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Lego album covers(ish) https://www.instagram.com/lego_albumcover/
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s.i.r.e. posted:I want an official Sean Connery minifig. Here you go.
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Jun 14, 2018 20:31
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Hey, I have that!
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Jun 14, 2018 20:33
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Want a DB5 and an Esprit.
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Jun 14, 2018 22:09
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What if it is another 300$ pseudo technic monstrosity?
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Jun 14, 2018 22:16
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Then we won't see it until 2020 if they stick to a pattern. They haven't announced their summer creator car yet so it's pretty obvious to me this is what they're teasing.
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Jun 14, 2018 22:19
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Creator Expert DB5 or bust.
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Jun 14, 2018 22:22
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All transparent bricks so it's the one from Die Another Day but seriously put an ejector seat in there regardless of which one it is and if it actually had one because c'mon
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Jun 15, 2018 14:51
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The rotating number-plates are going to be tiles you swap out, I bet.
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Jun 15, 2018 15:05
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The_Doctor posted:The rotating number-plates are going to be tiles you swap out, I bet. Is there even a way to rotate a 1x4 or smaller tile?
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Jun 15, 2018 15:11
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Waltzing Along posted:Is there even a way to rotate a 1x4 or smaller tile? A handful of 1x1 Travis bricks with holes on the sides skewered by a rod with long tile plates as the license plates and some kind of flipper contraption (or just manual finger rotation.)
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Jun 15, 2018 15:26
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Waltzing Along posted:Is there even a way to rotate a 1x4 or smaller tile? Travis brick.  Stick an antenna through it, put a technic bush on it, wrap a rubber band around it, then rig it up so there's a wheel on the underside of the car you can spin to rotate the brick. Hook rubber band up to that wheel. edit - GMTA
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Jun 15, 2018 15:27
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Feenix posted:A handful of 1x1 Travis bricks with holes on the sides skewered by a rod with long tile plates as the license plates and some kind of flipper contraption (or just manual finger rotation.) https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2926&idColor=11#T=S&C=11&O={%22color%22:11,%22iconly%22:0} I think this could work with a tile on the front and technic bits on the sides. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?id=54294#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0} Two of those on the back with more plates. It's imperfect. Would work fine for a larger vehicle, though.
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Jun 15, 2018 15:37
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Yeah if you can scale up you get a lot more options. They could also put prints on 2x2 cylinders and rotate them. I think travis bricks are the most compact option possible though, there's nothing else that small that offers studs on so many sides. And you can put a pole through it. The biggest issue is the actual rotation, you're going to need a hole as big as the widest point and at small scale that could get ugly. Instead of rotating maybe they could use a slide type gimmick, involve these somehow: 
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Jun 15, 2018 15:51
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They could just take those old 1x4 axles and put studs on both sides. I think a lot of people would like that as a new piece.
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Jun 15, 2018 16:12
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There needs to be plates with studs on both sides anyway.
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Jun 15, 2018 16:21
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Cojawfee posted:There needs to be plates with studs on both sides anyway. There needs to be tiles with tiles on both sides.
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Jun 15, 2018 16:27
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The app for Lego Powered up is now available. For those not aware it's an app to control the new bluetooth trains that are out some places, but not the US. It looks like other than the speed control it also has some sounds it'll play like a whistle and boarding noises. Hopefully they add steam powered train noises. Then I never have to leave my basement again.
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Jun 15, 2018 16:43
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I'm glad I never bothered to buy that IR one. I was about to until I saw that it was infrared and shied away. I'm glad I did because I was watching a tested video where they made a train and they kept losing control because the guy kept forgetting to point the controller directly at the train.
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Jun 15, 2018 17:38
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Cojawfee posted:I'm glad I never bothered to buy that IR one. I was about to until I saw that it was infrared and shied away. I'm glad I did because I was watching a tested video where they made a train and they kept losing control because the guy kept forgetting to point the controller directly at the train. I have a couple, but it's big, bulky, and hard to design around. eliminating the IR receiver makes models easier.
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Jun 15, 2018 17:41
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IR's surge as a wireless control scheme seemed really odd to me. RF stuff got increasingly common through the 80's and early 2000's. Then smartphones showed up we got this rush of lovely IR controlled toys.. I guess because it was cheap and easy to make a plug that goes into a headphone jack. Bad toy company, don't do that. No one has ever liked IR anything.
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Jun 15, 2018 17:44
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Scipiotik posted:The app for Lego Powered up is now available. For those not aware it's an app to control the new bluetooth trains that are out some places, but not the US. It looks like other than the speed control it also has some sounds it'll play like a whistle and boarding noises. There's a review of the green cargo train set on eurobricks, they guy has a video at the end I think of him messing with the new controller and such, it's interesting.
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Jun 15, 2018 17:44
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xzzy posted:IR's surge as a wireless control scheme seemed really odd to me. RF stuff got increasingly common through the 80's and early 2000's. Then smartphones showed up we got this rush of lovely IR controlled toys.. I guess because it was cheap and easy to make a plug that goes into a headphone jack. Yet it is still put on tons of audio/visual products. And now we have IR blasters, as well. Hooray!
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Jun 15, 2018 17:53
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Waltzing Along posted:Yet it is still put on tons of audio/visual products. And now we have IR blasters, as well. Hooray! We recently bought a dozen 65" touchpanels that work via infrared transmitters/receivers in each corner. They don't come with remotes specifically because they can interfere with the touch sensing. These are $4500 devices, and they didn't include an RF control system. Bastards.
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Jun 15, 2018 22:49
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Oh poo poo, but I want Bond Connery, hirsute, smug and in a white tuxedo.
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Jun 15, 2018 22:59
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Checked out my local TRU one last time. Lego was up to 50% but they had only a handful of sets and had somehow managed to mark them up so high that even at half off they were barely a deal. A $15 batman set was ringing up at $25 lol. I still can't find my sails, haven't given up hope, but I rebuilt this thing to make me feel better. 
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Jun 17, 2018 03:05
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Jeez, next you're going to bust out the galaxy explorer. We get it, you have all the cool sets.
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Jun 17, 2018 03:36
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Lol just those two really. I have a box full of smaller classic space, castle, and pirates because those were my favorite as a kid but those are really the only two "big" sets I had. I had another castle, Kings Castle I think it was but that's after they started using those big panels and weren't as much fun to put together. I remember wanting the explorer really bad but never got it and I didn't even remember the monorail until I got the anniversary set and was like what the hell is that thing?
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Jun 17, 2018 03:58
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Cojawfee posted:Jeez, next you're going to bust out the galaxy explorer. We get it, you have all the cool sets. Speaking of the galaxy explorer. I might be selling one in a few days.
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Jun 17, 2018 05:28
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My galaxy explorer is in a ziplock bag.
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Jun 17, 2018 12:35
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Sometimes I find crazy deals or missed deals on Ebay. For instance, I was looking at monorails and checking to see how much some had sold for. I found a NIB 6991 that was BIN for $400. I wonder how long that was up for. Man. I'd have bought that, sold it and bought really good condition in the box 6990 and 6991 and probably had some $$$ left over.
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Waltzing Along posted:Sometimes I find crazy deals or missed deals on Ebay. For instance, I was looking at monorails and checking to see how much some had sold for. I found a NIB 6991 that was BIN for $400. I wonder how long that was up for. The biggest missed chance I ever saw was every single Power Rangers Zord toy from the 90's including the ridiculous giant ones like the titanosaur and the turtle that sold for 75 dollars plus shipping, and they had all their parts and stickers intact. I was never able to have them as a kid so I had wanted to get them, but missed out, and shortly after some sort of Power Rangers resurgence happened and all the classic sets skyrocketed in price. I hear there's new versions out now but they're also pricey.
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Jun 17, 2018 23:57
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There's a new lego documentary on netflix US... https://www.netflix.com/title/81002885 I haven't had the chance to watch it yet though.
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Jun 19, 2018 03:41
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If you know Lego you probably know everything in that documentary. It's a pretty good Cliff's Notes history of the company, though. I went to see the Nathan Sawaya exhibit this weekend. He's the Lego artist perhaps most famous for the yellow guy opening himself up with bricks falling out. It's a neat mix of things that are cool because they're huge (an Easter Island head, T Rex skeleton), things that are detailed (reproductions of famous paintings) and things using Lego to make a point.
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Jun 19, 2018 06:45
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At least he's not an "artist" who does installations. I can just see some crazy chick pouring a bunch of Lego on the floor and having people take off their shoes and walk across them. The exhibit would be "the agony of life." Can you tell I used to date an "artist." MFA at Cal Arts and all that. Woohoo. Never again.
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Jun 19, 2018 14:21
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The most successful artists are the ones that hawk the most bullshit. On the other hand only one in a million ever make it big so it's still pretty lovely odds.
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Jun 19, 2018 14:30
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ElwoodCuse posted:I went to see the Nathan Sawaya exhibit this weekend. He's the Lego artist perhaps most famous for the yellow guy opening himself up with bricks falling out. It's a neat mix of things that are cool because they're huge (an Easter Island head, T Rex skeleton), things that are detailed (reproductions of famous paintings) and things using Lego to make a point. Weird, I was there too! I had to pick up one of the souvenirs with the custom Science and Tech Museum 2x2 tile and the clear panel brick with one of his works printed on.
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Jun 19, 2018 19:56
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Had to print some more of these guys!  
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Jun 20, 2018 12:14
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mattfl posted:Had to print some more of these guys! Are you making these and if so can I buy one?
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Rythe posted:Are you making these and if so can I buy one? I am, shoot me an email at mattfl @ gmail.com and we can go over the details  That goes for anyone else too. There about 25 or so of them I can do.
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