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Captain Invictus posted:I will never stop recommending getting kids, or anyone really, the classic Space sets(specifically the late 80's early 90's sets). Oh shut up Space Police were my favorite! I had like the entire line, and Ice Planet. (They were eternally at war, a tragedy that befalls many Legoman civilizations.) I had no idea you could still find these. The kid loves sea creatures, so I'm going to go with pirates for now, but I may have to see if my parents can dig up my old sets next time I'm home. You know, for the kid. *Cough*
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Captain Invictus posted:Space sets Oh hell yes, I had(have?) all of those. The green pods were the best for making exotic spaceships.
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Captain Invictus posted:Not only do I agree with everything you said, I still have this set, excepting some minor redesigns (changing all the bits that fell off all the time) constructed from when I was a kid. It might be the only set I own that's never been fully broken down. 
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Blue Moonlight posted:I really, really wish that the tram part of that city transportation set was sold separately. It looks a lot like the MAX here in Portland, and I think my son would poo poo himself. But I can't justify a hundred bucks for that set. http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=DHCP1121&itemID=18652074
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Shuppiluliumas posted:
I wound up having to put 1x1 plates under both headlight pieces anyway to make the minifig fit in the cockpit, so problem averted re: fit.
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Captain Invictus posted:I will never stop recommending getting kids, or anyone really, the classic Space sets(specifically the late 80's early 90's sets). I was thumbing through the thread randomly and I saw this post and a huge wave of nostalgia hit me. I've been stopping by the LEGO isle at Target / Walmart everytime I'm there and I always get disappointed by what the kits are like now. They just seem so . . . uncomplicated?
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kimcicle posted:I was thumbing through the thread randomly and I saw this post and a huge wave of nostalgia hit me. I've been stopping by the LEGO isle at Target / Walmart everytime I'm there and I always get disappointed by what the kits are like now. They just seem so . . . uncomplicated? Yeah, that's one of the downsides I'm seeing in modern Lego. It seems like a lot of sets use traditional bricks for the under-structure, and then use all sorts of custom, pre-molded shapes for the outer areas. Obviously not everything is like that, but it's why stuff like the Atlantis line holds zero appeal for me. I was quite happy to find the Green Grocer set I got was pretty much made up of standard brick types.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Yeah, that's one of the downsides I'm seeing in modern Lego. It seems like a lot of sets use traditional bricks for the under-structure, and then use all sorts of custom, pre-molded shapes for the outer areas. Whatever, this is awesome  Click here for the full 1771x1467 image.
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The UCS Imperial Shuttle is now available from the LEGO store, if anyone wants to grab it right away: http://shop.lego.com/ByCategory/Product.aspx?p=10212&cn=233&d=263
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Slashie posted:Oh shut up Space Police were my favorite! I had like the entire line, and Ice Planet. (They were eternally at war, a tragedy that befalls many Legoman civilizations.) I had no idea you could still find these. If he loves sea creatures, there have been plenty of Lego sets for animals, including many sea creatures. But keep those sets I suggested in mind, as I remember building the Galactic Mediator and Solar Snooper with my dad as a kid on Christmas morning on the porch, with the sun barely peeking over the snow-covered trees because me and my sister couldn't wait any longer to open our presents at 4 AM, while drinking hot cocoa with marshmallows. They are great sets to build with your kid, and they've got some awesome, awesome gimmicks. Like the Galactic Mediator splits into three sections, and the Solar Snooper has that transforming flying ship. I've gathered up a bunch of links to various animal-based sets for you. This would be a good time to get the Snap Links addon for Firefox. http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7608-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=20015-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=5868-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4994-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7606-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4894-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4892-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7805-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4998-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=7871-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4507-1 http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4101-1 And here's a really neat submarine set I found that I never knew existed, http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4888-1 As well as a set I always wanted but never got, Titan XP, which incorporates tons of tropes of My-Own-Creation Mecha into an official set. It is quite a beast: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=4508-1 
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Yeah, that's one of the downsides I'm seeing in modern Lego. It seems like a lot of sets use traditional bricks for the under-structure, and then use all sorts of custom, pre-molded shapes for the outer areas. Ok, this is going to sound really nerdy, but whatever. I think you need to look at Lego holistically, here. Who cares if new sets have fewer traditional elements. They are still widely available (especially in Creator and Cafe Corner sets). New parts open up new possibilities. I used to be very anti-new part as well, but watching what people do with "useless" parts has truly changed my mind. The only parts I don't much like are the ones that mostly originated in the late 90s, that were intended to be shortcuts. They didn't provide any new opportunites for building, but rather were just a single part made from multiple parts.  The above is a classic example; a Rock Raiders vehicle base. The only reason this existed was to keep parts counts low, while still making sets look big. It's nothing more than a scam, really. Even if it were used in some awesome MOC, I can't imagine that basic pieces couldn't have been used to equal effect. So basically, yes, construction methods of sets have changed. For example, the difference between todays Space Police and the older Space stuff is that there is an increased emphasis on playability. The new sets incorporate more Technic elements and Technic connections to make them less likely to break, but the details are still there, IMO. As far as new parts go, Lego has been giving us many useful new basic elements every year for the part few years. If they want to make a bunch of new Bionicle type stuff, that's fine. Those parts are awesome too, when used correctly.  Seen on flickr today. Not a personal attack or anything, I just wanted to share my views on the matter. I'm always excited these days when new parts are released, and I'm constantly amazed what people manage to do with them.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Man, Crow T. Robot has really been working out in the last decade.
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Captain Invictus posted:I've gathered up a bunch of links to various animal-based sets for you. That's incredible, thank you so much. Those dinosaur sets in particular are amazing. Is the submarine big enough for Lego dudes to go inside? I can't really tell from the pictures.
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Slashie posted:That's incredible, thank you so much. Those dinosaur sets in particular are amazing. Is the submarine big enough for Lego dudes to go inside? I can't really tell from the pictures. It looks like it, yeah. If not, it's definitely extremely close, I'm sure you could lend him a hand to make it big enough. Also heh, searching for Lego MST3K yields some amusing results, as well as a damned good Megas XLR. That's by far the most creative use I've seen for those horrible loving yellow arches from the Aquanauts base set, on the first Crow's head.     And the ridiculously good small-scale Megas XLR: 
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Slashie posted:That's incredible, thank you so much. Those dinosaur sets in particular are amazing. Is the submarine big enough for Lego dudes to go inside? I can't really tell from the pictures. Judging by the instructions, you could stick a minifig in the main body of the sub, but there's no detailing or anything very cockpit-like. I got this when my mom went to a giant neighborhood garage sale last year, and it's a pretty awesome little sub. The sides open up to get access to the interior, there's a cockpit, storage areas for tanks and helmets, an engine...it's got a little scooter-type vehicle, an ROV and the front of the sub detaches. In other news, since I'm impatient, I already opened up both the Advent Calenders I bought and assembled everything. I was surprised at some of the extra pieces--most minifigs with hair came with two hair pieces, except the Castle Queen, Maiden, and the little girl in the City one. Most items with a weapon (sword, hammer) came with at least one extra, and I got 6 swords between a Minifig and a Sword in the Stone model in Castle. I got one crossbow and two quivers for one soldier fig. City had fewer figs, but more overall pieces. Several of them were minifig-scale toys. A crane, bulldozer, firetruck, plane, and helicopter. They're all pretty sweet. Speedo-wearing santa and the shower are really in there, which is still just inexplicable.
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So who else pretended that Ice Sat-V was a Scud missile and had the Space Police come and stop it from being launched? 
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Back when I had the money for it, I always faced the hard decision of buying new sets, vs. picking up classic space sets from Bricklink. There's a lot of good stuff out there these days, but it's hard to resist building up fleets of Space Police from all three eras. There's nothing to beat the sight of a convoy of these guys rumbling down your space roads: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=6895-1
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snortpocket posted:The UCS Imperial Shuttle is now available from the LEGO store, if anyone wants to grab it right away: I thought this was going to be 200???? I mean gently caress 200 but gently caress 260
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Captain Duvel posted:I thought this was going to be 200???? I mean gently caress 200 but gently caress 260 Plus you can only buy five of them. 
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Surprise: the penishand was retarded.  Also tore apart that other guy because his legs were totally unstable and made this:    it swims! (not pictured: rear end propellers) 
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I just picked up a new, sealed Star Wars Republic Attack Cruiser, with all parts, from a thrift store for $10. They had a second one, but I didn't buy it. I have no idea why, now that I realize it's 1170 pieces, comes with five minifigs that can be sold for $10 a pop and is entirely unopened. I'm considering going back tomorrow and picking up the other one, to sell on eBay or Bricklink for the $60 or so it goes for. Or maybe to have 2340 lego pieces as the start of my new collection in America 
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Get the other one sell the minifigs keep the ship. I solved your problem
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Captain Invictus posted:Lego MST3K Here's my lego servo!  The head's the remembrall from a Harry Potter set.
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Was finally in the right place at the right time for a sweet LEGO deal. Bought all this for  BEHOLD!  Click here for the full 1632x1224 image. It has an entire 8275 Bulldozer ^__^ djfooboo fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Sep 3, 2010 |
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Went to my local Toys R Us today, looks like they got 2 boxes of Series 2 minifigures but there were only ~10 bags left. I tried to feel them up for a vampire but I got a Mariachi instead. He came with a bonus maraca though. They were charging 3 bucks each. Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. Also what's the deal with the 8259 Technic Mini Bulldozer?? None of the stores have them and I want some cheap tracks
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I grabbed 10 minifigs and got 10 different ones. But I wanted 70s porn cop and SPARTAAA! I was wondering about the price. At the cash register I thought something was off. Weren't they $2 a piece before?
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I got all but the vampire from the OKC Lego store. The Toys R' Us up on Memorial Rd. has a few boxes left for any of you Oklahoma goons. And this is something my girlfriend made, she keeps asking me to post it in this thread. It's pretty  
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I've yet to see any of the collectable figures at my local TRUs. Are they just selling out immediately, or something? Whereabouts in the store are they usually located, since I don't even see a empty box or a space for them in normal lego section.DethMarine21 posted:Also what's the deal with the 8259 Technic Mini Bulldozer?? None of the stores have them and I want some cheap tracks One of my TRUs had a few boxes of that bulldozer in the clearance section. You might try looking there.
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Hobnob posted:I've yet to see any of the collectable figures at my local TRUs. Are they just selling out immediately, or something? Whereabouts in the store are they usually located, since I don't even see a empty box or a space for them in normal lego section. They were on an endcap in the lego section.
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Anyone willing to pick me up a Spartan, Maraca Man, Witch, and Vampire? I'll pay like 15 total for them. I don't live near or have transportation to a place that sells them. Bricklink has the cheapest Spartan for like 8 bucks USD, and I refuse to pay that much for 1 minifig.
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My yard sale score today, incomplete but only $2! I dig the giant wheels.
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I picked up the Gateway of the Squid set thursday, after eying it greedily every time I went through the lego aisle. There are some cool sets out right now IMO, like the castle or the submarine that transforms into a robot, but none of them had the appeal that this one did. Think about it. You get the fantastic squid-man minifig, which is in, what, three sets total? By far one of my favorite mini-figs. You get a neat medium-sized squid, perfect for eating people, and you get a giant monster squid with giant pointy fangs, IN THE SAME SET. Three whole squids! The divers are OK, I don't really like the Atlantis diver design much, and the gateway itself is a bit weak, basically being a fairly simple gate mechanism with a trapdoor in the back, but the set looks pretty fantastic when you put the giant squid on the top so it can loom menacingly.
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Substar posted:And this is something my girlfriend made, she keeps asking me to post it in this thread. It's pretty That white bowl under that big window, is that blood...? Some sort of sacrificial altar?
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3 posted:Counterpoint. These are the most incredible lego creations I have ever seen.
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Dammit, I can't find the series 2 minifigs anywhere I've checked in Miami. We got the first ones fairly early.
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Wow this thread is awesome! Last month I finally went to the new Lego Store in Calgary, Alberta. I spent a good 45 minutes looking at everything. I was disappointed at the size of the Pick-A-Brick containers, I was hoping they would be bigger. I ended up buying two "3 builds in 1" race car sets. I also got an ice cube tray which is a bitch to fill.
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