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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 14, 2015 23:08:36 GMT
4634 pieces and 12 minifigs/ghosts. Yes it is expensive (I can't afford one) but compared to other big Lego sets it at least packs a lot in for the price-point. -Ralph Sure you can afford it. Just skip buying food that month and subsist by licking the dew that collects on the Ghostbuster's station walls. I can afford it. Justifying it is a whole different thing. Even if I justify the money, my 7 month old son ensures I don't have the time to sit and build it.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 14, 2015 23:11:15 GMT
I can afford it. Justifying it is a whole different thing. Even if I justify the money, my 7 month old son ensures I don't have the time to sit and build it. Yeah. I mean for that price there's far more exciting things you can buy (looking at you, Lego Death Star). You'd have to be really into Ghostbusters for this one to justify the purchase, I think. I guess it works if you collect those city houses too though.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 14, 2015 23:33:55 GMT
I can afford it. Justifying it is a whole different thing. Even if I justify the money, my 7 month old son ensures I don't have the time to sit and build it. Yeah. I mean for that price there's far more exciting things you can buy (looking at you, Lego Death Star). You'd have to be really into Ghostbusters for this one to justify the purchase, I think. I guess it works if you collect those city houses too though. I was browsing the Lego site the other day, ended up buying the Big Bang Theory kit while I was at it, and came across it. It didn't stand out right away as obviously being the Ghostbusters headquarters, I had to scroll back up to check it was GB minifigs I'd spotted as I immediately thought it was just a fire station building. So not only do you need to be ridiculously into Ghostbusters, you're going to have something that just looks like a brick house from the outside. Although turn it round and the inside is as detailed as I've seen on at set like that. If £275 is burning a hole in my pocket and I absolutely need to spend it on Lego, I'd probably go pick up the 2 Simpsons sets on eBay or try finding a Millenium Facon and R2D2. The Death Star is an amazing set and the detail is something else but I don't like the open plan build of it. It needs a casing.
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Post by blueshift on Nov 14, 2015 23:36:40 GMT
I am still super tempted by the Wall-E, but apparently Lego are redesigning the neck.
Obviously the Dr Who set is an instant-purchase.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 15, 2015 22:04:08 GMT
I think the DW set looks poo (build only a small bit of the TARDIS!) but I know full-well I will red haze and buy it because it is Doctor Who Lego. Darn it.
-Ralph
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 17, 2015 1:59:30 GMT
I grudged paying full price, especially after missing out on it for £18 at Asda last year, but went ahead and bought Lego Ecto-1. Came with a free Lego Bricktober Hotel as well which eased the pain slightly.
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Post by Stomski on Nov 17, 2015 16:06:07 GMT
I think the key is to split the pieces into individual piles as it suggests. WTH is this madness? Stick em all in one large mess and let the hunt begin!
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 17, 2015 18:16:22 GMT
I think the key is to split the pieces into individual piles as it suggests. WTH is this madness? Stick em all in one large mess and let the hunt begin! I think thats where I've always gone wrong with Lego and Kreo. Instructions telling me what to do? No,i make my own rules. Start with a massive pile of bricks, get halfway through then spend an hour looking for one tiny corner brick thats essential, get frustrated and kick the table, whole thing falls into a pile of bricks again, leave it and go have a beer to calm down, never go back to it. The stuff I've left to build, quite a lot as well, is stuff I want to build so I'm doing it properly.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2015 22:15:56 GMT
I generally just chuck all the parts of a kit into a big pile and sort out the bits as I build. Most of my sets end up back in that state as I don't have space to keep most of them built up. The bricks are then randomly mixed in tubs (I don't keep the kit parts separate). This probably has Lego purists screaming in horror.
-Ralph
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Post by Stomski on Nov 17, 2015 22:22:11 GMT
The bricks are then randomly mixed in tubs (I don't keep the kit parts separate). This probably has Lego purists screaming in horror. I think actually it makes Lego purists scream with glee!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2015 22:25:53 GMT
Well I enjoy building the kits then I enjoy knocking them down and having all the bricks to add to the big piles that can make other things. There are a few exceptions that I will always keep built ie my one modular building, some of the SW ships, etc but most go back to the seperate bricks they came from!
I've also got some of the boxes of loose mixed bricks. Really good value and a nice selection of colours and shapes in each selection.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 18, 2015 9:12:28 GMT
The point of LEGO for me is to build new things, so there are only about three or four kits I've got which have remained assembled long-term. In fact, the last two kits I bought didn't even stay assembled for two days (and one was never assembled) because they were specifically bought as parts donors for a project. I think I get more fun out of building new stuff than I do following instructions. (I would not have been popular with President Business...)
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 20, 2015 16:48:26 GMT
Raided the Cardiff Lego Store today for Christmas presents for my cousin's two little girls, and returned with a Lego Pirates set for the 7-year-old and a Lego Creator set for the 9-year-old, £65 between them but they love this stuff. This will add to the two Lego Friends sets, the Lego Elves ship, Anakin's Jedi starfighter and the Lego Star Wars Advent calendar, which they've previously had out of me.
Martin
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 21, 2015 19:26:50 GMT
Opened the Batman and Penguin set today, its a vey wee set for the price, but as I got it for £6 I'm really enjoying it. The duck boat and rmini penguins are adorable.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 21, 2015 19:35:20 GMT
I've got that one and it's superb.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2015 17:33:38 GMT
Saw the Doctor Who set in Toys Galore. £50, which puts it above impulse purchase for me.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 22, 2015 17:45:51 GMT
I didnt think it was due out til December!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2015 17:58:14 GMT
Neither did I but TG often gets toys in before I see them anywhere else!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 22, 2015 18:10:31 GMT
Lego webstore says Dec 1st.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 22, 2015 18:13:29 GMT
Naughty TG must have broken the street date!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Nov 22, 2015 23:19:38 GMT
As they did with the new SW products a few months back.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 22, 2015 23:35:54 GMT
There's a game shop in Glasgow used to do this with big release games, if you bought it through them they would give you it the day before release. The producers/suppliers for one of the games caught wind of it and threatened to stop supplying them with the games.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2015 18:51:48 GMT
I felt compelled to pick up the current Lego SW kiddy mag because I needed the lightsabers and blasters it comes with. Can't have too many of them. Then I red hazed and bought an issue of Lego Friends. I have always resisted this publication but it came with a hedgehog so I could not say no.
I had originally went into the shop with the sole intention of purchasing some corned beef.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Nov 23, 2015 18:52:25 GMT
I hope it was Star Wars corned beef!!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 23, 2015 18:54:39 GMT
It was not. It was a three-slice pack of regular corned beef but when I opend it up it had...FOUR SLICES!
Result!
-Ralph
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Nov 23, 2015 22:12:31 GMT
I have proof that women do occasionally listed to men when they talk. The missus bought me the Lego Star Wars advent calendar, surprised me with it when I came home tonight.
I haven't been this excited by an advent calendar since I was a kid and discovered it was an excuse to eat chocolate before breakfast.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2015 22:13:51 GMT
Have you not had one before?
I've got the SW one and the City ones again this year!
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Post by blueshift on Nov 23, 2015 22:16:30 GMT
I have always wanted one, but I know I would be left with a pile of lego I don't care about afterwards.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 23, 2015 22:20:50 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Nov 23, 2015 22:23:23 GMT
Here's how the previous years have gone down day by day interspersed with the red hazing on Lego that always happens at this time of year! See I know I would like the process of opening the doors but then I would be left with a pile of lego of shame. Also I'd be too scared to take it home with me for Christmas so would not be able to open it all.
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