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Re: Benny Space Squad, here in the UK it was sold out immediately everywhere I checked on release. I ordered on Amazon and they estimated a month for delivery. A couple of days later it was updated and then it arrived the next day. I have seen some out and about in the Cambridgeshire area since, in an independent shop and also in a chain supermarket. So perhaps the UK crowd are just not as into 1980 something space guys?!
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I haven’t had trouble finding it the past few weeks but I’ve also noticed it hasn’t lingered on the shelf. I think the chasers have been hounding LEGO movie 2 cmf bags around here though they’ve only been in one store and they weren’t even normal boxes I don’t think they were part of a cardboard display pack with space squads, unikitty sets, and the Emmett heart poly bags.
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Jan 24, 2019 00:22
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I think with the minifigures I will just end up buying the few I want on Bricklink. Normally I find it's maybe about £1 - £1.50 more per figure when you include shipping, but if I only want three or four it is much better than ending up with many unwanted guys or duplicated ones. This lesson I learned after my fourth opening of this figure some years ago (Fitness Instructor). She is cool and all, but I'm a space or castle guy at heart and her pink boombox was of little use to me.
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Jan 24, 2019 00:31
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   Shut up I just had some white paper. Shadows be damned! Still, I’m really proud of this 100% MOC build. Feenix fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Jan 24, 2019 00:59
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Feenix posted:
Every time i see that star I hear the "oh, da pain. it's getting so cold" line from the trailer. Needs a flame thrower to fend off the cold.  Awesome mech suit.
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Jan 24, 2019 01:18
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Where's that pearlized hairpiece from? :o
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Jan 24, 2019 01:24
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Synthbuttrange posted:Where's that pearlized hairpiece from? :o Should be in any set with a General Sweet Mayhem minidoll.
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Jan 24, 2019 01:28
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Plastik posted:It's also possible that Lego has gotten wise to this and has a specific "scalper bait set" distribution, where the first wave is disproportionately small and the second wave unusually slow, to get scalpers thinking that they're in for another Monsters Zombie situation and whip up a buying frenzy before stocking shelves to capacity. What, already? That's not supposed to be out for a few months, I think?
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Jan 24, 2019 01:29
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I saw a grip of BSS at Target right after it came out and grabbed one. Now I'm on a classic space building kick and want to grab at least 2 more, and I can't find any. I think the issue with that set is that it has a huge appeal to a certain type of person and it's also really cheap. So there's probably like 1 or 2 people that just buy every copy once it hits the shelf vs. it being a traditionally popular set. It's not that hard to find though. You might have to check a couple of stores online and drive a few extra miles to get it though. Amazon seems perpetually sold out of it. E: Nice robot Feenix! veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Jan 24, 2019 02:07
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Has anybody read anything on the design process of the movies and sets? I'm interested in how they merge what looks good on screen and how to turn those into good sets, and vice versa. I assume at some level they are split into two teams. How do they influence each other? As cool as the Apocalypseburg set is, it's nowhere near the scale seen in the trailer. Same with the Seacow and Batmobile from the last movies. Does the director show the set designers what they've made and leave it up to them to turn it into a cool set? And a lot of the sets from the other movies have been vehicle heavy, but some of those set's don't get much screen time at all. Like the Riddler's drag racer, or the Penguin'car, I'd bet each gets less than a minute on screen. Can Lego force those sets into the movie because they know what sells? And how much of this stuff is dollars and cents? Like does Lego get X% of ticket sales while WB gets Y% of toy sales? What do those negotiations look like? What I'm driving at is this, where are the boundaries between making toys and movies? Where do they overlap? Where do they conflict? I'd be willing to bet there is more give and take than there is when Funko gets the license to make figures from Game of Thrones or whatever. deoju fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Jan 24, 2019 05:23
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If it's like the first movie, everything has to be possible to build in Lego. I'm guessing they give the movie model to Lego designers who then modify it into something that can be sold as a set.
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Jan 24, 2019 05:30
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Feenix posted:
I need to buy more ball joints.
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Jan 24, 2019 09:04
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All the Walmarts around me have Benny's Space Squad in stock. They were super late getting them though. I held strong and only bought one... So far. If anyone's still looking https://brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=940804186
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Jan 24, 2019 13:40
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Realized today you can use a Lego app and view the instructions on an iPad. I'm all for this, saves a bunch of space.
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Jan 24, 2019 23:16
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You could always download PDF versions of the BI from the customer service site, but now a lot for the 2019 sets have a QR code on the BI you can scan in the Life app that pulls up the PDF automatically.
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Jan 25, 2019 01:55
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Darth TNT posted:I need to buy more ball joints. You missed the gravy train man. They had all the mixel ball joints at the PAB wall for a few months a while back. I bought a whole tub of them. Set for life on Robots.
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Jan 25, 2019 01:57
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I find this polybag is good for mech parts. 5 mixel ball joint pairs and 4 of these  per bag.
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Jan 25, 2019 03:34
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Nice. Those little hinges are still pricey on BL too cause it's a relatively new part. I wish they were easier to find in light gray.
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Jan 25, 2019 03:47
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veni veni veni posted:You missed the gravy train man. They had all the mixel ball joints at the PAB wall for a few months a while back. I bought a whole tub of them. Set for life on Robots. This me rightchea’!
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Jan 25, 2019 03:58
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veni veni veni posted:You missed the gravy train man. They had all the mixel ball joints at the PAB wall for a few months a while back. I bought a whole tub of them. Set for life on Robots. I don't even know what a PAB wall is. 
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Jan 25, 2019 17:09
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Darth TNT posted:I don't even know what a PAB wall is. Pick a brick. The back wall at official Lego stores has a wall of cubbies that contain various parts. They get swapped every month or so. It's a good way for people to stock up on certain parts at low rates sometimes. You get a little bucket and pay for the bucket. You can fill it with as much as you can fit. 
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Jan 25, 2019 17:11
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Except I’d say swapped in every month is EXTREEEEEEMELY optimistic. I’d say at my local stores, stuff rides it out for the better part of half a year sometimes...
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Jan 25, 2019 17:25
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PAB lost some of its luster once they added the microbuilds to it. Since then it feels like you get some sorta neat parts for the set, then the rest of the wall is a bunch of 2x4's in various colors. They usually do have a couple bins in the corner full of random poo poo which I pretty eagerly pillage. "Cool" stuff like travis bricks or light grey wings that one might want to really stock up on has been absent a long time.
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Jan 25, 2019 17:57
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I may have missed this, but if not here goes. The bricklink AFOL thing revealed its finalists. https://studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/afoldesigner_winners.page In about a week sounds like you can "pre-order" any sets you want, and if they reach their funding goals they'll get made. I'm keen on the saloon I guess. and maybe the vintage roadster. But honestly none of these are that unique or cool to me.
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Waltzing Along posted:Pick a brick. The back wall at official Lego stores has a wall of cubbies that contain various parts. They get swapped every month or so. It's a good way for people to stock up on certain parts at low rates sometimes. You get a little bucket and pay for the bucket. You can fill it with as much as you can fit. OH those things. I probably could've guessed that. I don't have lego flagship stores anywhere near where I live. 
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Jan 25, 2019 23:07
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Everything in there is real solid, but nothing's so badass that I MUST BUY IT. The castle is really well done, everyone hates BURPs but they did pretty good on detail for such a small base size.
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Jan 25, 2019 23:08
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Yay, I now own 3x Space Squads! Best small release in years.
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Jan 25, 2019 23:45
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Scipiotik posted:I may have missed this, but if not here goes. Did you see the first run? Theres an old Firetruck and a Science Tower. I'm in for those! Run 2 is lame.
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Jan 25, 2019 23:55
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Hot shot carnival will fold well into a big fairground build so I’ll probably jump on that one. Some of the others are charming but I like to stick to a lane.
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Feenix posted:Except I’d say swapped in every month is EXTREEEEEEMELY optimistic. Depends on the store. At Disney Springs it seems like some buckets don't even last a week, and Travis bricks and the like abound.
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Well I'm almost done cataloging my childhood (and some later) LEGO sets! 42 sets (1979-2010 with a huge gap between 1999-2010), 11,700 pieces and only about 200 pieces missing or severely damaged. It's taken an age to do but has been a pretty satisfying process. I've also placed my first orders with Bricklink so hopefully those go smoothly. I decided while it's all out I would make the Imperial Flagship again. LEGO definitely got way more complex since the 90s but it's a shame the instructions seem to be printed on tissue paper now. However it's a great build!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVCOAFKjaoY
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Just got back from seeing The LEGO Movie 2: it's fantastic and as good as the first one. Can't wait for the next wave of movie sets.
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parque bynch posted:Just got back from seeing The LEGO Movie 2: it's fantastic and as good as the first one. Can't wait for the next wave of movie sets. Same. My wife and I may have enjoyed it more than our kids. The humor was excellent.
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Jan 26, 2019 23:03
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Fun soundtrack too. The Radiohead line got all the adults in the theater.
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Jan 26, 2019 23:52
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I’m impressed that they were able to follow up the first one so well although the climax is definitely not as tight as the first one. Still very good though.
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djfooboo posted:Yay, I now own 3x Space Squads! Best small release in years. Amazon has them in stock in like 3 days I think, ordered 2.
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djfooboo posted:Yay, I now own 3x Space Squads! Best small release in years. Same. Grabbed 2 more on top of the one I already had while I was grocery shopping. I had to resist the urge to buy their whole stock of like 10. I think 3 is plenty though lol. Couldn't have come at a better time cause I'm on a Classic Space MOC kick. Gonna make a base and some vehicles, now I have spacemen to populate it and a few printed parts I can use.
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pity about how fragile the blue helmet pieces are though
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Love when new orders show up. These are from Sweden and Benny's gonna get a proper monster truck at some point.  
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