I can't believe this Ninjago Cole minifig goes for $7.99 MSRP at TRU!!!
I'm sure it's TRU jacked up pricing and it's an exclusive. Similar to how they put a $20 price on the minifig packs and micro builds they did for promos which are also way overpriced IMO.
I'd pay $7.99 per minifig if they were super hero minifigs variations for comic book geeks. Various versions from different comic book eras. Same goes for tons of other IPs that most likely won't ever be made into sets.
It is also a unique print so I'll probably pay out that outrageous price. I feel like I'm paying aftermarket price for 1 minifig.
Set 5004393: Cole
Dat Jay Garrick! I NEED IT!
Lego 5004393 - Ninjago Cole Exclusive Package by Gnaat Lego, on Flickr
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I'd easily pay $8 up to $10 for an official LEGO of stuff like this:
Drives me crazy seeing really good custom minifigs wishing LEGO would do them.
Snap. Get that Hot Dog Cart people. Such a silly and fun set. There are no mind-blowing techniques or anything, but it is just a fun set to have. Bonus: you get a hot dog suit for your figures!
I didn't have the suit before (except on a keychain), and the suit was a big factor in my buying the set.
Thanks, I'll look into it. First thing I hear about this. I don't have the technic brick as an extra lying around (I never broke down a set before, everything I own is displayed) but I might need to break down some stuff in the near future, so I'll probably have one to spare then.Congrats on the Slave I, it is truly an amazing set, but let me inform you that structurally this set has a flaw if you intend on displaying it on its stand. It "bends" and the top part starts to slide down because it is not adequately supported structurally.
It happened to me so here is a photo (notice the gap between the cockpit area and the cargo area):
But dont fret, there is a very quick and easy fix that I suggest you do so that you set never has this and your Slave I stays in mint condition while displaying on its stand. You can find it here:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/ind...mod-ucs-slave-1-anti-droopbend-when-on-stand/
Its really a 5 minute thing that I wish I knew, because in my case due to that bending issue I had to disassemble quite a lot of parts to fix it.
Speaking of Christo custom minifigs from a few days ago. I kinda like this for a minifig scale clayface. Seems like a custom mould. If it is a LEGO mould I can't place what minifig it comes from.
Few more custom minifigs here
Lego Clayface custom by Christo by Gnaat Lego, on Flickr
I hope this one makes it to LEGO Batman movie CMFs. It's a classic Batman costume from the crazy golden age days.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/114676176@N08/24142480324/in/album-72157664165759456/
Zebra Batman - Lego Christo's Custom by Gnaat Lego, on Flickr
Lego Ghostbusters (2016) HQ MOC by siegfried_fm, on Flickr.
Backlog up in new house 1 by Brendan M, on Flickr
Backlog up in new house 2 by Brendan M, on FlickrI'm not completely done with this yet, but I won't finish the interiors until I've had a chance to look at the movie again, so here we go: the Ghostbusters 2016 headquarters!
Rather remarkably, this was made almost entirely from parts I already had in my collection. I only had to make a small order for the green ridge on the roof. It was fun to build within limitations for once - except when I ran out of longer 1x plates and had to use tons and tons of 1x2 ones
The garage fits the new Ecto-1 (with a liiiiittle bit of cheating - the antennas need to fold down and stick out the back windows) and has an opening door. There's a Chinese restaurant downstairs and the lab upstairs, including a ghost storage in the gray part.
It doesn't show very well on camera, but the airducts are metallic silver - I finally had somewhere to use those old Agents parts! All the Chinese lettering is accurate, at least to the Lego Dimensions version.
Here is pictures of my backlog in a corner of my new Lego Room. Pictures of the rest of the setup will be coming soon. As you can see, I have a lot of stuff to build that built up over time >.>
With my recent double VIP purchases my backlog boxes are now creeping onto my bed.I don't get very many City sets, but I did end up getting Prison Island when it was decently discounted on Amazon. Just seems kinda cool. Haven't built it yet, though.
Here is pictures of my backlog in a corner of my new Lego Room. Pictures of the rest of the setup will be coming soon. As you can see, I have a lot of stuff to build that built up over time >.>
Here is pictures of my backlog in a corner of my new Lego Room. Pictures of the rest of the setup will be coming soon. As you can see, I have a lot of stuff to build that built up over time >.>
I'm not completely done with this yet, but I won't finish the interiors until I've had a chance to look at the movie again, so here we go: the Ghostbusters 2016 headquarters!
Rather remarkably, this was made almost entirely from parts I already had in my collection. I only had to make a small order for the green ridge on the roof. It was fun to build within limitations for once - except when I ran out of longer 1x plates and had to use tons and tons of 1x2 ones
The garage fits the new Ecto-1 (with a liiiiittle bit of cheating - the antennas need to fold down and stick out the back windows) and has an opening door. There's a Chinese restaurant downstairs and the lab upstairs, including a ghost storage in the gray part.
It doesn't show very well on camera, but the airducts are metallic silver - I finally had somewhere to use those old Agents parts! All the Chinese lettering is accurate, at least to the Lego Dimensions version.
There's your answer...
If you replace year with month or for some of us even week, coupled with already limited time and other obligations and hobbies, then the idea of a quickly expanding backlog doesn't seem so far fetched anymore
I'm not completely done with this yet, but I won't finish the interiors until I've had a chance to look at the movie again, so here we go: the Ghostbusters 2016 headquarters!
This is super cool and I wish I was talented enough at MoCing to do this. I want this as a set.
It still seems far fetched to me and I really would love to understand the idea of having such a huge backlog of stuff you obviously want very much to build and display but eventually dont.
I just dont understand why buy sets if :
a) you dont want to use the parts for a MOC
b) you dont want to nvest at it
c) you arent going for sealed collections (which i can understand)
Are you ever going to have the space required to display all of them? Probably not. So you will start dismantling old sets. Those pictures have an incredibly ridiculous amount of lego that arent being built. And the sizes vary from sets that have 4k pieces to sets that are 300-400 pieces. Why not build those even?
Mind you I have some sealed sets myself but that is because b) I want to invest at them.
I couldnt imagine myself for example buying the Ghostbusters headquarters and not build it if all the above criteria are met.
That backlog aint gonna get smaller. Its really going out of hand, at that pace in 5 years or so you'll need a storage, the Lego room wont cut it anymore or it will take a ridiculous amount of display space.
A few sets of backlog I get it. But so many I dont. Just trying to understand, that's all.
Here is pictures of my backlog in a corner of my new Lego Room. Pictures of the rest of the setup will be coming soon. As you can see, I have a lot of stuff to build that built up over time >.>
It still seems far fetched to me and I really would love to understand the idea of having such a huge backlog of stuff you obviously want very much to build and display but eventually dont.
I just dont understand why buy sets if :
a) you dont want to use the parts for a MOC
b) you dont want to nvest at it
c) you arent going for sealed collections (which i can understand)
Are you ever going to have the space required to display all of them? Probably not. So you will start dismantling old sets. Those pictures have an incredibly ridiculous amount of lego that arent being built. And the sizes vary from sets that have 4k pieces to sets that are 300-400 pieces. Why not build those even?
Mind you I have some sealed sets myself but that is because b) I want to invest at them.
I couldnt imagine myself for example buying the Ghostbusters headquarters and not build it if all the above criteria are met.
That backlog aint gonna get smaller. Its really going out of hand, at that pace in 5 years or so you'll need a storage, the Lego room wont cut it anymore or it will take a ridiculous amount of display space.
A few sets of backlog I get it. But so many I dont. Just trying to understand, that's all.
It looked more like you starting a Bricklink store rather than having all these sets for yourself. Understandable that most of these sets are aimed for parts to do your Mocs, it was one of my assumptions, besides, i have done the same myself (2 mocs under my belt Maz Kanata's Castle that I have posted here before and Mos Eisley Cantina in the works)Thanks for taking the time to give us a better picture. Not that you had to explain yourself or anything but when I looked at that backlog I honestly gasped!
But some othe sets you got there man... I would just rip the box open and start building till my back hurts! It is very very hard for me to resist when I crave something.
Thanks for taking the time to give us a better picture. Not that you had to explain yourself or anything but when I looked at that backlog I honestly gasped!
But some othe sets you got there man... I would just rip the box open and start building till my back hurts! It is very very hard for me to resist when I crave something.
