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It was possible to get it without being at school, but I think you still needed the school's catalog. You can order Lego Educational stuff as normal these days, I ordered a bunch of chain-link tracks and gears, and they weren't really prohibitively expensive like Dacta was.
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Mar 10, 2012 18:28
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The_Doctor posted:Dacta was the school-only stuff, no?  I should have asked for the catalog, the Dacta boxes had pretty decent part selections. Pretty much everything I was running short on...especially track links. Of course, that was waaaaaay before BrickLink or anything like that.
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Mar 10, 2012 18:31
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I just realized that the half-asleep head for Sleepyhead could also double as Downs Syndrome Boy. Is there a minifig hockey-helmet we could slap on this guy....
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Mar 10, 2012 18:47
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On my back from Brickworld Indy. I don't remember which goon brought it to my attention a few weeks ago but I can't thank you enough. It was amazing. The kids had a blast and there was some cool interactive stuff. I took over 300 pictures. When I get home I'll post some of the good ones and link to the rest which will all be in my photobucket account. If you can go, go!
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Mar 10, 2012 19:40
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FadingChord posted:Seconding Medieval Market Village. Another bonus is that each house is in a different instruction booklet, so you two people can build at the same time without switching roles between hunting for pieces and assembling.
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Mar 10, 2012 20:24
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Hey lego people i'm selling my scorpion pyramid for 50 bux if you live in the Seattle area. I'm up in Kirkland. It's been built twice, once when i got in in January and again to make sure i have all the pieces to sell it. The blocks are clean and scratch free. It's a fun build(i love the car and scorpion) i just need rent moneys. I have the box and instructions and all minifigs etc. PM me or email me at drummingmonkeypod6@yahoo.com
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Mar 10, 2012 20:46
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Today I received my impulse purchase of the mini modular set. At first I was slightly disappointed, for some reason i thought they would be a little bigger. It didn't make a difference. I just finished the fist building, and it was fun to build, and looks great. The only problem is, now I want the full sized ones 
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Mar 10, 2012 21:43
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I hope my tax returns get to me before the Mini Modulars go out of production. 
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Mar 10, 2012 22:06
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Ok here's the whole album: http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i179/ChesterJT/Brickworld%20Indy%202012/. After removing some blurry shots I ended up with 297. Here's a few of my favorites! Bought this for SASS this december  Shirt I bought. Are those numbers in mm I assume?  This guy is the designer for all the architecture sets. He was autographing boxes too.  That building in Malaysia whose name I can't remember right now.  Closeup  Skateboard stadium  Micro Star Wars  Nice shot through Hoth doors looking out at the huge battlefield outside. They had those LEDs on a blinker so it looked like Chewie was welding on the Falcon. There's a video of it in the album.  A building  Etch a sketch  Another cool building  Ketchup  This dude made Hero Quest!  Micro IKEA  Ice castle  This castle was super impressive  The autographed Lucas Oil stadium. The guy who built it was there and I happened to get video of him taking apart a panel on the back while he was showing someone how it all worked. The amount of hidden gears and poo poo in there would blow your mind. The video is in the album too.   Some mindstorm game I didn't get to see them play but looked very cool  A working ATM complete with card and swiper  A very cool piece  One angle Darth Vader...  the other, Anakin!  They were building a large scale version of an old Lego castle set. The amount of work into each "brick" was incredible. Here's one of the knights. You can see his axe on the table.  Those wall sections were crazy big.   Edit: VVV Yes! That was it! It even had that Rally logo with the yellow and black stripes on it right at the front but I didn't get a picture of it. ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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Mar 10, 2012 22:23
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ChesterJT posted:Some mindstorm game I didn't get to see them play but looked very cool Oh my god, it looks like they made a fully automated Robo Rally 
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Mar 10, 2012 22:31
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Gravy Jones posted:Medeival Market Village is a really popular and highly rated set that probably won't be available for much longer. Thanks for pointing this one out, I will be buying this next payday as my Prancing Pony stand-in for when the LOTR sets come out.
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Mar 10, 2012 22:48
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ChesterJT posted:On my back from Brickworld Indy. I don't remember which goon brought it to my attention a few weeks ago but I can't thank you enough. It was amazing. The kids had a blast and there was some cool interactive stuff. I took over 300 pictures. When I get home I'll post some of the good ones and link to the rest which will all be in my photobucket account. If you can go, go! I brought it to your attention! Thanks for taking all those pictures, now I don't have to do it tomorrow  . Do you mind if I share these with IndyLUG and the Brickworld staff?
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Mar 10, 2012 22:50
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djfooboo posted:I brought it to your attention! Thanks for taking all those pictures, now I don't have to do it tomorrow Share away! And tell them thanks for having it and for all their hard work! My lovely cellphone pictures(tm) are pretty blurry in spots but some turned out good. I think there was just too much depth on the tables and the camera didn't know where exactly to focus. ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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Mar 10, 2012 22:53
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I just realized that the half-asleep head for Sleepyhead could also double as Downs Syndrome Boy. Is there a minifig hockey-helmet we could slap on this guy.... He has the best face on the other side: smugly sleeping. BWIndy was fun. I was happy there wasn't too much repeated from BWFtWayne, and that giant MTron setup was phenomenal.
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Saint Sputnik posted:I was happy there wasn't too much repeated from BWFtWayne, and that giant MTron setup was phenomenal. This makes me inordinately happy. Both the lack of repetition and the giant M-Tron display. Super excited to go now. My daughter's going to explode. She has no idea we're going. Bwahahaha!
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Mar 11, 2012 00:20
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Anybody have a link to buy that minifig tshirt online?
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Mar 11, 2012 00:27
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Anybody have a link to buy that minifig tshirt online? Lots of solid choices: http://www.brickshirts.com/cart/index.php?main_page=products_all
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Been trying to figure out my next Lego buy and came across something interesting. The transport truck set has 276 pieces and normally sells for $20. Meanwhile, the propeller power set has 247 pieces and costs $45. Why does the truck have 30 more pieces yet sell for less than half as much? e: \/\/\/\/ aw, well transport truck it is then. Matazat fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Mar 11, 2012 |
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Mar 11, 2012 02:43
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Matazat posted:Been trying to figure out my next Lego buy and came across something interesting. The transport truck set has 276 pieces and normally sells for $20. Meanwhile, the propeller power set has 247 pieces and costs $45. Why does the truck have 30 more pieces yet sell for less than half as much? Propeller Power isn't made anymore.
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Karma Tornado posted:Propeller Power isn't made anymore. That, and the Propeller Power set is being sold by an independent seller who sets their own price, Amazon only fulfills the order. The Transport Truck is sold by Amazon itself, and they can command lower prices.
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Mar 11, 2012 03:27
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PKMN Trainer Red posted:Lots of solid choices: Niiiice thanks!
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Mar 11, 2012 03:58
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Went digging through  2 original forest wenches and some other random wench (I think it's from one of the castle sets).  There can be only one! 
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Mar 11, 2012 05:37
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TO WAR, MEN! REPEL THE IRON INVADERS!    (click for big)
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Hahaha the windup zombie.
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WhiteHowler posted:Lately my wife and I have been building LEGO kits together while watching TV. We've already done the Farnsworth House from the Architectural series (overpriced and kind of disappointing) and the older midi-sized Star Destroyer (which looks awesome and was really fun to build). I don't think that would be too fun to build as a duo. For a bit more money, you could get the Kingdoms Joust, which is broken into modular parts so you can both work on different buildings at the same time.
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Mar 11, 2012 08:48
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Julius Von Brunk's newest creation, it's loving amazing. The game cartridge turns into the thing sitting on the robot's shoulder. He did his own sticker work. http://vonbrunk.tumblr.com/
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He made a Game Boy Soundwave with a Tetris Laserbeak. Amazing.
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Holy poo poo the lego batteries are amazing.
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I'm thinking about buying something from the Lego online store for the first time. I have no other Lego stores near me, so the only sets I've gotten so far are newer ones readily available in department stores. I've seen the Medieval Village mentioned earlier, are there any other really good deals for what you get there?
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I'm thinking about buying something from the Lego online store for the first time. I have no other Lego stores near me, so the only sets I've gotten so far are newer ones readily available in department stores. I've seen the Medieval Village mentioned earlier, are there any other really good deals for what you get there? Any of the modular buildings. As far as I know they are only available in Lego stores and online.
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UncleRadnor posted:Quick derail: Hundreds of pages back, someone linked a blog that did great reviews and semi-humorous reviews of lego sets. I remember guy reviewed most of the castles, going into pretty good detail and the latest review on the blog was of this pathetic set. Anybody got the link? That was me!!! https://www.deconstructinglego.blogspot.com Glad you enjoyed it!
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I'm thinking about buying something from the Lego online store for the first time. I have no other Lego stores near me, so the only sets I've gotten so far are newer ones readily available in department stores. I've seen the Medieval Village mentioned earlier, are there any other really good deals for what you get there? Up until March 15th they have double VIP points. Which mean (more or less) you get 10% or so back in store credit. SO it's a good time to get an expensive set if you're going to. Check "exclusives" and "hard to find" for things that you either don't see, or don't see very often in department stores. They have some good deals but it's mostly for regular stuff that's reached the end of their life and they're trying to dump it. The popular exclusive stuff rarely gets discounted as it tends to stay pretty popular until it's gone. There's ocassionally some badly judged exclusive stuff that no one wants that gets heavily discounted (I'm look at you Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter, 650 bricks for 100 bucks). My site lists discounts at the Lego Store, but they're kind of slim pickings in the US at the moment (and there's still a few bugs in it, something I'm working on as I type). Aside from the Market Village other popular ones are The Tower Bridge (huge and expensive, but pretty impressive), The Modular Building line (The Town Hall is the current one), Everyone who gets it seems to love the VW Camper Van as well. The Architecture series is another one you won't see in the shops. Some people like them, but they're really expensive for what you get.
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quote:There's ocassionally some badly judged exclusive stuff that no one wants that gets heavily discounted (I'm look at you Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighter, 650 bricks for 100 bucks) A hundred? Picked mine up for 70.
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Torael_7 posted:A hundred? Picked mine up for 70. Was more just pointing out that a lot of the big exclusive stuff never gets discounted because it's always in demand. I guess the "Winter... " stuff is an exception, probably because they're seasonal.
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Pirate Ken posted:That was me!!! https://www.deconstructinglego.blogspot.com Glad you enjoyed it! Yes! Bookmarked so hard. I'm gonna go read the old articles. Now uh, where's the new stuff?  Just kidding, take your time 
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Just got done building the Lighthouse set. This may be my favourite generic set right now. Its just got a really cool design to it, and the colour choices are great.
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Here's a nerd conundrum I've never figured out. The wrists on LEGO figures are not in the center of the hand, so there's a larger area on one side. Do you spin the larger area so that it's on top or bottom?
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Orgophlax posted:Here's a nerd conundrum I've never figured out. The wrists on LEGO figures are not in the center of the hand, so there's a larger area on one side. Do you spin the larger area so that it's on top or bottom? Anyone who doesn't think the flat bit goes on top is a Lego scrub of the highest order.
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