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Pics of the prototype minifigs at SDCC have hit! http://www.flickr.com/photos/65451543@N04/5959378784/
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InfinEight posted:So I have $100 in gift certificates I can spend at Amazon, Walmart, or Target. I'm strongly leaning towards LEGO Creator Shuttle Expedition. Alternately I could just get 10 of these: LEGO Power Miners Magma Mech Set. Do you really want 10 (more?) silver-armor Power Miners and orange Rock Monsters, plus that giant blue drill? The transblue half-dome is a nice piece, and you've got some technic arms in blue, and 4 sets of click joints and the silver hose...nothing all that special about the set, IMO. The Shuttle, though, is a great set. The dark orange tank pieces, a whole bunch of 4x2x4 white half cylinders Get the Shuttle and two Mechs. You can swing another $20. On my end, I picked up some Clearance sets today. Got Trash Compactor Escape at Target for $25 (mostly got it for the various struts and stanchions), the Arc-170 for $29 and the latest Fire Station for $38 at Fred Meyer.
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| # ¿ Jul 23, 2011 02:24 |
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Dame Cook posted:It was a bit of an exaggeration, but a large number of the parts are speckled rather than plain colours. Not so much on the Covenant stuff, and I do keep being tempted to pick some of those up for the purple. Which is weird, because the Covenant's hardware was pretty iridescent or at least brightly metallic. Human stuff is generally all gunmetal and olive drab.
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Revol posted:What is the angle of the slope of the cheese piece? Peeron calls it a 31 degree slope brick, but the 1 x 2 version a 33 degree slope. Not sure which is accurate. Or if it's both.
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The_Doctor posted:What would be the best way to make a clear cylinder about, say, 6-8 studs wide? I need to have stuff going on the middle of the cylinder, so it has to be hollow. There's this: Does it need to be entirely clear and smooth? You could make it with 1x2 clear bricks and 1x1 round bricks. The 1x2 clears are pretty easy to get (they make regular appearances in store PABs), but the 1x1 round clears are uncommon (I apparently have exactly one). One store on bricklink has like 2400 of them, though.
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WaynesWorldGirl posted:I may be crazy but I am 99.9% sure that the Batman Arkham Asylum set came with two of those in clear. Peeron tells me they came in Smoke in that set. And TransLtBlue in two other sets. It won't be perfectly clear, but I think a brick+round wall will be your best option if you actually want clear pieces. There aren't a whole lot of rounded clear pieces. Might give your tube an interesting texture overlaid on what's underneath. http://www.ericbrok.com/legomind/pr...gs/curvwall.htm
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For those of you checking Fred Meyer stores for S5, make sure you check in the Back-to-School seasonal section. I remembered that they originally had some S1 figures in that area, and S5 could show up there. Especially since they have all the Megablok blind-bags, the Hello Kitty blind-bags, and the Zoobles blind-bags over there now, too. No S5 spotted here yet.
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| # ¿ Jul 26, 2011 22:11 |
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Saint Sputnik posted:What's that? When I googled it, it looks like it's more Megablok crap, not something from Sanrio itself. http://www.amazon.com/Hello-Minifig...11723392&sr=8-5 Although they do have blind-boxed cell phone charms. vvvvvvvvvv Since they just released the Pet Shop, there won't be another modular building for at least another year. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at Jul 27, 2011 around 02:07 |
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MaliciousOnion posted:I was more wondering if there was any hint of what it would be yet. We didn't even have confirmation this latest one was going to be a Petshop until like a week before it hit stores. So, settle in.
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illcendiary posted:I'm making my girlfriend's one-year anniversary card in LEGO Digital Designer...gently caress the prices on there are expensive! Wouldn't it just be cheaper to go my local LEGO store and buy the pieces there? I'm trying to find a "catalog" feature in the software to tell me how much of each piece I have... Going to the Lego Store would be a tossup. Chances are they wouldn't have most of the parts you'd need, let alone in the right colors. AFAIK, LDD doesn't have any sort of piece breakdown, so your best bet would be to catalog them yourself and find a seller on brinklink that has 'em all.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 04:50 |
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illcendiary posted:I figured as much. To be fair, it's a very basic card, almost all simple 1 by X or 2 by X pieces, so chances are it would in fact be at the Lego store. Still curious as to the prices, cause god drat I'm at about $65 right now and it's not even a big card. Plates or bricks? You could certainly get enough plates in a $15 PAB cup to make your card, maybe two cups if they're bricks. The prices through LDD and their online PAB are outrageous. It wouldn't hurt to call the Lego Store to see what they have to see if the drive's worthwhile.
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| # ¿ Jul 29, 2011 14:41 |
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ZarathustraFollower posted:How often do BOGOs come up for Toys R Us that include Star Wars? Seems to me every other BOGO at TRU includes Star Wars. They usually limit the BOGO stuff to lines that haven't had a refresh--Ninjago and Harry Potter both recently got some new sets (like the bus from HP and the two new dragon sets from Ninjago), so they're excluded, but Alien Conquest and PotC aren't. I'm pretty sure both of them were excluded from the last BOGO. I went today hoping to find S5, but they had none, of course. Still no reported sightings in the US, from what I gather. After a lot of mental arguments, I walked out with a pair of Space Centres. If Ninjago wasn't excluded, I probably would've gotten the new Fire and Lightning dragon sets, even though they're both pretty pricey. Also, New Lego Survey!
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| # ¿ Jul 30, 2011 01:06 |
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I've had one good Craigslist buy (a bunch of late 80s/90s-era space sets), and a couple more attempts that didn't go anywhere because the sellers never replied. A few additions have been from friends and family--they've gotten wind of my rediscovered interest in Lego and have given me the collections their now-grown kids had. It's generally not much, about the same size as the collection I had as a kid, which was only a couple thousand pieces. It's kind of ridiculous that now I can easily walk out of Toys R Us with more pieces than I ever had as a kid. Now most of what I expand the collection with is just buying retail sets. I build a handful of them--the Pet Store and other modular buildings are all displayed on a shelf, as are the flagship sets from the various space lines. A few I've assembled, and then disassembled, like the Alien Conquest line (the mobile HQ stays assembled!). Since my display space is quite limited, I just can't have too many assembled sets around. A lot of the sets I buy just go straight into boxes. Today, I filled up a Space Centre box and the Toy Story Trash Compactor Escape with loose pieces from disassembled sets and just-purchased stuff. They'll go into my sort bin once I find one, along with a big shopping bag I have filled with even more loose pieces. I do try to contain my "Buy new sets for the pieces" shopping to sales, but I've still spent waaaay too much money the past few years on Lego. I need like a solid month off work and broken internet to get this poo poo sorted. And more space.
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Revol posted:I certainly had a sizable collection when I was a kid, but I never got many 'big' sets. I remember for one, I always wanted to get a big pirate ship. But as an adult, I've gotten a $100 Technic set and three big Star Wars sets that I would have killed for when I was a kid. The largest sets I got as a kid were Ice Station Odyssey, Sonar Transmitting Cruiser, and the 1990 Space Shuttle: 337, 345, and 392 pieces respectively. I believe all three were Christmas gifts from my aunt. I've bought myself sets that I would have wistfully circled in the Lego catalogs and given to my mom as a kid. Hell, now I have multiples of some of those very sets, like the Mega Core Magnetizer. In general, sets these days are larger. Lines generally range from 15 pieces for the impulse sets to 1100 for the biggest sets. Ice Planet ranged from 18 to 412, Blacktron from 29 to 562, or 19 to 779 for '79-'86 Castle. The themes didn't get their first 1000+ piece set until '91 (ignoring the USS Constitution, which was over 1000 parts in '79, but wasn't part of a theme, and the sets intended for education).
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| # ¿ Jul 31, 2011 17:48 |
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SubbyMinx posted:Dear AFOL goons, Keep in mind the themes for BrickCon this year. http://afol.brickcon.org/content/br...borative-builds Something microscale sounds like it'd be good. quote:Secondly, I've never been to any conventions before, is it wise to do this on my own our should I find a friend to join me? (Obviously, i'd like to, but i'm wondering quite how important it would be) Honestly, there's not a lot to do compared to other conventions like PAX or Comic-con. There's a lot of socializing with the other AFOLs. The schedule for this year's isn't completely filled in yet. quote:Thirdly, how would I best transport an MOC from Orlando to Seattle? Depends on the MOC. They mention in the FAQ that you can actually ship it to BrickCon if it's too big or fragile for an airline. If you're only making a 32x32 microscale building or something, it'd probably pack for a plane pretty well. If you go crazy and make a SHIP, you'd probably want to either drive or ship it. quote:And last, what should I actually expect when there!? Lots and lots of awesome MOCs, some fun games & competitions, drafts, some sellers (like BrickArms or minifig collectors, with usually overpriced vintage sets and one big seller that sells the current assortment and usually has some bulk bins and minifig assembly stations; Lego itself wasn't there last year), and the Lego Store Trip, where everyone makes a pilgrimage to the Lego Store after-hours and we take turns buying stuff for 50% off. During the Public Exhibition hours, it's fun watching the kids and parents alike gape at the MOCs. quote:Any tips on places to stay, eat, other things to see while there will be greatly appreciated. I've never been anywhere other than FL in America, yet. The convention is in Seattle Center, so it's a ways from downtown, but there are several restaurants in the area, and the Science Center (mostly for kids, but can still be fun for adults), Space Needle, and a real IMAX Theater are right there. There are several hotels within a few blocks. I don't live in Seattle proper and only go up there occasionally, so I'm not really familiar with it.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:This doesn't happen anymore, AFAIK. It didn't happen at Brickworld this year and it won't happen at BrickFair, either. There's too many events for them to divide the damaged goods between anymore, or so they say. It's been replaced with a tiered discount on everything up to 30%, if you spend $250 or more. It's not bad and, for me at least, I kind of like not having an entire evening taken up with waiting in a line. It seems like Lego Kidsfests are still going to do them for the AFOLs who participate, though, because they have on-site stores and don't want to bring the leftovers back with them after the event is over. I thought it was only the local Lego store that provided the discounted/damaged sets. Though, looking back, that was a lot of sets for just the Bellevue location... I looked closer at the AFOL FAQ on the BrickCon page, though: Brick-Con posted:Will there be transportation available for the Friday night LEGOŽ Store Visit? Well, that's kinda annoying. I've only been able to do it once.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Has anyone bought the new Naboo Starfighter set? I want it so bad, but the piece count is terrible for the cost. Ouch, 318 parts for $50, and only two minifigs (advertised as 5, but R2D2 doesn't really count and the battle droids sure as hell don't)? SW sets are getting worse pricing all the drat time. LucasFilm needs to back the hell off and allow lower price points, and they'll sell better. Who cares what the minifig secondary market is?
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| # ¿ Aug 2, 2011 05:22 |
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Torael_7 posted:On the recent topic of buying Lego, what do you all think is a good price per pound of random Lego, assuming you know nothing about what's in it? Hard to say, if you know absolutely nothing about it. Especially if you can't be sure there are no clone brands in it. The $10/pound 'going rate' seems high for something sight-unseen. If you're at a specialty store and can actually pick your pound of Lego out of the bin, or it's a well-sorted AFOL collection, probably $15/pound. If you're buying a bulk lot and know it's from mostly old sets (1980s, early 90s), $12-15. A bulk lot that has a suspicious amount of plain bricks (like they'd added a bunch for filler), probably no more than $5. I see a lot of bulk lots offered for $4-10/pound on Craigslist; the $10/pound ones seem to stick around longer and get reposted.
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| # ¿ Aug 2, 2011 14:34 |
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InfinEight posted:You can use Brickset to keep track of all the sets you have, and then Bricklink can part the sets out and tell you what pieces are in those sets. However I don't think there's any system that lets you catalog just what pieces you have, and then cross-reference those pieces to see what sets you can make. It's nice because you can know exactly what pieces you have, but it's horrible because that means you have to enter them in. You can plug in a set and it'll add those pieces to your inventory, but bulk lots from ebay or goodwill? Even just PAB cups are maddening. I haven't entered any bulk/loose in over a year. And Peeron's on some godawful server, so it's slow as hell, and you have to click through to pieces to see what they're describing.
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| # ¿ Aug 6, 2011 05:02 |
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Lizard Combatant posted:At last, I can make an X-Files diorama. I suddenly have a desire to go and get a bunch more baseball players before the S3 figs disappear.
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CADPAT posted:Well I just found about 100lbs of Lego for sale in bulk. The seller listed the sets included, and even using the minimum used price on bricklink, it's worth about 750$ used, so I think I'm going to take it up. Of course I'll try and bargain him down a bit. His sale price is pretty much 3$ a pound, but I'm going to try and take him down to 2.50$ If he's posted on craigslist, you better hurry, because lots that well-priced vanish, fast. You may even wind up getting into a bidding war instead of trying to haggle.
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| # ¿ Aug 8, 2011 02:00 |
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Captain Invictus posted:Man, looking at the Galactic Mediator picture makes me realize just how out of print it really is, a huge amount of the parts in it aren't even made anymore. The rockets of all kinds The 2x2 with the fins hasn't been seen since '98 (strangely, in a Belville set, as chair legs). The smooth and grooved rockets have both been used inside the last year. quote:the cockpits(and cockpit canopies too I believe), Cockpit was last used in '99 and the canopy in a 2002 Alpha Team set. They've phased out the flat hinges entirely, too. quote:those Aggro Crag Chunk-like things, 1998. quote:the prison hatches 1998. quote:many of the 45-degree angle fin things, I don't think they still make those arrow-shaped panel-wedge pieces anymore with the little fin sticking off the side(I always hated those because they lack the little gaps you get nowadays in most angled panels that let you lay them flat on other panels), The large and small left/right wings haven't been used since 2004. It looks like they've been entirely replaced by the fin-less ones. I loved the finned ones. quote:I don't think they still make those "camera" pieces, the one that there are two of on top of the two thin fins on the back, do they? Sure have. Several sets in the past few years have used them, and the Droid Tri-Fighter had 15(!).
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| # ¿ Aug 8, 2011 03:36 |
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Captain Invictus posted:As for the 45-degree angle fins, those are different from the panels, I meant the ones that act as the "tailfins" for the ship as well as the two smaller ones to either side with the "cameras" on them. Ahh, the tails. The large stanchion with the 2x4 base has been used as recently as 2008, so it's still around. The 1x4 fin as recently as 2007, but the small fins on the side of the Mediator, up by the cockpit, haven't been used since 2001. I'm guessing they've discontinued it because it wasn't a 'standard' system connection, in that it only fit between the studs. Of course, I'm sure Lego could technically pull any mold they've ever used out of storage to make pieces if they really wanted to.
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| # ¿ Aug 8, 2011 06:16 |
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VaultAggie posted:Have the series 5 minifigures reached the U.S. yet? I plan on going to the Lego store at Barton Creek tomorrow and it'd be nice to pick some up. The Eurobricks thread indicates they're starting to appear. Rumored spotting in NJ, and an actual purchase in PA. A TRU warehouse reportedly has 18,000 and they've started shipping to stores. Lego stores tend to get them later than other retailers, though.
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| # ¿ Aug 15, 2011 05:12 |
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kensei posted:
I saw the City Advent Calendar at TRU the other day, but I was pretty disappointed. It uses up 7 days to build a tiny police station and a police buggy.
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| # ¿ Aug 15, 2011 22:58 |
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Hobnob posted:If you're in the US and near a closing Borders, they have minifigures on clearance for $2.75 at the moment, which is better than any other price I've seen locally. Mine had a few series 4 left and a huge box of series 5 available. They have S5? Really? That would mean their warehouses are getting new stuff in, and they're not just clearing inventory. Guess I'll head up there tomorrow to check my store. And TRU's lego guy usually comes Wednesdays or Thursdays, so maybe I'll get lucky. I noticed their pricing on sets a while ago. They had a few of the Powerminers Lavatraz sets. MSRP: $50. Borders price before the 20% going out of business "clearance": $64.
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| # ¿ Aug 16, 2011 23:14 |
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The Puyallup TRU has two boxes on the shelf (well, a box and a half, after I was done). I stood there like a nerd for an hour feeling every damned one. I got 32, two complete sets (hopefully! Haven't opened them yet). They were marked $3.49, but rang up $2.99, so that was nice. Cashier said I was the first person to get any today. They just got 'em off the truck this morning. There were several easy feels, particularly the Egyptian Queen and the Detective if you could find the damned magnifying glass. I'll edit once I get them all opened. Also, I went to Borders to see if they had any S4 left, but the bucket they had them in was nowhere to be seen. All the rest of the Lego was at 40% off, after their ~20% rear end in a top hat markup. Almost got Whitecap Bay, but it was marked up to $94 or so, so after the 40%, it was $23 off MSRP, less than 30%. I can wait for a better deal. Here's some feeling tips, while I'm opening: Clown: Feel for the round pie, and use your fingernail to check for a bumpy edge. Also, the hat has an even brim all the way around. Godzilla: Feel for the tail, which is hard plastic, about 3cm long, and curved with a 90 degree neck piece. Tail also has large triangle spikes on the inner curve. Graduate: Feel for squares. The diploma is a 2x2 tile and the cap is also square, slightly smaller than the tile. Royal Guard: The hat. It's extremely obvious. Large, cylindrical and bumpy. Gladiator: The helmet. It's very large and uniquely shaped. Feel for a helmet opening opposite a large sharp crest and three distinct curved ridges. Egyptian Queen: The skirt, of course. Dwarf Warrior: He has two large, bulky parts--the winged helmet and the hair/beard piece. It can be tough to separate out all the pieces to get a good feel; try to find the axe handle, which is unique in S5. The lumberjack's axe is longer and has an axehead attached. Also, the shield is small and round, and does not have a stud on it, unlike the Gladiator's shield. Snowboarder: The snowboard curves up at both ends. The hat has no real brim and is smooth. Lumberjack: The axe and hat. The axe is all one piece and it's easy to feel. The hat is also the only baseball cap, so feel for the bill. Cavewoman: The only figure with squishy hair. Also, the club is distinctive: an indistinct lump with a stick on one end. The bone might also make it a quick find if it's at an edge. Boxer: This one was tough for me. Feel for a torso, but with giant hands. The boxing gloves aren't held, they're actual hand replacements. Since it can be hard to tell if the hands are too big, the padded helmet feels like a helmet with two curved bits leading to an open front. Gangster: Another tough one for me. I found him via the hat--a wide, even brim. The violin case is closed, but the shape can make it tough to distinguish it with the workout girl's boombox. There's also the pistol if it's at an edge. Detective: The magnifying glass is very distinctive; a round raised rim with a lower lens. Also, the hat has bills in front and back, so you can distinguish it between the other hats. Ice Fisher: The pole is a dead giveaway, but if it's wrapped up by the insert, the hood works. Feel for a round helmet with two holes separated by a solid chinstrap (whereas the boxer's openings aren't separated). One of the helmet's openings is also bumpy to a fingernail. Zookeeper: Tough one for me. The banana's a giveaway if it's not wrapped in the insert, but the monkey was just too indistinct for me to tell what it really was. I guess feel for a lumpy mass like the cavewoman's club, but without the stick at one end. So, here's my take: Godzilla: 2 Boxer: 3 Zookeeper: 2 Gangster: 2 Ice Fisher: 2 Cavewoman: 3 Graduate: 2 Royal Guard: 2 Snowboarder: 2 Clown: 2 Gladiator: 2 Detective: 2 Lumberjack: 2 Dwarf Warrior: 2 Egyptian Queen: 2 Aerobics Girl: 0 I have no idea how I didn't get any Aerobics Girls. I must've confused the boomboxes for the gangster's violin cases and lost proper count. I specifically remember skipping the large, rather obvious 'farrah hair' in two packages because I thought I already had two I had identified via the boombox. Closest I've ever come to two complete sets in one go after the barcodes went away, though! I'll finish my double set once they show up at Fred Meyer. And maybe get a couple more Gladiators, too, since they're awesome. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at Aug 18, 2011 around 23:30 |
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Torael_7 posted:My girlfriend unironically offered to float me the money for a $7500 lego collection off craigslist. The only thing that stopped me, the only thing, was that we're about to get an apartment and wouldn't even come close to having the space. Holy crap. Have a link to it?
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| # ¿ Aug 20, 2011 03:17 |
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Squashy Nipples posted:Just got a Bricklink order for a 7674-1... in Sweden. I was pricing shipping some Pixelbricks to Finland, and no matter how I tried, I couldn't get FedEx or UPS under $70, and I was only guessing on dimensions and weight. USPS, on the other hand, had a similarly-sized flat-rate box going to Finland for like $16. I haven't actually done it yet since I haven't heard back from the guy, but still. Even with my dad's huge employee discount for FedEx, USPS would be cheaper according to the website.
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| # ¿ Aug 25, 2011 23:36 |
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Got the new Lego catalog today. I really, really, really want the Executor from Star Wars, but I've decided to not even bother unless I can get it for about $300. Unless I can sell the 3 minifigs (IG88 hardly counts) for like $30 apiece, but I don't see that happening.
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| # ¿ Sep 2, 2011 22:16 |
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GrumbleGrumble posted:Any remaining LEGO sets at Borders are now 60% off, if you've got one nearby. I was at Borders last week or so when all the toys were at 50% off. Every last Lego set was gone, even the poo poo they marked up 30% from MSRP. All the remaining S4 figs were gone by the 40% mark.
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| # ¿ Sep 6, 2011 04:19 |
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Veeb0rg posted:Just a heads up, TRU has a BOGO%50 sale on all Lego construction sets on 9/9 and 9/10 only. Also has the Free Harry Potter Trolley set for purchases over $30. poo poo, really? I was hoping for one, but, like, next month. I just spent $500 in new computer parts and told myself I wasn't going to buy any Lego this month.
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| # ¿ Sep 9, 2011 07:04 |
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Arnold of Soissons posted:So if I have a bag that I know had a gladiator in it, is there any way to tell from the UPC or serial number or whatever that other bags in Target will also have gladiators? Nope. Well, sort of. There's a pattern of dots on the bottom of the back of the package. They're a slightly different texture and you have to get the light right to see them, and that's assuming they're well-defined or even there. If you have identical lot numbers (which are actually printed), then the dot patterns should be identical across that particular minifig. Bag-feel is much more reliable. The Gladiator's helmet is easy because it's so big and it has several well-defined ridges: the crest, the visor, the chin, and the nape of the neck.
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| # ¿ Sep 14, 2011 06:11 |
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CADPAT posted:Is there a system where you can generally look up prices and price comparisons by part and such? For example, let's say I want to find a fantasy set with the best price per part ratio released between 2009 and 2011, or the cheapest Star Wars set with over 300 parts. Is there somewhere I can do that? I know brickset has this information, but there doesn't seem to be a mechanism to look it up. Peeron has some of that functionality: http://peeron.com/inv/reports But some of it's broken by incomplete data (the Imperial Shuttle wasn't $0.00, after all), and it can't split it up by theme or year or anything. It'd be neat if Peeron opened up their database and let people make custom reports for it, though. For your first example, though, I'm pretty sure Medieval Market Village has the best price:part ratio in the Castle line, and one of the best overall ratios excluding parts buckets. On another note, why do I like the Ninjago dragons so much? Their construction isn't very inspired, and they don't look that great in person, but I can't help but like them. So much so that I bought two Fire Dragons, two Lightning Dragons, and a second Ice Dragon with TRU's BOGO50%. loving hell, I wasn't going to buy anything this month. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at Sep 17, 2011 around 00:44 |
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Fozzie Bear posted:My wife has a christmas village that she has been building over the past few years, I convinced her that we should switch it to the lego christmas village, and she agreed. What sets have come out previously, and where can I buy them (I am in Canada). Lego's released the Winter Village Toy Shop, Winter Village Bakery, and will soon be releasing the Winter Village Post Office. The City Advent Calendars from the past few years have also had some winter accessories. The Toy Shop may be discontinued, perhaps after this winter season, since sets usually don't stay in production all that long. You can also just buy normal sets, like the various Creator Houses or even the Modular Buildings and winter-ize them, although they're not quite scaled the same way the Winter Villlage sets are. I assumed you could get them from Amazon, but amazon.ca doesn't seem to have any, but I'm sure there are plenty of other ways to get them in Canada. And of course, there's always MOCing! Hit Craigslist up, buy a lot for $10/pound or less, and go crazy building your own buildings from scratch.
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| # ¿ Sep 21, 2011 02:35 |
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Veeb0rg posted:They also put out a "Holiday Train" with a Christmas theme in 2006. Its a bit costly. Huh, didn't know about that one. It's about half that price on bricklink, though.
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| # ¿ Sep 21, 2011 02:54 |
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Travis343 posted:The tripod is the preferred set of Alien Conquest. Honestly the usual ratio is 10 cents per piece, and all of the AC sets are a bit overpriced by that metric. But they're also really nice sets. The mothership also has motorized movement and a noise-making brick so you're probably paying a bit more for those more "toy"-like features. If you want to spend a lot of money the big blue Earth Defense truck would be the way to go. Just to clarify, the Mothership does not have any motorized movement. All it has is the sound brick, which triggers when you rotate outer ring. I disassembled mine, largely because it was so drat large. I kept the Earth Defense HQ together, since it looks badass. I don't think Lego's ever designed a tougher-looking vehicle.
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| # ¿ Sep 25, 2011 19:02 |
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EvilJoven posted:Being married to another nerd owns Didn't you post pictures of the concrete pumper in LDD form earlier? Hard to imagine how big a truck would be if it's still going to cost you a few hundred after you already have the expensive parts. Sounds like she's moving from big MOC to SHIP. Like one of those 6' behemoth starships that have 30,000 parts. Except more expensive, since I'm not sure Technic has ever been in a PAB so you couldn't just pack a $150 box with 3000 liftarms or something.
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| # ¿ Sep 26, 2011 03:08 |
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CADPAT posted:I've been looking at buying maybe a hundred 4x1s to do the streets with, but I don't think I really care enough. That being said I'd hate to bring my crappy poorly maintained roads to a Lego con down the road and have everything not jive. Your segments can be on the wrong side of the tracks! Interspersing studs in with tiles would make for some great potholes. Clearly, the recession should be affecting Micropolis!
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Revol posted:I got something in the mail about my Lego VIP membership, and oh snap, I can get into Legoland Florida for free! It's for a week in October, and while I was going to try to avoid the initial rush, I guess I can't pass this up. Hope you already got the voucher, because I just got an e-mail saying it was so popular it's sold out: LEGO VIP Program posted:Dear LEGOŽ VIP Member,
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