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Random draw landed me 2 Barts and a Marge this morning, will trade Bart for anything. Hell, would even trade Marge for a more interesting character.
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Well, it finally happened. After 6 modulars, Orthanc, the Haunted House, the VW Minivan, and a bunch of random smaller things, I actually had a missing piece in the Sidney Opera House. Small flat yellow 2x1 was missing, probably swapped with a small grey tube thing that I didn't use and couldn't find a place for when I checked the instructions again. Not much of a problem since I had a few of those in a box with random stuff. Still weird, I was starting to get the impression that I wouldn't have anything missing ever. Now where the hell am I going to put the Opera, jezus it's goddamn big.
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For all of us UK Goons, the Daily Mail (I know...) has another load of newspapers to give away when you buy their Lego poly bags. Starts 10th May. http://m.hotukdeals.com/deals/lego-giveaway-daily-mail-10-17-1892714
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May 1, 2014 17:57
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Big Mean Jerk posted:What time tomorrow does the US sale start? I want to say that last year it started at 12am EST, so 9pm PST
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Hamburlgar posted:For all of us UK Goons, the Daily Mail (I know...) has another load of newspapers to give away when you buy their Lego poly bags. Being in the US and wanting almost all of these sets is tremendously frustrating 
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Hamburlgar posted:For all of us UK Goons, the Daily Mail (I know...) has another load of newspapers to give away when you buy their Lego poly bags. gently caress I really like these but obviously don't know anyone who buys the DM and couldn't bear the shame of buying it myself. What do you actually have to get, is it a cut-out token or something? How much is the DM these days?
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Would really like to get my hands on a few of those, especially the two batman ones, the shuttle, and the lego movie one. Anyone expecting to have spares?
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Now I've seen a couple of those poly bag sets in the US already. A guy had the Super Secret Police Enforcer and the Tumbler at the Chicago Toy Show last week.
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May 1, 2014 18:44
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My local Target had the Tumbler and the City Policeman.
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Anyone else planning on hitting up free comic book day then Lego store on Saturday? These two events collide every year and it's always a mix of fun and self-loathing.
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Apparently the Lego store nearish to me is having a 15th birthday event, including a free gift for the first 100 people through the door (what are my chances?), free minifigs on a spend over £25 and a free Lego Store set if you spend over £100  I think I might have to go, shameful as that is.
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I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. I ended up with duplicates of Marge, Bart, Lisa, Krusty, Maggie, Burns and Chief Wiggum. If anyone is looking for any of these I'd sell them for cost and shipping. If you have any of the movie mini-figs you want to get rid of I'd also entertain a trade. I never picked up any of them so depending on which ones you have I might be interested. Is anyone else disappointed in the second wave of Ninja Turtles stuff? I liked the first wave pretty well but this one doesn't really have that much that interests me.
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DisposableHero posted:I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. US or UK? I have a ton of movie dupes I'd be happy to trade if you're in the UK.
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Ah sorry. I should have mentioned. I'm in the US.
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DisposableHero posted:I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. I will take Bart, Marge and Burns off your hands. I have Burns but my wife needs one for work... PM me?
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Dogen posted:I will take Bart, Marge and Burns off your hands. I have Burns but my wife needs one for work... PM me? PM'd!
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DisposableHero posted:I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. I like the turtle sub set, the others are kinda ehh.
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My local Target apparently no longer stocks Minifigs because assholes kept opening the bags in the toy aisles so if anyone could pick up a Milhouse for me or has a spare, I'd do cost + shipping.
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I still haven't seen any Simpsons minifigs anywhere. I'm starting to think I live in the only city in the world that actually obeys toy street dates. Anyway sorry to taint the thread with Kreo, but to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Transformers this guy's created actual transforming versions of a bunch of the G1 Transformers out of Kreo. I really hope he posts some instructions for these, because I would love to make some of these myself even if it means buying fake Lego. They blow the official Transformers Kreo stuff out of the water. http://orionpax.de/23/index.php/showroom/gallery/52/TRANSFORMERS-30TH-ANNIVERSARY-KRE-O-FANPROJECT
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DisposableHero posted:I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. I'm interested in all that remains after Dogen, should be Lisa, Krusty, Maggie and Chief Wiggum.
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DisposableHero posted:I was able to snag the last Simpsons mini-fig I was missing today. I had gotten them all through blind luck and was only missing grandpa. Luckily he has a distinctly shaped head and I was able to feel for him. Sent you a PM about Maggie, Krusty and Chief Wiggum. EFB by two minutes  I've still got a Bart and Flanders duplicate if anyone else is interested in trading. Handsome Ralph fucked around with this message at 12:36 on May 2, 2014 |
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Is it generally cheaper to buy loose bricks offa brinklink or goto a PAB wall at a Lego store? I need to build a few more stands for my minifigs, the local PAB in Orlando has the colors/bricks I need but what's the general price breakdown for a large container? The bricks I'm looking at are generally pretty common sized ones, nothing special, look to be anywhere from .07c-.14c off of bricklink. I'm thinking I'm going to need around 60-80 pieces.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Sent you a PM about Maggie, Krusty and Chief Wiggum. I would buy your Flanders if you want to sell.
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Crotch Fruit posted:I would buy your Flanders if you want to sell. I'm going to be busy all weekend with other stuff but if no one else comes along with a 1:1 trade off in the mean time, I'll mail it out Monday afternoon if you still want it.
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Captain Invictus posted:FTL already got the required 10k for CUUSOO review and failed it, they considered it "too niche". They are right. One of my friends works at a "major games studio" who approached lego about doing licensed sets for their ips which have sold tens of millions and lego went no way. That's not enough. A top selling video game isn't enough. Unless you have a big movie slate and or a long running tv show tie ins plus an existing non lego retail presence it won't get made into a lego set generally. Lego wants to see that you have skin in the game. FTL ain't it by a long shot.
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Big K of Justice posted:They are right. One of my friends works at a "major games studio" who approached lego about doing licensed sets for their ips which have sold tens of millions and lego went no way. That's not enough. A top selling video game isn't enough. I think you and I might know people who worked at the same studio. Same kind of deal happened. They approached Lego, Lego said no, and now they are working with a competitor.
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mattfl posted:Is it generally cheaper to buy loose bricks offa brinklink or goto a PAB wall at a Lego store? I need to build a few more stands for my minifigs, the local PAB in Orlando has the colors/bricks I need but what's the general price breakdown for a large container? The bricks I'm looking at are generally pretty common sized ones, nothing special, look to be anywhere from .07c-.14c off of bricklink. I'm thinking I'm going to need around 60-80 pieces. Hey, I've been  and've been keeping track of my PAB cups.Over the last seven large cups I've gotten from: 331 (~$0.045/piece) [a bunch of large bricks, minifig seats, and these things that don't stack well] to 1985 (~$0.008/piece) [1500 of those 1x1 round tiles and cheese slopes] with an average of 1083 (~$0.014/piece) So in my experience even if you get large bricks/plates or don't take an hour to optimally pack bricks in you're probably better of going to the PAB if they have what you need. Don't forget you'd also need to factor in shipping/handling as well for BL orders.
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Tkytko posted:Hey, I've been Thanks for the reply! Looks like we're taking a trip to the Lego store on Sunday! Isn't there a goon here who works at the Orlando store?
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Handsome Ralph posted:I think you and I might know people who worked at the same studio. Same kind of deal happened. They approached Lego, Lego said no, and now they are working with a competitor. I'm guessing Halo, then. In that particular instance I doubt they wanted to have the Lego brand associated with an M-rated video game series.
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Captain Invictus posted:I'm guessing Halo, then. In that particular instance I doubt they wanted to have the Lego brand associated with an M-rated video game series. Either Halo or Blizzard. e: or Call of Duty, I guess. MegaBloks gets lots of weird licenses.
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Sockser posted:Either Halo or Blizzard. A new challenger enters the ring! http://c3toys.com/
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I'm not ashamed to admit the Halo megabloks figures are pretty cool. Their quality isn't as good as lego but the articulation and detail is pretty neat. I have an elite hijacking my galaxy explorer right now and that's okay. 
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Captain Invictus posted:I'm guessing Halo, then. In that particular instance I doubt they wanted to have the Lego brand associated with an M-rated video game series. I think it's less the M-rated part and more about Lego group's insistence that they do not produce war toys. All three companies people have mentioned pretty much make games focusing on war in one form or another. Which I'm fine with, but I really wish they would do more things like the Sopwith Camel but with WWII era planes or jets instead.
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Just popping in to confirm that the Revan figure is awesome, just in case any of you had any doubts. I mean, there's no special features or anything, but it's Darth Revan, hooray! Do HK-47 next please, Lego. Then Nihilus. e: need to find a purple lightsaber blade at some point McDragon fucked around with this message at 17:29 on May 2, 2014 |
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mattfl posted:A new challenger enters the ring! Our store's had a few people coming in looking for these, and a lot more coming in looking for Red Sox 'LEGO'. Brand confusion is fun!
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Captain Invictus posted:
Lego Mindstorm Spider Mastermind. Someone needs to make that happen, pronto.
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mattfl posted:A new challenger enters the ring! http://minimatescentral.com/category/dcc3/. Edit drat link isn't posting from my phone- select the DC /c3 link on the upper right for a list of sets Not really new. They put out Batman sets a few years back as a way to sell Minimate Figures. The bricks sucked at holding, they feel brittle, but the designs were nice. MarxCarl fucked around with this message at 20:31 on May 2, 2014 |
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Boy howdy the Ecto-1 looks pretty cool. Not too far from what the guy made either.
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So I was able to sell those minifig display cases and a few other things and have about $250 to spend tomorrow at the Lego store. Along with picking up a few PAB cups I was thinking of another modular building. I have the Town Hall, Firehouse, the Grand Emporium, and the Haunted House(I know it's not part of the Modulars but it fits so nicely with them!). I know both the Palace Cinema and Parisian Restaurant are available at my local store as well as the Simpsons house, so which would you guys get??
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I have both the Palace Cinema and Parisian Restaurant, and town hall and pet shop. I know a lot of users here like the detail of the Restaurant more, and the exterior is pretty nice, but I think the Cinema fits in better with the other modular buildings. I like my cinema more than my restaurant. . . Of course a 3rd option would be to trade your firehouse for my restaurant.  As for the Simpsons house. . . Get it if you really like the show otherwise it's not a very good set.
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