What's your LEGO 'status' today?

legogal

@legonut80 You do know this is the year of the horse? Waiting for LEGO to bring out the appropriate animal set for the year. Hope Número Quatro ain't that large!
How many minutes do you get off after this one? My mom used to stay in the hospital a week after each of us arrived because That was her only break with six kids over 14 years.
Any good LEGO to build while you are at the hospital? Or maybe a little sleep sounds like a much better option!!! Best wishes!

rancorbait

Legoboy said:

Happy Birthday. :o) What d'ya get?

Just a few days ago I had checked around for any 2014 sets but none of my local stores had any. So you can imagine how amazed I was when my dad came home with #70808 this evening!

While I was building the set, my younger brother came up to and said "Happy birfday!" And handed me his rather worn out Lego City police officer with teeth marks on the head. Oh well, its the thought that counts right? :o)

jadeirene

legogal said:

@legonut80 You do know this is the year of the horse? Waiting for LEGO to bring out the appropriate animal set for the year.

It's still the year of the Snake for another 10 days. @legonut80 if the baby comes soon as you hope, you'd better start looking for a good deal on a 10250. I bought one for my baby and spent way too much on it.

legogal

Yup, I know that Jan 31st the fireworks really start. Not a good ten days to be traveling in China for sure!

Fingers are crossed that the Year of the Horse set will be made in infinite quantities with the size of this potential market. Now that the government is officially changing the policy of allowing couples composed of two only children to have two instead of one child, there probably will not be a maternity ward bed available in China for about a decade.

Let's hope that the logistics folks at TLG are aware of this monumental change and don't rely on non-Chinese country regional buyers to think that they don't need this product. Eventually there could be more Chinese living outside of China than within the country; let's make them well aware of this change so that they address this demographic shift. The last thing we need is another Marina Bay Sands limited distribution plan. Got it, LEGO? Asia and Asians do matter. Nuff said.

spacechien

Today is a good day! The post brought the sealed Bounty Hunter Cube Dude set which I purchased off eBay for £85.00, a very fair price I thought. I'm over the moon with the set, it's no longer sealed of course but not built yet as I'm on daddy day care today. I was so chuffed with the contents of the box, a glossy instruction book with design spec that surpasses all other instruction books and individually baggied Cube Dudes with a character card in each bag. Gonna build 'em with my boy when he get's back from school.

AdeelZubair

Click on Marcos Bessa's Youtube page to discover his hidden talent other than designing amazing Lego sets:

http://m.youtube.com/?app=m&persist_app=1

margot

Apparently just won tickets to the Lego Movie premiere in Chicago!

programmerdan

Just built a Z-95 Headhunter #75004 that I got at a great deal on ebay for only $30 -- box had a few small dents but otherwise perfect. Now I've got a good sized snub-fighter fleet put together -- Y-wing #9495, X-wing #9493, A-wing #75003, Tie Fighter #9492 -- all at the same scale. Looking forward to the re-release of the B-wing at the same scale, and maybe if I'm careful I can pick up a Tie Advanced #8017 without paying too much.

legonut80

Just to let you know our little boy was born this week and all is well :) I took a minifigure and a poly in with me, as he didn't want to hang about in being born we didn't build the poly but the minifigure was a nice help. The midwife saw the Lego as it was out on the table but nothing was said to us, almost like she saw Lego at work everyday :)

LostInTranslation

Congratulations @legonut80! :-)

bricktuary

Congratulations!

khmellymel

Congratulations @legonut80!

gifinim

Decided the stairs needed a side of LEGO



More to be added tonight :-)

rancorbait

@legonut80 Congrats!

Wil348

gifinim said:

Decided the stairs needed a side of LEGO



More to be added tonight :-)

What a fun and brilliant idea!

Basta

I knew some of the peices I didn't use when I de-Freinded the Dolphin Cruiser would come in handy one day.



Im off to a wedding, with matching Cufflinks!!

AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz

Congratulations@legonut80

margot

legonut80 said:

Just to let you know our little boy was born this week and all is well :)

Congratulations @legonut80 and Happy Birthday @legonut80jr!

AdeelZubair

OMG, I found out that someone had built a Super Star Destroyer almost 13 feet long with a weight of 100 Kg on LDD:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=90341

bricktuary

I find it hard to get excited about LDD designs.

Daragh

Status: Tired. I bought a lot of 40kg and have been washing it in batches all day, some nice finds though including: #4195 #7075 #4842 #79010 #10193 and several more, so it will be worth it in the end.

SuperTramp

Just watching it snow while listening to M83 - Highest Journey.

Lego91

Got several 2014 sets today! (My Grandpa had the pleasure to buy them for me, he loves doing that and for me it is great that I don't have to drive into the city). Technic, Friends and Legends of Chima (the Legend Beast boxes are cute).

AdeelZubair

I just submitted my portfolio for product design at university:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/115928480@N03/sets/72157640323046693/

I am very enthusiastic about the prospect of working as a Designer at Lego.

Penkid11

Found out today that a new exclusive will be revealed at the local Lego convention this March.

If the press release is delayed in any way, I'll be sure to give y'all some coverage of the set.

monkeyhanger

Looking at my Argos acquired Jabba's Sail Barge, knowing I have to return it and wait for the Pixmainia one to turn up (as it is a tenner cheaper! Watching the biggest match of the day now...

scrumper

@monkeyhanger Will Argos be able tell if you return the Pixmania one to them?

sidersdd

Everything is awesome! Heading to a screening of The LEGO Movie.

monkeyhanger

scrumper said:

@monkeyhanger Will Argos be able tell if you return the Pixmania one to them?

I imagine so, unless you could peel off confirmed padawan points stickers and apply them to the pixmania box. Willing to hang on, won't take the Argos one back until the pixmania confirmed Order has shipped.

masterX244

back from toyfair nuremberg :)had the luck of getting into the lego booth... sets look better in person than on pictures sometimes; and more goin on @minecraft end :P no mirco world this time...

sidersdd

sidersdd said:

Everything is awesome! Heading to a screening of The LEGO Movie.

Just finished watching the movie. It was incredible. I won't give away any spoilers. Lots of inspiration for builds in the movie. To be honest I think the movie was more oriented toward AFOLs. Lots of good references and a message at the end which should resonate with many AFOLs. That being said my kids, and their friends, absolutely loved it. Many, many sales ahead for TLG as a result of this movie. Well done.

SirBen

sidersdd said:

Just finished watching the movie. It was incredible.

My family and I also attended a screening of The LEGO Movie this morning. I fully agree with this assessment of the movie. We all thoroughly enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to watching it again in a theater soon. I will then need to own it on DVD so I can view it regularly.

murphquake

I went to the movie with several lug members and some staff from one of the local stores we invited and ran into both Sean Kenney & David Pagano too, loved it just like @SirBen & @sidersdd, it was just fantastic all around. I thought I had learned too much flipping through the books and such and i was way off... i couldn't be more happy with it and can't wait to see it again. Was also able to get the #30280 polybag and had a nice afternoon out with some of my buddies. A great day all in all.

iso3200

Chuckling to myself as I opened my Bricks and Pieces order to find I'd messed up the quantities and found I'd accidentally ordered 19 1x4x6 door frames instead of 1 door frame, and 1 1x2x3 window frame instead of 19 of them. At least I got the 19 glass panels the right size. Shame they don't fit the door frames though ;-)

Wouldn't be so bad, but the 1x2x3 windows have now disappeared from Bricks and Pieces and are only available from the LRP - which take a lot longer to arrive.

Off to Bricklink then, or a radical redesign to incorporate 19 doors...

masterX244

ouch... that hurts @iso3200

AFFOL_Shellz_Bellz

Helping hubby build #9395 alternate build.

scrumper

My first visit to a Smyths store today - so much more civilised than TRU.

Wil348

Looks like I'll have to take a trip back to the UK to see The LEGO Movie. It's just money and time that are a problem. I will be really disappointed if i miss out and have to wait for the DVD.

Jenni

@wil348 it's possible it will be showing in original voices in our neighbourhood, there are 2 cinemas near Toulouse that do that. Check to see if there's one near you before you do anything drastic :). If it doesn't play in English here my daughter will be asking to go see it in the UK too probably.

AdeelZubair

My Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WebheadStudios?feature=watch

Lego Minecraft: The Forest:
Steve's adventure begins, collect resources and build a shelter before the Creepers come out at night.

Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5cvv3FW2R8

Animation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjtQKCLQzfs

Wil348

Jenni said:

@wil348 it's possible it will be showing in original voices in our neighbourhood, there are 2 cinemas near Toulouse that do that. Check to see if there's one near you before you do anything drastic :). If it doesn't play in English here my daughter will be asking to go see it in the UK too probably.

According to the CGR cinema in La Rochelle, April is the earliest they will be doing VOSTF (The English version with French subtitles) for The LEGO Movie. Fingers crossed, but even if they don't do it in English, hopefully the DVD isn't too long a wait.

Jenni

@wil348 Yes, the DVD is inevitable :). Good luck!

Wil348

Jenni said:

@wil348 Yes, the DVD is inevitable :). Good luck!

Question is when does the DVD come out? I'm not sure his long Warner films typically take to release on DVD, however I remember that Wreck it Ralph (Disney) came out about 5 months after.

SirKevbags

Great lunch with @caperberry. Being allowed to view the (sealed) inside tour set from last year was quite a treat.

Basta

what @SirKevbags, no touching allowed? :p

SirKevbags

@Basta I wasn't told touching wasn't allowed, it just didn't feel appropriate ;-)

BuriedinBricks

Wil348 said:

Question is when does the DVD come out? I'm not sure his long Warner films typically take to release on DVD, however I remember that Wreck it Ralph (Disney) came out about 5 months after.

In the US at least, the time between theater release and the DVD coming out has constantly been shrinking. I imagine you are probably looking at a May/June release date, depending on how long it stays in theaters.

Wil348

I've decided to go see it in French when it's out over here. I can admire the beautiful animation even if I speak very little French! I'll probably play the videogame before so I can understand what's happening, it'll actually be a pretty good French lesson for me.

Also I'll probably import the DVD from the US when it's out over there as we have two region 1 DVD players in our house.

Big_Blue_Winky

Been a long time since I've ventured on here, all rather busy, sold a car for a tidy profit so spent a portion of that on Lego and the next wheeling and dealing Italian. Got myself the Octan Garage, power functions for the horizon express and managed to win on eBay a BNIB Maersk train for comparatively a very modest sum, rather pleased with that. Also got my brother the Coast Guard Helicopter seems to be no longer available through shops, also has a slightly different shark 'n all.

monkeyhanger

Just cracked open my Pixmania supplied Jabba's sailbarge - contemplating how I can get a nice nose on it with some mods involving hinged wing plates and maybe upsize it for a few more shutters with the little 2 x 1 plate grilles rather than the crappy stickers.