Popular Post gregpj Posted September 1, 2016 Popular Post Posted September 1, 2016 This one is for you LEGO, inspired by @BrickLegacy and brought to you by Brickpickers everywhere. 54 1 Quote
Ciglione Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Ofcourse there is still money to be made. But this action from Lego is like a kick on the nuts. It is a big blow to moral. 1 Quote
Will 4 Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Why don't the owners of vast quantities of 10188's sell them to first day buyers with the discount would be funny seeing the employees faces. Quote
redcell Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 2:04 PM, Lordoflego said: @ironbrick summoned @redcell by posting again, better get popcorn And like @Alpinemaps said, ironbrick had to miss several pages here if he thinks no valid points were gives as a reason for new DS dislike, but then again, I'm probably "WRONG, INCORRECT". Nah, not today...got better things to do than argue with the collective wisdom of an entire universe of unnamed experts. 1 Quote
Lego Templar Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? Quote
dcdfan Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 7:11 PM, Lego Templar said: Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? No. Just you and one other guy. Quote
KShine Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) On 9/3/2016 at 7:11 PM, Lego Templar said: Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? Expand Yes - That is absolutely not the silhouette of a non UCS Millenium Falcon. Edited September 3, 2016 by KShine Quote
Ciglione Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 It is just some Lego employee trying to be funny. 4 Quote
Lordoflego Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 7:11 PM, Lego Templar said: Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? Expand That's 75105 1 Quote
Foxhound Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 Freshly listed on Shop@home: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Confidential-SW-Direct-2-75159 Quote
dcdfan Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 7:11 PM, Lego Templar said: Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? Because THIS is where Lego decided to be creative with this set. On the corner of the box. 1 Quote
Lego Templar Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 7:13 PM, dcdfan said: No. Just you and one other guy. UCS MF confirmed! Remakes for everyone! Did Oprah buy Lego?You get a UCSYou get a UCS!You in the back! You get a UCS! Quote
Will 4 Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 (edited) On 9/3/2016 at 7:38 PM, Lego Templar said: UCS MF confirmed! Remakes for everyone! Did Oprah buy Lego? You get a UCS You get a UCS! You in the back! You get a UCS! Expand UCS stickers for everyone! Edited September 3, 2016 by Will 4 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 6:51 PM, redcell said: Nah, not today...got better things to do than argue with the collective wisdom of an entire universe of unnamed experts.I'm happy to provide names. Or log onto Facebook and go to Star Wars Builders Gather fb group. The admin and I are friends. As in, he lives down the street from me.There are plenty of people you can talk to there. You don't have to take my word for it. Quote
GhostDad Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 I stopped reading Jang's review after the point about inflation. Give me a break. Generally speaking, imported manufactured goods decrease in price over time, even in nominal dollars. Look at computers, tennis shoes, boomboxes... Anything but cars, really (the ever-increasing government mandates -- mandatory 15 airbags and rearview cameras, for example -- and potential for massive class-action suits probably accounts for the difference there). What drives our inflation rate is three categories: housing, higher education, and medical care (i.e. the three items most heavily subsidized by the government). Which of those categories includes Lego? Hint: It's a trick question. 8 Quote
exciter1 Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 @just2good did a reveal too and it's a little less positive. 2 Quote
redcell Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 7:51 PM, Alpinemaps said: I'm happy to provide names. Or log onto Facebook and go to Star Wars Builders Gather fb group. The admin and I are friends. As in, he lives down the street from me.There are plenty of people you can talk to there. You don't have to take my word for it. I wasn't taking a dig at you, I was mocking IB's penchant to support his arguments by saying that he doesn't really think what he's daying, but is simply channeling the wisdom of countless "experts." Always struck me as a pretty lame way to support an argument. 1 Quote
CM4Sci Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 http://www.jangbricks.com/2016/09/lego-star-wars-death-star-returns-my.html Update 1 Quote
kiltyoneal Posted September 3, 2016 Posted September 3, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 8:19 PM, GhostDad said: I stopped reading Jang's review after the point about inflation. Give me a break. Expand Well we know Lego bricks are made from oil and the price of oil has skyrocketed .... Oh wait. On 9/3/2016 at 7:11 PM, Lego Templar said: Anyone look at the box and think Lego is giving secret messages? Expand Looks like the silhouette of Hans $100 hairpiece. 3 Quote
gregpj Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 10:20 PM, CM4Sci said: http://www.jangbricks.com/2016/09/lego-star-wars-death-star-returns-my.html UpdateJang should stay away from math. How did the original one land at $400'since it has 22 real figures?By his math, the old death star was roughly 0.87 per brick. That translates to a real 14% increase in price, not 4.4%. You can spin this anyway you want... Lego has left lots of room to go either way with this set. 4 Quote
ad2001 Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 On 9/4/2016 at 1:00 AM, gregpj said: Jang should stay away from math. How did the original one land at $400'since it has 22 real figures?By his math, the old death star was roughly 0.87 per brick. That translates to a real 14% increase in price, not 4.4%. You can spin this anyway you want... Lego has left lots of room to go either way with this set.He totally missed the point ... If there was no 10188, this set is totally fine!! The reason why this is not good for all Lego fans is because of 10188. It's out for 8 years and effectively retired basically about 1/2 a year ... While they were planning 75159, 10188 is still in production!!We do not want to encourage Lego to keep releasing the same Lego set for over and over again because we do know that Lego is capable for creating new and beautiful set. That's why we hate it so much to see this re-release.The more positive people are towards this and the AOH sets, the less they will come up with truly amazing sets in the Star Wars line.I think he really miss what people are ultimately mad about! 6 Quote
California92563 Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) On 9/4/2016 at 1:00 AM, gregpj said: Jang should stay away from math. How did the original one land at $400'since it has 22 real figures? By his math, the old death star was roughly 0.87 per brick. That translates to a real 14% increase in price, not 4.4%. You can spin this anyway you want... Lego has left lots of room to go either way with this set. Expand Lol I was thinking the same thing. It's like he's trying to come up with any excuse possible to defend Lego. Edited September 4, 2016 by California92563 4 Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 10:20 PM, CM4Sci said: http://www.jangbricks.com/2016/09/lego-star-wars-death-star-returns-my.html Update Expand Methinks Jang read criticisms in this thread and responded in his blog Like your reviews Jang, looking forward to your video review of 75159 2 Quote
Lego Templar Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 On 9/4/2016 at 1:27 AM, California92563 said: Lol I was thinking the same thing. It's like he's trying to come up with any excuse possible to defend Lego. Here's a perfect example:If you look at 2008 2+2=4 but because of inflation and Pluto no longer being a planet we get 6-2=4 (different number as you can see) Now to adjust this to 2016 we need to flip a coin at a 32 degree angle and if it lands on potato we need to then times that by 6. Thus we see why Lego was forced to charge the extra 100 dollars. This math makes perfect sense to me...can't speak for the rest of you but i agree now after doing the math. You can also times Han's hairpiece by the width of the cheese slope..solve for Y and you can clearly see Lego is not lazy.....#IDefendLego 4 Quote
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