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Am I evil? I just saw a Craigslist posting for the Ultimate Collector's Edition Batmobile and Build-a-Spongebob, both complete with instructions, for $25. Since I couldn't get up to the seller until the weekend at the earliest, I e-mailed them and told them that the Batmobile is easily worth $100 and the Spongebob itself can go for $30-60. To be honest, even if I could have gone up there tonight and bought them, I probably would have told the seller anyway, but still. I screwed some collector (or scalper) out of an awesome deal, but warned a seller they were undervaluing their uncommon sets.
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Schindler's Fist posted:How nerdy are we for posting that much?? Looking at that plastic thing he built it in is making me picture sorting through pieces in zero-g. It's hard enough when they're sitting in a pile on my floor, it's got to be a nightmare when they're constantly floating around.
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Just google 'Lego Digital Designer', it should be the first result. LEGO updates it regularly for Mac and Windows.
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In the late '80's, all the cool computing centers had supercomputers, and some had the CM-1 Connection Machine, with 1024 parallel processors in a black hypercube.  This is the first time I really 'got' SNOT (Studs Not On Top) construction. Here is some internal detail:  I'm looking into doing a Cray-1. It turns out that Lego folk call things like that 'The Round Tower Problem', and the angles used by the Cray are hard to do in Lego. Hinges, Technic beams, Technic stud pins, and plates might work, I don't know yet. I will study the Flickr Lego Techniques group some more, and try to grasp the weird stuff they do...
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You could probably make a pretty good reproduction of a Cray-1 with 2x1s and hinges, but making it minifig scale could be tricky. Maybe using 1x1s with clips that grip a central pole or something.
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Holy poo poo you guys, have you seen this??? https://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/11/15/lego-daily-planet/
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JohnnyCanuck posted:Holy poo poo you guys, have you seen this??? That's loving cool, all the little details and the architecture are amazing.
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My thought process was pretty " yeah it's just another Lego movie so what" until I saw "live action", then I joined you in
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Live action? I don't see how that can not suck. "At least with Lego, the critics will never be able to say the acting is wooden. It’s more likely to be plastic." 
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AzMiLion posted:Yes, we still use it. Thanks guys! Now I just have to find time to play with it.
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SynthOrange posted:http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/australia-to-build-lego-movie-20111115-1ng8w.html I'm expecting at least one head-swapping joke and it'll be terrible or terribly horrifying.
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Just you watch, it'll be about Blacktron and the Black Falcons joining forces with Captain Redbeard to steal the rocket technology from the Ice Planet while the Wolfpack and the Forestmen team up with M:Tron to solve the mystery of the monorail, and then I'll laugh at you all for having so little faith. 
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Time Cowboy posted:it'll be about Blacktron and the Black Falcons joining forces with Captain Redbeard to steal the rocket technology from the Ice Planet while the Wolfpack and the Forestmen team up with M:Tron to solve the mystery of the monorail, Starring Nic Cage and Alec Baldwin.
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The_Doctor posted:Starring Nic Cage and Alec Baldwin. With Shia LaBeouf as the sparkly-eyed Ice Planet Ensign on a personal mission to make his father(s) proud of him.
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Shia LeBeouf: Nic Cage:  Alec Baldwin:  Kristen Stewart: 
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If it plays out similar to the old Lego Magazine comics of the Lego Maniac from the 90s, where it's a FUNKY FRESH HIP KID WITH SUNGLASSES AND SKATEBOARD AND RADICAL HAIR who can take apart cars and poo poo and build like, a robot cage or starship out of the pieces, I'd be all for that. Savin' the day, the Lego way.
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When I was 10 years old, my best friend Billy moved into a nearby apartment that had a huge fish tank built into the back patio. His mom stocked it with fish, and we used to play legos out there every afternoon. You see back in the 80s, we didn't have these legos for pussies you guys have now. You knew you were playing with space legos because some pieces were translucent, and the little yellow dudes had helmets. That's how you figured that out. And one day, we discovered that the plastic nozzle at the end of the fish tank air compressor fit quite snuggly into the centrally placed hole on this certain ubiquitous lego piece. This thing: http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/970632_1_x_2_Beams. Not airtight, but enough that tightly built lego constructs would pressurize sufficient to keep water out. Out first undersea mission featured two bewildered grasshoppers manning a decidedly boxy submarine. We put a window in it for them, which I can only suppose in retrospect magnified their terror. It seemed important to me at the time that they be able to visually participate in the process. They returned dry and alive. Two weeks later, a veritable grasshopper Rapture spread across the fish tank bottom, powered by three compressors and populated by over a hundred grasshoppers. Enough water and humidity squeezed in to keep them alive, bolstered by random heaps of greens we hurled into the airlocks. A month after that, a freak accident broke open one of the corridors, sending the entire population into the merciless sea, to be devoured by a large parrotfish named Gertrude. Gertrude died the next day, presumably of indigestion. Legos own. RIP Grasshopper Atlantis & Gertrude. 
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physeter posted:When I was 10 years old, my best friend Billy moved into a nearby apartment that had a huge fish tank built into the back patio. His mom stocked it with fish, and we used to play legos out there every afternoon. You see back in the 80s, we didn't have these legos for pussies you guys have now. You knew you were playing with space legos because some pieces were translucent, and the little yellow dudes had helmets. That's how you figured that out. This is my New Favorite Post.  , totally worth it.
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Captain Invictus posted:If it plays out similar to the old Lego Magazine comics of the Lego Maniac from the 90s, where it's a FUNKY FRESH HIP KID WITH SUNGLASSES AND SKATEBOARD AND RADICAL HAIR who can take apart cars and poo poo and build like, a robot cage or starship out of the pieces, I'd be all for that. Savin' the day, the Lego way. Lego Island The Movie
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Time Cowboy posted:Kristen Stewart: If Kristen Stewart is cast as Forest Wench, I'm forgiving her for every other role she's ever mumbled through. I'd go saucier, though. Penelope Cruz, maybe. Anne Hathaway.
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physeter posted:When I was 10 years old, my best friend Billy moved into a nearby apartment that had a huge fish tank built into the back patio. His mom stocked it with fish, and we used to play legos out there every afternoon. You see back in the 80s, we didn't have these legos for pussies you guys have now. You knew you were playing with space legos because some pieces were translucent, and the little yellow dudes had helmets. That's how you figured that out. I have two tabs open currently with SA threads I've been reading, this one and "What's the strangest way someone you've known has died?". I forgot that I had the LEGO one open, and I kept wondering where the hell your story was going and what kind of Rube Goldbergian series of events was to unfold before me. Then, serendipitously, there was fish death.  Sorry about the fish death.
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A LEGO movie seems odd, but I'm sure they could find a way to make it fun, ie: Michael Bay. What really caught my eye in that article was this: quote:action fantasy movie Paradise Lost, based on John Milton’s famous poem, with Bradley Cooper, Casey Affleck and Dominic Purcell. What? What? How is... why...? 
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Sexual Lorax posted:If Kristen Stewart is cast as Forest Wench, I'm forgiving her for every other role she's ever mumbled through. Cast Kiera Knightley and you'd save a bundle on duct tape.
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If the film isn't a straight up adaptation of The Unknown Galaxy, I'm going to be very disappointed.  
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This must've been posted here before, but I ran into this guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerac/ Samples: Syrena 104 with full interior  MECHANIZED Wh40K Predator tank Video of the 40K Marine army, also the Predator in action Just had to share.  Pierzak fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Nov 17, 2011 |
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This is a real long shot, but for any South  goons; the (unofficial) LEGO store in Tea Tree Gully has 25% of EVERYTHING - including old discontinued sets. It's pretty rad.
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Pierzak posted:This must've been posted here before, but I ran into this guy: Holy poo poo. That car's impressive enough, but those Space Marines and Orkz are amazing. And that tank is pretty good too.
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CADPAT posted:Live action? I don't see how that can not suck. What are the chances that the LEGO in the movie is now some some sort of super weapon like how the green lantern ring functions. If you thing of it some cosmic entity builds it for you.
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Sockser posted:Well that's a little disturbing.  Anyways, are those new Dinosaur sets out yet? I'm getting a craving for Jurassic Park.
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Vaerai Archon posted:What are the chances that the LEGO in the movie is now some some sort of super weapon like how the green lantern ring functions. If you thing of it some cosmic entity builds it for you. Maybe if it was to be a horror movie of some sort. Imagine the above picture, ready to murder. Look at the hate in those little beady black eyes, look at that simple little smile glistening with menace.
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IronSaber posted:Well that's a little disturbing. They are, I was in the Woodbridge Lego Store today and they had them in stock and on the shelves.
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Schindler's Fist posted:Is that.. is he... I've GIS'd both these images but cannae find them - can you link me to their original page please, I want to share them with an astro-friend. Ta! :edit: I'm a fecking retard. http://www.legospace.com/en-us/Gallery/Default.aspx if anyone else wanted to know
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Man, what the hell is up with the prices for the Dino sets? The Raptor Chase has 259 pieces for $29.99, and the Triceratops Trapper has 271 for...$49.99. What the gently caress. The triceratops is nice enough, but not that nice.
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Man, what the hell is up with the prices for the Dino sets? The Raptor Chase has 259 pieces for $29.99, and the Triceratops Trapper has 271 for...$49.99. What the gently caress. The triceratops is nice enough, but not that nice. T-Rex Hunter is almost as bad. 480 pieces, $70. $80 if you buy at TRU. The Dino Defense HQ is a much better deal: 793 pieces for $100, and you get a T-Rex, a Raptor, and a...mini-raptor? Deinonychus? You're paying a significant premium for the large, one-use molds for the dinos (although they're probably made in China). To make matters worse, the dinos in Dino Defense HQ are all different colors than the dinos in their individual sets! Bastards! TRU also had two of the new Ninjago sets, which are some pretty slick-looking vehicles for the Ninja. I guess they got tired of dealing with temperamental dragons and went to the Ninja Car Lot. I picked up the red cycle and black car, as well as the Raptor Chase and Ambush Attack. I'll pick up the other Dino sets during a sale.
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Found out about Ichiban toys (http://www.ichibantoys.com) earlier this week from the Lego subreddit and promptly purchased this set. I call it 'To boldLEGO where no man has gone before'. I'm sure someone already beat me to the pun, anyhow: To boldLEGO where no man has gone before... by Senior Kabong, on Flickr
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I finally coughed up the $10 optional payment for Toranomaki. http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/legostudio/toranomaki/en/index.html If you don't know what it is, you should download it. And if you use it, you should pay for it. Good stuff. Has anyone bought/looked at the published versions of this?
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Hey guys, today only: 25% off all LEGO at Chapters.Indigo online-only. I joined the Millennium Falcon club today 
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I dropped by Union Square in San Francisco today where they're building a 12ft tall Lego Yoda dressed as Santa Claus, they're asking the general public to help build the super ricks that the master builders are assembling into the final model. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsWZ04NwyCw illectro fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Nov 19, 2011 |
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ROCKET SCIENCE
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