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I picked out a few neat pieces I wanted to keep from this pile of ancient Legos I got from a yard sale a while back, they had a musty old locked suitcase for a dollar, they didn't know the combination to unlock it so I smashed it open when I got home and inside it was full of Legos from the 60's. and plan on selling the rest. Anything particularly interesting? It's not all in the best shape either simply due to the nature of the old bricks(tended to warp over time) or play damage, some pieces are broken, etc, but what should I sell them for? There's a bunch of those really old giant lego gears, window pieces I didn't even know existed, and the like. Also, the original 1x1 round brick that is in basically every set these days, which at one point apparently didn't have a tapered base, it was just a round 1x1 brick straight down. Should I just put the whole pile up on Ebay for like 50 bucks and see if anyone bids? A lot of pieces are interesting novelties, like the plates you can see along the bottom that don't have round underside patterns, but just straight up have a grid of squares for the lego studs to plug into.
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I'd hang on to the windows at least.. they're pretty unique pieces. The red doesn't really match up with the modern red but it's close enough to get by. I have a handful of them and they're handy. They have two variants too, some come with "glass" in them, some are just the frame. If I remember right they actually melted the transparent plastic into place so they couldn't be removed. Not sure if that makes them more or less valuable but it's worth checking.
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May 1, 2017 01:57
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Doesn't look like the old stuff is particularly collectible or anything. Even that big red gear only goes for a buck on Bricklink. They're interesting in an 'evolution of product design' sense, since few product lines have been around for 50+ years while still staying compatible throughout that time. I see the waffle-bottom plates in bulk brick bins every now and then. They might make an interesting design element for a MOC that you can't really reproduce with modern pieces. I know I've seen some MOCs include that big red gear as a unique design element, too.
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May 1, 2017 02:43
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DrChud posted:Think the Saturn will be hard to come by like the exo-suit was when it came out? Like will scalpers be grabbing it due to the price? Or more like ecto-1 where it wasn't too hard to find This reminds me of the regret I have not getting the Japanese Ideas precursor sets when I saw them in Japan, the Shinkai and Hayabusa
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May 1, 2017 03:09
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Pyroclastic posted:Doesn't look like the old stuff is particularly collectible or anything. Even that big red gear only goes for a buck on Bricklink. They're interesting in an 'evolution of product design' sense, since few product lines have been around for 50+ years while still staying compatible throughout that time. Yeah I'd just keep them. You could do some cool stuff with MOCs with the waffle bottoms if you were building in different directions. I'd try to make them into one of those multi missile launchers mechs always have or something haha.
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May 1, 2017 03:39
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Thor sets are coming out. Are "action hands" a new thing? I like the little gladiator match thing there. Esp. Jeff Goldblum in lego. 
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May 1, 2017 22:19
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Those look like normal lego hands?
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May 2, 2017 03:06
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If you mean the Power Blast thing, it's a new-ish feature that clips into hands and had a tab you press to "launch" it out of the hands.
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May 2, 2017 03:12
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Every time Lego tries to make a thing that shoots it's either insanely OP for a childs toy or limp and pathetic. Which of the two are the little hand thingers?
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May 2, 2017 03:45
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Appears to be in the OP category https://youtu.be/o43pos_WBOw Nothing compared to the spring loaded ones though probably.
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May 2, 2017 03:47
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veni veni veni posted:Appears to be in the OP category Oh so the springing action is in the projectile not the hand? That little piece just says eye damage to me.
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May 2, 2017 04:48
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I love the shooty bits. My 4 year old doesn't stop giggling trying to shoot pieces out of my hands while I build.
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May 2, 2017 15:50
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The UK Lego site is selling S17 minifigs, but I haven't seen any in shops yet.
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May 2, 2017 16:30
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Lego store in Austin was selling S17 but limiting them to five per customer.also had a bunch of busted up boxes, so I snagged a U-wing for 10% off.
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May 2, 2017 18:25
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So the snow speeder appears to be already listed as backordered with no estimated date to be back in stock. I wonder if they really ran out of the first batch or if they are simply holding some back for when it becomes generally available on Thursday?
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May 2, 2017 18:33
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ivantod posted:So the snow speeder appears to be already listed as backordered with no estimated date to be back in stock. Backordered? Where? UK? US store still says Coming Soon.
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May 2, 2017 20:29
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Feenix posted:Backordered? Where? UK? Yeah, it's across all of Europe. It was available for a couple of days for VIP members only, but now it says it will ship in 30 days, whatever that means. Here is an example of Switzerland, but it's the same for other countries in Europe:  So I'm not sure what's their plan here, considering it's supposed to become generally available on Thursday, the 4th. Especially since if you are not logged on as VIP (or if you are in the US), it does say just "coming soon". ivantod fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 2, 2017 |
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May 2, 2017 20:37
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The snowspeeder won't sell out considering the Slave 1 was still available for a long time. This isn't Nintendo.
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Vintersorg posted:The snowspeeder won't sell out considering the Slave 1 was still available for a long time. This isn't Nintendo. I'm not sure that logic tracks, given the context... I don't think anyone is worried about never getting it... they are worried about getting it immediately/soon. Did the Slave 1 ever sell out and go backordered? Sure I can walk in and get it NOW but it's been out for ages... I think the issue is just that people want this on Thursday...
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May 3, 2017 00:17
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Jesus Christ! At the intersection of Lego nerd and Star Wars nerd, you get: LegoDada LegoDada Active since: February 4, 2015 I hate to nitpick but...... Ok, this is an awesome set. I don't care about the naysayers and the 'we already have one'-sayers because we didn't all get the opportunity to get it last time (speaking of which, UCS Falcon next please!) so I love that this set is available and will display it proudly. My nitpick is the information panel, I'm pretty sure Lego got it wrong. Top speed 1,100kmph, max altitude 175m, a harpoon, a tow cable and.......... cargo capacity of 10Kg? 10Kg!?? So Luke wouldn't be able to pop the weekly groceries into his speeder on the way home? It makes no sense, it has to be a typo but if so it's a pretty big one. Lego, please explain.
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May 3, 2017 00:23
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It was backordered for a long time. Lego always makes plenty but you might just have to wait when it first comes out. Honestly I hope the snowspeeder gets backordered it'll remove a small financial dilemma for me for a while lol.
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May 3, 2017 00:24
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Did y'all see leaks for the Justice League sets? Three sets and there's three different Batvehicles spread over two sets with last set being a small one with a bunch of columns and pillars plus some dudes. Gross
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I haven't had any problems getting a UCS SW set showing up at the store on launch morning. Also got the Tumbler that way.
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May 3, 2017 02:11
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Feenix posted:Jesus Christ! go tell him that it's a military aircraft, not a minivan, and fighter pilots are lucky if they can take a couple of energy bars in the pockets of their flight suit
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May 3, 2017 03:40
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Other posted:Did y'all see leaks for the Justice League sets? Three sets and there's three different Batvehicles spread over two sets with last set being a small one with a bunch of columns and pillars plus some dudes. Gross Where are you seeing pictures? This is the only information I can find: 76085 Battle of Atlantis – $19.99/€24.99 Parademon, Atlantean Guard (x2), Aquaman 76086 Knightcrawler Tunnel Attack – $49.99/€49.99 Parademon (x2), Batman, The Flash 76087 Flying Fox: Batman Airlift Attack – $129.99/€119.99 Steppenwolf, Parademon (x2), Batman, Superman, Cyborg, Wonder Woman
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The_Doctor posted:Where are you seeing pictures? This is the only information I can find: They're all over the place now, but you can usually find image leaks on Hoth Bricks or the Eurobricks forum. Lego is notorious for fudging movie scenes, but you never know. So possible Justice League spoilers in the pics.   
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Ooooh ok. The big set looks intriguing, certainly.
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Sagebrush posted:go tell him that it's a military aircraft, not a minivan, and fighter pilots are lucky if they can take a couple of energy bars in the pockets of their flight suit Hahaha like fighter pilots are willing to go anywhere without their golf clubs. 
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Those new Justice League sets look like garbage, and that isn't meaning to insult the Legos. Looks like WB has another big "winner" on its hands.
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So does the movie.
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Waltzing Along posted:So does the movie. That's what I was implying
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Aside from the first two Nolan batman movies there hasn't been a good live action DC thing on either the big or small screen in 25 years.
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Now they're in a DO EVERYTHING MARVEL DOES, BUT SHITTIER phase. I get they wanna catch up with this cash cow but c'mon, out some pride into your work.
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xzzy posted:Now they're in a DO EVERYTHING MARVEL DOES, BUT SHITTIER phase. It's sort of admirable that even though each movie is trash, they just keep their heads down and get to work on the next one without doing yet another reboot. Just kidding, those movies all (and will continue) to suck.
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I'm a big huge nerd that wants to love all the comic book things but when my wife and I took a break from watching Arrow, Gotham and Supergirl I realized that even as a guilty pleasure I wasn't missing any of these shows at all. And even my wife really hated Batman vs Superman and she's usually incredibly forgiving when it comes to dumb action movies.
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I know I'm in the minority but i didn't think BvS was all that bad and I liked buff Affleck as an older Batman.
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Same but I also didn't think Suicide Squad was that bad and apparently that means I am Bad and Wrong The Thor Ragnarok sets seem to be those annoying good minifigures but kind of lackluster models sorts. Although I quite like that wolf and ship. Might get that one and bricklink the figures off the other one. I really need to kill off my lego backlog though. It's just sometimes you don't know which sets are just going to vanish so you grab everything that looks good and then never get round to building it.
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May 3, 2017 16:58
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I just buy sets based on the colors they provide now. I need like ten copies of the VW bug.
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Since I don't have the balls to take apart sets I really like, especially big ones, I've been buying sets I don't really like based on minifigures and parts for a while so I don't feel conflicted about parting them out.
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veni veni veni posted:Since I don't have the balls to take apart sets I really like, especially big ones, I've been buying sets I don't really like based on minifigures and parts for a while so I don't feel conflicted about parting them out. I buy lovely Star Wars sets for parts for MOCs I will maybe do in the future. I feel you.
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