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So what did i do today?
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25-12-2012 6:02pm#1well i got 3 sets to play with. all of them were for xmas! :P Little i knew lego became a bit more complex then i remember it from 15-20 years ago!
so i took the smallest one today at around 11:00 today and i only finished it after 17:30!!!! :eek: I have to say it was awesome and money well spent!
so i started off! thx to misses for small boxes!
thats only the start!
not even half way in! :pac:
starts to look like a truck!
almost there!
and here she is!
well, i was planing on doing all 3 today, but i did not expected it to be so complicated and cool! i only managed to do one! smallest one! :eek: well looksl ike i got my hands full for the next few days. With this first built i have even more respect to all Moc and truck trial creators. its damn hard and needs a lot of brain power!
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Nice one m8! Just wait until everyone goes to sleep *wink winkNicely done, Built the excavator today myself, lot of fun with the power functions, my daughter was not as impressed when it started moving towards Olivias treehouse..damn treehuggers. Must post up some pics. No stickers I notice, hate the things myself and don't apply them.
Monster Dino tomorrow..
Aye, I did not applied stickers. When I started lego years and years ago the drawings were imprinted and they were few. I see that lego really did go crazy with stickers. Can't say I like it. I kept stickers off as I don't plan having all these things being assembled and collecting dust on shelfs. Oh no, I plan to build mocs!
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I did not built anything today, took day off, but I do plan on building supercar next. Really really looking forward to it.
I will try to get to 4HOME tomorrow after work and have a look at some boxes. As you can see I used some carton boxes misses provided and fair play to her, but I need something more specialised and with storing in mind.
I did started looking in to more older sets. Some great ones that are hard to get new. I will have to hunt down second hand sets. There are some new 2013 sets appearing . I am disappointed so far
. The only thing from first half that interests me is f1 car and I don't really like formula... It already appeared in argos, but it is 119eu!!! No motor function too. Does not look like very big thing too. So I am wondering, does lego charge so much just because they can. Second half from rumours sounds better. Some crane truck and monster truck will be out. No RC this year 0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »Nice one m8! Just wait until everyone goes to sleep *wink wink.
Aye, I did not applied stickers. When I started lego years and years ago the drawings were imprinted and they were few. I see that lego really did go crazy with stickers. Can't say I like it. I kept stickers off as I don't plan having all these things being assembled and collecting dust on shelfs. Oh no, I plan to build mocs!.
I did not built anything today, took day off, but I do plan on building supercar next. Really really looking forward to it.
I will try to get to 4HOME tomorrow after work and have a look at some boxes. As you can see I used some carton boxes misses provided and fair play to her, but I need something more specialised and with storing in mind.
I did started looking in to more older sets. Some great ones that are hard to get new. I will have to hunt down second hand sets. There are some new 2013 sets appearing . I am disappointed so far. The only thing from first half that interests me is f1 car and I don't really like formula... It already appeared in argos, but it is 119eu!!! No motor function too. Does not look like very big thing too. So I am wondering, does lego charge so much just because they can. Second half from rumours sounds better. Some crane truck and monster truck will be out. No RC this year
Yeah just checked your racecar in argos, 112eu is overpriced for that car, the set I want from 2013 is the new excavator with the claw arm, again no power functions but it suits me, have to many motors already.
Think that F1 car should be in the 80 euro region tbh, without power functions and its piece count which is about the same as the supercar you can bet Argos are overpricing. The new flagship chima set killer croc boat thingy is 99eu in argos but I belive its 80 from the lego shop or around that, kind of confirms argos price is high.0 -
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Yeah just checked your racecar in argos, 112eu is overpriced for that car, the set I want from 2013 is the new excavator with the claw arm, again no power functions but it suits me, have to many motors already.
Think that F1 car should be in the 80 euro region tbh, without power functions and its piece count which is about the same as the supercar you can bet Argos are overpricing. The new flagship chima set killer croc boat thingy is 99eu in argos but I belive its 80 from the lego shop or around that, kind of confirms argos price is high.
I knew you wil like that new claw excavator thing. Looks great, but its a shame I don't like the heavy machinery stuff. That really narrows down my sets to get a lot .
What you said about f1, was the carbon copy of what I said in eurobricks technic forum too. It should be am 80eu set, not 120eu. Even uk argos got it for 79£!!. It's overpriced like hell! I still would not mind having that set as it has a lot of nice panels and parts in white. Would be a great addition.
By the way, the rumours are that new flagship will have just one motor. The crane/truck thing. Some people really excited about it. It's a shame no RC stuff next year though. We really need something with huge tyres too. You know howuch the power pulled wheels go for? 50-60eu. Yes per one tyre!!!!0 -
No ikea around these wild partsshedweller wrote: »ShadowHearth; i got some trays in ikea that might suit. They look like cutlery trays and are cheap as chips. I forget the serial no.s now but they are there. They bend without support so they would benefit from a permanent setup. Permanent. Think about it... Permanent.....setup....
I need to get out more!. I'll go after work to local shop. Might find something cheap. I want to be more organised this time! Specially if supercar model is a lot more complexed! I might not do it in one day! 0 -
ShadowHearth wrote: »I knew you wil like that new claw excavator thing. Looks great, but its a shame I don't like the heavy machinery stuff. That really narrows down my sets to get a lot .
What you said about f1, was the carbon copy of what I said in eurobricks technic forum too. It should be am 80eu set, not 120eu. Even uk argos got it for 79£!!. It's overpriced like hell! I still would not mind having that set as it has a lot of nice panels and parts in white. Would be a great addition.
By the way, the rumours are that new flagship will have just one motor. The crane/truck thing. Some people really excited about it. It's a shame no RC stuff next year though. We really need something with huge tyres too. You know howuch the power pulled wheels go for? 50-60eu. Yes per one tyre!!!!
Yeah there is a new monster truck in the summer line-up, while the box does not look like it will be massive we can hope the wheels are on par with power puller, if they are I will buy afew sets.
The Mobile crane again while nice does not look like its rc out of the box, usual up down crane/spin ect, only problem like any other crane it will just sit in the shadow of 8421.
Recovery Truck could be nice but again another crane/up/down/winch ect with no movement out of the box.
However I suppose we will have to wait for more info and see what options there are for adding more power functions to sets, tbh I already have about 10 M motors or more so paying for extra motors at this point makes me kind of happy they are not full of motors.0 -
seen this? low res pictures are out.
http://www.setechnic.com/Forum/post119452.html#p119452
2013 is a very dissapointing year if you are not in to cranes and tractors. with supercar and crawler i had a hope that they will give some more car focus stuff .
looks like monster truck is going to be a small set, so no power puller wheels. no way i can pay 60eu per pop second hand! :pac: 0 -
Quite like the look of 42008 and 42009, but we'll be waiting til August for these if I've read correctly? No Technic crane will ever compare to the original massive one from a few years ago!ShadowHearth wrote: »seen this? low res pictures are out.
http://www.setechnic.com/Forum/post119452.html#p119452
2013 is a very dissapointing year if you are not in to cranes and tractors. with supercar and crawler i had a hope that they will give some more car focus stuff .
looks like monster truck is going to be a small set, so no power puller wheels. no way i can pay 60eu per pop second hand! :pac:0 -
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so what did i do today? well from 12:00 till 21:00 i was building supercar! :pac:
So i got some containers from kitchen, will do! lets start!
heres the motor! the whole gearbox was quite interesting thing.
fully independant rear suspension with differential. i love lego!
so chassis start to apear!
a V8! yes please!
so here where i drew the line for today! almost 10h of building and it still does not look like a car lol. i have to say this is an amazing set. you can get it for 64eu from french amazon site. well worth the money!
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That looks awesome, man. How long did it take overall?
Must resist urge to buy supercar...
about 16h i think. though i was quite fast. really really loved it and it looks waaaaaaaaay cooler in real life then pictures. just holding it in hands is just unreal.
size is just crazy. i want to buy one more now for parts and keep that on on shelf. i seen it on french amazon for only 64eu. need to find link 0 -
well did some food shoping today and got in to heatons too. FINALLY i got myself containers which did not costed a liver and my left nut! the smaller ones are sets on containers. x5 and x7. the bigger ones will be quite handy for bigger parts.
then in heatons i sow that set. its was on sale. discounted from 60 eu to 20eu. 66383. i am technic head, but for 20eu i could not say no to it.
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Mining Plagio while building Lego and watching brave, nice set up shadow.
scordite really! If i can nerd out, then nerd out to the max! thanks m8! 
Plan was getting 27inch 1440p in the middle for xmas, but got lego instead. best choice ever!
on topic:
i am here so far, it is coming a long nicely! so far its my favorite build. really love the whole 3 part chassis.
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its done. and by far my favorite set! It works so well too! was quite funny scaring the living crap out of my dogs
3 part chassis.
the whole chassis done. really looks cool in real life!
and here she is! all ready and mean!
So my all xmas presents are all put together now! Best xmas ever! It makes me happy, but quite sad too. i have everything built and no sets to build anymore . I still want few more sets, before i will take all this apart and start making my own mocs. i still want to see what standart crawler is capable. it can deffenetly go over 20mm obsticles so far. reviewers were to harsh in my opinion and were comparing it to truck trial stuff. which is just very damn sturdy, less complicated and have bigger motors. plus they all have bigger torgue gearing then this.
well i got few sets i want to get second hand, but i need to get some extra money. i think i will get one more of these crawlers for parts alone too when price drops, just before they will decide to cancel this set.
bottom line is - i give 2 thumbs up to this set. such a great fun building it and a great selection of parts for mocs. 0 -
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RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »Got Bag End or an unexpected gathering as it's called.
Lovely model, great mini figs, built it on Christmas morning at 6am while my 5 year old son was putting together his Gold Mine.
Also got the new 4x4 Off Road lovely build.
What's with everyone keeping the pieces separate though???
I open all the bags pour them into the box and off I go.
Also got the vampyre hearse so a great Lego Christmas all round
My girlfriend bought me Bag End as well, it's a beautiful piece. One of the nicest they've done in years IMO. I'm 100% with you as well, numbered bags are sacriligeous! I bought myself the Medieval Market Village with a money gift somebody gave me. It's a great set as well, classic in the making. 1600 pieces and not a numbered bag in sight, as it should be!
Actually herself bought Bag End when it became clear that the main part of my present wasn't going to arrive on time - and I'm reliably informed that it is Lego - so my Christmas isn't quite over yet 0 -
Well tow truck had no numbered bags - 900+ parts
Supercar no numbers 1200 parts
4x4 crawler did had numbers, but it was 1 and 2.
I don't really care about numbers and that's the fest time I encountered them. What I do when build I just sort my parts in to three sections: tiny/ mid/ big. I have to do it too, because I have 2xdachshunds, who love to chew stuff! So I can't afford to have one big pile somewhere. It is all nicely organised on my tiny table. 0 -
Necronomicon wrote: »Actually herself bought Bag End when it became clear that the main part of my present wasn't going to arrive on time - and I'm reliably informed that it is Lego - so my Christmas isn't quite over yet
This arrived yesterday \o/
Turned out to be Indiana Jones Temple Escape I'm a massive Indy fan, but the theme ended just as I was starting to collect again, and this has been on my wishlist for a long time. 0 -
Necronomicon wrote: »This arrived yesterday \o/
Turned out to be Indiana Jones Temple Escape I'm a massive Indy fan, but the theme ended just as I was starting to collect again, and this has been on my wishlist for a long time.
I love Indiana Jones! It's a shame that it discontinued and a lot of sets are newest movie based, which was quite tits and Indian Jones was raped in it
I am looking for some other theme to collect and build with, but I still can't decide which one. I was thinking of Indiana, but it was discontinued, plus as I mentioned I was not the biggest fan of newest movie. Indiana sets to fetch some crazy prices these days too. I am not sure I want to go licensed lego way too. Exemption would be only SW and Lotr. 0 -
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No monster hunters? I though it was a great theme! Is that lego own theme or licensed? I don't really want to jump in to too many themes.
Galaxy squad is the one with the bug type things? I loved Ice planet and early space lego themes, but this one is a bit... How to be nice about it.. Not my cup of tea.
Castle set sounds good. There is no active castle theme by lego themselfs? I heard there will be new western one. It's a shame it will be licensed on some Disney movie.
Maybe batman? I like batman.
I am putting away few quid each week now. So might buy something next week again. I want to get a good base and start building my own stuff soon. At the moment I only have 3 sets. Would love to get unimog, before 2013 h2 sets kick in. 0 -
ShadowHearth wrote: »No monster hunters? I though it was a great theme! Is that lego own theme or licensed? I don't really want to jump in to too many themes.
That was an original Lego theme. It was a 'one-and-done' theme, one which has a single wave and then is gone forever - there's one or two of these every year, like the Dino theme, or Alien Conquest and Pharaoh's Quest the year before that.
Yeah this one seems to hark back to the Insectoids theme, but as I said, I think it looks weak. I'd say this will be gone next year too.ShadowHearth wrote: »Galaxy squad is the one with the bug type things? I loved Ice planet and early space lego themes, but this one is a bit... How to be nice about it.. Not my cup of tea.
The last subtheme of Castle was Kingdoms, which got discontinued in 2011. There is one remaining Kingdoms set, a flagship/direct sale set called Kingdoms Joust. There is also the Medieval Market Village, a standalone flagship Castle set. It has just been retired, but it might be early enough to still get for a reasonable price. It was one of the longest-running sets before it retired, and generally regarded as a classic already. But no, there is no active Castle theme at the moment - it seemed to make way for Lord of the Rings - but is being brought back this summer.ShadowHearth wrote: »Castle set sounds good. There is no active castle theme by lego themselfs?ShadowHearth wrote: »I heard there will be new western one. It's a shame it will be licensed on some Disney movie.
Yeah, this is a theme based on Disney's The Lone Ranger. I'd much prefer an original Western theme, but such is life. I think I'll give this a miss, though some of the sets do look pretty cool admittedly.ShadowHearth wrote: »Maybe batman? I like batman.
I am an unashamed Batman nerd, when his return to Lego was announced it was immediate bad news for my bank balance :pac: There's a new Arkham Asylum set out now which looks amazing. The Superheroes theme looks set to stay for a while, so there'll be plenty of Batman yet.ShadowHearth wrote: »I am putting away few quid each week now. So might buy something next week again. I want to get a good base and start building my own stuff soon. At the moment I only have 3 sets. Would love to get unimog, before 2013 h2 sets kick in.
Before you know it you'll be adding a zero to that figure of sets The Unimog has gotten a lot of buzz, seemingly one of the Technic sets to have. 0 -
I will scratch off monster hunters so.
So looks like batman vs SW vs Lotr. This new hobit will be a trilogy again, so we might get a lot more life out of Lotr theme? let alone there is Lotr and hobit now, which is great.
Batman is batman, legend of the lad! some older sets look great too. its crazy for how much Tumbler is going for though . great set, but not 500eu great! 0 -
ShadowHearth wrote: »I will scratch off monster hunters so.
So looks like batman vs SW vs Lotr. This new hobit will be a trilogy again, so we might get a lot more life out of Lotr theme? let alone there is Lotr and hobit now, which is great.
Batman is batman, legend of the lad! some older sets look great too. its crazy for how much Tumbler is going for though . great set, but not 500eu great!
Oh, I may be able to help you here.
I really wanted the Tumbler, but wouldn't/couldn't pay the crazy rates. So I figured I didn't really need the minifigures (which really drive up the value) or even the Joker's truck that comes with it. So I decided to build the Tumbler by buying the pieces individually on Bricklink. The build came to €24, and after shipping it came to around €40 all in (shipping can build up because you're ordering from different sellers).
I'll send you a PM later with some more details on how I did it, if you're interested in doing it yourself.0 -
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Well i did go in to local world of wonder, while i was shoping with misses. There were few lotr and hobit sets, Starwars and few random older sets.
I have to say they look a lot more impressive in box high profile, then i sow it online in add pictures etc. What is most important thing, that misses sort of got a liking to it! So from " Aye, if you like have fun" it changed to " I will give you a hand putting it together! " ( what could i ask for more in relationship!
Looks like i might stick to Lotr so. I really love it myself! Plus by the looks of it Lotr is one of those sets, that wont drop in to very low value with years.
I wonder where do i start? I like mines of Moria and Helms Deep castle. Unexpected gathering looks fantastic too. I was planing on getting XL motors and few other bits from Lego.com, so it would be handy to get Lotr at the same time.
Maybe someone noticed some good lotr deals online somewhere? Or would you suggest me to go to Cork? I could get to Mahom point and maybe try Douglas that art and hobby shop? things is i dont want to was petrol to go all the way to Cork and come back empty handed.0 -
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We're you the one who got it off that fella? He was very stubborn on selling it for cheaper then 150eu
And yeah, prices on se sets are just lialia land these days. That truck is a great example. Hopefully the new green tow truck will be good enough!0 -
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ShadowHearth wrote: »We're you the one who got it off that fella? He was very stubborn on selling it for cheaper then 150eu
And yeah, prices on se sets are just lialia land these days. That truck is a great example. Hopefully the new green tow truck will be good enough!
No not that guy, i am presuming you are talking about the guy who was trying to sell the bulldozer and excavator and looking for 190 for the excavator even when it was in smyths for retail price.0 -
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