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  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,438
    Quite the awesome haul @KungFuKenny! Those ABS granules are very cool! Who's the skeleton sig fig? It makes me think of Niels Pedersen for some reason...
    KungFuKenny
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,728
    Starting to really want the Forestmen set after all but I am struggling to come up with an order that would meet the threshold.
    560HeliportKungFuKennybpk2300pxchrisandhe
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Member Posts: 4,253
    ^ Same here. If the Hideout is still in stock on the 19th when the Harry Potter sets release, then it works for me, but I don't know if I want to take that chance.
    BumblepantsKungFuKenny
  • Diamondback_SixDiamondback_Six Member Posts: 491
    Given Lego's lackluster performance on offerings to warrant my attention this year, coming price hikes and no Jurassic GWP's, I've been considering shifting the bulk of what few purchases I have to make (mostly the entire JW line) to Target/Walmart. Seeing this, though, part of me's tempted to try to sneak in one order to get the Forestmen set and help @Bumblepants or @560Heliport out.

    Esp since LEGO rewards aren't a predictable value while Target ones are... not to mention the double-dip when I pay for them with gift-cards bought at a grocery store with HUGE fuel rewards kickbacks, especially with the utterly whack gas prices here in Seattle and idiots who never met a gas-tax increase they didn't wanna make babies with.
    560HeliportiwybsWesterBricksSwitchfoot55
  • KungFuKennyKungFuKenny Member Posts: 2,368
    edited June 2022
    pxchris said:
    Quite the awesome haul @KungFuKenny! Those ABS granules are very cool! Who's the skeleton sig fig? It makes me think of Niels Pedersen for some reason...
    Yep, that was Niels, who has worked on and designed elements for some of the most iconic sets ever! (Including Classic Space, Castle, and Pirates…)
    https://brickset.com/sets/designer-Niels-Milan-Pedersen
    pxchris
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    Diamondback_Six said:
    Esp since LEGO rewards aren't a predictable value while Target ones are... not to mention the double-dip when I pay for them with gift-cards bought at a grocery store with HUGE fuel rewards kickbacks, especially with the utterly whack gas prices here in Seattle and idiots who never met a gas-tax increase they didn't wanna make babies with.
    Diamondback speaks the truth regarding Seattle/WA state and their love of gas taxes. 

    Which grocery store do you use for your gift cards? I hadn't considered that angle, but it might prove to be worth while!
  • Diamondback_SixDiamondback_Six Member Posts: 491
    @Switchfoot55 I do a double-shuffle where anywhere that I spend a lot of money I buy their gift cards at Fred Meyer. :) (For you non-Northwesterners in the US, Kroger.) It REALLY pays for itself racking up free subs at Jersey Mike's, especially on Double Points Monday... it's all about gaming the system, since they're gonna squeeze you for every nickel they can learn to game the system and squeeze them right back.
    560HeliportSwitchfoot55pxchris
  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,438
    Bumblepants said:
    Starting to really want the Forestmen set after all but I am struggling to come up with an order that would meet the threshold.
    I'm in the exact same boat... I was hoping that the DeLorean would be back in stock in time, but that's pretty unlikely.
    Bumblepantsandhe
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    Spent a little time checking the PAB page for the last parts I need for track ballast and starting to plan out the next phase of part accumulation, which will be for MILS-ifying a Winter Village scene. I will probably put off the MILS project until next year, but I wanted an idea of what it might cost and what parts are available at this point.

    The ballast project wasn't cheap! Just the last 4 unique lots (1x1 tiles, 1x4 tiles, 1x2 plates with slide, and some random color 2x8 plates) are going to be >$50. I'm definitely hoping that counts toward the threshold for the Forestmen's Hideout GWP next week.
    Switchfoot55
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    I'll be interested to track along with your MILS progress, @autolycus! I had intended to do the same this year, but with my pending move, it will likely be next. 

    I think my ballast ended up being around $80 for my layout. There wasn't any one part that cost a ton, but the total of everything added up. I ended up stalking BL for sellers with bulk offers available and ended up saving a bunch compared to the BnP offerings. 
    autolycus
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    Switchfoot55 said:
    I'll be interested to track along with your MILS progress, @autolycus! I had intended to do the same this year, but with my pending move, it will likely be next. 

    I think my ballast ended up being around $80 for my layout. There wasn't any one part that cost a ton, but the total of everything added up. I ended up stalking BL for sellers with bulk offers available and ended up saving a bunch compared to the BnP offerings. 
    I will have spent more than I could have gotten away with because of a variety of issues that have added up. The bulk of my ballast pieces I've gotten as part of 2 BL orders that were mostly to get other specific pieces I needed to complete some old used sets I'd gotten. I found the best reasonable combinations to fill up order minimums and get the best combined prices. The PAB order I'm looking at actually has all individual lots at below the current BL price guide average on for-sale used pieces, so that's good. I could probably do better, but there's extra work involved.

    For the ballast project, I'm following the PennLUG pattern and am aiming for a 30"x60" oval, so it's a decent amount of track: 16 curve sections and 12 straights, if my math was right!. (http://l-gauge.org/wiki/index.php/Reference_Instructions) For now I'm just doing the ballast on the track pieces themselves as shown on Ref Sheets 1 and 4, but once I start the MILS phase of the project, I will also set the bases up according to the plans in Ref Sheets 2, 3, and 5 -- except I think I'm just going to use 32x32 plates for everything, which will mean combining some curve and straight sections onto a single plate.

    I'm doing reddish brown for the cross-ties and DBG for the first under layer. With the MILS bases, I think I'm going to do white, rather than the "standard" of a consistent base color between track and baseplate.

    I will definitely try to post pictures and comments as I move forward. Like I said though, I think I'm just going to focus on the track itself this year, with the track laying on my white table cover. I'm afraid the MILS phase is going to be particularly $$$ unless I hit a jackpot on white plates at a Bricks & Minifigs bulk sale. I don't have access to the other common way of getting affordable bulk lots...
    Brickfan50
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    Bricks & Minifigs has been my friend on many occasions when it comes to my Winter Village. I plan on leaning heavily into their bulk tables for the under-structure of my MILS panels. They also checked off quite a few parts from my ballast list as well. But, as you said, time is the major investment there. Even with a targeted list of parts, I can find myself sifting through their tables for longer than I should admit. 

    Thankfully there is a Bricks & Minifigs where I'm moving too with a fairly good bulk-lot selection!
    autolycus
  • Diamondback_SixDiamondback_Six Member Posts: 491
    @Switchfoot55 Are you using the various unofficial expansion books seen on Amazon, or just from-scratch MOCing?
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    I've largely been using the unofficial expansion books or other MOCs I've found around the interwebs. I have a whole list of MOCs I'd like to make, but really haven't ever ventured into that. I need to just bite the bullet and figure out my way with it. But for now, I'll lean on the creativity of the community where possible. 
    Diamondback_Six
  • Diamondback_SixDiamondback_Six Member Posts: 491
    I keep meaning to try to build the ingame models from Lego Jurassic World, but there are a lot of parts not made in required colors, and some things I really need some way to extract the ingame renders for study at leisure like the level-loading vignettes and the JW monorail.

    And then the parts-count on that King Air from JP3, even with only one outer wing rendered, is just scary... seriously, a buddy who flies the real thing for a corporate owner saw the game model and my attempt at translating it into LDD, and even half finished wanted one for his office. (Hint Hint Hint, Lego! And while you're at it how 'bout another way to get a JP Explorer rather than having to buy and scrapyard a second entire T-rex Breakout?!)
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,317
    Lego status: Blessed! Still working on my Bible read through, and God helped me find the whole Silver Mine Shootout, except for Danny's hair. Working on getting favorite sets together, before my family and I finish storing parts, so we don't sort anything I wanted to easily find. I my case, that means Disney, SW, Marvel, Trains, SC. We know where my WV stuff is, because my mom loves Christmas villages, and classic Disney, so she wants those complete, so we can set them out soon.  
    560HeliportSwitchfoot55
  • scottdd2scottdd2 Member Posts: 170
    Base is all done for the map of Australia. Seeing the base like this it would also be good to do a small city scene with a few modulars and the new road plates. You can fit 8 modulars and 1 street down the middle.

    560HeliportCymbelineWesterBricksKingAlanI
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Member Posts: 400
    @WesterBricks, Wow! Looked at that pile for a long time and never did figure out what it was until I scrolled down. That's a great find!
    Modeltrainman
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    Building Castle in the Forest! Woo! May have to move Diagon Alley into storage, depending on how big the footprint ends up being. Good thing about that would be it would clear one of my longer shelves for a pretty good medieval display (Blacksmith, Castle in the Forest, 3-in-1 castle, and old and new Forestmen's Hideout). And maybe the 90th anniversary castle, although I'll bet that one is going to be too deep for this shelf.
    OnebricktoomanyKungFuKenny
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    Spent some time this weekend both sorting parts/sets for my daughters and disassembling my final two sets for storage. The last one to come apart was the Ideas Ecto-1. It definitely needed a good cleaning anyway, so the time was right. Looking forward to reassembling on the other side of things. 

    In other news, the builder has officially broken ground on my new home! Now I can start tracking actual progress with it. 

    Pictures to come!
    Marshallmario560HeliportpxchrisautolycusWesterBricksOnebricktoomanyModeltrainmanKungFuKenny
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Member Posts: 400
    @pxchris...looks good but the first thing I thought of was dude needs an iron. I think it will look amazing without the creases!
    pxchrisOnebricktoomany
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    Switchfoot55 said:
    Spent some time this weekend both sorting parts/sets for my daughters and disassembling my final two sets for storage. The last one to come apart was the Ideas Ecto-1. It definitely needed a good cleaning anyway, so the time was right. Looking forward to reassembling on the other side of things. 

    In other news, the builder has officially broken ground on my new home! Now I can start tracking actual progress with it. 

    Pictures to come!
    Awesome news! I would say we really only want to see pictures of Lego-dedicated rooms and other purpose-built display and work spaces, but I'd be lying if I said that. I'm almost always interested in seeing any aspect of construction as well as anything related to kitchens and outdoor spaces.
    iwybsSwitchfoot55560HeliportWesterBricksOnebricktoomany
  • 560Heliport560Heliport Member Posts: 4,253
    I'd like to see other hobby rooms- if a non-AFOL partner has a room or rooms for their hobby, or if their hobby combines with LEGO in some way.
    Onebricktoomany
  • PDelahantyPDelahanty Member Posts: 308
    I’m going to start scraping basement walls soon. Then I paint. It will eventually be the backdrop for the Lego city I’m building for my family. We’ll be using A LOT of space down there…
    Switchfoot55560HeliportCymbelineOnebricktoomanyautolycusModeltrainmanMarshallmario
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,317
    Reading Daniel, now, and I think I may have gotten the last two pieces of a particular part IN THE WORLD. How does that happen?
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,728
    Well I got an order lined up for the Forestmen set now so I just need to sit back and wait for the website to crap the bed and prevent me from getting it.
    PJ76uk560HeliportMarshallmariobpk2300SeijiAmasawaOnebricktoomanygmonkey76
  • sipusssipuss Member Posts: 289
    Bumblepants said:
    Well I got an order lined up for the Forestmen set now so I just need to sit back and wait for the website to crap the bed and prevent me from getting it.
    "We're sorry to inform you that the transport carrying your order has been hijacked by some merry men in silly hats and tights while it was travelling through a forest. Sorry for the inconvenience."
    WesterBricksBumblepantsThe_Rancor560HeliportpxchrisCymbelineSwitchfoot55gmonkey76KungFuKenny
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    sipuss said:
    Bumblepants said:
    Well I got an order lined up for the Forestmen set now so I just need to sit back and wait for the website to crap the bed and prevent me from getting it.
    "We're sorry to inform you that the transport carrying your order has been hijacked by some merry men in silly hats and tights while it was travelling through a forest. Sorry for the inconvenience."
    They're men, they're men in tights
    They roam around the forest looking the forest looking for fights
    They're men, they're men in tights
    They rob from the Lego shipments then give to the poor, that's right!
    pxchrisBumblepantsWesterBricksSwitchfoot55gmonkey76RedbullgivesuwindKungFuKenny
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,728
    autolycus said:

    They rob from the Lego shipments then give to the poor, that's right!
    Lasership In Tights
    PDelahantyKungFuKenny
  • iwybsiwybs Member Posts: 400
    Modeltrainman said:
    Reading Daniel, now, and I think I may have gotten the last two pieces of a particular part IN THE WORLD. How does that happen?
    What do you mean?
    Modeltrainman
  • CharmiefcbCharmiefcb Member Posts: 451
    I put in my order for the Forestmen set. The T Rex Breakout set is a bonus. I miss Castle. Shame Lego wasn't going all in on adult themes when Game Of Thrones was at its peak. Coulda had some real good sets.
    Marshallmario
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,317
    iwybs said:
    Modeltrainman said:
    Reading Daniel, now, and I think I may have gotten the last two pieces of a particular part IN THE WORLD. How does that happen?
    What do you mean?
    Bricklink seems to suggest nobody has https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=3010pb231&idColor=5 anymore. (Red 1x4 brick with Incredibles logo.)
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,476
    I'm sure you've already re-looked through your sorted 1x4's just in case it got tossed in to that bin? I had a printed part I was looking for recently and couldn't find it in my sorted "printed/stickered" parts. Ended up being with the normal parts. 
    Modeltrainman
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,317
    Switchfoot55 said:
    I'm sure you've already re-looked through your sorted 1x4's just in case it got tossed in to that bin? I had a printed part I was looking for recently and couldn't find it in my sorted "printed/stickered" parts. Ended up being with the normal parts. 
    I have my one which came with the Mr. Incredible BH, he's complete. I wanted to build his family.
    Switchfoot55560Heliport
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,353
    @KungFuKenny If any place is a company town it's Billund. Almost too much LEGO if that's even possible. :)
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,353
    @scottdd2 reminded of my various LEGO mosaics
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,353
    edited June 2022
    Saw #43187 in Target, looks cool but the Disney Tax is particularly ridiculous - $59.99 for a piececount that usually goes for $40 maybe $50

    Will get #41712 eventually 

    #41705 is nice enough but I don't need another pizzeria

    #76208 is another maybe. Might go with a nonLEGO longboat model I have
  • scottdd2scottdd2 Member Posts: 170
    Still waiting on CMF Muppets, ordered on the first of June when they became available and they are still in the warehouse. Anyone else have this long a wait direct from LEGO for these?
  • Brickfan50Brickfan50 Member Posts: 479
    Building the bases of a set that was a first day purchase for me. Excited!

    PJ76ukSwitchfoot55WesterBricksModeltrainmanMr_CrossLegopants
  • karritkarrit Member Posts: 1,066
    Bummed I had to cancel my long planned Birthday trip to Walt Disney World due to ending up in the Hospital twice in the past week.  I was planning to spend some time in the Disney Springs Lego Store tomorrow before heading to an evening after hours party at Hollywood Studios with a visit to Oga's Cantina for Birthday Libations.  Even more bummed that because of this I'm not even feeling up to travel the 1 1/2 hours each way to either of the two Lego Stores to buy myself some goodies to get another copy or two of the Forest Hideout.
  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,438
    Really sorry to hear that @karrit!
    I hope you're feeling better soon.
    MarshallmariokarritMr_Crossgmonkey76
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    karrit said:
    Bummed I had to cancel my long planned Birthday trip to Walt Disney World due to ending up in the Hospital twice in the past week.  I was planning to spend some time in the Disney Springs Lego Store tomorrow before heading to an evening after hours party at Hollywood Studios with a visit to Oga's Cantina for Birthday Libations.  Even more bummed that because of this I'm not even feeling up to travel the 1 1/2 hours each way to either of the two Lego Stores to buy myself some goodies to get another copy or two of the Forest Hideout.
    Hope the hospital visits and health issues are behind you at this point!
    karritMr_CrossModeltrainmangmonkey76
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,317
    karrit said:
    Bummed I had to cancel my long planned Birthday trip to Walt Disney World due to ending up in the Hospital twice in the past week.  I was planning to spend some time in the Disney Springs Lego Store tomorrow before heading to an evening after hours party at Hollywood Studios with a visit to Oga's Cantina for Birthday Libations.  Even more bummed that because of this I'm not even feeling up to travel the 1 1/2 hours each way to either of the two Lego Stores to buy myself some goodies to get another copy or two of the Forest Hideout.
    Praying, @Karrit! My LEGO status? Cleaning what will hopefully be a cool LEGO room, Lord willing. But before cleaning anymore, working on it today? Wednesday night Bible study.
    karrit
  • KingAlanIKingAlanI Member Posts: 2,353
    @Brickfan50 great pyramid of giza? Saw a ancient history plus LEGO nerd building that on twitter and the base looks similar
    Legonium, handle tutubuslatinus
    Onebricktoomany
  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,438
    Classic fans are definitely getting the love today (sadly not the Pirates fans though)! Reveals on front page.

    Lion Knights Castle and Galaxy Explorer!

    I will absolutely be getting the remake of the Galaxy Explorer right away upon release (didn't see a date for that one). The castle I really, really like as well, but due to size and cost that one is going to take a little more thinking.

    Both look like beautiful models and well suited to the 90th anniversary!
    560HeliportlowleadautolycusOnebricktoomanyiwybsbpk2300MaffyDKungFuKenny
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,432
    pxchris said:
    Classic fans are definitely getting the love today (sadly not the Pirates fans though)! Reveals on front page.

    Lion Knights Castle and Galaxy Explorer!

    I will absolutely be getting the remake of the Galaxy Explorer right away upon release (didn't see a date for that one). The castle I really, really like as well, but due to size and cost that one is going to take a little more thinking.

    Both look like beautiful models and well suited to the 90th anniversary!
    I will probably end up with both, but I’m more excited about the castle. I don’t have as much nostalgia about the classic space stuff, with the exception of the monorail stuff. If they did a new space monorail…

    The castle is huge and looks glorious. Gonna take a big display space, for sure!
    pxchrisOnebricktoomany
  • lowleadlowlead Member Posts: 689
    Status:  Mind blown seeing 'Galaxy Explorer' in my Order Details.
    ...I...
    It's surreal in such a wonderful way.  Overdosing on Memberberries right now, so great! 
    pxchrisOnebricktoomany
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