Lego Haul - 1/12/17

My wife and I went down to Walt Disney World again this week.  As we did last time, we had to head over to Disney Springs and shop at the Lego store there.  I had more than $150 in gift cards that I got from my family for Christmas.  They had to go.

The Lego Haul from Disney Springs

I think I spent about $70 getting a small cup of Lego's, 11 The Lego Batman Movie minifigures, and a 40236 Romantic Valentine Picnic, and a free 30524 Mini Batwing for spending $35.  I had to wait until we came home to assemble everything, but I had no issue waiting. for that.

I first put together my 40236 Romantic Valentine Picnic.  I'm torn between two uses for it.  I can add it to my Valentine's Holiday Decorations, but with the nice picnic layout, they'd be great to sit in my Park.  That's still under design, but the more elements I get, the easier it's going to be lay everything out.  If you have too few sets or too much room for a layout, it can be tough to determine where to put everything.

 40236 Romantic Valentine Picnic contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

I filled up the small cup I brought to Florida with various bricks.  The brick yellow 1x4 and 2x4 bricks will go to the Pony Farm.  I've been working on some new building designs, but after I put both the office and the barn on a single 32x32 baseplate, I realized that I couldn't fit both onto it.  I'm considering either putting the office over the band, or getting a second base plate and putting them side by side.

The white wall elements will go into the shower display in my Plumber Shop, and the 4 2x4 brown bricks will go to my Cargo Terminal at the Airport.

Contents of my small cup of Lego's

The 30524 Mini Batwing will be yet another drone that the scientists and engineers in the Research Lab are working on.  I've got so many little aircraft from various sets.  It's ridiculous.

The 30524 Mini Batwing fully assembled

My wife and I stocked up on some Lego Batman Movie minifigures and wound up with 10 new ones.  I got Barbara Gordon, Clan of the Cave Batman, King Tut, Lobster-Lovin' Batman, Nurse Harley Quinn, Orca, The Calculator, The Eraser, The Joker - Arkham Asylum, and Vacation Batman.  As you can see in the image below, I wound up with 2 Lobster-Lovin' Batman.  I thought one of them was Fairy Batman.  The lobster felt like wings.

71017 The Lego Batman Minifigures

I still have 6 more to find.  Maybe next weekend I'll try to find them somewhere.  We haven't seen any in our nearby Target.  The local Lego store does have them, but we're still trying to figure out a time when the Mall of America would be slow enough where we wouldn't have to deal with crowds.  Guess I could do what I did when I first moved down here.  Take time off from work in the middle of the week to head down there.  That always worked well for me.  I highly recommend it, if you can afford to do so...

Christmas Haul 2016

Well, Christmas has come and went, and you know what that means.  A massive post about what I got this year.  It's so big that I'm postponing my normally scheduled post until next month.  I got A LOT of sets.  This could take a while...

 The haul for Christmas 2016 and my birthday

First off, we'll start with the gift I got for myself.  60104 Airport Passenger Terminal is great for me to add an airport to my town.  I got a 60022 Cargo Terminal for my birthday two years ago, but I needed a building to go with it.  Although the Airport Passenger Terminal is for hauling people, not goods, it gives me a foundation for building an entire airport.

Contents of 60104 Airport Passenger Terminal

It'll probably end up being as big as my city, as we'll need plenty of room for a couple of runways.  I've got some pen and paper sketches for the layout of the airport, but no virtual model yet.  It's a couple of weeks until I start class again, so I got plenty of time to whip something up.  Expect to see that in late July.

Fully assembled contents of 60104 Airport Passenger Terminal

I got a second set to help with flight operations in town.  60102 Airport VIP Service is around to help more affluent citizens rent a private jet, with limo service to and from the airport.

No one in town is any more important that anyone else.  It's a very egalitarian society.  Sure, some people have a bit more than others, but it's through effort, hard work, and increased responsibilities.  I think I'll stop there before I get any more political.  Lego is supposed to be fun, while politics are not.

60102 Airport VIP Service contents

The employee with this set will work at the airport, while the limo service will not only service people flying on this private jet, but anyone else in town wants to rent it.  It'll belong to the taxi company.  Not that there IS much of a taxi company, but as I usually do, I'll keep my options open for expansion.

 60102 Airport VIP Service fully assembled

I got a few different minifigures.  The Lego Batman movie is due out in February, and Lego released sets related to it here in December.  My wife was able to find a few characters, Catman, March Harriet, and Zodiac Master.  I have no idea who any of them are.  I don't remember them from the campy '60s TV series or any of the films.  I never read the comics.  Where they in there, or are they completely new characters created specifically for this new Lego animated feature flick?  Regardless of their origins, I'm looking forward to the movie.

71017 Lego Batman minifigures, left to right: Catman, March Harriet, and Zodiac Master

I got a couple of others as well.  My wife and I found a Lego-like Goldy Gopher minifigure at the University of Minnesota bookstore.  It's got a couple things that normal Lego minifigs don't have, like elbows and knees.  It works in the Lego System, and it'll just be for decorative purposes, so it's good enough for me.  Especially since it IS Goldy Gopher (he's my hero).

 Goldy Gopher off-brand minifigure contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

The other minifugre is a gingerbread man that was free with my order for the Airport Passenger Terminal.  He's a bit darker in color than the 71002 Series 11 minifigure.  I was hoping this would have come with more pieces to build a gingerbread house for him.  I'm keeping the box to give me ideas to build my own to add to the Winter Carnival for the kids to check out.

5005156 Gingerbread Man

I got a 31051 Lighthouse Point, which I'll be adding to the Marina.  A lighthouse is a great addition to the shoreline, as it will help out those on the water at night see where they are going.  It also came with this cool orca figure who'll reside in the ocean, at a safe distance of course.

 31051 Lighthouse Point contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

I received a 31050 Corner Deli, another Creator set, that'll go into the plaza area.  I've almost got enough small buildings to finish off this section of town.  I know it's another restaurant-type place, but it's not sit down service like the big one I've built.  The Corner Deli will work more like a takeout/fast service eatery.

 31050 Corner Deli contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

My parents got me 60082 Dune Buggy Trailer.  My wife and I had a pretty low-key Christmas with them.  I didn't even ask for any specific set from them, but they did get me a winner here.  I don't have a desert area for running a dune buggy through, but it should be fun off-roading vehicle out near the Lake Shore area.

 60082 Dune Buggy Trailer contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

You still there?  If so, good.  We've still got a ways to go here.  I got a few Lego Dimensions sets, and some containers to store them in.  First, the characters.  My wife and I got 71251 A-Team Fun Pack and 71258 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Fun Pack.  The former wasn't really a gift for anyone.  If I remember correctly, I added onto another Lego store online order to get some bonus for spending X number of dollars.  The latter I got at GameStop after Christmas because I had a $5 store credit that had to be spent before the end of the year.

 71251 A-Team Fun Pack contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

 71258 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Fun Pack contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

Both sets will open new Year 2 content in the main Lego Dimensions game.  We'll be spending all New Years Day playing that game.  No idea what B.A. Baracus and E.T. can do for us, but I'm going to love hearing the former telling us that he's not "getting on no damn plane".  Also curious to find out who'd be doing his voice, the original Mr. T, or Quinton "Rampage" Jackson.  Both good choices, but if I had to choose, I'd want the classic.

My birthday is a few days after Christmas, and my friends Collin and Lora were kind enough to give me a gift.  I never expect my friends to get me anything.  I just want them to come hang out with me.  They got me 41578 Screeno Mixel and 3920 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game.

 41578 Screeno contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

They said I could just use them for miscellaneous bricks to build whatever I want, but I like them.  I've considered getting some Mixels sets since I started putting my town together, but I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with them.  With all the other animal-like creations I have and my desire to build a park, I'll put Screeno out there with the alligators and tigers and whatnot.  As for the board game, I'll play that with my wife and whatever guests we have over.  Hopefully Collin and Lora one day.

 3920 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game contents (left) and fully assembled (right)

That's it.  The end.  I got some gift cards from my wife's family, which I'll be using for more sets.  Probably after visiting Disney World and Martin Luther King Day.  After I start class again.  I've got a few things on my list to procure.  Buying Lego's in a never ending battle that I'm more than prepared to lose.  Bring it on.

Lego Haul - Cargo Terminal

For my 34th birthday last month, my mom was kind enough to get me a 60022 Cargo Terminal.  I wanted this as the foundation of building an Airport for my Lego city, which has always been a must have but I could never find the set to best get the ball rolling there.

60022 Cargo Terminal

It contained parts and instructions for a control tower, vehicles for moving cargo, cargo, a gasoline truck, and a big ass plane.  It's awesome...  But it could be better.  I'd like to have a passenger plane as well.  And an actual terminal building.  I am thankful for my gift though.

I guess I could try to turn the rear portion of the plane into a passenger cabin, but I'd have to increase the size of the plane, and I don't have the pieces for it, unless I bought another Cargo Terminal

Contents of Bags 1 through 6 

Fuselage and wing pieces

 Instructions and sticker sheet

With the Cargo Terminal now sold out, I hope Lego will create some more air travel-related sets in 2015.  Perhaps I'll get a passenger terminal and plane for my 35th birthday.

The plane (note that it measures 22 inches long)

Control tower, cargo vehicles, cargo, gas truck, pilot, and extra pieces

Cargo conveyor belt and forklift trucks

 Control tower and air traffic controller

 

Gasoline truck and pilot

Inside the cockpit

 The plane's cargo holds

Opening the tail of the plane (I have no idea why this is here, as this is not a military plane)