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Edited June 23, 201510 yr by Ed Mack

Bought 9678 this week for 6.99€ shipped and built it today. In my opinion, the minifigure looks great and the Cloud Car is a nice small build.

Technic Crawler Crane

This one goes into my top 10 favorite builds and more importantly I didn't make any mistakes! All the motorized functions work!

Even though I've been waiting to crack open Cinda's castle, tonight I was watching the dark knight, and thought to myself, it's about time I crack one of my tumblers open, they aren't making any money at the moment so I might aswell get some enjoyment out of it!! Book 1 finished tonight, relatively complex build but very enjoyable so far!!

6 hours ago, Manse1001 said:

Even though I've been waiting to crack open Cinda's castle, tonight I was watching the dark knight, and thought to myself, it's about time I crack one of my tumblers open, they aren't making any money at the moment so I might aswell get some enjoyment out of it!! Book 1 finished tonight, relatively complex build but very enjoyable so far!!

You'll not regret opening that set.  Might not be climbing fast as an investment but as a model its great. I think it's such a good model it will do very well once those happy to sell sets for little profit have sold their stock. 

I built the 10252 Limited Edition VW Beetle one-two weeks ago and I have enclosed a picture below.

I am willing to sell this set for $150US because it's an extremely limited edition and this set is only available if you have the unique knowledge or contacts of the Lego design team.

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Ok, it's just a 10252 Beetle with three extra cheese slopes: Two "speed holes" on the front hood and one on the back.

1 hour ago, Manse1001 said:

Even though I've been waiting to crack open Cinda's castle, tonight I was watching the dark knight, and thought to myself, it's about time I crack one of my tumblers open, they aren't making any money at the moment so I might aswell get some enjoyment out of it!! Book 1 finished tonight, relatively complex build but very enjoyable so far!!

 

That thing is a brick until you get to the outer panels and doodads.

Picked this up last January. Finally opened it up and built it last night and today. I have a bunch of similar colours in my parts bin, thinking I might MOC up a bit more of a scene and move it to a shelf. Love the style and colours, rather disappointed I missed on this theme when it was around at retail. 

 

My daughter finished up with her Heartlake Mall 41058 that she got for her birthday.  She had a little help from me on the many stickers once she was tired of them.  It was her biggest build so far other than the MF which she and her brother did at Christmas, and she seemed to like it a lot.  Next up for her:  The Heartlake Hotel.

All that's left is the bridge (from the recent marvel sets) 

simple set but like always with Marvel sets the main take away is the minifigs 

 

(in my opinion Marvel sets have been the best released so far this year)

On 8/23/2016 at 2:50 PM, uaford said:

My daughter finished up with her Heartlake Mall 41058 that she got for her birthday.  She had a little help from me on the many stickers once she was tired of them.  It was her biggest build so far other than the MF which she and her brother did at Christmas, and she seemed to like it a lot.  Next up for her:  The Heartlake Hotel.

Nice build! I would love a report on the Heartlake Hotel when your daughter builds it- my niece has her eye on that one, but she knows that Aunt Misa won't buy it for her unless it goes on sale.

Funny thing about stickers- my niece LOVES them! She will literally go through an entire build SO EXCITED about when she might get to put the next sticker on!

I built the SW FO Tie Fighter today and I am impressed.  I also have the 9492 version and thought it was just a re-coloring of the old one too (insert cheese wedge analogy here if you wish).  I realize there have been many comparisons and I have seen the videos and read the other reviews, both here and on the web.  Until I built this one and I compared them for myself it did really did not sink in.  The wings really do attach so much better on the new one and the dual co-pilots and cockpits are first rate.  I have no fear of my kids playing with the new one because it is so sturdy.  The coloring on the original is iconic and is still my favorite though.  I tempted to re-build my 9492 using the new wing attachment technique.

On August 20, 2016 at 11:29 AM, kd123 said:

This took longer than I expected because I'm color blind according to my kids and don't know the difference between black and grey.  Only had to partially dissemble 3 times to do a swap out.  I will building the b model.

Finished B model. 

My son wanted a challenging build but doesn't like Technic sets, so I offered the heavily discounted UCS Tie that we got from Amazon to him.  We built it and it turned out great.  It's a really nice display set and pretty impressively sized.  It's just slightly overpriced at $200 - I think it would sell much better at $150.

Today I Finished building the Tumbler, I've got to say what a fantastic set!! It displayed such fantastic skills from the design team, it just highlighted what a design let down some of the recent sets like the new DS and AOH really are. With Cinders castle the exception, maybe Lego should have a look through their back catalogue and remind themselves what they are really capable of as opposed rushing out sets. Or tell Disney to back off a bit and let them go at their own pace!?

Nevertheless, enjoy the pics!!

 Today, I built set 75823 Bird Island Egg Heist. I'm not a fan of the figures and will sell those but I really like the look of this set quite a lot.

Working on trying to finish an incomplete FIre Brigade I got a while back. Trying to place my first brick link order [emoji15] haha

23 minutes ago, snobored said:

Working on trying to finish an incomplete FIre Brigade I got a while back. Trying to place my first brick link order haha

Is that Joe Dirt or Snake Plissken on the roof?

 

Is that Joe Dirt or Snake Plissken on the roof?

 

Snake Plissken, I thought he was dead?

Just now, exciter1 said:

Snake Plissken, I thought he was dead?

From playing many Lego video games, minifigures never die.  They just explode into studs and magically reappear a few seconds later...

From playing many Lego video games, minifigures never die.  They just explode into studs and magically reappear a few seconds later...

That sounds like Snake alright.

14 minutes ago, Quacs said:

Is that Joe Dirt or Snake Plissken on the roof?

Neither. He is.... Pythor Soil, former (and only) member of the D Team, part of the Improbable Mission Farce section. An expert at breaking things faster than beans night at Chili's.

Business in the front, party in the back.

Not quite today but built a few sets recently. 

First is my First Order Transporter mod.

I never liked the dimensions of the Lego First Order Transporter it was way too short and stubby. So when i got chance to pick up a second set on the cheap i thought I'd use it to extend the original and sell off my second  to claw back half the costs.

I still need to order some extra 2×4 flat tiles to cover the sides but overall in happy.  I've extended it by 10 studs and will get a FO Battle pack to fill it rather than the current rebels. 

 I've also started experimenting with my many bridge battles. I've put two together in a reconfigured order. But think I'm going to use the span from a third set to get a full bridge effect. 

Last but not least i picked up a Turbo Tank because a: I didn't have one and b: Argos were selling it with 22% Off.

I'm glad i got hold of it that way because i don't think it's really a £100 set when compared with Kylo Rens Shuttle or dare I say it, the Sith Infiltrator.

Bear in mind I've not seen or built any of the previous turbo tanks for comparison but it just feels a bit flimsy and lightweight for the cost. Luckily these days the Lego RRP's don't last very long after launch and £75 I'd say is about the right price point for this set.

I just can't wait for the Rogue One sets as the summer releases have been uninspiring and over priced.  I will pick up the TFA set when decent reductions come along but most of the builds are a bit Meh and I'm not really into Rebels.

Edited August 31, 20169 yr by Fenix_2k1

9 hours ago, Fenix_2k1 said:

Not quite today but built a few sets recently. 

First is my First Order Transporter mod.

I never liked the dimensions of the Lego First Order Transporter it was way too short and stubby. So when i got chance to pick up a second set on the cheap i thought I'd use it to extend the original and sell off my second  to claw back half the costs.

I still need to order some extra 2×4 flat tiles to cover the sides but overall in happy.  I've extended it by 10 studs and will get a FO Battle pack to fill it rather than the current rebels. 

 I've also started experimenting with my many bridge battles. I've put two together in a reconfigured order. But think I'm going to use the span from a third set to get a full bridge effect. 

Last but not least i picked up a Turbo Tank because a: I didn't have one and b: Argos were selling it with 22% Off.

I'm glad i got hold of it that way because i don't think it's really a £100 set when compared with Kylo Rens Shuttle or dare I say it, the Sith Infiltrator.

Bear in mind I've not seen or built any of the previous turbo tanks for comparison but it just feels a bit flimsy and lightweight for the cost. Luckily these days the Lego RRP's don't last very long after launch and £75 I'd say is about the right price point for this set.

I just can't wait for the Rogue One sets as the summer releases have been uninspiring and over priced.  I will pick up the TFA set when decent reductions come along but most of the builds are a bit Meh and I'm not really into Rebels.

nice pillows

2 minutes ago, Knightwing01 said:

nice pillows

Those aren't pillows...