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BrainWeasel posted:I don't like being told the "right way" to play with my toys. That's really disapointing. It sounds like any other MMO where you just use the gear that's best and gently caress creativity or customization, which is insane for a lego game.
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Joudas posted:That's really disapointing. It sounds like any other MMO where you just use the gear that's best and gently caress creativity or customization, which is insane for a lego game. Yeah, it's crazy that basically the only MMOs where you power-up without affecting your look are the two superhero MMOs. This should've been the LU default--the choice should have never even come up during design meetings.
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I posted some enormous spaceships a couple weeks ago from brother's brick, but these are far, far more amazing. It's a 23 foot long WWII aircraft carrier with a pair of 8-10 foot long escort destroyers/cruisers.  I didn't believe the scale until I actually looked at the video.
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Torael_7 posted:I posted some enormous spaceships a couple weeks ago from brother's brick, but these are far, far more amazing.  Click here for the full 1024x542 image.
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The Intrepid owns. Everybody go to NYC and check it out.
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This thread has totally rekindled my love of Lego. Since I've started reading the thread I have dug up my Lego collection and bought myself the Darth Vader's Tie Fighter set(pretty cool set). I've also been playing with the Lego Digital Designer, and I could see this eating into my money like crazy, especially when I can make cool stuff like this little bit of pixel art of the old NES game River City Ransom: Click here for the full 1920x957 image.
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I have got a giant tub here of (like a quarter of) my old lego stuff, but since it was like the only thing I did from the ages of like 5 to 13 I have a smattering of pieces from a billion different sets, and not real cohesive theme, even though at one point I had both the collector's star destroyer and TIE interceptor  Anyway what I'm asking here is, is it possible for me to even put together anything cohesive with a decent color scheme or am I doomed to mismatched things with 30 wheels?I guess that's a dumb question without seeing exactly what I'm working with, but I feel like this is like RTS anxiety. How can I overcome the mental block of "gently caress it I can't make anything that looks decent out of this"? e: That carrier has got to be heavy as hell. Any idea how much it weighs exactly? Pain Wizard fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Oct 11, 2010 |
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Daisyvondoom posted:I have got a giant tub here of (like a quarter of) my old lego stuff, but since it was like the only thing I did from the ages of like 5 to 13 I have a smattering of pieces from a billion different sets, and not real cohesive theme, even though at one point I had both the collector's star destroyer and TIE interceptor 36,380 tons (minifig scale)  As long there is a pattern and/or its symmetrical, you can make an assortment of colors work pretty well. Besides, sometimes its nice to just build your idea regardless of what colors you have available, like I did:    That way by the time you have a better selection of colors, you're more confident with different techniques/ideas. So don't be afraid to be a rainbow warrior if you have to, just have fun.
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Just do what I did when I was younger: Build your ship, and spraypaint it to match.  I was an idiot child. 
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InfinEight posted:That way by the time you have a better selection of colors, you're more confident with different techniques/ideas. So don't be afraid to be a rainbow warrior if you have to, just have fun. Thats how I prototype a lot of my doodles. I've started on some early ideas for a mecha and I just want some feedback on the hands(only part I've started messing around with). Crappy cell phones pics ahead. I made it our of a droid body with the robot arms as fingers. I figured I could attach it to an arm without too much bulk. Any alternatives are welcome.  Click here for the full 1000x598 image. And some machine pistols for it.  Click here for the full 1000x598 image.  Click here for the full 1000x598 image.
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InfinEight posted:36,380 tons (minifig scale) Thanks, I'm keeping that first one open in a tab as motivation to keep on truckin'. Speaking of, what are those grey and black round pieces up on the bottom front? I know I had some of them but I have no idea what to search for them as or where they come from. And Torael, if it makes you feel any better, I painted some of my bionicle masks gold and silver, after sanding them to make the paint stick  Evek posted:
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Daisyvondoom posted:Thanks, I'm keeping that first one open in a tab as motivation to keep on truckin'. Speaking of, what are those grey and black round pieces up on the bottom front? I know I had some of them but I have no idea what to search for them as or where they come from. Those are from some older Alpha Team sets, like this: http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/4793-1. I had that exact set in fact. I remember one day an older cousin suggested that I glue my legos together to make them tougher. I was only 11 or 12 and I wanted to punch him, haha.
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Gravy Jones posted:Also, it strikes me that Duplo is perfect for this stuff: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3355503. So I might see if I can replicate some of them when I get home. Crosspost in case anyone didn't see Revol posted:Awesome idea! But yeah, the pallette is a bit limited. Here's Ryu and Blanka.. but I could not find ONE brown 2x1 plate. So I used his alternate blue outfit instead.
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DoktorVerderben posted:This thread has totally rekindled my love of Lego. Since I've started reading the thread I have dug up my Lego collection and bought myself the Darth Vader's Tie Fighter set(pretty cool set). I've also been playing with the Lego Digital Designer, and I could see this eating into my money like crazy, especially when I can make cool stuff like this little bit of pixel art of the old NES game River City Ransom: 'sup, pixel art buddy  ? Kudos on the proper pixel build -- I find that building pictures on a flat surface allows for that proper, square pixel look. Not that building up with bricks isn't a bad idea, it's just that bricks aren't a perfect square, like a pixel./pedant I'm wondering what to get off the Lego site this month. That bridge is tempting, but I have nowhere to put it.
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Guzwar posted:'sup, pixel art buddy Yeah I thought about doing it with bricks, but to make a square you gotta go with a 2x1 brick and two 2x1 plates, which ends up being huge and the cost gets astronomical. Doing it on the flat surface is definitely the way to go, keeps the piece count down and keeps things square. I really like your stuff, especially the Mega Man stuff. I think I might do some Castlevania ones next myself.
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Win $1,000 worth of LEGO! http://cache.lego.com/downloads/shop/Wishlist2010/NA_wishlist.pdf
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Torael_7 posted:I posted some enormous spaceships a couple weeks ago from brother's brick, but these are far, far more amazing. That page also led me to this amazing automated Lego turtle factory. Whoa.
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Gravy Jones posted:Hell yeah I had that one. It was far from my first (I be old) but I remember that one really well. Loads of those handy curved pieces in the rocket. I haqd the small and medium spaceships as well, but could never afford the large one (my arch-nemisis down the street had it Please build a functional model of the polar bear cage from  that dispenses biscuits
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Was browsing through images of older sets, came across the box for the Fire Breathing Fortress... Click here for the full 800x563 image. ...and burst out laughing when I spotted who was lurking in the shadows. 
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Inspector_71 posted:A guy with an eyepatch? Yeah, a Wolfpack bandit dude just chilling there waiting to steal something (perhaps the dragon). I like how each of the pre-2000 Castle themes had at least one set with a minifig from another Castle theme that linked them all together in the same universe. Neat.
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Cry Havoc posted:Was browsing through images of older sets, came across the box for the Fire Breathing Fortress... My younger brother had that. And I still have a Wolfpack guy or two in whatever mixed bag I have left.
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Guzwar posted:Hmm, do I want to be like that dude who built the Iron Man suit and competed against children? Just do it for a kid in your family. Gift them most the sets and keep a couple AFOL sets and not feel guilty if you win 
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djfooboo posted:Just do it for a kid in your family. Gift them most the sets and keep a couple AFOL sets and not feel guilty if you win Why did people suddenly stop using the word "give"?
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Slashie posted:Why did people suddenly stop using the word "give"? Verbing weirds language.
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Here's a question: am I crazy or did they used to make Hello Kitty Lego or simulated Lego-like product?
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To me "give" is a masculine verb. The act of giving toys seems like it should be happier, thus gift, gifting, gifted, etc.
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djfooboo posted:To me "give" is a masculine verb. The act of giving toys seems like it should be happier, thus gift, gifting, gifted, etc. Well that's stupid. 
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So I was reading this thread, and then wound up babysitting my nephew and we spent the whole morning building lego spaceships out of his collection. ...now I really want to buy myself a whole bunch. It's so much drat fun. it's also so drat expensive. Holy gently caress, a little 1000 piece set is like $40. Now I know why I always got mega blocks when I wanted lego sets growing up.
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Saint Sputnik posted:Here's a question: am I crazy or did they used to make Hello Kitty Lego or simulated Lego-like product? I think it was Oxford who had the Hello Kitty licence. They're a pretty good quality Korean clone brand, and a lot of the unique elements that you see from clones like Best-Lock were actually designed by Oxford.
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AA is for Quitters posted:So I was reading this thread, and then wound up babysitting my nephew and we spent the whole morning building lego spaceships out of his collection. Where are you finding these 1000-piece sets for 40 dollars. Tell me, tell me NOW!
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New poll up for Kids Members - which of these sets do you want to see Lego produce: LOTR/ The Hobbit Cars SpongeBob TMNT Batman Scooby Doo Avatar Iron Man Star Trek Ghost Busters Sadly, there was no 'All of them!' option. There was also a couple of questions about Halo and their Mega Blocks sets too.
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kensei posted:
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kensei posted:New poll up for Kids Members - which of these sets do you want to see Lego produce: The Ambassadors are collecting the same info, if anyone didn't see it posted on Brothers-Brick the other day.
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AA is for Quitters posted:So I was reading this thread, and then wound up babysitting my nephew and we spent the whole morning building lego spaceships out of his collection. I really, really believe you added an extra '0' there. I've been hoping to get some money to start buying Lego again (it's been around 20 years) but I find I get intimidated by the $0.10 per brick average. I see the 20 dollar sets I think would be fun...but then my eyes wander up to that Slave I and I realize I can't afford that yet. I'm flying back to see my parents for Christmas, and assuming my mom hasn't sold them all in a garage sale all my old Lego sets should be in a Rubbermaid in their basement. I may just have to arrange to have them shipped home with me.
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