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Picked up the Pre Vizsla Mando fighter at lunch today, the seating arrangement looks a little uncomfortable. Also I figured the black lightsaber looking dealy was some kind of cortosis club or something, but apparently there's a black bladed lightsaber running around in that clone wars series. The wings seem a bit wobbly, they're held in by 6 technic pins but are soooo long. Other than that the ship is pretty cool I guess. The use of the ball joint to rotate the body instead of that big gear piece separates it pretty well from the T6. Oh, and Pre Viszla comes with his own sand colored Joker hairpiece, which I can't wait to try out on so many different other figs.
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Xenomrph posted:Is that the one with Frodo and the beer keg and whatnot? I just saw that at TRU today not 20 minutes ago. Yep that one and a Orc polybag that should be coming out as well.
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 Knock-off Lego trip report I love steam trains, I think they're the coolest thing in the universe. I got the Lego "Creator" steam engine set a few years back and liked it, and on a whim I started poking around on eBay and found THESE:   There's a whole bunch of little trains in the series and they were like $4 a pop for each one, so I said "gently caress it" and picked up the two pictured. THE GOOD: the pieces actually hold together surprisingly tightly. It seems to be pretty good quality. The trains both look cool, I don't feel I wasted my money given what I spent on them. I think I had like 1 piece between the two sets that didn't want to "grip" well. THE BAD: The red train pictured above isn't actually red, it's brown. It's not a dealbreaker, it's just not as visually interesting as it could have been. Also the red one was missing a vital piece used to assemble that front "lamp" which sucks pretty hard, but that's okay. For the money I thought they were pretty cool. v  v You can find them (and the other sets in the series) on eBay or Amazon by searching for "mini train building block" or something similar.Also if anyone has other Lego (or knock-off lego) steam train recommendations, by all means hook me up. 
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Xenomrph posted:
Errr... the Emerald Night?! Those knock offs are cool, are there any non Lego clone parts in them?
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I have no idea, and I don't know what Emerald Night is.  Edit-- holy poo poo that's like a $200 retired lego set. 
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Xenomrph posted:I have no idea, and I don't know what Emerald Night is. Lol I paid $200 retail for that  It's the most badass train so far though. I'd like to recreate some of those knockoffs.
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Well if anyone cares, I could scan the instructions/parts lists for both sets I suppose. 
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Xenomrph posted:Well if anyone cares, I could scan the instructions/parts lists for both sets I suppose. That'd be great, thanks Unless that's frowned upon, though Lego supply their instructions online anyway.
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Aug 10, 2012 10:32
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There's also the Hogwart's Express, but it's not really any cheaper.
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Just got finished with the Big Rig Tow-Truck, and that was a really fun build. Ranks up there with the VW Van. There is some seriously clever design in it too, what with the gearing for the wheels and the system for how they attached the sliding bed on the truck.
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VaultAggie posted:Any idea when we're supposed to get series 8? Really soon. I'd wager September 1st. They're all on display on minifigures.lego.com now.
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vrunt posted:Really soon. I'd wager September 1st. They're all on display on minifigures.lego.com now. Awesome, thanks! I'm really looking forward to this line and a bunch of lego minifigs are the perfect way to decorate my apartment.
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Colonial Air Force posted:There's also the Hogwart's Express, but it's not really any cheaper. It's the only train we currently have, and people say it's crap compared to the likes of the Emerald Night, especially because it doesn't use proper steam train wheels and bits. My wife just likes it for Harry Potter related reasons, and the Anglia that came with it sits nicely by The Burrow.
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Weird, a lot of pieces in those sets look exactly like lego pieces. Don't expect these things to be around too long.
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They don't have patent protection, so what would they sue over? I think the whole kit would have to be a rip off of a Lego kit, then you could get copyright protection.
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wargamerROB posted:Weird, a lot of pieces in those sets look exactly like lego pieces. Don't expect these things to be around too long. The trains are all similar to this Creator set from several years ago, but they're still different. Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Aug 10, 2012 |
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If they said "Lego" then yeah that would be a trademark problem. On copyright it would be eligible for protection, but I don't know how similar they would have to be (idea-expression dichotomy). You can't protect the idea of a block built train, but you can't exactly copy it. Not sure where that line would be in this hypo.
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Dogen posted:If they said "Lego" then yeah that would be a trademark problem. On copyright it would be eligible for protection, but I don't know how similar they would have to be (idea-expression dichotomy). You can't protect the idea of a block built train, but you can't exactly copy it. Not sure where that line would be in this hypo. It really comes down to who has the most money in their legal department, but my guess would be that the company making the knockoff doesn't care, would never show up to court, and would still make these trains.
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vrunt posted:Really soon. I'd wager September 1st. They're all on display on minifigures.lego.com now. Whoa whoa whoa. The Alien overlord is an overlordess?  She even has lipstick on her upper 'lip'.
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TRU in the North Texas area has the Thor polybag free with any $20 purchase, to bad they where sold out of them in my area. Picked up the LOTR polybag at least, pretty neat little set for $5.
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Aug 11, 2012 03:07
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I really don't have any more response to this than  http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/sets/72157630914408000/with/7717701618/
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Torael_7 posted:I really don't have any more response to this than I think I remember seeing his in-progress pictures awhile ago, and the end result is pretty fantastic. 21 months of building though, drat.
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It weighs 135 lbs. 
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Cool in execution, but if only it was a different ship. The Serenity is one of the ugliest ship designs ever.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Cool in execution, but if only it was a different ship. The Serenity is one of the ugliest ship designs ever. That's a funny way to spell "awesomest" (which I realize isn't a word but goddammit it's pretty drat awesome).
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I've had turds that were better designed than the Serenity.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I've had turds that were better designed than the Serenity. You should build it in LEGO.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I've had turds that were better designed than the Serenity. 
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I've had turds that were better designed than the Serenity. It must take practice being this wrong.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I've had turds that were better designed than the Serenity. A lot of goons are coming down on you so I'll back you up on this: Serenity looks like what would happen if Joss Whedon took a squat and busted a grumpy.
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Lizard Combatant posted:It must take practice being this wrong. Says the man who hasn't seen my turds.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Says the man who hasn't seen my turds. Well put your turds where your mouth is then sunshine.
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Hah, somebody sure takes their sci-fi a little too seriously.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Hah, somebody sure takes their sci-fi a little too seriously. Lol, I thought we were talking purely from a design point of view? I'm not interested in debating the merits of the show, but the design off that ship is great
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I was speaking from a design point of view. I mean, I think the show is terrible too (much like everything Whedon touches), but I was just speaking purely of the ship.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I was speaking from a design point of view. I mean, I think the show is terrible too (much like everything Whedon touches), but I was just speaking purely of the ship. Well I'm sure everyone finds this fascinating so let's just agree to disagree. But that guy's build is a work of art.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Lizard Combatant posted:Well... That was interesting. Who has MOC's? I don't. After life and jobs got out of the way I finally got to build the Vampyre Hearse. As excited as I was for it, I'm starting to feel that this series is a little lackluster. I thought that the builds for Alien Conquest were much better thought out and had a fun "not quite" complexity that could appeal to both young and old. Monster Fighters so far, for me, is "Here. Have some cool minifigs, a semblance of what's printed on the box, and a play function that may or may not work properly". I still have yet to unpack the large Pick-a-Brick cup that I put together in May or June and take photos of it, like I promised. Let's just say that the guy who likes control panels would like to see them.
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I'm thinking of starting a Lego Club at my university! It's probably not going to happen until next year or so as it's still in the idea phase now, but I want to create a group that will build a part of the school every year. So I've been working on a prototype for the first building. This is what I have so far! It's where I stayed for my first year in university so I felt like I should be the first building I should try to make. Bonus points to those who recognize it! Crazy Pigeon fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Aug 11, 2012 |
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Crazy Pigeon posted:I'm thinking of starting a Lego Club at my university! It's probably not going to happen until next year or so as it's still in the idea phase now, but I want to create a group that will build a part of the school every year. So I've been working on a prototype for the first building. This is what I have so far! Recognized it from the top of the building as I scrolled down the page. Lincoln or Morrill Tower at Ohio State.
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