Do it! ;) It's a great set at a really reasonable price. And it looks glorious.
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LEGO ERA |OT| Rebuilding One Brick at a Time.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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I'll be picking up a hulkbuster for sure!
Really disappointed they didn't go with Raymond Chows Ideas version though.
I thought it was beautiful.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0fb496b8-e406-421f-b9f0-bba4f476fbce
Really disappointed they didn't go with Raymond Chows Ideas version though.
I thought it was beautiful.
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/0fb496b8-e406-421f-b9f0-bba4f476fbce
I agree the proportions are off. I think the legs are too skinny, feet too small. If someone modified this with instructions, I would get one in a heartbeat.
Actually, I keep flip flopping about the UCS Hulkbuster. Originally I confused he Australian price with the US one, so I thought it was really overpriced. But $120 (US) isn't bad at all.
I don't love the overall look either, but I think it would be fun to get some extra pieces and modify it. Thicken up the arm joints, raise the legs up a bit and thicken them too, etc. Could be a fun project.
I don't love the overall look either, but I think it would be fun to get some extra pieces and modify it. Thicken up the arm joints, raise the legs up a bit and thicken them too, etc. Could be a fun project.
I think the torso is mainly just too tall. If it was 3-4 bricks shorter and the legs were 3-4 bricks longer it would look a lot better.
Using the head dome as scale, I think the torso needs to be about 2 studs wider and a few plates taller. Legs and feet need to be longer and bulked up. Overall figure needs bulking up for sure.
Just noticed the Harry Potter gang has the short legs. Good thing those don't have prints and can easily be replaced.
Quite a few new moulds in that set. Those new wands are great. I expect we'll see the candle and flame show up in various sets going forward. LEGO is continuing to move down the path of creating new moulds to create more realistic depictions. Existing 1x1 round brick would suffice for a candlestick. I guess price hikes for sets is going towards paying for all the new moulds.
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018...warts-great-hall-new-york-toy-fair-2018-news/
Quite a few new moulds in that set. Those new wands are great. I expect we'll see the candle and flame show up in various sets going forward. LEGO is continuing to move down the path of creating new moulds to create more realistic depictions. Existing 1x1 round brick would suffice for a candlestick. I guess price hikes for sets is going towards paying for all the new moulds.
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018...warts-great-hall-new-york-toy-fair-2018-news/
Maybe the short legs mean that particular set represents the first two books/movies and other sets/CMF would have older versions from those characters with normal legs?
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Makes me wanna bust my Deadpool and Hulk figures back out.
Wait so i am confused... after this HP reveal, wasn't there supposed to be a UCS style set as well? What is that gonna be if it isn't Hogwarts? Sure this is only the great hall and not
the whole thing, but they're not gonna do a bigger one that is this similar to the 99 bucks set are they?
the whole thing, but they're not gonna do a bigger one that is this similar to the 99 bucks set are they?
I don't think anyone knows for sure. I have this gnawing feeling the Great Hall set is the rumored bigger set just whoever leaked that rumor might have been confused. I'm trying to keep my expectations in check to avoid disappointment. I would like nothing more than for a large D2C Hogwarts Castle that this Great Hall set can combine with to make bigger.
I see... would it even BE a large D2C Hogwarts Castle though WITHOUT a Great Hall on it's own?
Finally got around to finishing the Diner. It's up there for me on the list of favorite sets. Great details and techniques. Stairs, roof, windows... I don't think I could pick a favorite. Wish I didn't have to wait another year for a new modular. Still need a few of the older ones so I may go that route.
Started tearing down some of my Star Wars sets. I have too many! I really enjoy them but there are just too many to keep on display.
Started tearing down some of my Star Wars sets. I have too many! I really enjoy them but there are just too many to keep on display.
Still too many! I have a 4x4 IKEA shelf that is full of them, and the top of it is also out of space, and I still haven't built the new AT-AT from TLJ. Maybe a different kind of shelf is the answer.
I also had to tear down my Kwik-E-Mart and Simpsons CMFs.
My tendency to grab stuff on clearance means I never had a long term plan for storing this stuff.
Great hall would probably be a parts pack for expansion if there's a massive Hogwarts. No way it doesn't have its own great hall unless it's a really specific subsection of the castle.
And they did they falcon in both play size and stupid size. Those of us who read HP as kids have paychecks now....
Though I'm also dreaming of hogsmeade and diagon alley sets.
If the first Diagon Alley set (one which I'd very much like to get my hands on) is anything to go by, it could be incredible!
I think Diagon Alley and Town Plan both are great, but they are deluxe City scale buildings. For us modular snobs, that's much too small :)
If the first Diagon Alley set (one which I'd very much like to get my hands on) is anything to go by, it could be incredible!
and i regret not developing a plastic problem a year sooner to snag a copy of it, but i was thinking more wallet-destroying.
...yeah like modular diagon alley levels of wallet destroying
Ok so it's time to Bat-Off!
So this set has been on sale most places for around $64 in US. This set shows how absolutely ridiculous the price on that City Space Shuttle set was. Lots of big parts in this set, unique parts too. Not sure when we would get black space shuttle parts again.
Now for most AFOLS this is probably going to end up a unique parts pack. I can see kids having fun with this set though. Especially if they have a Batcave set. It's really nice to see Lego making these playsets connectable right out of the boxes.
I know a lot of people are going to want this set for these though. It's nice that this set basically comes with 6 minifigs. Unfortunately 3 are not unique at all. These three are unique as hell though. You are never going to see that Rastafarian head piece ever again. So my conclusion is while the set as a whole may not be super exciting there is a lot of unique shit here that I have a feeling will make this set one of those gems after it goes oop.
So this set has been on sale most places for around $64 in US. This set shows how absolutely ridiculous the price on that City Space Shuttle set was. Lots of big parts in this set, unique parts too. Not sure when we would get black space shuttle parts again.
Now for most AFOLS this is probably going to end up a unique parts pack. I can see kids having fun with this set though. Especially if they have a Batcave set. It's really nice to see Lego making these playsets connectable right out of the boxes.
I know a lot of people are going to want this set for these though. It's nice that this set basically comes with 6 minifigs. Unfortunately 3 are not unique at all. These three are unique as hell though. You are never going to see that Rastafarian head piece ever again. So my conclusion is while the set as a whole may not be super exciting there is a lot of unique shit here that I have a feeling will make this set one of those gems after it goes oop.
Haha, love how Saturn V is just casually peeking into the picture from the background all "yo what's up?"
Pretty awesome to me, and would normally be a space shuttle in my price range... but I'm on a super tight budget this month and I can't justify it :( that and outside of the building contest I'm really on a lego buying holdOk so it's time to Bat-Off!
So this set has been on sale most places for around $64 in US. This set shows how absolutely ridiculous the price on that City Space Shuttle set was. Lots of big parts in this set, unique parts too. Not sure when we would get black space shuttle parts again.
Now for most AFOLS this is probably going to end up a unique parts pack. I can see kids having fun with this set though. Especially if they have a Batcave set. It's really nice to see Lego making these playsets connectable right out of the boxes.
I know a lot of people are going to want this set for these though. It's nice that this set basically comes with 6 minifigs. Unfortunately 3 are not unique at all. These three are unique as hell though. You are never going to see that Rastafarian head piece ever again. So my conclusion is while the set as a whole may not be super exciting there is a lot of unique shit here that I have a feeling will make this set one of those gems after it goes oop.
LEGOERA, I need your help!
It is my Birthday next week and my girlfriend got me my first modular - the Downtown Diner. I cannot wait to get stuck in.
I also wished to treat myself to another modular. I was considering either the Parisian Restaurant or the Assembly Square. Any recommendations??
It is hard to believe that out of all the thousands of sets I have ever had, I have never had a modular!
It is my Birthday next week and my girlfriend got me my first modular - the Downtown Diner. I cannot wait to get stuck in.
I also wished to treat myself to another modular. I was considering either the Parisian Restaurant or the Assembly Square. Any recommendations??
It is hard to believe that out of all the thousands of sets I have ever had, I have never had a modular!
Parisian Restaurant is likely to retire first, so if you plan on getting all or most of them, that should be a priority!
All bets are off. You can never be sure. But Parisian restaurant is the best of them all anyway. So as the great philosopher Air Jordan once said: just do it!
It will probably be around for awhile yet and luckily even if it goes back up in price it will probably be on sale again before it goes OOP. Maybe even less who knows.
Damn photo bombers!
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Alright, so I built another two variations on that great Exosuit:
Which makes eight in total:
Which makes eight in total:
Very cool,Alright, so I built another two variations on that great Exosuit:
Which makes eight in total:
love the ice planet one. :D
'Wishes our next Lego competition had a mech theme... and a $20 set'Alright, so I built another two variations on that great Exosuit:
Which makes eight in total:
Halp.
So last Friday I picked up the UCS Falcon.
I was wondering how ideal it would be to trade it for a BNIB Super Star Destroyer and buy the Falcon again at a later date. Personally I'm a huge fan of the star destroyers (SSD and ISD). Its just hard to justify getting a SSD for the same price as a UCS Falcon for half the amount of pieces.
So last Friday I picked up the UCS Falcon.
I was wondering how ideal it would be to trade it for a BNIB Super Star Destroyer and buy the Falcon again at a later date. Personally I'm a huge fan of the star destroyers (SSD and ISD). Its just hard to justify getting a SSD for the same price as a UCS Falcon for half the amount of pieces.
I would love for the next competition to have a mech theme... and use the parts of a Friends set.
I linked a real cool mini mech a while back in the discord. Going searching for it
WHat about racers? Also on the condition we can use a minifig from another set.
Actually, one of the elves dragon/creature sets would be interesting because it'd give us joints, but we'd have to be really creative otherwise
Just saw the Quake Mech in real life in the Lego store and... i LOVE it! Does anyone here have the set and how is the build?