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I finally found a copy of the Saturn V rocket at a local store. I've been looking for it for months (at a non-crazy marked-up price) for my dad since Father's Day and now I'm facing the possibility that I may just have to shelve it until Christmas, which seems such a waste...
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SuperSpiff posted:I finally found a copy of the Saturn V rocket at a local store. I've been looking for it for months (at a non-crazy marked-up price) for my dad since Father's Day and now I'm facing the possibility that I may just have to shelve it until Christmas, which seems such a waste... Give him a bag a week starting now and finally the manual for Christmas.
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Sep 11, 2017 00:51
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xzzy posted:How about UCS stuff that's not star wars. Like that completely absurd galaxy explorer that showed up on ideas a couple years ago. Or the mega core magnetizer. Would.  M-Tron Mega Core Magnetiser 2.0 by Wami Delthorn, on FlickrTotally not mine.
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Sep 11, 2017 01:07
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I have both the B-wing and the Slave 1, and they both look absolutely amazing, would recommend!
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Sep 11, 2017 01:31
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Speaking of the b wing, can one of you that have it answer a question for me? What's the name or part# for the little guns on the cockpit? The two little goblet/cylinder things. And are they gold or yellow? I bought mine used and it's missing those 2 pieces. I still need to get around to ordering those.
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Sep 11, 2017 02:00
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veni veni veni posted:Speaking of the b wing, can one of you that have it answer a question for me? What's the name or part# for the little guns on the cockpit? The two little goblet/cylinder things. And are they gold or yellow? https://brickset.com/parts/design-64644 Gold
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Sep 11, 2017 02:07
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So LEPIN is really going under? I was thinking of pulling the trigger on a LEGO Disney castle for the wife, but not this soon.
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Sep 11, 2017 08:30
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Potential BFF posted:Would. I love the inventive use of the transgreen dome quarters as a cockpit but the tracks ruin this for me, they don't look LEGO
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Sep 11, 2017 11:20
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djfooboo posted:So LEPIN is really going under? I was thinking of pulling the trigger on a LEGO Disney castle for the wife, but not this soon. I looked around for some news on this, just an old reddit thread on law suits. EDIT: On Lego - I'm surprised there aren't any licenced Star Trek stuff out there. An Enterprise would be great. Humphreys fucked around with this message at 12:22 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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Sep 11, 2017 11:34
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Mega Bloks has the Trek licence, currently they're doing terrible TOS stuff.  
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Sep 11, 2017 12:40
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Humphreys posted:EDIT: On Lego - I'm surprised there aren't any licenced Star Trek stuff out there. An Enterprise would be great. I thought Mega Bloks (or whatever they are caled now) has that license? https://www.amazon.com/Mega-Bloks-Enterprise-Collector-Construction/dp/B01ARGB91K Edit: beaten 
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Sep 11, 2017 12:42
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That Enterprise certainly looks better than the lovely Kre-o one I have
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Sep 11, 2017 12:55
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Yeah, that Enterprise is the opposite of terrible.
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Sep 11, 2017 13:31
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djfooboo posted:So LEPIN is really going under? I was thinking of pulling the trigger on a LEGO Disney castle for the wife, but not this soon. We won't know if they have to stop copying Lego's sets until they announce they have to. The lawsuit telling them to stop is expected to resolve this month, but nothing's a guarantee.
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Sep 11, 2017 13:34
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Plinkey posted:One arm thing, but maybe a bit beefier, and one arm gun I imagined if Trogdor was on DinoRiders
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Sep 11, 2017 14:27
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duz posted:We won't know if they have to stop copying Lego's sets until they announce they have to. The lawsuit telling them to stop is expected to resolve this month, but nothing's a guarantee. So what I'm taking away from this is I should bite the bullet and get the Lepin Haunted House before it goes away.
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Sep 11, 2017 14:30
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The_Doctor posted:So what I'm taking away from this is I should bite the bullet and get the Lepin Haunted House before it goes away. Nah. Lepin will win the lawsuit without any difficulty.
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Sep 11, 2017 14:33
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Habibi posted:The Slave 1 is the only big ticket SW item I have any interest in acquiring. I've never even seen it in person, but it looks so nice in photos. I wasn't too hot about picking it up initially, but it was really glad I did. The stand makes it look absolutely great on a shelf. It was a pretty fun build too - you start with the underside / flat part of the ship, and it took me by surprise just how big it was. Big Mean Jerk posted:UCS A-Wing and Naboo Starfighter are on my Lego wish list. A-Wing seems like an eventual certainty, but I doubt we'll ever see the N1. It's a shame, because all the newer curved pieces from the last few years could really make a beautiful model out of that design. Yeah, I could totally go for an UCS A-Wing. I don't know if it's my favourite ship, but its a solid design and Ive ended up with 3 of them on my shelf. Didn't they sort of do a UCS Naboo Starfighter in the form of the one with all the chrome bits? Not really sure what other star wars UCS I'd want - maybe a Tie Bomber? Tie Defender? Wouldn't mind a re-run of the Blockade Runner providing they didn't go totally crazy and make it a 500-800$ set. Actually, I might be for a moderate scale Blockade Runner, kind of like the non UCS Star Destroyers they do every few years.
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Sep 11, 2017 14:55
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 Does there exist a piece like this but with a clip on both ends, either with or without the plate in the middle (i.e. just two clips stuck together)? I guess I could approximate one by connecting two of these, but... it would be nice.
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Sep 11, 2017 16:20
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Picked up the movie Batcave set on clearance over the weekend and built it with the kids. It comes with 3 "empty" batsuits for the batsuit rack, but 7 spots for suits. I have enough of the sets that I have a spare Batgirl, Robin (Reggae Batman sans head), several standard Batman suits, and Alfred's classic Batsuit, so I just need to go get some extra white heads to put all the suits on the rack. Fun build, and my 5yo daughter loves the little penguins.
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Sep 11, 2017 16:28
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The Duck of Death posted:
There isn't. This part may be worth trying?
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Sep 11, 2017 16:53
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The Duck of Death posted:
Closest thing that comes to mind is something like this: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30377 I've seen it, or something like it used in a few official builds as a hinge.
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Sep 11, 2017 17:03
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You can also combine 11090 and 48729 possibly? EDIT: I just discovered this part, may be just the thing? Hermsgervørden fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Sep 11, 2017 |
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Sep 11, 2017 17:09
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Or a technic 1x2 with two holes. They also have technic 1x2'a with a pair of technic pins sticking out, can jam poles in there if you want. Really depends on the application.
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Sep 11, 2017 17:13
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CommanderApaul posted:Picked up the movie Batcave set on clearance over the weekend and built it with the kids. It comes with 3 "empty" batsuits for the batsuit rack, but 7 spots for suits. I have enough of the sets that I have a spare Batgirl, Robin (Reggae Batman sans head), several standard Batman suits, and Alfred's classic Batsuit, so I just need to go get some extra white heads to put all the suits on the rack. Where did you find that on clearance? I've been keeping my eye out on that one.
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Sep 11, 2017 17:47
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Kjermzs posted:Where did you find that on clearance? I've been keeping my eye out on that one. Looks like WalMart has them flagged for clearance at either $80 or $60. And Target has them marked down to $82.
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Sep 11, 2017 18:28
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Wouldn't mind finding the Asylum on clearance.
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Sep 11, 2017 18:47
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Kjermzs posted:Where did you find that on clearance? I've been keeping my eye out on that one. Walmart, $60. Was $80 a couple weeks ago. I had dropped in to get a couple of the Episode 8 sets but they were sold out, and it was hiding on the top shelf. They still have the "I'm loving expensive" security bands on them I'm guessing folks are overlooking them.
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Sep 11, 2017 21:12
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The_Doctor posted:So what I'm taking away from this is I should bite the bullet and get the Lepin Haunted House before it goes away. You should probably do this anyway. I got mine last week, one week for delivery to the UK from China, what a world we live in. (Not put it together yet though)
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Sep 11, 2017 21:21
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Oxyclean posted:I wasn't too hot about picking it up initially, but it was really glad I did. The stand makes it look absolutely great on a shelf. It was a pretty fun build too - you start with the underside / flat part of the ship, and it took me by surprise just how big it was. I completely forgot that chrome Naboo Starfighter set existed. It's small for a UCS set though, roughly the same size as the system sets.
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Sep 11, 2017 22:35
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Oxyclean posted:Didn't they sort of do a UCS Naboo Starfighter in the form of the one with all the chrome bits? It wasn't even sort of, it was UCS for real, even though it had less than 200 pieces: 
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Sep 11, 2017 22:52
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I find it hard to call it a UCS without a cockpit.
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Sep 11, 2017 23:40
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Someone uploaded some pics of the chestbuster set:
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Sep 12, 2017 05:19
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Are they paying these MOC guys for their ideas? That's a really awesome set for sure. The blood is so convincing I didn't realize it was Lego. It makes me even more ill than lepin if they are just profiting off of fans though. Edit: did you change the link? What just happened there? veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Sep 12, 2017 |
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Sep 12, 2017 05:44
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veni veni veni posted:Are they paying these MOC guys for their ideas? It's being made by Xing Bao, who does pay the designer. But also still just uses standard Lego parts. And I added the link to the original designer since they have some other cool sets, only some of which have been picked up by Xing Bao.
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Sep 12, 2017 06:00
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Ah yeah. I clicked the IMGUR and then the link and it threw me off. Honestly might order that then. Thats an absolutely awesome build. Buying the instructions and bricklinking it would be preferable but I bet it works out to substantially more money and a lot of hassle. Where can you actually buy it? All the links I can find are reviews.
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Sep 12, 2017 06:57
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One of the imgur related things was the 6500 piece vernator star destroyer. It's huge and amazing. 05077 was the set number and that's far too big for any reasonable house. https://m.imgur.com/r/lepin/sAIeD
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Sep 12, 2017 09:59
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veni veni veni posted:Ah yeah. I clicked the IMGUR and then the link and it threw me off. Honestly might order that then. Thats an absolutely awesome build. Buying the instructions and bricklinking it would be preferable but I bet it works out to substantially more money and a lot of hassle. Over on the Xing Bao store on Aliexpress. To not sound like I'm just advertising Chinese stuff, I finally put my Ninjago city on display, it really towers over the other modulars. Super fun to build, so many little details in it to give it life.
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Sep 12, 2017 13:47
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I just got done watching season 2 of The Expanse and I'm obsessed with the Rocinante. I would love to build a MOC of it and some quick googling turned up this awesome one. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sirrobinsminstrel/albums/72157684668344701 It's such an incredible job and going off the WIP pictures something I wouldn't be able to even attempt yet. Are there any good resource for learning more about advanced techniques?
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My son's 6th b-day is coming up next month, and my mom wants to get him the Assembly Square. I'm reluctant. Don't get me wrong: I'm not one to turn down a set like that, and it's not beyond his ability - he built the expert Ferrari almost single-handedly on his 4th birthday. But....it's extravagant af, and for those who have it: is it just too much for a 6 year old? My original suggestion for her had been the Parisian Cafe or Detective's Office, because he's expressed sudden interest in creating structures and building a micro-city on his lego pad (a 24x24 pad with a 20" square LEGO surface that I built for him). My mom just happened to see the "customers who bought this also bought" on Amazon and away she went down the rabbit hole. Thoughts?
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