6933 spectral starguider

54 minutes ago, BricksBrotha said:

6933 spectral starguider

These sets have looked like they were in really nice condition too.  Hard to do with all the trans colors they used.  Very cool.

8 hours ago, Huskers1236 said:

These sets have looked like they were in really nice condition too.  Hard to do with all the trans colors they used.  Very cool.

Thank you, I have gotten lucky on some decent bulks recently. I do wash all my bulk finds regardless of condition and most of these needed a good hand washing given the nature of the trans parts and some had lots of dust(YUCK!).  I suppose that's what I get for bargain shopping, though I don't mind if the price is right

 

Edit: We need an upgrade to a Bucs football

Edited March 10, 20214 yr by BricksBrotha
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6986 Mission Commander.  Baddass set. Surprisingly, the ship holds up well when swooshing. 

  

21 hours ago, brickvoyeur said:

Picked up a couple weeks ago. Decided since it was close enough to take the drive. Offered asking price as it seemed worth it. Snapped a picture of the listing when I got back home for memories.

They provided no pictures, but It was quite the "hull"

Overall from the bulk bin the 3 sets were about 98% complete. Sails for the Pearl and Queen Anne were in good shape. The flagship sails looked like they were used as toilet paper... so aftermarket sails are set to arrive tomorrow. Missing pieces already arrived from Bricklink. 

Manual missing for the flagship but the other two sets are there. 

Had this been 15 minutes further I probably would have waited for pictures and ended up in a bidding war.

Spent the morning doing some boat restoration. Sails just arrived for the Flagship. 

 

I didn't appreciate the size of the Flagship until sitting it next to the Black Pearl. It's a massive boat. 

Edited March 20, 20214 yr by brickvoyeur

1 hour ago, brickvoyeur said:

  

Spent the morning doing some boat restoration. Sails just arrived for the Flagship. 

 

I didn't appreciate the size of the Flagship until sitting it next to the Black Pearl. It's a massive boat. 

Nice.  I think i have one of those left from an Amazon return.  I have a hard time opening up sets that have appreciated so much however 🤪  I remember when those were being clearanced for $110.  That may have been the last time I would actually call S&H in response to "call for availability".

20 hours ago, brickvoyeur said:

  

Spent the morning doing some boat restoration. Sails just arrived for the Flagship. 

 

I didn't appreciate the size of the Flagship until sitting it next to the Black Pearl. It's a massive boat. 

Life time find right there! I think I saw this listing come across md fbm, my jaw dropped . She must have xposted on fbm.

Finally got the Disney Castle finished today. I enjoyed building it, just fitting it in a night or two at a time here and there. I liked all the extra disney details it had. Hopefully it will last a day or two at least before my cat knocks it down! 😂

Edited March 26, 20214 yr by jdr159

Not sure why I built this in Spring...but, finally built the santa sleigh from #10245 Santa Workshop...and slightly modified it with the Reindeer from 10275 Elf Clubhouse. Also working on a Nativity for the fireplace mantle to go with the Santa sleigh...but, I still need to work on ordering some parts (including finding a different angel and a Lego baby - kind of an important piece to the scene...LOL). 

Not sure why I built this in Spring...but, finally built the santa sleigh from #10245 Santa Workshop...and slightly modified it with the Reindeer from 10275 Elf Clubhouse. Also working on a Nativity for the fireplace mantle to go with the Santa sleigh...but, I still need to work on ordering some parts (including finding a different angel and a Lego baby - kind of an important piece to the scene...LOL). 
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_03/PXL_20210327_193159431.thumb.jpg.ad647b9b34cf2a32c35baaf37420e2b2.jpg
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_03/PXL_20210325_163557914.thumb.jpg.b86f7bf96e4fd98320e9d92389b10054.jpg

I’ll admit to being a bit of a heathen, but I love the nativity scene. That rocks.

I got home from work Friday to my 4 year old saying "daddy build another pirate ship". Apparently he's addicted now. So I let him pick one out and we built it. Without a doubt the hardest set I've ever built in hard mode. The piece selection is vast (4 inventory pages in the manual) so finding one or two of the low count pieces was quite a pain. 

My wife is big Pooh fan so we had to build one.

10 minutes ago, melting said:

...big Pooh fan...

I'm surprised by the lack of jokes in this thread. You guys are more mature than I've been led to believe. 

10 hours ago, brickvoyeur said:

I got home from work Friday to my 4 year old saying "daddy build another pirate ship". Apparently he's addicted now. So I let him pick one out and we built it. Without a doubt the hardest set I've ever built in hard mode. The piece selection is vast (4 inventory pages in the manual) so finding one or two of the low count pieces was quite a pain. 

I love this set. It's so fun. Each time you think it can't get any bigget/taller....it gets bigger/taller. Not sure why value hasn't gone up as It's one of my faves as far as fun/different sets go.

5 hours ago, melting said:

My wife is big Pooh fan so we had to build one.

It's always nice when you can get the wife involved. My wife stole my Bonsai and built it when it first came out. Then I came home from work a few days ago and she was working on it again. I asked her "You taking it apart to put in storage?",  she replied "Nope, it's spring... time to swap out the green leaves for the pink cherry blossoms". 

On 3/29/2021 at 12:55 PM, oneknightr said:

I'm surprised by the lack of jokes in this thread. You guys are more mature than I've been led to believe. 

Don't get them started on talking about their Dickens...

On 3/29/2021 at 1:55 PM, oneknightr said:

You guys are more mature than I've been led to believe. 

Oh yeah, we're all like totally mature grown-ups here.

 

6 hours ago, zaphoid said:

Don't get them started on talking about their Dickens...

Ah, the days of Painting Easter Eggs and the Target Inventory Tracker. Good times....

Makes me wonder if we could have used the T IT to track our Dickens and PEE and maybe our MILFs, too

Thinking back on the Brickpicker's history of inappropriate set names/acronyms, I will always remember Escort Girls as never fully living up to its potential. 

completed my first lego set build.

gave my 3 year old niece the easter carrot house promo set but didnt realize she was too young so i needed to make it myself.

her review: she didnt care too much for set in general but became absolutely hysterical discovering the bunny had a tail.

my review: thought it would be more sturdy and was slightly disappointed at the fragility of it - it was broken within an hour into pieces. 

i guess I am pro - kragglizing 

Edited March 31, 20214 yr by Bricklectic

1 hour ago, lazuli16 said:

Thinking back on the Brickpicker's history of inappropriate set names/acronyms, I will always remember Escort Girls as never fully living up to its potential. 

I still get a urge to laugh thinking about how ridiculous these were from time to time. Star wieners🤣

also had a good laugh when I looked up the Speed Champion equivalent

This morning I built the Rogue Shadow and it was not like most of the other Star Wars builds I have done.  The ship is asymmetrical, has a fair amount of internal Technic pieces and took me over three hours to complete, partially because of my curious need to have the Lego logo facing in the same direction as I build (the set has under 500 pieces).  I really bought set for the excellent minifigure selection because it includes the exclusive Darth Vader Battle Damaged and Darth Vader's Apprentice, and ended up liking it because it is a unique ship.  

The set was supposed to be complete per the Craigslist seller: 10-15 pieces missing, about 30 pieces included which did not go with the set (the 6 x 16 light bluish gray plate being the most dumbfounding) and 5 Mega Bloks, definitely the more typical used find for most of us.

My son and I completed about 1/3 of the Aston Martin build when we got to this step. I was wondering, "What in the heck is this space in the rear quarter panel for"? Well done Lego. 

My son and I completed about 1/3 of the Aston Martin build when we got to this step. I was wondering, "What in the heck is this space in the rear quarter panel for"? Well done Lego. 
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_04/aston1.thumb.jpg.d7d3bc413b9ecac425a92ada2d41443a.jpg
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_04/aston2.thumb.jpg.61384e18fc61bcc6ceb71bc4a4c10547.jpg

My son is currently building this set also. Pleasantly surprised by the build, the details, and the overall "Bondification" of the car!

12 minutes ago, odysea11 said:

23 minutes ago, oneknightr said:

My son and I completed about 1/3 of the Aston Martin build when we got to this step. I was wondering, "What in the heck is this space in the rear quarter panel for"? Well done Lego. 
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_04/aston1.thumb.jpg.d7d3bc413b9ecac425a92ada2d41443a.jpg
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2021_04/aston2.thumb.jpg.61384e18fc61bcc6ceb71bc4a4c10547.jpg

My son is currently building this set also. Pleasantly surprised by the build, the details, and the overall "Bondification" of the car!

I agree. A lot of cool features coming into fruition as we build. 

Special thanks to @Phil B for nudging me to pick it up (got it used, complete with box, for $80). 

Edited April 2, 20214 yr by oneknightr