Lego Sales for US buyers only

Most visitors to this blog are from US, so here's a good bargain for you guys.

Running today 4 Mar through tomorrow 5 Mar and valid both in store and online, TRU has a BUY ONE, GET ONE 50% OFF sale for all Hero Factory, Bionicle, Atlantis, Prince of Persia and World Racers sets. Additionally, they are offering the AT-AT (8129), Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship (7930), and Slave I (8097) for 30% off the normal TRU price. They are also knocking 20% off all LEGO board games. This might be a good opportunity to pick up one of the new LEGO games, such as Banana Balance (3853), Sunblock (3852) or Pirate Plank (3848).

Click here to buy now.

Source from Brickset

How i wish we can have this kind of price, Pirates Imperial Flagship at USD180 (before discount?), free postage.

Happy New Year 2011

New Year's Eve Ball Drop in LUG Showcase

by notenoughbrick

Happy new year everyone, here is a creation by notenoughbricks. This moc caught my attention, so here is the 1st post for the new year. A small crowd waiting for countdown, the 2 policemen on horseback which i think shouldn't be in the crowd for safety reasons.

Work desk in 2009, how many of us wish we have room for a lego corner.
For more lego from him, check the link below.

NotEnoughBricks' photostream

7ft Tall Lego Basketball Player

The 7ft tall lego basketball player. This lego player is currently in OHIO, USA.

source: danstoymuseum.blogspot.com

Lego Delivery Dec

Shipment from France & US
Caveman figure to show the size of these packs.

My order from BN arrives today, it took about 35 days (via airmail) and I'm glad it arrives safetly. The sets are shipped from different warehouses, one from US and 2 boxes from France (Laposte). Items were well packed and protected with air bubble.

Now I have 3 large postman mailing bags.

From US in Lego Box, lego not damage

2 boxes from France. In time for Christmas!

The 3 sets of Hogwarts Castle (buy 2 get 3rd free), includes further discount during purchase, the promotion was for a very short period. For any purchase from overseas, I would recommend using Paypal for payment rather than deduct direct from credit cards. If the items doesn't arrive, you can always file for item not received, within 45 days of payment (for paypal) so there is buyer protection. There are risks in buying, one of a fellow collector received her items but the lego set had badly damaged box (good that it arrives), others mentioned not receiving their orders at all.

One set belongs to a friend and my nephew/niece can share a box for Christmas. The last is for me to keep. No risks no gain, each box cost about 40% OF current Singapore retail price. I'm not really a Harry Potter fan, probably will modify the castle for something else.

The Throne Room

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This MOC was done by an unknown guy, but I think he is from US. Check the different shields that hang on the wall, the design of the windows and the fireplace. This really caught my attention, I saved these pictures a few months ago, guess it will be interesting to share the pictures here.

Will update this post again, if i found the name of the guy who built this.

Lego Mini Figures Series 3 Update: ON SALE IN USA

Hillel Jeff and Daniel score 11 cases of Series 3 minifigures on the first day they exist. At 25 % off.
My ass Series 3 minifigures are in the house my house

You do not have to wait till Jan 2011, from the latest update these figures are now avaliable for sale in US. It will be appearing on ebay within a week or so.

Figures Breakdown:

• 5 figs in the case – Sumo Guy, Alien with Raygun, Mummy with Scorpion, Octan Team Race Car Driver
• 4 figs in the case – Mountaineer Guy, Samurai Guy, Man in Ape Suit with Banana, Baseball Player with Bat, Tennis Lady
• 3 figs in the case – Native American Chief, Elfin Bowman, Terminator Space Guy, Rapper, Snowboard Chick, Hula Girl
• 2 figs in the case – Fisherman

Link Here: Figures Analysis and Pictures

There isn't any barcode on the package. So collectors who want to collect 'em all, will need to buy a whole box and I presume the resell price will be more expensive & subjected to speculation in Singapore. At the moment, I don't have any news as to when it will arrive on our island.

Brickarms Weapons

Nephew's collection (2 x APOC AMG, Combat LMG and M21 Sniper Rifle)

Adding the arm grip and tripod for the weapons

Now this is his favourite minifigure

M21 Sniper Rifle x 2, AK-Assault Rifle x 2, M67 Frag Grenades x 2, RPG Rocket Grenade, Bazooka WW2, M1 Garand WW2 Rifle (Clockwise R to L)

Little arms collections
Other models are avaliable, like M16, MG42, retail price is more expensive compared to online.

On 6 Jun post there was a clip on brickarms weapons, these weapons are made in USA, good quality (not those made in china stuff), aquired a few of them 2 weeks ago from a local store. There are 2 colors, the gun metal and black. I prefered gun metal weapons.

If you place lego weapons on to the lego hands (claws), there will be a mark, however not for these. More pictures of lego figures carrying these heavy weapons shortly.

Dracula's Castle by Mark Kelso

Inspired by the 1931 Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi.

Happy Halloween, everyone! Better late than never.

The Great Hall looks fantastic and the light that comes from the windows really adds to the whole "haunted" environment. Count Dracula himself holding a candle looks great and the image with the fireplace and the painting above it is just like a movie scene.

This is one of the best haunted MOC, outstanding photography skills.

MOC & Photos by Mark Kelso. Source from EB.
Mark Kelso from USA

Brickcon 2010 Seattle Pictures

Hi fellow lego lovers, here are the pictures on the Brickcon 2010 in Seattle, I intended to post this a few days ago, anyway here it is. There are hundreds of pictures taken by Bill Ward, and it covered almost everything. Enjoy the pictures.

Here is the pictures on Brickcon 2010 on 3 October, starting from page 9 till page 31 of his photostream: Bill Ward's Brickpile's Photostream


There are also pictures from the BayLUG (Bay Area LEGO Users Group) meeting in San Leandro, in his album.

This is my favourite!

Lego Echo Hoth Battle Scene

Today, I was looking at lightings (LifeLites) for toys, came across the picture above, doing some tracing, it lead me to the following...

The footprints...

Picture of Mark to show the size of the project.

100,000 pieces of bricks, estimate USD10,000 and 7 months of work. Greatly impressed by the pure talent, hardwork, determination, endurance, patience and well deep pockets.

From my copy... it was mentioned in Star Wars The Visual Dictionary, the recreation by Mark Borlase took 4 years to build.

brickplumber Photostream:
check the clips too!

brickplumber's Photostream

all pictures shown are the works of Mark Borlase.

CBS Lego AFOL

Check this recent CBS news report on AFOL, 4 Oct 2010.

Lego Star Wars Chess Set

Lego Star Wars Empire Strike Back Chess Set creation by icgetaway

The Empire vs The Rebels

Lego Star Wars A New Hope Set

Last night, I came across these wonderful Lego Star Wars Chess Sets, from the theme Empire Strike Backs, and there was a set for A New Hope too. Would you buy such a set?

Enjoy the pictures. For more check the link of icgetaway.

icegetaway Lego Star Wars ESB chess set

Lego mini armies Knights & Wolf Pack

From Germany, loose wolfpack figures and leg parts...

Final pack needed, arrived from US today... getting 4 horses (new).. received 1 wrong head.

Collecting parts in July...

Wolfpack was from the 90s, they were bandits in the castle series. Listed as used but I'm pretty happy as they looked new to me. 2 figures come with the red cape.

The archers collecting their crossbows...

Using 4 different kind of heads for the 10 halberd knights. The 24 crossbow were having the face on the 2nd Left. Crossbow leader was having the 1st right face (unshaved).

Not having hundreds... a total of 35 will do. These medieval men don't really bother to line up in straight lines..

Last month, purchased some lego parts from Singapore, US, Germany and UK. By today all the items had arrived. If you intend to collect more mini figures, this is one of the way, buying parts new or used. It is going to cost more by buying up 20-30 impulse sets for army building.

Initially, was looking at having 20 archers (crossbow) and 10 axemen (known as halberd). End up buying 25 archers, 10 axemen and 7 wolf people (better known as wolfpack at attractive price). Additional 2 vikings torso figures, complete but no headdress (the torso can be used for castles series too).

Not getting the wolfpack shield & flag at the moment as I didn't search for it and they seemed to be quite expensive. The challenging part was I'm unable to get all the torso from just 1 seller, so to build anything more than 20-30 will end up buying from 2 sellers, which in term added to cost (airmail charges). In this lot there are a few other extras, crossbow, axes, swords, cooking pan, cups ... for another scene later.

Will get some parts to create my own wolfpack hideout at the later stage. At the moment, 7 figures are sufficient as they are bandits and not an army..

The figures in this post cost more than USD100 (for 35 knights, 7 wolfpack, 4 horses, 2 not shown, plus other accessories), some of the parts were listed as used (still excellent). Some of collectors built armies in the hundreds, I came across a fellow Singaporean with 500 or more figures. For me it is never about the size or quantity, importantly, just have fun and be satisfied with what we have.

Till the next post, hope you enjoyed this post :)