What's your LEGO 'status' today?

stlux

As it's a keychain, @SumoLego will move heaven and earth to obtain 20, and then share with the rest of the forum once he realizes he only needs 10?

SumoLego

Ah, piffle.

Odeinoichus

Today was a good day. Picked up Royal Talon Fighter Attack from TRU Canada, got a free Imperial AT-Hauler Polybag, found two sealed cases of HP on the shelf, opened one and got Percival Graves.

Then I helped out a grandmother locate the Yoda's Hut set and her daughter pick up some Spinners from Ninjago. Whoever is getting those gifts is going to be thrilled.

No time for saving up until October 12th so I can get the Bricktober set that week, find some way to spend 75$ for three consecutive weeks and get JW, MS and HP Offerings from TRU Canada.

AdeelZubair

Billund, Denmark (26-27th September)

Unfortunately I didn’t get much time to actually have proper look or interact with the experiences at the LEGO House. (I’ll be back for sure!) In general the models were outstanding, the whole concept of the house and the contents were amazing! What caught me by surprise was a magazine I was featured was present in the LEGO House library amongst some great reading material.

The AFOL Event itself was worth the trip, loads of existing friends were present along with familiar faces and people in the AFOL community and LEGO designers. It was mostly about catching up with friends and even LEGO designers and having a laugh with them. I was fortunate enough to meet Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen he was kind enough to be giving out his employee Minifigure!

Majority of the AFOLs were leaving for Skærbæk Fan Weekend once the LEGO House closed early, so I had to also make my way back to the airport around 18:00, although my flight wasn’t until 22:35. Seemingly thinking it will be a quite few hours I was surprised to stubble upon Michael Fuller (LEGO Design Manger) who was grabbing a coffee before he traveled back to London. He was a very kind and entertaining guy, we had a conversation on my day in Billund.

arathemis

This weekend went over 250 sets by buying Ninjago City and Ship in a bottle.

Just over 163k pieces from sets only.

CaptainLego

Yesterday, I added exhausts to my latest MOC: Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta:



I also started a new MOC but I need to order more dark green parts before continuing.

Speedman29

Treated myself to the SW advent calendar and got a free Solo mudtrooper poly. Should sit nicely with the other stand minifigures

Picked up a Scarif trooper one as well to get it over the £30 spend if anyone needs one.

SithLord196

About a week and a half ago I set out to find a full set of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Collectible Minifigures for my wife as an anniversary gift. After about 4 hours at Target where I had to take the blind bags off the pegs by the cash registers I managed to find all but Percival Graves. I also bought her a copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that day though.

The next morning I went to a different Target and spent about an hour trying to track it down, but was also unable to find that particular minifigure. At this point I was pretty disappointed.

That evening we decided we were going to go to dinner and then watch the movie. We ended up needing to stop at a nearby Target after dinner, and I decided I'd take some time to try and find that elusive minifigure. Most of the pegs only had 3-4 of the blind bags on them which had me feeling a little hopeless. Alas, we went about searching anyway (I had given her the rest of them already, and told her I had trouble finding the last one). 

Luckily for us though, either the second to last or last blind bag on the second to last or last peg we were going to search ended up being Percival Graves! I ended up spending like 2 minutes making sure there was no polyjuice potion or the cane because I was convinced I wasn't going to find this particular minifigure. 

So long story short, I managed to find the Percival Graves figure after hours of searching and was therefore able to get the complete set of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts Collectible Minifigures as an anniversary gift for my wonderful wife.

snowhitie

Happy anniversary @SithLord196 . So glad you managed to get all the figs.

I've got a HP related status too. Been working very hard on making the great hall greater. It's as finished as it will be until I pick up my 4th one (just the bricks) next month and get some extra stairs and baseplates in sand yellow. Had lots of fun trying to get the proportions right and trying to get some stairs in there that would actually vanish.

Here are the front and back view.

The second picture doesn't really come out, I'll try again with my proper camera in daylight, but there's lot's of pretty good detailed pictures here on my flickr page: https://www.flickr.com/photos/14115709@N07/shares/D6QqY3

I do know not every classroom is at the right hight etc, but this is as close as I can get. Now I'm going to try and make my MOC of the rock at the bottom bigger and also start on Gryffindor tower. Been having sooo much fun!

Baby_Yoda

@SithLord196 My sister similarly spent fifteen minutes in a supermarket aisle looking for Newt for me. Not that he's particularly rare, just that she really likes that character and wanted me to have him. Thanks, sis!

snowhitie

Woohoo, I'm a fan of the number 9, so I really like the look of this, 4 in a row! Guess I need to throw a 10k party soon too :)

PS I keep having problems with the spacing in the alinea's I'm sorry. It's only on this forum so I'm not sure how I can solve it. Doesn't seem to affect everyone. If I remember in time I can 'edit' and remove the spacing but it seems like I'm not always enough 'on the ball'.

Bumblepants

snowhitie said:

Woohoo, I'm a fan of the number 9, so I really like the look of this, 4 in a row! Guess I need to throw a 10k party soon too :)

PS I keep having problems with the spacing in the alinea's I'm sorry. It's only on this forum so I'm not sure how I can solve it. Doesn't seem to affect everyone. If I remember in time I can 'edit' and remove the spacing but it seems like I'm not always enough 'on the ball'.

Only 9000 visits though? Amatuer! ;-)

Astrobricks

First time I remember seeing someone with more likes than visits though :)

Switchfoot55

My son has recently been having a difficult time falling asleep at night. My wife and I have tried a number of things to help calm him down and get him to bed at a reasonable time, but nothing seemed to be working. He would constantly get out of bed, asking us for this or that to keep himself awake. 

The last two weeks, however, we thought we had a bit of a breakthrough. He hadn't gotten out of bed at all. Nice and quiet. No noise coming from his room. We figured the phase was over. 

Yesterday evening I was helping him settle into bed and I felt something under his pillow. I went to see what it was and he got a huge grin on his face and tried to block me from seeing what it was. I was finally able to see under it and instantly started laughing. 

There was a stack of all of my Lego catalogs and a Lego Minifig book we have. He's 6, so far too early to draw comparisons to other magazines one might find under their kids pillow or mattress, but still just caught my funny bone. He's been reading them in bed every night, looking at the sets, reading the descriptions as best he can, and dreaming of his "want list". 

I definitely left his room with some pride in addition to a fun story!

560Heliport

How do I "really, really like" your post? Do you consider it a "win" because he's staying in bed and quiet?

Switchfoot55

^For sure. It's a win-win. In bed and quiet, and doing so because of Lego! Now I just need to determine how long he's keeping himself awake to make sure he's still getting enough sleep...

SumoLego

Astrobricks said:

First time I remember seeing someone with more likes than visits though :)

-clears throat-

Baby_Yoda

^ I almost didn't like that out of jealousy.

PJ76uk

As a lurker, my visits will always far outstrip my posts and likes!

I only created my account about a year after first reading the forum so that I could share my experiences on the Legoland Windsor thread! Don't regret it though as I've enjoyed posting pics of my builds recently!

Salamalex

Finally reached that stage in my LEGO life where I’m bagging up stuff to free up space for for new stuff! It’s taken four years and a few hundred sets and I do plan for it to see the light of day at some mythical point in the future but will we ever 
a. Board out the loft
OR
b. Move house

SumoLego

Baby_Yoda said:

^ I almost didn't like that out of jealousy.

I almost didn't post it out of humility.  (Ha!)

560Heliport

^ Dammit, I just 'liked' that... as if you need the encouragement! :)

Kerre

Today I almost succeeded in asking a for quote on Bricklink.

I'm sure that's something those forum members further down the rabbit hole than I am (Hi!) can relate to.

sid3windr

^ You mean you accidentally already clicked "Place Order" anyway, right?

Darth_Jar_Jar

Sorted the 3 pab cups I got earlier, along with a Solo polybag the LEGO Store employ threw in. She's really nice and always throws in something when I go in.

Jern92

Bought the Harry Potter Quidditch set to get the free Bricktober minifigures. Glad Toys r Us still exists here

Pumpkin_3CK5

@Kerre Dunno about quotes on BL since I haven't tried, though I did get a reply asking which item I wanted a picture of, and that was five days ago. Still nothing lolz

Also is it just me or are the icons of who's liking people's post gone now? All I see are the number of likes.

Baby_Yoda

Yeah, there's a thread about it... somewhere...

Legopants

Arrived in the UK this morning ready for STEAM on Sunday :-) And very much looking forward to it! 

Astrobricks

Pumpkin_3CK5 said:

@Kerre Dunno about quotes on BL since I haven't tried, though I did get a reply asking which item I wanted a picture of, and that was five days ago. Still nothing lolz

Also is it just me or are the icons of who's liking people's post gone now? All I see are the number of likes.

Baby_Yoda said:

Yeah, there's a thread about it... somewhere...

https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/29251/like-avatars-are-missing#latest

560Heliport

Debating which to get in order to get the Han Solo mudtrooper: #75220 Sandcrawler, #75221 Imperial Landing Craft, or #75230 Porg. Sandcrawler is a little more money than I should spend this week; I really like the Porg; but I gotta quote The LEGO Movie's Benny: "spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!!!"

FowlerBricks

^I personally like the Landing Craft the best.

Hanzo

Yeah, of those choices I'd go landing craft. 

Kerre

At Brickevent in Eeklo, Belgium. Nice family-friendly gathering, open today and tomorrow. 

stlux

@Kerre There was nothing else you could post a picture of instead of K3? ;)

For the non-Dutch speakers: K3 is a bubblegum pop girl band with the sole aim of selling merchandise to small kids. But it's a great mosaic and worth seeing in the flesh/brick :)

Kerre

@stlux I found it very striking. And since @sid3windr knows his Flemish singers...

Also encountered this lady as part of a lovely amusement park setup:

SumoLego

stlux said:
K3 is a bubblegum pop girl band with the sole aim of selling merchandise to small kids.

I get the sense I would need to be high on K2, or suffering the effects of altitude sickness on K2 to enjoy K3?

Recce

Created this small tram based on JKBrickworks' motor design. :)

SumoLego

SL:  "My display case for smooth-haired Leia and THRAWN arrived today!"

SLW:  "Ugh, you are such a man-child.  Get that off my kitchen table."

SL:  "But... THRAWN!"

SLW:  "Yes, your blue Oompa-Loompa and poop-hair Leia are lovely.  Off the table, please."

SprinkleOtter

^ Haven't had those AFA graded yet?

SumoLego

SprinkleOtter said:

^ Haven't had those AFA graded yet?

No, I already spoiled them.  They've felt the touch of human hands on atleast two continents.

Bumblepants

She is right though, I can't see it as anything other than poop hair now.

SumoLego

The kids referred to it as 'Tootsie Roll' hair.  Atleast before poop hair hit the airwaves...

Speedman29

Went to the Great Western Brickshow today. Amazing models on display. Played the Fairybricks tombola and won a polybag and minifig. Saw @LostInTranslation and her cool goodgirl/bad girl bedrooms. Saw @Huw and his awesome GBC. Was wowed by Brick to the Past display. And generally enjoyed the day. I thought again the display numbers were down but the quality up.

Have a few pics from today.

The Monty Python montage by the entrance was hilarious.

Keilup

SumoLego said:

SLW:  "Yes, your blue Oompa-Loompa and poop-hair Leia are lovely.  Off the table, please."

One of the funniest lines I've read in a while.  +1 for SLW.

KingAlanI

Kicked the LEGO habit - by reactivating my Magic the Gathering habit - about as good for my available time and money.

Haven't forgotten the brick, Target had a $10 giftcard on a $50 purchase. I hadn't researched the Harry Potter CMFs in detail (an example of my lower level interest) but this seemed like a good enough deal to buy random bags. I bought #40358 the first time I saw it - a cute set. a bit pricey but OK with the deal for an exclusive and has lots of figs and special parts for a small set

Legopants

Speedman29 said:

Went to the Great Western Brickshow today. Amazing models on display. Played the Fairybricks tombola and won a polybag and minifig. Saw @LostInTranslation and her cool goodgirl/bad girl bedrooms. Saw @Huw and his awesome GBC. Was wowed by Brick to the Past display. And generally enjoyed the day. I thought again the display numbers were down but the quality up.

Have a few pics from today.

The Monty Python montage by the entrance was hilarious.

@Speedman29 - Fab photos! :-) Looking forward to today's visit :-)) 

Shib

Doing a @Legopants... My minime has been for a cruise with Cruella at STEAM

Credit to @LostInTranslation for the build. 

Legopants

Shib said:3

Doing a @Legopants... My minime has been for a cruise with Cruella at STEAM

Credit to @LostInTranslation for the build. 

Nice wheels! :-)
Wouldn't Cruella let you drive @Shib? 

LostInTranslation

 Legopants said:

Shib said:3

Doing a @Legopants... My minime has been for a cruise with Cruella at STEAM

Credit to @LostInTranslation for the build. 

Nice wheels! :-)
Wouldn't Cruella let you drive @Shib? 

@legopants - No I wouldn't!