My LEGO®-related Rambles
This is my BrickLink order from BrickTsar, which he picked in a #PABLO video for me a few days ago. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExgaKE7pNeE
Also, I passed 100 Subscribers yesterday (when I recorded this video), so a huge thank you to all the folks who watch and comment, it is very much appreciated!
I forgot to mention that at the Bricks & Beers event last night, there were several speed building competitions, and the team I was on each won a Minifig – here is mine.
He’s someone from the Lego Batman Movie, but I’m not quite sure who. He doesn’t look very happy, anyway!
Perhaps mixing him up with my other minifigs will cheer the dude up a bit?
I had heard on the grapevine that Sainsbury’s were having a bit of a sale on LEGO. So I persuaded Alistair to take me to his local branch and I had a poke about to see what I could find. I came away with two copies of 10692 Creative Supplement and one of the 10401 Rainbow Fun boxes – the smallest of the 60th Anniversary of the Brick sets.
I will use the Rainbow Fun pack to build something for Micropolis, but I think I’m going to save the larger sets for a possible future venture. I’m not sure when I will get it up and running yet, but it’s good to have them in hand for the moment.
I drove from Leicester to Newcastle today, by way of a slight detour to visit the LEGO store in the Gateshead Metro Centre for the first time. It’s always good to go to a different store to see what the PAB wall holds, and I was able to pick up a few other bits which have been on my shopping list for a little while.
I stuffed a couple of big pots with PAB stuff, chose the two seasonal Brickheadz models – Easter Bunny and Valetine’s Bee (my first Brickheadz, but probably not my last) and got the freebie Easter Bunny Minifig and Friends Flower thrown in.
The first big pot contained a number of 1×2 blue bricks, 1x2x2 trans clear window panels, some longish plates and a few 1×2 tiles and jumpers. And lots of 1×1 round plates in trans yellow – I have plans for these!
The other pot was mainly larger plates, some 1×2 baby bows in dark bluish grey, a handful of Bamboo foliage and a load more purple 1×2 tiles. I also threw in some 1×2 black cheese wedges.
Once the sorting was done, I think it turned out to be a very respectable haul. I will certainly make use of a load of these bits in the near future. Watch this space!
It would have been very tempting to spend loads of money with the vendors at the Brickish weekend, but I decided to be good and only acquired a handful of Minifigs.
Looking back on things now, I realise I already have a Corn-on-the-Cob Guy. Ooops. I will have to keep a better eye on my inventory! But I couldn’t resist Bananaman, Donald and Daisy Duck, and the flag-wielding astronaut (it had to be done as we were at the National Space Centre). The regular minifig next to him was my prize from the Fairybricks Tombola.
I’m always short of Headlight bricks, so when I found a couple of Buy It Now lots in random colours on eBay, I jumped at the chance. They were a good price too.
The same seller also had mixed lots of 1×2 jumper plates, so I grabbed a couple of those while I was at it, to make the most of the reduced postage.
I’m looking forward to using a few of these very soon!