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So I got the UCS Slave I after being backordered for forever, and starting with bag 5 the parts seem to be scrambled between bags. The small packet from bag 5 was in bag 6, there's parts that are supposed to be in bag 5 that I haven't located yet, it's kind of a mess. I've never had missing parts before so they really seem to have dropped the ball on this one.
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Casimir Radon posted:So I got the UCS Slave I after being backordered for forever, and starting with bag 5 the parts seem to be scrambled between bags. The small packet from bag 5 was in bag 6, there's parts that are supposed to be in bag 5 that I haven't located yet, it's kind of a mess. I've never had missing parts before so they really seem to have dropped the ball on this one. My palace theatre was scrambled like that. Doubled the build time, but in the end I had all the parts. That's a bummer.
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Feb 14, 2015 01:37
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anotherblownsave posted:My palace theatre was scrambled like that. Doubled the build time, but in the end I had all the parts. That's a bummer.
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Feb 14, 2015 01:47
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I got one on release day and it has it. Tracor beam. Some of them had lovely printing too, I saw someone on Eurobricks get a replacement sticker because it had lousy printing and it still had the typo. My parts were all in the right bags, though.
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Feb 14, 2015 01:55
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Dogen posted:I got one on release day and it has it. Tracor beam. Some of them had lovely printing too, I saw someone on Eurobricks get a replacement sticker because it had lousy printing and it still had the typo.
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Feb 14, 2015 02:19
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Playing with my Galaxy Squad Eradicator (the mech) and I was thinking about modding the weapon pods to use the new Gatling gun thing from Star Wars (should be easy) and maybe making some kind of rocket pod using the spring shooters (less obvious). I wonder if the line would have been more successful with those features? I find them tolerable at best in Star Wars, but I think they would've been a great fit for GS.
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Feb 14, 2015 02:31
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edit: how did I double post with awful.app? poo poo.
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Feb 14, 2015 02:31
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Oh hell yeah More pics here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy-ctC0bSpo Too bad I can't afford it.
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Feb 14, 2015 14:47
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That's the worst loving designer video ever. The poorly applied sticker is amazing, and they are both so awkward. At least the other designers seem comfortable on camera.
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Feb 14, 2015 14:49
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Not everyone is good on camera, and somehow I doubt it's a requirement in addition to passing the big ol' list of needed aspects for Lego set designers.
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Feb 14, 2015 15:20
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Looks pretty swooshable for a UCS. I'm not as excited about this as I thought I would be, but I am still going to buy it.
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Feb 14, 2015 15:47
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There's a couple of designer videos where it's not even the designer of the set, because the actual designer has poor English or is busy or something. Those are pretty dumb.
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Feb 14, 2015 16:07
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I like these new DC sets. http://brickset.com/article/14211/dc-comics-super-heroes-images Jokerland looks pretty great, and the Batboat comes with Deathstroke. Also the Batboat itself looks good. Also pics of Jurassic World ones. http://brickset.com/article/14209/jurassic-world-images Think I'll probably want to pick up at least one because I have no Lego dinosaurs and that feels wrong. And more Scooby Doo ones. http://brickset.com/article/14210/scooby-doo-images I may have to get the whole lot of those. Oh, and Ninjago looks like there's some interesting stuff there. I don't have anything out of that range but those dragons are pretty tempting. Also apparently the Exo Suit is going off sale this month.
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Feb 14, 2015 16:52
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Thanks for the heads up on the exosuit. I'be been meaning to get one for a while. Maybe I should get two...
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Feb 14, 2015 17:34
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This isn't insane or anything: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmcnaught/sets/72157628830248045/
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Feb 14, 2015 17:46
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I don't know what I was expecting, but those Jurassic World sets are extremely underwhelming IMO. I'm sure they'll do great with kids though.
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Feb 14, 2015 18:46
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bloodysabbath posted:I don't know what I was expecting, but those Jurassic World sets are extremely underwhelming IMO. I'm sure they'll do great with kids though. They are basically colour swapped versions of the last Dino line. Even the vehicles look the same.
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Feb 14, 2015 18:54
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A Old school Green Goblin!!
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Feb 14, 2015 19:17
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That Batmobile seems to be based on the Tim Burton one. Also known as the best Batmobile.
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Feb 14, 2015 20:59
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Norns posted:That Batmobile seems to be based on the Tim Burton one. Also known as the best Batmobile. There was another one two or three years ago, it seems to be the default lego bat mobile style. Plus of course the UCS that came out a while back.
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Feb 14, 2015 21:35
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There's a bunch of packaging/new set images here. This one's pretty clever:
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Feb 14, 2015 21:53
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That's really great. Those screws are really nice and simple, too.
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Feb 14, 2015 21:56
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Legoception.
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Feb 14, 2015 21:57
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Here is the Eradicator with the six shooter from the Senate Commando set. The only parts not from either set were a couple extra technic pins. I'm plotting modding the other weapon pod to replace the flick missiles with spring shooters but it's going to be more complicated. vvv sorry, thought I did but it's hard to notice on a phone. Dogen fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Feb 15, 2015 |
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Feb 14, 2015 23:56
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Jesus, timg that.
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Feb 15, 2015 00:02
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Well it looks like I get the joy of breaking down and packing up 60 Lego sets for a cross country move. This includes multiple modular buildings, pirate ships, space ships, star wars ships and tons of trucks. I am so not looking forward to reassembly too.
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Feb 15, 2015 02:32
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Rythe posted:Well it looks like I get the joy of breaking down and packing up 60 Lego sets for a cross country move. This includes multiple modular buildings, pirate ships, space ships, star wars ships and tons of trucks. I am so not looking forward to reassembly too. I hope they were broke down into 1-2 giant rear end tubs, to be reassembled from said tubs with no sorting.
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Feb 15, 2015 04:06
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I went through that with our move. It took ages. We eventually gave up on breaking down and sorting and just started breaking down in to bins. We were going to start sorting this past fall but my wife's brother moved in and took our spare room. He's moving out in a month but by then it'll be spring and we don't do Lego poo poo when its nice out.
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Feb 15, 2015 04:12
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The last two waves of Harry Potter are in a tub in our shed because they fell the gently caress apart when we moved a couple miles and my wife tossed all the instructions (they're her sets).
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Feb 15, 2015 04:14
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McDragon posted:I like these new DC sets. http://brickset.com/article/14211/dc-comics-super-heroes-images Jokerland looks pretty great, and the Batboat comes with Deathstroke. Also the Batboat itself looks good. Oh man, I'll probably pick up that Joker Park set if only for The Penguin's little penguin henchmen. Those were probably my favorite part of the original Batman run.
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Feb 15, 2015 04:27
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DrChud posted:I hope they were broke down into 1-2 giant rear end tubs, to be reassembled from said tubs with no sorting. Individuation sets are being stored in gallon zip lock bags, my modulars are plastic wrapped and then placed into two trash bags each. Bigger sets like the ships will be broken down into chunks I can reassemble some what easily, then all of that goes into some nice plastic totes and then I pray they make it more or less intact. After all that I get to do that all over with my Transformers.
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Feb 15, 2015 04:43
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I got the 7964 Republic Frigate on a whim a while back and it immediately became my favourite set ever. There's just something very cool about a utilitarian ship (or vehicle, in general) that's semi-believable at minifigure scale and also has a bunch of internal compartments. And I'd rather spend all that money on physical Legos than make-believe virtual spaceships.  What I'm trying to say is that I'm hugely excited about  even though I know literally nothing about it!Are there any other sets, old or new, I should be looking for? The Millennium Falcon is a given but is starting to get quite expensive, and the Jedi Defender-class Cruiser is too cramped to even fit minifigures with the hatches closed. Electrophotonic fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Feb 15, 2015 |
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Feb 15, 2015 13:39
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Current Star Destroyer, maybe?
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Feb 15, 2015 17:51
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Dogen posted:The last two waves of Harry Potter are in a tub in our shed because they fell the gently caress apart when we moved a couple miles and my wife tossed all the instructions (they're her sets). Brickset.com is a godsent for things like this. Keep track of which sets you have and they have handy links to lego.com's instruction sets so you can rebuild them. Now I don't feel bad for throwing instruction sets away for all the tiny sets.
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Feb 15, 2015 17:59
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Oh yeah, I scraped together all the instructions a year later, but all the space has been taken over by my stuff now. Plus you could always download the instructions and put them on your TV while you build.
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Feb 15, 2015 18:28
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Are there any webpages, or articles, or even books, on the "math of lego" subject? I dont mean how to teach kids mathematics using lego pieces (like all the google hits are if i google "lego math") but more like what angles are possible to create, what gear ratios you can make, etc. I am not really sure what to google for this Electrophotonic posted:
If you mean the UCS Millennium Falcon i would not recommend it based on what looks like your wishes. It is a very very long build that takes ages to manifest into anything looking like a spaceship, it has virtually no internal compartments as the model is so heavy all the internal space is structural beams to help support it, it is not "swooshable" at all (weighing in at around 13 lbs)
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Feb 15, 2015 20:25
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Actually it's just the regular 7965 Falcon, it's closer to $200 here  The current ISD would be neat, if the insides actually had any bearing on the actual ship. The older ISD would be more interesting as it at least has a docking bay in the right position. Plus it can be rebuilt into the Outrider. 
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Feb 15, 2015 20:43
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The body of the Falcon is a solid build, but the mandibles are way off in proportion. I had to rebuild mine and reposition the cockpit.
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Feb 15, 2015 21:42
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Not sure in any of you are interested, I was at Walmart early and they had a bunch of sets on clearance. Mainly the Ninja Turtle sets and Ninjago. Turtle sub was $45, movie turtle van $30, the liar was like 60ish. If anyone has been wanting them check it out. Seems like they were 25-30% off.
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I think General Grievous needs some more lightsabers. And arms to put them in. And I need extra lightsaber colours.
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