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I found a store with a lot of random early series minifigures for $5 a piece ($10 for Series one) Is that a price worth snatching them up at generally? Kind of tempted to buy a bunch. I grabbed the indian chief and baywatch lifeguard and they are pretty cool.
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Jun 23, 2016 02:32
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If you actually want them. I have a funny feeling the actual valuable ones such as the zombie or Roman soldier aren't included in the 5-10 dollar tier
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Jun 23, 2016 04:14
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If you find a lady liberty for $5, I'd pay you cost plus shipping.
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Jun 23, 2016 04:17
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Goofin' around with my boy...  
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Jun 23, 2016 04:47
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That first one looks like Blacktron farming equipment.
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Jun 23, 2016 06:44
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NESguerilla posted:I found a store with a lot of random early series minifigures for $5 a piece ($10 for Series one) Is that a price worth snatching them up at generally? Kind of tempted to buy a bunch. I grabbed the indian chief and baywatch lifeguard and they are pretty cool. Make sure they're not the clone Chinese versions... http://mybrickstore.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/imitation-of-lego-collectible.html
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Jun 23, 2016 10:33
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MichaelFlatley posted:Make sure they're not the clone Chinese versions...
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Jun 23, 2016 12:07
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Captain Invictus posted:poo poo, for 80 cents each those look just fine to me. Might look into getting some of those for parts or diorama purposes, I've always thought a zombie diorama might be fun to do, but that sucker's always been hilariously expensive. For 80 cents yeah, but not for $10.. Stalls at comic conventions in the UK frequently overcharge for fake minifigs. On Aliexpress you can find fairly passable imitations of even recently released minifigs such as the Classic Batcave lot.
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Oh yeah I wasn't suggesting he get them from the reseller, sorry, was just responding to the link posted. Anyways, check this guy out, crossposting from the Transformers thread in BSS.  You might be thinking "that doesn't look like Lego at all!" and you'd be partially right!  This dude makes custom figures of Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye characters using a hybrid of Lego pieces and scratchbuilt parts, then molds them together with sculpting putty and paints them. He's done a bunch, and they're all really nice.  Figured it might be relevant since there was talk of gluing Legos earlier. 
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Jun 23, 2016 14:20
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That's actually super clever because it's hard to find friction joints as flexible and cheap as the lego ones.
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Jun 23, 2016 14:30
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Yep, I said as much in the TF thread, Bionicle balljoints are extremely stable for their size and absolutely dirt cheap. I had to make something that weighed about 6 pounds before the joints started to buckle on my MOCs. And then there's the rubberized balljoints which can support even MORE weight.
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Jun 23, 2016 14:36
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Yeah, the lego balljoints are awesome. I love the new tiny ones which mixels use.
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Captain Invictus posted:poo poo, for 80 cents each those look just fine to me. Might look into getting some of those for parts or diorama purposes, I've always thought a zombie diorama might be fun to do, but that sucker's always been hilariously expensive. If they're the same ones that comic-con vendors sell, they look okay but the plastic is insanely bad and the legs are often different lengths. I've also seen knockoffs like those where the arm joints are so loose they just hang there.
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Jun 23, 2016 17:26
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Why, that's just zombie variety!
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Jun 23, 2016 17:29
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Smoke me a kipper ... https://ideas.lego.com/projects/142645
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I can't see this ever hitting production but wow what a build. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/139161
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Jun 24, 2016 02:15
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Ah that's lame, how are they not going to offer a mini Volkswagen Beetle with the purchase of the full size Volkswagen Beetle? I mean, the Mini had one and the Van had one. The bus is cool but....
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NESguerilla posted:I can't see this ever hitting production but wow what a build. That movie had the saddest first 5 minutes of any kids movie ever. I am not ashamed to say I shed a tear. At age 30. But it turns to poo poo when the talking dogs come up..
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Jun 24, 2016 07:34
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Davros1 posted:Smoke me a kipper ... Yes please.
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Davros1 posted:Smoke me a kipper ... No Starbug?
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Hopper posted:But it turns to poo poo when the talking dogs come up.. 
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Jun 24, 2016 13:48
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quote:We’re really sorry to keep you waiting for your LEGO® Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
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Jun 24, 2016 16:43
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It's like LEGO is faster to recall their vehicles than actual car companies.
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Well I'm sure if you could pack a TDI in a box and ship it to VW they would have had a fix a lot sooner too.
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NESguerilla posted:I can't see this ever hitting production but wow what a build. Yeah that is fantastic
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So I've been eyeing the VW van. I kinda want it and I kinda am not like the biggest VW fan on the planet or anything... Anyway, 2 questions: 1] when the bug comes out does this stop getting manufactured? 2] Is it a good fun build/model?
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Jun 25, 2016 03:52
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I do not have it but I have screwed around with it at a friends and it's one of my favorite sets ever. I hear it's a fun build too.
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Jun 25, 2016 03:59
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It's a really fun build, super satisfying, and not repetitive at all since you're also building up a really neatly detailed interior as you work on the frame. It's one of those sets that even though it's been out for like 4 years now, when it disappears the people who didn't get it will be kicking themselves about it. Like NESguerilla, it's one of my favorite sets.
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It's so good I should probably buy another one to sell later, and I haven't done the buying to sell later thing yet. I wish I had done that with the Haunted House too.
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uXs posted:It's so good I should probably buy another one to sell later, and I haven't done the buying to sell later thing yet. My haunted house was knocked off a shelf about a year ago and I still haven't had the courage to check if all the pieces are still there or not. Just a sad pile of grey in the corner of my room.
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gently caress it. Going today. 
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Waldorf Sixpence posted:My haunted house was knocked off a shelf about a year ago and I still haven't had the courage to check if all the pieces are still there or not. Just a sad pile of grey in the corner of my room. At least if you are missing any it probably is cheap to bricklink. A few years ago I was moving to a new apartment and had broken my Tower Bridge set and placed it in a lidded container for easy transport. Well I still managed to drop it on the 3rd floor of the stairwell. The container popped open and I watched pieces fly everywhere, including to other floors.  I gathered up everything I could find and spent the rest of the day (6 loving hours) separating out all the bricks and checking inventory against the booklet. Somehow I had found every single brick except one tan cheese slope, which a goon from here kindly donated to the cause.I've slowly been doing the same inventory method with all my other sets just to be absolutely sure I have all the pieces for everything, and in future builds I'm going to aim to be more careful with where bricks end up. Also, Feenix, you're making the right choice! ireladd fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Does anyone else have sets they just don't really like but hold onto for the minifigures? I dissembled jabbas palace/rancor pit ages ago cause I think they are mediocre sets but I can't bring myself to get rid of them despite them being worth a decent amount because I love the drat figures too much 
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I'd have to say basically any of the Marvel Civil War sets except the one with the Quinjet. It's just a shame that there's a lack of creativity there but I guess there isn't a whole lot to pull from in the movie. Really excited about the upcoming Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, and Spider-Man bridge sets though!
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You forgot this key piece of information: quote:We understand how disappointing this may be for you and would like to give you a $25 gift card for the inconvenience. We’ll send the gift card as soon as your LEGO Technic Porsche ships. It will arrive separately and can be used towards a future LEGO purchase. Really can't complain as most companies would just have it delayed with no notice or apology.
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NESguerilla posted:Does anyone else have sets they just don't really like but hold onto for the minifigures? I dissembled jabbas palace/rancor pit ages ago cause I think they are mediocre sets but I can't bring myself to get rid of them despite them being worth a decent amount because I love the drat figures too much I have no love for any Lego sets that are essentially "play sets". (i.e.: cutout approximations of interiors like Hoth Assault or any of the like... ) But yea some of them come with some appealing figs...
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I can't be the firs person to think of putting a little Lego bong and or a cloud of Lego smoke coming out of a window, can I?
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Feenix posted:I have no love for any Lego sets that are essentially "play sets". (i.e.: cutout approximations of interiors like Hoth Assault or any of the like... ) But yea some of them come with some appealing figs... Yeah. I'm mostly just not the demographic for them, but they playset style sets have zero appeal to me except they almost always come with the best/most minifigures. If I can't put it up as decoration there isn't much I can do with it ,so the few sets like that I have are in bags with the figures on the shelf.
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 Fun build. My 3 year old grabbed it when I was getting the Volkswagen van.
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