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The_Doctor posted:Flanian pobble beads. How many Altairian Dollars is that?
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Started working on the X wing tonight. Just did some cosmetic changes and redid the side panels so they don't look so boat-like and stick out as much. I definitely don't think I'm going to try and reinvent the wheel on this one, but I still want to redo the blasters and maybe change up some stuff on the engines. Think I want to change to nose too but I'm not sure how yet.
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Oct 7, 2017 04:55
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Speaking of Lego manuals. Does anyone know when they started adding the precise pieces in each step? Also, why are the colors so inaccurate? Makes very little sense.
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Oct 7, 2017 05:52
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They've always included the parts needed for each step for Technic and Model Team sets since the 1980s, possibly late 70s. I believe they started doing it for every set around 2009. As for the inaccurate colours, I'd guess that it's a limitation of whatever printers they use. It certainly doesn't help that modern Lego is made in so many different colours and some of them are very similar to each other.
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Oct 7, 2017 06:01
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They should mention what color it is. Sometimes whatever printer they have just doesn't have enough detail to know exactly what part to use.
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Oct 7, 2017 06:03
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#1 suggestion I would give to Lego is to stop printing the instructions on black paper.
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Oct 7, 2017 13:48
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One thing I noticed while building Destiny's Bounty was the colours in the printing were uneven page to page. Like, you could look at the left page and easily make out the dark brown from the light brown, and the dark red. Then on the right page, it's almost impossible to differentiate.
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Oct 7, 2017 14:06
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The_Doctor posted:One thing I noticed while building Destiny's Bounty was the colours in the printing were uneven page to page. Like, you could look at the left page and easily make out the dark brown from the light brown, and the dark red. Then on the right page, it's almost impossible to differentiate. There's Dark Red in the DB? Sigh.
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Oct 7, 2017 15:32
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Waltzing Along posted:There's Dark Red in the DB? Sigh. It's a generically Asian boat, you bet your rear end there's dark red all over it.
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Oct 7, 2017 17:22
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The_Doctor posted:It's a generically Asian boat, you bet your rear end there's dark red all over it. And you are sure it's not Reddish Brown? I mean...they look exactly the same! And RB is used far more often.
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Oct 7, 2017 17:26
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Waltzing Along posted:And you are sure it's not Reddish Brown? I mean...they look exactly the same! And RB is used far more often. Errrr.. now I don't know either way. 
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Oct 7, 2017 17:46
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The_Doctor posted:Errrr.. now I don't know either way. The set uses both colors. One thing that Lego have definitely improved on is the numbered bags. In general you don't get multiple colors of the same part in the same bags unless there is a big enough difference in color that it is obvious. No more reddish brown/dark red of the same piece type in the same section.
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Oct 7, 2017 17:50
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Waltzing Along posted:And you are sure it's not Reddish Brown? I mean...they look exactly the same! Woah, woah, woah, let's reign the racism in a little bit, fellas.
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Oct 7, 2017 18:13
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[quote="“Waltzing Along”" post="“477147674”"] The set uses both colors. One thing that Lego have definitely improved on is the numbered bags. In general you don’t get multiple colors of the same part in the same bags unless there is a big enough difference in color that it is obvious. No more reddish brown/dark red of the same piece type in the same section. [/quote] Except for having orange and metallic gold in the same bag. gently caress those tiny shine marks...
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Oct 7, 2017 18:39
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Waltzing Along posted:The set uses both colors. The Saturn V was the first set I've built in at least 10 years, and I think the first set I've ever built with numbered bags. I almost dumped them all out and knolled everything and I'm glad I didn't.
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Oct 8, 2017 00:08
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Knolling is awesome, but with the piece count these days on some sets, you'll be there for weeks. Also, running out of flat surfaces.
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Oct 8, 2017 00:35
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I always want to knoll things out like Adam Savage does everytime he does one of these things. Then I remember I don't have any room to do that, and it's just as easy to just dump the pieces into plastic bins and look for them in there.
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Oct 8, 2017 00:37
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The_Doctor posted:Knolling is awesome, but with the piece count these days on some sets, you'll be there for weeks. Also, running out of flat surfaces. Truth. I had to do that with my UCS Sandcrawler when moved countries and it took at least three times as long to build it the second time.
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Oct 8, 2017 01:39
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Mega Blocks can gently caress right off. I bought the Arcadia Jumpship because I like Destiny and it was on clearance for $7. Biggest mistake I've ever made. I've had to take an exacto knife to a few pieces to remove excess plastic and get them together. I quit last night when I couldn't get the rear engine piece on. It just keeps popping off for no obvious reason. Also, I had 7 bags opened by step 6.
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Oct 8, 2017 12:20
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Kjermzs posted:Mega Blocks can gently caress right off. I bought the Arcadia Jumpship because I like Destiny and it was on clearance for $7. Biggest mistake I've ever made. I've had to take an exacto knife to a few pieces to remove excess plastic and get them together. I quit last night when I could get the rear engine piece on. It just keeps popping off for no obvious reason. Also, I had 7 bags opened by step 6. I can't excuse the rest but Lego has a patent on numbered/step ordered bags. Which, when you think about it, is kind of a petty dick move.
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Oct 8, 2017 12:30
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PriorMarcus posted:I can't excuse the rest but Lego has a patent on numbered/step ordered bags. Which, when you think about it, is kind of a petty dick move. Haha, I didn't know this.
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Oct 8, 2017 12:52
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Kjermzs posted:Haha, I didn't know this. I think for their UCS equivalent sets Mega uses plastic trays with the parts distributed into seperate compartments to get around this, kind of like the presentation boxes Lego used to do.
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Oct 8, 2017 13:47
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PriorMarcus posted:I can't excuse the rest but Lego has a patent on numbered/step ordered bags. Which, when you think about it, is kind of a petty dick move. Man. gently caress lawyers.
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Oct 8, 2017 15:11
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Will call right away now for the NY ComicCon exclusive. No waiting until the end of the day. Edit: we'll see if this drives down the cost on the secondary market. Edit2: the designer is not here today so no signed copies. tomapot fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Oct 8, 2017 |
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Oct 8, 2017 16:46
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Kjermzs posted:Mega Blocks can gently caress right off. I bought the Arcadia Jumpship because I like Destiny and it was on clearance for $7. Biggest mistake I've ever made. I've had to take an exacto knife to a few pieces to remove excess plastic and get them together. I quit last night when I couldn't get the rear engine piece on. It just keeps popping off for no obvious reason. Also, I had 7 bags opened by step 6. Their Destiny sets are really awful, but the minifigs are pretty great. I don't know if they're still available, but they had stand-alone packs with a fig and 3-4 guns that were decent grabs. Apparently they've started doing the same kind of thing for other licenses now. Picked up Captain Picard and a Xenomorph the other day for $5.
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Oct 8, 2017 17:49
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Kjermzs posted:Mega Blocks can gently caress right off. I bought the Arcadia Jumpship because I like Destiny and it was on clearance for $7. Biggest mistake I've ever made. I've had to take an exacto knife to a few pieces to remove excess plastic and get them together. I quit last night when I couldn't get the rear engine piece on. It just keeps popping off for no obvious reason. Also, I had 7 bags opened by step 6. I got a couple of the World of Warcraft sets on super Walmart clearance a few years ago, and had the same problem trying to build Sindragosa. The molds look fantastic for the special pieces and the mini dogs are great, but trying to get large assemblies to snap into single large pieces is a nightmare, and in retrospect is an issue with tolerance stacking that Lego absolutely does not have.
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Oct 8, 2017 19:33
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Saturn V does seem to have a relatively large number of bags: 12. Compare to something like the Detective Office modular that is 300 more pieces but only has 4 bags. It makes it a lot easier to build imho.
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Oct 8, 2017 21:01
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[quote="“smackfu”" post="“477182051”"] Saturn V does seem to have a relatively large number of bags: 12. Compare to something like the Detective Office modular that is 300 more pieces but only has 4 bags. It makes it a lot easier to build imho. [/quote] Destiny's Bounty has 15 bags. And the Detectives office definitely had more than 4.
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Oct 8, 2017 21:25
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Picked up Coles Fire Mech and got the Batman Bricktober minifigs. Should fill out the empty batsuitsuit slots in the batcave set nicely.
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Oct 8, 2017 21:32
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[quote="“The_Doctor”" post="“477182843”"] Destiny’s Bounty has 15 bags. And the Detectives office definitely had more than 4. [/quote] I think it had more than four but they were only numbered 1-4 so you had to open all the bags with a given number to do each level.
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Oct 8, 2017 21:32
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CommanderApaul posted:Picked up Coles Fire Mech and got the Batman Bricktober minifigs. Should fill out the empty batsuitsuit slots in the batcave set nicely. Are they still on sale? I mean the normal sets. They were 20% off last week.
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Oct 8, 2017 23:17
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smackfu posted:Saturn V does seem to have a relatively large number of bags: 12. Compare to something like the Detective Office modular that is 300 more pieces but only has 4 bags. It makes it a lot easier to build imho. The Saturn V really nailed the bag system. It was great. I wish modular's were divided the same way. I don't often have time to build an entire floor in one sitting and the organised loose pieces actually take up a fair amount of desk space.
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Oct 8, 2017 23:21
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Waltzing Along posted:Are they still on sale? I mean the normal sets. They were 20% off last week. Some of the sets still had a sale tag on them, I think the creator sets and some of the Batman Movie stuff. All the Ninjago stuff was retail price. I was too busy trying to wrangle my kids. "Dad, are you buying legos AGAIN?"
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Oct 9, 2017 00:55
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PriorMarcus posted:The Saturn V really nailed the bag system. It was great.
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Oct 9, 2017 04:37
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Destiny's Bounty was also a great build and a good selection of parts in cool colours. So many tiles.
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Oct 9, 2017 05:51
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Lizard Combatant posted:Destiny's Bounty was also a great build and a good selection of parts in cool colours. So many tiles. It's so large too! I literally have nowhere to put it!
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Oct 9, 2017 09:47
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Ok, these are the people I have down for a Lester minifig: Waltzing Along Carbohydrates tomapot PriorMarcus Huge Fucker Bitch Kjermzs Pyroclastic DrChud Anyone else?
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Oct 9, 2017 09:59
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Yeah I'll take one if it's not too much trouble.
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Oct 9, 2017 13:07
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The_Doctor posted:It's so large too! I literally have nowhere to put it! Same. But I'm moving soon at least
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The_Doctor posted:Ok, these are the people I have down for a Lester minifig: I'd like to order 2 if that's alright. I see you've already got my name down.
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