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The Lord of the Rings sets are now available from S&H for Canada/USA. I am tempted to buy up the entire line now but know it will be on sale in a few months and I already have lots of sets that still haven't been opened.
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PriorMarcus posted:Is the VW Bus still going to be available in the UK for a while? It should be around till then. It only came out last year, no? I'd just snaffle away a 20 every couple of weeks, and its paid before you know it.
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Merchant of Death posted:The Lord of the Rings sets are now available from S&H for Canada/USA. I am tempted to buy up the entire line now but know it will be on sale in a few months and I already have lots of sets that still haven't been opened. Man, am I the only one that thinks the sets themselves are kinda lame? Most of them seem to be in the "action diorama" format instead of being nice standalone models. The only one that really looks tempting to me is Gandalf Arrives, and it's $12.
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Mr. Glass posted:Man, am I the only one that thinks the sets themselves are kinda lame? I think the sets are lame, but I will be buying whatever gets me the fellowship minifigs.
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Mr. Glass posted:Man, am I the only one that thinks the sets themselves are kinda lame? Most of them seem to be in the "action diorama" format instead of being nice standalone models. I like Weathertop because it's actually a solid 3D thing rather than an "action diorama" (which I'm also not a big fan of). That said it's really expensive for what it is. Not just in terms of price per piece... but it has a lot of small pieces so for a 400+ piece set it's actually pretty small. It's probably the one I'm mostly likely to get eventually. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 14:33 on May 16, 2012 |
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Gravy Jones posted:I like Weathertop because it's actually a solid 3D thing rather than an "action diorama" (which I'm also not a big fan of). That said it's really expensive for what it is. Not just in terms of price per piece... but it has a lot of small pieces so for a 400+ piece set it's actually pretty small. Yeah, Weathertop was the only other one that really caught my eye. On second glance, Helm's Deep is OK I guess (the fact that you can attach the wall in the Uruk-hai Army set to it is pretty cool, though). e: I'd totally shell out for microscale landmarks, though. Minas Tirith on my desk next to Fallingwater? Yes please. 
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PriorMarcus posted:Is the VW Bus still going to be available in the UK for a while? I can't see it being discontinued any time soon and they'll probably be warning if it is. It's worth keeping an eye out on various Euro-Amazons as well as they can have discounts on these kind of things and the pound is pretty strong at the moment. It's been discounted to less than the UK retail price (including postage) on Amazon.es recently.
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Mr. Glass posted:Speaking of minifigs, I got 2 programmers today! Target in ELiberty? That's a load off my mind, then. Took my friend back with me, felt up every remaining bag, felt exactly one programmer. Was afraid I'd have to break the news to you  She wanted a Jem but didn't want to feel more bags after finding my programmer so just grabbed one at random and ended up with a Jem by chance! All the Space Marines and bagpipers were gone though. And there was a legit dude playing Bagpipes in that park on Fifth Ave that I wish I could've given a bagpiper to
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Sockser posted:Target in ELiberty? That's a load off my mind, then. Took my friend back with me, felt up every remaining bag, felt exactly one programmer. Was afraid I'd have to break the news to you You guys weren't the ones ragging on Settlers of Catan while waiting for me to finish feeling up the bags, were you?
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Please dude, I love Settlers. Also you should play Settlers with the Pittsburgoons.
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Sockser posted:Please dude, I love Settlers. Also you should play Settlers with the Pittsburgoons. OK, just checking  I actually don't care much for Settlers myself (that die roll  )
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Sockser posted:Please dude, I love Settlers. Also you should play Settlers with the Pittsburgoons. Care to make that an open invitation? 
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Mr. Glass posted:Man, am I the only one that thinks the sets themselves are kinda lame? Most of them seem to be in the "action diorama" format instead of being nice standalone models. You're not the only one. And even though it should have been obvious, I was kind of let down when I saw the sets and they were Movie LotR sets, trying to look like the actors. Also, I just hate pink minifig heads. I just hate them. e: just means more money for Monster Hunters
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Faerunner posted:Care to make that an open invitation? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2871911
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Arnold of Soissons posted:I was kind of let down when I saw the sets and they were Movie LotR sets, trying to look like the actors. I don't really know what you expected out of a LotR license. I just wish the sets were a little less action-oriented - my wife is a huge LotR fan but these sets have basically no appeal to her (except, like I mentioned, the gandalf cart, and the shelob set if she didn't hate spiders).
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If anyone's interested, I put together some build instructions for the upgraded version of the little star destroyer I posted a page or two back.
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Cute little ship, the only part I don't have in abundance is the 4x2 wings in light blueish grey. I need to order more from S&H because bricklink prices on that are crazy for something that is still in production. I do like the LOTR sets but agree they are very action oriented. Instead of 2 army builder packs they could of made a nice little hobbit house instead. The friends line did so much right for not being action oriented. They could of at least tried harder for LOTR.
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Merchant of Death posted:Cute little ship, the only part I don't have in abundance is the 4x2 wings in light blueish grey. I need to order more from S&H because bricklink prices on that are crazy for something that is still in production. oh man I would buy a LEGO Bag End in an instant 
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Merchant of Death posted:Cute little ship, the only part I don't have in abundance is the 4x2 wings in light blueish grey. I need to order more from S&H because bricklink prices on that are crazy for something that is still in production. I want to do one entirely in bright red but I'm not even sure some of those wedge pieces exist in that color. 
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Torael_7 posted:I want to do one entirely in bright red but I'm not even sure some of those wedge pieces exist in that color. That's because you can only find enough paint affordable in star destroyer white The 6x3's come in dark red, but if you use the old style 8x4's with the notch those do come in red. the 4x2's and 3x2's come in red so it wouldn't be impossible.
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Merchant of Death posted:That's because you can only find enough paint affordable in star destroyer white Indeed. Fortunately, Mon Calamari construction is not quite so color restrictive.  (Credit where credit due: I based it on this little guy that I found on a google search)
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Mr. Glass posted:oh man I would buy a LEGO Bag End in an instant Which they'll probably eventually do when they make Hobbit sets. They've got a new preview up on the lego site. I checked one day and it just had character bios. Now there's a better look at the Gandalf set. With a dev video.
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Amoeba102 posted:Which they'll probably eventually do when they make Hobbit sets. Amazon has them all at regular price now. I just ordered a Gandolf set. Something to tide me over for now. Don't want to be spending to much to fast.
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Adregan posted:I just ordered a Gandolf set. Something to tide me over for now. Don't want to be spending to much to fast. I have to stick to my lego budget and that means no new sets* until at least august *unless its a really good deal! wait, thats how this problem started and blew 2 months of lego budget on May 4th. R2D2 was totally worth it.
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I've just recently caught up with all of this thread. It has helped reinvigorate my irresponsibly expensive hobby of Legos that I've had since I was just a kid. When I moved out of my folks house 8 or 9 years ago, I left all my legos there, a 5 gallon bucket's worth that eventually became the communal legos for my nieces and nephews (and when she gets old enough, my daughter) but I've slowly been building up a collection of my own. Today I got a chance to go to the new Lego Store in Overland Park, KS (in the Oak Park Mall) and it was totally awesome. My wife and I built some minifigs with there 3 figures for 9.99 deal (I dunno if this was a good deal or not, and honestly the figures and accessories weren't THAT exciting, but it was a lot of fun nonetheless) and I got a big gulp cup of bulk legos. Do they rotate out the bulk legos, or if I were to go back in a month, would it just be the same stuff?
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Gabriel Pope posted:The bulk bins get shuffled around pretty regularly, but I think there are always going to be plenty of big basic blocks. That's good enough for me. The one big cup I got today provided an amazing amount of different bricks to utilize. I also signed up and got my VIP Card  Also, for my (27th) birthday last week, my wife got me the X-Wing (9493) probably the largest kit I've had in almost 10 years. Got it built in just about an hour 
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I might have missed it but Lego UK just announced the release of the Team GB Olympic minifigs for July 1st. They come with awesome medals 
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Lofty132 posted:I might have missed it but Lego UK just announced the release of the Team GB Olympic minifigs for July 1st. They come with awesome medals Link. Already have a friend in the UK who promised to get me my usual double set. 
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Huh. There were posts in this very thread saying Lego didn't have the license for the 2012 Olympics. Those CG minifigs look much more convincing than the photoshopped pics of the packaging.
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It is a tad odd. The latest image is a lot more convincing, but the big issue is that those aren't Team GB outfits they're wearing.
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Some licensing/toy sites are carrying the news today along with hires images so I think they've put out a press release. They're specifically 'Team GB' figures not 'Olympic' figures though.
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Digital War posted:It is a tad odd. The latest image is a lot more convincing, but the big issue is that those aren't Team GB outfits they're wearing. Ville Valo posted:Huh. There were posts in this very thread saying Lego didn't have the license for the 2012 Olympics. Those CG minifigs look much more convincing than the photoshopped pics of the packaging. Explained. No where do they use the Olympic logo, title or outfit.
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