What I bought today

Captain Zuloo wrote:Fantastic! Be sure to review it.

Which one? I think 10197 has already been reviewed at this site, but I'll happily review my copy if people want me too.

Civic Bossman wrote:I also got 10197 and 7567 yesterday!

Well done!! How good is it to finally own one of these impressive sets!! Welcome to the boards by the way!!

Thanks for the welcome. It feels good to own this - I always miss out on the good sets (like Emerald Night ), so to get this was awesome.

Welcome aboard Civic Bossman.

You guys certainly had me browsing catalogues and some websites trying to work out whether I had bought 7567 yet.

Low and behold I do have it and it was right under my nose .

I managed to secure a Sandcrawler at a reduced cost this afternoon which will add some interest to my limited collection of Star Wars Lego.

I'm looking forward to building it over the next few days, the good thing is that I don't have to answer to a partner about why I bought it, .

If you don't mind me asking, what was the reduced cost? If I remember correctly, it was a fairly pricey set wasn't it?

I ended up paying $253.00 for it which I think isn't too bad considering that it has eleven minifigures accompanying it.

The Death Star I am lead to believe has twenty four minifigures and was priced at around $850.00 to $900.00 retail here in Tassie so I think I have picked up a bargain.

What does everybody else think about it ?

Hahaha, I think it's a lot of money for a Star Wars set.

But my un-appreciation of Star Wars aside, it sounds like you have struck gold so to speak, it also has a lot of nice brown! Is it old school brown or reddish brown?

my grand emporium arrived today, looking forward to the build.

I remember seeing that sandcrawler for $100 clearance at TRU. It was before I was AFOL and many years ago. Lot bricks and in todays money its worth it considering we see Lego Star Wars tie Defenders for $80. Star Wars Lego is just way overpriced IMHO. I don't collect and only buy when on clearance and only because the kids like it. In fact the only thing I like about the 2009 and early 2010 models are the minifigs.

7744 Police Headquarters and 4467 Soccer Stretcher

How much was the soccer stretcher? I hadn't seen it before, and I was really kinda disappointed when I saw that TLG put a few parts in a bag and called it a set...no minifigs? What's the go with that?

It was like $2 or something to fill up a BrickLink order. I know it's just a stretcher and air-tank, but I'm a sucker for official sets and packaging

First of all, I bought my first ever Ambulance # 7890 which will require a Hospital to go with it at some stage.

Secondly, I've bought myself another first ever being the Recycle Truck # 7991.

Both of these items are likely to be put together whilst working at my Lego Stall at the local Sunday Market just to give people a chance to see my passion for building my collection in action.

Apple Tree House the other day from TRU with their 25% off.
And Minifigs Series 1 Clown (x2), Ninja, Spaceman, Archer, Skateboarder, Magician - from Toyworld Armadale. (They also had Fire Brigade in stock @ $299)

Nice pick up with the minifigs!!

More Minifigs:
Nurse, Caveman, Wrestler (x2), Cowboy (x2), Ninja, Spaceman, Indian, Diver

2x nurses 3 cowboys 1xninja 1xindian 1x crash test dummy and i got a maersk container ship and an eifel tower

Toy Story 3 Western Train Chase

Civic Bossman wrote:Toy Story 3 Western Train Chase

where from and how much Civic Bossman?

K-Mart Maddington, $119 (on special from $149)

Just bought myself the Repair Truck # 3179 and somehow picked up the Army Men from Toy Story for an absolute bargain of $16.50.

Funnily enough, I should of being charged full price because the sale had finished however thanks to a failure to remove the reduce price sticker the store had no choice but to sell it to me at this price.
I'm still grinning about it, too, .

Since buying the Army Men thoughts have crossed my mind about doing a MOC of the M*A*S*H T.V Series whereby I will start by MOCing the likes of, Colonel Potter, Capt. Pearce, Capt. B.J Hunnicut, Radar O'Reilly, Corporal Max Klinger, Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan and perhaps a few more of characters.

SW Republic Swamp Speeder ($49.95 @ TRU Morley)
SW Droid Tri-Fighter ($39.95 @ TRU Morley)
SW Chrome Stromtrooper (FREE with $70 Lego Purchase @ TRU Morley)

I just bought a Red Coat impulse and the new traveller impulse at Big W Epping Vic. And my pre order of 30 collectable minifigs arrived

4 runs to different toyworlds and targets later
Its not all mine though, am sending some to a mate in the US who hasnt been able to find any, just the 5 he ordered online