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Holy poo poo that Snowspeeder is good. If the Red 5 and Wall-E didn't edge it out by a hair it might be my favorite set. So many weird build techniques, I'm amazed it all comes together so well. It's crazy how well every seam pushes together what would normally be noticeable gaps into something that looks almost seamless. Also, I can't think of a set with a cooler cockpit. The amount of detail in there is rad. Great technic functions too. My only gripes are that the front end being held together by mixel ball joints and being surrounded by little greebles makes it feel unstable and you can't pick it up from there. In general the thing is just really hard to pick up actually. It's barely swooshable. Also, I am not even normally one to bitch about stickers, but the ones on the canopy and air intakes were a nightmare.
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Boyfriend and I are looking at flats in Berlin, and 800€ is about what our monthly rent will be.
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The_Doctor posted:Boyfriend and I are looking at flats in Berlin, and 800€ is about what our monthly rent will be. Wait a month 
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Humphreys posted:Wait a month Thankfully I have no desire to get it! Just Ninjago City, and the Fishing Store, and the Winter Village Station, and Assembly Square, and the Brick Bank, and...
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The_Doctor posted:Thankfully I have no desire to get it! Just Ninjago City, and the Fishing Store, and the Winter Village Station, and Assembly Square, and the Brick Bank, and... You could live in the box though.
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N17R4M posted:You could live in the box though. Use the box as a scooter instead of getting a bike
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So I finished my Lepin Koenigsegg One:1 today. So obviously this isn't an official Lego model. It seems Lepin is now looking at people's MOCs on EuroBricks and either buying, or let's be honest straight up stealing their designs. The polish of official Lego instructions/building techniques was definitely a frustrating part of the build and by the end I just wanted it to be done. I'm extremely happy how it turned out and it's a great model, just probably the most difficult Lego I've ever put together. On to the pics!    Both doors and the rear hatch open by the use of gears, so that's kinda cool    Here's some pics next to my Lepin Porsche for size comparision    
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not sure if this 11k MF has been posted - but I would really like this because of the interier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5XcVgqoUbM Humphreys fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Sep 2, 2017 |
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Chairchucker posted:FWIW I have that cheap falcon and like it a fair bit. Yippie kai ay, cheaper Falcon.
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Nice, one of the Lego store employee said the Millennium Falcon box is so big they can only fit one on the shelf at this store. Also, I finally caved and bought the Ninjago City. duz fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Sep 3, 2017 |
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Yeah I am totally going to get the brick bank and detectives office. Mrs Mango is going to kill me.
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Ultimate Mango posted:Yeah I am totally going to get the brick bank and detectives office. Mrs Mango is going to kill me. Detectives office is probably the second best set I've bought after the haunted mansion.
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Man, I'm really on the fence about the Falcon. I was in my dark ages when the first UCS Falcon came out. I want the new one quite a bit, but that price puts a big damper on it. I'm basically getting double pay for July and August. I can comfortably afford it, but we're planning a Disneyworld trip in spring, I have new brakes and tires to get, and I'm considering a PC upgrade in the near-ish future. I don't even have room to display half my modulars, let alone this thing. Plus, there's Ninjago City and the Fishing Store. I'm sure it'll be around a couple years at a bare minimum, but it probably won't ever get a substantial discount; I'm pretty sure I got my UCS Death Star II at 50% off at the end of its production. And the instant it ever gets discontinued, the speculators will get every last one in a matter of an hour.
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Pyroclastic posted:Man, I'm really on the fence about the Falcon. I was in my dark ages when the first UCS Falcon came out. I want the new one quite a bit, but that price puts a big damper on it. I'm basically getting double pay for July and August. I can comfortably afford it, but we're planning a Disneyworld trip in spring, I have new brakes and tires to get, and I'm considering a PC upgrade in the near-ish future. I don't even have room to display half my modulars, let alone this thing. I'm for sure never going to buy it, although it is pretty great looking. I do wonder if the original UCS Falcon will come down in price significantly in the face of this one?
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The fishing store looks rad but doesn't seem to fit in with the other big modular buildings. Like the rest of them literally all connect.
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I'm in kind of the same boat. I've got several paychecks coming in that I won't be in a position to spend any of, but with that money I could pay off the remainder of my student loans or get a car. And I don't have any roommates at all for something that big, so it would be super irresponsible. But god drat, does it look nice.
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It kinda wouldn't work in a modular setting in my opinion, without a redesign. Could a beachy, dilapidated fishing store reside at the end of a populated street? Maybe. Sure. But not the way it is oriented and surrounded.
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I'm honestly kinda relieved the new Falcon is so expensive, I can just forget it exists.
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That trolly thing they showed off is real. It comes in a box with wheels!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okahfp3GrWM
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Sariel builds some really cool stuff. I've been following his youtube for the last 4 or 5 years now.
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ChesterJT posted:Detectives office is probably the second best set I've bought after the haunted mansion. I ordered the Haunted Mansion (plus green light-up bricks!) the other day, so I find this post very encouraging 
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Looked up the light brick site and had a couple of questions. Does the switch have an always on option? Some of the flashers are cool but I wouldn't want them to flash all the time. It mentions adhesive strips but I wouldn't want to glue things to the bricks. Is that avoidable? I thought an installation video I saw showed that you had to modify or cut some bricks. Is that the case because I want to leave everything as intact as possible.
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Marmaduke! posted:I ordered the Haunted Mansion (plus green light-up bricks!) the other day, so I find this post very encouraging I have most of the modulars, and the haunted mansion is still my favorite. I've seen pictures where people have redesigned it as a modular, and those are pretty cool, but I prefer it as a standalone. In fact, it's almost time to bring it down and put it on display for the fall.
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I just want to say that I'm really enjoying these progress photos.
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Lego in Hawaii are 20% more than retail. Or at least they are at Kmart. Haven't been to Walmart yet. Don't think there are other places on this island that would sell them. Kauai.
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The Mighty Moltres posted:I just want to say that I'm really enjoying these progress photos.
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Double VIP points oct 10-25 plus $125 or more nets you a cool looking VIP mini build set. Fishing store time.
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Captain Invictus posted:Due to my new job most of my time I would spend chilling out futzing around with stuff like legos is now spent resting or sleeping, unfortunately, so that sucker's on hiatus until I have more time off. Stop being a slave of your bourgeois masters. Quit your job and put some colorful bricks together.
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mattfl posted:So I finished my Lepin Koenigsegg One:1 today. Is the Lepin Porsche faithful enough that you could use the official Lego PDF instructions with the Lepin parts?
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mik posted:Is the Lepin Porsche faithful enough that you could use the official Lego PDF instructions with the Lepin parts? The Lepin or Decool Porsche is an identical copy of the Lego one. This one just happened to be a one off MOC that they copied so the instructions were based off a build a regular person did instead of an actual Lego set.
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Here's a very early WIP I started tonight. Some legs for a robot I'm working on.  I'm not sure how to incorporate black well into other colors. I think the upper part is going to be green/gray with some exposed areas of black so it's not just legs. Still figuring out how to make it not awkward looking. I'm kind of using the Gekkos from MGS4 as loose inspiration.
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Here, my first MOC in five years: a fifth generation Ford Mustang GT.      
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Nice man! that came out really good.
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veni veni veni posted:Here's a very early WIP I started tonight. Some legs for a robot I'm working on. I like these. 6 more and you could have a wicked spider-bot.
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Carbohydrates posted:Here, my first MOC in five years: a fifth generation Ford Mustang GT. 4 bricks wide?
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Carbohydrates posted:Here, my first MOC in five years: a fifth generation Ford Mustang GT. That's a really good job. Instantly reads ""Mustang" and I like how you did the side mirrors.
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Spookydonut posted:4 bricks wide? Looks like 6
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For less than the price of the UCS Falcon I bought a canoe. A boat was literally cheaper than a Lego set. A boat I can use to go places and do things, rather than just sit on my shelf after a weekend of hand cramps. I mean, it's really nice looking but this is starting to get out of hand.
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I agree, all the complaining about a price on a thing no one is forcing you to buy is getting out of hand.
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