LEGO Star Wars 9516 Jabba's Palace $99.97 @ Amazon

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Quote from orphicdragon : Ok no. F**K LEGO FRIENDS (not literally those minifigs are a smidge on the ugly side). My lack of penis does not mean I want to pay 35 bucks for 350pcs with 300 of them being garbage like a purse or a spatula. If I wanted to make a damn sandwich I'd go to the MF'ing kitchen when I was done BUILDING my MF'ing LEGO SET. When I want to play trading spaces...well no I will never want to "play" trading spaces, so yeah Friends sucks nard. When lego makes a specific male oriented set, let's say the oh so recognizable black couch and room. $40 250pcs and 3/4's of the pieces are lego VHS tapes,CD rom cases and little used lego kleenex's to put all over the floor you will understand the rage over Friends.

Thanks. You just proved my point.

Quote from RickyRapp : Thanks. You just proved my point.

Women aren't morons?

You want to make a lego play set for girls, go for it. Don't call it a build if it's not a damn build.

It has nothing to do with being marketed for girls. Have you seen 'MODULAR BUILD, EASY START' on lego sets? Yeah, well since that is what the hell the friends line is why don't they say that? You know what it DOES say? Building toy.

Go buy a modular build easy start and tell me how much fun you have building that boat hull that is 100% complete and intact. Hell do a stop motion vid of all the fun you have pulling it out of the box and being about 45% done with your "build".

Let me know when you up that vid, can't wait to thumb it up! Best 50$ you ever spend I bet!!

Wow, $100 for that....

Slave Leia will come with the new LEGO Sail Barge

Quote from orphicdragon : Women aren't morons? You want to make a lego play set for girls, go for it. Don't call it a build if it's not a damn build. It has nothing to do with being marketed for girls. Have you seen 'MODULAR BUILD, EASY START' on lego sets? Yeah, well since that is what the hell the friends line is why don't they say that? You know what it DOES say? Building toy. Go buy a modular build easy start and tell me how much fun you have building that boat hull that is 100% complete and intact. Hell do a stop motion vid of all the fun you have pulling it out of the box and being about 45% done with your "build". Let me know when you up that vid, can't wait to thumb it up! Best 50$ you ever spend I bet!!

I understand your point, and I was being a bit malicious with my statement and reply...but you have to also see my point as a Lego collector and parent.

My daughter got Lego Friends for Christmas and her 6th birthday this past week. She plays with my Lego sets and has a blast. She was enthralled to get sets "of her own". Her favorite parts: the small intricate pieces albeit spoons, forks, hair dryer, and what have you. When she plays with my mini figs I have on my desk, her favorite thing to do is swap out the accessories, whether it be the woman zoo keeper's monkey, the female snow boarder's board and helmet, rockstar's guitar, or the gangster's guns.

She got the Barbie Dreamhouse too. Her favorite part (beside the elevator): the little household items, again spoons, forks, pop cans, bottles, etc. She loves setting them up and putting them "in their places". Potential therapy for OCD is in her future, I'm sure.

I remember as a kid getting Star Wars figures, Legos and Playmobile sets: best parts were the little pieces.

You have to remember Lego is primarily aiming these set at kids, not us as adult collectors. Women were barking that they didn't make any Lego sets for girls. So they tried (even though you say they didn't), and low and behold, here come the women activists that these Lego sets stereotype women. They're in a no-win situation. Same thing with this Muslim complaint....people are way too sensitive these days and need to grow skins. Sticks and stones....

I agree with you 100% on the "modular build sets" like the boat hulls...but don't think that's limited to only the Friends line. It's a cost move on their part....cheaper to put in one big lump of plastic rather than 100 little ones. But remember, these are marketed to younger kids.

Do I disagree with them putting ALL the Lego sets in numbered bags? Yep. The kids should suffer like I had to with 400 pieces sitting in a big pile, and you're looking for that 1x1 for an hour only to finally figure out you put it somewhere incorrectly already. But I'm not the CEO of Lego, so they're not changing that anytime soon.

As for the video, I wish I had video taped my 23 year old niece "helping" my daughter put the house together last week. She never had Legos as a kid and she "overtook" the project. When she was done she told her boyfriend "I want Legos for my birthday!". So there are some ladies out there that can appreciate what Lego's doing with the Friends line.

Quote from fuccaneer : Its disappointing that the set doesn't come with the Slave Leia mini-fig--I had to buy it separately. FYI: LEGO Star Wars Slave 1 (8097) comes with the Han in Carbonite figure also.

The Han Solo from this set has a... blind face (?) on the reverse side of his head. The Slave I set does not. Small difference, but still. Also that set is now retired.

Quote from RickyRapp : I understand your point, and I was being a bit malicious with my statement and reply...but you have to also see my point as a Lego collector and parent. My daughter got Lego Friends for Christmas and her 6th birthday this past week. She plays with my Lego sets and has a blast. She was enthralled to get sets "of her own". Her favorite parts: the small intricate pieces albeit spoons, forks, hair dryer, and what have you. When she plays with my mini figs I have on my desk, her favorite thing to do is swap out the accessories, whether it be the woman zoo keeper's monkey, the female snow boarder's board and helmet, rockstar's guitar, or the gangster's guns. She got the Barbie Dreamhouse too. Her favorite part (beside the elevator): the little household items, again spoons, forks, pop cans, bottles, etc. She loves setting them up and putting them "in their places". Potential therapy for OCD is in her future, I'm sure. I remember as a kid getting Star Wars figures, Legos and Playmobile sets: best parts were the little pieces. You have to remember Lego is primarily aiming these set at kids, not us as adult collectors. Women were barking that they didn't make any Lego sets for girls. So they tried (even though you say they didn't), and low and behold, here come the women activists that these Lego sets stereotype women. They're in a no-win situation. Same thing with this Muslim complaint....people are way too sensitive these days and need to grow skins. Sticks and stones.... I agree with you 100% on the "modular build sets" like the boat hulls...but don't think that's limited to only the Friends line. It's a cost move on their part....cheaper to put in one big lump of plastic rather than 100 little ones. But remember, these are marketed to younger kids. Do I disagree with them putting ALL the Lego sets in numbered bags? Yep. The kids should suffer like I had to with 400 pieces sitting in a big pile, and you're looking for that 1x1 for an hour only to finally figure out you put it somewhere incorrectly already. But I'm not the CEO of Lego, so they're not changing that anytime soon. As for the video, I wish I had video taped my 23 year old niece "helping" my daughter put the house together last week. She never had Legos as a kid and she "overtook" the project. When she was done she told her boyfriend "I want Legos for my birthday!". So there are some ladies out there that can appreciate what Lego's doing with the Friends line.

Ah, I'm dense. I just realized you thought I was pissed about the gender stereotype crap. I don't have a problem with a spatula being sexist girl in the kitchen crap. I just thought it was BS to consider it a piece in the build and there really wasn't anywhere to put the damn thing. The regular sets do that too, especially the the little sets. Your thinking you have 60 pieces to build with until you realize the minifig has like 10 accessories. A hat, a bag, 4 guns, a pair of binoculars, a helmet, a parrot for his shoulder...

The friends line is actually pretty neat, but I didn't realize it was a modular thing. I picked one up to put together with a friends sick kid and we had that thing fully assembled in like 20 minutes. Friends and I will be just fine when they make it clear that it's the bigger chunks and not the build from scratch that is lego awesomeness. I went to Walmart bought the Milennium Falcon and we spent around 3 hours putting that together before she cracked the friends box back open and started that on her own when I left for home.

The bag thing...yeah. Kids today are spoiled. They even have that little graphic at the front telling them not to dump the pieces on the carpet.

Quote from fuccaneer : FYI: LEGO Star Wars Slave 1 (8097) comes with the Han in Carbonite figure also.

Yeah, good luck finding one of those, if you don't already have it. (Or if you find it, it will be well beyond the MSRP, if you do.)

This set is strictly about the minifigs, though the final build isn't bad. It's a lot more interesting when you combine the minis from the desert skiff.