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Pyroclastic posted:As for cleaning bricks, check out the instructions on Retr0Bright. That dinginess may not necessarily be just dirt and cigarette smoke. I vaguely remember hearing that Oxy-Clean by itself works good for cleaning large batches of Lego, but don't quote me on that.
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Pyroclastic posted:As for cleaning bricks, check out the instructions on Retr0Bright. That dinginess may not necessarily be just dirt and cigarette smoke. Yeah, I saw Retr0Bright, but I'm not sure I want to play with that much peroxide with my daughter around. I'm positive that I have dirt and tar on them, though, because they do come clean, it just takes a lot of scrubbing. (And also because my parents were/are heavy smokers and the bricks were sitting in the garage for a decade.) I'm going to try letting them soak in some dish water for a few hours at a higher concentration to see if it will break up any more. Other than that, it's probably just going to be a lot of toothbrush work.  e:^^^^ Well, I may have to try that then. I know the Retr0Bright method helps to counteract the UV damage in the ABS, and that's not really the problem I have. rickiep00h fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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I received a message from the seller today about the crushed box, He has agreed to allow me to return it, and once shipped back he will refund my money. I'm just gonna say no thanks and move on. Veeb0rg fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Nov 4, 2011 |
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Saw a couple of people on the last page complaining about speculators... I understand the complaint, but honestly, supply and demand is pretty self regulating, specially in a market where new product is likely to change (3rd party) hands once. If too many people hoard out of pure speculation, a bubble will form, and at some point, pop. I think we are already seeing some of this (some lines more then others). Let's look at an example. I am interesting in buying a Technic Motorized Excavator (8043), which retails for $199.99. It is still available on the Lego website for full price. Amazon sells it for $192.17 with Super Saver shipping. 29 different Amazon affiliates also sell it, for between $169.00 and $399.99, shipping included. Top Bricklink listing a shop in Holland with 48 of them in stock, for $144.43. Of course, the REAL prices are on Bricklink... this reeks of bubble to me. People bought too many; 48 is WAY too many to be sitting on.
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I learned about speculation the hard way when I was ten. Would anyone be interested in some circa 1995 Princess Leia figure?
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I learned about speculation the hard way when I was ten. Man, my baseball cards. Shoeboxes full, now all gone. Thousands of nameless players that didn't make it two years, hundreds that played or still play and ought to be worth a ton, but are now worth barely more than they pack they came out of. Tim Salmon, why couldn't you be worth more?
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I need some help with Lego Digital Designer. I have these 'Left plate 2x4 with angle' bits, and the seemingly simple thing I want is to lay them straight edge to angle edge to make a rough curve. I seem to be limited to 90 degree increments. I've tried a bunch of stuff, and I'd appreciate any suggestions. 
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Schindler's Fist posted:I need some help with Lego Digital Designer. One cheap thing you could try is put a plate beneath the "wing" you want to rotate, connecting only on one stud; then use the hinge tool to drag the wing around. When it's in place, delete the "anchor" plate. I've done similar before.
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Dre2Dee2 posted:Holy crap, where is this, when will it be done? 
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Sockser posted:#occupybrickstreet So its absolutely no help my job just so happened to get some Series 5 Minifigs as part of their crappy seasonal aisle. I'd feel bad but I got a Godzilla dude so I'm just going to feed this addiction.
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A Child's Letter posted:One cheap thing you could try is put a plate beneath the "wing" you want to rotate, connecting only on one stud; then use the hinge tool to drag the wing around. When it's in place, delete the "anchor" plate. I've done similar before. Thanks very much.
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I don't think anyone here still plays it, but Lego Universe is shutting down. It's a shame that the experiment ended badly, but it just wasn't a very good game. It looks like NetDevil's touch-of-death is just inescapable.
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For one day only, Toys R Us is having a Buy One Get One 50% off thing. Excludes Ninjago, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mindstorms. But yes for Star Wars!
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Pyroclastic posted:I don't think anyone here still plays it, but Lego Universe is shutting down. It's a shame that the experiment ended badly, but it just wasn't a very good game. It looks like NetDevil's touch-of-death is just inescapable. Well that was quick. I played it for a few minutes (the free version of course), it wasn't very good. It felt like it had potential, like I'd definitely try a future Lego online game after playing this one just...I wouldn't play this one.
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There's a Lego game coming out in 2012 that sounds like it has a lot more potential. Lego City Stories, exclusive to Nintendo consoles, will essentially be a family-friendly Grand Theft Auto. I'm looking forward to it.
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Will it come out on 3DS? Because I've been thinking about selling my Wii but I might hang on to it a bit longer if it's not. e: or will it be out on the WiiU instead of Wii? Because I don't think I'm buying one of those.
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I like that it's not only Grand Theft Auto-ey, but the name might also be a reference to Liberty City Stories, one of the GTA games.  If you can harvest bricks off of buildings for use building things later, that would be absolutely incredible and encourage exploration.
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Revol posted:There's a Lego game coming out in 2012 that sounds like it has a lot more potential. Lego City Stories, exclusive to Nintendo consoles, will essentially be a family-friendly Grand Theft Auto. I'm looking forward to it. What the hell, why is the building he's standing on made of wood/cement? I never got that with the LEgo *movie* games either, the barest minimum parts of the environment were Lego.
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boner meter posted:What the hell, why is the building he's standing on made of wood/cement? I never got that with the LEgo *movie* games either, the barest minimum parts of the environment were Lego. Yeah, that was my biggest complaint too. It's Lego, make things Lego. Say what you will about Lego Island but at least it was mostly made of Lego.
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Pyroclastic posted:I don't think anyone here still plays it, but Lego Universe is shutting down. It's a shame that the experiment ended badly, but it just wasn't a very good game. It looks like NetDevil's touch-of-death is just inescapable. Oh man I was so excited when I got into the closed beta for LU. By the time the game came out, though, there was no chance in hell of me spending money to actually buy it. What a poorly done game. e: if I recall correctly most stuff was at least made of legos though. It was really lazy in some of the desert levels in Lego Star Wars where everything was just a generic desert level but with some plates way over there where you need to build something. Arnold of Soissons fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Nov 5, 2011 |
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GidgetNomates posted:Will it come out on 3DS? Because I've been thinking about selling my Wii but I might hang on to it a bit longer if it's not. It'll be Wii U and 3DS.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:For one day only, Toys R Us is having a Buy One Get One 50% off thing. Excludes Ninjago, Pirates of the Caribbean and Mindstorms. But yes for Star Wars! Thanks for this. I picked up the Millennium Falcon, AT-AT, Palpatine's Shuttle, and Darth Maul's Infiltrator for $310. It came out to just less than 10 cents/brick (this is about average right?).
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drat my store didn't have anything nearly as cool in the Star Wars section, but I did get the big house Creator set and the big Kingdoms set for about $100.
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I've been following this thread for a while, and never really had anything to post, but now I landed myself a gig at my local LEGO store, and I can't wait to buy a million LEGO sets to start building up my collection!
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I went to TRU today too. I got the fire truck from City and the Creator lighthouse (the big one, not the $5 or whatever one (because I already have it (I like lighthouses))). I was REALLY impressed with the lighthouse. The fire truck was just sort of whatever but it was nice and the discount was a good addition. I was drooling in the store though because they finally put out all the expensive stuff in huge boxes. Can't wait for my birthday to roll around...
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Some deals I just noticed online Target has the sort and store head for $25 http://www.target.com/p/Lego-Sort-n-Store/-/A-13718711#?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=Froogle_df&LNM=|13718711&CPNG=&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=13718711 Amazon has Queen Anne's Revenge for $84 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ASIN=B004MWK2C8 (and Black Pearl for $90, less of a discount) http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Pirates-Caribbean-Black-Pearl/dp/B004ZFF3CQ/ref=pd_sim_t_1
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Target has a few good deals going on right now. Some of the games are discounted. Castle Fortaan is $20 down from $30 and Ramses Return is $7.50, normally 15, I think. The best deal, though, is their $4 polybags. They have a couple SW ones, a City helicopter, an Atlantis diver, and a Ninjago glider. They're all currently $1.19. The SW ones are ~40 pieces, so it's a pretty sweet deal. They keep most of them by the registers, it seems, but there are also some in Toys and in Seasonal.
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Pretty sure the reason they do "real stuff" and Lego at the same time in the video games is so you know what you can or can not interact with. It's not 100% the case, but that seems to be it's primary purpose.
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boner meter posted:What the hell, why is the building he's standing on made of wood/cement? I never got that with the LEgo *movie* games either, the barest minimum parts of the environment were Lego.
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Saint Sputnik posted:Some deals I just noticed online I am extremely tempted to purchase a ship, but my stingy financial tendencies are holding me back.
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IronSaber posted:I am extremely tempted to purchase a ship, but my stingy financial tendencies are holding me back. What good is money if you aren't going to spend it? 
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drat, I hesitated. Price went up to 15% off. 
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Castle fans will appreciate this setup in the window of Frontline Hobbies, Newcastle.
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IronSaber posted:I am extremely tempted to purchase a ship, but my stingy financial tendencies are holding me back. We got Queen Anne's Revenge when it was on sale at Toys R Us a few weeks back. Do it. It's soooo worth it.
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I made this for Remembrance Day cuz why not.
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Faerunner posted:We got Queen Anne's Revenge when it was on sale at Toys R Us a few weeks back. Do it. It's soooo worth it. I was tempted but the buy one get 50% off didn't apply to PotC this weekend.
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Have base plates been completely removed from LDD? Even Universe mode doesn't seem to have them.
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Where is the best place to find sets without minifigs? I figure that'd make them cheaper. Is eBay my best bet?
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So today I did something I've been meaning to do for a while. I built a new light box out of Lego. I've wanted to do one of these pretty much since I built my old wooden light box and it turned out to be a flimsy piece of crap.  It's 53x41 studs. It bugs me that it's such odd numbers but I had to size it to the pane of glass I already had.   It's a total rainbow warrior but that's what I had to work with. I might order some solid color bricks to jazz it up a little bit in the future but for now it works and is sturdier than my wooden box was.
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