Grimmy Posted November 28, 2009 Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) Hello all. This is my introduction thread. A bit long but... I played with Lego Bricks as a kid it was my fav toy. One I really believe in. My fav game is Everquest 2. I produce electronica and been doing music all my life. I think I'm going to make a Lego song for people to use in their youtube vids. I notice a lot of Lego vids there.) I have a 6 year old niece. Other toys get tossed aside after a few days but Lego keeps going. We've been playing with Lego bricks since she was crawling. Started on blocks, then those huge Lego bricks. Skipped over Duplo, and now into regular ones starting with a Spongebob set as she loves the show. I checked the official Lego store for girl sets with pink (her fav color.) Bellville reviews were mixed. I bought a 400pc pink brick box. I wish it had more pink & magenta but she liked it. The other parts of the site and I couldn't believe all the stuff they have now! I would have freaked out in joy if I had this stuff as a kid. Some purists may not like all the new parts and figure heads but I love them! When I was a kid I had the King's Castle that opened up. Me and my brother didn't have any big Trolls or Dwarfs growin up. I ordered Dwarves Mine which is sold out on the official site like many other things. I'm overwhelmed. The power functions stuff looks awesome! Especially for someone who took apart remote control cars as a kid. Only negative is that it is RC IR like a TV remote instead of being RC RF and tough to drive in certain areas but I'm sure I could rig it to be Radio Frequency. I researched a lot on the whole Lego scene and even terms. I saw a list that said all the sets going out of production. So on Black Friday it said their was a nice percentage off for every $100 up to $300 so I ordered over $300 in stuff because all the sets we want seem to be selling out! On Ebay they are selling for an arm and a leg! I think I might as well start selling some Lego sets since I already sell things online. They remind me of gold and silver. Since the American dollar is so low and overinflated, gold and silver maintains value and rises. Well it seems to be the same with Lego sets. A $30 set looks as if it will always be worth $30 or way more on Ebay. Only way to get them for less is at an obscure toy shop with dusty shelves. I'm definitely going to get the Imperial Flagship. The review on here is great! No sure how the guy got a hold of the set so early lol must have connections. QUESTIONS: 1. These sets that are going out of production, been around long? Maybe I'm just coming in at a bad time where so much is being discontinued. 2. What is the best way to get a bunch of misc Lego pieces? Should I buy some from Ebay where they are $5-10 a pound? With all our sets built, we still don't have much to build our own creations. Barely any wheels especially. I did order some bricks from www.bricklink.com I got this awesome wolf minifig! :D 3. Everything is selling out! Are they going to restock sets such as Drawbridge Defense which has a Jester and a cute grumpy Queen? Am I going to get a chance to get these on the offical site or will I be doomed to pay big bux on Ebay? Here is what we got so far: *Spongebob Krusty Krab (First set after using the huge Lego Box Bricks) *Lego Large Pick-a-Brick Cup (Took my niece out to the store which we love! Kids were taking over the place lol! Lots of fun picking out pieces. Limited pieces but still fun) *Indiana Jones Shanghai Chase (Now sold out like a bunch of others :/ ) (Got this for the awesome chars and the princess blond girl for niece.) *Track Turbo RC (Also sold out) *Space Police $6 set (Great cheap set I got for the Squidman who is one my fav chars for his head. My niece doesn't like him though lol she likes the pretty girl from the Indy Set) *Pink 402pc Box (I was suprised to see that it came with some nice elements like cups/mugs) *Lego City 8402 Spots Car with a business man driving lol cliche (Great car! We never had wheel wells like these when I was a kid!) Lego Winter Toy Shop (Putting this together to put beside the Christmas Tree) (It is awesome! Sold out everywhere online and $80-100 on Ebay now. Orig. $60) Lego Advent Calendar (Will be a new uncle and niece tradition.) An interesting thing I learned when researching the Lego company was that Toy's R' Us has asked Lego to provide them with more stock but Lego doesn't seem to be able to. I did read about the company almost shutting down and how they made some great changes to do great now. I read about all their new ventures that I imagine is going to bring Lego into the mainstream more. A TV show, movies, new licenses, etc. I wrote a book here lol :) Edited November 28, 2009 by Grimmy Quote
Mirandir Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 Hi and welcome. You seem to have done your homework alright. But I'll rty and answer your questions: 1.) The lifespan of a set range from 1 - 3 years. Most of the sets that goes out of production has been with us for the past two years. Pirates and some indy sets are cut short. The reason for the early ending of pirates theme are suspected by many to be clearing the path for a possible Pirates of the Caribbean license in 2011. 2.) Ebay can be a way to build stock cheap. But you never really know what you're getting. It may be some kids laid of lego thats all "chewed up" or you can get lucky to get some old, long gone, pieces in mint condition. If you have specific pieces that you're looking for then bricklink is pretty much the only place to go. 3.) Christmas is just around the corner so sales are all over the place. I know that castle is getting a total overhaul next year and changing direction. It's even being renamed to "Kingdoms" if I'm not mistaken. Not sure when this latest version is coming out and the old is canceled. So I'm not if the old ones are getting restocked or not. Quote
Izzy Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 Welcome back to the addiction Grimmy! It's great to have you here on EB! Your niece is a very lucky girl! It is great to have someone to buy sets for and use them with. I do so with my daughter. Has your niece seen the Fabuland range? All those gorgeous animals are VERY popular with my baby girl! Cheers, Iz Quote
lightningtiger Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 Welcome to the madness 'Grimmy'. You have come back to Lego at the right time, new themes and subthemes right for the picking in 2010. Your niece may want to have a go at Toy Story when it comes out in January. Quote
Grimmy Posted November 29, 2009 Author Posted November 29, 2009 Thank you all for the warm welcome and replies. @Mirandir I see it appears that their is a new Pirates of the Caribbean being worked on. Eeeew chewed up Lego bricks Yuck! As a kid I had a couple friends come over who'd chew my Lego bricks and I'd freak out! My little brother once peed in my Lego bucket! My mom washed them but they still smelt funny and I swear I thought they lost clutch power. I wonder if my brother now remembers that. I still have no clue why he did that. I suspect they will be adding more fantasy creatures because of the good feedback they have been getting and people asking for more. I hope to get a jester, a queen, and one of those kings that have a gold or chrome helm. @Cutlass_Iz I've never seen Fabuland. I think my niece would love those animal figures! She has Littlelest Petshops figures so I bet she'd like those like the mouse and kitty. I might have to get those from bricklink. Thank you for the recommendation. :) @lightningtiger Yes definitely going to get some of those Toy Story ones! My niece will surely enjoy that line. Before joining, I lurked the forums. All the people with "moc" creations linked in their sigs. Their was a department store, Newsprint factory by Jasper Jope Gears, goverment building, and I found this one too -> the reality dysfunction. The Pirate Cabin contest had great entries, who won? All of the Flicker linked galleries are just absolutely awesome. I'm trying to get back into photography again as I did it in highschool and I want to try stopmotion again, so maybe I'll try my hand at some pics when I get my Cannon Rebelt T1i. I created a Lego folder in my pictures directory and saved my favs with the creator's names. Quote
Mirandir Posted November 29, 2009 Posted November 29, 2009 I suspect they will be adding more fantasy creatures because of the good feedback they have been getting and people asking for more. I hope to get a jester, a queen, and one of those kings that have a gold or chrome helm. From what I've read so far about the new castle-theme it seems like their actually cutting most of the fantasy elements out. E.g. it's said to be two human factions rather than humans vs. trolls, skeletons and such. Quote
WhiteFang Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 Welcome to Eurobricks! This will be much suited over at the Hello! My name is... Quote
Ratshot Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 Hi and welcome to EB, be sure to enjoy yourself here Quote
Milan Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 Hello! Welcome to EB! I like these longer introductions! Have fun! Quote
Grimmy Posted November 30, 2009 Author Posted November 30, 2009 Thanks all. Thanks WhiteFang for moving the thread to its correct location. After reading the rules, I actually spent some time before posting trying to figure out the best place to put the newbie hellos but I had some trouble there. I don't know how I missed this but my mind wanders at times hehehe. Quote
CommanderFox Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Welcome to EB Grimmy! Hope you enjoy it here! Thats one long intro. Welcome! CommanderFox Quote
Zorbas Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Welcome to Eurobricks Grimmy! It's really nice to see adults re-discovering the LEGO universe again, after a dry period. And what a feeling that is, eh? Have fun! Quote
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