What LEGO set did you build today?

[uaford]

Finished building the Tydirium with the kids last night.  Fun stuff!  My son had his birthday last weekend and he ended up with 3 large Lego sets, so the Ghost and Kylo Ren's Shuttle are now next on his (and my) to-build list.  

The kids liked this one better than the Imperial Assault Carrier, but not as much as the motorized At-At or the Millennium Falcon.  

Edited May 17, 2016 by uaford

[Huskers1236]

  On 5/17/2016 at 4:00 AM, TigerEyez said:

Do you think this set will be valuable after EOL since it has the two versions of Ant-Man?

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I don't trust any Superheroes sets anymore.  Of course there will be winners, but with the proliferation of figures being re-used in different sets and the fakes being imported by the billion, I'm steering clear of them.  This is probably one of the better ones that has come around lately, though.  I still need to see the movie, though, and can't really form a truly informed decision until then.

[thoroakenfelder]

  On 5/17/2016 at 4:00 AM, TigerEyez said:

Do you think this set will be valuable after EOL since it has the two versions of Ant-Man?

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I kind of doubt it. What makes a Super Hero set pricy after it retires is if it has an overwhelmingly popular character that won't appear in another set (Deadpool) or incredibly, unbelievably short shelf life (Ant-Man Final Battle.) Unless this set disappears from shelves in October, we're probably looking at Darkseid Invasion Pt. 2.

[Fenix_2k1]

Threw these little fun sets together while running through some systems releases and waiting for other guys to do their thing. 

These are great little play sets for kids and good value for money with two minifigs and two vehicles.  Not sure how collectors will take to them but meh they kept me amused for a few minutes. 

[exciter1]

  On 5/17/2016 at 6:07 PM, thoroakenfelder said:

I kind of doubt it. What makes a Super Hero set pricy after it retires is if it has an overwhelmingly popular character that won't appear in another set (Deadpool) or incredibly, unbelievably short shelf life (Ant-Man Final Battle.) Unless this set disappears from shelves in October, we're probably looking at Darkseid Invasion Pt. 2.

Darkseid Invasion has a much better ship and Green Arrow.

[thoroakenfelder]

  On 5/17/2016 at 8:45 PM, exciter1 said:

Darkseid Invasion has a much better ship and Green Arrow.

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But is the javelin better than Giant Man?

[exciter1]

  On 5/17/2016 at 9:07 PM, thoroakenfelder said:

But is the javelin better than Giant Man?

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Does Giant Man fly the Justice League around?

[cubfan78]

Finally Finished this bad boy after building it little bit at time over the last week and half. This is my first big build and I am really digging these larger SW sets. 

[pete411]

  On 5/17/2016 at 8:37 PM, Fenix_2k1 said:

Threw these little fun sets together while running through some systems releases and waiting for other guys to do their thing. 

These are great little play sets for kids and good value for money with two minifigs and two vehicles.  Not sure how collectors will take to them but meh they kept me amused for a few minutes.

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I'm calling it now. These will actually perform better than 90% of the other superhero sets out there. If there is a series 2, even better.

[ichiroll]

Took a while but my dream set from when I was in grad school and couldn't afford him!

[oneknightr]

  On 5/18/2016 at 1:26 AM, ichiroll said:

Took a while but my dream set from when I was in grad school and couldn't afford him!

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Very nice! Thanks for the quality pic. I never knew there was SNOT on this set. I always thought it was built straight up like the UCS Yoda.

[orkira]

I finally got around to opening & putting the 2015 Star Wars Advent Calander together last night.  I procrastinated on it...lol.

[midbenne]

Built this a few weeks ago, just haven't shot it yet...It's got a cool elevator lift on the right hand side, the stairs move up and down, Hans in Carbonite can be maneuvered from facing out and in an upright position to lowered down in more of a flat position. I really like the one with Boba carrying Hans without any support. However, irl, there was support, but it got removed digitally  I also stacked 3 images in PS to create a depth of field that showed all 3 figures in focus on the last frame. That was fun too. 

Edited May 20, 2016 by midbenne

[Deanfjr]

Finally got our pick-a-brick order yesterday, so we just built the Star Wars: Escape The Space Slug Set

I sold the real one we got at the store, then ordered the bricks to build our own

(Sensei Wu not included) 

Edited May 20, 2016 by Deanfjr

[Locutus001]

  On 5/20/2016 at 1:33 PM, midbenne said:

Built this a few weeks ago, just haven't shot it yet...It's got a cool elevator lift on the right hand side, the stairs move up and down, Hans in Carbonite can be maneuvered from facing out and in an upright position to lowered down in more of a flat position. I really like the one with Boba carrying Hans without any support. However, irl, there was support, but it got removed digitally  I also stacked 3 images in PS to create a depth of field that showed all 3 figures in focus on the last frame. That was fun too.

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nice set, nice pictures!

the last one you just used three layers and "cut" out the sharp/focuses on version yeah?

[midbenne]

  On 5/21/2016 at 9:14 PM, Locutus001 said:

nice set, nice pictures!

the last one you just used three layers and "cut" out the sharp/focuses on version yeah?

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That's the gist. I bring them into photoshop as layers, then auto align, then auto blend as a stack, then crop, and finally adjust the flattened image back in light room.

[GiliusThunderhead]

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO.  Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions).  My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones.  Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right.

Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong?   Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa.  I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display.

Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all.  I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets.

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[Quacs]

  On 5/22/2016 at 2:09 PM, GiliusThunderhead said:

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO.  Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions).  My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones.  Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right.

Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong?   Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa.  I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display.

Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all.  I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets.  

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Nice job - how much to Bricklink it?

[GiliusThunderhead]

  On 5/22/2016 at 2:13 PM, Quacs said:

Nice job - how much to Bricklink it?

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Well its been £230 for the ship (including a replica sticker sheet that actually doesn't look that bad).  Ended up buying from 3 different stores in the end.
I also got a bargain deal for the Vader (new), Storm Trooper, Imperial officer and Imperial pilot for an extra £20 on eBay.  Only missing Luke and all the weapons.

To put it in perspective the cheapest you can find a used, complete with instructions (and usually the box) in the UK is £350.  Ok, I don't have Luke but as I wasn't buying this for any kind of investment saving works out ok.  Plus it was a nice little project.

[midbenne]

Little Guggenheim action off brickclassifieds.com

 

[Fenix_2k1]

  On 5/22/2016 at 2:09 PM, GiliusThunderhead said:

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO.  Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions).  My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones.  Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right.

Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong?   Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa.  I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display.

Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all.  I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets.

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This set is hugely impressive. I think if more people realised the scale of this set, its popularity would increase a lot.

[exciter1]

  On 5/22/2016 at 2:09 PM, GiliusThunderhead said:

Well I obviously FAIL at LEGO.  Putting together my bricklinked 10212 (so having to use printed out instructions).  My excuse is cheaping out on ink but I've got to the stand and seem to have 2 4x1 dark grey bits left when I actually require black ones.  Worrying thing is I also have 2 x 1x6 dark grey ones in my pile as well which i'm sure shouldn't be right.

Will I be OCD enough to take apart the shuttle and see where I went wrong?   Absolutely epic model though and HUGE - dwarfs tiny Jango Santa.  I'd heard the thing was big but I reckon it'll be the corner stone of my display.

Fun build and I didn't actually find it repetitive at all.  I knew it would be up there but having one put together its firmly in my top 5 sets.

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I just took apart a loose one to clean it before I start the build. I bought a used one last week.  First set of bricks went in the dishwasher last night and they are drying out.  My fingers were definitely sore after pulling apart all the Technic pieces.  There's a bunch of Technic in this set.

[feed]

Running through a few small SW sets I picked up used preparing for resale.  Geonosian Cannon is quite a nice little build. 

With the Ventress/Opress/Maul story arc being my favourite clone wars story and Darth Maul probably my favourite SW universe story arc, now that he’s popped up in rebels.  I wasn’t planning on, but I’ll probably end up keeping the Nightspeeder and the Mandy speeder,  for a little while anyway. 
 

[TCSBGDADY]

Two sets recently...Eiffel Tower and the Disney Characters.  And yes, the star destroyer is attacking the Disney characters!

[TCSBGDADY]

OH...I also got my family immortalized in Lego!  They are actually very close and mine is uncanny!