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NinjaTruncs

the-ging wrote: »

I was in two minds about this set, but having seen the video I actually want one.

But its sold out. And I read something online that they might be making only 10,000 of them. Looks like my luck is out.

Usually when it's marked as sold out without an expected ship date that's it no more coming.

If you look at the Tumbler it's sold out but has an expected shipping day, while the exosuit doesn't

Necronomicon

the-ging wrote: »

I was in two minds about this set, but having seen the video I actually want one.

But its sold out. And I read something online that they might be making only 10,000 of them. Looks like my luck is out.

The feeling seems to be that more will be released when the current back log of orders is sorted out, so I wouldn't rule it out yet.

Oafley Jones

Necronomicon wrote: »

The feeling seems to be that more will be released when the current back log of orders is sorted out, so I wouldn't rule it out yet.

About a month before it shipped it was flagged (by the designer IIRC) as having a very limited production run - either 10k or 20k. Not sure if they'll changed that tbh. I'm guessing TLG knows it's an artificial demand, owing to a **** ton of orders coming from scalpers hoping to profit in the long term. There was one guy on brickpicker (a site I detest)claiming he'd managed to secure 57 of them. I'm guessing it's the same story with the research institute.

It's only because I woke early on the day of release, checked Brickset and saw that they were available that I ordered one of each. I wasn't entirely certain that I wanted either, but I was damned if I was paying ebay prices if I changed my mind.

Really like RI actually, it's also slightly galling that you get a printed brick for that tiny 20 euro set and stickers for the 210 euro Tumbler. I'm still not gone on the Exosuit. It's more the "classic-ness" of the theme/minifigs that drew it to me. Really do like the Ideas boxes, but feck if the couldn't have shipped one a third of the size for the Exosuit. It was downright empty.

Necronomicon

Oafley Jones wrote: »

About a month before it shipped it was flagged (by the designer IIRC) as having a very limited production run - either 10k or 20k. Not sure if they'll changed that tbh. I'm guessing TLG knows it's an artificial demand, owing to a **** ton of orders coming from scalpers hoping to profit in the long term. There was one guy on brickpicker (a site I detest)claiming he'd managed to secure 57 of them. I'm guessing it's the same story with the research institute.

It's only because I woke early on the day of release, checked Brickset and saw that they were available that I ordered one of each. I wasn't entirely certain that I wanted either, but I was damned if I was paying ebay prices if I changed my mind.

Really like RI actually, it's also slightly galling that you get a printed brick for that tiny 20 euro set and stickers for the 210 euro Tumbler. I'm still not gone on the Exosuit. It's more the "classic-ness" of the theme/minifigs that drew it to me. Really do like the Ideas boxes, but feck if the couldn't have shipped one a third of the size for the Exosuit. It was downright empty.

There are a couple of reports that suggest we might get more, though it's far from certain. Here is a post on the LEGO Ideas blog, it's a little vague but it does make it sound like it would be available again after the back orders are cleared:

https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/1-blog/post/17

And here's a report from The Brothers Brick who had been in touch with someone from LEGO that stated there would be further production runs:

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2014/08/09/fear-not-the-lego-exo-suit-is-not-a-limited-run-news/

I'm waiting for mine still; I ordered it on August 8th. I did it just in time, the next day it went from back ordered to sold out. Expected ship date September 11th.

madalig12

Got this!

madalig12

And this...

madalig12

And this, also have the other two but they are missing minifigs and parts.

Thargor

Images cant be displayed for all, I must know what you got!

madalig12

Thargor wrote: »

Images cant be displayed for all, I must know what you got!

Sorry. Its the winter village collection. Market, cottage and post office.

Thargor

Seem to be working fine now.

hootietootie

madalig12 wrote: »

Sorry. Its the winter village collection. Market, cottage and post office.

They are amazing!!!

madalig12

When I get all five completed ill set them up as a display for a few pics then away till christmas. looking for the small Xmas tree seller piece if anyone wants rid.

Necronomicon

madalig12 wrote: »

When I get all five completed ill set them up as a display for a few pics then away till christmas. looking for the small Xmas tree seller piece if anyone wants rid.

They are amazing displayed together. Here's a video I made of mine last Christmas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDAvbHjUJk4

halloweenboy

I prordered three minecraft sets for november in smyths today. Im quite the MCPE addict if there is any of those on this forum. : ] All look great, hoping the pickaxe in the cave set is the same mold as steve's diamond one from 21116. Got the

The Cave
The first night
The farm

NinjaTruncs

Went on a bit of a technic shopping spree with all of the offers of late, bought the following.

Volvo Wheel Loader


Customised Pick Up


Black Champion Racer


Cargo Plane - I really only wanted this for the B model


Twin Rotor Helicopter


Moto Cross Bike


That's me done for the year I think unless I get the Tumbler, but that would be closer to Christmas.

unklerosco

Picked up a few bits the last week... should keep me going a while...

Simpsons House
Maersk Line Triple-E - Built
Mini Cooper
Ghostbusters Ecto-1 - Built
LEGO House (architecture series) - Built
And still have to build R2D2 & Red Five X-Wing... I need to take a few weeks off!


Building the containers and adding the stickers takes a while...

syklops

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

That's me done for the year I think unless I get the Tumbler, but that would be closer to Christmas.

There is a lot of building in that Cargo Plane.

Oafley Jones

Picked up two of the new CMFs. Is it just me, or has the quality of these dropped again. I know they've always been slightly inferior, but these new ones are really loose out of the packet.

Dozen Wicked Words

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Picked up two of the new CMFs. Is it just me, or has the quality of these dropped again. I know they've always been slightly inferior, but these new ones are really loose out of the packet.

Excuse the ignorance, what's CMF?

Oafley Jones

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Excuse the ignorance, what's CMF?

Collectible Minifigs. Seems to be a good few people complaining about quality in this set. I've emailed TLG with a complaint.

HorseSea

Yes quality of latest series is really poor, Jester head part won't stay on at all.

Latest purchase Volvo 42030 - great build, nice finished model and non of the faults of previous large Technic sets, like the Unimog, although the steering on the Volvo could have been better.

DARK-KNIGHT

i wanna start collecting lego i really like the architecture series and the ghostbusters and simpsons... wheres best place to buy lego?

g0g

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

i wanna start collecting lego i really like the architecture series and the ghostbusters and simpsons... wheres best place to buy lego?

If you're getting a good bit then the online shop is best with free delivery on larger orders plus you get VIP points which will let you buy more Lego cheaper later on!

For older sets I'd try adverts.ie or eBay.

If you want local then Smyth's (esp when sales on) or Argos (3 for 2 on toys from this week I think).

DARK-KNIGHT

g0g wrote: »

If you're getting a good bit then the online shop is best with free delivery on larger orders plus you get VIP points which will let you buy more Lego cheaper later on!

For older sets I'd try adverts.ie or eBay.

If you want local then Smyth's (esp when sales on) or Argos (3 for 2 on toys from this week I think).

Thanks a lot I'll keep an eye on argos so

HobbyMan

Just wondering; do ye buy the Lego advent calendars?

Thargor

Architecture series is a waste of time imo, such a wasted opportunity, read a review, look at the pics, save your money for something good. They're lazy design and overpriced.

Mr Bloat

HobbyMan wrote: »

Just wondering; do ye buy the Lego advent calendars?

For the kids, no. Personally, I think that having them open a small toy every single day until Christmas Day waters down the Christmas/Santa experience. I wouldn't begrudge others buying them for their kids but that's a personal thought of mine so we don't buy them. Having said that, there is always one or who interesting pieces/minifigs in them that have both me and the kids salivating over them!

peteroregan

For anyone looking to buy a few sets for Christmas. Argos have their buy 3 toys and get the cheapest one free from today.
I have the cargo plane reserved aswel as a few bits for my small one.

Oafley Jones

Thargor wrote: »

Architecture series is a waste of time imo, such a wasted opportunity, read a review, look at the pics, save your money for something good. They're lazy design and overpriced.

It's not that they're lazy designs, I think it's the scale that the problem. The details of the buildings - or even the basic shape - they're trying to capture are impossible in such small models and you end up with this incredibly rough approximation that completely misses what makes them iconic buildings in the first place. Some are okay but for the most part they're ****e.

If they really wanted to do these building justice I really think they'd be better off going for limited large scale sets... but then again how many people are willing to pay that huge premium. I'd imagine their current strategy is very profitable. As an example..





It reminds me off this...

Rael

I've been looking and lusting after the Super Star Destroyer for almost two years now and kept talking myself out of it. I'm a grown adult etc. couldn't rationalise / justify buying it etc, yet anytime I went Christmas or Birthday present shopping for my younger relatives I'd always gravitate to the Lego section in Smyths and stand there longingly before walking away.

I found out last week that the SSD had recently been discontinued & realised just how much I wanted it and was genuinely heartbroken that I hadn't bought it.

I was 35 yesterday and my parents produced this for my present:



Needless to say I'm like a child who's Christmases have all come at once.

I recently built the blue 8888 excavator from bricklink orders and surplus bits I had.
Would recommend it as an antidote to modern studless nonsense. Bah!

lostboy75

Fratello wrote: »

I recently built the blue 8888 excavator from bricklink orders and surplus bits I had.
Would recommend it as an antidote to modern studless nonsense. Bah!

Had to look that one up and its pretty cool, think I prefer the old ways

brianregan09

Well I've been mad to get some star wars lego , and working in a haunted house over halloween gave me a bit of extra cash to play about with I wanted something big ...1st i settled on the AT-AT , but then i saw her.....and could not resist I know its an extra couple of quid but screw it , Been at it most of the night now and only past the 1st lot of bags can't believe I didn't like Lego when i was a youngfella 30 now like and i find it the most relaxing thing ever

Few people scoffed at me but feic it i don't drink and most people spend the bones of a 100 quid on a night out with nothing to show for it

DARK-KNIGHT

today i bought 3 technics my wife is gonna kill me

mtt_swny

Picked up the Red 5 X Wing earlier (10240), €151 and change, from Argos. Ironic that Argos usually has a bump up compared to the usual best price options for products in general, but this set was 50 quid cheaper than most other places, including the Lego store. Gonna get a Porkins or Luke pilot minifig for it too from bricklink!

madalig12

I ordered the tumbler...my wife might kill me more.

DARK-KNIGHT

madalig12 wrote: »

I ordered the tumbler...my wife might kill me more.

oooooooh fancy pants

madalig12

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

oooooooh fancy pants

To the batcave......errrr ...Attic Batman!!!! Hide!!!

HobbyMan

This is my son Sean's latest present (from Granny).

He is still playing with it a few days later so its a great success. :-)

Little does he know what Santa will bring. ;-)

Oafley Jones

Had an order for presents arrive this week and I've just assembled the latest Christmas Lego Store freebie. Really nice little set. 127 pieces in a nice sturdy box. The two minifigs are really surprising. Danish made. The second I took them out of the bag, I could tell they were a much higher quality than the poor quality Chinese made CMF that TLG are charging almost 4 euro a pop for.

They're cunning though, I now want to start collecting the Winter Village scene stuff.

Rael

Been really busy with work lately so didn't have a chance to give an update in this thread.

On foot of getting the Super Star Destroyer for my birthday, I've officially become an Lego aficionado I'm limiting myself to select Star Wars sets and one or two of my favourites.

I've managed to pick up the following (new and in mint condition) in the past few weeks:

Clone Wars ARC-170



Republic Venator Class Cruiser



R2-D2



Imperial Lambda Class Shuttle



I really got back into Star Wars through the Clone Wars animated series & I love the Clones, particularly Rex, Cody, the 501st & the 212th. I've recently discovered the joys of Bricklink so I picked up a few, with more to follow

mtt_swny

Great haul of sets there mate, did you get them all on Bricklink? The Imperial shuttle is an incredible set I would love it! Congrats. What country was it bought from and is it 100% complete? Cheers

Rael

mtt_swny wrote: »

Great haul of sets there mate, did you get them all on Bricklink? The Imperial shuttle is an incredible set I would love it! Congrats. What country was it bought from and is it 100% complete? Cheers

I got the Venator, Arc-170 & Shuttle off a seller here. I had seen them on Adverts with 100% feedback and accidentally found them on eBay, also with 100% feedback when searching for Lego kits. All boxes were sealed & looks like everything is in there. Haven't assembled them all yet.

Picked up R2D2 in Argos Swords near the end of November, seemed to be the only one left in the country according to checkargos.com.

I've also recently grabbed the Tumbler, the UCS X-Wing and Ecto-1 off the Lego store during their Black Friday promotion.

Next on the list is Slave I on 5 January and then I'll be taking a break until the next UCS kit come out late next year. Hopefully the rumours will be true and it'll be a reissue or an updated Falcon for the new films.

halloweenboy

Just built MINECRAFT the first night and the cave. As some figures, really good value. I ordered them off of the website so I got the winter freebie set as well. My Christmas present to myself. : )

gubbie

halloweenboy wrote: »

Just built MINECRAFT the first night and the cave. As some figures, really good value. I ordered them off of the website so I got the winter freebie set as well. My Christmas present to myself. : )

Bet you're pleased that you're not a parent who had to pay the crazy secondary market prices! I debated talking my boyfriend into selling his Godson's Crafting Box so that come February he could have a Crafting Box and €40!

Oafley Jones

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Had an order for presents arrive this week and I've just assembled the latest Christmas Lego Store freebie. Really nice little set. 127 pieces in a nice sturdy box. The two minifigs are really surprising. Danish made. The second I took them out of the bag, I could tell they were a much higher quality than the poor quality Chinese made CMF that TLG are charging almost 4 euro a pop for.

They're cunning though, I now want to start collecting the Winter Village scene stuff.

Bought the Santa's workshop about an hour after I posted this. Arrived in three days with standard postage. It's a bit out of context with the older stuff, but I Love it. Sitting on the hall table now. Already hunting around bricklink and will definitely start collecting the rest of the Winter village stuff and try and have a display next year. Will also have a mess about with lighting it with SMD LEDS, just like the display below.

gubbie

Oafley Jones wrote: »

Bought the Santa's workshop about an hour after I posted this. Arrived in three days with standard postage. It's a bit out of context with the older stuff, but I Love it. Sitting on the hall table now. Already hunting around bricklink and will definitely start collecting the rest of the Winter village stuff and try and have a display next year. Will also have a mess about with lighting it with SMD LEDS, just like the display below.

I love the lighting!

I only have Santa's workshop but I can definitely see why people like them, they're adorable and lovely builds

DARK-KNIGHT

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

today i bought 3 technics my wife is gonna kill me

I got an 8448 for not too much. I have not announced its impending arrival yet.

DARK-KNIGHT

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

today i bought 3 technics my wife is gonna kill me

I got an 8448 for not too much. I have not announced its impending arrival yet.

JupiterKid

Yippee!!:) I got the Lego Creator street scene from my sister for Christmas. Delighted!!:D

Merry Christmas everyone!