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The_Doctor posted:Oh man, the water stage of Ninjago city. I'm so excited for you. Ninjago City is such a cool build, and so dynamic. Have fun!
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It's been so long since I build an official set, I can barely remember what it's like. My most memorable build was the Explorien Starship from back in the day, that beautiful white ship with its billion green antennae and its folding configurations. I remember how pretty much everything came together on one Technic rod trussing a two-stud-wide area in the middle. My "friend" Peter came over one day, picked it up, promptly dropped it. I gathered the pieces together as best I could, but somehow the thing never came together quite right again, in that weak spot, and it was eternally in the folded position and I wasn't a clever enough lad to figure out a solution. So disassembled and into the common bin it went.
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Speaking of stickers, am I crazy or did a version of the Maersk cargo ship (10241) have printed logos on all the containers? That sticker sheet is depressing
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Feenix posted:I'm not condemning anyone's tastes, but I just cannot see anything nice about that ISS. Maybe its just the pics but it looks chintzy and uninteresting. I kind of feel the same way. I love lego and space, but that set looks kind of lame.
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pzy posted:Speaking of stickers, am I crazy or did a version of the Maersk cargo ship (10241) have printed logos on all the containers?  At least you can thank this set for being the nail in the coffin of the practice of applying stickers over multiple pieces. Nowadays, a sticker can only cover 1 piece, which is, at least, a huge improvement. 
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Jan 10, 2020 20:05
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The_Doctor posted:Oh man, the water stage of Ninjago city. I mentioned it before. That stage is one of the worst in any set. Fortunately, everything after is great.
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Jan 10, 2020 20:27
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I liked doing the water even if it was a bit tedious. It’s cool how they simulate deep and shallow areas. It’s a pain making sure you don’t gently caress it up though.
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Jan 10, 2020 20:44
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I thought I had a couple of times, but it just turned out I couldn’t count! 
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veni veni veni posted:I liked doing the water even if it was a bit tedious. It’s cool how they simulate deep and shallow areas. It’s a pain making sure you don’t gently caress it up though. To make it interesting, I made sure all the tiles were lined up in the same way. You can see the printing through the top so all that was facing the same direction. 
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Jan 10, 2020 21:45
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I think I’ll look into getting a lighting kit for Ninjago City, as they look pretty rad.
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The soccer stadium looks like a cool finished model, but there is like no way I would want to actually build it. The ISS seems hokey and uninspired. To contribute something of less dubious substance, finished the 89 Batmobile this past weekend. Amazing build, start to finish. The way they created some of those connections and reproduced the angles was bonkers. The entire back panel that uses two ball connectors to attach to 4 lined up clips? How the gently caress does that even work? A+.
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Waltzing Along posted:To make it interesting, I made sure all the tiles were lined up in the same way. You can see the printing through the top so all that was facing the same direction. Lol I did the same, but not for fun. That type of stuff triggers my LEGO ocd hardcore.
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The_Doctor posted:I think I’ll look into getting a lighting kit for Ninjago City, as they look pretty rad. I used one on a modified (completely enclosed) Gingerbread house this christmas, and it looked absolutely awesome, especially with the translucent "glitter" blocks (no idea what they are "officially" called) in the windows. I used lightstaxx, which worked very well.
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What's going on with the Brickvault guys? They barely make content anymore and when they do it's usually just their custom sets. Is the bottom falling out of Lego youtube so much? I know Jang is struggling with COPPA and revenue, and he's putting out half the content he used to. Hell, he barely reviews the bigger sets anymore.
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PriorMarcus posted:What's going on with the Brickvault guys? They barely make content anymore and when they do it's usually just their custom sets. Is the bottom falling out of Lego youtube so much? Jang put out another coppa video that said the changes he made were catastrophic to his channel, so he's gone back to the drawing board. So I'd say yes the bottom has fallen out.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUVvQk7XLd4 Another great lego experiment, with parts list this time too
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Just built the new Ferrari and Audi. They are both much nicer than previous models of speed champions. 8 wide makes them look much better. Only issue is Ferrari windscreen doesn't fit with drivers hair on. I do like that the Audi is much taller than the Ferrari. Also the steering wheel is slightly offset. They need a new piece to fix that issue. Now to get my hands on a bunch of the new windscreens in order to fix all the old 6 wide cars. I do like having side by side minifigs.
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Are extra parts common? 75249 seems to have a few extra parts that aren’t accounted for in the instructions. I hope I didn’t miss something.
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Pollyanna posted:Are extra parts common? 75249 seems to have a few extra parts that aren’t accounted for in the instructions. I hope I didn’t miss something. If they are small parts, like 1x1s, then yes. parts bags are filled by weight and they add in extras of tiny pieces to make sure they are in there.
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Naylenas posted:Just got the drat bucket wheel excavator for a late Christmas present. I have no idea where to start I would suggest putting it back in the box and sending it to me. I want that one SOOOO bad. Built my Audi rally car last night, holy crap I love it.
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a mysterious cloak posted:I would suggest putting it back in the box and sending it to me. I want that one SOOOO bad. You can buy mine, NIB.
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Anyone know where to get the Audi in Australia? Target, Kmart, myer, David Jones and big w don’t have it on their sites. I went in store at Northland in Melbourne but none of them had any speed champions stuff at all which was really weird. Metro hobbies have it listed on their site but not in stock yet. I could order it from Lego but I’m not paying 1/3 the cost in shipping
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Granite Octopus posted:Anyone know where to get the Audi in Australia? Target, Kmart, myer, David Jones and big w don’t have it on their sites. I went in store at Northland in Melbourne but none of them had any speed champions stuff at all which was really weird. These guys have it next month apparently https://imrickjamesbricks.com.au/products/lego-1985-audi-sport-quattro-s1-76897?_pos=1&_sid=19ad75c44&_ss=r&variant=31219045302366
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   I should get some stands or something to put it in a cooler pose.
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Was picking up a prescription at walgreens and happened to walk past the toy aisle and just couldn't say no. jorts crew 
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MarxCarl posted:Mega Construx Castle Greyskull is on Walmart for 129.97, for those interested. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mega-Construx-Probuilder-Masters-of-the-Universe-Castle-Greyskull/521981514 It's been that price on Amazon for a couple of weeks. It's probably not done falling.
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What was up with the Stingrays? Were they cyborgs, or aliens, or Innsmouth people, or just ugly motherfuckers?
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Ineptitude posted:I get releasing a Football stadium but a specific one like that? Manchester United is arguably the most popular sports team in the entire world Their jerseys have ads for Chevrolet. Chevrolet does not sell cars in England
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ElwoodCuse posted:Their jerseys have ads for Chevrolet. Chevrolet does not sell cars in England That’s very false.
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MURICAN CARS FOR MURICA ONLY
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I think it is probably fair to say it is not a very common brand of car in the UK, though my girlfriend did drive one at one point. It was Red and as a die-hard Man City supporter she never stopped complaining about how driving a Red Chevrolet made her look. It seems weirder to me that they would release a 4000 pc Stadium of a team that has spent the last few years seemingly falling from grace in the UK. I only follow football peripherally and my understanding was that the Manchester United of today is a shadow of its former self. I remember in the 1990's growing up in Blackpool that EVERYONE supported Manchester United, it was almost a craze like POGS or something. It would be news to me that the team is still so lauded worldwide, given what I have come to understand about its reputation within the UK currently.
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SkeletonHero posted:What was up with the Stingrays? Were they cyborgs, or aliens, or Innsmouth people, or just ugly motherfuckers? I don't know if they ever explain but I like the idea that they're cross bred with Deep Ones and the Atlantis line is about humans discovering the Deep Ones and their temples to Dagon and Hydra.
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Rhyno posted:MURICAN CARS FOR MURICA ONLY Rhyno posted:MURICAN CARS FOR MURICA ONLY And to top it off Manchester United cars drive on the wrong side of the road.
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SkeletonHero posted:What was up with the Stingrays? Were they cyborgs, or aliens, or Innsmouth people, or just ugly motherfuckers? Dunno, but that's one thing I actually really liked about the old themes - there was little if any backstory so everything was left to the imagination. Zonko_T.M. posted:I don't know if they ever explain but I like the idea that they're cross bred with Deep Ones and the Atlantis line is about humans discovering the Deep Ones and their temples to Dagon and Hydra. That sounds as good a story as any! Atlantis even had a dude with a stingray head.
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mitochondritom posted:die-hard Man Hi, I'm Sam Porter Bridges!
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ElwoodCuse posted:Manchester United is arguably the most popular sports team in the entire world Chevrolet bought Daewoo quite a while ago and rebranded all their cars as Chevrolet in the UK Also, football teams having ads for products squarely aimed at the international market is nothing remarkable, there's chinese betting companies on some other Premier League team kits and advertising hoardings Also fun fact, the Chevrolet suit who approved the Man Utd deal got fired for it because they massively overpaid relative to the actual value of the shirt sponsorship mitochondritom posted:It seems weirder to me that they would release a 4000 pc Stadium of a team that has spent the last few years seemingly falling from grace in the UK... Manchester United of today is a shadow of its former self... news to me that the team is still so lauded worldwide While it is thankfully true that they are hilariously poo poo now and lurching from one bad manager to another, in the greater context they're still one of the top teams in the most watched league in the world and their 20 years of success came at the same time as the league was being aggressively marketed abroad and as such they still have a legion of foreign plastic fans. They aggressively court marketing deals abroad to cement this income stream, down to having official Indonesian noodle partners and Chinese paint companies and all kinds of dumb poo poo. For a lego set I guess it makes sense, as I don't think their target market are the actively United hating Brits (me), rather the fans from the rest of the world. That said putting a Man Utd badge on your Facebook and occasionally watching a game at a bar doesn't translate into wanting to spend the €300+ it looks like that stadium model will cost
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Hey cool! Didn’t realize the forums had a lego thread until I went hunting for a laser cutting thread in DIY. I just got back into Legos for the first time in 20 years after seeing the Saturn V set at an Apollo exhibition a few months ago, and fell down the rabbithole after getting my childhood collection from my parents. Now I’ve got enough new sets built I’m trying to figure out the best way to display everything and add trains... wish Lego would re-release the monorail or one of the third party brick makers would make a set.The_Doctor posted:Oh man, the water stage of Ninjago city. You’re probably done, but I had good luck placing the lillies first and filling in between them so I didn’t have to look at the instructions for everything. The pattern makes sense when you have a few markers to go off. Otherwise, I love having Kowloon walled city, it very much embodies everything I think lego to be! Now I just need to figure out how to add LEDs... what do you guys do? Thinking of adding a small arduino board and neopixels to cycle colors and stuff, but I’m probably better off not adding another project to my list and just getting something out of the box...
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OSU_Matthew posted:You’re probably done The water stage, yes. So many more to go! quote:Now I just need to figure out how to add LEDs... what do you guys do? You can buy set-specific kits off AliExpress! Like this one!
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