What's your LEGO 'status' today?

Aanchir

nexander said:

Somebody is clearly having a laugh. Just after I posted saying I needed to get building and got everything ready the bloody power went out! Not even going to try and build by candlelight

Where's a light brick when you need one? :P

chrisalddin

nexander said:

Somebody is clearly having a laugh. Just after I posted saying I needed to get building and got everything ready the bloody power went out! Not even going to try and build by candlelight

had this happen to me 2 times.
turn's out the main power line for the road was slowly dying.
the power man who had been up the tall ass poll use a lot of tech words that i dont remember now, but it come down to one of the 3 power flows in the main line for the road (the one we was linked up to) had turn to mettle powder from trees rubbing on the line. and when the power drain from 1 house got to high any house who was past that point on the line would lost power. also when a tree pulled on the power line. that would brake the flow as well. well that's what i got out of all the techno babel the power Guy told me. what it come down to was "bad line" = "no power!"

MaffyD

Use the torch on your phone! I'm assuming that's what you're posting with...

SprinkleOtter

MaffyD said:

Use the torch on your phone! I'm assuming that's what you're posting with...

Use the torch on your dungeon wall!

MaffyD

Woah, that got dark pretty quickly! I never said anything about S&M!

nexander

MaffyD said:

Use the torch on your phone! I'm assuming that's what you're posting with...

My phone ran out of battery just after i posted that! We were using the giant minifig torch/lamps and candles but colour distinction made it impossible. All good now thankfully

SprinkleOtter

MaffyD said:

Woah, that got dark pretty quickly! I never said anything about S&M!

Not sure what you're referring to, but I was making a joke about Brits calling flash lights/any lights "torches" ;)

TigerMoth

SprinkleOtter said:

MaffyD said:

Woah, that got dark pretty quickly! I never said anything about S&M!

Not sure what you're referring to, but I was making a joke about Brits calling flash lights/any lights "torches" ;)

With one Brit speaking to another Brit, what do you expect them to use? A word that's likely to be regarded as "foreign"?

Anyway, just as "torch" has a particular sort of meaning over there, unless you're interested in history, "dungeon" is likely summon images of a different scenario over here - and possibly certain politicians (like 250 of them in one famous case)!

Pitfall69

I feel en"light"ened now ;)

TigerMoth

You be careful about the light end bit, or we'll have to send Lindi St Clair round.

Oh! The days when political scandals were fun!

chrisalddin

Pitfall69 said:

I feel en"light"ened now ;)

no Jar Jar, ... sorry (coff) @pitfall96 don't go towards the light!. i hear the dark has cookies.

SprinkleOtter

TigerMoth said:

Oh! The days when political scandals were fun!

Now they all sound Hillaryious...

SumoLego

Adzbadboy said:

I’ve just submitted my application for the Sales Associate position at the new flagship store in Leicester Square.

If you get that job, you can tell folks all sorts of crazy Lego rumours and be 'that' Lego Sales Associate that keeps these forums going!

TigerMoth

SprinkleOtter said:

TigerMoth said:

Oh! The days when political scandals were fun!

Now they all sound Hillaryious...

Whilst living in Downing Street, the second most powerful politician in the country rents (innocently) his basement flat to Miss Whiplash, head of the Corrective Party (genuinely stood for Parliament), who uses it for what you might guess, and has 250 MPs as clients.

You couldn't make it up - and that was only the tip of the iceberg.

Bricklover18

I love British politics, you guys cut right to the point.

JooTog

I am not into Nexo Knights. With that said, #70323 Jestro's Volcano Lair picked my interest when pictures came out earlier this year... until I saw it today built at the LEGO store. I guess I was expecting a more volcano-y look and that's not what I saw today. Too bad, I really want a Jestro minifigure and a Book of Monsters.

Venunder

^Order the Book of Monsters from Bricks and Pieces.

snowhitie

My husband is starting his own business, together with a friend so I made him a little desk-thing to motivate him. See if you can guess what kind of business it is (the crown is to obscure the name, I was trying to find a better way to obscure it but can't seem to find anything good in Flickr and don't own Photoshop).



@Adzbadboy Good luck with the job-application! We all know how passionate you are about Lego so if you need some referrals, give us a shout.

Pitfall69

Hookah Bar?

LittleLori

Microbrewery 

SumoLego

Definitely a Meth Lab.

JudgeChuck

^ ^^ Or get #70316 Jestro's Evil Mobile, which comes with both, but no Bookkeeper. It is a lot cheaper though.

snowhitie

;) some good suggestions and @SumoLego is close, but regrettably it's a bit more boring (and above board)

Should thank my Brickset secret Santa @???? again for that board though, I would never have thought of buying that and it's already been used to celebrate 6 different occasions, so it's getting well used and a lot of fun.

Bricklover18

IV infusion lab? They are really cool. 

MaffyD

SprinkleOtter said:

MaffyD said:

Woah, that got dark pretty quickly! I never said anything about S&M!

Not sure what you're referring to, but I was making a joke about Brits calling flash lights/any lights "torches" ;)

You mentioned a dungeon. They are tangentially related to dominatrix style fetishes. Or so I hear! That's it really. I need very little excuse for a tenuous joke... :-)

SprinkleOtter

Juice Bar? Cafe? Mad Scientist lab? That energy crystal is really throwing me off...

stlux

Bakery/coffee bar?

snowhitie

Okay, were are getting farther away from the truth now but entertaining guesses ;)

He's a chemist (and crystallographer hence the crystals) and is going to check out testing and legal requirements for new food products (I'm not a chemist so I don't understand more than that).

The cup and croissant are just his sustenance.

SprinkleOtter

snowhitie said:

Okay, were are getting farther away from the truth now but entertaining guesses ;)

He's a chemist (and crystallographer hence the crystals) and is going to check out testing and legal requirements for new food products (I'm not a chemist so I don't understand more than that).

The cup and croissant are just his sustenance.

Oh. Then it was the food that was throwing me off! ;)
I suppose he's the kind of scientist that finds traces of peanut butter in dinosaur bones? ;)

iso3200

stlux said:

Bakery/coffee bar?

snowhitie said:

The cup and croissant...

Sounds like a perfect name for it.

bendybadger

Brew and Brioche, Coffee et Crepe, Beans and Cream, Java Baklava, I have overthought this way too much

Speedman29

Status part one:
Used the new [email protected] site with its £10 voucher combined with my VIP points to complete my Scooby Doo collection. #75904 should be winging its way to me as sson as its back in stock. I plan to build it on a 32x32 or 48x48 and add a spooky fence and garden to it, then the Mystery Machine can park outside with the plane flying overhead. The Mummy scene will be built in somewhere. Leaving the lighthouse on the edge of my Modular street in the harbour.

Status part two:
A few weeks ago a friend of ours said she'd won "some" minifigure in a competition from America....The SDCC exclusive Atom Man has just arrived, she's taunting me with opening it and giving it to her 6yr old LEGO mad son! I've asked to be able to "just look at it in the package once" before he tears it open and adds it to his collection!

SumoLego

bendybadger said:
Java Baklava

Baklajava - who wants to open one?

stlux

This morning's Lego status: got a box delivered from [email protected] As I have already shot waaaay past my usual spend for the month, deliberating whether to try and hide the box, or try to be casual and honest about it... It's #71006 The Simpsons House, so not the easiest box to hide...

I'm an addict. Unfortunately this forum is not exactly the best in helping with this particular addiction.... Well, at least I know I'm not alone with this particular luxery problem :p

Venunder

This is the only place to be if you have a Lego "habit". :)

stlux

"Habit". Yes, sounds better when you call it that instead :)

vizzitor

This "habit" or "addiction" of ours, eh?

What other habit gives you a rush at the beginning with just small amounts, leaves you wanting, no needing more as time goes on and ends up with you buying huge volumes, spending hundreds a month.

Er, nothing I can think of! Nope! No, siree!

stlux

Tried to hide the box. Unfortunately as it's the Simpsons House, it's big and very yellow.
Might need to try the other approach. It's my wife's birthday next week; maybe I already give her one of her presents?

chrisalddin

i as head of "knowing about Toy's" for my house.
i was ordered to get gift's for a boy who is 8? 9? around that age birthday this month.
after speaking to his mum. found out he was after lego Age of Ultron set's,
after looking on amazon i picked out #76038 and #76029 for him.


i love to buy stuff. more so when it not my money i am spending. :p

i hope he likes my picks. i was limited by what i could get him by amazon stock levels!

JudgeChuck

^Just don't get carried away and open and build them yourself, when they arrive... The poor lad would be very upset... ;-)

datsunrobbie

stlux said:

Tried to hide the box. Unfortunately as it's the Simpsons House, it's big and very yellow.
Might need to try the other approach. It's my wife's birthday next week; maybe I already give her one of her presents?

If it is your wife's birthday present, just gift-wrap it and there's no longer a need to hide it, and the decision on whether or not to open it early becomes HER decision to make. 

stlux

That Simpsons House is very much for myself ;)
My wife likes Lego and has some sets herself, but The Simpsons is not something she likes. Would be a very selfish present to give ;)

GeordiePaul

@stlux Giving your wife the Simpsons house is the same as Homer giving Marge a bowling ball for her birthday with the name 'Homer' on it, which is exactly what he did in an actual episode from the early days, if I recall correctly.

JooTog

@stlux use it as a decoy for the real present! wrap it and hide it not too well... of course, assuming the real present is very well hidden.

MrGudz

Just seen Paralympic cyclist Jody Cundy on CH4's The Last Leg sporting a Lego Space t-shirt and an X-Wing and Porsche sets on display.

chrisalddin

my Brickset forum status today is:

i now have 1,000 like's.
i joined the forum on the 30th of September 2015.
so i got 1,000 like's in just under 1 year. with 20 days to spare.
next mile stone is the 2,000 post's.

KingAlanI

KingAlanI said:

supermarket... 3 #75132 First Order Battle Pack for $9.99 each

another one of their stores had 10 #75132, and 2 #76044 Clash of the Heroes (DC Batman Superman also down from $13 to $10 and a decent deal for parting out)

@snowhitie I use solid rectangles or somesuch in Paint to edit an image before uploading. You on your phone?

Got my BrickLink order - fast, cheap, good. :)

madejp86

Built some of my Speed Champion sets today. Great fun, need to get a few more.

SprinkleOtter

Some people have this Birthdays overshadowed by holidays, like Christmas or Easter. @SprinkleOtter has the once in a lifetime experience of having his overshadowed  by some bloke walking miles in the poring rain. Good luck, @Legoboy

Also, on a side note, I just found out I have more likes than posts...

Legogram

@SprinkleOtter  Happy Birthday!  Just think, after this year, you will always have someone to join you in celebration.  You for your birthday, and @Legoboy for the day he achieved a dream he and his Mom shared.  What could be better!