What's your LEGO 'status' today?

lowlead

Mr_Cross said:

Woot! My IDEAS project Mr Moon has hit 1K!....

Congrats!  I just followed that link - what a great build!  It's got Baron Munchausen vibes with the circling rocket - love it!  Supported.

KungFuKenny

My Canadian connection recently shipped me a couple of nearly new Fabuland sets.  First up is #3635 Bonnie Bunny’s Camper (with unused sticker sheet)…

I also scored an excellent copy of #3667 Bakery Shoppe…

It’s fun when the original box and tray inserts are in good shape, because then I can reassemble things to look like I’m back in 1982 opening this set up for the first time!  This one needed replacement stickers from Brick Sticker Shop, but they match the originals well.

pxchris

^ It's fun to see how directly LEGO followed their own preexisting design standards when they came out with the pirate treasure chest in '89.

...And I'm now also wanting to track down one of those Fabuland chests for some fun pirate photo shenanigans. 

KungFuKenny

pxchris said:

^ It's fun to see how directly LEGO followed their own preexisting design standards when they came out with the pirate treasure chest in '89.

...And I'm now also wanting to track down one of those Fabuland chests for some fun pirate photo shenanigans. 

To show the comparison I whipped this up for you…

I think Redbeard is having some “size insecurity”…🙂

Shib

Delved into the backlog for an afternoon build and decided to go with #70830 Sweet Mayhem’s Systar Starship 

I know TLM2 wasn’t received as well as the first was, but I do love the design of Sweet Mayhem…

bookmum

@KungFuKenny I always loved the Fabuland Bonnie Bunny set but missed out on getting it originally. When I was 13 my best friend (and fellow Fabu-Fan) moved to a different town and she gifted me her Bonnie Bunny set. Such a nice thing to do.
(We are in our 40's now, still in touch and the rest of her Fabuland has been through ownership of nephew and niece and now her little 5 year old)

LummoxJR

My Ideas project for the Medieval Traveling Theatre hit 100! Now begins the road to 1K.

pxchris

KungFuKenny said:

I think Redbeard is having some “size insecurity”…🙂

Hahaha!
That looks about as awesome as I imagined!

Marshallmario

@KungFuKenny, WOW! What a beautiful set. I’m amazed at your ability to find Fabuland in such pristine condition. I keep an eye out for any of the gas station sets but most seem to be overseas and I don’t want to deal with that. 

autolycus

pxchris said:

The sheep have arrived at Barracuda Bay! 

Phew! I wasn't sure how the pirates were going to survive in the tropics without wool clothing!

Astrobricks

autolycus said:

pxchris said:

The sheep have arrived at Barracuda Bay! 

Phew! I wasn't sure how the pirates were going to survive in the tropics without wool clothing!

Or, <ahem>, companions ;-)

560Heliport

My LEGO status today? Effective today, I got a $1.50 per hour raise. How is that your LEGO status, you ask? Well, what else would I spend that extra money on?!? 😁

Modeltrainman

My male lions came today, my monkeys a few days ago, my LEGO Education sorting trays today, too, the Jesko, Uncle Scrooge....As always, animals arrived 2 by 2. I guess Mr. Lion 2 needs a mate now. I was figuring Daniel in the lion's den.

autolycus

Astrobricks said:

autolycus said:

pxchris said:

The sheep have arrived at Barracuda Bay! 

Phew! I wasn't sure how the pirates were going to survive in the tropics without wool clothing!

Or, <ahem>, companions ;-)

That’s not what I thought AFOL meant!

pxchris

autolycus said:

That’s not what I thought AFOL meant!

A "friend" of lambs

SumoLego

560Heliport said:

My LEGO status today? Effective today, I got a $1.50 per hour raise. How is that your LEGO status, you ask? Well, what else would I spend that extra money on?!? 😁

Gamestop and Crypto Currency.

(Or candy.  Candy is always a wise investment.)

560Heliport

SumoLego said:

560Heliport said:

My LEGO status today? Effective today, I got a $1.50 per hour raise. How is that your LEGO status, you ask? Well, what else would I spend that extra money on?!? 😁

Gamestop and Crypto Currency.

(Or candy.  Candy is always a wise investment.)

Definitely. If a doctor were ever to tell me, "You can't eat chocolate or you'll die," I'd say, "How much chocolate will kill me how fast? Because I have some planning to do."

LummoxJR

I got up early for BrickLink's Designer Program to start its first round of crowdfunding, because I want in on the Castle in the Forest. The time said 8 AM and I never noticed it said PDT. Now it's finally time but their site is choking because apparently everyone else had the same idea.

KungFuKenny

^ there was a lot of excitement in this thread today about the BL designer program… https://forum.brickset.com/discussion/36116/your-picks-for-bricklink-designer-program-round-1#latest

The Forestmen Castle set sold out worldwide in about 35 minutes it looks like. A couple of other sets are close but not funded yet. Hopefully Lego takes this as a hint that people will buy well designed, nostalgic castle sets if they are made available.  Luckily I was able to get the Castle, and because I am weak I also ordered the Sheriff’s Safe and the Pursuit of Flight sets…😬

560Heliport

New Monkie Kid sets! I wasn't expecting them this soon. #80028 The Bone Demon will have to wait until next week, but #80026 Pigsy's Noodle Tank will be mine tomorrow!

bricktuary

Status: Happy to have pre-ordered a castle (and a Kakapo) from bricklink.

Also thrilled with the Stuntz sets;

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/search?q=stuntz

Those bikes at £6.99 are fab, no doubt they'll be about a fiver street price before too long, so I'll nab the lot.

Yellowcastle

The word of the day is FOMO.

560Heliport

Yellowcastle said:

The word of the day is FOMO.

As always!

LummoxJR

KungFuKenny said:

The Forestmen Castle set sold out worldwide in about 35 minutes it looks like. A couple of other sets are close but not funded yet. Hopefully Lego takes this as a hint that people will buy well designed, nostalgic castle sets if they are made available.  Luckily I was able to get the Castle, and because I am weak I also ordered the Sheriff’s Safe and the Pursuit of Flight sets…😬

I really want to see a resurgence of medieval Lego, especially smaller-scale stuff like villagers and such, not just the knights. I'm so, so glad I got to BrickLink as early as I did today.

autolycus

Current LEGO status: Trying to adjust my LEGO budget to account for the $$ I spent on Bricklink Designer Program sets today. Those were not in my budget plan for the year!

autolycus

autolycus said:

Current LEGO status: Trying to adjust my LEGO budget to account for the $$ I spent on Bricklink Designer Program sets today. Those were not in my budget plan for the year!

Oh wait! The sets won't probably ship until next January. That means I don't have to fit them in THIS year's budget! Huzzah!

EGRoberts

Well it is Canada Day which is also my birthday soooo presents! Been busy few days, kid finished school and TRU had a sale so scooped #75280 , #75283 and #75269 . I know I am supposed to be done with star wars but the 501st is special as my son and I love the animated clone wars and rebels show. I got #76388 for my birthday and have Honeydukes built so far. Best part of my day though was when I checked brickset in the morning and it reminded me of the bricklink designer program (thank you @Huw ) When I saw it's hour warning It was already 1 hour and 15 minutes from the post so I went and the castle in the forest was just past its 3000 orders, soooo I got one! For weeks I have been reminding myself that I need to be up to order that set and today I literally almost forgot lol. Been a great day building with the kid.

On a side note is anyone else shocked by all the set reveals today? I would have thought they would have better served being revealed at the legocon.. Spiderman, avengers and a cool pickup as well as the ford f 150. 

Switchfoot55

I was going through a drawer last night and found a box that had parts I had started to collect for #7722. I had forgotten all about it. Decided to spend a few minutes and catalog what I had already on a BL Want List. Turns out I'm 65% complete. Unfortunately, I'm missing a lot of the older train bits that aren't as common to come by. It won't be a super cheap endeavor, but I'm excited to put the rest of it together and see it come back to life!

Thankfully, I already have the all the track parts as well as the battery car and motorized base along with the wire. It's mainly just the buffers, magnets, and doors/windows. Again...not the cheap parts....

SumoLego

autolycus said:

...I don't have to fit them in THIS year's budget...

That's some aggressive accounting.

autolycus

SumoLego said:

autolycus said:

...I don't have to fit them in THIS year's budget...

That's some aggressive accounting.

In the end it’s really not a rigid budget. Mostly a way to keep me from buying EVERYTHING. It forces me to make some “A or B” set choices.

Yellowcastle

A being today and B being tomorrow

Modeltrainman

Sorting, and built the Huracan from #76899. Already had to replace its windshield. It was scratched. Same with #76900.

Charmiefcb

I thought I would start showing my mother the Lego models I built via text message. The reply is always that's nice. How much did that cost you Charmaine?
Naturally I've been lying about the price.

vizzitor

Charmiefcb said:

I thought I would start showing my mother the Lego models I built via text message. The reply is always that's nice. How much did that cost you Charmaine?
Naturally I've been lying about the price.

Sometimes I get that from people in work since I get the bigger boxes delivered there. If I can tell they are going to be a bit dismissive of the thing that actually keeps me sane, I'll just say something like it's less than a night out or dinner in a fancy restaurant, was enjoyable for much longer, and it can be kept forever or even sold on, sometimes for more than it originally cost.

sipuss

#77905 is really expensive. And I want it. And I could get a lot of other sets for that money. Bigger sets, "better" sets. But I still want it. And I know it'll only get more expensive as time goes by.

Feels like no matter what I decide, I'll end up regretting it.

._.

Speedman29

Fun afternoon build....

....I am inevitable.

Astrobricks

^ And incorrigible :)

Yellowcastle

My current wish list is overwhelming me.  On the bright side, I’ve stopped fixating on BL offers for the ones that got away.

pxchris

Finally got somewhat of a proper display set up for my 60s Batman stuff!

A selection of portions of #76052 along with the new Batmobile #76188 and all of the minifigures with ties back to the 60s Batman TV show. 

I really wanted to get the nuclear reactor from #76052 in there too, but I couldn't figure out a nice way to get it to fit.

Adam West will always be my first Batman!

SumoLego

(Michael Keaton)

EGRoberts

Michael Keaton will forever be the best batman ever that's for sure but Adam West's show certainly paved the path for some great things.

My lego status today is soooo good.. Malls opened up here this week.. We drove the 2 hours to go to the lego store today. They had to scoop the cups still for covid but they gave more in a bag to make up for it. The bag ended up heavier then the cups. They still had the book of monsters because they have been closed forever. With all the give aways the Mrs. got in on the action to double my rewards, She signed up for VIP to get the free keychain and then bought a couple hundred in lego on top of the couple hundred I bought so we could double our freebies. 2 book of monsters, 2 mclaren elvas, 2 swing ship rides, and 2 adidas superstar sets. Seriously great day!

pxchris

SumoLego said:

(Michael Keaton)

EGRoberts said:

Michael Keaton will forever be the best batman ever that's for sure but Adam West's show certainly paved the path for some great things.

I didn't say Adam West was the best, or my favorite Batman, just that he was my first.
I grew up watching old reruns of the 60s Batman show at my grandma's house. Michael Keaton is my favorite Batman for sure! The 1989 Batman movie came out when I was 10 and it was the first movie I truly completely nerded out about big time. I saw that movie in the theaters 10 times. So yeah, 100% Michael Keaton!! 

Bumblepants

*whispers*

Kevin Conroy

Russell844

Speaking of Batman, I walked the Hollywood Walk of Fame for the first time today, and look what I found.

bricktuary

Another day digging into the 'store', following a house move. So good to see some old sets like #4957 Ferris Wheel.

Really looking forward to getting my minifigs set up, when my Wicked Brick displays get here.

Mr_Cross

I've just bought a cow on Bricklink... OMG, don't think I've ever paid that much for a single item/part before! All in the name of IDEAS!

SumoLego

Try buying an Orient Expedition-era elephant.

560Heliport

SumoLego said:

Try buying an Orient Expedition-era elephant.

I bought a used #7414, parts and instructions, no box, about three years ago for around $30. The bar was broken on one ear, so I drilled it out and used a piece of a black bar. It looks bad, so the elephant gets posed to hide it. I felt it was worth it to get the elephant.

SumoLego

560Heliport said:
...The bar was broken on one ear...

I doubt LEGO C/S will replace it...

EGRoberts

Mr_Cross said:

I've just bought a cow on Bricklink... OMG, don't think I've ever paid that much for a single item/part before! All in the name of IDEAS!

Would it sound wrong or creepy to say I long for goats and cows?  They are just soo expensive.. Plan to get a bunch of sheep though =)