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Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes




how do i get this

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Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

W I D E L O A D

CATTASTIC
Mar 31, 2010

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

hard counter
Jan 2, 2015






:five:

1000 Brown M and Ms
Oct 22, 2008

F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

Just in case anyone missed this, it's built on a Lego Bionicle frame. The Lego purist in me is torn between being mad at that person painting/gluing Lego, and being indifferent because I think Bionicle sucked.

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

1000 Brown M and Ms posted:

Just in case anyone missed this, it's built on a Lego Bionicle frame. The Lego purist in me is torn between being mad at that person painting/gluing Lego, and being indifferent because I think Bionicle sucked.

I'm a huge Lego purist too and I'm just pleased someone found something Bionicle is good for, even if it's just an ugly Tau proxy.

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

Disgusting

Lord Hypnostache
Nov 6, 2009

OATHBREAKER

don't doxx me

1000 Brown M and Ms
Oct 22, 2008

F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

PinheadSlim posted:

I'm a huge Lego purist too and I'm just pleased someone found something Bionicle is good for, even if it's just an ugly Tau proxy.

That's fair enough. You know, I've actually seen some pretty impressive stuff done with Bionicle, however it's still mecha which is what Bioncle essentially was in the first place. You can't really say that about any other kind of Lego.

grassy gnoll
Aug 27, 2006

The pawsting business is tough work.
Forums posters in 2019 getting tweaked by playing with Legos the wrong way, smh

Booley
Apr 25, 2010
I CAN BARELY MAKE IT A WEEK WITHOUT ACTING LIKE AN ASSHOLE
Grimey Drawer

grassy gnoll posted:

Forums posters in 2019 getting tweaked by playing with Legos the wrong way, smh

Still not knowing that Lego is the plural of Lego in 2019, smh

Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

Booley posted:

Still not knowing that Lego is the plural of Lego in 2019, smh

Trekker/Trekkie

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

Booley posted:

Still not knowing that Lego is the plural of Lego in 2019, smh

My favourite legos are the little sheeps legos. They really hurt when you stand on them with your foots though.

Nebalebadingdong
Jun 30, 2005

i made a video game.
why not give it a try!?
my 1 year old walks on top of his duplo lego all the time and i can't tell if he's immune to pain, got tough feet or is just light enough that it doesn't matter

grassy gnoll
Aug 27, 2006

The pawsting business is tough work.
I know full well what the plural of Legos is, thank you.

The one-stud frog guy is the best.

Cat Face Joe
Feb 20, 2005

goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes




:eng101:

Moola
Aug 16, 2006
dice

Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

Nebalebadingdong posted:

my 1 year old walks on top of his duplo lego all the time and i can't tell if he's immune to pain, got tough feet or is just light enough that it doesn't matter

My three year old does this with duplo and all of his other toys and anything else left on the ground (including books, which is the only thing that actually upsets me). He always has too. He's always been super sensory with his feet, picking up objects with his toes, holding things between them while drinking a bottle, and of course experiencing objects by stepping on them. No idea if this is normal or not or if him being year of the monkey actually means something.

SteelMentor
Oct 15, 2012

TOXIC

1000 Brown M and Ms posted:

I think Bionicle sucked.

:getout:

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015


Bionicle is a weird relic from the bad period of Lego where they were losing money like crazy and mismanaging virtually everything. It's literally referred to as "The Decline" on wikipedia and for good reason.

Very intense marketing from around their release means that anybody who was around 7-12 years old at that time probably has intense nostalgia for the series. It's kept it alive for quite a while, but it's never been popular outside of that nostalgic group.

Not that nostalgia makes anything bad, I'm a big Lego nerd because I huff pure nostalgia on a regular basis. But since there's no nostalgia for us it certainly doesn't appeal to older or even newer Lego fans. The complete flop of a reboot kind of cements that.

Punkinhead fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Jun 21, 2019

SteelMentor
Oct 15, 2012

TOXIC

PinheadSlim posted:

Bionicle is a weird relic from the bad period of Lego where they were losing money like crazy and mismanaging virtually everything. It's literally referred to as "The Decline" on wikipedia and for good reason.

Very intense marketing from around their release means that anybody who was around 7-12 years old at that time probably has intense nostalgia for the series. It's kept it alive for quite a while, but it's never been popular outside of that nostalgic group.

Not that nostalgia makes anything bad, I'm a big Lego nerd because I huff pure nostalgia on a regular basis. But since there's no nostalgia for us it certainly doesn't appeal to older or even newer Lego fans. The complete flop of a reboot kind of cements that.

Actually it owns.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
yeah bionicle ruled idk wtf you guys are talking about

Moola
Aug 16, 2006
bionicle is baby lego for idiot babies

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

Maybe, maybe not, I just think it's kind of telling that one of the major reasons the reboot flopped was that fans thought the lore wasn't good enough. For their Lego dolls.

Screaming Idiot
Nov 26, 2007

JUST POSTING WHILE JERKIN' MY GHERKIN SITTIN' IN A PERKINS!

BEATS SELLING MERKINS.
I'm a Grown Man with Opinions About Toys.

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

Screaming Idiot posted:

I'm a Grown Man with Opinions About Toys.

Good point, let's go back to whether or not dragons with laser arms are bad or rad.

Moola
Aug 16, 2006

Screaming Idiot posted:

I'm a Grown Man with Opinions About Toys.

do you know what sub forum this is?

Screaming Idiot
Nov 26, 2007

JUST POSTING WHILE JERKIN' MY GHERKIN SITTIN' IN A PERKINS!

BEATS SELLING MERKINS.

Moola posted:

do you know what sub forum this is?

for me it's the sexiest subforum because of all the tits on the spacemarines and monsters and sometimes on the motorcycles and sometimes on historical figures

BuffaloChicken
May 18, 2008
extremely topical unspiration discussion fodder







Nebalebadingdong
Jun 30, 2005

i made a video game.
why not give it a try!?

Atlas Hugged posted:

My three year old does this with duplo and all of his other toys and anything else left on the ground (including books, which is the only thing that actually upsets me). He always has too. He's always been super sensory with his feet, picking up objects with his toes, holding things between them while drinking a bottle, and of course experiencing objects by stepping on them. No idea if this is normal or not or if him being year of the monkey actually means something.

toddlers are fuckin' weird but at least they don't sculpt giant breasts on space marines

Len
Jan 21, 2008

Pouches, bandages, shoulderpad, cyber-eye...

Bitchin'!


Improbable Lobster posted:

yeah bionicle ruled idk wtf you guys are talking about

I don't think I ever actually had any but I wanted them so much. I remember being excited for the Lego Magazine because it came with the comic book and I wanted to know where the story went.

No I will not go back and revisit the lore.

Harvey Mantaco
Mar 6, 2007

Someone please help me find my keys =(

Silhouette
Nov 16, 2002

SONIC BOOM!!!

Screaming Idiot posted:

for me it's the sexiest subforum because of all the tits on the spacemarines and monsters and sometimes on the motorcycles and sometimes on historical figures



stupid nazi pinup yeah, blah blah

the dumber part of that is that the company's name is Wargamer Games Studio

Atlas Hugged
Mar 12, 2007


Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

Nebalebadingdong posted:

toddlers are fuckin' weird but at least they don't sculpt giant breasts on space marines

And as far as I can tell he's not a Nazi.

Eediot Jedi
Dec 25, 2007

This is where I begin to speculate what being a
man of my word costs me

Nebalebadingdong posted:

toddlers are fuckin' weird but at least they don't sculpt giant breasts on space marines

I would support the poo poo out of a toddler wanting to put breasts on space marines and making a whole lot of nerds mad.

If they did it when they were older, yeah, that's a problem.

Loomer
Dec 19, 2007

A Very Special Hell

Screaming Idiot posted:

for me it's the sexiest subforum because of all the tits on the spacemarines and monsters and sometimes on the motorcycles and sometimes on historical figures



Hedwig enjoys long walks on the beach, craft beer, and genocide.

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

Len posted:

I don't think I ever actually had any but I wanted them so much. I remember being excited for the Lego Magazine because it came with the comic book and I wanted to know where the story went.

No I will not go back and revisit the lore.

yeah god no, i just thought they looked cool and you could do neat stuff with the parts. lots of gears and gimmicks

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

PinheadSlim posted:

Good point, let's go back to whether or not dragons with laser arms are bad or rad.

Rad.
Next question?

smug jeebus
Oct 26, 2008
Rad idea, bad execution

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1000 Brown M and Ms
Oct 22, 2008

F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

PinheadSlim posted:

Bionicle is a weird relic from the bad period of Lego where they were losing money like crazy and mismanaging virtually everything. It's literally referred to as "The Decline" on wikipedia and for good reason.

Funnily enough Bionicle is one of the things that saved Lego during that period because they were so popular and prevented them from going bankrupt. If it weren't for Bionicle and Star Wars then Lego most likely wouldn't still be around.
It was all the other lovely juniorised themes full of super specialised parts that got them in that trouble in the first place, along with really bizarre decisions like rebranding Duplo as 'Explore' and literally selling some sets at a loss because the parts were so expensive to manufacture.

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