Ha, that's funny. Not from Mr Bean's Holiday though, but I'm guessing that might be more familiar to Cuusoo voters maybe?
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Ha, that's funny. Not from Mr Bean's Holiday though, but I'm guessing that might be more familiar to Cuusoo voters maybe?
Yeah I thought it was from the show too, I never saw that movie so I thought they may have just redone the skit for the movie
Baron von Loathsome
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They didn't. It's specifically from the show.
HammerOfThor
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So I got one extra Homer and two extra Bart minifigs.
I still have like 4 more I need to open, but those are up for trade if anyone wants. My GF found movie minifigs at hear Walmart so I'm sure I'll have some doubles of those.
Anyway, if anyone else has some stuff up for trade lemme know
I still have like 4 more I need to open, but those are up for trade if anyone wants. My GF found movie minifigs at hear Walmart so I'm sure I'll have some doubles of those.
Anyway, if anyone else has some stuff up for trade lemme know
Mixels series 2 pics from amazon!
http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Mixels/subtheme-Series-2
We've seen them but not close up like this yet.
http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Mixels/subtheme-Series-2
We've seen them but not close up like this yet.
It's amazing how many people messaged me for this information
Amazon. The seller's name was Epaytopus. Search for his name and see his clones for sale. There are other sellers as well, but their prices were not as cheap. The same figs are selling on Ebay for much more than from these Amazon sellers (probably the same person!). Seriously, some custom minigs are sell for $30-50 each which is crazy.
I made a point to show the 2 worst paint jobs out of 40 minifigs. Most reviews on these pretty much skp the flaws, which I think is disingenuous. If I mixed them with regular minifigs, no one would be able to tell the difference. Also, I'll be correcting the TMNT mask soon. It will probably be the same level of difficulty as removing the keychain from a minifigure Hulk. It just takes a little bit of care and it's as good as new!
Perhaps my iPhone pictures are making them look worse than they are. In person they are as good as an official Lego minifigure. Like I said above, if I mixed them with regular minifigures, you would be extremely hard pressed to spot the clones.
It's interesting to note the differences between the pics they show in ads and what they eventually produce. For instance, that Winter soldier has 2 solid black arms. In another, he has one flesh tone arm. I bet when they ship, the left arm will be silver by then. The Fantastic Four minis are interesting because there's not really anything to them. That Thing would look great next to minifig Hulk though! You can tell these guys are getting better and better as they produce more knock offs.
I'm in Taiwan at the moment. I've found several stores selling these.
Also some NanoBlock knockoffs using licensed characters such as Monsters Inc, marvel and Nintendo characters.
HammerOfThor
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I'll check when I get home, but I noticed last night that it looked just like a head so I'm assuming it will with no problems.
I'm tempted to be safe and get them from Amazon but a group of AFOL is doing big batch order from aliexpress and i'm tempted to jump in...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
BentBricks
Member
Using helmets on top of the eye pieces to make it look like eyelids? Genius!
Even better! They are head pieces with the eye print on them. Much more useful!
Wow, these guys look so much better than series 1...it will be mighty hard not to get all of them!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Even better! They are head pieces with the eye print on them. Much more useful!
Oh, god. How did I miss the hats used for eyelids? Love it.
And yes, head pieces with one giant eye will be handy.
BentBricks
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Looks like LEGO is slowly winning people over with the Mixels. I was one of the people not feeling it when they first announced the Mixels and had photos. I was still going to get them for the ball joints and the amazing assortment of parts, but I wasn't going to get them all. I will get them all now.
Legomon! Gotta catch 'em all!
SillyEskimo
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Bookmarked! $27 for a large lot, most if which I own, but oddly still a great price to get the 10ish I don't have yet.
Eh i just got done with this little guy here and it was a decent, quick build actually... i like seasonal stuff like this so, even though it's a bit early: Happy Easter LegoGAF!!
Thanks! I picked this up for an Easter gift for my son - he also got the Valentine Bear back in February. Hope they continue this throughout the rest of this year.
Thanks for the heads up ! Really love the new guys, can't wait to play with them
Still need to get two of the first wave though. Flain and Volectro can't be found anywhere around here Bakkuma371
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Been real busy recently with work and family so not much time to work on my Arcade MOC but I have got a couple more cabs to show.
KeyboardMania 3rd MIx:
BeatMania Complete Mix
Next to work on is BeatMania The Final, Core Remix, BeatMania III and then I can move onto the more obscure BEMANI games.
The family as it stands;
Taiko no Tatsujin, Drummania V, Guitar Freaks V, Guitar Freaks XG, Drummania Gitadora [placeholder, changed my design], Drummania XG, Keyboard Mania 3rd, IIDX 8th, BeatMania Complete Mix, DDR Solo, DDR [needs overhaul].
KeyboardMania 3rd MIx:
BeatMania Complete Mix
Next to work on is BeatMania The Final, Core Remix, BeatMania III and then I can move onto the more obscure BEMANI games.
The family as it stands;
Taiko no Tatsujin, Drummania V, Guitar Freaks V, Guitar Freaks XG, Drummania Gitadora [placeholder, changed my design], Drummania XG, Keyboard Mania 3rd, IIDX 8th, BeatMania Complete Mix, DDR Solo, DDR [needs overhaul].
RelentlessRolento
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Nice! Mr Bean seems like a perfect fit for Lego TBH.
Forgot to say awesome work on the stay puff'd <3
I looked over most of the Mixels from each series and have to say every release has parts that people will want. That one blue fig has a lot of good parts, mainly the energy swords and eye heads
Winnie the Pimp
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It doesn't seem like there will be any others anytime soon. There's no future model on the back of the manual like the Bear had.
Here's the new TV Guide cover. Printed faces are no good.
BentBricks
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It doesn't seem like there will be any others anytime soon. There's no future model on the back of the manual like the Bear had.
Here's the new TV Guide cover. Printed faces are no good.
This will make the moulded heads look much better to those that didn't like them. If the cartoon is done with printed heads like that, it's probably to make the animation easier for talking and expressions.
Quoting just to know if the time is right to do our contest, this time i'm ready
WordAssassin
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Oh my god... if that 15% off comes to America... and it stacks with employee discounts... sweet merciful heavens
WordAssassin
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Ok so I have a Simpsons CMF update for everyone.
A customer asked about buying a case today and I got the newest info: everyone, employees and customers alike, will be limited to 16 of the Simpsons CMF due to it being licensed and in such high demand. I'd better get good at feeling them.
Also, they don't come out May 1st, they come out "the first week of May."
A customer asked about buying a case today and I got the newest info: everyone, employees and customers alike, will be limited to 16 of the Simpsons CMF due to it being licensed and in such high demand. I'd better get good at feeling them.
Also, they don't come out May 1st, they come out "the first week of May."
Ok so I have a Simpsons CMF update for everyone.
A customer asked about buying a case today and I got the newest info: everyone, employees and customers alike, will be limited to 16 of the Simpsons CMF due to it being licensed and in such high demand. I'd better get good at feeling them.
Also, they don't come out May 1st, they come out "the first week of May."
So for the entire time the series is in stores, you can only buy 16 of them? Well that's hit.
What about customers though? Like I said earlier... if I go into the store, buy 16, leave, eat lunch, come back 30 mins later... can I buy another 16? If the answer is no, what about the next day?
And do you know if they are tracking this by LEGO VIP account?
tiggerkiddo
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Ok so I have a Simpsons CMF update for everyone.
A customer asked about buying a case today and I got the newest info: everyone, employees and customers alike, will be limited to 16 of the Simpsons CMF due to it being licensed and in such high demand. I'd better get good at feeling them.
Also, they don't come out May 1st, they come out "the first week of May."
It's gonna be crazy as people go for those minifigs, a madhouse. Kinda glad I'm not interested in them.
I'm seeing a lot of people saying they aren't interested, which is a good thing for me
I hope.tiggerkiddo
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I'm seeing a lot of people saying they aren't interested, which is a good thing for me
Our lack of interest won't make up for the crazy amount of interest people will have for them, especially the resellers, lol
WordAssassin
Member
I was wondering this myself - obviously they'll be able to track what employees buy but I don't know how they'll regulate what customers get. If you buy them and come back 30 minutes later you're probably going to get turned away but if you buy in the morning and come back at night when the staff is different, or the next day, I have no idea how they'll keep track. I'm sure as we get closer to launch they'll go over everything with us but I work again on Wednesday so I can ask then for more clarification.
And I mean, I can go to TRU or Target or some place and buy all I want, but they'd be full price or more there. I def want a full set for myself and that'll be what I use my 16 for, so after that hopefully I'll be able to feel the ones I want to give as gifts in other stores, or ask other coworkers who don't care to buy them for me.
My local store is offering pre-orders to get the complete set of 16 for US$100. Much as I don't want to validate their overpriced ways... I gave in.
It's going to be too hard to get all 16 and I'll end up spending way more than that, so I figured it was OK. As you guys say, it's going to be a madhouse.
It's going to be too hard to get all 16 and I'll end up spending way more than that, so I figured it was OK. As you guys say, it's going to be a madhouse.
WordAssassin
Member
I actually feel like this is going to be THE easiest set to get all 16 from because their heads are such unique shapes and their accessories too. Marge hair, skateboard, squishy cup, toxic rod, saxophone, etc. Feeling them up should be super easy.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Feeling out should be easier than usual. Finding enough to complete the set? Tougher. Slough, I foresee more places than usual carrying these compared to other cmf series.
This is what I'm more worried about, to be honest. The LEGO Movie CMFs were surprisingly hard to find here. Hong Kong branches of Toys R Us stopped selling CMFs for some reason.
(Also, I am SO BAD at feeling bags.)
These limits are really only in place to limit really obvious, obnoxious resellers on hot items. 99% sure you'd be fine buying 16 at launch, waiting a week, buying a handful, waiting a week buying a handful...in perpetuity. Buying 32 in an hour might be pushing it though.
I feel very lucky that mine sells the whole set for MSRP. And no need to pay in advance. It's a no brainer
BentBricks
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I think Simpsons CMFs will be a mixed. Once the LEGO movie came out, the CMFS went Fast.
Simpson will have less kids after them; however, I think the LEGO movie is will have a residual effect. I was in the store today and heard several kids (spring break) asking if they had the LEGO Movie CMFs. 2 were interested in Simpsons.
If they are busy they won't notice especially if you just grab 16 randomly the first time so they don't really notice you. Also, if you have another person it's 16 per customer so the other person can get 16.
Winnie the Pimp
Member
even if they track by VIP account, just get em the first time and the next time you say "oh i don't have a VIP account, and no i don't want one either!!" and grab your next batch of figs
Just go for whichever one you like more. Both are not in any danger of going out of print soon. During Black Friday, there may be Triple VIP points.
If you're positively sure you want to get both at some point, start with the older set. That's what I'm going to do anyway. I think the Ewok Village will still be around for a while though
tiggerkiddo
Member
We need a Winter Soldier minifigure...
I sure do !