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Question for the Lego massif - is the Millennium Falcon 75257 a decent build/buy?
My youngest has suddenly found a passion for building Lego and Star Wars...and is mentioning a Millennium Falcon regularly. It'll be his Christmas present (from most people!). Just wanted to check with those in the know that it's a decent set, and makes a good, reasonably robust play thing once built.
UCS version is out. Am not spending that amount and it'll be too big for him once built anyway
AT-AT looks quite good too. That might need to wait until his birthday next spring.
My youngest has suddenly found a passion for building Lego and Star Wars...and is mentioning a Millennium Falcon regularly. It'll be his Christmas present (from most people!). Just wanted to check with those in the know that it's a decent set, and makes a good, reasonably robust play thing once built.
UCS version is out. Am not spending that amount and it'll be too big for him once built anyway
AT-AT looks quite good too. That might need to wait until his birthday next spring.
Murph7355 said:
Question for the Lego massif - is the Millennium Falcon 75257 a decent build/buy?
My youngest has suddenly found a passion for building Lego and Star Wars...and is mentioning a Millennium Falcon regularly. It'll be his Christmas present (from most people!). Just wanted to check with those in the know that it's a decent set, and makes a good, reasonably robust play thing once built.
UCS version is out. Am not spending that amount and it'll be too big for him once built anyway
AT-AT looks quite good too. That might need to wait until his birthday next spring.
I enjoyed it - good build and I'd recommend it!My youngest has suddenly found a passion for building Lego and Star Wars...and is mentioning a Millennium Falcon regularly. It'll be his Christmas present (from most people!). Just wanted to check with those in the know that it's a decent set, and makes a good, reasonably robust play thing once built.
UCS version is out. Am not spending that amount and it'll be too big for him once built anyway
AT-AT looks quite good too. That might need to wait until his birthday next spring.
Legmaster said:
Funk said:
Legmaster, did you get my PM yesterday re. some of your Lego models..?
Sorry, just spotted this. Yes I did and replied same day.
Funk said:
Legmaster said:
Funk said:
Legmaster, did you get my PM yesterday re. some of your Lego models..?
Sorry, just spotted this. Yes I did and replied same day.
Given the fuss over the Osprey, this will really upset some people! https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/22657132...
RedRob67 said:
Given the fuss over the Osprey, this will really upset some people! https://www.facebook.com/uniladmag/videos/22657132...
There’s some really good ones of these on YouTube, I fell down that particular rabbit hole yesterday...Funk said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Collectingbrass said:
Funk said:
Collectingbrass said:
I ordered one of these lamps at the end of May. It hasn't arrived yet and I can't wait!
What did you order and where from please..? 
Even more annoyingly I actually cancelled the order before it shipped but they ignored every email. Can you post pics of what was sent?
Emailed their customer service and got this reply:
" Dear customer,
Thank you for contacting us.
Regarding far international shipping way and violent delivery, rocked is easy to be extruded.
So it is delivered in form of self-assembly parts, which is a kind of decompression method and entertainment.
It is easy to be assembled.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards
Joe"
Suffice to say that"Joe" got a stinging rebuke as a response. I feel a visa chargeback coming on.....
I'm not on Facebook but apparently there's a lot of posts on there about them and others being scams.
I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
Funk said:
Funk said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Funk said:
Silenoz said:
Collectingbrass said:
Funk said:
Collectingbrass said:
I ordered one of these lamps at the end of May. It hasn't arrived yet and I can't wait!
What did you order and where from please..? Even more annoyingly I actually cancelled the order before it shipped but they ignored every email. Can you post pics of what was sent?
Emailed their customer service and got this reply:
" Dear customer,
Thank you for contacting us.
Regarding far international shipping way and violent delivery, rocked is easy to be extruded.
So it is delivered in form of self-assembly parts, which is a kind of decompression method and entertainment.
It is easy to be assembled.
Thank you for your understanding.
Best regards
Joe"
Suffice to say that"Joe" got a stinging rebuke as a response. I feel a visa chargeback coming on.....
I'm not on Facebook but apparently there's a lot of posts on there about them and others being scams.
I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
Narcisus said:
Funk said:
The parcel arrived today - I've not opened it as I'm in two minds as to what to do. I already have the refund based on 'no tracking update for over 3 weeks' - although not the reason I would've normally used I was fortunate it was so slow and got the refund I wanted in the first place. It's a 'default win' for me on that basis without having to argue that the item is 'significantly not as described' (or 'utter tat' it would seem!).
I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
I think you know the answer.....I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
Edited by Funk on Friday 14th August 12:11
Funk said:
Narcisus said:
Funk said:
The parcel arrived today - I've not opened it as I'm in two minds as to what to do. I already have the refund based on 'no tracking update for over 3 weeks' - although not the reason I would've normally used I was fortunate it was so slow and got the refund I wanted in the first place. It's a 'default win' for me on that basis without having to argue that the item is 'significantly not as described' (or 'utter tat' it would seem!).
I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
I think you know the answer.....I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
Edited by Funk on Friday 14th August 12:11
Collectingbrass said:
Funk said:
Narcisus said:
Funk said:
The parcel arrived today - I've not opened it as I'm in two minds as to what to do. I already have the refund based on 'no tracking update for over 3 weeks' - although not the reason I would've normally used I was fortunate it was so slow and got the refund I wanted in the first place. It's a 'default win' for me on that basis without having to argue that the item is 'significantly not as described' (or 'utter tat' it would seem!).
I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
I think you know the answer.....I've no desire to keep the item but here's where I'm not sure what to do - contacting PayPal to say it's arrived might mean they reverse the refund decision as the parcel has now actually arrived? I'm more than happy to send it back from whence it came (at the seller's cost, not mine!) but I'm wondering if it's just better to let sleeping dogs lie - I have my refund and given the size of the parcel that's sat here there's no way it's possible it's anything like what was advertised.
What do you folks think? Stay quiet and don't feel bad that some Chinese scammers are out of pocket by a couple of quid or pop it up on PayPal's radar and try to get it returned...?
Edited by Funk on Friday 14th August 12:11
I've got my money back from PayPal so no loss as it stands. Have you opened yours to see what they actually sent?
Edited by Funk on Friday 14th August 23:24
ch37 said:
Turns out fog in a can and sparklers really don't mix, started a small fire today!
Oooops... by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
Thankfully Rescue survived and I got the shot...
DSC02277 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
Not at your standards yet but I've been playing around a bit with minifig photos and these are the results so far!Oooops... by Chris Harrison, on FlickrThankfully Rescue survived and I got the shot...
DSC02277 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
D1on said:
That'll be brill!
Heard its a time consuming build..
Spent a few hours on it tonight, have just finished stage 6:Heard its a time consuming build..
A really enjoyable build so far - it certainly starts to resemble a recognisable object much earlier in the build than other sets I've tackled recently (UCS millenium falcon, lambo sian, batmobile etc.). There's also a particularly neat mechanism that latches the tray for the cartridge in the horizontal position with one press, and then with another press pops it up into the loading/unloading position. On the first press the brown axle tracks down the black slope, and when released gets trapped in the notch created by the white and orange tiles, which holds the tray in the horizontal position. Then on the second press, the green slope nudges the axle forward so that it is then free to slide up and back along the grey arch, allowing the tray to rise into the loading/unloading position. I'm not explaining it very well, and it probably won't make much sense from a static image, but here goes anyway:
Edited by 8ball_Rob on Sunday 16th August 16:51
Japveesix said:
ch37 said:
Turns out fog in a can and sparklers really don't mix, started a small fire today!
Oooops... by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
Thankfully Rescue survived and I got the shot...
DSC02277 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
Not at your standards yet but I've been playing around a bit with minifig photos and these are the results so far!Oooops... by Chris Harrison, on FlickrThankfully Rescue survived and I got the shot...
DSC02277 by Chris Harrison, on Flickr
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