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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by RedRover » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:18 am

Lego sets are mostly MOC fodder anyways

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Post by Scribonius » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:10 pm

...Half-Price Books near my work got some vintage Lego sets in somehow. I mean, REALLY vintage. If I'd had $150, I could have gotten Yellow Castle IN THE BOX... :evil: They had a bunch of 80's era castle stuff, but Yellow Castle was the only one they had that I'd never had.

Got these, though:

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This will actually be the third one of those raft sets I got, but I never had any of the Islander sets when I was a kid. They came out when I was in High School and went through a Dark Age that lasted until my early college years. I blame... um... Huh, what WAS I doing during that time? Oh yeah, playing D&D a lot...

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Kommander Ken » Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:55 pm

Where is this Half-Price Books? I have a sudden urge to pay them a visit.

Yellow. Fucking. Castle.

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Post by Scribonius » Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:04 pm

Kommander Ken wrote:Where is this Half-Price Books? I have a sudden urge to pay them a visit.

Yellow. Fucking. Castle.
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Re: The official LOOT topic

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Darkstorm » Fri Sep 14, 2018 5:24 pm

y e l l o w c a s t l e

why

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Scribonius » Fri Sep 14, 2018 8:25 pm

Darkstorm wrote:y e l l o w c a s t l e

why

:no:
Again, how do you think *I* feel?!? If I had a spare $500 lying around, I could have gotten Yellow Castle, the original 80's King's Castle, the original Black Seas Barracuda, and the Carribean Clipper!!! :evil:

Thing is... I already HAVE three of those four, from the original releases. King's Castle came out when I first got into Lego, and I got it as a Manly Santa Day present one year in the 80's. Freaking Yellow Castle though... NEVER had that...

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by TheGuyRightBehindYou » Sun Sep 16, 2018 4:01 pm

Scribonius wrote:
Darkstorm wrote:y e l l o w c a s t l e

why

:no:
Again, how do you think *I* feel?!? If I had a spare $500 lying around, I could have gotten Yellow Castle, the original 80's King's Castle, the original Black Seas Barracuda, and the Carribean Clipper!!! :evil:

Thing is... I already HAVE three of those four, from the original releases. King's Castle came out when I first got into Lego, and I got it as a Saturnalia present one year in the 80's. Freaking Yellow Castle though... NEVER had that...
One would think that it would be cheaper than 100$ at half-price books. though it is considered a collectors item by some
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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by DayBoost_ » Sun Sep 30, 2018 1:59 pm

Anyone else take advantage of those lego store pick a brick walls for getting loads of goodies?

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Scribonius » Fri Oct 05, 2018 12:48 pm

Huh...
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Target Exclusive, apparently. $20. Kind of like the little scenes on the back of the box.

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Sorry, don't know why the camera washed out the color on these photos. You get a lot of stuff for $20! 4 minifigs, a dog, a bicycle, a trash can, the little food stand, and more! Lots of donuts and pie bits and cookies. If you like food pieces, this isn't a bad way to go. If you're doing a city scene, this isn't a bad way to go. It's a COFFEE SHOP. Seriously, what Lego city DOESN'T need a coffee shop? Oh, and they sell pastries too, obviously.

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Came with lots of extra bits as well! The banana is supposed to be in the trash can, but I left the lid of the can on.

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Nurse has her cell phone, and the Barista has a double-sided head. One side is all "I'm a happy coffee seller," the other is all "mmm, smells like good coffee," as shown here.

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Buuuuuuuut I think Lego needs to make some different 'money' pieces, cause DAMN, that's a LOT of money for a coffee! NICE tip though, if that's what it is for! :warhead:

Overall, nice little build, would make a good little structure for a more open area in a Brikwars battlefield. Or for a food fight... hmm........... :twisted:

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by sahasrahla » Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:39 pm

annual employee 50% off sale last week at work

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this is gonna take me a little while to work through. the 60th anniversary set was a giveaway

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Maraxous » Tue Dec 11, 2018 12:33 am

sahasrahla wrote:annual employee 50% off sale last week at work

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this is gonna take me a little while to work through. the 60th anniversary set was a giveaway
sahasrahla you make me sick with jealousy :fist:

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Scribonius » Tue Dec 18, 2018 3:53 pm

Holiday loot has started early!

I had a visit with an old friend of mine today. He's had a bad year, been in and out of the hospital several times, so we haven't been able to catch up for a while. I brought his Manly Santa Day gifts from last year (which I had misplaced for almost 5 months while he had surgery so I couldn't get it to him), his birthday present, and his Manly Santa Day gift for this year. He's hard to shop for, but I managed to find him some chase Batman minifigs he had missed out on, so he was very happy.

In exchange, he gave me my holiday/birthday present:
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He's VERY into Batman, and has... connections... that I lack. Truly, his connections are good to him. Have to admit, little jealous, but he's worked HARD to get his lifestyle. He's also generous to a fault, but he gets really good deals on this stuff and keeps telling me not to feel guilty or anything about it...

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Re: The official LOOT topic

Post by Maraxous » Thu Dec 20, 2018 3:19 am

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It is a little late, but I got this for the "kids" for 50% off on Black Friday.
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Size comparison to Grievous.

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