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I've recently just gotten back into Lego after a decade (after a break of a decade before that, too). While I lament the lack of original Space themes, loving the absolute crap out of the Creator Rover. To those of you that own the Apollo, is it worth a purchase?
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Captain Invictus posted:The lander? I enjoyed making it, at least. And it does look nice. Yeah, the lander. Whoops! Thanks. 
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Nov 29, 2020 08:35
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OSU_Matthew posted:If you don’t have the Saturn V yet, that set is fantastic. I still haven’t built the lander so I can’t speak to that. I just bought this on Bricklink with some random Space minifigs. Truly down the rabbit hole now.
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Nov 29, 2020 22:18
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My friend from primary school had the Message Intercept Base, and I was super envious. That was my dream set. The Blacktron aesthetic is unrivalled, pure badass.
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Dec 1, 2020 20:45
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Sloppy posted:My #1 AFOL moment was scoring that set new in the bags off shopgoodwill. No box, but everything else literally brand new. Yeah I built it, gently caress the value, when will I get to do that again? Holy poo poo. How did that feel??
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Dec 2, 2020 01:34
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Sloppy posted:I'll still be posting about it when I'm 70! I miss the drat perforated plastic bags they used back then, probably terrible for the environment though! Reminded me of what they would use to package pies ready for the pie warmer. Currently waiting on my Blacktron minifigs as I may or may not have thrown away a huge batch of Lego at the dump a few years ago, including a lot of the Blacktron translucent quarter dome and Futuron large panel pieces I purchased 10 years ago. 
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Dec 2, 2020 02:51
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Benny's Spaceship (used) just arrived. That is the biggest bag of loose bricks I have ever seen in my life.
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Dec 2, 2020 05:23
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Uh... I just bought the Pirates of Barracuda Bay set. How long is this thing going to take to build?
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Dec 2, 2020 22:19
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Get Barracuda Bay. It is what I imagined the big base playsets to be like when looking at the catalogues in the 80s and 90s, but 10x as awesome.
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Dec 11, 2020 08:11
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Enjoying so far dude, this is rad. Also, a pleasant discovery. I thought I'd thrown all my Lego out in 2016, but I found a couple of bits of Space Police at the top of a box of old Transformers. I just dug a bit deeper this afternoon and found out that I'd saved a a significant amount of Space Police, Blacktron and Futuron sets and loose pieces. I'll dig them out over Christmas and see what I manage to salvage. fappenmeister fucked around with this message at 04:29 on Dec 12, 2020 |
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Dec 12, 2020 03:36
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The boxes were taking room in the garage, and I was going through some poo poo and couldn't handle the thought of them being there.  Oh, and that I was an adult and didn't need them anymore (but kept the Transformers wtf). But it's OK now! fappenmeister fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Dec 12, 2020 |
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Dec 12, 2020 04:46
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Blue Moonlight posted:Nah, just giving you a hard time. Glad things are better now! Thank you goon, please send some UFO sets tia.
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Dec 12, 2020 04:57
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Captain Invictus posted:I think it was the "threw them out" part. Always donate legos. I know, I would have donated them if I had my time back. 
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Dec 12, 2020 09:59
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Those of you with the 75192 UCS, how'd you justify the purchase? I'm debating it, but it's a lot of scratch...
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Dec 13, 2020 04:50
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We never had the other Unitron stuff here, but I always drooled over that monorail as it was the only set available. Nice score, dude! I built a Stardefender 200 yesterday with parts that had mostly been sitting in sealed bags since a massive Bricklink order in 2010. For something that I drooled over as a 4 year old, it wasn't as fun to build as I was hoping. Still looks cool as hell, though.
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Dec 24, 2020 03:23
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It's Boxing Day, and I wanted to build something to house one of my Blacktron Bounty Hunter minifigs. Saw this M-Tron design on Rebrickable, but modified it a little bit. This is the first time I've really played with stud.io, but Carbohydrates made it look so fun on stream. I've got the transparent pieces and the Blacktron slope, but ordered a few odds and ends to build it. Here's a render in the meantime:  I hope the guy doesn't get upset, I sent him a pic and offered to send the file over, too. I won't be uploading it to any MOC sites, but I don't know what the etiquette is when modifying and sharing with another site like here. Merry Christmas to those of you in a different time zone, and may your 2021 be as good as you had hoped 2020 to be. fappenmeister fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Dec 26, 2020 |
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Dec 26, 2020 08:12
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This is the first time I've used Studio from scratch. What a way to kill an entire day, a modern take on Futuron. Rocket pods to smash asteroids, and droids like the old Futuron sets that detach too.  
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Dec 30, 2020 10:22
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I think I'm going to build this when I eventually finish it. I'm not sure if I want to keep the checkered tiles but like the effect of a few of them removed, like it's been worn down a bit. The hull interior also needs to be filled in and there are a few ideas kicking around, and it needs landing skids too. The Space Police III officers, Galaxy Trooper minifig and UFO drones will man this. Also that Blacksmith set is awesome!   
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Jan 2, 2021 05:02
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The Child floating pram is absolutely brilliant, what a bloody drat good job. Love those little mini sets too, Carbohydrates! I'm not really good at interiors. A little vehicle like the small boxes from the 80s, and trying to make safety harness things for the first time. I may add a few spare helmets, a crate, some barrels etc later on. Edit: here's some of the changes, much more what I had in mind when wanting to make harnesses.   fappenmeister fucked around with this message at 10:16 on Jan 2, 2021 |
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Jan 2, 2021 07:26
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Does anyone have any recommendations for Space-themed MOCs to buy instructions for? I'm still not entirely sold on most Star Wars ships for Lego (my mate called them grey bricks of depression) so yeah, preferably stuff that's not Star Wars or another preexisting sci-fi property please.
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Jan 11, 2021 03:31
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Bring it home, Blacktron.
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Jan 17, 2021 20:59
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My fond memories of Ice Planet were sitting on the rug in the lounge room one winter's afternoon building the Celestial Sled, the heater on, and East 17 blasting on the TV. It was a hell of a year, 1993.
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Jan 18, 2021 03:20
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Waltzing Along posted:Anyone who thinks BL is fine with it's sellers first mentality: An old boss was from Singapore, and that's basically what he sound like.  He was a nice and good dude though. Probably wouldn't buy anything from him or this guy though.
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Jan 18, 2021 08:06
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Carbohydrates posted:Hey guys, I personally have no problem with people posting their stuff for sale in this thread because used LEGO is likely to be uniquely interesting to people posting here, but I would greatly prefer if extended conversations about pricing, offers, availability, etc. could be moved to a relevant SA Mart post or private messages. Thanks much! Moved from a "later" purchase to "get ASAP".
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Jan 21, 2021 21:16
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https://twitter.com/BeyondtheBrick/status/1352419057375604736?s=20 This rules
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Jan 22, 2021 02:57
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Collecting Lego again has made me remember why I've tried to cut down on buying physical items in general - lack of space and storage. Seeing some people's collections and storage/display space blows my mind.
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Jan 23, 2021 01:08
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Carbohydrates posted:I can't leave anything alone ever so I did go through with cutting a stud's length off the bed and yeah, that was worth it. 
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Jan 23, 2021 08:09
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OSU_Matthew posted:Yeah, it can vary. There’s a whole taxonomy of companies that use GoBricks which are considered the best quality, such as Mould King, Decool, SY, Sembo, Dinggao etc. Enlighten is also great, as well as the King/Queen brands (formerly Lepin), and I usually try to stick with those, which is mostly what yourwobb carries. Bela and Leji are a step down in my experience. I usually try to stay away from Aliexpress because the sellers are real inconsistent with listing one thing and shipping another. This is a cool source of information, managed to kill 30 mins looking at Yourwobb. Some decent (original) designs mixed up with the knock-offs, especially the neo-classic style moon buggy that I hope isn't a MOC knockoff.
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Jan 24, 2021 00:56
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This is mine if it helps 
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Jan 24, 2021 06:00
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Dogen posted:The answer was I didn’t press the mast together enough with my weak baby arms. That flexible axle has a lot of friction on it. That axle was a right pain in the arse. It felt like you were going to snap it. Glad to see you've sorted it out though, enjoy!
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Jan 24, 2021 23:12
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What are your favourite minifigs from this season, people? The Space riot police guy is my absolute favourite at the moment. The throwbacks to the OG colour scheme and Futuron logo with the zipper tick all the boxes. I've bought three so far!
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Jan 25, 2021 03:03
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Sloppy posted:Someone on a Lego Facebook group was posting their Slave I collection and one of the commenters assumed the original Slave I was the OP's lovely MOC Oh wow, that is....something else. When did you all notice the shift in design from blocky designs like that, to what we have now? Coming back to it in 2020 after 2010 wasn't as different as it was after taking a break from 1997 to 2010. Was the change gradual, or did it come pretty much right away that it blew people away?
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Jan 26, 2021 03:36
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What's the punishment for illegal Lego connections? Being locked in a room full of the fingerpuppets staring at you?
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Jan 27, 2021 02:40
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The Bloop posted:You wake up to every one of your antennas looking like this: Nonononononononononono
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Jan 27, 2021 06:37
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I have the patience of a toddler, so sometimes I just leave them on wonky. I do try to straighten them, but static is a bastard.
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Jan 30, 2021 02:19
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As a kid, I trusted Lego's vision of 2002 with the Ice Planet theme. The real 2002 aesthetic kinda sucked hard.
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Feb 3, 2021 23:31
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Cloks posted:You're all wrong, the best Lego theme is monster fighters. Wait... what? When was this a thing?
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Feb 4, 2021 05:21
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Well I'll be damned, what a cool little theme. Not a bad way to start collecting again by the looks of things. Is the castle any good?
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Feb 4, 2021 05:36
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Waltzing Along posted:The castle is decent. It was pretty much remade in hidden side last year and had one print run then gone. Total Addams Family vibes
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That freaking rules, I love the rear lights!
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