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Everyone should complain about it. This thing should have been a GWP. It is very troubling that lego seems to be changing to this gouging method instead.
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I'm sure some LEGO exec said "why do we keep giving people things for free? let's just get rid of VIP points?" "People would be upset." "Ok, let's make people use the VIP points to pay for what we were giving them for free before." "Brilliant." In other words, you can expect this to continue.
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Apr 14, 2021 19:06
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Hey this VIP points situation sucks and the actual probe kind of sucks too. For anyone who missed out, PLEASE don't pay some scalper dipshit on ebay or BL or whatever. Either source the parts yourself, OR, here's an even better option: a guy on RB has designed a better-looking one that's more detailed and a more accurate scale. Not mine, no affiliation, etc. free instructions / complete set with pieces
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Apr 14, 2021 19:11
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I hope all those Ideas GWP ones don’t go this way.
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Apr 14, 2021 19:12
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Not sure if these have popped up in here and I totally missed them. My apologizes if so. Saw these at Target I really like the amusement park ride builds.    
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Apr 14, 2021 20:06
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Speaking of castle themes, have any photos of the creator castle leaked yet? I assume they'd have been posted but I've really been anticipating that one.
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Apr 14, 2021 20:23
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I am dying laughing at those eBay prices for one ugly VIP set. Really glad I don't care about space stuff right now.
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Apr 14, 2021 21:31
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I care, but that probe is not worth the trouble. The one Carbohydrates posted might be, though. Finished the shuttle and it's amazing. It dwarfs the Saturn V and the play features are a fantastic touch that really elevate it from a simple model. Putting the landing gear down is a swift and clever operation that produces a loud *clack* and I'm happy to report the flying brick successfully touched down on the  On the cons side, the windshield piece is pretty crummy. It's passable at a distance, but the closer you get, the worse it looks. The pure-white stickers that clash with the warm white of the vehicle itself are also complete amateur hour. Turns out it's the same hue as the Saturn, BTW, good to know mine hasn't yellowed after all! All in all, a mixed bag. The builds, the features and the manual are all top-notch and it's a joy to have these fine machines displayed along with the other ones, so no regrets! Still, more than a few white pieces' coloring is imperfect, the silver radiator stickers are fine but the others are just bad and the windshield clearly deserved another pass or two before entering production considering it's prominence. At 179€, those flaws are hard to excuse and... I'm still buying the ISS and Lunar Lander next for sure.
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Apr 14, 2021 23:26
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So was this Ulysses set a "one and done and will never be offered again" thing or will they make more?
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Windshields and wheel wells have been lego kryptonite for a long time. Situation was better in the 80's/90's when cars were four studs wide and we didn't know better. But now? Every vehicle demands a custom solution!
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I really liked the build on the Hubble so I’m glad that I got the probe. The Hubble is on its own display, I’ll use the probe to display the cargo bay on the shuttle
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Apr 15, 2021 00:39
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BIG HEADLINE posted:So was this Ulysses set a "one and done and will never be offered again" thing or will they make more? Probably one and done, but sometimes these things come back.
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Apr 15, 2021 01:19
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Scipiotik posted:Probably one and done, but sometimes these things come back. Sweet, then I've got a really nice Christmas present lined up for a guy I know who is really into space-themed Legos. I don't give a poo poo what it's selling for on eBay now or eight months from now. 
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xzzy posted:Speaking of castle themes, have any photos of the creator castle leaked yet? I assume they'd have been posted but I've really been anticipating that one. Supposedly it’s this https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2SiLCJQDs/?igshid=120rv9jo7wbrt
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Apr 15, 2021 01:47
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MarxCarl posted:Supposedly it’s this No, that's 10039 which is apparently a set from TYOOL 2002, but looks like something from 1982.
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I was completely unaware the lego leak market was sufficiently competitive that people farm upvotes with faked images.
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The_Doctor posted:No, that's 10039 which is apparently a set from TYOOL 2002, but looks like something from 1982. 10039 was a rerelease of a set from 1986. According to the video it's meant to be heavily inspired by those sets. Not uncommon for videos about leaks to use images of similar sets.
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Apr 15, 2021 02:11
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I was able to get the Ulysses (and picked up the Disney castle for 2x VIP points that my wife and I had been waffling over for a while now). It was a clusterfuck. Lego has got to get better at the web to pull stunts like that successfully. EDIT: it’s like they employ Radium or something. Blue Moonlight fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 04:43
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Even I have no loving clue how I got it. The direct link provided earlier didn't work for me, I just saw it listed with "redeem" underneath and jumped on it. The only way I knew the order went through is that I put it on my debit card and it texts me after every withdrawal, transaction, or credit.
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I'm really goddamned annoyed with Lego for all the crap lately. First when they put up the Space Shuttle on the first, the website crashes so hard that by the time I can get an order in, it had refreshed and I'd lost the two gifts with purchase. I didn't even realize that until it arrived, which was 4 days after a friend who had ordered theirs two days after I did had received theirs in the mail, and they didn't have to fight the website for half an hour to also get no GWP's. And then they do the surprise double VIP points. And then the Odyssey clusterfuck. But at the end of the day, what the gently caress can we do about it?
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Apr 15, 2021 07:00
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New Harry Potter stuff has leaked. The new Hogwarts set isn't really compatible with the most recent sets and is more reminiscent of the older, multi-level design with the grey rock level and the green rooves.
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Apr 15, 2021 11:03
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Doctor Spaceman posted:New Harry Potter stuff has leaked. Bit strange that they would spin out a new "system" of modularity with the new sets. I guess its because they are "20th anniversary " ones and supposed to be reminiscent of the old sets. The Chamber of Secrets set does look excellent though and having held off from Harry Potter stuff for so long I am beginning to be quite interested in getting some to make a large castle. I love the all the tan walls they have, but am less enthusiastic about the green roof. Does anyone else think all these random ~ experiments~ Lego are doing with exclusive / random "bonuses" is getting a bit silly. These sets have an exclusive "collectible" gold figure and then a load of random tiles? The Star Wars sets had old yellow guys for their "anniversary". It all feels quite confused. If you don't care about these exclusive collectable figures they can be worth selling. My "Golden Wu" from the Gardens of Ninjago City sold for £45 on Ebay, which is nearly a 20 % discount on the set.
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mitochondritom posted:Bit strange that they would spin out a new "system" of modularity with the new sets. I guess its because they are "20th anniversary " ones and supposed to be reminiscent of the old sets. The Chamber of Secrets set does look excellent though and having held off from Harry Potter stuff for so long I am beginning to be quite interested in getting some to make a large castle. I love the all the tan walls they have, but am less enthusiastic about the green roof. I guess it helps that the older minifig-scale Hogwarts was close to complete. It's missing the Bell Towers from Deathly Hallows but those aren't a particularly distinctive location compared to the others. EDIT:   From Stonewars Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 12:12 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 11:59
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The Gilderoy Lockheart stickers everywhere are hilarious
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Apr 15, 2021 13:46
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mitochondritom posted:My "Golden Wu" from the Gardens of Ninjago City sold for £45 on Ebay, which is nearly a 20 % discount on the set. I’ve never sold LEGO before but a quick payday for unloading something I don’t really appreciate fully sure is tempting.
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mitochondritom posted:Bit strange that they would spin out a new "system" of modularity with the new sets. You mean as opposed to having a whole new (incompatible) power functions system every couple of years? I hate to say it, but I think Lego is a bit confused as a company in general these days in more ways that one.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:29
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I say we hang all this on their new CEO who came on board a few years ago. Only bad stuff has happened since then.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I guess it helps that the older minifig-scale Hogwarts was close to complete. It's missing the Bell Towers from Deathly Hallows but those aren't a particularly distinctive location compared to the others. Man I came so close to buying all the Hogwarts stuff from these past few years a couple of times and I'm so glad I held off, this actually looks like a bit of a step up.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:08
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The best hogwarts is the microscale one anyways.  I'm not even a huge harry potter fan but I loving love that set.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:14
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xzzy posted:The best hogwarts is the microscale one anyways. You can be a fan of huge Harry Potter soon! 
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Apr 15, 2021 15:22
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Getting my breaker panel replaced today. Mrs. Doctor is off with the kids to a place with Wi-Fi for school sessions, we're both on PTO. Let's see how far I get today.
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Nice haul. The_Doctor posted:You can be a fan of huge Harry Potter soon! OK, that's pretty cool.
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The_Doctor posted:You can be a fan of huge Harry Potter soon!
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"It's that thing you love, but bigger." People love stuff like that, especially kids. I'm not gonna buy it, but I think the design is well done. Plus it's something new.
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Apr 15, 2021 16:16
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Oh, Fawkes too. He’s another flappy bird like Hedwig. 
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deoju posted:Nice haul. Thanks! Progress update: managed to get the 3 little sets finished before lunch arrived.
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seravid posted:I care, but that probe is not worth the trouble. The one Carbohydrates posted might be, though. Yeah ruined by stickers. If they didn't include the hubble with all those chromed bricks they could have afforded to do it properly with printed bricks probably.
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The_Doctor posted:Oh, Fawkes too. He’s another flappy bird like Hedwig. I feel like this could've been better. The head looks meh. The beak seems small and those weird teeth just look like misplaced teeth to me. Aren't the feathers on the head supposed to be bigger?
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My HP fan housemate isn’t happy with it either. He wanted more of a static ‘just quietly sitting on his perch’ Fawkes.
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The_Doctor posted:Oh, Fawkes too. He’s another flappy bird like Hedwig. Bun stream tonight - they'll be roasting y'all's favorite sets! 7PM CST, and I'll be hosting it on my own channel as well. Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Apr 16, 2021 |
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