Thanks for sharing. Sending those straight over to my elementary aged kids for their homeschool work this week."Smug" What makes them smug? They just seem like a happily married couple building LEGO for fun.
Aslo, how cool is this? Tyler and Amy have made miniature versions of all their builds that people could easily recreate at home:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/legohaulic/
What? You haven't gotten your $1200 government check? That should be enough for rent, health care, utilities, food and LEGOs for the next year and a half of the pandemic.Ugh ... want Pirates set ... can someone mail me a check to cover that and other expenses for this month?
That looks like a nice little set. There is a little roller coaster, street meat vendor, and some nice mini figs, there is a wheel chair and baby one.You can now buy the CA LEGOLand exclusive sets online... but not S@H. The big set has 1300 pieces for $65, and has two semi exclusive red LEGO Land workers torsos. Plus free ugly egg thing.
https://www.legoland.com/california/legoland-california/lego-retail/
The sale price is excellent. If you do order people have been saying they are getting a 'ticket code' and the whole check out system is confusing as hell. So just be sure not to pay for something you don't want.That looks like a nice little set. There is a little roller coaster, street meat vendor, and some nice mini figs, there is a wheel chair and baby one.
Can still get it from the Florida park's page.Good idea since the theme park is closed. Too bad the Park is out of stock !
Just a bomb shelter out of LegoI've always envisioned having a nice little theme park setup, but 'little' is impossible with theme parks. But things cost money and the cheaper Friends Ocean Park never went on sale, neither did the Creator 3 in 1 set.
Has anyone been building anything? I mean with LEGOs and not a bomb shelter.
I read two days ago that stepping on LEGO bricks prevents Covid19. So clearly a LEGO bomb shelter would work.Just a bomb shelter out of Lego
Made it on slickdeals, all it took was those ers to say it was selling for a lot. =/Good idea since the theme park is closed. Too bad the Park is out of stock !
Those ers are rich assholes who only care about themselves and more and more useless money. There was once a deal on sports coats / suits. Those cucks were going on and on about how real adults dress up.Made it on slickdeals, all it took was those ers to say it was selling for a lot. =/
Whatever do you mean? It's being blown out of control, just thoughts and prayers and everything will be fine. Never-mind that the first hotzone was caused by temple.Haven't really felt like building anything and also trying to save money. Dozens of people I know are infected and four of my friends are ER doctors who are treating covid patients every day. Fortunately no one I know has died yet. It's pretty bad though. I think people in less populated areas don't quite have it in their faces as much as we do here. 731 dead yesterday alone. Sorry to be a bummer.
I'm glad your ok, sorry to hear about everyone else, I was actually thinking about you the other day when I haven't seen you post here in a bit.Haven't really felt like building anything and also trying to save money. Dozens of people I know are infected and four of my friends are ER doctors who are treating covid patients every day. Fortunately no one I know has died yet. It's pretty bad though. I think people in less populated areas don't quite have it in their faces as much as we do here. 731 dead yesterday alone. Sorry to be a bummer.
June is when aliens come, Yellowstone erupts in July, I think August is the month that Godzilla shows up. I never understood why anyone would preorder a non exclusive set, but this sure isn't the year to plan four months out.That weird Super Mario starter set is up for preorder at Target. Releases 8/1. $59.99
https://www.target.com/p/lego-super-mario-adventures-with-mario-starter-course-71360-building-kit-231pc/-/A-78929934
I am generally a sucker for Nintendo but that set just doesn't do anything for me. I would still buy it if it was $20 but I don't think I will ever see it at that price. Mario is too rectangular. Hopefully they come out with some more traditional sets with regular size minifigs in itI was interested when the Mario sets were announced, but they did a really poor job with them. I'm going to wait for sales on any of these at those price points.
What I don't get is the designer even admitted there will be 'normal' sets of different LEGO themes in the future. So why start with this thing and not regular sets? All I can think of is that the Minecraft license ends soon and regular Mario sets are similar and will take it's place.Hopefully they come out with some more traditional sets with regular size minifigs in it
I agree on both accounts! I will gladly build all the sets I still have on ebay and then sell them as new!I hope that catches on. I have a lot of new, out of box, assembled sets I would love to sell.
One other trend I noticed was "official" Lego sets listed as new without a retail box. Can't help but think you're just getting a pile of Lepin bricks. It was most notable with the Chinese New Year sets that came out only in Asia last year.
That was me - at my store it was open returns are to be thrown out, full stop. YMMV, but if other managers are as fanatical as mine was, then returns aren't getting tossed still sealed in the individual numbered bags - bags got cut open and loose pieces then dumped straight into the trash. I doubt anybody is dumpster diving whole sets out of that. I'm sure some stores are less rigid about it, or maybe there's even some outright fraud going on where sealed bags are getting tossed for later pickup, but I can't imagine either avenue is a significant portion of the resale market.I agree on both accounts! I will gladly build all the sets I still have on ebay and then sell them as new!
Also some of the sets that are sold as 'new' without boxes means they were taken on of the trash. Was it someone here who said LEGO Store returns would be thrown in the trash? So some of them are real LEGO and people are dumpster diving. Which I'm more than willing to do, just make sure that the dumpster isn't one that smashes things.
I remember reading that about ten years ago minifigures were being stolen a lot from sets (Which is why they stick them in separate bags now.) that BN would take the return and throw the whole box in the trash and workers would go over and pick them out later. But what I don't get is why wouldn't the manager take the pieces and stick them in the build table at the stores or to local hospitals. Even my former therapist said they would gladly take my old Duplo. Throwing them out is such a waste. And what happened to them sticking the extra LEGO in bags and selling them for cheap?That was me - at my store it was open returns are to be thrown out, full stop. YMMV, but if other managers are as fanatical as mine was, then returns aren't getting tossed still sealed in the individual numbered bags - bags got cut open and loose pieces then dumped straight into the trash. I doubt anybody is dumpster diving whole sets out of that. I'm sure some stores are less rigid about it, or maybe there's even some outright fraud going on where sealed bags are getting tossed for later pickup, but I can't imagine either avenue is a significant portion of the resale market.
They were open returns.Wait, what? Why are unopened returns being trashed at LEGO Stores?
Actually found them at Walmart last night...still $3.44 for our store. With no one out shopping we had an untouched box to go through. Nice not being gawked out while you feel the bags!My store used to do grab bags with open returns and it was wonderful and fun to get assortments of pieces and guess what the sets they were from. That changed about 10 years ago.
I see the new series of CMF is 4.99. That kills that for me. Oh those glory days of $2 figures
The grab bags were always sold out when I got to the store. I had only seen them ones and it was 5-6 bags of blue pieces and just regular blue pieces. It was weird.My store used to do grab bags with open returns and it was wonderful and fun to get assortments of pieces and guess what the sets they were from. That changed about 10 years ago.
I see the new series of CMF is 4.99. That kills that for me. Oh those glory days of $2 figures
You ever see Sea Lab 2021? Pretty funny show.Hey it's Sea Lab 2020!
Aw man ... awesome Great White ... with a giant boat I don’t want. Looks like that’s getting opened and returned to the LEGO store ... jk (thought I’d be timely with my comments)Not that most of us in the USA can ever afford LEGO again, but if you do my plan of buying a ton then going bankrupt some new Cty sets have been revealed. New fishies and helmet.
https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-city-summer-2020-official-set-images/
I'm actually fine with you doing that, but do it with Amazon instead. :lol:Aw man ... awesome Great White ... with a giant boat I don’t want. Looks like that’s getting opened and returned to the LEGO store ... jk (thought I’d be timely with my comments)
Yep. Used to watch it on Adult Swim, and loved the tie-in on Archer.You ever see Sea Lab 2021? Pretty funny show.
It all depends on what kind of job people have. A lot of office people are able to work from home and make the same (or close to the same) money that they did before the pandemic.People have money for LEGO?
80% of the country can not work from home. But the NY governor said just get an 'essential' job and risk your life, maybe I'll take his. My favorite is unemployment is supposed to be $600+ a week. $15 an hour is more than most of the USA makes actually working. The USA makes no ing sense.It all depends on what kind of job people have. A lot of office people are able to work from home and make the same (or close to the same) money that they did before the pandemic.
But with all the uncertainty, I'm personally trying to decrease my spending (not that I've been successful lol)
It may have been a series of underperforming Lego movies that did them in with #2 being the final nail in the coffin. I liked Lego Batman and tlm2. I had no interest in Ninjago and so did most of the movie going public apparently.My understanding was that WB walked from Lego after TLM2 flopped. I loved that movie fwiw.
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