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Post by Jim on Mar 30, 2019 13:38:45 GMT
New issue of Star Wars out here today - next issue IG-88 figure!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 30, 2019 22:56:04 GMT
IG-88!!!
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Post by Jim on Mar 31, 2019 8:25:37 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 31, 2019 17:36:07 GMT
Got Aragogs Lair (Harry Potter) on sale a few weeks back. Finally built it. The Spider design is fantastic.
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Post by Stomski on Apr 2, 2019 9:58:28 GMT
Of course the Riddler has a skateboard. I mean, why wouldn't he? Not sure why Mr. Freeze set has a Nolan-esque "batcycle"? Batmobile vs Joker set looks decent. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 2, 2019 11:48:01 GMT
New issue of Star Wars out here today - next issue IG-88 figure! The U-Wing issue out here has a bonus poly bag..... Found a load of them today with the superb dwarf spider droid attached. If anyone wants one, yell as this is a fab mini build and to minifig scale |
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Post by Jim on Apr 2, 2019 14:17:37 GMT
It's ages since I saw them do that over here  I'm quite taken with the U-wing model, it makes for a neat little set |
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Post by Stomski on Apr 2, 2019 14:35:14 GMT
Hrm - normally the bonus sets are varied. I wonder what others there are?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 5, 2019 22:40:34 GMT
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Post by Jim on Apr 6, 2019 8:05:57 GMT
It doesn't even look as fun as the original with its swinging troop carrier platform thing!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 6, 2019 15:30:55 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 6, 2019 15:48:34 GMT
Need all the ducks and b and w Mickey and Minnie. And the others.
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Post by Jim on Apr 6, 2019 19:17:54 GMT
Saw the 20th anniversary sets at the LEGO store today - they all seem kind of over-priced? I was tempted by the podracer until I saw it was €30. They also had some new mainline Star Wars sets that I'd not heard were on their way including a Rey vs. Kylo from the end of TFA which looks quite nice. But again €20 for two figures and a bit of landscape seems a bit steep.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 6, 2019 19:59:35 GMT
It does feel like the anniversary sets have acquired 'premium' pricing. I look forward to picking them up cheap in 2020.
20 years of Lego Star Wars though. Where did my life go?
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Post by Jim on Apr 6, 2019 20:57:37 GMT
20 years ago I was working at a shop in Reading and a colleague's wife worked for LEGO, and she got all the Star Wars sets for free. Their little flat was just full of Star Wars LEGO.
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Post by Jim on Apr 7, 2019 7:58:42 GMT
This led to me remembering being told, and I don't know how true it is as I can find no citation online though it did come from someone who worked for LEGO, that they were actually pursuing the Indiana Jones licence from Lucasfilm but ended up with Star Wars instead as part of the Episode I promotional push.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 7, 2019 9:22:31 GMT
That does sound plausible.
After Shadows of the Empire, Lucasfilm were pretty damned agressive with the promotional work, so I can see them offering them up Star Wars instead.
Long term it was always the smarter option, more options for figures and sets.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 7, 2019 10:58:54 GMT
Possibly they weren't after SW at first because they had their own Space lines anyway whereas Jones might be a new adventurer type of thing?
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Post by Bogatan on Apr 7, 2019 11:24:54 GMT
That makes sense for at least two reasons.
I dont think Lego were as big back then, Indiana Jones would maybe have been considered more achievable by them.
Also if we ignore the Nazis, Indiana Jones probably fits Legos no war/violence whatever policy better than Star Wars.
I remember a friend at Sixth Form bringing in sets from what must have been the first year or two of the line, twas my first push towards lego, finished a few years later by this here forums efforts.
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Post by Hero on Apr 7, 2019 12:36:17 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 8, 2019 17:23:00 GMT
Loads of new Lego sets on sale and built on display in the Manc store: Sw, sw 20th anniversary, Avengers, Steamboat Willie etc. They all look nice.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 11, 2019 15:46:45 GMT
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Post by Jim on Apr 12, 2019 16:46:10 GMT
Shops here seem to be clearing out Episode VIII sets, and I bought Defense of Crait for under half price. It's a really nice build! The biggest I've done in years, as well, very satisfying to do something like that piecemeal over a few evenings.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 12, 2019 20:05:29 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2019 21:37:47 GMT
*drools*
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Apr 14, 2019 15:21:20 GMT
Picked up the Harry Potter spiders set on a (slight) sale in Tesco this afternoon. Many, many spiders!
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Post by Stomski on Apr 15, 2019 10:30:55 GMT
Is it strange that I prefer the look of the original Slave 1 7144-1 from 2000? There's something deeply appealing to me about the use of just basic Lego pieces. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 24, 2019 11:50:52 GMT
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