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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Galaxy Squad looks good! some new pieces in there, too. I especially like the look of that land vehicle with the mech, 70704.
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Joramun posted:2013 is going to be so good. Just looked up 2013 Technic :  http://imgur.com/bnTVv
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Oh poo poo, the Galaxy Squad sets include those fins that I don't think have been in sets recently! I thought they retired those parts because they were "too thin". And they have the classic "old camera with a trans dish + cone to make rocket boosters" combo on top of said fins like the old space sets, to boot!
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Captain Invictus posted:Oh poo poo, the Galaxy Squad sets include those fins that I don't think have been in sets recently! I thought they retired those parts because they were "too thin". And they have the classic "old camera with a trans dish + cone to make rocket boosters" combo on top of said fins like the old space sets, to boot! The multicolored space guys are a cool throwback to Classic Space with a modern twist, too.
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Joramun posted:2013 is going to be so good. I'm saving up for all the Lone Ranger sets. Cowboys!
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Well thanks for that lego, on top of that Galaxy Squad line, and that Technic F1 car. How am I going to afford all of the overprices star wars sets to go with my R2? But seriously 70705 that orange galaxy one looks awesome.
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This thing is not suggestive at all! http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=516883
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Scored the Best-Lock "Terminator" mega box set at Toys R Us today for $50. I'm just blown away that this set even exists. I mean, there isn't a new Terminator movie/TV show/videogame on the horizon, so the timing is completely baffling. I guess my only "complaint" at this stage, having not opened the box and messed with it yet, is that while it comes with a ton of different weapons, there's no plasma rifles for the endoskeletons. 
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Your next complaint is going to be warped pieces that don't stick together and will probably either snap in half or crumble on you. Out of all the Lego substitutes that have hit the market that crap is probably the worst of the lot.
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 It looks like they've mixed in at least two different scales for the fliers and tanks, too.
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MaliciousOnion posted:
I'm about to crack open the box and see how good (bad) this set actually is, I'll post a trip report after I'm done messing with it. I'm not going to lie, literally the only reason I bought this set is because of the Terminator license, and I'm easily most excited about the little endoskeleton minifigures. Xenomrph fucked around with this message at 10:35 on Nov 22, 2012 |
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I love the random  bits of wall they threw in.Speaking of off-brand bricks, I've been tempted to pick up these-  because, hey, its the Beatles! On the other hand they're kind of ugly. There's also a set of all 11 doctors from Doctor Who, but they have the same problem of just not looking very appealing.
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http://www.youtube.com/user/krisproductionstudio This guy has some reviews up of three of the Galaxy Squad sets. It's a shame about all the stickers in the big sets, but I'm still going to get most of this theme. I'm also torn on the different color squads. On the one hand I wish they stuck with just one color, but on the other more of the new helmets in different colors.  And the robot and alien figs are just awesome. Can't wait for these to be available in the US.
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Xenomrph posted:Scored the Best-Lock "Terminator" mega box set at Toys R Us today for $50. If anyone wants to pick these up, they're on sale tonight for Black Friday: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=15546836 $29.99
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Went to Target at 10 am today and found a stack of Black Pearls. They weren't close to the Lego aisle so it took me a while to find them. Also grabbed the batmobile polybag 
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Amazon has the UCS Imperial Shuttle for $210 right now http://amzn.com/B00883VGJK
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Are there any Canadian stores carrying the Black Pearl, or do I have to go through American shops?
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So Eurobricks found a bunch of new minifig parts, most likely for new CMF series! They also have a list for S10
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Went to the LEGO store for black friday, got a 20% off scratch off, dude at the register asked if I wanted to add anything. So I added a Death Star. It's still in the brown box that it was shipped in. Then my friend did the same thing. And we collectively spent over $1,000 at the LEGO store.
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Tkytko posted:So Eurobricks found a bunch of new minifig parts, most likely for new CMF series! I'm so hot for that librarian. But I think that Grandpa's going to steal the show with that torso -- bowtie, suspenders and hiked-up pant
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I seriously cannot give even half of a poo poo about the minifigure series now. They churn them out far too quickly, how many series per year? 5, 6? A few of the new ones look pretty neat, though I can't forgive them for making a Paris Hilton minifigure.
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Captain Invictus posted:I seriously cannot give even half of a poo poo about the minifigure series now. They churn them out far too quickly, how many series per year? 5, 6? I don't think they're coming out too quickly, it's only 2-3 a year (4 in 2012 if you include the special Olympic series). With S9 due for early 2013 and S11 for late 2013 that's another 3, these lists were just leaked really early.
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Picked up the Winter Village Post Office yesterday, which, while looking nice once finished, was one of the most frustrating builds I've ever done. The bandstand that comes with it is an absolute clusterfuck of fragility, and I must have had it fall apart on me 2-3 times while building. Also several pieces were missing, and a load of extraneous pieces were in their place, clearly making up the weight. Luckily they were bits I already had, but still.. Next stop, finding a cheap Toy Shop!
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What was missing? I haven't opened mine from last year yet (I got it for Christmas, so I wasn't feeling Christmassy once the season was over...so I decided to save it for this year, thereby saving me from needing to buy this year's prior to a sale. And then I bought this year's in the VIP sale anyway, whoops.) I am meant to be building a public display piece, but I'm trying not to use my actual Christmas sets and I'm wrangling over what to build. I can't decide whether to do a family interior of a living room, perhaps with a tree and fireplace - or some big characters, e.g. snowman, Santa etc, or a big Christmas tree. Or Santa's workshop, or some reindeer... I think I've got the problem of having too many ideas, but not one that I love enough / am confident enough that I've got the right bricks.
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Testro posted:What was missing? Several of the sand bricks and a black cylinder 1x1 brick. But I got extra wood brown flats.
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Grim. Lego will send you the missing bricks if you fill in a form on their website about it. They sent me replacement cheese slopes for my Winter Village Toy Shop when mine cracked. Incidentally, I have never felt quite so sick when I saw those cracks - not because of my Toy Shop so much, but because I had to go and painstakingly check my Tower Bridge! I had my heart in my mouth.
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Oh I know, Lego are fantastic about that  luckily I already had suitable replacement spares, so didn't need to wait.
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Cracked cheese slopes? Whats up with that? I was at the lego fanwelt in cologne, they had a nice collection of mocs/dioramas. I took a couple of photos, sorry about the bad quality. Giant blacktron spaceship  LOTR moc  Cool looking tugboat.  Nice trees/landscape   Gigantic imperial star destroyer.  several nice steam engines  Model of the cologne cathedral. Lots and lots of greebles.  
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Ika posted:Cracked cheese slopes? Whats up with that? This kinda stuff reminds me that actually, no, I don't have THAT many lego. Thanks for the pics!
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That tugboat has been posted around on the Internet lately too.
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Ika posted:several nice steam engines Paging Shuppiluliumas, Shuppiluliumas please report to the LEGO thread please. Thank you.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Where would you even find that many 1x2 wedge pieces? if you build moc's and are with a LUG group once or twice a year lego sends them a list of what they can buy in bulk at lower then normal rate but the understanding is it's only used for your moc and not to be resold.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Most likely a special direct purchase directly from Lego through back channels. European LUGs have that luxury
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On the waterfall one, what was used to create the long strands of pink and red? It looks incredible.
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VaultAggie posted:On the waterfall one, what was used to create the long strands of pink and red? It looks incredible. The pink and red appears to be flower petals, I can't tell what is used as thread. MOC name is Labor 21. E: Some more nice trees 
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