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Christmas Hauls

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 5:31 pm
by RichardAM
Post them.

I haven't opened any of my presents yet, but i'm sure there's plenty of you that got a lotta brick today. Share! Post pictures! Make each other jealous!

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:10 am
by medib
The only lego I got from my wife was 3 collectible minifigs in my stocking.

If there is any consolation, I did buy over $200 in orders from Shop@Home, plus bought a couple other things from the Lego Store (Holiday Post Office
and the Starwars Advent Calendar) before Christmas.

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:43 am
by Elephant Knight
Didn't get much this year. 5 sets total, all of which are either small or medium sized.

6246 Crocodile cage (From sibling who knows how to use Bricklink)
6822 Space digger (From that same sibling using Bricklink)
3839 Race 3000 (Also from said sibling, but not from Bricklink)
4641 Speed Boat
5766 Log Cabin

Not bad, but not great.

EKnight

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:28 am
by Troy T. Moore
Waiting to order the joust set later today. Lean Christmas as I am a full-time student, yet again.

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:50 pm
by Albatross_Viking
Mill Village Raid :tasty:

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:47 pm
by Ye Olde Republic
My kids were very excited to give me Hogwarts Castle. They didn't even bug me to help build it but were sure happy when I finished it and they could play with it.
I hope everyone was filled with good feelings (like I was) and didn't forget to be ungreatful for what (if anything) they did receive. Merry Christmas everyone!

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:01 am
by Formendacil
After coming dangerously close to getting nothing last year, I did rather well this year, with:

7049 Alien Striker in my stocking, a welcome spare copy of a cool theme I have far too little of.

8058 Guardian of the Deep, a presumably discounted Atlantis set that, while a bit lacklustre, has a number of handy parts for the Space-ier end of my collection.

4441 Police Dog Van, from the new City line--no bear, alas, but I am liking the vehicular designs for these sets, and the "State Trooper/Sheriff" fig is a nice, fresh, face to have on my law enforcement team.

The piece-de-resistance, however, was 6598 Metro PD Station, a Bricklinked copy of the 1996 police station. My brother did *very* well, as this was one of my long-desired sets as a kid: one of those sets stared at in magazines for hours, and never purchased--and it doesn't disappoint either.

No Castle sets, alas, but I still have a couple presents when I go home from my family to my fiancée and her family, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:31 am
by soccerkid6
I received the XXL tub that was on sale at Walmart Black Friday, the Pirate code game, an eskimo minifig, and the wreath impulse set. Am now building a white castle with pieces from the tub :)

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:09 am
by Athos
I made an excellent haul:

Ninjago Dragon Fortress from my mother.
London Escape from my sister.
The latest creator house from my wife.
And Scorpion Pyramid at 50% from myself.

Plus, I got an ice cream maker and a flip video camera.

Steve

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:26 pm
by AK_Brickster
Well, it's never good to be jealous, but I'll share in the spirit of sharing how lucky I was this year instead.

I am blessed to have two really generous families in my life, both mine and my in-laws. It's also lucky that my father-in-law is a bit of a "big kid" himself, so they are used to buying toys and fun stuff for guys.

This year I got:

About 10 copies of the Target "value pack" crossbowman (polybag)
2 "old brown" horses from bricklink
An ice cube tray that makes minifig-shaped ice cubes.... or jello shots? lol
My second copy of "Blacksmith Attack"
My second copy of "Escape from Dragon's Prison"
2 Target Lego-themed gift cards (the ones that come with Legos in a little case) for $50 each!
A copy of The "Brick Bible" which looks like it's going to be a great read.
Aaaaaand......drumroll please.... my second copy of the Medieval Market Village! Woohoo!

Actually, the nicest of all of these were the 2 horses, as my wife went on bricklink for the first time, made her own account, and ordered them for me to replace the two that our dog chewed up a few weeks ago. I thought it was very thoughtful of her :D

Anyway, I hope everyone else enjoyed their holiday as much as I did. Here's to a very happy and blessed New Year to you all!

As always, Keep up the good work! :mrgreen:

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 8:33 pm
by wobnam
I got a Diagon Alley from LEGO :)

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 10:28 pm
by lord_of_orks
I got wolf pack tower and about 20 orks :eyebrows:

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:12 pm
by RichardAM
I bought myself a Mill Village Raid. It's a really nice set, full of awesome figs and animals, but the buildings are a bit small.

From others I got a few bagged minifigs (wave 5, fact fans) and the Police Dog Unit.

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 11:27 pm
by Medieval Guy
Lego-wise, I got Medieval Market Village and Mill Village Raid!

Re: Christmas Hauls

Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:20 pm
by captainamerica
Well, my Santa-self took very good care of me this year:

From S@H:
Medieval Marketplace
Pharoah's Quest figure pack (really wanted those wings!)

WalMart (day after xmas- 50% off)
Mill Village Raid
King's Carriage Ambush
Blacksmith Attack

Slave-1
Hoth Battle packs: Rebel and Imperial
Star wars Advent Calendar

3 Ninjago figures: Master ?, Whyplash, another big head skeleton.

A few more SW and Kingdom sets for trade/sale.