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That poo poo would have been repetitive especially the red frame.
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Is a giant rocket like that generally hollow or solid?
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mik posted:Which of the current modulars is objectively the best? I really want the Pet Shop but I have a feeling it's number probably the 'worst' of the current three in terms of value and 'fun' (definition may vary). Definitely the Grand Emporium. The Pet Shop (which I just built) feels smaller and while it has some great details, the unfinished house next door is really bland and forgettable. The Grand Emporium has so many amazing details on the outside and inside. It's better than the Green Grocer, though I love having them next to each other.
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  New things in the instructions...New bits at each stage are surrounded with a red line, and black bricks have a white line around the studs. After trying to rebuild my MTT I really wish they did this before, IDing dark bley from black is a pain. Jut fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jan 13, 2012 |
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Voodoo posted:Is a giant rocket like that generally hollow or solid? I'm sure the rocket itself isn't completely solid to cut down on the weight, but it's hard to say what wort of internal structure he went with. Also 120,000 pieces, goddamn  . That's my entire collection in one build.
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Jut posted:New things in the instructions...New bits at each stage are surrounded with a red line, and black bricks have a white line around the studs. Wow, that's good to hear. Hope it applies to other new sets as well.
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At the family home, I have a bunch of mid 70's sets all jumbled together from my youth. Does anyone think it's worth looking through them and finding rare poo poo and maybe selling it? Or is it not worth the effort? (When me or my brother eventually hand them down to our kids, I don't think they'll value the rare ones any more than the other 1000's.)
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oooh just found an orange brick separator in it too
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Jan 13, 2012 17:19
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smackfu posted:Does anyone think it's worth looking through them and finding rare poo poo and maybe selling it? Or is it not worth the effort? If you have to ask, then the answer for you is probably no. Not that you won't be able to sell them, but realistically if you just want to get rid of them, list them as-is in bulk. If you had the original boxes and instructions still then it might be worth it for a few sets, but even then I'd imagine you'd be lucky to get MSRP for most of them. If you're asking if their monetary value is greater than their usefulness as hand-me-downs, its hard to say. Personally I would rather pass on the collection than sell it, since it would be that more lego my kids could enjoy.
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InfinEight posted:If you're asking if their monetary value is greater than their usefulness as hand-me-downs, its hard to say. Personally I would rather pass on the collection than sell it, since it would be that more lego my kids could enjoy.
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Jan 13, 2012 18:08
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Jut posted:Is that orange hair made of plastic or rubber? It looks plastic but I've been wrong about that before.
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Jan 13, 2012 19:04
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Jut posted:
IDing dark grey from black isn't as hard as it was before because I been putting my old sets together for my son and I had a massive Star Wars collection of the classic ships an a lot of it was dark grey and black. Just got to have the right lighting on the manual and looking at the picture on the front of the manual helped out a lot. Pics to come of the massive collection all built. But I know the pain that you speak of. And a pain it is.
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VaultAggie posted:Is that orange hair made of plastic or rubber? It looks plastic but I've been wrong about that before. plastic
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Jan 13, 2012 19:31
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smackfu posted:No, I mean more like pass on 99% of them to kids, and sell the 1% that are "rare" and worth $5 a piece, because kids don't appreciate rare as much as adults. But I'm not sure if there are really that many $5 pieces that it would be worth the effort... It's definitely possible you have some rare pieces, but your best bet is to try and figure out what sets you had first. Try looking on http://www.peeron.com/ or http://brickset.com/ to see if you can remember some sets you might have had, then you can check http://www.bricklink.com to see what the sets are currently selling for, or to see if any of those sets had particularly rare pieces. If it looks like you have some pricey rare stuff, then it'd be worth seeing if you can track the parts down.
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Jan 13, 2012 20:00
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Good idea, I've been looking through the old sets. I never realized that I had practically all of the early Space ones. Big ones for Xmas and BDay, small ones to bribe me at various points. And yikes, I'm glad I never got this one.  http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=565-1 The one from 27 years later is a little better: http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=7468-1
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Jan 13, 2012 20:41
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I guess you have to share hammocks in the 3 person LEM.
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Jut posted:Bride's dress is on backwards.
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Jan 13, 2012 20:48
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Front with spares Inside  Right, verdict so far. It's been a nice build with very little repetition. I like the simple workings of the elevator, and the simple but effective furniture. I think the inclusion of a brick separator was nice, as is the red lines in the instruction book to show you what to add next, and the white highlights on the black pieces. I do have one big problem though...I was missing the following pieces 1 1x1 light bley brick 3 2x1 light bley brick 1 1x8 light bley brick This were replaced from my own collection. The bags were sealed (I always check), and the instructions were followed exactly (I checked several times). I think there is a problem with the instructions themselves, and here's why. My spare pieces included 3 L shaped light bley bricks and a 1x6 light bley brick. These are not common spares, usually you are left with little plates and the like. Secondly, look at this picture  Notice anything odd? They stacked two 1x8 bricks on top of each other, which is something never seen. Here it is in the instructions (and this is the point I noticed I was missing some parts. Before  After  So it may be an idea to wait and see if anyone else experiences this problem with missing parts before jumping in on release day.
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Jan 13, 2012 20:50
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The only lego set I've ever built was the 1200 piece Vader's Advanced Tie set... Kept it on the edge of my desk and knocked that son of a bitch clean off... Never again.
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Jan 13, 2012 20:52
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The tower bridge set so far. Soo many pieces left
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To you two with the big rear end expensive sets you keep posting, I hate you. So, so much. (Please don't stop)
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smackfu posted:Good idea, I've been looking through the old sets. I never realized that I had practically all of the early Space ones. Big ones for Xmas and BDay, small ones to bribe me at various points. I don't know what you're talking about because that set owns. I collaborated with a friend (his idea, my parts) to make a mod of it for a show this year:  Also, drat you Jut for getting the City Hall so soon! Is that main color dark orange? Because, if it is, I will love that set forever.
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Jan 13, 2012 23:52
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poo poo!!! I forgot about how much I loved Legos! Thanx for reminding me, Heading to China-Mart now to pick some up so I.... My kids... can play with them.
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Togaparty27 posted:poo poo!!! I forgot about how much I loved Legos! Thanx for reminding me, Heading to China-Mart now to pick some up so I.... My kids... can play with them. Don't make up excuses. Own your addiction. Gush about your passion, and share it with others. You can make believers out of your 50-year-old in-laws just by explaining how cool this poo poo is.
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rickiep00h posted:Don't make up excuses. Own your addiction. Gush about your passion, and share it with others. You can make believers out of your 50-year-old in-laws just by explaining how cool this poo poo is.
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Togaparty27 posted:OK! I Love Lego's!!! Dang that feels sooo much better! First step's always the hardest. Now go get some sets and just start building. It's gotten to the point for me that my wife and in-laws usually just get me LEGO for holidays, since they know it's a safe gift that I'll definitely love. I just got some dinosaur sets for my birthday, and I have to admit, I kinda like the dinosaur figures, even if they're mainly one giant piece with legs and a head.
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Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter, the UCS kit, was on sale on lego.com (might still be) last week so I bought one. Arrived today. Meanwhile, my birthday is coming up and my wife was all "Send me a list of kits you want and I'll pick from them." Diogenes Cynicus posted:First step's always the hardest. I solved the "first step's the hardest" problem by just up and buying literally a thousand dollars worth of bulk by the pound lego as well as some sets in one go. Don't ease into it, go big or go home  Although, I was into it as a kid, so I guess that was really the first step...
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Torael_7 posted:I solved the "first step's the hardest" problem by just up and buying literally a thousand dollars worth of bulk by the pound lego as well as some sets in one go. Don't ease into it, go big or go home I have tons of LEGO from when I was a kid. And I've bought a whole lot more since then. I think my wife would really like her dining room table back at some point.
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So, one of the reasons I bought the Fire Brigade modular set first was the price. Here in the UK, it's £99.99, which at the current exchange rate makes sense when you compare it to the US price. $150 = £97~. The modular sets in the US are all a flat $149.99, but here in the UK they're differing from £99.99 up to £130. We're closer to Denmark than the US, why we gotta pay more? And why does it fluctuate so much?
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Started digging through the 110 pound pile today. I was really looking for the lime green pieces to the 4x4 Off-Roader as it's a fairly expensive kit with only a handful of specialized parts. I'd like to build it, first, then I'd like to sell it. I've found about half, but I'm worried those damned kids lost some parts. Wouldn't surprise me one bit. But in the few minutes I'd dug through a couple of bins, I'd amassed quite the collection of minifigs. At least I know it wasn't picked through. I call this "Ship of Fools"  Here's some of the guys just stood up on the first plate I grabbed. I'm sure a lot of these guys are mixed up and require piecing back together, but that's half the fun.  I don't know all the figures, but I do know that's a goddamn mint Joker standing there front and center. There's also a Grand Moff Tarkin, though he's not worth nearly so much. I think Cerebus back there is probably worth a decent amount too. Still no idea where to begin. I know I'm having a huge party on Sunday that's just an excuse for me and my friends to get drunk and build with more LEGO than we know what to do with. I figured, how often will you ever get to do that?
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einTier posted:Still no idea where to begin. I know I'm having a huge party on Sunday that's just an excuse for me and my friends to get drunk and build with more LEGO than we know what to do with. I figured, how often will you ever get to do that? As someone that has picked up a ton of lots like that, if you want to sell any of it, stick to Star Wars (out of production stuff) and maybe Batman for the best return on your time and effort. That was a screamin' deal though. My two best were a box of original Star Wars sets for $30 (sold the sets for a couple hundred at least, kept a couple), and $20 for two large bins with a bunch of Model Team and other stuff in them. Also, if you have that party, make sure you strip search everyone before they leave. Don't want any bricks walking off!
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einTier posted:Started digging through the 110 pound pile today. I was really looking for the lime green pieces to the 4x4 Off-Roader as it's a fairly expensive kit with only a handful of specialized parts. I'd like to build it, first, then I'd like to sell it. I've found about half, but I'm worried those damned kids lost some parts. Wouldn't surprise me one bit. To my untrained eye, it really looks like you might have the Death Star in that haul. Imperial guard, the black droid, Grand Moff Tarkin....drat. Also, what in the hell is the Cerebus from?
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ZarathustraFollower posted:To my untrained eye, it really looks like you might have the Death Star in that haul. Imperial guard, the black droid, Grand Moff Tarkin....drat. Also, what in the hell is the Cerebus from? As I recall thats Fluffy from the original Harry Potter line. Seeing that really makes me wish I hadnt sold my collection as a kid.
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ZarathustraFollower posted:To my untrained eye, it really looks like you might have the Death Star in that haul. Imperial guard, the black droid, Grand Moff Tarkin....drat. Also, what in the hell is the Cerebus from? Harry Potter, same with the Ogre
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Jan 14, 2012 04:02
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Might need to get me one sometime. My spartans could use a challenge.
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This arrived today  
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They're throwing in a free VW Bus with every Ninjago accessory pack now!? Wow. Gotta fill those shipping boxes, somehow, I guess.
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This is annoying me. Cerebus is a comic book aardvark. The three headed dog is Cerberus.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:They're throwing in a free VW Bus with every Ninjago accessory pack now!? Wow. Gotta fill those shipping boxes, somehow, I guess. Yeah, they're overstocked on them. Once they're out of the VW Buses, Lego will be tossing in an Imperial Shuttle when you order Clone Trooper minifig packs.
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