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So I've got back into Lego after winning a Hagrid's Hut in a raffle recently. I was hoping to start growing a collection of Harry Potter lego, but am I right in thinking most of it is discontinued or hard to find? If so I'm tempted by the Lord of the Rings series, particularly Helms Deep. Is there a list anywhere that would show me what's discontinued now/soon or still generally available? For example I saw some series 6 minifigures in a shop today at £2 each, and had no idea if they were the current ones! I'm not particularly into speculating (I didn't even know it was a thing until reading the thread!), I'd just hate to start a collection and find a set I really liked was reasonably available any more.
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Just built the little bi-rotor Creator helicopter. The rest of 2013 looks just as good for Creator 
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J Bloo posted:So I've got back into Lego after winning a Hagrid's Hut in a raffle recently. I was hoping to start growing a collection of Harry Potter lego, but am I right in thinking most of it is discontinued or hard to find? If so I'm tempted by the Lord of the Rings series, particularly Helms Deep. Harry Potter is almost entirely discontinued now; http://shop.lego.com has two sets, one as 'retiring soon'. Luckily, Harry Potter doesn't seem to be in heavy demand and doesn't seem to go for much beyond retail used and complete. As a bonus, a lot of parents selling their kids' Lego these days tends to have a fair amount of HP mixed in. quote:Is there a list anywhere that would show me what's discontinued now/soon or still generally available? For example I saw some series 6 minifigures in a shop today at £2 each, and had no idea if they were the current ones! http://shop.lego.com has filters for 'Retiring soon' and if it's not listed there, it's discontinued. Generally, if a set was introduced 2 years ago, it's out of production. Minifigures usually last about 6 months, but they've been produced in huge numbers for the last several series. I haven't seen anything older than S7 on the shelves, but my local Fred Meyer still has like 11 largely-unmolested boxes of S7 on the shelf (which is probably why I haven't seen any S9 there yet). Luminaflare posted:Also I can see somewhere in each of those where he's cut bricks for the connection to work. Good catch; I didn't even notice that! Strange that he did it...the antenna thing could have avoided a cut by using a minifig screwdriver and it would hardly look different. The gun design would have required changing, though, since I don't think there are any 1-wide curved bricks with a stud or hole on the side like that.
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Jan 13, 2013 23:38
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J Bloo posted:So I've got back into Lego after winning a Hagrid's Hut in a raffle recently. I was hoping to start growing a collection of Harry Potter lego, but am I right in thinking most of it is discontinued or hard to find? If so I'm tempted by the Lord of the Rings series, particularly Helms Deep. There's a lot of discontinued Harry Potter LEGO, as the license has been around for quite a few years now. Unfortunately one of the very best HP sets, Diagon Alley, JUST went away and is already starting to go through the eBay price creep. LEGO hasn't announced any new sets for that license in 2013, so grab what you can. All LOTR is still available though. Series 6 minifigs? Wow. The current set is 9, so that's kind of amazing. Buy em up. In terms of a list of what's still around, I just tend to google things.
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Jan 13, 2013 23:48
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 Build-off Ended!Allright, so the first round of the build off was a great succes, We got lots of participation and all kinds of racing vehicles and creatures! Santa and the holiday/christmas theme got completeley ignored wich made sense, since christmas was already dead and gone by the time we started!. THe MOCs! These are all the models that got made for this build-off, I axed some of the images to make sure that this post doesn't become super huge. Pyroclastic posted:imgur's being stupid and I don't feel like setting up a minus account, so I'll post from flickr. Click for more shots. MaliciousOnion posted:
Guzwar posted:Anyway, here's a space racer! AzMiLion posted:
djfooboo posted:I made a lovely thing trying to learn this program, enjoy. Luminaflare posted:Mine just finished rendering, it's a racing sub. 3 posted:
Guzwar posted:This is what happens when you spend the day listening to the F-Zero soundtrack: an Ice Planet-inspired colour scheme (no driver, the robots have entered the race) and Alien Conquest aliens who suddenly have a desire for a hawg. Sockser posted:Babby's first MOC rickiep00h posted:I think this barely qualifies as a "racer", but I couldn't think of anything more dangerously, irresponsibly fast as a dinosaur strapped to a rocket. MaliciousOnion posted:Just whipped this up, trying to use as few elements as possible. Managed to get away with 14. Fledgling Gulps posted:I hadn't built anything in a long while so I went hog wild on this racing theme. RodShaft posted:
Goon bi-Weekly Build off 2: the AFOL Strikes backThe bi-weekly LEGOONS Build-off is a way to keep developing your skill with LEGO in whatever form you work with it, whether it’s real bricks, LDD, MLDCAD or some other way. Every two weeks there will be a theme posted in which you can participate and build MOCs fitting to that theme. How do I participate? Simple, state in a post that you are participating in one of the themes and post progress shots or a finished MOC once you are done. Theme voting At the start of each build-off I’ll be posting the current theme(s) and a list of options for the next themes, if you prefer a theme you can cast a vote for the next theme! Is it a  No, toxxes are unfun. Themes for these two weeks! -Wild Wild West! -Mecha DeadlineThe deadline for this build-off is January 27th! The deadline for voting is January 26th (i need to prepare a new list of themes and do a vote count and stuff) Next period theme possibilities -Planes -Steampunk -Space -Movie pieces, things from movies that are recognizable! -Architecture!
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Jan 14, 2013 00:03
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My fiance just discovered the Death Star awesome set and now has tasked me to find it. Ugh. If only she could have asked like 6 months ago, the drat thing seems to be shooting up in price each day.
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Jan 14, 2013 00:04
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Are you outside the US? Because it's definitely still in regular circulation on LEGO@Home. Not sure why the price on Amazon spiked to $468. It's been around $370 until now. EDIT: There's also a guy on Amazon selling one new for $379 with $20 shipping, so that's still definitely an option, AND cheaper than Lego's price. ireladd fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Jan 14, 2013 |
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Jan 14, 2013 00:14
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I didn't except the UCS Imperial Shuttle to be disappearing like it is. I thought for sure there would be enough for them to go on sale again. Anyone know of anywhere still selling them? or long shot anyone here who bought extras.
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Jan 14, 2013 00:32
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Knormal posted:Whoever did that Great Pyramid did the worst job on the easiest building. There's speculation that the tips were plated, maybe that was his half-assed way of doing so.
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Jan 14, 2013 00:44
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Captain Duvel posted:I didn't except the UCS Imperial Shuttle to be disappearing like it is. I thought for sure there would be enough for them to go on sale again. Anyone know of anywhere still selling them? or long shot anyone here who bought extras. I know, I thought they were going to stop selling them around May 4th's sale. They also stopped production of them completely so your best chance would probably going to a local Lego store. Walmart, Target, Amazon, Lego and others are all sold out and won't be restocked(probably) unless you want to pay 350 for it on Amazon. Or you can buy some on Ebay for 300+Shipping. Price is probably only going to keep going up too. Thank goodness I bought one for myself back when it was only 209.
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Jan 14, 2013 05:51
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Just in case you guys were feeling OK about your mech building abilities, I found this bad boy a couple hours ago and still haven't been able to pick my jaw off the floor. Atlas by zane_houston, on Flickr
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Jan 14, 2013 06:12
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Fayez Butts posted:Just in case you guys were feeling OK about your mech building abilities, I found this bad boy a couple hours ago and still haven't been able to pick my jaw off the floor. I'm not a Mech person but this is flawless.
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Jan 14, 2013 06:13
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Wal-Mart's finally getting around to stocking new sets and seems to be quietly clearancing some more sets. Got Weathertop for $40 and saw the Quinjet and the X-Wing for 33% off. They had a bunch of Goblin Kings in the clearance section, but they were $99 so I assume they just ran out of room in the normal Lego section. Weathertop's such a dense build, but it's pretty neat. I've tolerated flick missiles until now, but I died a little bit when the final step added two of them to this. I'm not a huge LotR fan, but it came with a bunch of hinge pieces and most of the cool things about Lord of the Rings: two Ringwraiths (with new horses!), three One Rings, and Aragorn. I know "Weathertop owns bones" is conventional wisdom in this thread, but I definitely agree with what other people were saying a year ago: it feels like a $40 or $50 set, not a $60 one. One thing I never realized about Lord of the Rings Lego is that almost everybody is wearing a cape. There were four capes for five minifigs in this set! Edit: holy gently caress that mech two posts up 
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Jan 14, 2013 06:18
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That mech is insane, I like the use of the technic turn tables for the joints. The liner actuators for the legs is nice as well.If instructions were available I would be bricklinking and building it.
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Jan 14, 2013 06:20
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Fayez Butts posted:Just in case you guys were feeling OK about your mech building abilities, I found this bad boy a couple hours ago and still haven't been able to pick my jaw off the floor. Amazing. I love how the thrusters light up.
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Jan 14, 2013 07:29
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AllisonByProxy posted:I will check what I have when I get home. Where you able to find those few bricks I was looking for? If not I will just put in a order with Lego at their pick a brick or just order them off of brick link, if I can find a store that has no minimum purchase.
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Jan 14, 2013 07:40
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The thing I find craziest about Atlas there is that there's a total of like, less than 20 exposed studs. That's some serious craftsmanship.
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Jan 14, 2013 08:26
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Sockser posted:The thing I find craziest about Atlas there is that there's a total of like, less than 20 exposed studs. That's some serious craftsmanship. Somewhere between 52-56 by my count, but I'm glad he didn't cover up the 2x2 grouping on each disc he used. A thing happened today. I've been moving into a new apartment and today a completely disassembled Tower Bridge came with me in a twice the size of a shoebox sized tub with a lid. As I was walking up to the door I shifted to holding the tub with one hand to retrieve my keys. And it was as I jingled them about to get the correct key to the keyhole that I heard the pop of the lid and the horrific sound of well over a thousand plastic pieces crashing to the ground, then bouncing, then scattering. I abandoned the rest of today's moving procedures to hunt them all down, carry them inside and then lay a sheet out in the living room to sort and count out each and every last piece to very I still had a complete set. (While watching Looper, War Horse, American Reunion, and 50/50) 4286 of 4287 pieces later, I was cursing an elusive 1x1 tan plate. The plus side is that set is now INCREDIBLY well-sorted and bagged. 
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Jan 14, 2013 09:33
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Rythe posted:Where you able to find those few bricks I was looking for? If not I will just put in a order with Lego at their pick a brick or just order them off of brick link, if I can find a store that has no minimum purchase.  This is what you needed right? Let me know where to send them!
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Jan 14, 2013 10:33
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Here's something I've been working on the past few days after seeing the modular buildings. It's just a facade right now but I'm going to work out some actual floors and probably get the parts together on pick-a-brick/bricklink. I stole elements from the Fire Brigade building, such as above the windows and near the top. I always wondered how some people were able to make crazy MOC's, but after using LDD it seems obvious now!
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Jan 14, 2013 17:30
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AllisonByProxy posted:
PM you my address. Thanks a lot.
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Jan 14, 2013 17:46
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If you guys had to choose between the haunted house and the Arkham Asylum, as coolest factor and also I guess increase in value in the future, what one would it be? Would Arkham be worth more being a licensed item and mostly likely not produced as long as HH?
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Jan 14, 2013 17:47
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I am seeling some minifigs in SA Mart, mostly hobbit figs. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3528289 DrChud - I have no idea which will be more valuable, but I know I would certainly prefer Arkham over the haunted house.
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Lizard Combatant posted:Cool, thanks I'll take look. What did you base it on out of interest? I based it on the Jugendstil underground "Stadtbahn" stations by Otto Wagner in Vienna. Didin't really capture it, but I refused to check during the build. I finalised my Gründerzeit building kit:  All 8x8 or 16x8, and fits nicely together. I kept the color pallette rather simple to make it easier to build. One of the early attempts at an assembly, there were parts missing from LDD at the time:  Edit: Erroneously removed the download link for the lxf: http://www.speedshare.org/download.php?id=4BBCA8FB1 pad thai hi-five fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Jan 14, 2013 |
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Jan 14, 2013 20:03
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Intoxication posted:I based it on the Jugendstil underground "Stadtbahn" stations by Otto Wagner in Vienna. Didin't really capture it, but I refused to check during the build. Holy smokes! I love the corner balconies on this.
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Jan 14, 2013 22:44
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I ordered my first Lego set last night. I'm planning on moving soon and won't have much space until then so I went with something little to start and picked Gandalf and his fireworks-cart. I figure once I move I can get Bag End and park him out front of it. I'm kind of excited because I never really enjoyed Lego as a kid, since I only had assorted buckets, and due to a minor developmental disability have an absolutely horrific spatial sense. So I could make... like, a wall or a square house with a square window and no roof. With a proper kit and a set of instructions I'll be able to make something that looks like something, and I love tiny fiddly things so this should be fun. 
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Jan 14, 2013 23:07
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ireladd posted:
If that's the same tan that is used in the Brandenburg Gate lego, I'm pretty sure they gave me an extra 1x1 flat plate. I'll check tonight when I get home if you still need it.
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Jan 14, 2013 23:56
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I've been browsing Cuusoo submissions lately, and well... I think we should all get behind this one: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/21164   I especially like the MSpainted boobs on that profile shot. As we all know, there is a dire lack of Lego boobs and Chell simply wouldn't be complete without them.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:04
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AFewBricksShy posted:If that's the same tan that is used in the Brandenburg Gate lego, I'm pretty sure they gave me an extra 1x1 flat plate. I'll check tonight when I get home if you still need it. Looking at the pic of the Brandenburg Gate they are indeed the same. That would be amazing! No worries if you don't have it but if you do I'll send you something fun in return.
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Jan 15, 2013 00:16
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The things some people get up to...
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Jan 15, 2013 00:32
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Brickvention is on again in Melbourne this weekend. Looks like they moved to a larger venue this time too.
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Jan 15, 2013 01:33
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My western theme submission! The Good Guys!  The Bad Guys!  Armored Stage Coach!  Look at all them barrels! For what could they need all of those built into a stagecoach?  BECAUSE ITS A FREAKIN SPIDER MECH STAGECOACH THING!  We're going straight to The Wild Wild West!  BONUS! Marty McFly from Back to the Future: Part 3! 
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Jan 15, 2013 02:05
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Rythe posted:PM you my address. Thanks a lot. Fyi, Just put this in the mail today so hopefully it won't take too long! Picked up 4 of the new Creator sets yesterday. Really cool builds. I think I like the Construction Hauler the best. 
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Jan 15, 2013 03:40
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ireladd posted:Looking at the pic of the Brandenburg Gate they are indeed the same. That would be amazing! No worries if you don't have it but if you do I'll send you something fun in return. Found a 1x1 tan flat plate. Pm me your address and I'll mail it out tomorrow. Edit: Put it in the mail. I taped the edges of the envelope since it's so small it could possibly sneak out of one of the corners. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Jan 15, 2013 |
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Jan 15, 2013 05:09
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So my local Fred Meyer got in 7 or 8 cases of Series 9 and my random pull of 10 somehow gave me 5x Knight 2x Chicken Man and 1 of each Judge, Cop, and Caesar. Anyone want to trade for 4 Knights and a Chicken Man?
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Jan 16, 2013 06:17
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This is pretty neat: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eilonwy77/8386327957/in/pool-afol16
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Jan 16, 2013 22:15
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A box containing my childhood arrived last night. . . I have no idea how heavy it is or how many pieces, but I can say that is one of the few items that has made forced me to stop multiple times while climbing my stairs.  I spent almost all morning sorting, prior to the sort the box would barely shut all the way. Those are 6qt containers to give you an idea of their size. I was originally sorting into one bucket for each color black, white, yellow, red, blue, and green. The first problem I realized was red, black, white and blue all filled up really fast, they yellow box is pathetically empty (which really doesn't bother me much at all) and I started throwing brown and grey into the green box. I need to find a good way to clean a ton of Lego, I think most of my pieces have had coke spilled on them. The good is that the cola rinses off really quick with hot water (gonna go through a ton of hot water) but I really don't want to wash five million bricks by hand. I think a google search said something about putting bricks in either a dish washer or clothes washer? I suppose I could also fill my tub with hot water and let them soak forever. Good news is for the most part, it looks like my parts have not yellowed much - I imagine most of the parts were purchased in the 90s or later and Lego must have solved that problem by then? None the less, some of my white bricks look kinda nasty. While sorting, I also hunted down some of my minifigs:    These guys are like my ghetto version of storm troopers or something: (these look like 20x better if I replace the torso with white zippered jackets, see next photo)  These guys are my "classic astronauts" - I like this look enough I have a shipment of about 8-10 each red, blue and black torsos coming from the netherlands (seller didn't have white torsos).  Next I have my "engineering crew" - I really wish there were more colors of the jacket with the zipper straight up and down.  Last minifig pic, I am trying to create something that looks kinda like a space soldier. I am choosing to use Spyrius or Unitron torsos because that is what I have to work with, and I think they both kinda look like futuristic armor, especially the upper part of the Spyrius torso. But overall, I just like the Unitron fig (outfitted as pictured) best. I am not yet sure if I prefer the aquashark headgear (it looks like armor to me) or the standard air tank and helmet.  Not Wolverine fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Jan 17, 2013 |
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Jan 16, 2013 22:37
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SO, my 8043 Excavator arrived today, and it's one of the ones with the old actuators.  No worries, I can just call and get the service pack, right? Maybe not... quote:Call Us And of course, Verizon Wireless blocks the Customer Service line... and I work at home, so it's the only phone I have.
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Jan 16, 2013 23:53
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Maybe via email? Where did you pick it up that it has the old ones, I thought all the unsold ones were recalled and had them replaced? Do you also have the V1 PF receivers in it as well then?
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Actually, the Sales line worked, and after a long hold they were able to get me through to the right place. They are sending me the repair kit (from Denmark!), should take 4-8 weeks. I bought it through Bricklink, and after I ordered it I noticed that it said "FIRST EDITION" right on it. I haven't actually opened it yet, I just assumed that it was the older one. I didn't know that the receivers were different, just the linear actuators. How do I check? EDIT: The Bricklink entry for the actuator details how you can tell the two versions apart, but no note on the Receiver: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=61927c01 Squashy Nipples fucked around with this message at 01:10 on Jan 17, 2013 |
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