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10253 - Big Ben

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  • 77ncaachamps77ncaachamps Aspiring Time Traveler Stuck in the West (US)Member Posts: 2,440
    What's been your building time for it?

    Lego Store employee said it took him 14 hours.
  • chrisalddinchrisalddin UKMember Posts: 2,868
    wow all 3 side by side look awesome!
  • Jern92Jern92 MalaysiaMember Posts: 807
    I never realised it was going to be bigger than the Tower Bridge
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 12,420
    ^ It is too bad that they aren't the same scale.
    tallblocktoocatwrangler
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    SumoLego said:
    ^ It is too bad that they aren't the same scale.
    They're not far off; that point is even made in the designer video.

    Tower Bridge is about 200 feet; the Elizabeth Tower about 300.
    SumoLego
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 12,420
    edited June 2016
    I meant the Opera House.

    BB and the TB are certainly close enough in scale for me.
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo CanadaMember Posts: 497
    edited June 2016
    Oh thats cool to know I didn't realize the Tower Bridge and Elizabeth Tower sets were that close scale wise. 
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 12,420
    I'd be interested to see what the micro-scale bus looks like next to the BB model.  (Or the taxi.)
    catwranglerkiki180703
  • ricecakericecake Maryland, USAMember Posts: 879
    In terms of scale, maybe it's a perspective thing. I mean, Australia is pretty far from England, so it only makes sense that it should look smaller.
    klatu003VorpalRyu77ncaachampschrisalddinpharmjodRecceGreenArrow57mampepin
  • flappeerflappeer Bexleyheath, UKMember Posts: 8
    77ncaachamps said:
    What's been your building time for it?

    Lego Store employee said it took him 14 hours.
    It took about 9 hours I think.
  • piratemania7piratemania7 New EnglandMember Posts: 2,097
    ^Holy Cow - I didnt realize it took that long!
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark UK / KLMember Posts: 3,534
    Tbh that's about what I'm expecting. Tower Bridge took me about 8 and a half hours, as did the Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS. I'm expecting a similar time for this. That employee must be a slow builder!
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,116
    edited June 2016
    ^Or he/she enjoys working in the backroom away from other human beings... I know I would!
  • piratemania7piratemania7 New EnglandMember Posts: 2,097
    wow, I guess I haven't built anything on that scale yet.  The TB is still in the box - so now I know what to expect!
    77ncaachampskiki180703
  • 77ncaachamps77ncaachamps Aspiring Time Traveler Stuck in the West (US)Member Posts: 2,440
    Paperballpark said:
    Tbh that's about what I'm expecting. Tower Bridge took me about 8 and a half hours, as did the Technic Porsche 911 GT3 RS. I'm expecting a similar time for this. That employee must be a slow builder!
    He told me that he didn't expect it to take that long and recommended that I spread the build over two days.

    Funny thing is he had mentioned that he built the Tower Bridge, so he should have known how long it would take. (However, the TB is reflective in its build.)
  • adello25adello25 U.S.A.Member Posts: 360
    I wonder when we will see the first MOC of the entire Westminster Palace
    catwrangler
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    adello25 said:
    I wonder when we will see the first MOC of the entire Westminster Palace
    Presumably, you missed the example earlier in the thread.
  • JooTogJooTog Southern CaliforniaMember Posts: 938
    Uhm... I was planning to get #10234 Sydney Opera House to go along with the BB, but I just noticed that #10214 Tower Bridge is most likely to go out first, so I guess I should start with that one then.

    The collector is struggling with buying the BB without having the other two :-(
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 12,420
    ^ Give or take a decade...
  • JooTogJooTog Southern CaliforniaMember Posts: 938
    Of course, I have nowhere to display them at home... I guess there is always the office :-)
  • 77ncaachamps77ncaachamps Aspiring Time Traveler Stuck in the West (US)Member Posts: 2,440
    The BB arrived.

    The usual Lego packing - lack of packing materials (bubble wrap, etc.) - resulting in a smashed Fountain and creased and dented BB box.

    They make so much money you'd think they could spare a few bubble wrap!

  • sklambsklamb speaker of American EnglishMember Posts: 491
    Funny, my shipments from Lego always include appropriate amounts of bubble wrap and/or air pillows. This still doesn't prevent polybags from damaging larger boxes, or large boxes crushing smaller ones, of course.
  • willobee498willobee498 CanadalandMember Posts: 349
    Lately My shipments have one or two air bags thrown in, free to move where they please. It's the thought that counts.
  • catwranglercatwrangler Northern IrelandMember Posts: 1,823
    My last one had an airpillow in, which would've semi-filled the space beside the Fountain... except it had burst (perhaps by the corner of the Fountain's box?) and the Fountain had got dented from shaking around in the main carton. For myself I don't mind, but I had a mental image of dozens of angry Bricksetters getting on the phone to customer services... 

    Apart from anything else, I've never seen an airpillow break before!
  • maniacmaniac Yorkshire, UKMember Posts: 810
    edited June 2016
    Bumblepants said:
    I am betting the #40220 London Bus poly will be the August promo item with this. Might be worth waiting to see if it is before jumping on the early release.
    #40220 London Bus revealed as US August Promo in Calendar.

    http://cache.lego.com/r/stores/-/media/brand%20retail/stores/calendar/august/6213-aug16-cal_medres.pdf

  • RennyRenny USAMember Posts: 1,145
    That's a nice looking August promo.
    SumoLego
  • monstblitzmonstblitz Alexandria, VAMember Posts: 597
    77ncaachamps said:
    The BB arrived.

    The usual Lego packing - lack of packing materials (bubble wrap, etc.) - resulting in a smashed Fountain and creased and dented BB box.

    They make so much money you'd think they could spare a few bubble wrap!

    This must be standard operating procedure for bigger sets.  My GB HQ arrived in identical shape this week. 
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 12,420
    It is a box in a box.  I can see why Lego wouldn't put a lot of effort into packing a box in a box.

    I just think they ought to do a better job of reducing the dead space in the shipping box.
    kiki180703catwrangler
  • ryjayryjay Member Posts: 1,001
    That's what the pillows are suppose to do, act as dunnage, not necessarily protective packaging.
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    TheOriginalSimonB said:
    Presumably demand for this set in the rest of Europe will now plummet. 
    With Marine Le Pen having a Union Jack on her Twitter page?

    France? National Front? Union Jack?

    After something like that, anything can happen.
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 18,242
    TheOriginalSimonB said:
    Presumably demand for this set in the rest of Europe will now plummet. 
    So they can ship them all here and give us a discount!
    dougtsSumoLego
  • dougtsdougts Oregon, USAMember Posts: 4,129
    CCC said:
    TheOriginalSimonB said:
    Presumably demand for this set in the rest of Europe will now plummet. 
    So they can ship them all here and give us a discount!
    ship them across the Atlantic and give US a discount!  You Brits might not be able to afford them with the plunging value of the pound anyway...   
    SumoLego
  • AdzbadboyAdzbadboy London, UKMember Posts: 2,626
    No sight of #40220 - London Bus in the Summer 2016 calendar...

    http://stores.lego.com/en-gb
  • SamJSamJ West Yorkshire, UK Member Posts: 118
    ^ Just checked as I was sure I'd seen it. Starts in August
     http://cache.lego.com/r/stores/-/media/brand retail/stores/calendar/august/6213-aug16-cal_medres.pdf
  • SMCSMC UKMember Posts: 1,785

    ^ But all the offers end by 9th July, I am sure we will get other offers this summer.

    Also I saw this set in MK and it look bigger than I thought, but I still have an unopened tower bridge to make first.

  • spicypigspicypig GlasgowMember Posts: 237
    My local store told me 40220 London Bus will not be available this year in UK. It's probably just America ONLY!!! SO SAD!!!! 
    Next month is free 30422 with any £25, from 1st to 22nd.
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,116
    Wow that is super stupid if it proves to be true.
    SumoLego
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    It's likely to be available when, or after, the new flagship store opens. In a sense, it's "where it belongs", and #3300006 was used when Westfield London opened.
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