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Shuppiluliumas posted:I have come to you tonight to talk to you about a lesser-appreciated part of Lego history: Modulex. I did a history post on the Lego-Maersk relationship recently, so I figured I'd do another one. Info page here  
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Holy crap, yeah, I didnt appreciate the scale of those Modulex blocks. Modulex:Lego:Duplo:Quatro. Is that about right?
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Feb 22, 2011 06:20
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SynthOrange posted:Holy crap, yeah, I didnt appreciate the scale of those Modulex blocks. 
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Feb 22, 2011 06:31
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I for got that Mosaic was done with Modulex letters. So awesome.SynthOrange posted:Holy crap, yeah, I didnt appreciate the scale of those Modulex blocks. Yeah, like I said above, they're ~5/8 Lego size, so they're not really 'in system' but they can be integrated in a few specific cases. They also give Lego children something to play with.  e: A 1x1 Modulex brick is also a cube, as I think you can see from these images, rather than the 4:5 ratio of Lego bricks. Shuppiluliumas fucked around with this message at 06:43 on Feb 22, 2011 |
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Feb 22, 2011 06:35
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Dear Lego: Please make a Brick Daddy keychain, that I may buy 500 of the fuckin' things. Thanks, Sockser
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Feb 22, 2011 08:00
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So is the stud on a Modulex brick the same diameter as a system rod?
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Feb 22, 2011 08:59
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Yeah, like I said above, they're ~5/8 Lego size, so they're not really 'in system' but they can be integrated in a few specific cases. I'm not sure what Modulex had in the way of plates, but I would guess they were half-height rather than third-height for similar reasons.
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Feb 22, 2011 16:06
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Feb 22, 2011 19:37
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Toys R Us online is doing Buy One, Get One 50% off for LEGO till Feb 26. Finally going to get the Motorbike I've been looking at for a while but didn't want to spend $40 on.
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Feb 22, 2011 20:00
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Mine GO BOOM posted:Toys R Us online is doing Buy One, Get One 50% off for LEGO till Feb 26. Finally going to get the Motorbike I've been looking at for a while but didn't want to spend $40 on. The sale is in-store as well.
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Feb 22, 2011 20:50
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Mine GO BOOM posted:Toys R Us online is doing Buy One, Get One 50% off for LEGO till Feb 26. Finally going to get the Motorbike I've been looking at for a while but didn't want to spend $40 on. drat, this would have helped me get Fire Brigade. Speaking of modular buildings, something came in the mail for me today.  The box was oddly huge, and packed with a lot of paper. I wonder why.  So many pieces... I guess I won't be on my computer for a while. It's already looking to be the best 80 dollars I've spent this year!
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Feb 22, 2011 22:09
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Hoooly poo poo.
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Feb 22, 2011 23:49
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Thank you Toys'R'Us... This was the result of the ongoing deal there. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA29fyRSIAk
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Feb 23, 2011 03:51
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So, Lego Thread, what's the best way to get more train stuff? My collection has a ton of bricks, but trains need things like wheels, couplers, and tracks. Are there sets that have an excess of those pieces, or is eBay the best bet? I could build cars out of my collection, and I'd like to expand the Emerald Night train set (after motorizing it.)
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Feb 23, 2011 04:01
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Bricklink is probably the best bet. I've had decent luck buying off there.
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Feb 23, 2011 04:02
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I was at the Lego Store yesterday on my day off, looking to spend the $30 in rewards I still had left from BrickCon. Got a couple of large cups (including a pile of red tiles for my MoC), and noticed something weird. I was looking at those Lego Education minifig packs (city and historical/fantasy), and every single female has the same head. Eye wrinkles with a beauty mark. Even on the kids. They seemed overly pricey at $50, too. The Maersk cargo ship was sold out, too; guy said they went fast. No more info on S4 minifigs beyond 'April'. Considering how early S3 showed up here, I'd start keeping an eye out for them next month, especially in the Seattle area or west coast.
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Feb 23, 2011 04:28
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Pagan posted:So, Lego Thread, what's the best way to get more train stuff? My collection has a ton of bricks, but trains need things like wheels, couplers, and tracks. Are there sets that have an excess of those pieces, or is eBay the best bet? Bricklink is great for wheels and whatnot. A word of warning, some store charge less for already assembled train wheels then they do for the individual parts, some charge more. I've found in a few cases it was cheaper to buy the 2 wheels, axle and holder separately then to buy it already snapped together.
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Feb 23, 2011 04:38
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Elendil004 posted:Thank you Toys'R'Us... This was the result of the ongoing deal there. And it is very, very high on the swooshable scale, even for adult hands.
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Feb 23, 2011 05:13
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Pyroclastic posted:I was looking at those Lego Education minifig packs (city and historical/fantasy), and every single female has the same head. Eye wrinkles with a beauty mark. Even on the kids. Something about those sets screams "we made way too many of these pieces and need to get rid of them"
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Feb 23, 2011 05:23
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Pagan posted:So, Lego Thread, what's the best way to get more train stuff? My collection has a ton of bricks, but trains need things like wheels, couplers, and tracks. Are there sets that have an excess of those pieces, or is eBay the best bet? Yeah, Bricklink is the best way to go. It's not cheap no matter how you slice it. You're better off if you're going the Emerald Night, Power Functions route though. That stuff's a little cheaper. Wheel sets will be over $1 a piece, though, which can add up pretty fast.
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Feb 23, 2011 05:46
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An 8480 Technic Shuttle arrived in the mail today. I had to sort and count all 1368 pieces to make sure it was all there. My wife's wanted this thing since it came out in 1995, she still has a completed order form stashed somewhere in the house, she never asked her parents because she knew they couldn't afford it. EvilJoven fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Oct 5, 2011 |
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Feb 23, 2011 06:21
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http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=10219&cn=419&d=328 such a tease!
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Feb 23, 2011 07:39
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Pagan posted:So, Lego Thread, what's the best way to get more train stuff? My collection has a ton of bricks, but trains need things like wheels, couplers, and tracks. Are there sets that have an excess of those pieces, or is eBay the best bet? Elendil004 posted:Bricklink is probably the best bet. I've had decent luck buying off there. Watching you two reply to one another in this thread is hilarious.
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Feb 23, 2011 12:47
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So when is the new wave of stuff coming out? These current sets didn't really have that umph.
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Feb 23, 2011 14:43
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EvilJoven posted:An 8480 Technic Shuttle arrived in the mail today. I had to sort and count all 1368 pieces to make sure it was all there. This is really awesome.  You need to explain that last part, though! Don't think we're letting you get away with just that.
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Feb 23, 2011 15:46
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EvilJoven posted:I forgot I posted this in E/N, not GBS. I figured you would have all seen it by now. Holy poo poo, glad you are doing better now. I don't have the spare race car driver that I thought I did, but would anyone be interested in posting their spares? I need to get an elf for someone.
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Feb 23, 2011 16:12
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Mine GO BOOM posted:Toys R Us online is doing Buy One, Get One 50% off for LEGO till Feb 26. Finally going to get the Motorbike I've been looking at for a while but didn't want to spend $40 on. Veeb0rg posted:The sale is in-store as well. Thanks to you two, I went and bought 2 Ice Dragons and 2 Golden Staff Guardians. They're my first sets from these series and I was kinda hesitant to buy the Ice Dragons since their piece count is on the low side, but gently caress it, I want all those white and blue bits.
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Feb 23, 2011 17:55
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InfinEight posted:Thanks to you two, I went and bought 2 Ice Dragons and 2 Golden Staff Guardians. They're my first sets from these series and I was kinda hesitant to buy the Ice Dragons since their piece count is on the low side, but gently caress it, I want all those white and blue bits. That suspenders guy from Pharaoh's Quest, along with the baseball bat from s3, can be used to make a pretty good Bear Jew minifig.
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Feb 23, 2011 18:06
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I really wish they'd just make a set of small jet-style space fighters. They keep darting around the idea, like in space police or in the upcoming alien invasion set, but I really wish they'd go all out with that theme. I really like the smallish spaceship in http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=5973-1 and I'm somewhat depressed there aren't more in that same vein. e: Man, I think I'm going to break down and find some stuff on ebay even though using used legos sort of creeps me out. Saradiart fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Feb 24, 2011 |
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Feb 23, 2011 22:42
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^^ I agree. Lego needs more "generic" space sets that would mix well with the other space themes. What better way than some cool fighters? Also. The toy store downtown is absolutely trying to rid the old Spongebob sets and they're unbelievably discounted. Convince me not to buy some. 
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Feb 24, 2011 05:13
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einTier posted:The last time I heard about Modulex, it was when Eric Harshbarger did his Calista Flockhart ASCII art translation using the Modulex letter bricks. It's fairly amazing and really large.
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Feb 24, 2011 06:52
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Knormal posted:...Calista Flockhart? Yeah, that's what I said. I guess he really likes Calista.
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Feb 24, 2011 07:06
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Well, my wife likes her shuttle a lot. Unfortunately the micro motor that controls the satellite's solar panels was either broken when it arrived, or broke when I dropped it yesterday while checking to make sure all the pieces were there.  Oh well, already ordered a new one on Bricklink and I'm looking through the store I ordered from to see if there's anything I want, seeing as we're already paying for shipping. That website is like crack. In fact, it's a little too much like dealing drugs. The first order I ever made was with was a local guy who allowed pickup so I literally drove to some strange guys house on a Saturday morning, handed him some cash and got a little Ziploc baggie full of sweet sweet bricks.
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Feb 24, 2011 07:48
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Final Gloom posted:^^ I agree. Lego needs more "generic" space sets that would mix well with the other space themes. What better way than some cool fighters? Where's this downtown? I'd pick up a few for my 5-year-old niece if they're that cheap.
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Feb 24, 2011 09:09
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Final Gloom posted:^^ I agree. Lego needs more "generic" space sets that would mix well with the other space themes. What better way than some cool fighters? Take out a loan, buy all of them, sit on them for two years, and then do this
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Feb 24, 2011 12:11
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Captain Invictus posted:Take out a loan, buy all of them, sit on them for two years, and then do this I remember a few years ago when my mom surprised me with this set for Christmas. That was a good morning  And then it was either a month later at my birthday, or next Christmas she gave me the The Batmobile: Ultimate Collectors' Edition. I think, somehow, she knew better than me that Batman Lego was awesome.
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Feb 24, 2011 18:02
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Captain Invictus posted:Take out a loan, buy all of them, sit on them for two years, and then do this I knew I shouldn't have opened that. It's still awesome though 
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Glass Joe posted:I knew I shouldn't have opened that. It's still awesome though Don't ever say that! There's nothing worse than people who buy toys and then don't open them, nothing! Maybe there are a couple of things, but man, those people.
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Oh hey, another finished MOC from me. Didn't even take that long if I can say so myself.  If you wanna read some random poo poo I thought up for it, just go here: http://mocpages.com/moc.php/254563
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