The LEGO Store

[jeffbert]

I was with my brother in a place called Tyson's Corner Virginia the other day, & he took me to the LEGO store (I never knew there was such a thing). Anyway, the place sold nothing but LEGO & toys associayted with LEGO such as Halloween costume accessories. There was a wall covered with bins full of bulk LEGO, mainly the bricks, but a few special pieces were also there. I think it went for $12.95 for a 32 ounce cup full of it.

Anyway, there was a 3500 piece Deathstar model for about $300! The thing was huge, the box was about 18 inces wide, 14 inches tall & 10 inches deep. It was of the supposedly uncompleted version with the exposed inner details.

http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=10143&cn=8&d=5&t=3

After finding this on the web, I also found other huge models. Be sure to check them out:

http://shop.lego.com/leaf.asp?cn=8&d=5&t=3

[Astro Forever]

I spent quite some time on that site! I was checking how much it would cost to buy something I had always wanted to build in Lego. The answer is: a lot! :wacko:

I sooooo wish I could have ordered this way the pieces I wanted 20 years ago! Not to mention all the new available colors! :wahah: That's not fair! :angry:

Edited to replace "buy" by "build"...

[DrFrag]

Originally posted by jeffbert@Oct 23 2005, 01:54 PM
Anyway, there was a 3500 piece Deathstar model for about $300! The thing was huge, the box was about 18 inces wide, 14 inches tall & 10 inches deep. It was of the supposedly uncompleted version with the exposed inner details.

Look at the size of that thing!

[fafner]

Originally posted by Astro forever+Oct 23 2005, 09:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Astro forever @ Oct 23 2005, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I sooooo wish I could have ordered this way the pieces I wanted 20 years ago! Not to mention all the new available colors! :wahah: That's not fair! :angry:[/b]

That exactly what I think now I know that bulk pieces can be bought. When I was a kid, I always had problems with not enough pieces to finish my construction, while I had many other unusable pieces :angry: WHHHYYYYYYY?

Originally posted by -DrFrag@Oct 23 2005, 11:20 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--jeffbert@Oct 23 2005, 01:54 PM
[b] Anyway, there was a 3500 piece Deathstar model for about $300! The thing was huge, the box was about 18 inces wide, 14 inches tall & 10 inches deep. It was of the supposedly uncompleted version with the exposed inner details.

Look at the size of that thing![/b][/quote]
Well, you need it to be big, otherwise, how do you want it to blow up a planet into tiny lego pieces?
They DO have included the super-laser into the box, haven't they?

[jeffbert]

My projects were usually so large that I rarely had enough pieces to finish them.

[Astro Forever]

I'd buy houses with walls of only one block height... The inside was cool to play in though! B) Anyway, when I'd settle for a smaller house to build higher walls, they were either red, or else blue and white. Have you ever seen a house with walls of those colors? Now they have those gray and sand bricks!

What were the most unsual things you ever build? I remember building a grand piano of the right size for the figurines, complete with black and white keys! Obviously not the 88 of them!

[jeffbert]

Well, they just out did that Deathstar with a $500 M-falcon!