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Has anyone heard if they plan on doing another large AT-ST at some point? Both of the main sets they've released so far are ugly as poo poo.
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Spaceman Future! posted:$88? Where? Target has it for $50, are you overseas? Yup, Australia.
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Feb 14, 2012 04:45
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Christ, the star wars sets that just hit the shelves, and all that stuff coming out, and the city lego, and, and, and..... I need to convince my wife to let me have a bigger fun money budget. 
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Feb 14, 2012 04:56
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SynthOrange posted:Yup, Australia. It's ridiculous how much we pay.
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Feb 14, 2012 05:23
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Speaking of Australia, anyone know the best way to avoid the horrible in-store prices?
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Feb 14, 2012 06:00
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I have a door that may or may not be bley. It may be just light grey. How do I tell the difference? Considering this means the difference between a $0.50 part and $30 part, it's kind of important I get it right.
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Feb 14, 2012 06:01
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I hate every single StarWars set that doesn't have a rerelease of Lando in the classic Cloud City suit. Lando-in-disguise is honestly just a nasty tease.
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Feb 14, 2012 06:06
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MaliciousOnion posted:Speaking of Australia, anyone know the best way to avoid the horrible in-store prices? Wait and pray for good sales. And compound discounts. E.G. Sometimes Myer will have 20% off Lego, and then another 10% (28% total) for Myer One members. And some Benefit Clubs/Entertainment Books will let you buy Myer gift cards for 5% off. So a $140 set would be reduced to $100.80 and you would buy it with a $100 gift card that cost you $95. Sometimes Fishpond, oo.com.au and other overstock sites sell below RRP, but you have to know what you're looking for and what the price point is. If anyone has other methods I'm interested too.
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Feb 14, 2012 08:02
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Big W churns through their stock a lot at slightly lower prices than usual, though it's a crapshoot as to what you'll actually get on the shelves.
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Feb 14, 2012 08:31
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RodShaft posted:Now that I think about it, is there a site that does this kind of thing? Moc's from the pieces in a specific set? Seconding this request.
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Feb 14, 2012 15:12
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http://rebrickable.com/mocs While not specific sets, it does have some fairly nice MOC's up there and if you put in what sets/bricks you have it will tell you if you have the parts to make it.
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Feb 14, 2012 15:17
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Merchant of Death posted:http://rebrickable.com/mocs Uh ok that's an awesome site. Now how about one with buildings? 
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Feb 14, 2012 15:20
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Merchant of Death posted:http://rebrickable.com/mocs That avatar helicopter needs to be in my house. That thing is awesome.
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Feb 14, 2012 19:12
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Merchant of Death posted:http://rebrickable.com/mocs I think I fell in love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYzEu9OEQGU A old style motorcycle with working mechanics? Amazing. How hard/expensive is it to get stuff from bricklink?
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Feb 14, 2012 21:18
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:I think I fell in love: It's not hard at all and I'm gonna quote myself to see if that will help: InfinEight posted:Let me see if I can help you a little: For just the motorcycle alone you can probably expect around $100 for all the parts + shipping, since those chrome parts (if you insist on chrome) will be more expensive, plus I don't know how rare those wheels or springs are. InfinEight fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Feb 14, 2012 |
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Feb 14, 2012 21:25
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LEGO stickers get so frustrating for someone with shaky hands. But it was worth it to have my own LEGO X Wing fully decked out. I wouldn't say get this kit at full price, but it is an excellent kit, even after you get past the kickass fuselage and into the less interesting wings. I went to Toys R Us thinking it would be 30% off, but it turned out it was only 10% off at the register. I got it anyway.  I don't regret it though.
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Feb 14, 2012 21:53
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:I think I fell in love: For this I would recommend buying the 8051 technic motorcyle as a base for parts. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8051-1 It looks like most of the parts came from that set and it was around $50 when it was released and toysrus might still have some on the shelves. InfinEight is right about bricklink and the chrome parts, they will jack the price up quickly. I bought a few chrome parts and used them in the past but find them distracting on the models except for a few rare cases.
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Feb 14, 2012 22:00
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Merchant of Death posted:For this I would recommend buying the 8051 technic motorcyle as a base for parts. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8051-1 It looks like most of the parts came from that set and it was around $50 when it was released and toysrus might still have some on the shelves. Awesome, thanks guys! I don't think the chrome is that "must-have" anyway.
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Feb 14, 2012 23:15
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My 2 year old might not like his Duplos, but today I found him on top of the kitchen table, happily playing with my Atlantis set. He had pulled a chair out in order to climb up. Clever boy...
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Feb 14, 2012 23:55
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http://rebrickable.com/sets/brunojj1/panzerkampfwagen-iv-tiger-tank You are missing 723 of 1248 pieces (have 42.1%) required to build this set. Well gently caress. It is missing a ton of pieces from sets I have but are not in their database yet and everything that's not visible can be replaced with another color, but still 
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Feb 15, 2012 00:05
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Yeah so my wife is pretty bad rear end, instead of the lovely chocolate and undying love you get on Valentines Day she went with this Well I guess buying your 28 year old husband some expensive Lego is a form of undying love in my opinion.
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Feb 15, 2012 00:27
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I didn't post this earlier for fear of the rarer pieces skyrocketing on bricklink, but I was just being silly. Don't buy the new X-Wing, build this instead:     Parts list is linked on this page http://gizmodo.com/5875013/how-to-build-the-best-lego-x+wing-ever Instructions (close enough) here: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=493509&n=47
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That looks pretty sweet, all right. I may have to check my parts and see if I can put it together...Rythe posted:Yeah so my wife is pretty bad rear end, instead of the lovely chocolate and undying love you get on Valentines Day she went with this  awesome wife buddy.I mean, a different wife, obviously. But still awesome. mynnna fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 15, 2012 |
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Feb 15, 2012 00:41
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Rythe posted:Yeah so my wife is pretty bad rear end, instead of the lovely chocolate and undying love you get on Valentines Day she went with this Your wife knows what's up.
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Feb 15, 2012 00:45
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My girlfriend and I had fun building the T-rex I got her for valentine's. Lego is a perfect couples activity.
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Feb 15, 2012 00:56
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Lizard Combatant posted:I didn't post this earlier for fear of the rarer pieces skyrocketing on bricklink, but I was just being silly. He was at Kidsfest Hartford in December with a lot of his planes and that x-wing and they all rock. I say build his just because it doesn't use that horrible canopy every x-wing uses.
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If I had the parts, I'd be modifying the new X Wing's engine intakes to be like his instead of crappy stickers.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:He was at Kidsfest Hartford in December with a lot of his planes and that x-wing and they all rock. I say build his just because it doesn't use that horrible canopy every x-wing uses. The canopy is my favorite part... or maybe the nose. Gotta get that canopy before people buy them out!
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Feb 15, 2012 01:23
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Lizard Combatant posted:The canopy is my favorite part... or maybe the nose. Gotta get that canopy before people buy them out! The old yellow canopy is pretty common, so there's probably no danger of that. He wanted to use the trans black one that came in the UCS Snowspeeder, but there's only one on BL right now... for $60.
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Feb 15, 2012 01:40
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Shuppiluliumas posted:The old yellow canopy is pretty common, so there's probably no danger of that. He wanted to use the trans black one that came in the UCS Snowspeeder, but there's only one on BL right now... for $60. Phew, yeah I saw the trans-black when I built it in LDD and I kind of like the yellow better anyway.
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Nthing the love for the garbage truck aet. I picked it up a few days ago because it looked like a good deal. I was surprised to see the green used is a brighter shade I've never seen before. I liked it so much I had to recycle it almost immediately into this:   The Mayfly; my 2nd attempt at a snotty micro-scale battleship.
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Rebrickable is really cool, I saw it linked here before but I forgot the name so thanks for bringing it back up. I just put in my sets and decided to see what I could make. I mostly saw small sets, but what caught my eye was this top. I built it and it works INCREDIBLY WELL, I didn't think lego bricks were going to make for a good top. I spun it and my dog was watching it really intently. As soon as it stopped, he barked at it a lot then picked it up and threw it so it broke. I got a video if anyone wants to see this top in action, but let's be honest you really just wanna see my dog. I immediately had to pick up the pieces to make sure he didn't eat any. The top is now reassembled.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I didn't post this earlier for fear of the rarer pieces skyrocketing on bricklink, but I was just being silly. How much would it be to put that thing together?
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It's a 750 part build, thereabouts. Nothing on it looks particularly out of the ordinary, at least looking at it. I have no idea what kind of rates you can get from bricklink, but its a starting point.
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Feb 15, 2012 06:39
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What's with the darker pole piece on the bottom right gun? Doesn't seem like someone that put that much work into such a cool MOC would be short a piece, so am I about to get schooled in some very specific Star Wars lore regarding the X-Wing?
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Feb 15, 2012 06:44
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No he probably just ran out of that particular color.
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Torael_7 posted:It's a 750 part build, thereabouts. Nothing on it looks particularly out of the ordinary, at least looking at it. I have no idea what kind of rates you can get from bricklink, but its a starting point. Sorry I'm new to bricklink, what is the average price for 750 parts and how are you calculating it?
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Oh man... got bit by the Lego bug again. I had a target gift card, so I went out and got the Batmobile \ Two-Face bank robbery set. Now I really want the Superman \ Wonder Woman \ Lex Luthor set, and those Lego Monsters are like, something I always wanted. Lego Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man. Oh, man. And that ghost train...
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Lizard Combatant posted:Sorry I'm new to bricklink, what is the average price for 750 parts and how are you calculating it? Beats me. I don't even have my existing lego sorted so it's not like I'm in a hurry to buy more. But $.10/part is, I believe, fairly common for official kits; I'd honestly expect a premium from Bricklink.
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Torael_7 posted:Beats me. I don't even have my existing lego sorted so it's not like I'm in a hurry to buy more. But $.10/part is, I believe, fairly common for official kits; I'd honestly expect a premium from Bricklink. Oh right, sorry I thought you were talking about average prices. If I can make this thing for a comparable price to the ridiculous (Australian) price tag of the the official set, I'm doing it. Hell, I'll likely pay much more.
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