I received some of the new Collectible Minifigure Series packages for the LEGO Batman Movie. I will have a set review up soon and some of them posted in my BrickLink store so stay tuned. It looks like the movie will be released on 10 February 2017 so get ready!
I will have another campaign up soon as well. Any orders that I have received in-between campaigns will be added to the next one. If you have any suggestions on who the next campaign should be for, please send me a note.
Thanks Albuquerque fans of Lego for coming out to support this past Saturday. We supported the Manzano High School Marching Band and their future events.
The next show is on 5 December at E. Stapleton Elementary in Rio Rancho. This will be the second year Bricks for Bricks will be selling at this show.
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Another note for Albuquerque Lego fans, Bricks and Minifigs in ABQ reopened yesterday (14 November). The store is under new ownership. I haven't been yet, but I'm excited to know that ABQ will still have this great store.
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I'm going to continue working on building my online store and I'll be posting a few reviews of sets that I've acquired, but haven't been able to open up yet. Those sets include Wall-E, The Big Bang Theory, the Kwik-E-Mart, and the Ferrari F40.
Thanks to some great friends, I received a LEGO set as a gift. It was set number 10693, the LEGO Creative Supplement.
It got a little damaged in shipping, but the contents inside are still good. There are 303 pieces inside and they are displayed on the back of the container.
As you can see there are a wide variety of colors in this set as well as types of pieces. It's not just bricks, but slopes, cylinders, some SNOT (studs not on top) parts, and a few other fun pieces. There are even a few translucent parts in the mix. The set includes a brick separator as well and a few 1 x 1 eye tiles. Other than that, the set does not include any other tiles or plates.
The inside contains 3 bags of bricks and a booklet of some various designs you can build.
So why would you want a bunch of random bricks? To build whatever you want with them, that's why! You can use just the pieces in the set to build or you can add them to your other sets and designs to build whatever you want.
The set is $19.99 for 303 pieces. That's a little over $0.06 a piece. In terms of price, it's a pretty good deal if you look at price per piece.
Is this a good set to buy? It depends on who is buying it. A LEGO fan who builds to the limits of the bricks he/she owns will love this set for the added parts. A child who is used to sets with instructions and minifigures may not appreciate this set. So it all depends. If you're looking to get me a set, I like it!
In the late 1990s, the LEGO Company wasn't where it is today. In my opinion, the focus was not on building and construction, but on sets with that could be quickly assembled so you could play with them. Many of the sets had big clunky pieces called BURPs or Big, Ugly Rock Pieces. It's where they made larger pieces that you could use to assemble sets versus the smaller bricks that are more often used today. I can remember at the time that one of my younger cousins took the time to write the LEGO Company a letter to let them know how disappointed he was in the sets. While he enjoyed playing with the sets, he really enjoyed the building aspect.
The LEGO Company's answer, or at least I think it's their answer to my cousin, was to start the Creator line. In 2001, the first sets were released that focused more on the building and less on themes. This line has continued since then and has included houses, vehicles, animals, robots, and various other items. Many of the sets include instructions for 3 different builds out of the parts included with the set. So if you just want to build fun sets, this is one of the ways to go.
I have purchased a few of these in the past and I recently decided to buy another one. Set number 31024 came out in 2014. It comes with 374 pieces and retails from the LEGO Company for $29.99. At around $0.08 per piece, that isn't too bad of a deal considering sets typically average around $0.10 per piece. You can probably search around different retailers to see if anyone is running a sale and get it cheaper than retail price.
The main set shown on the container is a sports car. It uses a majority of the 374 pieces included in the set and the designers did a pretty good job using the pieces on hand to create a sleek looking vehicle despite all of the LEGO studs. It also uses a lot of SNOT techniques or Studs Not On Top. So instead of stacking bricks on top of each other, there are clever ways used to create the sleekness. It says ages 8 to 12, but younger, inexperienced builders may need the help of a parent with this set.
The next design included is a seaplane. This build uses approximately half of the pieces in the set and was not at detailed as the sports car.
The last design included is a T-Rex looking creature. It uses approximately 3/4 of the included pieces and uses some interesting building techniques to ensure that the legs, arm, and mouth all move.
Overall, the 3 designs are all pretty detailed and use some different techniques to help expand your building horizons. If you are looking to just build, then this set or the other Creator sets are the way to go. Plus, 3 is not the limit in this set. With 374 pieces, there are plenty of other things you can try. So if you have this set or plan to get this set soon, enjoy and keep building!