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Sporky said:
wolfie28 said:
I get where ThunderSpook is coming from especially for limited sets.
How many sets are actually limited, excluding the free-with-purchase stuff?Stuff goes out of stock, but I'm not sure much is genuinely limited release.
The trickiest thing is your kid becoming a huge Star Wars fan, then realising that apart from the 15 or so sets in print, you're absolutely going to get rinsed if you want a specific set/character.
ThunderSpook said:
Funk said:
My Up House and the freebies have arrived; however it was evidently soaked in transit and DPD re-packed it in just poly-bags. As such the box is both soggy and crushed. Lego chat were great - they can't swap it out as they're OOS (quelle surprise) but they've credited me 4000 points and I'll put that toward a new one to keep for the future and build the soggy-box one... Land Rover still en route apparently.
I can’t tell you how much it angers me when people keep stuff for the future. No wonder things are out of stock if people keep buying stuff for the future.How about stop being selfish and just buy stuff to build, and if you don’t want to build it then don’t fking buy it and let someone else buy it who actually wants to build it.
Sporky said:
wolfie28 said:
I get where ThunderSpook is coming from especially for limited sets.
How many sets are actually limited, excluding the free-with-purchase stuff?Stuff goes out of stock, but I'm not sure much is genuinely limited release.
So far I've never sold a single set I've bought, whether built or unbuilt.
Sporky said:
wolfie28 said:
I get where ThunderSpook is coming from especially for limited sets.
How many sets are actually limited, excluding the free-with-purchase stuff?Stuff goes out of stock, but I'm not sure much is genuinely limited release.
Some will have a longer shelf life some not so.
Some will be far more collectible others not so.
I buy to build and enjoy but also buy some to invest that then pays for the ones that I choose to build and keep.
Horses for courses really.
Finished over the long weekend. Some minor mods (using spare bits from the kit) to make it a bit better (I think):
- fitted the front plate
- used one of the pan handle bits for a support for the top of the snorkel when the cage isn't fitted, and moved the snorkel on to the clip for the cage.
- removed the clip for the fire extinguisher.
- used left over smooth bits to cover the exposed studs on the "adventure" bonnet (no idea why Lego didn't do that themselves) - pic is from before I did this.
- turned over the bits with the holes in them on the bonnet so it is smooth
I'm now trying to figure out how to slim down the winch and fit a couple of spot lamps above it.
Overall it is a good build, but the accessories are way over scale so I've left them off.
- fitted the front plate
- used one of the pan handle bits for a support for the top of the snorkel when the cage isn't fitted, and moved the snorkel on to the clip for the cage.
- removed the clip for the fire extinguisher.
- used left over smooth bits to cover the exposed studs on the "adventure" bonnet (no idea why Lego didn't do that themselves) - pic is from before I did this.
- turned over the bits with the holes in them on the bonnet so it is smooth
I'm now trying to figure out how to slim down the winch and fit a couple of spot lamps above it.
Overall it is a good build, but the accessories are way over scale so I've left them off.
Funk said:
How about you wind your neck in and mind your own fking business.
If you go back and read my many posts in this thread and the Technics thread, you'll see that I always buy to build. I DO keep the boxes safely flat-packed and mint in case I ever want to sell USED in future. This will be the first time I've ever ended up with a set that would stay new in its box and the only reason that's occurred is because the one I bought TO BUILD has been damaged in transit.
You can flat pack the boxes?!?! I thought that would ruin them. Is it easy to do, because the amount I have got is really starting to become a problem.If you go back and read my many posts in this thread and the Technics thread, you'll see that I always buy to build. I DO keep the boxes safely flat-packed and mint in case I ever want to sell USED in future. This will be the first time I've ever ended up with a set that would stay new in its box and the only reason that's occurred is because the one I bought TO BUILD has been damaged in transit.
Funk said:
Megaflow said:
You can flat pack the boxes?!?! I thought that would ruin them. Is it easy to do, because the amount I have got is really starting to become a problem.
I open both ends with a craft knife then fold flat - works fine.wolfie28 said:
ch37 said:
Ash_ said:
This is the 3rd UCS X-Wing Lego have released, the last one wasn't even that long ago.
Whilst I broadly agree with the sentiment, the last one was 10 years ago! Lego SW goes out of print and then climbs to obscene values, so catering for new fans or those who missed out a decade ago on what is the most iconic ship that doesn't need to be £500+ in this scale/format seems fair enough. This seems like a reasonable away of dealing with an ongoing issue that is largely out of their hands (recognising it's impossible to keep making everything forever).My son and I would do anything for a Jaba the Hutt Palace/Rancor Pit combo re-release (the one that stacks), yet there have been several variations of that historically.
Edited by wolfie28 on Thursday 6th April 15:24
ch37 said:
Sporky said:
wolfie28 said:
I get where ThunderSpook is coming from especially for limited sets.
How many sets are actually limited, excluding the free-with-purchase stuff?Stuff goes out of stock, but I'm not sure much is genuinely limited release.
The trickiest thing is your kid becoming a huge Star Wars fan, then realising that apart from the 15 or so sets in print, you're absolutely going to get rinsed if you want a specific set/character.
generationx said:
Funk said:
Megaflow said:
You can flat pack the boxes?!?! I thought that would ruin them. Is it easy to do, because the amount I have got is really starting to become a problem.
I open both ends with a craft knife then fold flat - works fine.Gassing Station | Scale Models | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff