Close ups of the church and tire yard, please. That looks amazing.
Is that dome solid?
Well, double Vip on everything is about to start.How long does sw double Vip last for this time?
Awesome, thanks for the tips! And yeah, that definitely helps as I'm certainly a little out of my element here, but he's started showing some interest in building stuff, so I'd certainly love to encourage that!
Not sure I am, but that may be because I don't see what they could really do with a $400 modular. GB HQ is already a bit to big to fit well with others... not sure a large building would work well, and if it's like two modulars in a single box, I don't really see the appeal. But we'll see.Man I'd so be all in on that $400+ modular rumor from a few pages back if it's true.
No.Anyone here have troubles with the online store recently?
This might help your October shopping list if you're in Europe. It's not so tricky in the US. From brickset:
Here are all the October offers for the UK and Europe:
4x VIP points on all DUPLO purchases, 29th September 9th October and free 40167 My First Set with all DUPLO Purchases until 22nd October.
5004390 King's Guard free with any Nexo Knights purchase, 10th 22nd October.
40220 London Bus free with all orders over 55/£50, 3rd 22nd October.
40222 Holiday Countdown Calendar free with orders over €65/£60 from 23rd October 20th November.
2x VIP points on all orders from 14th 31st October.
And in the USA/Canada:
40222 Holiday Countdown Calendar free with orders over $99, 1-25 October.
2x VIP points on all orders all month.
I hope despite the Revan debacle everyone got the Lego loot they wanted over the last couple days. The Lego holidays are officially upon us. I gotta say i'm surprised by all the glowing Rogue One set reviews coming out. Everyone seemed ho-hum when the first pics leaked but the sets seemed to have turned out pretty great.
Onto next month and planning out two orders to get both Christmas freebies.
Aww prequel era DID have a bunch of great sets though!!
I mean, the Venator, Republic Gunship... and a couple others i can't remember now.
I'm sure the sets are fantastic, don't get me wrong. I just cant dissociate them from the source material which I largely have no interest in
Those two sets you mentioned do look very good though...
Trust me... i was JUST like you...until i watched the Clone Wars.
Yeah, just finished him. It's barely even constraction. Like 90% of it is technic lol. I'd say his build is even better than Darth Vader's.Looks great too.K2SO constraction set is amazing, super unique build and a really fun finished product. Highly recommended.
Yeah, just finished him. It's barely even constraction. Like 90% of it is technic lol. I'd say his build is even better than Darth Vader's.Looks great too.
He's no Grievous though is he?
The Tie-Striker stilm looks like one of these mega ugly Expanded Universe Tie-Variants for me...
Thanks for reminding me I've wanted to buy this little tribute to Vic Viper (and to a MOC builder that used to design them before passing away) for ages... I'm now a bit poorer.
Oh, look at the time! It's time for another of my custom modulars.
Since I participate in a LUGbulk, I was able to order a big quantity of specific bricks, some time last December. The dominant colour was dark red this year, with a wide variety of useful bricks in that colour, including the elusive masonry textured brick. So with that in mind I looked around for inspiration. And inspiration struck on a visit to Karlskrona, which has lots of old buildings in the center of town. One in particular made interesting use of dark red, so it was an obvious candidate.
All said and done, the bricks arrived and I could finally get started. The design stayed closely to that of the original building, including a jewelry on the bottom left. There's some SNOT around the windows. I briefly toyed with putting the larger dark red arcs upside down (they don't yet come in the regular version), but the smaller ones fit better. There is a gated passage through the building, where a motorcycle is stashed away under the stairs.
The jewelry shop is owned by one Llewellyn Strange. I chose his first name simply because it fits with jewels, but it turns out that there was an actual person named Llewellyn Strange. Which will make sense soon. The jewelry is run by a dedidated shopkeeper who sells all kinds of rare and precious items including, indeed, the Arkenstone.
Across the passage is a music shop. Having my father playing in a band, I've been in my fair share of music shops even though I stopped playing any long ago. This was an obvious choice after the Serenader gave us such fantastic acoustic guitars, and it was also an opportunity to show off a bunch of instruments.
Upstairs on the left is a small apartment where Llewellyn himself lives in a small cozy space. I was going for a 50's style apartment but couldn't find good parts to make teak furniture, so it ended up kind of generic brown instead.
On the other side is a dentist's office. I notice that Lego stays far away from the dentist theme - probably because there's not a kid in the world who likes dentists. The closest would be some of the recent Mixels. In the reception I put a bunch of various items, while the dentist's room has a suitably imposing set of drilling tools.
The third floor houses one big apartment, which has been slightly rebuilt by its current inhabitant: Doctor Strange. Yup, a relative of the jeweler. One of the two main rooms is slightly inaccessible because of the tentacle demon from the nether dimensions who is trying to break in. The other houses the various research topics of Strange: time-travelling Persian daggers, lamps for summoning genies, mysterious lava creatures, sentient teapots, and most recently a mysterious book on dragons, sent by an acquiantance in Elvendale.
There isn't much on the roof. I made a little balcony but it's more for service than anything else. The roof is mostly flat to accommodate whatever I decide to put on top of it (the Quinjet might leave its perch on Green Grocer to pay Strange a visit). The railing on the back is made from regular long antennas, and on the front partly from a new useful part.
There's something self-destructive about the way I make new modular buildings without any real space to put them. I might be able to squeeze this one in somewhere, but I'm quickly running out of street. Obviously the solution will be to start looking for a bigger room for my Lego.
More pics here:
http://www.beardednerd.se/lego-modular-moc-llewellyns-jewelry/
Was at Barnes and Noble earlier and at the clearance section they had a few lego star wars stuff, particularly some of the action figures. I also saw the Battle on Takodana set, along with the Imperial Shuttle, through that was already being taken away.D:
Love it! Especially like Mrs. Potts hiding in there. Also, the SNOT on the second floor is nice. Curious if it connects any other way than the 1x1 SNOT at the top of the sing pieces. Just interested in the technique.Oh, look at the time! It's time for another of my custom modulars.
Since I participate in a LUGbulk, I was able to order a big quantity of specific bricks, some time last December. The dominant colour was dark red this year, with a wide variety of useful bricks in that colour, including the elusive masonry textured brick. So with that in mind I looked around for inspiration. And inspiration struck on a visit to Karlskrona, which has lots of old buildings in the center of town. One in particular made interesting use of dark red, so it was an obvious candidate.
All said and done, the bricks arrived and I could finally get started. The design stayed closely to that of the original building, including a jewelry on the bottom left. There's some SNOT around the windows. I briefly toyed with putting the larger dark red arcs upside down (they don't yet come in the regular version), but the smaller ones fit better. There is a gated passage through the building, where a motorcycle is stashed away under the stairs.
The jewelry shop is owned by one Llewellyn Strange. I chose his first name simply because it fits with jewels, but it turns out that there was an actual person named Llewellyn Strange. Which will make sense soon. The jewelry is run by a dedidated shopkeeper who sells all kinds of rare and precious items including, indeed, the Arkenstone.
Across the passage is a music shop. Having my father playing in a band, I've been in my fair share of music shops even though I stopped playing any long ago. This was an obvious choice after the Serenader gave us such fantastic acoustic guitars, and it was also an opportunity to show off a bunch of instruments.
Upstairs on the left is a small apartment where Llewellyn himself lives in a small cozy space. I was going for a 50's style apartment but couldn't find good parts to make teak furniture, so it ended up kind of generic brown instead.
On the other side is a dentist's office. I notice that Lego stays far away from the dentist theme - probably because there's not a kid in the world who likes dentists. The closest would be some of the recent Mixels. In the reception I put a bunch of various items, while the dentist's room has a suitably imposing set of drilling tools.
The third floor houses one big apartment, which has been slightly rebuilt by its current inhabitant: Doctor Strange. Yup, a relative of the jeweler. One of the two main rooms is slightly inaccessible because of the tentacle demon from the nether dimensions who is trying to break in. The other houses the various research topics of Strange: time-travelling Persian daggers, lamps for summoning genies, mysterious lava creatures, sentient teapots, and most recently a mysterious book on dragons, sent by an acquiantance in Elvendale.
There isn't much on the roof. I made a little balcony but it's more for service than anything else. The roof is mostly flat to accommodate whatever I decide to put on top of it (the Quinjet might leave its perch on Green Grocer to pay Strange a visit). The railing on the back is made from regular long antennas, and on the front partly from a new useful part.
There's something self-destructive about the way I make new modular buildings without any real space to put them. I might be able to squeeze this one in somewhere, but I'm quickly running out of street. Obviously the solution will be to start looking for a bigger room for my Lego.
More pics here:
http://www.beardednerd.se/lego-modular-moc-llewellyns-jewelry/
Love it! Especially like Mrs. Potts hiding in there. Also, the SNOT on the second floor is nice. Curious if it connects any other way than the 1x1 SNOT at the top of the sing pieces. Just interested in the technique.
Picked up the Rogue One AT-ST last night, built it this morning. Definitely a great build, just sucks the legs arent easily movable.
Also there is apparently a mod I saw on reddit where the cockpit area can fit two mini figs.
That's clever... I was wondering too how it was fastened, and I missed the details in the dentist picture.Yes. That's what's visible in the dentist picture: a clip connected to the floor holds a 6L bar which connects to the back of the wall pieces.
I went to a decent little toy store in Italy while on vacation since they had a good selection of older sets (Like the Firehouse modular, the Super Star Destroyer, and the Birds Idea set).
Unfortunately, all the prices were WAY too high. Even new sets like the Star Wars ones were at least 20 Euros over the MSRP, not even including the exchange rates. The Bird Idea set was like 100 euros for example. I know you can get them without tax, but still too expensive for me to consider buying.
Sucks that there aren't official LEGO Stores in Italy. We walked by one in France that looked awesome, but we didn't have time to stop in.
Yes, Lego Stores are really nice. I think the one I like the most is the Disneyland Paris one, because it has a nice, big wall ^_^Sucks that there aren't official LEGO Stores in Italy. We walked by one in France that looked awesome, but we didn't have time to stop in.
Ah, cool. I thought it would be clips at the bottom and overlooked that in the dentist pic. Thank you.Yes. That's what's visible in the dentist picture: a clip connected to the floor holds a 6L bar which connects to the back of the wall pieces.