LEGO joy!

[The Doctor]

I hate Wedge. He's rubbish.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

You seem to have a strange aversion to SW pilots.

No, not Wedge. He's been available for years, I already have him: lego.wikia.com/wiki/Wedge_Antilles

[legios]

Wedge survived two Death Star attacks, whilst not having the Plot Armour of a main character... I figure he has to be doing something right to manage that...

Karl

[The Doctor]

He is a character without character. His fan appeal utterly befuddles me.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

SW Lego magazine news

www.rebelscum.com/story/front/FR_News_LEGO_Star_Wars_Magazine_Issue_1_Vol_2_Out_Now_178329.asp

I presume the same will happen here

[Jim]

Hmmm, hasn't happened here yet; the Kylo Ren shuttle issue was #31, and the next is the Imperial Pilot which is due out on Saturday and advertised as being #32. The latest issue of the quarterly secondary title (a sort of Collected Comics, in a smaller format - I have no idea if the UK has a similar thing) came out the other day with Palpatine's shuttle as the model.

Occasionally (maybe every 6 months?) a blind-bag which contains 3 random old issues with sets also comes out.

[Fortmax2020]

There was an issue of some sort of collective comic for Nexo Knights out recently. Same size as regular but two older stories with a previously released set.

[The Doctor]

The Nexo Knights are extinct. Their fire has gone out of the universe. You my friend are all that is left of their religion.

-Ralph

[Fortmax2020]

You fool. They live on in our hearts and minds. Like the MANTA Force line they honour.

[Philip Ayres]

Lego aren't keen on Toyfairs this year

brickset.com/article/33697/this-year-s-toy-fairs-will-be-a-disappointment

[The Doctor]

Agh, I rarely look at Brickset now as their site is increasingly covered in huge ads and annoying auto-paying videos. It's becoming rapidly unusable on the desktop version, alas.

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

The next time Andu visits the Burns Cave ge him to install a decent Adblocker for you.

I blive we have covered this matter previously in relation to other sites.

[Fortmax2020]

Ditto here. Ad blockers are one thing but it's 'voting with your clicks' that counts.

[Jim]

Star Wars #32 today! The imperial pilot is pretty much what you’d expect; next issue (#33, no sign of renumbering) has a very nice looking imperial shuttle.

The next issue page also has a tiny cover image for Lego Batman #3, coming 6th February! I hadn’t heard that was continuing.

[Bogatan]

After resisting many okay sale prices at Tesco over the last 3 weeks (I did buy a Batman- Banes Evil Tractor of Doom set for £30 but that was a present) I walked in to Asda and broke in an instant.

BB8 75187 bought for £45.

[browny87]

I thought this was going to be a car boot story, most of your lego gold finds are that!

[Bogatan]

I've avoided carboots for the last couple of months, too likely to spend money I dont have.

[Philip Ayres]

Melbourne Brickvention Photos

www.rebelscum.com/story/front/LEGO_Brickvention_2018_Coverage_178400.asp

[Bogatan]

Today I discovered there is a Ms Marvel minifigure in a set I otherwise have no interest in.

Sigh!

[The Doctor]

I waited patiently for that set to be clearanced so I could get that minifig!

-Ralph

[Philip Ayres]

Burns brings to our attention that Lego has finally made a minifig of Andu 'Marathon Man' Turnbull!!!

[Fortmax2020]

www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-42821594/lego-the-invention-of-the-legendary-brick

[Philip Ayres]

[Fortmax2020]

Saw the 60th anniversary 'spend £100' set today in the local Lego store. They're ok for what they are.

Purchased the new City logger tractor and received two free polybags with it. One is some packet of mainly yellow bricks to make ducks out of that the guy in the till said was something to do neither the 60th anniversary. And the second was a hot dog stand. Yes a hot dog stand set in a park scene. Not at a cinema. Hot dogs. Not at the cinema. Lego official.

I go back next week to try my luck again to get polybags for Burns.

The store was pushing Ideas, Architecture and Creator sets pretty hard today.

[Philip Ayres]

To the surprise of nobody, RIP Nexo Knights

brickset.com/article/33959/the-end-of-nexo-knights

[Fortmax2020]

Aye, no surprise. I was really looking forward to the 'virus' theme this year as well.

[Jim]

wow, so much hostility in the comments!

I never bought a Nexo set, just the occasional magazine, but I really liked the idea and design. It took me back to the Space / Castle mash-ups there were in one of the Ideas books back in the 80s.

[Philip Ayres]

I know! Loved the big tank castle in the first year.

I also, unlike the commentators, loved Chima

[Jim]

Oh yes, the same, Chima was great! Fabuland gone dark!

Ninjago never really appealed to me until the more recent iteration, the main-line pre-movie with the pirates and also some of the movie stuff. Yet it seems much more enduringly popular.

[Philip Ayres]

Jan 31, 2018 22:42:11 GMT Jim said:

Oh yes, the same, Chima was great! Fabuland gone dark!

The first year of Chima was fabulous. Have all the bird tribe models and the big gorilla.

The second year they played with the colour palette for some of the tribes ad they didn't ;look quite so good, though there was still some good stuff being produced. The mini beasts with riders they produced at the start of the second year are AMAZING though.