PhoncipleBone
Banned
The pirate ship will most likely be 10000 though.
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LEGO |OT 3| Build Hard. Buy Fast. No Mercy.
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Classic spaceship looks awesome. Even thought the LoTR Pirate Ship got a bit of a "meh" from me it did spark an interest in Lego ships for me in general so very interested in that pirate ship. If anything else i'd like to do a good airship moc with a nice ship set.
So looks like my first Lego S@H order for the new year will be the two animal creator sets and the Baxter Robot that's on sale. Damn GS seems to have gotten some mandibles in me with the two sets I have so i'm considering the Swarm Interceptor now and maybe, maybe, Galactic Titan if its still on sale when I get paid.
crap, I forgot about the mars rover on jan 1st. I may have to hold off on one of the animal sets. I think by virtue of my avatar I have to get the kitty one.
So looks like my first Lego S@H order for the new year will be the two animal creator sets and the Baxter Robot that's on sale. Damn GS seems to have gotten some mandibles in me with the two sets I have so i'm considering the Swarm Interceptor now and maybe, maybe, Galactic Titan if its still on sale when I get paid.
crap, I forgot about the mars rover on jan 1st. I may have to hold off on one of the animal sets. I think by virtue of my avatar I have to get the kitty one.
SystemShark
Member
Bah. Can't seem to find Unexpected Gathering anywhere except online for more then it should be. 
It's sold out on s@h but it hasn't been discontinued yet, has it?
It's sold out on s@h but it hasn't been discontinued yet, has it?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Which Galaxy Squad sets do you have so far? The essentials (in my opinion) are Bug Obliterator, Vermin Vaporizer, and Hive Crawler. Galactic Titan is a solid set, but felt like a step down from the three I mentioned before.
BentBricks
Member
I just built the Crater Creeper set and it's pretty good. It's a good deal if you find it on sale for $16 or less. It's a fun build and looks pretty cool when done. I like the mandibles, but my kids don't like it when I have it "biting" them. I got it at the amazing price of $11+ at TRU during their insane sales prior to XMas.
I have the Hive Crawler, but haven't built it yet. There's a lot of "non-essential" Galaxy Squad sets IMO that are pretty fun builds.
ChaChaChaChia
Member
Just completed building Town Hall and have to admit you guys were right. I remember the consensus being that it was a mediocre build with the exception of the roof. At first I was all "they be crazy" cause the build was fine for me. I was enjoying myself and looking forward to each build session over the course of a couple days. How much better could it possibly get? Well, it seriously took it to a whole other level on the roof. I was doing techniques I have never ever seen before, and didn't realize how boring the rest of the build really was. Good thing it didn't start out that great then taper off. It really ended with a bang. And now my row of modulars on my mantle is really taking off. Next up Palace Cinema!
I picked up Mech Eradicator before christmas and got Bug Obliterator for a present.
Bah. Can't seem to find Unexpected Gathering anywhere except online for more then it should be.
It's sold out on s@h but it hasn't been discontinued yet, has it?
No, it seems to be safe from the OOS reaper for now.
A couple of LEGO Movie books to be on the look-out for:
comes with an "exclusive" ? minifigure
hardcover guide, for those of us that collect these things
You'd figure the DK book would be the one to have the minifigure.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The DK book is tiny. That is where the pics I had came from.
Yeah, Amazon says 64 pages.
Also fyi, in late April we have the newest LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary. Given the past entries, that will probably have a cool exclusive minifig.
Then in June, there is the Friends Character Encyclopedia, followed by the Chima Character Encyclopedia in July.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Just completed building Town Hall and have to admit you guys were right. I remember the consensus being that it was a mediocre build with the exception of the roof. At first I was all "they be crazy" cause the build was fine for me. I was enjoying myself and looking forward to each build session over the course of a couple days. How much better could it possibly get? Well, it seriously took it to a whole other level on the roof. I was doing techniques I have never ever seen before, and didn't realize how boring the rest of the build really was. Good thing it didn't start out that great then taper off. It really ended with a bang. And now my row of modulars on my mantle is really taking off. Next up Palace Cinema!
Yes! I built the trash chomper. Pretty fun build although disappointing it doesn't transform and you have to rebuild to get the regular trash truck.
But I think my favorite set is Metalbeard's Duel along with Cloud Cuckoo Palace.
I'm more interested in the 2-in-1's for their "normal" builds than their wacky alternates. My LEGO City doesn't have an Icecream Truck, nor a Plumber van. And it could use another Garbage Truck.
My January 1st pick-ups are going to include the Metalbeard set, and one other TBD.
PalaceBrother
Member
I think I posted a pic of the one with the minifig last week-I've now seen it at multiple Chapters locations.
I don't recommend GT and I'd probably pick it last. Vermin and Hive looks much better.
Edit: About the 2in1 movie sets: Are they simple to alternate or do I have to rebuild them completely?
I also found this in a yt comment:
The Omega Man
Member
Just got a few LEGO movie sets, they are available right now at Toys r Us
PhoncipleBone
Banned
They should be out everywhere today, and most places should be cheaper than TRU on them. Unless TRU decided to actually charge MSRP for once.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Sweet mother... I
By the way, do we know if the Fire Truck mech has an alternate vehicle form?
At the LEGO store, looking at it right now. It's not mentioned on the box, but it looks like it wouldn't be hard to MOD it.
Picked up the Hoth set (the one with the snowspeeder) at $10 off at the local Lego store, along with one of the movie sets (the garbage truck 2:1 thing) and 5 movie mini figs. I snagged Abe, the cop, Emmett, panda man, and robot lady with 50s haircut. I'm loving the movie sets, but since I've got a while on those I wanted to get the Hoth set before it's gone.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Would Target today have the Lego Movie sets out? There's a lot of Targets on my way home today from my sisters place and I have the time to make some stops.
They should - the sets are now in stock at Target's website, and I've heard reports of them being in store.
Reveal or on sale?
On sale. For that reason, I'm leaning heavily on the Jan 11th reveal being the Sandcrawler. And I'll extend that speculation a bit further and wager that it is a Bessa set.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Take all my monies.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Thanks. I wanna grab some Friends animals, Movie CMFs, and the small Movie western set for now.
The Super Secret Poluce vehicles are so nice though but I'm going to wait on sales.
I'm interested in them for the same reason, the normal builds.
Neoriceisgood
Member
Waves without historic themes make me mad.
Finished Mech Eradicator. That was fun, I really , REALLY love Lego Mech's. It just looks like it's ready to kick butt and the stickers of bug guts on its feet is a nice touch. Love the pilot ship transformation, call out to old japanese mech shows. Bigger then I thought it would be, just looks intimidating.
The bugs were kinda cool but wish they were more poseable. Probably easily modded if I get around to it.
The bugs were kinda cool but wish they were more poseable. Probably easily modded if I get around to it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Now the mech needs a worthy opponent to fight. Time for Hive Crawler.
Glad you liked the mech.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Maybe LEGO will release an official instruction set online.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Challenge accepted. For when I eventually get the set. Somewhere far down the line.
Only must have of current movie sets is MetalBeard. Others I want, but can wait.
MetalBeard was my one definite pick-up today as well. The others happened because I decided to pick up the two exclusives (Rescue=TRU, Flusher=Walmart) at the LEGO store instead.
Those two "Super Secret Police" sets look really nice though - I may have to get them on the 1st when I am back at the store.
