What's your LEGO 'status' today?

Speedman29

Its my big brothers birthday today and back at the start of the year when I was gathering pieces for more of the 1970s F1 cars, I added duplicates for a couple of the cars from the James Hunt v Niki Lauda film Rush. I had to build to ensure everything was ok and then dismantle and bag up....

.... thats the shortest a LEGO set has stayed together! He was chuffed and is probably saving them for time off over Christmas to enjoy the builds. He's going to add them to the DB5 and Caterham sets he already has.

Astrobricks

The owls are back 🦉👀 :)

Modeltrainman

Working on my SS21 recipient's gift. I hope they like it. I tried something new, taking two popular sets that weren't much to look at, in my opinion, combined them, added some extra parts... basically, they're getting 3 different sets. And hopefully my instructions aren't awful. Nobody's ever given me feedback, so I can't learn. I just really like building. I prefer it to dumping a set in a box. OK, fine. My model isn't beautiful, either.

pxchris

Astrobricks said:

The owls are back 🦉👀 :)

I got excited at first thinking you were talking about set #40497 which I was still hoping to pick up, but is sadly out of stock.

Modeltrainman

pxchris said:

Astrobricks said:

The owls are back 🦉👀 :)

I got excited at first thinking you were talking about set #40497 which I was still hoping to pick up, but is sadly out of stock.

Me too! I was quickly disappointed. 

bpk2300

Was flipping through the Lego holiday catalog and noticed they used the Imperial logo in the advert for the Republic Gunship. History repeats itself 😂

SumoLego

^ Is it just me, or is that blurb quote a little passive-aggressive?

'...so here it is!...'

Maybe I'm a pessimist.

Fizyx

SumoLego said:

^ Is it just me, or is that blurb quote a little passive-aggressive?

'...so here it is!...'

Maybe I'm a pessimist.

The ellipses before the 'so here it is!' definitely give it a bit of a zing I think.

autolycus

I think the use of "so" instead of "and" adds something to the tone as well.

SumoLego

... so... if it doesn't sell, you only have yourselves to blame!

lowlead

SumoLego said:

^ Is it just me, or is that blurb quote a little passive-aggressive?

'...so here it is!...'

Maybe I'm a pessimist.

It comes across a bit sour, depending on my mood...

Yep, all you little snot-nosed entitled brats wanted this sooooo bad.  So here, HAPPY?  Pfffft whatever, we don't even care.

The exclamation point at the end saved them =oD

panchox1

just counting the days..... moving into the new place this weekend! will get to have a dedicated lego/hobby room! super excited to be in there after nomading around hotels for the last 3 weeks.  And I can't wait to start my winter village!! Now if I could only find a job..... no luck with that yet. 

bookmum

I can't speak for the rest of the world but here in the good ol' UK the 'must have' Christmas decoration thingy this year is a Gonk. Totally pointless. Nothing to actually do with Christmas. But kinda cute. Anyway.... I built a Lego one. 

lowlead

^^Is it a Squid Game thing??

KungFuKenny

lowlead said:

^^Is it a Squid Game thing??

I think it’s sort of like a Christmas gnome?  Their nose and beard sticks out from under a hat but you can’t see their eyes…

The_Rancor

Did someone say Gonk?

bookmum

@lowlead not a Squid Game thing. They started appearing last Christmas but there's more of them this year. Available in just about every UK retailer. Obviously the breeding scheme was a success ! 

bookmum

For those that don't know. 
A Gonk.
Although this is a Halloween one. Those retailers know how to suck us in. 

autolycus

bookmum said:

@lowlead not a Squid Game thing. They started appearing last Christmas but there's more of them this year. Available in just about every UK retailer. Obviously the breeding scheme was a success ! 

They were all over the Christmas markets in Munich and Vienna in 2019. I'm seeing a lot of the in the US already this year. I don't know where they originated, but they're rapidly spreading across the western world!

bookmum

@autolycus it's a mystery how these trends happen. Somebody somewhere must one day say "I have an idea...Gonks" but who is this person? How do you get that job? 

Venunder

Just Don't let the Gonks anywhere near the grain silo's....

pxchris

Status... dissatisfied with LEGO and the whole fiasco with the Vidiyo Bandmates series 2 availability here in the US.
The figures were only available on lego.com for a very short window and had a limit of 12 figures. I was able to get an order in for 12 which I received today. Of the 12 I got 4 sets of duplicates and none of the 1 minifigure I was truly after (DJ Captain). Really unhappy about the whole hassle. Now I need to hopefully trade for the figure I want and then sell all of the others off. I really, REALLY hope that they do away completely with the blind boxes and rectify some of the many other mistakes they made with this whole theme.

SumoLego

^ Ah, so you're an optimist!

Modeltrainman

Waiting on some stuff, and started #10293. Built a mini nativity for the inside. It needed one.

Lo1sJess

If you would please share a picture of the nativity.  

Thanks, Lois

Modeltrainman

I will!

gratefulnat

I've been quarantining myself for the last two weeks before flying to the US on Sunday (Test result negative today so that was a relief) but it has been strange again after two months back in the office. I was feeling rather home alone, but I managed to have a very productive working day!

Bumblepants

Alright new X-Men cartoons in '23 confirmed. The Lego sets accompanying them had better happen!

WesterBricks

The 90s X-Men cartoon ruled, and it sounds like this is set in the same time period.  I will definitely be keeping an eye out for related Lego sets.

bpk2300

So earlier this week I received an email from FedEx stating that a package from Lego Retail was on its way to me. I think “Woo hooo! My wife bought me Lego for Christmas!” 

Today it arrived and I told my oblivious wife there was a package on the front step. When she grabbed the package she shook it. She says “you bought lego?”  I say “no?” She was very skeptical and it turns out she didn’t buy me Lego. We opened the box and inside was the current GWP #40488, all by itself!

The thing is, I haven’t purchased anything from [email protected] in over a year 🤷‍♂️ I’ll be calling customer service tomorrow to see what they say! 

My “invoice” below:

truck730

Maybe it's one of those feedback survey wins ,I stupidly do them every time to win something 

gratefulnat

@truck730 maybe you finally won something, and LEGO screwed up somewhere and sent your prize to @bpk2300 by mistake ...

autolycus

Slowly working through Corner Garage this weekend. I've finished the ground floor and the tow truck. Enjoying it so far. I have a Speed Champions classic Mustang that I think is going to go on the lift, assuming it fits ok. I still have to decide what car is going to be filling up at the pump--Diner's pink car or the Ideas teal one. It might just depend on what fits best between there and on the alleyway that's going to be between the Garage and Brick Bank -- it's all going to be a bit tight, unfortunately.

I also just got Town Hall in the mail from kwkw, so my modular collection is now looking very solid: GG, FB, GE, TH, PC, PR, DO, BB, AS, DD, and CG. I'm glad I got CG during the AFOL Day, since it's showing as sold out on [email protected]! (anybody who wants it, get it ASAP!)

I don't ever anticipate getting CC. Prices are just ridiculous, and availability isn't great even at those prices. PS will be easy to get. 

Brickfan50

truck730 said:

Maybe it's one of those feedback survey wins ,I stupidly do them every time to win something 

People actually fill in the product feedback survey? Heck, I never thought of it. "WIN - GEWINNE - GAGNE* - GANA"

*This I like most :-)

bpk2300

bpk2300 said:

So earlier this week I received an email from FedEx stating that a package from Lego Retail was on its way to me. I think “Woo hooo! My wife bought me Lego for Christmas!” 

Today it arrived and I told my oblivious wife there was a package on the front step. When she grabbed the package she shook it. She says “you bought lego?”  I say “no?” She was very skeptical and it turns out she didn’t buy me Lego. We opened the box and inside was the current GWP #40488, all by itself!

The thing is, I haven’t purchased anything from [email protected] in over a year 🤷‍♂️ I’ll be calling customer service tomorrow to see what they say! 

My “invoice” below:

I called customer service in regards to the free set I received. Please reference my post further up the page about seeing the mistake in the Lego catalog in regards to the UCS Gunship. I sent Lego an email pointing out the mistake that same day. Customer service told me they sent me this free set as a gesture of good will in regards to my feedback!

I now wish I had waited to send them the feedback when the Christmas promo was active, I really want that Santa’s front yard set! 😂😂😂

pxchris

Brickfan50 said:

People actually fill in the product feedback survey?

I actually fill out the surveys most of the time, whether positive or negative.

Brickfan50

pxchris said:

Brickfan50 said:

People actually fill in the product feedback survey?

I actually fill out the surveys most of the time, whether positive or negative.

Have you ever won something?

pxchris

Brickfan50 said:

pxchris said:

Brickfan50 said:

People actually fill in the product feedback survey?

I actually fill out the surveys most of the time, whether positive or negative.

Have you ever won something?

Nope - at least not from the surveys from LEGO.
But I still think it's often valuable. I know at least the LEGO actually looks at the survey responses. The surveys for in-store shopping go directly back to the store managers even.

Lordmoral

Spent a fun time taking the following pictures, I enjoyed the IAM as it actually serves what it is advertised for: carrying Troops into battle still, it would have been great that it came with a Driver and a gunner operator leaving the included troopers to stay inside the tank, an addition ST wouldn't be out of place.


Imperial Armored Marauder (2021) and the Imperial Landing Craft (2018) in my patio:


They all are out of sequencing, sorry about that.

560Heliport

@Lordmoral just for contrast, here's my Marauder:
It's snowing lightly, we'll probably get an inch or two by tomorrow.

Lordmoral

@506Heliport that is a great picture, I guess you should add a few Snow Troopers chasing Greef Karga on that vehicle.

EGRoberts

6 months early!! Military told me my family is moving in 2 weeks! That means new lego room soon which is great as I have been without a dedicated lego room now for half a year. Of course now I have to pack it all for the move 😬. Each drawer has been freezer bagged to the limit and tomorrow I start stretch wrapping each drawer.. The stress of moving when you collect lego is worse then getting a full physical at the doctor 😂. 

WesterBricks

The universe gave me a cheap #10261 Roller Coaster, but it’s making me work for it.

SumoLego

EGRoberts said:

...The stress of moving when you collect lego is worse then getting a full physical at the doctor 😂...

Agreed! I would rather get a weekly physical than trying to move my hoard.

Brickfan50

@EGRoberts That's an incredible amount of LBG and DBG plates/bricks! Star Wars collector?

EGRoberts

Brickfan50 said:

@EGRoberts That's an incredible amount of LBG and DBG plates/bricks! Star Wars collector?

Not intentionally but star wars would be the largest theme I have. I prefer castle and HP stuff but the amount released doesn't keep me building so star wars fills the void and there is no shortage of sets to collect there... Really love some of the new star wars set coming out lightly too which drives me crazy because 1 year ago I told myself no more star wars but I bought a ton over the past year anyways 😂

Brickfan50

...which drives me crazy because 1 year ago I told myself no more star wars but I bought a ton over the past year anyways 😂

I' hope your SO doesn't read this. Otherwise you can expect "Hear, hear!" being shouted from the other side of the room 😂

EGRoberts

Brickfan50 said:

...which drives me crazy because 1 year ago I told myself no more star wars but I bought a ton over the past year anyways 😂

I' hope your SO doesn't read this. Otherwise you can expect "Hear, hear!" being shouted from the other side of the room 😂

Funny thing is she handed me a bunch of sets yesterday in TRU to buy because I get an additional discount. I bought them got them to the car well she kept our son busy so he wouldn't see them for xmas gifts and by the time I got them out and in the trunk and back she handed me more lol. She complains on the amount of lego we have but she supports and at times enables my addictions lol. 

Brickfan50

I give up. Given the support you receive from your wife, you are doomed when it comes to collecting. I'll see you again on a broadcast in the twelfth season of "Hoarders: Where Are They Now?"

(tongue-in-cheek)

Basty

At first I thought I was crazy for buying 50+ empty BAM boxes but they have really been great for helping me slowly sort out all my loose Lego.