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I've ordered a few knock off lego sets, and most of them have been pretty decent. There was one airplane that was kind of a lovely design, but the parts were still good quality. The only problem (?) areas I've seen are in minifigs - the leg -> torso and hand -> arms connections aren't quite as good, and the hip joints are frequently mis-aligned, like, when you bend them, the feet touch. The one technics set (knock off of 42006) I ordered was almost indistinguishable from the real technic legos I've got.
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Would you smoke AliExpress herbal cigarettes? Can't be worse than regular ciggies, right?
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# ? May 21, 2020 10:36 |
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Just Chamber posted:Has anyone bought any of the Lepin fake lego sets? What's the general quality like and what's some good sets to buy? Looking for a fairly big build to keep me a bit occupied during this quarantine. Though I realise by the time it arrives this will probably be over. I have the knockoff Falcon and Aston Martin DBS. Nothing bad to report. Manuals were great. Thinking of getting teh Saturn V, ISS and Lander as I still haven't bothered to open my offical Lego boxes and the local toy store pretty much yelled at me to not open my legit lego stuff I haven't opened already.
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HELLOMYNAMEIS___ posted:Would you smoke AliExpress herbal cigarettes? Can't be worse than regular ciggies, right? Doesn't this fall under the golden rule of never to buy anything that goes in your body? Sure: from a reliable supplier, it's probably a great source of smokeable chrysanthemum (WTF?) - but you'd never know if you got a batch covered in pesticide until you started seeing purple pandas
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# ? May 21, 2020 13:59 |
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Moo the cow posted:Sure: from a reliable supplier, it's probably a great source of smokeable chrysanthemum (WTF?) - but you'd never know if you got a batch covered in pesticide until you started seeing purple pandas I've been extending the purchase protection period on my older orders--I know they're out there, just stuck; hell, I'm given to understand there are over a hundred USPS trucks in our local hub still waiting to be unloaded, and even my domestic packages are in serious limbo--but this request was a new one: quote:Dear friend,
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# ? May 21, 2020 14:46 |
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the experience of shopping on aliexpress humanizes the manufacturers in a way other online stores don't. On no other website do I get the experience of 'ah poo poo I hope everyone in that factory is okay' so often
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Killingyouguy! posted:the experience of shopping on aliexpress humanizes the manufacturers in a way other online stores don't. On no other website do I get the experience of 'ah poo poo I hope everyone in that factory is okay' so often other online stores tell you nothing at all. Only on AliExpress will you get a "sorry for the delay, our factory is on fire. I can offer you a small discount"
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# ? May 21, 2020 19:41 |
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Moo the cow posted:Doesn't this fall under the golden rule of never to buy anything that goes in your body? That's all true. But these pictures are really convincing. I've always hoped to live 70 millimeters. For healthy I don't even smoke and I'm tempted. Good price too. $5 a pack vs. I dunno even know anymore I think it's $12 a pack for ciggies in Canada.
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:05 |
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Someone please do an aliexpress herbal cigarettes trip report Except not really I don't want to be on the hook for encouraging someone to kill themselves
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:08 |
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They just contain kratom or meth. Totally safe
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# ? May 21, 2020 20:59 |
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I was hoping they might throw in some random free research chems, but meth, what a deal!
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:35 |
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I'm gonna buy a pack and have someone else smoke them Then I'll go to jail if they're toxic - no more rent and utility bills for Jerry, baby!!
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# ? May 21, 2020 21:45 |
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I get this helmet for cool dudes.
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# ? May 21, 2020 22:02 |
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“Dominate the Computer”
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# ? May 22, 2020 04:38 |
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Bored posted:
I love that song
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# ? May 22, 2020 04:48 |
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Apologies as I'm sure it's been discussed multiples times over hundreds of pages and I even lived in China so should probably know this but - wtf is the name of the terrible Western font they use and why always that one?? For
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# ? May 22, 2020 06:05 |
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Lego Bateman
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# ? May 22, 2020 06:13 |
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sticksy posted:Apologies as I'm sure it's been discussed multiples times over hundreds of pages and I even lived in China so should probably know this but - wtf is the name of the terrible Western font they use and why always that one?? I own both of these and they're great.
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sticksy posted:Apologies as I'm sure it's been discussed multiples times over hundreds of pages and I even lived in China so should probably know this but - wtf is the name of the terrible Western font they use and why always that one?? You inspired me to research: quote:MingLiU (細明體) – default interface typeface for Windows 3.0 to Windows XP, Basically, they all using the default Chinese typeface supplied with Windows since 3.0
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# ? May 22, 2020 13:45 |
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Classy. They know the product should sell itself.
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# ? May 22, 2020 14:12 |
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Moo the cow posted:You inspired me to research: plus, it only took almost exactly 16 years but I think I finally found a new av...
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sticksy posted:Thank you for digging this up, that really is the perfect explanation, too My pleasure. I always had mild curiosity as to why the spacing was always messed up: turns out that they using a non-kerning typeface designed for fixed-width characters.
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# ? May 22, 2020 15:04 |
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That font always vaguely bothered me but I was never exactly sure why.
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:That font always vaguely bothered me but I was never exactly sure why. It's the machine translated equivalent of Comic Sans.
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Fleta Mcgurn posted:That font always vaguely bothered me but I was never exactly sure why. The kerning is weird. MS Gothic is the Japanese font equivalent, and it has the same issue.
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# ? May 22, 2020 17:27 |
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Oh wow that was actually something I always wondered, I hate that font and I absolutely hate when they use it for any UI like buttons and such.
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# ? May 22, 2020 17:38 |
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Thanks guys, now I'm going to notice it
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Hug in a Can posted:The kerning is weird. SEKCobra posted:Oh wow that was actually something I always wondered, I hate that font and I absolutely hate when they use it for any UI like buttons and such.
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# ? May 22, 2020 18:14 |
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MS like you to use Courier now.
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# ? May 22, 2020 19:40 |
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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32900709358.html As far as I can tell they ship empty; what would you fill them up with?
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:16 |
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tiny doll shoes from aliexpress
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:27 |
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NoneMoreNegative posted:
Water, and then a couple goldfish.
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# ? May 22, 2020 22:28 |
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Stripper heels in business form, I can dig it.
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NoneMoreNegative posted:
Pogs and/or beef jerky.
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# ? May 22, 2020 23:03 |
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Unperson_47 posted:Pogs and/or beef jerky. Hulk Hogan meat
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# ? May 23, 2020 00:04 |
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Dead wife’s ashes
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sticksy posted:Apologies as I'm sure it's been discussed multiples times over hundreds of pages and I even lived in China so should probably know this but - wtf is the name of the terrible Western font they use and why always that one?? What keywords do you need to put in to get Lepin Bateman?
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