evilempire22

+1 for Bendybadger, great polybag trade from the UK, thanks! --Evil

-US Trades only at the moment. If interested, please make me an offer by posting here. Have: [03] X-Wing (30051) [02] TIE Fighter (8028) [02] Target Practice (30062) [01] Imperial Speeder Bike (30005) Want: [01] Shadow ARF Trooper (2856197)

The weapons are soft plastic and very flexible. --Evil

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I apologize for the sub-par review/image quality...this is my first review! Hopefully I will get better with practice. Picked this set up on May 28 at the TRU in Bloomington, MN. Set#: 6918-1 Name: Blacksmith Attack Theme: Kingdoms Release: June 2011 Pieces: 104 Minifigs: 2 MSRP: 9.99 USD Front View Back View Contents Large Bag Small Bag Weapons Bag Instructions Dragon Knight Blacksmith Build Progress Complete! Extras Verdict Playability: 7/10 (New weapons, a couple mini-figs and chicken, turning water wheel powers hammer and anvil setup) Design: 5/10 (Pretty basic setup, the 2 pieces of the water wheel are the stand out) Price: 8/10 (Reasonable price for set this size. Would have been disappointed if it were any higher) Overall: 7/10 (Makes a nice addition to existing castle or medieval themes you have going, or for the parts.)

Rather than starting a new topic, I believe this discussion belongs here: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=26213 --Evil

My collection hasn't grown out of control (yet), but in the process of experimenting with organizers for some of my smaller parts, I have found that the organizer trays/containers with fixed walls are more difficult for me to get pieces out of. When I build, I usually sit in the middle of the floor or at a table and spread out everything in front of me in an arc. Fixed compartments require me to lean over frequently to reach for pieces. At a local big box home store, I found a set of organizers that have removeable compartment cups so that if I am looking for one specific piece among many, I can pull out the cup, dump it onto the area in front of me to quickly find it, and then shovel everything back in the cup and put it back into the container. I have 4 of the following, with plans to get a couple more once I further sort out my smaller pieces. Stanley Deep Professional Organizer --Evil

Redeemed PAB boxes 2 of 6 and 3 of 6 today at the Mall of America LEGO store. 19 2x4 orange bricks 14 2x6 blue bricks 22 2x4 lime green bricks 25 2x4 light blue bricks 50 green leaves 9 2x12 light gray plates 16 1x4 brown tiles 83 1x8 blue tiles 6 yellow flowers 6 blue flowers 6 red flowers 7 green flower stems Total of 263 pieces. 36 1x2 brown bricks 30 1x4 light gray bricks 144 1x4 black bricks 17 1x4 brown tiles 5 1x2 control panel tiles 2 1x4 control panel tiles 26 2x12 light gray plates 70 1x8 black tiles Total of 330 pieces. --Evil

Combined, my wife and I received (or bought with giftcards) the following LEGO items for the holidays: LEGOLand California tickets 5892 Sonic Boom 8037 Anakin's Y-wing Starfighter 7754 Home One Mon Calimari Star Cruiser 10213 Shuttle Adventure 7947 Prison Tower Rescue 7949 Prison Carriage Rescue 7950 Knight's Showdown 30062 Target Practice x2 5891 Apple Tree House 6754 Family Home 7803 Jeep 7808 Yellow Airplane 30008 Snowman 30009 Christmas Tree 7566 Farmer 7752 Count Dooku's Solar Sailer 7952 Kingdoms Advent Calendar 8036 Separatists Shuttle 8038 The Battle of Endor 8099 Midi-Scale Imperial Star Destroyer 8403 City House 10214 Tower Bridge 40012 Halloween Pumpkin 40013 Halloween Ghost 40014 Halloween Bat 852921 Battle Pack Ya...we are LEGO maniacs... --Evil

Redeemed my first of 6 free PAB boxes from the pre-holiday promotion at the Mall of America store in MN yesterday. 43 2x12 light gray plates 48 1x4 brown tiles 36 1x4 brown bricks 108 1x4 light gray bricks 44 2x6 brown plates Total of 279 pieces. Work on building up my collection to start doing some castle-type MOCs. Will report more results as I redeem my other boxes. I only did one because it was way too crowded. --Evil

Just an update on my LEGOLand California visit. My Father-In-Law got my wife and I tickets for Christmas. Its a long story, but apparently he got them for free from someone who won them in a raffle but didn't want them. It was neat to see all the models and whatnot but the rides are really geared more towards kids. Glad we didn't pony up the $$ for the tickets. We found some harder to find sets at some of the shops, but were dismayed when we presented out LEGO VIP card and were told they don't accept VIP cards any more because they are no longer owned by LEGO...wtf? They had a ton of both S2 and S3 minifigs, but I already have my set of each. Got myself a neat t-shirt on sale, which has a LEGO Boba Fett minifig on it. --Evil

LEGO store in the Mall of America in Bloomington, MN, had a few GG on the shelf when I was there on Monday. Worth checking out if you are in the area and still need one. --Evil

Rancor, no doubt about it. Maybe a set with Luke in the Rancor pit in Jabba's Palace, with Jabba and his cronies and dancing girls hanging out about. --Evil

I can confirm that the LEGO store at the Mall of America does have PAB, and that they use cups (big and small). It's been a couple weeks since I was there, but I remember there being some sort of green foliage, but its mostly just basic parts in different colors. If I stop by this weekend I will try and take note of what they have. Thanks, --Evil

Can someone please post a link to the Pick A Brick strategy article(s) referenced in this thread? I tried searching for them but couldn't find anything. Thanks! --Evil