Cheers STL, I'll ask 'em to see what they can do for me.
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Cheers STL, I'll ask 'em to see what they can do for me.
Build my most recent Lego purchases; 6212: X-wing Fighter and 4210: Coast Guard Platform.
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Love the X-wing, looks ace. I really really like it. Nice amount of minifigs and chrome lightsaber hilt! You don't get those anymore with the newer sets.
The build was okay, two me just under two hours I think. Wings got a bit repetitive but you can't do much about that. I clipped in the wings back to front, I didn't realize until I looked at the instruction booklet, ugh it was such a pain to unclip them (those technic pins are tough!), had to end up dismantling the wings just to pull out those pins. Not fun.
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Coast Guard Platform is fantastic! One of my favourite sets for the year.
I had a lot more fun building this one even if there wasn't much building required, took me roughly the same time as the X-wing. I really like the small helicopter, probably my favourite thing of the set. Little hooks are nice for placing the equipment, I really hate it when you don't get storage room. Stickers were a bit annoying, hard to align them on round shapes but nothing a bit of persistence doesn't pay off.
It's looking fantastic on my computer shelf. I highly recommend this.
Try brinklink if you need spare parts. They have parts that Lego themselves would be hard pressed to still have in production.
Cool, thanks Fungal Infection, I will try that as well.
I just found something interesting that people might find useful.
It has scans of instructions/catalogues for people that may have lost them.
This has proven useful for me as I have lost one of my instruction booklets for a particular model.
http://www.hccamsterdam.nl/brickfactory/index.htm
Edit: wow, this is a very good site. Thanks dude.
Was at my local Target late today looking for Animated Blitzwing but to no avail. Although I did notice a Lego sale...
20% Off all Lego. Go nuts people!
Sale starts Sept 25 to Oct 1. No TF discounts though.
Erm PS, you got that Coast Guard Platform from Kmart? Looks really cool. would fit right in with my Little town:D, goodness my wallet is puffing tumbleweeds!!:p
So the older rarer parts such as the minifig body, head, and windscreen that I recently got new for my riptide racer (4002) would have been just old new parts?
They definitly were new too, you can tell by the neck on a minifig. ;)
I thought that Lego might have had some sort of parts warehouse thing that the sellers were buying from.
EDIT: So has anyone seen the 8293 motor set around at all?
Watch the whole video! It gets very funny towards the end:
http://marsmission.lego.com/en-us/Mo...Functions.aspx
I've already placed my order for the motor parts... :o
on a side topic...(about TFs)
the TF shelves in Target Camberwell have 30% Action Toys....
i've apparently tried asking for it but failed.
STL...do you wanna go do your wonders?
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Love the missiles, they really pack a punch. Wish there was some storage clips for all the extra weapons and batarangs and such. Might have to try and find some single white clip pieces from other sets to put in the icecream van...:D
Someone lend me a car...
But I don't think it should be much of a problem. If they want to play technical/hard ball with you, you can point to the Trade Practices Act and the Fair Trading Act whereby if they misprice something on the shelves, then they have to give you the first for free and the second at the actual price.
I've done it before.
Man, that Batmobile doesn't look too bad at all.
But it sure as hell does not photograph well, being almost all black bricks on the outside.
Not a very difficult set to make, nor very long, only took about 45 minutes for the Tumbler (with many pauses to watch the football on tv) and the joker van about 15. Stickers are painful though.
was up at cranbourne kmart last thursday and they had the speed racer grand prix set (the big one) for $42
none of the other speed racer sets though
The Speed Racer sets are excellent. Especially at the cheap prices I have seen them going for recently.
They look small but they are HUGE cars! Especailly the Grand Prix set. The cars measure generally 8 x 20 studs in size. Will take a pic when I get back home at the end of the week.
I am really tempted by the Speed Racer sets but they don't really fit any theme I collect (Space, Exo-Force, Agents) and dont look likely to have any new sets coming out so I'm waiting for them to hit clearance before I even think about touching them. The fact that I've got almost nothing left to get Lego-wise is the only reason I'm even thinking about purchasing them! :p
http://www.brickset.com/detail.aspx?Set=10193-1
Oh wow one of the new Castle sets for 2009 has been revealed; 10193: Castle Town Square . It looks fantastic. I want!
That's pretty cool. More pics and info here.
Could that fit inside any existing castle? That would be awesome! I guess you could always BYO.
Oh Jay man, I forgot you posted in the lego threads too, I could have shown you yesterday what I had sitting out in my car..... http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/8294-1
I picked it up on the way over at Myer for $59.
Just a heads up on the motor set, seeing as how it's unlikely we'll get it (I havn't seen it anywhere), I bought this one yesterday:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....MEWN:IT&ih=016
Get in before they're gone.
I did try the lego store, but they wanted $30 for shipping! Screw that. I came out ahead by about $16 buying the ebay one.
So I'm gunna wait until this arrives then put my excavator together then.
That is by far the best set I've seen for many a year. Reminds me of inn I have but much more ambitious.
That wont fit in any enclosed castle but the way the original castle sets were made you could open them right up and smaller supplementary sets were designed to join to the walls. I have two of the 1984 King's castles back to back to make a large enclosed space but I want to make it bigger.
Awesome grab MV. Does the crane not come with a motor? Do you know how you'll integrate it yet?
Nah, it's a seperate power pack and motor. I assume the digger instructions have an extra part on how to add it in, It's an offical build in option, I've seen some people do it.
Just like the older tow truck had the motor addition option as well. The big one Stompy has here:
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But the motor pack for it actually was in stores here.
Overall though, I'd have to say the cherry picker that comes with the motor and is only $88 @ bigw is the best bang for buck kit around right now. But the technical parts of it are no dfifferent to the fire truck http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/8289-1 that I already have. Actually, the fire truck is probably more technical.
Awesome. I got one of those motors with my AT-AT. Am looking forward to using it elsewhere in a more creative fashion one day. That, and I'm particularly keen to get into the Mindstorms, but it's a bit cost prohibitive at the moment.
I've been looking like mad for that damn motor set and it appears there is no place that stocks it. I immediately thought of tandy or Dick Smith and neither had it, nor any Lego toys. I want to motorize the Mars Mission Crystal Reaper but that motor kit isn't enough. I will need to track down an IR sensor and the IR remote. I do know there's a Lego Education Center (that also sells a LOT of Lego) in Moonee Ponds that MIGHT stock it. I will check it on my next weekday off and keep you posted.
The optional motor instructions are pretty easy to integrate. They actually want you to build the original non-motorized model first then the motorized instructions works from the built model inwards. Open the box and look at the instructions. ;)
See, I have no liking for the motorised features. What I like about Lego is the build and aesthetic. Not so much the playability or electronics. I'd rather add extra room for details and labs on the Reaper rather than have it taken up by electronic features.
This fella is on sale at Big W tomorrow Good deal for 435 pieces. That's cheaper than it was at US RRP!
On another interesting note, Toy Kingdom appears to have pulled in last year's Mars Mission Sets and Exo-Force sets for cheap. They're all at discount prices, cheaper than retail by 20-30%.
The Mars Mission mothership at $60 seems really appealing. Does anyone have an opinion on it?
hmm interesting, which Toy Kingdom did you see them at? and which ones are last years? is there a site to check?.. I know they have, or used to have anyway, iron condors and blade titans for $15, about a dozen or so, i got a couple, even got one for $7.50 when it was 50% off :)
I totally agree. It was always about the build and aesthetics, but seeing those cool new treads on the reaper makes it just begging to be motorized remotely! The lab stays in the motorized build but ends up being covered up by the battery pack. The hangar/bay for the dump truck has to go to make way for the motor and battery pack.
That's one of my favorite Mars Mission vehicles. Such an original build and fantastic angles on the craft. Only real downside to it is the two tube containers. They don't stay in the position they are meant to, due to the coil attached to them. Otherwise this dropship reminds me a lot of the Aliens dropship.Quote:
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Big W still has some for $55. I've been oohing and ahhing over it for an eternity now and from the pictures alone, and from past experience with searies 1 MArs Mission alien crafts, this looks like it will be a boring build with a very hard to display final model. The features on it isn't exactly that great and the detail looks boring. Remember though, I'm basing it from pictures alone. ;)Quote:
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Anybody know if I could get this at around $60 or less? The RRP is killing me and I so want the set. I've got a lego itch TFs can't scratch!
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Me neither. I was always too intimidated by it, and I just liked to stick with the space/castle/town stuff anyway back then.
The last set of Lego I remember getting back in the day was (maybe ironically), the light and sound xt spaceship. :D Which I bought another one again not too long ago too.
But when I started to get back into lego again, the first set I bought was the baja desert racers. Pretty much a technic set with pullback motors.
Then I just moved onto getting the old space sets I used to have, and I took a huge interest in technic, plus the modern versions of older series, such as castle. Also I'm right into the creator sets too. Just pure brick fun. :)
The mothership is okay but is a bit fiddly. I wouldn't pay $60 for it though even if thats the special price. I got mine at Big W for $40 on clearance several months back so for that price I can live with it. I hate the pump launcher though - you need to bash it really hard to make the missles fire.