2015 Gimme LEGO Awards - Cast Your Vote!

That's a tough call for me. I have over half of these sets, but I haven't opened any of them

5 minutes ago, Kenxxx said:

That's a tough call for me. I have over half of these sets, but I haven't opened any of them

I'm glad I'm not alone in that feeling.  It was fun to read over his picks.  But trying to make a pick for the Reader's Choice Award...wow, that was difficult.  There are a lot of great sets on that list to choose from.

A lot of love for the temple of airjitzu so far on the poll. I must admit, I saw it for the first time this past week (in a Lego store visiting in-laws 3 hours away), and I was impressed. I had not considered buying it before and now I'm intrigued...

I build the temple of airjuitzu on Christmas and what an awesome set! Absolutely love the Japanese theme! It shows Lego is not just for kids.

None of the above.

Mercedes Benz Arocs 42043 hands down (for me) :-)

Runner up: Crawler Crane 42042

You can see where I'm going with this :-)

I think the most talked about (whether famous or infamous) set this year has to be Wall-E. The airtime this little set received was amazing. I personally love this set and have motorized my Wall-E and corrected his head. It was a close call though as I also love the Temple of Airjuitzu.

6 minutes ago, Zippy said:

I think the most talked about (whether famous or infamous) set this year has to be Wall-E. The airtime this little set received was amazing. I personally love this set and have motorized my Wall-E and corrected his head. It was a close call though as I also love the Temple of Airjuitzu.

WALL-E surprise me. It's a nice looking set but I have to think the driving force in its popularity is love for the character/movie...and I just didn't realize there were so many WALL-E fans out there.

2 hours ago, Kenxxx said:

That's a tough call for me. I have over half of these sets, but I haven't opened any of them

I have Detective's Office, Slave I & Mystery Machine but have not opened

1 hour ago, legone3 said:

None of the above.

Mercedes Benz Arocs 42043 hands down (for me) :-)

Runner up: Crawler Crane 42042

You can see where I'm going with this :-)

Did you build the Mercedes Benz Arocs 42043? Really want to buy this

I built the Arocs, great experience and impressive model!

The AROCS is a magnificent set (I also love the Unimog, its spiritual ancestor).

But Blue Power Jet, F40 and Temple of Airjitsu would be my choices from what is there.

Slave I gets my vote.  However, it's the only one on the list that I've actually built, but one of my favorite large Star Wars builds so far.

If the Birds IDEAS set was on the list I would have voted for that.  It's a non-licensed set that is very unique.

My Runners-up would be Temple of Airjitzu, Detective's Office, and Ferris Wheel.  It's tough to compare $200 exclusive, hard-to-find sets with Scooby Doo and City sets for this vote.

Kwik-e for me. Love it. Ferris Wheel runner up.

I think I ended up with the ToA, over Slave 1 and the Ferris Wheel. It was a tough choice, but ToA is just a magnificently designed set. I feel like it pushes the envelope of LEGO design. Although Slave 1 is just beautiful in person, and is the best one ever done, because they've done it a few times now it got just one less point than ToA on my scoring sheet.

From that List., I would have to go with the Temple of Airjitzu.

2nd Place: Slave 1

3rd Place: Its a tie between Detective Office and the Ferris Wheel.

Airjitzu....hands down. They are all great sets, but Airjitzu is by far the most beautifully designed.

I'm stunned by the love for ToA...

I'm stunned by the love for ToA...

Why is that?

14 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

Why is that?

I think it looks amazing. But people have voted for ToA more than DO, FW & Slave I. Based on that sale, something wasn't selling since they gave away a $60 set then a $50 set to entice people. People like it this much but aren't buying it? We're all pretty sure they're buying DO, FW & Slave I...

personally for me, 70751 Temple of Airjitzu  is outright winner/best build of all. remove all the minifigures and it has lot of resemblance to structures that i feel at home.

1 hour ago, dcdfan said:

WelI think it looks amazing. But people have voted for ToA more than DO, FW & Slave I. Based on that sale, something wasn't selling since they gave away a $60 set then a $50 set to entice people. People like it this much but aren't buying it? We're all pretty sure they're buying DO, FW & Slave I...

If you believe that the investor horde has a say in matters - then it makes sense that DO, FW, & Slave 1 are all being bought.  Investors believe in those sets.  I don't think investors believe in ToA.  So I don't think you're seeing as many units moving.  Investors seem to shy away from Ninjago, so it makes sense that they aren't buying them up.