Laphroag
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Good additions. Perhaps the light bley arch on the magic shop could be replaced a reddish brown alternative? That may make it a bit more consistent.
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Check out Brickstruct.com. You can buy instructions for a Helm's Deep MOC and Golden Hall of Meduseld. However, they're both huge so might not be for everyone.
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[MOC] WIP ~20,000 piece Battle at Helm's Deep
Laphroag replied to samiam391's topic in LEGO Historic Themes
I'm building this myself and it's cool to see it with minifigs. I know there are no more instructions for the next sections (deeping wall, inner keep etc) yet. Do you plan on waiting for the next instructions from Brickstruct or will you do the rest yourself? -
My biggest concern is not the potential mix of "classic" castle and sci-fi, because that can result in some cool parts, colors and designs. But it might seem that it's only vehicles and figure packs. Something which i personally have zero interest in as I already have too many Uruk-hai ballistas
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3x Uruk Hai Army. Love to find those small shops that have some random sets stacked away.
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Mines of Moria at 40% off retail price. An online toy store was probably clearing out old sets before the holidays.
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Do you always try to have a backlog of sets to build?
Laphroag replied to BirdOPrey5's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Like some others I don't really try to have a backlog. But I do have two sets at the moment and for some reason it is very nice to know they're at my disposal at any time. -
There are great MOCs, there are fantastic MOCs, and there is this. Simply a whole new level of awesome.
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The MMV is waiting for me at the post office. In a sealed box.
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Forestmen. I loved them when I was a kid and with the new techniques and overall better design of sets of today I think it could be......awesome.
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My very personal opinion is that the tower does not fit in with your city. To me it just looks awkward due to it's size compared to the rest of your buildings. But I do understand that you want it there since it's a great (and currently highly valued) building. Have you tried a set-up without it?
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Found the 6754 Family Home at 20% off retail price at a local toy shop. MISB Now, do I build it or sell it....
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Interesting discussion, but this basically sums up my own view of it. Sure, there will probably always be those who try to artificially increase prizes and fraudulent resellers. But that's the prize you pay for the opportunity of getting retired sets. This is not different from any other hobby that includes buying collectibles (I think, I don't collect anything else really).
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Here's a great tip to how you stop yourself from over spending money: Keep track of much you've spent. That way your guilty conscience will tell you when it's too much. At least it works for me.
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For building my own creations: Space (80's era). I built and rebuilt so many vulgar spaceships. It was all about size, maximum amount of trans-bricks and antennas/discs everywhere. For playing: Castle. And especially the forestmen faction. I only had one set of forestmen (6054 - Forestmen Hideout) but it was awesome. Honorable mention: Pirates. I went into my dark ages in the early 90s so I only saw a few sets of pirates. But I'm pretty sure Pirates would have become my favorite theme if I hadn't entered the dark ages.