I don't care that a 42 year old man probably shouldn't be playing with Lego, I want these 
http://www.lego.com/en-gb/speedchampions/products
http://www.lego.com/en-gb/speedchampions/products
Lego Speed Champions
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By the seaside...
Perhaps PVR will sell^H^H^H^H rent you his set :evil:Bing said:I don't care that a 42 year old man probably shouldn't be playing with Lego, I want these
http://www.lego.com/en-gb/speedchampions/products
In my day Lego was all about crude blocks to make things out of. Perhaps a few wheels, axles and maybe even a battery powered, but regardless you always ran out of some key colour or sized brick.
How it's morphed into a smoothed off product over the years, imho with no imagination required - just assemble to a spec.
How it's morphed into a smoothed off product over the years, imho with no imagination required - just assemble to a spec.
cj10jeeper said:
It wasn't quite like that in my day, but it was certainly less of a marketing tool for big brand names. My old Lego is still at my Dad's, played with by his grand children now. Wee Bing's is now in the loft awaiting the same fate... It was a sad day a couple of months ago when he finally decided to mothball it. Spent may happy hours with him building all sorts
Bing said:cj10jeeper said:
It wasn't quite like that in my day, but it was certainly less of a marketing tool for big brand names. My old Lego is still at my Dad's, played with by his grand children now. Wee Bing's is now in the loft awaiting the same fate... It was a sad day a couple of months ago when he finally decided to mothball it. Spent may happy hours with him building all sorts
I do think the techic lego we had back in the 70/80's was better though. As CJ said it was pretty much standard brick with holes in where as now you buy a lego model and one model is all it can be because so many of the bricks are custom made.
Some of my sets are worth over a £100 a piece now
£270 :!:Bing said:Holy moly, that's brilliant. I dread to think the price thoughDanStarr said:Wish id never clicked this thread now im a VIP member and going to buy this... http://www.lego.com/en-gb/marvelsuperheroes/products/76042-the-shield-helicarrier
PerryGunn said:£270 :!:Bing said:Holy moly, that's brilliant. I dread to think the price thoughDanStarr said:Wish id never clicked this thread now im a VIP member and going to buy this... http://www.lego.com/en-gb/marvelsuperheroes/products/76042-the-shield-helicarrier
Exaggeration by £1
1p actually - it's £269.99, so any normal person would say £270pvr said:Exaggeration by £1PerryGunn said:£270 :!:Bing said:Holy moly, that's brilliant. I dread to think the price though
http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/The-SHIELD-Helicarrier-76042?p=76042&track=checkprice#shopxlink
The Tumbler from The Dark Knight trilogy is my next purchase.
Should look pretty good next to these two...
63/365 Lego and sparklers at 22 by NeilllP, on Flickr
Lego Mini. by NeilllP, on Flickr
Should look pretty good next to these two...
63/365 Lego and sparklers at 22 by NeilllP, on FlickrLego Mini. by NeilllP, on Flickr