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  1. Humdrum
    That is correct, I ordered a few of those helmets (on PaB) as soon as I saw that Ninjago set. That still leaves the hunt for a blue torso with pristine classic space logo though :) Ah well, maybe Lego will release a GWP or other small set with a blue and/or black classic space minifig someday .
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    My apologies if I missed this, is there a way to get a (relative) new blue classic space minifig? I'm talking about a 'mint condition' fig rather than comically damaged Benny. From the top of my head, the classic space minifigs/parts I collected since I came out of my dark ages (2013/2014): - Ideas Exo Suit : Green - CMF series 17 : Gray torso - Benny's Space Squad : Pink, White, Yellow, 'Benny Blue' - Lego Minfigures - A visual history : Orange - CMF series 22 : Purple torso I know about the Toys 'r Us classic/vintage minifig packs, but those are rather old and pricey. If the rumour about the upcomming classic space set is correct we can add red to that list, so if I'm not mistaken we still 'need' a black and blue minifig to complete the '70s/'80s line-up?
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    I’m getting a SimCity (2000) vibe from these mocs, well done!
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    There’s a few of those available right now: - 10764 City Central Airport - 10758 T. Rex Breakout Both at €54,99 (price on Dutch/Belgian S@H).
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    I'd love to see a 'cool yellow' modular, like your beautiful record store moc. But I do wonder if Lego would need to make more elements in this colour first. According to this list on brickset the 'longest' element available is a 1x4 brick. You obviously made a great moc out of the existing pieces, but would it be feasible for Lego to do the same?
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    Good idea, and they should start with the corners >:-)
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    40262 is a vignette set from 2017, Lego is simply selling old stock. In 2016 we had 40206 Lego Santa and 40205 Little Helpers, and 2015 gave us 40125 Santa’s visit plus 40124 Winter Fun. If Lego sticks to the same pattern we might get some new vignettes in 2019, for Valentine, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas of course.
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    Ballabreek 2018

    Humdrum replied to greg3's topic in LEGO Town

    I could be mistaken, but I believe these dishes served as a crude/early radar system. Their purpose was to amplify the engine sound made by the zeppelin bombers flying over the Channel during the first world war. Wikipedia has an article on these: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_mirror
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    I think timemail was asking about the GWP Christmas sets. We don’t know anything yet about the GWP that’s the equivalent of last years’ creator-esque advent calendar. I kind of liked the advent calendar(s), as partspacks. I wouldn’t mind getting a nice vignette this time around though.
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    I don't know if Lego has some kind of rule for or against allowing multiple sets from the same author. The pop-up book is from the same author as the Maze set, so I hope it's not a criteria against this set since I'd like to see it go into production. If Lego does refuse new ideas from the same authors then it's going to be slim pickings in the third review, because four sets belong to authors which allready have (had) a set in production.
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    For me 31066 Space Shuttle Explorer takes the cake. There’s just something about this set that makes me smile. I also like the Pizza Van and the seasonal vignettes. Eventhough 2017 was a good year for very large sets, I found most pleasure/value in the smaller offerings.
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    What if Lego would release building instructions which require parts of these sets for a large 'anniversary build'? Like they did with the 40th anniversary of the Technic line? Would that make these sets more interesting? I'll probably buy one of each anyway, especially if there are nice discounts.
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    I didn't know that website, thank you for the tip!
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    I might check out that store in Köln, thanks for the tip! :) At times like these I'd like to see Lego provide an online PaB inventory per store, so you could at least check in advance if there's anything worthwhile in those bins.
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    I wonder how Lego is going to make an anniversary edition out of a standard bucket of bricks?
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    I've been contemplating visiting the Lille store myself, but it's quite a drive from where I live (to the north-east of Brussels roughly). A €5 discount would immediatly be 'burned' on petrol. Do they have a decent PaB wall? The one in Antwerp/Wijnegem is quite small. On other forums I visit people are often organising group purchases for the larger sets in German stores, because the large price difference between DE and BE/NL makes it worthwhile. This is all due to the fact that Lego forces customers to use their local S@H. In contrast a store like Amazon allows you to buy from any of their stores. I do believe there is some regulation coming on European level to 'force' companies like Lego to offer true international sh(i)(o)pping. The cynical part of me assumes Lego will just up their prices on all stores then, so there won't be any price difference anymore.
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    Actually, the last three years all Winter Village sets were anounced in August. The winter train August 11th 2016, Toy Shop August 18th 2015, Santa's Workshop August 9th 2014. I didn't bother checking older releases though.
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    I ordered mine wednesday afternoon, after receiving a warning on a Dutch forum that the set was allready available at that time. And sure enough, it was available on the Dutch and Belgian (where I ordered mine) webshops until 19:00 CET approx. I received my set today, together with an R3-M2 polybag that came with the Darth Vader transformation set.
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    For some reason I always have to think about the video game 'Theme Hospital' by Bullfrog with its hilarious diseases when people talk about a Lego hospital theme Minifigs with 'bloated head', '3rd degree sideburns',... yes please!
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    Actually, some sets are manually packed. I saw this recently in some documentary on NGC (Mega Factories or How it's made, Lego edition). They showed people manually boxing up the previous iteration of the police station, claiming this was necessary for larger sets.
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    Will the new modular come with a fitting polybag, like the flower/cookie cart? Otherwise I'll hold off buying this set in January. Between the London store opening and all the Christmas goodies my wallet needs some recharging
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    Ballabreek 2016

    Humdrum replied to greg3's topic in LEGO Town

    I love how you keep coming up with these stories and events, combined with the nice photography they always make for a good read Again five thumbs up from me!
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    I like this kind of threads Best Minifigure: Best small/promo set: 40221 Fountain Best medium set: 60134 Fun in the Park I think that the fountain and fun in the park sets are the best combination purchase I've done this year. Best large set: 10251 Brick Bank It's the only 2016 large set I've purchased according to Brickset. Worst...: there's lots of themes/sets in the Lego catalogue I have no interest in, but then again that's a good thing. I'd be ruined if I liked it all I will say I didn't like the news about the Mixels line being cancelled. I like those quirky builds, and sometimes they contain unexpected/useful parts. Special mention: all the nice (AFOL) people I met while queueing for the London store opening on November 17th, it was a joy to finally being able to chat with fellow nutcases builders. Also, receiving 40139 Gingerbread House unexpectedly that day was a nice treat.
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    My bad, I meant limited by choice of parts. There aren't a whole lot of interesting parts to be found in the PaB Wall at Wijnegem. It's mostly doors, windows, wheels, computer screens (printed 2x2 sloped), orange and purple 1x1's,... and of course the parts for the pick-a-model build.
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    I practically live on the ring yes, near the on/off-ramps of the R0/E19 in Machelen. I usually don't bother going to Wijnegem, the PaB wall is limited and I don't like using the ring around Antwerp. It feels like rush hour all day long over there, and it's just a mess to navigate between all the lanes.
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