Hold0511

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  1. Posted

    17 hours ago, Frizzlefry25 said:

    Like the Razorcrest. Looks to be about 2 studs wider than Jerac's with a new Windshield? And sounds like a few more play features. But no reason to replace Jerac's build for me, especially at $600! If this set was $400 I would be tempted down the line, and Im sure those figures will unfortunately be worth a ton, but a pass for sure. On to next year!

    Man no UCS adds this year. Didn't like the speeder, and im done with $600+ SW UCS sets. 

    Second that all the way - I now think back to the X-wing/Y-wing UCS days compared to the current and recent sets - yes they are great builds and look amazing, but I just can not spend that much.....as my Jerac RZ is lovely and metallic its a bit easier to pass on the official set (plus being display only I'm less bothered about interiors that can not be seen). 

  2. Posted

    2 hours ago, Lfm55 said:

    Actually after having seen the leak, the official one is pretty close. Still no good solution for the engine intake and no metallic silver :p

    I don’t think i could justify to buy it after having built the Jerac’s one.

    Yup second that - it looks good, but Jerac's silver beast will remain in prime position on my shelf.  Might steal the instructions for the Blurg and see if its better that the ones I have.

  3. Posted

    7 hours ago, azanderk said:

    https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-120702/azanderk/rogue-one-ut-60d-u-wing-minifig-scale/#admin

    Yes, its swooshable.  Definitely my sturdiest build so far.

    I can highly recommend this MOC - almost built mine and once Lego sends me the last batch of corners and door rail plates it will be finished and on display - the dark blue looks cracking in real life and really pops against the white.

  5. Posted

    On 6/18/2022 at 3:52 PM, Hold0511 said:

    Hi all.  Well its a bit like buses as we say in the UK, another member selling off a lot of my Star Wars sets starting with my Starbricks U-Project - SB00101, built with new and used lego parts, original manual, unused stickers and the blue squadron tile.  I bought a custom U-wing UCS style sticker as well to save using the Mirko one,

    Going to put my sets onto ebay but happy to give any EB member first shout.

    PM me if your interested and if you want any more information.  Pics are on my Bricksafe link 

    I'll aim to then get all my SW lego sets up onto Ebay later this week..

    Ship has now gone, Manual, unused stickers, blue tile etc still available.

  10. Posted

    19 minutes ago, William_Marshall said:

    Thanks, that's all helpful and reassuring. I tried running Auto-Select as you suggested and got the same cost, item count and site count three times, so that seems to have sorted it. Some suggestions are below Min Buy so I imagine I'll need to create carts and then try manually consolidating them to see where that gets me. Slow and steady wins the race lol. 

    Thank you. It was purchased direct from Mirko by me. I've been pretty meticulous when I've opened the package on a clear desk the few times I've had it out. I'll see if I've somehow got it mixed up in the box of the 75188 Resistance from when I built that, or if it's wedged in amongst the page leaves of the instructions. 

    Yup min buys can sting you, plus some BL shops have minimum average price per lots or sell parts in lots of "x" and x can be sometimes 10 up to 100....always worth doing some cart reviewing manually.

  11. Posted · Edited by Hold0511

     

    Hi William_Marshall - welcome to EB!

    As a fellow UK'er my thoughts on your questions 1 and 2 having started in the same place as yourself a few years ago;

    1. Used parts are normally ok, unless your building a white model (its usually the first colour to fade somewhat) and don't mind some minor scuffs etc.  Most BL sellers list anything significantly marking pieces they sell, and as you say you can always use them to their "best side".  I only buy new parts if I absolutely need pristine finish (e.g. a new white model), want to be sure any transparent parts are in good shape or for recent parts not available in sufficient used quantities. 

    2. If you leave the carts created from the first auto create and then re-run it, it will not empty the first carts so then looks for the parts with the remaining sellers (ignoring the sellers and parts from round 1 which the system things are being bought and hence not available), hence a different outcome in terms of shops and price.  In effect by re-running it the second time, your excluding the first pick of sellers, likewise if you run it a third time without clearing out the 1st and 2nd you then are trying to find the parts from yet another selection now without the 1st and 2nd set of sellers.  Hope that makes sense.  Best to re-do any wanted list / auto create cards and always check you have emptied existing carts.  Whilst I do use the Wanted List and auto select feature I ways manually check the carts and do tinker about with them to make the fit better on minimum buy limits, P&P etc, it's not always major changes but can prove beneficial especially for larger orders. 

    Not bought this MOC so can't comment on 3 and 4 which I will leave to others.

    Best of luck - great idea on 4 - plus it makes it your own version. 

    PS - people are very supportive and patient on EB so don't worry about asking for help - once you hit 10 posts you can PM (I think its 10) so by all means reach out if you ever need to ask anything.

  14. Posted

    Hi all.  Well its a bit like buses as we say in the UK, another member selling off a lot of my Star Wars sets starting with my Starbricks U-Project - SB00101, built with new and used lego parts, original manual, unused stickers and the blue squadron tile.  I bought a custom U-wing UCS style sticker as well to save using the Mirko one,

    Going to put my sets onto ebay but happy to give any EB member first shout.

    PM me if your interested and if you want any more information.  Pics are on my Bricksafe link 

    I'll aim to then get all my SW lego sets up onto Ebay later this week..

  19. Posted

    9 hours ago, Ludo SAVONNIERE said:

    Well I know many people replaced the expensive black wheels inside the reactors by dark bluish ones, way cheaper (black ones could be found in very few sets like in the Pirate of Caribbean theme). I’m sure many other parts could be replaced by dark bluish ones without ruining the design. I think the main look is defined by the white and blue parts, the engines could be easily modified according to the parts availability. That’s my humble opinion.

    Yup I did this until I could source the 4 black wheels - it looked fine, so I would think using DBG overall would also look good - your spot on the white / blue combo is the main visuals so should be fine.

  21. Posted · Edited by Hold0511

    @LDigital - I still have my BL wanted list before I checked my own stock and created w new WL for the balance back in the day. 

    Quick search gets me £295 for the majority of the parts (any condition) from UK sellers (exc P&P or using Lego BnP).  No UK stock of the windscreens, but a dutch seller has them at £12 a pop, so thats another £24.  So figure £320 plus p&p.

    Back in August 17 (wow that long ago....) I think I had about a third of the parts and managed to get in early on the rarer parts in the UK for about £170.

    Prices people are asking for on ebay etc are....well....indeed.... 

     

  23. Posted

    5 minutes ago, misterbuk said:

    I'm not a great user of Flickr so this could go a bit askew

     

    You may notice that I used shorter black hose for the tail - longer pearl grey pieces are like gold dust in the UK. 

     

     

    I had the same problem so went for longer hoses in flat silver - I think I got a 18L and 19L and then cut them to the right size.