Wow, I know it's not the series for people here, but the Friends sets look pretty cool.

Originally Posted by Corvin Wow, I know it's not the series for people here, but the Friends sets look pretty cool.

I have no issues with the Friends set now that they calmed down the color combos (Pink and lime green camper?!). The boat looks very nicely designed. The new bakery is very nice. My only complaint wit the series is some buildings don't have a complete three walls, and none have roofs. Otherwise they are the closest to actual town sets than we will ever get.

Of course I don't own a single one of them, but that's because they are never on sale.

Yeah with the lack of full walls and rooves I feel the Friends sets are overpriced. The consumer/fan is clearly paying for the animals and accessories.

I like the offbeat pastel colors. Makes the sets more unique.

Found Series 9 at Barnes and Noble....for 4.95 each. And we thought toys r us was bad.

The Friends sets are made to be played with kind of like a dollhouse, they come with all sorts of trinkets. My daughter has a blast with them and looks forward to each set she builds. With these Legos I actually got her to keep them in separate ziplock bags and she makes sure she doesn't loose any small pieces.

I understand that's why they don't have roofs (even though dollhouses do have roofs), but some of them don't have walls, and there is no excuse for that. I was going to buy the Cafe for $20, but then I saw that it only has 2.5 walls, and I passed. Another wall piece would have killed Lego?

However it seems this year is only missing roofs, and I'm fine with that, I have extra plates I could add.

Defintely picking up the Creator family house and tree house. May pick up a couple Lone Ranger sets.

SOme of the Friends sets would be on my want list if it weren't for the awful colors.

My persistence for th Flo's Cafe paid off. Went back to Walmart today and it dropped to $30. I honestly had no interest in Cars sets but my son and I have been on a Disney kick lately and have been wanting this set since we went to CarsLand last summer.

Glad you picked one up at that price, how was the shelf wear on it?

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TRU has them for $38 and they look great if you want to buy one to resell later.

Looking over the pictures...

I'll be getting the Battle of the Wizards set. The other LotR sets don't impress me.

The planet series for Star Wars seems to be getting lazy. It's sad because I have the first 6 and they're all fairly nice. Also, why the hell does Jango Fett come with the Corporate Alliance Tank Droad? I was surprised to see an okayish price on that set actually. I don't like the Mandalorian Speeder. I like the Duel on Geonosis set. The stealth starfighter looks like a slightly redesigned Headhunter, and just doesn't impress me much. The AT-TE is alright. I like the sail barge, but the price is insane. A huge shame too, I actually like the Max Rebo min-fig. The gunship is alright. The Advent Calendar is only $40 and has some nice little pieces in it, and the Jango Fett Santa might make me get one.

Built the Olivander's Wand Shop from the Diagon Alley set tonight. I really like it. I probably won't get to Borgin and Burkes and Gringotts until a couple weeks from now.

At my (local) TRU in Peabody MA I found the TRU Exclusive Cars 2 Tokyo International Circuit set on sale for 60! It had a big sign hanging on the shelf. I got it along with the Creator Eagle to use the 15 off 75. A pretty good deal, I basically got a 90 dollar set for half price. Too bad this is probably a YMMV because the site has it at 90.

Originally Posted by PenguinoMF Found Series 9 at Barnes and Noble....for 4.95 each. And we thought toys r us was bad.

Not sure where you are but I always have luck at Meijer. Bought a couple over the weekend. $3 even.

The 9496 Desert Skiff is now $17. You all got played!

My god if you try to say an opinion that is different from "LEGO can do no wrong" on Eurobricks you get attacked for saying things you never said. I was bitched at saying the new castle is boring, it's just all boring walls and some idiot wrote a novel saying "castle walls are not useless". I didn't say they were useless, I said it was a boring set!

I was hoping to see some Minifigs at Target yesterday, but none. Plenty of those knock-off Halo and Hello Kitty ones.

Mini figs are one of the kids favorite lego things to play with. Are the usually only at Toys R Us? I'll double check the toy section at Fred Meyer next time I'm there.

Originally Posted by eldergamer I was hoping to see some Minifigs at Target yesterday, but none. Plenty of those knock-off Halo and Hello Kitty ones. Mini figs are one of the kids favorite lego things to play with. Are the usually only at Toys R Us? I'll double check the toy section at Fred Meyer next time I'm there.

They tend to show up at TRU first but Target will get them. Walmarts will have them too but they seem harder to find most times around me at least.

$62.. what should I get?

Originally Posted by skiizim Glad you picked one up at that price, how was the shelf wear on it?

There was one light scuff mark but I'm not picky especially since it was the last one, it was a great price and its going to be opened and put together this weekend.

Originally Posted by bigdaddy TRU has them for $38 and they look great if you want to buy one to resell later.

TRU availability and clearance price is YMMV. I haven't seen them at TRU's in my area since before Christmas and when I did TRU markup had the clearance price at $5 over regular retail

Originally Posted by bigdaddy The 9496 Desert Skiff is now $17. You all got played!

It's actually been that price on Amazon for about three weeks now which is why a lot of us have recently ordered and are talking about it

It was $18 for about a week, not $17.

Oh $16.97 instead of $17.97 - I do feel played

You can buy a box of series 2 from Amazon for the low low price of $310.

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Minifigur...ies+9+complete