurassic Park Explorer or Jeep, Expert delorian and/or Ecto, the Mustang from Bullit, ...
True. But that's Star Wars and probably had less stock. Not to mention the fact the previous one is such an infamous (and valuable) set.
Going to wait on Jangs review, but I think I'll buy it eventually if I find the place (probably going to buy a new Ikea bookcase, as I'm out of space for regular sets too)
Ordered Hogwarts Castle. Couldn't resist, love HP and love LEGO. I have no idea where I will put it.
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Checked my order five minutes ago and still In Warehouse, but expect it to ship tonight and get here for the weekend.
Of course this is the first weekend in months they schedule me the whole time.
I went to go look at Voltron in the LEGO store. Thing is huge! I don't know where I'd put it now.
Oof at those sticker sheets for hogwarts
I'll wait until double VIP before buying it, but it looks really cool
I'll wait until double VIP before buying it, but it looks really cool
I had another thought.
Do you guys think Lego is too easy with the instruction manual? Do you think they should release some sets with just a bunch of photos included in the box and let people figure it out? There's plenty of 3D puzzles that are like this. They could always put the set of instructions online as a PDF as like the 'solution' if they wanted to.
Do you guys think Lego is too easy with the instruction manual? Do you think they should release some sets with just a bunch of photos included in the box and let people figure it out? There's plenty of 3D puzzles that are like this. They could always put the set of instructions online as a PDF as like the 'solution' if they wanted to.
Already up to bag 4 out of like...a thousand and its uh possible I underestimated how big this set is.
Really enjoying it so far though.
Really enjoying it so far though.
Granted, I've never done a 3D puzzle so I don't know how hard they are, but this would basically be impossible. Even some smaller set have pieces that are really hard to figure out where they go unless you look at the instructions, building a modular without instructions would be insane. Granted you might be able to approximate it, but not get it right. And there are plenty of videos and photos all around the web of most sets so you can always try it out if you would want.
The advent calendar basically comes without instructions.
I think some of the smaller $5-$10 sets around 100 pieces would be doable.
Obviously the 2000 pieces+ stuff like the modulars would be the stuff of nightmares but you're right, anyone could just throw away the manual and go it alone based on photos/videos online.
Or just maybe skip to every tenth page in the manual or something, or every 20th, depending on the challenge you want.
Didn't realize Hogwarts was already available! Going to have to pick that up at some point soon. Gotta finish some Technic stuff I have laid out on my building table, but once that's done, money will be spent.
I saw Hogwarts on display at the LEGO Store too. It is sprawling. For sure I would have no place to put it,
star wars fans had a 20 year head start on that whole "grow up to have noteworthy income" thing compared to those of us whose childhoods were more heavily defined by HP
And there's those of us who remember when space Legos meant badass triangular ships with a bunch of hoses and spacemen with helmets that broke if you so much as breathed on them
think my first lego space set i can remember was some sort of mech. was there a mars themed wave? i seem to remember mars-ish packaging
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I picked up the Hogwarts set on the first day. I also splurged and got my Disney Workd Castle set that I've been wanting for ages. I have all the other princess sets. And my friend had just bought the Ninjago city docks. So, we'll be building for some time.... and then there's that new crane on the technic set that looks awesome.
Fortunately for him, he lives alone and has the space to dedicate an entire bedroom to lego boxes. The built sets are all over the house. I'll have to take some pictures eventually to see if you guys can come up with some solutions.
Here's what's in the box. 37 bags and 3 bags of rock pieces. And least there's no duplicate numbers on bags.
Fortunately for him, he lives alone and has the space to dedicate an entire bedroom to lego boxes. The built sets are all over the house. I'll have to take some pictures eventually to see if you guys can come up with some solutions.
Here's what's in the box. 37 bags and 3 bags of rock pieces. And least there's no duplicate numbers on bags.
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That's a lot of castle action.
Done 13 bags of Hogwarts so far. It is decent thus far as a build goes, but it looks really nice.
And you in for a treat with Disney Castle, Eye for an Eye . That set is spectacular.
Done 13 bags of Hogwarts so far. It is decent thus far as a build goes, but it looks really nice.
And you in for a treat with Disney Castle, Eye for an Eye . That set is spectacular.
Yea... nope to Bespin
You would have figured with how poorly Hoth was received to not do Bespin. And people adore the battle of Hoth and that still was not well liked set.
You would have figured with how poorly Hoth was received to not do Bespin. And people adore the battle of Hoth and that still was not well liked set.
At least Bespin is one set in stead of lots of little builds thrown together. They clearly went for a Death Star-type set, but it doesn't work out that well here, as you kind of miss the iconic shape of the city. Lots of dead, empty spaces it seems too.
One positive: it seems that this set has the same price troughout most of Europe. I hope it's an indication of things to come, and the end of Germany getting sets at 10 tot 20% lower prices than Belgium/France etc.
Won't be the case though :P
Same. Does your offer expire on the last day of the month as well?
yep.
Sensible thing is to buy the Great Wall of China that I was thinking of anyway.
Non-sensible thing to buy is Voltron :p
I know the piece sizes are smaller, etc. but a $400 price point for Hogwarts makes it extremely tough to justify $350 for Bespin.