What's your LEGO 'status' today?

eMJeeNL

eMJeeNL said:

Puzzled... last Sunday I found 2 Spacemen CMF's at Utrecht Lego Store (after mis-feeling 2 others at the Intertoys), and fiddled around with them a bit whilst watching telly on Monday or Tuesday evening adding Benny and his Pink friend to a little display.
Vividly remember putting the Spacemen and both other CMFs (Orc and Conservationist) back into the pink baggies the same evening, and putting them somewhere in our living room whilst thinking "ooh will those be safe, will the boys find them" for a brief moment.

And new they are nowhere to be found, and for the life of my I cannot recall where I put them - the boys didn't take them (there would be evidence in the form of baggies on the floor). My wife thinks I accidentally threw them away, I can't really imagine I did so... 

yesterday I was taking out the recycling and came a across an unsorted box of milk cartons, cardboard, plastics and other mess… and there they were! Guess my wife was partially right anyway (how much I hate to admit that… ;)).

Glad I did check all of the boxes before simply dumping them into the cardboard-container in our neighborhood… 😁

Yo_dA

@Switchfoot55 if they are a scammer it’s likely they are sending the funds from somebody else’s compromised bank account. The payment could get returned by the funding bank. I would make the seller wait at least 2 weeks from the date you deposit the funds to make sure they don’t get returned. 

https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/why-was-my-payment-sent-as-an-echeck-and-why-is-it-pending-help285

Yo_dA

Yo_dA said:

@Switchfoot55 if they are a scammer it’s likely they are sending the funds from somebody else’s compromised bank account. The payment could get returned by the funding bank. I would make the seller wait at least 2 weeks from the date you deposit the funds to make sure they don’t get returned. 

https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/why-was-my-payment-sent-as-an-echeck-and-why-is-it-pending-help285

Edit: I meant I would make the buyer wait at least 2 weeks before sending them the item. 

Speedman29

Popped into Tescos to grab food while away with friends and found to me surprise some polybags!

bookmum

@Speedman29 I'm already tucked up in my bed but now I am thinking "Oooh...Tesco is still open this time of night".
Was it just those 3 bags? 

Speedman29

bookmum said:
Was it just those 3 bags? 

There was a Duplo one as well. I thought there was usually six different polys in a box, might try another Tescos in the week to see

pxchris

Here she is in all her glory!!
Such a magnificent ship! She definitely makes quite the impression. It's really hard (at least it was for me) to truly grasp the size of the build until you're holding it in your hands or comparing it with some other ships (I have some comparison photos I'll share a bit later). I'll admit that my camera setup isn't the greatest, but this is really difficult to get fully in frame! Standing at 2 feet tall and 2-1/2 feet long, she's 'uge!








I again just am super thankful to @gratefulnat for selling me this beauty!
There aren't many ships left to fill the collection... maybe a couple of PotC boats...

Marshallmario

pxchris said:

There aren't many ships left to fill the collection... maybe a couple of PotC boats...

   Are we talking "The Black Pearl" here?

JudgeChuck

That's such a gorgeous ship @pxchris !
I wish I'd been out of my DA when this was released. I've got PoBB and really need a good "good guys" ship to go with it, so I'm hoping that TLG one day release something similar to this again.

TheOriginalSimonB

Speedman29 said:

bookmum said:
Was it just those 3 bags? 

There was a Duplo one as well. I thought there was usually six different polys in a box, might try another Tescos in the week to see

Popped into one while I was out today - they also had #30503 duck etc (although they could be leftovers from before Christmas) and #30641 3 in 1 Panda/Penguin/Orca.

pxchris

Sorry (not sorry) for the ship spam...

A wee bit of size comparison with 2009's Brickbeard's Bounty.
(Remember fellas, size doesn't matter... 🤣}

iwybs

I remember when the Imperial Flagship came out, AFOLs on the web were ecstatic that the government faction finally had a larger ship than the pirate faction. ... PoBB and the Creator pirate ship are really good sets, but I still wish I hadn't missed Brickbeard's Bounty, the Imperial Flagship, and the Brick Bounty. The two pirate Bounties leave somethiing to be desired in their features and their crews, but those three ships are IMO among the best-looking Pirates ships ever.

Diamondback_Six

And IFS is almost detailed enough for a museum display, despite scaling to be among the very smallest of warships--for her length and gun-count she really should only have two masts as a brig-sloop, a full three-masted "ship rig" usually started around the 16-gun rating, but she captures the feel of a sailing warship nicely.

We have this mental picture of pirate ships as large and heavily armed, but most were up-gunned small merchies that the 32-gun Queen Anne's Revenge looked like a battleship in comparison to.

arathemis

Seems like most of the best sets ever were released 2007-2012 (ish). Unfortunately I was just getting into lego at that time and the thought of spending 150 euros on a modular for example just baffled me. 
On the status side... Bought a lot of minifigs very randomly put together, very poor picture quality, but I did see Boromir's torso and legs, then his hair on another fig. Heads are impossible to distinguish. Then saw the Sam torso with Cape and hair on another fig. That was enough for me to order. Anxious to find out what the other 78 figs are (although most are 2000-2010 era town/city/other random stuff, but also saw some castle helmets and torsos).
Anyway Thursday can't come quick enough... Super excited. 

MaffyD

Speedman29 said:

bookmum said:
Was it just those 3 bags? 

There was a Duplo one as well. I thought there was usually six different polys in a box, might try another Tescos in the week to see

Tesco Express near us always has 4 polys - normally Duplo, Friends, City & Technic - occasionally it's Speed Champions instead of one of them. I saw these earlier this week. I've never seen 6, but would love to be corrected!

sipuss

There's a special place in hell for people listing multiple minifigure lots with parts mixed between those lots. Because of course, that Aayla headpiece works so much better on a city policeman in another 40-minifig lot.

/end rant

arathemis

Hey, how did you know I need an aayla hair piece? This is what I got in the previous Legoredo lot:
Do you have one by any chance? The hair piece is almost as much as the entire fig on BL. 

560Heliport

sipuss said:

There's a special place in hell for people listing multiple minifigure lots with parts mixed between those lots. Because of course, that Aayla headpiece works so much better on a city policeman in another 40-minifig lot.

/end rant

I'd say it depends on the price- if it comes to a dollar or two per figure, it might be worth it.
I hate things like a supposedly SW minifig- it's got clone trooper legs, stormtrooper torso, and a snowtrooper helmet. Okay, those are all SW parts- but then they price it at $7? No.
Or used sets that are "99% complete". What parts are missing? 

PapaBear

Counted up the pieces and prices for the studs on the Darth Vader portrait.  The price for just the studs came to $160 which is more than I thought it would come to.

PJ76uk

pxchris said:

Sorry (not sorry) for the ship spam...

A wee bit of size comparison with 2009's Brickbeard's Bounty.
(Remember fellas, size doesn't matter... 🤣}

Not sure if you've already posted but do you have a comparison between the IFS and PoBB (ship form obviously!)?

Oh and don't apologise for posting images of your collection, I'm sure I'm not the only one living vicariously through you! 😂

HenkdeVries

arathemis said:

HenkdeVries said:

 (both sets ...)

you only have 2 sets?

(joking)

congrats on the new house, sorting is always easier in groups while chatting, joking etc. I usually have some guys from my Lug over when I buy a big lot for example, and I get invited to their place when they need help in this domain as well.usually, a big box is done in 1-2 hours if you have help and a good organizational model that is easy to follow.

Thanks! I am thinking of inviting some friends over to help sorting, that would be good, have some beers, no snacks haha, don't want greasy fingers all over my bricks... :P

pxchris

PJ76uk said:

pxchris said:

Sorry (not sorry) for the ship spam...

A wee bit of size comparison with 2009's Brickbeard's Bounty.
(Remember fellas, size doesn't matter... 🤣}

Not sure if you've already posted but do you have a comparison between the IFS and PoBB (ship form obviously!)?

Oh and don't apologise for posting images of your collection, I'm sure I'm not the only one living vicariously through you! 😂

Not really a direct comparison... but this pic has the Flagship set in front of the PoBB BSB.
The Flagship still ends up dwarfing even this mighty pirate ship!

Modeltrainman

Wondering now if I should apologize to @Lo1sJessbecause she helped me get the Boy Scout torso, that now won't be Russell. Fortunately, it can be another scout.

Lo1sJess

@Modeltrainman there are never enough scouts!  Unless you’re about 4 days in on a 7 day camp without any electronics or phones, in the evening when they’re whinny, complaining is grating on the nerves.  Usually nerves recover, ease and strengthen back up by day 6😁

Fauch

the queen anne revenge is pretty large too

eMJeeNL

Was contemplating also putting #21338 in my basket for the upcoming promotion, I noticed the minifigs in the pictures on [email protected] are switching hairdos:


Anyone ever seen that before?

Switchfoot55

Bit of an update on a recent sale through Facebook Marketplace. 

The buyer agreed to the price and to pay through PayPal. Payment was initiated two weeks ago, but only just cleared this past Saturday as it came through as an eCheck. For those who have experience with such things, is there any way for this payment to not clear or be taken out of my account at this point? Can the buyer cancel the payment and leave me stuck with no LEGO and no money? 

I believe it was suggested previously to wait to ship the set for a period of time AFTER the eCheck had cleared. However, just trying to clarify if that is indeed necessary? The buyer is getting anxious to have me ship. I'd like to assume this is all proper. That eCheck is just really throwing me off. 

Basty

Yesterday I placed my first Lego order of the year, and was shocked when later than night I got an email saying it had already been dispatched! Can't wait for the log cabin. Just annoying the cost is 1p below the GWP so have to order some small random thing to get over the finish line.

WesterBricks

Switchfoot55 said:

That eCheck is just really throwing me off. 

It has been many moons since I worked with an eCheck as a buyer or as a seller, but in general, once the money is in your account (the eCheck "clears"), it is yours and the only way they can take it back is by requesting a refund (which you can decline) or by opening a "Not as described" case with PayPal.  Not sure if the latter is even a thing anymore, now that PayPal isn't part of eBay.

karrit

Bummed I have to miss out on the in store build at the Lego stores today & tomorrow.  We are getting Bombarded with snow & sub-zero temps here in No. Colorado at least where I live, though not as bad as some other places.  My poor old little car doesn't go out in this type of weather and icy conditions.  May give the store manager a call on Friday to see if there are any leftovers that she might be able to save one for me. 

Switchfoot55

^Better safe than sorry. Hopefully everything clears enough and they have some extras due to the snow impacting everyone else too!

pxchris

We got a snow day here too so I'm enjoying the relaxing time off!

Switchfoot55

Well, went ahead and shipped the set the guy bought through PayPal. The money has been deposited in my account for a full week at this point. I think I'll be in the clear and don't have anything to worry about. 

Just thankful to get this one sold!

arathemis

Completed 3 more old sets today:

Speedman29

Spent a thrilling day doing some LEGO admin. Amending BL wanted lists, sorting manuals and general tiding in the LEGO room. A giant box from LEGO arrived, but Mrs Speedy whisked it away intil my birthday!

arathemis

Went to the local Lego shop. No luck in getting an Orc or falcon Cmf. 
Rivendel was built and displayed in the store. It's even better in reality than in pics. 
Must buy. 
Then went to the hypermarket nearby and they just put out cmfs. Got 5 falcons and   6 orcs.
All in all a great day. 

Speedman29

Visited the humorously titled Horniman Museum in South London today. Its like a shrunken version of the Natural History Museum and it had dinosaur exhibition.

They'd even made a model of the museum itself

Speedman29

Also had an ale from the aptly named local brewery and a brick biscuit!

Gibbo1959

@Speedman29 ah, Horniman Museum, the venue for many educational junior school trips back in the 60’s! Don’t remember any Lego back then though.

Speedman29

Gibbo1959 said:

@Speedman29 ah, Horniman Museum, the venue for many educational junior school trips back in the 60’s! Don’t remember any Lego back then though.

Just a year long exhibtion. Although I suspect some of the older exhibits probably haven't changed much since your school days!

bookmum

@Speedman29 I live near the Horniman and hopefully will get to go to the exhibition soon. Looks really good. Was waiting for the half term weeks to be over because that place gets very very busy during school hols.
@Gibbo1959 yes some of those stuffed animals have been there a looooooong time. The walrus went on tour a while ago.

Fizyx

Going to be doing a major renovation on the house I'm currently living in sometime this summer, so I've been packing up ahead of time to try to make it as painless as possible... which has led to this:

One day I'll get you all back out, my babies ;_;

Blockwork_Orange

"One day I'll get you all back out, my babies ;_;"

If not, it'll be the greatest episode of Storage Wars ever!!!!  ;)

560Heliport

Blockwork_Orange said:

"One day I'll get you all back out, my babies ;_;"

If not, it'll be the greatest episode of Storage Wars ever!!!!  ;)

Depending on who finds it...
"Oh, it's just a bunch of old Legos..."
(I put the "s" on deliberately!)

Speedman29

Sorting done!

Basty

Just saw that the 1950s diner from the Bricklink designer program is now showing as in warehouse and my card has been charged. 

arathemis

Found some more orcs in a store. Now I have about a platoon of them (17 to be precise). 
Falcons are not far behind, with 16 red-headed members. 
It's a close race... 

Speedman29

Added another year to my tally today and got spoilt by Mrs Speedy

Should keep me quiet for a while!

Modeltrainman

Speedman29 said:

Added another year to my tally today and got spoilt by Mrs Speedy

Should keep me quiet for a while!

Happy Birthday, Steve! My LEGO status? Finally waiting on the last white 16x16s, trying to get parts in storage, built #40586, reading Deuteronomy to my brother who just got out of the hospital again...
Now need more tan and green 16x16s...

Lo1sJess

@Speedman29 Happy Birthday 🎉