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The double-leg is really bumming me out, but it's good to hear confirmation of the return of the outlines.
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Taeke posted:Can you put one of those heads on a normal minifig? I'm interested in seeing the comedic effect. No, you can't. I don't think they could have designed it to work that way because of how thin the minidoll torsos are. The standard minifig neck is the same diameter as a stud. The minidoll necks are 3mm, like lightsaber blades and everything else that clips into a minifig hand.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:No, you can't. I don't think they could have designed it to work that way because of how thin the minidoll torsos are. The standard minifig neck is the same diameter as a stud. The minidoll necks are 3mm, like lightsaber blades and everything else that clips into a minifig hand.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:
Has anyone told Lieutenant Williams that his new haircut is just fabulous?
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Nada Mucho posted:Cool light. I got my son the ideas book (okay, I got it for him AND me) and man am I disappointed. I bought it sight-unseen assuming that a nice thick book of ideas from master builders around the world would be full of mind blowing design and techniques or at least some awesome lego-porn of huge builds. My 5 year old really likes the book. He picks out portions of the scenes and tries to build them, there was a pond or something, I came into the livingroom and he had built 20 ducks, none the same, some of them were better than the one in the book.
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Just got back from the Indy Lego store where I spent $50 on the Wall, a pack of three build-your-owns (finally got the S1 Caveman that way), and a couple discounted games. And I haven't even opened the two huge, deeply discounted Space and Atlantis sets I got myself for Christmas. Fuckin' Skyrim. e: I may have to get a Friends set or two just for all the ladybugs. I will build a tiny space fleet of ladybugs vs. frogs. Speaking of Skyrim I found a thing  As great and detailed as it is, what sticks out to me most are the snakes. Saint Sputnik fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Jan 2, 2012 |
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ivantod posted:It's not a taxi, it's a delivery truck: http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/6624-1. I just picked a random set from the appropriate era that contains black pieces. While cleaning up some junk my mom found in the attic, I found the instructions for this. 
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Well, if we are just posting pics of our favorite space sets... I have many of the earliest Space sets, but this one was always my favorite. When I got this for xmas as a kid, I remember being in awe over all that pretty dark blue trans. As for books, when playing with some of my MOCs, the nephew asked me "where do you get your instructions from?". Took me a while to realize that he couldn't grasp that made them all from scratch. So for xmas, I got him this book: The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide It's a very good general guide to basic building techniques, as well as some good advice on MOCing. I like it! Since I'm mostly a Technic builder, I bought a copy for myself to bone up on some basic system techniques.
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♫Your love is lifting me higher...
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Squashy Nipples posted:Well, if we are just posting pics of our favorite space sets... I have many of the earliest Space sets, but this one was always my favorite. Well, if we are just posting links to our favourite LEGO books  then I'd recommend this one:http://www.isogawastudio.co.jp/legostudio/toranomaki/en/ It doesn't really have complete sets, rather it shows various building techniques. The PDF is 'free' to download from the site, but author asks to pay $10 if you actually use the book.
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It's not really my favorite set, but this guy is pretty much the only Lego set I remember as a kid: I got it for Christmas in kindergarten and I only remember it because, while my dad helped me put it together, he ripped the instructions apart.  Never could figure out why. They were neat tears on creases too, like he was trying to split up the work between us or something, but he pretty much destroyed the pictures for a couple of the steps. Maybe he was teaching me independence because I certainly never asked him for help on Lego or model kits again. 
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Cthulu Carl posted:It's not really my favorite set, but this guy is pretty much the only Lego set I remember as a kid: That one is probably the first Lego set that I remember having (not counting Duplo).
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The_Doctor posted:♫Your love is lifting me higher... Nice use of a feather plume for the flame.
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On the nostalgia trip, this was my first Lego set, I got Christmas 1978. My parents got it by saving up vouchers on a breakfast cereal. Back in those days Lego didnt think to make the minifigs fit in the vehicles! I got my son Slave 1 for Xmas this year- fun build and he hasn't stopped playing with it, especially the Bossk minifig.
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:Nice use of a feather plume for the flame. That isn't new though; a bunch of sets have done fire that way I thought.
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Jan 2, 2012 21:39
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ZarathustraFollower posted:That isn't new though; a bunch of sets have done fire that way I thought. Indeed, the City Advent Calendar had a fireplace last year that used the plume as fire thing. Incidentally, that was a much more 'christmassy' advent calendar than this year's cops and robbers themed one.
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The_Doctor posted:Indeed, the City Advent Calendar had a fireplace last year that used the plume as fire thing. Incidentally, that was a much more 'christmassy' advent calendar than this year's cops and robbers themed one. Cops and robbers was definitely weird. The dog was pretty cool though.
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Cthulu Carl posted:I got it for Christmas in kindergarten and I only remember it because, while my dad helped me put it together, he ripped the instructions apart. Here's my favorite basic LEGO set from when I was a kid: The FX-Star Patroller  In my opinion, still the best of the classic space sets. The main ship came apart in two sections, a scout ship and a base station. That base station (the back of the space ship) held that little rover and the cool little robot. The robot head was something I'd never seen done before. Studs on the side was a fairly new concept, and you can see it all over this ship -- but they're not really used yet. I'll also have a very fond spot in my heart for the Lego 8860 Auto Chassis. It was fantastically complex, and 10 year old me really wasn't up to the task of building it. I rebuilt it probably once a year until I finally figured out how to build even the most complex sections (the gearbox, mainly) even if I didn't really understand what they did. So much of it was lost on me -- there was also a working differential, but gently caress me if I knew what that did. And I didn't have anyone technical enough to explain it to me. It also didn't have a lot of play value due to the size and incompatibility with virtually everything, including transformers. Still loved it and never dismantled it. Of course, it's one of the beloved sets that went up into the attic and my rear end in a top hat stepfather pilfered and gave away. 
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The_Doctor posted:Indeed, the City Advent Calendar had a fireplace last year that used the plume as fire thing. Incidentally, that was a much more 'christmassy' advent calendar than this year's cops and robbers themed one. Let's just all agree that this years city advent calendar was complete poo poo and move on with our lives. I'm still sour on that abomination.
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:Let's just all agree that this years city advent calendar was complete poo poo and move on with our lives. The only advent calendar available here was the Star Wars one, which did not strike my fancy at all either.
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I'm so jealous of you guys that got to grow up with Lego Space's golden age. I was always teased with that stuff since for years all I had were incomplete hand me downs from my older cousins, and of course the rear end end of Exploriens/RoboForce and the UFO stuff. Still, I collected the old catalogs and I stuck them up on my bedroom wall so I knew what was up. This was my first Lego set. Over the years I lost the parts (but not the minifig, which I always thought was the motherfucking poo poo with that badass jetpack) but I eventually bought another one through bricklink.  When I was in sixth grade I was at a friend's house, digging around in their basement when we found this set still in the box with the instructions. He didn't give a poo poo so he sold it to me for ten bucks! I still have most of the parts and the box and the instructions, but I'm too lazy to go digging through my giant tupperware bin to put it back together.  I still have the baseplates and a few of the printed bricks (including that awesome giant video screen) from this set my cousins had. For years I couldn't figure out what the little monorail pieces were supposed to be for.  However I was able to reassemble one set, apologies for the crappy cell phone pic: 
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:Let's just all agree that this years city advent calendar was complete poo poo and move on with our lives. 2009 had Pirates advent calender and 2010 has Kingdoms advent, hopefully we get something like that, but I see Star Wars calander becoming the "extra one" besides the city one 
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Anyone played the Heroica games? My son and I picked up the medium one and are having a total blast. The vanilla game is a little simplistic, so we added PVP rules, insta-death traps, the ability to buy back monsters you've killed and place them wherever you want, and a victory condition that requires you to escape out the entrance with the sceptre. Also, I got some classic space as a christmas present for myself.. 
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[quote="Tighclops"] I still have the baseplates and a few of the printed bricks (including that awesome giant video screen) from this set my cousins had. For years I couldn't figure out what the little monorail pieces were supposed to be for. However I was able to reassemble one set, apologies for the crappy cell phone pic: Oooooh I had that kit as a kid, it seriously owned.
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star wars does have a confirmed 2012 advent calender so licensed is once again bullying out classic themes  I rebuilt my unimog most of the day today since I had dismantled a lot of it for parts and be damned if I somehow ended up with 2 spare 7 long studless bricks. whoops.
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ZarathustraFollower posted:That isn't new though; a bunch of sets have done fire that way I thought. I'm used to the tall flames from the '90s. 2011 is when I exited my dark age for the second time. "Pay me to work with several thousands worth of Mind Storms? Where do I sign up?"
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Merchant of Death posted:star wars does have a confirmed 2012 advent calender so licensed is once again bullying out classic themes I love original Lego themes, but the odds are that without the money coming in from licensed themes, there wouldn't even be classic themes any more.
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ChuckDHead posted:I love original Lego themes, but the odds are that without the money coming in from star wars, there wouldn't even be classic themes any more. Fixed that for you. Star Wars is the only licensed theme that's hung around. The rest were gone in a year, occasionally two, presumably because they were not holding their sales figures.
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I don't really have much space in my apartment for big sets, so I like to buy minifigs and small sets from different themes. Today I picked up a Seabed Strider from the Atlantis theme for $10. Really neat little set. The robot the explorer guy rides on converts from a sort of mech robot to an underwater glider.
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Jut posted:Fixed that for you. Star Wars is the only licensed theme that's hung around. The rest were gone in a year, occasionally two, presumably because they were not holding their sales figures. Harry Potter had a good run too.
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Just went to Target and nothing really stuck out at me (except the Sphinx set for $30). I got the Harry Potter impulse pack for $1, and picked up Isla de Muerte since I figured it would be worth it at least for the minifigs. Are the stand pieces from the collectible series common enough I can order a bunch on Bricklink?  The Isla build was ok, a little frustrating since it seemed like the parts were scattered around. Also the box seemed thicker than normal, and didn't open into a tray like they usually do. 
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Jut posted:Fixed that for you. Star Wars is the only licensed theme that's hung around. The rest were gone in a year, occasionally two, presumably because they were not holding their sales figures. One day I hope some maniac produces a feature length stop motion animated film that consists of all the original Space themes teaming up to destroy Star Wars.
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Jut posted:Fixed that for you. Star Wars is the only licensed theme that's hung around. The rest were gone in a year, occasionally two, presumably because they were not holding their sales figures. Batman has come back though and I can see lego doing this more often in the future, have a licensed series for a year bring it back 5 years later with no real redesign and get to charge 25-50% more because its licensed. Star wars will likely never go away, and I do love the UCS sets for the most part. This year we might be getting a UCS b-wing and R2D2
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Merchant of Death posted:UCS b-wing Yeah OK, the Lego group can have all my money
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Just had an epiphany. Superhero advent calendar!
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Merchant of Death posted:Batman has come back though and I can see lego doing this more often in the future, have a licensed series for a year bring it back 5 years later with no real redesign and get to charge 25-50% more because its licensed. The UCS have always been either stupidly expensive (see the star destroyers), or have a stupid price/parts ratio (see jedi starfighter). I've just never been able to justify the cost. Speaking of Batman...gently caress this set http://www.bricklink.com/catalogPG.asp?S=7888-1 444 pieces and it's fetching upwards of £150. That tumbler looks awesome too:(
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Cleaning up on post-Christmas sales (and especially returns). Got these so far:   All for half price or better. Palpatine's Shuttle and the Fire Temple were both fairly complex builds that my wife and I did (the Shuttle and dragon both have high swooshability, too), and Plo Koon's was built entirely by my daughter. And just for the hell of it, I dug through my collection and managed to build this guy:  Nearly 20 years later, and I was missing three parts. Feels good, man. Just don't ask me to rebuild my Technic sets. They seem to have disappeared, for the most part.
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Sloppy posted:Anyone played the Heroica games? My son and I picked up the medium one and are having a total blast. The vanilla game is a little simplistic, so we added PVP rules, insta-death traps, the ability to buy back monsters you've killed and place them wherever you want, and a victory condition that requires you to escape out the entrance with the scepter. My sons and I have all four of the first series and love them. We also found the basic rules to be simplistic, so we mix in "monsters" from other sets (scorpions, snakes, rats, etc.) and add new types of potions.  The first set I can remember was an old police station. Gotta love that motorcycle.  As far as favorites, I was mostly a castle junkie, so I would go with the Monarch's castle. Many sieges were endured against the combined might of the Lions, Falcons and Forestmen...  If I did have to pick a non-castle set, it would be the M-Tron Particle Ioniser. Helicopters....in space! So crazy, but it works. 
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Jut posted:The UCS have always been either stupidly expensive (see the star destroyers), or have a stupid price/parts ratio (see jedi starfighter). I've just never been able to justify the cost. I picked up 10030 back in the day for $300 when it was still being sold, so 10 cents per part wasnt horrible, same thing with 10179 it was on sale for the may4th star wars day deal last year. I picked up the jedi starfighter after christmas on sale too. I do try to pick them up though when I cross into america because its more resonable price wise. I had to bricklink most of the snowspeeder but swapped out the bitch to find orange with red and dark grey and I am planing to do something similar with the blockade runner
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