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A store near me has a Kreo Starship Enterprise for $25. It looks like a fairly involved build which is what I'm craving, and apparently Kreo is pretty decent. Is it worth it?
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NESguerilla posted:^^Thanks! Minimum purchases are set per-store. Say you search for a store here. US-only stores. Top one has the piece for $.08, minimum buy of $1. If you click on the store name (Epicbricks), it will take you to that particular piece on their storefront. You can browse the rest of their items from the left pane. Add pieces to your cart until you hit the minimum, then you can check out. Bricklink is really powerful, but the interface is archaic as hell and it's difficult to get the hang of. You can actually take a vintage set, Part it out, add it to your wishlist, then search for that wishlist by store with unique lots, and build the set from loose pieces. Sometimes it'll be cheaper than the set itself, and you can substitute common pieces for uncommon ones that may drive up the cost of the original set (like, say, for the earlier modular buildings).
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May 8, 2015 04:30
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If this thread were to buy any of the current sub-$100 Star Wars sets, what would it be? I haven't bought any Lego since The Milano last September.
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May 8, 2015 04:41
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Big Mean Jerk posted:If this thread were to buy any of the current sub-$100 Star Wars sets, what would it be? I haven't bought any Lego since The Milano last September. 75081 T-16 Skyhopper was a cool build and is larger than I expected Man another high profile sealed set in which I have to order a replacement part because somehow they didn't put enough in the bag  This time I had to cannibalize a 4211536 from my Exo Suit in order to continue building this UCS Tie Fighter. Last time i had to take a gear from another technic set
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May 8, 2015 04:57
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AT-AP for a cool walker type thing. Cantina if you want a playset, some iconic minifigs and Luke's landspeeder. For spaceship right now it's kind of ehhh. TIE Advanced Prototype maybe?
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May 8, 2015 05:04
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Snowspeeder and AT-AT are both good too. I also really like the AT-DP even though it's from some cartoon. Probably would be my favorite walker if it had the nostalgia factor.
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May 8, 2015 05:07
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NESguerilla posted:Snowspeeder and AT-AT are both good too. I also really like the AT-DP even though it's from some cartoon. Probably would be my favorite walker if it had the nostalgia factor. What if I told you almost everything from Rebels is aping McQuarrie art? Even the color palette they are using is McQuarrie inspired.  Also, it's a pretty fun series.
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May 8, 2015 05:23
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I really like the TIE Advanced Prototype from Rebels set as well. It's very, very sexy looking and has completely destroyed my desire to pick up a UCS TIE as it's much more manageable in size, very swooshable, and comes with more minifigs for a fraction of the price.
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May 8, 2015 06:20
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Carteret posted:What if I told you almost everything from Rebels is aping McQuarrie art? Even the color palette they are using is McQuarrie inspired. That actually makes me feel even better about liking the design so much. I actually assumed they were aping Robotech. It looks like one of those pods had a baby with an at-st.
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May 8, 2015 07:51
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Alabaster White posted:A store near me has a Kreo Starship Enterprise for $25. It looks like a fairly involved build which is what I'm craving, and apparently Kreo is pretty decent. Is it worth it? The brick quality of Kreo itself is really good. Strong, good clutch, etc, but they really don't have the designers at Hasbro that Lego have. The models are very 'bricky' still.
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May 8, 2015 09:14
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The_Doctor posted:The brick quality of Kreo itself is really good. Strong, good clutch, etc, but they really don't have the designers at Hasbro that Lego have. The models are very 'bricky' still. Oof, I got a good look at the inside and it's just... nothing. A Lego set would have like, cool internals with seats and control pads instead of just being hollow. Also the "kreons" are fairly terrifying and don't mesh at ALL with Lego minifigures, so I think I'll pass. I'm not exactly hard up for pieces. Speaking of designers, I'm so jealous of the teams who get to design all these sets with their presumably infinite supply of pieces. Hell, I'm jealous of the people who get to put together the display models at the stores. All my MOC ideas are way too grandiose to accomplish with my sets (like a 100% recreation of Sen's Fortress), even though I have a shitload. What's a good place to start for something smaller and sensible? Kite Pride Worldwide fucked around with this message at 11:57 on May 8, 2015 |
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May 8, 2015 11:37
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Microscale stuff is probably your best bet. Easy to learn, not a high parts investment(unless you greeble the poo poo out of stuff)
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May 8, 2015 12:45
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AzMiLion posted:Microscale stuff is probably your best bet. Easy to learn, not a high parts investment(unless you greeble the poo poo out of stuff) What? Like almost all your stuff?  But yeah microscale is a great setting point.
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May 8, 2015 13:06
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Luminaflare posted:What? Like almost all your stuff? 120 ish pieces is perfectly acceptapble for a robot the size of a cigaret pack.
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May 8, 2015 14:14
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Alabaster White posted:Oof, I got a good look at the inside and it's just... nothing. A Lego set would have like, cool internals with seats and control pads instead of just being hollow. Also the "kreons" are fairly terrifying and don't mesh at ALL with Lego minifigures, so I think I'll pass. I'm not exactly hard up for pieces. Kreo, at least back when the Star Trek stuff was coming out, was the second best "Lego" there was. Kreons are fun, they're a lego Mini-fig, but designed by a person that has touched an action figure. If that Enterprise is the one I'm thinking it is, for $25 it's worth it to pick it up just to get a feel for a Lego Brick that isn't lego. Plus it has a few of the Kreo Light Bricks you can use for MOCs, also they are ungodly bright.
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May 8, 2015 15:32
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Alabaster White posted:A store near me has a Kreo Starship Enterprise for $25. It looks like a fairly involved build which is what I'm craving, and apparently Kreo is pretty decent. Is it worth it? Is it this one? http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/05/topless_toy_chest_building_the_kre-o_enterprise.php
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May 8, 2015 20:04
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Alabaster White posted:All my MOC ideas are way too grandiose to accomplish with my sets (like a 100% recreation of Sen's Fortress), even though I have a shitload. What's a good place to start for something smaller and sensible? I'm going to suggest you just get a small loan and do sens fortress cause I want to see that. Good god could you imagine 100% recreation of the entire dark souls Map in Lego? poo poo would be glorious.
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May 8, 2015 22:33
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Anora posted:Kreo, at least back when the Star Trek stuff was coming out, was the second best "Lego" there was. Davros1 posted:Is it this one? Yeah, it's that one. It's been sitting in the freezer aisle of my local grocery store (????) for months now. I should mention that it's $25 CAD, so it's probably an even better deal than USD. I might go try it out. At least I can always salvage parts/sell it if I don't end up liking it. NESguerilla posted:I'm going to suggest you just get a small loan and do sens fortress cause I want to see that. I know, right?  Technic pieces for the swinging axes, those weird two-piece boulders to drop down the chutes, a treasure chest with legs and arms (  ), maybe Bionicle parts for the Iron Golem... I've got the whole place laid out in my head and all the logistics, but goddamn it would cost so much money, and I don't have nearly enough space to actually build the drat thing. I'm still trying to pay off my credit card from all the regular Lego I've bought.
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May 8, 2015 23:04
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Carteret posted:What if I told you almost everything from Rebels is aping McQuarrie art? Even the color palette they are using is McQuarrie inspired. My thought was that they intended to make their designs a stepping stone between Revenge and New Hope, but it turns out they're really just going with McQuarrie designs. Vader's armor in Season 2 is straight from his artwork, despite being (nearly) identical in both trilogies.
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May 8, 2015 23:05
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xzzy posted:gently caress UCS star wars. They did a Beetle.
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May 9, 2015 02:52
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Chris Knight posted:They did a Beetle. I know, I said a "proper remake". The beetle lego put out is an interesting model in its own way but the quality is nowhere near what the bus and mini have.
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May 9, 2015 03:24
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Alright, I took the plunge and got the Kreo USS Enterprise. First impressions: the part that connects the nacelles to the disc-shaped portion of the ship is one massive piece that twists(??), while the base of the disc portion is another custom molded piece. Unfortunately the light functions are built into the gargantuan chassis part, unlike Lego's light bricks, so I can't really do anything about it. Lots and lots of custom-molded pieces, unfortunately. At least some of them are custom-printed, although there are still some stickers. The Kreon figures are alright; they well built and have articulation, but their more realistic style doesn't really work with the medium of 'little plastic man'. Lego still has the better minifigures, I'm afraid. I also assume that this set is at least partially based on the 2009 film, because the face prints definitely resemble that cast over than the original series. I'd have dug into it and built it already, but I noticed something terrifying that stopped me: the bags aren't numbered like Lego. This set is over 400 pieces, and it expects you to dump them all in a big pile and sift through them. The instruction booklet helpfully suggests that you sort them by color, which would be nice if the set wasn't 90% white pieces. Thanks, Hasbro.
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May 9, 2015 06:24
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Try the UCS Imperial Shuttle: 2.5k all white pieces in unnumbered bags.
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May 9, 2015 07:51
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Lizard Combatant posted:Try the UCS Imperial Shuttle: 2.5k all white pieces in unnumbered bags. God I'm glad they brought about the numbered bags. Anything above 200 pieces should probably have them.
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May 9, 2015 08:31
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Alabaster White posted:God I'm glad they brought about the numbered bags. Anything above 200 pieces should probably have them. My reaction to opening the VW Camper Van was "they MAKE sets without numbered bags?!" followed by crying for the next few days while I put it all together. All white and red.
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May 9, 2015 12:37
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Alabaster White posted:Thanks, Hasbro. Thasbro.
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May 9, 2015 13:12
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Actually you can blame Lego for that one: http://www.google.com/patents/US6554675
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May 9, 2015 14:23
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Actually you can blame Lego for that one: How can you patent sorting things into bags? Reading that patent I don't see any technical invention that allows easier bag sorting from a manufacturing standpoint.
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May 9, 2015 14:54
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kefkafloyd posted:How can you patent sorting things into bags? Reading that patent I don't see any technical invention that allows easier bag sorting from a manufacturing standpoint. U.S. patent law recognizes methods/processes
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May 9, 2015 16:06
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 Attempting to sort my old lego, please send help. (I have a whole nother box like the purple one to go through after) I had/inherited a whole lot more sets then I remembered. Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 19:04 on May 9, 2015 |
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May 9, 2015 19:00
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I'd come help but those couch cushions are giving me back pain just looking at them.
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May 9, 2015 19:08
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Oxyclean posted:
I'm doing the same with a massive tub of tiny detail pieces right now and all I can say is do it in half hour chunks for your own sanity.It'll be done when it's done.
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May 9, 2015 21:04
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The_Doctor posted:Thasbro. Bless you, The_Doctor. By the way, have people seen the rumors regarding a Portal Lego Dimensions level pack? If the fuzzy boxart and leaked Walmart listings are correct, then it would seem like Lego Ideas is testing the waters for potential licenses. riversarl fucked around with this message at 21:15 on May 9, 2015 |
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May 9, 2015 21:08
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We had been saving up money to take a trip to Legoland California again, when my son's school offered tickets at a super deep discount for a 'field trip day'. Knowing I can't get anywhere on time any more with 3 kids, I decided to just take a peek at LegoLand Hotel's website just to see how much it would be to stay the night Since I was able to book it 2 weeks in advance and it's an off day, in off season we only paid $160 for the night. Room rates typically go between $300-500 a night during peak summer/peak days. It did include free breakfast and free parking, and the kids (4 & 6) have been bugging me about it since last time we went to Lego Land over a year ago. You do get to get into the park a half hour early as well. We stayed on a Wednesday night, and I was hoping the hotel wouldn't be very crowded, but it was. They did have some fun events for the kids in the evening. Dinner at the Bricks Family Restaurant was pretty terrible, especially at $22 Adult/$10 kids. Had I had it to do over again I would just have gotten sandwiches at the little cafe in the hotel instead. Breakfast however was super delicious, I stuffed myself silly. While we had a really great time, I would never spend more than $200 a night here. Legoland was totally awesome as usual. It was overcast with chance of rain, so the park was mostly empty. Most rides had no lines, or very little wait. I finally got to ride Sky Cruiser because the line was 10 minutes long. Last time we were here was during spring break week, and it was super crowded, the line for Sky Cruiser was 2 hours LOL. Now I was very disappointed though in the 'pick a brick' store where you can buy Lego by weight. Last year the had 2 full walls of bins full of bricks. However this time the shorter wall has been replaced with shelving for sets. The other wall had several empty bins, and several bins were duplicate parts. Nothing I would even consider 'slightly special'. Mostly just your standard 2x2 and 2x8 bricks in different colors and a few studs/1x1s in a few colors. They had doors with no frames, and the little cabinet doors with no cabinets. At those prices you are better off just buying a Creative Box. It makes me wonder if they are trying to do away with buying them by the pound? I wasn't expecting any super rare or special pieces...but when you're used to the pick a brick walls at a Lego Store, you sort of have expectations based on past experiences, and this was a complete embarrassment. I did try talking to a store clerk, but she was lost when I was trying to describe a piece to her (1x1 square with the round hole on the side), she said she had never seen them before. I told her they were in almost every set you build a little car with because they use them for sticking on the side mirrors. Then she tried to upsell me and get me to try and buy some more car sets. I know Legoland isn't owned by Lego Group, so I don't really know how far I would get with complaining about it to them.
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May 9, 2015 22:18
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Finished the Simpson's minifigure set today. Feels good man.
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May 10, 2015 00:12
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NESguerilla posted:I'm doing the same with a massive tub of tiny detail pieces right now and all I can say is do it in half hour chunks for your own sanity.It'll be done when it's done. Yeah, so far I've just been dividing into major groups, plates, bricks, technic, slopes, wheels, weird rear end parts/sort it later, and lovely megablocks banishment zone. Already realizing I probably need more boxes, and not looking forward to sorting out the little detail parts.
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May 10, 2015 01:14
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anotherblownsave posted:Finished the Simpson's minifigure set today. Feels good man. Argh, still waiting for my Target to put them out.
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May 10, 2015 01:34
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I love the AT-DP set. This is the first Star Wars lego I've owned since the old Naboo starfighter in 1999 as a kid (7141 I think). Which wasn't exactly the best set. The AT-DP looks awesome, comes with a pretty cool selection of minifigs and feels like it could be part of the OT rather than Rebels (I know it's based on old concept art). My only let-down with it is that while the legs technically have a single point of articulation, you can't actually move either of them without making the model lose all stability. But as it's just going on my shelf I'm totally happy with it.  Used some spare train track as an improvised display solution for all my new empire guys since I have no spare bricks or plates right now. Some of them have joined the cause from my gf's 2014 advent calendar. Haven't actually seen Rebels yet but I'm working my way through Clone Wars for the first time at the moment and having a pretty good time of it.
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May 10, 2015 01:53
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^^^^Yeah the AT-DP is really great. I had this brief tinge of regret when I bought it, but once it was all assembled I ended up loving it. Finished up that little mech and took some better photos of it. I'm really happy with how it came out and it's very sturdy and playable, so I think I'm gonna throw it on the ideas site and see if anyone bites.   IMG_1522 by ]Nihilsmaw, on Flickr IMG_1518 by ]Nihilsmaw, on Flickr IMG_1520 by ]Nihilsmaw, on Flickr IMG_1525 by ]Nihilsmaw, on Flickr IMG_1528 by Nihilsmaw, on Flickr
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Got my vote, that's cool as gently caress.
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