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pbpancho posted:I've got the old TIE, and that new one is almost completely different from it. Different wings, different wing struts, more better figs, and a better cockpit too! It looks much better than mine More minifigs across the board too!
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Anyone have ~40 dark grey 2x2 tiles they'd like to sell? That's the only part to that drat tank I can't get off Bricklink. Even if I bought all the ones out of the states, I'd still only get about halfway to the amount I need.
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einTier posted:Anyone have ~40 dark grey 2x2 tiles they'd like to sell? Did you look at 3068b? Because there's like thousands of them for sale in the states. For example: http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?sID=8730&itemID=7970766 (expensive as hell though, but there you go) Maybe you're looking at 3068a, of which there do not seem to be a lot.
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Piece variation is something you need to be extra careful about, especially if you're designing with LDraw/MLCAD and you choose one of the variants randomly. You'll end up uploading the piece list to Bricklink and then asking yourself: "Come on, how come nobody has this 1x1 with clip?" until you notice it's the 70's-80's version, discontinued and hard to find. If a piece doesn't appear, you'd rather browse for it in the BL categories.
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InfinEight posted:Now that you've got Universe Mode going, try and rebuild the same craft, but sideways like this: I attempted this but got distracted...  
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CADPAT posted:Did you look at 3068b? Because there's like thousands of them for sale in the states.
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einTier posted:Ah. That's it then. I found 3068, but didn't know there were several types. Sometimes it's rather hard to find things on bricklink. "2x2 tile" brings up a few hundred items. The trick is to switch to 'Category Summary' and select 'Tile' rather than the 'Tile, decorated' which is where most of the 10 billion 2x2 tiles are  That narrows it to 2x2 tile, 2x2 tile with groove and 2x2 tile without groove (3068, 3068b and 3068a respectively)
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Ok kinda made another model without much effort. This seems to be getting easier, or maybe it's because I took some ideas from here? Not sure if I want to make the back end of the ship a bit fatter. Also not sure if it's even the same scale as the other stuff I'm doing.    EDIT: Couldn't help myself and added a bit more length plus some internal structure improvements you cant see. I think I might have to order the pieces for this one lol.  
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Ingram posted:This seems to be getting easier, or maybe it's because I took some ideas from here? Probably both, since you're getting more used to LDD's controls and parts layout. Just keep tooling around and you'll keep learning 
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Ingram posted:Ok kinda made another model without much effort. This seems to be getting easier, or maybe it's because I took some ideas from here? drat you are improving pretty good on your old ships , even the ones where you got distracted were pretty great! and yeah, it's mostly getting used to LDD and it's quirks.Also, my plane was feeling lonely, so i started working on a dragster/racecar to go with it. I'd like some feedback on it and the plane. the people i have on skype and MSN and such are not really a large enough group to get decent feedback from and Legoons seem to now there poo poo. so please? 
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AzMiLion posted:drat you are improving pretty good on your old ships Very steampunk, I like it a lot. Of course, I don't know how you're going to get that rotary (not Wankel) engine to power the wheels, but I love the concept.
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AzMiLion posted:I like this more than your plane, but I have to say the way you attached the front wheels to the chassis would be really annoying and flimsy in real life. Also for some reason the yellow hazard tile on the back made me think of Ghostbusters.
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Nice touch on the front end with the binoculars! Also my models I build with real pieces and then translate into LDD. Usually I don't have the right colours or enough pieces to finish them fully so I do as much as I can for real then finish it off in LDD.
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einTier posted:Very steampunk, I like it a lot. Of course, I don't know how you're going to get that rotary (not Wankel) engine to power the wheels, but I love the concept. It doesn't really have a drivetrain, I could probably wedge one under there somewhere but it's a really compressed build. ninja edit: nevermind worked out how to cram one in there  Ingram posted:Nice touch on the front end with the binoculars! It's the same engine that i used on my airplane, i just really like the look of that way of setting em up. it was inspired by the little scooter thing that comes with the lunar limo(i was building that in LDD, but the instructions are a lovely quality) InfinEight posted:I like this more than your plane, but I have to say the way you attached the front wheels to the chassis would be really annoying and flimsy in real life. Also for some reason the yellow hazard tile on the back made me think of Ghostbusters. I know its flimsy, but I only build in LDD, I have no lego at the moment. so I tend to throw real world constraints out the window when building, There might be a more sturdy way of attaching it, but i'd have to see how it looks. AzMiLion fucked around with this message at 17:46 on Jan 6, 2012 |
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All I keep seeing is LEGO Battlefleet Gothic... It needs to be done.
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AzMiLion posted:I know its flimsy, but I only build in LDD, I have no lego at the moment. so I tend to throw real world constraints out the window when building, There might be a more sturdy way of attaching it, but i'd have to see how it looks. It looks good, its just that I can't help but imagine playing with it and wanting to fix that part. When did the Mall of America get such cool poo poo?  http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=493308
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Slight update on the front-end. the lampholders on the side are what the main body of the car rests on so it shouldn't sag if you wee to build it. so it has a bit more playability. And it allowed me to add a license plate! and a drivetrain 
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InfinEight posted:It looks good, its just that I can't help but imagine playing with it and wanting to fix that part. There was a total renovation and rebuild earlier in 2011, they scrapped all the old models and redid the whole store and setup. I live about 15 mins away
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rickiep00h posted:This bad boy here was my first one: Oh my loving God. This. This was my first LEGO set ever too. It just struck me like a bolt of lightning.
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Sat down and just fiddled more with my ship. Ended up with I guess the next model up in terms of space ships.  I'm definitely setting aside more non-traditional pieces now for later use. The kind that let you break the fourth wall if you could call it in terms of Lego.
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The results for the VIP Exclusive MiniFigure set are in. As chosen by the community* *Forgive my goonish cynicism but Im having a hard time believing some of these got more votes over high demand stuff like the Zombie. Or maybe Im just a douche and everyone wants even more fishermen!
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Maybe it was russian democracy? Certainly not what I voted for.
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LEGO is a BIG DEAL in major european fishing nations ...that or LEGO is loving us again 
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I don't believe any of those except the Elf and the Blacktron guy.
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Manchild King posted:I'm not a minifig collector/buyer, but drat if I don't want that gorilla. The fisherman is pretty cool too, IMO. e: £1.24 on bricklink? doesn't seem all that much of a 'VIP exclusive', rare or collectible to me SybilVimes fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Jan 6, 2012 |
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Dre2Dee2 posted:...that or LEGO is loving us again timecruisers! just think of how that mummy could be attacking that fisherman on a dock that can drive with its neon green wheels.
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I thought the fisherman was soemwhat rare and read speculation that he was more expensive to make because of the parts or something. Maybe people voting who need to fill a gap in their collection. This, of course, maybe complete fiction. He was actually the first random figure I got. Long since lost to the ravages of couch, vacuum cleaner and/or three year old.
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Manchild King posted:The results for the VIP Exclusive MiniFigure set are in. As chosen by the community* Why would you do that, the only ones I can get excited about are the blacktron guy and monkey dude. The rest are pretty generic. In other news, i think i have the car to a point where i can call it done(for now), spent about an hour fiddling with the front-wheel assembly, changed up the rear somewhat and added taillights and headlights.  the IMGUR album has a rear-view and a bottom-view as well.link
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Manchild King posted:My guess would have been something closer to this: 1. Spartan 2. Robot 3. Hazmat Guy 4. Zombie 5. Spaceman
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djfooboo posted:My guess would have been something closer to this: I don't think it was legit at all. Why are the winners all from Series 3? When was this poll held? Before S4? If so, I would have expected the winners to be 1) Zombie 2) Spartan 3) Spaceman Toss-up for the last two between Robot, Space Villain, Elf, and Mummy Even post-S6, I would have pegged Zombie, Spartan, Gladiator, and Roman Soldier as the top 4 simply out of a desire to army-build. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jan 7, 2012 |
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Pyroclastic posted:Even post-S6, I would have pegged Zombie, Spartan, Gladiator, and Roman Soldier as the top 4 simply out of a desire to army-build. My gorilla army could take them all down.
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Obviously it was vote for what you want and we will pick from what we don't have to reproduce or isn't over X cost per unit. It is pretty much a fancy way to clear overhead stock.
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Isn't the gorilla a guy in a suit? I'm surprised the lizardmen didn't get there, those guys are great.
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McDragon posted:Isn't the gorilla a guy in a suit? I'm surprised the lizardmen didn't get there, those guys are great. Yeah, but you can easily make it a gorilla with an all-black minifig head. Same with the lizard.
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Some classic Lego humor here. http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/01/06/collectible-minifigs-series-6-debut-as-tv-stars/
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This thread is making me want to get back into Lego really badly. Shame all my pieces are in another city. I'll definitely give LDD a go, though.
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I've never been good at building things with LEGO (other materials, yes, but not LEGO). I wind up just building whatever I have the plans for, but rarely anything I come up with in my head. I just suck at translating the idea to something physical. However, I've always been fascinated with the minifigures. I always tend to pick those up, and I try to make each figure as unique as I can. After looking over bricklink, there's a lot of heads and torsos I want to pick up. Then again, that's if I don't wind up spending the cash on the dinosaur lego sets. Regardless, I thought I'd share a few of the minifigures that I've made which I enjoy the most. They aren't as hard to make as everything else people post here since it's really just matching up the body pieces with the different heads and such, but I enjoy it. In addition to Indiana Jones, Darth Vader, SLJ and Travolta from Plup Fiction, Batman, and all of the other random minifigures, I've tried to populate my LEGO with other ones that interest me. Please excuse the use of the one pirate raft. The few figures I just finished and I'm happiest about, The Ghostbusters: Egon and Peter: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/SublimeDelusions/LEGO/DSCF2364.jpg Ray and a shot of the pack: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/SublimeDelusions/LEGO/DSCF2362.jpg http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/SublimeDelusions/LEGO/DSCF2363.jpg Winston and the Trap: http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/SublimeDelusions/LEGO/DSCF2365.jpg I knew the ghost from the old Castle set would come in handy! http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j69/SublimeDelusions/LEGO/DSCF2361.jpg I know that they have been done before, but I wanted to give it a shot. They weren't that hard. The decals for the torsos and the trap came from a guy selling them on eBay. The proton packs and goggles came from brickforge, I think. I added the hoses with simple embroidery thread and glue. The faces weren't hard. Egon and Winston were the easiest as there aren't a lot of black faces (non-basketball faces), or faces with glasses. Ray and Peter were the trickiest to come up with as I wanted to try and get a face that captured the character for me. All in all, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I may still pick up one of the newer brown hair pieces for Peter. Since I built the trap, I may as well share my plans for that one. It was a simple black 2x1 tile topped by a 1x1 black tile and a 1x1 black tile with a horizontal clip. Then I used one of those black fire-extinguisher top things in the clip and a 2x1 flat black tile to top it all. I added the embroidery thread on top of the bottom tile and secured it with the two 1x1 tiles. Then I added decals. The pedal for the trap is a simple 3 stud L-shaped tile. I used another 1x1 tile capped with a clear round stud. I secured the embroidery thread under the light grey grate tile for the pedal. I'd like to try and build the Ecto-1, but I'm not too sure if I can pull it off, and I'd want it in scale with these guys and able to fit them. But that's a different plan for another time that I will probably need help with to get it off the ground. SublimeDelusions fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Jan 7, 2012 |
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Well, that tank was a LOT more expensive than I thought it would be. The last few parts ended up being fairly expensive and I didn't even get all of them in the colors I wanted and I may never get the flex tube at all. Might have to improvise there. [edit] OH drat IT, more of the "this part isn't what you think it is." In for a penny, in for a pound, I guess. ~855 parts. drat. I didn't think it was that many parts either. einTier fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Jan 7, 2012 |
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Today I was inspired by this thread to brake out the rubbermaid tub with all my Lego from 1996-1998 in it. gently caress me, it's mixed in with a bunch of lovely old Tyco bricks. I've got 90% of the UFO and Insectoid themes in there, in addition to an Explorien Starship and that big RoboForce mech with the big trans neon green canopy. It took me two hours to dig out half the parts for this little bastard right here:  Now my hands are all hosed up and I still don't have all the bits I need to finish it. Ow. It's cool though cause I found a bunch of minifigs and a little motor-tricycle that I probably stole from school, awesome!
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