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Nov 11, 2019 00:14
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I mean I had wooden blocks, Lincoln logs, bristle blox, capsela, construx, tinker toys, and some erector set, but Duplo and Lego were the clear best
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Nov 11, 2019 00:19
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The Bloop posted:Capsela kids represent
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Nov 11, 2019 00:48
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The_Doctor posted:The one I had that never seemed popular* was Robotix, and it’s octagonal connection points. I got one of these sets for Christmas when I was a kid. Never got to see the cartoon though, even though I was aware of it. Not a bad toy, though the "socket" end of the pieces tended to crack.
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Nov 11, 2019 00:52
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The_Doctor posted:The one I had that never seemed popular* was Robotix, and it’s octagonal connection points. I was just trying to recall what these were earlier today! I had a couple sets that my grandmother bought me from TJ Maxx or Ross or some other outlet store. They were one of those “you spent all day bargain hunting with me, so here’s a toy” gifts. 
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Nov 11, 2019 01:02
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The Bloop posted:Capsela kids represent Woah that brings back memories. I would totally get those for my kids now. Built so much cool stuff with these. The vex robotics stuff us such crap compared to this.
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Nov 11, 2019 01:14
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The Bloop posted:Capsela kids represent I used the wires from this thing to test a wall socket like it was a 9 volt battery, nearly amputated my tongue after it had swollen to the size of a rolled up sock. Good times, would buy again.
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Nov 11, 2019 02:07
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Davros1 posted:I got one of these sets for Christmas when I was a kid. Never got to see the cartoon though, even though I was aware of it. Yeah, I remember that. And pulling out some of the tighter elements with my teeth because the clutch was so strong.
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Nov 11, 2019 02:14
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The Bloop posted:Capsela kids represent
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Nov 11, 2019 03:06
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Never owned em but Science North near my home town had a shitload of em and spending some time building crazy stuff with em was always a highlight of spending a day there.
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Nov 11, 2019 03:45
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Anyone here get the dinosaur bones museum? I’m wondering if it would be good to do with my four year old at the holidays. Obviously he couldn’t do it solo, he’s super into dinosaurs and their bones.
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Nov 11, 2019 05:09
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Ultimate Mango posted:Woah that brings back memories. I would totally get those for my kids now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IT-TpJsSyY They still make them, though rebranded and slightly polygonal now.
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Nov 11, 2019 05:19
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I also had several "Fiddlesticks" building sets when I was young
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Nov 11, 2019 05:22
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I had some thing where you'd make stuff using plastic rivets that would be friction melted together. Always came back to the Lego though, nothing can beat it.
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Nov 11, 2019 06:08
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I used to have a ton of Girder and Panel stuff when I was little. Not as detailed as Lego but you could make really big stuff.
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Nov 11, 2019 06:13
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Oh, man. I just saw the minifigs that come with the new UCS Batmobile. That new cape/cowl piece is rad. It's just as articulated as the actual costume.
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Nov 11, 2019 06:15
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Ultimate Mango posted:Anyone here get the dinosaur bones museum? Its a display set, not a play set
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Nov 11, 2019 09:59
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The Bloop posted:Capsela kids represent gently caress yeah I LOVED these things. After I got my first set, I found a huge box of them at a yard sale for like $25 and thought I was the luckiest kid in the world.
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Nov 11, 2019 14:56
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Cojawfee posted:If it is a libertarian selling it, the blocks will just be chrome plated pot metal. Lead. Lead is cheap and its toxicity is wildly overblown.  Also, while we're talking about other Lego-like toys, look up Tentes from EXIN. Spanish Legos. Sadly they don't exist anymore - they made a lot of really nice ship models.
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Nov 11, 2019 17:13
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Speaking of knock-offs, the Lepin stuff is ok in certain cases, correct? I really wanted the haunted house. I've been eyeing the "real" one for years, but prices stay around 400 dollars. I am wanting this mainly for a Halloween decoration and if they are OK will probably grab one next year.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:31
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Speaking of that drat Haunted House, there's no chance that LEGO would bring the theme/set back for another production run right? I'm still relatively new as an adult collector and don't know if they ever revive popular sets years after their discontinuation.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:44
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sigher posted:Speaking of that drat Haunted House, there's no chance that LEGO would bring the theme/set back for another production run right? I'm still relatively new as an adult collector and don't know if they ever revive popular sets years after their discontinuation. Unlikely, but not unheard of.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:53
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sigher posted:Speaking of that drat Haunted House, there's no chance that LEGO would bring the theme/set back for another production run right? I'm still relatively new as an adult collector and don't know if they ever revive popular sets years after their discontinuation. I dunno, but as a Halloween house freak (I literally run a website and youtube channel devoted to mini-halloween villages, spookyvillages.com) I REALLY wish Lego would do more in the Halloween space. I know they do an annual winter/christmas set but outside of a small spooky minifig pack, they don't do anything for Halloween really, right? REALLY wish they'd bring back the monster fighters line.
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Nov 11, 2019 19:54
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They have an entire spooky/ghost themed line at the moment, Hidden Side
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Nov 11, 2019 19:56
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:I dunno, but as a Halloween house freak (I literally run a website and youtube channel devoted to mini-halloween villages, spookyvillages.com) I REALLY wish Lego would do more in the Halloween space. I know they do an annual winter/christmas set but outside of a small spooky minifig pack, they don't do anything for Halloween really, right? REALLY wish they'd bring back the monster fighters line. Just checked your site out and it's dope as hell, probably gonna binge your YouTube as well. But I agree, I love the Monsters line (though I don't own any of it) and wish they would do a revival of it. More Halloween stuff, always.
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Nov 11, 2019 20:05
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Speaking of knock-offs, the Lepin stuff is ok in certain cases, correct? I really wanted the haunted house. I've been eyeing the "real" one for years, but prices stay around 400 dollars. I am wanting this mainly for a Halloween decoration and if they are OK will probably grab one next year. I just finished building the Lepin version of the Old Fishing Store and it was fine, the quality wasn't really noticeably worse than official Lego stuff. Only issues I saw were that the minifigures are a bit stiffer, and the doors don't close smoothly, but that's worth it for how much less expensive it was.
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Nov 11, 2019 20:24
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I know a couple of people who have gotten Lepin UCS Star Wars stuff and I can't really say I blame them. For big, expensive sets that just sit on a shelf, Lepin is fine. The quality is close enough to actual Lego that it's difficult to tell them apart from a distance. Personally I'd never get Lepin (or any other knockoff brand) but that's because building sets and displaying them has very little appeal to me. I much prefer building MOCs. I will say, the one Lepin (or maybe another brand, can't remember now) set that's tempted me is the modular brothel. It's hilarious and something Lego would never do themselves.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:25
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My sister gave me a Subaru-branded modular building set a few months ago that Subaru apparently gave out as a promotional item. I'm not sure who made it (there's no brand name on it besides Subaru) but whoof the quality was bad. Pieces flexed and bent during assembly and even though it's a sizable vehicle (roughly the sixe of the Ferarris) there was no Technic-style underpinning and it was very weak as a result. I still haven't finished building it because I picked it up to move it and it fell apart.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:39
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sigher posted:Just checked your site out and it's dope as hell, probably gonna binge your YouTube as well. Thank you! If I grab the Lepin house I'll probably do a video on it because why the hell not, it's in the same genre. I plan do a Batmobile video too because, yeah. Why the hell not?! And hey, i'd happily pony up for the real Lego set if they'd ever do a re-release. As is though, given the fact that I am buying for actual display purposes and don't care about the box, I'd rather just buy a close enough knock-off versus getting hosed by a reseller. ColonelJohnMatrix fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Nov 11, 2019 |
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Nov 11, 2019 21:40
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If you get it I'd love to see the result and if it's worth the price, there's also a cool lighting kit you can get for the Haunted House that looks really cool you should check out.
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Nov 11, 2019 21:54
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asecondduck posted:My sister gave me a Subaru-branded modular building set a few months ago that Subaru apparently gave out as a promotional item. I'm not sure who made it (there's no brand name on it besides Subaru) but whoof the quality was bad. Pieces flexed and bent during assembly and even though it's a sizable vehicle (roughly the sixe of the Ferarris) there was no Technic-style underpinning and it was very weak as a result. It's a "thing" for corporations to commission fake lego sets for these kinds of handouts. Sometimes lego does small runs of official sets but they're pretty rare (and not always built to lego standards themselves, there was a small lego audi did a ways back that had a couple technic pins that were under pressure and would eventually crack).
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Nov 11, 2019 21:54
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To be fair, that Audi was actually the reason why Lego came up with rules for 'legal' and 'illegal' building techniques. They never had official building standards until then.
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Nov 11, 2019 22:00
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Any comments on the latest HP Knight Bus? It looks good to me but I'm thinking with a few modifications it could be even better.
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Nov 12, 2019 03:55
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I've got it, but it's very much a kids playset. It looks okay next to the Hogwarts Express though. If I had time and money, if love to Bricklink enough purple to make a Creator London Bus-sized version.
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Nov 12, 2019 05:23
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UK Goons, Smyths has the Camper van on sale for £68, down from £85.
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Nov 13, 2019 19:57
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Personally I'd never get Lepin (or any other knockoff brand) but that's because building sets and displaying them has very little appeal to me. I much prefer building MOCs. Lepin and the other Chinese knockoffs are doing a lot more MOCs after Lepin was successfully sued by Lego. Here's a small sample: https://www.yourwobb.com/collections/moc
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Nov 13, 2019 23:18
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“Warning: can not eat” tickled me Also I’ve never remotely considered Lepin anything, but seeing that they sell the Death Star docking bay has definitely piqued my interest If I was to get the UCS Falcon and coffee table it, I could do it in the docking bay and consider the hangar as an extension of the table rather than the Lego, to help with my natural aversion to fake pieces
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Nov 13, 2019 23:39
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Is there any fake Lego with LEGO stamping? Are Lepin bricks branded as such or are they literally counterfeit Lego?
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Nov 14, 2019 01:02
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In my experience there's no branding on fakes at all. No text on the pieces anywhere. If there are fakes that include it they've fooled me.
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Nov 14, 2019 01:32
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Black Friday stuff is out. I'm not seeing anything on 2x VIP yet. The Xmas GWP is a tree and the winter set isn't $$$ enough to get it. The GWP is $120 this year. Pretty lame.
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Nov 14, 2019 05:44
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