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I've done models like that before, where they look awesome but are structurally unsound. It's simultaneously satisfying and disappointing. Good luck perfecting it.
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Can you make it a vignette, like Bender-on-the-couch, to sneak in some support that way?
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Some kinda bendy metal that’ll fit through the center holes?
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The UCS Star Destroyer is on sale for 11% off on Amazon if anyone wanted to grab one before it retires and is unavailable anywhere. It's already sold out on Lego.com.
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BaconCopter posted:The UCS Star Destroyer is on sale for 11% off on Amazon if anyone wanted to grab one before it retires and is unavailable anywhere. It's already sold out on Lego.com. It's really good. Highly recommended. Probably my personal favorite Lego display piece ever and a surprisingly fun build. Tbh I like it better than the Falcon. And a year from now it's probably going to cost a fortune on the secondary market. Now is probably everyone's last chance. I don't think Lego even stocks it anymore even in stores.
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I saw it in the first few weeks of October, last time I was at the store, but who knows. I’ll probably eventually regret not getting it but I just don’t see myself having the space for it in the future.
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veni veni veni posted:do his arms always just stick out in a t pose like that? They’re sort of flexible in the same way the legs are; I can move them around a bit but not as much as you’d hope. As for the connections, the arms I could make a bit shorter and probably shove the hose direct into the body more to fix it, but he’d have real stubby arms that are even less flexible at that point. I’d have to significantly redesign the torso to do the same thing for the legs unfortunately. The head would be much more stable without the turntable on top of the dish so it can rotate. It’s all stuff I can probably fix if I feel like putting in the  wheatpuppy posted:Can you make it a vignette, like Bender-on-the-couch, to sneak in some support that way? Something like that, or just a stand like the some of the official sets have, is probably what I’m going to do.
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veni veni veni posted:It's really good. Highly recommended. Probably my personal favorite Lego display piece ever and a surprisingly fun build. Tbh I like it better than the Falcon. Hell yes! Now I'm even more excited!
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Captain Duvel posted:I see a flying sandcrawler Well I see it now (thanks) just dont have the parts I’d like to have to narrow the prow. Was a straight up “what’s in my tub” build. Also broke more then a few brown plates trying to rearrange them, which added a few more headaches. Brown sucks
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Lunar New Year sets for 2023 have been announced. gently caress it, I'm just going to make a Chinatown district for my modulars aren't I.
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Definitely getting the Monkey King mech, and I really hope that they manage to give it functional knee joints this time around.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Lunar New Year sets for 2023 have been announced. The parade is a must have for my Chinese district already. They are consistently the best sets.
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I’m sad I missed out on that modular garden they put out a couple years ago. Honestly, I wish they would do more non-building modular sets to go with the buildings. Parks, playgrounds, anything like that
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Has anyone else used the online Pick a Brick from Lego much? I made an order back on the 23rd of September. I received the bestsellers portion of the order in 6 days but I'm still waiting on the rest of the order. Just wondering if this kind of wait is to be expected or if I should get in contact with Lego.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Lunar New Year sets for 2023 have been announced. I want them all!
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Digital War posted:Has anyone else used the online Pick a Brick from Lego much? I made an order back on the 23rd of September. I received the bestsellers portion of the order in 6 days but I'm still waiting on the rest of the order. Just wondering if this kind of wait is to be expected or if I should get in contact with Lego. Nah just takes awhile, mine shipped like from Poland or someplace thru DHL, think of it like Aliexpress. Get drunk Oder way to much pass out and in a few months you get a present in the mail.
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Digital War posted:Has anyone else used the online Pick a Brick from Lego much? I made an order back on the 23rd of September. I received the bestsellers portion of the order in 6 days but I'm still waiting on the rest of the order. Just wondering if this kind of wait is to be expected or if I should get in contact with Lego. Standard parts are shipped from Denmark and picked by hand. This is the same warehouse that free replacements come from, and free replacements get priority, so they ship out before any paid parts. In short, paid Standard parts can take weeks to ship. I think I looked at the backlog the other day and it was orders from mid-October shipping. If you ordered in September and they still haven't shipped, maybe check with customer service. Delivery for Standard parts is also slower, for most countries it isn't even sent through tracked delivery, so delivery can take another couple of weeks sometimes. Bestseller parts on the other hand ship faster. They ship from Poland for most of the world, but for the US & Canada they ship from the US warehouse.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Lunar New Year sets for 2023 have been announced. I'm going to have to get 40111 just for the purple helmet and airtanks. Just like every other Classic Space nerd I guess.
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Carbohydrates posted:This is the wonkiest fuckin' build I've ever done. It's so fragile. But it looks neat! Here's a 1956 Oldsmobile Super 88. Hey, you made Brickvault's weekly video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoAKn1uoIYU&t=45s That's pretty cool.
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mitochondritom posted:Tbh that's real lame of Lego to do that, they knew exactly what they were doing. What is? Because if you're referencing them prioritising missing/damaged parts over PIB then I disagree.
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I think they're talking about slipping in demand classic space pieces into sets. They've been doing it for years, adding one offs into CMFs or attaching them to book sales. And probably some others I've forgotten about.
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xzzy posted:I think they're talking about slipping in demand classic space pieces into sets. They've been doing it for years, adding one offs into CMFs or attaching them to book sales. And probably some others I've forgotten about. Yes, sorry should have made that clear. Slipping some chaser-unrelated-sought-after purple air canisters and helmet into a large timed exclusive set.
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What's a good way to store flattened LEGO boxes? I'm talking modular-building-sized boxes, mostly. I've been doing that to save space, which is great, but now I got a bunch of flattened boxes I'm not sure how to store...
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:What's a good way to store flattened LEGO boxes? I'm talking modular-building-sized boxes, mostly. I've been doing that to save space, which is great, but now I got a bunch of flattened boxes I'm not sure how to store... Buy a new house to put them in.
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mitochondritom posted:Yes, sorry should have made that clear. Slipping some chaser-unrelated-sought-after purple air canisters and helmet into a large timed exclusive set. I thought this was usually the designers being cool to be honest.
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:What's a good way to store flattened LEGO boxes? I'm talking modular-building-sized boxes, mostly. I've been doing that to save space, which is great, but now I got a bunch of flattened boxes I'm not sure how to store... I flatten the boxes and wrap stacks of them in seran wrap, then slide them under my bed. Takes up almost no space and satisfies my nerdy completionist tendencies and they are easy to move. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Nov 6, 2022 |
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Carbohydrates posted:Hey, cool as hell! Thanks for showing it off. I've built my own copy as well (it's in line to be photographed and posted) and I don't have QUITE the same issue. Although it's a relatively low-clutch connection, mine does hold and it doesn't fall off if I flip it upside-down. I'm using pieces I ordered brand new from LEGO via Bricks & Pieces, so maybe it'll start falling off once the pieces age a bit, I don't know. You're absolutely right about the shape of the studs on the 2 x 2 round brick being the issue, though. Here's a solution for you: replace that 2 x 2 round brick with a 1 x 2 brick and a pair of taps. The taps are skinny enough that the side panels can still wedge inward, but they have complete studs with much more clutch. I finally got around to ordering all the pieces to do this, along with other random pieces I needed. Just wanted to let you know it works like a charm, the truck feels much more solid now.
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deoju posted:Hey, you made Brickvault's weekly video.
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smackfu posted:I thought this was usually the designers being cool to be honest. At this point, Lego probably has an addiction specialist who figures out how to make AFOLs buy more stuff. I am only half joking.
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Check out this cool technic machine. https://www.reddit.com/r/DrEnginesLab/comments/yo21i1/interactive_hot_wheels_mobile_lego_launcher/ I especially like that they show the trial and error.
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Target is giving out a $10 gift card if you buy $50+ worth of legos. They also had a few seemingly random smaller sets on sale when I went by today. They had the Luke Skywalker helmet priced $10 less than the website too.
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smackfu posted:I thought this was usually the designers being cool to be honest. Agreed, this is just like the frog guy sticking frogs into everything. While it sort of sucks that it is usually in some expensive set, my guess is they had an extra "box" available, and the fact there is a higher profit margin on the set means they could do something special like this. So instead of some unique piece with a print no one would have cared much about, they are creating new colors people can really use. So a ~$10 purple guy is better than one not existing.
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Official images for the new Monkey King mech. I love the transparent piece covering the cockpit. I just hope it's a print, not a clear sticker.
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kinda mixed feelings about this build, like I need to go over it and add a curve or two. the extreme brickyness pleases me though, as do the action play features of the winch and the tailgate. it's not exactly like you can just go to walmart and pick up a speed champions huge farm truck, and I was determined not to bricklink a single part for it, so it's good enough. if I rebuild it in monochrome, maybe I'll get some extra greeble for it. only really uncommon parts are, iirc, the batmobile 1989 windshield and the winch  truckus americanus in its natural habitat, the gas station  
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Mine GO BOOM posted:Agreed, this is just like the frog guy sticking frogs into everything. On an unrelated note, been toying with this: 
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Zwille posted:Next modular is rumored to be a pizzeria/jazz club. Sold $230 oof Is it likely 1/1/23?
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Blue Moonlight posted:Hah, the use of the frog is brilliant. The frog? There are at least 9 in there. But yeah absolutely brilliant.
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Hopper posted:The frog? There are at least 9 in there. But yeah absolutely brilliant. I see 11. e: Oh, the drumstick is a different piece. 9 it is.
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