Anyone know the box breakdown for the new minifigs?
Lol I was wondering if this would work...I'd like to get 3 for my little girl. The mermaid, cat lady, and the wild west lady. It seems like most have a distinct part to feel for but I guess it's not that easy? I've stayed away from collecting these thankfully.I suck at feeling the minifigure bags apparently. Bought 5 bags tonight and got 2 Larry the Barista and 3 Pandas. Guess Ill throw the extras on ebay. PM me if anyone is interested in a trade
Too bad the beard is attached to the hat.I felt a whole box out yesterday and couldn't find a single Abe Lincoln. I thought it was untouched but maybe someone else got to it first. Anyway, saw a box today and found an Abe in the third pack I grabbed. This is probably my favorite mini fig I've ever seen.
The parts listing is typically in the back of the instruction book. You can also use Peeron, Brickset, or Bricklink to get a proper breakdown of partsYou can find the instructions here, but I don't see a part list.
Those seem like a lot of random sets. How do you collect? Do you try to complete a series or theme? Sadly, I think the only I have the space for are the modular buildings and even then I'm only willing to buy the new ones (and maybe the old ones if I can find them as low as 400).Despite that tribute to laziness I do build things, I swear! It's just that the built sets are scattered around in so many places I couldn't really get any good pics except maybe of my city setup on a table in the basement. That I could probably do if I clean it up a bit. It took a bit of a beating moving stuff around when my friend moved out and some things need to be rebuilt.
I stopped in a Lego store in NJ today with a friend and he decided to pick up some minifigs. Oddly they had a box of them behind the counter pre-labeled manually identifying which each one was and asked him if he'd prefer those instead. He did and got most of the set with no doubles but the cop who he chose to get 2 of. I probably should have taken them up on that offer as well....I've bought 17 of the movie wave so far and have 6 Emmets and a ton of other doubles.
Yep, they are pretty much random. I'm not a completionist anymore. I buy what i like, or what I find cheap enough. I have 2 main setups. City and a Fantasy/Castle setup. I have no problem repurposing sets for Fantasy/Castle if they will fit in. That includes a lot of things like the Prince of Persia stuff, Atlantis and Chima (Minus the tech of course), Pirates, etc. Other lines if I see something cool I'll grab it. Despite being a Star Wars fan I often pass on the sets because the minifigs can't really be repurposed. Good sales will get me to buy things I otherwise wouldn't just for the parts. If it's something really good or has parts I really like I have no problem going nuts. I think I have about 20 Minotaurus boxes since the green is useful for building a good hedge maze around one of my castles and it comes with a base plate. Other things I buy just because I think they look cool. Probably the closest I come to completionist on would be the modular buildings, but I missed out on the Green Grocer and I often consider selling the Cafe so I'll never be fully complete there.Those seem like a lot of random sets. How do you collect? Do you try to complete a series or theme? Sadly, I think the only I have the space for are the modular buildings and even then I'm only willing to buy the new ones (and maybe the old ones if I can find them as low as 400).
That's awesome. They're toys, have fun with them. Very, very jealous of Cafe Corner. If it's opened and used and you ever feel like selling I might could give you a decent deal on it. If it's sealed sell it to a collector. I build everything I buy.Yep, they are pretty much random. I'm not a completionist anymore. I buy what i like, or what I find cheap enough. I have 2 main setups. City and a Fantasy/Castle setup. I have no problem repurposing sets for Fantasy/Castle if they will fit in. That includes a lot of things like the Prince of Persia stuff, Atlantis and Chima (Minus the tech of course), Pirates, etc. Other lines if I see something cool I'll grab it. Despite being a Star Wars fan I often pass on the sets because the minifigs can't really be repurposed. Good sales will get me to buy things I otherwise wouldn't just for the parts. If it's something really good or has parts I really like I have no problem going nuts. I think I have about 20 Minotaurus boxes since the green is useful for building a good hedge maze around one of my castles and it comes with a base plate. Other things I buy just because I think they look cool. Probably the closest I come to completionist on would be the modular buildings, but I missed out on the Green Grocer and I often consider selling the Cafe so I'll never be fully complete there.
I don't generally sell my sets. I have only sold one, and that was the old Batcave when it was going for crazy money. I have one of the old Star Destroyers (And the Cafe) that I often consider selling because the sheer amount they will bring will buy me an awful lot of new sets. So basically I only would sell to further fund my horribly expensive hobby heh.
I also try to avoid stuff I think is overpriced. I'd love to grab an Ewok village to modify for use as an Elf village, but the price is just too much. Expensive things I have were bought originally or obtained through the method for getting them (Like the store sets, I got at actual openings, I didn't pay eBay prices).
I couldn't manage the bump codes to save my life, but here's a guide to how I distinguished the Movie figures. Unless there's a really obvious part, I usually try to find a distinguishing part and confirm it with another part. This helps prevent duplicates.I'm not good at feeling them either. There is at least one bump code video out there, but I prefer to have a visual/printout to look at when using the bump code method.
I have a friend who just opened the UCS TIE Interceptor to build. He said it was rough knowing how much he could get for it.That's awesome. They're toys, have fun with them. Very, very jealous of Cafe Corner. If it's opened and used and you ever feel like selling I might could give you a decent deal on it. If it's sealed sell it to a collector. I build everything I buy.
I was at Target yesterday and they had a whole bunch. I wasn't in the mood to feel them up (too tired) but at TRU i have never had an issue with feeling up bags at the desk. They know people do that.Grabbed the Wyldstyle, Lincoln, and Panda last night...wanna get the cat lady and the mermaid for my daughter but feeling for these definitely wasnt as easy as i thought it would be. That being said, the only place I could find any was at TRU and they only had 1 box which was at the CS desk as I was about to leave the store. It was a little awkward feeling the packs with 2-3 CS people watching so I didnt really get to feel as much as I wanted. Do all major stores carry these? I went to TRU who had a big section where series 11 and 12 labels were but the shelves were completely empty (just found the one box mentioned), then Target had an end rack that would hold quite a few but it was empty, then we stopped by a Walmart too and they didnt have any of the movie stuff at all.
Went to another Target and TRU today...the Target was the same as the last one, had a big endcap on an aisle but every little box was completely empty. The TRU had them in a big dump bin in the Lego section. Felt probably 40-50 packs and found no mermaidI was at Target yesterday and they had a whole bunch. I wasn't in the mood to feel them up (too tired) but at TRU i have never had an issue with feeling up bags at the desk. They know people do that.
Hmm looks like a new Xmen set with at least Storm, Wolverine with mask, and Magneto. Doesnt look that great but ill have to get it lol.There will be a few more movie sets later this year and who knows with a sequel.
So there are some ugly, UGLY pictures of the summer sets. They look horrible, but the pictures are so bad who knows.
However I say the sets are bad because of this train piece....
https://imageshack.com/i/07q3jmj
Kind of wish I bought the current red one for $95.
The rest...
https://imageshack.com/a/srBq/1
And I build the bugs from the orange and white GS mech set. Kind of wish I got some more of the sets for 40-50% off.
The second link of pic keeps crashing my iPad browser so I can't see it right now, but yeah, those pics are pretty bad. I'm not surprised at the amount of orange on arctic sets. That is a pretty common color for stuff that operates under arctic conditions.I took better pictures when I was too. They had to be fro mEurope so it must be one of the 10 year olds there that can't figure out how to aim yet.
Thankfully Toy Fair season is in about a month so we will get a lot more pictures and prices.
I'm disappointed by the amount of orange in the Arctic sets. When will LEGO realize that it's worse than lime green in large amounts, less is way way more.
Went last night, and the wallofbricks link is probably 90% accurate. They had most of what you mentioned they didn't have when you went. Looking at the link again they didn't have any of the cone pieces, long white bricks, long red bricks, or sloped window. They also didn't have the 1x2 sloped tan brick which was a bummer. Got a bunch of the other tan bricks/plates though.The Columbus wall is usually pretty basic. I was in there the day after Christmas, and the list looks like it's somewhat accurate from then. Differences I notice is they no longer had the gold cones, white grills, trans blue tiles, the textured 2x2 round brick, and most of the plates. 2x2 round brick has changed to trans blue, and they switched to gold grills. They also had some long white bricks, 1x8 or 1x10, I'm not sure which.
Orange isn't bad, but it's too much. The first arctic sets were orange and blue, but the buildings were more blue.The second link of pic keeps crashing my iPad browser so I can't see it right now, but yeah, those pics are pretty bad. I'm not surprised at the amount of orange on arctic sets. That is a pretty common color for stuff that operates under arctic conditions.
It took me a few seconds to realize that's what it was. If it wasn't for the color scheme and the head, I wouldn't have a clue what it was supposed to be.At least they are coming out with more Marvel sets. I've been playing Lego Marvel Super Heroes, and they certainly have designs for a lot of characters available.
That sentinel looks goofy though.
Yeah, there's a sentinel minifig in the game that looks decent enough, and you fight big sentinels that are just an enlarged version of the fig I guess. To make a decent sentinel out of Lego is probably cost prohibitive.It took me a few seconds to realize that's what it was. If it wasn't for the color scheme and the head, I wouldn't have a clue what it was supposed to be.
Yeah I was wondering this too. With the Lego movie line and next the Simpsons...they'd definitely hook me with Super Heroes and a couple others.Yeah, the garbage truck is pretty cool (at least the flying chomping one, haven't built the other mode yet). I also built the ice cream truck (in ice cream truck mode, for my daughter), and while they do a good job hiding the pieces for the alt build, it still leaves you longing for a dedicated build for some of these utility vehicles. What I like about them is that it encourages my daughter (and myself) to rebuild the sets instead of just building them, playing with them, then forgetting about them.
Is the Simpsons minifig wave just a one time thing, or is it possible we'll get other licensed minifig waves (like Marvel or DC)? Or is that too big of a money cow, to put Flash in a set with some useless big vehicles (I know Star Wars works kinda this way)