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I saw what looks to be a police van, but I can't guess the exact set. Someone sent me a link to a similar page that share many of the same photos... http://www.featuresh...ed-possessions/ On one of these is a small boy collecting NOTHING but toy guns

Heartwarming article. http://www.visualnews.com/2013/03/13/toy-stories-childrens-favorite-toys-around-the-world/ No, this has nothing to do with Lego, though what brought me to this page was obviously another one of my numerous google toy search. This page is heartwarming. It almost makes me guilty that I, an adult, own a huge stockpile of lego that was originally meant to be sold to kids. Almost. Heck, I'd happily give a ~60$ Lego set to one of these poorer kids - on the condition that I get to give him/her in person.

It had its shortcomings (components not being connected), but this is easily, and cheaply fixed. http://www.eurobrick...l=+goblin +king

They are great sets with a few modifications. Mines of Moria needs gray baseplate. (Simple, but pricey) All Goblin King battle needs is 3 hinge bricks and a few technic bricks to connect all components. Check out my mod: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=80391&hl=%2Bgoblin+%2Bking

:wub: Reading the more negative replies in the tread... wow. I guess some people can't ever be pleased. Me, I can't be happier. I agree that a generic Ent leaves room for a future "Treebeard encounter" set. Open back? Do did Helm's Deep and Bag end... and you can always make it yourself, all you need is basic bricks (black basic bricks of all sizes are cheap on Bricklink), can't cost more than 30-40$ worth of black bricks. When the rumors of Orthanc started floating around 2-3 months ago, I only had ONE BIG fear, and let me tell you that if it had materialized itself, EVERY other post on this thread would be exactly this: "Where the HECK is Saruman? :angry: " But it didn't, thanks Lego. I'd like to draw attention to the fact that Bjarke, the Lego designer, turns out to be quite a beast: he designed Helm's Deep & Bag End and now had a hand in designing this one, too! And unlike hobbyist MOCers, these guys have severe constraints to work with ($$$, marketability)

While the MOC I think is actually fine, I wanted to point out that those wheels look really ugly and yellowed, you should really clean them. My worst MOC was made in the 80s and I have no photos from that era. It was an ugly snowmobile made from parts from the 8660 arctic rescue truck set. It was motorized with set 8700.

Thanks to this excellent cracked article (which features a bunch of good Lego mocs) http://www.cracked.c...-out-legos.html Not sure if this should go in Town or Technic, so I left it in General.

Nice review. Here are some photos of the alternate model. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=299194http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=299194

Fantastic set. Can't wait to get my grubby hands on it. I have wanted a Lego Orthanc since the line was announced

Marvelous... I have only seen this scale in layouts organized by 4 or more people... to do this alone must be quite a feat. Love the presence of so many old school, basic colors.

One of my Uruk-Hai's torso's is cracked at the base. Perhaps I should send it back to lego's returns department, alongside my address and a bunch of other unrelated broken pieces. Maybe I shouldn't have made him hold his halberd with two hands? That posture seems to stress the arm joint.

I think this is an appropriate topic for this: I sent an email to Lego asking them what age the main characters are supposed to be. Here is their reply: Dear ######, Thank you for your interest in LEGO® brand toys. We are always delighted to hear from a loyal LEGO enthusiast. ######, the magic of our bricks is that LEGO builders can use their own individual talent and imagination to invent, explore, and discover new and exciting ways of self expression. For this reason, we have not attached any specific age to the mini-dolls in our Friends assortment. This way the builder can use their imagination for the girl to be the age she can identify with herself, or maybe the age of her older sister she might idolize. Generally speaking we designed them to be any age between 11 and 14 years old. However, one can imagine Stephanie to be 16 as well because after all she drives a car! The LEGO Friends story centers on the everyday lives and personalities of five girls in a fictional hometown called Heartlake City. The sets are age-graded for builders 5-12. Each of the friends has a distinct personality and interests, such as animals, performing arts, invention and design, that are reflected in the models. Building sets reflect different parts of town where the girls’ adventures take place—downtown, suburbs, beach, camping grounds and mountains which are familiar to all builders. Thanks again for getting in touch. We're always pleased to receive feedback from LEGO fans! If you could take a moment to complete a four question survey by going to the link below, it will help us make sure we are providing the best customer service to you. Please contact us again if you need anything else (you’ll need to remind us of your reference number #########). It’s free to call our experts at 1-800-835-4386 or you could go to service.LEGO.com which is always open! Happy building in Heartlake City! Moira LEGO Consumer Services

My own 8461's stickers (applied in 2003) have weathered time better than some photos you guys are posting, but many of the white ones have peeled off so used liquid paper to cover it up. On those pics, seen on the large blue+ some small white triangle stickers. http://www.brickshel...el/img_1252.jpg

I also share the similar disappointments regarding the town square, already cited by other members. The crane & bus are OK, but the buildings are very disappointing. I would have loved to see this crane as a standalone set. IMHO this set doesn't even begin to touch this one from only 3 years ago, in terms of originality and content:

edit: only about 300

...And they started making demands? Like, more space, more roads, more trees, more restaurants, more females etc What would you do for those inevitably trying to escape your Lego world? Would you let them leave or emprison them in your Lego collection? (Judging from videogames, they can jump pretty high...) Yeah, it's a bit of a trippy, childish topic, but so is playing with toys

Still nothing in the Quebec province... Must be because of Megabloks having their HQ in Montreal.. that HAS to be the reason.

8366 Supersonic RC, from 2003. Actually a racer set , but made from Technic parts. It, and its smaller brother 8475 from 2002 are very, VERY fast and fun to play with, unlike 9398. http://www.brickset....ail/?set=8366-1 Agreed about the 8094 control center 1 being a very good set. It's actually the flagship set of 1990, hence it somewhat disqualifies from middle-range set, imho. Here's the plotter model with the pencil arm holder modded with a 3rd 9V motor (Made this in 2007) Also completely agreed about the 9396 helicopter. Bought it recently was very pleased with it. Probably the best Lego helicopter of all time! (8485's heli is also very nice)

My niece (8) has a growing Friends collection. She is excited about the yacht and is glad that there are boys in this upcoming summer's sets

Brickset, you make things far too easy for me... 12 minifigs 11 minifigs

I see this and raise a big "meh... " due to the existence of this gem from 1996...

There are a lots of good sets named in this topic, but there is one I disagree with, 8053. 8053's mobile crane main model has outriggers that are a complete farce. Fragile, wiggly and fail in their sole purpose which is to solidify the crane on the ground. I built it from parts from my collection to convince myself that I was right in not actually buying the set. I also built 8053's harbor crane B Model. It's OK, and gets a thumbs up for originality, but it sorely lacks in functions. 8460 aka 8431 aka 8438, however, is top notch. And is the set that brought me out of the dark ages in 2002. Here are my picks for great middle-range Lego Technic sets that haven't been mentioned yet (or hardly mentioned, if I missed them buried in someone's post):

Well technically you are right. It is a droid. That one is the only minifig-scale (roughly) technic Star Wars set in existence. It's from 2003 and it's my most recent Lego Star Wars purchase

Nope, it's a technic star wars set. Cost about 50$