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I think every 1980s and 90s Space line was absolutely impeccable, even the ones before or after my time. But I was the kid who wanted big trans parts in any color. Blue, red, yellow, neon green, I loved ALL of it, and made sure to wear the canopy piece over my eyes like a space age visor every time I got a new set. E: Trans orange was probably the best though.
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Waltzing Along posted:I'm not a fan of Blacktron but I don't think they look bad. With that in mind, I wonder, does anyone who is not nostalgic for ice planet think those sets even look okay, let alone good? Individual taste and all, but I think those may be the most hideous sets LEGO has ever made. They just look garish, to me. Not faulting anyone who grew up with them and still love them, that's normal. But for instance, if you grew up with Classic Space, what do you think? Or if they were before your time and you grew up with Star Wars, I guess, what do you think? Ice Planet was glorious. To my literal baby brain nothing was cooler than those trans-orange snowshoes and chainsaws. I would have ranked it above Blacktron II and Space Police which were the other space lines that captivated me. Sorry, you asked for people not nostalgic for them- but I feel uncharitable towards Classic Space and its yellow canopies, as they were long before my time (Blacktron I doesn't bug me though, black pairs better with trans-yellow than the blue and grey imo, but otherwise I am neutral). I was kicking myself for a while for not buying an underpriced lot that included the 3 main Blacktron I vehicles, but the fact that I've never subsequently sought them out means they must not have mattered much to me after all. I don't think this GWP makes me more likely to buy the modular, though.
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From a logistical standpoint, the bright trans-orange pieces make sense because you would want the vehicles to be visible from a distance in the snow/ice  Spyrius was tight for the dark blue canopies, repeated with Aquanauts. Come to think of it, I'm just a sucker for the transparent colored pieces overall. Whatever you are building, they just jazz everything up.
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deoju posted:Trans neon orange chainsaws own own own. I have an absolute pile of these things and I never use them. Time to get silly.
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Veotax posted:Late as hell due to logistics weirdness, but finally got the staff Christmas set today, it's the 10th anniversary of Friends, so it's Friends themed! Post some pics and whatnot when you build it! Friends has become one of my favorite lego themes over the past few years (starting with the National Geographic wildlife sets), and I'd love to see more of that set. Might try to get one.
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DrChud posted:Also my boss knows I’m in Lego. So she got one for Christmas. Bless her heart. That’s certainly a choice to completely rip off the Lego version except replace the Santa with a chibi version.
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They totally came up with the trans orange pieces first and then had to come up with a theme to put them in. All of the cool pieces in those sets were orange.
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Scipiotik posted:With 2 GCs and lego points I can either get the new Module for free or the big castle for like $260 off. I'm leaning towards castle since I think my son would like it a lot better, but I'm torn. I do have most of the modules, and can probably ask for it as a present for my birthday, it's not nearly as cool looking as the hotel was... My 4 year old loves the Castle, tons of adventures with all the Knights. Daughter likes taking all the ladies and princesses and putting them in the rooms.
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Speaking of nostalgia, I decided to build the Space Police Peacekeeper in Stud.io and it was a real blast from the past. I'm tempted to make a few different variations in different generations of Space theme (also I couldn't resist updating the minifig faces)
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Lego Builder's Journey is free on the Epic Store for the next 24 hours. Go get it, it's probably one of the best Lego games out there.
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xzzy posted:The problem with Blacktron is all the black. The yellow+black scheme looks awesome in strong light but if it's dim at all it's just a big shadowy blob. Blacktron 1 had some fun designs but if we're being real I think the line owes its reputation to the opaque visors. Not even dark transparent, just straight black. Why don't these weirdos need to see? Who knows, they look sinister as hell, and that was cool. Blacktron 2 had fun designs too but the minifigs weren't a patch on 1, even with the jetpacks.
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Hey all — been a while. ANYWAY, a relative sent me a Lego gift card for Christmas but I didn’t have the heart to tell her I don’t really collect anymore. Anyone want to trade $100 digital gift card for 90/95ish dollars? Hope it’s okay to ask in here.
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I'll take it, but you don't have PMs. Makes things a bit tricky. Also, you should probably post it in SA Mart just to be official.
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omg chael crash posted:Hey all — been a while. I already bought all those modulars off you didn't I? So I should be able to grab that easily without PM's. Edit: no that was djfooboo, I bought something from you though? double-edit: and beaten anyway so disregard. davebo fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Dec 21, 2022 |
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Oh yeah, I can do that. Just wanted to make sure some lego thread folks had a chance if they wanted. I’llpost something now — stop by if you still want to grab it Waltz
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Posted it, put my email address in the thread.
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Got a $40 Lego gift card from my work secret santa, so I picked up the Speed Champions Evija and 512 M. Really fun builds! e: 
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This made me realise that the pizzeria being set back from the street a bit works really well with the art gallery part of the boutique hotel. Might also work well with the sign on the green side of the police station if one of the sets was reversed.
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:I'm tempted to make a few different variations in different generations of Space theme Decided to go ahead and try modify the Peacekeeper into a Classic Space version. I tried to keep the overall size similar to the original, as well as keeping the same main play feature of the removable prison section - in this case turned into a boster/droid transport pod.   It's based mostly on the Xenon X-Craft, with the side panels being the same as the ones on Cosmic Voyager
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Speaking of nostalgia, I decided to build the Space Police Peacekeeper in Stud.io and it was a real blast from the past. I'm tempted to make a few different variations in different generations of Space theme (also I couldn't resist updating the minifig faces) That is a massive nostalgia hit for me. I went to the funfair with an uncle, and won a suction cup dart gun and a plastic knife in some game. My mum threw them out, thinking they were too violent, and I was inconsolable. My dad ended up buying this for me to make up for it, and it was my first Lego space ship.
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Skios posted:That is a massive nostalgia hit for me. I went to the funfair with an uncle, and won a suction cup dart gun and a plastic knife in some game. My mum threw them out, thinking they were too violent, and I was inconsolable. My dad ended up buying this for me to make up for it, and it was my first Lego space ship. I can't get a good picture because everything is in boxes for a move, but how about the peacekeeper and the invader sitting next to each other?  
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I never had the invader. That was basically the only Space Police set I owned, after which it was all MTron/Blacktron (the green/black/white variety)/Ice Planet. Still really dig it though.
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All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program. It became really quickly apparent that I wasn't gonna be able to adapt one of my older builds without a ton of compromises, because this program has a lot of really strict rules and restrictions that I don't usually worry about. I decided to make something from scratch. I sincerely hope it's the sort of thing people would want to own for themselves. This is still a draft and I'm still tweaking things, but here's where it's at. Apollo Roadside Motel  It consists of 2 motel rooms, an office, and a parking lot with a red truck. The motel rooms and truck have removable roofs, and all of the rooms have open backs.   4 minifigs visit and/or work in the space. I wanted this thing to be absolutely dripping with character, so it's a very dense build full of detail and easter eggs.       And, because it's me, I made a vehicle. It's sort of a fictional mashup of various 50s pickups.  A big concern with building a motel is monotony. I didn't ever want the build experience to get old or repetitive. The rooms, as a result, are extremely different - layouts, carpets, and all of the furniture are different between the two. In fact, this thing is absolutely jam packed full of mini builds, plus some really big and detailed submodels like the truck and sign.  So, honest feedback since I want to make this thing as good as it can possibly be: what do you think?
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Carbohydrates posted:All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program. It's an instant support and an instant purchase from me, holy poo poo.
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Post some pics and whatnot when you build it! Friends has become one of my favorite lego themes over the past few years (starting with the National Geographic wildlife sets), and I'd love to see more of that set. Might try to get one. Done!  Had fun with this, liked it more than the Ninjago one last year, this feels more cohesive, I guess? Really like the mini dolls now that I've had some experience with them. The set has six of them, the girls are getting sloshed for Christmas!  It opens up, showing art of some Friends sets released over the years, and it has some micro scale builds representing them too. Thankfully the building instructions call them out and say what sets they are, since I don't know much about Friends!  There's a lightbrick hidden behind the table on the upper level, lighting up the fireplace. The levels are connected together like the different floors of modular buildings, so they come apart easily. But wait, I said there were six mini dolls!  There's a Secret Santa hidden in the present at the top! Anyway, this has given me a taste for Friends stuff. Since the line is getting a reboot in the new year, I might pick some up!
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Carbohydrates posted:All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program. 0/10 if there isn't any condoms or a bible in those drawers.
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Carbohydrates posted:All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program. Veotax posted:Done!
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Carbohydrates posted:All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program. Other than what seems to be a complete lack of frogs, this is awesome.
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graventy posted:Other than what seems to be a complete lack of frogs, this is awesome.
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Carbohydrates posted:motel Include someone with a blacklight and a disgusted face and it will be even more perfect.
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Carbohydrates posted:All right guys, I'm working on something for the new Bricklink Design Program.
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Upcoming Bionicle tribute GWP It’s uh…better than nothing?
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RatHat posted:Upcoming Bionicle tribute GWP This is a joke?
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