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For me it depends on how you want the hands to look, and if anything is been held, or used by the Minifig. This thread has some good suggestions, along with a suggestive picture.

I don't mean to sound rude either, but offering a link to United States Postal Service International Delivery Page might be more helpful than a barrage of your opinions.

The only unfair charge is the £8 fee that Royal Mail gouge from you, the actual tax for Lego is VAT @20%, which you would have paid anyway.

I have had this problem when I bought older MISB sets, when they used to attach the head to the torso. You might have already tried this, I found twisting the head loosened up the connection. Once it is rotating nicely, then it can be pulled off easily.

So much easier to replace Lego wheels though! Seriously this is great news for us in the North West. I have not being shopping in Liverpool for years, even though it is closer to me than going into Manchester. I am really looking forward to the opening, and seeing what else Liverpool One has to offer.

As I can see your location is England, and you seem to want to talk about Britain, maybe it would be a good start not to slaughter the English language completely in the first post.

Thanks for the positive comments guys, this went through several revisions before I was content with it. I have a real interest in prehistory, and in particular this period in time, when people moved their subsistence strategy from a 'Gatherer-Hunter' to being a 'Farmer'. I have a few more prehistoric Lego ideas, but its difficult (but good fun trying!) to make them convincing.

This is my interpretation of an Early Neolithic mortuary structure. The post holes of these structures are often found underneath various types of barrows and cairns, they were likely used for excarnation (where bodies are defleshed) as part of a burial process.

I use other pieces of Lego to help with removing difficult pieces, so the Minifig Utensil Spanner / Screwdriver is perfect for lifting up tiles. I have found certain pieces have a very strong grip, I use a Minifig Loudhailer / SW Blaster to remove jumper plates, and a selection of different size bricks which can lift nearly everything with ease. As I have never used stickers yet, the only other tool is a small very soft paintbrush to remove any dust.

Buckets are a definite highlight of the year, I am really looking forward to acquiring a few. Another part I am looking forward to is the 1x4x3 reddish brown window frame in the Creator Lighthouse. It is the nature of our hobby that we all get excited about small, and ultimately insignificant pieces of plastic. I don't want to be a 'mini-mod' here, but a term like 'spaz' is in my opinion not really acceptable anymore.

Your Mileage May Vary - It's not a consistent clearance sale, so it is luck if the shops near to you will discount anything.

In my experience of previous promotions, some WHSmiths will give out the Sunday bag on a Monday (if they were shut on the Sunday). It is not a consistent policy, and seems to be the whim of the manager how they organise this, but it is worth asking tomorrow.

Find the inventory of the set on Bricklink and then you can see what it is you are missing.

This is why girls should not be allowed to play with Lego! Seriously though, great topic, I'm sure this will be filled with nostalgic memories. I loved that set just for the dustbins! Mine is this: It probably stayed built the majority of my childhood. I remember that after that much play the hinges had all worn down. It helped me build every Lego house that I ever constructed.

It would not really be a 'plain' community build, as all the contributions would be rendered together. Obviously I know that happens in real life for displays, but, it has not happened on any of the past Eurobricks Community Builds.

I voted for 'Pirates Port' as that is something I would be interested in seeing, although the 'Ancient City' is also an interesting choice. I do think that people should be allowed to use whatever colours for bricks, as it is unlikely something like this would get built in real life, so sticking to known colours is not needed. I do think the whole 'LDD 'All-Star' builders RCB' idea is a bit pathetic. But... I know the 'Relay' aspect is being emphasised here, and this has strategy has been done well. I do really think the next build should emphasise 'Community' a bit more. As in a theme or topic is picked, the host (who has a good computer) then allocates squares to the participants. Members make their area (within a piece limit), and send the file to the host, who will assemble all the separate buildings together. I am not saying that the previous builds were wrong, they were fun to watch. But surely it would fun to see something different for the next one? The benefits are more members can be involved, who do not have to scheduled. Of course a deadline is imposed. The only problem is making sure the host has a powerful computer to assemble the finished model.

Absolutely Not! That was the moment juniorization first showed its simplistic face, by catering for children. They should have never targeted children with these pull along ducks. They knew real woodworking, they built furniture for Adults. They sold out. I am disgusted.

I am going to firstly say that I do think Lego could pay a bit more attention to quality control now. There are numerous issues with Collectible Minifig's, Colour Control, and Part Quality that potentially they could be dealing with better. Either by fixing them properly (the best option), or by at least saying "we know this is not correct, we are trying to make it better". I totally agree, when I started to buy Lego again I started with a few modern sets that caught my eye one day, and considered that I would buy my favorite childhood sets as well (as my childhood collection was passed out on to my nieces and nephews). But when I really looked at the sets that I played with so much then, I realised that they are nothing special. When I see pictures of them they make me smile, and I remember that I played with them, but I do not think that I need to own them. I would rather spend my money on contemporary sets, than spend on reacquiring classic sets. I would have much rather been a kid now and having modern Lego to play with. There is so much more choice, better designs, the sets have more pieces, they have better colours, the minifig's have faces. As a child I would have killed for Star Wars Lego, instead I made do with blocky space ships made from primary coloured bricks and piloted by a nondescript smiley face minifig. I'm not at all saying that I didn't love playing with Lego, but that kids (and us AFOL's) now have much better Lego to play with than in the 80's.

This is a great MOC, and I think that tree with four columns of twisted palm tree trunks just looks superb

13/ Attack on the Nile by Yatkuu - 2 points 18/ Treasure hunt on the river Nile by Nieks - 2 points 21/ Professor Hale's Oasis Hacienda by Rufus - 1 point 23/ Serpent Ruins by Siercon and Coral - 1 point 31/ Sharktopus Attacks by chief - 1 point

I think this is a great product for Lego to introduce, it's not something as an AFOL that is particularly relevant to me, but for kids aged 8 to 12 this MBA is perfect. I would have loved this as a child. How many times have we seen criticism that Lego do not advertise alternate models on this forum? This product is about encouraging CHILDREN to create. From what I have seen it guides them towards experimentation, gives them hints. The whole concept is patronising if you view it from the perspective of an adult. Do any of us desire that Level Two Minifig? Do we need to be told that 'interlocking bricks' adds to stability? I hope not, because we should have worked that out by now. But this is a 'value added' product aimed at kids. It's not about the price per piece, its about the bigger concept. This gives CHILDREN an ultra moderated way to engage with other CHILDREN on the web. If I had a kid I would be concerned about what they could encounter on the web, and I would be happy for Lego to ultra moderate their experience of the internet. I absolutely applaud Lego for bringing this out. For me this concept is saying to me that Lego are engaging with the 21st century children, they are using the internet, acknowledging the 'social networks' that potentially will characterise our age. But they are doing it properly, they are moderating it, but most importantly they are emphasising their core value: "we built it this way, now go off and build it better"

This is a nice review of a very good set. I still don't like the ADU soldiers, after seeing more of them, I hate the colour scheme even more now. But that won't stop me buying some of these sets. I love the alien. I think its oversize grumpy big lime green face is perfect. I like the way that you could use the collectible series alien as some sort of commander race, and these fat faced lime bulldog hulks as the stupid foot soldiers! But, best of all for an impulse set that alien speeder is looking very nice straight out of the box. Normally impulse sets are just about the minifigs, and whilst this is sure to be an alien army builder, the vehicle looks desirable as it is.

Generally everything is parted out and sorted, I don't keep my MOC built, if they ever actually get finished I don't leave them for more than a few days. I would rather have the pieces for the next one! I find the beginning of a MOC more exciting than the end, I know you get that feeling of satisfaction and completeness when its finished, but I'm a junkie for the excitement and planning stage at the start. If I had more money to spend on toys I might leave them built, as I could just indefinitely replace pieces lost from my MOC palette, but I also have a slight OCD with my collection, and I really like the feeling of knowing all my pieces are sorted exactly how I want them, and ready to use. I do have two of my first MOC I made when I first started to play with Lego again. I will always keep them built, as they have a fair bit of nostalgic value now.

The wise Otter speaks the Truth. I do really have to question, why as an adult you are 'messing about outside' and getting into conversations about Lego with 'this lad'? Do his parents know he is giving away his Lego to you?

If you look at this is pure economic terms then the sensible option would be to buy the pieces separately, BrickLink and Lego Pick A Brick, working out how you get the best value for money from each source. I use LDD constantly to start a MOC, then if I think it is worth building I use my own collection and buy what elements I lack from BrickLink. But I am going to play 'devils advocate' a bit here, and ask, does the experience of having a Box and Instructions make the extra cost worthwhile? No one can really determine the 'worth' of having the 'experience' of a set. They are both so subjective, nor can they be rationalised by economic concern of getting the best price per element. Once you build it, do you think you will keep it built for a long time, will you display it? Do you have a collection of pieces that you use to build MOC? Do you think that once you built it you might end up taking it apart quite quickly and using the pieces for different projects? Would you feel that by having the 'experience' of a 'Box' it is worth spending extra money? Considering that whilst the instructions might be printed on nicer paper, they are going to be same as what you can DIY print. What I am saying is that the 'experience' of the Design by Me service might have a 'worth' that goes beyond Price per Piece.