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Ineptitude posted:Go for it! (while prices are still acceptable) Only series 1 are expensive, the rest are more or less the same price as when they were retail I was also on the Mixel quest. Managed to find everything back through series 3, but series 1 and 2 are long gone in my region. I suppose I could buy them on amazon but they're way too expensive for me to hit that purchase button.
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The Fishing Shop only just passed the 10,000 mark in the last couple of days, but it's also probably the one I'd like the most out of those.
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May 2, 2016 18:16
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How are they accomplishing the look of the fishing house where the light-teal sideboards have some separation between them? Is that just how it looks when you stack bricks with side-studs? I would've expected them to be flush, but I like the look.
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May 2, 2016 18:31
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It is side stud bricks, but I think to get that perfect spacing there's a trick to it.. the stud is centered on the tile or something. It's in the advanced technique pdf that's out there. Not sure that would ever make it to a Lego set.
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May 2, 2016 18:39
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Felt inspired by the Camaro a few pages back and decided to Mad Max-ify the McLaren P1. Not quite done with it, needs more spikes. 
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May 2, 2016 19:04
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Ineptitude posted:Go for it! (while prices are still acceptable) Only series 1 are expensive, the rest are more or less the same price as when they were retail I have most of series 1, and all of series 2-3 sealed that I need to sell. Interested?
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May 2, 2016 19:10
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I don't remember which of you US guys was interested in the soccer team figures, but I asked at a store and they said if they get enough boxes they'd let me have an unopened one. If you are still up for that I'd check the shipping costs. The last figures were all 3 euros each, not sure if these will be more.
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May 2, 2016 20:11
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I'm drooling over this one (which probably won't get approved) https://ideas.lego.com/projects/138271
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May 2, 2016 20:12
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jeeves posted:I have most of series 1, and all of series 2-3 sealed that I need to sell. Interested? I am. Are you in Europe?
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May 2, 2016 21:49
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xzzy posted:I just really hate lego dioramas that don't come with a baseplate, which is probably what would happen with the fossil set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdmDb8ozcXc Davros1 posted:I'm drooling over this one (which probably won't get approved)
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May 2, 2016 21:59
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I like the idea of the museum fossils, but the presentation of them as it stands is pretty poor. I think a single, bigger skeleton would work better, or a single plinth with a diorama like a mother dinosaur with its young, or two dinosaurs fighting or something. A focal point for the set to be built around. Stick it on a wood paneled plinth, and it's like a lego sculptural display piece in and of itself, and then the fact that it's also at minifig scale and comes bundled with a curator and a tourist is a cool little bonus. Maybe throw in a little cabinet with some smaller fossils if the set needs fleshing out more. I'm sure if it gets chosen it'll be adapted into something a bit more nicely presented; as it stands, it's a weird halfway point where the skeletons aren't quite good enough to be the main focus of the set, but their surroundings aren't good enough for the set to hold up as a museum interior model either. I think an accurate minifig scale skeleton of a really big dinosaur would be pretty great to just drive home the scale of these animals, honestly. There's a leg of a titanosaur at my local museum that is easily ceiling height.
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May 2, 2016 23:39
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Davros1 posted:I'm drooling over this one (which probably won't get approved) Oh wow that's great.
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May 3, 2016 00:17
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Voltron and Johnny 5 strike me as one of those things the Internet grabs hold of and throws off the support process. It's like how we got Big Bang Theory and I really hope they don't make the cut. I'd love to have the Fish Store as-is, or the Dino Museum with some modification.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Voltron and Johnny 5 strike me as one of those things the Internet grabs hold of and throws off the support process. It's like how we got Big Bang Theory and I really hope they don't make the cut. I'd love to have the Fish Store as-is, or the Dino Museum with some modification. Yeah well gently caress you I want actually transforming, combining voltron licensed legos.
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May 3, 2016 00:26
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As great as that Voltron looks I kind of wonder how much smoke and mirrors is going on with it. it seems pretty unlikely it just pops apart and back together. Theres probably some pretty heavy modifications going on in between.
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May 3, 2016 00:33
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xzzy posted:List of first ideas sets being reviewed for this year are up: Nothing here really wows me, but I generally like this batch, none of it really makes me want to roll my eyes.
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May 3, 2016 02:34
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My predictions: Fossil Museum: Nice, but they didn't go with the second second scientist diorama set. Gingerbread House: Very seasonal, and they already do a seasonal Christmas set. They did a small gingerbread house last year. I don't see it being approved as an Ideas set. Jedi High Council Chamber: Existing license. Nope! Jurassic Park Visitor's Center: Existing license. Nope! Modular Train Station: Too big, already an existing line. Nope! Old Fishing Store: Looks a bit big, but it's got a shot. Particle Accelerator: I love it, but it might be too big, and it's very niche. Rolling BB-8: Existing license. Nope! Johnny Five: From a 28-year-old movie. No hint of a reboot, no real cult following or embedding in the social consciousness like BttF or Ghostbusters. The model looks good and it looks like a good size, but it's very iffy it passes review. Probably no. All in all...good chance it'll be another review session with no winners. Not in this one, but Voltron: Netflix is producing a new CGI Voltron show with Dreamworks. The only Dreamworks property that seems to have building toys is How to Train your Dragon, with a clone company called Ionix Bricks, who also had a Pokemon license (but apparently did so poorly that they only released a few sets and then they vanished). An existing relationship with a clone brand could hurt its chances, but it depends on the others rightsholders. Netflix originals are pretty big right now, but we're also talking about a property that's 30 years old and has unknown reboot potential. Large, complex build that may break rules. I'm leaning No on this one.
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May 3, 2016 02:40
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On the other hand I completely believe World Events would be down with making Lego Voltron. They make all kinds of dumb Voltron merch, they'd love to do Lego stuff I bet.
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May 3, 2016 02:57
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I know I said I pro original creations, but I can't vote against that Voltron Lego set.
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May 3, 2016 02:59
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I just realized the scale of Voltron. That set would be 300 easy. probably more.
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May 3, 2016 03:23
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I want the fish shop to win so I can put it between my Haunted Mansion and Creator Lighthouse for the perfect spooky seaside village diorama.
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May 3, 2016 03:24
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Man...speaking of Ideas I just realized mine only has 10 days left and has less than 200 votes. Wasn't expecting to get 10K but I thought it would do way better than that. Got almost every vote on the first day too with maybe the last 1/4 trickling in over the year. I don't think anyone even really saw it. 
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NESguerilla posted:Man...speaking of Ideas I just realized mine only has 10 days left and has less than 200 votes. Wasn't expecting to get 10K but I thought it would do way better than that. Got almost every vote on the first day too with maybe the last 1/4 trickling in over the year. I don't think anyone even really saw it. That's one of the problems with Ideas. You basically require a massive social media push to get traction. There's so much garbage on the site, you can't really just browse.
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It doesn't help that the signal to noise ratio is ridiculous so no one just browses it looking for cool stuff. I appreciate 8 year old kids being inspired to be creative and coming up with their dream build and all, but just because you can slap a couple bricks together in LDD and post a screenshot does not loving mean you gotta put it on the internet.
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I'm old and a huge fan of the Short Circuit movies so I'd be very happy to get Johnny Five, especially if they throw in a Fisher Stevens minifig. I'm not counting on it though. In fact I'll just order a Wall-e. It's close enough.
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My fiancee picked up the whole set of Disney minifigs from her work yesterday (Some of her co-workers actually feel each one and mark down what's in it on a sticky note so people can find the ones they want easier) and she wants to get a display box for them. I know it's been brought up in the past, but I can't find what people recommended for display cases, and the ones she found online only hold a normal set of minifigs. She wants to hang it on the wall as well.
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Randalor posted:My fiancee picked up the whole set of Disney minifigs from her work yesterday (Some of her co-workers actually feel each one and mark down what's in it on a sticky note so people can find the ones they want easier) and she wants to get a display box for them. I know it's been brought up in the past, but I can't find what people recommended for display cases, and the ones she found online only hold a normal set of minifigs. She wants to hang it on the wall as well. A bunch of us in here use these http://www.containerstore.com/s/collections/display/cubes-cases/multi-level-display-box/123d?productId=10022884 With the included stands you can easily fit a whole series, or if you build custom stands you can fit 2 series inside. If you're wanting to hang it on the wall though you might look into something like this https://www.etsy.com/listing/150775212/display-case-for-lego-minifigurelego Or just buying a shadow box of some sort and making your own.
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Randalor posted:My fiancee picked up the whole set of Disney minifigs from her work yesterday (Some of her co-workers actually feel each one and mark down what's in it on a sticky note so people can find the ones they want easier) and she wants to get a display box for them. I know it's been brought up in the past, but I can't find what people recommended for display cases, and the ones she found online only hold a normal set of minifigs. She wants to hang it on the wall as well. If you want to do a bit of DIY, the Ribba frames from Ikea and a bit of work are great: http://www.ikea.com/de/de/catalog/products/00078032/ Available in white and black. You just replace the background with a colour of your choice and either build an intricate frame from Lego or glue/screw 2x2 squares or 2x2 reverse triangles onto the back panel to put the figures on. This is actually a very popular display method, if you google Lego + Ribba and you will find lots of instructions/variations.
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Randalor posted:My fiancee picked up the whole set of Disney minifigs from her work yesterday (Some of her co-workers actually feel each one and mark down what's in it on a sticky note so people can find the ones they want easier) and she wants to get a display box for them. I know it's been brought up in the past, but I can't find what people recommended for display cases, and the ones she found online only hold a normal set of minifigs. She wants to hang it on the wall as well. This one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TOY9ZP4 is pretty nice, whole range of them here http://www.minifiguresdisplay.com/
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May 3, 2016 15:23
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This is my minifig display system:
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Honeydew posted:This one https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00TOY9ZP4 is pretty nice, whole range of them here http://www.minifiguresdisplay.com/ Those are all Ribba frames with glued on 2x2s and a fancy printed out background. The small frames cost 4.99 at IKEA, the big ones 12,99, so with a bot of DIY skills, a good printer and an evening or two depending on frame size, you can save a lot of money to spend it on Lego.
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I stopped by the Target in town yesterday (the only place that has the CMF series) and they had a grand total of 2 Disney Minifigs out on display. I asked if there were any more out back and was told that these were the only two they had - they didn't receive a box of them, just two single bags. Am I wrong in thinking that's not right? I would think they would ship at least one full box to the store, and in my area I doubt a full box would have been sold in a day.
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That can't be right. Also, I got my second god drat Donald Duck. I should stop bothering at Target because there are just a few out, they're obviously getting picked over by the jorts crowd.
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May 3, 2016 16:06
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xzzy posted:This is my minifig display system: I've been robbed!
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Look at you fancy bourgeoisie motherfuckers, putting minifigures in SEPARATE containers from the other Lego.
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Griever posted:Felt inspired by the Camaro a few pages back and decided to Mad Max-ify the McLaren P1. Not quite done with it, needs more spikes. Love this, dude! 
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xzzy posted:This is my minifig display system: I have one of each CMF that I have on a bookshelf in my work office but yeah all my dupes are in a ziplock in a closet.
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cyberia posted:I want the fish shop to win so I can put it between my Haunted Mansion and Creator Lighthouse for the perfect spooky seaside village diorama. LEGO Innsmouth TM.
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I just picked up that box of my old Lego my mum found in the basement the other day. The cardboard box contained several boxes with Lego pieces:  I already found some cool stuff, including what seems to be 1 if not 2 of 1382: Scary Laboratory and some other Lego Studios stuff, i need to check that. Here are some pics of the oldest complete sets I found in there:    
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