Lego Vikings Village

@"AGRforever" said:

I get to share my hobby with my sports team.  Releasing this fall, rumored to be October.  Get the boat to go with it ahead of time!!

makes me think of my Crossbows and Catapults game I had as a kid.  I still see parts of that think floating around my parents basement from time to time with my nieces and nephews are getting into shit.

I had Legos as a kid but that was a long time ago. In Christmas 2021 I bought a giant Home Alone Lego house set on a whim. I got around to building it before this Christmas and it was a lot of fun. Elaborate set with a ton of movie references. We put it in storage but I kept it in tact and will display it come holiday time annually. The plan is to disassemble it and rebuild it yearly once my toddlers are old enough to help. I'm hoping it will be a fun tradition but I think it's about 3,000 pieces and right now my kids would probably just try to eat them.
Long story short, Legos are still cool and for the right set(s) I can see why people get excited about them. Still fun toys after all these years. This Vikings set looks very cool too!

I got sucked back into them with the release of the Saturn V. Then I had to have the whole space race etc. 

My latest (probably be a couple months) is a 1:200 (same as titanic) of the Iowa class battleships

Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

There is a show called Lego Masters. I think Legos are a lot of fun and it's good to have things that keep you young at heart

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

The Midway movie is one of my all time favorites.

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

The Midway movie is one of my all time favorites.

70's version, right? Not the crap remake?

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

The Midway movie is one of my all time favorites.

70's version, right? Not the crap remake?

oh most definitely.  if it isnt poncharello scratching his bean,  then it isnt Midway.  just way to many iconic roles from the original.  I do like that they remade the movie so that a newer generation is made aware of the battle,  but it still doesnt hit like the original.

My Grandpa was a part of Merrill's Marauders, i have seen some documentaries and the movie,  but I would like to see a remake of their contribution,  would be great if they would have done it before all the original surviving members were still alive,  very few actually survived the campaign,  last I checked there were only 1 or 2 still alive.  There are so many stories that need to be retold so future generations get a better perspective on what was sacrificed to give us the freedoms so many take for granted today.... the truth is the best script for those stories,  no need to hollywood all the shit out of them,  but tell the whole truth,  even the part that people dont want to see or know about because it would offend or whatever.  

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

The Midway movie is one of my all time favorites.

70's version, right? Not the crap remake?

oh most definitely.  if it isnt poncharello scratching his bean,  then it isnt Midway.  just way to many iconic roles from the original.  I do like that they remade the movie so that a newer generation is made aware of the battle,  but it still doesnt hit like the original.

My Grandpa was a part of Merrill's Marauders, i have seen some documentaries and the movie,  but I would like to see a remake of their contribution,  would be great if they would have done it before all the original surviving members were still alive,  very few actually survived the campaign,  last I checked there were only 1 or 2 still alive.  There are so many stories that need to be retold so future generations get a better perspective on what was sacrificed to give us the freedoms so many take for granted today.... the truth is the best script for those stories,  no need to hollywood all the shit out of them,  but tell the whole truth,  even the part that people dont want to see or know about because it would offend or whatever.  

Saw Midway in the theater when I was 12. Front row seats opposite speakers the size of Volkswagens. The new thing: SENSURROUND! I couldn't hear for a week.

But yeah, I love that movie. Not so much because it was great cinema...the acting by Charlton Heston's "son" is almost unwatchable. But love the history and how it's told with real footage. 4 carriers sunk. Japan never recovered. What's mind blowing to me is that this was literally 6 months after Pearl Harbor and was considered the turning point in the Pacific theater. 6 months! So they kicked our ass for 6 months, then for the next 40 we kicked theirs. 

We always would have won though. There was just no way they could've kept up with our industrial advantage. I was just at Pearl Harbor last summer and talked to one of the historians. At the start of WWII, Japan had the largest navy in the world. 11 carriers to our 7. By 1945, they had 4 left. We had 29.

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

The Midway movie is one of my all time favorites.

70's version, right? Not the crap remake?

oh most definitely.  if it isnt poncharello scratching his bean,  then it isnt Midway.  just way to many iconic roles from the original.  I do like that they remade the movie so that a newer generation is made aware of the battle,  but it still doesnt hit like the original.

My Grandpa was a part of Merrill's Marauders, i have seen some documentaries and the movie,  but I would like to see a remake of their contribution,  would be great if they would have done it before all the original surviving members were still alive,  very few actually survived the campaign,  last I checked there were only 1 or 2 still alive.  There are so many stories that need to be retold so future generations get a better perspective on what was sacrificed to give us the freedoms so many take for granted today.... the truth is the best script for those stories,  no need to hollywood all the shit out of them,  but tell the whole truth,  even the part that people dont want to see or know about because it would offend or whatever.  

Saw Midway in the theater when I was 12. Front row seats opposite speakers the size of Volkswagens. The new thing: SENSURROUND! I couldn't hear for a week.

But yeah, I love that movie. Not so much because it was great cinema...the acting by Charlton Heston's "son" is almost unwatchable. But love the history and how it's told with real footage. 4 carriers sunk. Japan never recovered. What's mind blowing to me is that this was literally 6 months after Pearl Harbor and was considered the turning point in the Pacific theater. 6 months! So they kicked our ass for 6 months, then for the next 40 we kicked theirs. 

We always would have won though. There was just no way they could've kept up with our industrial advantage. I was just at Pearl Harbor last summer and talked to one of the historians. At the start of WWII, Japan had the largest navy in the world. 11 carriers to our 7. By 1945, they had 4 left. We had 29.

WOW!!!, I would have never guess you were that old,  granted its been a while since I saw you last, but I would have never guessed you were so much older than me. =)

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

Yamomoto? Or Yamato? 

@"AGRforever" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"AGRforever" said: Heres a picture. 

https://www.brickvault.toys/collections/military/products/uss-iowa-bb-61

LOL,   I looked at your link and saw the picture and the price and went,  wow thats quite a bargain... then I read that it was $60 just for the instructions,  that the actual blocks are about $1200,   so I'm guessing you dont build a bunch of them and then do recreated battles with live rounds?

I flushed Yamomoto down the crapper!!

No I’ll have probably $750ish into it. I get a ton of parts from thrift stores etc. It helps draw down costs some. I’ve got an absolute ton into my storage department though. 

Yamomoto? Or Yamato? 

I promise you. Ive never been accused of spelling worth a damn.