The LEGO Corner

[monkey_roo]

^ Yeah the Brick Envy guy seems to have the corner or ridiculously priced graded Lego, but it must sell or he wouldn't be in business. He actually chatted in a thread about it over on Brickset, seemed OK (as far as you can tell in a forum) - each to their own

Anyway - nearly done with the castle, just Hagids hut with the mound and the boat house left to go now...

 

[poncho]

cool hogwarts its your own custom i take it! im impressed 8)

 

[Stormtrooper37]

I've just looked at the Lego Star Wars sets for 2013 - very disappointed

The only sets I will be getting will be the Rancor Pit and a few of the planet sets.

 

[monkey_roo]

^ yeah not the best looking bunch.
The A wing will get bought, that looks nice enough and shouldn't break the bank but the main focus is Clone Wars and they are so good looking. I suspect the second wave next year will be RoTJ focused to run through Christmas and beyond.
The planets look nice, although a second Endor is a bit of a shame when there are others left to be done.

Next years lego will be big on the super heroes stuff thou, the Arkham Asylum looks fantastic as do the smaller Marvel sets.

Hobbit is average and with the exception of an unexpected gather, the bag end set, they are all passes, just want the 13 dwarfs.

More friends stuff for my daughter and the TGV train in original orange looks great for the boy though.

 

[monkey_roo]

Just waiting for some baseboards to arrive from the US to build out the rest of the hogwarts grounds and then we are about done, but with the spares i was able to put together this 'mini-moc' of for the entrance to the Mines of Moria. Small and with some detail and a nice way to showcase the Fellowship and one skulking creature.
Plan on using the Unexpected Gathering set to do something similar with the 13 Dwarfs and of course Jabba's Palace over the Christmas period...
Enjoy. (and sorry about the rubbish picture quality)

 

[monkey_roo]

OK, i just couldn't leave it alone (read as you like ) so i made my Moria MOC a little better by incorporating the Lego Moria Model in part. Lego have also announced there will be a Balrock with Bridge next year so my thought is to add this model to the end of this then i have something of a start to finish journey through the mines for the fellowship (My wife really must hate me now...). My hogwarts baseboards are finally en route from the US so not long to go until that one is finished.

 

[jedi_masters]

Cant wait to see your finished Hogwarts, looks great already so will look the mutts. The LOTR set you've done looks awesome, have looked at the lego line myself but need to streamline my collecting so wont be getting any just yet!!

 

[monkey_roo]

Streamlining is good, once you go down the Lego road your done
I had no intention of doing any LoTR stuff but have been drawn in. That small model now looks like this (see below) and i have just pre-ordered the upcoming Hobbit bits so the Goblin King and Mirkwood sets can be added to this model to make a much larger cave network and the forest beyond. In my mind i want to add Weathertop and Bagend to the this so it plays out like a miniature map of middle earth so my kids can play out the full adventure on one giant Lego board - ambitious and totally unplanned

 

[monkey_roo]

Well it's Dec so i can only really build this little lot this month (gets put away for the rest of the year). Went for the tried and trusted cottonwool ground, mixture of actuall sets and MOC's, my only problem now is keeping the 5 year olds mits off it (i have already failed )

Merry Christmas (if early)

 

[jedi_masters]

Awesome Monkey_moo!!

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Great 'Winter set up' 8)

Just had a quick search about forthcoming Star Wars Lego sets for 2013 - looks like there will be a new Jabba's Sail Barge coming out , no pics yet though. This would be an ideal opportunity to release a Ree Yees and Yak Face mini fig's with a set - fingers crossed

 

[monkey_roo]

Yeah, excited about the sail barge.
Right now I have been going hobbit crazy, 1 set left to build, the Bagend set is great.
Also the Arkham set for Christmas - look forward to that, shake the 2013 SW set didn't get an eart release though.

 

[Stormtrooper37]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83413235@N04/8312730659/

Crap photo I'm afraid but one of the first pics of the new sailbarge - whether it will actually be exactly like this is too early to tell. Mini figs is that a Max Rebo I see

 

[monkey_roo]

Yeah, seen the two prelim images, the barge doesnt look great but as i missed the first on ethis is a must, and Max Rebo would be fun

So at last i have finished the Hogwarts MOC.... (dressing aside)

The stats are:
Build time - 1 Year (11.5 months really)
Piece count - 100,000+ (I stopped counting around 75K and was only when the model was about 2 thirds built)
Sets used - 5x 4842, 1x 4841, 1x 4738, 3x 4867, Pick a Brick and Lego Direct - A LOT... LIKE A LOT.
Cost - None of your business... and certainly none of my wife’s
Light bricks - 3 (Ravenclaw Tower, Hagrids Hut and Grand Hall)
'Playable' Rooms/Buildings - Grand Hall, Dumbledoors Office, Hospital Wing, Divination Room, Remus' Classroom, Snapes Classroom, Grand Hall (Staircase), Ravenclaw Tower, Room of Requirements, Slytherin, Griffindore, Owlrey, Boat House, Hagrids Hut, Hidden cave (under the ruins), Chamber of Secrets, Hogsmead Station, Hogsmead village
Size - 8x5 boards or 256 studs x 160 studs, height is approx 2 foot at the top of Dumbledore's tower (roughly 50 bricks high + the tower pieces on top)

Lots of photos at photobucket -

Enjoy

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Hogwarts - absolutely amazing 8)

 

[Stormtrooper37]

Sorry no pic's yet........but have now got the Lego Rancor Pit, been waiting for this to arrive at Toys R Us for what seems like a lifetime. Had to buy it there as had a £50 voucher to use. It looks great under Jabbas Palace and was a really relaxing build. The Rancor is the Star Piece, although shame the legs don't move. Fave minifig with the set is the Rancor Keeper. Cost was £59.99 bit steep IMO, should be at least a tenner cheaper, still really happy with it and definately worth having if you have the palace already.

 

[jedi_masters]

Matt what can I say, that is amazing. Absolutely love it!!!!

 

[poncho]

anyone used spareblocks.com to buy missing pieces! if so are they a good service?

 

[monkey_roo]

Couple of LEgo images to load and one is actually SW related..

First up i have begun combining the Rancor Pit and Pallace, very much a WIP and to be honest not that interesting as a MOC but i will finish it up and then see if i can display it with the new sail barge later in the year.
Then we have a small black tumbler. this is an exact replica of Bane's tumbler from the new set but in black for Bats,
and finally i was on Evil bay last week and found these pictures - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/121046736811?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649, i have never heard of these guys or now nothing about them but for £22 i took a punt and the puture arrived within 48Hrs and it is cracking cant stop smiling every time i look at it.

Sorry about the rubbish combo picture, but easier than multiple posts or uploads

 

[monkey_roo]

New York toy Fair news - http://www.figures.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=2302

The new sail barge looks a lot better in the brick than in past pictures The gun ship rocks. I missed both these first time round so will be getting them, the Clone Wars Death Watch with Darth Maul is a must have as well, just good fun. Lots of Friends Lego for my daughter and the relaunch of Castle Lego (This will formally be launched in August at Warwick Castle i am led to beleive) is great, who doesnt love castles, dragons etc...

I fly in the face of opionin it seems on the LoTR stuff, i think it is rubbish looking and only good for figure collectors, that eagle in the black gate set is crap, esspecialy as Lego launched a new Creator Eagle last month which is great.

No Super Heroe stuff

Also heads up i beleive the Sun is giving away random lego sets next week with its ratty pile that passes for a newspaper.