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@KiwiDave https://brickset.com/
It was created quite a few years ago by Huw Millington who was well known on Lugnet (and the bulletin boards rec.toys.lego and alt.toys.lego before that) back in the day. You can tick a box on each set page to mark that you own it and if you do a fairly comprehensive job of recording your collection then the data can be quite interesting. I haven't bothered to record the condition of my sets on there, just tick if I own them.

KiwiDave wrote: Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:21 am
Have just ordered the "Tranquil Garden' and 'Himeji Castle' today.

I've got the "Tranquil Garden" on this month's order. And the Keaton Batmobile. And the Corvette.

Re: Brickset, I do the same Jobbo, just tick sets I own/want. Even then the table it generates makes for sobering reading even now

Since I'm reluctant to buy anything unless it's discounted, I did a quick and dirty calculation based on the current values against 70% of the total RRPs and it's gone up quite a lot. Might not be too scary if you did the same

I've been mostly buying through work discount post-Covid (so officially not supposed to re-sell anyway) but going off that I'm 30% up even if I sell at RRP

Concorde on the Lego site, £169, on Sale 1st week September. Definitely having it.

Ugh, it's missing my favourite feature of the Concorde, the wing sweep!

Shame they don’t offer the later tail design/flag.

Zonda_ wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:15 pm Concorde on the Lego site, £169, on Sale 1st week September. Definitely having it.

Oh Yes!

Just have to ask - what took them so long!

IanF wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:00 pm https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_ ... 4814375235

That’s the funniest thing I’ve seen in ages

Slightly off topic but not, I’ve got a menu somewhere from when my dad flew in Concorde. I’ll have to see if I can dig it out. He wrote in it that his handwriting was wobbly because turbulence and most definitely not because copious amounts of champagne

Zonda_ wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:50 pm Shame they don’t offer the later tail design/flag.

If only it were made of little pieces so you could change it to suit whatever you want

jamcg wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 12:04 am Slightly off topic but not, I’ve got a menu somewhere from when my dad flew in Concorde. I’ll have to see if I can dig it out. He wrote in it that his handwriting was wobbly because turbulence and most definitely not because copious amounts of champagne

My uncle was at both Live Aid concerts so had to go via Concorde. He said there’s obviously no quicker way to get across the Atlantic but luxury it most certainly wasn’t. Loud and cramped apparently.

240PP wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:25 pm My uncle was at both Live Aid concerts so had to go via Concorde.

More info please.

I always promised myself that when I had enough money, I'd get my dad at least a 1-way flight on Concorde.... never had the spare when it was still flying.

( edit: I mean Concorde one way, and conventional aircraft the other, as opposed to "right you - fuck off, and do so quickly" )

mik wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 8:54 pm

240PP wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:25 pm My uncle was at both Live Aid concerts so had to go via Concorde.

More info please.

He was a presenter at the Beeb. Right place at the right time for that job I think!

240PP wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 11:52 pm
He was a presenter at the Beeb. Right place at the right time for that job I think!

Cool. Imagine being told that you need to travel via Concorde for your work.

Favourite thing for me about concorde was the takeoff procedure to pass noise regs at Heathrow- as the wheels come up, turn the aircraft so the engine pointed away from the decibel meters

Barry wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:18 pm

Zonda_ wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:50 pm Shame they don’t offer the later tail design/flag.

If only it were made of little pieces so you could change it to suit whatever you want

Hey, it's hard enough following the instructions without making a new design and buying the right bricks!

Zonda_ wrote: Sat Aug 12, 2023 9:13 am

Barry wrote: Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:18 pm

Zonda_ wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 6:50 pm Shame they don’t offer the later tail design/flag.

If only it were made of little pieces so you could change it to suit whatever you want

Hey, it's hard enough following the instructions without making a new design and buying the right bricks!

Yeah, just yanking your chain ofc. I CBA modifying them either.

I’ll modify the smaller models like Speed Champions but cannot be arsed with big ones. But I don’t seem to open them these days anyway so that’s not surprising