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Honestly you can probably buy a jillion battle droids on BrickLink for cheap
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Dogen posted:Honestly you can probably buy a jillion battle droids on BrickLink for cheap They had this set up in the Toronto train station back in 2019: 
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Aug 4, 2021 05:04
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Wow that thing is huge
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Aug 4, 2021 05:08
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veni veni veni posted:Wow that thing is huge Don't worry, we'll ease into it
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Aug 4, 2021 05:09
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Grebbled for her pleasure.
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Aug 4, 2021 05:24
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Ugh a lot of my old Lego is so filthy. Is soaking them in soap water for a few hours and then rinsing them enough to get it all off or do I need to scrub them with a toothbrush too? Is there any risk of printed parts losing their prints from that? I know to wash Chrome and sticker parts very carefully.
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Aug 4, 2021 08:09
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RatHat posted:Ugh a lot of my old Lego is so filthy. Is soaking them in soap water for a few hours and then rinsing them enough to get it all off or do I need to scrub them with a toothbrush too? Is there any risk of printed parts losing their prints from that? I know to wash Chrome and sticker parts very carefully. If you have a TOP LOADING washing machine, that is the easiest/fastest way to do it. Whatever you do, separate out any stickered or printed pieces. Stickers: just wipe down with at most a damp towel. But doing it with just a dry towel works, too. Printed pieces, put them in a big pot and fill it a ways with cold water. Then put some dish soap in and swoosh it all around. Pick out each piece individually and gently rub the surfaces. The place them in a strainer. Rinse with cold water. Washing machine everything else: 1 - separate the trans pieces. 2 - put everything in laundry bags. https://www.amazon.com/Laundry-Hosi...ps%2C274&sr=8-5 Make sure they are zipped shut well. Spread the pieces out so no bag is too full. 3 - wash on cold at the most gentle cycle you can. Double rinse if it is an option. 4 - spread washed pieces out on a towel. Either cover with another towel or let a fan blow air over them. You will likely have to move them around a bit to get some of the water out. Some people will say do the trans stuff by hand. I've never had a problem in the washer, though. In any case, if you follow these steps you will end up with squeaky clean LEGO bricks. And if you have fabric stuff like sails there is a different way of washing those. e: some people will say use a pillowcase. I'm sure this will work, but not as well as the laundry bags. e2: do not wash chrome pieces. do not scrub them. be as gentle with them as possible because the chrome comes off pretty easily. Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jul 21, 2023 |
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Aug 4, 2021 08:31
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Real OGs embrace the dirt and teeth marks on their childhood Lego
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Aug 4, 2021 08:34
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Waltzing Along posted:If you have a washing machine, that is the easiest/fastest way to do it. Washing machine will also scratch the hell out of the pieces though.
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Aug 4, 2021 09:30
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Avoid washing/soaking with water hotter than 40 degrees Celsius as the older stuff WILL melt!
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Aug 4, 2021 11:09
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Also prints can absolutely come off, assess whether they are actually so dirty as to require washing and if so do them separately by hand. Sun yellowing won’t come out in the wash of course but there is retrobrite which I believe is just another household cleaner under a different name?
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Aug 4, 2021 11:11
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RatHat posted:Ugh a lot of my old Lego is so filthy. Is soaking them in soap water for a few hours and then rinsing them enough to get it all off or do I need to scrub them with a toothbrush too? Is there any risk of printed parts losing their prints from that? I know to wash Chrome and sticker parts very carefully.  Don't actually do that.
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Aug 4, 2021 12:39
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deoju posted:Soak them in acetone. Someone recreate this video but with Lego minifigures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1pn4bTAQWA
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Aug 4, 2021 12:46
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Also prints can absolutely come off, assess whether they are actually so dirty as to require washing and if so do them separately by hand. Sun yellowing won’t come out in the wash of course but there is retrobrite which I believe is just another household cleaner under a different name?
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Aug 4, 2021 13:49
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My son is getting old enough to start playing with legos (By play, I mean take what I have built for him and fly it around like an airplane), so I decided to get one of those classic boxes the big box stores sell for cheap. 1500 pieces for $40 bux (was on sale), I think he'll really like it for his birthday in a few months. Also, when is Lego bringing back Castle sets? I know they had the creator set and the blacksmith idea set, what about a full set? Been a while, they were my favorite back in the day, especially Fantasy stuff.
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Aug 4, 2021 20:49
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There’s a creator 3-1 castle right now, seems like there will be more like it coming in the future e: you literally mentioned the creator set, my bad- looks like there's something even bigger than Castle in the Forest in the upcoming Ideas review: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/673cbe99-5f5f-40a6-b787-2c110301fcce crazy eyes mustafa fucked around with this message at 21:43 on Aug 4, 2021 |
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Aug 4, 2021 21:12
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I just built the FIAT 500 and I love it, I remember years upon years ago LEGO had these weird rear end larger figures that were meant for larger scale car models. I really wish they continued those so I could have a facsimile of me in this model. Where those figures all racing themed?
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Aug 4, 2021 21:34
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RatHat posted:Ugh a lot of my old Lego is so filthy. Is soaking them in soap water for a few hours and then rinsing them enough to get it all off or do I need to scrub them with a toothbrush too? Honestly, a sink filled with warm water and some dish soap and some gently swishing really does wonders. Soap is a wonderful invention.
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Aug 4, 2021 21:51
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sigher posted:I just built the FIAT 500 and I love it, I remember years upon years ago LEGO had these weird rear end larger figures that were meant for larger scale car models. I really wish they continued those so I could have a facsimile of me in this model. Where those figures all racing themed? I had that thought back when I built the UCS X Wing and yeah they’re all big old technic guys with helmets I think.
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Aug 4, 2021 21:58
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The new guardians ship is awesome as hell. If it could have been a couple more studs wide in the interior that’d have been great but maybe it would’ve made the whole thing too wide to be swooshable. But it’s a great model and the stand is clever. I’m pissed that Drax isn’t in the set and we got some random Chitauri. For a spaceship/plane type symmetrical build it never felt tedious to me and the final product is extremely sturdy.
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Aug 4, 2021 22:05
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sigher posted:I just built the FIAT 500 and I love it, I remember years upon years ago LEGO had these weird rear end larger figures that were meant for larger scale car models. I really wish they continued those so I could have a facsimile of me in this model. Where those figures all racing themed? Here's a list of them on Bricklink
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Aug 4, 2021 22:07
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:There’s a creator 3-1 castle right now, seems like there will be more like it coming in the future That thing isn't in review and I find it unlikely to make it through. Only castle options are the blacksmith. Creator castle. And the bricklink castle in the forest, but that is only available in the general sense of if you are rich you can get it from a scalper next year. Maybe with all of Legos new themes crashing and burning they'll bring back castle.
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Aug 4, 2021 23:48
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Dogen posted:Honestly you can probably buy a jillion battle droids on BrickLink for cheap I hadn't checked yet, was going off my prior experience attempting (and failing) to find cheap bulk skeletons. My question wrt trading was more because I don't really care for the clone minifigure or jedi minifigures.
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Aug 5, 2021 02:56
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RatHat posted:Washing machine will also scratch the hell out of the pieces though. Never happened to me. Anecdotal, but it could be the type of washer or how I wash them.
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Aug 5, 2021 04:54
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Tumble washers are pretty bad. Tub washers are fine but still probably cause scratches over time. But so does pawing through a tub of bricks looking for a single piece, I'd think the two are equivalent.
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Aug 5, 2021 04:57
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I've only hand washed bricks in the sink, but to me it seems like the dishwasher would be the obvious choice over the laundry machine if you were going to go that route.
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Aug 5, 2021 07:07
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veni veni veni posted:I've only hand washed bricks in the sink, but to me it seems like the dishwasher would be the obvious choice over the laundry machine if you were going to go that route. Not even remotely. A dishwasher runs on hot water. It needs the hot water to work properly. With cold water it's not going to do its job very well.
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Aug 5, 2021 07:14
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RatHat posted:The Amelia Earhart tribute set is available for 1500 VIP points on Lego.com right now. Apparently it sold out fast last time so get it now if you want it. Aaand sold out. That was faster than I expected.
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Aug 5, 2021 09:58
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I traded all my battle droids several years ago to someone in this thread for some Roman soldier cmfs if I recall correctly. I think they just wanted the heads for some moc from memory?
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Aug 5, 2021 12:36
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xzzy posted:Tumble washers are pretty bad. Tub washers are fine but still probably cause scratches over time. But so does pawing through a tub of bricks looking for a single piece, I'd think the two are equivalent.
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That's my point.
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https://twitter.com/tormentalous/status/1423268901270343684 Available September 2nd, $249.99 / £229.99 / €249.99
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Aug 5, 2021 15:08
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Scipiotik posted:That thing isn't in review and I find it unlikely to make it through. Only castle options are the blacksmith. Creator castle. And the bricklink castle in the forest, but that is only available in the general sense of if you are rich you can get it from a scalper next year. Maybe with all of Legos new themes crashing and burning they'll bring back castle. Yeah, I honestly don't see the need for that particular ldeas set; the Creator castle seems to be much the same concept, better executed with fewer pieces and more playability. I ordered both it and the blacksmith; maybe I can expand the moat with some of the light blue plates from the Barracuda Bay set and have the bonus sailboat "floating" in it.
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The_Doctor posted:https://twitter.com/tormentalous/status/1423268901270343684 That's actually a bargain given the number of parts.
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Aug 5, 2021 19:11
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that set makes me wish I liked harry potter lol
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Aug 5, 2021 19:55
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I think that owl kicks rear end and some of the details like the potions also own. Maybe I'll try and build it myself off bricklink? Is that economical? To try and buy pieces and build a set?
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Aug 5, 2021 21:19
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HootTheOwl posted:I think that owl kicks rear end and some of the details like the potions also own. Maybe I'll try and build it myself off bricklink? Is that economical? To try and buy pieces and build a set? not in my experience
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Aug 5, 2021 21:30
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IF you can live without the unique parts AND get them all from one seller, potentially. Otherwise almost never
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HootTheOwl posted:I think that owl kicks rear end and some of the details like the potions also own. Maybe I'll try and build it myself off bricklink? Is that economical? To try and buy pieces and build a set? For a new set? Definitely not. Can be worthwhile for some older sets though.
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Well that's what I'm saying the owl doesn't look like it's got unqiue pieces but what do I know? I'll trust you goons to know better though.
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