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Rythe posted:Here is a close up view of a single piece. Look like some fantastic pieces for recessed ceiling lights if you can fit an LED in that center hole.
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The_Doctor posted:It's such a fun set, next on the list is the Pet Shop for sure. Do you not fancy the Emporium, or do you already have it?
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Testro posted:Do you not fancy the Emporium, or do you already have it? I want the Brownstone-y goodness of the house that comes with the Pet Shop. The Emporium is nice (although I'm getting 100 less bricks than the Fire Station for £32 more, which doesn't seem fair somehow). Cost is a huge issue for me, and the Pet Shop looks more fun. EDIT: awesome, new page! Last one was becoming slow to load with the many huge pictures. The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 00:44 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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Just got a text from my girlfriend that while I was at work she went to the Lego store and felt for all 16 of the new mini figs to pick up for me. I think that is a very nerdy definition of love. So yeah, Series 6 are officially on Lego store shelves...
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I decided to make another MOC in LDD today. The paneling surrounding the cockpit can unfold...  ...Allowing the cockpit to eject! 
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That thing owns. A lot. It reminds me of the crazy ships you'd see in Oban Star-Racers.
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Well Manicured Man posted:I decided to make another MOC in LDD today. I love this thing. Can you post a breakdown of the cockpit? I need a primer on SNOT techniques.
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:I love this thing. Can you post a breakdown of the cockpit? I need a primer on SNOT techniques. Sure thing. Hope this is easy enough to follow. 
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Alwaysss loved legos as a kid and building anything, airplane & tank models, 40k miniatures and I'm glad i came across this thread. One question, i saw bricklink but I need just a mass set to get started. Any suggestions? I checked out Ebay and saw some sales but wasn't sure what people's experiences were? Looking to spend ~$100 starting out.
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What themes did you enjoy as a kid SockFight? I would go for a castle or pirate ship set if you can find a good deal. If you just want good parts and minifigs aren't a huge deal for you, I would look at the creator sets. Then just get whatever one has lots of the colours you like to use. I tend to personally like the ones that give you lots of parts in more natural colours, browns, tan, greys, green. I generally find better deals for new in box sets on Bricklink than on Ebay.
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I agree with Manchild King. Get a set you want or, if no themes grab your fancy, go for creator. See if you can find the Sonic Boom, you should be able to get it for under $100, according to amazon.
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Well Manicured Man posted:The paneling surrounding the cockpit can unfold... ENGAGE DEATH BLOSSOM MODE
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For anyone in the UK ASDA is currently selling the Alien Conquest Mothership for £29. I was just in the Bolton store and they had a dozen or so in stock. Seemed like a good deal.
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Woohoo, good luck for me hopping back into Lego. Just found a dude selling a Lego Creation Tower Bridge set who needs money ASAP. $100 for a ~$300 set! I just hope he doesn't like stab me or something when we meet for the transaction.
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Well I was browsing the used adds and I found what I think was my very first Lego set. I knew I had a bunch of space classic WAYY back, but all I knew is I had the parts, but not what they were. When I saw the picture I had a huge flashback. I think I might still have all the parts for it!
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That's an excellent parts set, too, as long as you're looking for tan. It has 556 tan cheese slopes alone. I've finished my first Friends MOC. I'm trying to apply what we know about the characters to more exciting settings than just "the cafe, the house and the vet." It is in that spirit that I bring you Mia's "Beauty"   Taking her concerns for animal health and welfare to the skies, Mia teams up with veteran gunner Oscar (yes, the hedgehog has a name) and takes to the skies in "Beauty" a retro-inspired, environmentally conscious low-emission long range scout.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:I've finished my first Friends MOC. I'm trying to apply what we know about the characters to more exciting settings than just "the cafe, the house and the vet." It is in that spirit that I bring you Mia's "Beauty" This is really, really cool. I don't have a lot more to say than that, but I felt like it should be said.
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Had a slow afternoon.     Yeah, I take brand loyalty pretty seriously. I found two Megabloks mixed in with my old childhood lego I hadn't gone through for ages. Just separating them wasn't good enough. They had to be DESTROYED.
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Xenophon, that's because mere words cannot convey the coolness of it.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:So rad. I lost it at the 'hoggles.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:That's an excellent parts set, too, as long as you're looking for tan. It has 556 tan cheese slopes alone.
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More hedgehog based MOCs please.
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Is it bad that I want to buy that set for the plane, but want to throw the minifig in the trash?
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Shuppiluliumas posted:That's an excellent parts set, too, as long as you're looking for tan. It has 556 tan cheese slopes alone. Is that a *gun* turret manned by the hedgehog?!?
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Jut posted:Is that a *gun* turret manned by the hedgehog?!? Yes, and I'd advise against any snide comments. He's a bit prickly, you see. On a related note, my girlfriend is obsessed with hedgehogs, so I'd like to echo the "more hedgehog MOCs" sentiment.
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What are everyone's thoughts on the Black Pearl set? I found it at Walmart on sale and picked it up, just finished piecing it together. It's the first set I've picked up with actual minifigs since starting to build again, and I can see why everyone likes them so much now. There's a ton of detail and cool pieces for these little guys -- I particularly like the shark-head man from the set. Also these new spring-loaded cannons are awesome, how long have those things been around?
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Frocious posted:Also these new spring-loaded cannons are awesome, how long have those things been around? Uhh, about twenty years dude. My first ever pirate set had one! But I'm really happy with the Pearl as well. It and the Queen Anne's Revenge are fantastic sets. All we need now is a Flying Dutchman!
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GlenMR posted:Uhh, about twenty years dude. My first ever pirate set had one! The spring-loaded ones? No way. I had tons of pirate sets growing up, and all I have at home are a bunch of regular grey cannons. They have the same base and the exact same shape, but these are the first ones I've seen that actually shoot. Maybe I just never had the right set. 
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They've definitely been around since the late 80s-ish or so, but I heard they didn't make it into many US sets because of child safety laws or something. None of mine fired either.
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Ahh, that sucks for you guys then, we definitely had them in Australia. The only difference I can see is that it's a darker gray.
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Holy poo poo, this whole thread would have driven 10-year old me nuts. I've scourged through all my old LEGO sets just to find out my nephews have stolen all my minifigs, there go all my skeletons and orange transparent chainsaws.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Found via Brother's Brick, congrats on the feature. djfooboo fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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Frocious posted:What are everyone's thoughts on the Black Pearl set? I found it at Walmart on sale and picked it up, just finished piecing it together. It's the first set I've picked up with actual minifigs since starting to build again, and I can see why everyone likes them so much now. There's a ton of detail and cool pieces for these little guys -- I particularly like the shark-head man from the set. Also these new spring-loaded cannons are awesome, how long have those things been around? The original Black seas barracuda had spring loaded cannons. I don't thin the BP is better than the BSB but it's pretty good. What does annoy me is Lego's tradition of not providing a full set of cannons for the ship:(
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Shuppiluliumas posted:That's an excellent parts set, too, as long as you're looking for tan. It has 556 tan cheese slopes alone. God drat you, now I have to get some Friends sets. I originally had no intention of doing so.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:That's an excellent parts set, too, as long as you're looking for tan. It has 556 tan cheese slopes alone. I feel like the flying goggles on the hedgehog pretty much single-handedly redeems the existence of the Friends line. Nice work. ChuckDHead fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Jan 10, 2012 |
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I bet the hedgehog poops all over the ball turret, though. They're going to have to wash him out with a hose. But yes, that's pretty awesome.
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Jut posted:The original Black seas barracuda had spring loaded cannons. I don't thin the BP is better than the BSB but it's pretty good. What does annoy me is Lego's tradition of not providing a full set of cannons for the ship:( I was going to dispute this but then I looked it up and you are in fact right. I don't remember it having shooting barrels though and we played with those like crazy! I'll have to check the parts when I get home.
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Well Manicured Man posted:I decided to make another MOC in LDD today. Manchild King posted:Had a slow afternoon.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:How did you do the cockpit there? How do those parts stay on?
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CADPAT posted:I was going to dispute this but then I looked it up and you are in fact right. I don't remember it having shooting barrels though and we played with those like crazy! I'll have to check the parts when I get home. All the first wave of Pirates sets had cannons that fired. I'd stage wars between the BSB and the Caribbean Clipper + Eldorado Fortress, and they all had working cannons. Then one day they stopped making them
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