LEGO TMNT Topic

[Zulithe]

Guys... it's been said, just don't shop for LEGOs at Toys R Us or their website unless you have a coupon/promo for a substantial discount. if you wait a bit you can get them for cheaper at walmart and other stores. Or just get them on amazon or shop.lego.com which has them *now* for retail price!

Originally Posted by Scanderson

The list is incomplete because it does not list the two NYCC exclusive figures (Leo and Krang), but otherwise is helpful.

Those don't count as they are not available to the public! Besides, while they are nice for hardcore collectors they are just recolors and not particularly interesting for most. Definitely not worth the $120 or whatever some people are paying for each figure. While the black Leo may never be re-released I think the Human-suited Kraang probably will at some point (probably with slightly different paint apps)

I also like how he put all 3 raphaels on there even though 2 are identical :p

[Scanderson]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

Guys... it's been said, just don't shop for LEGOs at Toys R Us or their website unless you have a coupon/promo for a substantial discount. if you wait a bit you can get them for cheaper at walmart and other stores. Or just get them on amazon or shop.lego.com which has them *now* for retail price!



Those don't count as they are not available to the public! Besides, while they are nice for hardcore collectors they are just recolors and not particularly interesting for most. Definitely not worth the $120 or whatever some people are paying for each figure. While the black Leo may never be re-released I think the Human-suited Kraang probably will at some point (probably with slightly different paint apps)

I also like how he put all 3 raphaels on there even though 2 are identical :p

What do you mean "they don't count" because they are not available to the public? I am part of the public and I got them. Just because they are less accessible does not mean they don't count. What you may mean is that some people will not feel that they need them for their collection to feel complete because they are not collecting exclusives, which is fine. If you are trying to collect every tmnt mini-figure produced, then yeah, they count.

[Zulithe]

Well... if you buy a lot of LEGO you'll notice many sets come with posters or fold-outs with graphical lists of the minifigures very similar to the one shown. They never show the "convention exclusive" figures because, what's the point? you can't get them anywhere except maybe ebay where you pay an arm and a leg! so no, they don't count. if I had attented a convention and were lucky enough to get them I would treasure them, for sure. But I think anyone who buys them is out of their minds.

[Scanderson]

Originally Posted by Zulithe

Well... if you buy a lot of LEGO you'll notice many sets come with posters or fold-outs with graphical lists of the minifigures very similar to the one shown. They never show the "convention exclusive" figures because, what's the point? you can't get them anywhere except maybe ebay where you pay an arm and a leg! so no, they don't count. if I had attented a convention and were lucky enough to get them I would treasure them, for sure. But I think anyone who buys them is out of their minds.

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Shogun26]

Originally Posted by Doomsword

I ordered all of the sets last night when Lego shop put them up for sale. I was trying to avoid these, but they are just too neat. Glad I didn't pay TRU prices for them though.

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist! hahaha

[jetfire prime]

I got the Shredder bike at TRU last week for retail. I just pulled up the Lego Shop on my phone and they price matched it. Gonna do the same tomorrow to get either the Shellraiser or the Lair Attack.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Ain't found these yet

[Endurs03]

Haven't found them in WalMart yet. I was able to get a star wars republic frigate (1015 pieces) today for only 24.50 though....really nice deal.

[Scanderson]

I picked up one of each set from Lego.com today. Prices were reasonable enough for me, and even with TRU coupons still a better deal. Items shipped same day, which was nice.

[gobo]

I sure hope the videogame isn't far behind...

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by RIP, gobo

I sure hope the videogame isn't far behind...

I would love that! It's very possible. LEGO games tend to be from their licensed properties these days... star wars, pirates of the caribbean, batman, harry potter, lord of the rings... granted these are mostly based on films, but batman was based on the comic (it uses music from the burton films, but the games are otherwise unrelated). Would they do a game based on a tv show? They should give it a try.

[Doomsword]

Originally Posted by Shogun26

I knew you wouldn't be able to resist! hahaha

I tried, it didn't work.

[Zulithe]

There are now plenty of reviews of each of the late-2012 LEGO TMNT sets!

Here are the video reviews from The Brick Show


79100 Kraang Lab Escape
79101 Shredder's Dragon Bike
79102 Stealth Shell in Persuit
79103 Turtle Lair Attack
79104 Shellraiser
79105 Baxter Robot Rampage

[NinjaMan]

I own all the sets minus the Kraang lab and love them! The figures are so detailed and awesome. And that Dark Ninja figure is basically Chris Bradford without hair. The face looks just like him. The Shredder figure and Splinter figures both are really well done.

[tiger]

To all my canuck tmnt fans They arrived in alberta. I picked up 2 of the shellraiser sets at Tru and ordered the rest online.

Originally Posted by TheCanadiandrome

Ain't found these yet

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by tiger

To all my canuck tmnt fans They arrived in alberta. I picked up 2 of the shellraiser sets at Tru and ordered the rest online.

Thanks for the info!

[MST3KFan]

Originally Posted by NinjaMan

I own all the sets minus the Kraang lab and love them! The figures are so detailed and awesome. And that Dark Ninja figure is basically Chris Bradford without hair. The face looks just like him. The Shredder figure and Splinter figures both are really well done.

I think in early promo stuff for the set it was stated that the Dark Ninja was Chris Bradford from the get-go. They probably changed it so as to avoid spoilers with Dogpound...though it's a bit late to worry about that really now.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by tiger

To all my canuck tmnt fans They arrived in alberta. I picked up 2 of the shellraiser sets at Tru and ordered the rest online.

Nice! Means they shan't be to far coming here to Saskatchewan

[Drose18]

I got the kraang lab escape. I kinda hate how they made mikeys nunchucks. They were better with the starwars sabers and chains like ninjago ones.

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by Joshdonnie

I got the kraang lab escape. I kinda hate how they made mikeys nunchucks. They were better with the starwars sabers and chains like ninjago ones.

LEGO is really stingy on making new parts, they try to reuse the same parts for everything. The lightsaber hilt is one of the most notorious pieces and It bothers me, too. On one end, yes, LEGO is about the beauty of being able to make endless things with the pieces available, but when it comes to small, handheld items, I think the lightsaber hilt makes a bad one-piece-fits-all solution because of its shape. It looks NOTHING like a nunchaku and I have no idea why they put it on Donatello's Bo... they really should have developed a new piece to fit this void.

It's not a dealbreaker for me though. It just kinda ticks me off how expensive LEGO sets are and yet they are really bad at producing new parts to solve problems like this.