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Vintersorg posted:God those latest Star Wars sets are dire. The new Millenium Falcon looks to be the only good one. Are these sets hitting shelves tomorrow for the "Force Friday" or whatever the gently caress? Might make a trip to get some sets then.
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Vintersorg posted:God those latest Star Wars sets are dire. Yeah, it's not often that the older version of a UCS set looks better than the newer one. Here's the UCS Yoda from 2002 and frankly they did a much better job with this one despite the blocky pixellated look. 
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Finally built the new Tantive IV. I like it (apart from all the stickers on the front), but I really didn't get the radar dish. You put a black liftarm through the ship, and secure it with a grey pin. I checked the box, and it's actually the handle, and I felt rather stupid because whenever I picked it up before, stuff fell of. I like that LEGO thinks about that stuff now, that you sometimes might have to pick a model up without destroying it.
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Oct 4, 2019 15:08
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tuo posted:I like that LEGO thinks about that stuff now, that you sometimes might have to pick a model up without destroying it. That was apparently one of the big reasons they redesigned the carousel. The grand carousel was on a single large plate and it’d break apart from its own weight when the single plate deformed if you tried to pick it up.
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Yiggy posted:That was apparently one of the big reasons they redesigned the carousel. The grand carousel was on a single large plate and it’d break apart from its own weight when the single plate deformed if you tried to pick it up. Reminds me of a couple of the first UCS Star Wars models.... Also could you all please all stop buying the Liebherr? Normally, Technic stuff is discounted (by independant dealers) from the get go, but somehow the Liebherr seems to be different, and going into the other direction currently. I luckily have enough stuff to build, and hope it gets to something like 10 to 15% discount by the start of november.
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Oct 4, 2019 16:30
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I'd been eyeing up the UCS Y-Wing for a while, figuring it wasn't long for this world and with the force Friday discount in the UK it's a very reasonable £135, coupled with double VIP points and a sweet little Endor mini build so if like me you have no control over your impulses it's a great time to buy it
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Oct 4, 2019 16:59
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Butterfly Valley posted:I'd been eyeing up the UCS Y-Wing for a while, figuring it wasn't long for this world and with the force Friday discount in the UK it's a very reasonable £135, coupled with double VIP points and a sweet little Endor mini build so if like me you have no control over your impulses it's a great time to buy it Yeah this is basically my post from July when Amazon had it for 25% off. Great build. Very satisfying.
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Oct 4, 2019 18:16
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Lepin has put out a Saturn V Launch Tower (I don't know how new this is, but it's new to me): https://lepinworld.com/shop/lepin-technician/moc-nasa-saturn-v-launch-launchpad-tower/
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Wax Dynasty posted:Lepin has put out a Saturn V Launch Tower (I don't know how new this is, but it's new to me): Holy poo poo that's cool, god drat if that wont be a repetitive and tedious build.
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Oct 4, 2019 18:41
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They probably copied the ideas set that got to review but not chosen (for obvious reasons).
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Oct 4, 2019 19:28
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Dogen posted:They probably copied the ideas set that got to review but not chosen (for obvious reasons). Yes. The conduits running up the tower look a whole lot like that Ideas set, IIRC.
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Oct 4, 2019 19:58
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quote:All parts are quality checked before shipping, so if you find some missing or damaged parts, don’t worry. Please contact us and we will send them to you without any fees, or we will offer a small refund for you to buy in another places. 
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Wax Dynasty posted:Lepin has put out a Saturn V Launch Tower (I don't know how new this is, but it's new to me): Hang on, didn't Lepin get its poo poo pushed in?
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Oct 5, 2019 01:58
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Humphreys posted:Hang on, didn't Lepin get its poo poo pushed in? Yeah, so now they sell MOCs. They spun up a new company to sell Lego designs.
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Oct 5, 2019 02:04
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Is it designed to fit snugly inside a detolf?
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I feel like if I bought that, I'd have to buy the knockoff saturn v. I don't know if I could force my real one to have to live on a knockoff stand. Edit: If the price ratio holds up, this launch umbilical tower would cost around $320 as an actual Lego set. Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Oct 5, 2019 |
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Oct 5, 2019 02:11
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Lepinworld.com, official site of Lepin describes that product as: "With 3073 Pcs • Highest Quality bricks (Better than Lepin)" Can...can your product be better.... than itself?
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Oct 5, 2019 04:15
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Maybe they mean better than standard Lepin stuff. I assume that the normal Lepin sets are automatically sorted by machines since they make so many of them. It looks like the pieces for these MOCs are gathered manually or something because it says it takes a 10-12 days to prepare it. So maybe by "highest quality" they mean that if the person sees a piece is obviously missing plastic or is deformed, it won't be included.
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Oct 5, 2019 04:31
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Cojawfee posted:I feel like if I bought that, I'd have to buy the knockoff saturn v. I don't know if I could force my real one to have to live on a knockoff stand. Yeah I kind of want it, but I still am yet to build my legit Saturn. I would have to hunt down a Lepin
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Cojawfee posted:Maybe they mean better than standard Lepin stuff. I assume that the normal Lepin sets are automatically sorted by machines since they make so many of them. It looks like the pieces for these MOCs are gathered manually or something because it says it takes a 10-12 days to prepare it. So maybe by "highest quality" they mean that if the person sees a piece is obviously missing plastic or is deformed, it won't be included. Lol that you think the knockoff chinese lego company is introducing this level of quality control and isn't just writing whatever poo poo on their product page they think will make it sell
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Yeah, it's not often that the older version of a UCS set looks better than the newer one. Here's the UCS Yoda from 2002 and frankly they did a much better job with this one despite the blocky pixellated look. Let's be fair they are equally terrible, although I guess the old one gets a few points for being the real Yoda instead of dumb light saber flipping prequel Yoda.
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Oct 5, 2019 16:58
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young yoda is like the only good part of the prequels
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It's ok, you don't have to pretend there was a good part of the prequels.
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veni veni veni posted:It's ok, you don't have to pretend there was a good part of the prequels. Uh, pod racing.
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I just rewatched The Phantom Menace last night and it was a pretty good movie ruined by trying to inject too much slapstick humour into significant moments in battles IMO.
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Chairchucker posted:I just rewatched The Phantom Menace last night and it was a pretty good movie ruined by trying to inject too much slapstick humour into significant moments in battles IMO. Sometimes I wish the forums had downvote buttons. -1 Inaccurate
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Chairchucker posted:I just rewatched The Phantom Menace last night and it was a pretty good movie ruined by trying to inject too much slapstick humour into significant moments in battles IMO. Yeah... I tried rewatching it with an effort to be as objective as possible the other week and it's boring as gently caress. Wax Dynasty posted:Lepin has put out a Saturn V Launch Tower (I don't know how new this is, but it's new to me): Welp, getting this. I'll let y'all know how it is when it finally arrives in 3 months.
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Chairchucker posted:I just rewatched The Phantom Menace last night and it was a pretty good movie ruined by trying to inject too much slapstick humour into significant moments in battles IMO. I'll be honest, I have a soft spot for TPM as I saw it for my 11th birthday, so I was the perfect age to get swept up in the hype but not really realise how bad it was. I haven't seen it in years and I don't really want to see it again since I don't want to ruin my memories of it. veni veni veni posted:Let's be fair they are equally terrible, although I guess the old one gets a few points for being the real Yoda instead of dumb light saber flipping prequel Yoda. Ehh, I like it. I think older Lego in general has a certain charm that newer Lego lacks, but I fully admit that's nostalgia talking.
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I grew up with the PT and while I've basically outgrown thinking they're any good as movies, I still think the visual design is really good. A lot of the vehicles are totally on par with stuff from the OT.
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Don't forget the flagrant, horrible racism and antisemitism poo poo, watto somehow became MORE of a caricature as the movies went on
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The Phantom Menace is a victim of the expectations of Star Wars fans and echo chambers about how bad it is as much as it is the victim of its own shortcomings.
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It should have tried spinning. Its a neat trick. Might have saved that movie.
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Oct 6, 2019 06:00
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Lizard Combatant posted:Welp, getting this. I'll let y'all know how it is when it finally arrives in 3 months.  Gonna be interesting to compare the brick quality to Cobi etc.....IF the stuff arrives here
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Pyroclastic posted:Sometimes I wish the forums had downvote buttons. Here you go Like who wants to see people having a different opinion than their own. ECHO CHAMBERS ARE SO MUCH FUN
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EvilJoven posted:It should have tried spinning. Its a neat trick. Might have saved that movie. Thanks I wasn't aware there were bad lines in this film you've opened my eyes.
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Oct 6, 2019 14:04
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Possible Batman leak says d2c is the 89 batmobile in 3k pieces. https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Qr89XJmUa/?igshid=1qxhw87cpmhhg
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Oct 6, 2019 14:11
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Holy poo poo if that is true.
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Cojawfee posted:Uh, pod racing. The Pod Racing scene is awesome, shame it's filled with Jake Lloyd's awful attempts to act. Also John William's score is fantastic and Palpatine is good, though Palpatine isn't as good as the later prequels which are just as terrible. I picked up Vader's Castle and the new Millennium Falcon yesterday, built the castle so far and man it looks drat good. Pretty stoked to get around the new Falcon.
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Chairchucker posted:Thanks I wasn't aware there were bad lines in this film you've opened my eyes. I like the bit where some loser fish is chasing them and then a bigger fish comes along and eats the smaller fish and Qui-Gon just drops "There's always a bigger fish" like a big nasty fart.
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