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Halfway through building the First Order Star Destroyer. Pretty fun build, and I got a sweet shirt from Toys R Us, but god drat are there a lot of stickers for this thing. I cocked up the stickers at the forward area and it looks crooked as hell. Ah well, at least most of that poo poo will be covered up by the exterior.
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I popped in the Leicester Square Lego store last night at about 9 because there was no queue outside for once. They had loads of the Ninjago City set on shelves (all with slightly beat up boxes, I noticed), and a kragled display version you could touch. Right next to it, I overheard a sales guy telling a customer that it'll be around for about a year easily, probably 2. So, no rush.
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Sep 1, 2017 08:24
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Lizard Combatant posted:$1300 Australian (about $1030 US) . Get hosed you crooks Aww son of a bitch. Still though, I think I might bite.
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It's kind of funny looking at it vs some of the stuff that is available now. They keep calling it the biggest Lego set ever, and it's huge but come on. The Ninjago city is like 3/4 as many parts and only like 35% the price. It's super cool but $800 is bonkers. It's like a $400 set with 4000 extra greebles on it. It's no doubt one of the coolest sets they have ever done but the price it just absurd. This is where the Star Wars premium price tag becomes a joke.You are paying like $300 for licensing fees.
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Sep 1, 2017 09:02
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They also inflated the price to get a bigger slice from resellers. They aren't stupid, they saw what happened to the previous UCS falcon. It wouldn't be very capitalist if they didn't try to get a cut because this thing is guaranteed to be gobbled up. The fun part will be watching what resellers do. Typical 2x price, or a smaller percentage?
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Sep 1, 2017 09:14
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My prediction is that it will sell out day one when all of the whales roll in, and then collect dust for the rest of it's production cycle because seriously who wants to buy an $800 Lego set?
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Sep 1, 2017 09:18
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veni veni veni posted:My prediction is that it will sell out day one when all of the whales roll in, and then collect dust for the rest of it's production cycle because seriously who wants to buy an $800 Lego set? I have a hard time justifying any set over $200, barring stuff like Mindstorms. It's just way too much money. The old UCS Falcon's price was relatively reasonable, but $800 for this one? It's not as if you'll even get interesting parts, it'll be 30 bags of grey and charcoal plates and 1x1s. The minifig selection is decent, but not significantly different from what you can already get from recent sets (except Hoth Leia). I'm sure it'll sell like gangbusters and I don't fault anyone here for buying it, but I'm the exact target demo for that set and I have zero interest in it because of the price.
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Holy poo poo. What is this insane pricing on what should be a £20 set? That's a tiny rear end set with only 2 minifigs? Also, porgs!  /cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/9030635/porg.jpg)
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Sep 1, 2017 09:46
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veni veni veni posted:My prediction is that it will sell out day one when all of the whales roll in, and then collect dust for the rest of it's production cycle because seriously who wants to buy an $800 Lego set? Very true. I get the set and it looks really cool, but it will be a boring rear end build and its literally nearly all grey. £650 for that? No thanks. Ninjago city is huge and way more interesting, both visually and from a building POV. Like a lot of people have said, its a £300 set at most, until you stick Disneys licensing fees on top. I honestly cant see it being a huge seller. The price alone is a huge bar for most people, and not a single parent will buy that for their child.
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The MF sits right in my sweet spot of nostalgia. I was 7 or 8 when the first movie came out and I've gotten into Lego as an adult. After buying just whatever looks cool for a few years I've settled into a few sub-themes. (Besides the bulk stuff I buy/sell on Craigslist). The MF is definitely something that should be a must buy. I can afford it and it looks awesome but don't think I can convince myself to spend $800. Its kinda nuts.  Guess I won't have the next size up to go with these guys.
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tomapot posted:The MF sits right in my sweet spot of nostalgia. I was 7 or 8 when the first movie came out and I've gotten into Lego as an adult. After buying just whatever looks cool for a few years I've settled into a few sub-themes. (Besides the bulk stuff I buy/sell on Craigslist). The MF is definitely something that should be a must buy. I can afford it and it looks awesome but don't think I can convince myself to spend $800. Its kinda nuts. It's crazy how off model that first Falcon looks.
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I'm wondering if anyone else is insane like me and collects entire themes? For instance, I have all the Pirates stuff save two of the redundant minifig packs. I have all the western stuff except for one and this led me into Lone Ranger stuff, too. I have all the Lego Movie and most of Batman movie, too. Too many Lego.
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tomapot posted:The MF sits right in my sweet spot of nostalgia. I was 7 or 8 when the first movie came out and I've gotten into Lego as an adult. After buying just whatever looks cool for a few years I've settled into a few sub-themes. (Besides the bulk stuff I buy/sell on Craigslist). The MF is definitely something that should be a must buy. I can afford it and it looks awesome but don't think I can convince myself to spend $800. Its kinda nuts. You're missing one. 
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Sep 1, 2017 14:55
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Just like the super star destroyer it is cheaper in australia to buy from the usa and reship it, even factoring in $100AUD for shipping its $200AUD cheaper, just like it was for the ssd. ($1100 reshipped vs $1300 local, $500 reshipped vs $700 local) Yeah also the price in general is loving inflated. Spookydonut fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Sep 1, 2017 |
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Sep 1, 2017 15:05
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The_Doctor posted:You're missing one. Thanks for the reminder I have a link to the instructions for that one floating around, have to get around to building it.
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I actually kinda want the falcon, my strategy is to get everyone in my family to pitch in $50 for Christmas and they all get it for me. Cause I sure as poo poo am not cracking open my wallet for the full $800. 
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I think that if you are patient/diligent you will be able to get the falcon for below retail at some point. Someone will screw up at some point. Baseline should be $800 - $80 w/ double points. Including tax in many states that works out to around $780. Based on other things that have gone on sale, price mishaps and/or coupons/whatever, I think $650 is pretty doable. Or just keep selling them on ebay and use profits to buy your own.
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Shop @ home store is imploding today. Was hoping to get BB-8 and the fishing store but I guess I'll wait till it can actually calculate the correct shipping cost before I pull the trigger.
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Waltzing Along posted:I think that if you are patient/diligent you will be able to get the falcon for below retail at some point. Someone will screw up at some point. Baseline should be $800 - $80 w/ double points. Including tax in many states that works out to around $780. Based on other things that have gone on sale, price mishaps and/or coupons/whatever, I think $650 is pretty doable. At some point, some random site will be selling it for half off for like 4 hours, and someone will post it. When that happens, I will be there. Like a vulture swooping down on a dead deer. At least that's what I'm telling myself. Still kicking myself for not buying that $100 tie firghter.
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I think it's hilarious that they have one millennium falcon on sale for 120 dollars, and another one for 800 dollars.
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Cojawfee posted:I think it's hilarious that they have one millennium falcon on sale for 120 dollars, and another one for 800 dollars. I think maybe I might just buy the cheaper falcon.
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I wonder how that BB-8 will look like next to my R2D2.
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I went to the Lego store today because I couldn't help myself and wanted the Fishing Shack... and they had just installed the display Falcon. Holy poo poo it's huge!
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pzy posted:I went to the Lego store today because I couldn't help myself and wanted the Fishing Shack... and they had just installed the display Falcon. Holy poo poo it's huge! Was really disappointed mine didn't have one. They did have Ninjago city up though and wow. I'm gonna need that eventually. Pretty good day to go to Lego. Got way more free poo poo than I knew I was getting. Along with the scariff trooper and posters they gave me a cave man/cave girl set and a little 60 piece educational set. Pretty rad.I couldnt use my points though because I hadn't registered my card online  oh well I've got $20 fun box next time I go.The fishing shack seemed like the hot item of the day. practically every one in line had one. All old dudes with their wives haha.
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Spookydonut posted:I think maybe I might just buy the cheaper falcon. FWIW I have that cheap falcon and like it a fair bit.
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I've got an old rear end Lego Technic Control Center and some old motors (74569 and 71427). But the power cables are very brittle now and are breaking just by handling them (UV damage?) Would this cable work? It seems like only the bottom of the connectors are 9V compatible? So I assume: Control Center+71427 Motor = works Control Center+74569 Motor = does not work (because this motor has power connection on bottom) Is this correct, how can I get everything to work again?
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I think you want something like this. There are more lengths at the bottom of this page. I don't think They are compatible with power functions.
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Chairchucker posted:FWIW I have that cheap falcon and like it a fair bit. I got the one before it, and it had the best mini-figs. Han, Luke, Chewie, Leia, Obi-Wan, Vader, and a Stormtrooper.
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Chairchucker posted:FWIW I have that cheap falcon and like it a fair bit. Ditto. I got it for display but my daughter loves playing Star Wars Shopkins in it and it's absolutely adorable. Toasty Pop is BB-8's girlfriend. Old Han Solo presided over their wedding.
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Spent over two hours in the car today to go to the lego store for the NinjaGo City. Store opened at 10. I got there at 1pm. They were sold out. They advised to get there and line up before opening tomorrow for a chance to get one. I was loving right  They also sold the last fishing shack when I was there. Not to me. Dumb Mango had it in his hands and put it back on the shelf to look for a Brick Bank. Someone else grabbed it and bought it. FML. The new falcon was on display and looks rad. Huge but rad.
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How hard would it be the mount the new falcon flat against a wall? Like no visible shelf or anything, and maybe some backlighting between it and the wall. I'm imagining something like an array of hooks that slot into the modified bottom of the model.
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It has a bunch of feet. Hang it by those?
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You'd have to really take a look at where your intended hanging points are and how they transfer weight around them.
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Just glue it to the wall.
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I watched the video and am now I am irrationally angry at the price of the model. I would love to buy it but 8-0-0 €. gently caress. I keep telling myself that it costs the price of a vacation or a bike for a bunch of admittedly very pretty plastics to display but it doesn't help. Imagine that thing inside a coffee table in front of your couch...
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Well dammit, I spent a long night creatively wrapping a Black Pearl into a series of smaller boxes with a message for my girlfriend at each layer for her birthday. Of course I miss one bag of pieces needed and 'epic present' (her words) turns into 'you did that on purpose to torture me didn't you' . Whoops!
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