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  • SirKevbagsSirKevbags Member Posts: 4,027
    Just picked up #2064 I do love a little plane.
  • dejavudejavu Member Posts: 235
    edited March 2013
    Hubby took a suitcase down from a shelf in the storage room where my layout table is, knocked the #4435 car & camper van to the floor, also a couple of zombie 4-wheelers. Growled "all this stuff is in the way", and then went upstairs to play with his remote control helicopter.
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    @kevbags Sent you a PM
  • BooTheMightyHamsterBooTheMightyHamster Member Posts: 1,560
    edited March 2013
    Very happy!

    My birthday today, and not only did my wife buy me the #9396 Technic Helicopter that I'd asked for, she then surprised me with a #10220 VW Camper Van.

    Add to that some friends of ours bought me the Technic Builders Guide, and I'm very happy indeed!
  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,506
    @BooTheMightyHamster- A very happy birthday to you! Enjoy that VW Camper Van, it's quite the charmer.
  • jadedancjadedanc Member Posts: 1,302
    edited March 2013
    @BooTheMightyHamster HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
    @kevbags LUCKY You!!! I would love to find that set for my airport!! LOL Have fun!

    Myself, I am having to rebuild 7 sets from ECCC. I dropped my totes and Darth Maul, Sandcrawler, Sail Barge, IS, Yoda, AT-ST and R2D2 decided they didn't wanna stay in totes, so............I have rebuilt IS, AT-ST and bottom half of Darth Maul. Still have quite a few to go. At least my autograph plate from Darth Maul decided to behave :)
  • HarryPotterLoverHarryPotterLover Member Posts: 238
    Moved sets off of one counter to make room for finishing the SSD, only to discover the medium sized sets I had COULD have fit underneath.
  • LegoboyLegoboy Member Posts: 8,827
    Came into the office this morning to find a pressie on my desk from a work colleague. God knows what the judge is going to think in court this afternoon.
    carlq
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    edited March 2013
    Been arrested by the fashion police?
    JenniGuroooLostInTranslationrichocaperberry
  • carlqcarlq Member Posts: 792
    ^ Don't worry - I wear the TARDIS cufflinks to my court frequently, and I always get complimentary comments from the Judicial panel! Still, bearing in mind the ties I wear to work very day, perhaps they're the lesser of two evils...;-)
  • JosephJoseph Member Posts: 629
    edited March 2013
    ^ Are they bowties by any chance? :-)
  • LegoboyLegoboy Member Posts: 8,827
    Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK said:

    Been arrested by the fashion police?

    I was tempted to agree with you only having commented on them, Judge later found in our favour whilst awarding both costs and interest. Have found my new luck charm to wear during judgements - even judges like LEGO. :-)
    Si_UKNZ
  • fitzyfitzfitzyfitz Member Posts: 94
    Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK said:

    Looking at buying some REAL bricks to build a wall and I was amazed to find they're 23p each, so that's cheaper than some Lego bricks then. wow.

    Yeah, but the clutch power is terrible.

    jasorMatthewcarlqSi_UKNZ
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    Why do I always end up needing/using BL when it is down for maintenance? :-/
    legoprods
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    ^^ Yeah, I guess that's what I get for going 'off-brand'.
  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,506
    edited March 2013
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  • samiam391samiam391 Member Posts: 4,506
    Getting addicted to setting up minifigures and taking pictures. I may need to upgrade my camera.

    Lord of the Rings Ringwraiths- Nazgul
    Penkid11Joseph
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    Frustrated over an error in following directions!
  • Steve_J_OMSteve_J_OM Member Posts: 999
    Picked up the Grand Emporium when I visited the LEGO Store in Westfield.

    My first modular.

    May God have mercy on my soul.
    BrickDancer
  • GoldchainsGoldchains Member Posts: 795
    Picked up the Rancor Pit at my local Lego store. 10% off catalog coupon? Yes. 50 VIP bonus points for buying the set? Yes. Free Republic Frigate polybag? Yes. And of course they had the new Iron Man 3 sets, so I picked up the one with War Machine, so a very good day it was.
  • sidersddsidersdd Member Posts: 2,432
    Goldchains said:

    Picked up the Rancor Pit at my local Lego store. 10% off catalog coupon? Yes. 50 VIP bonus points for buying the set? Yes. Free Republic Frigate polybag? Yes. And of course they had the new Iron Man 3 sets, so I picked up the one with War Machine, so a very good day it was.

    What's up with the extra 50 VIP points for this set? Is this good all month? Double VIP points start on Monday.
  • JP3804JP3804 Member Posts: 332
    ^Check th VIP promo. There are 3 sets that get the 50 extra points. I don't recall the other 2 and I beleive it was all month.
  • BrikingBriking Member Posts: 768
    @Steve_J_OM you're doomed. Now you will want them all. Enjoy the build :-)
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    Our daughter and a high school friend are visiting Paris and they went to the Lego store and bought souvenirs for us! Can't wait to see what!
  • GoldchainsGoldchains Member Posts: 795
    I think that the bonus 50 points on that set is good until the 31st(or was it the 5th? either way...). I had the money to buy, and the wife was willing to let me get the sets, so I took the opportunity before she spent it all lol.
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 Administrator Posts: 2,364
    Right now I am regretting not buying a better camera when I had the chance a month or two ago. Photographing a MOC I have been working on is proving very tricky!
  • andyscouseandyscouse Member Posts: 365
    Starting to think about building the medical library at the place I used to work at in time for April's National Library Week (a request from the librarian after the Lego display I showed there last year was a hit!). I have the photos - just need to get started; the case of tan 1x4 I picked up in the Lego store last week should help!
  • Thanos75Thanos75 Member Posts: 1,120
    Sitting down with my two daughters watching the Chima special on Cartoon Network...so far they really like it.
  • binaryeyebinaryeye Member Posts: 1,831
    At the top of a very slippery slope.

    Now, I'm not fanatical about Star Wars, nor have I paid it much attention in the past decade. But I grew up with the movies as a kid, had many of the original Kenner toys, read the novels in the early/mid-90s, and absolutely loved the PC games X-Wing and TIE Fighter. So of course I had looked at LEGO's Star Wars offerings. They seemed too expensive, weren't particularly faithful to the source material, were too focused on minifigs, etc.

    But regaining interest in something can have a profound effect on your perception of value. Recently, my 2.5-year-old son and I stumbled across the old Droids cartoon on YouTube, and he enjoyed it. That led to me digging out my old books, such as Tales of the Bounty Hunters, Tales from Jabba's Palace, etc. Not too long after that I noticed 9490 Droid Escape at slight discount while making an after-work grocery run. I thought my son might like it, so I picked it up. And yes, he had fun swooshing the escape pod, but I wasn't particularly impressed. However, it did get me to take a second look at the Star Wars sets. Now, that X-Wing doesn't look too bad, the Y-Wing is actually pretty nice, and Artoo and Threepio would go so well with the rest of the main characters included with the Millennium Falcon! Surely, it wouldn't be too difficult to collect only the iconic sets from A New Hope (my favorite in the series).

    And then Amazon dropped the price of 9496 Desert Skiff to $16 and change. I built it last night, and while I wasn't impressed by the build, the playability is pretty good. And, oh, the minifigs. Now I'm kicking myself for not jumping on that $83 Jabba's Palace in my Amazon gold box deals the other day, I still want the iconic ships from A New Hope, and I need the sail barge and a second skiff to go along with the skiff I already have. But I'm drawing the line at the Rancor Pit. Unless it hits 35% off.
    margot
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    edited March 2013
    ^ I know the feeling, I own a single Star Wars set, Jabbas Palace (after ditching my imperial shuttle the last time I stood on top of this particular slope!) slippery slope indeed.

    (I have a 2.5 year old as well and not sure I'd show him droids, bit violent isnt it)
  • BrickDancerBrickDancer Member Posts: 3,639
    ^^At the bottom of the slope is a UCS Falcon and Gold Chrome C3PO waiting for you @binaryeye. Slippery indeed...
  • VDubsVDubs Member Posts: 23
    yay i got my free lego from the sun newspaper.
  • binaryeyebinaryeye Member Posts: 1,831
    Si_Dorking_Surrey_UK said:

    (I have a 2.5 year old as well and not sure I'd show him droids, bit violent isnt it)

    Well, I don't know about the series as a whole. We've watched only the first several episodes and I don't consider it particularly violent. "Battle" scenes usually end up with C-3PO or R2-D2 knocking over the bad guys, or the good guys escaping via deus ex machina (e.g. "We're trapped! Wait a minute, I once repaired a speeder for this old man and for my trouble he gave me a lightsaber, which I happen to have stashed in this vehicle! Better yet, I know how to use it! Whew, it cuts through blast doors in a split-second!). I think Boba Fett, in the one episode he is in, has a gun but never uses it. Stormtroopers have some sort of staff that fires blaster bolts that never hit anything. In general, there's a lot of slapstick and C-3PO falling into things, which is what my son enjoys.
    BrickDancer said:

    ^^At the bottom of the slope is a UCS Falcon and Gold Chrome C3PO waiting for you @binaryeye. Slippery indeed...

    I'm on a pretty tight budget, so those things are definitely not for me. The UCS Falcon looks like a fun build and does look impressive, but I don't have room to display such things. And there's no way I'd ever spend $250+ on a 2" tall piece of plastic, chromed or not.
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    Just got my minfigures back from the people over a DK books. Can't wait to see my name in the new book! :-)
    Jennimargot
  • SherlockbonesSherlockbones Member Posts: 411
    Right back at you Brandon, getting my book for free as well as receiving the free figures with it
  • LegobrandonCPLegobrandonCP Member Posts: 1,917
    Sherlockbones said:

    Right back at you Brandon, getting my book for free as well as receiving the free figures with it

    I'm getting the book too, but free minifigs?
  • AFFOL_Shellz_BellzAFFOL_Shellz_Bellz Member Posts: 1,263
    Frustrated! Ebay orders not arriving - 12 days since close of auction, tracking number shows not even checked in at p.o. One seller responding even though he's on vacation, other seller hasn't responded. Grrrrr
  • SherlockbonesSherlockbones Member Posts: 411
    LegobrandonCP said:

    Sherlockbones said:

    Right back at you Brandon, getting my book for free as well as receiving the free figures with it

    I'm getting the book too, but free minifigs?
    Yes, looking about on Google, I read that you receive 3 lego figures

  • sidersddsidersdd Member Posts: 2,432
    Picked up olive green 2x4s from Indianapolis LEGO Store PaB wall tonight. Used my last holiday box. They also had pink 1x4s.
  • Canuck26Canuck26 Member Posts: 55
    Can't wait. Finally getting a LEGO store in Utah this fall. Our very own PaB wall.
    Jenni
  • MorkManMorkMan Member Posts: 919
    A good LEGO week. Bought my first 2 Bricklink orders. Received all of the parts in perfect condition. Built 18 tiny choo choo trains out of them for my son's birthday tomorrow (oops, now today). I even broke the cardinal rule: don't glue LEGO.
    Oh, and I sent the USA Today article about the UCS Millenium Falcon's value to my father and father-in-law. Both currently think LEGO is a bit weird for a 39 year old. Hopefully this will help them to see the light. Maybe they will buy me an MF for Christmas!
  • Si_UKNZSi_UKNZ Member Posts: 4,179
    Finally found a use for the 4juniors minifig that's been hanging around for years ... my 2 year old loves minifigs and since it's glued, he can keep this one in his collection.
  • timinchicagotiminchicago Member Posts: 239
    The last of my PaB orders showed up last night and now I am just trying to get through work and go home to start on #10181. Talk about a LOT of grey bricks to sort!
    Legoboy
  • BrickographyBrickography Member Posts: 15
    Finished my Big Bang Theory build a couple days ago and have been dying to take pictures of it! However, work has had me pulling 14hr days for the past two days! Hurry and get home tonight so I can take some pictures!
  • markarm919markarm919 Member Posts: 60
    Continuing to build my star wars desktop fleet! Polybags are revolutionizing my desktop!
  • CheekaCheeka Member Posts: 236
    Building the third floor of my recently acquired Grand Emporium and watching Return of the King, trying desperately to distract myself from the fact my Vampyre Castle just exploded in my hands when I tried to move it...
  • Penkid11Penkid11 Member Posts: 788
    I've had this absolutely massive treadmill in one of the corners of my Lego "area." By the end of tomorrow night, it will be gone, which means more room for Lego!
  • dejavudejavu Member Posts: 235
    Brickography said:

    Finished my Big Bang Theory build a couple days ago and have been dying to take pictures of it! However, work has had me pulling 14hr days for the past two days! Hurry and get home tonight so I can take some pictures!

    Can't wait to see it! I watch BBT every evening!

  • dejavudejavu Member Posts: 235
    In fact, I've never understood how it is that Sheldon - with his train obsession and super heroes obsession - hasn't developed a LEGO obsession too...
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