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Mar 18, 2012 17:18:40 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Mar 18, 2012 17:18:40 GMT -5
Bricks by the Bay 2012 www.flickr.com/photos/9872286@N03/sets/72157629613822633/show/My favs were the LotR battle, impressive. Also loved the LEGO Zoetrope. I'll post a vid when I get it up. I also have a bunch of Lytro pix. When I get those up, I'll post that too. Got some pix of the 3 different LEGO chess sets based on Hoth, Death Star and Endor. A bit crowded though so it was tough to get good shots. They had the new R2D2. The leg retraction wasn't working well but he did show all the arms and blade. Nice, but I'm still saving the funds to upgrade our WEDO to a full on LEGO NXT. Sadly, no show special on the R2D2. I did buy some minifigs. Got the winged Batman, Superman, Wonderwoman and a custom WallE. Would've got more but that was all they had for superheroes. A TON of custom minifigs though. I was tempted to get the Darth Maul but $15 was hard to stomach, even tough that's how much I paid for the DC heroes... UPDATE: Lytro pix www.lytro.com/stories/10289
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Mar 25, 2012 21:57:57 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Mar 25, 2012 21:57:57 GMT -5
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Mar 29, 2012 19:05:00 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Mar 29, 2012 19:05:00 GMT -5
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Mar 30, 2012 6:45:22 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on Mar 30, 2012 6:45:22 GMT -5
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Mar 30, 2012 8:53:59 GMT -5
Post by Jincman on Mar 30, 2012 8:53:59 GMT -5
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Mar 30, 2012 11:00:58 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Mar 30, 2012 11:00:58 GMT -5
$20 is a good deal for that.
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Mar 30, 2012 11:17:01 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on Mar 30, 2012 11:17:01 GMT -5
I know. I bought it for $30 last week. I'm getting frustrated with my lego buying because I feel like I get a good deal on something only to see that had I waited a little longer, I would've been better off. I think I'm gonna hold off pulling the trigger on buying any more sets at this point.
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Mar 30, 2012 13:06:07 GMT -5
Post by Jincman on Mar 30, 2012 13:06:07 GMT -5
I know. I bought it for $30 last week. I'm getting frustrated with my lego buying because I feel like I get a good deal on something only to see that had I waited a little longer, I would've been better off. I think I'm gonna hold off pulling the trigger on buying any more sets at this point. Cry baby! You still got good deals. Legos hold their value well ... in general. If it's any consolation ... I bought a modular set one week before TRU had another buy one get one half price sale. Jay
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Mar 30, 2012 13:07:55 GMT -5
Post by Jincman on Mar 30, 2012 13:07:55 GMT -5
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Apr 1, 2012 0:35:39 GMT -5
Post by fatty on Apr 1, 2012 0:35:39 GMT -5
I love those pictures, but can't believe I didn't recognize Wall-e. I thought it was Johnny 5, lol. Saw this picture a few days ago and meant to share it: i.imgur.com/ixUXU.jpg
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Apr 4, 2012 11:36:25 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on Apr 4, 2012 11:36:25 GMT -5
Nice picture fatty. Love it.
I ended up getting the Batmobile Ultimate Collectors Set on ebay. I've been eying that set for some time, but its crazy expensive when you order it complete and such since its out of print. I ended up buying from a guy just selling the blocks (no instructions or box) and he kept asking way too much on ebay and it didn't sell. When his second auction expired with no bidders, I messaged him and offered him about 30% lower than what he was asking and he accepted, so I snagged that.
I put it together this past weekend (pictures to follow as soon as I get them uploaded). Its a cool set. Over 1k pieces. But man what a pain in the ass to put together. Trying to read through the instructions where its putting one black piece on another made it extremely difficult in assembling and keeping tabs on everything. I did finally complete it and I must say its pretty bad ass. It has moving parts on the inside that turn the twin turbine engines and then the exhaust has flame pieces coming out of it that move around. Very cool set overall. I still like the Millenium Falcon better.
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Apr 4, 2012 23:25:07 GMT -5
Post by fatty on Apr 4, 2012 23:25:07 GMT -5
Batmobile is pretty cool, too. Getting jealous of all the neat stuff I'm seeing. And I can't get over how nice that Star Wars stuff is. I'd also like Lego to put out more items like the VW camper that oldskool has, Lego Shuttle is also pretty cool: www.amazon.com/LEGO-4657599-Shuttle-Expedition-10231/dp/B004ZWKWQQ/ref=pd_sim_t_5I was at TRU today checking out what they had, noticed the nanoblocks. Man those are some tiny 'legos'.
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Apr 5, 2012 16:08:11 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Apr 5, 2012 16:08:11 GMT -5
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Apr 5, 2012 16:10:26 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Apr 5, 2012 16:10:26 GMT -5
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Apr 5, 2012 16:20:36 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on Apr 5, 2012 16:20:36 GMT -5
I like the minifigs more than I like the rest of the set. Everything else just looks generic. I wish they sold an Avengers minifig set though. I'd be all over that.
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Apr 6, 2012 14:12:00 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on Apr 6, 2012 14:12:00 GMT -5
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Apr 20, 2012 1:08:42 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Apr 20, 2012 1:08:42 GMT -5
BOOM. Yesterday was my bday and my son's 7th is on Tuesday. We've been eyeing NXT for a while after getting our feet wet with our LEGO WEDO, which is for sale BTW... education.lego.com/en-gb/products/wedo/9585/I have $75 on Amazon and was going to buy it there w/ my Prime but they don't have it right now. Not sure why. So I looked on Craigslist on a whim. Bought a brand new, unopened Lego NXT 2.0 set for $200, normally $279. My kids head is going to explode, then again, I don't know if I can wait that long to open it...
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Apr 20, 2012 13:38:07 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Apr 20, 2012 13:38:07 GMT -5
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Apr 26, 2012 18:24:35 GMT -5
Post by oldskoolboarder on Apr 26, 2012 18:24:35 GMT -5
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May 9, 2012 9:02:49 GMT -5
Post by dschroll on May 9, 2012 9:02:49 GMT -5
Anyone buy anything from Lego on May 4? They were having some pretty sweet specials. I ended up getting that newly released R2-D2 set. Just started building it last night. So far its a lot of fun.
I had an opportunity to buy the Imperial Shuttle set for $180, but I just couldn't justify spending another $200 on Legos on the heels of the R2-D2 purchase. Maybe someday.
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