Thank god, no LotR/Hobbit and no modulars. I might be safe.The names of this year's summer sets and prices in pounds...
http://toysnbricks.com/lego-london-england-toy-fair-2014-sets-list/
The Hobbit sets will be out around October Brickset lists...it says only 3 sets but according to their new data entries it is 4 sets:Thank god, no LotR/Hobbit and no modulars. I might be safe.
It sucks there will be no more LotR sets apparently. I was hoping for one with one of the flying Nazguls and elephants. Also, has anyone seen or heard about the Hobbit Legolas polybag 30215? There have been a handful on ebay from Europe somewhere for like $40 but nothing yet here in the states. The laketown one was briefly at TRU which was the 30216 set.Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 22 Jan 2014 14:07
I've just listened to the voice recording I made while going round the stand so can shed some more light on the Hobbit sets. I'm also hoping that the other attendees can pitch in and fill some gaps and I suspect Pete will do so in his report at FBTB.
So, there are 4 sets:
The small one with Galadriel and the witch king
Lake town bell tower has some important character something like bain? in it
Battle of the five armies, I don't recall much about that
The Lonely Mountain, the one with Smaug in it.
Sorry it's so vague, there's so much to take in and not much time to do so!
No new LotR. (In the Hobbit sets) There were dwarves, orcs, elves and men in the sets. I remember only Galadriel who's in the smallest one I believe. As I mentioned nearly everything new -- minifigs and parts -- were either not there or were prototypes. The final Smaug wasn't present, he was represented by a Castle dragon.
From what I see they only do one modular a year with this year being the Parisian. I don't know if I would be happy about 2 or more a year or sad that I would quickly run out of a storage.Thank god, no LotR/Hobbit and no modulars. I might be safe.
Cool, hopefully it'll will release shortly after that (and hopefully I'll be working by then). On a better note, got the Monster Fighters castle for 20 bucks (80% off) today at the local Lego store. Didn't intend to get it but we have most of the Monster Fighters stuff from clearance and I figure we may make that our second series that we try and complete. The one at Sugarloaf Mills in Atlanta has quite a few 50% off or more. I don't know if that's standard for Lego stores but I was impressed how much was being clearanced out.Giant movie ship set will be shown mid February, it's on the LEGO Store calendar. It will aso be shown at the NYC Toy Fair
This one? http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Monster-Fighters-Vampyre-Castle/dp/B007Q0OQCKCool, hopefully it'll will release shortly after that (and hopefully I'll be working by then). On a better note, got the Monster Fighters castle for 20 bucks (80% off) today at the local Lego store. Didn't intend to get it but we have most of the Monster Fighters stuff from clearance and I figure we may make that our second series that we try and complete. The one at Sugarloaf Mills in Atlanta has quite a few 50% off or more. I don't know if that's standard for Lego stores but I was impressed how much was being clearanced out.
Ok, not safe. At all =PThe Hobbit sets will be out around October Brickset lists...it says only 3 sets but according to their new data entries it is 4 sets:
The Hobbit
Three sets will be available in October. They did not have names. One was a small rock piece, the middle-priced one was another part of Lake-town, a tower IIRC, and the largest featured Smaug. It was a nondescript structure made predominantly from sand green. I'd like to tell you what minifigs are included but I can't remember.
http://brickset.com/browse/themes/?year=2014&theme=The%20Hobbit
*EDIT* more info he posted in the comments section instead of updating the actual article...they sound pretty nice:
It sucks there will be no more LotR sets apparently. I was hoping for one with one of the flying Nazguls and elephants. Also, has anyone seen or heard about the Hobbit Legolas polybag 30215? There have been a handful on ebay from Europe somewhere for like $40 but nothing yet here in the states. The laketown one was briefly at TRU which was the 30216 set.
The list also didnt include the super hero sets but they listed (Guardians of the Galaxy is a plus):
Super Heroes
Two ranges of Super Heroes were on display which I didn't much attention to to be honest. Under cover, but revealed to us were the three Guardians of the Galaxy sets. As usual with SH sets they looked to be very minifigure-focussed with weak supporting vehicles, although the largest, some sort of blue and yellow spacecraft, looked fairly interesting. These are apparently out in June.
That's so weird. I couldn't really make heads or tails on why some sets were 30%, 50%, or in a couple cases 66% off. They were all from the same series in many cases. For example they had a City Police Station for 50 but the City Fire Station was 85.Sale price is $99 at Culver City, CA store.
. I will be stopping there on my way home. I drive by Sugarloaf Mills on my commute and I'm in that store fairly often. I have been able to pick up some good clearance sets there. I was in there on Monday and they mostly had Chima clearances. Sounds like they added some stuff.That's so weird. I couldn't really make heads or tails on why some sets were 30%, 50%, or in a couple cases 66% off. They were all from the same series in many cases. For example they had a City Police Station for 50 but the City Fire Station was 85.
Same here. I believe one of the Lego stores near me still has it at MSRP and will ship for 15 bucks I believe. It's the Sugarloaf Pkwy Lego Store in Lawrenceville, Ga.. Their number is (678) 847-6078. I bought our Fire Brigade there when it had just been discontinued.My wife wants the modular buildings now...of course fire brigade nowhere to be found..if anyone knows of one I would be interested and even would pay to ship...pm me.
Thanks
That was almost the same experience when I went last September to my local TRU and found 4841-1: Hogwarts Express randomly. The employee was taking it to the back, so I asked her if it was for sale. She gave it to me and said, you want this?
Huh? There's no Lego store in Culver City. Whachu talkin' bout Willis?Sale price is $99 at Culver City, CA store.
I don't recall B&N marking up Lego sets. They've always been at MSRP for me.My local Barnes and Noble had a bunch of Harry Potter stuff but it wasn't my thing. They eventually clearanced some of them but I can't remember if they had a B&N mark up to start. I can always check if someone is looking for something specific, though I'm not sure if they have anything left. I do remember them keeping them for a looooong time.
I think that's what sticks out in my mind. My son always sees them in the store and they were the first to get the latest series around us but I told him no way man, no way.the bn's got minifigures for the low price of 4.99. your move toys r us
Hah let me know what you find...im trying to think of anything I might need to go to the atlanta area just to look but i dont know and not worth the gas on a 1.5-2 hour drive to get there (3-4 hours round trip). My wife does want to go to Ikea so that may be it, but it looks like these stores are on the other side of the city .I might be tempted on a Vampire Castle for $25, might make a trip to Ontario Mills.
Just make sure that these stores are outlet stores and usually get these dented sets. I know Husher knows where they are in that area over there, I'm not sure how far south he goes though.Hah let me know what you find...im trying to think of anything I might need to go to the atlanta area just to look but i dont know and not worth the gas on a 1.5-2 hour drive to get there (3-4 hours round trip). My wife does want to go to Ikea so that may be it, but it looks like these stores are on the other side of the city .
I'm tempted to start collecting the Cuusoo stuff since I'd really like the rover and deloreon. The only problem is it looks like the first two were Japan only? They are going for pretty ridiculous prices on ebay.Just finished building the Curiosity Rover. It was a cool build and my daughter had a good time working on it. It was a little advanced for her and she made a couple of minor mistakes. Overall she held her own.
Yep, gave the heads up at about 6am est this morning. The new arrivals this morning was over 200 Lego items but by 10 est it had already dropped to 100 new lego items. I grabbed the Orthanc Tower at 20% off, Dol Guldur Battle at 35% off, and a super hero set I had been holding off for 30% off. They had all 4 new hobbit sets plus about 10 other LotR/Hobbit sets but half of them were gone by 7-8am. I was looking for that Wolverine set for my daughter but they didn't have it .AWD has added some new stuff finally. Someone took the Aquaman set for $15 9I need that set), there is 60025 race car and truck set for $20.xx, and a police chase set, 60007 I think, for $18.xx.
Also some cheap 3DSs...
How much was it? I was eyeing it for $44.xx the other day, but I have been into my 3DS more (Mainly because I'm simply out of space).I grabbed Olivia's house from AWD this morning. Price was better than the dented box at the Lego store.
Having just finished the Grand Emporium after doing the Haunted House, the HH is a really fun build, especially with kids. I was lucky enough to find it at the Lakewood Flea Market for 100 bucks. I think I'm going to try and complete the entire MF line because I have most of it on clearance and only lack the Ghost Train and the Crazy Scientist one.I grabbed Olivia's house from AWD this morning. Price was better than the dented box at the Lego store.
On a separate note, I am really thinking about grabbing the Haunted House. With MF line being discontinued I don't want to miss out. Might pick up a second one to do some expansion MOC work.
No. I have had boxes that had more tape on them than I paid for the set, but everything was in the box and I have order at least 15 sets I think now. I wish I took picture, the Spiderman office building set was tapes up on one side, worst thing was the stickers were folded and stuck together, but that's because LEGO doesn't package them right. I had the cargo heliplane and the back looked new and the front looked like the Hulk punched it, big white sticker, tons of clear mailing tape. Never had a single missing anything. Not even when the pieces were loose like some bigger or longer pieces are.Picked up a Rancor pit on AWD but I'm a little nervous because the condition was only 'Good' ... do they sell sets that are actually missing pieces? I have no issue with the box being damaged, but I would be pissed if something like the rancor or another minifig was missing ...