The LEGO Corner

[Bunglebubs]

There was a double points offer about a month ago, no idea when the next time is sorry.

 

[Spookedhippie]

I'm going to have to post pics of my collection soon but wanted to share another bargain.... Wrongly listed on eBay, the ghost from rebels set...£21

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

I'm going to have to post pics of my collection soon but wanted to share another bargain.... Wrongly listed on eBay, the ghost from rebels set...£21

I had no idea what this was so looked it up on eBay. Er, what gives?? This is a £150+ set yet had an RRP of what £40-£50? I understand the popularity of retired sets: I dealt in Lego for 4 years as a reseller. But I would not have touched this set at anything less than 50% off the RRP. Why so popular?

On a different note: Quidco is doing a record breaking 11% cashback when shopping at Lego.com! It's normally as low as 3%, sometimes up to 5%, but I have never seen it at 11%. Take that, your 20% off, your 5% loyalty VIP points and your utterly amazing Christmas snowglobe giveaway (spend over £60 - currently selling for £30 and I mean SELLING for £30 on eBay) and your RRP £79.99 Lego VW Camper Van set is now costing you..... £23

 

[Spookedhippie]

I have no idea scruffy, my only guess is that the more popular the tv series has become, the more people want the set

 

[monkey_roo]

I think the Ghosts higher after market price is really down to the availability v's it's rising popularity. The set, along with the connecting phantom ship, were available prior to season one of rebels starting but didn't hang around too long on shelves and with three seasons down now and no sign of a new version coming anytime soon, demand is growing. Add to to the fact that it is a nice ship that gives us the core crew members, good play features etc. And I think this will rapidly become a 200+ set by the time rebels wraps after season 4.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

I think the Ghosts higher after market price is really down to the availability v's it's rising popularity. The set, along with the connecting phantom ship, were available prior to season one of rebels starting but didn't hang around too long on shelves and with three seasons down now and no sign of a new version coming anytime soon, demand is growing. Add to to the fact that it is a nice ship that gives us the core crew members, good play features etc. And I think this will rapidly become a 200+ set by the time rebels wraps after season 4.

That's interesting, cheers I have never been into Rebels so wasn't tapped into its popularity. In which case £21 is an insane bargain!

 

[monkey_roo]

You should check the rebels stuff out, there are some fantastic sets to be had .

The Tie Advanced Prototype, AT-DP and Wookie ship from wave 1 are great as are the Phantom and Ghost
Vader's Tie Advance v's A Wing and Captain Rex's AT-TE from wave 2 are two of the best Lego sets in recent years

Some of the smaller sets are good like the speeder bikes, but the Phantom Mk2 that is out in Jan complete with Admeral Thrawn figure looks fantastic.

Lovely Star Wars sub-theme to go with what is becoming a cracking TV show.

 

[Spookedhippie]

Well couldn't believe my lick, just cleaning it up and ordered a new set of stickers

 

[mumbo]

Anyone interested in these?

Rapunzel Tower and Friends Limo not available.

 

[robpmarsh]

Won this in the FF auction

 

[Spookedhippie]

Awesome! Got that one myself and love it!

 

[user 5830]

Won this in the FF auction

Rob, those shop displays were brilliant, great to see you get one of them

 

[robpmarsh]

Gutted i missed out on the Rogue One 'U-Wing and AT-ST' display

 

[Spookedhippie]

Bloody hell, didn't even know there was one, any pics? Was there much Lego there?

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Not much. There was Rob's display, a podracer display and an awesome U-Wing and AT-ST display which went for about £135 I think.

DOUBLE POINTS AT LEGO! Just until 26th December

AND

Don't forget it's still 11% Quidco cashback!

AND

You get an A-Wing Rebels minifigure with SW purchases over £25.

Feels like Christmas

 

[Mr-shifter]

Popped into the lego shop today to get my dad a yellow submarine for xmas. Hope he likes it.

Double points

And a gingerbread man

And he gave me a snow globe as i was frantically looking for something else to buy to make it up.

And he put an awing pilot in my bag.

Good old lego.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Holy crap that's a good haul. Which one was that, Ben? In the office in town today so quite tempted to stop by Leicester Square store if they're feeling particularly generous.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Just in case anyone had been considering the Classic Batcave set, it's currently a massive £70 off at Smyths Toys.

I've been tempted with this for sometime, but the blandness of it has put me off the £230 ask price. At £160 it becomes a lot more palatable. Great range of minifigures with it and with over 2,500 pieces it represents really quite good value for money. Got to love the original Batcopter and Batmobile:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-868/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes/p-18427/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes-batman-classic-tv-series-batcave-76052/

They also have the superb Technic Porsche 911 GT3 at an euqally impressive £75 off, from £250 down to £175:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-777/lego-technic/p-19783/lego-technic-porsche-911-gt3-rs-42056/

I've just picked up an about-to-be-retired Ewok Village from Lego. With double points, 11% Quidco and a free A-Wing pilot polybag I reckon that to be a quite reasonable £150 price tag. That's a hell of a lot of Lego and an incredible playset. I also picked up the Lego Idea Dr. Who set as I hadn't had it up to now and I see both these are on the "soon to be retired" list. The Cussoo Ideas sets are brilliant. Annoyed I missed a couple that now cost mega bucks to pick up.

And Ecto 1 is soon to retire, too. No better time to pick up anything missing with double point and 11% cashback.

 

[Lom]

Just in case anyone had been considering the Classic Batcave set, it's currently a massive £70 off at Smyths Toys.

I've been tempted with this for sometime, but the blandness of it has put me off the £230 ask price. At £160 it becomes a lot more palatable. Great range of minifigures with it and with over 2,500 pieces it represents really quite good value for money. Got to love the original Batcopter and Batmobile:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-868/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes/p-18427/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes-batman-classic-tv-series-batcave-76052/

They also have the superb Technic Porsche 911 GT3 at an euqally impressive £75 off, from £250 down to £175:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-777/lego-technic/p-19783/lego-technic-porsche-911-gt3-rs-42056/

I've just picked up an about-to-be-retired Ewok Village from Lego. With double points, 11% Quidco and a free A-Wing pilot polybag I reckon that to be a quite reasonable £150 price tag. That's a hell of a lot of Lego and an incredible playset. I also picked up the Lego Idea Dr. Who set as I hadn't had it up to now and I see both these are on the "soon to be retired" list. The Cussoo Ideas sets are brilliant. Annoyed I missed a couple that now cost mega bucks to pick up.

And Ecto 1 is soon to retire, too. No better time to pick up anything missing with double point and 11% cashback.

So how is your decluttering coming along?

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

Just in case anyone had been considering the Classic Batcave set, it's currently a massive £70 off at Smyths Toys.

I've been tempted with this for sometime, but the blandness of it has put me off the £230 ask price. At £160 it becomes a lot more palatable. Great range of minifigures with it and with over 2,500 pieces it represents really quite good value for money. Got to love the original Batcopter and Batmobile:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-868/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes/p-18427/lego-dc-comics-super-heroes-batman-classic-tv-series-batcave-76052/

They also have the superb Technic Porsche 911 GT3 at an euqally impressive £75 off, from £250 down to £175:

http://www.smythstoys.com/uk/en-gb/toys/lego-bricks/c-777/lego-technic/p-19783/lego-technic-porsche-911-gt3-rs-42056/

I've just picked up an about-to-be-retired Ewok Village from Lego. With double points, 11% Quidco and a free A-Wing pilot polybag I reckon that to be a quite reasonable £150 price tag. That's a hell of a lot of Lego and an incredible playset. I also picked up the Lego Idea Dr. Who set as I hadn't had it up to now and I see both these are on the "soon to be retired" list. The Cussoo Ideas sets are brilliant. Annoyed I missed a couple that now cost mega bucks to pick up.

And Ecto 1 is soon to retire, too. No better time to pick up anything missing with double point and 11% cashback.

So how is your decluttering coming along?

Really, really badly.

 

[Robstyley]

I said I was never going to do it but the allure of Lego has become too much and I have caved in and bought my first Star Wars Lego - the Droid Escape Pod, Hoth Attack and Carbon Freezing Chamber. I love these, they're from the OT, they're not too big and they were on special in Sainsbury's

I was beaking that Ewok Village in Smyths yesterday Simon, ******* amazing! And comes with **** loads of figures. Have been looking at SW Lego on ebay the last few days. I can't believe how much is available, it's mental.

 

[bobskins]

I said I was never going to do it but the allure of Lego has become too much and I have caved in and bought my first Star Wars Lego - the Droid Escape Pod, Hoth Attack and Carbon Freezing Chamber. I love these, they're from the OT, they're not too big and they were on special in Sainsbury's

I was beaking that Ewok Village in Smyths yesterday Simon, ******* amazing! And comes with **** loads of figures. Have been looking at SW Lego on ebay the last few days. I can't believe how much is available, it's mental.

It's a slippery slope. All the vintage figures I want now are mega money so I started putting together a set of episodes 456 minifigures. That has turned into buying sets, promo sets etc. If you haven't seen it already, there is a site called Bricklink (http://www.bricklink.com) which has an inventory of pretty much every LEGO thing ever!!

 

[sith-smith]

I said I was never going to do it but the allure of Lego has become too much and I have caved in and bought my first Star Wars Lego - the Droid Escape Pod, Hoth Attack and Carbon Freezing Chamber. I love these, they're from the OT, they're not too big and they were on special in Sainsbury's

I was beaking that Ewok Village in Smyths yesterday Simon, ******* amazing! And comes with **** loads of figures. Have been looking at SW Lego on ebay the last few days. I can't believe how much is available, it's mental.

The village is awesome. If you can get it, do, before it starts going for stupid money on eBay.

It's like the Kenner ewok village but with some great additions 8)

 

[Robstyley]

I said I was never going to do it but the allure of Lego has become too much and I have caved in and bought my first Star Wars Lego - the Droid Escape Pod, Hoth Attack and Carbon Freezing Chamber. I love these, they're from the OT, they're not too big and they were on special in Sainsbury's

I was beaking that Ewok Village in Smyths yesterday Simon, ******* amazing! And comes with **** loads of figures. Have been looking at SW Lego on ebay the last few days. I can't believe how much is available, it's mental.

It's a slippery slope. All the vintage figures I want now are mega money so I started putting together a set of episodes 456 minifigures. That has turned into buying sets, promo sets etc. If you haven't seen it already, there is a site called Bricklink (http://www.bricklink.com) which has an inventory of pretty much every LEGO thing ever!!

Cheers, I'll have a look at that. Be interested to see all the SW sets made.

 

[Robstyley]

I said I was never going to do it but the allure of Lego has become too much and I have caved in and bought my first Star Wars Lego - the Droid Escape Pod, Hoth Attack and Carbon Freezing Chamber. I love these, they're from the OT, they're not too big and they were on special in Sainsbury's

I was beaking that Ewok Village in Smyths yesterday Simon, ******* amazing! And comes with **** loads of figures. Have been looking at SW Lego on ebay the last few days. I can't believe how much is available, it's mental.

The village is awesome. If you can get it, do, before it starts going for stupid money on eBay.

It's like the Kenner ewok village but with some great additions 8)

I'd love to get one but I'd want to open it and build it and it's very big and a lot of money. So cool though 8)

 

[monkey_roo]

Just have to say, if you can grab the Ewok village. It is a fantastic model, unlike many Lego 'play sets' it is fully formed, great features and figures, it is spectacular. I'm lips my to have the bunker play set from back in 2012 I think it was and some of the smaller sets so I have all of them on a shelf.

 

[monkey_roo]

OK, more of a brag than a Lego post but my entry in the Brickset 'Whats missing' SW Lego build completion actually won 3rd place, pretty chuffed about that, there were a lot of good entires.
http://brickset.com/article/26170/star-wars-competition-winners

 

[sith-smith]

Nice

Well done. That's a cracking looking set you created and definitely long overdue!! 8)

 

[Palifan]

Well done Matt, the set looks amazing and I'd definitely pick one up if they ever made it.

Ian

 

[monkey_roo]

Thanks, worth looking throu all the entries, here are some great looking models, many would make it as formal models which is a bit of a sad indictment on Lego. I get that they have limits etc. But some of the scenes/vehicles offered up here really should get a run in production. The winning Tie Bomber is fantastic.