Artanis I

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  5. Posted

    20 hours ago, Ixen Darastrix said:

    I placed two BDP orders in total due to site issues, I used paypal for one of the orders and they took the money and so far have not returned it, used a debit mastercard for second and same thing, seems fairly regional and payment type specific

    16 hours ago, HotdogBricks said:

    I ordered the fortress and used a bofa debit card for it. It deducted the money from the account but it says processing: “Your available balance has been increased or decreased to reflect this transaction. The amount may change when the transaction is finalized. For example: A restaurant may not include the gratuity that is included in the final complete transaction. Final amounts may take up to 5 business days to post to your account.” 
     

    So it definitely looks like they charge you right away.

     

    It shouldn't have. From the BDP site, when you click on "Payment and shipping (?)" on the project's page:

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    Payment and Shipping Info

    You will only be charged if this project is funded (receives at least 3,000 pre-orders) and once the product is shipped to you.

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    We will send out an email before we ship the set and charge your card. Please make sure that the card you originally entered when you pre-ordered this project has not expired. You may go to lego.com to update your payment method.

     

    I think maybe you guys should contact Lego customer support. (Unless you are happy to pay this early)

  7. Posted

    The thing about the 4 different coloured Futuron and 5 different coloured Classic minifigs etc, was that they were still identical within themselves. There weren't 5 different red ones with obviously unique faces, there were just generic red ones. So it's not the same at all! :wink: It didn't matter how many of each you had. If you have 10 mooks and they're all the same, it doesn't matter, IF their faces are generic enough. But if they all have the exact same tooth missing, identical bruises, then it looks all wrong. And if they're all high rank, it makes no sense. Worse, is when you have 10 Jack Sparrows and 3 soldiers for him to fight..! :laugh:

     

    Bring back the classic smiley!

  12. Posted

    Nostalgia, maybe, but clearly the difference is charm. Sets & minifigs.

    Compare a young child's drawings with a young adult's. The older person's drawings are way more detailed and representative of the subject matter, but the child's drawings are more charming. Also, the plain smiley face is cute and sweet, and reminds us of a time when everyone in Legoland was cheerful and happy. If experiencing that coincided with your childhood, then it doubles-down on the nostalgia factor.

  13. Posted

    It's honestly not all that bad, but I do actually miss the 'good ol days' when they were just all the same minifig. Sp001 on Bricklink is Blacktron. 1 unique minifig for all sets it was in! Nowadays I need to track down 10-15 different entries for each faction to add to wanted lists etc. Last I checked these ones still aren't all on there!

  14. Posted

    They said they'd make a maximum of 30000. They have increased the number in the past, (and it's only scalpers that would be negatively affected,) but I think it might take a lot of folks whingeing about not getting one, for them to add more this time. It's possible, but I wouldn't bank on it.

  15. Posted

    Got up at 3AM to place an order, (someone warned me it would be sold out by the time I'd normally be up,) and of course the site was down... I eventually got through to checkout by 3:30, and saw that the progress bars weren't too far along. When I got up to go to work later, it was sold out, comments were saying it took 3 hours. Relieved, but very disappointed in the process, and especially for the large number of comments I read of folks that were gutted to miss out.

    On the plus side, all of the parts should be available (even if some become rare) on Bricklink, and the instructions as a printable .pdf file. Should be cheaper than the scalpers prices.

  16. Posted · Edited by Artanis I

    8 minifigs, with 1 soldier* and a hooded rogue-type character. Can't see their torsos.

     

    Someone get around to Roebuck's house to stop him killing himself...

    I see a grey goat, white cat, brown squirrel, green frog, red bird, blue bird. No horses or cows etc. No farm birds.

     

    *Lion Knight - minifigs are slightly viewable on the top of the box

  23. Posted

    Post would benefit from using pictures!

     

    For the cyborg & laser mech, I just gave them vehicles from Ultra Agents sets!

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    My own personal version of Space includes many minifigs from both CMF and other themes (primarily Nexo Knights, Ultra Agents, Monkie Kid, Stuntz, Vidiyo, Marvel, but a few others). Every alien that looks a bit suspicious has joined the Black Hole Gang. Anything that could be considered a bounty hunter or mercenary is one. Then there are some groups based on multiples of the same minifig like the moon protector knight thing, space troopers etc (a few different ones as you've mentioned), Nexo villains, Ironclad villains, and Nexonauts... and a big band based on Eternals. But many of these required donning a suitable helmet and/or other part-swapping.

  24. Posted

    Those torsos are future Space minifigs for me, I haven't opened that set yet, but I've already got the other parts they need to join the Stunts(z?)-based team

    On 1/19/2024 at 9:41 PM, JesseNight said:

    Thanks! Been searching everything with "bar" in it for an hour now :laugh:

    You're not the first to ask about that part, funnily enough!