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The Bloop posted:The upcoming Lego building competition show looks stressful and upsetting because they apparently smash the non-winning entries and that upsets me
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Feb 3, 2020 05:48
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FBS posted:Actually, it looks stressful and upsetting because reality TV is an utter garbage medium worth less than nothing regardless of context or content. Ok
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Feb 3, 2020 05:49
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Today's haul was the Ferrari speed champions for a present for my bother, the birthday cake for my daughter plus some custom min-figs she made, the brickheads Lucky Cat, and the Olaf keyring which gave me just enough for the Rat.sigher posted:What the gently caress. It's a bit of an extreme example but it's still amazing. The other thing in those older Technic sets was that often the alternate models didn't have the component list for each step Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Feb 3, 2020 05:51
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The Bloop posted:The upcoming Lego building competition show looks stressful and upsetting because they apparently smash the non-winning entries and that upsets me Are you sure? In the Aus version of the show, one of the challenges was to build a set that would look good on the high-speed cameras when dropped/hit with a bat/thrown at a wall. It might just be a clip of that you're seeing.
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Feb 3, 2020 05:54
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:If you're thinking of these (or something similar):  these would go for huge amounts individually, I remember buying and reselling one of them for 80 bucks. while looking for the above photo I found this, which made me laugh way harder than I'd like to admit 
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Feb 3, 2020 05:59
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Krazyface posted:Are you sure? In the Aus version of the show, one of the challenges was to build a set that would look good on the high-speed cameras when dropped/hit with a bat/thrown at a wall. It might just be a clip of that you're seeing. That may be, the commercial definitely wasn't 100% clear
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Feb 3, 2020 06:01
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Yeah the Aus version was actually very fun and good imo.
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Feb 3, 2020 07:36
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Yeah, the original UK version was nice and chill.
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Feb 3, 2020 08:06
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The US version looks terrible and stupid. It looks incredibly fake.
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Feb 3, 2020 13:56
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN8saBF0t3s
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Feb 3, 2020 14:02
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FBS posted:Actually, it looks stressful and upsetting because reality TV is an utter garbage medium worth less than nothing regardless of context or content. I wouldn't necessarily go that far but I did try to watch a gingerbread house building competition and instead of Christmassy joviality and tips for making sugar icicles there was a bunch of team drama and tense poo poo. I wanted holiday spirit, damnation!
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Feb 3, 2020 16:16
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FBS posted:Actually, it looks stressful and upsetting because reality TV* is an utter garbage medium worth less than nothing regardless of context or content. *American
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Feb 3, 2020 16:58
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Butterfly Valley posted:*American The contrast between American and UK Kitchen Nightmares is so loving jarring. I think "Nailed It!" might count as "American" "reality TV" and it's pretty ok. They should do the lego one like that (contestants are given a model/example they need to reproduce, judges decide who did the best job.)
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Feb 3, 2020 17:09
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Making It is super chill, hoping for something like that.
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Feb 3, 2020 17:20
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Nailed It is good TV because it never punches down. It laughs with the contestants, not at them, and it’s never nasty.
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Feb 3, 2020 17:25
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Koruthaiolos posted:Making It is super chill, hoping for something like that. 
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Feb 3, 2020 17:57
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Welp, looks like I'm getting the ISS and the Corner Garage when I hit my local LEGO store this week.
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Feb 3, 2020 18:31
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That LEGO show will be made or broken on how much stupid manufactured drama they shoehorn in. If it’s just a chill competition it could be great but it’s on fox so I’m not holding my breath.
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Feb 3, 2020 19:27
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Woo feels good to be making stuff again. I have 2 Bricks & Pieces orders and 7 BL orders I'm waiting on right now. I actually love waiting for poo poo in the mail. I'm tentatively interested in the LEGO Masters show given the staff they have involved, particularly a couple great folks from TLG, but we'll see.
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Feb 3, 2020 20:28
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I finished up the Ninjago Docks on Thursday night, and brought it in to my office on Friday. Somehow in all of the jostling I lost a single piece: the 1 x 2 money printed tile that sat in the slot of the vending machine. I know I can just get a bill out of the ATM, but I'll know that one is missing.  Time to go to BrickLink
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Feb 3, 2020 20:42
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Is one of the figs holding it? I finished the same last night (save for the pulley rope holding the barrel- I always leave details like that, and stickers, til they hold up on progress in some other area and then do them) It’s awesome. After that, it’ll be time to start on Ninjago City proper 
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Feb 3, 2020 20:49
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Anyone have a verdict on Destinys Bounty, either how it stacks up to other ships with sails or against the other big Ninjago sets? Kinda regretting not getting it while the stores had it
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Feb 3, 2020 20:51
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veni veni veni posted:That LEGO show will be made or broken on how much stupid manufactured drama they shoehorn in. If it’s just a chill competition it could be great but it’s on fox so I’m not holding my breath. Yeah hard to say. Masked Singer is on Fox and is about the most chill wholesome thing on TV right now
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Feb 3, 2020 20:54
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Anyone have a verdict on Destinys Bounty, either how it stacks up to other ships with sails or against the other big Ninjago sets? Kinda regretting not getting it while the stores had it That aside, it kicks rear end. The brick-built sculpted hull is great, the interiors are deeply detailed (including the best LEGO bed yet), and the bulkheads are awesome. Lots of color, cool techniques like the garage door roof, and a level of realism as all the interior spaces are connected and accessible. I really enjoyed building it and would have kept it, except I only have room for one big ship and I'm not getting rid of my Black Seas Barracuda. 
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Feb 3, 2020 21:00
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It's one of my favourite sets. I took it down from a bookshelf for the picture and man it is dus-ty. As mentioned, the masts suck and there's no rigging but everything else is great! I swapped out the sails on mine for a less ostentatious look.
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Feb 3, 2020 21:10
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Anyone have a verdict on Destinys Bounty, either how it stacks up to other ships with sails or against the other big Ninjago sets? Kinda regretting not getting it while the stores had it It's great. It functions really well as a display piece. Definitely, one of the better looking Lego sets.
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Feb 3, 2020 21:14
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Going to echo the Destiny's Bounty talk. It is such a great and detailed piece and fun to build. They went so far as adding a Toilet to the drat thing. It also has a good scale to it as well. Frankly all the Ninjago movie sets are superb. I never was into Ninjago, but the city, docks, bounty, and all the mechs are just so detailed and well designed.
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Feb 3, 2020 21:46
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Is one of the figs holding it? I finished the same last night (save for the pulley rope holding the barrel- I always leave details like that, and stickers, til they hold up on progress in some other area and then do them) Enjoy the City! It's a hell of a lot of fun. No figs are holding it. It may have fallen into some crevice in my car.
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Feb 3, 2020 22:34
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Anyone have a verdict on Destinys Bounty, either how it stacks up to other ships with sails or against the other big Ninjago sets? Kinda regretting not getting it while the stores had it I got the Bounty with my kids on the way home from the Ninjago movie, and the build and finish are what sold me on getting Ninjago City. Honestly, the entire line of Ninjago Movie sets are amazingly fun, sometimes just for the sheer ridiculousness of them. Seaplane shaped like a manta ray with an inflatable boat on top and a rear-firing crab cannon? Yes please. Giant one-wheeled mech controlled by turntables with shoulders that open up into a Fury Road Doof Wagon style speaker system? gently caress yes. Two-legged velociraptor-toed shark tank with ninja biting action? You betcha. And the minifigs are over-the-top weird, and even the generic bad guy figs are pretty well done. Squid helmets, pufferfish helmets, the one guy from the Volcano lair with the tie-dyed shirt and the insanely huge beard. The only two things I didn't like in that series were the Ice Tank and the Lightning Jet and I got them anyways for completeness sake. CommanderApaul fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Feb 3, 2020 22:47
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:
I have a variant of the 1st gen Phase 2 clone helmet which lacks a bulge on the back of the helmet. Every one I've ever seen photographed has it. Is that a non-production part?
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Feb 4, 2020 02:59
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There’s leaked pics floating around that the next big Creator car is a pale yellow Fiat Nuova 500. Looks nice, has a sunroof and a big luggage chest on the back.
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Feb 4, 2020 11:53
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Most of the time I really try to support my local toy store with purchases, but even though the ISS is out on the lego store, they don't have it yet and no ETA  Supporting local vs getting it sent for $15 more plus free patch. Lego making this hard.
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Feb 4, 2020 13:15
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Ain't the ISS an exclusive? So even if smaller toy stores managed to get them, they basically have to sell them with next to no profit? Could be different in other countries, but IIRC it's that way in Germany, where the exclusives are only available from Lego plus a couple of bigger partners like Kaufhof and Toys r us, and smaller shops have to find a way to get them to sell them to customers. e: argh, me dumb. I thought about the Imperial Star Destroyer (ISD), not the International Space Station (ISS). Reading is hard. tuo fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Feb 5, 2020 |
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Feb 4, 2020 14:25
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Big Mean Jerk posted:There’s leaked pics floating around that the next big Creator car is a pale yellow Fiat Nuova 500. Looks nice, has a sunroof and a big luggage chest on the back. Ah, appealing to the Lupin the Third fanbase.
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Feb 4, 2020 14:34
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Lupin should sue Lepin imo
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Feb 4, 2020 14:40
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:Anyone have a verdict on Destinys Bounty, either how it stacks up to other ships with sails or against the other big Ninjago sets? Kinda regretting not getting it while the stores had it You want one? I have it, it was a great build, but I could use the money / shelf space back. PM me.
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Feb 4, 2020 15:32
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It’s nice, I’ll take it! 
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Feb 4, 2020 16:10
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I wonder how many nights of sleep the creators lost trying to get those roof lines correct.. and still not pulling it off. Best one can do at that scale but it looks a bit janky.
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Feb 4, 2020 16:24
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960 pieces? Hmm...$120! Sigh.
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Feb 4, 2020 16:26
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Rumour says $70?
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