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I spent most of the weekend building the entire Pharoah's Quest line with my 5 year old son (he bought the smaller sets with leftover gift certificates and I naturally had to buy the Pyramid) and I've got to say it was the most fun I've had building Lego's in years. He's got a bunch of the Star Wars line, but for some reason this Pharoah line is just really, really well made and designed and very unique. (Plus it has the whole Uncharted/Indiana Jones vibe going to it which always helps) I'll post up some pics later of the completed sets that now occupy our coffee table. We're thinking about getting some sand and making an entire Egyptian desert play set to complete the theme. *E* Oh - and it has some very unique pieces to it. The whole time I'm building with him I'm thinking "I need to get another one of these just to have the pieces to build other stuff!"
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Feb 14, 2011 19:21
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The_Doctor posted:Oh for gently caress's sake... I see nothing wrong with this.
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Feb 14, 2011 19:27
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The sad thing is, now that I've gotten a closer look at the Falcon and Queene Anne's Revenge, I don't think I'll bother with either of them. I'll probably just get a Black Seas Barracuda on Bricklink to go along with my Imperial Flagship and if I ever have the cash to burn I'll shell out for an UCS Falcon.
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Feb 14, 2011 19:42
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The more I see of Alien Conquest, the more I feel like I need to buy every set. This is not good. Thanks for the link. I haven't seen so many good pictures of these yet. I couldn't help but noticew the aliens have collectible minifigure ray guns. I'm pretty excited to get more of those.
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Feb 14, 2011 19:45
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The_Doctor posted:Oh for gently caress's sake... I really want some shuriken pieces, but my choices are to boost the sales numbers of their stupid collectable top game or drop twenty dollars on a Bionicle with the serial numbers filed off. I think I'm just going to be trying to pick them off Bricklink eventually, along with some beakers from the mad scientist series 4 figs. I understand why they're phasing out identifying marks on the fig packaging, sort of, but I've also always been baffled by the business strategy of making your customers buy things they didn't want. LEGO seems like one of those things where having a complete set is not as strong a motivator.
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Feb 14, 2011 20:01
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BrainWeasel posted:I've also always been baffled by the business strategy of making your customers buy things they didn't want. I'm with you man, I think it's a bullshit practice. But kids, and some adults eat that poo poo up. Especially if you make them think that the rare items are really valuable, like magic cards, baseball cards ect. But hey, that's what bricklink is for.
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Feb 14, 2011 20:42
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12 unread posts in a sports thread? I don't read ninja sports threa... Ohhh! You got me, Lego thread. My girlfriend gave me this when I woke up this morning  :
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Feb 14, 2011 20:50
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hxcorpse posted:12 unread posts in a sports thread? I don't read ninja sports threa... Ohhh! You got me, Lego thread. I have that one, it's watching from behind my monitor
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Feb 14, 2011 21:04
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hxcorpse posted:12 unread posts in a sports thread? I don't read ninja sports threa... Ohhh! You got me, Lego thread. The best new thing coming out of the new Lego sets is that they're building monsters and animals again. 5 years ago they'd have made a giant beetle mini figure (of 2 pieces probably) and called it a set.
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Feb 14, 2011 21:55
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This thread's title has changed, what, four times since I last posted in here? Five? What's going on here?
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Feb 14, 2011 22:05
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Final Gloom posted:The best new thing coming out of the new Lego sets is that they're building monsters and animals again.
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Feb 14, 2011 22:30
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I think he's making reference to the large animals like the dinosaurs in the Dino Attack series. A cow or a chicken is one thing, a 10" tall Lego tyrannosaurus made out of 3 pieces that you couldn't even tell was a building toy if not for the Logo is another.
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Feb 14, 2011 22:38
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hxcorpse posted:I'm not a Lego fan particularly, but I have a friend who is and I bought him a Lego giftcard for his birthday awhile ago. Since then Lego keep sending me catalogues - which I flick through without too much interest - but I saw this little set and wanted it. £4 seemed fair considering how expensive Lego tends to be, and I just couldn't say no to a cool-lookin' beetle. Beetle owns, minifig stands somewhere mostly forgotten.
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Feb 15, 2011 00:40
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Well Manicured Man posted:This thread's title has changed, what, four times since I last posted in here? Five? What's going on here? People (including myself) have posted about it changing, so a mod/admin with a sense of humor is still messing with it. 'Bricks are dumb, use minecraft n00bs'
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Feb 15, 2011 00:43
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Construx Megathread: Nobody remembers Fischer Price's best stuff.
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When I was little, me and my sister made a Lego arcade. We used those little switches for joysticks, car windshield for the screen, and cut out screenshots from old issues of GamePlayer magazine so the characters could play Mortal Kombat II. We also made Super Mario figures (taking the red-overalled mechanic and and scribbling his white shirt blue), all kinds of crazy poo poo. Thing was, anything we wanted to do that wasn't officially sanctioned with actual pieces, we had to make. If I was a kid today and wanted a figure of my favorite movie (Harry Potter, Star Wars, Prince of loving Persia), the figures are already there, officially licensed and better than a single creative child could ever hope to cobble together. Part of me praises Lego for staying innovative and always releasing fun, enjoyable products (toys and videogames alike), but part of me wants to curse them for depriving new generations of creative and imaginative opportunities and instead handing them a preconstructed Spongebob Lego monstrosity. edit; In Lego's defense, I am aware they release products, Mindstorms, etc, specifically geared towards encouraging creative tinkering and innovation. Suntory BOSS fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Feb 15, 2011 |
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kensei posted:People (including myself) have posted about it changing, so a mod/admin with a sense of humor is still messing with it. "People enjoying things that I do not?! This will not stand!"
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Suntory BOSS posted:(taking the red-overalled mechanic and and scribbling his white shirt blue) You should be in loving prison.
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Suntory BOSS posted:When I was little, me and my sister made a Lego arcade. We used those little switches for joysticks, car windshield for the screen, and cut out screenshots from old issues of GamePlayer magazine so the characters could play Mortal Kombat II. We also made Super Mario figures (taking the red-overalled mechanic and and scribbling his white shirt blue), all kinds of crazy poo poo. Well, if it helps to allay your fears, the art of customizing minifigures, at least, is alive and well.
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The upcoming town-space sets look really cool in a classic Lego sort of way. Also, apparently the space shuttle set will come with a Space Dog. Yeah I have no idea either.
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Final Gloom posted:Also, apparently the space shuttle set will come with a Space Dog. Yeah I have no idea either.  
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The_Doctor posted:They actually had a robot dog in the recent space police theme, but it dissappeared off the site long before the rest of the line, for some reason.
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Feb 15, 2011 08:48
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Forum Actuary posted:They actually had a robot dog in the recent space police theme, but it dissappeared off the site long before the rest of the line, for some reason. I still see those things in Five Below sometimes, so if you're looking for one, you might start there.
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Feb 15, 2011 08:52
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I'm just glad I was able to acquire the Space Pimp set. You know, for space pimpin.
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El Estrago Bonito posted:I'm just glad I was able to acquire the Space Pimp set. You know, for space pimpin. Gonna give him a selection of interstellar space hos? I think it'd be funny to see one of those Atlantis shark men in a wig.
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hxcorpse posted:12 unread posts in a sports thread? I don't read ninja sports threa... Ohhh! You got me, Lego thread.   
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The more I see of Alien Conquest, the more I feel like I need to buy every set. This is not good. The Earth dragon looks awesome. Time to create a Monster Hunter fanset!
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WOW, so glad I saw this thread, it is bringing back tons of memories and giving me some great ideas. Currently have no bricks right now. But i'm going to go buy my son a small beginner set today. I'm sad I haven't thought of this before cause my son loves creative/imaginative play so I imagine LEGOs will be perfect for him, also i'll get to get my fix.
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The_Doctor posted:Oh for gently caress's sake... And in case this isn't screwing with us enough, when I couldn't find the DUPLO thread, I looked for the ART tag, and the thread has a SPORTS tag now.
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Only of interest to UK people but Tesco currently has 20% off Lego (VAT free) until the end of the month. Both online and in store apparently. I might have to get some of that Pharaoh's Quest stuff to put away for my kid in a couple of years because that's pretty bad-rear end. The only have the plane online, but I think I saw some more in store last weekend.
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The new title made me laugh. Here's a sweet MOC I wish I had the pieces to make:  Click here for the full 1024x806 image. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=461149
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Gravy Jones posted:Only of interest to UK people but Tesco currently has 20% off Lego (VAT free) until the end of the month. Both online and in store apparently. I might have to get some of that Pharaoh's Quest stuff to put away for my kid in a couple of years because that's pretty bad-rear end. The only have the plane online, but I think I saw some more in store last weekend. Ah nice one, I've been meaning to see about buying some more since I started following the thread and then found a bunch of Star Wars kits (T-16 Skyhopper and Slave 1. Both still fully built!), so I'll have to check that out. Not sure they actually sell any at the local one though. Can't recall ever seeing any at least 
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General Bullshit > The LEGO thread for fans of LEGO: Why do you moc us?
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InfinEight posted:The new title made me laugh. That's pretty awesome. Reminds me of this Chris Giddens classic:  http://pre.classic-space.com/?p=PCS
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InfinEight posted:Here's a sweet MOC I wish I had the pieces to make: Shuppiluliumas posted:That's pretty awesome. Reminds me of this Chris Giddens classic: what are those huge quarter-hemisphere pieces?
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Does IE not have the 'highlight read threads' feature? I can only find this thread thanks to Firefox and this spectacular feature :on topic: I'm having great difficulty getting the Race Car Driver minifig :/ After going blind sifting through box loads of the things in Tesco/John Lewis I've come to the conclusion that the bump code on my identifier phone app is lying to me or they are mega rare code:
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afflictionwisp posted:what are those huge quarter-hemisphere pieces? I'm bettin' this.
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SpecialF posted:Does IE not have the 'highlight read threads' feature? I can only find this thread thanks to Firefox and this spectacular feature I might have an extra race car figure, I'll check when I get home.
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Flavor Bear posted:I'm bettin' this. Yep. There's some interesting parts in there. Those domes near the back are Bionicle container caps.
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