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Is there any way to follow just the Designer Videos on YouTube? I like them but Lego mixed all their channels together into one and now they post tons of stuff for the kids shows so I don't want to subscribe.
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InfinEight posted:Even though it's not like this anymore (it's worse!), I'll post this again to give you some inspiration for sorting: I keep all of my pieces in one, big tub, and I dump them out on the floor to swim through until I find that one piece I'm looking for, the way God intended.
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Jan 8, 2014 21:51
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PriorMarcus posted:It looks like a screenshot from a Simpsons Rectify parody. Wow, yeah, honestly if they had just made the eyes all the way open this would have been such a better set.
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Jan 8, 2014 21:54
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For Christmas, my wife got me a print by graffiti artist AME72 - I've always wanted one of his Lego spaceman prints. Here's the one I got: But wait, is that...   Yep, the whole thing, frame and all, is made of Lego. 
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Jan 8, 2014 23:51
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One interesting thing from the Simpsons House designer video is that all the floors are plates, and the furniture just sits on top of it and is movable. Unlike the modular buildings, where the floor has studs and the furniture is stuck to it. Also, they announced the price is $199, which is really good for 2500 pieces. Still looks ugly to me though.
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Jan 9, 2014 01:07
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Eh, it looks about as good as the house could I think. It's an ugly house in the show. Most of Springfield is deliberately ugly. Most likely won't bother with the set, but I'd definitely pick up a Moe's Tavern.
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Jan 9, 2014 01:15
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Good long video with the designer of the latest Cuusoo set, who also really works at JPL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63R25E4FigY (Except the really annoying background music.)
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Jan 9, 2014 01:39
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House is ugly and boring. Minifigs look like the worst minifigs I've ever seen. All of the details are nice on closer inspection, but yeah, it looks like the most hideous modular they ever made. ...and it will make them a shitload of money because people apparently blindly love Simpsons (hence it still on TV when it should have died past S10)
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Jan 9, 2014 02:07
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jeeves posted:...and it will make them a shitload of money because people apparently blindly love Simpsons (hence it still on TV when it should have died past S10) Everyone on eurobricks is going loving apeshit in love over it.
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Jan 9, 2014 02:19
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jeeves posted:House is ugly and boring. I mean, that first decade was so good that I'm ok with getting a piece of Simpsons merch that reminds of those times without the stink of what it became having to haunt it. But the house is just a boring (if inevitable) choice. Kind of hope it's successful so that they do better (and smaller) sets. Moe's, Kwik-E-Mart,
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Jan 9, 2014 02:33
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The people who think the Simpsons set looks ugly and horrible are probably the same people that loved the look of the ultra-poo poo deloreon that looks nothing like a Deloreon they poo poo out last year.
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Jan 9, 2014 03:11
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yourafagpleasedie posted:The people who think the Simpsons set looks ugly and horrible are probably the same people that loved the look of the ultra-poo poo deloreon that looks nothing like a Deloreon they poo poo out last year. poo poo guys, we've been caught! WRAP IT UP!
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Jan 9, 2014 03:14
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The set is fine and faithful to the cartoon.
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Jan 9, 2014 03:15
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yourafagpleasedie posted:The set is fine and faithful to the cartoon. The cartoon is ugly to begin with, so this statement is not incompatible with saying that the set is ugly.
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Jan 9, 2014 03:29
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yourafagpleasedie posted:The people who think the Simpsons set looks ugly and horrible are probably the same people that loved the look of the ultra-poo poo deloreon that looks nothing like a Deloreon they poo poo out last year. Well. I never thought I'd see someone try to start a flamewar in a Lego thread.
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Jan 9, 2014 03:35
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Red posted:Well. I never thought I'd see someone try to start a flamewar in a Lego thread. Welcome to Something Awful, where someone can and will be an rear end in a top hat about literally every single thing possible.
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Jan 9, 2014 03:48
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It seems like a lot of the complaints about the house is "The Simpsons haven't been good in X amount of years." Which has nothing to do with the build at all.
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Jan 9, 2014 04:29
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:It seems like a lot of the complaints about the house is "The Simpsons haven't been good in X amount of years." Which has nothing to do with the build at all. The complaint is that it sucks, there's just confusion over why Simpsons sets are coming out now, rather than 15 years ago at the height of their popularity (or maybe I'm just full of poo poo)
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Jan 9, 2014 04:52
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The house looks like it's got some nice detail to it, and it seems like good value at $200. But goddamn the half-closed eyes on the minifigs are pretty  .
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Jan 9, 2014 04:55
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I figure that they did the half-closed eyes because they're doing a Simpsons wave of the collectible mini-figs and they want every aspect of the mini-figs in the house to be different from the ones available in that wave. If it's a huge turn-off, you could get the open-eyed heads for ~ 15 bucks more.
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Jan 9, 2014 05:57
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Oh you negative nellies, the Simpsons house may be bland on the outside, but that interior is another matter. Just look at the array of creative microbuilds! The colors! Fully separated rooms for the first time in any official set. Who cares about the figures/show accuracy/license. This feels like a great mix of modulars, Friends and city, at a more than decent price to boot.
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Jan 9, 2014 06:15
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 Holy poo poo this box is massive For reference, that F1 below the box is just under 60cm (~2feet) long. I can't wait to get lost in those pieces.
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Jan 9, 2014 09:21
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goku i won't do what u tell me
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I'm okay with the Simpson's House being kind of lackluster, given how many fantastic sets there are this year.
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Jan 9, 2014 09:47
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Sockser posted:The complaint is that it sucks, there's just confusion over why Simpsons sets are coming out now, rather than 15 years ago at the height of their popularity (or maybe I'm just full of poo poo) Did lego do a lot of liceneses 15 years ago?
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Jan 9, 2014 10:12
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:Did lego do a lot of liceneses 15 years ago? Is that a serious question? There were no licenses before Star Wars, that I remember ever. That didn't happen until the very late 90's early 2000's with the new star wars movies? Or something like that.
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Jan 9, 2014 10:57
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Rawrbomb posted:Is that a serious question? There were no licenses before Star Wars, that I remember ever. That didn't happen until the very late 90's early 2000's with the new star wars movies? Or something like that. It was the late 90s, I definitely remember having some Episode 1 sets around the time the movie came out. Back when the Star Wars dudes were still yellow. Harry Potter came out in what, 2001 or something? They had sets around the same time as the movie too.
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Jan 9, 2014 14:21
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Taste the Rainbugh posted:Did lego do a lot of liceneses 15 years ago? Well, they did use Exxon in the 80s.
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Jan 9, 2014 16:30
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Red posted:Well, they did use Exxon in the 80s. Don't forget Shell.
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Jan 9, 2014 17:59
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I have seen Air Canada, Esso and Canada Post from the 80's.
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Jan 9, 2014 18:28
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tactical_grace posted:For Christmas, my wife got me a print by graffiti artist AME72 - I've always wanted one of his Lego spaceman prints. Here's the one I got: Wow, that's awesome, I'd like one of those! I'll just mosey over to his store and ....jesus christ, £1250?
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Jan 9, 2014 19:08
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Sloppy posted:Wow, that's awesome, I'd like one of those! I'll just mosey over to his store and ....jesus christ, £1250? Holy poo poo. 
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Jan 9, 2014 19:15
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So the local WalMart has a Grand Emporium for some reason, on sale, for $99. I don't think I've ever seen a modular that cheap. Worth picking up to hold on for a little bit to flip? I already have one built.
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Jan 9, 2014 19:35
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Sloppy posted:Wow, that's awesome, I'd like one of those! I'll just mosey over to his store and ....jesus christ, £1250? I mean, it is a one-off hand made art piece, he made 4 different ones and only the one of each, it's not like he's just snapping together as many of these as there are orders.
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Jan 9, 2014 19:52
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Arnold of Soissons posted:I mean, it is a one-off hand made art piece, he made 4 different ones and only the one of each, it's not like he's just snapping together as many of these as there are orders. Oh, that makes sense then. I thought he was cranking these out.
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Jan 9, 2014 20:00
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Captain Invictus posted:LAMP SAUSAGE The beige walls and tiny size of the room make it look like Bart is chilling in a prison cell  I want to like this set (and I know I'll end up buying it, goddamnit) but there's just so much they could've done differently.smackfu posted:One interesting thing from the Simpsons House designer video is that all the floors are plates, and the furniture just sits on top of it and is movable. Unlike the modular buildings, where the floor has studs and the furniture is stuck to it. The Friends sets do this too. I've got Olivia's house and each room has SNOT tiles on the floor and then the furniture gets placed wherever. I guess it's to increase playability and make it less of a static display model?
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Jan 9, 2014 21:09
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The Winter Village Cottage too. The armchair and Xmas tree skate all over the place.
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Jan 9, 2014 21:43
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Arnold of Soissons posted:I mean, it is a one-off hand made art piece, he made 4 different ones and only the one of each, it's not like he's just snapping together as many of these as there are orders. The one I have says 48/50 next to the signiture, so I presume there are 50 of each colour. The £1250 price tag is for 4 of them, one of each colour. tactical_grace fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Jan 9, 2014 23:14
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What do I do with this 2.5 foot black tower full of cute LOTR stuff besides put it on a side table as a display piece?
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Jan 9, 2014 23:39
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slightpirate posted:What do I do with this 2.5 foot black tower full of cute LOTR stuff besides put it on a side table as a display piece? Buy a bunch of DC and Marvel sets and make it a base for your supervillain supergroup!
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mattfl posted:So the local WalMart has a Grand Emporium for some reason, on sale, for $99. I don't think I've ever seen a modular that cheap. Worth picking up to hold on for a little bit to flip? I already have one built. Buy all of them they have. It'd be relatively easy to flip for $130-150, and it'll probably go to $200 the instant it's sold out and retired on Lego.com.
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