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SynthOrange posted:Pharoah's Quest finally hit shelves here in Australia. Took me forever to fix the top wing of the plane in a way I liked/that worked. In a real biplane the top wing is not attached directly to the fuselage (and especially not in such a way that the dude can't see out), but by a series of struts on the fuselage and lower wing. That said, swoosh swoooosh!
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I believe you mean 'Reeeooooowr RATATATATATATAT reeeeeooooow take that you filthy mummies!'. And yes that's pretty much the first thing I noticed once I assembled the thing. He cant see poo poo!
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Thought this was pretty impressive: the staff at LEGOLAND California replaced the GM's car with a life-size replica made from Lego: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNRBWOBTLCw.
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cheese-cube posted:Thought this was pretty impressive: the staff at LEGOLAND California replaced the GM's car with a life-size replica made from Lego: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNRBWOBTLCw. Something to keep in mind, though, is that the Lego version was already made. It was just in their shop for maintenance (yes, I'm still talking about the Lego one), when they realized it looked like their GM's car.
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Just spent a small chunk of my paycheck on five sets, including Spongebob and a space invasion set. TRU had "buy 2, get one 90% off." Crazy.
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Hello to all my fellow Lego-maniacs, my wife and me have a interesting request for you all if anybody is able to respond back if possible. We are going to try and decorate our future babies room in every thing Lego. We don't want to do the normal jungle, ocean, baby crap, we wanted something fairly unique and personalized to our styles. I did some searching online and found all type of wonderful things from Lego beds, lamps, furniture, wall decals and entire walls converted to make it look like one big Lego. The only down side is I did not find any plans, how to for any of these or where I could possibly buy the way decals or design plans. My question to you all is does anybody have any experience building furniture, lamps or anything that can be used to design and decorate a child's room with? I have about 30+ Lego sets from the early to late 90's that I plan on setting up on shelves as displays and just general decorations, I know Lego's are a chocking hazard to babies so they will be far out of reach. We also wanted to turn a entire wall surface into a huge Lego brick using pieces of circle wood or a material that we can paint and some how attaching it to the wall to turn said wall into a giant Lego base plate. Does anybody have any experience with a design like this or how it is even possibly to get a ton of circles all the same size and shape to mimic the Lego brick designs? We are not pregnant yet so time is not of the essence but I wanted to get this threads opinion and input on how I might go about designing the ultimate child Lego room. Any information, suggestions or ideas will be greatly appreciated and if it is a great idea I will have to ask you if I can steal it to use it in my designs. Thanks everybody that can help us out, it will be appreciated and this might be a really fun project.
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Can someone buy Rythe and his wife avatars that say "Best Dad Ever" and "Best Mom Ever"?
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Rythe posted:We also wanted to turn a entire wall surface into a huge Lego brick using pieces of circle wood or a material that we can paint and some how attaching it to the wall to turn said wall into a giant Lego base plate. Does anybody have any experience with a design like this or how it is even possibly to get a ton of circles all the same size and shape to mimic the Lego brick designs?
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The proper way to Lego-ify your walls is to actually go buy a crapload of baseplates and attach them to the walls.  There is also a ton of Lego merchandise that aren't actual sets. They've got plush minifigures, clocks, flashlights, taplights, wall decals, storage bins, play tables, play mats... If you live near a Lego store, start visiting their Pick-a-Brick wall and look for transparent pieces; you could build your own lamp and shade around a plain cheap one from Walmart.
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Pyroclastic posted:If you live near a Lego store, start visiting their Pick-a-Brick wall and look for transparent pieces; you could build your own lamp and shade around a plain cheap one from Walmart. Why have I never thought of this? Great idea!
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Pyroclastic posted:The proper way to Lego-ify your walls is to actually go buy a crapload of baseplates and attach them to the walls. I am actually working on a plan to do this, trying to find a place to buy a ton of base plates for a decent price too. I plan on being able to spell out the kids name in Lego using the base plates and random colored Lego to make a neat sign. I also want to put base plates up at random, glue Lego pieces to the back of picture frames and attach them to the walls so we can have Lego picture holders and be able to change the stuff around at random. I have seen pretty much everything you mentioned but any type of vinyl or plastic wall type of graphics, kinda of like the Fatheads but for Lego. I have a easy 10+ months to come up with ideas and build everything that I want, that will help spread the cost out and make it a bit easier I think. Would you just glue to transparent pieces to the base and lamp shade? I was trying to think of a way I could build a lamp using nothing but Lego, you can get the electrical parts easily and I imagine with some trial and error you could make pretty cool Lego lamp. I might have to work on some sketches and build one of these cause I would love to have on in my room right now.  Guess it is time to find all my old loose Lego from way back in the day and start with the ole brain storm.Edit: We have a Lego store 2 hrs away down in Dallas TX, now I really need to think of ways to build a lamp and make a trip down there. Rythe fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jun 26, 2011 |
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Jun 26, 2011 14:42
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BOGO50% off LEGO at TRU this week (excluding Star Wars, POTC, and Alien Conquest.)
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Just be careful your kid doesn't choke on the LEGO. Might be worth gluing blocks together unless you're utterly positive it won't fall apart and land within hands reach.
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Jun 26, 2011 19:24
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James May has an account? Anyway put the assembled sets behind glass or clear plastic just to be safe.
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kim jong-illin posted:Just be careful your kid doesn't choke on the LEGO. Might be worth gluing blocks together unless you're utterly positive it won't fall apart and land within hands reach. Yeah I am working on plans for this, can't glue them due to moving in the next 3 years or so (military) so I figure putting them out of reach with display cases over them should do just fine. Since I doubt the kid will be any older than 3 by the time we move again, after another move I will glue them together to make the set a more permanent item. Though I am always open for suggestions, ideas or anything you all could come up with. I am going to try and document this process with pictures, time taken and total cost. Should be a good 10 month or so project I am hoping and if we take our time to plan it all should come out fairly nice. It is super windy and hot right now so that means no going out on the lake. On the plus side I broke out all my old Lego sets, started to rebuild them and come up with ideas for displaying all of them. I am so surprised as a young kid I saved about 90% of the instructions, that alone is making this project so much easier. Again if anybody has any ideas, experience or links they can share you have no idea how much that would rock, I am more or less winging this right now
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Just use Elmer's glue for gluing. Then when the kid is old enough to play with them, you can just soak them to dissolve the glue. Superglue bonds the plastic and they will never come apart.
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Rythe posted:I have seen pretty much everything you mentioned but any type of vinyl or plastic wall type of graphics, kinda of like the Fatheads but for Lego. I have a easy 10+ months to come up with ideas and build everything that I want, that will help spread the cost out and make it a bit easier I think. I was just looking through a bunch of categories on amazon when I searched for Lego, and I found some of that stuff. quote:Would you just glue to transparent pieces to the base and lamp shade? I was trying to think of a way I could build a lamp using nothing but Lego, you can get the electrical parts easily and I imagine with some trial and error you could make pretty cool Lego lamp. Yeah, you could definitely do it that way too. Just make sure it's a low-wattage fluorescent, though! quote:Edit: We have a Lego store 2 hrs away down in Dallas TX, now I really need to think of ways to build a lamp and make a trip down there. Pretty long trip for the Lego Store. I'd definitely call them and see what they have in their wall before you go. You might be better off with bricklink; you'd be able to get a variety of transparent colors then, and you could make a sweet mosaic lampshade! Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at 23:15 on Jun 26, 2011 |
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My Thunderbolt is done! More here God drat, what a pain in the rear end this has been. I built the thing with ball joints in the ankles and hips but, try as I might, it was just too top heavy. I even shoved the socket pieces through tires like someone (infineight?) suggested, but it wasn't enough. So I had to redesign the hips, feet, and part of the legs for locking hinges and exo-force joints. It's actually balanced fairly well, enough so that I got cocky and let it take a nasty destructive fall. Still turned out bad-rear end. The little angled bits on the front and rear torso all worked perfectly, so did the shoulders, so not a complete failure. Also played around with some better lighting. I hate photography. Any advice on not losing the detail on the black bits? afflictionwisp fucked around with this message at 23:11 on Jun 26, 2011 |
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afflictionwisp posted:My Thunderbolt is done! That thing is sick as hell. Thew hands are genius. May I ask about how much it cost? As someone who intends to make a lego mech at some point, I want to know just how much my wallet will cry.
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Faerunner posted:BOGO50% off LEGO at TRU this week (excluding Star Wars, POTC, and Alien Conquest.) That's basically everything I want. 
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Magnetic North posted:That thing is sick as hell. Thew hands are genius. May I ask about how much it cost? As someone who intends to make a lego mech at some point, I want to know just how much my wallet will cry. About $160, guessing to account for existing inventory. 1173 parts. The hands are blatantly stolen from something I saw on brickshelf. I would have preferred to think of something myself, but I was struggling and the scale was almost perfect.
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Love random Lego encounters.. Walking across the parking lot here at work, I happened to look down and noticed a minifig laying on the ground. Its missing its arms/head and has been roughed up on the pavement, but hey.. free Lego. http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=93495&colorID=85 < this torso
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About a month ago I found a pristine Ice Planet guy with orange chainsaw and everything in a parking space at the grocery store. Finding minifigs in public is awesome. 
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Made a little planet rover MOC. Two windshields back to back make a pretty good cockpit canopy. Angled technic beams provide wheel articulation.  This thread on Eurobricks has a large collection of Lego sets built in Lego Digital Designer. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41226 Nice resource.
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Haven't seen this posted yet. Apologies if I missed it though... Lego Rapture The interior detail is pretty cool 
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Schindler's Fist posted:This thread on Eurobricks has a large collection of Lego sets built in Lego Digital Designer. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=41226 Nice resource. Holy poo poo. I just did a quick search and found a little program to export those .lxf into parts lists for BrickLink. (seems to work with LDD 4, even though his site says LDD 3.) http://www.nolberger.se/lego/wantedbricks/
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Gravy Jones posted:Haven't seen this posted yet. Apologies if I missed it though... Man this is neat. Love the tiny Big Daddy too. Also thanks for the new thread title. I LOVE ABS.
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It's been a week since Brickworld Chicago, and I've been meaning to do a wrap-up post. I hope some of you got a chance to go. Anyway, I thought I'd run through the voted category winners from this year to give you a feel of what was there. I have tried to use photos from the creators' own flickr/brickshelf/MOCpage whenever possible, but I have noted several where I was unable to find them. If you have better photos or links to the creator's page for one of these, I'd love to have them. So here we go. Best Spacecraft - Rimasuchus  Best Land Vehicle - Pizza Planet Truck  Best Sea Vessel - U-595 in Drydock This is not the creator's photo. I'd love to have a link to his page if it exists. This was my favorite thing brought to Chicago this year. Not pictured is the full interior detailing on the submarine. It was really impressive in person.  Best Aircraft - TWA Lockheed  Best Train - The 20th Century Limited Yay me!  Best Mecha - Rusted Iron  Best Creature - It's Not Easy Being Green  Best Mechanical - Quad Flexpicker Here is a video of it in action. Lots of fun to watch.  Best Small Building - At the Sign of the Prancing Pony This was part of the LOTR display that won best group layout.  Best Large Building - The Dark Tower (not creator's photo) Note that all that red is thousands of individual flowers, each turned to exactly the same angle.  Best Vignette - The Battle of San Juan Hill  Best Artwork - Halle Berry (not creator's photo)  Best Youth Creation - RMS Titanic (not creator's photo)  Best Individual Layout - Andy's Room  Best Group Layout - Lord of the Rings Here's a random photo of Barad Dur. It was basically impossible to capture the whole layout in one picture, but there were very large models of Minas Tirith, Moria, Rivendell and probably some other things I'm forgetting.  Best Mega Creation The Love Boat (not creator's photo) This thing ended up getting quite a bit of press, after Princess Cruises and USA Today heard about the story. Here's a rundown. There were too many other great creations to cover everything I liked, but I just want to say that everyone should go to a major show if they have the chance. There will always be something that will completely blow you away, and having the opportunity to hang out with so many other AFOLs is a real treat. I definitely get more inspired at shows than any other time.
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afflictionwisp posted:My Thunderbolt is done! It looks great, and I'm not surprised you went with click joints since those ball&socket joints didn't look like they would be enough to hold it up. The tire trick only works when you build around them on purpose, they're kinda hard to adapt into a smaller space like this guy. I think you did about as good with the lighting as you can do, but if you have photoshop you can always play with the shadows/highlights adjustment to make darker areas more visible. Also holy poo poo, that Rapture is awesome and I'll just have to keep hoping I can go to a brickshow someday
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Shuppiluliumas posted:
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That spaceship just isn't doing it for me. I mean, it may be well-built, but it's just so......bland. It's like a greebly frosting tube. And that mech, there's only one photo of it so I'm not sure if it's the angle, but it looks loving horrible. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Jun 28, 2011 |
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Are there any good closeups of the Love Boat? That guys Flickr doesn't seem to have any Wanna see those minis.
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afflictionwisp posted:About $160, guessing to account for existing inventory. 1173 parts. The hands are blatantly stolen from something I saw on brickshelf. I would have preferred to think of something myself, but I was struggling and the scale was almost perfect. PKMN Trainer Red posted:About a month ago I found a pristine Ice Planet guy with orange chainsaw and everything in a parking space at the grocery store. Finding minifigs in public is awesome. At the same time, there is a small child(or large manchild) crying that he lost his space man 
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Captain Invictus posted:That spaceship just isn't doing it for me. I mean, it may be well-built, but it's just so......bland. It's like a greebly frosting tube. I was thinking the same thing. It's just meh. I'm guessing it was the largest ship there, so people thought it should win simply based on scale. Looking through the flickr page, I guess it's a Battletech dropship, and there's a bay with some 'mechs in it, so I guess the overall design isn't entirely his.
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Pyroclastic posted:I was thinking the same thing. It's just meh. I'm guessing it was the largest ship there, so people thought it should win simply based on scale. I was thinking same thing but didn't want to seem like a hater. The other MOCs are simply stunning.
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