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Has anyone else heard any rumblings on the rumored USC Jurassic park Jeep from way back?
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DrChud posted:Has anyone else heard any rumblings on the rumored USC Jurassic park Jeep from way back? There's a Lego Jurassic Park TV Special airing on Peacock sometime soon so the current rumor is we will be seeing an announcement then.
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Aug 30, 2023 16:33
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https://twitter.com/Falconbricks/status/1696874642584068169
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Aug 30, 2023 16:57
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$130 for 2100 pieces and mini figs? That’s too reasonable to be true.
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Aug 30, 2023 18:09
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:$130 for 2100 pieces and mini figs? That’s too reasonable to be true. Fantastic value, because the set itself looks kind of dull
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Aug 30, 2023 18:18
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I don't remember that being selected for Ideas. It looks okay. I kinda like it. But it's also kinda boring. It looks like a kids set that had an adult once over.
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Aug 30, 2023 18:19
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Is this someone at lego going back to an old submission and saying "I want to make this"?
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Aug 30, 2023 18:37
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IIRC they took three submissions that didn't get selected for past Ideas and put them up on a poll for people to vote on. The winning set was this one, which got made into a Target exclusive.
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Aug 30, 2023 18:38
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That looks amazing. edit: I'm not into the modulars so I don't have the same eye you guys do. I thought it looked cool. ANYWAY, In other news, I'm still trying to find a design that fits what I'm trying to do on this stupid submarine, which I am questioning that life decision daily. Anyway I am "happy" with the front end and was able to actually build part of it to see where I need to improve as I go. Hull still janky as poo poo so I start to redesign and go for a more modular build. The most recent attempt had studs going in all four directions, as that is how the dome is constructed. Today I tried just Top and Bottom Studs and everything was going great. Until I tried to actually connect the sides that were connected to the top and bottom:  The top and bottom connect to the top and bottom of the Dome assembly but that is the distance between actually having them come together. I am still mucking around with how to make the sections fit together so this MIGHT be a moot problem, but I wanted the Dome to connect to at least a small hull rib before building backwards. I hate this loving hobby. Another edit: I loving hate being terrible at this hobby lol Deus Ex Macklemore fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Aug 30, 2023 |
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Aug 30, 2023 18:42
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:$130 for 2100 pieces and mini figs? That’s too reasonable to be true. It's not impossible, 4 minifigs isn't a lot for a set this size and large greebly sets tend to be well under 10 cents/piece when there's no license attached. There have been comparable sets priced that way before, it's a bit surprising that inflation isn't hitting this one harder but it's possible it was selected & designed with an eye for keeping costs down. Flyinglemur posted:That looks amazing. edit: I'm not into the modulars so I don't have the same eye you guys do. I thought it looked cool. ANYWAY, Nah, it's pretty legit. It's a very pleasing, balanced composition, nothing mind-blowing but it's pretty good at what it does.
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Aug 30, 2023 18:51
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The original's rock formations looked a lot better. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/65930f7b-ff6e-45bc-a644-61b5896c26b2
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Aug 30, 2023 19:31
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The rocks were alright but the buildings looked so sterile. Not really blown away by the Lego version either though. I feel like it doesn't lean into the strength of wooden buildings (intricate woodwork / log-cabin coziness) enough to make it click.
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Aug 30, 2023 22:28
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trevorreznik posted:Fantastic value, because the set itself looks kind of dull It's the kind of set that will be great for MOCs / Rebrickable. (Also it looks cool).
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Aug 30, 2023 23:45
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I love the scale they did this at. It's got that huge set vibe while being a reasonable price and modest size. Lego should do more sets like that.
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Aug 30, 2023 23:58
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More Lego Vikings are coming. No complaining permitted.
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Need more Old West stuff.
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Aug 31, 2023 02:37
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veni veni veni posted:I love the scale they did this at. It's got that huge set vibe while being a reasonable price and modest size. Lego should do more sets like that. Yeah, this is part of what I'm talking about the composition being pleasing and balanced. It's got a good mix of squat substantial bits and light spread-out bits, which is something that amateur designers in particular often struggle with (and indeed, the original submission had a denser, more compact layout.) A set that's too dense or too light is going to seem very underwhelming for its piece budget.
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Aug 31, 2023 03:07
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Any idea when the red phone box will be available in the ideas line?
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Aug 31, 2023 07:29
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Flyinglemur posted:The top and bottom connect to the top and bottom of the Dome assembly but that is the distance between actually having them come together. I am still mucking around with how to make the sections fit together so this MIGHT be a moot problem, but I wanted the Dome to connect to at least a small hull rib before building backwards. Could this be an instance where it won't display in stud.io due to the fussiness of the program itself but you might be able to finagle the connection IRL?
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Aug 31, 2023 11:53
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Dokapon Findom posted:Could this be an instance where it won't display in stud.io due to the fussiness of the program itself but you might be able to finagle the connection IRL? Not sure. I know that when I did the sphere part in Studio, all the panels fit together perfectly, but in real life there is a very small gap. So maybe it will straighten itself out. If not, I'm still going to push ahead with this and see what happens. If there is a tiny gap, then so be it. I keep having to remind myself that I'm not making it to MILSPEC, more like Billionaire Cardboard Sub Spec
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Aug 31, 2023 13:53
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Any cost/design/schedule overruns only add to the realism.
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Aug 31, 2023 16:47
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Dokapon Findom posted:Any cost/design/schedule overruns only add to the realism. Well I'm already developing a love/hate relationship with it so that tracks as realistic
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Aug 31, 2023 17:06
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Phy posted:Call that bone sai 
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It's a tall order to build any IRL object or building to minifig scale, minifigs themselves being a somewhat awkward substitutional representation of an actual human. I'd still like to do a minifig scale Fallingwater, though. I never design in stud.io because while I can move the pieces around in my mind, my ADHD precludes the patience required to sit down and manually select, rotate, and place the pieces. Plus the idea of making instructions for something you've built- kudos to everyone who can manage that.
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Do you guys use any resources to track sales/deals? I want to pickup the ecto1 in the future so I wanna keep a lookout
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Dokapon Findom posted:It's a tall order to build any IRL object or building to minifig scale, minifigs themselves being a somewhat awkward substitutional representation of an actual human. Lol I'm not making instructions for this stupid thing. I agree about the difficulty of using studio for a lot of things, but I don't have an unlimited supply of bricks so I'm doing my best. Believe it or not, the minifig parts on the inside that I've done so far are working out well. And fun. I've enjoyed the limited interior stuff, getting the hull to be rigid and workable is taking up all of my time and patience.
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Sunk Dunk posted:Do you guys use any resources to track sales/deals? I want to pickup the ecto1 in the future so I wanna keep a lookout Slickdeals alerts for the word Lego works surprisingly well.
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Dokapon Findom posted:It's a tall order to build any IRL object or building to minifig scale, minifigs themselves being a somewhat awkward substitutional representation of an actual human. Last year's Lion Knights Castle was definitely the gold standard for that for me, in terms of official Lego sets at least. Watching the whole set come together as a place that actually looked like a building where you could move from one place to another was great.
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Sunk Dunk posted:Do you guys use any resources to track sales/deals? I want to pickup the ecto1 in the future so I wanna keep a lookout I use idealo to track whatever I fancy and I also follow StoneWars’ telegram channel, they push out deals pretty reliably and give you a % off and best price otherwise so you get a frame of reference. It’s both German though
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Man I built the Taj Mahal after enjoying the Himeji Castle and uh it looks nice but man building it was a pain in the rear end, with the floor tiles, and a lot of sub builds being the same thing 4 times.
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Finished Rivendell and this thing is incredible as a display set, so many colors and shapes The trees weren't nearly as bad as I had been dreading, and I found the 45 degree roof tile placement strangely hypnotic
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Winner for the Disney Ideas contest announced. https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/9c8bbdc4-3edb-46ef-be42-8ab173a9a94f/application/95e0c594-b20e-4c68-8cb3-8f7265737b99 Pretty impressive imo.
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They should've just done a legit version of the Princess Star.
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I'll have to see another angle because that is not a good face
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There's one draw back to learning how to use Stud.io. Every time I see an image of a set I try to click, hold, and rotate it like it's a 3d model.
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You can load the instructions of the set in the Lego app, skip to the end, and rotate to your heart's content.
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As if anyone who was interested in the Concorde somehow wasn't already sold on the set, RacingBrick's review should easily push you over the edge. A full 2000+ piece set that he describes as something like 'a Speed Champions level of complexity the entire build'. I've seen a few other reviews of the set, but as usual RB knocks it out of the park highlighting the building experience. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ4S3NNeLds BaconCopter fucked around with this message at 08:12 on Sep 2, 2023 |
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Racingbrick is Tiago-25% John Oliver.
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I still can’t get over how huge it is at this price. He says it might show up with a discount at other retailers but man is it hard to wait
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I was planning on ordering Concorde anyways, but I'm being made redundant and it launches the minute I finish up at my current job. I know what I'll be doing during my "decompression" week!
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