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Barry wrote: Thu Jul 04, 2024 3:35 pm It's not cars granted, but the new Lego Ideas reveal is the Jaws diorama

https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/jaws ... 1539294-10

Gonna need a bigger Lego shelf..

that's the first Lego set I'm tempted to buy...

The Merc G500 Technic set has been announced officially today. It looks like a not quite as well-modelled update of the Defender to be honest but still more appealing to me than the P1. Seems to have the Defender wheels with a 2x2 round plate in the centre printed with a Merc badge, though, which is a bit lazy when the price has gone up from the Defender. Doubtless available at substantial discount at some point.

It's a good bump in price too, but yeah it'll get discounted 30% soon enough.

I wonder how much that set would cost ...

The one in the front is the new Lego G Wagon set - £220 delivered.

The one at the back has near life size and has 445,971 bricks...

The little one looks better than the big one!

Yep not quite sure how they’ve managed to make the life size one look less detailed and more blocky than the toy.

I don't understand why they have those god awful technic bars for wheel arches, when they were quite happy making moulded ones for the Landy.

The Emirates Team NZ Americas Cup yacht might be more of a local interest thing, but that's getting bought.

Not embarrassed to admit, I'll be getting this

Release date tbc




https://brickset.com/article/113172/?fb ... fPHHsANjgw

That is brilliant. Definitely on the wish list. It doesn’t seem bad value either.

I'm back at home this week with Speed Champions F40, BMW Endurance pair, the Countach Icons model, Jaws and the Emirates NZ Americas Cup yacht all sat waiting for me.

This hobby/affliction* is embarrassing...


*delete as applicable

I had a week off work, came in to find my Jaws set waiting for me

Some deals going about this weekend it seems, random stuff but might tempt you

Big saving on the Classic Defender.

It's almost time to start making the UCS AT-AT which has been gathering dust for 9 months or so. Only thing is, my OCD is struggling to have learned there's 40 seats inside it and they only give you 5 mini figures. Can I avoid trying to collect snowtroopers to fill the damn thing?

Don't know if any of you use it but I recently discovered the 3D moveable instructions app, absolute game changer for someone like me with limited vision in one eye!

Ascender wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:28 pm It's almost time to start making the UCS AT-AT which has been gathering dust for 9 months or so. Only thing is, my OCD is struggling to have learned there's 40 seats inside it and they only give you 5 mini figures. Can I avoid trying to collect snowtroopers to fill the damn thing?

There are a couple of official sets that come with multiples of troopers I think, folk tend to buy a couple of them to farm the minifigs.

Barry wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:43 am

Ascender wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:28 pm It's almost time to start making the UCS AT-AT which has been gathering dust for 9 months or so. Only thing is, my OCD is struggling to have learned there's 40 seats inside it and they only give you 5 mini figures. Can I avoid trying to collect snowtroopers to fill the damn thing?

There are a couple of official sets that come with multiples of troopers I think, folk tend to buy a couple of them to farm the minifigs.

Or AliExpress.

RobYob wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 11:54 am

Barry wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:43 am

Ascender wrote: Mon Sep 16, 2024 3:28 pm It's almost time to start making the UCS AT-AT which has been gathering dust for 9 months or so. Only thing is, my OCD is struggling to have learned there's 40 seats inside it and they only give you 5 mini figures. Can I avoid trying to collect snowtroopers to fill the damn thing?

There are a couple of official sets that come with multiples of troopers I think, folk tend to buy a couple of them to farm the minifigs.

Or AliExpress.

You can get knockoff mini figures on Ali Express??

I guess that makes sense though!

You can get real ones on Bricklink though