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Is there a way to save your the contents of your cart on bricklink? Like a drat fool, I've gone and added over 800 pieces from one store but now I can't close the window because I'm not ready to place the order yet. Can I save the contents to a wanted list or something? e: welp, I had to close it... but I'd still like to know if this is possible. Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Jun 24, 2012 |
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While building something for Mobile Frame Zero I came up with another micro-scale spaceship. edit: Also the finished MOC that spawned that lil' thing. 
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Jun 24, 2012 21:23
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Over the weekend I firmly cemented my position as an AFOL. I bought the Camper Van on Thursday because it was on sale. On Saturday I had to go to the mall and picked up the Lighthouse because it was also on sale and I rationalised that I would buy it eventually anyway so I should get it now when it's $20 cheaper than normal. Then last night I was on eBay and ended up buying the Model Town House (4954) for a slightly less inflated price than it normally goes for. So now I've bought ~$400 worth of Lego in three days and am not allowed to buy any more until the Haunted House comes out at the end of the year.
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Jun 24, 2012 22:53
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It begiiiiins.  I've been eyeing the lighthouse and beach house for a nice beachy area for my space aliens to hang out in.
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Jun 24, 2012 23:11
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cyberia posted:On Saturday I had to go to the mall and picked up the Lighthouse because it was also on sale and I rationalised that I would buy it eventually anyway so I should get it now when it's $20 cheaper than normal. That has led to soo many purchases in the last years for me... Well that and purchases a second used model of something I wanted on ebay because it is alot easier to spend 50$ at once on ebay than spending alot of time figuring out what pieces are missing and the best combination of bricklink stores to get the missing unique pieces and end up spending 25$....
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Jun 24, 2012 23:22
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VERY well done on this!
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Jun 25, 2012 04:53
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Just got back from the Lynnwood, WA Lego store opening weekend. Pick the VIP Mini Modulars set, Avengers Quinjet, Avengers Helicarrier Breakout and Avengers Loki Jeep sets on Sat and Sun to get the exclusives. The mini Lego store is awesome, and the 3 pack of minifigures celebrating the event are cool too. Only thing I didn't get was the VIP minifig 5 pack. Pretty neat event, lots of people, lots of fun, and they had a Master Builder Event of an 8 ft Yoda. Seattle's 501st Star Wars cosplay group showed up in full costume, kids loved it.
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Jun 25, 2012 06:19
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Luminaflare posted:While building something for Mobile Frame Zero I came up with another micro-scale spaceship. Y'need like 20 of these in two ten-ship elements, and a wall of Ion Frigates with some Destroyers and a Cruiser parked in the middle, and five or so Salvage vettes sneaking around the side Oh and a mothership (wait, poo poo, that's what I need. Sorry dude.)
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Jun 25, 2012 16:46
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Apparently lego only made 10,000 of the minecraft setsquote:The Minecraft set has sold out in the USA and won't be returning. Brickset reader Dennis received this email from LEGO Direct Consumer Services: That's nuts, that is such a small run maybe lego didn't really believe it would sell and wanted to minimize it's losses? I bought a set to wrap for a friends birthday present when it was free shipping and I almost want to be selfish and keep it for myself now.
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Jun 25, 2012 22:58
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Merchant of Death posted:Apparently lego only made 10,000 of the minecraft sets Quote from the comments in that article: quote:Hi everyone, don't panic. :-)
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Jun 25, 2012 23:24
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I checked Ebay and literally all of the sub-60 dollar buy it now auctions disappeared one by one every time I reloaded the page. Check out the "items sold" in this Toys R Us auction.
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Jun 26, 2012 00:05
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Well at least it is only temporarily sold out and my evil thoughts of keeping it for myself are now gone.
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Jun 26, 2012 00:15
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Merchant of Death posted:Apparently lego only made 10,000 of the minecraft sets Wouldn't that practically guarantee that not all of the people who voted for it on Cuusoo would be able to buy it?
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Jun 26, 2012 00:20
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Umbra Dubium posted:Wouldn't that practically guarantee that not all of the people who voted for it on Cuusoo would be able to buy it? They were probably just hedging their bets because not everyone who voted will buy. Kind of like Kickstarter where once an item reaches it's goal, a lot of the bigger donations start being retracted. It wouldn't do Lego any good to do a 100,000 run of the Minecraft set, then only sell a third of them. Better to do a small run first and gauge actual interest.
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Jun 26, 2012 00:29
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The Rage posted:Seattle's 501st Star Wars cosplay group showed up in full costume, kids loved it. I heard they were asked to leave because of slave Leia. My coworker from Bellevue was there on Saturday and was telling us about it today.
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Jun 26, 2012 02:32
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youareoffthehook posted:I heard they were asked to leave because of slave Leia. My coworker from Bellevue was there on Saturday and was telling us about it today. And yet this exists 
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Jun 26, 2012 02:56
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youareoffthehook posted:I heard they were asked to leave because of slave Leia. My coworker from Bellevue was there on Saturday and was telling us about it today. Slave Leia can't be a member of the 501st! She's a rebel!
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Jun 26, 2012 04:05
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youareoffthehook posted:I heard they were asked to leave because of slave Leia. My coworker from Bellevue was there on Saturday and was telling us about it today. I wonder what happens when the parents take their kids to a waterpark. Do they ask all the ladies in bikinis to leave? Rhyno posted:Slave Leia can't be a member of the 501st! She's a rebel! 
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Jun 26, 2012 04:29
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Sapphaholic posted:I wonder what happens when the parents take their kids to a waterpark. Do they ask all the ladies in bikinis to leave? No, just the ones that still think it's 1980 and have a crotch beard poking out at the seams. I wish I was kidding. I worked at water park for a summer, and literally every day we got complaints about "that lady over there has pubes showing". Sometimes guys in speedos too.
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Jun 26, 2012 05:00
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:No, just the ones that still think it's 1980 and have a crotch beard poking out at the seams. Kick the complainers out for looking at women's crotches.
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Jun 26, 2012 05:37
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MaliciousOnion posted:Kick the complainers out for looking at women's crotches. They'd lose to much money. I think looking at crotches and boobs is 80% of the reason anyone over the age of 14 goes to waterparks.
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Jun 26, 2012 05:42
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youareoffthehook posted:I heard they were asked to leave because of slave Leia. My coworker from Bellevue was there on Saturday and was telling us about it today. It was bad, really bad. Her costume didn't fit and she was falling out of it in places, which is surprising because she was REALLY thin. Like, meth addict thin. She did not return on Sunday, but they had a fully clothed Leia instead who was hanging out with some Jedi. Sapphaholic posted:Maybe they had taken her prisoner. They actually did. Boba Fett had her on a leash.
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Jun 26, 2012 07:56
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Jesus christ yeah I can see that. 
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Chrome + Lego. For those times you have nothing better to do. http://www.buildwithchrome.com/static/map http://google-au.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/build-bringing-lego-bricks-to-chrome.html Virar fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Jun 26, 2012 |
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Jun 26, 2012 09:27
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:They were probably just hedging their bets because not everyone who voted will buy. Kind of like Kickstarter where once an item reaches it's goal, a lot of the bigger donations start being retracted. But surely any unsold sets could just be opened up and the bricks redistributed? I can't imagine Lego ever making a huge loss on their sets.
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Jun 26, 2012 11:52
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The_Doctor posted:But surely any unsold sets could just be opened up and the bricks redistributed? I can't imagine Lego ever making a huge loss on their sets. Yes and no. Sure, the bricks could be redistributed, but I doubt Lego has an automated system in place for taking already packaged product and then parting it out again. Not to mention the expense in creating those unsold boxes, plastic bags, instruction books, etc. At this point Cuusoo is still and experiment, and I'm sure Lego doesn't want to dive into it completely until they see how well things sell.
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Jun 26, 2012 16:59
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So I finished my bachelor's degree and got me a little something from ebay: 7326 Rise of the Sphinx!     A few pieces missing but I got it for ~$18 including shipping so I'm okay with that. Pretty fun build, except for the four identical legs. Not sure what I'll end up doing with all those tan and dark red pieces.
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Jun 26, 2012 18:43
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They would just discount the sets if they didn't sell. I can't imagine Lego every has to take returns of unsold stock, we'll buy even the worst sets when the price is right. And it's looking more and more likely that there'll be no new train stuff this year. I need my train fix.
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Jun 26, 2012 18:56
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Digital War posted:They would just discount the sets if they didn't sell. I can't imagine Lego every has to take returns of unsold stock, we'll buy even the worst sets when the price is right. Yeah, even the worst sets are still bricks for MOCs.
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Jun 26, 2012 22:08
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Digital War posted:They would just discount the sets if they didn't sell. I can't imagine Lego every has to take returns of unsold stock, we'll buy even the worst sets when the price is right. Yeah, it's shame, but I'm still pretty happy with the number of new train releases in recent years. Hopefully they'll keep it up. Here's something to tide you over. I haven't been posting much lately because of real life and also Lego shows, but I did finish two new engines.  
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Jun 27, 2012 01:58
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Yeah, it's shame, but I'm still pretty happy with the number of new train releases in recent years. Hopefully they'll keep it up. These are great! Have you considered doing an old west era Central Pacific locomotive?
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Jun 27, 2012 02:22
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kefkafloyd posted:Surprised to find very few posts about the 10226 Sopwith Camel. This set gets even more looks and discussion than my 787 (10177), even though it is smaller. I started building this tonight. I've never built a Lego set before in my life, but I had to have this. I've been flying the Camel a bunch in Rise of Flight lately, and when I saw this model I was like "gently caress yeah." I'm having fun. 
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Shuppiluliumas posted:Yeah, it's shame, but I'm still pretty happy with the number of new train releases in recent years. Hopefully they'll keep it up. These are gorgeous trains. I wish I had the Lego collection to build stuff like that, I really need to get my old stuff shipped over from the UK. Are those Big Ben wheels on that Streamliner? I've been considering getting some because I really want some mid-sized drivers for a saddle tank I'm working on.
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Jun 27, 2012 05:41
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Quoting this again to say "please never stop making your trains".
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Digital War posted:These are gorgeous trains. I wish I had the Lego collection to build stuff like that, I really need to get my old stuff shipped over from the UK. Both the streamlined Hudson and the GG1 use Big Ben wheels. The Hudson has his XL size drivers, with a vinyl application to get that disc driver look, and the GG1 has M wheels for its drivers. In both cases, I took a dremel to the wheels to make a groove for rubber band traction tires, which works pretty well. $3 a wheel is pretty steep, but they're excellent quality, and it really is the only way to get different sized wheels for your train projects. Here's a couple links too, for those unfamiliar with the prototypes. Lizard Combatant posted:Quoting this again to say "please never stop making your trains". I actually inventoried the GG1 for parts and cost, which I've never done for one of my MOCs before. It has 1573 parts which, at average BL prices, would cost about $300 plus shipping. I think if I want to continue I'd better not price a model out ever again.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:I actually inventoried the GG1 for parts and cost, which I've never done for one of my MOCs before. It has 1573 parts which, at average BL prices, would cost about $300 plus shipping. I think if I want to continue I'd better not price a model out ever again. Then I highly recommend you do not. It's just money, those things are works of art. I don't know if you saw my earlier question, but have you ever considered doing a 4-4-0 (or 4-6- anything)? There's an example on the Big Ben website but I like your style so much more.
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I'm sure this has already been posted but I just finished building my last Avengers set, the Helicarrier Breakout. Best part of the whole set is the sticker on top of the tank that Loki is in on the right hand side:
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Lizard Combatant posted:Then I highly recommend you do not. It's just money, those things are works of art. I mostly get drawn to mid-century prototypes, but I actually did think of doing a driving of the golden spike diorama. I kind of got beaten to it, though, about a year ago, so I put that pretty far on the back burner. 4-4-0s have been done often, and some of them really well. For example, Brian Williams' Wild Wild West train:  Doesn't mean I still don't kinda want to do an old west kind of thing, but there are some tough acts to follow out there.
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Shuppiluliumas posted:I mostly get drawn to mid-century prototypes, but I actually did think of doing a driving of the golden spike diorama. I kind of got beaten to it, though, about a year ago, so I put that pretty far on the back burner. 4-4-0s have been done often, and some of them really well. For example, Brian Williams' Wild Wild West train: Fair enough. Being the resident expert, can I trouble you for some advice? How would you go about creating the round front windows on one of these guys?  I was considering a transparent 2x2 tile, but I have no way to 'set' it in a frame. I suppose I can just use black 2x2 tiles to suggest the windows. I really love narrow gauge engines and hopefully Lego start making sets with straight, narrow track. I know there's a City set coming out with some but prices are gonna be ridiculous on bricklink. Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 08:28 on Jun 27, 2012 |
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They adjusted the UK price for that Haunted House up from £120 to £150. That sucks, but I guess it was inevitable. It seemed suprisingly cheap before. That probably takes it out of what I'm willing to pay for it now. Which is a shame because it would be the biggest set I'd ever owned by far.
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