Unpacking 3

A Week ago I was in the New York City Flatiron Lego store.  I noticed some interesting stuff there so I decided to fill a large PaB cup while my wife did some other shopping.  Here's the results.

That's multiple views of the filled container.  Here are the parts I chose.

This was stacked into the cap.

This was part of the many stacks used to fill the main space.

This is the other set of stacks.

And here's what was used to fill up the empty spaces between the stacks.

So, that's a lot of useful parts in Sand Green.  If you're ever in the neighborhood of the NYC Flatiron Lego store you might want to stop in and give it a look.

Sales Alert

More finds from the Target Summer Clearance sale.

42037 Formula Off-Roader - $41.98, 494 pieces, $0.09 Price per Piece.
42031 Cherry Picker - $10.84, 155 pieces, $0.07 Price per Piece.
60079 Training Jet Transporter - $42.48, 448 pieces, $0.10 Price per Piece.
60080 Spaceport - $83.98, 586 pieces, $0.14 Price per Piece.
71300 Uxar, Creature of Jungle - $8.48, 89 pieces, $0.10 Price per Piece.
70794 Skull Scorpio - $10.48, 107 pieces, $0.10 Price per Piece.
70738 Final Flight of Destiny's Bounty - $83.98, 1253 pieces, $0.07 Price per Piece.
70735 Ronin R.E.X.- 34.98, 547 pieces, $0.06 Price per Piece.
75079 Shadow Troopers - $11.04, 95 pieces, $0.12 Price per Piece.
75106 Imperial Assault Carrier - $90.98, 1216 pieces, $0.07 Price per Piece.

CNG74 Rocket Turret - $6.98, 80 pieces, $0.09 Price per Piece.
CNG68 Scorpion's Sting - $38.48, 616 pieces, $0.06 Price per Piece.

YMMV and all that.  Good hunting!

Sales Alert

Target has started its Summer Clearance season.  There are quite a few Lego sets on Clearance as well as half -- or so -- of the Mega Bloks section.

76032 Avenger's Quinjet City Chase -$55.98, 722 pieces, $0.08 Price per Piece.
31039 Blue Power Jet - $46.98, 608 pieces,  $0.08 Price per Piece.
60076 Demolition Site - $62.98, 776 pieces,  $0.08 Price per Piece.
60071 Hovercraft Arrest - $31.48, 331 pieces,  $0.10 Price per Piece.
60074 Bulldozer - $27.98, 384 pieces,  $0.07 Price per Piece.
75074 Snowspeeder - $8.38, 97 pieces,  $0.09 Price per Piece.
75900 Mummy Museum Mystery - $12.58, 110 pieces,  $0.11 Price per Piece.
75903 Haunted Lighthouse - $34.98, 437 pieces,  $0.08 Price per Piece.
70737 Titan Mech Battle - $41.98, 754 pieces,  $0.06 Price per Piece.
70736 Attack of the Morro Dragon - $48.98, 658 pieces,  $0.07 Price per Piece.
41103 Pop Star Recording Studio - $10.48, 172 pieces,  $0.06 Price per Piece.

60080 Spaceport was also on Clearance but it didn't have a sticker and I don't remember the price.

CNG69 UNSC Firebase - $45.48, 637 pieces,  $0.07 Price per Piece.
CNG66 UNSC Attack Gausshog - $17.48, 229 pieces,  $0.07 Price per Piece.
CNG65 Banshee Strike - $13.98, 173 pieces,  $0.08 Price per Piece.
CNH23 Covenant Commander - $6.98, 116 pieces,  $0.06 Price per Piece.
CNG67 Phaeton Gunship - $31.48, 455 pieces,  $0.07 Price per Piece.

As always YMMV and, good hunting!

Non-Human 24

It's a Wednesday in a short week.  Filler post!

Gold Storms by Apocalust.  This is a neat little build.
I'm stealing that arm design for one of my builds.

IMG_0727 by BobMFZ.  There are some

interesting design choices with this one.

Microscale Mech by _bidlopavidlo_.  Render.
I like this one, I may try to build a copy.

MITHRA by Javan McClung.  This is a complex beast.

Espionage Crawler-Insustrial Class by brickguy190.  Simple, but it has
a lot of room for modification.  The owner has disabled downloads.

Review: 30312 Demolition Driller Polybag

This was purchased at Toys'R'Us early last year.

Bag.  MSRP was $3.49 for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts.  Plenty of Tires and Rims, a couple Axle Plates, some Hinge Plates, Grille Tiles, Bar Clips, Studless Slopes, Clip Plates, Plates, a Brick, a Hinge Brick, a Motor Brick, a Minifig Ice Cream Cone, a Minifig Chainsaw Blade, and that weird Bar Tile.

Build.  Another wheeled vehicle.  2Rh/2Y/1B/1Gd8/2W.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: +10 (A-).  Not the greatest of sets but it has some interesting parts.

Good Sets for Parts 12

I stopped by my local Lego store the other day and grabbed a new catalog.

75145 Eclipse Fighter.  363 Pieces for $29.99.  A Star Wars set with an $0.08 Price per Piece.  Nice!

31049 Twin Spin Helicopter.  326 Pieces for $29.99.  Less pieces than the Star Wars set but no minifigs to discard.  Plenty of neat pieces and multiple color selections.

70600 Ninja Bike Chase.  231 Pieces for $19.99.  Plenty of useful pieces in Black, Dark Blay, and, Red.

70602 Jay's Elemental Dragon.  350 Pieces for $29.99.  Some good parts in Black, Dark Blay, and Light Blay, and some interesting stuff in Trans-Light Blue.

41172 Water Dragon Adventures.  212 Pieces for $19.99.  Interesting parts in Light Blay and Medium Azure.

Review: 30346 Prison Island Helicopter Polybag

Here's a quick review for the middle of the week.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for this at Toys'R'Us, for a $0.09 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts.  A wide range of pieces but not a high quantity of any one single part.  Plenty of Slopes and Plates, some Clip Plates, a couple of Bar Plates, some Robot Arms, a few Tiles, Minifig Handcuffs, a Minifig Radio, and a couple of other pieces.

Build.  A quick IO Frigate.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: +10 (A-).  It just needed four more pieces to get the max score.