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jadebullet posted:Oh yeah, I definitely can't wait to get to build a store display. So far it is definitely a pretty nice job, there are far worse things I could be doing with my life. It's not neckbeards that cause us the issue in our store, but resellers and parents of children who are obsessed with just the characters. Anytime I see parents inspecting or holding the magnets I give them a preemptive warning that the characters cannot be removed from the magnetic backing and I explain that due to licensing we can only sell the characters themselves within sets. That usually takes care of things, but if they continue to make a fuss I do what I can by recommending Bricklink and the secondary market. However if they are missing a character (or the dog chewed it up), I recommend they call customer service to order a replacement and they seem very grateful after that. Resellers are tougher, though, but they're usually easy to spot. While most shoppers will slowly browse the store, picking things up, inspecting them, and setting them down to look at other sets... resellers come in and make a beeline for the exclusive sets, like the limited edition 4x4 crawler. They will inspect the box carefully, running their fingers over any perceived blemishes in the packaging, often asking if we have one in the back in 'better' condition. This isn't always a positive indicator, though, because sometimes we have regular customers who are just picky like that. Resellers will also ask for or attempt to purchase multiple exclusive or rare sets, oftentimes asking for more than is the purchasing limit. Most of the time we can't actively deny them making a purchase, but there have been a few resellers that raised major stinks in our store and have been banned by the management for their disruptive activities. One of the resellers was known to operate a gaming kiosk on the other side of the mall, selling Minecraft toys, and attempted to purchase a large number of MC sets from us. I dunno if he wound up being banned from our store or just flat out denied making a large purchase, but I haven't seen him around since. One of my coworkers did manage to shut down a reseller with some pretty good logic, though. The reseller had grabbed a limited edition 4x4 crawler, inspected the box, then pointed out that some of the tape on the side was a bit 'unsightly,' and asked if we had another. My coworker, cool as a cucumber, informed him that was our last one and that the condition of the tape shouldn't matter, as the tape would be cut by the recipient of the gift before opening and building it. The reseller, flummoxed, nodded, set down the set and just walked out, defeated.
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jadebullet posted:Oh yeah, I definitely can't wait to get to build a store display. So far it is definitely a pretty nice job, there are far worse things I could be doing with my life. The idea that someone would want to open up a sealed box for specific pieces boggles my mind. ChesterJT fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Dec 3, 2013 |
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I used to have awkward conversations with the dudes in the Lego store when I'd walk in and just browse. They apparently couldn't get a good read on me and always seemed to be trying to figure out what I was there for. Once I started showing up with a pick-a-brick cup in hand those conversations disappeared, I guess that branded me as a nerd that just likes lego.
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Man, why haven't I learned my lesson? When I see an awesome deal on Amazon I just have to snap it up before resellers do. That rad Galaxy Squad bug-tank was only 35$. drat. I do have to say, maybe it is just the lack of cool space themes lately (Star Wars is getting a bit tiresome, especially with the focus on Prequel poo poo), but Galaxy Squad has grown on me, especially the bug sets. I still feel it kind of has the same problem Alien Conquest had of the alien ships being way cooler than the human ones, but the Galaxy Squad ships look a bit more interesting than the Earth Defense Force.
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ChesterJT posted:The idea what someone would want to open up a sealed box for specific pieces boggles my mind. Opening up the sealed $400 box and offering to pay $2 for the minifig you want out of it, though...  xzzy posted:I used to have awkward conversations with the dudes in the Lego store when I'd walk in and just browse. They apparently couldn't get a good read on me and always seemed to be trying to figure out what I was there for. I'm curious, what kinds of awkward conversations? We get a few AFOLs in our store, some part of a LUG, others just independent, and I've not had any awkward conversations yet.
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Looks like you really know what you doing!
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jeeves posted:I do have to say, maybe it is just the lack of cool space themes lately (Star Wars is getting a bit tiresome, especially with the focus on Prequel poo poo), but Galaxy Squad has grown on me, especially the bug sets. I still feel it kind of has the same problem Alien Conquest had of the alien ships being way cooler than the human ones, but the Galaxy Squad ships look a bit more interesting than the Earth Defense Force. The two orange squad sets and the green squad set are pretty rad. I like the ship part of the Titan, the tank seems a bit spare by itself tho. All the larger bug sets are cool.
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Galaxy squad rules and now I'm sad they probably won't make a red team speeder vehicle or somesuch. Goddamn star wars.
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Ka0 posted:Galaxy squad rules and now I'm sad they probably won't make a red team speeder vehicle or somesuch. Goddamn star wars. The one that comes with the crawler is a speeder that turns into a ... smaller speeder and a flying wing. It's kind of cool, especially when both parts are together, although then the robot has nowhere to sit.
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This is kind of an odd question, but I figured some of you would be in the know. I bought a bunch of Legos for a relative for Christmas and I want to do a card with a lego mini fig that looks like said relative. I've seen a lot of renderings of custom minifigs in dynamic poses online, but no explanation of how it's done outside of a 3d rendering program. Is there an easier way to make something like these? Thanks for any help.  (I know the programmer is an official lego image)
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Have you tried this? http://www.lego.com/en-us/minifigurefamily/holiday2013/minifigurefamily
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jeeves posted:I do have to say, maybe it is just the lack of cool space themes lately (Star Wars is getting a bit tiresome, especially with the focus on Prequel poo poo), but Galaxy Squad has grown on me, especially the bug sets. I still feel it kind of has the same problem Alien Conquest had of the alien ships being way cooler than the human ones, but the Galaxy Squad ships look a bit more interesting than the Earth Defense Force. I'm the opposite. I had no interest in the alien ships in Alien Conquests or the bug ships in Galaxy Squad, although I do like the minifigures. The Earth Defence HQ is my favourite set ever and I'm digging a couple of the larger Galaxy Squad sets. What I'm loving in Galaxy Squad is the robot minifigures and the heavy weaponry. What I'd really like to see is some kind of exploration/colonization based space theme, but I doubt that will ever happen. It's all about comabt and good guys and bad guys.
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Gravy Jones posted:I'm the opposite. I had no interest in the alien ships in Alien Conquests or the bug ships in Galaxy Squad, although I do like the minifigures. The Earth Defence HQ is my favourite set ever and I'm digging a couple of the larger Galaxy Squad sets. What I'm loving in Galaxy Squad is the robot minifigures and the heavy weaponry. What I'd really like to see is some kind of exploration/colonization based space theme, but I doubt that will ever happen. It's all about comabt and good guys and bad guys. As far as Space colonization, I think there were a few themes that emphasized that instead of combat, like the Life on Mars sets or the Exploriens sets.
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RodShaft posted:Have you tried this?
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Orthanc build report: it's very tall! edit: it's also black.
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So my mom bought me a bag of legos from a garage sale for $7. Didn't weigh it but seems like a couple pounds. It's a mix of Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Bionicle and Harry Potter. From looking up the unique pieces, there is not any complete sets in it, but lots of bley, dark bley and blue so more classic space colors for me! I think I'll take the Browns and Greens and make extra trees for my little Endor sets. Unsorted:  Sorted:  Minifigures, not much here and a lot are missing hands. The most interesting for me is the rebel trooper towards the bottom(only missing hands and correct face). And what is up with the Darth Vader torso below it? Looked through my Star Wars Character Encyclopedia and it does not match anything in it. Is it something they did an arm swap on or did I just miss finding it? 
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It causes me pain to see minifigs with arm swaps, I have so many torsos with cracks in the underarm area I wince any time I try to fix a patchwork minifig.
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Toys R Us has a BOGO50% (excluding Chima, Ninjago, Technic, and Mindstorms) until the 7th. They also have Hobbit wave 2 (Desolation of Smaug) and Ninjago wave...4? Cyberpunk Ninjago. And I think a few scattered new City and and Creator sets. Looks like Lego's abandoning the special plastic containers for their small Creator sets; I saw them in standard cardboard boxes. The new Ninjago evil techno dragon set has at least 6 of the new 45-degree angle plates. They also wanted $110 for it, which was ridiculous; Amazon has it for $88 right now. Keep an eye out for small Chima 'Legendary Beast' sets. They're brick-built animals that have the new mini ball-joint system we thought we'd have to wait for the Mixels to introduce. They're ~100 piece sets so they should be relatively cheap, but they've got 4-9 complete joint sets in them. Edit - Also, TRU has Chima Speedorz for a straight 50% off. So if you want to get the only skunk minifigure ever made, now may be the time. Pyroclastic fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Dec 4, 2013 |
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Pyroclastic posted:Toys R Us has a BOGO50% (excluding Chima, Ninjago, Technic, and Mindstorms) until the 7th. They also have Hobbit wave 2 (Desolation of Smaug) and Ninjago wave...4? Cyberpunk Ninjago. And I think a few scattered new City and and Creator sets. Looks like Lego's abandoning the special plastic containers for their small Creator sets; I saw them in standard cardboard boxes. And of course, neither the Death Star, nor SSD qualify for this promotion because they're a HOT PRICE ITEM. Fuckers.
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Those new fixed angle plates are just what I need for my long-thought about TARDIS console project. Perfect for making a solid hexagon shape!
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Just found the most inventive and disturbing MOC I've ever seen http://www.flickr.com/photos/hugebricks/8261040069/
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Saint Sputnik posted:Just found the most inventive and disturbing MOC I've ever seen PETA's ads just keep getting weirder and weirder
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Gabriel Pope posted:PETA's ads just keep getting weirder and weirder They have been known to talk turkey.
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The_Doctor posted:Those new fixed angle plates are just what I need for my long-thought about TARDIS console project. Perfect for making a solid hexagon shape! Alternatively a technic pulley wheel which has 6 holes, and connect a 90 degree piece and an axle to eaxh.
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Saint Sputnik posted:Just found the most inventive and disturbing MOC I've ever seen That sure is a lot of pictures of giant breasted Lego robots. 
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Turn that  into a  , just keep trying - flux capacitors for every vehicle.
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If this keeps up the most valuable version of this Lego piece is where it is spelled right for once.
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Considering their extremely high quality control the fact this is still happening is a little crazy.
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xzzy posted:Flickr rapidly reveals itself as the creepiest website on the planet if you start digging around on it too much. I still need to check on my BTTF set and see if the printing is wrong... maybe if it's correct I'll trade you so I can get multiples too. 
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InfinEight posted:I still need to check on my BTTF set and see if the printing is wrong... maybe if it's correct I'll trade you so I can get multiples too. I've not seen any reports of a correctly spelled piece.
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InfinEight posted:Doesn't that describe most of the internet though? Yeah the first run, and the replacement they set me are both printed wrong, I don't think there were any correct first runs.
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Well, unsurprisingly I got a misprint too. Feels good to be part of the club I guess.
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Do printed bricks usually show this much variance within a run? Does the way the white text sit so high on the tape on the brick to the right mean they made a new print run but didn't check the one thing they were specifically trying to fix?
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PriorMarcus posted:I've not seen any reports of a correctly spelled piece. Don't you mean peice?  Also, I haven't gotten mine despite an email telling me it went out a couple weeks ago. I know it was shipped to my old address, since that's what LEGO had on file for me, but I have mail forwarding set up, AND I'm friends with my ex-roommate and he hasn't meantioned any more mail for me still going there. Guess I'll send an email to customer service.
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I got the last creator lighthouse available in the lego shop I visit. It was 30% on discount too.
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Umbra Dubium posted:Do printed bricks usually show this much variance within a run? Does the way the white text sit so high on the tape on the brick to the right mean they made a new print run but didn't check the one thing they were specifically trying to fix? My friend, you're messing with the messy force of registration. If these are pad printed (they probably are), there is always a risk of misregistration.
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kefkafloyd posted:My friend, you're messing with the messy force of registration. If these are pad printed (they probably are), there is always a risk of misregistration. Ah, fair enough. I was hoping Lego hadn't slid quite that far.
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