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I've been playng that new Lego Star Wars game and it's really neat if not a bit shallow (hey it's a kids game that's on me for playing it as an old). One thing that's really cool is that it uses almost all official sets for the vehicles. And since I'm in the original trilogy I've had literally every set featured so far lol. It makes me wonder though, did the designers rebuild all of those sets digitally from the ground up or did they just use a designer file to import them into the game? I'm assuming the latter. Still works super well as an effect though. It's really cool being reduced to minifigure scale and standing next to the UCS Falcon like it's a full scale Falcon. Also there are little deep cut easter eggs lying around for Lego SW nerds. The people who made this really know Lego. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 17:54 on May 28, 2022 |
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xzzy posted:I'm not mad about snot at all, I think all snot builds are fantastic and I try to snot everything myself. I don't find the 1x1 parts and snot stuff to be shortcuts (I would love a 1x1x2/3 with a side stud), but I do find the over-reliance on clips to be a shortcut, and a kinda fragile one at that. There are a few sets I've avoided for using clips to bear too much load (Voltron comes to mind).
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I try not to drown this thread in BYGGLEK nonsense, but here are two (of four) designs I'm working on right now that I'm kinda proud of: Space Shuttle:  Viking Longship:  The Space Shuttle is out on Rebrickable, the Longship may be a few days though.
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countachs and f40s and optimus primes. what's the next decade of lego gonna be, miatas hummers and power rangers? speaking of the countach, is 6326478 a new part? it looks like a promising base for robot hands The Voice of Labor fucked around with this message at 21:19 on May 28, 2022 |
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The Voice of Labor posted:countachs and f40s and optimus primes. what's the next decade of lego gonna be, miatas hummers and power rangers? Dunno... aside from Batman the Animated Series and Doom what actually happened in the 90s?
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Dunno... aside from Batman the Animated Series and Doom what actually happened in the 90s? Literally nothing and it was the best decade of anyone that was alive for it!
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The Voice of Labor posted:countachs and f40s and optimus primes. what's the next decade of lego gonna be, miatas hummers and power rangers? I’d be all over a Creator Expert Miata or RX-7
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Lego Seaquest DSV, one of the many tv shows show about how our future was all environmentalism and living under the sea and poo poo! 
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Prophet of Nixon posted:I try not to drown this thread in BYGGLEK nonsense, but here are two (of four) designs I'm working on right now that I'm kinda proud of: I really like the longship. These are alternate builds of the ikea bygglek set? Did you pick one up or are you doing it all digitally?
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Destroyenator posted:I really like the longship. These are alternate builds of the ikea bygglek set? Did you pick one up or are you doing it all digitally? I go back and forth - usually I start a design physical, and once I have something close to what I want I digitize it then go back and forth making adjustments. Physical is better for figuring out what I can do structurally with the part set, digital is about more easily moving around different colors of the same pieces to see what works the best. I'll usually make a few more changes when designing and testing the instructions too. It's a great set, I have a ton of alt builds (of varying quality) for it on Rebrickable. I don't have a lot of space, and the set is small and wonderfully versatile. https://rebrickable.com/sets/40357-1/bygglek/?inventory=1#alt_builds I released the Space Shuttle a few days ago, next up is (probably) an Aquarium (I'm not super thrilled with it but it's as good as it's getting), then I have a small Treehouse (waiting on instructions and testing), and the Longship (waiting on the same). These come in bursts, I probably won't do any after those 4 until Fall, but I never know. Anyway, get a BYGGLEK![/advertisement]
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xzzy posted:Literally nothing and it was the best decade of anyone that was alive for it! 80s were better. Because they were about the same except the movies and music in the 80s put the 90s to shame.
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The Voice of Labor posted:countachs and f40s and optimus primes. what's the next decade of lego gonna be, miatas hummers and power rangers? Gonna get my Chevy SSR! 
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NSX? 2nd gen Supra? Viper? There's actually lots of cool 90s cars.
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Creator Expert 1995 Ford Taurus.
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Waltzing Along posted:80s were better. Because they were about the same except the movies and music in the 80s put the 90s to shame. That's an opinion you're legally permitted to have I suppose.
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:I’d be all over a Creator Expert Miata or RX-7 I have the CADA Initial D licensed FC and FD in that scale and they’re a little janky but hey, I have Lego RX-7s.
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Went to the LEGO store today saw the van Gogh in person and ehhhh I guess I really just don't like how far out into the foreground the stuff sticks out compared to how big (small) the actual painting is
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Cojawfee posted:Creator Expert 1995 Ford Taurus. I learned to drive in a 1997 Ford Aerostar, and I would absolutely buy a Speed Champions or Technic set of one. And yes, I am the only person who would!
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Space Jam posted:I learned to drive in a 1997 Ford Aerostar, and I would absolutely buy a Speed Champions or Technic set of one. And yes, I am the only person who would! My family had a 1992 Toyota Previa for 20+ years that was the family car and then the first car of us kids, so same but for that.
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Went to a lego store recently, unfortunately they did not have any of the new castle minifigures in the build a minifigure section, they said they were due for a shipment in two weeks. Got some little sets for my kids though since I was there, the store guy was kind enough to throw in the amusement park bonus set as a "sorry we were out of what you were looking for", so that was really nice. Got a couple things for upcoming birthdays. Also stopped by my folks' house and picked up a bunch of my old sets for my kids, my son can't get enough of the fire truck that came with this fire station (https://brickset.com/sets/6571-1/Flame-Fighters). All the little details, the supplies in, plus the extendable ladder. I can definitely notice though that older sets weren't as sturdy as newer sets are now. The older fire truck from that set is basically 3 separate sections on the plate with the wheels, too much pressure and they come apart.
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Had my At-Ap on the shelf for awhile and started to realize I hated how fat it was     So rebuilt the top gun into rocket launchers, took off the side armor and made foldable Jeep style doors, took off third leg, redid the front armor and that little wiener gun it had down there. At-La Light Artillery a sexual elk fucked around with this message at 03:20 on May 29, 2022 |
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The Bloop posted:Went to the LEGO store today saw the van Gogh in person and ehhhh I haven't yet seen it in person but it's funny you say that because the depth of the model is what I found most exciting in the photos, it's like a woodcut
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It a fine if it’s standing on a table but I can see how far it sticks out being a problem if it’s wall-mounted (which is what I wanted to do with it).
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I really really like it from the front but seen from the side it's kinda ridiculous. I feel like the depth should be a lot shallower, and there didn't need to be a huge gap between the foreground and background. Granted if I bought it I could probably build it "flatter" without too much difficulty I'd imagine.
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Mameluke posted:I haven't yet seen it in person but it's funny you say that because the depth of the model is what I found most exciting in the photos, it's like a woodcut It's not, though That's what I thought too It's got about 50% depth to height and that's without the little van Gogh platform added on
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Maybe $10 on Bricklink and you could easily mod that frame to be deeper and still maintain the image of depth. Another five black bricks up and you've basically made a shadowbox.
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I'm a huge nerd for Stranger Things, and I'm reposting the minifigs I've cobbled together over the years since the new season is out. I made some of the characters before the official set was released, so some of those are repeated. Robin is a custom print from some company that I picked up from my local Bricks and Minifigs, I made her sign with a waterslide decal. The torsos for Steve and Mr. Clark came from Citizen Brick. Erica's flashlight helmet is kragled together. Dustin's hat and gapped teeth are real pieces painted by hand. All the rest of the pieces are made from authentic Lego. 
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Yeah, I think this is sick as hell. I still want it badly.
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Destroyenator posted:I really like the longship. These are alternate builds of the ikea bygglek set? Did you pick one up or are you doing it all digitally? Longship instructions are up now, get your BYGGLEK! https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-113119/mattking4/bygglek-viking-longship/#details
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Lego have extended the Cardboard Adventures promo to June 16th. I guess they’ve still got a ton sitting in the warehouse.
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veni veni veni posted:I've been playng that new Lego Star Wars game and it's really neat if not a bit shallow (hey it's a kids game that's on me for playing it as an old). One thing that's really cool is that it uses almost all official sets for the vehicles. And since I'm in the original trilogy I've had literally every set featured so far lol. It makes me wonder though, did the designers rebuild all of those sets digitally from the ground up or did they just use a designer file to import them into the game? I'm assuming the latter. Still works super well as an effect though. It's really cool being reduced to minifigure scale and standing next to the UCS Falcon like it's a full scale Falcon. There's a bunch of stuff in the games they make just for the games. The Microfighters are clear examples - some are real, but some like the jango/boba ship I can't find anywhere. People in here have helped me build replicas of stuff from other games before and the micro builds are frankly great for kid play
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Regarding the Starry Night depth conversation, a person on Reddit is displaying theirs without the black frame, just sitting on a ledge, which I thought was quite interesting. It definitely helps make the landscape make more sense as a 3D entity, though I do miss the frame. I wonder how it would look with just the sides and top of the frame? Maybe too weird.
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Perhaps the frame could be continued/ extended horizontally under the bottom scene Fwiw, I think it looks a lot better sitting there than just hanging out in space with that massive gap between the foreground and background. Probably also true if you have a wall space that can't really be seen from the side. It's not the depth so much as the gap I don't like upon further reflection
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The Bloop posted:Perhaps the frame could be continued/ extended horizontally under the bottom scene I saw a version online that I now can't find, where they extended the town even further horizontally with a couple little streets full of houses, and left off the frame, and honestly thought it looked good, with the X and Y axes more balanced and purposeful.
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Apparently they're rebranding the various 18+ lines as Lego Icons. I can see that change making sense from an optics standpoint, especially after the backlash of having the Everyone Is Awesome set released with that branding.
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Jazz Quartet is coming soon(already in some stores apparently). $99 USD according to the person who found it which is an excellent price/part ratio  Looks good but some of the changes from the original Ideas submission are a straight downgrade imo RatHat fucked around with this message at 00:58 on May 31, 2022 |
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The render in the Ideas submission has the glossiness turned up to 11. Also guessing they didn’t want to do an all male band.
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Quite like that piano player, honestly. Like, the model is p cool. Cooler than the OG one which I also liked tbf.
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It's the proportions, man. The original had this stylization to the characters that somehow imbued them with the jazz lounge spirit. The official set is neat, and the instruments look better, but the character models have been chunkified such that they lose that stylistic verve they had in the submitted version. It's probably more structurally stable, but it lends the finished product a more cartoonish than cool air.
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