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If I ever want a CMF (rare) I'll go to the LEGO store that has them all individually sorted and marked. When that is no longer viable, I will buy them from Bricklink sellers or something. Absolutely not doing gacha bullshit. I don't even tend to play games with systems like that anymore, even if they're 100% optional and cosmetic systems. It dramatically lowers my interest in any product because it's anti-consumer predatory bullshit. And I tend to defend a lot of LEGO's unpopular decisions! edit: Oh poo poo, can't start a new page with this much negativity. Here, have a rebuild of my Chevelle that I just finished!   It's shorter in overall length, has smaller wheels and tires, and has sleeker C pillars when compared to the previous build:  Just an update I've been meaning to do for ages since I realized it was just too long.
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Got a bricklink order in today, the box was converted from a friends set and all the pieces were in lego parts bags. Gotta appreciate recycling like that.
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I've gotten packaging like that before. it's nice. They even heat sealed the pieces in trimmed down, reused bags. Dope. Love the lime green.
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Do you have a Wooderson minifig? It’d be a lot cooler if you did.
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Anyone pick up the Jazz Quartet yet? I’m interested in hearing some impressions
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:Anyone pick up the Jazz Quartet yet? I’m interested in hearing some impressions Tiego had a review and it sold me on the Quartet. I ordered one but it hasn't shipped yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_hfciphDp8
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I guess the only way to ensure you get different minifigs now is by weight; looking forward to seeing jorts-wearers roaming toy stores with precision scales.
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I’m guessing they’ll start mark the boxes again, Lego know the shop staff sort them out for people. People are getting so angry over this; it’s hilarious. 
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The_Doctor posted:I’m guessing they’ll start mark the boxes again, Lego know the shop staff sort them out for people. People are getting so angry over this; it’s hilarious.
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As with any previous CMF I'll just BL the one or two distinct pieces that I like and leave the blind bagging/boxing to folks who have a stomach for it. A shrewd move by Lego, who knows people will complain loudly (as about everything else, good or bad), but they won't actually change their buying behaviour. I don't think the people buying trays of these things to get the ones they want are going to be severely impacted.
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Yeah, honestly, I wonder how many of the people who say they will only buy from secondary markets will actually follow through. I'd imagine a good number of them, still fully dedicated to getting the specific figs and pieces they want upon release, will just buy complete sets now instead. I don't think LEGO would be upset.
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Assuming the packs you get are truly random how many would you need to buy to have a 90%+ chance of getting all 12 figures?
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RatHat posted:Assuming the packs you get are truly random how many would you need to buy to have a 90%+ chance of getting all 12 figures? An entire box of 36 is 100%, so a little less than that. 
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Reviews are dropping for the DB5. As always, Racingbrick has the best coverage of anything car-related ever, but Brickset's review just hit too. I'm really thrilled about the techniques and parts, and I feel like it's a much better model than the Creator Expert one from a pure exterior aesthetic perspective, but maaaaaaan still pretty far off on that color match, LEGO, and for the same reason as always: opacity issues on a transparent part. Just do a second print pass!
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Hobbies, Crafts, & Houses > LEGO: people will complain loudly but they won't actually change their buying behaviour
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Speaking of lego and color, is there a third shade of light bluish grey floating around out there? Or is this just "natural variance" in this era of lego globalization? Because in this photo I got three shades of grey: An old light grey 1x1 on the right is clearly visible, then around it is what I consider "light bluish grey" and then the 1x2 pieces are a slightly darker shade. It could be natural weathering/sun damage but I am not sure.. my older light bluish grey bricks that sat in the sun for a while are much closer to old light grey. They don't seem to get darker like that. Basically I'm finding it pretty hard to build anything with a single shade of grey right now. I've been filtering my old light grey into their own bag and that fixes a lot of issues.. but if I really start squinting at the pieces I got like 10 shades of light grey depending on how much time they spent getting natural light.
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Just looks like variance to me yeah
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xzzy posted:Speaking of lego and color, is there a third shade of light bluish grey floating around out there? Or is this just "natural variance" in this era of lego globalization? Because in this photo I got three shades of grey:  Check out the 1 x 1 plate toward the rear, on the back mudguard piece. It came from the exact same batch as nearly all the other dark bluish gray here, brand new from LEGO.
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It feels to me that's outside acceptable "natural variance" but I'm still gonna buy lego stuff so I guess it's not that bad.
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I'm dumb and this morning finally bit on a 9V train from 1996 on eBay. I have no experience with the 9v system and I feel like metal on metal would have even worse traction than plastic with dirty rubber bands on the wheels, but here we go!
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Carbohydrates posted:There's always natural color variance in LEGO. Depends what kind of lighting you're under and how hard you're looking. That raised black part in the hood...I need to know how to do that.
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davebo posted:I'm dumb and this morning finally bit on a 9V train from 1996 on eBay. I have no experience with the 9v system and I feel like metal on metal would have even worse traction than plastic with dirty rubber bands on the wheels, but here we go! Which train?The metal on metal works pretty well. The only problems I ran into with traction is when I’d add a ridiculous amount of cars to one engine, but that’s when I had about a 6 foot x 4 foot loop set up, that could also be a power problem, as I remember it really struggling at the farthest point from the power input.
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davebo posted:I'm dumb and this morning finally bit on a 9V train from 1996 on eBay. I have no experience with the 9v system and I feel like metal on metal would have even worse traction than plastic with dirty rubber bands on the wheels, but here we go! 
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Flyinglemur posted:That raised black part in the hood...I need to know how to do that.
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Carbohydrates posted:Hinge brick, double cheese slope, 2 x 4 tile. And then the windscreen is attached to that same assembly to rake the front of the cabin. Thank you so much. I realize I hadn't said "please" and I didn't want to look like an rear end in a top hat. Sorry about that.
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Finally some good news!Lego Email posted:Important update to your LEGO® VIP Program Edit: After posting this I realise that it seems it's still separated for physical shops? I'm not sure since there aren't any in my country.
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ivantod posted:Finally some good news! Seems marginal, does anyone actually phone in orders to lego?
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I don't know why they can't just implement a system, like the old one, where you just apply points to a transaction for a discount. Oh, I know. Because by making things more consumer friendly, they would generate less income.
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So I finally bought one of those small "Creative Blue Bricks" boxes, and it's nice - very very blue, but an interesting part assortment and two types of eyes I didn't have IRL. Here are some thoughts:     Gonna try to make it by Target and nab one of the white ones tomorrow if they still have them. Haven't been there in like 4 or 5 months though.
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I adore those creations. 
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You bought a set but posting renders? For shame! Post crappy phone photos!
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Tarquinn posted:I adore those creations. Thanks! xzzy posted:You bought a set but posting renders? For shame! Post crappy phone photos! I like to mess with a model in parts til I like it then "document" it in Studio so I can find it again later. Having said that I do need to figure out my new phone camera so maybe I'll shoot a few later. Never had a great phone->imgur pipeline on my old one but maybe that will be easier now.
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TURTLE CAR IS ANGRY!quote:The blue owl wishes to fight.
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davebo posted:I'm Hell yeah! The 9v trains are the best trains. Which one did you get? Only traction issue I had was when I added about 3-4' of cars, the magnetic couplers aren't quite strong enough to pull everything from a dead stop. I could probably do some surgery and glue some stronger magnets on there or 3d print a small neodymium magnet bracket or clip to go around the magnets, but the easy solution is to add an extra engine tender to the rear. The 9v train motors can be swapped right into a rolling stock base instead of the regular wheels, so it's super easy to add more choo if your train gets too ridiculous.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Hell yeah! The 9v trains are the best trains. Which one did you get? Only traction issue I had was when I added about 3-4' of cars, the magnetic couplers aren't quite strong enough to pull everything from a dead stop. I could probably do some surgery and glue some stronger magnets on there or 3d print a small neodymium magnet bracket or clip to go around the magnets, but the easy solution is to add an extra engine tender to the rear. The 9v train motors can be swapped right into a rolling stock base instead of the regular wheels, so it's super easy to add more choo if your train gets too ridiculous. Could you also put the Engine in the back?
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HootTheOwl posted:Could you also put the Engine in the back? Yup! But with any sane amount of cars it's perfectly hunky dorey at the front, and it's fun to hoon it around the tracks with the speed regulator
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xzzy posted:You bought a set but posting renders? For shame! Post crappy phone photos! Well there's still no way to append a new image to an existing Imgur post from the phone, not that I can find at least. Bah. Anyway, here's Blue Owl and a big BYGGLEK lizardy thing!  Angry Turtle Car vs convertible (now in normal aspect ratio):  Seahorse and a friendly Crabtron:  Blue Robot and a Minecraft Dungeons Toucan:  Blue Spaceship: 
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MarxCarl posted:Which train?The metal on metal works pretty well. The only problems I ran into with traction is when I’d add a ridiculous amount of cars to one engine, but that’s when I had about a 6 foot x 4 foot loop set up, that could also be a power problem, as I remember it really struggling at the farthest point from the power input. The 4558 Cargo Railway, the funky yellow/black full of windows one. I got a goodwill lot I haven't even received yet that had some of it and was otherwise filled with low value Friends pieces, because no one else must have noticed the upside down 9v motor in the corner of the widest photo, so I lucked out. But then this morning someone on eBay had the same set with box and track, controller and everything that they labelled as incomplete just because they didn't feel like verifying it was complete. So between the two I ought to have all I need. Although I might stick with what I currently use train-wise, and save all this 9v stuff for the holiday train, because if I can put the 9v under the coal tender and the battery pack for the lights on top to weigh it down, that solves my traction problem.
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Well there's still no way to append a new image to an existing Imgur post from the phone, not that I can find at least. Bah. These are cool 
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