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I didn't know that because roboriders were fukkin garbaaaaaaaage they had this piece which is the most useless lego piece in existence and every set had them so when buying bulk bionicle/technic lots I wound up with dozens of them and they suck and almost invariably all were broken in some manner 
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what the gently caress is that thats not lego
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Jul 3, 2018 11:33
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It's the part that holds the roborider wheel thing. The parts on either side of the slot bend and eventually break off after bending enough, which is how many of the ones I acquired were The part designed to hold that lovely piece, however, is an extremely useful technic piece for MOCs and showed up in a smattering of technic sets post-roboriders 
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Jul 3, 2018 11:36
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Captain Invictus posted:I get the feeling you'dve been a gobots kid Gobots were made by Tonka which meant that even back in the day when Transformers weren't super fragile things meant for neckbeards Gobots were still better built 
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Jul 3, 2018 13:24
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Gobots defender force
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Jul 3, 2018 13:26
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EvilJoven posted:Gobots were made by Tonka which meant that even back in the day when Transformers weren't super fragile things meant for neckbeards Gobots were still better built The at-at clone thing they made was a colossal piece of poo poo though.
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Jul 3, 2018 13:55
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Hurr durr I'm a command center. Ya, its p dumb.
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Jul 3, 2018 15:15
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Looks like a GI Joe set. I just looked at some of the Bionicle stuff on brickset. I couldn't even get through the list. They are barely Lego. I guess you could say they are sort of Technic, but not even that. I could see little boys liking them but do they even have build features?
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Jul 3, 2018 15:25
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Yes and no. Those sets came out in lego's "dark age" when they were on the verge of failing and their sets were loaded with custom limited use parts. I don't see the value in them myself but there are some unique parts in there that are fun to base builds on. I suspect most people that really enjoy them grew up with them. I was a grumpy toys are for kids 20-something during that time.
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Jul 3, 2018 15:28
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Yeah I was like 20 when they came out. They are fine as a kids toy, but they don't fall in line with anything I think is interesting about Lego. Although I agree it's nice having a couple of weird bionicle parts around to incorporate into builds. I was able to build some pretty crazy robot legs with parts from a buildable figure
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Jul 3, 2018 15:34
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EvilJoven posted:Hurr durr I'm a command center. I just sold mine on ebay a little while ago. Made more money than some of my G1 transformers, so.... (it was lame in that mode but it was also a loving AT-AT)
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xzzy posted:Yes and no. Those sets came out in lego's "dark age" when they were on the verge of failing and their sets were loaded with custom limited use parts. I don't see the value in them myself but there are some unique parts in there that are fun to base builds on. Waltzing Along posted:Looks like a GI Joe set. ... bionicle literally saved the company, so I really don't think you can say it's 'not Lego', and yeah, they had build features. Also, those parts can be really goddamn useful, and opened the door for the whole ball-and-socket systems that are key to making more dynamic builds. Captain Invictus posted:I didn't know that because roboriders were fukkin garbaaaaaaaage It's a shame that the piece seems to break as you've described it, because that looks like a really useful detailing piece (they'd make fantastic armour plates for mech legs, for instance) that comes in lots of interesting colours and I'd love to have some , but this was during my personal dark ages so it's nothing in my collection. Parts like that are a goddamn joy and challenge. Olpainless fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jul 3, 2018 |
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Jul 3, 2018 16:08
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Apparently it’s leaked out that, as we all suspected, it’s a DB5. 
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Olpainless posted:... bionicle literally saved the company, so I really don't think you can say it's 'not Lego', and yeah, they had build features. Also, those parts can be really goddamn useful, and opened the door for the whole ball-and-socket systems that are key to making more dynamic builds. I never made an opinion on whether bionicle had anything to do with lego's success or failure. I just said it came out in the era they were having issues. I fully appreciate that they have useful parts, but as an 80's kid, looking at them on the shelf in the store I had a lot of "wtf is this poo poo, this company is doomed" type reactions.
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EvilJoven posted:Hurr durr I'm a command center. At least the Go Bots had a cafeteria. Don't remember the G.I. Joe base having a mess hall!
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Oh man I had that thing.
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The_Doctor posted:Apparently it’s leaked out that, as we all suspected, it’s a DB5. Why not post the pictures?
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s.i.r.e. posted:Why not post the pictures? I don’t think pictures have leaked. The confirmation came from a Hungarian (IIRC) Lego store email saying a Creator DB5 was coming and would retail for €180.
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I haven't seen pictures, I posted the link to the pre-order from the hungarian lego store a while ago.
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Davros1 posted:At least the Go Bots had a cafeteria. Don't remember the G.I. Joe base having a mess hall! What do they serve in the Gobot cafeteria? ... that sounds like a Philip K. Dick novel.
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TremorX posted:What do they serve in the Gobot cafeteria? It's GoBots so probably like 'energell spheres' or something
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All those shows were blatant marketing to kids so they probably ate Cheerio Circuits or Rice Krispy Resistors.
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Waltzing Along posted:Looks like a GI Joe set. The parts early on specifically work with almost all lego pieces, they follow that mathematical formula. Later ones got all rubbery and bullshit, but look at sets like muaka and kane-ra or the other beast bots, they are a treasure trove of beams and technic bits. Olpainless posted:... bionicle literally saved the company, so I really don't think you can say it's 'not Lego', and yeah, they had build features. Also, those parts can be really goddamn useful, and opened the door for the whole ball-and-socket systems that are key to making more dynamic builds. And as for that piece, it's useless. It has no connecting parts, no stud spots, nothing except fitting into that other part I mentioned before, so you'd have to work pretty hard to keep them in place in a build.
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Visited the Lego Store in the mall this weekend with my wife, just browsing. I made a subtle but not so subtle comment that I like the big London bus a lot. Hoping she picked up on it for my birthday in a couple months.
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What the heck is the clip behind the seat in Quantum Realm Explorer for?? Edit: guess it holds Scott’s raygun thingy Dogen fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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tomapot posted:Visited the Lego Store in the mall this weekend with my wife, just browsing. I made a subtle but not so subtle comment that I like the big London bus a lot. Hoping she picked up on it for my birthday in a couple months. I'd really like this bus for my birthday. And if I don't get it for my birthday I will just go buy it anyway.
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tomapot posted:Visited the Lego Store in the mall this weekend with my wife, just browsing. I made a subtle but not so subtle comment that I like the big London bus a lot. Hoping she picked up on it for my birthday in a couple months.  "Congrats honey. I booked us a trip to London, like you said you wanted." "Uhm...., Thanks, I guess."
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OperaMouse posted:
He’d get the Leicester Square Store exclusive minifig at least.
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True, even though 5.99£ is a bit shocking.
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Captain Invictus posted:
Again, not having one to check, but the sliding components should fit into anything with a groove (https://brickset.com/parts/design-2653 and similar), and you should be able to mount something to that central pin when folded. (Something like https://brickset.com/parts/design-11458 might be a good shot). I think the holes in the pins are standard size as well so potential joins there. (If someone has 4 of these in the same colour in the UK i want to buy them now just to find out) As an aside, this conversation has made me take a look at the manuals for these, and drat, they had a lot of interesting and useful parts! Olpainless fucked around with this message at 09:11 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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EvilJoven posted:Hurr durr I'm a command center. Is that thing flashing me?
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Hey buddy, wanna buy a watch?
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Darth TNT posted:Is that thing flashing me? I bet awkward.
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Go-Bots aren't actually robots, technically they're cyborgs, alien cyborgs. Their species used to be human looking but at some point they had a Calamity and to survive they implanted their brains in big robot bodies. Their ships aren't sentient(or sapient) either so they don't think much of anything about the whole thing
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Other posted:Go-Bots aren't actually robots, technically they're cyborgs, alien cyborgs. Their species used to be human looking but at some point they had a Calamity and to survive they implanted their brains in big robot bodies. Testing for fidelity.
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The_Doctor posted:Testing for fidelity. I feel fuckin brand new.
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I built the ship in a bottle today because it suddenly came in stock on prime now at $50 and my wife is sick so no real 4th festivities for us... but anyway it’s a pretty cool set. Probably not at full price but the compass thing is damned cool and I like the spinning globes, and the free floating water studs of course.Slugworth posted:It definitely is, but I think the equally strange part is that it's a giant robot that smaller robots live inside of. Like, there's a breakroom in that robot for other robots to have robot coffee and what-not. What is that like for the giant robot? What are conversations between him and the smaller robots like? It’s like that episode of Futurama where Bender dates the ship probably Dogen fucked around with this message at 22:40 on Jul 4, 2018 |
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Dogen posted:I built the ship in a bottle today because it suddenly came in stock on prime now at $50 and my wife is sick so no real 4th festivities for us... but anyway it’s a pretty cool set. Probably not at full price but the compass thing is damned cool and I like the spinning globes, and the free floating water studs of course. I hope you remembered to leave one blue stud out so you had the right amount!
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Listen I’ve already had to adjust the sails and cannon covers I’m not going back in there for that. Who’s to say I didn’t get the exact right amount??
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Tenebrais posted:I hope you remembered to leave one blue stud out so you had the right amount! I would count out the pieces.
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