What's your LEGO 'status' today?

560Heliport

I think skeletons are very dead! They're just in denial.

FowlerBricks

Changed my avatar again because this new Harry minifig is so awesome.

KingAlanI

Got the catalog a couple days ago. not a car or James Bond guy so don't want the Aston Martin model on the cover. only new set I'm interested in is #60202. would go great with friends adventure camp and CMF S16 Hiker. the people packs are at least 20% off and often more with a wait and I may as well be patient given my backlog.

Magic the Gathering has my attention and spending right now.

eMJeeNL

Recce said:

Added a few more sets to the Voltron and Harry Potter Minifigure purchases as most of them are on 30% or more discounts so couldn't resist.

Have you built/are you going to build 60200? I just did, and think the hotel is brilliant! Going to expand it to Modular-size (it’s 16studs wide already, unsure if i’m just going to make it 32deep only, or Also going to go 32 wide.

eMJeeNL

Mr_Hobbles said:

The packers and movers just came and left. My wife and I are moving from London to San Francisco. One 20ft container of various bits of clothing, furniture, kitchen stuff, nik naks, and about 15 plastic boxes full of Lego and computer games.

6-8 weeks at sea apparently. I miss it all already! 

Best of luck with your move!

Pumpkin_3CK5

Big Boss

Bumblepants

Visited the Sofia Lego Expo this afternoon with the kids. My 8 yr old won a Chima polybag at the speed build contest and my girls ended up with a Unikitty poly each for being good sports with their consolation -20% coupons. Some pretty fun displays with modulars, Star Wars and Ninjago. I avoided telling my wife we own ~75% of what was on display though. Fun day!

Legopants

Off on my travels to another strictly top-secret destination that will most definitely remain nameless... 

Salamalex

@Legopants I‘m very jealous. 

Casper_vd_Korf

I was building the VW bus I got for my birthday yesterday, and I was reminded of the smell of new LEGO. I really love it, but I don’t know if that’s because I associate it with a new Lego set or because it actually smells good. Any thoughts?

Shib

Sniffing toys is really @Pitfall69 s department 

SumoLego

Shib said:

Sniffing toys is really @Pitfall69 s department 

Polyethylene Equine Sommelier.  (Not to be technical, or anything.)

Legopants

Visited one of Berlin's most exclusive tat shops...

Recce

eMJeeNL said:

Recce said:

Added a few more sets to the Voltron and Harry Potter Minifigure purchases as most of them are on 30% or more discounts so couldn't resist.

Have you built/are you going to build 60200? I just did, and think the hotel is brilliant! Going to expand it to Modular-size (it’s 16studs wide already, unsure if i’m just going to make it 32deep only, or Also going to go 32 wide.

I've built the previous City Square, but due to lack of space is now kept in a storage box so this new one will not be opened so soon. Easiest way to expand the buildings is to get 2 sets and combine them, then add more bricks to fill up the gaps.

Legopants

Berlin Wall.
East Side Gallery - artwork painted in 1990 on what remains of the east side wall in former East Berlin. 



And below artwork on the other side of the wall, in the former "Todesstreifen" ("death strip"). 

Legopants

Enjoyed a most pleasurable evening stroll to the Reichstag :-) 

eMJeeNL

Recce said:

eMJeeNL said:

Recce said:

Added a few more sets to the Voltron and Harry Potter Minifigure purchases as most of them are on 30% or more discounts so couldn't resist.

Have you built/are you going to build 60200? I just did, and think the hotel is brilliant! Going to expand it to Modular-size (it’s 16studs wide already, unsure if i’m just going to make it 32deep only, or Also going to go 32 wide.

I've built the previous City Square, but due to lack of space is now kept in a storage box so this new one will not be opened so soon. Easiest way to expand the buildings is to get 2 sets and combine them, then add more bricks to fill up the gaps.

I know about getting the two sets, but i think just Bricklinking or BnPing them will be as easy and probably cheaper too

Addicted2Oxygen

Took a 6000 mile trip to San Jose lego Store to get #75932 **. Guess which set they were out of stock of..... gah! They also had a huge display case for HP sets that was completely empty. Maybe it was full of thestrals. 

I did manage to find some nice polybags at a couple of targets. So not a complete loss. Got #30380 #30497 #30427 #30407. So very happy. 

Now off to collect Argos 3 for 2 orders and find somewhere to squirrel them away. 

** was on business trip and went to the store, in case anyone thinks I am completely insane ;)

Pumpkin_3CK5

Addicted2Oxygen said:

Took a 6000 mile trip to San Jose lego Store to get #75932 **. Guess which set they were out of stock of..... gah! They also had a huge display case for HP sets that was completely empty. Maybe it was full of thestrals. 

I did manage to find some nice polybags at a couple of targets. So not a complete loss. Got #30380 #30497 #30427 #30407. So very happy. 

Now off to collect Argos 3 for 2 orders and find somewhere to squirrel them away. 

** was on business trip and went to the store, in case anyone thinks I am completely insane ;)

 San Jose California? Valleyfair mall? If it's the store I'm thinking of, yeah, Sunday isn't the best day to go there. Monday or Tuesday is when they usually get stuff in.

Addicted2Oxygen

That’s the one. It was mid week when I went. 

Pumpkin_3CK5

Addicted2Oxygen said:

That’s the one. It was mid week when I went. 

 I'm guessing since it's the last week of vacation for some, parents might've been taking their kids shopping more frequently. There's a Barnes & Noble nearby and they usually have good stuff, but it could've been the same scenario. Glad you didn't leave empty handed though.

FowlerBricks

My status: realizing that I wanted to keep the Percival Graves that I hunted down instead of trading him.

snowhitie

Now we're back from holiday, I'm rebuilding the sets I build there. Still as excited about  HP as I was a couple of weeks back. Although my son has asked to watch The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings films again so that is getting my fingers itching to start a big display of that again (especially now I've got all of the figs). Easy does it though, enjoy this first!

Legopants

Salamalex said:

@Legopants I‘m very jealous. 

@Salamalex - specially for you: Legopantsamalex :-) 

Legopants

Spent the day doing a 20km walk around a swelteringly hot Berlin with Little Miss Legopants. First stop was the Siegessäule (Victory Column).

Legopants

Last day in Berlin. Popped in at the LDC yesterday and the Lego Store today:

Switchfoot55

Sorted through some more bulk from a purchase I made several months ago last night (that I somehow had forgotten about). Found nearly all of #21115 Minecraft - First Night. Only missing the Creeper and Pig. 

My son has really been wanting a Minecraft set the last few weeks. I'm excited to grab the figs off BL and then surprise him!

I think I found most, if not all of, three of the Minecraft Micro sets too.

Addicted2Oxygen

Met @Legoboy today. I now have an additional 4057 lego pieces. He lived up to his name :)

Addicted2Oxygen

Finally created a sigfig. Was very pleased to find the spaceman t shirt torso on bricks and pieces

Pumpkin_3CK5

Cause every pretend Gojira needs a buddy to tear the city down with. 

Legopants

And got a couple of new stamps for my passport :-) 

LDC Berlin:


Berlin store:

AdeelZubair

Bricklover18

When you see this for sale of Craigslist and your heart skips a beat

Switchfoot55

^Well? Did you get it?

flord

According to Brickset, I have just cleared over 1000 minifigs. How did that happen? I haven't even entered any of my CMFs! 

SumoLego

Adzbadboy said:

I often wonder what time-travelling Brent Spiner is up to.

PapaBear

Voltron, bugatti, taj, James Bond, the entire HP line (including CMFs).  It's hard not to buy any of the new stuff

KLOKRIECHER

This caught me by surprise: The lug Steinhanse has been at the CITTI Park today, so I took some pictures of the cool MOC's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBoLRvAIoxM

samiam391

Quite pleased to add the White Gold R2-D2 to my 1/1 collection! 

Addicted2Oxygen

So, are you going to open it? :D

FowlerBricks

^It doesn't look like you can!

Bricklover18

@Switchfoot55 not yet, but it’s still possible 

SumoLego

Addicted2Oxygen said:

So, are you going to open it? :D

That is as open as it is ever going to get...

I'm very, very envious on one level.  But also happy that those pieces are in good hands!

Baby_Yoda

Yes, at least it wasn't won by some ignorant kid and smashed to pieces to get to the figure within, then chewed until it's unrecognisable. Instead, Artooie's gone to join Threepio in mint condition!

Bumblepants

I let my kids play with the ejector seat. Results:

omnium

^ Mine looks a bit like that. Except I have only built bags 1 to 3 ;-)

starwars4ever

samiam391 said:

Quite pleased to add the White Gold R2-D2 to my 1/1 collection! 

That's an amazing find! If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it?

SumoLego

(Two thousand now, fifteen thousand upon receipt.)

560Heliport

Aw crap, I don't think I can quote exactly, but I'll try: "You must really be desperate! Okay,  you got yourselves a ship!" er, droid.

Legopants

Hurray! It's holiday time! Off to the UK tomorrow for 2 weeks of DABA (doing absolutely bugger all) :-)