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Chris Knight posted:Upper right, is that a 4228 blue inverted? I've needed a replacement one for my 6297 All Terrain Vehicle, for basically ever since mine originally came with a warped one. Yes it is, taking a closer look it is in really rough shape, all scratched up. If you still want it PM me your address and I'll send it out for free.
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I knew how big the Apollo rocket was. And yet I didn't. First stage done, I like it. Nice heft to it, feels like you use it as a murder weapon. (If it weren't made of Lego, because it would shatter.)
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Jul 23, 2017 21:29
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The Ultimate Batmobile was pretty fun to build (my wife bought it for me as an early birthday present). It reminds me a lot of the Galaxy Squad blue team’s big set, which I also really like... in fact I would probably rather have technic shooters on the Bat Tank than gatling stud shooters. Anyway for having 4 builds in one I feel like there are very few compromises (although clearly there are some) and each vehicle stands on its own pretty well. I particularly like how Robin’s bike fits into the Batmobile and he’s in the cockpit with Batman. Also I’m pretty happy to finally have a light up bat signal, even if it doesn’t cast the greatest silhouette.
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Jul 24, 2017 05:24
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Dogen posted:in fact I would probably rather have technic shooters on the Bat Tank than gatling stud shooters. I have mixed feelings on that gatling shooter. it's pretty clever and works well but they haven't done the best job of making it's implementation not look gaudy thus far. It's a neat part though. tomapot posted:Let me know if you have either of these: I've got the big one but the little one isn't there. Anyways, my hoth shelf is looking like as big of a clusterfuck as my tatooine shelf now. Now I kind of want the echo base set to finish it off but I already am well out of room. Wish I had like one more foot of shelf for it all. 
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Jul 24, 2017 05:54
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DrChud posted:Tonight I noticed at my Walmart that they already have the newer batman sets on clearance. Two-faces buck loader, Banes truck, and the Batwing. Clay face was also marked down too. Saw that too, had the big fancy batmobile for $100 instead of $140. Was briefly tempted to grab one for future reselling... The bat crawler thing was also discounted, and some Ninjago dragon stuff.
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Jul 24, 2017 11:45
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The Apollo rocket is absolutely massive, holy poo poo. I love it. And to think the actual thing was 110m high, jeez. I like the little mans we get with it, I put one next to it and he's tiny.
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Jul 24, 2017 19:26
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The little men aren't to scale either. All the human inhabitable portions were located above the black ring on the third stage. The LEM, the service module, the command module.. it was all inside about 1/7th the overall length of the craft.
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Jul 24, 2017 19:37
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Are they too big or too small?
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Jul 24, 2017 19:40
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According to my rough calculations, these spacemen are about 4.3 feet tall.
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Jul 24, 2017 19:45
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Well if you did the math I'll take your word for it! But by eyeballing it they seemed too big to me. edit - if you want to peep measurements, this is the best diagram I know of: saturn v configuration xzzy fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Jul 24, 2017 |
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Jul 24, 2017 19:49
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Cojawfee posted:According to my rough calculations, these spacemen are about 4.3 feet tall. this is about how tall my nephew is, so that means the rocket is perfectly scaled for his space adventures i wouldn't change a thing
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Jul 24, 2017 19:56
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xzzy posted:Well if you did the math I'll take your word for it! The Saturn V is 1:110 scale The space men are 1.2cm tall, or 1.6 if you count the base. Scaled up they end up being 1.32 or 1.76 meters. Or 4.3 or 5.8 ft.
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Jul 24, 2017 21:00
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veni veni veni posted:I have mixed feelings on that gatling shooter. it's pretty clever and works well but they haven't done the best job of making it's implementation not look gaudy thus far. It's a neat part though. Hoth needs a backdrop.
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Jul 24, 2017 21:12
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Finally got to place an order for the Saturn V, its insane how every place that sells it is out of stock almost all the time
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Jul 24, 2017 21:13
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drat, Roiland. That's a lot of boxes.
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Jul 24, 2017 23:39
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The_Doctor posted:drat, Roiland. That's a lot of boxes. Those were all purchased so he could flip them on eBay
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Jul 25, 2017 00:51
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Needs to pan down to show off his jorts.
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Jul 25, 2017 00:52
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Davros1 posted:Hoth needs a backdrop. Yeah. I had a white background in there and it looked surprisingly bad. Any suggestions?
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Jul 25, 2017 01:12
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I have decided to sell off my mixels.
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Jul 25, 2017 02:33
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Not to rain on your parade, but there is probably no worse place to price something than Amazon private sellers. I just looked most of those up on Ebay and they can all be had for a fraction of what you are asking.
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Jul 25, 2017 02:41
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Haha, drat, I didn't realize that. Let me look on Ebay and change some prices around. Thanks for the heads up!
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Jul 25, 2017 02:43
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Bricklink would probably be the easiest place to determine a fair price. Afaik I don't think many mixels are worth much more than retail. They are cool though!
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Jul 25, 2017 02:46
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Yeah, I'm more looking to just clear up some space by getting rid of stuff so everything is either at retail or cheaper. I definitely don't have the room to do proper Lego speculation, like people stocking multiple Saturn Vs and other large sets 
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Jul 25, 2017 02:56
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I'm not sure what Amazon's (the private sellers at least) deal is. They totally threw me for a loop when I started buying Lego again and I thought I was sitting on a gold mine, which is understandable because Amazon is good for pricing just about everything else. The second a set goes out of production, every Amazon seller jacks the price up 300% while the prices remain normal or maybe go up 10-15% everywhere else. I'm not sure what their end game is. I think they are just sitting on these outrageous prices and hoping someone bites, or trying to artificially inflate values or something. It's a very weird phenomenon that isn't limited to Lego. Collectables are almost always absurdly over priced on Amazon for some reason that is a mystery to me.
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Jul 25, 2017 03:05
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People don't realize that they are buying from third party sellers on Amazon. It's not like ebay where you search for an item and you get a whole bunch of options. Each product on Amazon has its own page and it automatically picks a seller for you. You can't really tell unless you look carefully and see that it says "Sold by whoever and fulfilled by Amazon." people go on Amazon, see the thing is for sale, get pissed that "Amazon" is ripping them off and then buy it. Since it is fulfilled by Amazon, it comes in an Amazon box and they have no idea they bought a scalped product from someone else.
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Jul 25, 2017 03:17
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VaultAggie posted:If lego made a Darth Nihlus or Mara Jade figure a SDCC exclusive, I'd flip poo poo. Mara Jade is non-canon now, Nihlus possibly too though he's safer given he's from the past.
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Jul 25, 2017 03:22
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I've found some good prices on Amazon but they tend to disappear quickly. There were some great Galaxy Squad discounts but I bought all of them.
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Jul 25, 2017 03:36
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If anyone happens to have any of these figures they could part with I'm looking for: Yoda (most versions are fine) Vader (any version) Leia (Hoth, ANH,Bespin) Any and all Ewoks Medic droid any Rebel/imperial officers Those Death star gunners with the helmet w/o the face shield ANH rebel soldiers admiral ackbar nien num mon mothma jawas Got stuff to trade and $$$
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Jul 25, 2017 06:47
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The_Doctor posted:drat, Roiland. That's a lot of boxes. Is that really a lot of boxes? If so... 
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Just a heads up for UK goons, Toys R Us have quite a few sets on fairly heavy discount (40-50% off!) Picked up a couple of Nexo Battlesuits for just over £5 a piece for parts.
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Jul 25, 2017 15:07
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Is it weird that I want all the Lego? Well, all the Space up to space police and all the pirates and all the expert creator stuff. But no Star Wars. Can't stand those at all.
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Jul 25, 2017 16:18
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Star Wars is an excellent source of parts for classic space though. Call me a heretic but I am slowly replacing old grey with new grey on sets where it's possible. I'm even thinking of rebuilding some classic sets with dark azure and new grey, they look loving splendid together.
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Jul 25, 2017 16:28
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If anyone wants the Saturn V I'm considering selling my kit, because I need some cash for a trip. Removed from box, built once, still put together. I can take it apart and bag it back up and the box is still with me if you are a completionist. It took some small dings in shipping to me if you are some box condition freak.
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Jul 25, 2017 16:46
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Found this polybag while at Target today and picked one up. 
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Jul 25, 2017 19:28
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I dont have room for my legos boxes so I throw them away. Anyone else do this?
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Jul 25, 2017 20:19
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Yep, all my boxes go into recycling.
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Jul 25, 2017 20:22
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I keep the UCS or $200+ ones flattened in the shed, toss the rest
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Jul 25, 2017 20:47
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If I have a set I really like, I'll save the box. Other than that, whatever, who cares.
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Jul 25, 2017 20:49
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I keep all the smaller boxes inside the UCS boxes I have
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I recycle any new stuff, but if I buy an older set that includes a box, I'll take the box to a local reseller. 70s-80s and early 90s boxes in good condition are a reasonable value-add to a set, and the place I've gone has given me a bit of credit for them (if they happen to have that particular set in stock, box-less, they might be even more interested).
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