Boshuda21

I like it a lot. Nice to see some Tie fighter stuff coming back.

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In response to above PM issue, you need 10 forum posts before you can PM. Just FYI

That's cool. I didn't take it as that anyways.

I too just realized this coming back to it and seeing it in the historic section. I originally posted regarding the Shelob attack kit and got carried away.

Picked up a Shelob set at Target for 16$ for my son. Not sure how much of the purchased Lego I can convince my wife to let him have for Christmas, but he'll get it all at some point. Here is the complete list of stuff I picked up for my son's Christmas gift. Shelob attack Mirkwood elf Uruk poly bag Frodo poly bag Other non-historic theme acquisitions... Pre Vizla's starfighter Ninjago Jay's starfighter 9442 Imperial V-wing Sebulba pod racer w/ globe Anakin starfighter 9494 Republic striker fighter TIE fighter 9492 Droid escape Pretty much every Ninjago polybag from 2011 and 2012 Edited to fit the historic theme more.

I saw about 6 packs of the Elf at the Emeryville CA TRU. I picked up a single pack. No Gandalfs to be seen.

I have a 4.5 yr old son. He is a crazy Star Wars fanatic, especially the OT. He loves Lego. That being said, as much as he would love a set like the Death Star or the Malevolence, my observations are that he does better with multiple smaller sets. Here are the reasons 1) Most kids under 5 have trouble building a set with 100pcs let alone the death star. While this may seem trival because you plan on putting it together, be prepared to deal with repair jobs on a daily basis. 2) My son likes a wide variety of characters so the multiple set option can fulfill this requirement. The downside is that certain main characters like Vader are hard to come by in smaller sets. 3) Smaller sets like ships are easier for them to handle and have more playability. 4) My son uses his extra pieces and builds bases for the mini figs anyways so he is happier building a base to park his ships. then again, the reverse is also possible. 5) Kids tend to look at quantity as being more important than size. Show a kid 100 pennies vs. 8 quarters and I am sure most of them will pick the pennies. I think the same holds with toys. As for the City Lego option, well I know my son wouldn't complain, but he would prefer Star Wars or Ninjago or LOTR if given the choice over City. That's a matter of his personal preference though. That being said, I know for a fact that there are a lot of playability things built into the City themed buildings (like the police station).

I'm a molecular geneticist. Many labs in our building buy pre-loaded tips and thus have tons of boxes left over. Many times we'll go through several boxes in a day. These are from molecular biosystems, ARC soft tips that fit the Rainin pipettes. As to the comment about wanting drawers, there are clear advantages to a more modular storage system. The main one being, if you build in an area farther than an arms length from your storage area, then having boxes that you can carry to your build area is useful. Also boxes can be stored on a shelf system, which would allow for a drawer like set-up, but keep the modular nature of boxes.... but to each his own.

Here are three of the boxes each with different sized blocks in them.

I use clear and colourless plastic boxes that we use for pipette tips at work. They are 7cm x 12.5cm x 8cm and have hinged lids that lock. The boxes stack nicely on top of each other. They are great for all pieces except large amounts of larger/longer blocks. Best of all we throw tons of them out = free. If anyone is interested let me know and I can try and hook you up.

My son watches the series and I have only seen a couple episodes, but I have read that the Lego ninjago brick line (I think it was on the Lego brickset site with their list of 2013 sets) has been discontinued after 2013 and is to be replaces with Chima. Given that, I suspect the show will also coincide with this. I am not sure what the motivation is behind this. Ninjago is extremely popular with young boys. They all go nuts over it. Then again, Lego has made a number of decisions that baffle me over the years.

OK,I now see in some people's signatures they have links to their collections and creations. thanks

BTW, where is the appropriate place to post our own original creations?

I scanned the Riddle set at TRU today and it said BOGO on it. So they do qualify. I think they only 'mainstream' Lego series that didn't qualify is Ninjago and that is listed directly on the posted sale sign in the store.