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InfinEight posted:So I recently got a second order from Pick-A-Brick: That's not really a cool thing to make jokes about.
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tikan posted:That's not really a cool thing to make jokes about. The internet is no place for jokes!
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May 30, 2012 05:24
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tikan posted:That's not really a cool thing to make jokes about. I promise those (EDIT) adult women are actually made from really old petroleum.
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May 30, 2012 05:29
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InfinEight posted:I promise those (EDIT) adult women are actually made from really old petroleum. "you have a really old soul."
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May 30, 2012 07:11
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I laughed way too hard at the observation that a charity set had a poor cost per piece ratio and at the creepy friends coming of age hot tub. Guess Im just evil. Lego have given us a third article on getting your cuusoo model passed. A lot of it is really common sense, but you need to remember that 80% cuusoo users are constantly trying to push the boundries, like an ignored child. http://legocuusoo.posterous.com/cheat-sheet-how-to-pass-the-lego-review-with Very interesting reading. If only they had all this ready when Cuusoo first launched, maybe it wouldn't be such a shitstorm today. Most amazing is point 2. Your model can actually be too good for CUUSOO I like point 6 also. Translation: UPLOAD SET IDEAS, NOT ENTIRE THEMES YOU STUPID FUCKS. Manchild King fucked around with this message at 13:51 on May 30, 2012 |
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May 30, 2012 08:52
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Captain Invictus posted:
Here is my haul from Kmart   
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May 30, 2012 11:25
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Adregan posted:Here is my haul from Kmart 
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May 30, 2012 11:56
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Yikes. All we got was a marina, a tripod, the little Alien Conquest dune buggy car and a Harry Potter Forbidden Forest. Stupid "not having much money"...
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May 30, 2012 12:33
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I'd be interested in that Alien Conquest car thingy if you'd want to swap for another Harry Potter Forbidden Forest or something. I'll probably keep all of the AC little cars because I like'em so much. A small, compact, but parts-plentiful set with plenty of style, and I really like some of the pieces such as the arched blue windshield piece. Also I hate Harry Potter. The small Alien Conquest human car thing is awesome. So is the Lex Luthor Mech. Both are incredible sets and the Luthor Mech is crazy good value for a licensed set. I remade the Luthor Mech to be a bit bulkier than it normally is, and made the EDF car into a mech just because I wanted to see if I could. Both use every single piece available in their respective sets, which was an added challenge, as I began to run out of places to put extra bits near the end of both!         And the AC mech! The legs are surprisingly sturdy, aside from the ankle connection, but that is fine as long as you hold it together while posing. It'll hold when standing. I even managed to incorporate the spare helmet visor into it!       edit: every piece used except the tires on the Alien Conquest set. Because those cannot be used with anything but the little plug things specifically for them, and if I put them on I couldn't really use those plug parts for anything else and would be forced to make a car. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 13:07 on May 30, 2012 |
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May 30, 2012 13:01
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InfinEight posted:So I recently got a second order from Pick-A-Brick: That Spartan is prepared for Glory!
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May 30, 2012 13:19
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Captain Invictus posted:Want to make some trades? Depends on if you have a Black Pearl hidden somewhere.
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May 30, 2012 15:06
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Adregan posted:Depends on if you have a Black Pearl hidden somewhere. 
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May 30, 2012 15:18
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tikan posted:That's not really a cool thing to make jokes about. Yeah really guys can we not do this? It'd be nice to see cool Lego chat without unnecessary jokes about loving underaged girls. The MOC was cool but the comment after it was really awful. I know I'm gonna get jumped on for JOKE POLICE and HUMOR WEBSITE but does something like that really need to be in the Lego thread?
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May 30, 2012 16:39
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How about : "I knew you ladies were lying about those age-ratings on your boxes  "This made me laugh since it's so ridiculous: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanmcintosh/6792531251/ 
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May 30, 2012 16:55
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Since there is only one male in the friends line, I assume he started the fire.
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May 30, 2012 17:07
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InfinEight posted:How about : "I knew you ladies were lying about those age-ratings on your boxes There's a guy in the Friends theme?!
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May 30, 2012 17:14
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 Lego cannot win no matter what they do. I also think they understand the toy market a little better than internet commentators. A friends fire truck set would sell about as well as Space Skulls.
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May 30, 2012 18:09
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Merchant of Death posted:Since there is only one male in the friends line, I assume he started the fire. No he didn't. It was always burning since the world's been turning. Manchild King posted:
A pink fire truck would be universally adored I think.
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May 30, 2012 18:18
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InfinEight posted:How about : "I knew you ladies were lying about those age-ratings on your boxes and since Lego has introduced the Friends line and tried to once again be gender neutral, I believe 50% of the fire fighting force is female as well as half the trash cleanup crew and I think there's a ladycop or two
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tikan posted:That's not really a cool thing to make jokes about. Retardoniedes is not exactly a role model.
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May 30, 2012 18:22
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Saint Sputnik posted:A pink fire truck would be universally adored I think. It looks like they're getting a bit more adventurous in the second Friends wave. If they're successful, a pink fire truck might not be out of the question.
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May 30, 2012 18:48
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Gabriel Pope posted:It looks like they're getting a bit more adventurous in the second Friends wave. If they're successful, a pink fire truck might not be out of the question. Yess, one step closer to Ladyspace. In keeping with the other Space themes they could call it Ladytron 
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May 30, 2012 18:53
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InfinEight posted:How about : "I knew you ladies were lying about those age-ratings on your boxes How dare a toy line that was just released a year ago not represent literally every single industry and form of business possible? Time to die in a fire Olivia! Oh, but don't complain its Legos fault for creating a sexist reality for you to live in. Can feminists seriously not find a better target than pink building bricks? I feel like this is one of those fake PUA articles designed to give feminism a bad rep. Debunk This! fucked around with this message at 19:01 on May 30, 2012 |
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May 30, 2012 18:55
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It's literally impossible to please everyone all the time, but I too would enjoy a pink fire truck. Actually, I'd enjoy a purple one more, and then I could have Space Pimp drive it everywhere and run minifigs over like some sort of Grand Theft Auto: E.T. Edition.
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May 30, 2012 19:34
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Adregan posted:Depends on if you have a Black Pearl hidden somewhere. I might be able to get you a Black Pearl. How much did you pay for Queen Anne's Revenge? PM me if you want.
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Rare Collectable posted:How dare a toy line that was just released a year ago not represent literally every single industry and form of business possible? Here are the videos the fire picture is taken from, I posted them the other month. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrmRxGLn0Bk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe65EGkB9kA They're well-researched and well-argued, tracing the transition of a toy centered on the inherently gender-neutral activity of building, into "fight" sets for boys and "fashion" sets for girls. Whether Lego is encouraging gender stereotypes or just following a questionable trend in toys is up for debate, but the videos are more than just a kneejerk reaction to pink bricks and bakery sets, so get over yourself. e: \/\/\/ Sorry to risk a derail again by the way, I just wanted to give the context for the burning house photo and the Friendshate. Saint Sputnik fucked around with this message at 21:19 on May 30, 2012 |
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Oh this topic again....Rare Collectable posted:How dare a toy line... I'm a feminist and have some issues with the Friends line (I like it in general, but have some issues*). I don't get into them here because it's not really the best thread for it. But I really don't like this attitude, and I see it everywhere, although SA in general is a little better than most places. At the end of the day who are you to tell people what they should and should not be concerned by? If you don't have an issue with it that's fine, but there's no need to be so dismissive of others that do. This kind of second degree outrage seems somewhat hypocritical. Likewise I am always concerned that people are so dismissive of toys as a source of concern about this kind of stuff. Since become a father it's been a real eye-opener just how deeply entrenched very limited gender roles are in the marketing of toys and other media aimed at children. I'm not just talking about pink and blue and dolls and army men here.... but I find myself having to constantly remind my son that girls can be heroes and boys can be friends because he's being bombarded with stuff that is trying to convince him otherwise. I don't really want to get into it any more than that and I'm cool with people who think everything is A-OK with Friends. But there's no need to be so completely dismissive of the fact that others, including others who are huge Lego fans, do have an issues. * I guess I'll explain if anyone cares. My son digs baking and cooking and pretending to run a cafe. He'd love some of the Friends sets except he identifies them as "girl's toys" and won't touch them. I don't see why the line couldn't be more inclusive and have a few more male figures and be marketed a bit more broadly. Conflict-free friendship is almost non-existent in toys marketed at boys. Which think is a shame. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 21:12 on May 30, 2012 |
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Took a class on children and culture, bla bla, last lecture we discuss gender vis a vis toys. Prof shows a photo of the Beauty Salon from the Friends line. I defend it saying that it's better than the 80s/90s girl lego in that you actually do have to build to play with it and there's a vet and an inventor and musician but she would not relent on the fact that there was a beauty salon and the 'boy' sets didn't have a hair salon. Much like Mr. Jones, I do have some problems with it but I feel like it's not the be-all end-all of 'girl' Lego and moving forward, thanks to its initial success, we'll probably see cool stuff as we go. Maybe Olivia and her hedgehog will get a sweet green biplane 
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I don't know, I can't really fault Lego for going with a girls line. Their stuff was mostly gender-neutral for decades, and it was still a toy predominently chosen by boys. It's not like girls were scared off because the minifigs skewed male. They gave it their best and girls as a whole were not all that interested. There's only so much can you do without forcing the toys into someones unwilling hand. At least with a girls line then some girls will be more interested in Lego, and as they get older they'll be exposed to more of the main Lego lines and be all that more receptive to Lego in any shape or form. Hopefully that'll lead to a trickle-down effect with their eventual kids and eventually both sexes will be equally enthralled with Lego.
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My sister had all the cool Western sets when we were kids, I was so jealous.  Thinking back, I had a lot of train sets. Has anyone made any cool western train MOCs that use 9v (or power functions)?
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May 30, 2012 21:37
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I really want the Western theme to make a comeback. I really need to haul my bricks out of my mom's basement and rebuild that gold mine.
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Thank you, Gravy Jones. I was going to type something passive aggressive but you worded it a lot better and more coherent.Bloody Hedgehog posted:I don't know, I can't really fault Lego for going with a girls line. Their stuff was mostly gender-neutral for decades, and it was still a toy predominently chosen by boys. It's not like girls were scared off because the minifigs skewed male. They gave it their best and girls as a whole were not all that interested. There's only so much can you do without forcing the toys into someones unwilling hand. At least with a girls line then some girls will be more interested in Lego, and as they get older they'll be exposed to more of the main Lego lines and be all that more receptive to Lego in any shape or form. Hopefully that'll lead to a trickle-down effect with their eventual kids and eventually both sexes will be equally enthralled with Lego. Those videos posted earlier gave the picture of LEGO deliberately switching tactics and marketing heavy towards boys though. Not saying you're lying or anything, I'd just like some source either way; LEGO being forced by a changing market or changing the market themselves. What about Paradisa? That line ran for a while iirc (and since it was a sub-theme of town, with normal minifigs, they had proper access to emergency services  )BetterWeirdthanDead posted:I really want the Western theme to make a comeback. What happened to that western Cuscoo set?
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:What happened to that western Cuscoo set? It has the supporters, now we have to wait a long time to see if anything happens with it. Have the Minecraft sets shipped yet?
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Cuusoo has adopted a quarterly jury process rather than each time a set hits 10k, so we should hear something about it soon. edit: cuusoo posted:From here forward, the LEGO Review will take place quarterly. The next review will be held starting in June and will include all projects that reach 10,000 between now and then. beato fucked around with this message at 22:31 on May 30, 2012 |
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Thank you, Gravy Jones. I was going to type something passive aggressive but you worded it a lot better and more coherent. Thanks to Lego kinda making terrible decisions in the mid-late 90s (TIME PATROL) they were doing some pretty poor business, until they got the Star Wars license. Boys flocked to them, and they found that the 'battle in a box' plan worked pretty well. Short answer? A little from column A, a little from column B. However, Lego was making girl-specific things as far back as the 70s. Jewelry, not building blocks, though.
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Those videos posted earlier gave the picture of LEGO deliberately switching tactics and marketing heavy towards boys though. Not saying you're lying or anything, I'd just like some source either way; LEGO being forced by a changing market or changing the market themselves. What about Paradisa? That line ran for a while iirc (and since it was a sub-theme of town, with normal minifigs, they had proper access to emergency services No, you're right. Starting around the time the first Space, Western, and Castle themes started to emerge, Lego started skewing heavily toward boys. At that point you couldn't blame them, as boys were the largest market share of buyers of their product. It's callous, but when 95% of your audience is boys, big business isn't going to bother with girls. It got even worse when stuff like Star Wars became their hottest line, as there girls were completely forgotten by then. Prior to all this though, Lego was very gender neutral though, which were the decades I was mentioning. Sets were very generic and the themes didn't really skew male or female. Apart from most minifigs being men, there was no real gender assigned to Lego. It just never caught on with girls like it did boys though, and as time went on, Lego saw the writing on the wall and started focusing their efforts mostly on boys. As you say, they've had other girl-friendly lines like Paradisa, but they were all pretty poorly though out, poorly styled, and just plain boring to play with. Lego Friends is probably the first set for girls that has actually had a lot of effort put into it and and a good marketing campaign. Hell, ask any women over 25 if they even knew Lego had other sets for girls in previous years and I'm sure most will have never heard of them.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:It's not like girls were scared off because the minifigs skewed male. The way Lego is set up is male = neutral, female = other. I always feel like Lego have missed a trick with their Creator houses - you get a minifigure, but it's always a guy. There could be a different hair piece (or the back of the head could have a lipstick print) or something so that the child could choose if they wanted a male or female figure. Don't get me wrong - I know it's business, and I totally understand why Lego has done what it has done, and yes, Friends is a much better line than Paradisa and Belville and Scala etc, but everything that's for females feels like a diluted version of the real stuff. It really feels that the gender entrenchment is getting worse and worse. One thing I can't get over is children's books - the gender split is so pronounced and everything is overtly masculine or feminine. You either read about battling beasts or fairies. It's a huge self-fulfilling mantra, and there seems no end to it. I know there's routinely calls for pink things because people like the colour variety, but a pink firetruck would be incredibly patronising.
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The Friends line is decent in that it might appeal to a girl who doesn't already have a brother (or father) buying LEGO. My daughter and her friends love playing with LEGO, but they all have a male in the house who introduced them to it. Without that incentive, it's going to be really tough competing with other girl toys.
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If the Friends line had used normal minfigs this literally wouldn't be a debate, as they'd fit in perfectly with the other City sets. Friends is a lot better than anybody was expecting it to be but I still feel like the Minidoll is going to curb its momentum and kill fan interest before too long.
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Anyone wanna trade some series 7 mini figs? I need 4 more to complete the series. Aztec Warrior Bunny Man Computer Geek ( Would like 2 of these ) King of the sea dude. I have s7 2x hippies Space Marine Black Knight Caveman I've also got a couple Roman Warrior guys from S6 as well as $$$. The trading thread is pretty dead so I thought I'd post in here. Thanks!
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