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I still haven't even touch the UCS MilF that I got on release... Need to do a clearout of the Lego room - its been used as a dumping room for all things not lego. Mightn't be this weekend but the following weekend I should start making a dent. Hopefully...
May start on the UCS Helicarrier next...
Also, your comment is the first time I've thought of the SS for this year and it now has me super excited for Christmas to come!
That said, when it comes to Lego, my mind is pretty much always geared toward my Winter Village, various projects, purchases, etc... And the SS falls right into that too!
Also, after thoroughly losing my temper earlier, I've finally managed to get signed into the new Lego.com and access my VIP points balance. It remains a drop in the ocean as far as the Tree House is concerned, but on the other hand, can I really let that thing pass me by? Perhaps that question is best revisited in a couple of months...
I bought a small old bionicle set for a bit of nostalgia and to support them.
Great series with a nice variety of figures and loads of accessories. Extra dogs essential. And for whoever asked, shower guy has bubbles around his bits.
Think S19 got mentioned in Leaks, then in Marketplace but not had it’s own thread. Is it too soon to start talking about S20 next year? 10th anniversary of CMFs etc. Mr Platinum chase figure? Only 1 for whole series! Series made up of one from each previous series? Other ideas, anyone?
Just another trap to fall into; let's try not to. Sorry Fowlerbricks!
Brightens up the work computer though.
* time may not be accurate, I think the draw is at 8.20pm but saying 5 mins earlier just to be safe.
I am currently in the process of re-organizing how I store my sets since I can't display them all at this time. For a good decade or so I stored them fully constructed in Ziplock bags. This has turned out to be one of the worst ideas for two reasons:
1) Storing LEGO fully built or partially demolished easily to re-assemble limits the available space in the storage bins.
2) I now have at least several tree elements which have broken, three or four of the harder to come by orange/dark red coloured elements from The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings. BaP has them listed as out of stock when I search by set number. On top of this my Holiday set from the LEGO Store... I think Valentine's Picnic had one of the light green plant elements completed shred itself somehow. I have no idea how, or if this is a result of plants from plants. Thankfully I still have Plants from Plants which allows me to swap in those elements which were made commonly available, but now I'm going to have to keep an eye on BaP for those harder to get plants. Considering the Tree House just came out I'm amazed that colour was out of stock, since that set has loads of those plant elements included and having to replace them seems to be something LEGO would have available at this time in large quantities.
Fortunately none of the sets have had broken pieces, but I haven't gotten to any of the few sets with dark maroon elements I own. Today I will now be disassembling my entire Marvel Super Heroes collection and seeing how much space they will take up in the bin.
Currently I have two full bins, the first includes The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, Disney Princess, Scooby-Doo, The Angry Birds Movie, The Lone Ranger, Pirates of the Caribbean, Toy Story 3, Juniors Incredibles 2, Prince of Persia and Indiana Jones all stored within it in their respective ziplock bags. Granted a lot of these themes are incomplete and some of them I only own one or two sets from, but it does make things easier for storing my collection until I can afford a place that will accommodate the entire lot in a dedicated display room.
Bin #2 is currently housing Pirates, Space, Castle, Kingdoms, Dino, Pharaoh's Quest, Adventurers, Wild West, Studios, Island Extreme Stunts, Racers, Creator, Seasonal, Promotional, Ninjago, Atlantis, Alpha Team Mission Deep Sea, Monster Fighters and my lone Santa Key Chain freebie. (Also seeing if I can fit my trio of Bionicle sets in there once I get the chance.
I'm hoping this third bin can fit all of the Marvel sets with space to spare for new Marvel Sets I will be getting as time continues.
Which still leaves me with Jurassic World, City, Nexo Knights, Legends of Chima, DC Super Heroes, Star Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Friends, Elves, DC Super Hero Girls and a few other small themes to fit in their buckets. It is definitely nice to be making more room for more LEGO, but some of these Themes may eventually need to go.
The plexiglass cover didn't make taking pictures easy though, especially when in a hurry as they were closing...
Maybe I can sell one to Unkar Plutt. Or the Irving Brothers, or maybe Ducain...
I had a colour/distance sensor from the Boost set and put it on the train. We had a lot of fun programming the train to stop at stations, speed up, reverse, make noises etc etc. Really really really good fun. It took some time experimenting optimising the timings, speeds and colours - you need to play around with the sensor and bricks to get the right bricks (flat tiles work well) and distance from the sensor (we had the sensor on the side of the train identifying the colours attached to pillars at the station). It was a great learning experience for my son - really got him thinking and playing around with the optimisation. Sometimes frustrating for him but I think that is always a good lesson for him.
I see that some people have used the motion sensor/colour sensor to change the switching tracks (using a motor) and closing car crossings. There`s going to be a lot of exploring to do. We want to add to our collection now but its not cheap! I just bought the Batman app-powered car (with battery pack and 2x motors) since its heavily reduced on Amazon, and cheaper than buying the Powered up functions separately. We`ll get some extra bricks for our collection! In fact, even buying a second train (reduced online of course) is only fractionally more expensive than buying the Powered up functions individually.
Really looking forward to adding the Disney train at some point and modifying that with the colour sensor for programming!