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Adregan posted:Is this state side or in the UK? California.
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Olympic minifigs finally showed up, but my wife just had surgery so she hasn't been in the mood to open them although she graciously offered to let me do so, but I don't want to because they're hers. I did grab Sassee Tin's starfighter and Anakin's interceptor, which are both pretty good builds. I like having a SW craft that actually has real landing gear all around (starfighter), and the interceptor looks really great from the top and sides, though the bottom and rear of it... not so great. But also having the better looking Obi-Wan and Anakin figs is nice (the clone wars ones I have freak me out). I am starting to trawl my local craigslist to find people selling no longer available kits... WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?
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Remind the Lego dilettante; I should check in Target before TRU for minifigs as TRU is more expensive, correct?
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Rustie posted:California. Washington, too. Just checked the Puyallup store and they had a box worth stuffed into those dumbass endcap boxes. I had them check, but they didn't have any unopened in inventory. None of the local Fred Meyer stores had them in. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at 00:42 on Aug 14, 2012 |
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beato posted:I have the Scuderia Ferrari truck (8654) and all the stickers flaked off in little bits and stuck to all the other Lego that I'd stored it with. Removing all the little red flakes of sticker was a nightmare, it got everywhere including my clothes and skin.
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Pyroclastic posted:Washington, too. Just checked the Puyallup store and they had a box worth stuffed into those dumb rear end endcap boxes. I had them check, but they didn't have any unopened in inventory. None of the local Fred Meyer stores had them in. Ok I will check my Kmart tomorrow since they are the only ones around that are good at getting the new ones in.
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Zeether posted:Is there an easy way to remove them? Like soaking them in water or something? Most of it literally just flaked off and stuck to my fingers as I rubbed it. The remaining parts I soaked in hot water with dishwashing liquid and it came off fine after that.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Remind the Lego dilettante; I should check in Target before TRU for minifigs as TRU is more expensive, correct? Everything at TRU is more expensive. I don't go to TRU unless there's an exclusive, or if there's a BOGO sale, which for some reason there hasn't been all frickin' summer long.
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Captain Invictus posted:I kinda wish it had been twice the length and shown the history between the 60s and now, though. The different lines created, the different technologies used, even the fall of Lego in the late 90s that nearly destroyed the company, the Megablok lawsuit. Lego's story is a fascinating one. Can you expand a bit on the "fall of Lego?" I fell out of Lego around that time (stupid teenage years) and didn't know it came close to death. Also, what exactly happened with the megabloks lawsuit?
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Aug 14, 2012 01:14
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I picked up 9396, the new Technic rescue helicopter last week, and I'm definitely going to rebuild it into the B model, even if the A is more complex and larger. First, 8856 with the flex cables was still cooler even if the wobbly hub control was less accurate, and two, the B model is a guddamn synchropter with a pusher prop, which is about as cool as a Lego hellachopter can ever get without being blue and white with a trans orange canopy.
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NickThorn posted:Can you expand a bit on the "fall of Lego?" I fell out of Lego around that time (stupid teenage years) and didn't know it came close to death. Also, what exactly happened with the megabloks lawsuit? This article is a pretty good source as to what happened and how they turned it around. Basically, complacency and idealism set in and people were focused on lots of things that weren't integral to the business.
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Aug 14, 2012 06:45
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Funny that there is a Lego Cuusoo project for the Mars rover with 5K votes, when that's the kind of project Lego does anyways. Like they did two sets for the last rovers.
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einTier posted:This article is a pretty good source as to what happened and how they turned it around. Best bit of the article: quote:They also have very strong views on objects made of transparent Lego, as we found with the energy crystals eaten by the rock monsters in Power Miners. If it's transparent it has magical powers, apparently.'
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Sockser posted:Best bit of the article: Well, duh. When I was a kid the main reason I'd ever go for space sets was so my Kingdoms guys could have magic stuff.
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Sockser posted:Best bit of the article: Those kids are gonna be mindfucked when they find out about this.
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Any Ausgoons (or specifically, Melbourne goons) who want some cheap Lego, I am selling a couple of sets and thought I'd see if anyone is interested before I put them on eBay or gumtree. - Lego 7065 Alien mothership - Lego 8061 Gateway of the Squid - Lego 8059 Seabed Scavenger - Lego 8060 Typhoon Turbo Sub All sets have been opened and built for display but come with the box, instructions and all pieces. PM me or email cyberdelicfuture@gmail.com if you're interested.
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Aug 15, 2012 01:21
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Looks like you'll be able to add a LEGO graveyard to your haunted house:
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Optimist Prime posted:Looks like you'll be able to add a LEGO graveyard to your haunted house: Wow that is nice looking, way to much for it though on E-Bay. Any idea if that set is buyable in any stores yet?
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Aug 15, 2012 18:16
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Was it ever mentioned in here that you can buy the second Cuusoo product, that Japanese satellite, on the US lego store now? It was "coming in Spring" all the way through July. Don't think I will bother buying it, since it's kind of boring and stickerriffic.... http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Hayabusa-21101
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Aug 15, 2012 18:53
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Why does the zombie have a walkie-talkie? Or I guess a briefcase, for that matter...
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Aug 15, 2012 19:23
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Fairly sure that set's a knock off. I'm sure they're disinterring the lawyers in Billund as we speak.
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Aug 15, 2012 19:28
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Umbra Dubium posted:Fairly sure that set's a knock off. 
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Aug 15, 2012 22:15
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There's no way that's a knock off. It looks exactly like the Lego store exclusive sets they put out seasonally or to compliment certain themes. Like this one:
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Aug 15, 2012 22:32
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Dogen posted:Why does the zombie have a walkie-talkie? Or I guess a briefcase, for that matter... It's a cell phone. He has a cell phone and a briefcase because he was a businessman before he died and was raised as a zombie. You could ask why does he have a giant 80's cell phone with an antenna but clearly he died in the 80s and was only recently raised as a zombie.
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Aug 16, 2012 00:05
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It's some sort of cultural commentary, like all good zombie movies. How could I have been so blind?
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Travis343 posted:It's a cell phone. He has a cell phone and a briefcase because he was a businessman before he died and was raised as a zombie. Hahah, I was thinking the exact same thing. Rise from the dead to close deals once again!
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Dogen posted:Why does the zombie have a walkie-talkie? Or I guess a briefcase, for that matter... Dispatcher: Lego rescue 7 come in. Zombie: Lego rescue 7 here, send more paramedics.
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Gotta keep coordinated with other zombies. *ppsssssht* BRAAAAAAINS, over *ssshhhkt*
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Gabriel Pope posted:Gotta keep coordinated with other zombies. *ppsssssht* BRAAAAAAINS, over *ssshhhkt* Close, but not quite. In fact it is a tactic for getting more brains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLSL8E-FLrQ (Contains a swear)
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I think it's supposed to be like, an 80s cell phone. Based on the briefcase and the suit.
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Broke down and bought the Queen Anne's Revenge on clearance a couple weeks ago, finally got time to sit down and build it. One of the bow sections is missing  How on earth does something that big get through QA?
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As I recall they're loose in the box... so maybe the box came open or something? Who knows, at least Lego is good about replacing that stuff.
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I replaced the shelves in my lego room, now to finish filling them up!
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RodShaft posted:I replaced the shelves in my lego room, now to finish filling them up! Second shelf up, closest thing to the wall. The hell is that?
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rickiep00h posted:Second shelf up, closest thing to the wall. The hell is that? It appears to be the megabloks halo tank and banshee?
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AzMiLion posted:It appears to be the megabloks halo tank and banshee? Heresy! But seriously yeah, that's what it looks like.
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 Found this morning at Toys R Us in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Someone got there before me and took all the divers and conquistadors and pirate captains. Arsenal_12 fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Aug 16, 2012 |
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I know the black robot is a reuse from the first line of CMF's but I like it a lot better than the silver one for some reason.
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Scored an old-timey diving suit minifig at TRU today. I love the expression on his face: "  "He came with an extra little grey 1x1 brick that I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with, though.
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