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Being open about my Lego love has netted me a big box of Lego from a friend of a friend's son. I gave him a bit of cash for it, but I think we've both come out winners. You get so used to visiting sites like Bricklink that you forget that some people just see their Lego collection as childhood toys that they're no longer interested in.
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May 11, 2011 15:18
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Then you get people who know exactly how much it's worth. I've started hitting up garage sales again, and found a kid selling all of his Bionicle. He had a big rubbermaid bin full of parts with a sign and some sandwich bags "fill a bag for $3". Then selling assembled ones for $4-6. From driving by I've been let down twice so far. One was just a tub of Duplo, then a grocery bag full of some knock-off blocks. I always get excited walking up to a driveway with bmx bikes or kids hockey equipment, less excited when it's just an ocean of pink dollhouses, although finding a Hogwarts Castle for $5 means I still have to check it out.
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May 11, 2011 20:02
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB1gPgcycQ8Taboo posted:To step into Stanley and Sandra's modest home is to enter a fantasy world, where a grown man plays with Legos, sucks on a pacifier, is spoonfed, uses baby talk, and even wears a diaper. 
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May 11, 2011 23:41
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Pyroclastic posted:Also, my sister got me a few pounds of what looks like mostly late-90s/early-2000s sets from her sister-in-law's girlfriend, who was just gonna toss them. I wonder how often that happens...people who just throw away bricks instead of taking them to goodwill or putting them on craigslist or even giving them to a neighbor's kids. A co-worker of mine tossed her (now grown) sons' toys during a fit of housecleaning, even after telling them she'd throw them out and they have a week to claim them. She gave me a partial list of what was thrown out -- Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, and lots of LEGO -- and after some quick Googling, I told her she tossed about two grand worth of toys and collectibles. 
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May 12, 2011 00:19
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You think that's bad. When my grandparents sold their farm to move in to a smaller house in town, we went to help them move. My dad asked my grandmother what happened to his comic books that he'd kept in the attic. In my dads collection was a lot of stuff from the early 60s, stuff like A ton of Spider Man including the first appearance of Doctor Octopus, The Rhino, Mysterio... Mid 60s Batman comics, superman comics, etc The first of the X-Men comics Complete sets of hockey cards from the early 60s including he beleived 67, the last year the Leafs won the cup. All in all, a collection probably worth somewhere between fifty and a hundred thousand dollars. My grandmother said that her grandkids all had lots of comics and probably wouldn't want a bunch of old stuff so she just tossed them in the burn barrel. My dad could have paid off the house, put my sister and I through school and had a much nicer retirement with those books. My dad said he almost cried, the only thing stopping him is he knew it would have crushed his mother if she knew how much money she'd just tossed in the fire. To be honest though, stuff produced these days will never be worth that kind of money. The fact that not a lot of that stuff survived is the big reason why it's worth so much. These days everything's 'buy one to read/use and one to keep in the box.'
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May 12, 2011 03:33
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I bought 7620 Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase because I wanted a LEGO Sean Connery and Harrison Ford for $12 at Toys R' Us in 2009, now it sells for like $55 on Amazon. I should have bought two.
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May 12, 2011 04:19
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EvilJoven posted:You think that's bad. A similar thing happened with my uncle. He had TONS of comics, in great condition - early Superman and so forth - but was constantly under pressure from my grandfather to get rid of them because they were taking up valuable space. Finally, to appease him, my uncle burned them all and lost what would be worth thousands of dollars a few decades later. To make matters worse, when my grandfather died, it was discovered that he kept EVERYTHING - every useless scrap of paper and receipt he'd ever collected. I'd be much sadder about this if my uncle wasn't a dick
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May 12, 2011 04:45
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Danthrax posted:I bought 7620 Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase because I wanted a LEGO Sean Connery and Harrison Ford for $12 at Toys R' Us in 2009, now it sells for like $55 on Amazon. I should have bought two. No, that's what automatic price-setting software some Amazon sellers use has set it for. You can pick it up sealed from Bricklink for $30, which is still pretty high for a 66-piece set. And presumably it's high because of the motorcycles and the minifigs. My tale of toy-woe was a result of my own folly. When I was 12 or so, we were having a big garage sale, and I decided it was time to sell off some of my toys. Priced at the usual $.25-1.00, IIRC. I was thrilled I got about $50 for all of them. G1 Transformers, Robotech, Battletech, Go-Bots, Voltron... When I started middle school, I sat next to an 8th grader who was something of a toy nerd, and we got to discussing my old toys. I told him what I had done, and he said I could have probably sold the Invid Shock Trooper for $50 itself. I didn't sell the broken stuff I had, like my G1 Optimus, Matchbox SDF-1 or Veritech Hover Tank--my garage sale stuff was mostly in good repair. I probably let go of a good $500 worth (in mid 90s dollars) of stuff for a tenth that. I did keep all my Lego, though! I discovered today that Borders wised up about their membership coupons. They all seem to specifically exclude toys now, including Lego. Used to be you could get 33% off one set almost weekly, and 40% off every month or so. Guess it took bankruptcy to figure out selling Lego for 40% off when you're not trying to reduce inventory isn't a good idea! Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at 08:35 on May 12, 2011 |
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May 12, 2011 08:29
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Danthrax posted:I bought 7620 Indiana Jones Motorcycle Chase because I wanted a LEGO Sean Connery and Harrison Ford for $12 at Toys R' Us in 2009, now it sells for like $55 on Amazon. I should have bought two. And THAT's why I picked up 5. Hell yes. I also have a stash of the marketplace one with Indy and Marion. Ever since I sold my Mr. Freeze Chase for $70 I have been stockpiling the smaller movie sets.
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May 12, 2011 15:40
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Pyroclastic posted:I told him what I had done, and he said I could have probably sold the Invid Shock Trooper for $50 itself. ... Wow. Yeah, at least that kid in mexico got a fun toy, and I got half a dollar in pesos. Anime is big down there, without all the weird creepy associations so good for him.
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May 12, 2011 16:58
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ATTN UK GOONS Free lgo toys from The Sun/News of the world http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/affiliates/lego/ Sat - 30051 - Star Wars Mini X-Wing Sun - 30131 - PotC Jack's Boat Mon - 30130 - PotC Mini Black Pearl Tues - 30080 - Ninjago Ninja Glider Wed - 30081 - Ninjago Skeleton Chopper Thurs - 30083 - Ninjago Dragon Fight Fri - 30091 - Pharoah's Quest Desert Rover
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May 12, 2011 21:19
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I can't believe I'm the first to post this: http://club.lego.com/en-us/insidescoop/InsideScoopDetails.aspx?id=248589 and http://mba.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx for $30 I'm pretty interested. (the initial set is priced at $30 and the subscription at $70 apparently)
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May 12, 2011 21:33
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Free Jack Sparrow and some Ninja skeletons, hell yes.
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May 12, 2011 21:35
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Powdered Toast Man posted:I can't believe I'm the first to post this: The fact that this isn't available in Canada angers me greatly. Time to ship to a storage facility near the border I guess.
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May 12, 2011 23:29
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Powdered Toast Man posted:I can't believe I'm the first to post this: Pretty expensive for what you get but really cool sets 
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May 13, 2011 00:30
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Muppetjedi posted:ATTN UK GOONS Free lgo toys from The Sun/News of the world
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May 13, 2011 01:18
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Seriously considering haring it to the train station on saturday morning. The station is half an hour away. They will all be gone. I know this.
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May 13, 2011 01:46
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May 14, 2011 16:01
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That's amazing. I love that kind of art where you take random stuff and make a shadow of something else.
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May 14, 2011 19:33
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GT3 Hybrid Racecar.  Even has the electric generator in the passenger side like the real one! Nice rollcage too.  Look at them curves. How the fuuu...   Check out the shift linkage!  Dude's page: http://mocpages.com/folder.php/105310
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May 14, 2011 23:46
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Wow, those are some really clever techniques that guy is using.
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May 15, 2011 00:18
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Stevoh posted:GT3 Hybrid Racecar. Why do I even bother building anything?
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May 15, 2011 01:17
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The rollcages are amazing :O
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May 15, 2011 02:17
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It's always the little details. Like the scythe/claw things used for canards on the GT3.
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May 15, 2011 03:59
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How the hell did he do those cheese-slopes around the wheels? That's nuts!
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May 15, 2011 09:29
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Flavor Bear posted:Why do I even bother building anything? Yeah, those pretty much make me feel like I've never done any Lego building at all, really, I've only played with blocks. Jeeze they're loving good.
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May 15, 2011 13:08
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Zonko_T.M. posted:How the hell did he do those cheese-slopes around the wheels? That's nuts! If you're talking about the orange one, I'd guess any sort of flexible standard size tubing to make the arc and then theres any number of ways to connect them.
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May 15, 2011 18:10
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Stevoh posted:GT3 Hybrid Racecar. That is just unbelievable depressing. Meanwhile, hurray for click joints doing their jobs. Don't quite have the extension on the legs to pose it just perfectly, but  So close! How the gently caress do I do hands? I NEED IDEAS!
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May 15, 2011 20:01
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afflictionwisp posted:That is just unbelievable depressing.  Five of them.
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May 15, 2011 20:05
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Flavor Bear posted:
This. Look at some of the blueprints of the Atlantis sets. Those with the robot arms. Otherwise, there is always Hero Factory.
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May 15, 2011 20:11
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afflictionwisp posted:That is just unbelievable depressing. I dont even want to know how long it took you to articulate that thing. I know for me my LDD is very finicky with the hinge tool. I dont even bother with it anymore unless the piece needs it. Also these if you want a smaller hand:  PN: 48729
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May 15, 2011 21:26
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Maybe replace the axle hole brick with a ball joint?  The hand is a hero factory piece.
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May 15, 2011 21:34
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I'm in Indianapolis for the next couple days, stopped at the Lego store on the way into town and got a $15 cup with maybe 200 pieces (my girlfriend liked the powder blue bricks), and made three minifigs for $10. Toys R Us nearby; they've got all PotC sets for 20% off and some other stuff on sale, so I got Captain's Cabin for $10.39.
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May 16, 2011 01:07
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I'm thinking of selling my UCS Millennium Falcon, probably on Bricklink. The instruction book has a couple of rips, though, and the box has a puncture or two. How much would that hurt the selling price?
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May 16, 2011 04:33
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Time Cowboy posted:I'm thinking of selling my UCS Millennium Falcon, probably on Bricklink. The instruction book has a couple of rips, though, and the box has a puncture or two. How much would that hurt the selling price? The 5000 piece one? The current minimum price on Bricklink is $850, and it's missing the box entirely. The cheapest with the box is at $1000. The cheapest Bricklink sale in the past 6 months has been $810 (although a new one sold for $400, but that's an obvious outlier). On eBay, the cheapest sale has been $800 Buy it Now, but doesn't mention a box. You can probably get $900 for it, easily. Unless you want to sell it to me for $100. 
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May 16, 2011 05:50
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Stevoh posted:Dude's page: http://mocpages.com/folder.php/105310 Those are some gorgeous cars and seriously impressive to look at. This isn't as impressive but I still like it:  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=472872
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May 16, 2011 05:56
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I finished my Rynex. And here is it in my newly-finished landing bay scene. It's meant to fit in a Lego Store window on the community display. 
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May 16, 2011 07:01
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Shuppiluliumas posted:I finished my Rynex. Though it's definitely drop dead gorgeous, the lengthy stretch of trans-blue really evokes thoughts of other things. Have you thought of fitting it with a motor to simulate the vibration of weapons fire?
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