Sales Alert

Target has a 20% off select Duplo, Friends, City, and Super Hero sets this week.  The Friends set seems like the only deal.

Good hunting.

Review: 75028 Star Wars Microfighter Series 1 Clone Turbo Tank

Once again I needed the Two Bar Plate piece -- this time for my SA-1c Chevron Siren frames -- to finish out a squad I'm working on, so I dug this out of my backlog pile.

Box.  MSRP was $9.99 for a $0.10 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Technic Bricks, loose in box.

Parts 2.  Bricks, Plates, Round Bricks, Wedge Plates, Brackets, Bricks w/Studs on 1 Side,
Plate w/Bars, and Plates w/Pinholes.

Parts 3.  Round Plates, Large Jumper, Tiles, Small Jumper, Plates, Grille Tiles, Slopes,
Minifig Binoculars, Axle Pins, Pins, Levers
& Bases, Flick Missiles, Headlight
Bricks, Cones, and Minifig Gun.

Build.  IO Frigate (2Ra+D8/1Y).

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  At.  (0)  (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?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +15 (A).  It took me a moment to come up with the build but, I think this was a good set.

Review: 30411 Chocolate Box & Flower Polybag

This is the polybag available for Valentine's Day at Target in the Seasonal section.  I actually found this in the checkout aisles of one of the Targets near me.

Bag.  $4.99 for a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Tiles, Leaf, Corner Bricks, Plates, Cupcakes, Cheese Slopes, Quarter Circle Tiles, and Minifig Cherries.

Parts 2.  Heart Plates, Dish, Bricks, Studless Slopes, Curved Bricks, Round Bricks, Round Plates, Plates, Tiles, Bar w/Stop, Curved Tiles, Dome, and Large Jumper.

Build.  A Frame and two 1.5 Hit pieces of Cover.

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?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  It has some nice colors and parts but it doesn't really come together for me.

Purity: Mega Bloks GHH03 Detective Pikachu Mr. Mime Review

This is one of the six(?) sets made for the Pokemon Detective Pikachu movie.  Seeing how deeply this was discounted I'm guessing they didn't sell too well.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99.  Which gives a $0.14 Price per
Piece.  I paid $2.98 for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Angled Plate, Plates, Double Sided Plate, Round Plates, Quarter Circle Studless Slopes, Wedge Studless Slopes, Wedge Tiles, Bars w/Stop, and Bar Ball Joints.

Parts 2.  Half Sphere, Printed Half Sphere, Hands, Feet, Horns(?), Printed Quarter Circle Studless Slopes, Printed Wedge Studless Slopes, Ball Joints, Half Round Bricks.

Parts 3.  Round Tiles, Half Round Plates, Half round Plate w/Ball Joint, Half Double Sided Round Bricks w/Ball Joint Receptacle, Ball Joint Plates, Double Sided Round Bricks, Bar Ball Joints, and Bent Bar Holders.

Build.  Frame (2Rh+d8).

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?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  That face piece is terrifying.  The set has some useful pieces but some of the best ones are flesh colored.  Score for the original price is +5 (B+).

Purity: Laser Pegs 18001 Mars Explorer Review

A number of the TJ Maxx/Marshalls/Homegoods stores have this line in stock now.  I'm always a sucker for clone bricks and possible interesting transparent parts makes for more potential fun.

Box.  MSRP is $19.99.  I paid $6.99 for this which gives a
$0.04 Price per Piece.  Original Price per Piece was $0.11.

Instructions.

Minifig.  These have knees!

Parts 1.  Light Bricks and the Axle activators.

Parts 2.  Steering Wheel, Clip Plates, Dish, Boat Slider, Slopes, Round
 Bricks, Doors, Cheese Graters, Bar Tile, Taps(!), and Round Tiles.

Parts 3.  Minifig Tools on Sprue,
Transparent Wedge Plates, Arch
Bricks, Panel, Flag, and Towball.

Parts 4.  Slopes, Axle Plates, Plates,
Lampholders, Lightsaber Blades, Hinge Bricks, Bricks, Round Brick, and Turntable Tops.

Parts 5.  Rims, Plates, Tires (yes, they're translucent rubber), Round Plate, Slopes, Turntable Bases, and a Brick.  (I know some of these items are hard to see.)

Parts 6.  Plates, Round Bar Plate, Grille Tiles, Bar Plates,
Female Towball Plate, Tiles, Container, and Round Brick.

Build.  Station and Frame with
plenty of left over parts.

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?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  There are some really cool translucent parts in this set.  At the original price the score would be +5 (B+).

Lego Ideas 6

For some reason I'm able to get back into my Ideas account, after five years.  Let's get back to finding cool sets to support!

Dragon Designer -- Cool colors and tons of parts.

Martian City -- This would make for great nano-scale terrain.

Micro Worlds -- Might be cool as oversized Stations.

Mecha Dragon Statue -- Should have a ton of good parts.

Modular Knight's Castle -- Who doesn't want two castles as terrain for their game?

Baby Dragon Fortress -- More terrain and some fun bits.

Review: 76141 Thanos Mech

I found this in Kohl's after I went back for more Spider-Man Mech sets.  This is the third of three new sets for 2020 that feature "small" mecha for Marvel characters.

Box.  I paid $9.99 for this which gives a $0.07 Price per Piece.

Instructions and stickers.

Minifig.

Parts 1.  Cockpit Shell, Plates, Technic Plate, Slopes,
Inverted Tiles, Tiles, Ball Joints, Click Hinge Plate, Ingot,
Slopes w/Cutout, Clip Plates, Panel, Friction Pins,
Brackets, Printed Pentagonal Tile, and Technic Brick.

Parts 2.  Slopes, Axle Plate, Ball
Joint Plates, Bar Plate, Brackets,
Tiles, Exo-Force Arms, and Plates.

Parts 3.  Padlocks, Technic Plates, Inverted
Tiles, Round Tiles, Slopes, Plates, Bar
Plate, Dish, Ball Joints, Bar Studs, Round
Jumpers, Jumper, Headlight Bricks, 1x2x1.3 Rounded Brick,  and Clip Plates,

Build.  Two Frames and a Station.

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?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Just as good as the Iron Man mech, lots of Gold pieces.