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The "Top Five..." thread

BooTheMightyHamsterBooTheMightyHamster Member Posts: 1,533
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I love a list!  I like thinking up lists and I like reading (and agreeing - or disagreeing with) other people's lists too. 

So give me your Top Five!

Could be anything...
  • Top Five sets
  • Top Five elements
  • Top Five hiding places for stashing purchases that maybe you shouldn't have bought
  • Top Five reasons why that UCS Millennium Falcon was a day one purchase
  • Top Five comebacks for people who say 'Lego?  But that's for children isn't it?'
  • Top Five reasons for visiting Brickset
I'll kick off with...

My Top Five excuses for coming home with an unplanned purchase...

  1. I was going to buy it anyway, and I saw it going cheap!
  2. They're going to stop making it soon, and if I missed it now I'd have to pay inflated prices!
  3. There was a freebie if I bought it today!
  4. But I had lots of points on my VIP card - it was practically free!
  5. What?  That old thing?  I've had that ages!
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  • bookmumbookmum Member Posts: 1,511
    Top Five Fabuland Characters. 
    1. Gertie Goat. 
    2. Ricky Racoon
    3. Bonnie Bunny 
    4. Morty Mouse 
    5. Lisa Lamb 
    BumblepantscatwranglerSumoLegovizzitorFizyxsnowhitieMAGNINOMINISUMBRALittleLoribandit778
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Top 5 CMF warriors

    1) Elf
    2) Roman soldier
    3) Battle goddess
    4) Hun
    5) Frightening Knight

    catwranglerFizyxMAGNINOMINISUMBRAFowlerBricks
  • bricktuarybricktuary Member Posts: 987
    Top five sets I really wish I'd bought when I had the chance. 

    1. Fire Brigade modular
    2. Taj Mahal (the old one) 
    3. Batman Tumbler
    4. Monster Hunters Castle (not HH) 
    5. UCS Imperial Shuttle
    catwranglerFizyxMAGNINOMINISUMBRAnwr122A.Brickovsky
  • Pitfall69Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454
    Rainstorm26 said:
    Top Five standing by....
    ...and here we go
    gmonkey76oldtodd33SumoLegodavetheoxygenmansnowhitiebandit778MAGNINOMINISUMBRAhoyatables
  • GallardoLUGallardoLU Member Posts: 644
    Top five reasons I bought the new UCS MF.

    1. I missed out on the original 
    2. It was cheaper than a used or bricklinked, original 
    3. It' better in almost every way than the original.
    4. Wife won' let me buy the original
    5. I have never bought a Millenium Falcon lego set before. I love the ship but wasn' satisfied with a 'system scale' version.
    bandit778FizyxMAGNINOMINISUMBRALittleLoriFollowsClosely
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,634
    BooTheMightyHamster said:

    My Top Five excuses for coming home with an unplanned purchase...

    1. I was going to buy it anyway, and I saw it going cheap!
    2. They're going to stop making it soon, and if I missed it now I'd have to pay inflated prices!
    3. There was a freebie if I bought it today!
    4. But I had lots of points on my VIP card - it was practically free!
    5. What?  That old thing?  I've had that ages!
    I plan on using 3 & 4 to get the Diner once the 60th promo goes live.
    gmonkey76
  • catwranglercatwrangler Member Posts: 1,894
    Top five sets I really should've bought when I had the chance (I'm leaving out childhood-era stuff because we'd be here all day):

    1. Haunted House
    2. Mill Village Raid
    3. Guarded Inn re-release
    4. Viking Ship Challenges the Midgard Serpent
    5. Motorised Walking AT-AT
     

    tmgm528BumblepantsMr_Crossbandit778MAGNINOMINISUMBRA
  • Darth_Jar_JarDarth_Jar_Jar Member Posts: 43
    edited January 2018
    Top five best sets that include Jar Jar Binks 
    1. 9499 Gungan Sub
    2. 7171 Mos Espa Podrace
    3. 7162 Gungan Sub
    4. 7121 Naboo Swamp
    5. 75088 AAT

    (Lot of sets with untapped potential)
    catwranglerBumblepantsAddicted2OxygenLittleLoribandit778MAGNINOMINISUMBRA
  • Mr_CrossMr_Cross Member Posts: 1,688
    Top five ugly sets I own and love, in order of release, but not necessarily in order of purchase.
    1. #6901 Mobile Lab - bought this on eBay when I got back into the hobby around 2004, it's so ugly I can't believe it made it into production, but it's a really, really great set.
    2. #7151 Sith Infiltrator - it's the blocky, low-res pixelated half-sister-half-wheelie-bin representation of Darth Maul's ship, but it comes from a point in time when I still had hope the prequel trilogy was going to be great.
    3. #7190 Millennium Falcon - at the time I thought it was wonderful, it was the Falcon in LEGO! Allowing for the limitations of the available parts at time, she's not pretty, but she's got it where it counts!
    4. #21103 Delorean - if you're going to build a time-machine out of LEGO, why not do it with some style? It has so much going for it though, the misprint on the Flux capacitor tile, the wealth of printed tiles in fact. It oozes nostalgia for a film that is still one of my favourites.
    5. #71000-2 Cyclops - not really a set, but he is ugly and totally fantastic at the same time.


    MegtheCatBumblepantsMAGNINOMINISUMBRALittleLoricatwranglerbandit778
  • Lego_Lord_MayorcaLego_Lord_Mayorca Member Posts: 619
    Top 5 Over-hyped Types of Sets

    1. Anything in a polybag
    2. Collectable Minifigure Series
    3. Mighty Micros
    4. Mixels
    5. Winter Village-related sets




    MAGNINOMINISUMBRABooTheMightyHamstervitreolumjnscoelhoIstokg
  • Brickfan50Brickfan50 Member Posts: 478
    ^sausages. #metoo. 
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,634
    Top Five sets I craved as a child and never got:
    #6989 Mega Core Magnetizer
    #6273 Rock Island Refuge
    #6075 Wolfpack Tower
    #6278 Enchanted Island
    #6195 Neptune Discovery Lab

    Clearly I was (and still am) a sucker for the giant raised baseplates.
    CCCMAGNINOMINISUMBRALittleLoricatwranglerMegtheCatPeteMMr_CrossFizyxbandit778
  • Darth_Jar_JarDarth_Jar_Jar Member Posts: 43
    BrickByBrick said:
    Top five sausage colors
    5. Red
    4. Red
    3. Red
    2. Sand blue
    1. Red
    Forgot flesh 
    MrJackson
  • ecmo47ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101
    Fun topic!

    Five cool sets from the 70's

    1. #730 Steam shovel with carrier
    2. #580 Brickyard
    3. #780 Road Construction
    4. #455 Learjet
    5. #480 Rescue Helicopter

    Honorable mention:

    #490 Mobile crane
    #565 Moon landing
    #435 Tipper truck

    The only one I never got was the Brickyard but wore the rest of them out!
    BumblepantsPeteMbandit778Istokg
  • BrickByBrickBrickByBrick Member Posts: 747
    Darth_Jar_Jar said:
    BrickByBrick said:
    Top five sausage colors
    5. Red
    4. Red
    3. Red
    2. Sand blue
    1. Red
    Forgot flesh 

    Because I don't like them ;)

  • catwranglercatwrangler Member Posts: 1,894
    Bumblepants said:
    Top Five sets I craved as a child and never got:
    #6989 Mega Core Magnetizer
    #6273 Rock Island Refuge
    #6075 Wolfpack Tower
    #6278 Enchanted Island
    #6195 Neptune Discovery Lab

    Clearly I was (and still am) a sucker for the giant raised baseplates.
    Those kinds of sets always looked like such a complete, intricate world, and they'd all be on my list too - apart from Neptune Discovery Lab, which I got lucky with. Wandered into a Smyths and found it in a display cabinet, yellowed with age, in the section that just sold bikes...

    Top Five themes/subthemes I regret not having got into: 

    1. Monster Fighters (2012)
    2. City: Farm (2009 - 10)
    3. Adventurers: Orient Expedition (2003)
    4. Prince of Persia (2010)
    5. Castle: Fantasy Era (2007 - 9)
    BumblepantsPeteMMr_Crosstmgm528bandit778snowhitieLostInTranslation
  • datsunrobbiedatsunrobbie Member Posts: 1,818
    Top Five places to buy LEGO below MSRP

    1. Savers
    2. Goodwill
    3. Target
    4. Walmart
    5. Toys R Us (2/$5 minifigures)
    BooTheMightyHamster
  • FauchFauch Member Posts: 2,679
    top 5 sets I own which are very wide / high :

    5. ferris wheel / pirate ship ambush : 60cm high / wide
    4. Kingdoms joust : 62 cm wide
    3. Vladek's dark fortress : 64 cm wide
    2. The silent mary : 68 cm wide
    1. Tower of Orthanc : 73 cm high 


    catwranglerBumblepants
  • PeteMPeteM Member Posts: 447
    Top 5 12v train sets (influenced by a heavy dose of nostalgia)

    1. #7740 InterCity - Original and best, the flagship of the initial wave was a massive leap forward in design, with loco and coaches in distinctive red and yellow livery
    2. #7760 Shunter - classy and endearing little standalone model, not really done since
    3. #7745 High Speed Train - clearly based on the TGV and precursor to the Horizon Express, this seemed like another design leap at the time.
    4. #7750 Steam Engine - excitingly large for the time and often at the forefront of contemporary advertising - still a holy grail for many collectors
    5. #7735 Freight Train - great little engine and good selection of rolling stock
    Bumblepantscatwranglerbandit778MAGNINOMINISUMBRAstluxIstokg
  • colaycolay Member Posts: 547
    BooTheMightyHamster said:
    I love a list!  I like thinking up lists and I like reading (and agreeing - or disagreeing with) other people's lists too. 

    So give me your Top Five!

    Could be anything...
    • Top Five sets
    • Top Five elements
    • Top Five hiding places for stashing purchases that maybe you shouldn't have bought
    • Top Five reasons why that UCS Millennium Falcon was a day one purchase
    • Top Five comebacks for people who say 'Lego?  But that's for children isn't it?'
    • Top Five reasons for visiting Brickset
    I'll kick off with...

    My Top Five excuses for coming home with an unplanned purchase...

    1. I was going to buy it anyway, and I saw it going cheap!
    2. They're going to stop making it soon, and if I missed it now I'd have to pay inflated prices!
    3. There was a freebie if I bought it today!
    4. But I had lots of points on my VIP card - it was practically free!
    5. What?  That old thing?  I've had that ages!
    Top 5 reasons for visiting Brickset

    1. To find out what new stuff is coming, that I don't need to buy or have room or money for
    2. Add sets to my collection following number 1 above
    3. See whats on offer and where for sets I wouldn't pay RRP for
    4. Read the good content, reviews, articles ad the like the front page brings
    5. Peruse the forums to find new ideas, opinions, builds etc

    My Top 5 cities (in no order)

    Boston
    Vegas
    Vancouver
    New York
    Chicago


    FizyxBumblepantscatwranglerbandit778snowhitie
  • Lego_Lord_MayorcaLego_Lord_Mayorca Member Posts: 619
    Top 5 Under-hyped, Seriously Great Themes

    1. Blacktron II: Future Generation
    2. Unitron
    3. U.F.O.
    4. Time Cruisers
    5. Spyrius
    FizyxBumblepantscatwrangler
  • bricktuarybricktuary Member Posts: 987
    Top five themes which need to be resurrected:

    1. Classic Space 
    2. Castle
    3. Vikings

    ...and that's all. 
    Mr_Crossmak0137catwranglerbandit778snowhitieMynattred5MAGNINOMINISUMBRA
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    CCC said:
    Top 5 CMF warriors

    1) Samurai (S3)
    2) Elf
    3) Roman soldier
    4) Battle goddess
    5) Hun
    Made a key revision.
  • Brixfan02Brixfan02 Member Posts: 205
    Top 5 favorite marvel figs I own (currently at least, it changes all the time):

    #5: Green Goblin. I really like this figure's color scheme, and the printing is nice as well
    #4: Drax. His tattoos are so intricate that it's not even funny! I wish his face was a little happier, though

    #3: Thanos. Once again, this color scheme is brilliant, and its the only Thanos figure so far... plus it's a bigfig! Who doesn't like bigfigs?
    #2: War machine. I recently acquired this figure, and I always like the new ones, so this one is high on the list. It looks great!
    #1: Gladiator Hulk. This choice needs no explanation...
    catwranglersnowhitieMegtheCatFowlerBricksTwoToneBricksA.Brickovsky
  • tmgm528tmgm528 Member Posts: 457
    catwrangler said:
    Bumblepants said:
    Top Five sets I craved as a child and never got:
    #6989 Mega Core Magnetizer
    #6273 Rock Island Refuge
    #6075 Wolfpack Tower
    #6278 Enchanted Island
    #6195 Neptune Discovery Lab

    Clearly I was (and still am) a sucker for the giant raised baseplates.
    Those kinds of sets always looked like such a complete, intricate world, and they'd all be on my list too - apart from Neptune Discovery Lab, which I got lucky with. Wandered into a Smyths and found it in a display cabinet, yellowed with age, in the section that just sold bikes...

    Top Five themes/subthemes I regret not having got into: 

    1. Monster Fighters (2012)
    2. City: Farm (2009 - 10)
    3. Adventurers: Orient Expedition (2003)
    4. Prince of Persia (2010)
    5. Castle: Fantasy Era (2007 - 9)
    Man that Monster Fighters being number one hits home hard for me xP Luckily I have some things lined up to pretty much buy the full theme minus the mansion
    catwrangler
  • CaptainLegoCaptainLego Member Posts: 385
    Top 5 cars I would like to build in LEGO but have no idea how I would even attempt to build them in SC scale.

    1. Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale
    2. Tucker 48
    3. Ferrari Enzo
    4. Lola T70
    5. Any modern Lamborghini

    Honorable mention: 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda. While I plan to definitely build this, I still have no isea how to go about this. I’ll figure it out. Eventually.
    MaffyD
  • Mr_CrossMr_Cross Member Posts: 1,688
    edited January 2018
    Top five classic space men:
    1. Red
    2. Black
    3. Blue
    4. White
    5. Green
    The green admittedly, is not quite "classic" yet, but I never really liked the yellow variation.
    BrickByBrickbuildalotBumblepantscatwranglerred5mak0137GothamConstructionCogmonkey76
  • PeteMPeteM Member Posts: 447
    Top 5 Space themes:

    1. Classic
    2. M-Tron
    3. Futuron
    4. Blacktron
    5. Ice Planet 2002
    BumblepantscatwranglerFizyx
  • bookmumbookmum Member Posts: 1,511
    That Scala list by @Bumblepants has possibly just won this thread. Even though it isn't a competition. Nothing can beat that! 
    catwranglerMaffyDSumoLego
  • kendalbrickskendalbricks Member Posts: 49
    My top five favourite childhood sets:

    5. #6346 Shuttle Launching Crew
    4. #6845 Cosmic Charger
    3. #6953 Cosmic Laser Launcher
    2. #6886 Galactic Peace Keeper
    1. #8064 Universal Motor Set

    My top five post-dark age sets:

    5. #60095 Deep Sea Exploration Vessel
    4. #21108 Ecto-1
    3. #75881 Ford GT & GT40
    2. #70816 Benny's Spaceship
    1. #70618 Destiny's Bounty
    BumblepantscatwranglerCaptainLego
  • FauchFauch Member Posts: 2,679
    top 5 best CMFs I own :

    5. TLBM Lobster Lovin' Batman
    4. TLBM March Harriet
    3. S15 Frightening Knight
    2. TLBM Vacation Batman
    1. S14 Werewolf
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,526
    Top five 1 x X x1 bricks

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 1
    4. 8
    5. 16
    dmcc0bricktuarycatwrangler
  • MAGNINOMINISUMBRAMAGNINOMINISUMBRA Member Posts: 993
    Top five "Seriously LEGO what the heck is going on here" sets.
    5. #7892 Hospital.  The only hospital in history where more injuries occur AT the hospital than the city it's in. Possibly dedicated solely to the care of Parkour participants...
    4. #3314 Police Unit.  TLG has a strict non violence policy... Lego City's Police Force always employ justifiable force.
    3. #1687 Midnight Transport.  What exactly gets transported in suitcases at midnight?  Why is that muscle shirted guy loading a dark van on a remote desert airstrip?  Cue the Miami Vice music...
    2.  #4621 Red Flash Station.  Flashing is the only thing this station is actually large enough for!  I'm not sure who's flashing who but I don't trust that guy with the silver moustache for a second.
    1. #6404 Carriage Ride.  Horse - check, Carriage - check, fancy suit - check, whip - check, lady without pants - huh?  Seriously TLG?  Fifty shades of WTH...
    SumoLegoBumblepantsmak0137CCCstlux
  • MaffyDMaffyD Member Posts: 3,527
    My all time top 5 list of sets I do not have and get really annoyed about:

    1. #928 - Space Cruiser and Moonbase. Stupid older brother who got it instead.
    2. #8169 - Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4. Why didn't I see this set? Why?
    3. #75011 - Tantive IV & Planet Alderaan. "Nope, I don't need this to go with my other planets sets. Firstly, I get a mini T4 with my Star Destroyer, and secondly, it's not like they'll release loads of other OT spaceships in polybags and magazine gifts is it?"
    4. #31045 - Ocean Explorer. Yes, I could buy it tomorrow, but I've seen the price history on Amazon go down to £8 in the past and I'm determined to get it as close0 to that price as I can. It's not going anywhere near at the moment though!
    5. #????? - One from the future that I won't think about until it's long gone into the past. It's just bound to happen... Stupid Lego variety and my stupid lack of precognition!

    That this list does not contain any UCS sets both surprises and pleases me.
    BumblepantsMr_Crosscatwrangler
  • CaptainLegoCaptainLego Member Posts: 385
    Top 5 modern supercars I’d like to try to build in SC style at some point.

    1. Pagani Huayra BC
    2. Lexus LFA 
    3. Hennessey Venom F5
    4. Zenvo TS1 
    4. Aston Martin One-77

    Top 5 somewhat obscure/really obscure cars that I’d like to try to build in SC style at some point.

    1. Ferrari 348 Elaborazione Zagato
    2. Spyker C12 Zagato
    3. Ghia L6.4
    4. SSC Ultimate Aero
    5. Venturi Atlantique 

    Top 5 icons I’d like to build that I’d like to build in SC scale.

    1. Shelby Cobra
    2. Buick Grand National 
    3. McLaren F1 LM
    4. Jaguar E-Type
    5. BMW M1/BMW M1 ProCar

    Honorable mention: Ferrari F40. I have a City scale one, but if the 288 GTO Evoluzione goes as planned, I may consider rebuilding it in SC style.

    Top 5 vehicles that AREN’T supercars/coveted classics that I’d like to build in SC scale.

    1. Ford F-150 SVT Lightning
    2. Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
    3. GMC Typhoon/Syclone
    4. 1977 Cadillac Eldorado  
    5. Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8

    Building vehicles in LEGO is combining my two biggest passions. It’s like my calling or something. Now, whether any of these vehicles are built anytime soon is something that I can’t answer. All of these are subject to change.
    BumblepantsMAGNINOMINISUMBRA
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    MAGNINOMINISUMBRA said:
    1. #6404 Carriage Ride.  Horse - check, Carriage - check, fancy suit - check, whip - check, lady without pants - huh?  Seriously TLG?  Fifty shades of WTH...
    Huh.  I guess I'm the only Speedo-Wearing Equestrian?
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,634
    Top Five Classic Castle figures I had as a kid:
    1. Wolfpack was a favorite and the patch-eye made this guy extra cool

    2. Black Falcon guy

    3. Blue sleeved Forestman. Not sure why but I always liked bluesleeves the most

    4. Majisto the wizard AKA Gandalf because a real Gandalf didn't come until 20 years later

    5. Awesome armor + Funny mustache guy

    Jennioldtodd33Fizyxcatwranglerred5A.BrickovskyMaffyDstluxbrickventures
  • FowlerBricksFowlerBricks Member Posts: 1,731
    Top Five Themes that I want a reboot of:

    #1: Space Police
    #2: Power Miners
    #3:Galaxy Squad
    #4: Exo Force
    #5: Fantasy Era Castle.
    MAGNINOMINISUMBRAtmgm528
  • Mr_CrossMr_Cross Member Posts: 1,688
    Top five parts I'd like LEGO to make.
    1. Plates with studs on both sides, preferably with bar holes through each stud.
    2. Macaroni slopes in a variety of diameters and inclines, including macaroni cheese!
    3. Technic pins and axle pins that finish with a variety of bars and clips.
    4. More trans yellow windscreens.
    5. Parts with the classic space logo on them.
    Oh, and light bluish grey sausages obviously.
    BumblepantscatwranglerJenniMynattmak0137
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