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Anyone still facing delay? my nov 2024 order finally got cancelled by LEGO after 6 months. Then I placed another shortly after, and stuck IN WAREHOUSE for over a month. Stragely, another order I place FEB only took 2 weeks in total to arrive. Might need to send customer service a message again =(

oh, I guess the fact that I'm not familiar with the source material may have ruled out some of the flaws you have pointed out.

Here is my review on LEGO Monkie Kid 80066 Mythical Creature Qilin: THE GOOD: The Qilin. is great. Many cool side builds. Excellent miifigures. THE NOT SO GOOD: Not cheap. Wasn't in the plan to buy this one but needed a set to reach a GWP threshold last month and here we are, what a nice surprise. I have to admit, there are better sets in the theme but coming in with no expectation at all, the build and the Qilin itself has quite a few thing to praise about. First, the building experience, it may due to the fact I mostly build buildings, I did enjoy it quite well. Especially the outer details and the head has been the most fun to build. There are some interesting use of parts too. The finished the Qilin is slightly smaller than expected but still decent size to look lively. I really the use of flames around the legs which made it look more authentic. It has plenty of movements to allow great posing although the legs joint is more stationary but I think it's needed for stability. Now the side builds do not disappoint, the Pigsy's dumpling cart is brilliant and can be placed in any lego city. The hover craft is simple but integrate with the Qilin very well as a saddle. I also like how the designers came up with yet another unique build from flying cloud. Just like other Monkie Kid's sets, this one also comes with excellent minifigures. I also noticed they use a different hair piece for Sandy instead of usual mohawk. Yes the set is not cheap just like other monkie kid set, but I mean nowadays which LEGO doesn't feel expensive? Put that a side, it's a decent set that I would definitely recommend if you like asian cultures.

Here is my review on LEGO Disney 43268 Lilo and Stitch Beach House: THE GOOD: Great looking house, while it is open back design, it has enough depth to be great looking. Simple but yet very interesting builds with some cool details through out. Surprisingly good space ship build despite its size. Excellent minifigures. THE NOT SO GOOD: A bit pricey but expected with Disney license. I was never a stitch fan nor have watched the animation but this set immediately caught my eyes with vibrant coloured beach house when it was first announced. With a 20% off deal, which made the pricing somewhat competitive, I show no hesitation to get this. And it was fun to build. It's very similar to the UP house in terms of details and level of building. But because if its size and exterior, this allows some very interesting details across the build. The results do look good. The fun extends into the interior with some great furniture builds as well. I'm also impress with the small space ship build, as it is small yet effective. In the end, it has a great building experience while looking great. Of course it also have the potential to extend into a very impressive beach house. All 5 (6 if you count the soft toy) minifigures are excellent, while Stitch has a more vibrant colour than previous variants and Lilo reused some parts from last year Fatnasia Mickey's variant. All minifigures has its own characters and I just love them. The use of Dreamlings body for the soft toy is smart, although the scale is a bit off but guess that's how you work your way around without making new moulds which would have push the price of this set further. As I mentioned before, although I have no attachments to the licensed property, I had lots of fun and absolutely love the end results. It's definitely a set I would recommend to everyone if you are into cool LEGO buildings and unique minifigures.

haha yea, it works surprisingly well.

Here is my review on Monkie Kid 80065 Erlang's Celestial Mech: THE GOOD: Despite flaws of the mech, the legs are probably one of the best mech legs I've ever built. Good selection of minifigures if you are into chinese myth. The mini cloud build and hover bike are surprisingly cool. THE NOT SO GOOD: The waist is too thin proportion wise, although the cape did help to visually hide this. Somewhat small in comparison with other mech in the same themes. With 2x Insider points earlier and my desire to have a Erland's mech against the Monkey King Warrior Mech, ended up buying this. To be frank, I was very skeptical on the mech build when this was first announced, well while I had fun building this and there are indeed cool things come with it, it did not change my view that this mech could have been better. Before talking about the flaws, the legs build are one of the best pair of legs I've built. With great movement and interesting use of parts. The shoulder with the Celestial Dog heads are also very detailed and look cool. But with these pair of legs and shoulders, the rest of the mech doesn't feel in the same ratio so it does feel like a mech with incorrect proportion. The arms seem short compared to the length of legs and size of palms. And the waist is just too thin with no waist movements. The cape did well to visually make it look good but if you removed it, then it does look odd. The head is fun to build and looks nice but I can't help to feel it looks like optimus prime. You get a massive spear with cool parts but there are visual gaps due to the parts use. Overall the size is relatively small compared to other mechs in the theme. When I place this next to the OG Monkey King Warrior mech, my immediately feeling is, Erlang has no chances of winning XD. The minifigures though are excellent. While Monkie Kid and Monkey King only have small variation compared to others already released, you do get an updated Erlang and Celesital General. The Celestial general would be great if you want to build an epic chinese army, though it will likely to be quite costly when the parts are available on PAB later. I also liked the mini cloud and the hover bike, small yet effective build. Pricing wise, not as bad as some sets released in the past but still not cheap. Waiting for insider points double will probably get you best deals or hope of sales on LEGO store. And in the end, it's probably a set that is skippable unless there are elements you really want in this.

Here is my review on LEGO City 60460 No Limits: Race Car Ramp Track: THE GOOD: Great build for a potential bridge. No stickers with cool printed design tiles! Both the hot dogs and toilet racers are great. Cool new minifigures torsos. THE NOT SO GOOD: Could be better if the other side of the ramp also have the printed tiles. Bought this for the Toilet Race to accompany the hospital bed racer I bought earlier. Didn't have much expectation to be honest but this turns out to be a very cool set. First I was surprised that there are no stickers and all those cool design tiles are printed. Comes with cool new minifigures torsos, and of course 2 very cool mini racers. Both the hot dog and toilet are fun, I do wish the toilet has no exposed studs at the back though. The biggest surprise is how strong the ramp is, it really has a potential for you to buy multiples and build a city bridge or highway but this of course will come with a cost. I wish more of the printed tiles were included so that the banners do not just appear on one side of the ramp. In terms of fun factors, the targeted age group will surely have fun and the play mechanism works better than the previous failed STUNTZ sub theme as some of those designed plays were impossible to pull off. Overall, at this price and usually getting a decent discount, I did not feel it broke my wallet but do wish just a bit more cheaper. But as a LEGO City overall, it's great. But let's be honest, if it wasn't the toilet racer, I would probably not have buy this lol. Looking forward for the parts to be available on PAB so I can build my own custom racers.

Finally, available in NZ too. So happy shops still do 20% off when buying the whole box and get 3 sets. Saved the hassle to try to find the beastmaster. This series is definitely one of the best in recent years. I'm going to miss regular series this year as the F1 cars took one spot and september likely to be a licensed series. My favourite is definitely the cupid because I love the hearts on his face.

Here is my review on LEGO Marvel 76311 Spider-Verse: Miles Morales vs. The Spot: THE GOOD: 4 excellent currently exclusive minifigures based on the Sony Spiderverse animated movies. New hair piece for Miles. Surprisingly fun build and cool looking police car. THE NOT SO GOOD: The Deli felt incomplete. High retail price. Finally we have a set based on the Sony's Spiderverse animated movies. Obviously the key thing hooked me to the set when it was first announced are the minifigures. Having 4 variants (currently exclusive) of characters from Spiderverse is great. All 4 of them are excellent, the best is probably SPOT for me. And surprisingly, LEGO made a new hair piece for Miles. To my surprise, the police car is looking really fine when finished, I like the look of it and overall slightly different to the police cars in other themes I've built. The Deli, while it has great graphic design on the stickers and look great from the front, it does feel incomplete due to the lack of roof and how little space it has. While the ATM action feature is nice, I really don't mind if it is not included and make the set cheaper. One interesting thing I noticed is the pin connection on the side, and the piece you usually use to stack of modulars, so may be there are more sets coming in the near future. While the minifigures are great and must have for marvel fans, the price tag of this set is really on the high end. although I did get a 20% discount but still feeling the hit. Overall, it's a fun marvel set with excellent minifigures, I only recommend you buy this set if you absolutely want the minifig and can't wait for a bigger discount.

One placed in mid OCT and one early NOV. Both with CC. Just give them a call and ask them to update payment method if you are worried.

Order delayed for so long that I needed to update payment method, and funny the customer rep was telling she doesn't know who made the decision to not close the service during the move and holidays and ended up having a long backlog of order piled up. Looks like will be another month or two wait for now (OCT and NOV orders) and now I tempted to order those new hair pieces!!!!

Here is my review on LEGO Sonic The Hedgehog 77003 Super Shadow vs. Biolizard: THE GOOD: Super sonic & Super Shadow in one set! Biolizard is a surpringsly fun and detailed build. THE NOT SO GOOD: none. When super sonic minifig debut last year, I was a bit sad because it was in a expensive set that I don't really want, so when this was announced and with a cheaper price, plus a build looks more interesting, I knew I will buy this. Turns out, the biolizard is a very fun build. it's bigger than expected which allow some cool details. Overall shape is good and I like how the make it very posable with articulation points around most key joints. The build of the front legs is the most interesting for me. And of course, there are no stickers! The launcher is the same build if you have previously built the sonic launcher, and this one with no star prints as it's supposed to launch Super version of the characters. It can interact with the play features built into the biolizard but you will need to make sure it generate enough power. The biolizard is quite strong. And of course most importantly, the minifigures. Having both super sonic and shadow in one set is just great. And both minifigures are very good. Overall I cannot find anything I don't like in the set, with 20% off discount, made this a very good buy. More over, the lizard build can potentially customised to creatures or machine from other games. I immediately thought of the devine beast in Breath of the Wild.

Here is my review on LEGO DC 76303 Superman Mech vs. Lex Luthor: THE GOOD: The printed 'S' logo is great. Lex is a more superior minifigure than superman this time. THE NOT SO GOOD: Still don't like the element used for fingers as it still look more like a monster hand. Superman minifigure without his iconic hair and no dual moulded legs. Originally not planning to buy this until I found out the 'S' logo is printed. Turns out, the mech is really bland. There are way better mech in this series. Still don't feel right with the current use of element for figners, to me still looks like a villain robot than the good ones. As usually, this type of mech have no articulation joints for elbow and knees which makes posing limited. Having said that, the printed 'S' logo is really nice. My biggest issues with the set is actually the superman minifigure, I think it could benefits to use the classic superman hair, plus dual moulded legs or having his red briefs printed. But well, when superman is not as good then you get a very nice Lex Luxor minifigure. At this price, it's still a fun set for those who nenver own a superman minifigure, but only buy when you really needed. The excellent printed 'S' logo is tempting but likely you may find cheaper way to get it through bricklink or brickowl.

Here is my review on LEGO Friends 42641 Surfing Dogs and Scooter Adventure: THE GOOD: The Corgis are excellent and good. they include not one but two. The scooter is a fun build. THE NOT SO GOOD: none. Once again LEGO Friends delivers with small sets like this. I'm going to be honest, just like most people, I bought this set for the Corgis. And they are excellent and the overall mould and prints works well with LEGO City too. Including two, even though it's a colour variation is very good. Surprisingly, the scooter is also a fun build, at least for me, I haven't build anything like that yet. Land yatch is simple yet functional but I did have a thought, may be it can minus the land yatch and make this set the lowest price point but current pricing still very competitive. And never will say no to minidolls because they often come with cool hair and head gears. IF you like to collect LEGO animals like me, this is definitely a set for you.

Here is my review on LEGO City 60459 Airplane vs. Hospital Bed Race Car Pack: THE GOOD: The hospital bed delivers as promised. Love the vitals monitor print. New wheels piece works well. THE NOT SO GOOD: none. The moment I saw the hospital bed, I knew I will buy this. And this is what small set like this should, fun to build, fun to play and comes with some cool parts. The hospital bed delivers the silliness just right with details. Great the racer is wearing the hospital gown and the badges are just a plus. Would be beyond expectation if the minifigure head also have bruises. Despite being such small set, it gives you a IV drip and a printed vitals monitor. The aeroplane is also pretty nice at this scale, and the new pilot jacket torso is great. And you probably notice the designer try to make the figure to look like Amelia Earhart. While this sandbox cart may not be as fast as the stuntz bike, as a sub-theme, it's pretty cool and simplify the play. The new chasis and wheels work really in my opinion. I wonder how this will work with the ramp, which I did buy for the toilet cart but yet to build. At this price, it's definitely a fun set to have you won't be disappointed.