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I want a remake of the light and sound spaceship, and once I built it, I want my phone to ring and my mother tell me it's enough light and especially SOUND for the day. Good times...
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I think Lego would make bank with a bunch of 30th anniversary sets for all of the 90s releases. My idea would be one set for each theme in the $60 to $100 range. Now you’ve got the millennial nostalgia dollar for the next 7-8 years.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:I forgot all about the magnets. Haven't seen any on a set lately, was there a particular reason they stopped? It’s bad if kids swallow more than one and they stick together.
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smackfu posted:It’s bad if kids swallow more than one and they stick together. What does LEGO use for couplers now?
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HootTheOwl posted:What does LEGO use for couplers now? Newer train couplers use magnets that can’t be (without un-childlike effort) detached from the rest of the buffer element.
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Something is busted in Stud.io's pricing estimates. It's showing this piece which sells for like $5 as averaging $225.
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I'm gonna take a stab at why Galaxy Explorer may not have had as wide appeal (assuming this is actually the case). Remaking set or themes like the big pirate ship or a western town (would 100% buy this) is a little different to a quite faithful update to what was pretty crude design. Don't get me wrong, I had enough classic space in the big haul of lego donated to me as a kid to have some nostalgia for it, but the early designs are still very basic in that they're a cockpit and engine on top of a flat wing. So it's not just the case of doing a new pirate ship or castle that harkens back to an older theme, but now with modern techniques and pieces - it's fully recreating the same dated design just with less visible studs and some more detailing, which is going to limit it's appeal to just people nostalgic for that specific era of classic space. Totally updating the design may have attracted a wider audience but alienated the intended demographic, so if it is a case that it didn't perform as well, it may just be that they overestimated the appeal of the look of classic space to people who didn't grow up with it.
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Skios posted:Space sets that could probably be remade into great GWP sets: Yup. I'd overspend to get any of these. Allied Avenger will always be my top pick, those corner panels will always be amazing. Space Police II Rebel Hunter is the first addition that pops into my head. These might be pushing the piece count of a flair up but I'd also love remakes of: Unitron Star Hawk II Saucer Centurion
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Fingers McLongDong posted:My work gives us a yearly $400 "self care" stipend in which we are encouraged to buy things/services for ourselves and I'm extremely tempted to blow some/all of it on bricks. The big castle is tempting too, but I don't know that I have space for it to sit anywhere once assembled. fwiw the big castle is surprisingly compact (at least to me) once it's built and folded up. I put it on my home office desk just to get it out of range from young toddler hands and it ended up not taking up any space that I was already using. I think it might stay up there now.
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CNY sets are available. Year of the Rabbit GWP is not. Huh.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I'm gonna take a stab at why Galaxy Explorer may not have had as wide appeal (assuming this is actually the case). The new pirate ship was my first adult LEGO purchase. I'm nostalgic for a lot of the sets people have just posted (those holograms!) and had the space monorail, but I have no interest in remakes of those sets. I'd maybe be tempted by a modern space base/ship in the style of 60350 with adult level complexity and the detailing the pirate ship had (and some jetpacks). I guess I'm nostalgic for what was fun to me rather than the actual ship designs.
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Destroyenator posted:The new pirate ship was my first adult LEGO purchase. I'm nostalgic for a lot of the sets people have just posted (those holograms!) and had the space monorail, but I have no interest in remakes of those sets. I'd maybe be tempted by a modern space base/ship in the style of 60350 with adult level complexity and the detailing the pirate ship had (and some jetpacks). I guess I'm nostalgic for what was fun to me rather than the actual ship designs. Pretty much. I think they'd have better luck with a fresh wave of space sets loosely inspired by the old themes. To put it another way, it's a lovely 4k remastered Blu-ray of a sci-fi film from the 50s. It's really only going to appeal to people who already find it charming, and if that's the only demo you need to have it be profitable then more power to them. Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Jan 10, 2023 |
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I am selling a chunk of my collection. We recently moved house so I'm downsizing my backlog and some pre-loved (but complete and like new) sets. Here is the list incase any UK goons are interested; Boxed, as new; Women of NASA (2017) 21312 Sonic The Hedgehog - Greenhill Zone (2022) 21331 Quatum Realm Explorers (2018) 76109 Battle at the Ancient Village (2021) 76177 Harvester Transport (2019) 60223 Diagon Alley (2018) 40289 Hagrids Hut - Buckbeaks Rescue (2019) 75947 60 Years of the Lego Brick (2018) 40290 Spider-man at the Sanctum Workshop (2021) 76185 Elastigirls Rooftop Pursuit (2018) 10759 London Skyline (2017) 21034 Charles Dickens Tribute (2020) 40410 Vaction Getaways (2016) 31052 Rescue Mission Boat (2019) 41381 The Great Home Escape (2018) 10761 Fishing Boat (2017) 60147 ExoSuit (2014) 21109 Black Widows Helicopter Chase (2020) 76162 Underminer Bank Heist (2018) 10760 WInter Village Fire Station (2018) 10263 Hogwarts Whomping Willow (2018) 75953 Capital City (2018) 60200 Slave 1 - 20th Anniversay Edition (2019) 75243 Sanctum Sanctorum Showdown (2018) 76108 Thors Weapon Quest (2018) 76102 Carbon-Freezing Chamber (2016) 75137 Corvus Glaive Thresher Attack (2018) 76103 Treehouse Adventures (2016) 31053 Ford Fiesta M-Sport WRC (2018) 75885 Kylo Ren & Sith Trooper (2019) 75232 The Big Bang Theory (2015) 21302 Outrider Dropship Attack (2018) 76101 Ferry (2016) 60119 Chevrolet Camero Drag Race (2016) 75874 The Riddler Riddle Racer (2017) 70903 Thanos - Ultimate Battle (2018) 76107 Carnotosaurus Gyrosphere Escape (2018) 75929 Carousel (2017) 10257 Unboxed and previously built but with all pieces present; Ferris Wheel (2015) 10247 Fairground Mixer (2014) 10244 Shuttle Adventure (2010) 10213 Haunted House (2012) 10228 I'm looking for around the average Bricklink price for these. PM me if you fancy anything.
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PriorMarcus posted:I am selling a chunk of my collection. We recently moved house so I'm downsizing my backlog and some pre-loved (but complete and like new) sets. Here is the list incase any UK goons are interested;
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Carbohydrates posted:Hey, please post this to SA-Mart and link it here so all followup discussion can occur elsewhere to avoid cluttering up the megathread! Thanks kindly. No worries. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4021646&userid=142154
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I don't see a link to obi_ant's SA-MART Lego sale posted in here yet; these are some great prices and I've bought from them before with no issues. Someone needs to grab that Unexpected Journey, it's a really fun set.
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Definitely some good stuff there, I’m sad that that Palace Cinema got sold before I could remember to make an offer!
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Same but a mixture of sadness and relief. I have my first Creator Modular due in the mail today, the bookshop from eBay marked as used. I’m slightly terrified of the concept of 2000+ bricks if they weren’t rebagged.
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EL BROMANCE posted:I have my first Creator Modular due in the mail today, the bookshop from eBay marked as used. I’m slightly terrified of the concept of 2000+ bricks if they weren’t rebagged. Having just assembled the Grand Emporium from unlabeled, jumbled bags, take the advice that took me a few hours to figure out: split everything up by color first, it's still annoying but substantially less so than the traditional 'it's a big pile' method.
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A-Frame leaked  That looks nice
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That looks really good. What are the bricks used for the stone wall on the foundation? I really like that look.
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tuo posted:That looks really good. What are the bricks used for the stone wall on the foundation? I really like that look. I've never seen the piece in person but I think it's a bunch of Thor minifig hammers
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Those are Mjolnir hammer pieces, very cool! I'm liking this one quite a bit so far, hopefully the interior lives up to the outside. I'm glad to see that an otter is being included. Rumor has it that it'll be $180.
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Zwille posted:A-Frame leaked Dammit LEGO. Just take all my $$$ why don't you?
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Waltzing Along posted:Dammit LEGO. Just take all my $$$ why don't you? They’re not already?!
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Dogen posted:They’re not already?! It's an investment.
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FBS posted:I've never seen the piece in person but I think it's a bunch of Thor minifig hammers Yeah they use that as facade decoration in assembly square, it’s very neat!
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lol I thought it kinda looks like Mjolnir but have zero knowledge about the Avengers sets and their pieces. That's a brilliant use of them then. Didn't even notice them in Assembly Square. e: first they gave us frogs, now they give us hammers. What's next, flowers as tiger buttholes?
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Finished my Shuttle + Hubble today. Just a wonderful set, incredible display model while still having cool play features. Just want the Lunar Lander now to complete my collection of the recent good space sets.
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The lander is also really nice and looks perfect next to them. The shuttle actually made me crave for a bigger Hubble set. That's why I'm a bit sad that the James Webb telescope is kinda tied to an Ideas submission, simply because it would steal the spot of a more creative Ideas set.
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Zwille posted:A-Frame leaked Oh, that's really nice. Almost a companion piece to the Old Fishing Store.
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Ooooh I just noticed it has holes on the side, either it’s modular compatible or you can switch around the side flourish pieces as you like, neat! I don’t know where I’d put it, it’d probably look out of place with the Modulars, but dang is it looking nicer and nicer.
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Zwille posted:Ooooh I just noticed it has holes on the side, either it’s modular compatible or you can switch around the side flourish pieces as you like, neat! I don’t know where I’d put it, it’d probably look out of place with the Modulars, but dang is it looking nicer and nicer. I think it’s the latter - they’re too high to be modular compatible from what I can see.
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Zwille posted:A-Frame leaked The_Doctor posted:Oh, that's really nice. Almost a companion piece to the Old Fishing Store.
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Zwille posted:Ooooh I just noticed it has holes on the side, either it’s modular compatible or Urban A-frame is a horrific prospect
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Cloks posted:I don't see a link to obi_ant's SA-MART Lego sale posted in here yet; these are some great prices and I've bought from them before with no issues. Thanks for the shout out. Someone buy my stuff! That A-Frame is looking pretttttty good.
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I just hope the A frame is still around when I switch from sell-mode to buy mode
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:Having just assembled the Grand Emporium from unlabeled, jumbled bags, take the advice that took me a few hours to figure out: split everything up by color first, it's still annoying but substantially less so than the traditional 'it's a big pile' method. Imo don't sort by color, sort by part type. Colors are easy to see, less easy to see if you have every part of a color in a pile. I don't even do a rigid sorting when building from big pile. I just throw all of the plates in ones spot, technic pins, axels, rods all together, small parts, big parts etc etc. Just to give myself a general area to search. Makes it super easy to find stuff and only takes a few minutes even with a big set.
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veni veni veni posted:Imo don't sort by color, sort by part type. Colors are easy to see, less easy to see if you have every part of a color in a pile. poo poo that's better than my way. Guess I have a new procedure.
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Zwille posted:A-Frame leaked I need to buy this when it comes out so I can mod it into a Mystery Shack.
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