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Post by blueshift on Nov 1, 2012 13:30:02 GMT
Anyone else spotted the flaw yet? It's a good one. Is it cursed?
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Post by Jim on Nov 1, 2012 15:22:51 GMT
I haven't looked at it yet, but I remember getting absolutely loads of free Lego when there was the Star Wars promotion in 2009; they didn't insist on cutting out the voucher for one thing, and staff in WHS seemed pretty cool about giving out the previous day's if you told them you missed it.
Really hope there are still some mining quad sets left for me to snap up after work, I'd be gutted to miss some mining themed stuff.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2012 16:38:59 GMT
You go into WHS to buy the paper: they give you the toy but don't cut the voucher out. Back I go witht he voucher the next day :-)
I need a Hawkeye from last Sunday. Any spares ? TRU had spares on Tuesday but wanted the voucher :-(
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Post by Hero on Nov 1, 2012 16:57:43 GMT
I may have a spare through the mail, Phil. I sent off for an extra in George's name to send to her folks address for an occasion like this
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Post by Jim on Nov 1, 2012 17:07:39 GMT
You go into WHS to buy the paper: they give you the toy but don't cut the voucher out. Back I go witht he voucher the next day :-) Ah, pretty much what I did back in the day then - though I was fortunate to have about 3 participating stores conveniently located, and took advantage of end and start of day being different shifts at one of them!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2012 19:21:32 GMT
As time goes on, Transmasters UK is becoming more a LEGO forum and less about TFs... I think it all started with Burns and his Ackbar army. EVERYONE NEEDS AN ACKBAR ARMY!!! *foams at the mouth* -Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 1, 2012 20:17:20 GMT
I would be happy with a single Ackbar - leading a legion of LEGO Space Marines to bring peace and order to the Galaxy....
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2012 21:17:18 GMT
More Ackbars next year in the A-Wing set....... Which also comes with an A-Wing pilot so some head swapping will give you the deleted scenes Mon Cal A-Wing pilot
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 2, 2012 8:03:59 GMT
Do I need a 7th Ackbar?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 2, 2012 8:20:23 GMT
why are you even asking that question?
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Post by Jim on Nov 2, 2012 14:33:56 GMT
Disappointment! Nearest WHS runs out of them really early apparently, looks like I'll go the sending-off-the-coupon route (didn't buy The Sun, found discarded one on the DLR).
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Post by Hero on Nov 2, 2012 14:59:23 GMT
Today's planned Toys R Us trip sadly cancelled. No extra Ninjago Snakes guy. I have a contingency however
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 2, 2012 19:16:36 GMT
Andy K, I would gladly take some of those classic Space Agency sets off your hands if they're still available!
-Nick
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 2, 2012 21:08:54 GMT
Andy K, I would gladly take some of those classic Space Agency sets off your hands if they're still available! -Nick Yup all still here plus a few large sets I havent fully built yet. let me know which you're interested in.
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Post by Gruffy on Nov 2, 2012 22:53:07 GMT
Thanks for all the welcomes. It's good to see brickybricks being brickyloved. I can grab a extra Ninja in the morning if anybody is wanting one?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2012 11:28:43 GMT
And then Ralph saw this post too late. Too late. And he wept the tears of a bitter man.
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Post by Hero on Nov 3, 2012 12:10:29 GMT
Blaise looked at the Lego Friends Advent Calendar in TRU today. It looked pretty good, but at 26.99 not a chance. Will shop around and see if its cheaper elsewhere, or it may be Playmobil for 2 years in a row.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 3, 2012 14:33:11 GMT
I need both LotR sets
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 3, 2012 16:36:06 GMT
Blaise looked at the Lego Friends Advent Calendar in TRU today. It looked pretty good, but at 26.99 not a chance. Wow. The RRP on that is actually £19.99! John Lewis have it for £17.99. In other news got the wee tiny AC set 7049 from Toys Galore. Four Earth pounds gets you a valiant member of the ADU squaring off against a fiendish alien atop his flying machine of death. -Ralph
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Post by Hero on Nov 3, 2012 20:54:56 GMT
Thanks for the heads up, Ralph. Lego Friends for Christmas Countdown 2012 it is
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Post by kayevcee on Nov 4, 2012 3:14:10 GMT
Weekend promotion in Target. Get a $10 gift card when you buy select Lego sets. Jabba's Palace, the Fury-class interceptor, the Avengers Quinjet and Hulk Breakout, the Batcave and Two-face Chase, and Spongebob Squarepants' Bikini Bottom playset from a couple of years back. The gift cards can be used any time after the end of the offer, which frustratingly is today.
So, after a frantic call to two branches of Toys'r'us to track down my previous department manager (who got not just transferred but promoted if'n ya don't mind) to verify that she was still looking for a set of Avengers Lego for her daughter's Christmas.
Long story short, I spent $250 on Lego today (half of which is for someone else) and damn near killed myself Ben-Hur-style trying to get it all home on the bike.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2012 19:59:33 GMT
Phil wants the SW Old Republic Starfighter 9497 as the Droid has quite a bit of building to it!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Nov 4, 2012 20:35:48 GMT
Opened up the Death Star from the Planets set. The Death Star has floated off to menace Bespin whilst I built the little Tie Interceptor - which looks fantastic - and the Tie Fighter pilot, who has a fantastic head design under the helmet. Not only does he seem to be taking great glee in his deadly work (or possibly just in being assigned a slightly less suicidal fighter...) but the fact that the head is mostly painted black makes it look like he is wearing a sort of wet-suit, which entertains me somewhat.
He will have a day or so of terrorising the house - unless he really annoys the UN Spacy contingent, then he will be dog-piled by Valkyries - but little does he know that his nemesis, the Mini-X-Wing will be constructed during the week....
Karl
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Post by Hero on Nov 4, 2012 21:26:39 GMT
Respect is due, Nick.
I sent off for the Frodo figure and extras from today's Sun offer. Looks like a fun little set.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 4, 2012 21:35:13 GMT
Phil wants the SW Old Republic Starfighter 9497 as the Droid has quite a bit of building to it! -Ralph It's also a really fun build. I do like the SW sets even if they are Clone Wars or Prequel ships or like this one, based on a video game I have never played! It's just such fun building spaceships. Some lovely colours on this one and it passed 90 mins very well putting it togther. The droid was a real surprise and more fun to put together than the R2-type models. Fun minifigs. The Jedi lass has two facial expressions to choose from (cocky or rage) and the Republic Trooper comes with an enormous weapon you have to build for him. Glad I picked it up and well worth the third-off price Sainsburys are charging for. -Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Nov 5, 2012 12:28:47 GMT
I was disappointed to find that The Sun's Frodo was exactly the same as the one that came with Gandalf's cart that I bought the week before, but the disappointment was more than made up for by the fact that Frodo #2 came with a Lego sausage.
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Post by Hero on Nov 5, 2012 22:13:09 GMT
Is the Beer Keg an exclusive too?
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Post by Nigel on Nov 6, 2012 8:57:40 GMT
I was surprised to see the keg - not typical Lego fare! It's made out of normal bricks. The keg itself is a barrel with a fire extinguisher nozzle. www.brickset.com/news/article/?ID=4649It also has a frying pan.
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Post by legios on Nov 6, 2012 13:10:31 GMT
The Sainsbury near my office has restocked the LEGO City Police Heavy Lift Helicopter, and seeing as it is in the sale Karl has added it to the pending construction jobs that he has to work on for the LCPD Aviation wing...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 6, 2012 21:27:03 GMT
This evening, the big and chunky City Mining 4200 truck was constructed. I felt like a man's man.
Then the utterly fabulous AC Alien Mothership 7065 was built. Oh, that was fun to do. Yes indeed. Why did AC tank? I've picked up three AC sets now and loved them all!
-Ralph
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