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Trip Report: 31039 Blue Power Jet is a fun build and is super swooshable
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May 26, 2015 00:54
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The Final Duel ended up being a cooler set than I thought it was going to be, although the windows are just too drat small. The platform the throne sits on is only secured by a couple studs- I wonder if it is meant to be removed so you can play under the stairs, or maybe will be attached to another set at some point...
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May 26, 2015 04:21
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Dogen posted:The Final Duel ended up being a cooler set than I thought it was going to be, although the windows are just too drat small. Love your theory. Would not be surprised
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May 26, 2015 17:02
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Pirate Ken posted:Love your theory. Would not be surprised I thought at first it might be meant so you could just easily display the emperor by himself, because the little play mechanism that flips the lightsaber up is also easily removed, but the rim of the window is lower than the plate the whole thing sits on so I figured it wasn't meant for that. Probably it's just so it's easy to get in there and make Luke hide under the stairs, but I like to dream.
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May 26, 2015 17:12
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Pirate Ken posted:Love your theory. Would not be surprised They had Final Dual 1 and 2 sets previously. They were really small sets tuough.
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May 26, 2015 17:39
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:I'm guilty of buying a few sets of the bootleg Chinese mini figures, mainly out of morbid curiosity Follow-up from a previous post -- my knockoff bootleg Walking Dead minifigs showed up today. I grabbed three fan favorites out of the whole pack (24 figures for $4 shipped):  Rick -- looks awesome. Carol -- looks pretty good too. Daryl -- AHHHH WHAT THE gently caress IS UP WITH YOUR FACE. So yeah, quality is hit or miss as previously stated.
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May 27, 2015 03:03
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:Follow-up from a previous post -- my knockoff bootleg Walking Dead minifigs showed up today. I grabbed three fan favorites out of the whole pack (24 figures for $4 shipped): Ok so looks like I need the whole Walking Dead series of these then. What's a good price to pay? I'm seeing about $20 + $10 shipping for 24 which I'm guessing is the whole series? Do you have a preferred buyer you buy from on ebay?
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May 27, 2015 12:55
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mattfl posted:Ok so looks like I need the whole Walking Dead series of these then. What's a good price to pay? I'm seeing about $20 + $10 shipping for 24 which I'm guessing is the whole series? Do you have a preferred buyer you buy from on ebay? The best suggestion I can give is to refresh eBay a couple times a day for 'Walking Dead minifig'. Since the figures are essentially bootlegs, the benefit is that a ton of different people have access to buying them, which means eBay pricing can vary wildly. Sometimes that works against you; you'll get somebody selling a single figure (Sheriff Rick, for instance) for $8 alone. On the flip side of that, you'll get people who have no idea how to price the things who end up basically giving them away (which is how I got all 24 for $4). If you're not up for trying to game the system, the $20 + $10 is pretty standard for the complete set of all of them. That said, if you act fast you can usually get them for $10 - $15 from somebody once a day/once every other day, but the lower prices never last. I don't have any particular buyer that I frequently use; they all come from the same manufacturer, so as long as somebody has positive feedback, it doesn't particularly bother me who I'm buying from.
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May 27, 2015 14:00
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:The best suggestion I can give is to refresh eBay a couple times a day for 'Walking Dead minifig'. Since the figures are essentially bootlegs, the benefit is that a ton of different people have access to buying them, which means eBay pricing can vary wildly. Sometimes that works against you; you'll get somebody selling a single figure (Sheriff Rick, for instance) for $8 alone. On the flip side of that, you'll get people who have no idea how to price the things who end up basically giving them away (which is how I got all 24 for $4). If you're not up for trying to game the system, the $20 + $10 is pretty standard for the complete set of all of them. That said, if you act fast you can usually get them for $10 - $15 from somebody once a day/once every other day, but the lower prices never last. I don't have any particular buyer that I frequently use; they all come from the same manufacturer, so as long as somebody has positive feedback, it doesn't particularly bother me who I'm buying from. Great thanks! It seems like whatever the knockoff Lego company that's making these has quite an assortment of them, I found them on aliexpress as well. edit: Ok I did some searching. There looks to be 3 main minifig knockoff Chinese companies. Elephant, Decool, and SY(sheng yuan). Elephant makes the Walking Dead ones Decool seems to be mainly superhero focused, both DC and Marvel SY has misc ones, SWAT, Ghostbusters, Hobbit, Simpsons, Clash of Clans and a few others. In case anyone cares.  mattfl fucked around with this message at 14:12 on May 27, 2015 |
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May 27, 2015 14:04
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http://www.thebrickfan.com/first-look-at-lego-star-wars-the-force-awakens-set-75104/ What a boring looking set of grey slabs and a box 
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May 27, 2015 14:49
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Those are the best star wars sets. Keep an eye on bricklink for resellers that strip the minifigs, get a bunch of light grey pieces to improve your classic space inventory.
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May 27, 2015 14:53
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Anyone have any thoughts on the current Star Destroyer? I just bought the B-Wing but I'm looking for another big set to display next to my Falcon. Willing to spend $200, but I already have the smaller Slave I and the UCS TIE looks hideous.
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May 27, 2015 17:58
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Anyone have any thoughts on the current Star Destroyer? I just bought the B-Wing but I'm looking for another big set to display next to my Falcon. Willing to spend $200, but I already have the smaller Slave I and the UCS TIE looks hideous. It's fun. Definitely sleeker looking up close than the TIE (I think the TIE looks great for what it's supposed to be, especially from a slight distance). Bottom of the ship (as always with Star Wars ships) and the engine area are the main disappointments. Interior is more fun than I thought it might be. For $200, Red 5 maybe?
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May 27, 2015 18:09
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Oh. I can't wait until the new Minifigure Display Case is out. I bet it's gonna be stupid expensive though...
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May 27, 2015 20:54
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obi_ant posted:Oh. I can't wait until the new Minifigure Display Case is out. I bet it's gonna be stupid expensive though... What is this new case you're talking about?
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May 27, 2015 21:04
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mattfl posted:What is this new case you're talking about? http://www.thebrickfan.com/new-lego-minifigure-display-case-found/#sthash.c5lpO0Vj
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May 27, 2015 21:10
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Ah, so a lot like the older ones. I had 5 of the older ones at one point but got rid of them for my current setup.
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May 27, 2015 22:06
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[quote="Dogen" post="""] For $200, Red 5 maybe? [/quote] I've said it before but this for sure. Such a cool set and it will be gone sooner than later.
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May 27, 2015 22:16
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Last year MY GIRLFRIEND begrudgingly bought me some bootleg Lego on her vacation to Thailand. They were Decool and very good quality. She got me Jor El (or whoever superman dad is) and it was on nearly on par with real figs. Definitely recommend, but if you mix them with REAL LEGO, you're scum.
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May 27, 2015 22:28
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my POVray is currently broken, so no fancy render but I did a quick MOC after I couldn't fall asleep today. What if the warboys drove old-timey racecars?  They'd be loving shiney and chrome. that's what. e: holy tables.
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May 28, 2015 00:33
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Whats the deal with some smaller sets splitting the manual into 2 parts? I ran into this with some other set but all the small speed champions sets but the 918 Spyder split their manuals in two for such a small build.
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May 28, 2015 01:59
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Oxyclean posted:Whats the deal with some smaller sets splitting the manual into 2 parts? I ran into this with some other set but all the small speed champions sets but the 918 Spyder split their manuals in two for such a small build. It is strange. I have to assume it's some combination of paper sizes, bindings, and printing presses. Maybe the small manuals can't be as thick, so they split them up, or it actually costs less to do two small than a larger or thicker one.
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May 28, 2015 04:16
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Can anyone ID this part for a friend:
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May 28, 2015 11:29
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Gravy Jones posted:Can anyone ID this part for a friend: That's an X-Wing engine.
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May 28, 2015 11:53
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Gravy Jones posted:Can anyone ID this part for a friend: http://brickset.com/parts/design-93168
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I told him I had "top men working on it". Thanks!
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May 28, 2015 12:06
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Part numbers are printed on all bricks, just FYI. Find it and search it on bricklink to get its name and what sets it's used in.
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May 28, 2015 12:29
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Mind blown
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May 28, 2015 12:33
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Gravy Jones posted:Can anyone ID this part for a friend: David Mitchell 
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May 28, 2015 12:37
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Gravy Jones posted:Mind blown Just be aware that sometimes the number is in a really, really hard to read place, and I constantly mix up 3 and 5 because of their font.
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May 28, 2015 14:00
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New Lego Ideas announced today. Marble Maze Labyrinth got picked up and that Star Citizen ship is still under consideration.
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May 28, 2015 15:45
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Dogen posted:New Lego Ideas announced today. Marble Maze Labyrinth got picked up and that Star Citizen ship is still under consideration. That maze set seems really cool.
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May 28, 2015 16:09
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drat, there's a lot of Ideas sets coming out, or announced at least. The maze, Wall-E, Doctor Who, and Big bang Theory, all going to end up on my shelf.
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May 28, 2015 16:14
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Does the maze come with a David Bowie minifig?
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May 28, 2015 16:31
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The ones that didn't make it. I hope there is a museum modular at some point. 
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May 28, 2015 16:38
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The piano seemed like a no brainer, I wonder what they didn't like about it. Poor play options maybe? An explode-prone build?
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May 28, 2015 16:46
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The_Doctor posted:The ones that didn't make it. I hope there is a museum modular at some point. But the Helicarier was made and I'd put money on them doing some kind of original Jurassic Park tie in to coincide with Jurassic World, maybe a set of Dimensions figures? A museum modular seems like a no-brainer as well, they may not pass the Ideas board but you can tell they're paying attention. e: wrong game title, poo poo's all the same Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 17:05 on May 28, 2015 |
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May 28, 2015 17:03
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Lizard Combatant posted:But the Helicarier was made and I'd put money on them doing some kind of original Jurassic Park tie in to coincide with Jurassic World, maybe a set of Infinity figures? Yeah it seems like a lot of stuff from ideas is showing up in dimensions...
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Wait. Is that hornet being made? I don't give a gently caress about star citizen, but that looks rad.
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