The cheapest combination I could find was Yoda's Jedi Starfighter & The Resistance Transport Pod, the Tie Fighter and the Resistance Bomber are cool but pricey. I wouldn't get it, but if you like it maybe the Speeder Bike.got the R3-M2 at TRU last night.
Went to the Lego store with the intent of getting a Scarif trooper poly but couldn't find any LSW I wanted. Any suggestions guys?
I looked at the UCS Falcon on display, pretty sweet
Wow, was heartlake hospital a clearence price or an online item discount?I found the Catwoman Catcycle and Batgirl Batjet sets for $5 each at WM and wife found a Heartlake Hospital for 70% off at Target!
Oh man, I remember those. I would definitely take them. PM sentAnyone here interested in 1 pound of Tente bricks? I've been putting them aside from lots I pick up in yard sales. Here's a picture. You can have them for the shipping cost. Total weight with box is 1 lb, 4 oz and shipping from MA. Send me a PM if interested.
gonna need those batman onesBrickober picture that won't load.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/153741832@N04/36193324094/in/photostream/
Batman, NinjaGo, City Jungle, Redo
Lego is like every other company on the planet. They aren't your friends like most AFOLs think, they are in the business to make money and be greedy. The rather massive layoffs is just because of greed. I understand saying there will be a few layoffs during a restructuring, but to just announce 8% of the workforce will be fired is insane.I don't understand the workforce reduction at all
- Lego is still super profitable.
But I agree that there are way too many sets. It's crazy. Some sets just don't have any business existing relative to all the other Lego product available.
Maybe, or maybe there is a new CEO because of the cuts and they just didn't want to announce it.They need to pay for that new CEO somehow, I guess laying off 1400 workers is a start.
His job is to make more money with 10% less resources. When Lego went from one aisle to two over the last 10 years they were clearly overextending since they could not cut supply chain costs in half to offset risk. All their big non toy successes were through licensing partners (Lego games, Lego movie, etc.) and their outsourced entertainment efforts like Legoland and Lego discovery center have only done so well.They need to pay for that new CEO somehow, I guess laying off 1400 workers is a start.
Girl stuff like what? Friends? One of their highest selling themes? DC Girls is rightfully dead. LEGO even had some on sale and TRU had most sets, including new ones for 40% off their actual price. Dimensions is dead and Nexo I think will be burned offed with one last wave probably because Cartoon Network has at least another season of it in a contract.The big question is what gets cut? I think they'll pull back on girl stuff, elves, nexo, and juniors and dramatically limit what licensed sets they do (Angry Birds, Scooby Doo, etc.).
This is more the issue I think than price and overstated. Adults don't seem to mind over paying for gifts, it's just the sets suck! Wall sets for way too much money. Would I rather have the now famous $60 Hulk wall set or pretty much any mech from NinjaGo Movie. And speaking of NinjaGo, the 2018 sets look awful because they look just like all the others from the last several TV show waves. My favorite was the Sky Pirates because it was creative. Hell the theme started off by fighting Skulls then snakes. Now it's just rehash and rehash. And City next year...Arctic. We just had that!Yea, I think I've picked up all of Wave 1 Nexo for 50-70% off now... wouldn't have paid MSRP for any of them. Some were only so worth it at 50% even. We've started skipping more and more lines due to part count vs price vs what the set actually is. Too many dull sets with no features.
You say that, but you probably wouldn't actually buy a dinosaur set if it wasn't for Jurassic World hype. A couple years before Jurassic World sets came out, there was a dinosaur theme that no one wanted.I love Jurassic World / Park, but does LEGO really need to wait until a movie to make dinosaur sets?
The beauty of those classic themes (space, castle, pirates) was that there weren't a ton of customized pieces made to match licensed properties. You could truly make your own creations from those themes if you collected several different sets, as opposed to the licensed sets that have custom pieces and really only make one specific model. As a kid I remember combining all my castle pieces and making a huge fortress - I could do that because the pieces were generally like-colored and generic enough to provide lots of flexibility within the theme.I'd love to see a return to the Castle theme. Nexo Knights were a good offspin for kids though. I know my 6 year old son loves the series. But he also likes Ninjago, Batman, etc. So even if Lego started reducing their lines, it's not like he wouldn't have a huge selection still available to pick from.
I actually have a lot of Dino Attack / Dino 2012 (Europe), and people most have liked them because the Jurassic World sets were pretty much just copies of them in blue. But that's not an every year theme anyways, no one could afford the dinosaurs. I only bought one Jurassic World set because they weren't actually based on the movie. If they were the T-Rex set would cost $70 for a T-rex, a wall and one minifigure. :lol:You say that, but you probably wouldn't actually buy a dinosaur set if it wasn't for Jurassic World hype. A couple years before Jurassic World sets came out, there was a dinosaur theme that no one wanted.
People always say they want stuff, until it's available.
I doubt all the counterfeit sets help either.
That's why Benny's spaceship was just so amazing to me being modeled after Cosmic Fleet Voyager and Galaxy Explorer. Plus, now they have such a ridiculous standard piece set you could get amazing sets like that still looked like it wasn't totally customized.The beauty of those classic themes (space, castle, pirates) was that there weren't a ton of customized pieces made to match licensed properties. You could truly make your own creations from those themes if you collected several different sets, as opposed to the licensed sets that have custom pieces and really only make one specific model. As a kid I remember combining all my castle pieces and making a huge fortress - I could do that because the pieces were generally like-colored and generic enough to provide lots of flexibility within the theme.
I'd love to see all three of those themes return. The nostalgia would be big for me.
Home video security is so cheap these days. It makes almost no sense not to have it.Man I don't know what I would do if my entire lego collection just got stolen one day.
http://rzen.net/stolen-lego/
Well, the Jurassic World sets didn't have a triceratops. I found that set on clearance like everywhere.I actually have a lot of Dino Attack / Dino 2012 (Europe), and people most have liked them because the Jurassic World sets were pretty much just copies of them in blue.
The best thing about 20 minifigure sets is they both have exactly 3 series to a box.$4 minifigs + 20 minifigs per set + only 2 full sets per box
I guess I should spend the $200 in gift cards I have leftWell, this explains all the store closings over the recent years. Toys R Us looks to be filing for bankruptcy.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/09/07/toys-r-us-eyes-potential-bankruptcy-filing?abthid=59b1a35cea52e16e67000020
It's a piece that was made 12 years ago when LEGO had the 'Racer' theme called 'Tiny Turbos' of mini cars without any minifigures. It was pretty much Hot Wheels ripoff. That is really the only time I ever saw the piece.Looks halfway decent. What piece are they using for the roof flourishes? I don't recognize it from any of my sets
Thanks. It looks pretty good on some of those Tiny Turbos. I was hoping that you could use it to hold rods and minifig accessories, but that doesn't appear to be the case.It's a piece that was made 12 years ago when LEGO had the 'Racer' theme called 'Tiny Turbos' of mini cars without any minifigures. It was pretty much Hot Wheels ripoff. That is really the only time I ever saw the piece.
EDIT - It's also used for all the sled pieces in Advent Calendars. (Speaking of poor sales and advent calendars the Friends one only has ONE minimal. I'm sure that will thrill children and parents.)
But here is the Brickset of the piece.
https://brickset.com/parts/design-50949
So spending $800 now might give me access to spend more money next year? LEGO is the best!Who's getting the MF? I read on tbf that there's may be an incentive to buying it early, may include some early access to something next year.