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Just won an auction on shopgoodwill for 10 lbs. of assorted pieces. Here's hoping we get some cool stuff. In the end it worked out to $6/lb.
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So I started getting back into Lego this past summer with my girlfriend. I just counted my minifig collection and the total is 171, 96 of which are series 1-6(all completed). Considering in August I had no minifigures to speak of I think that's pretty ridiculous. I don't have a problem do I? Do I? 
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Jan 31, 2012 23:07
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Dr. Platypus posted:From what I hear, Lego is really good about replacing missing bags of parts. Just call customer service and see what they'll do for you. Yeah, I've only had to contact them once ever, but they replaced, in my case, the damaged parts no questions asked. I'm pretty sure they didn't even charge me shipping.
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Jan 31, 2012 23:18
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Wal-Mart near me looks like they're really scaling back their LEGO shelf space. The garden center is currently a dedicated clearance section, and I found about a dozen cases of S5 minifigures marked down. I probably looked like an obsessive compulsive weirdo to all parents/grandparents discount toy shopping, but I found all the figures I wanted from that series. Also, the "feel the bag for a familiar part" method worked surprisingly well. Even managed to find a lumberjack with his axe.
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Jan 31, 2012 23:30
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I went to my local Lego Store today and they had a huge box of S6. I wanted a Minotaur but the second I started feeling up a package the two employees (the only other people in the store) looked at me and I felt like a creeper. So I grabbed the one I was holding and just got that one. It was a Gray Alien. 
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Feb 1, 2012 00:00
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they probably would of helped you find it if you asked they love lego too! (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Feb 1, 2012 00:03
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Dr. Platypus posted:From what I hear, Lego is really good about replacing missing bags of parts. Just call customer service and see what they'll do for you. They are fantastic. I had the same thing happen with the Emerald Night - a whole bunch of parts missing, worked out on the phone with them that there was a bag missing - and they sent me a whole new bag. Didn't even have to send back the double-packed one, so now I've got a swack of green bits lying around somewhere. I'm not super happy about their final QC, but their customer service is top notch.
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Feb 1, 2012 00:03
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I just won an auction for this bad boy, with everything still sealed in the original bags.  Now the dilemma: build this set that I've been lusting after for over 20 years, or flip it because it's still in the bags and pick up a used version off bricklink? I don't know if I have the self control. 
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Feb 1, 2012 00:32
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You will be much happier if you build it.
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Feb 1, 2012 00:40
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Sloppy posted:I just won an auction for this bad boy, with everything still sealed in the original bags. My brother would not let me play with that set when we were kids. I complained to mom and she wouldn't let him play with my castles. 
click to visit my metal detecting blog - updated 6/17/2012
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Feb 1, 2012 00:53
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Tighclops posted:You will be much happier if you build it. Considering you have an avatar of a spaceman you know this is the only answer.
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Feb 1, 2012 00:58
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Sloppy posted:I just won an auction for this bad boy, with everything still sealed in the original bags.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:11
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For anyone looking for specific minifigures check out the trade thread in SA Mart http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3439442
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Feb 1, 2012 01:15
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Sloppy posted:I just won an auction for this bad boy, with everything still sealed in the original bags. If your ultimate goal is just to have one to play with, you should resell if you think you can get good money for it.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:16
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Sloppy posted:I just won an auction for this bad boy, with everything still sealed in the original bags.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:23
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Ville Valo posted:I went to my local Lego Store today and they had a huge box of S6. I wanted a Minotaur but the second I started feeling up a package the two employees (the only other people in the store) looked at me and I felt like a creeper. So I grabbed the one I was holding and just got that one. It was a Gray Alien. God, I did exactly this a few days ago. Although this was in a supermarket, grocery shopping with my girlfriend. I was feeling up the packages for about 5 minutes, punctuated by running away in shame whenever anybody else entered the aisle. I got the Minotaur though.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:29
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Got a question for the fine people that work in the lego stores. The little displays that are behind the plastic at kid eye level, do you make them yourself or do you get parts and plans for them?
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Feb 1, 2012 01:34
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Manchild King posted:Hang on, do you mean the entire box is still sealed? If so, you would be absolutely insane to so much as pick at the seals. Toys are meant to be played with, if he gets another used one to play with then I can see keeping this one in the box. Otherwise, Buildbuildbuildbuildbuild.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:36
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flip it. You can get a decent used version for about 80 quid. The cheapest new in box on bricklink is nearly three times that. Sell the sealed one, buy a used one to build and spend the remaining money on a bunch more space stuff so the Blacktrons have someone to fight.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:50
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Fatkraken posted:flip it. You can get a decent used version for about 80 quid. The cheapest new in box on bricklink is nearly three times that. Sell the sealed one, buy a used one to build and spend the remaining money on a bunch more space stuff so the Blacktrons have someone to fight. Another vote for this.
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Feb 1, 2012 01:53
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Fatkraken posted:flip it. You can get a decent used version for about 80 quid. The cheapest new in box on bricklink is nearly three times that. Sell the sealed one, buy a used one to build and spend the remaining money on a bunch more space stuff so the Blacktrons have someone to fight. It really is the best option. You've got to resist the temptation, man.
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Feb 1, 2012 02:08
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Haha! Finished the mech I was building. I might make an alternate set of legs/arms or two, since I'm not entirely satisfied with them. Still, it's probably my favorite thing I've built so far.
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Feb 1, 2012 02:09
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DrChud posted:Got a question for the fine people that work in the lego stores. The little displays that are behind the plastic at kid eye level, do you make them yourself or do you get parts and plans for them? Get on AIM sometime!!
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Feb 1, 2012 02:18
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah, those are super grody. I would go with what was suggested, but in a bathtub if you have one. The water's gonna turn really, really loving gross, just fair warning. I remember washing a bunch of bricks I got at a yard sale in the sink once, with just hot soapy water and my hands to stir them up, and the water turned a mixture of brown and grey. Also, lots of floating dead bugs that had been inside a bunch of bricks. Really nasty. Stuff like this is why I actually went out of my way to buy a big 20lb or so tub of Bionicle when I was making my first mega-purchase. There's so much neat poo poo you can do with it, gently caress the haters. Plus, the stuff is cheap because of the haters.
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Feb 1, 2012 02:19
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DrChud posted:Got a question for the fine people that work in the lego stores. The little displays that are behind the plastic at kid eye level, do you make them yourself or do you get parts and plans for them? I'm not a store employee, but when the Delaware Lego Store opened my club was given all of those miniland models to build, as well as the first round of display sets. I guess they didn't have all their employees ready to do it yet or something. Most stores have the same ones, though flagship locations like Manhattan have special ones. The only issue with them is that it seems they can only use parts currently in production. There were a ton of instances in all the instructions where there were parts substitutions because the set was designed years ago. For example, a 2x4 and a 2x6 brick instead of a 2x10 brick. The problem is you don't know what's being substituted for what until you run out of something.
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Feb 1, 2012 02:28
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DrChud posted:Got a question for the fine people that work in the lego stores. The little displays that are behind the plastic at kid eye level, do you make them yourself or do you get parts and plans for them? Are you talking about the ones that aren't official sets? I haven't built any of those yet, but all of my coworkers have. I think they get instructions, but I'm not positive. I can ask when I go into work tomorrow for you! Funkmaster General posted:I was at my local Kmart yesterday and swung by the Lego aisle. The shelves were stripped bare and the set I really wanted (Atlantis angler attack) was out of stock, but they had the Alien Conquest EDF HQ on clearance and I couldn't resist. This is the largest set I've ever owned, and unfortunately my first big disappointment. The set itself is awesome, way cooler than I actually thought it would be. But somewhere in the middle of the first book, I hit a snag - a missing brick. I was able to replace it with a similar brick from my collection, but then on the next step, whoops, another one. I stopped and sorted everything to make sure and, yep, turns out the set was missing an entire bag of parts. I had bags 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7. No bag 3. Anyone ever have this happen before? Call the replacement parts number, it's 1 800 233 8756. Tell them the set and the bag you're missing, should get you set up with it! youareoffthehook fucked around with this message at 02:54 on Feb 1, 2012 |
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Feb 1, 2012 02:50
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Manchild King posted:Hang on, do you mean the entire box is still sealed? If so, you would be absolutely insane to so much as pick at the seals. No, the box isn't even included, unfortunately. It's just the bags, plates, and the loose big pieces. I probably will flip it anyway, but it will be tempting. I definitely want to play with it and use the parts in other things from time to time.
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Feb 1, 2012 03:08
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"I'm here to lay some pipe."
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youareoffthehook posted:Are you talking about the ones that aren't official sets? I haven't built any of those yet, but all of my coworkers have. I think they get instructions, but I'm not positive. I can ask when I go into work tomorrow for you! Yeah not the official sets, there was like a foot, bunch of mice with cheese, um a imax theater with all minifigs, and more with the mech too bad I cut off some of the gun.. here we go 
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Feb 1, 2012 03:26
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DrChud posted:Yeah not the official sets, there was like a foot, bunch of mice with cheese, um a imax theater with all minifigs, and more with the mech too bad I cut off some of the gun.. here we go I wish we had a display like that, that's totally rad! My favorite was the Lego store we had that was a pretty much exact replica of our store. Too bad they replaced it with a Hero Factory display instead 
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Feb 1, 2012 03:33
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DrChud posted:Yeah not the official sets, there was like a foot, bunch of mice with cheese, um a imax theater with all minifigs, and more with the mech too bad I cut off some of the gun.. here we go After I posted that and zoomed in, I noticed how the whole cockpit (top, bottom, sides) folds away from the minifig, Gundam style 
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Feb 1, 2012 03:44
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I guess Lego Jesus really loves me today. My Craigslist has been dry for months thanks to the constant BUYING LEGO TOP DOLLAR jackasses, but I managed to score a fat pile this evening. $100, and it's got the Black Seas Barracuda, the Model Team tractor trailer, a huge amount of smaller castle and pirate sets, and a whole bunch of just random stuff. It's mostly in great shape too, the printed plastic pirate flags and torsos look almost new. My wife rolled her eyes when we dragged it home. I haven't told her about the Blacktron base yet  
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Feb 1, 2012 07:00
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And the best part of that haul? You got a bunch of those creepy loving yellow eye blocks!
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Feb 1, 2012 07:12
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Sloppy posted:No, the box isn't even included, unfortunately. It's just the bags, plates, and the loose big pieces. I probably will flip it anyway, but it will be tempting. I definitely want to play with it and use the parts in other things from time to time. ...how much are you looking to sell it for?
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Feb 1, 2012 07:20
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Pyroclastic posted:...how much are you looking to sell it for? Not sure. I'll have to inventory it when it arrives and make sure it's all actually there, see if the loose pieces are in good condition, etc. I got it off Shopgoodwill, so it's kind of a crap shoot.
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Feb 1, 2012 07:27
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Funkmaster General posted:They won't take it back since I opened all the bags before noticing. lego customer service is the cool place to hang out. You can find most of the cool people there. In lego customer service you can just chill and do whatever and totally relax. "Take it easy" is the lego customer service motto, for example, that's how laid back it is there. Call up if you want to have a good time. Another good reason to call up is if you want to hang out with friends.
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Feb 1, 2012 07:58
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DrChud posted:Alright. How much for this kit? If not how much for schematics?
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Herr Tog posted:Alright. How much for this kit? If not how much for schematics? The pic has a pretty high res, it might not be very hard to figure out how to build it if you zoomed in on it and really thought it out.
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Feb 1, 2012 15:44
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All of this Goodwill/Craigslist LEGO talk reminded me that I have a 6059: Knight's Stronghold with the box from 1990 in my attic. The only way to see if it still has all the parts is to put it together. 
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John Carstairs posted:Yeah, I've only had to contact them once ever, but they replaced, in my case, the damaged parts no questions asked. I'm pretty sure they didn't even charge me shipping. I've had to order replacements for missing/damaged parts about five times, always through their web interface, no charge and little hassle. Only once did they mail me a return envelope because they wanted to examine the damaged part to try to figure out what went wrong. It's really pretty slick, not unexpectedly for a company that exclusively sells tiny bits of plastic. So I have a set of tan midget minifig legs I'd like to turn white. Is there a particularly consistent way to bleach the color out of a LEGO?
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