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Yeah, I've seen plenty of drawbridges, but nothing that lifts a gate through those sliding bricks. It's always just something that holds the gate in place, like this. e: ibroxmassive posted:You could get the Hoth base set with the working sliding doors and mount it sideways? The pieces are all white/grey anyway so they'd 'go'. Missed your reply on the last page. You mean this thing? BrainWeasel fucked around with this message at 17:11 on Sep 20, 2010 |
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Death of Rats posted:I love this. However, it does remind me that now there are about 3-4 colours of bricks which appear nowhere in my collection - pink, orange, sky blue, pale green. Oh man, I remember having this set as a kid. I miss those old space helmets. And those claw arms. Do they still make sets with those pieces?
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Sep 20, 2010 17:16
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I will get that gorilla. The luchador from set 1 needs a challenger.
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Sep 20, 2010 17:17
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Kazy posted:Oh man, I remember having this set as a kid. I miss those old space helmets. And those claw arms. Do they still make sets with those pieces? Those pieces haven't been in production for a looong time, at least a decade. I feel old suddenly, ha.
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Sep 20, 2010 17:24
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Holy poo poo I want all of those minifigs. Series one had a few that I didn't like, Series two has that singer I don't care about but series 3 oh man I really dig em all!
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Sep 20, 2010 18:19
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BrainWeasel posted:
Yer, if you mounted the top and bottom ratchets vertically then the door should stay up.
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Sep 20, 2010 18:36
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The_Doctor posted:Series 3 Minifigs GO! Evil Spaceman and K-Fed! Also that baseballer. gently caress, I need that baseball bat.
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Sep 20, 2010 18:36
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Not too thrilled with the Series 3 choices, although I might have to grab a few just to get those two cool new baseball caps.
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Sep 20, 2010 18:41
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The_Doctor posted:Series 3 Minifigs GO! poo poo I need an army of gorillamen with bananas
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Sep 20, 2010 18:47
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Captain Invictus posted:poo poo I need an army of gorillamen with bananas Plus a couple variants on  and the top bit of http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=3450-1 if you know what I'm saying.
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Sep 20, 2010 19:18
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ibroxmassive posted:Yer, if you mounted the top and bottom ratchets vertically then the door should stay up. Probably, but it's not very castle-y, and again there's no real obvious mechanism for how the door lifts. I want something the minifigs can lift without praying for help from the Creator (me). I tried using a winch and hook, but the gate doesn't really balance right inside the sliding bricks, and a single point of contact makes the gate list to one side and get stuck. I could try two winches in tandem, but I'm not sure how to synchronize them without blocking the entryway in the first place. BrainWeasel fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Sep 20, 2010 |
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BrainWeasel posted:Are there any Castle sets with these sliding groove pieces that actually use a mechanism for raising/lowering the gate? I want to put one in my current project, but I want it to work on a principle other than "the giant hand of God reaches down and opens the gate for us." The new King's Castle uses the same pieces for its gate raising mechanism. This gate slides into those grooved bricks on either side, and is raised using a fairly clever use of this thing where its bars actually key into the holes in the gate like a gear. They also built in a little stop to keep the gate up, but there's actually enough tension built in to hold it as-is. Also, look what came in at the Lego Store today:  If I get around to building it today, I'll post some highlights, but here's one definite highlight for now:  Yeah, that's tan.
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Sep 20, 2010 20:58
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Shuppiluliumas posted:The new King's Castle uses the same pieces for its gate raising mechanism. This gate slides into those grooved bricks on either side, and is raised using a fairly clever use of this thing where its bars actually key into the holes in the gate like a gear. They also built in a little stop to keep the gate up, but there's actually enough tension built in to hold it as-is. I came.
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Wait a minute. Is that fisherman's fish green?
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The more I look at that mummy, the more I want someone to point out to LEGO that there really arn't any red scorpions. I thought it was a lobster.
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ZarathustraFollower posted:The more I look at that mummy, the more I want someone to point out to LEGO that there really arn't any red scorpions. I thought it was a lobster. Hottentotta saulcyi would like to have a word with you.   In fact, the vast majority of genus Hottentotta thinks you're a racist rear end in a top hat. AstroZamboni fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Sep 20, 2010 |
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AstroZamboni posted:Hottentotta saulcyi would like to have a word with you.
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Hottentotta is more of brown and red. Sometimes yellow. You can ask the one behind me if you want, although he is most likely to sting you. Besides, H. hottentotta and H. trilineaus are the only ones really known. Kind of surprised you didn't say R. junceus, but they got a good bit of other colours, and only look like the crazy pics after molting. Red spiders I understand as there are some that are decent enough.
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ZarathustraFollower posted:Hottentotta is more of brown and red. Sometimes yellow. You can ask the one behind me if you want, although he is most likely to sting you. Besides, H. hottentotta and H. trilineaus are the only ones really known. Okay... you know more about this than I do. And its pretty awesome you have a Hottentotta of your very own, even if it means you're destined for a Darwin Award one of these days.
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Sexual Lorax posted:Plus a couple variants on I just found the weightlifter at Target today, and I was thinking that if you mixed the Caveman's unitard with the Lion Tamer's head, and used the weight from the weight lifter, you'd have the old timey weight lifter. But, after checking out the Caveman's clothes, probably not.
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Death of Rats posted:And just for nostalgia, I think this was the one model I always wanted and never got (apart from the really big pirate ship that "that one kid" always had, and everyone secretly wanted: I had both of these as a kid. I only just realised how lucky I was. Sadly, I threw them out years ago.
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AstroZamboni posted:Okay... you know more about this than I do. I plan on being a medical entomologist for a living, just need to finish undergrad, and I've got things far, far worse than the hottentotta (androctonus and tityus) I started putting LEGO sets in my spider cages because it is adorable to watch a large spider walk over the toy story jeep and sit in the back. The Spartans might go into a scorpion tank I have in my bedroom, or maybe some knights. It is funny that I've had several conversations online and off about using LEGO pieces to make dioramas in tanks.
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ZarathustraFollower posted:I plan on being a medical entomologist for a living, just need to finish undergrad, and I've got things far, far worse than the hottentotta (androctonus and tityus) Have you ever done an Ask/Tell about that? Because that sounds fascinating. I barely knew medical entomology was a thing. Also post more Legomans v. Horrible Bug Monster pics.
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Captain Invictus posted:The day this appeared under my christmas tree was the greatest day of my young childhood. I put that thing together in record time and just couldn't get enough of how loving cool it was. Look at those wheels! That cockpit! It has a little glider dealie and dune buggies! Hell yes! My Mom told me if I went to visit a new school I could have a lego set of my choosing, 1st grade me chose this one, I finished the day and she handed me the magnet set with the dinky little thing with 4 wheels and a pivot in the center. drat thing sucked. I whined until I got the real thing for christmas 
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Lego is making an official douchebag minifig. This is fantastic.
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The LEGO Imagination Center didn't have any Series 1/2 minifigs  I figured if they would be ANYWHERE, they'd be in the drat LEGO flagship store
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Super Waffle posted:The LEGO Imagination Center didn't have any Series 1/2 minifigs The one in Orlando? Because I know as of Saturday at least the Super Target on Orange had Series 2 minifigs. I didn't have the barcode scans with me so I just picked one out at random and got the explorer guy, which is awesome.
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I had three big sets as a kid, all of them from my Aunt. The Sonar Transmitting Cruiser, one of the first electrified brick systems. My favorite set as a kid. Then I got the 1990 Space Shuttle, which was pretty cool. Finally, and what I remember as the last set she ever got me, was Ice Station Odyssey. I entered my dark ages not long after. My best friend had the Mega Core Magnetizer, but he moved. It was the second old set I purchased after I left my dark ages, after the SP1 Mission Commander I bought on a whim at BrickCon last year. I always did want one of the space monorails, but I'm not a big enough fan to pay the premiums on them now. Humerus posted:The one in Orlando? What's really awesome is he comes with an actual magnifying glass. You know Megablocks would've just made it a flat piece of clear plastic, not an actual clear 2x lens.
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I'm still very much learning about bugs, but if you have any questions, go to the megathread in PI. Because of the talk, I sat down to build a sand miner for a desert scorpion cage. I may have overshot the size I can fit in a cage. I dub it "Carnegie's Wonder Miner" The topmost level has a survey droid, the main crane, the ship owner and his....friend, most of the crew and guards, and some dredging gear in the back. In the middle are the two drivers, and the rest/storage room in the back. On the bottom are the main worker droids, as being that close to the sand can be far to dangerous for a human worker. (crappy) top shot  The drivers  Side shot, with the crane down carrying a rock  Back shot, with specialist diver in resting room, and some dredging gear down  Other side, view of worker droids  I don't like the legs, but I really don't have many LEGO pieces to work with.
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EvilJoven posted:If you have the time that'd be awesome, even if it's just the smaller chain. After looking at the bat tank I'm in a better position to guessstimate how much of the wide track I'll need. I am really sorry for not responding to this sooner, I admit I forgot because it got late. Hopefully you haven't ordered already, and I can still help:  I wasn't sure if you are going for exactly 20 studs long for the entire vehicle, or 20 studs between where the ends of the tracks are mounted (as pictured). For the one in the pic, it takes 66 links minimum, but that's binding the gears, and 67 links is too loose. Hope that helps!
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Does anyone have any good ALIEN designs? I'd love to see a Technic Giger creature.
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Gibbons Orlando posted:Does anyone have any good ALIEN designs? I'd love to see a Technic Giger creature. Well for starters, some classics  
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Captain Invictus posted:Well for starters, some classics Amazing. 
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InfinEight posted:I am really sorry for not responding to this sooner, I admit I forgot because it got late. Hopefully you haven't ordered already, and I can still help: Bad rear end. I can deal with the gears binding, either by having the track slack (half the reason why most tanks have the drive wheels at the back) or by doing something like putting a 2 hole 1x2 at the end of the beam.
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I sometimes see people selling 3rd party Roman minifig gear on ebay. Where is this coming from? I'm not familiar with the major 3rd party lego accessory dealers.
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WaynesWorldGirl posted:I sometimes see people selling 3rd party Roman minifig gear on ebay. Where is this coming from? I'm not familiar with the major 3rd party lego accessory dealers. Most likely BrickForge, though there are some people who make custom minifigs and deal exclusively on eBay.
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My husband and I went to a Toys R Us in Toms River, NJ, mostly just looking for anything for the buy 2 get 1 free deal since we gave up all hope of finding series 2 minifigures, but on our way out we stopped at guest services and they had a brand new box of minifigures right there on the desk.  We asked the girl if there was a limit and she said it was at their discretion, so we got 10 (didn't really wanna push it) and left. It seemed to be part of the deal, too, since it only came to $22 and change even though it was priced at $2.99 each.We also liberated my step-brothers' Lego the other day. The amount of dust on the storage bin was enough to choke out a small child, but it was worth it. Some of the manuals date to 1992-1994 and there were 20-some minifigures all staring at us with those classic, soulless eyes. I loving love Lego.
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UK Goons: Argos is doing 3 for 2 on all toys (including Lego) until the 28th Sept.
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Death of Rats posted:But then again, the last model I had bought for me was this wonderful beast: He then tossed it all away a few years ago.  edit:  This was the last Lego set I ever got. Batham fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Sep 22, 2010 |
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tactical_grace posted:UK Goons: Argos is doing 3 for 2 on all toys (including Lego) until the 28th Sept. NTS: Print out barcode sheet and go buy minifigs soon. Especially as Entertainer don't do the witch and vampire!!! P.S. Thanks for the heads-up.
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