LEGO!

[Tom Foolery]

Started building the Medieval Blacksmith set and it was missing a piece(I think I’ve had that happen like three or four times in all my years of building Legos) so while I’m waiting for the piece to be shipped from Denmark, I pivoted and opened up

OPTIMUS PRIME. Holy shit, the detail in comparison to the original G1 figure is astounding. Even building his Ion Blaster was a nostalgia trip. The weapon also subtly attaches to his forearm while maintaining the illusion it’s in his hand without putting all the weight on the wrist. And in vehicle mode, the weapon stores on the back of the truck, which is a nice addition. This set was so much fun. Even if it hadn’t Transformed, I would’ve been delighted. Then they threw in extra cool stuff, like Sideswipe’s jet pack from the original cartoon, an energon cube, and his energon axe. And also a display/tech spec in case you have no idea who Prime is. My only quibble is that his entire upper body is supported solely by a turntable element that lets you spin him during the transformation. It’s a lot of weight on just 16 studs.

[Tom Foolery]

The five finalists from series 2 got posted on Bricklink.

Ominous Island was one I was hoping made the cut. I wanted one or more of the sailing ships also because we haven’t had a decent ship since the Imperial Flagship, but none of them were picked.
The train station looks dope as well.
The Mushroom and Beach houses are okay.
The only one I thought was meh was the train set, only because it looks like 2/3rds of the bricks are for the trestle. I wouldn’t want to pay for all those extra bricks that you can’t even connect to your other tracks because of the height difference.

[Tom Foolery]

Was at WM this afternoon and picked up the 1989 Batmobile set. It was a pretty quick build.

Not sure how similar it is to the freebie version they gave away when you bought the super expensive detailed version from a few years ago.

It will be a nice companion piece to my 1966 Batmobile. Do I want to go find a Tumbler and the newest muscle car version to have a ‘Batcave’ full of cars? I don’t know.

[Tom Foolery]

At the end of a very long(fun, memorable, enjoyable perfect day, but still long) my wife(WIFE!! haha. Yay!) after we had decompressed and got out of our costumes and into comfy clothes, pulled out a gift for me and for her(I was not aware giving your partner a gift on the wedding day was a thing. Now I feel foolish. I did not get her anything.)

It was these little Lego sets she had ordered from Australia. (I had seen the box from AUS and asked her at the time what it was, but she expertly deflected at that time and I thought nothing of it and completely forgot about it until last night.)

There were several small freebie sets released last year that were little coin operated Adventure Rides. There was a Dragon set with a little knight riding it. And a pirate ship with a little pirate riding. But the other two weren’t released in the US.

One’s a little rocket with a Space Guy, and the other is a Magic Rainbow Unicorn with a little girl.
She got them for us(me, let’s be honest here). She’s a keeper.

[Diabolical]

I did not get her anything.

Oh, I'll bet you gave her something...

[Ran]

I did not get her anything.

Oh, I'll bet you gave her something...

Bow-chicha-wow-wow.