Social Toy Collectors Thread

Batjester said:
All Lego are expensive lol.


But yes, that one is I think their most expensive kit. But fuck me that would be a BLAST to put together and look incredible when done.
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It's fucking huge! He's gonna build the death star hanger bay, the LCD light kit and stick it into a coffee table.

I'll take pictures when he's done
 
herpd807 said:
While I would never spend the money on this, my friend purchased this bad boy.

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Target had a price error on their site several years ago. Got the set for about 65% off along with the big Death Star set. I was surprised they honored it. Both are still in my closet, don’t have time to build big sets that are huge. Sometimes I just look at the boxes and checkout the features. It’s impressive how far Lego has come - they even make plants/flowers set now.
 
PaleMoonlight said:
Target had a price error on their site several years ago. Got the set for about 65% off along with the big Death Star set. I was surprised they honored it. Both are still in my closet, don’t have time to build big sets that are huge. Sometimes I just look at the boxes and checkout the features. It’s impressive how far Lego has come - they even make plants/flowers set now.
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Do NOT open the boxes. I believe the death star is a collectable now and discontinued? The Falcon should be discontinued soon as well. Apparently lego appreciates in value pretty well.
 
The Don Quijote store that has a Gunpla section and display had the various sizes of RX-78 side by side. I think I need Perfect Grade or bigger.

At Target I saw this maybe 4" line of Marvel that may not have had the name of the line on the bubble cardbacks. Never knew this was in the works. They had Iron Man, Hulk, Thanos with removable gauntlet. Looks like 5POA hips.
 
I posted before about Lego pieces crumbling and the clutch power diminishing due to the plastic degrading. Buy stocks or mutual funds instead of unopened Lego sets.

I used to order Lego Technic pieces, especially interesting new pieces, for use with normal household stuff in lieu of expensive 3D printing. Even the snap coupler pieces will shatter. I feel like a fool for spending so much money on these pieces that crumble after a few years.
 
GSP_37 said:
I posted before about Lego pieces crumbling and the clutch power diminishing due to the plastic degrading. Buy stocks or mutual funds instead of unopened Lego sets.

I used to order Lego Technic pieces, especially interesting new pieces, for use with normal household stuff in lieu of expensive 3D printing. Even the snap coupler pieces will shatter. I feel like a fool for spending so much money on these pieces that crumble after a few years.
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Were these used in areas that got lots of sun? I have sets that have been assembled for literally 30 years and I just went and checked and the bricks aren't degraded and still have functional grip. But they've also been in an interior room that gets very limited sunlight.
 
JBSchroeds said:
Were these used in areas that got lots of sun? I have sets that have been assembled for literally 30 years and I just went and checked and the bricks aren't degraded and still have functional grip. But they've also been in an interior room that gets very limited sunlight.
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The only older pieces that crumbled were transparent, kept indoors inside plastic tub, maybe closer to the ceiling so probably got hot in the summer.

The many that crumbled were bought within the past 15 yrs from Lego Bricks and Pieces or Pick A Brick, kept indoors, not exposed to light, some inside plastic tub, close to ground level, not near walls that can get hot from sunlight. I bought a ton of Mixel balljoint pieces from Lego Store and those ball and socket pieces are super loose if they don't just break and crumble. Maybe both new and old "C" clamp pieces broke. Talking about the pieces similar to the minifigure hands. The minifigure feet will crack too. I used to display the minifigures, like from Lego Dimensions, holding their weapon or whatever, but not anymore due to fear of the hands cracking.
 
GSP_37 said:
The only older pieces that crumbled were transparent, kept indoors inside plastic tub, maybe closer to the ceiling so probably got hot in the summer.

The many that crumbled were bought within the past 15 yrs from Lego Bricks and Pieces or Pick A Brick, kept indoors, not exposed to light, some inside plastic tub, close to ground level, not near walls that can get hot from sunlight. I bought a ton of Mixel balljoint pieces from Lego Store and those ball and socket pieces are super loose if they don't just break and crumble. Maybe both new and old "C" clamp pieces broke. Talking about the pieces similar to the minifigure hands. The minifigure feet will crack too. I used to display the minifigures, like from Lego Dimensions, holding their weapon or whatever, but not anymore due to fear of the hands cracking.
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Man, that sucks. I'm not plugged in on the LEGO scene anymore, it's disappointing to hear that a childhood favorite might not be holding up anymore.
 
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Yeah, there's NO WAY that my wife will ever let this cross our doorstep! ;)
 
GSP_37 said:
I posted before about Lego pieces crumbling and the clutch power diminishing due to the plastic degrading. Buy stocks or mutual funds instead of unopened Lego sets.

I used to order Lego Technic pieces, especially interesting new pieces, for use with normal household stuff in lieu of expensive 3D printing. Even the snap coupler pieces will shatter. I feel like a fool for spending so much money on these pieces that crumble after a few years.
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I call shenanigans. I still have lego from 40 years ago...and it's fine. Some colors get a fade that's about it.
 
herpd807 said:
I call shenanigans. I still have lego from 40 years ago...and it's fine. Some colors get a fade that's about it.
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Believe what you want. I said the old transparent pieces crumbled and the opaque pieces from the past 15 yrs ordered straight from Lego or from Lego Store Pick A Brick either crumbled, cracked, or became too lose to have clutch power. Not left under the sun.

The most recent broken pieces were Technic and I never really bought Technic many years ago as a kid. Talking Technic beam, snap coupler.

Maybe you didn't see the news within the past few years about Lego pursuing some ecofriendly plastic replacement then abandoning the plan after not being able to come up with something good. Even before that people were saying the brown pieces were fragile.
 
GSP_37 said:
Believe what you want. I said the old transparent pieces crumbled and the opaque pieces from the past 15 yrs ordered straight from Lego or from Lego Store Pick A Brick either crumbled, cracked, or became too lose to have clutch power. Not left under the sun.

The most recent broken pieces were Technic and I never really bought Technic many years ago as a kid. Talking Technic beam, snap coupler.

Maybe you didn't see the news within the past few years about Lego pursuing some ecofriendly plastic replacement then abandoning the plan after not being able to come up with something good. Even before that people were saying the brown pieces were fragile.
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I suppose this could be the case but all the lego my son plays with is a mix of either shit recently purchased in the past 4 years or it's the stuff I actually played with which is 40 years old. Nothing has crumbled.
 
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