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  1. paul_delahaye
    Hey, Welcome, Isle of Mann must be a real pig to get your hands on Lego bricks!
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    Only because of the larger size of tyres
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    Is this what you want? Photography not my strong point!
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    When you click on the ?, it actually says 5 per order, not 5 per customer, I wonder if they allow repeat orders of 5. Not that I'm buying more than 1 of the new crawler, but knowing how easy it is to checkout on Lego.com/shop VIP login Add to basket Enter Card Security number Done :-) It would not be hard to do multiple orders.
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    My objection to road plates is the increase in price. Maybe 10 years ago, They used to be £4.99 for 2, now they are £10.50 for 2. I find it hard to believe in this day that the cost of manufacturing has doubled. If anything, the COGS on the product has likely halved for Lego. They must be one of the most cost effective items for Lego to ship around the world as they are flat and they can get loads in a box. The same for the single green and blue baseplates, price used to be £3.99 a plate, now these are £6.99 It's almost like they are being priced out of production. It's not like the thicker 16x16 plates are reasonably priced instead, at £2.55 a plate, this actually makes the base plates reasonable value at £6.99. Maybe I have just not got a used to the cost of inflation and the value of the Pound :-) I'd love to see the unusual road plates back, As I grew up with the road plates in the sets, I'm sure this has a reason behind why I'd like to see them back. A child of 2013 would not know any different.
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    I like the maze :-) plus it looks like they might be putting some of their archive sets on display in the museum, maybe it will be a way for us to see them without having to pay for a full tour and vault visit.
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    It's interesting and I only found out the other day, Lego designed the 12v transformer, so you could invert the black control piece and it then only allowed you to output 4.5v (you could not rotate the power knob any further) this allowed the running of 4.5v motors using the 12v power pack. Quite a clever design, but prone to over powering a motor is the knob popped up a bit and rotated to far or like an earlier poster mentions if the transformer is actually producing more than the stated 12v.
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    amazing and in such a short build time
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    Saw the film the other day, absolutely love em
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    I'm loving these creator houses, and buildings, great value and good piece count for the money,
  11. paul_delahaye
    That bridge just rocks, it needs to be over a river or some sunken feature, but it has real charm. Nice job
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    As requested, here is the new shark which came with this set
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    I'll be trying to order one on the 1st August, but I'm not sure it's going to sell as quickly as some might think, OK, limited sets like the train Sante Fe, limited initially to 10,000 units, was incredibly hard to get, Mr Gold, limited to 5,000 units, almost impossible to get, but with a high price tag and technic sets being less desirable to the majority of Lego collectors, at £150 it's going to be a Christmas or Birthday set for most kids, I think we will be safe. I think the resellers who will profit most from this limited set are the ones that aquire unique licence plate numbers, e.g. 001 (although this is likely to be in the lego vault) 10,000, 20,000, etc.
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    So my 2013 purchased Coast Guard Helicopter from the Lego Shop Watford has the new shark mold with the gills. My only disappointment with the set, which I can't believe anyone has mentioned is the main rotor hits the tail rotar when they are both spun together. This is a flaw which does not seem to happen on any of the other 10 helicopters in this years set release. Apart from this, I quite like the new canopy, I think it looks quite realistic, nice set of minifigs, although when you add the ear defenders to the minifigs, they are becoming quite tall to fit inside vehicles.......
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    Brickset http://www.brickset.com/browse/years/?year=2013&Theme=Technic
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    But still no news or clue about 42003 (Action Race Car) Will this be something special, or simply another pull back racer? Maybe it's just a prank and nothing will be released? No news is good news ;-)
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    Yes, out of stock at my 10 nearest stores as well :-(
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    I have this set, for many years it did not appear on the Lugnet database, only in more recent years did it appear, in the UK I have a memory of sending away either from a cereal packet or another promotion, my instructions are black and white photocopy, but this is how they came. Paul
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    It really shows that hook is not weighty enough to keep the string taught. Thats a shame, and there are little options available to add weight?
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    Although not branded or linked to Weetabix, I'm sure it was a promotion on the back of the packs circa 1987 which got me 6381 Motor Speedway set. There was also a promotion to get 2 other small sets, 1612 "Victory Racer" and 1898 "Dragster"
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    Not only that there is only one rare one in your collection, but the guy to Mr Green's left, Grey plain Torso with grey arms, also not available unless someone have changed the arms and used some brasso to remove the printing, but this thing which appears to make this one also rare is that he has blue feet and a dark grey helmet and visor, also not available in any set I'm aware of. Jackpot I'd say without even realising!
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    So the 100 / 101 winners of the competition, have they received their copy of this limited edition set yet? Do we have a date for general release yet? Paul
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    Yeah, this is cool. Nice model
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    Picked up a sealed box of 60 figs today from my local shop, disappointing, not Mr Gold for me, only the expected mix of figs in the box, so I now need to purchase another bumblebee and sea captain for my needs.
  25. paul_delahaye
    I mentioned this Lego promo offer over two months ago, http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=80156#entry1532740 but no one seemed very excited.
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