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Mitsune posted:I found the sets at the official LEGO retail store (specifically in Ontario Mills). The cashier told me they just put them up on the shelves this past Monday (7/14/2014). I also didn't see any hint of them in the surrounding stores (e.g. Target, Toys R Us, etc). I finished my snow speeder, had my son find the pieces in the pictures for me and he had a blast. The hardest part was keeping him from playing with the unfinished product while I was trying to find pieces. I think next week I'm gonna pick up the AT-AT empire strikes back is my favorite Star Wars movie. A lot of cool details in this set. Very happy with it
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Trans pieces and non-trans pieces have different friction rates, so they expand and bind up. It's a non-recommended technique, but they'll do it if necessary. There was a PDF a while back that went in to the non-standard techniques and the reasons why not to use them.
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rickiep00h posted:Trans pieces and non-trans pieces have different friction rates, so they expand and bind up. It's a non-recommended technique, but they'll do it if necessary. There was a PDF a while back that went in to the non-standard techniques and the reasons why not to use them. Still got that PDF handy? I'd be interested in reading it.
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It was actually a powerpoint, but I've saved it as a PDF. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ij0i4z8bf1014a6/brickstress.pdf
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Neurion posted:Still got that PDF handy? I'd be interested in reading it. I'll see if I can find it somewhere. Tomorrow at the latest. Edit: or that ^^^^
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Found Sound posted:Today I assembled a squad of space marines for desktop defense That's pretty awesome, I am now wishing I had more than 3.
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rickiep00h posted:Trans pieces and non-trans pieces have different friction rates, so they expand and bind up. It's a non-recommended technique, but they'll do it if necessary. There was a PDF a while back that went in to the non-standard techniques and the reasons why not to use them. Well I wish they wouldn't - my hand still hurts this morning! Though that's interesting to know why it's so difficult. Glad I wasn't just being some sort of idiot.
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If any Cleveland area folks are looking for the new SW sets, the Beachwood Place mall's Lego store has them all out. Got the snowspeeder, cantina, destroyer, and ATAT yesterday. Also bought the giant R2D2 model because the GF loves R2D2 and needs something to piece together while I deal with "those lumps of gray." (She doesn't get it. I missed the ATAT/Star Destroyer last time, man.  )
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Pyroclastic posted:It was actually a powerpoint, but I've saved it as a PDF. Oh man, I definitely did a lot of this 'illegal' connection as a kid:  I didn't know...please don't send the Lego Cops after me! 
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DrBouvenstein posted:Oh man, I definitely did a lot of this 'illegal' connection as a kid: I think if you have another load point in the other side of that brick, like a barrel or another brick, that might be okay. Having the cone ad the sole load-bearing element seems bad, though.
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DrBouvenstein posted:Oh man, I definitely did a lot of this 'illegal' connection as a kid: Isn't that why newer ones have a ridge at the tip, so it can be a "legal" connection? My favorite quirk I've been made aware of recently is those 2x2 round bricks with the ridges on them. You can stick them to a plate rotated 45 degrees and it works just fine. Someone asked a lego employee about it, and it came back that it's "not illegal, but not recommended".
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I don't think they have a ridge on the top, they'd have to change the shape of the cone to do that. The top part is shaped like a regular stud with straight sides, but it goes straight from that to the angled edges of the cone. The legal method of doing that is just using 3 plates instead of a regular brick. Or any technique where it becomes impossible to push the brick down onto the cone.
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Digital War posted:I don't think they have a ridge on the top, they'd have to change the shape of the cone to do that. The top part is shaped like a regular stud with straight sides, but it goes straight from that to the angled edges of the cone. Not anymore!  This is the new style:  And the old one:  They actually changed it so that you can't jam the cone all the way into a brick, creating the pressure that the PDF was talking about.
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xzzy posted:My favorite quirk I've been made aware of recently is those 2x2 round bricks with the ridges on them. You can stick them to a plate rotated 45 degrees and it works just fine. Someone asked a lego employee about it, and it came back that it's "not illegal, but not recommended". You mean this guy, right?  What do you mean by sticking it to a plate at 45 degrees?
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Yes, that brick. I can't explain it any better.. get a 6x6 plate or something and stick the brick to it. Then pull it off, rotate it 45 degrees, and offset it so it lines up with the studs. It'll pop right into place. It works because the stud gaps along the bottom edge are bigger than normal.
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I'm just starting to re-explore LEGO as I have a 3 and a half year old son that loves the stuff we've gotten for him so far. I had some classic space stuff as a kid, but my primary "kit" was about a cubic yard of random bricks I'm sure my mom got at a yardsale or something. My son's been enjoying the Junior stuff in construction theme. Do they not make a lot of construction themed stuff? I saw some in the City collection but I thought it'd be a bigger representation. For myself, do people commonly publish instructions/parts lists for their MOCs? I'm not very creative, but see some incredible stuff I would consider building. I'm not sure if build instructions are like guarded secrets or like an open community. I'm buying that Exo Suit when it comes out  If I had the creativity I'd use it as a framework to build Ripley's PowerLoader. I looked up some PowerLoaders but for some reason all the stuff that's to-scale with the minifigs doesn't wow me.Hopefully the Burlington store is not spergrushed to hell  and I can grab one.
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uwaeve posted:
There was like 6-7 I think in the last city construction theme. The large dump truck 4202 and the little dump truck w/ bobcat 4201 are pretty cool. I believe in the winter sets they have coming out this year there are another 6 or so construction themed sets too.
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Mini Cooper is now available for VIPs for $99.99, with a free mini Mini Cooper. http://shop.lego.com/en-US/VIP-Early-Access-10242 Edit: You also get the Shredder minifig if you order before July 20th. If you wait until August 25th, I think there's a free Chima mini set. smackfu fucked around with this message at 15:55 on Jul 18, 2014 |
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smackfu posted:Mini Cooper is now available for VIPs for $99.99, with a free mini Mini Cooper. Swooped on that, also had $10 rewards sitting around. 
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First thing I did at work was hit up Shop@Home. Got that, the mini Mini, and Shredder.  And Costco was selling the Technic power crane for 50 bucks off with free shipping, so sure, why not get that too while I'm at it?
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Netflix US just put up a mini documentary called Inside Lego. It goes into how the business runs and has some neat stuff from the factory floor. It's only 20 minutes.
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I'm tempted to hop on that and just sell the mini model as a kind of rebate. People were getting $20-$30 for the mini VW bus.
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smackfu posted:Mini Cooper is now available for VIPs for $99.99, with a free mini Mini Cooper. Order placed! I already have a Shredder from getting the Star Destroyer in-store, but I'm not really a fan of that or Chima either so no point in waiting. I'm curious to see what this sort of interesting type of construction they mentioned using near the bottom of the door sills is. And this will hopefully stop me from going back and getting the MTT or some City sets just yet...
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Right now Targets are doing their summer toy clearance, a few lego sets are available. It really is a huge YMMV, but I was able to pick up the fire station today for 50% off. Other things I saw were a few chima sets, and some smaller friends sets.
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smackfu posted:Mini Cooper is now available for VIPs for $99.99, with a free mini Mini Cooper. I was waiting for that so I ordered it right away, hoping it would be delivered today. But it wasn't, oh well. I already have the Shredder so I think they automatically swapped that for the Chima. (God I hope I won't have to wait until the end of august because of that.) I also ordered Bilbo's shack because why not.
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How would I go about reversing the orientation of my bricks by 180 degrees in my Lego build? That is, in a section where all the studs are facing up, I need to make a transition so that the studs now face downwards. If they made a two sided brick it would be simple.
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If space isn't a concern, brackets are the easiest (and strongest) way. If you gotta conserve space, part 4733 and its ilk work too. xzzy fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Jul 19, 2014 |
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Another method is a bunch of technic beams with the stud pins facing both directions.
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Rathina posted:Right now Targets are doing their summer toy clearance, a few lego sets are available. It really is a huge YMMV, but I was able to pick up the fire station today for 50% off. Other things I saw were a few chima sets, and some smaller friends sets. Walmarts, too. I've seen Jabba's Sail Barge (so close to almost pulling the trigger on that, but it was "down" to $99), the LotR ghost ship at $74, and a few other random sets, but none of them have really been things that were super compelling to me. The only set I'm really eyeing right now is Lord Business' Lair or whatever it's called, because I think Business Kitty is the only one we're missing. And, y'know, Lord Business.
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Subyng posted:How would I go about reversing the orientation of my bricks by 180 degrees in my Lego build? That is, in a section where all the studs are facing up, I need to make a transition so that the studs now face downwards. If they made a two sided brick it would be simple. One method I've used in a few of my builds is the non-click hinge plate pairs you see below, but with one of the elements flipped.  It's only 1 plate thick, but would need a few spread out over an area to be relatively strong and stable.
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Thanks for the suggestions! I'm not too concerned about makings stable right now since I'm making a monstrosity in Lego Digital Designer that would never stand up on its own if it was ever built without an entire set worth of bracing structures (it's a spaceship)
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Was in the Brighton (UK) Lego store today, they said the Exo-suit was out on the 26th July and would be limited to 2 per customer. I think the guy said the Lady Scientists set would be around £30 (and out after the Exo-suit), and the Exo-suit more expensive, around £40-ish.
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tactical_grace posted:Was in the Brighton (UK) Lego store today, they said the Exo-suit was out on the 26th July and would be limited to 2 per customer. I think the guy said the Lady Scientists set would be around £30 (and out after the Exo-suit), and the Exo-suit more expensive, around £40-ish. That's hugely more expensive than in the US so I can't imagine that's right. If it is I guess I'm not getting either of those sets then
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Tumbler!!! http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/07/20/lego-dark-knight-tumbler-toy-exclusive/12909645/
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mattfl posted:Tumbler!!! That Joker will go for so much money on ebay/bricklink.
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kensei posted:That Joker will go for so much money on ebay/bricklink. I could swear I saw that Joker on ebay the past few months but just assumed it was the knockoff's from china.
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One of my friends just gave me a container of a few sets including the Market Street modular. I've been using online instructions and piecing it together, but all the pieces are there as far as I've gotten so far. It's really interesting to see how far the modulars have come, having gotten the Palace Cinema, Pet Shop, and Parisian Restaurant this year. It's still a fun build, but it makes me appreciate the details of the newer models even more.
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Koruthaiolos posted:One of my friends just gave me a container of a few sets including the Market Street modular. I've been using online instructions and piecing it together, but all the pieces are there as far as I've gotten so far. It's really interesting to see how far the modulars have come, having gotten the Palace Cinema, Pet Shop, and Parisian Restaurant this year. It's still a fun build, but it makes me appreciate the details of the newer models even more. Wow, he just gave you something like that? He had no idea what he had. Market Street alone is worth over $500 now.
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mattfl posted:Tumbler!!! Saw this earlier and it looks pretty sweet. Might have to pick it up if I get the chance. I went to Legoland California last Wednesday; it was pretty fun, but not as much as it would have been if I were a kid or had children of my own. The miniland stuff and Lego Movie Experience were the best parts, and even though it's a ripoff at $10 per 1/4 pound, I picked up some dark azure 1x2s. I also got to draft 9 X-jets at my LUG meeting on Saturday, and I took advantage of the Toys R Us sale to get the other two sets. 
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There's a pretty cool story on BBC today about LEGO washing up on a beach in England. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28367198
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