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The "The Official 2011 LEGO Thread of 2011 Thread" Thread

FealiksFealiks
edited January 2011 in General Chat
I've always had a soft spot for Minifigs, but the fact that you have to buy a whole set if you want the Minifigs has held me back from ever attempting to collect them. A few weeks ago, though, I discovered LEGO's Minifigure collectable series. So far, I've bought 7 figures, totalling at £13.93 (unless my number skills are poor enough for that to be inaccurate, in which case I'm sorry for any offence I've caused with my reckless mental arithmetic).

So far, I have these guys:

The Ringmaster (Series 2)
The Surfer Guy (Series 2)
The Pop Star (Series 2)
The Native American Chief (Series 3)
The Elf Archer (Series 3)
The Sumo Wrestler (Series 3)
The Baseball Player (Series 3)

Concerning the various rumours that I've given them all full names and personalities: THAT'S LIBELLOUS AND I'LL SUE YOU TO THE GROUND.

So, in this thread you can post your LEGO sets, Minifigs, stuff you want, stuff you've made, pictures you've taken, videos you've shot, and just generally discuss LEGO.

Comments

  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    Well, I don't have any photos (and all my LEGO is disassembled and is stored somewhere), and I didn't buy any thing for a very long, long time, but I have the whole Western set (well, the Town/Rangers/Bandits part, I don't have anything from the Indians), some of the older LEGO castles, a small LEGO pirate fort and a small Treasure Island, several LEGO city sets, a BIG train station/railroad set, some space stuff, underwater stuff... Some other old stuff (some parts of some sets were lost)... But. BUT. I wanted my folks to buy me a Black Seas Barracuda for my 18th birthday (it's a set that I've ALWAYS wanted and still don't have it). They bought a 1TB Hard Drive and a Genious PenSketch instead.... Crap... Oh well :)

    Maybe I will manage to get my hands on it. Or, I know there are PotC LEGO sets on the way, The Black Pearl will also do the trick... though I would still want Barracuda :p
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited January 2011
    My son has gotten a few packs of the mini figures... he loves Legos.
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    he loves Legos.

    Who doesn't? O_o
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited January 2011
    I never got into them as a kid... I can appreciate their appeal though... I certainly do not discourage my kids when they like things that inspire creativity.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited January 2011
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I never got into them as a kid... I can appreciate their appeal though... I certainly do not discourage my kids when they like things that inspire creativity.

    You didn't have legos? :(
  • Jen KollicJen Kollic
    edited January 2011
    OMG LEGO IS FREAKING AWESOME. Even though they did cancel the Exo-Force line, which I loved because the robots were pretty compact and I don't have space for the large castles... plus they were giant robots!

    I've also got a couple of the recent Pirate sets, the ship and the island, and since the new Lego game series is going to be Pirates of the Caribbean I'm expecting that there'll be PotC Lego sets as well. (if not, there will be bloodshed!) I was always tempted by the Mega Bloks PotC stuff, but that was Mega Bloks and it just isn't the same.

    ETA: And I've got a couple of the Creator sets too, my favourite is theMonster Dino set because it moves and roars, and it can be made into other beasties as well. Lego Technic is also awesome, one of my friends got me a racing bike kit for Christmas. I FREAKING LOVE LEGO.
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited January 2011
    It's weird to see people talking about "legos"... Here in the UK, the plural of "lego" is still just "lego." Also, we pronounce it "leg-go" rather than "lay-go," which is how I've heard Americans pronounce it.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited January 2011
    doodo! wrote: »
    You didn't have legos? :(

    No not really.. I had gotten one or two of the really little things.. like enough to make a car... but I didn't really want any Legos as a kid.

    It was all Star Wars, He-Man, and GI Joe for me as a kid.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited January 2011
    Fealiks wrote: »
    Also, we pronounce it "leg-go" rather than "lay-go," which is how I've heard Americans pronounce it.

    Where in America, if you know? Here in the Northeast, I've never heard "lay-go". Sounds like it might be a southern or upper midwestern pronunciation.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited January 2011
    I must be out of my damn mind here.

    -gets out of chair-

    (20 minutes later)

    -sits back down-

    Here's a picture of my room I posted on here a few months ago.

    DSC02934.jpg

    See those boxes next to my dresser? Here's what's in three of them.

    DSC00036.jpg
    (Click for larger)

    And that's just the Bionicles. I have another box full of Harry Potter, two large tubs of Freestyle Legos, and two large pirate sets (one's a ship, one's a fort, but I can't find part of the ship's mast), as well as a few small pirate sets. Oh, and there's that giant bag of Technic Legos one friend gave me and another box full of regular Legos another friend gave me.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be putting all those away.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited January 2011
    That is insane Guru, and I thought I had a lot of Bionicle. :p

    I only have the white Bionicles (With a few exceptions, presents etc.) as getting them all just seemed a little too crazy for me.
    But I know I am still missing a few for my collection, I just haven't been lucky enough to find a list with pictures of all the Bionicles ever made. So I can cross check with the ones I got.
  • skeeterskeeter
    edited January 2011
    I have most of the Harry Potter Legos, and I did eye up the Pirates of the Caribbean and Toy Story ones. But I have less money then I did when I got the HP ones, so no Lego for me. I do like the Lego board game I saw the other day though...
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited January 2011
    I got rid of all my lego and a year later felt depressed about it, so I ended up getting myself a little Indiana Jones set. Now I have that sitting on my desk just in front of me. It's so cool!
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited January 2011
    I remember they had some kind of Indiana Jones/Mummy rip-off sets, which looked quite cool by the way, before they, apparently, got the Indiana Jones license.
  • jp-30jp-30
    edited January 2011
    Here are some 'purist' custom Indiana Jones minifigs I made long before LEGO got the official licence. (purist meaning no alterations to any LEGO pieces, including removing print).

    http://www.brothers-brick.com/2006/03/04/indiana-jones-minifigs-by-jp-30/

    There are a lot more in my photobucket account, but they're jumbled up amongst everything else, I'll copy them to a new folder soon and link to that.

    Here's a shot of my home office froam a few years ago - I have many more sets that this now, and a lot of the ones you see have since been broken due to my (and the neighbourhood) kids - need to find time to rebuild them.

    homeoffice.jpg
  • FealiksFealiks
    edited January 2011
    jp-30 wrote: »
    Here are some 'purist' custom Indiana Jones minifigs I made long before LEGO got the official licence. (purist meaning no alterations to any LEGO pieces, including removing print).

    They're great; where did you get hold of the individual pieces? Ebay or something or were they just lying around?
    skeeter wrote: »
    I have most of the Harry Potter Legos, and I did eye up the Pirates of the Caribbean and Toy Story ones. But I have less money then I did when I got the HP ones, so no Lego for me. I do like the Lego board game I saw the other day though...
    I'm not sure about the Toy Story Lego sets... they don't look very Lego-ish. Especially the minifig. Especially the Lotso minifig. God damn Lotso.
  • TomPravetzTomPravetz
    edited January 2011
    This.

    This guys Escher's made me weep real tears of human lacrimal fluid.
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited January 2011
    Irishmile wrote: »
    No not really.. I had gotten one or two of the really little things.. like enough to make a car... but I didn't really want any Legos as a kid.

    It was all Star Wars, He-Man, and GI Joe for me as a kid.

    I grew up with all 4. :p

    I didn't have a Eternia playset though.
  • FriarFriar
    edited January 2011
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    I must be out of my damn mind here.

    -gets out of chair-

    (20 minutes later)

    -sits back down-

    Here's a picture of my room I posted on here a few months ago.

    DSC02934.jpg

    See those boxes next to my dresser? Here's what's in three of them.

    DSC00036.jpg
    (Click for larger)

    And that's just the Bionicles. I have another box full of Harry Potter, two large tubs of Freestyle Legos, and two large pirate sets (one's a ship, one's a fort, but I can't find part of the ship's mast), as well as a few small pirate sets. Oh, and there's that giant bag of Technic Legos one friend gave me and another box full of regular Legos another friend gave me.

    Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be putting all those away.

    Ah, bionicles! I used to have them. Well, the first generation anyway. The red and blue ones were impossible to get in my area. It took me over a year to get it, and we ended up doing so through the Lego website. Oddly enough, a week after getting them, I grew bored of bionicles.
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