What are you buying right now ?

panchox1 · April 2020

currently eyeing the Roller Coaster......

Basty · April 2020

My Petshop modular purchase from @monkeyhanger arrived today. It was so well packed it took me a while to open it. Thinking of using the packaging as a nuclear bunker in the future.

JRBricks · April 2020

panchox1 said:

currently eyeing the Roller Coaster......

You won't be disappointed...

Mr_Cross · April 2020

Just cleared out my budget for a #6987 intercept base... as always with a secondhand purchase, I'm wondering whether I did the right thing... 100% complete, box (no inner tray), instructions... looks like it's good condition from what I can see. £100 facebook marketplace. Prices have been around that for a while. Three for sale in UK all over £180.
I really did wrestle with this, the price, the current lockdown climate etc.
Wait and see time I guess.
I'll quarantine it for a week when it gets here, then wash it...
Did I do the right thing?

560Heliport · April 2020

I'd say yes! It's a great set. With today's exchange rate it would be $125. I'd pay that if I didn't already own one.

KungFuKenny · April 2020

Mr_Cross said:

Just cleared out my budget for a #6987 intercept base... as always with a secondhand purchase, I'm wondering whether I did the right thing... 100% complete, box (no inner tray), instructions... looks like it's good condition from what I can see. £100 facebook marketplace. Prices have been around that for a while. Three for sale in UK all over £180.
I really did wrestle with this, the price, the current lockdown climate etc.
Wait and see time I guess.
I'll quarantine it for a week when it gets here, then wash it...
Did I do the right thing?

Absolutely... you can’t go wrong with Blacktron! (That sounds like a campaign slogan)

lkliment2 · April 2020

Mr_Cross said:

Just cleared out my budget for a #6987 intercept base... as always with a secondhand purchase, I'm wondering whether I did the right thing... 100% complete, box (no inner tray), instructions... looks like it's good condition from what I can see. £100 facebook marketplace. Prices have been around that for a while. Three for sale in UK all over £180.
I really did wrestle with this, the price, the current lockdown climate etc.
Wait and see time I guess.
I'll quarantine it for a week when it gets here, then wash it...
Did I do the right thing?

I’m having similar thoughts in quarantine... my mind tells me I shouldn’t spend money but the devil on my shoulder keeps telling me to buy sets...

Mr_Cross · April 2020

KungFuKenny said:
*snip*
Absolutely... you can’t go wrong with Blacktron! (That sounds like a campaign slogan)

Thanks for the support/encouragement :-)

legomental · April 2020

@Cymbeline yours is better than corner garage

brumey · April 2020

8x #60205 tracks
#71025 random sieries 19 fig (hoping for the fox and chicken)
#76895 ferrari f8 tributo
#76897 audi sport quattro s1
#40309 xtra food

already on its way to me!

brumey · April 2020

still looking for a good deal on #10260 downtown diner

not quite sure about barracuda bay, after watching all the reviews!

Speedman29 · April 2020

Wanted the rally Cooper since the set was announced, but like the whole of Ebay and BL, I wasn't fussed with the Dakar buggy. Every 2nd hand set is just the buggy or pits. I made a wanted list on BL and couldn't find the mud guards in the UK (I didn't want to get it from Europe during this lockdown, but even then it was going to be £5 just for them) sticker sheets, minifigures and multiple posting bumped the price up to the point that the Amazon cost looked reasonable. I was expecting a delay on shipping for non essential items but its just arrived!

Bumblepants · April 2020

I'm surprised those mudguards haven't turned up elsewhere yet, even in a Star Wars ship or something to get the unique shape somewhere. It will really skyrocket on bricklink if it goes the way of the goats and never shows up in another set.

chrisalddin · May 2020

buying today.

#75244 Tantive IV

#75275 A-wing Starfighter

+ #40407 Death Star II Battle

chrisalddin · May 2020

also buying

#75278 D-O™
#75258 Anakin's Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition
#75267 Mandalorian Battle Pack

Basty · May 2020

I thought this lockdown would be a money saver, oh boy I was wrong. I've so far bought the Pet Shop, Cinema, Fire Station and just pulled the trigger on the Town Hall (it was painful, considering how expensive it is)

monkeyhanger · May 2020

^ Town Hall. Sold one at a modest profit as soon as it retired. If only I'd kept it!

Been doing some serious ebay in over the last few days - £1400 in sales, but cost of sending medium/large sets has shot up recently and today ebay send me a £1 selling fee invite - 4 days too late!

Hoping that Tantive IV will be on a daily deal, if not I'll hang on for JL to reduce the UCS ISD again (back up to £650) and buy it. TLG's freebie doesn't interest me at all, save for selling on ebay to subsidise purchase. Don't fancy paying full price for new A-Wing.

WatfordScottyM · May 2020

Basty said:

I thought this lockdown would be a money saver, oh boy I was wrong. I've so far bought the Pet Shop, Cinema, Fire Station and just pulled the trigger on the Town Hall (it was painful, considering how expensive it is)

If you're in the market for a Brick Bank ;)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/193432506721?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

monkeyhanger · May 2020

^ If that gets much higher, it'll be at MISB prices.

Basty · May 2020

I actually managed to get a BNIB Brick bank back in Feb for £280

chrisalddin · May 2020

see as Lego.com ([email protected]) now has #21319 Central Perk on back order now for "24 June 2020"

i just place a order for it on Amazon......

for #21319 Central Perk @ £62.28

Basty · May 2020

The latest addition to my collection. It’s beautiful *sniff* Anybody know why it had such a short lifespan?

SumoLego · May 2020

Disproportionately expensive in the line, it was just before the Modular popularity boom?

I get the sense LEGO had to decide whether to do another production run, and probably slower overall set sales coupled with other large, interesting sets coming to the production schedule resulted in an early retirement.

This was also around the time that the Pet Shop, Grand Emporium and Fire Brigade all had extended lifespans. Perhaps the Town Hall was a short-lived trial balloon and was not scheduled for a long production life from the beginning.

(Ignore Death Star, Tower Bridge, VW Camper Van.)

eMJeeNL · May 2020

Thinking of getting #75968 as a nice little house for my city and just selling the figs...

chrisalddin · May 2020

feeling like i need to do a Sum-up of all that i have on order for this week.

On Order/In My House

From Lego.com ([email protected])
Order A :- "Delivered" Placed on the 1st of May.
#75278 D-O™
#75258 Anakin's Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition
#75267 Mandalorian Battle Pack
#40407 Death Star II Battle

Order B :- "In Transit" Placed on the 1st of May.
#75244 Tantive IV
#40407 Death Star II Battle

Order C :- "In Transit" Placed on the 1st of May.
#75275 A-wing Starfighter
#40407 Death Star II Battle

Order D :- "Backorder" Placed on the 6th of May.
#10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander
Free Mystery LEGO Polybag

Order E :- "Backorder" Placed on the 7st of May.
#21321 International Space Station
Free Mystery LEGO Polybag

From Amazon.co.uk
Order 1 :- "Delivered" Placed on the 1st of May.
#75248 Resistance A-Wing Starfighter

Order 2 :- "In Transit" Placed on the 5st of May.
#21319 Central Perk

From Amazon.de
Order 1 :- "In Process" Placed on the 7st of May.
#75255 Yoda
#75973 D.Va & Reinhardt

Argos
Order 1 :- "Delivered" Placed on the 6st of May.
#75975 Watchpoint: Gibraltar
#75974 Bastion RRP

And i still plan to Buy the LEGO House when it come's back and #75945 Expecto Patronum at the same time.

after all of that i dont think i be buying any big/high numbers of set's for oh about 7 months (maybe)

WatfordScottyM · May 2020

Lego House, Tree of Creativity and Lego House Dinosaurs this morning on [email protected] Get in quick as they're bound to be gone in a flash...

chrisalddin · May 2020

Update

From Lego.com ([email protected])
Order F :- "In Process" Placed on the 7st of May.
#21037 LEGO House £44.99
#75945 Expecto Patronum 19.99
Free Mystery LEGO Polybag

autolycus · May 2020

Very jealous of @WatfordScottyM and @chrisalddin

I wish I were buying the Lego House set(s), but despite preliminary reports otherwise, not even 21037 is available in North America... harrumph.

JudgeChuck · May 2020

I was thinking about getting The Lego House and Tree of Creativity, but the House was already sold out, which was probably for the best! I actually wanted the Tree of Creativity more, so grabbed that, along with some Dots bracelets and other bits and bobs for my daughters.

chrisalddin · May 2020

do not tell anyone....

but just seen #76898 "Formula E Panasonic Jaguar Racing GEN2 Car & Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY" for £28 i had to get it.....

ok i HAVE To Stop Buying Lego Now......

panchox1 · May 2020

ok i HAVE To Stop Buying Lego Now......

I keep telling myself this....

SumoLego · May 2020

chrisalddin said:
...ok i HAVE To Stop Buying Lego Now......

Nah.

chrisalddin · May 2020

SumoLego said:

chrisalddin said:
...ok i HAVE To Stop Buying Lego Now......

Nah.

well for the next 3 to 4 mounts i do.... (maybe the odd small cheep set) *or the ice creem truck at 25% or more off*

560Heliport · May 2020

Just bought myself a birthday present, #75272 Sith TIE Fighter. My birthday is two weeks from tomorrow, but I don't think I can wait that long to build it! I probably won't last longer than tomorrow morning, tbh. So it, and the rest of my TIE collection, will likely be in "What are you building right now?" tomorrow.

lkliment2 · May 2020

560Heliport said:

Just bought myself a birthday present, #75272 Sith TIE Fighter. My birthday is two weeks from tomorrow, but I don't think I can wait that long to build it! I probably won't last longer than tomorrow morning, tbh. So it, and the rest of my TIE collection, will likely be in "What are you building right now?" tomorrow.

Looking forward to this! Will #10131 make an appearance?

560Heliport · May 2020

lkliment2 said:

560Heliport said:

Just bought myself a birthday present, #75272 Sith TIE Fighter. My birthday is two weeks from tomorrow, but I don't think I can wait that long to build it! I probably won't last longer than tomorrow morning, tbh. So it, and the rest of my TIE collection, will likely be in "What are you building right now?" tomorrow.

Looking forward to this! Will #10131 make an appearance?

Afraid not- I don't have it, but I can try to build the droid TIE. (I have the others as separate sets.)

chrisalddin · May 2020

Here is Most of that i got for the week 1/5/2020 to 7/5/2020.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/editor/ob/8cqx1zgvaq36.jpg

i doing the image now as you can see i dont think i can fit any more in it fell down 4 times as it is....

i still have on Order :-
#10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (on Backordered) for the 22/5/2020
#21321 International Space Station (In Warehouse)
#21037 LEGO House (Due Monday)
#75945 Expecto Patronum (Due Monday)

i can start Building Now :-)

Ps. Bonus Points if you can Tell What all 4 built set in view are.

560Heliport · May 2020

^ #70613 Garma Mecha Man. That's all I can be sure of on my phone.

monkeyhanger · May 2020

chrisalddin said:

Here is Most of that i got for the week 1/5/2020 to 7/5/2020.
i doing the image now as you can see i dont think i can fit any more in it fell down 4 times as it is....

i still have on Order :-
#10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander (on Backordered) for the 22/5/2020
#21321 International Space Station (In Warehouse)
#21037 LEGO House (Due Monday)
#75945 Expecto Patronum (Due Monday)
i can start Building Now :-)
Ps. Bonus Points if you can Tell What all 4 built set in view are.

Holy moly! How much would you have bought if there was a proper May 4th sale on?

Gibbo1959 · May 2020

^ @chrisalddin single handedly doing his bit to kickstart the retail economy. Bravo!

560Heliport · May 2020

No wonder everything is out of stock... Chrisalddin bought it all!

chrisalddin · May 2020

560Heliport said:

^ #70613 Garma Mecha Man. That's all I can be sure of on my phone.

@560Heliport get the 1st point :)

3 set's still to be identified, but the easy one is gone. now is a mid level and the 2 hard level ones :P

monkeyhanger said:
Holy moly! How much would you have bought if there was a proper May 4th sale on?

that is hard to say. was going to get #75973 D.Va & Reinhardt from lego.com right up to the last momet when i found it for less on amazon.de. the Tantive IV is the only real set that had any hops of going on sale and me buying it and that going on sale was a hell of a long shot. also, this year i did not buy in the easter sale, and i have also not been buying samll set's like i done other years that left me with more to spend.

Voltron86 · May 2020

chrisalddin said:

560Heliport said:

^ #70613 Garma Mecha Man. That's all I can be sure of on my phone.

@560Heliport get the 1st point :)
3 set's still to be identified, but the easy one is gone. now is a mid level and the 2 hard level ones :P

monkeyhanger said:
Holy moly! How much would you have bought if there was a proper May 4th sale on?

that is hard to say. was going to get #75973 D.Va & Reinhardt from lego.com right up to the last momet when i found it for less on amazon.de. the Tantive IV is the only real set that had any hops of going on sale and me buying it and that going on sale was a hell of a long shot. also, this year i did not buy in the easter sale, and i have also not been buying samll set's like i done other years that left me with more to spend.

Pretty sure the red part is from voltron ;)

560Heliport · May 2020

@Voltron86 that's gotta be it! I was thinking Exo-Force, but couldn't find a match. Then I tried looking for parts with red wing pieces, but I only checked the longer wings.

chrisalddin · May 2020

Voltron86 said:

chrisalddin said:

560Heliport said:

^ #70613 Garma Mecha Man. That's all I can be sure of on my phone.

@560Heliport get the 1st point :)
3 set's still to be identified, but the easy one is gone. now is a mid level and the 2 hard level ones :P

monkeyhanger said:
Holy moly! How much would you have bought if there was a proper May 4th sale on?

that is hard to say. was going to get #75973 D.Va & Reinhardt from lego.com right up to the last momet when i found it for less on amazon.de. the Tantive IV is the only real set that had any hops of going on sale and me buying it and that going on sale was a hell of a long shot. also, this year i did not buy in the easter sale, and i have also not been buying samll set's like i done other years that left me with more to spend.

Pretty sure the red part is from voltron ;)

that is one of the hard 1's you get 2 points for that.

so

@560Heliport has 1 point.

@Voltron86 has 2 points.

the 2 model left to id are mid level will give 1 point and the hard level that i will give 3 points for as it is that hard.

i will give 2 hints

one is a Architecture set the other is a Technic set.

560Heliport · May 2020

That's #42042 behind Voltron..and #21033 in front of Garma Mecha Man! Thanks for the hints! And thanks for the challenge, it was fun.

chrisalddin · May 2020

560Heliport said:

That's #42042 behind Voltron..and #21033 in front of Garma Mecha Man! Thanks for the hints! And thanks for the challenge, it was fun.

right with both.

and your the overall winner of.... a "Well Done You" commnet.

@560Haliport "Well Done You!.... "

any how dam that was fast i was thinging it take you some time. i knowe you spot the alt form of #42042 fast. but did not think anyone was going to get #21033 even with the hint as all you can see is the top of a two building's white poll's.

Legoist61 · May 2020

I recently bought some items from the Catawiki auction. The description of the items said that some blocks might be missing from the sets.

When I received the sets i immedaitely checked them and found that from the 4 sets in the lot, two were missing some parts.

The other two sets in the lot were missing approx 30% of the bricks. For this reason I filed a complaint at Catawiki, their expert had a look at it and said that my complaint was not valid as the description said that there were missing bricks.

My statement that there is a difference between a few bricks and 30% missing was not a valid argument. That was the end of the discussion.

Do you think it is reasonable to have 1/3 of a set missing and calling it a few bricks??

560Heliport · May 2020

^ Not at all. I would say "a few" would be at most about 5% of a small set, 1 or 2% of a large set.

chrisalddin · May 2020

nope.... no

no one can make me tell you that i got #76895 Ferrari F8 Tributo on order.

nope not going to tell you that i spent more money.....

What are you buying right now ?

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