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Whiskey posted:Thanks for posting, I really like the shape! They don't hate me, they just misunderstand me sometimes. Really! 
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GidgetNomates posted:A few other pieces that caught my eye, including some McDonalds ones. The three solid ones are a weird purple shade that I think might have gone with the McDonalds ones, they look more blue in the photo. The purple slopes are definitely from the McDonalds sets (specifically, and obviously, the Grimace ones). They were the first time I could ever remember seeing purple Lego. They built into cars, and if you conned your parents into taking you to McDonalds once a week, I believe you could create some super-vehicle in the end. Edit: My parents actually didn't need to be conned; if McDonalds was doing a Lego promo, we were there every week. Edit 2: I can pull out that purple Space Police set and the Grimace slopes and see if the colors match if anyone cares. Blue Moonlight fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Oct 23, 2011 |
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Picked up the Star Wars Advent calendar today. Figured better to grab one now as I figured they would sell out come mid November.
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I just pulled out my Lego and looked through some of it. Turns out I have an unopened Jungle Cutter Indiana Jones set and also an unopened Claw Tank from the Mars Mission stuff. Amazon has both sets listed at $100-150, which surprised me. I love the stuff too much to sell it. I'll probly keep it in the box. These new town sets look really cool, especially that super chunky garbage truck. I want that one and some of the new police stuff.
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vandalism posted:I just pulled out my Lego and looked through some of it. Turns out I have an unopened Jungle Cutter Indiana Jones set and also an unopened Claw Tank from the Mars Mission stuff. Amazon has both sets listed at $100-150, which surprised me. I love the stuff too much to sell it. I'll probly keep it in the box. These new town sets look really cool, especially that super chunky garbage truck. I want that one and some of the new police stuff. Never trust Amazon pricing for discontinued sets. Those prices are all third-party stores and they're set by clueless software. The Claw Tank is $60 on Bricklink, complete. Jungle Cutter is $63 on Bricklink, sealed. The Claw Tank is likely to be more valuable since it seems like all the first wave Mars Mission stuff is relatively uncommon. I remember seeing the Jungle Cutter linger on clearance shelves.
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Zellers has a buy one get one 50% off for Lego until the 27th in Ottawa, don't know if that applies to all of Canada but there you go.
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Totally agree that those new minifig cases aren't really practical. Too big and bulky to be used as a serious storage solution. And 15 slots! What were they thinking? The perfect solution in my mind would be 5 studs wide. 4 is too narrow for minifig and accessory (think shields etc.). 6 on the other hand is too wide and wastes too much space for a standard fig. Lego would have to make a new plate 5 wide but with studs for the feet in the centre. Also make it all clear perspex except the base. I would love it if there was a way of labeling the figs. Maybe a little space where you could insert a cardboard label. Stuff like name, series and date. I have a dream of getting at least one minifig one from every lego series made. But it seems kinda pointless if there is no way to display them.
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GidgetNomates posted:Tried my hand at making one of those astronauts. Had to make it blue because the torso I have is blue. I love your block-astronaut! It reminds me of the moon-robot from Wallace and Gromit. The torso piece looks like it either is or is very similar to the crane-joint block. Zonko_T.M. fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Oct 23, 2011 |
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Zonko_T.M. posted:I love your block-astronaut! It reminds me of the moon-robot from Wallace and Gromit. The torso piece looks like it either is or is very similar to the crane-joint block. Based on what we figured out on the previous page, it's one of these: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=792c03
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Can someone with access to the dino costume guy from series 5 and all black heads (like the old school ghosts had) or red (like...I dunno, that Cthulhu Priest from the Atlantis set has) put them together and see if it looks okay? I want some lizardmen and it'd be neat if doing that made it look presentable. I know this is from last page but I wanted to take these shots anyway.   
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Travis343 posted:I switched my dino dude to a solid black head right away and I can verify that it looks pretty nice. A very, very small bit of the head actually shows through the mask. The dark red head from the squid dude doesn't look as good, imo. The red sort of clashes with all the green and it's a lot more obvious than the black.
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 Can someone identify these? They're basically a ball and socket joint with a ratchet-like mechanism, so they're rigid and snap as you move them. I want to know what they are so I can possibly buy more. 
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Oct 23, 2011 22:38
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Torael_7 posted:
Zoop Zop Zippity Bop
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Torael_7 posted:I want to know what they are so I can possibly buy more. There are loads of them in the large Designer sets (Titan XP and Prehistoric Creatures), and a few in each of the Exo-Force sets. I've managed to get both of the Designer sets second hand (pretty much the backbone of my collection), as well as several of the Exo-Force sets, so I have about 50 of the things.
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GidgetNomates posted:Well now I want to make this, thanks a lot  Also, in regards to the mysterious wheel, it had a block that came with it that those wheels plugged into. It was a standard 4x2 black brick but had a small hole in each side for the wheel to plug into. Also, because of this, the majority of the brick was solid and had an unusual cross pattern on the bottom. Can't find any pictures of it though. Ah. Here it is. 
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Oct 24, 2011 00:09
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einTier posted:Here it is. So that's what those are for.
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einTier posted:I have several of those. I've gotta go through all my old lego at some point. The thread will go bonkers over some of the stuff I've got. Old King's Castle, Old Blacktron, old space giant blue mech with wavy arms and yellow windows, etc. Should be fun to dig out.
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Taeke posted:So that's what those are for. Yeah I was so confused at first too since I bought some bulk LEGO with those and no wheels were included. They sat in the wtf pile for a few days.
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Went to a Target tonight and they had a few games for cheaper than usual, looked like the normal price (yellow tag) rather than sale(red tag) - Banana Balance for $5 (normally $15, and for the lower price worth it for the monkey alone) and Ramses Pyramid for $10 (I think $30 originally, and even on sale at Walmart still $20). Also picked up some bagged minifigs. Finally got Cleo, but that drat dragon still eludes me.
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einTier posted:The doors and windows come from the 1984 Motorcycle Shop. I think that the bulk of the bricks that were in that box were from this. Definitely the doors and windows, but also a lot of yellow and black pieces, the baseplate, the minifigs, the flags...that picture accounts for a LOT of the pieces I've got. Thanks for finding this! Are the instructions for this scanned online anywhere? It'd be interesting to see if I've got the parts to build this. e: Nevermind, I found the instructions. Now let's hope I've at least got parts to make up for any that might be missing. GidgetNomates fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Oct 24, 2011 |
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GidgetNomates posted:Are the instructions for this scanned online anywhere? http://peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/scans/6373-1?ct=1
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The instructions had a lot less hand-holding back then, huh? I'm used to everything being smaller steps. I still managed to come out with something pretty dang close to the original. The only thing that was really bad was the roof because I didn't have those large black pieces and instead had to use a ton of small ones poorly connected together. Other than that it looks pretty close! Gonna leave it sitting on my desk until I get desperate for the parts again. e: I've meant to post this in this thread a while back but I've got a Smallworks Brickcase on my phone and I've been slowly trying to cover the back in flat smooth pieces. I don't have too much on there at the moment, just stuff like a money piece, a tape piece, some sort of control panel piece from god knows what set, the graduation piece that came with the graduate minifig...I don't really want to just wait until I swipe enough of these pieces from the sets I buy so I'm planning on ordering some. I know for sure that I want a pizza piece but other than that I'm open to suggestions. What are the most interesting parts? My only real requirements are that they're thin so they don't make my phone bulky and don't have studs so that they don't snag on my pocket when I pull my phone out. The case is 7x14 with 2x2 missing in the corner for the camera hole, but most of these pieces are pretty small so the dimensions shouldn't be a big deal. I've got 3x14 of it covered but a lot of those parts aren't incredibly interesting, so if you guys have any favorite parts that could fit on this I'd love to hear them. It's basically like having a tiny lego mural in my pocket at all times. GidgetNomates fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Oct 24, 2011 |
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GidgetNomates posted:The instructions had a lot less hand-holding back then, huh? I'm used to everything being smaller steps. I also wanted to build everything on the box, but they usually only had instructions for the main model. I never did figure out how to build that cool lift.
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I'm so filled with sadness that the MBA program isn't available in Canada  That being said, as the discussion raged a few pages back regarding the ARC-170 Starfighter, so I got an old style used one on Bricklink for 6$. It was missing about 20 pieces (despite it being clearly stated that alternate pieces would be provided!!!  ) but I still managed to complete the build with spare parts that I had. For 6$ I guess I can't really complain.What an awesome model. It even has a mechanism to lock S-Foils in attack position. Totally swoosh-able too. I flew it around for like 5 minutes shooting at things just cuz I could  I also picked up an old school A-Wing which I am building. CADPAT fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Oct 24, 2011 |
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CADPAT posted:I'm so filled with sadness that the MBA program isn't available in Canada A-Wing is best wing. 
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Paul Proteus posted:I know this is from last page but I wanted to take these shots anyway. Yessss. Thank you.  Edit: Toys R Us is having a 'Buy $100 dollars of Legos, get $25 off' sale. This is a dangerous thing... MinionOfCthulhu fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Oct 24, 2011 |
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Manchild King posted:I have a dream of getting at least one minifig one from every lego series made. But it seems kinda pointless if there is no way to display them. The obvious solution is something like this 
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CADPAT posted:I'm so filled with sadness that the MBA program isn't available in Canada I built my ARC-170 and dismantled it almost right away. Thing looks okay and has a lot of handy spaceship pieces, but the model itself just feels uncharacteristically fragile. Or the wings do, anyway.
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I've got like, £25-£35 as a budget and I'm mad keen on all the kingdoms stuff, what would give me the best value for money out of any of the kingdoms range? As in, look good as a set but also have a decent parts set. A couple of smaller sets or one larger one, I'm not fussed. I know I'm limiting myself with such a tiny budget, so sorry. 
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Torael_7 posted:I built my ARC-170 and dismantled it almost right away. Thing looks okay and has a lot of handy spaceship pieces, but the model itself just feels uncharacteristically fragile. Or the wings do, anyway. Yeah I hear what you're saying but I found them to be a lot stronger than they looked. But yeah I totally picked it up for the pieces. I still have a ton of stuff to sort from my last bulk purchase that I'm in no rush to take it apart.
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boner meter posted:I've got like, £25-£35 as a budget and I'm mad keen on all the kingdoms stuff, what would give me the best value for money out of any of the kingdoms range? As in, look good as a set but also have a decent parts set. A couple of smaller sets or one larger one, I'm not fussed. I know I'm limiting myself with such a tiny budget, so sorry. I don't have much experience with the rest of the set but I picked up the Blacksmith attack set recently for its wide range of weapons. Its priced reasonably and I really liked the brick selection.
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Rare Collectable posted:I don't have much experience with the rest of the set but I picked up the Blacksmith attack set recently for its wide range of weapons. Its priced reasonably and I really liked the brick selection. Ace, thanks!
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boner meter posted:I've got like, £25-£35 as a budget and I'm mad keen on all the kingdoms stuff, what would give me the best value for money out of any of the kingdoms range? As in, look good as a set but also have a decent parts set. A couple of smaller sets or one larger one, I'm not fussed. I know I'm limiting myself with such a tiny budget, so sorry. I don't know what this works out to in USA dollars but the Escape from Dragons Prison is my favorite mid-range set at $20, you get a decent little section of wall plus a really bad-rear end mounted knight.
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Travis343 posted:I don't know what this works out to in USA dollars but the Escape from Dragons Prison is my favorite mid-range set at $20, you get a decent little section of wall plus a really bad-rear end mounted knight. Works out at £15 here, which is pretty good, I was expecting a direct translation to £20, heh.
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boner meter posted:I've got like, £25-£35 as a budget and I'm mad keen on all the kingdoms stuff, what would give me the best value for money out of any of the kingdoms range? As in, look good as a set but also have a decent parts set. A couple of smaller sets or one larger one, I'm not fussed. I know I'm limiting myself with such a tiny budget, so sorry. I'm in a similar position, but am just going to save up for the Market Village instead. It's £70 but 1600 pieces! In terms of value for money nothing comes close. Shame only the LEGO store seems to sell it here so it's never really discounted. I just noticed it's not actually officially part of the Kingdoms line. But asthetically it's pretty close. Outpost Attack is in your price range as well (http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Outpost-Attack-7948). The Kingdoms stuff seems to be pretty expensive in the UK though and I rarely see them discounted. The weirdest one is the Market Village, it's £70 at the online LEGO shop but £90-£100 everywhere else. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 00:38 on Oct 25, 2011 |
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Gravy Jones posted:I'm in a similar position, but am just going to save up for the Market Village instead. It's £70 but 1600 pieces! In terms of value for money nothing comes close. Shame only the LEGO store seems to sell it here so it's never really discounted. MMV was released long enough ago that it's actually part of the 'fantasy era' line. The boxes just say "Castle", but the blue-and-gold Crown Knights were the main faction in that series, and that's what MMV comes with. It's weird, because it's the most 'realistic' Castle set they've ever made, and the fantasy era was the line with the orcs and skeleton warriors and the dragon riding wizards and poo poo. It'd fit in much more now with the more grounded Kingdoms line.
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Whiskey posted:I was thinking, "I've got a TON old really old parts around; I wonder if I have any close to hand?" Great. Gonna do anything with 'em?
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Saint Sputnik posted:Went to a Target tonight and they had a few games for cheaper than usual, looked like the normal price (yellow tag) rather than sale(red tag) - Banana Balance for $5 (normally $15, and for the lower price worth it for the monkey alone) and Ramses Pyramid for $10 (I think $30 originally, and even on sale at Walmart still $20). Thanks for that heads up! I got two Pyramids for $10 apiece, 2 Ramses Returns for like $8 apiece, and two of the banana balances for $5 apiece (Banana Balance was MSRP'd at $10, though, not $15). I was considering getting the recent creator house, the Hillside House, at TRU today, but it was priced at $70 for just over 700 pieces (that's MSRP, too, no TRU tax!). It's nowhere near the ratio it should be at. Torael_7 posted:I built my ARC-170 and dismantled it almost right away. Thing looks okay and has a lot of handy spaceship pieces, but the model itself just feels uncharacteristically fragile. Or the wings do, anyway. Same here. It looks great on the box, but the S-foil mechanism is very fragile, bulky, and bendy-feeling, plus it relies on rubber bands! Manchild King posted:Totally agree that those new minifig cases aren't really practical. Too big and bulky to be used as a serious storage solution. And 15 slots! What were they thinking? The new large minifig cases have 16 slots. The older, 3-level ones were only 15, and I think they slightly pre-dated the collector minifigs series. I'm actually close to having your dream accomplished. Once I get my work area tidied up, I need to take some pictures. I have a few dozen minifigs on display, trying to represent the variety of figures in each line. I'm still in the process of re-assembling my figs, though, from an ill-considered disassembly spree for bin storage.
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