Lego thread: Shiiiiiiiit, I don't got the money for this.

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Cloks: Feb 1, 2013; by Azathoth

PriorMarcus posted:

So The Lego Movie 2 Brickheadz are exclusive to Target in the US. Only 5000 made and once they are gone, they are gone.

They are not getting released anywhere else in the world.

WalMart, not Target. Also, they're sold out.

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Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

Carbos that build is just amazing. Loving the silver line on the C10

# ? Feb 8, 2019 00:55

Dogen: May 5, 2002; Bury my body down by the highwayside, so that my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride

Haha nice attention to detail on the lying down face.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 01:06

bloodysabbath: May 1, 2004; OH NO!

Carbohydrates posted:

Tiny House & Chevy C10

My partner had a request: a minifig scale, fully functional tiny house. They wanted a lofted sleeping area, painted siding, and a wood-colored interior. They also wanted it to open down the middle, dollhouse-style. So I made one! And then I decided it needed a truck to tow it around, so I built a 1970 C10 with the custom trim package.

It features a kitchen with sink and microwave, a bathroom with toilet and shower, stairs with built-in shelving that lead to the bed, and a table with chairs that stow on the wall. The exterior features painted siding, gas and battery power, and folding wheel chocks to hold it in place when it's not being transported. They also act as supports for the half that folds open.

The truck (pictured without hitch) is a relatively straightforward build. I'm happy with the shaping and color blocking, but my favorite detail is definitely the small body panel gap between the cab and the bed.

Any chance of making instructions for this, either free or for a fee?

# ? Feb 8, 2019 02:18

Carbohydrates: Nov 22, 2006; Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog.
Law don't go around here.
Savvy?

bloodysabbath posted:

Any chance of making instructions for this, either free or for a fee?

1. I like to be able to provide instructions but it's super time consuming, so no promises on anything soon!
2. I may start selling instructions through Rebrickable or something for a small fee (like $5-10?) to justify the time it takes to make them.
3. This is a pretty fragile build! I tend to go for form over stability so be warned!
4. Thanks so much for even asking! It's very flattering.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 02:56

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

Carbohydrates posted:

Tiny House & Chevy C10

so have you tried approaching bricklink to make this into an actual set

I could go for a set like this rather than some massive building

# ? Feb 8, 2019 06:42

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

You should shove some colorful 1x2 and 1x1 tiles into the empty slots under the stairs, and then offset them slightly to make it look like a book shelf.

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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

thats great and im getting depressed looking at that tiny home

# ? Feb 8, 2019 06:48

1000 Brown M and Ms: Oct 22, 2008; F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

Carbohydrates posted:

1. I like to be able to provide instructions but it's super time consuming, so no promises on anything soon!
2. I may start selling instructions through Rebrickable or something for a small fee (like $5-10?) to justify the time it takes to make them.
3. This is a pretty fragile build! I tend to go for form over stability so be warned!
4. Thanks so much for even asking! It's very flattering.

For models of that size, you could break it into parts and take photos of the individual sections. I think it's small enough that you could figure out how to build it from photos without too much trouble.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 07:01

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

I was able to figure out how to build that miura just from a few pictures. It doesn't have to be step by step instructions. If someone really wants to build something, they'll figure it out.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 07:09

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

Synthbuttrange posted:

thats great and im getting depressed looking at that tiny home

Thats because real tiny houses are as dumb as that Lego tiny house is neat.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 07:10

Carbohydrates: Nov 22, 2006; Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog.
Law don't go around here.
Savvy?

veni veni veni posted:

You should shove some colorful 1x2 and 1x1 tiles into the empty slots under the stairs, and then offset them slightly to make it look like a book shelf.

Yes, I love this idea! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it work. The spaces formed by the extant panel pieces are actually to small to fit even a 1x1 tile, and if I recess them, I would have to remove a hidden brick that's helping hold the wall up, so there would be a cost to stability as well.

EvilJoven posted:

Thats because real tiny houses are as dumb as that Lego tiny house is neat.

Yeah, you see the dude's face in this photo? That's reality setting in.

1000 Brown M and Ms posted:

For models of that size, you could break it into parts and take photos of the individual sections. I think it's small enough that you could figure out how to build it from photos without too much trouble.

I really don't mind making the step-by-steps, it's just a little time consuming. I like the resulting clean, approachable presentation. Just would be nice to make a couple bucks for the time investment. I think there are probably enough people out there willing to pay ~$5 for some car instructions.

Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Feb 8, 2019

# ? Feb 8, 2019 07:26

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

PriorMarcus posted:

So The Lego Movie 2 Brickheadz are exclusive to Target in the US. Only 5000 made and once they are gone, they are gone.

They are not getting released anywhere else in the world.

Getting sick of companies doing this poo poo. Rarity =/= Good. Just because they only made X number of something they force popularity.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 11:33

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

So, are there lepin versions yet, or lepin versions of those various comicon minifigs

# ? Feb 8, 2019 11:36

Saint Sputnik: Apr 1, 2007; Tyrannosaurs in P-51 Volkswagens!

Carbohydrates posted:

Tiny House & Chevy C10

That is seriously fresh my dude

# ? Feb 8, 2019 13:49

ivantod: Mar 27, 2010; Mahalo, fuckers.

Humphreys posted:

Getting sick of companies doing this poo poo. Rarity =/= Good. Just because they only made X number of something they force popularity.

In addition, apparently these are priced at $15 instead of the regular brickheadz price.

Seriously, Lego can just go and gently caress off with this kind of bullshit. I thought the "regionally locked" sets will not be a thing any more after the 90s, but apparently not. At least for the Chinese new year sets there is some reason behind it, but this is just complete bullshit.

I would have bought the Lucy brickhad, but it's not so imporant to me to want to pay some crazy markup to a bricklink reseller!

EDIT: I was right. The lowest price on bricklink is already at $60, four times its regular sale price.

ivantod fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Feb 8, 2019

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Lizard Combatant: Sep 29, 2010; I have some notes.

I, as I'm sure many of you were too, was pretty disappointed with the DeLorean set released a few years back.
With my total lack of skills making cars (but inspired by Carbohydrates' amazing 6 wide vehicles!), I've tried to keep it close to lego scale, but still get the boxy angles and low profile of the car.

It won't seat two, but it will take Doc and Einstein just fine.
Yes, I know that's the wrong number plate, but I like it better.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 16:15

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

This is pretty gorgeous, just got launched on Ideas.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 17:10

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

The_Doctor posted:

This is pretty gorgeous, just got launched on Ideas.

This is gorgeous and would be a day-one buy from me if they didn't change it too drastically.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:10

Carbohydrates: Nov 22, 2006; Listen, Mr. Kansas Law Dog.
Law don't go around here.
Savvy?

Oh yeah, I dig that a lot. Could use a little iterating though; factor out the pretty lighting and there's a lot of just brooooown.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:22

Red_Fred: Oct 21, 2010; Fallen Rib

s.i.r.e. posted:

This is gorgeous and would be a day-one buy from me if they didn't change it too drastically.

Same here. And I just bought rock island revenge :negative:

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:23

BAGS FLY AT NOON: Apr 6, 2011; A Soft Nylon Bag

Carbohydrates posted:

Oh yeah, I dig that a lot. Could use a little iterating though; factor out the pretty lighting and there's a lot of just brooooown.

You should submit the tiny house �n truck to Ideas

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:28

Plinkey: Aug 4, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

The_Doctor posted:

This is pretty gorgeous, just got launched on Ideas.

yes please

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:29

TheMadMilkman: Dec 10, 2007

The_Doctor posted:

This is pretty gorgeous, just got launched on Ideas.

Booty Bay?

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:29

mitochondritom: Oct 3, 2010

Looks really good, I don't think it will get selected though. Just a feeling.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 18:39

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

That would be like $350. It�s cool though

# ? Feb 8, 2019 19:20

kefkafloyd: Jun 8, 2006; What really knocked me out
Was her cheap sunglasses

Picked up Voltron and the SF Skyline at the Lego store today. It feels like the San Francisco Skyline is the first one that feels like a cohesive design versus just a bunch of landmarks in a row.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 19:49

Lord Hydronium: Sep 25, 2007; Non, je ne regrette rien

kefkafloyd posted:

Picked up Voltron and the SF Skyline at the Lego store today. It feels like the San Francisco Skyline is the first one that feels like a cohesive design versus just a bunch of landmarks in a row.

I just built that one yesterday, and yeah, I really like that it's basically a little diorama. I'd like to see more skyline sets done in that style. Nice build too.

Lord Hydronium fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Feb 8, 2019

# ? Feb 8, 2019 20:06

Scipiotik: Mar 2, 2004; "I would have won the race but for that."

Pirate set is cool. But I could easily get 90%there with what I have already.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 20:45

asecondduck: Feb 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

The San Fransisco set sits very, very nicely in front of my iMac.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 21:26

Cojawfee: May 31, 2006; I think the US is dumb for not using Celsius

Is it worth 50 dollars though?

# ? Feb 8, 2019 22:00

Dogen: May 5, 2002; Bury my body down by the highwayside, so that my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride

I really enjoyed building it and it�s rarer for them to go on sale so maybe? I have it sitting in front of my kitchen window, it�s the only skyline on display besides Berlin, which sits on top of my German football player collection.

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Serperoth: Feb 21, 2013

The_Doctor posted:

This is pretty gorgeous, just got launched on Ideas.

You wouldn't download a Lego

# ? Feb 8, 2019 23:35

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

much rather see that as an actual build rather than ldd.

# ? Feb 8, 2019 23:37

duz: Jul 11, 2005; Come on Ilhan, lets go bag us a shitpost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_HFm54lb04

# ? Feb 9, 2019 02:55

kefkafloyd: Jun 8, 2006; What really knocked me out
Was her cheap sunglasses

duz posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_HFm54lb04

I see that, and raise you this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vsm5dOXBBc

# ? Feb 9, 2019 03:43

Waltzing Along: Jun 14, 2008; There's only one
Human race
Many faces
Everybody belongs here

kefkafloyd posted:

I see that, and raise you this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vsm5dOXBBc

Pretty sure you lowered.

# ? Feb 9, 2019 03:54

kefkafloyd: Jun 8, 2006; What really knocked me out
Was her cheap sunglasses

Waltzing Along posted:

Pretty sure you lowered.

Ironically Super Cool was the song that got stuck in my head. :shrug:

# ? Feb 9, 2019 03:57

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I want that version of Benny with the sunglasses.

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1000 Brown M and Ms: Oct 22, 2008; F:\DL>quickfli 4-clowns.fli

Yeah, me too. Disco Benny looks awesome

# ? Feb 9, 2019 04:34

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