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The physical stores still always seem to have it. palace cinema has a great exterior but I think i's just about the last modular I'd buy because I think the coolest thing about those is the interiors. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 16:40 on Sep 8, 2017 |
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Is there an official term for direction changing parts? I.e the L shaped pieces with studs on the side?
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Sep 8, 2017 21:24
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veni veni veni posted:Is there an official term for direction changing parts? I.e the L shaped pieces with studs on the side? Brackets. Sorry, sorry: What are brackets?
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Going through a random box of old lego I have I found what appears to be most of the parts to rebuild this old set from my childhood: I was sorting pieces to rebuild the shuttle to go with my Saturn:  Gonna be a fun weekend!
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So, the 2012 series Monster Fighters happened while I was not really paying attention to LEGO at all. I missed it completely, which I now realize is a shame because it's 100% my aesthetic. Hell, my whole Animal Crossing: New Leaf town was entirely Halloween-themed. I decided that I at least need the Haunted House, but then I found a local reseller who recently acquired almost the entire theme. Here's what they got: 9461: The Swamp Creature 9462: The Mummy 9463: The Werewolf 9464: The Vampyre Hearse 9465: The Zombies 9466: The Crazy Scientist & His Monster 9468: Vampyre Castle 10228: Haunted House Plus the full set of 71010: LEGO Minifigures - Series 14 - Monsters They have it figured at $650 but they negotiate, and I'm pretty sure I could get it for closer to $550. I started typing this post intending to ask "should I go for it" but I guess that's a pretty subjective question. Still, what do you all think?
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Carbohydrates posted:So, the 2012 series Monster Fighters happened while I was not really paying attention to LEGO at all. I missed it completely, which I now realize is a shame because it's 100% my aesthetic. Hell, my whole Animal Crossing: New Leaf town was entirely Halloween-themed. I decided that I at least need the Haunted House, but then I found a local reseller who recently acquired almost the entire theme. Here's what they got: Going by Bricklink prices, that's fairly reasonable, possibly pretty good. The Zombies set has jumped way over retail for some reason, cheapest complete on Bricklink is $140.
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Sep 9, 2017 05:37
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It was a Target exclusive so it was always kind of scarce.
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Carbohydrates posted:So, the 2012 series Monster Fighters happened while I was not really paying attention to LEGO at all. I missed it completely, which I now realize is a shame because it's 100% my aesthetic. Hell, my whole Animal Crossing: New Leaf town was entirely Halloween-themed. I decided that I at least need the Haunted House, but then I found a local reseller who recently acquired almost the entire theme. Here's what they got: I've purchased the whole thing and did okay for everything in terms of prices. If you can get a Haunted House for $300 or lower, NEW, then you have a great deal. $330 is an average price. If you can get teh Zombies for under $100 at all you have scored. It is really high because 1 - zombies are popular and 2 - the bride/groom are limited to that set and the bride has parts that are only in that set. So if you want a female zombie bride, this is the only way. I bricklinked the set after scoring a deal on ebay for the bride/groom at a bit lower than their normal cost. I think all told I paid about $85 total for the set. The castle sells around $100. That is $500 right there, before you get to the minifigs, train and other sets. $650 is a very fair deal. They can definitely get that price. If they bite at $550 you have scored majorly. This is assuming all the sets are 100%. If they are brand new, $650 is a very good price and you should take it before someone else does. E: also, because it is halloween-time prices are going to go up a bit.
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Yeah I'd probably jump on it for $550.
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Sep 9, 2017 08:45
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 thats a loving nice whorehouse
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Synthbuttrange posted:
I don't want to know what the horse is for
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Donkey Shows?
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Sep 9, 2017 13:28
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gently caress you and the horse you rode in on?
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Sep 9, 2017 14:19
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It's the whorehouse whorehorse.
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Sep 9, 2017 15:55
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Robodong update. He has arms (for now...) not sure what I think about it. Debating whether to keep them or turn his arm holes into small At-ST style guns and attach the big gun to his back. I kind of like the arms but I also think it might make it look too busy? Thoughts?  Amazingly he continues to stand up like a champ.
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Sep 9, 2017 22:01
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One arm thing, but maybe a bit beefier, and one arm gun
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veni veni veni posted:Robodong update. He has arms (for now...) not sure what I think about it. Debating whether to keep them or turn his arm holes into small At-ST style guns and attach the big gun to his back. I kind of like the arms but I also think it might make it look too busy? Thoughts? SHOULDER MOUNTED CANNON WITH TWO MECHWARRIOR ARM-GUNS DO IT DO IT DO IT edit: like so, but with only one shoulder-mounted cannon 
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Sep 9, 2017 22:33
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So keep the gun arm, lose the other one and stick a smaller gun on it? Not a bad idea I very well may do that. Yeah, I think I need to beef the arm up or at the very least shorten it. It's too drat long for sure. Captain Invictus posted:SHOULDER MOUNTED CANNON WITH TWO MECHWARRIOR ARM-GUNS Ooh, yeah that's a good idea too... Allright, I'm definitely changing the arms. I don't like them. I gotta keep that gatling gun though I like how it came out haha.
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CommanderApaul posted:gently caress you and the horse you rode in on? This is a good post.
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Shoulder mounted dongs. More dongs.
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veni veni veni posted:Robodong update. He has arms (for now...) not sure what I think about it. Debating whether to keep them or turn his arm holes into small At-ST style guns and attach the big gun to his back. I kind of like the arms but I also think it might make it look too busy? Thoughts? That reminds me of Titanfall.
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I like the arms, it gives it a sense of balance, but that big gun on the end is definitely wrong. Attach it to the main body. Or between the legs.
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Are the ninjago castles as intricate as the old fishing hut? I just got the fishing hut and holy poo poo this is some next level attention to detail
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Trying it with guns instead of arms. Attached the big one to the back. Def looks more mechwarrior now. May or may not include the arms but yeah the big gun definetly needs to be on his back and not in his hands.   
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veni veni veni posted:Trying it with guns instead of arms. Attached the big one to the back. Def looks more mechwarrior now. May or may not include the arms but yeah the big gun definetly needs to be on his back and not in his hands. How is it not falling over backwards?! Looking good but the color scheme is still not great. It just highlights the differences in structure between the upper and lower parts.
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Just tweaking the rear pegs on the feet mostly. Do you mean the Black/smooth look mixed with the gray/square makes the color scheme look weird? or the greens and yellows I peppered into it? The reason I made the legs look so different from the top is that this was my (very) loose inspiration. the idea being that the legs are some super articulated/high tech deal and the upper part is pretty much a tank. idk if thats actually what it looks like to other people though.  veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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xxEightxx posted:Are the ninjago castles as intricate as the old fishing hut? I just got the fishing hut and holy poo poo this is some next level attention to detail I just finished building the Temple of Airjitzu last night and it owns and has ridiculous attention to detail.
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Chairchucker posted:I just finished building the Temple of Airjitzu last night and it owns and has ridiculous attention to detail. :hifive: ToA is the best.
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Thinking about it, it's sort of crazy how long they have been running the UCS slave 1. That thing came out what, 4 years ago? and it's still in production.
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veni veni veni posted:Thinking about it, it's sort of crazy how long they have been running the UCS slave 1. That thing came out what, 4 years ago? and it's still in production. Don't jinx it, it's gonna be my Christmas gift from the wife.
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I would guess they aren't really making the slave i anymore, it just didn't sell super well so they're slowly draining inventory.
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xzzy posted:I would guess they aren't really making the slave i anymore, it just didn't sell super well so they're slowly draining inventory. Nah the B-Wing was a disaster and they retired it real fast with a fire sale
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I had an odd situation where I was sort of baby sitting that set for a friend for like 2 years and he recently took it back. So now I'm having trouble getting the motivation to go and pay $200 for a set I've already built and displayed for years, But at the same time it's a phenomenal set and I know I'm going tokick myself for not getting it for myself before it's gone.
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I love my UCS Slave I. Fun build, looks fantastic, and it's huge. I've kept it displayed for two years now and have zero intention of ever disassembling it.
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The Slave 1 is the only big ticket SW item I have any interest in acquiring. I've never even seen it in person, but it looks so nice in photos.
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If anything I'd actually say photos don't do it justice. It's a really great set. It's also very colorful for a Star Wars set.Dogen posted:Nah the B-Wing was a disaster and they retired it real fast with a fire sale I can't help but wonder why it sold so poorly. It's such a good representation of such a cool ship. i get that it's not in the upper tier of the most iconic SW machines, but it's certainly in line with the Slave 1 and some other UCS sets. I really wish they would do a UCS A Wing. I kind of hate that UCS=bare minimum of $200 now. They could probably make a nice A Wing that scales well with the Red 5 for $130 or so. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Sep 10, 2017 |
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Sep 10, 2017 20:27
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How about UCS stuff that's not star wars. Like that completely absurd galaxy explorer that showed up on ideas a couple years ago. Or the mega core magnetizer. Basically all they have to do is go through their catalog of sets, pick a few that have a ton of nostalgia, and quintuple the part count. Park the sets around $4-500 to only appeal to the most autistic of us all and laugh all the way to the bank.
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UCS A-Wing and Naboo Starfighter are on my Lego wish list. A-Wing seems like an eventual certainty, but I doubt we'll ever see the N1. It's a shame, because all the newer curved pieces from the last few years could really make a beautiful model out of that design.
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My wish list along with the A wing would be tie bomber and interceptor. I also really want those in minifigure scale though. At least we got a stellar A wing this year.
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did anyone get extras of the little Millenium falcon posters that they gave away for force Friday? I got #1 but I'd kind of like the other 2 to hang the set over my collection. I'd throw you a few bones plus shipping for them.
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