What's your LEGO 'status' today?

snowhitie

Hope everyone has been having a fun Sinterklaas day and lots of bricks were found in shoes (and removed before feet were inserted).

I've been spending the last couple of days sorting out the Lego of the daughter of my best friend. She really wanted to rebuild everything but the parents couldn't see the forest through the trees. It was quite fun, something else to do. And not that many sets so it was doable in a couple of days.

I also taped up the bottom of the big Lego brick box since the massive holes just 'ate' pieces. Really don't get why Lego doesn't provide an extra card board bottom or something to close that gap off.

Today I looked through my collection for pieces she was missing (not too many luckily, but surprisingly big pieces, no small fiddly bits).

So it's all sorted and done and she can start building again and I feel like I accomplished something useful!

Switchfoot55

@benbacardi, yes, it was two of the same figs. So four total coins. 

Oh, the second bag also had a white rangefinder too. Weird.

Gibbo1959

Happy owner of #40292 Christmas Box - didn't need to spend anything worth £85 at the time just for the freebie and wasn't planning on using December calendar voucher as not due to visit my local Lego store before Sunday but was in London yesterday and had a bit of time so took it into Leicester Square and this was the free give away for the voucher. Also got the HP polybag because it was there.

Switchfoot55

2018 City Advent Update: Due to family peace issues, we opened door 7 yesterday so my daughter could build the little girl minifig (I peeked on BL... for everyone's sanity, it was for the best). That left door 6 for my son tonight. 

Behind door 6 was not one bagged Snowman, but two! My working theory is the doors above and below 2 and 6 will be double bagged too. 

I'll have my wife pick all lego Lego sets from now on to increase the likelihood of double sets inside the box. 

Bring on that UCS Falcon!

KLOKRIECHER

I've been looking for some deals one week ago:

Fauch

turns out I didn't order ninjago city docks? or it got canceled by amazon? can't find any hint of a transaction.

klinton

Two trips to TRU to get the Fantastic Beasts characters from the CMF series, and I've now got three Newts and a Dobby elf... but still no Jacob. I feel like an utter tit standing there amid Christmas shoppers, fondling little packets. 

I freaking loathe CMFs at the best of times, but this is a bit ridiculous. :p

truck730

That's the reason minifigmadness  is there to remove the tit  factor

bandit778

klinton said:
 I feel like an utter tit standing there amid Christmas shoppers, fondling little packets. 

Perhaps feeling a tit is where your going wrong??
It's a lot easier to identify the figures when your minds not elsewhere. ;)

Speedman29

Bought our Christmas tree today and put it in the stand ready to decorate tomorrow once its branches have unfurled from being in the netting. After receiving the WV train last year I decided to have it lapping the tree this year. It'll probably have to be off the rails once the presents get stacked up there, but for now its just fine. Ended up with a elongated oval with a straight in the middle of the short sides and two in the long so it clears the stand. I also got round to building one of @Mouseketeer awesome additional carriages after buying his plans on ebay. We opted for the hot chocolate wagon this year, total cost was about £25 including postage from four BL orders.

klinton

bandit778 said:

Perhaps feeling a tit is where your going wrong??
It's a lot easier to identify the figures when your minds not elsewhere. ;)

Oh, for sure. I was def rushing things along. Any indented rectangular part got tossed in the "buy it" pile. Hahaha. 

Trip number three (I was on a mission, clearly) finally got me Jacob though! 

Coolguy5000

Got a mixed lot of parts which had power functions I needed so that was good. Though I have not been able to identify the top 3 capes below that came in 1 box. Any help or ideas? Can't find on brickink. Apologies for picture size. On my phone with 6% battery so wanted to post before it died!

Aanchir

@Coolguy5000: They're skirts from #41135 :
https://brickset.com/parts/6164099/pop-skirt
https://brickset.com/parts/6164172/pop-skirt-no-1
https://brickset.com/parts/6164173/pop-skirt-no-2

Coolguy5000

^Thanks!!!

SumoLego

klinton said:

...feel like an udder tit...

There's nothing like fresh milk from the farm.  Was the milk blue?  I know it's quite a walk across the island...

iso3200

Another good charity shop find by my wife today :-)

snowhitie

iso3200 said:

Another good charity shop find by my wife today :-)

I need to go charity shopping with your wife! Impressive...

Odeinoichus

klinton said:

Two trips to TRU to get the Fantastic Beasts characters from the CMF series, and I've now got three Newts and a Dobby elf... but still no Jacob. I feel like an utter tit standing there amid Christmas shoppers, fondling little packets. 

I freaking loathe CMFs at the best of times, but this is a bit ridiculous. :p

I believe I have a sealed duplicate of him I could let go at cost plus shipping if necessary, depending on what province you're in. PM me if you're still searching and I'll be more than happy to help a fellow Canadian out.

HugeYellowBrick

Just found a box of miscellaneous CMF I had no idea that I owned. I may have a problem...

SumoLego

HugeYellowBrick said:

Just found a box of miscellaneous CMF I had no idea that I owned. I may have a problem...

No, you do not.  You just need better inventory management.

(If you use the phrase 'inventory management', you may have a problem.)

jnscoelho

SumoLego said:

HugeYellowBrick said:

Just found a box of miscellaneous CMF I had no idea that I owned. I may have a problem...

No, you do not.  You just need better inventory management.

(If you use the phrase 'inventory management', you may have a problem.)

That's why I usually say "backlog management". No problem here... 

klinton

Odeinoichus said:

I believe I have a sealed duplicate of him I could let go at cost plus shipping if necessary, depending on what province you're in. PM me if you're still searching and I'll be more than happy to help a fellow Canadian out.

Thank you for the offer, but I did actually finally get him. I made a third trip that day, bringing a scissor to double check before heading home again. :p

SumoLego

jnscoelho said:

That's why I usually say "backlog management". No problem here... 

'Backlog' would infer you intend to build.  (Which would be their intended purpose.)  'Inventory' clearly indicates something entirely different.  Probably a psychosis or disorder.

Fizyx

SumoLego said:

jnscoelho said:

That's why I usually say "backlog management". No problem here... 

'Backlog' would infer you intend to build.  (Which would be their intended purpose.)  'Inventory' clearly indicates something entirely different.  Probably a psychosis or disorder.

... What if I have both 'backlog' AND 'inventory' management problems concerns?  Just... asking for a friend...

jnscoelho

SumoLego said:

jnscoelho said:

That's why I usually say "backlog management". No problem here... 

'Backlog' would infer you intend to build.  (Which would be their intended purpose.)  'Inventory' clearly indicates something entirely different.  Probably a psychosis or disorder.

I was being ironic. ;)

Pepster64

I'm updating my website and I'm in process of putting my LEGO page together -> https://www.pepster.com/lego 
I'm adding about 8 pictures and reviewing each one of them, plus eventually I'll be adding some video as well. 

Modeltrainman

A bit frustrated. My Ideas project is slow to gain support, and I don't have 100 supporters.

SumoLego

jnscoelho said:

I was being ironic. ;)

There's no room for irony in this Forum.  It's like rain on your wedding day, or a free ride when you already paid, or a traffic jam when you're already late.  Or a song about irony that isn't ironic.

flord

So are there any leaks yet about the next CMF line? Shouldn't we be seeing leaks by now? I'm assuming TLM2?

Recce

Lego gift box with 10 items inside, free with a S$120 (US$87) purchase of Lego products.

MegtheCat

^^ It was about this time last year that TLBM2 was revealed, so here's hoping the next CMFs are coming soon.

Modeltrainman

Still frustrated. Stuck at 72. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2014d893-a049-4506-87a3-cb923d2aa3ae

benbacardi

Our account manager came through! Was very excited to find one of these on my desk this morning. 

piratemania7

Before and after of the cleansing of the Pirate shelf.

CaptainLego

Finished my latest MOC. 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. I hope this isn’t too big, because re-sizing made it too small.

Bumblepants

CaptainLego said:

Finished my latest MOC. 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. I hope this isn’t too big, because re-sizing made it too small.

Lovely! Care to share directions or a few dissection screenshots?

piratemania7

I find it interesting that the Brickpicker portfolio I use (not sure how many use it) hasn't been able to update their numbers since August?  Its now well into December - so about 4 months worth of data that isn't showing.  I wonder what the owner/admins of the site do, or rather, don't do?  I would assume a macro or other coding of some type would be able to automate the updates on Brickpicker?

I know there are likely many variables but it's super silly... Of course, I'm not a tech genius...

CaptainLego

Bumblepants said:

CaptainLego said:

Finished my latest MOC. 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic. I hope this isn’t too big, because re-sizing made it too small.

Lovely! Care to share directions or a few dissection screenshots?

Perhaps I’ll take a few screenshots at some point. Most of my MOCs are started on a whim, depending on what parts I have and/or what cars I’ve been considering. Or maybe I came across a car image online and decide I want to build that. That’s the story behind the MOC I built before this Bugatti.

SumoLego

I was able to examine the 2018 LEGO Employee Gift.  It is a fairly detailed Santa, Sleigh and Reindeer.  

Not as nice as last year's Nutcracker, but nice nonetheless.

hoodaddy

^ I heard there was also a brick built minifigure for the 40th anniversary of the minifig. 

Bumblepants

Have long resisted getting road plates due to the cost... but the local toy shop is clearing them out at 40% so now my son is getting the stack of road plates for Christmas he keeps asking for.

SumoLego

Dad?

kbw

Been enjoying the City Advent calendar more this year. Feel like there are better parts to mix into the winter village stuff, but maybe that’s just me. Son loves it. Can’t wait to get that toy digger build that’s on the box. Every morning he comes down and says “dad, it’s time to open that Advent calendar. You think we will get that digger today?”

SumoLego

SumoLego said:

I was able to examine the 2018 LEGO Employee Gift.  It is a fairly detailed Santa, Sleigh and Reindeer.  

Not as nice as last year's Nutcracker, but nice nonetheless.

A couple of detailed photos.  It appears the Santa minifigure is brick built.




(I'm not impressed with the brick-built hands.)

omnium

What about the head?

Speedman29

Hectic week at work with four 12hr days in London means its been very barren on the LEGO front. Lazy Sunday afternoon cooking dinner I had a few spare minutes so got #40254 out to build....

....really fun and looks brilliant.

SumoLego

omnium said:

What about the head?

The Black Lion (Keith) forms the head.

Pumpkin_3CK5

This eBay seller's telling me to contact USPS  in order to get my address corrected when I've been using the same one for all my past transactions. I told him that's his responsibility. It's been almost two weeks with the item going back and forth NY and CA, and the tracking says insufficient address.

piratemania7

Not in a mood to build LEGO at the moment so thinking about building our my LEGO city table. That counts.

milamber

I can barely bring myself to post such horrific injuries, but this seller thought sending a polybag out in a normal unpadded envelope was a good idea.