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And poof!  Out of stock at Lego, May 29 ship date on SAH.

That was fast, wow!  Glad I got up early to place my order

Also, I forgot to order the power functions.  Darn.  Just placed a 2nd order; the AAA-battery box is backordered to mid-June; medium motors are available now.  

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I'm sold on this set.  I didn't like it at first but now I love it.  I do agree with the review about the colors.  I don't mind the purple gondola's but what about the green...seems like just a few pieces to easily switch, I just wonder if they make those pieces in other colors like red to swap out. 

 

The review also states 12 minifigures, and wanted 24, but really there are just 10.  10 seems like a good amount, they probably want you to buy more minifigures.  can always do the build 3 thing at the stores to add more characters or I'm sure we all have lots of mini's sitting around from different series.  hot dog guy would be fun to sit in front walking around for example. 

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And poof!  Out of stock at Lego, May 29 ship date on SAH.

That was fast, wow!  Glad I got up early to place my order

Also, I forgot to order the power functions.  Darn.  Just placed a 2nd order; the AAA-battery box is backordered to mid-June; medium motors are available now.  

​I recommend purchasing a rechargeable battery pack and adapter as it makes charging a lot easier if you have multiple PF sets.

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I'm sold on this set.  I didn't like it at first but now I love it.  I do agree with the review about the colors.  I don't mind the purple gondola's but what about the green...seems like just a few pieces to easily switch, I just wonder if they make those pieces in other colors like red to swap out. 

​They sure do...

The side pieces: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30602

The top dish: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375a or http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375b

But it looks like the dish may be new in the green and yellow colors and pretty rare in purple.

 

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Anyone buying the FW tonight?  I was hopping for a good poly promo like they did with FM to appear in my bag upon checkout, but I guess Lego knows they have a winner here so no need to throw away money.  Probably have to wait until June 1st for Winter Soldier.

Yeah I am also waiting for the winder soldier polybag, even if it's back ordered still should be able to order it and I don't mind waiting for this set.  I actually wouldn't be able to build it until I find room to display it anyways

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​They sure do...

The side pieces: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30602

The top dish: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375a or http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375b

But it looks like the dish may be new in the green and yellow colors and pretty rare in purple.

 

​That's awesome, thank you for that.  Would be so easy to switch out colors whenever you felt like it even if just to change things up from time to time.  Can always have and go back to set colors.  Seems like the side pieces come in way more colors and the top dish mostly only has darker colors, not very bright and colorful.  But good to see options!! 

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​They sure do...

The side pieces: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=30602

The top dish: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375a or http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=44375b

But it looks like the dish may be new in the green and yellow colors and pretty rare in purple.

 

​If you want to make them in red you better buy them now only 24 left

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In hand - can't wait to build, but it will have to wait until tomorrow.

i am envious of anyone holding sealed boxes of Grand Carousel.  Paired with the Mixer, Ferris Wheel and the upcoming Jokerland, the Grand Carousel would make one helluva amusement park...I have a feeling we'll see more appreciation for GC.

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Hi all. Firstly, I'm wondering why so many people are surprised that some of the build is "repetitive", "boring" etc. We know it's a Ferris Wheel, right people? There's an equal amount of everything everywhere. Lol. I have a question. I just bought the Ferris Wheel this weekend and finished it today after about 6 hours of build. When there are no minifigures in the gondola, some of my gondolas "scrape" along the landing platform slightly and sometimes hit the platform and causes the gondola to tip. Has this happened to anyone else? How do you fix it? For some of the gondolas, I've placed a minifigure on one side of the gondola to compensate for the scraping due to weight distriubution, but I hate the scraping! What do I do?

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Where can I get some nice minifigures to add to this set? Ones with nice newer prints, not old school figures or cheesy ones, newer hairstyle pieces etc.  Similar to the ones that come with the set and modulars for example. I feel like the set could add at least 6-8 more figures in gondolas and or in line.  There is the option at Lego stores with the build a figure but they are $10 for 3 figures and that will add up quickly.  Ebay seems to have generic ones and fake ones so not finding many good ones.  

I'd like some cute (yes I used the word cute) kid figures, some adults, maybe some cool characters that would fit in nicely to add to the overall scene.  

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Where can I get some nice minifigures to add to this set? Ones with nice newer prints, not old school figures or cheesy ones, newer hairstyle pieces etc.  Similar to the ones that come with the set and modulars for example. I feel like the set could add at least 6-8 more figures in gondolas and or in line.  There is the option at Lego stores with the build a figure but they are $10 for 3 figures and that will add up quickly.  Ebay seems to have generic ones and fake ones so not finding many good ones.  

I'd like some cute (yes I used the word cute) kid figures, some adults, maybe some cool characters that would fit in nicely to add to the overall scene.  

​You can open one of your Town Halls. There are some neat kid minifigures inside there with an icecream.

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​You can open one of your Town Halls. There are some neat kid minifigures inside there with an icecream.

​Haha, no way would I open a Town Hall just for some minifigs.  Plus already have the one and only town hall owned open.  But yes, similar kid figures like that would be great. 

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