Re: What I bought today

by jigsaw Tue 05 Feb 2013, 12:57 am

that's an almighty score Paul!

by G Time Tue 05 Feb 2013, 5:46 am

Getting a bit envious and have itchy fingers after seeing what you guys have been getting.

That's quite a lot of awesome sets!

by Locomotive Annie Tue 05 Feb 2013, 3:04 pm

I got one of these......

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And one of these.....

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by Locomotive Annie Fri 08 Feb 2013, 3:15 am

I got a sheet of these legohappy

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by shieldzee1 Fri 08 Feb 2013, 4:03 am

Got all my Hobbit sets now save a heap of money getting it at the boxing day sale at myers.
My mum found my last set yesterday Riddles For the Ring at Big-w it seems big-w always try to under cut all the other stores as you can save $1-$5rrp but they don't have good sales best one have been MYER and Target with 20%-60%off when on sale.

by Kaila Fri 08 Feb 2013, 3:31 pm

Locomotive Annie wrote:

Busted my budget, but I've finally been able to get one of these.

Really like that set I want to get it too, also been after 7750 - my euro contact got an almost perfect (opened) copy but I just cant take the $700 plunge on it legephew

p.s - after extensive browsing to see the new sets on offer in aussie stores i'm a little annoyed to see on average a 35% mark up over identical items I saw recently in Japan.. boooooooo >_<

by Locomotive Annie Sat 09 Feb 2013, 4:36 am

Set 7750 - I can see why you want one Kaila, but at $700 I'd be left wishing too.

by Locomotive Annie Sat 09 Feb 2013, 6:31 am

Wow, I checked out prices for 7750 on Bricklink and one guy in Italy is wanting $NZ546.80 for one and it's glued together! There's another one MISB with shelf wear on the box and they want $NZ4,794.37 for it! I'm never going to complain about prices for the MOT series ever again!

When you finally get one Kaila are you going to keep it in a bank vault?

by Kaila Mon 11 Feb 2013, 11:19 am

Locomotive Annie wrote:

When you finally get one Kaila are you going to keep it in a bank vault?

It's interesting you mention those sets, for the good part of a year I've been watching BL on the 80's trains and anything decent is snapped up fast leaving the same old ad's and sets untouched - and most for good reason given they want too much or the condition is predominantly crap. I found this private Netherlands dealer who sources outside of BL and his stuff is always quality albeit for a slight premium price.

Anyway yeah 7750 is a gem and I should get a vault to go with it lol

by Kaila Tue 12 Feb 2013, 8:11 am

Picked up the old motorbike shop,the box is nice and overall a good condition set -

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by jigsaw Tue 12 Feb 2013, 12:21 pm

hell yeah! i wanted that badly when i was a kid

by Kaila Tue 12 Feb 2013, 2:00 pm

jigsaw wrote:hell yeah! i wanted that badly when i was a kid

I promise to take good care of it legowink

by G Time Wed 13 Feb 2013, 6:30 am

Woohoo, the elusive set(s) have finally arrived! *< legotoungesmall

by Kaila Thu 14 Feb 2013, 4:18 am

Just a smalley this time,

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by Locomotive Annie Thu 14 Feb 2013, 6:39 am

That will go nicely with the motorbike shop legohappy

by spongo Thu 14 Feb 2013, 12:56 pm

well, i should say hello, i got the rancor pit and added it to my two jabba's palace's and made a second rancor pit base, exact to the instructions, i might try to add a picture after i get used to this site

by Kaila Sat 16 Feb 2013, 7:24 am

Was quite happy to get this one, had it as a child and enjoyed it a lot.. good ol space isn't it sweet legosmile2

by jigsaw Sat 16 Feb 2013, 11:20 am

sweeeet!

im about to get some classic space myself.

by Kaila Sun 17 Feb 2013, 5:00 am

jigsaw wrote:sweeeet!

im about to get some classic space myself.

When some more cash rolls in I really want to focus on collecting original space also, there's something really special about those sets that I can't quite explain..

What amazes me is that some people actually kept these boxes for 30 odd years.. I mean seriously out of all the Lego I had as a child I only managed to keep 2 boxes and that was just luck. Glad those kinds of people exist though since collecting would be hard without them..

by Kaila Tue 19 Feb 2013, 9:00 am

Check it out the old mailvan, believe me this was a PAIN to find in good nick.. What I bought today - Page 32 Img_3413

by Locomotive Annie Tue 19 Feb 2013, 11:31 am

Ooooooooo a 12volt Mail van lego8O

Good score! I've got one of those on my list too.

I think the old Space sets were something special as they were released around the time of the first major space missions. Back then the space missions were big news and were really something and caught peoples' imagination. I can remember being out in the carpark with the whole 6th form Physics class crowded around our teacher's old Holden listening to the broadcast on the car radio when Neil Armstrong took those first steps on the moon.

by spongo Wed 20 Feb 2013, 1:34 am

Kaila wrote:Was quite happy to get this one, had it as a child and enjoyed it a lot.. good ol space isn't it sweet

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you should see my space lego .. after 30 years of use. the colours faded, decals all gone,
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i used to collect the boxes, till one time, i went to a school camp, came back and my boxes were all gone, actually, because i make sure no -one re-sells me lego collection i guess its why i started to throw my boxes out, but i kept all my harry potter and star wars boxes, i'm more of a large scale builder, . i'm the type who has a box of wheels form all the cars, ( for the grand-kids) yet, they don;t fit into construction, till i saw the window tyre rim idea, amazing, , its just the city lego boxes. i throw out, not much room for all the boxes in my room

by Locomotive Annie Sat 23 Feb 2013, 6:16 am

Got one of these today legoeyeshutlaughing

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Both points virtually new and in their original box too.

Edit: And i forgot to mention that I also got a really great Trains catalog from 1980 from the same supplier. It's written in Danish, but fortunately the pictures all seem to be in English. legolaugh

by Kaila Sat 23 Feb 2013, 5:45 pm

Locomotive Annie wrote:Got one of these today

Both points virtually new and in their original box too.

Edit: And i forgot to mention that I also got a really great Trains catalog from 1980 from the same supplier. It's written in Danish, but fortunately the pictures all seem to be in English.

Hey nice Annie I remember getting that set when I was 6. Of course the box is long gone sadly.. could you lend me your nice new one? legotounge

by Locomotive Annie Sat 23 Feb 2013, 11:42 pm

The box is slightly crumpled, but still nice and clean and not faded so it's definitely a keeper. I can see that I'm going to have to figure out a way to safely store old set boxes and other 'paper' materials such as catalogs, instruction sheets and the like now that I'm getting more of them.

No plans to pass on this set box at the moment Kaila, but should I decided I want to I'll keep your name at the top of the list. legohappy

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