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Holy poo poo guys look what I found from behind my bookshelf! Now all I need to do is to look for my old box of lego pieces and I'm back to being 7 again. 
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Morgenthau posted:Holy poo poo guys look what I found from behind my bookshelf! I forgot how entrancing that glow is. 
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Nov 3, 2011 16:11
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boner meter posted:blacklight poster mushrooms and wizards Fantasy sets. Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. That'd be CRAZY. if they split off the "fantasy era" into its own set and they released "castle" and "fantasy" in parallel. doubt it'd ever happen, but, that'd still be awesome.
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Nov 3, 2011 16:18
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Why cookie Rocket posted:Another buyer abusing the fact that ebay and paypal's policies are completely slanted in favor of the buyer, super duper. A brown envelope with "do not crush" does not constitute good packing for a relatively delicate item you can surmise the buyer would wish to receive in mint condition. Packing something improperly then saying "sucks to be you, shoulda taken out insurance!" when it gets damaged is also bad service. Any decent shop would pack a boxed item like this in a larger box, with packing peanuts or shredded paper around it. Not stick it in an envelope and congratulate themselves on a job well done.
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Nov 3, 2011 16:27
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Morgenthau posted:Holy poo poo guys look what I found from behind my bookshelf! I loved the hell out of this set, nevermind the fact that "space helicopter" is inherently dumb.
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Nov 3, 2011 16:45
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Fatkraken posted:A brown envelope with "do not crush" does not constitute good packing for a relatively delicate item you can surmise the buyer would wish to receive in mint condition. Packing something improperly then saying "sucks to be you, shoulda taken out insurance!" when it gets damaged is also bad service. This is true, but the buyer admits that the pieces themselves were probably not damaged. However, he's failing to check because apparently this stupid Christmas item is more valuable still boxed. (I got the item too, it's a nice 100 piece build but not really something to hoard thinking it's gonna magically triple in value). Seriously, trying to work the system against small time sellers who are just trying to make a few bucks or break even with their lego habit is borderline retarded at least, at the worst it's just dickish behavior. Even if this guy is a big time seller (admittedly doubtful considering his packing job) it's a jerk move.
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Nov 3, 2011 16:48
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Fatkraken posted:Any decent shop would pack a boxed item like this in a larger box, with packing peanuts or shredded paper around it. Not stick it in an envelope and congratulate themselves on a job well done. To be fair, most boxed items don't require that. Even some cheaper LEGO rip-off brands manage to have a cardboard inner that keeps the box rigid, but for some reason LEGO couldn't afford to keep doing that.
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Nov 3, 2011 16:54
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Granite Octopus posted:You can buy track cleaning blocks used by model railroad enthusiasts. Though knowing those guys it probably costs $200. Its known as a "bright boy eraser". It looks a like a pencil eraser but is far more abrasive. Its not a good idea to use on the 9v track as its only a thin layer of metal over the plastic. They cost 5-6 bucks at the local hobby shop. As for the whole crushed box thing, I decided to just drop it. I managed to get the side to pop out with a little fiddling.
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Nov 3, 2011 17:32
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Morgenthau posted:Holy poo poo guys look what I found from behind my bookshelf! I'm discovering all sorts of sets that I have that I had no idea I owned. And I'm still trying to figure out where I got Unitron minifigs. I'm almost positive I never got Unitron stuff, and I don't think I got this set. It's possible, I guess. Like I remember what I got for Christmas 20 years ago. On a different note, does anyone have a good way to clean really scummy bricks? I've tried putting them in a pillowcase in a washing machine, I've tried letting them soak for a while in the sink, I've even tried scrubbing them with a stiff brush. So far the only thing that seems to remove the cigarette tar/sweat/oil/dirt is cleaning each individual brick with dish soap and a toothbrush, and I have like... thousands of pieces to clean. I don't really want to spend two days at the sink cleaning individual bricks with a toothbrush. 
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Nov 3, 2011 17:43
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Veeb0rg posted:Its known as a "bright boy eraser". It looks a like a pencil eraser but is far more abrasive. Its not a good idea to use on the 9v track as its only a thin layer of metal over the plastic. They cost 5-6 bucks at the local hobby shop. As an independent seller who occasionally runs across impossible-to-please customers, I thank you for this. Though I do admit for your part that it's unfortunate to get an improperly packaged item hosed up. Fault lies squarely on the shoulders of the USPS, I think - they have a habit of crushing even uncrushable boxes by wedging them impossibly into my mailbox.
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Nov 3, 2011 17:44
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JohnnyCanuck posted:I loved the hell out of this set, nevermind the fact that "space helicopter" is inherently dumb. It's not a space helicopter. Those are sensor antennas or something. Don't be silly.
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Nov 3, 2011 17:50
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Lord Gold posted:As an independent seller who occasionally runs across impossible-to-please customers, I thank you for this. Though I do admit for your part that it's unfortunate to get an improperly packaged item hosed up. Fault lies squarely on the shoulders of the USPS, I think - they have a habit of crushing even uncrushable boxes by wedging them impossibly into my mailbox. Well, I think its partly USPS and partly the sellers fault. He should have used an actual box to ship, not a plain brown envelope with no padding what so ever. When ever I sell anything, no matter the size, I always try to pack it to survive a war. I don't trust USPS to not kick/drop/maim or mangle anything. I can understand trying to ship for the cheapest price, but when you charge $5.25 for shipping and postage only costs $3.02 I'd at least use a box. Veeb0rg fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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Nov 3, 2011 17:54
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Veeb0rg posted:Well, I think its partly USPS and partly the sellers fault. He should have used an actual box to ship, not a plain brown envelope with no padding what so ever. When ever I sell anything, no matter the size, I always try to pack it to survive a war. I don't trust USPS to not kick/drop/maim or mangle anything. I can understand trying to ship for the cheapest price, but when you charge 5.25 for shipping and postage only costs 3.02 I'd at least use a box. It's not just USPS. UPS and FedEx both don't give two shits about how something looks when it gets to where it's going, just that it does. You can never pack things too well.
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Nov 3, 2011 17:59
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Shipping a crushable box in an envelope is totally unacceptable. If you buy something new you should expect it to arrive in that condition. The seller should have issued you a full refund plus the cost of shipping. I say this as a 550+ feedback(100% positive) Ebay seller. I understand that some buyers are hard to please but you have every right to be pissed at that seller.
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Nov 3, 2011 18:03
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This is a pretty cool thing: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=487975 These guys are pretty cool too:  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=459105 A nice micro castle:  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=487730 Someone wanted tanks earlier, here's some:  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=485563 And uh... this... what?  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=487606
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Nov 3, 2011 18:30
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I really like that micro-scale castle. Micro-scale representations are always appealing to me because the sheer amount of detail that people put into them is astounding. That little rowboat, for example. 
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Nov 3, 2011 18:37
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Whoah. Use for bionicle parts found.
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Nov 3, 2011 18:53
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InfinEight posted:These guys are pretty cool too: This is the best thing, holy gently caress 
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Nov 3, 2011 19:05
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Roneth posted:I want to buy random legos by the poundage and the only place I've found so far would be some entries on Ebay. Are there any other places I could go? If you're patient you'll get good success with Kijiji or Used_____ in Canada. I takes time but usually a good deal comes along if you're paying attention at least once a month. Setting up alerts help
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Nov 3, 2011 19:56
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I'm a whore for collecting and I think I'm hooked on the collectable Minifigs. My best bet is probably buying a box and trading/selling dupes, then filling holes from Bricklink? Also are any rarer than others? I looked at BL and it seemed some were a bit over or under the $3, but not by that much. EDIT: Yeah, I think I'm just going to keep buying packs here and there, and occasionally get a specific one off BL. There's no way I'm buying a box of them, especially since I wouldn't trust the seller not to have checked dot codes or however they're marked. Fooley fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Nov 3, 2011 |
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Nov 3, 2011 20:01
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Fooley posted:I'm a whore for collecting and I think I'm hooked on the collectable Minifigs. My best bet is probably buying a box and trading/selling dupes, then filling holes from Bricklink? Also are any rarer than others? I looked at BL and it seemed some were a bit over or under the $3, but not by that much.
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Nov 3, 2011 20:14
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VaultAggie posted:I really like that micro-scale castle. Micro-scale representations are always appealing to me because the sheer amount of detail that people put into them is astounding. that little rowboat, for example. I always like how they find creative ways to use pieces that you'd normally never think of. That little row boat being just a minifig hat upside-down is amazingly clever to me.
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Nov 3, 2011 20:16
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InfinEight posted:I always like how they find creative ways to use pieces that you'd normally never think of. That little row boat being just a minifig hat upside-down is amazingly clever to me. I don't know if it qualifies since it's kind of "to scale", but I love how they made Gary in the Spongebob sets: 
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Fooley posted:I'm a whore for collecting and I think I'm hooked on the collectable Minifigs. My best bet is probably buying a box and trading/selling dupes, then filling holes from Bricklink? There is another way my friend: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3439442
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Nov 3, 2011 23:17
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InfinEight posted:http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/430723/Office-Depot-Brand-FilingStacking-Crate-10/
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Nov 4, 2011 00:32
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I use a 3 ring binder with mylar sleeves.
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Nov 4, 2011 01:39
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Big Mean Jerk posted:As a disgruntled Office Depot employee, I can tell you that these things are absolute poo poo. I wouldn't trust them to hold feathers, much less lego instructions. They break if you look at them wrong. Echoing this. Get the milk crates they sell at Target or something if you're going to go that route.
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Nov 4, 2011 01:55
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I got my box of 9v track today. Only had time for a quick look and I can totally understand why the guy claims it's "broken" and the trains wouldn't run on it. Its so dirty its not even funny, I'll try to get a few pictures of it tomorrow. I'm going to have a fun weekend cleaning the stuff.
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What was the year Lego hit rock bottom? Not financially but in set design. I've been looking through old instruction scans, reminiscing about how much fun I had with the neat sets of the late '80s and early '90s, but after about 1993 it's like the designers slowly lost any sense of what they were doing. The set design goes downhill and doesn't recover until the early 2000s. I think 1997 is a strong contender for worst year. Castle had the horrible Night Lords sets, Space had whatever these things were, and of course 1997 was also the year of the villainous time travel theme, which looks even sillier than the time traveling good guys' theme. Out of all of those, only the time travel sets look even remotely fun to play with as a kid; none of them look like the sort of thing anyone would want to buy again now as an adult. On the other hand, 1997 also had kick-rear end stuff -- the Indian theme, the realistic divers theme, a couple of neat Spanish Armada sets (though the bulk of that theme was from 1996, it seems). All in all those years between, say, '95 and '04 were weird times for Lego. They had a few great ideas but they were throwing money into sets that I don't think any kid would want to buy. But maybe I just think that because I "grew out" of Lego around '94 or '95. Time Cowboy fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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Nov 4, 2011 05:06
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Time Cowboy posted:these This set rules, are you crazy or something?
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rickiep00h posted:I'm discovering all sorts of sets that I have that I had no idea I owned. And I'm still trying to figure out where I got Unitron minifigs. I'm almost positive I never got Unitron stuff, and I don't think I got this set. It's possible, I guess. Like I remember what I got for Christmas 20 years ago. Oh gently caress man, you have no idea how envious I am at that post. Growing up in a lovely third world country, that space helicopter and a box of hand-me-down bricks was all the Lego I had. Man, you American kids and your Christmases are sooo lucky.  I had them stashed away like gold and if I didn't find that instruction manual, I'd probably never had the presence of mind to rebuild that. When I finally rebuild it, that is so going to be my new family heirloom. My descendants down the line will wonder with awe and wonder on an epic era gone by... Space Lego. 'cause gently caress Star Wars.  For cleaning right now I am dumping the whole bunch in a large colander with dishwashing detergent and spraying the fuckers with a hose. Kind of works ok though.
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Nov 4, 2011 05:23
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Sockser posted:This set rules, are you crazy or something? It ain't no M:Tron, sonny.
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Nov 4, 2011 05:33
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Morgenthau posted:Oh gently caress man, you have no idea how envious I am at that post. LEGO was literally the most expensive thing I got for Christmas (and my birthday, which got rolled into one because they're the same week), and it was never more than $40 per set. My grandparents are/were hyper-conservative Lutherans who lived through the Depression. We got dollar-store toothbrushes for in our stockings*, and I assure you that I loved my LEGO poo poo. While it was no third-world childhood, I was a lot lower on the LEGO totem pole than some of my friends. *I'm actually using one for the purpose of brick cleaning now. I'm 29 and I still get loving toothbrushes for Christmas. I don't want to sound like an entitled dick, but c'mon. Just don't give me anything and donate it to someone that can't afford a new one every few months.
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^^^That is awesome.Time Cowboy posted:I think 1997 is a strong contender for worst year. Castle had the horrible Night Lords sets, Space had whatever these things were, and of course 1997 was also the year of the villainous time travel theme, which looks even sillier than the time traveling good guys' theme. Out of all of those, only the time travel sets look even remotely fun to play with as a kid; none of them look like the sort of thing anyone would want to buy again now as an adult. So I took a try at making something for Halloween, and, uh, I may have cheated a bit...   I've got a commercial fishing boat MOC mostly finished, but it's been sitting on my desk for months because I can't figure out how to design and build a decent version of the rigging and poles/arms. I've taken pictures and sketched them, but I haven't gotten up close and I can't seem to find any blue-prints or demonstrations of the stuff at work. Any ideas?
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I got my largest sets from my aunt, for Christmas. The first space shuttle, the Ice Planet base, the Sonar Transmitting Cruiser...anything I got from my parents was much smaller. I always thought I had a lot of Lego as a kid, but Peeron's dispelled that--a couple thousand pieces at most. I'll come home from one BOGO50 trip to TRU with more bricks in a shopping bag than I ever owned until a few years ago. As for cleaning bricks, check out the instructions on Retr0Bright. That dinginess may not necessarily be just dirt and cigarette smoke. That Witch's Magic Manor is probably the worst-looking set I've ever seen, and that's comparing it with Time Twisters. It's uninspired, has weird usage of yellow, no coherent coloration or design scheme...the Witch-copter is kind of a cool concept, but they completely flub the design. The Night Lord's Castle is much better.
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The most expensive set I ever got as a kid was the medium sized spaceship in the original space line. The rich kid down the road got the big one, but he let me build it because he didn't like building stuff, only playing with it, so that was pretty sweet. Goddamn I have fun memories of that stuff. The fact that they had opening cargo compartments at the back was like the most awesome thing ever. I just bought Buzz Lightyear's spaceship on Amazon because it's half price and has an opening hold as well. My desk looks like a toyshop at work. I have half a dozen unopenned LEGO boxes stacked under it from various half price sales. I don't want to take them all home at once because I'm still trying to convince my wife to get me Medeival Market Village for Christmas and that spending £70 on a kid's toy isn't throwing money away. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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Time Cowboy posted:
Now, this is interesting. I think it shows the effect of perspective. And, perhaps, it shows that Lego has realized the AFOL market more and more. I was exactly 10 years old when those sets came out, and it makes me realize that roughly 10 years old was the peak of my Lego phase. I had the two robo-sets and the Night Lord's Castle. I still have the Night Lord's Castle sitting, fully built, atop a bookshelf back home. I **loved** all of those sets. I thought those weird space robots were the coolest thing in history, especially the dinosaur with the scorpion tail. I played with those for HOURS. It's amazing to see that the MSRP of the robo raptor was only 20 dollars. It was about the coolest thing in the universe when I built it. Now, at my current age, of course I want Mill Village Raid and Medieval Market Village, but when I was 10, would I be more excited about a realistic looking chicken leg accessory or a laser-shooting-scorpion-dinosaur-robot?
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Lord Gold posted:As an independent seller who occasionally runs across impossible-to-please customers, I thank you for this. Though I do admit for your part that it's unfortunate to get an improperly packaged item hosed up. Fault lies squarely on the shoulders of the USPS, I think - they have a habit of crushing even uncrushable boxes by wedging them impossibly into my mailbox. If a seller packs something without a lick of common sense, yes, they should be held responsible, regardless of the reason for the purchase of the item, it is the seller's responsibility to make sure their item is safe inside a secure container. Accidents do happen, but shipping something like an unopened toy box in a brown envelope is just foolish. edit: whoops, queued up this reply and hadn't seen the other responses to it. Have some content! This dude's stuff is awesome. It's really crude compared to some things like those battlesuits up there, but they're nearly all completely charming, like the Harbor Seal Pup, Elephant, and these. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=AdmiralStupid    
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