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  1. My vote for favorite acronym is not for a set, but instead for one of the most useful buying tools available...the Target Inventory Tracker. Let's face it, three words consisting of twenty-two letters is a bit much to type out. We should all use this acronym going forward to save time, and to provide a good chuckle.
    10 points
  2. Well this builder has already come up with some nice MOCs using these monsters. Up To Their Old Tricks Feed Me! The Cheerleader
    8 points
  3. 8 points
  4. thats why I prefer gonzo , plus it has a fitting giphy that happens to go poof as well
    6 points
  5. Nothing... he says that in every topic of a just retired set.
    5 points
  6. I'm not a fan of abbreviations and acronyms. I waste a lot of my precious waking hours trying to decipher BS.
    5 points
  7. Isn't it? The system denied us too... but these folks REALLY wanted my money, unlike TRU. I asked for nothing, but they bent over backward to make the sale from the moment I hauled it all to the counter. Yeah. Without asking what was in the back, lol. I honestly think it was employee ignorance. As above, the system wanted to obey its Lego Overlord. Then we won't discuss the extra discount for waiting around an extra 40 minutes for them to figure out how to sell them to me... Just smile and act baffled, folks. It works wonders sometimes! Sadly none of these three sets impress me. Cody is OK, the red on the TIE is pretty cool, that's about it. If I was Ultra QFLL they'd all be gone by now (and I'd probably be in a Billund jail by next week). But who's complaining?
    4 points
  8. Doing business on your phone, yes it's convenient. It's also a PIA to type/text/respond coherently, so it makes many lazy.
    4 points
  9. Let's see, with the Hot Dog Guy you felt for his weenie. Now with the Wolf Guy, I should go for his bone.
    4 points
  10. Ugh. This thread needs a clean up bad after this evening. lol. Fine, if we are going to complain, don't just put your set number into your post. Write out the stupid freaking set name. I don't have time to decipher what set 75101 is. Edit to add: Based on Walmart clearance get 75101 First Order TIE Fighter I'm guessing that's the next to go.
    3 points
  11. The power is out at my place so I decided to walk over to my local WM to kill time. Lo and be hold, 4 raptor escapes were sitting on the shelf. Needless to say I picked them up.
    3 points
  12. I'm really glad we're addressing the topic of abbreviations here. It is pure insanity. I mean, how much time are you saving, really? Even if it accumulates and winds up being a couple of hours, even a day in total, through a life time, I gotta say it's just not worth it. Let's be honest, you were going to waste those two hours/that day. As far as language is concerned, it's the equivalent of buying Chima to me. Utterly pointless, and kind of ugly. Despite Mark Stafford's efforts. Also, for those discrediting Sea Cow, you're wrong and spreading misinformation in my opinion. I don't think there's anyone out there who has actually built it that says "Meh, it's pretty dull." On the contrary, anyone that's spent some time with this set knows that it's a remarkable gem with massive potential. I mean think about how much the Pirates of the Caribbean ships are worth now, and those probably (I don't own any, I was lost and adrift in my dark ages.) weren't nearly as big or wonderfully nuanced as my dear cow. Aside from that, it was a major set piece in the film, thus guaranteeing its place in the zeitgeist for years to come, like the death star, or the bat mobile. Probably not to the extent of those two, but my point is that it's a part of pop culture now, which is basically our mythology now. If I had more money in the bank, or more room in my home, I would completely double down on that set. Stupid stock market. On a side note/coffee talk topic: Do you think if lego were around during the age where folks believed in Zues, that Apollo's Chariot sets would be skyrocketing? Asking for a friend in a parallel dimension where that happened.
    3 points
  13. This is solid advise. From now on when I read it I'll imagin And like that, poof. He's gone
    2 points
  14. One was sold for 305 € incl. shipping @ ebay Germany, recently. Looks promising. Let's wait till christmas. Maybe we can start a poll to see in which quantities this set is hoarded.
    2 points
  15. 2 points
  16. I've been bitten by the building bug pretty bad and built a few sets in the past couple days but I will take it easy and start with 70817 Batman & Super Angry Kitty Attack. Well there isn't much of a set to build really considering it is simply two minifigures, Angry Kitty, and another unique Micro-Manager. What is there was nice though. This classic Batman, despite having the same (most) everything from just a couple years back, could be my own favorite among the growing army of Batmen for the special facial expressions. The cheshire grin across one side cracks me up every time as I hear Will Arnett's voice giving the traditional "I'm Batman" line in the back of my mind. (His head is exclusive to the set by the way and so is the trans-black 1x1 circle tile used on his nifty yet bulky grapple gun.) Super Angry Kitty is, well, super angry to the point of giving The Hulk a run for his money. The Robo Skeleton is awesome for more reasons than I could think of right now one of which droids are just awesome and I want an army. Another being it is quite possibly the closest we will ever get to see a Terminator esque character in LEGO form which just adds to the army building exercise. That is more than enough jabbering on just the figures I think so on towards the Micro-Manager which turns out to be filled with play features between the decently flexible claw arms, a couple flick-fire missiles (that work well as any other), and at the push of a lever the thing blows it top literally. Okay a couple of plates shaping the head fly off basically. Overall I found the set to yield a solid selection of parts (a handful are limited to exclusive) and the only deterrent with getting multiples would be ending up with a lot of Batmen which already was a problem with acquiring any one DC Super Heroes set. I can imagine a few creative uses with Super Angry Kitty's parts well as the Micro-Manager's and you already know where I stand on the Robo Skeleton.
    2 points
  17. You know that scene in TLM where Batman sees the Double Decker Couch and says "What...the heck....is that!?!" Yeah, pretty much that. My mind is blasted!
    2 points
  18. Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP shouldn't we keep his PC on the QT? Because if word leaks to the VC he could wind up MIA then we'd all get KP. one of the funniest scenes ever put on film.
    2 points
  19. 2 points
  20. I appreciate the depth and thought in this response, but I believe that same depth is probably lacking when someone changes Pet Shop to PS. It's more a matter of convenience than bonding or tribes. I mean, it's a bit like ascribing Jane Goodall observations on dominance and alpha status to a the exclusionary tactics of high school cliques and bullies. Yeah, you're right to a certain extent, but they're also just kind of jerks.
    2 points
  21. I usually start with the bone. I know, I know, "that's what she said"...
    2 points
  22. Based on a real life Odeon Theater and LEGO's own in the Town Plan set (from 2008), this expired Ideas submission has a nice art deco styling. Odeon Theater
    2 points
  23. That can vary. From my understanding there is a delay in when the data is available to the site Admins (Jeff and Ed Mack) and then from there it is a labor of love to get all of the data updated for the site. It appears there is some additional manual work in the process as well where the data is vetted for quality. Historically I feel like around the 15th-20th of each month the data for the previous month is available. But that isn't a hard and fast rule.
    1 point
  24. I was happy that Mark Hamill voiced the Trickster. That was awesome. I agree - I want a Bizarro figure. I need to pick up Clark Kent, too.
    1 point
  25. Unlike the limited JW restocking which dried up immediately, these are out in droves. September-Halloween will be crunch time for this set. Couldn't ask for better timing though with Halloween and series 14 minifigures released. In QFLL (Quick Flipper Low Life) paradise, the sets on the shelf now are the last production to see store shelves in 2015 because of Force awakens consuming most production resources and limited restocking in January codes of 50R5 to allow for clearance in Feb. Post EOL this will do well though statistically that is very likely a long way off. Keep thinking positive.
    1 point
  26. Let's just say, it drove him to drink...
    1 point
  27. one of my favorite posts when i pointed that out to Jeff and his repsonse lol
    1 point
  28. http://giphy.com/gifs/friday-three-stooges-curly-howard-YaPlm3MDLfiQ8 can someone please fix my giphy ?
    1 point
  29. 4439 police hovercraft by Shannon Sproule
    1 point
  30. More Two-Face & Batwing combos on EBay for $150.
    1 point
  31. Most Jurassic World sets are back in stock. Just a heads up, the last few sets that I've received were simply wrapped in plastic, boxes got pretty beat up.
    1 point
  32. 2x mountain hut $49 out the door, Shopko 6x TOT
    1 point
  33. I wasn't defending abbreviations. I was offering an explanation as to why you see them. You'll find them in any internet forum you care to visit. Sure, they may be dumb. But there's quite legitimate reasons related to social psychology as to why they arise, which I pointed out. They're not going away, I'm afraid.
    1 point
  34. Picked up 15 packs of series 14 at the LEGO store.
    1 point
  35. One of my personal favorite areas of MOCs which in sort basically is taking the varied groups of astronauts through the 80s - 90s forward with modern standards of build techniques and fantastical spacecraft. Some are updates to the classic designs but mostly original builds made/inspired by the space explorers base colors and concepts. Of course this topic will also include Neo Classic Space builds which are more traditionally specific to just LEGO's very first Space line released in the late 70s and early 80s. LL1012-21 Beguna by T.Oechsner 25th anniversary of Lego M-Tron ! by Crimso Giger TEAM ICEPLANET by K K Space Police II Prison Camp by Big_Sal_224 Accipiter Attack Fighter - Profile by A Vuylsteke Robo-Commander by Purple-Wolf LL-962 "Arrow": Single 3/4 Shot by Rob D
    1 point
  36. Manor House Cafe Corner / City Park Cafe mashup
    1 point
  37. I found two minty fresh Town Halls in a toy shop in Namibia in July...if that gives you an idea of how slow the market is here!
    1 point
  38. Finished the PC today. Used the custom Star Wars movie posters. Turned out nice.
    1 point
  39. It is done, very repetitive but this has to be the most magnificent set ever. Its great!
    1 point
  40. It is still in production, I ordered one from sah yesterday. The winter sets have a 2 year production cycle.
    1 point
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