What's your LEGO 'status' today?

bookmum

@omnium back when I played with my fabuland it used to annoy me that you could get bedroom furniture, kitchen bits, tables and chairs etc but no bathroom. I was always building bathrooms for my fabuland houses! 

tallblocktoo

samiam391 said:

Apparently, today is my 5th anniversary since joining Brickset.

Not many understand my obsession with LEGO, so I've always been very thankful for such a wonderful community to share my hobby/addiction with! A special thank you to each and every one of you here!

Here's to 5 more years :)

Happy Anniversary!  It certainly is a great community!

tallblocktoo

@snowhitie  Best wishes for your health.  I think all kids love their moms no matter and are never a failure in the child's eyes as long as they feel loved which yours obviously does.  

@iso3200  Nice gesture to cheer someone up.  Love the build!  

legodad1

Having just finished building Assembly Square, I'm now back to working on my 'alternate colour' version of The Greengrocer (Sand blue walls and dark red roof - guess what I've cannabalised for those parts!) Have almost finished the third floor - am waiting on a couple of bricklink orders to finish the spire at the front. Meanwhile, I'll make a start on the roof with it's BBQ area.

omnium

chrisalddin said:

omnium said:

chrisalddin said:

omnium said:

I've never had to call Customer Services before and I'd heard they are very good. The woman on the other end of the phone was so happy to help me, I suspect she might have been high ;-)
And new stickers are coming in the post, of course!
I liked not having to wait on hold forever too.

it may take up to 4 week's to be shipped out.
bear that in mind.

That will be fine, I'm in no hurry. The stickers are hanging on for now, so I won't replace them for a while anyway. CS told me they'd ship within 7-10 days, so we'll see about that :-O

i think you find it 7 to 10 days after it ship's out.
i know it take's a long time as it coming by land all the way and has longer to travel then lego set's do.
all i know is that it took almost 3 months to get the right part i needed after the 1st one i ordered from pick a brick got crushed by yodel, the 2nd time sent the wrong item, and the 3rd time was slower then ever as it was right in the middle of Christmas rush.

So I rang CS on 9th Feb, their email tells me they shipped the stickers on 21st Feb. And they arrived today! (The letter was dated 10th Feb).
15 days in total. Not bad at all, I think.

Addicted2Oxygen

How many batteries does power functions require!!!

6 for battery box. 3 for remote. Time to buy some more batteries.

VorpalRyu

So just checking twitter & this happened today...

catwrangler

Mum came round and oohed and aahed over the Fortrex on the coffee table. I'm not surprised; she's the one who got me started on Lego. :D

blogzilly

Curious...how come some people post what they have built or bought here, others post it in the what are you building or what are you buying threads? Just curious...

Briking

Today I discovered that the size of my dining table (with leafs in) is 10 1/4 x 3 1/2 baseplates.

snowhitie

@Briking looks great! How have you done the road between the café and the haunted house (previous to last picture).

maniac

snowhitie said:

@Briking looks great! How have you done the road between the café and the haunted house (previous to last picture).

Looks like unattached 90498 - Flat Tile 8 x 16

bookmum

@Briking so it's dinner on a tray on your lap at yours then!! (looks good though!) 

Briking

@snowhitie, @maniac is right.  It's 8x16 flat tiles.  I'm still not convinced about standard road plates and these tiles make it a bit more intimate and compact.

@bookmum Pizza in front of the telly tonight :-)

snowhitie

@briking thanks, I'm not convinced about normal road plates either. I like to set my city up and down like you, using the living room take. I've used 16*32 baseplates with tiles on top but that becomes expensive  - so always on the lookout for other ideas.

Enjoy your pizza!

TheMaker37

My lego status is Great. Picked these up at Target and put an order in at [email protected] for Big Ben and Assembly Square. Cannot wait til they arrive.

TheMaker37

OOps forgot the photo. Overly excited.....? Maybe?

eanair

Spent €59.90 on [email protected] today & not one set for myself :-( Being a savvy Mammy and stocking up on Mighty Micro sets that are on sale which I can use for birthday presents for my little boys friends.

In other news, last weekend I got to visit my first ever Lego store!  In Cardiff!!  Managed to survive a store full of kids on their half term break to fill my very first [email protected] cup!  Then had a lovely chat with the girl serving me who was also an AFOL!  Can't wait to go back!

blogzilly

@Briking  that is REALLY nice. I like the Corner Deli you did. Size on it is just right. Much respect. I bow to you, sir. Or ma'am*.

(*Just covering my bases...gender isn't indicated right here next to an avatar.)

Briking

Thank you @blogzilly. Oh, and my good lady wife assures me I am still very much male.

Aanchir

Briking said:

@snowhitie, @maniac is right.  It's 8x16 flat tiles.  I'm still not convinced about standard road plates and these tiles make it a bit more intimate and compact.

@bookmum Pizza in front of the telly tonight :-)

I like the idea of using 8x16 tiles as roads, though I would be inclined turn them the other way to make the roads wider. Sometimes I kind of wish LEGO would implement a new road system using those tiles and possibly some new ones for curves, since it could mean more customizable layouts than 16x16 road plates allow. Imagine, for example, being able to put a crosswalk at any point along a street…

blogzilly

Gonna get you caught up, and me too, on the last weeks builds. I had the good fortune of having my wife and older son gone (vacation) while I hung back with my younger son, the one with the disabilities. It was great, I have to admit. When he is with me, and just me, ALL incidents of violent behavior go down. His verbalizations go up. He sleeps through the night 80% of the time compared to 10%. He is all around happier and a joy to be around.

Sure, there are rough spots. But not nearly as many when his mom and brother are here.

Anyway...don't mean to ramble, but I had a burst of building in the three days they were prepping to leave, then some light building over the week. I'll show a piece here and the bulk of it in the building thread.

Thanks for listening. And as far as this build? I hated, HATED, the printed tiles. They would not align. Would have preferred stickers for more control. Can't find the figgies, but they are around. Watched the film as I built it. Enjoyed it more than I expected.

Legopassion8

My daughter's bookfair is gonna be Awesomeness !! Oh wait this not the Uni the Unicorn fansite....

Legopassion8

^

#highlander #macleodbats 

TheMaker37

Reached a Lego milestone today. 100 sets!!! I know not alot compared to some other collections, but we all know it not the size that matters, it what's in it;) Most of the sets are large, pc count is over 75,000 so on average each set is 750 pcs.

MaffyD

@blogzilly - glad you're having a more positive time with your son at the moment.  Really digging the builds and your updates. Know that we're thinking of you every time you post of your difficulties.

blogzilly

MaffyD said:

@blogzilly - glad you're having a more positive time with your son at the moment.  Really digging the builds and your updates. Know that we're thinking of you every time you post of your difficulties.

Thank you I really appreciate that. This has become a much needed pressure release valve for me, a great place to relax and feel like, well, just like a regular guy. Thanks to you and all of you who make this LEGO community so great.

iso3200

I was sitting here, looking through all the TLBM sets and CMFs, and I just thought - you know, there really aren't enough versions of Batman for collectors are there ;-)

So, with a few spare parts and Photoshop, I present:-

Great British Batman


Bad Dream Batman

William_Townsley

After spotting 853638 in the Glasgow Store I put my Batman CMF inside it. Orca was a real pain to fit in so I had to use of these clips to attach him

SprinkleOtter

iso3200 said:

I was sitting here, looking through all the TLBM sets and CMFs, and I just thought - you know, there really aren't enough versions of Batman for collectors are there ;-)

So, with a few spare parts and Photoshop, I present:-

Great British Batman


Bad Dream Batman

Mor plz.

blogzilly

@iso3200 hey love em would you share the recipes? :)

bandit778

iso3200 said:

Bad Dream Batman

This could seriously be a suitable minifig contender for this....

iso3200

^^ Bad Dream Batman recipe is Mr Good and Evil legs (green patches modified to match torso colours), Ghostbusters Zombie Driver torso, Mouth of Sauron head, Teddy I think is from Spooky Girl (again modified),

Great British Batman - Umbrella from Penguin Arctic Roller, Cape and Cowl from sh025, arms and legs generic blue. For the torso you have three options - £2000 original London Lester Square minifg, a 70p copy, or photoshop :-)

Speedman29

Was digging through my photo albums (proper old school printed pictures like we used to have years ago!) looking for something else when I stumbled upon this snap from the Birmingham Motorshow from 2000....

....I presume it was built to highlight #8458 Silver Champion that came out the same year.

SumoLego

iso3200 said:

Bad Dream Batman

Nice usage of the Mouth of Sauron head!

Yodalicious

Be free of your chains!

catwrangler

Cleared the Lego that was variously being displayed/had come to rest in the spare bedroom. Now Palace Cinema is sitting on my desk with Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, so I can finally meld the two in a glorious orgy of tentacles. 

But first, dusting!

SumoLego

catwrangler said:

Cleared the Lego that was variously being displayed/had come to rest in the spare bedroom. Now Palace Cinema is sitting on my desk with Dr. Strange's Sanctum Sanctorum, so I can finally meld the two in a glorious orgy of tentacles. 

But first, dusting!

Make sure to post some photos.  I'm planning on doing the same thing.

3-D!!!!

Uberbrick

madejp86 said:

So happy!!

Sweet! I need to get myself one soon.

SprinkleOtter

SumoLego said:

catwrangler said:

...meld the two in a glorious orgy of tentacles.

Make sure to post some photos.  I'm planning on doing the same thing.

3-D!!!!

... Eww...

Uberbrick

I plan to build 31048 Lakeside Lodge soon: http://brickset.com/sets/31048-1/Lakeside-Lodge.

Legopants

In deepest, darkest Northants visiting Mummy and Daddy. This little lot was waiting for me - a fab haul of 30xxx polys courtesy of @blade_guy. Thanks again, Chris :-)) 

Legopants

This was also waiting for me :-) 
Just need to get it all back home now...

bookmum

Ooh @Legopants I was in the lovely Northants last week. I found a great shop in Kettering that sells collectables. They have mini figs for £2 each. Worth checking out if you're in that area of Northants. The shop is in The Yards - a cute little independent shops place. 

bookmum

The shop is called My Toy Cupboard. 

gandalfthebrick

Super excited that dave prowse signed my darth Vader minifigure frame today! 

Legopants

Thanks for the tip @bookmum - unfortunately I'm at the other end of the county (just outside Daventry). I do know Kettering quite well though coz of Wicksteed Park and a past romance in my distant youth. 

AdeelZubair

My first and last time I'll be purchasing LEGO Dimensions products (Hopefully...) They were required for my Harry Potter collection :)

bookmum

Wouldn't it be great if they held a brickfest at Wickys @Legopants? Sigh... I can dream! 

Odeinoichus

Legopants said:

In deepest, darkest Northants visiting Mummy and Daddy. This little lot was waiting for me - a fab haul of 30xxx polys courtesy of @blade_guy. Thanks again, Chris :-)) 

Jealousy fuels me, I'm not sure what happened to Canada, but the local Toy's-R-Us stores never have any new polybags anymore, it's like they stopped ordering the things. And they used to be so good for finding most Polybags, now, nothing. It defies all logic, and I can't order any off S&H because for some reason Polybags from Themes are never available direct from LEGO unless it's a giveaway.