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Man, the Lunar Limo is an awesome set but nobody warned me how drat long it is! It's easily over a foot, has a hinged cabin and a trunk, the missile launcher, all the things people were talking about a handful of pages ago. So glad I picked it up. My only regret is that nowhere in the five huge boxes of legos I got do I have enough purple to put together additional accessories for Brick Daddy. I bet I still have my old moon baseplate, though, so I can work on building Brick Daddy's Pleasure Dome Asteroid Base, complete with his ultimate super-weapon, the Pimp Slap Cannon. Brick Daddaaaayy~
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Joramun posted:It reminded me of the front of the car in the Ghostbusters cartoon. I think you mean Ghost Busters. Ghostbusters is awesome, Ghost Busters sucks.
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All this talk over the past few pages of themes makes me want a 1920s theme. Lego prohibition! Lego gangsters! Lego flappers!  I'd totally dig a lego Model A.
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Mar 1, 2012 17:54
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Sloppy posted:I normally don't care much about new sets, but that's just awesome. I might have to pick it up. Is there an MSRP yet? Train is $35, I believe.
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Mar 1, 2012 18:26
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Sockser posted:Train is $35, I believe. Close; it's $79.99.
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Ville Valo posted:Close; it's $79.99. Too goddamn much for what it is, is my opinion.
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Nuclear Pogostick posted:All this talk over the past few pages of themes makes me want a 1920s theme. Lego prohibition! Lego gangsters! Lego flappers! There better be a Lego still and rum-runner/bootlegger.  With a Popcorn Sutton minifig.
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Mar 1, 2012 18:49
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Don't forget double VIP points March 1-15 in the U.S. That translates to effectively 10% off. Good for stuff you know will never go on sale like Town Hall, Pet Shop, Unimog, Kingdoms Joust, etc.
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Town Hall is available today! http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Town-Hall-10224
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John Carstairs posted:Oh ho ho, glad to help. Here's one more: That's pretty cool. My boys and I built robot wings for the pteryodactal, They have since been taken off and the bird is now a missle. I'll have to dig them out and take a picture.
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Ville Valo posted:Close; it's $79.99. poo poo, yeah. I'm thinking of the Hearse. Whooooops.
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Now here's a build setup! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLMCepxNkU
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Lord Ryan posted:Town Hall is available today! And I get paid tomorrow! Oh man!
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BizarroAzrael posted:I love these in particular, how would I go about getting started if I wanted to do this sort of thing myself, with no collection to speak of? Just get Bionicle kits and get a collection of parts together? Are the appropriate parts sold in the "Pick'n'mix" sections of Lego stores? (though I don't think there are any near me now) http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=273 It has a list of every Bionicle-originating piece. As well, there are the Kanohi Masks, the collectible masks that continued through the series: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=235 Kanohi Masks can be used to great effect in the proper places, as shown on many of the examples I posted. I've found when building robot or mecha MOCs, certain ones such as the Kanohi Mahiki and Komau can make for excellent shoulders or feet that have detail and style without using a lot of parts. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=47309 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=47307 As well, since those two are masks that came in the actual sets themselves rather than the random mask packs, they are absolutely dirt cheap. Meanwhile, most of the randomly-colored masks from the mask packs are very expensive, often running a minimum of 3-5 dollars, and some of the extremely rare misprint colors can go for ten times that. This can get hairy if you're wanting to use a particular mask in a specific color for a specific color theme. One part I would suggest purchasing above all else if you plan on making MOCs with joints is Rubberized Ball Sockets. It can support far more weight than a regular ball socket, and has a different design than the normal one as well. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x1192px1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x1192px3 You can also try Ebay. There are many auctions for big bunches of Bionicle sets/parts, and they aren't really that expensive, generally going pound-for-pound for as much as normal Lego does.
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Captain Invictus posted:
Yeah, when I was making my original bulk purchases I bought a 20 pound box of bionicle for something like sixty bucks. Haters aside, I figured I could probably make good use of it somehow. Especially those ball socket joints...
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Travis343 posted:Isn't Hero Factory basically Bionicle, though? Somewhere in Bilund there is an anguished cry. "someone on the Internet worked it out!"
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Had a snow day or something at work, so I went and bought more Creator sets to fiddle with. 
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A good day today. Picked up the Maersk train for $95 and double points. The box had been opened but the set's complete, stickers and all. It's a nice build so far, it's a shame that the sides of the engine aren't hinged to better show off the engine detail they put into it.
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I bought the MegaBlocks Falcon and it's actually really well built. MegaBlocks have some a long way, and I am probably picking up a few more Halo sets even though I'm not a big Halo fan...they just look super badass. MegaBlocks does some neat 'illegal' lego bits too which would be great in mocs. One in particular is a flat 2x1 with a 1x1 coming out of the middle, so you get basically an offset.
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Tanith posted:Had a snow day or something at work, so I went and bought more Creator sets to fiddle with. so you called out sick to play with lego?  
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Sockser posted:so you called out sick to play with lego? Work called me, actually! 
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Krazyface posted:Wasn't the Town Hall meant to be more expensive than the other modulars? In It's $199 in the US.
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Nuclear Pogostick posted:All this talk over the past few pages of themes makes me want a 1920s theme. Lego prohibition! Lego gangsters! Lego flappers! I think they had plans to do that at one point but it was never released. There was a photo floating around of the concept models. It actually looked really cool, not sure why it never made it into production.
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Elendil004 posted:I bought the MegaBlocks Falcon and it's actually really well built. MegaBlocks have some a long way, and I am probably picking up a few more Halo sets even though I'm not a big Halo fan...they just look super badass. Most if not all lego bricks follow a mathematical design. That's why most everything fits together properly, and for example, 3 2x2 plates stacked exactly equal one 2x2 brick.
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So I got a little tub of MegaBloks for Christmas and it sat there for a while; neglected, unloved and isolated from the larger tub of real Lego. I figured I'd make the best of the situation and check them out. I remembered how I always built things as a kid, making a lot of reinforced pivots.  Look at those boring wheels!  What I remember building mostly were robots like this rainbow warrior but with closer to human articulation, using brackets and turntables.  Grraahhhh!
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Elendil004 posted:MegaBlocks does some neat 'illegal' lego bits too which would be great in mocs. One in particular is a flat 2x1 with a 1x1 coming out of the middle, so you get basically an offset. You mean like this? 
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Hey guys, Is there a place to get a realistic price on rare sets? I got a 1952 set (promo milk truck) from the promotion back in 1989 that according to ebay is worth something. (The only listing I can find is $2000 for a sealed box - which seem expensive) Any good ideas? vv - yeah, found that site a minute after posting. Good Job, self. And thanks. Lars fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Mar 2, 2012 |
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Lars posted:Hey guys, Bricklink.
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InfinEight posted:You mean like this? You mean this piece?  Also: Which is the better build/display piece: Pet Shop or Grand Emporium? Right now my current collection consists of Emerald Night but I plan on expanding it. I might spend the extra bucks and get the Town Hall just for the photographer
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Kazy posted:Which is the better build/display piece: Pet Shop or Grand Emporium? Right now my current collection consists of Emerald Night but I plan on expanding it. I would say go for the Town Hall if you can spare the extra cash, but if you have to decide between the emporium and the pet shop, I'd go for the emporium for sure.
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Rythe posted:Haven't seen this posted yet so here is a neat interview/article http://www.wlwt.com/r/30568783/detail.html CNN did with the creator of this. I've actually known the guy who does these for about 10 years now, since our days at the G4TV.com forums, I hung with him in NYC once or twice, he's a great guy. The rest of his stuff is here: http://vonbrunk.tumblr.com/ I'm a fan of: 
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InfinEight posted:You mean like this? No like this only not drawn in mspaint.
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Janderbuilt posted:
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Janderbuilt posted:So I got a little tub of MegaBloks for Christmas and it sat there for a while; neglected, unloved and isolated from the larger tub of real Lego. Huh. I've never caught myself booing at a computer screen before.
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See? This is the pain that fake Lego brings us. Fake Lego makers seem very easy with making 'illegal' bricks too, like bricks with studs on both the top and bottom. Or the studless brick as Character Building have made. It's a hole on both sides!
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Fooley posted:The gaps between those blue pieces in the back are driving me crazy. Yeah, it's kinda cool that you can make joints and put pieces at angles, but if it comes at the price of keeping the pieces tightly fitting together, it's not worth it.
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So I'm trying to construct a (somewhat) life size gladius out of lego. The blade is made out of 4X8 plates, reinforced with other plates (4X10s, 4X12s, and various 2X## long plates). I haven't made the point yet, but I have plenty of pieces to make it. My real question is how to connect the blade to a hilt without it being a major weak point. Any ideas would be very helpful.
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