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I am pleased to announce my most complicated and rewarding build, the Lykan Hypersport. The lego car blog: https://thelegocarblog.com/2017/02/16/you-cant-put-a-price-on-exclusivity/ Flickr album: https://flic.kr/s/aHskUnVDew It all started with framework. I had to design it so it wouldn't have any motors in the back or the front of the wheels. Most of my previous builds have been too large in those areas, so I tried create more room with this build. This is a really early version of the framework.. a lot has been changed for the final version Some of my main goals for this build were to create as many realistic functions possible to the real car while maintaining a cosmetically appealing bodywork. Top secret 3 by lachlan cameron, on Flickr The curves and features on this car are par to none in regards to bodywork difficulty and functions. It all began with the framework and a 4 speed manual transmission. Lykan Hypersport - 3.4 million $ Supercar by lachlan cameron, on Flickr The rear suspension, (horizontal coil over) was beyond me as to how I could implement it with Lego. Lykan Hypersport- mixed album by lachlan cameron, on Flickr I discussed my concerns with Dugald and 5 minutes later he sends me a photo (below) of a roughed out version of the proper suspension. Lykan Hypersport- mixed album by lachlan cameron, on Flickr We ended up using that same suspension for the build. The 4 speed transmission and rear suspension was build with a lot of help from him. I bumped a ton of ideas his way in regards to proper proportion and it really helped speed up this build. Lykan Hypersport- Red Supercar by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Once the ground work was laid out, it was time for the functions. I absolutely had to motorize the Lykan doors, to the same extent of the real car. Top secret 4 by lachlan cameron, on Flickr This beast has working lights, servo for steering, 2xl motors for drive, 1 m-motor for doors, 1 m-motor for rear wing, working twin turbo Flat 6 with fan. The front hood has an original latch system I designed to open the same amount as the real car. The rear engine cover was designed to have similar appearance to the real car and I found the grey flags to have the right shape and size. Top secret new build.... by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Everything opens like the real car Lykan Hypersport exposed by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Lykan Hypersport un-filtered photos by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Lykan Hypersport- Red Supercar by lachlan cameron, on Flickr The rear wing tilts and raises. Lykan Hypersport- Red Supercar by lachlan cameron, on Flickr I tried to create a new style of seats ? Lykan Hypersport by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Lykan Hypersport by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Lykan Hypersport- mixed album by lachlan cameron, on Flickr Inspiration... Inspiration by lachlan cameron, on Flickr

you're lucky i removed the down vote option !!!

Proof there are some 60% off sets I'll pass on.

I think everyone is missing the point. This is a movie. The ship looks like that. Lego made it to look like that. Take off the "I want a complete ship goggles" THEN look at it. Maybe they will release other ship based sets but this is based on a movie not a legit pirates theme..... I think they did well It's like commenting on the UCS snowspeeder thread and saying "uhhh pass I wanted the UCS At-At"

My packages finally arrived yesterday. @thombockerman really upped the ante. Who do you think is more excited, my daughter or me? These are the 2 modulars we need to complete our collection. I will get a photo of them all when I can, we are under a bit of construction now. Thanks again. My daughter wanted to start right away. We finished the first 2 bags of the bank before bedtime.

I love it. It's completely original. Many people here criticize Lego for rehashing sets. This is certainly no rehash. We should support this set to encourage Lego to take more chances in the future. It would have been easy to make a standard ship set but they didn't. They should be applauded for that.

Darn you KMart!

This set eventually making it to 50% off shouldn't be an issue, especially since it doesn't STRIKE me as being anything special...HEY-OH!!

It was armed and fully operational.

Remember that this deal is still active: 31% Off, $55.01 http://amzn.to/2kW0uXn or https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Ideas-Caterham-Seven-620R-21307/53720904

Wal-Mart clearance?

Expensive week

Fun build!

Nothing obscure about a slaying of the younglings playset.

I think a lot of people (myself included) were hoping for a chance to pick up a great ship comparable to Queen Anne's Revenge or Imperial Flagship at a decent price. The Silent Mary is something completely different. I'm disappointed, but honestly it's 1000 times better than just re-releasing one of the old ships.

Thanks Jeff- Great job updating us. You are correct.

A unique minifig with a bunch of unique parts, a box and some packing material for $4, delivered to my door. I'll take it.

Whoo hoo!

Some technical details about size. (26 inch long and 18inch tall) https://sg.style.yahoo.com/new-pirates-of-the-caribbean-dead-men-tell-no-tales-ghost-ship-revealed-in-lego-form-exclusive-120049373.html Well, that's gonna be a massive but fairly fragile construction, defo for display only seeing this flimsy transparent legs on which are standing on. after vetting I will most likely pull the trigger just because of those fabulous minifigs!

And so it begins...one of the sets I most wanted to build!

Madoca makes truly amazing Mocs. The 411 step instructions are first rate and design very well thought out. Compact, excellent lines and great proportion. I still need to program the sbrick but otherwise it's complete. Highly recommended to all the Technic builders out there!

Other than Minecraft I think this might be the fastest Ideas to 10k. It was posted Jan. 24 and hit 10,000 yesterday. Dungeon Master I like the idea but i think the rooms are a bit cluttered for actual "play." I can also see this being rejected because of being to close to Heroica or to "Adult". On the other hand if they can get the license to make it officially a D&D set (not likely) it could do very well.

Go deep and part him out. Printed tiles, arms, and torso are big winners on Bricklink.

I have a good idea...let's just dismiss this thing based on a handful of pictures and NOT an IDEA about the quality of the movie. If Captain Salazer and SILENT MARY are iconic and this new movie restores POTC as a viable action/adventure franchise.....it will do well. If the movie does poorly or the Salazar and the SILENT MARY unremarkable.....it will still be desired by completists of the line will want it as it is a ship. Pirate fans MIGHT want it because at the least it (maybe modded out a little) makes a kick ass sinking ship in a MOC. The main hesitation, (IMO) as far as investing in it goes is that there seems to be several more iconic line/sets in the past couple of years that haven't done particularly well.

I did not find it rude! Thanks for your nice answer [emoji123] I think I will handle it like you. If the price is right I will keep my favourite scenes and sell the rest to brake even. If price isn't right I will skip [emoji106]

Found a Naboo fighter on30% clearance at a target. Last one, minty, didn't want to miss out.

Cool they made a carrot top gym figure. He used to work out at the LA fitness in winter park FL. Was always odd seeing him ripped.

No point missed, I'll just assume it looks dumb in the movie too.

Confirmed EU SAH in April 4-20th for 40 euros or above purchases.

The ship will go great with the Scooby-Doo gang.

Respect to these guys who have bothered to take and upload comprehensive galleries from the Toyfair. Puts to shame the lame coverage by some of the so-called Lego specialist and fan sites. http://news.toyark.com/2017/02/18/toy-fair-2017-lego-star-wars-display-241058

coming from NYTF, watermark credit- wonder who the mystery is as seen on batman CMF

10212- it's missing a few pieces which the seller either lost or it got lost in the poor packaging but I was able to finish it with spare parts until replacements come in. The realization that parts were missing kept this from being as fun as it should have been but it still looks pretty great and massive. This was a warm up for my eventual build of the 10221 SSD

how about easter one https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Easter-Egg-Hunt-40237 and key chain

The 75016 Imperial Assult Carrier is a little bland in my opinion. However, it contains a lot of useful grey bricks to design space sets. My first creation is an X Wing Fighter. It has adjustable wings, a compartment for minifig people, a large cockpit, space for the dark R2D2, and all from the original bricks except for the transparent stand bricks and plate.

decent gallery from NYTF. http://news.toyark.com/2017/02/18/toy-fair-2017-lego-collection-display-240542

I've built this Sopwith Camel set. Even did a build review topic here with pics. It was a enjoyable build and the end result was more than satisfying, With regards to the investment aspect, it's been a dud despite the decent retail lifespan. Not enough demand after 2+ years of retirement to push prices even near $200. I unloaded my NISB ones already for small profit. If any AFOL who hasn't built it yet, do yourself a favor, buy one. Best of all, NISB sets aren't going for much above MSRP. heck, used prices are at MSRP if not lower. Below is a pic from my 2014 build review .

Here is a real question, that I just can't understand. Why aren't people selling these bulk purchases on Brick Classifieds????

Awesome! We should have a video based thread (if we don't already have one) based on stuff like this. Whether it's a build, introduction, video of collection etc. it's nice SEEING fellow AFOL and other people's passion about lego. Makes it a bit more personal! (We are a big family here! Lol)

Batmobile poly 30046 now free with orders over 30 euros of on sale items at EU SAH until 21st Feb. It stacks with the Batman minifig too if you spend more than 55 euros. Desperate times.

Hands down the biggest game changer for our Lego business model in 2016 was the Amazon gating of the Lego brand in the USA. Introduced a whole new upside but at the cost of increased risk of getting booted off the platform. Early indications for the sets we picked are excellent prices and Amazon is keeping the buy box which means a huge boost in sales and continued price increases. The litmus test for us was Pet Shop on Amazon and it is already $239 FBA after a few months (well past my highest projections for an entire year). Second biggest game changer was TLG allowing exclusive discounts in the USA again. This allowed super cheap buy ins for the exclusives and the days of buying in advance and storing those extra years are behind us. These discounts are also a huge heads up to what is retiring and what is staying. Amazon, Target and Walmart blew out all the retiring sets and left prices of the remaining at RRP so it was super easy to load up on the good stuff (and leave the non-retiring stuff behind such as Simpsons which was talked about retiring quite alot on this board). Third development was the massive overproduction from TLG which meant a ton of good sets at 50% off easily available at alot of local retail chains. I hadn't purchased Lego at a retail store in a long, long time but when Star Wars was 50% off at Fred Meyer we hit all the local stores and nabbed alot of great sets at excellent prices. These are already performing extremely well on Amazon so it really feels like the days of old again for our Lego business. Previosuly I could never compete with resellers find walmart clearance but 2016 was easy. Hopefully 2017 holds more of the same at the local level. Fourth development was Amazon bringing back higher purchase limits for sets in the USA. Used to be limit 2 but now we are at 7 for alot of exclusives. Haven't taken advantage of it yet but will probably do so this Fall. This will allow for better scrambling at the end rather than having to buy further in advance and hold for longer periods. Lots of positives. Not many negatives. A good year and lets hope 2017 continues the trend.

LEGO Build the Dream Batcave (LEGO BATMAN MOVIE) by alanboar

Now that interest rates are going up, money in the bank may well do better than SH sets, unless they pull another Ant Man battle out of the hat.