We just managed to grab a Lego Ninjago set for the boychild from Argos. Reduced from £130 to £36. Which gives a really clear idea about the markup!!!
But at the same time… LEGO!!!
Sadly, the Star Wars stuff is not getting the same treatment!!!
Today just keeps on giving.
Iceland have launched hash brown waffles!!!
If only we had an Iceland nearby.
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Oh sweet mary mother of god
I literally live 30 seconds walk from one. Guess where I’ll be at 9am tomorrow… 
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I’m now in possession of the family lego box.
It started as a small box, when my sister had it, then got added to with her kids, then when to my other sister and her kids, when more lego was added to it… Now it’s mine…
… Well… One really useful box load of it… The other half is in safe keeping at my parents house for when the Family Tornado decide to visit.
I’m looking forward to when my kids are old enough to play with it… I’ll have to help… Of course.
Do it. In the past year I’ve done the Bond Aston and the Apollo 11 moon lander. Both amazing kits.
The problem is they are model specific sets, whereas Lego should IMO be about about basic bricks etc and imagination, like it was when I was growing up. Lego found a way to just screw money out of people.
But now some of the franchise sets are so bloody expensive people don’t really use them for anything other than what the set is. Which IMO is a waste of money.
Our son would only make what it said on the box. It was a revelation when I sat down with him and made things other than what it was on the box and he never looked back. He got a prize at secondary when they had a Lego model competition. They were just given a box of Lego, with motors etc. They were more imaginative than to give Lego sets to 15 year olds.
Will you use or allow a young child to use your kits to make something of your or their own imagining?
This is what Lego is about.
Lego literally means “play well”, how you do so is up to you. And Lego have made that clear on many an occasion. Dictating how people should play is nothing short of idiotic.
Once you’ve bought the kits, do what you like to them.
And yes, for 20 years growing up that’s exactly what I did do. Exploring and experimenting with them got me into engineering, took me to university to study engineering and now I enjoy specific sets in my adult life. You can’t tell me how to enjoy my Lego.
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My favourite part of this is the part of Hitler killing himself before being able to play with Lego or invade Lego land 
what a timeline!
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I wish I had money 
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Had is correct…
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1984 Lego castle is born…
I had every set of the castle range
Took over the room 
Rumoured to be a new castle set coming soon #justsaying
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Since we’re on the lego bandwagon
This would of completed my life… Some of the lego ideas stuff is great
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Maybe it’s in one of those Amazon parcels?
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Doubt it the most exciting thing I got for Xmas from her was a cup that changes when hot liquid is put in oh and a costco sized tray of Ferrero Rocher