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HootTheOwl posted:The fett ship uses these pin shooters which ssuck so I ended up just putting the handles into the holes instead of making them shooty Yeah, I'll probably just take them out. 
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Here's some instructions for my best bet on the mini Boba ship. I took some liberties with the bottom dark gray layer to add the engines and upper roundy bit. This one is just way better than the new mini boba ship, especially the shooters at the bottom In other news my kid has ripped his xl15 buzz lightyear ship apart and I'm devastated mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Feb 11, 2023 |
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The Mighty Moltres posted:
You're a good aunt or uncle. 
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The Mighty Moltres posted:
Sarcasm?
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mastershakeman posted:In other news my kid has ripped his xl15 buzz lightyear ship apart and I'm devastated
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Waltzing Along posted:Sarcasm? Sometimes.
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Well I started doing The Thing in real life. Many months ago I started mucking around with Studio and decided to try and design a submarine. They say write what you know, so I'm building a 688 class. I got about halfway done with the front half and thought, hey maybe I should start this thing for real to see what size it might be, if it is something I can actually do, how much money it will cost, etc. Right away I could tell it was going to be pretty good sized, which is fine. I have decided to do it as modualrly as possible for ease of building/moving/displaying. So the plan was to start with the bow dome (which was a pain in the dick to design, and not in a fun way) and three Vertical Launch Tubes. Uploaded to Bricklink, ordered the pieces and here are about 840 bricks, mostly black slopes.  I bought a lighting kit so I could look at it and see how to incorporate it into my model, which is nice because I'm doing cut aways on the sides for different compartments, and it will need some lights. Anyway got it all ready to go and realized that I didn't do a step by step instruction, which is why I asked about it a few days ago. All I had was my Studio model  When I sat down I got the bright idea to make all bricks white, then start building from the bottom and turning each brick that I used black on the model, to keep track of where I am. It sounds tedious, but once I got going it wasn't too bad. Started it yesterday and almost immediately recognized that whoever designed this thing was an idiot. Super fragile. Like, a lot. Ran to the local Lego store and was able to secure myself some bricks from the Pick A Brick wall to help add stabililty. It wasn't ideal, but I don't have a whole lot of spare parts, and none that I needed for this. I took it back down to brick zero and started over, adding stability where I could. Worked on it more today and this is where I am now.   I have to lean it up like that because it is a little front heavy right now. I'm very much enjoying this so far and am seeing where I need to improve things for the rest of the boat. I am making it mini fig scale, so there will be three levels inside the boat with room to put some squids. Anyway I wanted to share what I'm doing and thank all of you for the help you've given while I am trying to figure this all out. If this jumps our thread into GIP, I apologize in advance.
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Under the sea Under the sea When the hatch opens Bricks built submarine
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Carbohydrates posted:Time to get your own! I was considering giving him the $50 galaxy explorer I grabbed from Walmart and hid, but frankly I think I'll gift it to myself for my bday and then put it out of reach. Its hard not to go lord business all the time Also that submarine is going to be rad and very big if it's minifig scale. Love it mastershakeman fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Feb 12, 2023 |
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Carbohydrates posted:Time to get your own! Still really wish that set was a bit cheaper. Looks like a great set, but feels like 10-15$ more then it should be.
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So if it’s minifig scale is that like 5% finished? I’m intrigued by the cutaway thing. Sounds like a rad project. What’s your job on the boat?
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Flyinglemur posted:Started it yesterday and almost immediately recognized that whoever designed this thing was an idiot. Super fragile. Like, a lot. Ran to the local Lego store and was able to secure myself some bricks from the Pick A Brick wall to help add stabililty. It wasn't ideal, but I don't have a whole lot of spare parts, and none that I needed for this. I took it back down to brick zero and started over, adding stability where I could. lol at how common this ends up being
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Dogen posted:So if it’s minifig scale is that like 5% finished? I’m intrigued by the cutaway thing. Sounds like a rad project. What’s your job on the boat? Here's my initial rough draft I was working on, to give an idea of scale. The cutouts are the torpedo room, head/berthing, crew's mess and galley, SONAR and Control Room. Not sure what I will do with the engine room cutouts, probably just some generic machinery looking bits.  Gonna really pace myself because I pretty much finished the torpedo room and priced it out and it's about $200. I am a retired SONAR Tech Borsche69 posted:lol at how common this ends up being What do you mean?
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They mean MOC instructions are frequently fragile as fuuuuck
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Dogen posted:They mean MOC instructions are frequently fragile as fuuuuck Ah. Thanks. And to be clear, I'm the idiot designer that made it too fragile.
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Flyinglemur posted:Ah. Thanks. And to be clear, I'm the idiot designer that made it too fragile. I didn’t want to be uhhh direct about it but yeah. But that’s the nature of these things and why Lego has all these crazy guidelines- it’s not easy to make a complicated model also stable enough to release as a commercial product
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Dogen posted:I didn’t want to be uhhh direct about it but yeah. But that’s the nature of these things and why Lego has all these crazy guidelines- it’s not easy to make a complicated model also stable enough to release as a commercial product Oh no, trust me I realized it immediately lol. But this is also the first one I've ever done in real life, so I'm trying to be kind to myself I'm pretty proud of myself to be able to recognize the problem and come up with some solutions. It isn't 100% Lego quality but I will use these lessons going forward.
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You think you're the first one to buy parts for just one model and realize after you bought all the bricks that actually stud.io doesn't do a good job of relaying Shakeyness? Buddy I've only been in the thread a handful of months and do this all the time E: sorry I'm like ten posts behind
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Definitely do a 1:1 realistic engine compartment and post it to the Warthunder forums.
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You definitely realize how well official sets are engineered when you start trying to make some yourself. Fragility, over complexity, frugal parts usage, connection strength, etc.
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My builds are sturdy as heck but I'd never meet lego's build standards because I'm interleaving a dozen layers of plates. The bean counters would have my head.
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Grand Fromage posted:Definitely do a 1:1 realistic engine compartment and post it to the Warthunder forums. I've been retired almost 12 years and my last two commands were a sub repair ship and shore duty. I can draw HOW the power plant works but gently caress if I can remember the layout of the engine room if I tried.
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Flyinglemur posted:Oh no, trust me I realized it immediately lol. But this is also the first one I've ever done in real life, so I'm trying to be kind to myself haha yeah, just to be clear the design does look really nice, especially at a minifig scale. i'm just laughing cause i was bitching about the fragility of moc/third party sets not even a half dozen pages back. its one of those funny design principles that Lego has perfected so well that you don't even realize they're doing it until you start loving around with stuff like this. the cool thing especially is that these sets can actually end up being fairly rigid and secure in their finished state, so it's not a real problem when you're done. BUT its also insanely fragile during the building phase and it turns that part of it (which imo should be the most enjoyable part) into a total nightmare lol
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in other news, i got the piano because i finally lost control of my life. this is a real big fuckerlord of a set. the pictures where they're pressing the keys give you a little idea of the sense of scale, but good fuckin lord its not the same. i hope there's a dumb way of jerry rigging the play feature so that you can circumvent the app and you can add more 'playable' songs where you press a key and it plays a note. ideally getting this to work with poo poo like mario paint
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Yeah I bought/built a BT from Titanfall 2 and it looks great but it’s frustrating because it’s fragile af and hard to pose. I’ve been meaning to make a Lego house in stud.io but haven’t had the inspiration.
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deoju posted:You definitely realize how well official sets are engineered when you start trying to make some yourself. Fragility, over complexity, frugal parts usage, connection strength, etc. I don't disagree for the most part, but I don't think I'd give Lego any credit for frugal parts usage.
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I kind of just realized that my least favorite pieces (or least interesting to me, anyway)- the pins and connector rods- are the single most important thing in making large models viable to hold without disintegrating.
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EEKA GEEK posted:I kind of just realized that my least favorite pieces (or least interesting to me, anyway)- the pins and connector rods- are the single most important thing in making large models viable to hold without disintegrating. It's like rain on your wedding day.
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bought my first two (separate) minifigs today because they had the series 23s at Kroger and I felt the wolf head in a package and have wanted that one since the moment I saw it, and also tricked myself into thinking the little elf girl's snowglobe was the top of the knight's helmet and that her orange pigtails were the knight's mask. really hoping this does not open up some deep desire inside of me to have an army of lego minis!
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 Just finished my first set in many many years. Now I'm looking at MOCs on Rebrickable to build some cool Lord of the Rings scenes... Until I see the cost of buying all the bricks I need 
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 Going to be awhile before I do another big MOC. Holy cow is the experience different going through 200 little bags in random order than going through nice numbered pouches. Still, my crappy photo doesn't do it justice, she's really a looker on the shelf. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-95879/brickgloria/mcrn-tachi-mid-scale/#details
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Check out this cool new piece. https://www.newelementary.com/2022/12/lego-speed-champions-interview.html Apparently its' in a new Speed Champions set. Click for more pics of it in action. https://www.newelementary.com/2023/02/lego-speed-champions-review-76916.html deoju fucked around with this message at 02:02 on Feb 13, 2023 |
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Maybe I'm just showing my old man colors but I'm getting kinda tired of the constant barrage of brand new 1x1 pieces. It feels like whenever lego gets stuck in a creative corner they crank out a new piece to fix it.
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There were some new pieces in recent sets that I thought were interesting. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=1846&idColor=11#T=P&C=11 https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=79987&in=S https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=1745&idColor=86 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=89679&idColor=5
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deoju posted:Check out this cool new piece. This is the part I've been wanting since flush side stud pieces were first made!
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xzzy posted:Maybe I'm just showing my old man colors but I'm getting kinda tired of the constant barrage of brand new 1x1 pieces. It feels like whenever lego gets stuck in a creative corner they crank out a new piece to fix it. its frustrating because 1x1s are the most useful fix, but also by god i hate loving with 1x1s
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If it's a useful part it's a good addition imo. The only parts I don't like are hyper specialized ones that really only have one use like some of the shuttle and airplane parts.
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Rescue Toaster posted:
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