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@grahamt1980 gutted, it's the mini-batmobile all over again!! It looked really cool as well. Wonder how much they'll go for on eBay...


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:35 am
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Plenty i suspect. Am hoping they have done an initial release and then will issue more over time.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:44 am
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Wonder how much they’ll go for on eBay…

The real thing will probably be cheaper.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:47 am
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Am hoping they have done an initial release and then will issue more over time.
don't think they've ever done that before, so don't count on it unfortunately! Would be nice though.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:50 am
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Same here. All gone by the time the page would load. Not that I had enough VIP points anyway.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:50 am
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Not that I had enough VIP points anyway.
I've got **** loads now since they made it more of a pain to actually spend them 😂


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 11:54 am
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Anyone built the shuttle yet? Mines been sat in the original cardboard box for a week as I'm busy with work and the trails are dry.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 1:42 pm
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Apparently I have bought 2 of the shuttles and they are in the warehouse awaiting despatch.

Have got no knowledge or history of buying from Lego to know if this means they can still be pulled for no stock - but at face value it looks like there may be one of mine available if anybody wants one 🙂


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 2:57 pm
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Going for north of £130-140 on eBay. Not bad considering 1800 VIP points equates to just over a tenner.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 3:44 pm
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My NASA cupboard :D


 
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Posted : 14/04/2021 4:11 pm
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@twonks - fancy a swap for Ecto-1? It's been built but I still have the box - rust stickers not applied. I also have a 1989 Batmobile still sealed but I was saving that for a rainy day.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 4:32 pm
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Going for north of £130-140 on eBay.
FFS. Genuinely very annoying!


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 4:39 pm
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FFS. Genuinely very annoying!

Supply and demand innit. There'll be nothing special in there and you'll be able to get a parts list and get everything off Bricklink for about £10-15 tops. The lunatics paying those prices on eBay are in effect just buying a £130 sticker with £10 of Lego thrown in.

It was the same when the Stranger Things set came out. At the Leicester Square store they gave away a Castle Byers minibuild which were selling for insane money. I got one off someone on a Facebook groups for £20 as he printed the stickers.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 5:37 pm
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It's also a bit shit?

I just tripped over this (on a scam website, image lifted from Amazon):


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 5:52 pm
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Some chinese moc stuff... First I ordered this- really like the little buildmoc kits, they're cheap and cheerful and i have about 50 in my wishlist and... eh, not even sure which ones are still in jffy bags waiting to be built, for sure a little BTTF delorean and a battlestar galactica.

Little

But that planted a seed so this just arrived:

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(as ever, people have opinions about knockoffs but I'd have bought these from lego, if they existed)


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 6:05 pm
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The thing with those Lepin knockoff MOCs is that someone somewhere has put a huge amount of time and effort into creating that design only for Lepin to come along and rip it off without so much as a thank you.

If you want to build it in Lego buy the instructions off the designer and buy the parts off Bricklink. Even if you just bought the instructions then get the Lepin kit at least the money goes back to the person that put in the effort in the first place not some shady Chinese business.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 6:11 pm
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If you want to build it in Lego buy the instructions off the designer and buy the parts off Bricklink.

I tried that, and it was ridiculously expensive. I'm sure it can work if you already have a lot of the parts or can work around scarce parts, but doing it from scratch wasn't viable at all.

What I have done, is contacted people selling the designs though a couple of times. Most didn't answer. One dude actually had an agreement with buildmoc for his designs. Another did not have any agreement but was still happy that they were being made. One guy happily admitted he didn't design it at all and was just reselling it too, and I don't think there's any real way to avoid that if you go the "buy the design" route? The results were so variable that I just moved on from that.

But I was happy to buy the design of my little warhammer dreadnought and to use the chinese kit just for the parts, because it's so cool.


 
Posted : 14/04/2021 6:19 pm
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Oooops. Wandered down the wrong aisle in Tesco.


 
Posted : 02/05/2021 10:57 am
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Hers and his Lego 😀

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Posted : 02/05/2021 11:01 am
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Free Speed Champions McLaren on the cover of this months’ Top Gear mag (only in Tesco and Sainsbury’s).
https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/special-offer-free-lego-mclaren-elva-new-top-gear-magazine


 
Posted : 03/05/2021 8:02 am
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Finished my shuttle build on Saturday, and I really like it. Goes together very nicely, some great features and looks brilliant. Also given me some great techniques to use on my own builds. Sits proudly with my Saturn V and Eagle Lunar Module. Not sure if the ISS would work with it...?

I would really love to see more in this area/theme - Vostok and Soyuz would be amazing, as they have a hugely different appearance to NASA’s craft.


 
Posted : 03/05/2021 11:43 am
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Which would you say was your favourite of the three? Most satisfying build etc?


 
Posted : 03/05/2021 3:47 pm
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Probably the shuttle... I really enjoyed the Eagle Lunar Module though too.


 
Posted : 03/05/2021 9:48 pm
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I saw this lego based maths question on another forum:

you are collecting Lego mini figures. There are 12 unique figures to collect. They come in sealed mystery bags of 1, and let’s say there is an equal probability of any of them being in that bag.

what is the probability of getting a full set of 12 unique figures if you buy 20 bags.

Hoping the Venn diagram of lego/stw/mathematician is full overlap!


 
Posted : 04/05/2021 4:24 pm
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I have found the easy way to get the lego figure you want is to ask the lego shop staff as they can tell them by feel


 
Posted : 04/05/2021 4:27 pm
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Might be of interest, just popped up on my faceache feed:

https://lelightgo.com/collections/new-arrivals-1/products/light-kit-for-10283


 
Posted : 07/05/2021 3:14 pm
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https://twitter.com/jetcitystar/status/1390455401187995649


 
Posted : 07/05/2021 3:41 pm
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If anyone might be interested, I’m about to list my UCS Millennium Falcon for sale.


 
Posted : 07/05/2021 4:00 pm
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It was my lad's 10th birthday on Sat. He's been lusting over the Mandalorian Razer Crest for over a year. I think one got released, then ended and were going for stupid money on Ebay/ Amazon etc, then a new one got released recently.

Not cheap. And it's gotta be said I found it hard to justify that sort of expense on Lego. But the whole family chipped in.

He's built it and loves it. It seems really neat. Lots of little details, cubby holes, features. And a Grogu mini figure. Pics later...


 
Posted : 24/05/2021 11:17 am
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I think I need that airwolf.


 
Posted : 24/05/2021 3:33 pm
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CoolAF isn't it. I think I'd want same-scale Blue Thunder as the other bookend.


 
Posted : 24/05/2021 4:11 pm
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I think I need that airwolf.

Yep!

CoolAF isn’t it. I think I’d want same-scale Blue Thunder as the other bookend.

Yep again!


 
Posted : 24/05/2021 7:06 pm
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Might be of interest, just popped up on my faceache feed:

That’s very cool!


 
Posted : 24/05/2021 7:07 pm
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Posted : 11/07/2021 9:49 pm
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Huh.
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/mos-eisley-cantina-75290


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 5:29 pm
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That’s proper Star Wars / Lego, niche that is.


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 5:32 pm
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That Cantina set will undoubtedly prove popular, but it's not for me.
I'm out...


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 6:07 pm
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The Cantina has been around for a while, quite like it but not in the want list, prefer the vehicles and ships. Just finishing my train from Solo but got to knock two inches off the length, space on the shelf is only 47 inches.

I keep watching the Liebherr on Smith's toys go up and down, at £275 @ the moment, rrp is £399. Also watching a 10 Kg bag of Lego on Ebay, starting bid is £100, it's in it's 3rd realist, £10 per Kg is pretty good for lego just wondering whether to put in a cheeky offee.


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 9:15 pm
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I keep watching the Liebherr on Smith’s toys go up and down
was £257 last month on Zavvi, cheapest ever was just before Christmas £228 at CostCo! Almost bit at that price but, after spending ages building in, what are you actually gonna do with it 🤣. But then I have no real interest in Technic these days.

The Cantina set is amazing, but a real odd one from Lego IMO. It’s a playset not a display set, even as much as I love Lego I’m not going to sit there recreating scenes from ANH 😂 Still I’m sure there are a few lucky kids who’ve been bought it.


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 9:37 pm
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Just finished the x-wing to go with my star wars collection. Not the most exciting build (bit repetitive on wings) but looks great. Opening wings action is nice.

Just need to sort out a display. And decide what's next - any suggestions?


 
Posted : 13/07/2021 9:51 pm
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DHL have just delivered 🙂

Look forward to building it into something fun


 
Posted : 15/07/2021 4:05 pm
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Gunship
Gonna need a bigger shelf, 74cm wing to wing.


 
Posted : 15/07/2021 11:10 pm
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Hmm, £330 for that gunship is a lot of moolah. It’s big but it sure looks rather dull IMO. Reckon it’ll look better in the flesh.


 
Posted : 15/07/2021 11:28 pm
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I collect classic Space Lego from when I was a kid in late 1970s/early 1980s, my kids like Harry Potter and Star Wars lego and it’s not often I see many new lego releases that I really want for myself until I saw the Seinfeld Lego, hopefully they will sell the minifigures separately.

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/seinfeld-21328?ef_id=EAIaIQobChMIov-m4Y758QIVj77tCh0j6gGeEAAYASAAEgLWe_D_BwE:G:s&s_kwcid=AL!933!3!534674155678!p!!g!!lego%20seinfeld&cmp=KAC-INI-GOOGEU-GO-GB-EN-RE-PS-BUY-CREATE-IDEAS-SHOP-BP-BM-RN-SEINFELD


 
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