Nabbed the two pirates impulse sets from Big W, and now really really want the pirates sets from Target when they are released.
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Nabbed the two pirates impulse sets from Big W, and now really really want the pirates sets from Target when they are released.
Aquired the entire Space Police range from Big W and the Camper, Tow Truck and Heli Truck at Kmart. Time to make these babies.
I saw all the Target exclusive sets (Pirates, Medieval Village, Spongebob) at Target ready for the sale. Not interested with the Pirate sets at all so am giving it a miss. Full price so best to wait for the sale in 2-3 weeks.Quote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Did your bigw have the gold heist? 5971
It was in the catalog, but my local never had it.
Yeah they did. All the Big W's I went to had it. It's actually a really great set. That dropship is more than meets the eye. ;) I'll leave it for you to joyfully find out.
Just finished the Camper Van and the Truck Space Police. The Camper van was amazing but the Space Truck was a little underwhelming personally.
Grabbed all the Space Police sets at Big W today. But with the amount of purchases I've already made this week, not to mention the fact that I have to rearrange my play room to display all the new stuff, they wont be built until Monday at the earliest.
At Big W broadmedows toy sale night I put the smallest Space Police set on Layby with some other non lego stuff. First lego I have got(well almost) in proabably 20 years!!
The Camper is a very similar item to the Joker ice cream van that was released with the newer Batmobile "Tumbler" last year, same colours and general design, just a bit larger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stompy
My local Target had one smaller Spongebob set, the two larger Pirate sets (The ship has a wench!) but not all the new stuff, and already looks far too overpacked...
Insane sales day
From Myers I picked up
8017 Vaders Tie Fighter for $32.50
7048 Troll Warship for $65
Due to the 15% discount for this weekend only, on top of 20% off Lego in their catalogue.
From TRU I got 7041 Troll Battle Wheel for $32.50
Which is weird because the tagged price is $60 and I only used a 20% off coupon from the newsletter. I didn't get to try this with TFs because the girl took the coupon off me.
Okay, my July acquisitions:
Space Police 3:
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Easily the best theme released this year. I had the highest expectations for this theme and they were all met. Great fun to build, great playability and the alien minifigs are the best in a long time. Cant wait to grab the Squidman's Pitstop and Max Security Transport when they get released.
Pirates II:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions175.jpg
Was slightly disappointed by this theme. The ship is easily the highlight being the most enjoyable to build but the rest of the sets I didn't really find anything special about them. I don't dislike the theme, just didn't enjoy building it as much as other themes such as SP3, Agents and Power Miners.
Power Miners Rock Wrecker:
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions176.jpg
Probably the most disappointing vehicle in the PM line thus far but still has its charm. Don't pay full price as the set has nowhere near the value/playability of the awesome Thunder Driller which is the same price but for its sale price of $35, its passable.
Still waiting on Agents 2.0 and Castle, both of which have a lot to live up to compared to SP3. :)
PS. Is it just my local store or has everyone noticed that Pirates and Spongebob sets are completely sold out at Target? Glad I grabbed my sets yesterday before the official start of the sale. :D
Yes Pirates sets have been a pain to find at Target. Still hunting for the loot island. But today I did manage to get the 2 smallest sets, the canon wall battle and the kraken attack.
Pirate sets were easy to find at most Melbourne Target's. I was dissapointed to see Market Village totally pillaged by the time I got there at 1pm. :(
I agree that Space Police were great sets. Although I was disappointed with the Space Truck, in particular the bare underside of the container. All other sets were amazing though.
Pirates never interested me. even when I tried to like them.
That Power Miner set was creative in the use of just wheels and friction to have 5 moving grinders without the use of gears. Also love the fact that there's a coffee machine inside the cab.:cool:
Well I got one Medievel Market Village but I think I need two to make a decent sized set. One as per instructions and one custom tweaked a bit to provide the necessary differences.
Really can't wait till I'm able to make this up.
I was going to get it but have decided against the Medieval market to focus on the Premium sets (Firestation, Market Street, Cafe Corner etc or Taj mahal/Eiffel Tower) . Only reason I might change is if they give us something like a scene that premium sets which display so well. It's a bit of a regret cos I was looking forward to it a lot but i just don't have the space for it.
I built my Medieval Market Village last night and despite having no trolls or skeletons in it whatsoever :p it is an AWESOME set.
Unfortunately now that it is built I am very convinced that I have a missing piece. I've never had a missing piece from a lego set ever, what is the best course of action? I don't feel like dismantling the whole damned thing and returning it to Target on the account of a single 1x1 brick and its not the kind of piece that can be left out without looking glaringly bad. Well... thats not entirely true, I could do the i-pod shuffle.
Just send a email to Lego customers service and they'll send you a replacement. Lego has one of the best customers services of all the toy companies.
I got the new pirate ship and medieval market village back in Dec/Jan from Lego.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Fungal Infection
The main ship from Space Police 3 is SOOOOOO tempting... :o
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Originally Posted by Lint
Don't email! Simply use the great form built for this purpose here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle
THanks for the advice guys! :D
This thread is collecting dust.
Recent Lego Acquisitions: The two truck Creator sets: 6752 Fire Truck & 6753 Carrier Truck. Probably the best sets I've built since the Agents Truck and the Technic Tow Truck. The build and detail is just amazing. Their sizes are mindblowing too, the tyres are as tall as a minifig. Have added in a few TF figures in there (RotF Jolt, Sideswipe & Bumblebee. Also Universe Inferno) for size comparison.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...voyInferno.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...ithInferno.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...6752-front.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...2-interior.jpg
4 doors open, roof detaches easily so you can have a gander at the interior complete with seating for 4. No hand of god steering or steering at all for the tyres. The ladder stretches out, spins around a full 360 and can angle upwards at 90 degrees. The model engineering is done well as I couldn't believe the parts that came in the box could make this. The back is mainly panels to save a lot of pieces. One qualm is that the front bumper is only secured by 4 studs and could have done with some more towards the bottom as it tends to come off when nidged or touched with a bit of force.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...otFdeluxes.jpg
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Amazing set. The size of this puts even Masterpiece Prime's truck cab to shame. The cab is truly a work of art with the perfect lines and detail to sculpt the real life counterpart its imitating. The doors swing open, there are two chairs and steering wheel, gear shift, indicator bar and even a coffee maker. The roof detaches easily for an easier look at the interior. The trailer is a little simple and bare but it does it's job and has a little stand for when it comes off the cab, and 3 ramps that move to let the cars off. The two cars are gorgeous (red and white) and the yellow and green one are older sets that fit perfectly with this set. Deluxe TF fit too, perhaps a tad smaller.
Cool pics Stomp and nice acquisitions. Do you have all (or most) your stuff set up and built at once?
My latest acquisitions:
Racers Tiny Turbos:
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http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions181.jpg
Power Miners Titanium Command Rig and Crystal King:
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http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions183.jpg
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions184.jpg
My Titanium Command Rig actually came with a bonus blue monster fig (only 1 is supposed to be in the set) which was a nice little surprise. I'd like to see Hasbro gimme a freebie for once! :p
Cheers Digger. Although my pictures are blurry since I take pics at night with bulb lighting.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDirtyDigger
Only a select few sets are out built. Any that's nice to display like the Technic Towtruck and my favorite Creator sets are on display. I've got a few of my favorite lines easily accessible such as Agents, Mars Mission, Space Police and Aqua Raiders. The rest of them are in re-sealable baggies in pieces . There's simply not enough room for them all and will need to choose one line to collapse again to make room for the upcoming Agents sets.
Nice pics Fungal and nice to see the Titanium Rig look better than I expected. Still hesitant at that price though.
Got that highway transport truck and that green speedster on layby during the Target sale thanks to Stompster! :D And nice shots on that rig Fungal! Wow!
Hah, I got a Technic Front Loader at Myer yesterday for $90 :D We had a $20-off-for-every-$75-spent-on-toys voucher as well as a $20 gift card, total of $340 worth in toys for ~$160 after all was said and done!
Finally got one - local stores never received and after passing in Singapore I thought I would never receive. However saw it on an out of town work trip and just had to get.
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Picked up courtesy of K-mart's sale:
Power Miners Cave Crusher
http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q...sitions186.jpg
Racers Ferrari F1 Pit
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I really like the Cave Crusher - as is typical of all Power Miners sets, the saws spin as you push the vehicle forwards. Really stoked to pick up the Ferrari set as well as I've been wanting to grab it for a while. Found it on clearance too which makes it an even better buy at only $25.50 (discount price). :D
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...goAgents20.jpg
So much new minifigs and some really cool vehicles. Not sure about 8968 though. The boat looks unfinished. The 4WD, robot and Gold Tooths bike looks ace and I'm sure the heli will be in the same league as the Mobile Command Center.
Saw the Agents sets in Target today and was sooooo tempted to grab them all but I'm holding off until they are on sale. But I was this close to grabbing the copter until my wife put things in perspective - "the money you save when it goes on sale can be used to grab another set." Now I know why I married her. :p
Got squidmans pitstop today. Shame it was tru only...... but found a bargain while I was there..... :)
Got Castle Drawbridge Attack at Target today. Love it when they dont tag the discounts but they come up on the price check system.
Completed my space police collection today, (until they release that atv thing), with getting the two teeny-tiny sets. :)
Where did you find the 2 smaller sets?
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Originally Posted by Fungal Infection
I'm dying to get the K9 bot.
They have started popping up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stompy
I saw some at the local TRU
Thanks. Will check TRU out this week.Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Phoenix
If you are talking about set 5979 Max Security Transport as the atv, I've spotted it at Kmart. $65 there but I think RRP is $70. Looks pretty expensive for what you get though.Quote:
Originally Posted by MV75
It's not a tru exclusive? Sweet.
Oh yea, the small sets, tru. $4.99 each.
Picked up in the last 2 weeks:
SP3
Squidman's Pitstop
Max Security Transport
K9 Bot
Space Speeder
Pirates
Shipwreck Hideout
Agents
Goldtooth's Getaway
River Heist
4-Wheeling Pursuit
Robo Attack
Aerial Defence Unit
Castle
King's Battle Chariot
Drawbridge Defence
Troll's Mountain Fortress
Just need to get Power Miners Underground Mining Station and the Ferrari sets and thats Lego for this year. No pics as I haven't built the majority of them yet.
I've picked up a few classic boxed sets recently, including a 1989 space police.
one of my favourite sets, but never had it as a kid :)
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:eek: SO AWESOMEQuote:
Originally Posted by Chansformer
Look like you just bought them off the shelf!