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The horror...
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(hadn't realised how big this thing was, it's only when the guys picks up the back half towards the end that its full size shows up)
Houston, this is tranquillity base. The eagle has landed!
Its pissing down with rain, what better reason to sack off riding and build a rocket this eve 😀
Just a thought, be cool if they did a crawler and launch tower...
Gave in an ordered. On back order until mid July, but that's not a problem.
Biggest problem will be refraining from building it! I'm having a go at 'investing' in Lego.
Owned: GT3, BMW GS (+ quite a few others from childhood)
Want List: Merc Arocs, Claas Tractor
Porsche kept me busy for a week of evenings.
Biggest problem will be refraining from building it! I'm having a go at 'investing' in Lego.
My old landlord does that, buys boxes and boxes of boxes of kits and minifigures, when they are on offer in supermarkets or wherever, waits for them to be discontinued (could be years) then sells them.
You need a [i]LOT[/i] of space to store it, landlord had 2 lockups and a 3 bed house literally almost full of it....
And don't give up the day job...
On back order until mid July
Where from, Lego directly?
I'm kicking myself for not ordering it from John Lewis when it was in, it didn't occur to me but I've got £150 in gift vouchers that I don't know what to do with and one of the retailers I can use them at is JL.
Same, although I didn't actually see it until it was already OOS!I'm kicking myself for not ordering it from John Lewis
No real point backordering IME, by the time they are back in stock they'll be plenty judging by previous highly sought after sets e.g. Ghostbusters HQ. Plus there is the outside chance of some kind of promotion before then to get a bit more value out of it.
tomhoward - Member
My old landlord does that, buys boxes and boxes of boxes of kits and minifigures, when they are on offer in supermarkets or wherever, waits for them to be discontinued (could be years) then sells them.You need a LOT of space to store it, landlord had 2 lockups and a 3 bed house literally almost full of it....
And don't give up the day job...
Oh, I'm not expecting anything massive from it, and I normally always buy Lego to build as I love the stuff. But because of what this is, I feel it may become a proper collectors item once it goes out of production.
Cougar - ModeratorWhere from, Lego directly?
I'm kicking myself for not ordering it from John Lewis when it was in, it didn't occur to me but I've got £150 in gift vouchers that I don't know what to do with and one of the retailers I can use them at is JL.
Yes, online Lego store. I'm in no rush for it, and certainly not prepared to pay the 200-odd quid that filthy speculators are already asking on Amazon 🙂
Deeerrrr Deeerrrr...... Dun Dunnnnnn
She's finished!
Decent build, bit fiddly in places, but good fun.
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That is truly awesome.
How long did the build take?
Couple of evenings, with mstomhoward assisting. As you can imagine, there's a lot of repetition, building x4 of everything, so that was a help.
Going to have to get one of these. It'll go nicely next to the boys City Space Shuttle.
It's back in stock at JL.
And they have one fewer in stock than they did five minutes ago. (-:
Oh yeah, and I used the vouchers I got from work for ten years' service, so it cost me £9.99.
Been more than 40 years since I built anything from Lego, but I so so so much want one of these. The moon landings were one of the earliest things I remember. Made a huge impression on me.
Mentioned it to MrsKenny expecting a "Don't even think about it" response when I mentioned the price. But amazingly she said yes. Now just need to find one in stock somewhere.
Oh yeah, and I used the vouchers I got from work for ten years' service, so it cost me £9.99.
Not sure I'd go work somewhere for 10 years for the chance to buy some lego for a tenner, but each to their own...
(-:
I got absolutely zero for my 10th year anniversary, back in January, not even an acknowledgement. I'd have been delighted with a Lego Saturn V.
Squee!
[i]Hello, we're pleased to let you know your order is on its way
Your order xxxxxx is due for delivery by Hermes within 5 working days from the date ordered.
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Apparently the parcel is 2.48Kg. Surely to gods it's not two kilos of Lego?! Cor.
Pretty much: I carried the box across London, and home from the station.
There's actually nothing inside the box, other than Lego and instructions. Not even any molded plastic trays. Just bags of Lego (yes, I know Lego is molded plastic
Not even any molded plastic trays
What madness is this?!
I'd love this, been dropping hints for fathers day but was told ' yer no getting that rocket btw' 😥
can't even remember the last Lego set that had these (or even if they've [i]ever[/i] had them?) Fragile components like motors and, er, capes, are protected in individual cardboard boxes.Not even any molded plastic trays.
(or even if they've ever had them?)
Every large set I've ever had has them. The smaller ones don't.
And... it's here! Five working days' delivery only took two days. I'm the envy of the office (well, the half that doesn't think I'm nuts, anyway).
The little command module with floats is just genius.
I'm convinced the little extra bits are so they could tweak it to get the brick count to 1969 pieces.
"I'm convinced the little extra bits are so they could tweak it to get the brick count to 1969 pieces. "
No they took pieces out of the blue stands to get the count down to 1969 .
Oh, is that true? IDKT.
I've just completed Stage 1, six bags in of the twelve. Time taken, maybe 2.5 hours so far.
Decent build, bit fiddly in places, but good fun.
I'm really enjoying it. There is an amount of repetition (which is to be expected when you're basically building a bloody great cylinder) but there's some absolutely genius bits of SNOT-tastic design to it.
Some mid-build pictures would be good Cougar!
I've just finished. It's HUGE!
I took pics as I went, I'll post later.
Build pics.
There's a few mistakes on the way, corrected after I took the photos and couldn't be bothered to retake.
Thank you Cougar! Excellent stuff!
Nice work Cougar.
Beamlet(5) and I have just been looking at your picks. He says "I want one".
He's pushing on an open door there.
My boys have just walked in with one as my Father's Day pressie... Dead chuffed. 🙂
You pay your children well 😯 😆
^ The boys supplied the understanding of the need, my wife the cash... 🙂
Beamlet(5) and I have just been looking at your picks. He says "I want one".
Recommended age on the box is 14+. You'll have to build it and give it to him in nine years.
He's very understanding for a 5 year old. I'd help him but we would both know that he was really helping me.
I have just bought this because I'm ace and so worth it.
(Flicks hair and puts roller skates on)
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Edit: Coo, did I get the last one?
Yay mine finally turned up today from being back ordered, keep muppet jnr entertained for a few hours
All Lego makes many things, it's what makes it Lego. Whether you'd want to mix up what is clearly a collector's set with everything else is a matter of debate but it's not a new thing. They did special edition models when I was little, they had a specific name I can't remember now.
Yup - this is about a metre or so square, it's in Salisbury Library, put together as a community project, 64,000-odd Lego bricks, took six or so hours with a 100-odd people working on it.
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lego Star wars star destroyer..
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I like the creator buildings more than any other sets, I think they're the best display models. Just finishing assembly square which I've been building since Saturday with my 7 year old boy. The detail on it is fantastic
There is a very strong rumour suggesting a new UCS Millennium Falocn will be announced on 1st September.
https://brickset.com/article/30116/more-information-about-something-big!
Will you people stop tempting me! Though OH is fairly on-board with the Technics Tractor.
Have you watched any of the designer videos for the creator expert sets? Ahh bless 'em.
Damn I haven't finished my 911 GT3 yet!!! I need this one too!
I really shouldn't have opened this thread 😆
Yeah I heard about the ucs MF, and it's $8-900 price tag...
Which pales into insignificance compared to the last bit of Lego I bought. Pics when I get to work...
Cost of actual Lego pieces - < £8
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Consequential cost of giving it to soontobemrstomhoward - £xxxxx
Did get the BMW GS from her in return though, so not a total loss 🙂
Consequential cost of giving it to soontobemrstomhoward - £xxxxx
Congratulations! I'd never have got away with that with mrsmogrim 😀
The Lego Saturn V is now on back order with shipping on 6th Sep.
Just bought mine.
You came in that pile of junk?
You're braver than I thought
I am the first to defend Lego's pricing and have bought a fair few expensive sets but even I 😯 at that
Cool though!
Take all my money, all of it, right now.
Mine first! 7500 pieces!!!
The last UCS Falcon was making 5.5k on Ebay.
I'll be buying two then. 😀
Yep my lego UCS collection has been appreciating value a lot faster than my pensions.
On a side note the kit is so big it won't fit in the largest yellow carrier bag, apparently the box has wheels if the marketing is to be believed.
Hang on, I'd better clean that up.
PMSLCougar - Moderator
Hang on, I'd better clean that up.
Wow that's so cool!!
The last UCS Falcon was making 5.5k on Ebay.I'll be buying two then.
The original UCS Falcon came out when Lego was much less popular than it is now so didn't sell in vast numbers hence the reason it goes for so much now. I think many people are going to expect this to appreciate in the same way so it will be a big seller despite the price and for that very reason will not end being increasing in price in anything like the way the original did.
The Red 5 X-wing has made about 300 percent profit in the 1.5 years since it ceased production.....
+1The original UCS Falcon came out when Lego was much less popular than it is now so didn't sell in vast numbers hence the reason it goes for so much now. I think many people are going to expect this to appreciate in the same way so it will be a big seller despite the price and for that very reason will not end being increasing in price in anything like the way the original did.
Tom_W1987 - Member
The Red 5 X-wing has made about 300 percent profit in the 1.5 years since it ceased production.....
I paid 135 quid for mine from Argos in 2014.
It's currently worth about 190, so I'm not going to be retiring on it.
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I'd love to buy the new Falcon, but the price is too mental even for me.
I've got "invested" in Lego a fair bit the last couple of years, the previous new ucs the snowspeeder is great, I've got a fair few sets, will def pick up the new bb8, but the falcon is massively out of my price range. Big birthday next year maybe a hint or 2....
Saw the new Millenium Falcon in the Lego store today. It's huuuge, absolutely no idea where I could put this even if I did get one. Just another reason I probably won't. (I will)
I too have a space issue, it's to big to go in the Billy bookcase display area, should make a nice centre piece for to the dining table.
Yeah just in the lego shop in Leeds now. It's ridiculous...
Pics later 😉
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For scale, look at the size of the full size mini figures...
Mrstomhowardtobe has given sign off too, roll on 14/9!
I'm struggling to resist this but at the moment it's difficult, I've also been looking at the old fishermans store which is a great little project.
https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Old-Fishing-Store-21310
I might get Slave 1 as rumours are it's going discontinued next year.
So my, admittedly rather specific, lego want of today is custom(ish) painted/printed lego men/women for a little project, 3 different designs (supplied by me), across 32 figures
Found a man (minifiguremania.com) on the internet who [i]can[/i] do it, but would like to relieve me of £450 for the privilege 😯
Anybody know anyone else who may be able to help? Ideally in the £200 range?
Bad times guys, Fox decided to announce a limited run of Orange Race Edition Fox 36's at the same time.
Look at them....just look....they're ****ing bright orange....totally the excuse I needed to move up to 170mm on the front.
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It was a close call between those and the Falcon however, I decided I'd be lovingly admiring and fawning over those forks more. 😆
As soon as it comes, I'm going to coil it with the PUSH conversion.
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I need a higher paying job...I want that Falcon as well.....I mean I could...but wife....and the nagging doubt of the sensible part of my brain......why do nice things all come at once? I've spent the past year utterly devoid of any desire to spend my money on anything - the two inanimate objects that make me smile? An orange coloured fork and a plastic brick Millennium Falcon.
WHOOOOO!!!!
I never thought a £650 lego set would be the cheap option in any decision...
I have a major WANT of the UCS Falcon too, but the problem with the UCS falcon is that it is just too large and is basically a display item. I have a non UCS X-Wing and TIE fighter and must confess that when there is nobody else around I sometimes pick them up and have a mini dogfight in the lounge with them, complete with sound effects and key lines from the movies. One of my secret guilty pleasures. You couldn't do that with this Falcon - even if I employed the kids muscle I can't imagine it would be particularly stable when picked up, so it's basically just a display item and like most people I've got nowhere I could display it.
I can't imagine it would be particularly stable when picked up
You say that but you might be surprised, Lego have always made robust models. I built up the Saturn V and was amazed at just how solid it is, there's all manner of internal structural reinforcement going on. It's a seriously clever design.
Yeah thanks Cougar - Still wanting the Saturn V having failed to score one for my birthday in July but feel that I may now be a victim of the shop-bots ( http://www.wired.co.uk/article/bots-buying-supreme-limited-edition-streetwear).
LATE EDIT!!! Mrs is at Meadowhall and I despondently asked her to check the Lego shop just in case they were expecting more in and...
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