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The_Doctor posted:They're perfect scale for the VW Camper! Yeah they would fit perfectly in most of the larger scale stuff. I'd love it if they were included in UCS sets.
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Captain Invictus posted:And you could attach stuff to them. I think there was an old line with them in power armor, too. I had two sets as a kid that were purple/teal and the bad guy had a cyber eyepatch. It was awesome and intensely late-90's.
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Yep, those sets ruled. There was a lot of ACTION PACKED sets around that time, stuff like those and the rahi from the first bionicle line with the extending punch arms and lunging, snapping jaws of Muaka And Kane-Ra
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PSA: At least in Europe, Saturn V is possible to order again on Lego Shop@home, says it will ship by 6th September (so it's technically still backordered, but at least there is finally again the order button).
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Saw that earlier today, and finally ordered one. Then I will have a matching set on my living room speakers, shuttle set and saturn V left and right of my TV .... (and I have a UCS SSD underneath). Not nerdy at all :P
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lorddazron posted:So quick question. How likely do you think ill be to find the ninjago city in a lego store this weekend? Specifically the store in London? Officially it's not out till Sep 1st, but I'm going to assume you're a VIP. There are 4 stores in London, however I'm going to assume you mean the Leicester Square one. The godawful busy one you will have to queue outside for to get in. I'd suggest going to one of the two Westfield stores (Stratford or Shepherds Bush), they'll be (relatively) quieter, and more likely to have it.
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Captain Invictus posted:Yep, those sets ruled. There was a lot of ACTION PACKED sets around that time, stuff like those and the rahi from the first bionicle line with the extending punch arms and lunging, snapping jaws of Muaka And Kane-Ra I had those too, they were incredible. I actually really miss Technic stuff, it was Lego's biggest draw for me before the Star Wars sets came out. I haven't bought a Technic set since the early 2000's.
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veni veni veni posted:One thing I don't like about the old fishing store is that they went too far making the roof look hosed up in the final version. It looks better in the ideas set. Alternate build? Finishing tiles seem like the easiest thing to swap out, no?
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Feenix posted:Alternate build? Finishing tiles seem like the easiest thing to swap out, no? Oh yeah. Easy fix for sure. I just don't really care for how it looks officially. So, I have almost pulled the trigger on the Snowspeeder like 10 times now and figured I might grab it today so I can stop thinking about it haha. How do those of you that bought it feel about it? Does it feel worth the $200 that price/part ratio is kind of bad. But the Snowspeeder is probably my favorite SW ship next to the X-wing, which I already have so I can die happy with both. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Aug 25, 2017 |
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veni veni veni posted:Oh yeah. Easy fix for sure. I just don't really care for how it looks officially. There's a sale with double vip points coming up on the 1st I think. So maybe wait?
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Scipiotik posted:There's a sale with double vip points coming up on the 1st I think. So maybe wait? Ah, good call thanks man. Looks like you get a scariff trooper too which is actually a fig I've been wanting that isn't in any sets I like. Is this something I am going to need to show up early to? I'm not good at that kind of thing.
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I also have a theory that the Falcon will be $600. Looking at the leaked pic, it's the same size as the old one and comes with tons of greebly bits. Even SW can sink under the 10c a part rule when that is the case. I guess a lot of it depends on if there is an interior and how substantial it is. But, I feel like Lego has to know that $800 is pretty crazy. i mean, it certainly isn't 4x the size of other other UCS sets no matter how big it is. I was thinking, in the (incredibly unlikely )event that I wanted to spend $800 on lego at once, and that was the price tag. I could basically get The Snow Speeder, The Tie Fighter, Ninjago City and the fishing shack for around the same price, which sounds so much more appealing it's not even funny. No matter how awesome that Falcon is.
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Just went to the Leicester square London store on a whim. They had 10+ Ninjango City sets, and the fishing shop (!) so I grabbed one  was going to get the London bus but didn't care too much for it. Had no idea fishing shop was already out. And yeah, had to queue but it moved pretty fast, and it also made sure the shop itself wasn't too crowded once we got on so we could take our time. I liked it more than the NY store at least.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I had two sets as a kid that were purple/teal and the bad guy had a cyber eyepatch. It was awesome and intensely late-90's. I don't remember any of this stuff. Do you know the name of the line?
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Luchacabra posted:I don't remember any of this stuff. Do you know the name of the line? I'm guessing something similar to this maybe? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=8257-1
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Aug 25, 2017 22:16
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Dang those are cool. I want to buy the figure I had when I was a kid. The technic figs or "macrofig" as I will call them, were really cool. I used that guy for everything.
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Zerf posted:I'm guessing something similar to this maybe? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=8257-1 That was it. There were glider/helicopter and futurecar sets as well.
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Hopper posted:I am just glad none of my friends are furries. Oh wait, Werwolf head, Shark suit, Penguin suit all exist. I am still glad none of my friends are furries. Also Chima. Literally an entire furry theme
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veni veni veni posted:Oh yeah. Easy fix for sure. I just don't really care for how it looks officially. I love mine. Part to price ratio isn't the best, but there's a fair amount of big plates, and the snowspeeder ends up being pretty big, definitely comparable to Red Five. The shaping on the prow is super cool, and I love the nice touches with some extra functions that you'd not normally get in a display model. Working flaps/airbrakes, since the stand lets you display it canted, having the flaps open on one side makes it look like it's in the middle of a banking turn. As small a function as it is, my favourite thing about it is that the gunner controls are linked to the rear gun, and swivels when you turn it.
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Granite Octopus posted:Just went to the Leicester square London store on a whim. They had 10+ Ninjango City sets, and the fishing shop (!) so I grabbed one Wow they had Fishing Shack early?? Lucky!
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Cojawfee posted:Dang those are cool. I want to buy the figure I had when I was a kid. The technic figs or "macrofig" as I will call them, were really cool. I used that guy for everything. I was gonna say, that guy had a critical role in my GI Joe squad. Super flexible and the rubber cannon things were sweet.
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Zerf posted:I'm guessing something similar to this maybe? https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=8257-1 Interesting. Looking at the years they were produced, I was getting some Lego stuff, mostly Star Wars, but I don't remember any of these guys. Never a big fan of Technic, though, so I guess it went under the radar. Check this wacky poo poo out: https://brickset.com/sets/8305-1/Duel-Bikes Looks like a jousting set, but at first glance, I thought the guy on the left was squeezing a lever to launch his figure at the other guy's bike.
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I've just been sorting through all my childhood Lego after my parents bought it all down for me and discovered I had that Technic "Cyber Strikers" set when I was younger. The Technic cyberpunk guys are pretty cool. As the poster above said, they fit perfectly in the Camper Van so now on my shelf the VW is crewed by these two Gibson-esque street punk dudes.
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I briefly turned on Lego Star Wars the Freemaker adventures this morning for my kid. I noticed: the studs didn't say LEGO on them. Turns out, we've been watching LEPIN STAR WNRS the Freernarker Advemtuers this whole time!
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Granite Octopus posted:Just went to the Leicester square London store on a whim. They had 10+ Ninjango City sets, and the fishing shop (!) so I grabbed one Just been myself. Loads of Ninjago Citys in stock and the fishing shop also on general sale as well (and they had at least 10 out so loads of stock). The fishing shop is pretty good looking in person. A lot more so than I was expecting. Staff are really cool and friendly too and the queue moves really fast. The issue for me was all the people in there who literally queued up, got in the way of people and then left without buying anything? I suppose it is leicester square though so its to be expected.
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Uh hey guys?  It'll probably be a little cheaper in the States but $400-$500 cheaper?
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lorddazron posted:Just been myself. Loads of Ninjago Citys in stock and the fishing shop also on general sale as well (and they had at least 10 out so loads of stock). Yeah it definitely seemed like a popular tourist spot, lots of people just taking photos of the sculptures (we did the same thing). The 2.5d mural was really great and I don't remember seeing something like that in the past. Even had some forced perspective stuff in it. Didn't get a photo of that unfortunately. They actually had a built Ninjango city in the play area that people could just play with which I thought was cool.
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Fayez Butts posted:Uh hey guys? Someone translated, that is for some limited 1 out of 150 edition that comes with a bunch of other crap, signed books, a watch and some other sets.
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N17R4M posted:Someone translated, that is for some limited 1 out of 150 edition that comes with a bunch of other crap, signed books, a watch and some other sets. I also saw someone saying that the Death Star was a lot more more than a straight currency conversion would suggest.
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I saw on Reddit that Lego sets in China tend to cost 1.7x what it costs in the US, based off the death star. So divide the 1200 whatever dollars from the conversion by 1.7 and yo get about 700 dollars.
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I spent too much on Lego today. OTOH, I now have like new, in the box Skulls Eye and Black Seas so I can sell my not like new not in the box ones and cover most of what I paid. Maybe more. Hard to say.
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Cojawfee posted:I saw on Reddit that Lego sets in China tend to cost 1.7x what it costs in the US, based off the death star. So divide the 1200 whatever dollars from the conversion by 1.7 and yo get about 700 dollars. About the same for Australia 
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The price we pay for being socialist countries
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You pay 1200 for a lego set but make it up later when you actually have an inheritance because it isn't vacuumed up in hospital fees.
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Woof. So. Finished the legs and feet. Allows for a dynamic range of poses, but not enough balljoints for the hips and ankles unfortunately. Ankles are sturdy however and allow for a strong regular stance, the hips are unfortunately the weakest point. Knees are predictably rock solid due to the ratchet hinges, to the point that I may cannibalize them and only have one ratchet joint there, then use the second ones for a different build for the hips, or maybe put one in the ankles instead of a balljoint and reinforce the hips with the ankle balljoints. Not sure yet. And yes, I know the knees are a bit too far up the legs, I made the hip-thigh connection lower instead of at the top of it and may change it later depending on how stable it is. Side shot of one of the legs. Foot has a bending toe section, but only has a single axle connection to the lower leg, which is one of the reasons I'm considering swapping out for the ratchet joint. Toe section unfortunately could use stronger joints as well since I discovered the small ratchet joints used in many sets don't have nearly enough in this set to use in the toes of both feet, unfortunately. Tons of socket parts, but not nearly as many joint parts, I suspect since a lot of cockpit pieces for Nexo Knight sets have those joint attachments and that's what the socket parts are for.  DYNAMIC POSE!!!!!  DYNAMIC FALL AS I WAS TAKING A BACKUP PHOTO!!!!!!  So yeah. Iron Giant guy might have a point, in that it's rather difficult to make thick, strong joints with normal lego bricks instead of bionicle which are designed with many balljoints in mind, but it's still possible. Just have to keep working on the points of failure to reinforce or rebuild them to be stronger. I am not sure if I will rebuild the legs first, or if I will make the arms and head first so that I can more easily see the full weight of it and the main points of failure with everything assembled. edit: thanks to the dynamic pose photos it looks like the point of failure was the ankle connection, which came disconnected from the foot while standing, so it may have been fine had I actually put bricks/plates down on the axle bricks to hold them in place. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 09:09 on Aug 28, 2017 |
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He also had the problem where the Iron Giant has thin appendages, whereas a gundam can be much beefier.
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Aug 28, 2017 18:23
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MF $799.99 per reddit source.
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Waltzing Along posted:MF $799.99 per reddit source. Think of it as an investment. Buy two. Build one. Sell one in five years for $3,000.
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