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"Fantasia Verlag, a German publisher that specializes in collectors catalogs is pleased to announce the release of the second Premium Edition of the LEGO Collector’s Guide." With exclusive minifig with honest-to-god classic-space helmet! april is the cruelest month
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So, I ran down to my local lego store at 10am when they opened. Was the only one there. I picked up my 2 Maersk Trains sets and 4 s4 figs. They had a ton of s3 still left and 3 boxes of s4 opened. I ended up with 2 hazmat guys and 2 vikings. Also this months special is spend 75$ and get a small PAB cup free, so I picked out a small cup worth of PAB.
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Apr 1, 2011 17:06
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This weekend, my wife and I are inviting some friends over for a "Lego build-off party." I'm just excited to get one or two of my big Lego tubs out of the basement (I have eight huge Rubbermaids full of them), so I haven't figured out a plan beyond dumping parts on the kitchen table and letting people build stuff. I'd buy Creationary, but we're kind of low on funds at the moment. Any suggestions for making Lego into a fun social activity?
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Apr 1, 2011 18:45
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3 posted:"Fantasia Verlag, a German publisher that specializes in collectors catalogs is pleased to announce the release of the second Premium Edition of the LEGO Collector’s Guide." YOU MISERABLE SON OF A BITCH. Time Cowboy posted:Any suggestions for making Lego into a fun social activity? I recommend using them to build things with other people. 
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Apr 1, 2011 19:31
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Time Cowboy posted:This weekend, my wife and I are inviting some friends over for a "Lego build-off party." I'm just excited to get one or two of my big Lego tubs out of the basement (I have eight huge Rubbermaids full of them), so I haven't figured out a plan beyond dumping parts on the kitchen table and letting people build stuff. I'd buy Creationary, but we're kind of low on funds at the moment. Any suggestions for making Lego into a fun social activity? Could probably write your own rules for Creationary. Or play, like, a Lego version of that game where you draw (build) something and someone has to guess what it is? Or everyone can just make CubeDudes.
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Apr 1, 2011 20:08
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3 posted:"Fantasia Verlag, a German publisher that specializes in collectors catalogs is pleased to announce the release of the second Premium Edition of the LEGO Collector’s Guide." I hate you so much right now... I had my hopes up really high until I got to the end.
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Apr 1, 2011 20:10
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At least the book is real.
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Apr 1, 2011 20:30
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Time Cowboy posted:Any suggestions for making Lego into a fun social activity? Weed? Actually, what Saint Sputnik said is a really cool idea; write down a bunch of nouns on pieces of paper, get an hourglass or a stop watch, and you've got your own creationary.
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Apr 1, 2011 22:01
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I like the "make our own Creationary" idea. Goodness knows we have enough parts to go around. Thanks!
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Apr 1, 2011 23:48
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This is a pretty neat kluge.
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Apr 2, 2011 00:00
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So I need to move and want to get rid of one of my larger sets. I'm trying to sell my Star Destroyer (6211) but the R2D5 minifig is missing. Should I bother buying one to replace it, or should I just knock a bit more than it would cost to replace off the price? I've bought a few sets off of bricklink but I've never sold one before.
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Apr 2, 2011 09:31
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Hey jerks, I dunno if the Barnes & Noble 50% off coupon works with LEGO, but I was there yesterday and they had almost every cop/firefighter City set, some other City, most of Pharaoh's Curse (Sphinx and Pyramid at 50% off!!) and a bunch of other LEGO sets and games. You might want to check it out.
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Apr 2, 2011 09:37
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Saint Sputnik posted:Could probably write your own rules for Creationary. Or play, like, a Lego version of that game where you draw (build) something and someone has to guess what it is? Or everyone can just make CubeDudes. Creationary is almost the same thing as Pictionary. You can actually check out the rules for Creationary from the Lego website. I'd recommend laying down a tablecloth before you bust out the bricks. It'll save a lot of time cleaning up at the end of the night.
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Apr 2, 2011 14:09
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Phyresis posted:Hey jerks, I dunno if the Barnes & Noble 50% off coupon works with LEGO, but I was there yesterday and they had almost every cop/firefighter City set, some other City, most of Pharaoh's Curse (Sphinx and Pyramid at 50% off!!) and a bunch of other LEGO sets and games. You might want to check it out. The store here wouldn't let me use the coupon on LEGO.
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Apr 2, 2011 19:58
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Phyresis posted:Hey jerks, I dunno if the Barnes & Noble 50% off coupon works with LEGO, but I was there yesterday and they had almost every cop/firefighter City set, some other City, most of Pharaoh's Curse (Sphinx and Pyramid at 50% off!!) and a bunch of other LEGO sets and games. You might want to check it out. I checked out a B&N here and none of the lego was marked down. Jerk. Found this today. This guy has bought a LOT of minifigs;  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=467868 InfinEight fucked around with this message at 22:02 on Apr 2, 2011 |
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Apr 2, 2011 21:45
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I guess people really only want that Maersk train? I got to a Lego store today and they had only the display train but like 10 boxes of the container ship. I picked up the easter basket and 5 minifigs, got the hockey player and hazmat guy without even trying (the dots were really awful, not worth agonizing over, I just made sure to grab a couple of thicker ones).
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Apr 2, 2011 22:00
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ElwoodCuse posted:I guess people really only want that Maersk train? I got to a Lego store today and they had only the display train but like 10 boxes of the container ship. The ship has been out for a while and is overpriced for the pieces you get in my opinion. The Lego store in Chicago had a lot of trains on the shelves. I have not been obsessed with the minifigures (I don't really care about full sets), but I really want that hazmat guy, scientist, and musketeer.
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Apr 2, 2011 22:26
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Paul Proteus posted:The ship has been out for a while and is overpriced for the pieces you get in my opinion. The Lego store in Chicago had a lot of trains on the shelves. The mad scientist has strange rubber-y hair, by the way. I haven't seen those since the anime robot set.
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Apr 2, 2011 22:31
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InfinEight posted:Found this today. This guy has bought a LOT of minifigs; Wasn't sure what you meant at first then holy poo poo I saw the wheels. I'm trying to devise a way to make little gun and sword holsters for minifigs. I've seen plenty of cloth ones and that's what I might do, but I also seem to remember once seeing a photo where the figure had like a standard clip piece built into the "belt" part of the legs. That's brilliant and I wish it would become an official design offer.
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Apr 3, 2011 00:59
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I'm messing round in LDD, can someone with more parts than me confirm if the blue piece in the image really does stick out past the surface of the gray piece, or if it's just a quirk of the program? LDD won't let me put a plate on the gray piece because of it.
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Apr 3, 2011 01:18
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Saint Sputnik posted:Wasn't sure what you meant at first then holy poo poo I saw the wheels. The upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sets are introducing baldrics that fit the pirate cutlasses. Also BrickForge makes holsters and sheaths of all kinds.
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Apr 3, 2011 01:40
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afflictionwisp posted:I'm messing round in LDD, can someone with more parts than me confirm if the blue piece in the image really does stick out past the surface of the gray piece, or if it's just a quirk of the program? LDD won't let me put a plate on the gray piece because of it. It goes up at about 45 degrees.
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Apr 3, 2011 02:03
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afflictionwisp posted:I'm messing round in LDD, can someone with more parts than me confirm if the blue piece in the image really does stick out past the surface of the gray piece, or if it's just a quirk of the program? LDD won't let me put a plate on the gray piece because of it. I just mimicked this with actual lego, and if anything the ball&socket piece sits slightly recessed, and you shouldn't have any problem putting a plate on that modified brick. Looks like an error to me. 
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Apr 3, 2011 02:06
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Haha, whoops. I understood his question wrong.
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Apr 3, 2011 03:52
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Flavor Bear posted:The upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean sets are introducing baldrics that fit the pirate cutlasses. Also BrickForge makes holsters and sheaths of all kinds. Found a good shot of that:  Don't really like how BF's gunbelts look though, I'll try and make my own out of cloth that could fit either a gun or sword.
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Apr 3, 2011 04:09
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Well, i think I'm done for a while with buying new ones, i really think it should be enough for a MOC now. And its ripping holes in my pocket. These i have built so far  Only the 4 on the left remain, but i don't think batman and the star wars thingy will make it out of the box so soon, once the technic models are done i want to build a MOC from them.  From all the models built so far, i enjoyed the 8043 Motorized Excavator the most, here's a in progress picture done a while ago. I really learned a lot about gears and stuff.  Right now i'm building this one, 8466 4x4 Off Roader and try to figure out how the transmission works. 
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Apr 3, 2011 15:28
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RabbitWizard posted:
This set is a drat fine set. The gull-wing doors are excellent, and even have a small bottom portion that opens up into a sort of step-ladder.
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Apr 3, 2011 16:16
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Brick Daddy knows how to fill a niche. (Cthulhu-kun is so cute, uguuu~~)
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InfinEight posted:I just mimicked this with actual lego, and if anything the ball&socket piece sits slightly recessed, and you shouldn't have any problem putting a plate on that modified brick. Looks like an error to me. You're just always so drat helpful. I kinda scrapped that idea, though, in favor of a different technique that mostly eliminates the gap between the ball piece and the side of the brick.  The hips on this thing are evil, and the shoulders and cockpit are going to be worse. I'm currently using one of these and two of [url=http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=62712]these]/url] in the hips, but I don't know if that will be enough to hold it upright. Don't have those pieces currently to do any testing, though. Criticisms, comments, suggestions for improving those joints?
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Apr 3, 2011 19:09
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InfinEight posted:Brick Daddy knows how to fill a niche. Good god, man.
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Apr 3, 2011 19:11
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Picked up one of these little AT-STs last night at Target. They have this, a Ninjago kit, and a 4-wheeler thing for $4 in the Easter candy section. I'm gonna have to grab a few more.
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Apr 3, 2011 19:19
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InfinEight posted:Brick Daddy knows how to fill a niche. That's awesome! Did those red hair pieces come with a set or did you order a la carte? I don't think I've ever seen them before.
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Apr 3, 2011 21:31
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Geez now I got three extra baseball players. Local Walmart has a lot of S3, still no S4. Picked up three packs while I was in today and two of them were that guy. e: I'd be happy to sell or trade if anyone's building a team. Saint Sputnik fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Apr 3, 2011 |
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Apr 3, 2011 22:50
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RabbitWizard posted:Only the 4 on the left remain, but i don't think batman and the star wars thingy will make it out of the box so soon, once the technic models are done i want to build a MOC from them.
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Apr 3, 2011 23:15
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CayTeo posted:That's awesome! Did those red hair pieces come with a set or did you order a la carte? I don't think I've ever seen them before. I got them with my last big batch of Bricklink orders. They were way too expensive at $1.25 each, but I was already buying a ton from that store so I figured 'what the hell.' This is what bricklink shows for the sets it came in: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=62696&v=1&in=S&srt=0&srtAsc=A&ov=Y
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Apr 3, 2011 23:21
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InfinEight posted:Brick Daddy knows how to fill a niche. Props on the harpoon pimp cane for added nautical flair.
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Apr 3, 2011 23:25
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He's gotta keep those sea-wenches in line somehow 
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Apr 3, 2011 23:36
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CayTeo posted:That's awesome! Did those red hair pieces come with a set or did you order a la carte? I don't think I've ever seen them before. The Lego store Pick-a-fig also had that hair for a while. I don't know if they still do.
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Apr 4, 2011 00:19
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So is there a way to determine what figures are in the S3 and S4 packs? My TRU and Fred Meyer have cases upon cases and no one is buying them.
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The most reliable way nowadays is to just familiarize yourself with the figures enough that you can feel what they are. And I'm still loving waiting for goddamn s4 in my area.
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