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Well, I got three more cars done for my 20th Century Limited. I know they're kinda samey, but here you go anyway: The 20th Century Limited had two "Shore" series mid-train club-lounge cars in its post-1948 consists. These cars contained, apart from the lounge, a barber, typing services and a radio phone. They were withdrawn from service in 1958, and later sold to Rock Island. My version currently lacks an interior, and will not get one until I determine if the locomotives can handle the extra weight.  This car features 6 double bedrooms and 10 "roomettes." Where normal sleeper cars would have a passage on one side and the rooms on the other, roomettes were small enough to have the passage in the middle and rooms on both sides. They were very, very small.  This is more of a traditional all double bedroom car. Also, I have been working on a building for my club's city layout. I don't have the parts to finish it, so here it is 90 percent done:  It's inspired by this one on the northeast corner of 13th and Walnut Streets in Philadelphia.
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Amazing work! I love your color choices. I don't even want to ask what you had to spend on those small dark red plates though...buying & selling on Bricklink I have a good understanding that those pieces are not generally cheap.
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Shup, seriously you make my brain explode. I wouldn't even know were to begin to build on the level you do. and yes, bricklink is an evil thing, almost as bad as ebay. That being said I am going to pick up a 4561 set I got from trolling the local craigslist ads. Its missing 2 curve track bits but is other wise complete, Like most train guys I've got curved track in abundance. I've also found and joined a local LUG. Its fairly new but with a little help it should grow. e: just spent $40 on bricklink, its a sickness I swear. Veeb0rg fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Jan 29, 2011 |
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Jan 29, 2011 07:37
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Every time this thread gets re-named, it takes me forever to find it. And who told Lego to take away identifying barcodes on the series 3 minifigure bags?
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Jan 29, 2011 08:17
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Red posted:And who told Lego to take away identifying barcodes on the series 3 minifigure bags? Yeah, even with the dot codes I've been wrong a couple times and I've put back a ton of packages that I couldn't even begin to identify.
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Jan 29, 2011 09:53
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Lord Gold posted:Amazing work! I love your color choices. I don't even want to ask what you had to spend on those small dark red plates though...buying & selling on Bricklink I have a good understanding that those pieces are not generally cheap. Thanks! I got really lucky with the 1x2 plates. I bought them on Bricklink twice for $.008 and $.006 a piece a couple years back. At that price they were, stud-for-stud, the cheapest way to buy dark red plate or brick at the time. They're much more expensive now, though.
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Speaking of Bricklink, I see things list New and Used. I don't care if the pieces I find are a bit old, but I'd rather they not be chewed on. I'm sure it depends on the seller and maybe I'm just paranoid, but does 'new' mean never-used or just like-new or am I going to get nomnomed pieces no matter what I do?
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Jan 29, 2011 18:56
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Generally if they're chewed up a seller will say so in the listing, or just not sell it if it's damaged enough. I would consider 'new' to mean it's blemish-free but possibly played with, and used to mean it might have a dent or discoloration. And yeah, that is a great looking building Shup, the plates give it the perfect brick look and I can tell you're loving all those tan cheese wedges.
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Jan 29, 2011 19:44
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Shuppiluliumas posted:
Goddamn, that makes my fingertips hurt just to look at all of those 1x2 plates.
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Sloppy posted:What do Lego and GTA have in common? Christ, that pisses me off. I cannot believe that a grown woman with children can look at a toy and think, "Oh, well, this idolizes the prison-industrial complex." God forbid the learns of the Wild West line, because clearly that idolizes the systematic destruction of the Native American culture and brutal frontier justice inflicted upon misunderstood card sharks and bank robbers. I'd like to see what toys she is happy with - I bet we could come up with quite a bit of moral outrage over them. But most of all, it pisses me off because that poor kid has to deal with it. Protecting your kids from some of the crueler realities of the world is fine. Projecting your own politics onto their playtime is pretty ridiculous.
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Blue Moonlight posted:Christ, that pisses me off. I cannot believe that a grown woman with children can look at a toy and think, "Oh, well, this idolizes the prison-industrial complex." Perhaps the best part of it, is that this is more or less a revisit to a set made a few years ago. Why wasn't she flipping poo poo then.
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This was posted in the comments. http://spacepolice.lego.com/en-us/products/5984.aspx I could see why someone might make a fuss out of this.
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President Kucinich posted:This was posted in the comments. Holy poo poo, Lego is awesome.
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President Kucinich posted:This was posted in the comments. Best $40 I've ever spent.
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Yeah, so this kid is every so slightly out of his mind, but I can't argue with his results.
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That sure is a lot of dark gray. The helmet is quite convincing too. Speaking of Halo, I keep seeing the megablock figures and (gasp) am tempted by them. But then I see the stuff from Brickarms and would prefer to buy that. But then I remember there's a bunch of stuff on Bricklink I'd rather shop for. It's a vicious cycle that means I'll never have any lego Halo stuff 
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InfinEight posted:That sure is a lot of dark gray. The helmet is quite convincing too. The little Halo guys and Iron Men are actually pretty fantastic. Their set design is still kinda dicey and the piece quality feels off, but Mega Bloks doesn't suck nearly as bad as it used to.
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Karma Tornado posted:The little Halo guys and Iron Men are actually pretty fantastic. Their set design is still kinda dicey and the piece quality feels off, but Mega Bloks doesn't suck nearly as bad as it used to. What is this poo poo? Am I hearing megablocks apologism in my 
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The actual "bloks," if you will, have absolutely poo poo tolerances but their minifigures own.
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Blue Moonlight posted:Christ, that pisses me off. I cannot believe that a grown woman with children can look at a toy and think, "Oh, well, this idolizes the prison-industrial complex."
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Best $40 I've ever spent.  Wish I'd bought more, because it's amazing 
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Knormal posted:Someone should send her a link to that Lego Auschwitz and see if they can get her to believe it's an official Europe-exclusive set. Link me to it 
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President Kucinich posted:This was posted in the comments. Ohhhhhhhh poo poo, I've been wanting to pick up some for a while and now I think I know what set I'll try to get.
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Jan 31, 2011 19:57
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That's the same set that got me back in. Little alien space pimp is so cute.
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Elendil004 posted:Link me to it I think this is what he means. http://www.brothers-brick.com/2010/11/20/nazi-death-camp-in-lego/ 
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No, there was an artist a while back that made mock-up boxes of Lego concentration camps. All the Jews were skeletons and he actually got to use the official Lego logo on them, which would go a long way toward convincing somebody they were official sets. I don't have a link handy, although heck it might have been in this very thread that I saw it.
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Oh right, those. http://raster.art.pl/gallery/artists/libera/libera_lego.htm Cuting bricks? Much worse than a minifig holocaust.  It honestly kind of annoys me that the guy gave no thought to his medium here.
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PopeOnARope posted:Perhaps the best part of it, is that this is more or less a revisit to a set made a few years ago. Why wasn't she flipping poo poo then. Probably because her  of a kid was just a twinkle in her eye or something.
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3 posted:The actual "bloks," if you will, have absolutely poo poo tolerances but their minifigures own. Meltman! With the power to...melt!
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I can't believe you just made a KABLAM reference
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Oh, my goodness, there are some fun things to look at on Flickr today  
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afflictionwisp posted:So many green robot arms.
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Brothers Brick (via MTV) has the first official look at the PotC sets: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2011/02/01/lego-pirates-of-the-caribbean-sets-and-video-games-trailer-news/ 
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Brothers Brick (via MTV) has the first official look at the PotC sets: That building (Whitecap Bay) looks kinda neat, as do the London and Cannibal escapes. I'm digging the minifigs, especially the mermaids. As for the ship, the skull fig heads as decoration is a nice touch, but it's no Black Seas Barracuda. Might consider picking it up if its under $80 (doubtful). Glass Joe fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Feb 2, 2011 |
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That is an Ian McShane minifigure right there. HELL YEAH. I'm also really digging those dark red sails, though the ship looks like a lot of style but not much substance.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Brothers Brick (via MTV) has the first official look at the PotC sets: Hellooo $199USD set.
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I'm digging all the little accessories, like the ship in a bottle, and the globe in the Captain's Cabin set, plus it looks like one of the cheaper sets. Lots of long dog bones, and that ship comes with almost 20 skeleton heads, for anyone doing cemetary moc's. I'm also the proud owner of 6 Admiral Ackbar's from the January sale. Why? I don't even know. I don't really like the quality on the collectible's and magnet minifigs, they are kind of polluting Bricklink with the crappier plastic parts.
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I don't suppose they'd release sets based on the older movies, would they? I really want a Davy Jones minifig.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:I don't suppose they'd release sets based on the older movies, would they? I really want a Davy Jones minifig. If their other licenses are anything to judge, I'd say it's likely. My boy and I watched James May's Big Ideas "Man-Machine" episode last night, and this is what my son made:  I think he nailed James pretty well, and the tethered Asimo ain't too shabby, either.
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Lord Gold posted:I've been waiting a while for some dwarf minifigs I ordered off of Bricklink. I was hesitant to spend ~$5 a figure at first, but I love anything LEGO does that is castle-themed and I am a nerd for their fantasy themed stuff in particular - seeing the dwarf mine and troll fortress a friend had bought for his son renewed my interest in LEGO all over again.
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