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What are you peeling the stickers off and applying them with? I'm curious because I used to be terrible at applying them before I got into Gunpla but since applying so many in that, using an x-acto to peel them off and a tooth pick to press them down things seem to be a lot easier with the rare instance I actually apply Lego stickers. On a similar note what's up with the massive amounts of stickers on the Technic sets lately? It's not something I've ever particularly remembered them using a lot. And on a similar note to the similar note I'm going to be treating myself to a Technic set once I've got all my University assignments finished and handed in. I was thinking of getting the 42029 Customized Pick Up Truck, anything I should know about that kit in particular or anything better to get at around the same price point?
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May 3, 2015 01:07
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Just ordered an A-Wing and V-Wing from walmart's website since they appeared to be retired on lego's site and no longer on TRU's site either. I really aughta curb this lego binge, I'm running out of places to put the dang things. Speaking of retired sets- I had a silly dream the other day that I was at the store and Lego had a new series/theme that was basically re-prints of old favorites. Kinda surprised they've never done something like that. Anyone have that one (or many) set that they missed out on? There's a plethora of sets I remember looking at longingly in the catalogs and stuff as a kid, but the Tie Defender is the one set that I had money for but just never picked up.
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May 3, 2015 01:09
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I just don't use stickers anymore. I'm decent at placing them (many hours as a youth placing decals on model cars to thank for that I guess) it's just a hassle I don't see the point of bothering with because it ruins the pieces for any other purposes. So I have a tupperware box full of unused stickers.
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May 3, 2015 01:23
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Well I finished the TIE. Sweet Christ once you start the wings there are a lot of "do this 4x" instructions. I like how it all comes together but building the wings was not fun. Also it looks kind of funny up close but from across the room it looks really fantastic. Also it was a quick build for UCS, I think it took a leisurely 3 hours and that was with screwing up the middle part of one wing because I stopped reading the instructions after a couple repetitions (I was doing all 4 smaller builds simultaneously). Oxyclean posted:Anyone have that one (or many) set that they missed out on? There's a plethora of sets I remember looking at longingly in the catalogs and stuff as a kid, but the Tie Defender is the one set that I had money for but just never picked up. It is not a good build or kit, don't fret. I actually had a wing plate split on mine because of the dumb way it rests and ended up tossing it because I was just starting to get into the hobby again and didn't think of re using the pieces. Dogen fucked around with this message at 04:15 on May 3, 2015 |
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May 3, 2015 04:13
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I know there's at least one Massachusetts Lego goon here besides me so I'm gonna post about this. I went to the LegoLand in Sommerville today with my son (because they won't let you in without a kid, unless it's the once a month adult day) it was awesome! They had a scavenger hunt passbook where you collect stamps as you do certain activities. They gave him a cool special Lego land brick, if you brought a minifigure from Home you could trade with any of the staff. The city of Boston room was amazing with models of all the major landmarks, and of course I couldn't leave without spending a bunch of money. I got the star destroyer, the green lantern/sinestro set, and some pirate stuff for my son as well as a bunch of the new Simpson's figures. It was awesome and if anyone is in driving distance I totally recommend it.
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May 3, 2015 04:38
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Dogen posted:Well I finished the TIE. Sweet Christ once you start the wings there are a lot of "do this 4x" instructions.
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May 3, 2015 04:43
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anotherblownsave posted:I know there's at least one Massachusetts Lego goon here besides me so I'm gonna post about this. I went to the LegoLand in Sommerville today with my son (because they won't let you in without a kid, unless it's the once a month adult day) it was awesome! They had a scavenger hunt passbook where you collect stamps as you do certain activities. They gave him a cool special Lego land brick, if you brought a minifigure from Home you could trade with any of the staff. The city of Boston room was amazing with models of all the major landmarks, and of course I couldn't leave without spending a bunch of money. I got the star destroyer, the green lantern/sinestro set, and some pirate stuff for my son as well as a bunch of the new Simpson's figures. It was awesome and if anyone is in driving distance I totally recommend it. I am that other Massachusetts Lego goon.  How old is your son? I'd like to take my niece, she's into Lego but I'm concerned that she might be at the age where it's not cool for her (she's thirteen).
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May 3, 2015 04:45
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kefkafloyd posted:I am that other Massachusetts Lego goon. My son is 4, a lot of the stuff is definitely geared toward kids of his age group, but if she likes Lego it's probably still worth the trip, it's not that expensive and there's so much else to do in the assembly road shopping mall they've got there, you can make an afternoon of it for sure
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May 3, 2015 05:09
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Casimir Radon posted:The Sandcrawler's tracks were not fun to put together. Yeah this wasn't as monotonous but takes longer and parts of it are annoyingly delicate until they get locked in which can take several steps.
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May 3, 2015 05:37
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So, I got the Ecto-1 and Benny's Spaceship yesterday. Ecto-1 was missing a brown 4x1 brick which, luckily is in a hidden spot, cause I hacked together a fix with leftover bits from my other stuff. And Benny's Spaceship made me so annoyed. those L shaped pieces that stand on 1 peg barely held up. I am afraid to pick it up again, now, the amount of times I had to rebuild the back end. Edit: ok, they're more a kind of Z than L. still annoying. Daaku Shinsei fucked around with this message at 12:13 on May 3, 2015 |
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May 3, 2015 09:03
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anotherblownsave posted:I know there's at least one Massachusetts Lego goon here besides me so I'm gonna post about this. I went to the LegoLand in Sommerville today with my son (because they won't let you in without a kid, unless it's the once a month adult day) it was awesome! They had a scavenger hunt passbook where you collect stamps as you do certain activities. They gave him a cool special Lego land brick, if you brought a minifigure from Home you could trade with any of the staff. The city of Boston room was amazing with models of all the major landmarks, and of course I couldn't leave without spending a bunch of money. I got the star destroyer, the green lantern/sinestro set, and some pirate stuff for my son as well as a bunch of the new Simpson's figures. It was awesome and if anyone is in driving distance I totally recommend it. I'm a New Hampshire goon, but for Lego purposes, that's close enough. I'm glad to hear it's fun; my boys love Lego, so one of these days I hope to take them.
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May 3, 2015 14:13
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I've been to the Somerville Legoland when we almost had the place to ourselves, and when it was jam-packed. If you can somehow figure out how not to go when it's mayhem it will be a much better experience. It's laid out strictly linearly, where you go from room to room. It's not like you can just go in and choose which thing to go to. I think the first bathroom isn't until like 45 minutes in when they are holding groups to clear out the next room. Obviously you can ask to go to the bathroom whenever, it's just tight in there and if you are dragging kids and a stroller around it's a pain in the rear end (putting it mildly) to wind around through the already packed rooms. I mean this goes for anything you go to, it just felt much more claustrophobic than being at a crowded like Disney World or whatever, where you can sort of go wherever you want. It's pretty good for being wound around inside a warehouse or whatever it used to be.
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May 3, 2015 15:42
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Yeah it wasn't crowded at all yesterday. I think more people were outside enjoying the weather. I can imagine it'd be pretty unbearable if it were packed.
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May 3, 2015 20:41
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Man the TIE is a tough sell with the Sandcrawler at 10% off. The price per part is so much better, and it's probably a lot more fun to build too! I guess the TIE is likely to get a pretty steep discount sooner or later though. However, it is of course a lot more iconic than, say, the B-Wing.
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May 3, 2015 22:16
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I don't know if it's going to be a B Wing level disaster, I didn't even pick one of those up (although I regret that a bit). It's definitely not going to sell like Slave I or Red 5 though.
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May 3, 2015 22:32
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Why did the B-wing sell so badly anyways? It's such a great looking ship/model. Just not iconic enough I guess? I've always thought it was one of the coolest looking ships from Star Wars. I'm hoping I can eventually find the Tie for >$150. I'd probably cave quicker if it was a new version of the interceptor or Vader's. The flat wings don't do it for me as much but at the same time it's probably the most iconic tie and it needs to sit next to the x-wing on the shelf. veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 22:42 on May 3, 2015 |
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May 3, 2015 22:39
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Just finished the star destroyer and hung it from the ceiling. Love the built in hook.
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May 3, 2015 23:18
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NESguerilla posted:Why did the B-wing sell so badly anyways? It's such a great looking ship/model. Just not iconic enough I guess? I've always thought it was one of the coolest looking ships from Star Wars. The B-Wing is my favorite ship from any universe ever. My girlfriend got my the UCS one for my graduation present, and it looks amazing.
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May 4, 2015 03:03
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Anyone have the UCS Slave 1? Need convincing to get it over the detectives agency.
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May 4, 2015 05:05
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Yeah. It's great. Really big too. I think it would be hard to make a better Slave 1 out of Lego. The detective's agency looks really awesome from what I've seen too though...
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May 4, 2015 06:53
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Cool, thanks! So I've got quite a few kilos of lego I want to sell, am I better off selling it in one lot or sorting it into lots like "technic" or "classic light grey", etc...? Don't have the patience to catalogue it all for a bricklink store.
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May 4, 2015 07:31
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Lizard Combatant posted:Anyone have the UCS Slave 1? Need convincing to get it over the detectives agency. Why not both?
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May 4, 2015 14:52
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Norns posted:Why not both? Quiet you, I have other hobbies.
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May 4, 2015 15:04
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Is lego not having a big sale today? I thought that was a yearly thing.
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May 4, 2015 16:33
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There's a few sets for 20%, namely the B-Wing. http://www.fbtb.net/2015/05/01/lego-shophome-may-the-4th-sales/ Last year there were a couple of 50% off sets, but I guess there is nothing Lego wants to blow out this year. Edit: But unless you really want the freebies and have $75 of stuff to buy, Amazon has the same sets on sale for the same prices or better, and they are in stock. smackfu fucked around with this message at 16:54 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 16:47
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Really enjoyed building the TIE, bar the aforementioned wing sections which had to be done 4 times. Love all the little wedges used to make the cockpit section roughly spherical. Next to the TIE Advanced x1 it really shows up the older model. The mesh sections on the Advanced wings in particular look a bit dated, although they could probably be covered over fairly easily with some of the same 4x6 plates the new TIE uses (the ones which only have studs along 3 edges). edit: it's also surprisingly study and swooshable, unlike the Advanced which is pretty delicate IIRC. tactical_grace fucked around with this message at 18:03 on May 4, 2015 |
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May 4, 2015 18:01
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Would it be to much to ask for another technic F1 car? I need one in my office.
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May 4, 2015 18:25
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Lizard Combatant posted:Anyone have the UCS Slave 1? Need convincing to get it over the detectives agency. I have the detective agency and would gladly trade it for a slave 1, cant say the same for the theatre, I love that set.
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May 4, 2015 20:01
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Does anyone nerdier than me know if the TIE and Red 5 are in scale with each other? I feel kind of like the TIE seems bigger in comparison.
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May 5, 2015 02:54
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I picked up some Jurassic World sets this weekend because dinosaurs. I ended up with the Raptor Chase, Dilophosaurus Ambush and Pteranodon Capture. The Raptor Chase is pretty great and the best of the three I picked up, while I wish is was $40 the truck is pretty cool and you get raptors. The Dilophosaurus Ambush is the weakest one for me, the jeep isn't to bad but it just doesn't do it for me overall with all that comes with. It feels like it should have something else with it. The Pteranodon Capture is nifty for the price, the copter is pretty sweet and I think is built out nicely since you get a net cannon and foldable seat for a shooter.
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May 5, 2015 03:13
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Pulled the trigger on the Slave 1. I gotta sell some stuff!
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May 5, 2015 03:33
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Don't currently have any Star Wars lego, so decided today was the day to start a little Imperial collection. Got the AT-DP, the Imperial Troop Transport and the Death Star Troopers sets. Haven't watched Rebels yet but the AT-DP looks awesome either way. Also bought a whole bunch of pick-a-bricks so I can make a TARS from Interstellar 
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May 5, 2015 05:04
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Dogen posted:Does anyone nerdier than me know if the TIE and Red 5 are in scale with each other? I feel kind of like the TIE seems bigger in comparison. Using numbers from wookieepedia and the lego site, red 5 is about 1/24 scale and the tie is about 1/21
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May 5, 2015 06:22
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Dogen posted:Does anyone nerdier than me know if the TIE and Red 5 are in scale with each other? I feel kind of like the TIE seems bigger in comparison. I'm visiting Berlin and saw them both at the Lego store here, they looked the same scale to me though I didn't see them next to each other. Also the PAB wall here has computer pieces in it!
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May 5, 2015 08:31
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Has there been any leak on what the VIP Early Access set will be this month?
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May 5, 2015 09:53
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Death Star no longer listed on UK site, retired?
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May 5, 2015 10:59
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anotherblownsave posted:Just finished the star destroyer and hung it from the ceiling. Love the built in hook. I hope it's secure... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_AMSlNocE
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May 5, 2015 11:14
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Fair Hallion posted:I hope it's secure... It is, that video ruled though. When I was a kid I used to build Lego cars and launch them down the stairs to watch them shatter.
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anotherblownsave posted:It is, that video ruled though. When I was a kid I used to build Lego cars and launch them down the stairs to watch them shatter. That was the most fun then rebuilding them bigger and stronger 
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