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MaggieTheCat posted:
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Neurion posted:I think the microfighters are kind of cute Is there a link to the little micro-ships that are replacing the planet series? I'm in love with mini/micro builds, which is why even though they are a tad pricey for what you get, I love the planet series. It's also why even though it's almost all Clone Wars poo poo, I still want to get this years Advent Calendar...must...resist... Fake edit: Ooh, the AT-ST planet is back in stock on on sale since it's ending soon, I should pick that up. One of the few I don't have. Also, it's clear that the planets are meant to be Christmas tree ornaments. And the rest of the year...ugg...oh well. v  v
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DrBouvenstein posted:Also, it's clear that the planets are meant to be Christmas tree ornaments. And the rest of the year...ugg...oh well. v Well, the Death Star one is probably useful year round.  At least it's the only one I could think of actually keeping on a desk or whatever.
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After complaining about the prices I was in town today and the first store I was in had them for 8 each, so I picked up the tie bomber. Next store of course had them all for 6 so I now have the ones I wanted from series 3/4, namel the snowspeeder, b-wing, assault ship, and tie bomber. And all this for what I would have paid for two a couple of weeks ago. 
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DrBouvenstein posted:Also, it's clear that the planets are meant to be Christmas tree ornaments. And the rest of the year...ugg...oh well. v Really? I suppose you just need a brick on top that has room for a hook, right?
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Red posted:Really? I suppose you just need a brick on top that has room for a hook, right? Which is included in the set.  https://www.google.com/search?q=leg...iw=1330&bih=721
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If I'm not mistaken, it looks like there's a new and very interesting piece being used in some of the new Ninjago sets. We just got some into our store today and that's when I first noticed them. Here's an image from Brickset that shows the piece: Look at the rear of the vehicle and note the 1x4 brick that seems to be connected to another 1x4 by those two struts so it forms a 45 degree angle. Something tells me this piece will be in high demand for MOCs, I know I want to get my hands on a few!
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It seems smaller than 45 degrees, if you eyeball with the mirrored piece on the other side they don't seem to make an equilateral triangle. I want to use one to build the front end of a spaceship though, get some cool wing angles going. When will they put it out in light grey?
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Nov 26, 2013 02:30
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Looks like some kind of A-frame plate? It will be useful instead of using the 2x1 hinge piece if you want that specific angle. The new technic snowmobile has a few new pieces it seems including a beam 'dogbone' and a new knuckle for attaching to steering/wheel hubs compared to the old one which went around beams.
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Nov 26, 2013 02:31
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xzzy posted:It seems smaller than 45 degrees, if you eyeball with the mirrored piece on the other side they don't seem to make an equilateral triangle. That's because equilaterals are 60 degrees in each corner. Right triangles are 45-45-90. Edit: I'll try to get my hands on one of the pieces when we build the sets for store displays, so I can inspect it more closely.
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Nov 26, 2013 02:42
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UCS Nebulon-B would be sweet, but I really want a UCS A-Wing.
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Nov 26, 2013 03:50
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UCS Assault Gunboat or UCS Missile Boat 
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How would you even keep a UCS Nebulon B together? poo poo that big and imbalanced only works in space. I'd like an A-wing, since I have drooled over the large detailed toy on the back of a Lucasarts jewel case insert. Does anyone have 8099, the midi-scale Star Destroyer? Is it fun/worth ~$55?
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Neurion posted:If I'm not mistaken, it looks like there's a new and very interesting piece being used in some of the new Ninjago sets. We just got some into our store today and that's when I first noticed them. Here's an image from Brickset that shows the piece: Yup, this came up on the New Elementary blog a little while back.
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Tanith posted:How would you even keep a UCS Nebulon B together? poo poo that big and imbalanced only works in space. I'd like an A-wing, since I have drooled over the large detailed toy on the back of a Lucasarts jewel case insert. If it's a UCS, it could probably be a mounted-only thing, with the mounts at either end taking the stress off the narrow central part.
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MaliciousOnion posted:If it's a UCS, it could probably be a mounted-only thing, with the mounts at either end taking the stress off the narrow central part. Yeah, the UCS Star Destroyer has already completely abandoned swooshability.
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Nov 26, 2013 21:56
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What apparently ~$7000 worth of Lego looks like, taken from this Reddit thread. 
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Nov 26, 2013 22:00
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I guess I'm not a collector then because seeing all those sweet plastic bricks stuck in a cardboard box makes me sad.
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jeeves posted:What apparently ~$7000 worth of Lego looks like, taken from this Reddit thread. I want to go to there.... there would be a flurry of flying cardboard and it would all be open in a few minutes
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Nov 26, 2013 22:36
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If you had all those sets, would you build them, or just make a huge amazing pile of parts?
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smackfu posted:If you had all those sets, would you build them, or just make a huge amazing pile of parts? .....could I do both? Just won a 55lb lot of random bricks, no big sets jumped out at me - going to have some sorting and cleaning to do, but the nieces and nephews are going to be in heaven (not to mention me having raw material for quite a lot of messing about). I don't post much in this thread, but love the group and am continually reassured that even if it's weird to be surrounded by hundreds of thousands of bricks, there are lots of others like me.
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smackfu posted:If you had all those sets, would you build them, or just make a huge amazing pile of parts? What's a set? I only do LEGO Piles. and occasionally making a attempt at following the instructions(my highscore is like step 7.)
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xzzy posted:I guess I'm not a collector then because seeing all those sweet plastic bricks stuck in a cardboard box makes me sad. I'm sure they are going to play with them, the lack of tons of repeats means that this is not a reseller at least.
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smackfu posted:If you had all those sets, would you build them, or just make a huge amazing pile of parts? I think it would take longer to organize all those parts after making an amazing huge pile then building the sets themselves. I can't even imagine how long it would take me to build all of those sets, let alone how sore my thumbs/index fingers would be after doing it. Shame on them as well for no technic sets I can see!
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Nov 27, 2013 00:46
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Looks like one of every set currently in production, EXCEPT technic. And duplo I guess.
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Nov 27, 2013 01:10
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i81icu812 posted:Looks like one of every set currently in production, EXCEPT technic. And duplo I guess. I don't think its one of every set. There are only a few of the Friends sets pictured, I probably have that many Friends sets sitting my closet right now
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Nov 27, 2013 01:24
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Looks like they went to LBR and bought one instance of each set they had 
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I was about to say, it looks like they bought everything in all the current lines that have been out in the past few years
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Rathina posted:I don't think its one of every set. There are only a few of the Friends sets pictured, I probably have that many Friends sets sitting my closet right now Right, EXCEPT that about half the Friends line is out of stock right now due to the Christmas rush.
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Nov 27, 2013 07:13
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The real question we're all ignoring is why these people filled their obviously empty porn set house with Lego.
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The Rage posted:The real question we're all ignoring is why these people filled their obviously empty porn set house with Lego. Come on man, we know the answer to this, we've all been here long enough to know.
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My local TRU had the Y-Wing for $35 today only. Managed to grab the last one they had. Merry early Christmas to me!
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Contacted Lego about the incorrectly spelled Flux piece and they apologized a ton and promised that the one they have sent out now is fixed. We'll see. I haven't heard of anyone getting a correct piece yet.
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I got Bag End and that Friends cruise ship. I have to say I expected bilbo's house to be roomier. It comes with a ton of nice green pieces though. Also the cruise ship is insane, if you can only get to buy one friends set, get it.
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PriorMarcus posted:Contacted Lego about the incorrectly spelled Flux piece and they apologized a ton and promised that the one they have sent out now is fixed. We'll see. I still think it's hilarious. My roommate put the second Flux piece on a merry-go-round I had and when that baby gets up to 88, you'll see some serious poo poo.
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Ka0 posted:I got Bag End and that Friends cruise ship. I have to say I expected bilbo's house to be roomier. It comes with a ton of nice green pieces though. Also the cruise ship is insane, if you can only get to buy one friends set, get it. Bag End was a lot more dense than I was expecting, that's for sure. It's a cute little set, though, and my daughter love playing with it. We managed to get the Friends boat for $55 or so at TRU for her as well. That one's for Christmas, though, so I can't really comment til then, but the box just floored me. I never really looked at it before, but it looks awesome. The lack of articulation on the figs still really bothers me, though. 
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Building Orthanc. The Ent is cooler than I expected; I'm hanging the one guy with the rope-thing from his head & hand which makes it a great action scene. Started the tower itself, kinda surprised at how thin the base level is, I expected it to be wider. Especially given that there are like 7 more floors above it, which will probably make it seem even taller.
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rickiep00h posted:Bag End was a lot more dense than I was expecting, that's for sure. It's a cute little set, though, and my daughter love playing with it. This is an across the board trend to have smaller but more dense and detailed models. It's really noticeable in Star Wars where they're on the third iteration of some vehicles. I think it's a good thing, though.
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