Impressed!!

What am I impressed with??

The LEGO Company :)

Let me explain: last month I bought the Mobile Devastator. When I opened it up, the sticker sheet was very badly crushed, and one of the stickers was missing! Sucks! So I went to the LEGO website to put in for a replacement set of stickers. I wasn't sure if it would work though, cos on submitting the form, it said that they don't serve Singapore, so hey. Anyway, I also called the local branch office to request for the stickers, and was told they'd get it in for me, but it would take about 6 weeks. Oh well, better than nothing I guess.

An d LO AND BEHOLD, today, about 4 weeks after I put in the request online, I got a letter from LEGO! Direct from the HQ in UK! Inside was an addressed letter apologising for the problem, and a brand new sticker set! I am very, VERY impressed and grateful! It isn't easy to keep up with all the requests i'm sure, especially when it's from across the globe! That makes it all the more amazing! Their dedication to service excellence really shows :) Left them a compliment on the website to tell them so. Keep it up guys! And thanks!

Ok, in purchasing news, let's see, I picked up Mugenbine Chase Dober ($24.95) from Robinson's on Wednesday, as long as Bionicle Mutran and Vican ($20.90) from the LEGO roadshow in AMKHub. I had a $10 voucher to use at the fair (min. $60 sepnding), so I was looking for something else to bolster the purchase. I considered getting another Fire Vulture (which I probably will eventually) and another Iron Condor, which I honestly wasn't too keen on doing, cos what's the point of having repeat sets right? I'd rather build something new! So I pondered the smaller Aqua Raiders sets. Really cute, but then I'd be tempted to get the entire set (which is conveniently on discount now), and the theme didn't appeal to me all that much. So after browsing a bit more, I settled for the new Mars Mission MX-41 Switch Fighter ($39.90 after 20%) which looked extremely cool cos it transformed and came with an alien ship as well. And damn. I think I'm hooked :

Today, I went by OG, and saw a HUGE stash of TF deluxes in the store. This stash had a good number of '08 Bees, which was slightly surprising, and more surprisingly, the "Wal-Mart exclusive" Cybertron repaints! Big Daddy! (picked him up, got 10% off thanks to a kind lady :) Didn't look at the rest, but not too interested anyway.

I find it hilarious how US exclusives always end up on regular shelves here in abundance :)

Loves Lego

Annnd continuing from the previous post, the spending didn't stop there.

Read from SGC that JL was having a 20% PLUS 20% sale! I immediately thought of getting the Mobile Devastator from Exo Force, because the price was REALLY good ($130.50 from $203.90), and probably the cheapest I'll ever be able to get it at here in SG. I also thought of Toa Mahri Kongu, which was the last Mahri I needed to complete the team. So I took a trip down on Sunday morning to JL Marina.

AND THEY HAD THE 2008 BIONICLE SETS IN.

Totally surprised! They were VERY cheap after the discounts, almost like clearance prices! So I grabbed a couple of sets as well. And burned another big hole in the wallet : \ But I suppose that I might as well get them now, since I'll eventually be getting them, but definitely NOT at this price. At least not for a good year.

SO! This was my damage for today:

Mobile Devastator ($130.50 from $203.90)
Toa Ignika ($26.15 from $40.90)
Toa Mahri Kongu ($14.40 from $22.50)
Phantoka Pohatu
Phantoka Kopaka
Phantoka Vamprah (All three above at $15.30 each from $23.90 each)
Matoran Photok
Matoran Solek
Matoran Gavla (All three above at $8.25 each from $12.90 each)

Whew! On top of the discounts, I still get 5% off the CC bill! Damn I love JL : ) Even though their vouchers are damn useless.

Oh, before I forget, I picked up Phantoka Antroz and his Matoran Radiak from BricksWorld on Wed too, at 20% off. Damn if I'd only waited : But I guess who'dve thunk that JL would be crazy enough to do the extra 20 off heh. Win some lose some! And I think I won quite a bit : )

So now I have lots of Lego to keep me company during break week when the gf's away on biz trip : \ Gonna miss her!

20% Storewide Sales: Gotta Love 'Em.

Metro had a storewide 20% off today, which I saw them putting up signs for LAST NIGHT, meaning I had to come back today : \

But it was worth it I must say! The sale extended to yellow tag items too, meaning they had a further discount of the already discounted price! So I picked up Exo Force Blade Titan ($30.50 less 20%) which I have been meaning to get for awhile, and Bionicle Gadunka ($29.90 less 20%). Also picked up a Robot Heroes Decepticon Sneak Atack 5 set for FW, I just love converting pple to TFs =D

I also went down to JL Marina yesterday to check out the sale, and picked up a spare SH Blade King Form ($14.95 with a further 20%: ), it's a cool set, and since it was $12, I thought what the heck. Heh.

And yes, my post about Incinerator and the Allspark cube on TFWorld 2005 was front paged, whoot! Only my fifth post there too! Glad the folks there appreciated the pics : )

First Purchase for 2008!

And we hit 2008 at last! To "celebrate", here's my purchase on the first day of the new year : )

Bionicle
Toa Mahri Hewkii (Yellow one) - $18 from Metro SK

Decided to pick him up since he's been disappearing from the shelves : Glad to get him at discount though! LEGO's so overpriced here in SG :\