Another Brick In The Wall

Actually $56. It was already reduced to $70 in many places because of oversupply.

My Target purchases: - Batman AA - Ghost Train (couldn't say no at $59) - Colby City Showdown (completing LR) - Coast Guard Plane (this may actually be my fave set) - Metropolis Showdown

Sorry for the necro bump, alas I received this as a present, but actually wanted 10231. Is it worthwhile to sell it and get the newer version instead? Thanks!

How much is Colby City Showdown at Target? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? Btw, Target sales at Bondi Junction starts at 6pm tonight!

Eff me! shutupandtakemymoney.gif (PS. Marty's hair would look great on Spengler!) edit: Of course i mean Stantz 35GBP? ...good lord it's gonna sell like hotcakes on Shrove Tuesday.

That's true. I'm just playing devil's advocate. However there's no real precedent with Cuusoo and minifigs. I still think that at least one will be included. Anybody wanna take a stab at pricing? I say same a Minecraft.

I'm not convinced, tbh. (1) The minifig may just be a placeholder for BYO minifigs. (2) If they included minifigs, would it not be a 'fleshie'(which it is clearly not in the photo)? (3) If anything, the minifig in the photo is Marty in his "coast guard" vest, which is the most iconic outfit of the series.

After seeing those pics, Jabba's sail barge is must buy now.

Although discussion for another thread, Cuusoo lost me when they rejected Western Modular Town -- and it's only gonna get worse -- apart from the 30th anniversary Ghostbusters project and maybe Apollo 11, there's nothing interesting in the pipeline for next 24-36 months.

does anybody have a Zavvi 10% off code they're not intending to use? Did they have any Arkham Asylum sets?

Your words, not mine:

Even the "other" version still languishing on Cuusoo looks better. The production of BttF minifigs could have been done in a credible fashion with 80-90% of existing parts. (and i doubt the actors could have negotiated their likeness in BttF seperately.....in fact Crispin Glover (the actor who played George McFly in the 1st movie) took precisely this issue to court and lost, although a payment may be due is under the Screen Actor's collective bargaining agreement.

So just because there's no license, does that mean they will cannibalise an existing theme (with moderate sales)? How many sci-fi themes do you think the Lego market can support? The examples you cite are arguably the reason we were left without a generic sci-fi theme for a short period. It's called market saturation. I don't mean any disrespect to the Space Trooper's creator, but this project adds absolutely nothing to Lego's range. There's nothing unique, creative or original about it. It's not consistent with the same genus of projects that have been accepted (substantial builds with limited minifigs, one-off projects that do not conflict with existing themes) The creator admits he's borrowed off existing TLG designs. Do you seriously believe Lego will entertain giving somebody a commission based on their own creations? Don't take the explanations Cuusoo give for accepting/rejecting projects as "the law". At the end of the day each project is assessed on a case-by-case basis independently to what they have previously stated.

There's no way Space Troopers will be passed while Galaxy Squad is still running. Galaxy Squad is a non-licensed version of the film series "Starship Troopers" (Much like the Dino theme was non-licensed "Jurassic Park"). From what I've been told, Galaxy Squad has enjoyed some decent sales numbers, especially since Space Troopers is essentially the same theme except it replaces Insects with Lizards, as the main adversaries. The lizard vehicles are almost identical to insect vehicles in GS, The Marine vehicle is an inferior version of the Galactic Titan (70709). The four-legged aliens would also require a special mold which would be useless beyond that theme. Above anything else, Space Troopers is a blatant attempt at a theme builder. TLG is not going to give 1% commission across an entire theme. Cuusoo is not a lottery.

Will Target have an early online sale like BigW and Myer?

I'm going by what the manager of BigW Eastgardens told me.

Big W will open at 6am for their bricks & mortar toy sale on June 27.

Anybody seen Helm's Deep (9474) on the cheap? Christ that's a good deal.

Well, found out you can use the staff discount if you don't have the Myer 1 coupon. That aside, I just picked up Sopwith, LR Train, Kingdom Joust. May go back for Family House.

Yeah, for sure. I think they'd at least give 10%. It's normally 15% on toys, I believe.

Does Myer give staff discount on sale Lego? A chick i'm seeing works there.

Eurobricker marshal-banana, who also built Western Modular Town, gets screwed again. What odds Lego release a UCS Sandcrawler in the next 2 years, without the need to pay him the 1% or whatever the creator commission is. The scale reason is horsesh*t. It could easily be converted to <4000 piece model, especially if you remove the lighting system and mechanized innards. The real reason: Lucasfilm would never consent to a second 3rd party making $$$ off their most valuable IP. Plain and simple.

Yep. The big positives of this set for me are the light-brick, the gold bar and coins, the two row boats, the sextant, and the flaming lanterns.

This is such a great set. The best PotC set that's not a ship!

I'm trying to recreate this Hot tub: I'm not sure what parts to use for the foundation of the tub and the stairs, specifically the baseplates? (I'm totally useless when it comes to MOCing). Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.