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[PoppedCorn]

i was just looking at jabbas sail barge
but ive always said im not going down the star wars route, apart from large droid.

 

[Capital Power]

This is gorgeous.

Agreed. I think this'll be my first day 1 purchase in a while.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Endurance confirmed for Black Friday (Nov 29) release. Lifeboat GWP on launch day.

The Endurance 10335 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop AU

Collectible model building project for fans of famous ships

www.lego.com

Any chance of them recreating a boat that floated?

 

[eddiesmith]

i was just looking at jabbas sail barge
but ive always said im not going down the star wars route, apart from large droid.

Its a dangerous and expensive road!!!

 

[nobbyiscool]

I just saw there's a rumoured Nigel Mansell Williams F1 car that looks to be the same scale and set up (ie. with a stand) as the Ayrton Senna McLaren. It's not the iconic car/driver I would've chosen, but from a purely aesthetic perspective it'll look incredible next to the Mclaren.

 

[Capital Power]

I just saw there's a rumoured Nigel Mansell Williams F1 car that looks to be the same scale and set up (ie. with a stand) as the Ayrton Senna McLaren. It's not the iconic car/driver I would've chosen, but from a purely aesthetic perspective it'll look incredible next to the Mclaren.

There may even be more - Lego recently announced an expanded partnership with F1, and said that it will embrace all teams. I suspect you may see Speed Champions sets of all current teams and more sets like the Senna/Mansell ones.

Personally I find them a bit samey to build - just like the prototypes I guess, so that's to be expected. They do look good on display though, with the possible exception of Lego's stubbornness with the tyres. I hope that gets sorted.

 

[eddiesmith]

I just saw there's a rumoured Nigel Mansell Williams F1 car that looks to be the same scale and set up (ie. with a stand) as the Ayrton Senna McLaren. It's not the iconic car/driver I would've chosen, but from a purely aesthetic perspective it'll look incredible next to the Mclaren.

I was always a big Williams fan in the late 90s so might get that one!

 

[eddiesmith]

Gone and bought the Mos Eisley cantina from EBay, found a 15% off sale and thought probably better than hoping it comes back in stock before the end of the year at LEGO stores as it’s retiring this year.

Nearly bought all the Batmobile’s last night, decided to wait a day and the Tumbler which was really cheap at Big W went out of stock

 

[PoppedCorn]

I just saw there's a rumoured Nigel Mansell Williams F1 car that looks to be the same scale and set up (ie. with a stand) as the Ayrton Senna McLaren. It's not the iconic car/driver I would've chosen, but from a purely aesthetic perspective it'll look incredible next to the Mclaren.

I was always a big Williams fan in the late 90s so might get that one!

i saw senna and thought i would love a mansell one as i was a fan
if they do piquet prost etc id prob get a few

im not doing the star was journey

i am picking up a few sets tomorrow

 

[MatthewB]

Endurance confirmed for Black Friday (Nov 29) release. Lifeboat GWP on launch day.

The Endurance 10335 | LEGO® Icons | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop AU

Collectible model building project for fans of famous ships

www.lego.com

might have to be a xmas present

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Not sure I'll be getting any Lego this year for Christmas, but I did get my wife a set:

Magic of Disney 21352 | Ideas | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop AU

Delightful build-and-display model for Disney fans

www.lego.com

 

[nobbyiscool]

This is cool, I'm so happy that this is being made available with the Endurance. The fact they made a GWP of the heroic little lifeboat is very cool, and kind of has me considering it.

LEGO® ICONS™ Shackleton’s Lifeboat

Step into the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration with this LEGO® Icons Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729) model boat kit for adults. Enjoy a mindful experience as you recreate the legendary lifeboat salvaged from the icebound ship Endurance to navigate treacherous Antarctic terrain, ultimately...

lego.bricksmegastore.com

 

[Capital Power]

This is cool, I'm so happy that this is being made available with the Endurance. The fact they made a GWP of the heroic little lifeboat is very cool, and kind of has me considering it.

LEGO® ICONS™ Shackleton’s Lifeboat

Step into the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration with this LEGO® Icons Shackleton’s Lifeboat (40729) model boat kit for adults. Enjoy a mindful experience as you recreate the legendary lifeboat salvaged from the icebound ship Endurance to navigate treacherous Antarctic terrain, ultimately...

lego.bricksmegastore.com

Yep, I suspect this is one that'll need staying up until midnight for

 

[nobbyiscool]

Yep, I suspect this is one that'll need staying up until midnight for

And if I'm honest with myself, from an age perspective, I'm probably heading towards my tall ships era!

Even aside from the historical perspective of it, it looks awesome.

 

[SnakeMan86]

Gift with purchase - Cerebro


X Mansion. Bags 1,2 - sentinal

 

[Capital Power]

Built the Wreath this afternoon. Left me somewhat ambivalent - it looks good finished, but the build is underwhelming. Bags 1-4 are identical, each builds a quarter circle that provides the base. The manual then offers two configurations - a circular wreath or a one that joins the four bases in a line, that you might use as a table decoration. I built the latter. Bags 5-8 add the leaves and other decorations, and bag 9 the berries.

It's very sturdy, I imagine it would be fine to hang up (unlike the previous wreath set). The four base segments attach very firmly and most of the foliage is secured by ball joints and Technic pins. It's a little smaller than I was expecting and the foliage isn't particularly varied. It's also quite fiddly in parts, although of course the joints mean each leaf sub-assembly can be arranged in different orientations.

It's hard to display it in such a way to disguise all of the clips and fittings, I may need to modify that. Annoyingly it uses the dark grey ball/light grey socket for the ball joints, and many of these are visible in the finished product. I guess I might have to fiddle with it a bit more. For the price it would have been nice to see these in green or brown. The orange slices and cinnamon sticks are cute, but I must admit I've never seen either of these in a Christmas wreath before .

At $170 it's overpriced (1200 pieces, but many of these are small) and not recommended. I think there are better Christmas options out there - Santa's Post Office for example is available at the same price. If you're into Botanicals and a completionist I'd wait for a discount, I think I've seen it down to about $135.

 

[SnakeMan86]

Bags 3,4

 

[eddiesmith]

Always get my stuff delivered to Mums as there is always someone home, but whenever she asks what it is I say nothing…

This time someone snooped and saw Lego, so she’s like oh here it is, now take your toy before the kids see it…



Just a random question, do you all like to keep the boxes? I was letting them pile up behind the bar, but they got cleaned out to use it the other day and can’t decide whether to put them back or toss them? Although it’s only really the Batcave so far that had a huge box, but my next few builds have large boxes.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

If I had the space I'd keep them (same with my old PC game big boxes). Alas...

 

[Capital Power]

I keep the boxes, but I'm not really sure why, I'm never going to sell anything .

I flatten them (easy with the old tape closed ones, harder with the glued up boxes or the ones with lids or top opening flaps) and keep them on a shelf in the garage.

 

[PoppedCorn]

I did then ir got out of hand so i bin all except the icon sets

 

[Gough]

I did then ir got out of hand so i bin all except the icon sets

My mum had a bin of late 70s to mid 80s Lego that me and my brother had but she gave it to one of her mate's kid when she moved house.

 

[Neese]

I just flattened all my boxes and recycled the ones that didn't flatten nicely this weekend just gone. Booklets all kept in the Notre Dame box

 

[bommer16]

I initially threw out boxes until my mum asked why I was doing that in case I didn’t want the sets anymore. Now I keep all boxes - just flatten them which all go into a big cardboard box that was packaging for another set. With a bit of bending of some ends it seems to fit quite a few.
The titanic boxes are huge and they are flattened and put in a garbage bag. Not sure why I want to protect it so much as I will never part with that set.
All books and spare pieces are kept in a box.

 

[Ambrose Burnside]

Oh yeah I 100% keep all books and spare pieces.