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Wow, I just got a 1099K form from PayPal for $1100. When I first sold poo poo on Bricklink 10 years ago, it was nice and under the radar. I guess no longer. Those of you with Bricklink stores, how do you handle the taxes? Do you file as self employed/small business, or does that number just go on a schedule somewhere?
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Jan 23, 2020 15:57
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Brawnfire posted:There's blue flame pieces these days? Tight! Yeah, they've shown up in firefighter sets for water sprays for a while now.
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Jan 23, 2020 15:57
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Great A’Tuin!
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Those lightbox photos look fantastic, especially for how easy they are. I way overcomplicate poo poo with my photos.
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Jan 23, 2020 16:24
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The best way to shoot pictures of Lego is having a cat nearby. A single stroll of the cat along the set will leave you with endless joy in regard to static charged cat-hair either on the set, the lens, you, or the cat you are currently trying to murder (which is impossible because a cat is basically like a wet piece of soap once confronted) e: also never leave the softbox folded up with any of that cloth inside of it, if a cat is nearby. ee: don't get a cat!
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Brawnfire posted:There's blue flame pieces these days? Tight! The one good thing about all these superhero sets it the explosions of transblue pieces of cool shapes.
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tuo posted:The best way to shoot pictures of Lego is having a cat nearby. A single stroll of the cat along the set will leave you with endless joy in regard to static charged cat-hair either on the set, the lens, you, or the cat you are currently trying to murder (which is impossible because a cat is basically like a wet piece of soap once confronted) That's like every time I go to use my gig bag I have to shoo a cat out of it and vacuum it. It was hanging on a hook, last time! How did the cat figure out how to sleep in it?
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Jan 23, 2020 16:49
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xzzy posted:I use a $20 lightbox I got off Amazon. I thought this was a POVray render for a hot minute. I built my own lightbox instead of buying one and now I'm not sure if that was a good idea or not because my frontal lighting is pretty bad.
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tuo posted:The best way to shoot pictures of Lego is having a cat nearby. A single stroll of the cat along the set will leave you with endless joy in regard to static charged cat-hair either on the set, the lens, you, or the cat you are currently trying to murder (which is impossible because a cat is basically like a wet piece of soap once confronted)  
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Jan 23, 2020 17:20
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What a beautiful angel.
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I assume the cars are no longer in the parking lot because the cat flung them to the floor?
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I'm assuming one at a time, slowly, while looking right into your eyes.
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EvilJoven posted:I'm assuming one at a time, slowly, while looking right into your eyes. Ah, you too have owned a cat.
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Jan 23, 2020 18:12
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For those of you who might care, Lego is running a poll to choose the next UCS Star Wars set. Don't let the prequel fanboys get their way! https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/6dfb7865-b545-4257-908b-36c15451029e
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Scipiotik posted:For those of you who might care, Lego is running a poll to choose the next UCS Star Wars set. Don't let the prequel fanboys get their way!
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Scipiotik posted:For those of you who might care, Lego is running a poll to choose the next UCS Star Wars set. Don't let the prequel fanboys get their way! I voted for the TIE Bomber. Also lol’ing that Elon Musk’s dumb cybertruck reached 10,000
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Jan 23, 2020 18:31
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I get the most gentle lego helpers. https://i.imgur.com/89p06Jl.gifv "use this part next please"
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Jan 23, 2020 18:34
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xzzy posted:I get the most gentle lego helpers.  I am loving all these helper/hindrance posts.
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Scipiotik posted:For those of you who might care, Lego is running a poll to choose the next UCS Star Wars set. Don't let the prequel fanboys get their way! That's an easy vote for the Nebulon B, the other two have been produced before.
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Jan 23, 2020 18:46
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xzzy posted:I get the most gentle lego helpers. My cat did no damage to the dealership, she just wandered around the parking lot and yelled at things. She doesn't tend to mess with my stuff but she sure loves meowing at it a lot, which is great.
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One of my cats steals tires out of the tire drawer or any pieces left around and gnaws on them. Stupid feline.
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I've left a few brick separators and minifigs on the base of my monitor. Any time my cat is nearby he loves to smack them off. And again and again if I dare to put them back.Wax Dynasty posted:That's an easy vote for the Nebulon B, the other two have been produced before. It's a toughie cause I feel like the Nebulon B could be kind of fragile and feels like it could easily go the way of Star Destroyers of being just a whole bunch of grey greeble? Whereas we've gotten one Tie Bomber before and the Ties upscale into UCS decently. I feel like we've gotten plenty of Gunships, and they already come pretty big, though I'd be curious what a UCS treatment would do.
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Jan 23, 2020 19:12
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Why not do an interesting ship? Have they done a UCS A-Wing?
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My cats rub their mouthcorners on antennae until they pop off, then they bat them around until they vanish into a neighboring reality
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Scipiotik posted:For those of you who might care, Lego is running a poll to choose the next UCS Star Wars set. Don't let the prequel fanboys get their way! Hell yeah! Just cast my vote for that sweet clone gunship. I know star wars sets basically saved lego, but the things I wouldn’t give for something different, like a UCS Battlestar Galactica or Firefly set or something. Or maybe those are all culturally irrelevant now and I’m trapped in the abyss of my youth
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Jan 23, 2020 19:26
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Voted for the Bomber + A-Wing pilot. Maybe they'll get the hint.
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I love the gunship and all but the previously produced sets were already a good size. Gimme the TIE bomber plz
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Cojawfee posted:Why not do an interesting ship? Have they done a UCS A-Wing? Nope. It's the one main Rebel fighter they haven't done for some reason. There's plenty of awesome fan MOCs of UCS scale A-Wings so it's definitely possible. Brawnfire posted:There's blue flame pieces these days? Tight! There's also green ones, they were used as seaweed in some of the underwater sets from the late 90s.
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Oxyclean posted:It's a toughie cause I feel like the Nebulon B could be kind of fragile and feels like it could easily go the way of Star Destroyers of being just a whole bunch of grey greeble? I went with the Nebulon B just because it would be interesting to see if they could make it without being comically fragile. In the field that asked which mini figure should be bundled with it, I said “none” because I am an old man yelling at a cloud. OSU_Matthew posted:I know star wars sets basically saved lego, but the things I wouldn’t give for something different, like a UCS Battlestar Galactica or Firefly set or something. Or maybe those are all culturally irrelevant now and I’m trapped in the abyss of my youth At least for Firefly, LEGO has previously said it was a no go due to (IIRC) space prostitution, but they released a wildly popular set depicting a show that once made a blowjob joke out of a water fountain at a dentist’s office, so I think they should get off their soapbox a bit.
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Jan 23, 2020 21:40
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Space prostitution?! Star escort!
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Not sure why they’re so against star whores. They released Wild West sets, but did they ever hear about a little game called Custers Revenge?? 
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Meowthra! Edit: Voted TIE Bomber because the TIE Fighter is probably my favourite UCS ship.
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Brawnfire posted:Space prostitution?! Star escort! Sir, the correct term is Companion
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Blue Moonlight posted:At least for Firefly, LEGO has previously said it was a no go due to (IIRC) space prostitution, but they released a wildly popular set depicting a show that once made a blowjob joke out of a water fountain at a dentist’s office, so I think they should get off their soapbox a bit. Ehh, Lego's been inconsistent about that kind of thing for a long time. Originally they said Lego was 'non-violent', but of course that went out the window with the 1970s castle featuring soldiers with weapons. Then it became 'no military' which is also kind of silly because of Castle and Pirates (which had soldiers very obviously based on British and French armies of the time). Then it became 'no modern military', but they have made WWI planes and some of the superhero sets are pretty militarised. I think one of the Pixar Cars sets also had a battleship character, and there's tons of other examples too. To be fair, it's not the same as some of the knockoff brands which very much have USA vs Germany or whatever military sets. Speaking of prostitution, I'm pretty sure there were prostitution jokes in TBBT and that set was uncontroversial. I suppose it's a little different in Firefly when one of the main characters is explicitly a high-class prostitute though. In other questionable stuff, I remember that some of the Town sets from when I was a kid were explicitly labelled/described as 'smugglers'. You can't tell me that these guys aren't doing dodgy poo poo: 
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:In other questionable stuff, I remember that some of the Town sets from when I was a kid were explicitly labelled/described as 'smugglers'. You can't tell me that these guys aren't doing dodgy poo poo: Hey, it’s the Evergreen Aviation/Southern Air Transport starter set!
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Blue Moonlight posted:At least for Firefly, LEGO has previously said it was a no go due to (IIRC) space prostitution, but they released a wildly popular set depicting a show that once made a blowjob joke out of a water fountain at a dentist’s office, so I think they should get off their soapbox a bit. That’s a real bummer. I’ll just have to look out for or build a MOC one of these days then. Forgetting ships for a second, I have to say this is my favorite ideas set I’ve come across: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/874084e7-3ecb-410f-a18b-e7451ae5f2a8 Would love to see some more landscape and park stuff!
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OSU_Matthew posted:That’s a real bummer. I’ll just have to look out for or build a MOC one of these days then. Use this as a template, should be easy! https://www.flickr.com/photos/brickfrenzy/7717710438 (make sure to click through the gallery to get more views)
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I voted for the Nebulon B frigate, solely so that I could also vote for diaper Luke. I then realised diaper Luke is from Hoth. 
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