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So, today my folks decided to do a big spring cleaning. Well, my mom decided that for the rest of us. So I've finally gotten around to cleaning my room properly, discard shitloads of random useless memorabilia gathered over a decade and make room on my shelves for my collection. I also took this chance to move my lego collection (which is still unsorted) from a big black plastic ugly-rear end tub to more suitable containers, making sorting and building much more manageable. I will probably spend the evening sorting through my poo poo, and finally getting around to starting my zombie invasion diorama. I've also noticed that the stickers which I never, ever use, actually will play a part in my diorama. The new Space Police has some awesome stickers which will perfectly suit my police/armymen fighting the zombies. I might post pictures of my WIPs, but don't count on anything as spectacular as the things you guys make.
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kensei posted:Yeah, City: http://www.toywiz.com/lego2824.html At least it has a naked santa in the shower.
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Jul 17, 2010 18:58
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I usually get an odd look when they ask if I want it giftwrapped and I say no, especially from the younger clerks. A 22 year old student buying LEGO for himself in this small city is a rare thing indeed.
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Jul 19, 2010 00:19
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I suggest doing a diorama of your own design. This way you'll get a lot more fun out of it, as well as something you can really be proud of when your colleagues ask you how you got it.  If you can get your hands on some zombies, a magician, maybe a robot, and the jester from the Castles set (or is it Kingdoms? I always mix those two up), you could make a nice little horror circus setting. Add a crocodile, some monkeys, bats and dragons and the like, and it could be horribly magical.
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Jul 19, 2010 16:35
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I think everybody who bought that set gave him a cane. I know I did. ^^ I was also totally surprised at the sheer size of the thing. The box really doesn't do it justice. Best set I've bought in the last half year.
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Jul 26, 2010 12:06
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That ship has a very definite Firefly feel to it, with the cargo, crew and general dissaray of it all.
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Jul 30, 2010 22:59
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I never cared for Bionicle. To me, it simply isn't LEGO, it's toys with detachable bodyparts.
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Aug 4, 2010 12:05
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Invasion of the Giant Crewmembers! Fight them off with the fighter jets, then watch your ship fall to pieces anyway!
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Aug 7, 2010 15:06
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Indeed. My parents took me there when I was 12 or so, too young to really appreciate such things. Now I want to take my girlfriend there next summer. Thanks for reminding me.
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Aug 10, 2010 16:59
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I'm on a whole different continent... Although there is one in the UK, that's still across the canal. Not as easily crossed for a poor student. 
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Aug 10, 2010 17:41
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I remember seeing that before in a zombie diorama. The one with the Lebowski reference (Walter+Bowling Alley). It's now locked in my mind for future use, as so many things I pick up from this thread are.
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Aug 10, 2010 18:39
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sam.freak posted:I have a lego end user catalogue here that says "september" for series 2. Series 1 is all over the place here (Europe, Austria). You always need more zombies.
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Aug 17, 2010 08:21
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Don't give me ideas like that. Now I hate you for creating a dream and crushing it all at once.
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Aug 17, 2010 09:59
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Where in Europe? Not the Netherlands by any chance?
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Aug 19, 2010 13:31
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Awesome. I'm picking some up today. ^^ Which stores? Bart Smit, Intertoys, etc I presume?
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Aug 19, 2010 14:10
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Cool. I'm in Lelystad, so I'll check here first. Later today I'm going down to Amsterdam, so if I can't get them here, I could always check there.
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Aug 19, 2010 14:15
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So I bought five of them, and just my luck, none of the ones I really, really wanted were in there. Still, I did get the Judo guy with two golden statues, the circus guy, 2 highway patrolmen, and a singer... I wanted the ancient and undead minifigs, also, the mime...
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Aug 19, 2010 15:16
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I bought a few series 2 today, got Spartacus, the pharao, 2nd circus-dude, ski-guy, bayway babe and the mexican. I'm really, really happy with the first two. I also noticed they still had at least two unopened boxes of series one. Unfortunately for all you US goons, it's in the Netherlands..
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Aug 25, 2010 21:06
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TremorX posted:I'm in Target, and looking at the collector's edition of Halo: Reach. I'm kinda waffling on getting it, and my wife says to me.. "You've hated every game you've bought in the past year. Why don't you just get that Lego set you've been wanting? You stand there and stare at it for ten minutes every time you see it." Your wife is a wise woman, and you're a very lucky man.
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Sep 20, 2010 04:49
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Sair posted:I think they mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender I am so going to built something like that, only give it a personal touch. Why didn't I think of that before? 
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Oct 14, 2010 00:08
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Bluemillion posted:I love the gun on the front of this. Your nephew rocks. The gun is cool, but an alligator launching ladder? gently caress YEAH!
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Oct 16, 2010 02:44
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jet sanchEz posted:The first prototype had sharks instead of an alligator but it was redesigned because sharks need to be in water to live and alligators don't. Pretty hilarious kid, you should see his sketches for the pumpkins we are carving next week. Take some pics of that and upload them (bothc sketches and results). Hell, it might even be inspirational. ^^
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Oct 16, 2010 04:34
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Captain Invictus posted:That loving hat, jesus christ This hat?  What's unofficial about it? (Although the set technically seems good, I just don't like the theme/look of it all.)
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Oct 28, 2010 09:27
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tonelok posted:If you like Lovecraft, you have to look at this: That's really cool.
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Nov 17, 2010 04:48
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Speed Skater should be Ice Skater, otherwise a perfectly fine translation.
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Nov 18, 2010 03:59
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Carbohydrates posted:I'd love to take credit for the translation, but I'm sadly monolingual. It's never too late to learn. Also, 'punk' in this case doesn't refer to a brat/rotten child/whatever, but the mohawk anarchist kind.
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Nov 18, 2010 05:02
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Granite Octopus posted:During the intense boredom of sitting around with nowhere to go and no power, I decided to make a laptop stand (screw paying $130 for a few bits of aluminum) Oh poo poo, why haven't I ever thought of doing that?! Next project, defintely.
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Jan 14, 2011 19:04
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Flavor Bear posted:Jesus Christ, you think a Lego brick is painful to step on barefoot? I remember it not being so bad. The sticks were flexible enough to bend once you put some weight on it, and not very sharp.
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Jan 17, 2011 20:42
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Joudas posted:Well i mean at some point I went "Ohh poo poo a thread about lego, no way" and I clicked on it. I wouldn't have clicked on a thread about sticklebricks or duplo. I think more people would/will actually click on it out of curiosity.
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Feb 6, 2011 19:48
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Oh man, I really have to get back to my LEGOs, I've been too busy with life and stuff...
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Feb 7, 2011 22:04
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Feb 21, 2011 18:46
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I am going to share my latest creation with you, simple as it may be right now: This is part of the lab I have created for my character participating in Zoofights. There is more or less twice as much that comprises this particular section, but the rest is just filler, more or less, and not interesting at all. As Zoofights continues, I will create more and more sections of my Scientist's lair, and post them here if you guys don't object. As for the scientist's face, I chose this face because it is the most neutral face with features that I have the most expressions for. It will give allow me more freedom when creating new scenes. Of course, if you guys have any hints/tips/suggestions/criticism in the next months feel free to post them, because I'm always willing to learn. (And yes, I know it's dusty, but it's a scientist's robotics workshop, what do you expect?)
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May 10, 2011 02:32
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Saint Sputnik posted:Just in case you missed it earlier in the thread, my little brother made this That seems like alot of fun to do. When I was younger I painted over standard fig heads sometimes to my liking. I think I might try again, only this time more elaborate, like your brother. I don't think I'll be nearly as good as him though. In other news, and a small question: I just had another shipment of lego come in. I had 40some bucks to spare and couldn't resist ordering some sets online that weren't in the shops anymore. I just finished building the first of them. Lego 8112 Battle Arachnoid from the Exo-Force line.  When I saw it on the website I ordered from (brickshop.nl for you Dutchies, Belgians and Germans), it was on sale. Even at it's original price, it seems like a hell of a great deal. I paid 7.95 (down from 9.95, and it's so big for it's price. When you look at similarly priced sets from other lines, it seems a lot more value for your buck. Is that something that's typical for Exo-Force? And if so, which other lines are similarly priced. (I know to stay away from all the licenced stuff.)
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May 17, 2011 18:42
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Saint Sputnik posted:I still have a little Superman I customized when I was younger. I did a Homer Simpson too, and come to think of it the Simpsons would be a phenomenal property for Lego to get involved with. Yeah, I was looking through the set and they're all butt-ugly, except for one or two other spider-like bad guys. My amazement is more about how drat cheap and fun this particular set is. 8 euros for a set that looks like it could cost 15-20 euros and people would still buy it. The bad guys robot dude isn't too bad either, I can definitely see him becoming useful.
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May 18, 2011 01:36
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beato posted:I would just make the diorama 8 studs wide and keep the large white frames, they look good. Agreed. From what I've seen of the sport and the stadiums, it doesn't look far off from the real thing and aren't the windows in general disgusting anyway? That should give you points for realism!
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Jun 12, 2011 14:40
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Inspector_71 posted:Seymour was a blatant grab at tears and I hate him for that. Luck of the Fryish was by far a more emotionally powerful episode. Thank god I'm not the only one feeling that way. gently caress Seymour.  gently caress Fry's idiot parents even more.
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Jun 25, 2011 01:50
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I'll be heading into town tomorrow to see if I can find the S5 minifigs. If they're in the UK the Netherlands shouldn't be too far behind I hope.
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Jul 27, 2011 23:31
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Making sculptures out of floral foam with lego, sort of like a 3D printer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1cO2XhMrg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX1cO2XhMrg The only non-lego element is the drill. I want one.
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Aug 22, 2011 14:11
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I just bought the Alien Conquest tripod, and I'm loving the eyeball piece. I wish I had more and/or they were available in cheaper sets. Might be the first piece(s) I'm going to buy seperately.
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Aug 24, 2011 13:31
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Krispy Kareem posted:Do you mean the laser ball socket thingy? Yeah, I'm just calling it the eyeball because that's what sprung to mind when I first saw it.
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