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^^^ Kinky. Couple stories for you guys, from two different trips to the LEGO Store. First time I was there, I was browsing the city sets, when a kid, probably 7 or 8 years old, was asking his mom if he could get a set. Here's how the conversation went down: Kid: *Pointing to set* "Mom, can I get this one?" Mom: "No, I don't think so honey" Kid: "But you said I could get a toy if I came shopping with you today..." Mom: "I know, but you always just build these things once and then take them apart!" The kid then went on to say how this time he wouldn't, etc etc, then ended up leaving empty handed. How does this broad not realize that that is the loving point of LEGO?? Second time I went, it was my birthday. My lady took me there to get something, and I settled on the Eiffel Tower. She ended up getting the Leaning Tower of Pisa too. At the checkout, this conversation went down: Cashier: "Do you have a LEGO VIP card?" Me: "Actually yeah, I do!" GF: "Of COURSE you do  "Me: "Whatever, my mom got it for me." The second those words came out of my mouth I realized how much nerdier I sounded. They both proceeded to laugh at me.
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But really, how cum-stained are your jorts?
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Nov 29, 2014 22:04
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They are more cum than denim at this point.
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Do you guys know if the Toys R Us Bricktober modular sets connect with the official Lego mini modular set?
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The Endbringer posted:Kid: *Pointing to set* "Mom, can I get this one?" I hear this kind of conversation every day and it never fails to break my heart. I try my best to convince the parent that there's more to it than building just the set on the box. It helps a little when I share about my childhood experiences of building spaceships out of everything I had, including pirate stuff.
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obi_ant posted:Do you guys know if the Toys R Us Bricktober modular sets connect with the official Lego mini modular set? They don't.
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Do you guys have some advice on bricklink for me? I'm trying to buy an assortment of useful, specialized parts like different ball joints and secondary colors but it's tricky to find a vendor in my country that stocks everything at a reasonable price. What do you usually buy on bricklink, do you try to stick with one vendor and how much do you usually pay for everything?
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My orders are usually in the $10-$20 range per shop. I build up a wanted list and have bricklink find sellers that have the most of what I'm after. Maybe it's easier in the US because there's so many sellers here.. I never have an issue getting what I need.
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If you're in a weirdly-out-of-the-way country(in terms of proportional numbers of Lego sellers), you're likely going to have to suck it up and fork out a ton for shipping if you want a lot of specific stuff. You could, potentially, get a US goon to order stuff for you and then bundle it up and ship it all at once, but that might be a bit too much effort if you're not buying a lot.
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The Endbringer posted:They are more cum than denim at this point. Weird, thought you said Lego Store, not WalMart.
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Is there any easy way to rotate the head on a minifigure keychain? I have one where the mouth has worn off on one side of the head and I want to spin it around so the other printing shows but it's just not budging.
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Neurion posted:I hear this kind of conversation every day and it never fails to break my heart. I try my best to convince the parent that there's more to it than building just the set on the box. It helps a little when I share about my childhood experiences of building spaceships out of everything I had, including pirate stuff.
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Cloks posted:Is there any easy way to rotate the head on a minifigure keychain? I have one where the mouth has worn off on one side of the head and I want to spin it around so the other printing shows but it's just not budging. Does it have some sort of hairpiece? Or just an uncovered, 2-sided head? I've got one (the cop with orange hair from a few years ago, doesn't seem to be in the store anymore) and I can spin his head with a bit of effort, but the hair's glued on.
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horriblePencilist posted:Do you guys have some advice on bricklink for me? I'm trying to buy an assortment of useful, specialized parts like different ball joints and secondary colors but it's tricky to find a vendor in my country that stocks everything at a reasonable price. What do you usually buy on bricklink, do you try to stick with one vendor and how much do you usually pay for everything? Use BrickStock to make a wanted list. Import wanted list into Bricklink, go to the wanted list page and browse by store, then sort the store listing by unique lots. This shows you the stores that has the highest amount of different pieces on your wish list. You can also import the lists from BrickStock into Brickficiency or BrickWizard, and have those programs run automatic bricklink searches for you, to give you a combination of stores that results in the cheapest sellers for your wanted list. You shouldn't make too long lists with this latter alternative though. I tried doing this on a 200 lot wishlist and the search took 8 hours, then eventually just crashed.
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UK GOONS: Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! is 30% off, so £56 in Debenhams at the moment.
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Krazyface posted:Does it have some sort of hairpiece? Or just an uncovered, 2-sided head? I've got one (the cop with orange hair from a few years ago, doesn't seem to be in the store anymore) and I can spin his head with a bit of effort, but the hair's glued on. Yeah, it's Frodo. The hair spins freely but the head won't budge.
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PriorMarcus posted:UK GOONS: Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! is 30% off, so £56 in Debenhams at the moment. But... VIP points! Edit - £80 on the website still. The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Dec 1, 2014 |
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They have a few new sets out on Lego's store today. A very random assortment, but the snow plow is cool and there is no minimum free shipping. Lots of nice stuff with a Jan 1 on sale date.
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Will the UCS Slave-1 have a 3 day VIP only sale before the Jan 1 sale date? Hmm, but if I get it Jan 1, then it's 2 free sets(flower cart and AT-DP).
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I was parting out the new 31032: Red Creatures, and noticed this: New version on the left, previous on the right. The friction of the clip seems about the same, but the required pressure to attach or release a rod is noticeably less. The divot on the side is new as well, where the old was smooth on all sides, and there's an additional square recess on the inside. However, the edges are crisper and not rounded on the new version. I would guess it's the result of cutting down on plastic consumption.
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InfinEight posted:I was parting out the new 31032: Red Creatures, and noticed this:  The divot is the mold injection site for the piece.
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Neurion posted:
And it looks terrible.  I hope they don't cheap out on everything and lose quality like that.
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Neurion posted:
Yeah, you might wanna contact Lego about it. That's a substantial flaw. I recall noticing a few of those new clips in some other recent set, and it was particularly strange since it still had the old-style clip in the same color.
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All the cheese wedges on my microfighter millennium falcon are splitting down the middle.  I was swooshing it around this morning while waiting for my computer to reboot and noticed it. I know lego will fix it with a phone call, it's just annoying to have to actually do it. I wonder how far they can go with cutting costs before it either damages their brand or it gets too expensive to deal with mad customers.
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InfinEight posted:I was parting out the new 31032: Red Creatures, and noticed this: That perspective is weird, it looks like the new piece is farther away from the camera but also larger than the old piece. . . Do the clips attach at the same height? The only thing I dislike about the new piece is just the new look, I really like the look of the angled sides on the old clip.
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xzzy posted:All the cheese wedges on my microfighter millennium falcon are splitting down the middle. Ditto. A few months ago I mentioned that the Valentine's set I got in February was falling apart and I think it's literally happening to half of the smaller sets I've bought this year. Honestly it's kind of putting me off buying some of the bigger sets now. I don't really want to spend £139 on the Detective Office if it's going to be splitting and cracking in a year, or even five years time.
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PriorMarcus posted:Ditto. A few months ago I mentioned that the Valentine's set I got in February was falling apart and I think it's literally happening to half of the smaller sets I've bought this year. Honestly it's kind of putting me off buying some of the bigger sets now. Start calling customer service and reporting busted parts. Complaints on internet forums are one thing but the bean counters will demand better production quality if they need to staff a few extra call centers to replace lovely broken parts.
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Saint Sputnik posted:Yep. You in the states? Pig guy is the only one I need from that series so I'd do a straight trade for that. Bah. I only have Pizza Guy, Musketeer, and three Smellen of Troy.
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I wonder if they really have cut back on quality, and if so for all sets or only for the smaller ones? Or if the sheer amount of bricks being produced for more customers mean there will be more faulty ones being reported. It seems strange to cut costs when things are going so well. But I guess you can always try to make even more money.
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I've figured it's less cutting costs to make money, and more cutting corners to meet demand. According to at least this new story Lego has been expected to be in incredibly high demand this year, maybe highest it's ever been.
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horriblePencilist posted:Is there a mega blocks movie/video game Not unless Halo, Call of Duty and Skylanders count. Playmobil have announced a movie though!
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Gravy Jones posted:Not unless Halo, Call of Duty and Skylanders count. Only European kids and that one weird American family are going to watch it, though. 
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SomeJazzyRat posted:I've figured it's less cutting costs to make money, and more cutting corners to meet demand. According to at least this new story Lego has been expected to be in incredibly high demand this year, maybe highest it's ever been. I think it was as early as october that most stores here were told they wouldn't receive any more sets (new or old) this year, due to TLG not being able to meet the demands. The The Lego Movie sets are so popular they are using all their logistics bandwidth on shipping that out to their own regional stores and S@H's
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Gravy Jones posted:Not unless Halo, Call of Duty and Skylanders count. Is it gonna be the Ratatoing of Lego movie? On second thought, does the Lego Movie even have a direct-to-dvd ripoff?
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horriblePencilist posted:On second thought, does the Lego Movie even have a direct-to-dvd ripoff? Yes. But it's porn.
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Research Institute available on the online store again. Took forever, but yay! edit - doh, UK store only. 
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Chris Knight posted:Yes. But it's porn. I'd make a joke about studs and holes, but it'd be nothing this thread has seen already. Going back on topic, digging through my Lego collection made me stumble upon my brothers old Lego Knights, the ones with with the ball joints, and boy were these sets minimal. You'd think building the karate action in bionicles yourself would be the exciting part, but that torso is just one big piece. Was that during the time where Lego went overboard with specialized pieces?
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Gravy Jones posted:Playmobil have announced a movie though! I can't wait to see the adventures of Hobo-bludgeoning Cop, TSA Agent and Hazmat Lady!
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