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Gravy Jones posted:Don't suppose anyone wants to order one for me and ship it to the UK? I'm good for it (paypal). Must have plat, Guess I can't help you.  Edit: Huh, you know what, I never noticed before but you've probated me in the past.
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Gravy Jones posted:Good luck dude. That would be awesome. We need an insider source! Manchester or Sheffield? Manchester, it says that they need staff ASAP so I'm hoping to hear back about an interview fairly soon.
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Good luck, mate - I will definitely be shopping there! I was tempted myself, but it would be a labour of love. I enjoy my current job too much to want to move fully (and do a daily commute to Manchester), and I figured that it was a bit daft putting my hand up for work when my availability would be super low (i.e. one shift a week). The return just wouldn't be worth it.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I've gotta make some decals for their record collection. Obviously the monster mash, other suggestions? Werewolves of London, of course.
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Calling it for 2014 - Lego Ancient Warriors. It is amazing to me that they haven't done it already. Perhaps they want to stray away from war with real ethnic groups. I too would love Greeks vs Romans or whatever. That Cuusoo submission looks cool, but he has fallen into the trap of creating an entire them rather than a set. I would start with a Collosseum set. That would be fantastic. That said my Crystal ball has been very inaccurate, as I did insist there was no way that awesome haunted house was monster fighters  . It is a lovely set. I was a bit surprised at the pricing on this one. Seems a lot more even and fair for pricing between countries. No more give away RRP's for the US? Or maybe only Star Wars is like that now  ? Don't worry Americans, I'm sure you will get the last laugh when the Australian RRP is announced.I mainly like to build castles and architecture with my Lego. Unfortunately, I have noticed it is really really hard to get decent numbers of pieces in realistic colours. Im mainly after the hugely popular light grey (new version bluish grey). Bricks aren't such a problem, but plates are always in high demand. Does Lego do this on purpose to try and guide us towards the huge sets (joust, fire brigade etc.) or is just coincidence? There was an awesome deal on those large brick boxes (450 pieces) but I decided against buying any as they include colours like light and dark blue but no light bluish grey. Is bricklink the only possible way? Manchild King fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jun 10, 2012 |
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Jun 10, 2012 17:58
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PriorMarcus posted:Manchester, it says that they need staff ASAP so I'm hoping to hear back about an interview fairly soon. Good luck! I'm sure you'll love working there. How big is the store? I know mine is one of the smaller stores, at least in the US.
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Just powered through the Black Pearl finally. Pretty awesome having 3 ships together. After I finished building I sit down to watch some Family Guy. quote:"Peter: You got LEGOs? Aw, sweet! Lois only buys me Mega Bloks. Coincidence... Ingram fucked around with this message at 19:00 on Jun 10, 2012 |
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youareoffthehook posted:Good luck! I'm sure you'll love working there. How big is the store? I know mine is one of the smaller stores, at least in the US. It's a fairly regularly sized retail unit in a really big, busy city-center shopping mall. Should be a good location. Hard to compare it to other Lego stores as I've never been in one. This will be changing soon though! I think it's in a really good location. It's in a recently completely refurbished area of the mall in the middle of a load of popular brand based stores (Apple, Disney, that kind of thing). Oh to be more precise: 2,934 sq ft (thanks Google). Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Jun 10, 2012 |
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How many staff are they taking on? Is it the Lego Discovery Centre in Trafford Centre? I'd be interested in moving back to Manchester for an opportunity like that.
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beato posted:How many staff are they taking on? Is it the Lego Discovery Centre in Trafford Centre? I'd be interested in moving back to Manchester for an opportunity like that. No it's a new proper official Lego store (the one in Trafford Center is run by the company that runs the LDD, Merlin I think?) in the Arndale Center. There's going to be a new one in Sheffield as well.
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Any idea what the salary or hourly rate is?
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Retail job in Manchester? I'd estimate approximately bugger all. The job listings and application forms are here: http://jobsatlego.com/united-kingdom/united-kingdom-jobs
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I don't know the answer to those questions either beato, it's all thing I'll want to ask in my interview. Thanks for the well wishes guys.
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Good luck with the job, wish we had a Lego Store in Reading. They should get on that instead of whatever bollocks they say we need to qualify as a city.
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Keep us posted Marcus, and good luck!
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 Spotted this in Big W yesterday. A Star Wars set that doesnt look like rear end? I'm amazed.
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It's based on the game The Old Republic, and yes it is one of the best looking Star Wars sets. I have been looking forward to it's release. Also, picked up the Shelob set this weekend, a great build. Shelob herself is a masterpiece, and the web tensioner setup is awesome, she can actually hang from it with no problems. She looks great hanging from a on my wall, although the cat wasn't too sure about that. Poisonlizard fucked around with this message at 07:10 on Jun 11, 2012 |
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Captain Invictus posted:That can't be a real set. They did exactly what I did with those flick missile bits and sticking a cone on them, which is expressly verboten in official Lego designs because they cannot be pried apart. They do that in Lunar Limo too 
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Captain Invictus posted:That can't be a real set. They did exactly what I did with those flick missile bits and sticking a cone on them, which is expressly verboten in official Lego designs because they cannot be pried apart. It works fine as long as the cone is not transparent.
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It scanned up for aus$128.  Sockser posted:They do that in Lunar Limo too Synthbuttrange fucked around with this message at 12:54 on Jun 11, 2012 |
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Poisonlizard posted:It works fine as long as the cone is not transparent. This. It's because the two kinds of plastic heat up from friction at different rates and expand differently, and become permanently stuck. The ones on my Lunar Limo are never coming off (which is okay because I'm never taking it apart.) As a comment on the set itself, 
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Yep, that's on my want list now.
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Video has been posted about the Haunted House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5-28oA6-yc edit: The hat for the speaker is probably my favorite part. Kazy fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Jun 11, 2012 |
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Kazy posted:Awesome Haunted House Video This thing is fantastic, probably one of the most amazing sets I have ever seen. It makes me sad that I will probably never own one.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Has anyone picked up the Sopwith Camel yet? I'm gonna buy a big set, but I can't decide which one. It's enormous, and the stick in the cockpit actually moves the relevant control surfaces through like half the cables you can see on it. In the correct directions, too. So it's got that going for it.
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Saw this on Eurobricks. First of the series 8 minifigs to leak. Pirate captain with gold cutlass!
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Such a fancy shirt on that pirate captain. I am wondering what else will be in there and hope I don't want them too bad.
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Gorgolflox posted:This thing is fantastic, probably one of the most amazing sets I have ever seen. It makes me sad that I will probably never own one. Why not? That set just became my #1 must have thing. There are a lot of lego sets I've looked at in the past and thought "hmm, that's nice, maybe one day." But that haunted house... I will forgo a car payment if I have to (thank god I'm gainfully employed) but there is just something about it that really, really appeals to me.
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Gorgolflox posted:This thing is fantastic, probably one of the most amazing sets I have ever seen. It makes me sad that I will probably never own one. I hear you friend   I love my Lego but it's hard to spend over a hundred dollars on a set. Though when I see one in person, and if I happen to have the cash I just might be tempted.
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My limit on lego would probably be the Lunar Limo or something, don't have the space for headquarters or massive buildings. Think I'll have to make an exception for that haunted house though, it's like Lego went into my 8 year old mind and made my dream lego set.
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I haven't seen it mentioned, but I noticed my Lego store is offering minifig collections: - One is a beach-themed set, with the girl surfer in a bodysuit, hula girl, and blonde surfer guy in one set, and they come with BBQ equipment. - Another is just a random collection of various minifigs, which comes with the Gorton's Fisherman, space mercenary, mummy, and a few other guys.
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Phy posted:It's enormous, and the stick in the cockpit actually moves the relevant control surfaces through like half the cables you can see on it. In the correct directions, too. So it's got that going for it. I bought this and the SW Y-Wing yesterday. I'm not quite through book 1 and it's already absolutely massive. Between this, the Shuttle set, and the UCS Jedi Fighter, I'm quickly running out of shelf space for Lego. Stop making huge sets that I have to own. 
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Sharkelberry posted:I love my Lego but it's hard to spend over a hundred dollars on a set. Though when I see one in person, and if I happen to have the cash I just might be tempted.
Keep the box, protect the instructions, don't lose any pieces and it will likely be an investment rather than a purchase. The only thing it's missing is some kind of branding tie-in. If this was officially "The Addams Family LEGO house" or "The Munsters LEGO house", I'd buy dozens just to horde away.
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You just convinced me to buy two! One to build and one to lock away until it's worth millions!
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Red posted:- Another is just a random collection of various minifigs, which comes with the Gorton's Fisherman, space mercenary, mummy, and a few other guys. Those are the VIP minifigs.
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Just found a Queen Anne's Revenge for 79$ at Walmart, the 21 year hole in my heart where a Black Seas Barracuda should be is finally filled.
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tikan posted:Just found a Queen Anne's Revenge for 79$ at Walmart, the 21 year hole in my heart where a Black Seas Barracuda should be is finally filled. I don't like licensed sets on general principles, so I filled that hole with Destiny's Bounty instead. Now all my classic pirates are chilling on a rocket powered Chinese junk.
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einTier posted:Think of it as an investment. My Lego is definitely an investment for me. I get to have fun with it now, and in a few years I'm going to gift it all to my niece when she's old enough. I have another niece/nephew on the way as well, so she can share it with them when they're old enough too. None of this Friends stuff for her either, she'll be getting Blockade Runners, Modular Buildings, Cars, Trucks, X-Wings, Pirate Ships, Haunted Houses, the works!
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