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I don’t think I’ve ever waited to build a set unless it was something like a dupe I already had that someone gifted me.
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If I'm adding the Razor Crest to my lego cart and no free Death Star set is showing up does that mean they're sold out and I'm SOL if I wanted it? It was automatically added when I looked the other day but didn't order because I didn't have my card details immediately to hand 
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All the pieces for my landspeeder finally arrived and I could build it for real, much more satisfying!  More images here Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 20:36 on May 3, 2020 |
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May 3, 2020 20:33
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Lizard Combatant posted:All the pieces for my landspeeder finally arrived and I could build it for real, much more satisfying! Nice. That looks really good.
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veni veni veni posted:Nice. That looks really good. Cheers! It's nice to build something tangible again.
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Backlog chat, I had to check and don’t have much. Just the two big Y-Wing & Snowspeeder sets. I’ve been toying around combining Ironman Malibu Mansion and Hall of Armor sets and have some beginning of a layout. Just haven’t had any dedicated time to spend on it and need to spread everything out to figure out how it’s all going to come together. My wife is working from home too now and she took over the big table I’d normally use for something like this. Edit: Butterfly Valley posted:If I'm adding the Razor Crest to my lego cart and no free Death Star set is showing up does that mean they're sold out and I'm SOL if I wanted it? It was automatically added when I looked the other day but didn't order because I didn't have my card details immediately to hand I just did the Razor Crest pre-order and the Death Star set showed up for me automatically along with Poppy's Carriage whatever the hell that is. tomapot fucked around with this message at 21:43 on May 3, 2020 |
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May 3, 2020 21:11
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Thanks for the info, the USA must have more stock than the EU then. I checked on the American site and saw the same as you, along with the *while stocks last at the bottom so guess I'll not bother this time, it was the free set I'd get to build now that was motivating me to preorder the Razor Crest anyway. I got an Endor freebie when I ordered a Y-Wing last year but that was nowhere near May 4th, I guess they have these events and GWP more than once in the year? Will the same Death Star freebie be available later or is it unique every time?
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May 3, 2020 22:00
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Man, stud.io is fiddly to use.
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veni veni veni posted:Lol I just noticed the A Wing is "ages 18+" What did you think the "A" stood for? 
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The_Doctor posted:Man, stud.io is fiddly to use. I strongly disagree What are you struggling with?
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Placement, honestly. I want two plates to sit flush next to eachother before I add on top of them, and it either wants to leave a gap, or have them connect on top/underneath.
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May 4, 2020 17:33
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Is the A Wing small for $200 it seems small for $200.
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May 4, 2020 17:59
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Every Star Wars set is small for X amount of money. The part count and size look about the same as the Snowspeeder or Y Wing. The A Wing is pretty standard overpriced SW fare.
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The_Doctor posted:Placement, honestly. I want two plates to sit flush next to eachother before I add on top of them, and it either wants to leave a gap, or have them connect on top/underneath. It's not good at placing two parts that aren't connected. Place one plate down, put a brick on the edge, and then put the other plate you want, and then delete the brick.
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Cojawfee posted:It's not good at placing two parts that aren't connected. Place one plate down, put a brick on the edge, and then put the other plate you want, and then delete the brick.
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Also, expect even more jank if you ever want to do a technic build. Some of the parts don't even connect together and getting an axle into the hole you want is an exercise in frustration. But it's still a great tool for farting around with Lego.
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Cojawfee posted:It's not good at placing two parts that aren't connected. Place one plate down, put a brick on the edge, and then put the other plate you want, and then delete the brick. See, I thought about that, but having to do that all the time sounds just as annoying.
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The_Doctor posted:See, I thought about that, but having to do that all the time sounds just as annoying. You could also set down a baseplate first instead of placing bricks on to the grey void if you've got a lot layout you want to do first, and then delete it when you're done. I've mostly had the issue you're describing when trying to place wedge plates.
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Blimey, 26 projects up for the first Ideas review of 2020.
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Just the 26 new sets up for consideration in the latest wave of Lego IDEAS I think I’d be most likely to buy the Earth Globe, followed by the functioning waterfall. Lol at the ‘historically accurate Rome’ Edit: gently caress
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May 4, 2020 19:59
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My favourite is the Station.
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May 4, 2020 20:02
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I would love to hear what that the "working" waterfall sounds like in person, without the calming music -- probably like getting a LEGO piece stuck in a vacuum. The globe is great. I actually really dig the fishing boat, especially in those colors.
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Marry Poppins - Too huge and lacks fine detail. Ultimately, it's just 3 nice but simple buildings. Cybertruck - Sorry, our "big gray mass" quota has been well met by the Star Wars line. Goose Game - I wish. Would love more sub-$20 Ideas sets, but I don't know if this has the appeal to make it as a set. Goose Game was a brilliant little flash in the pan. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - LEGO doesn't do chrome anymore; how good would this look with pearl or metallic instead? Also, it's loving enormous. Train Station - Heavy reliance on pieces that don't exist anymore. Major redesign needed. Also feels kinda basic / unimpressive, aside from its size. SpaceX Falcon 9 - Alternate build: Hitachi Projct Gemini - Oh my god just make Space its own theme already. This one's pretty cool I'm just so over it being all over IDEAS. Bowling Alley - Dope, but huge. If made, will end up smaller. Indiana Jones - It's good, but feels like a disappointing way to bring back this license Bricks & Blooms - Never seen them accept a modular, and if they pick this, I'll just be upset they didn't take the way superior modular arcade from a couple review sessions ago. Sonic Mania - Okay that's actually really good. Colorful, focused, spotlight on characters, not enormous. Best one so far. Fishing Boat - Also really good! Interesting to see a full-hulled ship like this. I'd imagine they'd provide a stand of some sort if they made it. KITT - I don't see anything new or interesting about the build. It feels pretty flat and boring with kind of amateur shaping. Not sure how valuable this license is to LEGO either. Snow Groomer - Pretty loving cool. No complaints except, again, scale, but at least LEGO has shown that they really WANT to go big with Technic sets lately. Castle - Looks fine. I like the interiors and especially the use of angles in the architecture, but it doesn't do much for me I guess. Coraline - Nice build. Pretty drat big. Limited potential audience. Rome - This looks like the most boring build of all time. The overall effect looks great, but it looks incredibly dull if you focus on any specific small part of it. Ruined House - Again, this thing is loving huge. Look, it's the size of Assembly Square, but for just one house. Krusty Krab - This is exactly as huge as the last one but my personal bias says let's roll with it anyway. Also, at least the scale is justified here with the interior. Waterfall - Genuinely an interesting idea, but I'm not into it, nor am I interested in keeping the LEGO clean. Miracle Express - This got 10k votes? Futurama - I think Planet Express from the last batch has a better shot. Iron Giant - MAYBE THIS WILL BE THE ONE, GUYS. LET'S KEEP SUBMITTING IRON GIANT UNTIL IT WORKS Hyrule - No comment. I don't know poo poo about Zelda so I can't really gauge if this is enticing to people. New Glenn Rocket - please, no more rockets, I'm begging you, I can't take anymo Earth Globe - But does it have New Zealand? Best odds: Sonic Mania The one I want: Krusty Krab No chance in hell: like 75% of these Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 4, 2020 |
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Lego just needs to come out and say "We are working on more historical space sets" so I can stop wishing these ideas sets would get chosen. They did the lunar module, where is the CSM that attaches to it? Edit: I think the Queen one is just another thing where people love whatever Queen thing it references despite it being a terrible looking set. Also, loving LOL at the historically accurate Rome. it's like 30 studs wide and over 60 long and it's mostly just 1x2 bricks scattered around a base plate. It's a nice thing to show off at some convention but why would Lego make that? Cojawfee fucked around with this message at 20:26 on May 4, 2020 |
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I don't know if it'll make it through Ideas but I would happily pay for just the instructions on that fishing boat. It looks incredible and I love fishing boats, I used to bike down to the harbor and draw them all the time when I lived by the ocean.
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Ruined house looks fantastic, scale issues notwithstanding. Would love it if the Lego team could produce a slightly smaller version that holds up. I really want to like the castle because gently caress yeah classic castle but man. What a squat ugly building. There are some neat things going on there but I can't help but feel that they're wasted.
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Some of you will probably dig this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJR2FgzDt90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVB35pSBA_Q 1st vid is behind the scenes, 2nd is the tune.
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I hope they do a Forestmen-inspired build in the same spirit as Barracuda Bay. A big pirate ship, the big Space bases and ships, and the Forestmen bases were sets I always wanted and never got as a kid, so if Lego could keep supplying me with modernized versions of what I couldn’t get as a kid, I’d give them all my money.
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I have a feeling they will do the globe. No IP and fits in with other Ideas sets as a desk display piece. They aren't going to do the space dildo, but that would be funny. CCBB looks great!
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There's a lot of really good stuff in this batch. Most of the best stuff doesn't seem viable to me. One that stands out that would probably translate well into an actual set would be the castle in the woods. The ruined house and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang are absolutely masterfully built, although I don't see either one happening and I wouldn't buy a CCBB set regardless of how good it is.
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I’m glad I’m not a fan of any of those so I can save money, but I wonder what the next modular will be.
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That CCBB set is beautiful. I would also never buy it.
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Holy poo poo, what timing, I was looking to buy one of the old AT-AT just a few days ago on eBay. Blessed be LEGO.
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Side by side drivers and interior seating (and a speeder bike), but $30 more. Hell, I'll still buy it.
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I really like the Castle in the Forest, but I'm a sucker for vintage Lego inspired stuff. As others said that could easily be turned into something like Barracuda Bay. Don't really care about any of the others, although I suppose the snow groomer is cool in that big Technic set kind of way. Not sure that a pure Technic set would be a good choice for an Ideas set though, I'm not sure how much crossover there would be between those into Technic and those who would buy Ideas sets.
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May 4, 2020 22:43
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Not that I remember but who knows what they stuck into the digitally "enhanced" version of the movie
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I just hope nothing SpaceX or Tesla related will ever get through. Though the chances are probably already slim due to being a bit of PR landmine already.
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Carbohydrates posted:Goose Game - I wish. Would love more sub-$20 Ideas sets, but I don't know if this has the appeal to make it as a set. Goose Game was a brilliant little flash in the pan. Strong agree on this. Even sub-$50 sets. The big ones are cool and all, but man is it hard to justify that much money and space for them.
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