D.I.N.O Attack - New theme

[Jipay]

Well i would have liked the copter, but i'm sure I can do better than thiswith my bricks *twisted*

[The Middleman]

I have come to the conclusion that what makes them so horrible is that they're not detailed enough. Just a lot of big blocks.

You guys in Europe are lucky, not getting this crap.

[Jipay]

well yeah + our kids can buy the vikings everywhere. And anothe rpoint is that you will learn how it feels to buy all the set at full price :-D There is finally a justice :P *twisted*

[The Middleman]

Myself, I've actually NEVER gotten a set on discount, and I ALMOST never get anything in stores anyway. So it's not about Vikings being full price or not in stores at all; it's about 'DINO Attack' touching American soil.

Although, it would've been nice to pick up some Viking longboats at half-off for my fleet. ;)

[Jipay]

Well ive never experienced that much reduced sets aswell. All the tricks I use (ebay, Canadian shop at home) mostly end up as pain in the megablocks. The american custom pick up randomly packages and make the guys pay the taxes : with my overwhelming luck, I've been caught already two times, so with taxes + shipping, I could have found cheaper on bricklink ^^

But fortunatly some great deals appear sometimes.

Anyway, I still prefer to pay full time than waiting for the set to go on clearance :-D

[jedijeff]

too bad I live in the USA i would like the vikings better then the DINOS :(

[The Middleman]

too bad I live in the USA i would like the vikings better then the DINOS :(

Hey, at least we can order them on Shop at Home.

[yoda601]

I would have liked a few of those guns and those torsos, not to mention the Hummer and the Helicopter... Damn you, TLC, damn you!

[xwingyoda]

Well ive never experienced that much reduced sets aswell. All the tricks I use (ebay, Canadian shop at home) mostly end up as pain in the megablocks. The american custom pick up randomly packages and make the guys pay the taxes : with my overwhelming luck, I've been caught already two times, so with taxes + shipping, I could have found cheaper on bricklink ^^

But fortunatly some great deals appear sometimes.

Anyway, I still prefer to pay full time than waiting for the set to go on clearance :-D

For the sets I really like I'm not taking any chances!!!! I still prefer to pay it full price than not having the set at all. Furtheremore, great deals only appear on large and expensive sets (and rarely on Star Wars sets!!!!). Oh well, I'll see this fall how lucky I am (or NOT!!!!!).

[David85]

Well ive never experienced that much reduced sets aswell. All the tricks I use (ebay, Canadian shop at home) mostly end up as pain in the megablocks. The american custom pick up randomly packages and make the guys pay the taxes : with my overwhelming luck, I've been caught already two times, so with taxes + shipping, I could have found cheaper on bricklink ^^

But  fortunatly some great deals appear sometimes.

Anyway, I still prefer to pay full time than waiting for the set to go on clearance  :-D

For the sets I really like I'm not taking any chances!!!! I still prefer to pay it full price than not having the set at all. Furtheremore, great deals only appear on large and expensive sets (and rarely on Star Wars sets!!!!). Oh well, I'll see this fall how lucky I am (or NOT!!!!!).

Easy, what you do is wait a year for the sets to go on clearence. Hardly any did this year, rather sad. Then if there are still sets you want you can go to Toy's aRen't Us or just buy them from S@H. The sets can be found for more than a year.

[xwingyoda]

Well ive never experienced that much reduced sets aswell. All the tricks I use (ebay, Canadian shop at home) mostly end up as pain in the megablocks. The american custom pick up randomly packages and make the guys pay the taxes : with my overwhelming luck, I've been caught already two times, so with taxes + shipping, I could have found cheaper on bricklink ^^

But

[Jipay]

Well France sucks for clearance and that's it :-D Due to the law that doesn't allow retailers to sell the goods for less than the price they paid for it, when we have sales, it's not that much.

And Clearance on toys in france aren't usual :(

[xwingyoda]

Well France sucks for clearance and that's it :-D Due to the law that doesn't allow retailers to sell the goods for less than the price they paid for it, when we have sales, it's not that much.

And Clearance on toys in france aren't usual :(

It totally sucks for that!!! plus add the fact that the euro is so high (makes building armies much more expensive :'( )

[David85]

Well France sucks for clearance and that's it :-D Due to the law that doesn't allow retailers to sell the goods for less than the price they paid for it, when we have sales, it's not that much.

And Clearance on toys in france aren't usual :(

So much for a free country.

[xwingyoda]

Well France sucks for clearance and that's it  :-D Due to the law that doesn't allow retailers to sell the goods for less than the price they paid for it, when we have sales, it's not that much.

And Clearance on toys in france aren't usual  :(

So much for a free country.

Yep!!! and I won't mention the price of CDs, DVDs, gas *devil* ...

Oh well!! At least we have a great Lego store (great fo Paris, because I guess frenchmen are not great Lego builders & collecters) which has the sets pretty early.

[Jipay]

Well we have unlimited internet acess 20 mbits/1 mbits + 90 tv channels + Free phone calls for 30 euros per month, unlimited theater access with a card at 15

[xwingyoda]

Well we have unlimited internet acess 20 mbits/1 mbits + 90 tv channels + Free phone calls for 30 euros per month, unlimited theater access with a card at 15

[Jipay]

Well I have a finance exam tomorrow, so I know it's hard to go back to work :D I just hope my canadian trip to be over soon. I just miss France so much ! Especially the food thing. And there is n,othing better than beeing home

[xwingyoda]

Well I have a finance exam tomorrow, so I know it's hard to go back to work :D I just hope my canadian trip to be over soon. I just miss France so much ! Especially the food thing. And there is n,othing better than beeing home

So good luck for tomorrow!!!! and welcome home (soon :) )

[Jipay]

The sooner the better :-D

[-DJ-]

I thought this was a topic about the DINO attack theme.... Anyway, I agree with many of you, in that I think this theme is pretty bad. The vikings are good, not as great as many thought they would be, but the real theme I like in 2005 is KK2, it hasn't changed much, and Vladek's fortress looks great. Sure some of the stuff is good in this line, but the dinos make the sets to costly to be worth purchase.

[DoubleT]

Well sometimes -DJ- things goes alittle off topic here, but by some strange way it always gets back to topic..

But I agree with you KK2 and Vikings are really nice, but I cant comment on the Dino set, havent really seen anything off it.... Only Bad pics of Prototype sets...

And I really dont care about the Dino's theme, and its not because im European ;)

[The Middleman]

I was surprised to learn that Vladek's Fortress is actually THE largest LEGO castle ever in terms of pieces. I'll probably buy it, with that title attached to it.

But I think Vikings really do steal the show this year. :-D

[xwingyoda]

Sorry guys for the off topic!!!

Bottom line who actually cares about the crappy dino line who is intended for kids anyway. Furthermore lets see how the real line will look like.

The new KK looks pretty cool (lots of black elements and cool weapons!). I'm not a huge KK2 fan but I might get a few sets for the elements!!!

[Bricks0937]

I still think the D.I.N.O. is pretty sweet. (even though i was hoping for a Caveman sort of theme.) :(