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Still waiting on another bricklink order for the hinges to finish connecting the roof, but I recently cobbled together the Modern Library MOC from Brickative! Some more pics over here
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OSU_Matthew posted:Still waiting on another bricklink order for the hinges to finish connecting the roof, but I recently cobbled together the Modern Library MOC from Brickative!
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OSU_Matthew posted:Still waiting on another bricklink order for the hinges to finish connecting the roof, but I recently cobbled together the Modern Library MOC from Brickative! Haven't checked the gallery test, but the signage and hell even the handrails are dope.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Still waiting on another bricklink order for the hinges to finish connecting the roof, but I recently cobbled together the Modern Library MOC from Brickative! drat that’s cool.
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I don’t know if this question even makes sense, but I figured trying here would be better then reddit. If I want to build a Moc (from like jkbrickworks) and I click through to rebrickable, what strategy do people use to buy stuff? Whoever has the highest percentage of the pets? Or some pieces from tons of stores? I would like to build a few of their things, but have never used rebrickable. It also seems that stores that have 99% of the parts will be twice as much as a store with 96%? I feel like I am not smart enough to live that moc life.
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Snowmankilla posted:I don’t know if this question even makes sense, but I figured trying here would be better then reddit. If I want to build a Moc (from like jkbrickworks) and I click through to rebrickable, what strategy do people use to buy stuff? Whoever has the highest percentage of the pets? Or some pieces from tons of stores? I would like to build a few of their things, but have never used rebrickable. It also seems that stores that have 99% of the parts will be twice as much as a store with 96%? I feel like I am not smart enough to live that moc life. I wouldn't use Rebrickable's buying interface. I would create the wishlist in Bricklink and then use their algorithm to automatically select stores to buy from. To be specific, the first thing I do is hit "easy buy" just to see what the result is. It will show you what it thinks is your cheapest route to acquiring the parts you need. It prioritizes your location and using the minimum necessary number of stores to get your parts. This is not always the very best way to go, but I run it first as a reference point. Next, I go into the wishlist, click "buy all," and then hit "auto select." For smaller orders, I make sure I'm only checking stored in North America to keep my shipping times and costs down. For orders that are larger, require bulk amounts of one piece, or require rare or obscure parts, searching internationally is more likely to find better deals. Try it both ways, compare against the Easy Buy offering from before, and pick the one that feels best. Once your shopping carts for the various BL stores have been created, go view them all manually. Make sure the parts are in acceptable conditions and such, like you haven't accidentally added a bunch of used parts that have notes like "yellowed/cracked." Go to the stores' splash pages and terms pages, make sure there's no exorbitant fees or stupid policies. Check out with each store and call it a day. You can spend a little more to skip large chunks of this process by specifying "new" condition for every part and then just roll with the "auto buy" results, but I like to be thorough so I know exactly what I'm getting at the best prices.
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I haven't tried Rebrickable but I tried Brick Owl once, and their store was terrible. It's difficult as hell to get a wishlist going, and it's just as frustrating to figure out how to buy anything. It would suggest stores to me, but I'd click in and they'd all have insane minimum buys or some of the parts would be insanely expensive. Like Carbohydrates said, Bricklink is the easiest place to buy parts from. Even then, it is still a bit frustrating. Bricklink doesn't look at minimum orders, so you could get a cart with a store that requires a minimum of 25 dollars. Or it builds a cart in a store where a part you want has a minimum buy of 20 or something. And it still has issues where someone decides that their 2x4 plates are worth double what anyone else charges for no reason. You'll have to spend a few hours trying to consolidate between different carts, realizing one store is a total bust, so you have to then search for those parts in other stores you have carts with to try to get your number of orders down. Expect to spend at least 150% what you think you're going to pay. Buying parts for MOCs is an exercise in patience. Especially when you realize a store you bought from only ships out once a week.
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Feb 16, 2020 07:20
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Looking to slowly get rid of my collection... https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3914571
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Built some desk swag with some custom printed tiles from minfigs.me: kali.lego
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Feb 16, 2020 14:39
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Keyboard’s upside down.
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The_Doctor posted:Keyboard’s upside down. Lmao, I don’t know how I missed that... good catch!
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That desk is cool but even with the spoiler idk where its from
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OSU_Matthew posted:Built some desk swag with some custom printed tiles from minfigs.me: r/wallstreetbets
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1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt I am so glad to be done with this car. There is not a single car that I have put more hours into than this thing. It's been a WIP for about a year and a half now as I've tried a million different ways to shape it and hold it all together. It was even briefly an 8-wide build before I went back to 6. Anyway, the Thunderbolt is a pretty hilarious car. They took a Fairlane and modified it into a pure min/max drag car: no radio, no A/C or heat, no windshield wipers, side mirrors, or anything else non-essential. Plexiglas windscreens, fiberglass hood, fiberglass or aluminum bumpers. Some of them even had fiberglass doors. My favorite feature: the inner set of headlights are removed and the holes are used as air inlets for the engine.  
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Feb 16, 2020 22:32
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I'm dying to build some sick MOCs but I'm dead rear end broke atm. Anyone know the best virtual lego designer software to use for building moc stuff? I do want to actually build said mocs IRL eventually so keep that in mind.
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^ I too would like to know such a program. I'd like to do a Lamborghini Countach MOC (I'm not satisfied with any of the ones I've yet seen) and if I figure out how to do it convincingly I'll gladly share 
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Feb 17, 2020 00:33
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Studio 2.0 - also known as stud.io
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https://www.bricklink.com/v2/build/studio.page
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Oh poo poo this stud.io looks perfect! Thanks ya'll!
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Carbohydrates posted:Okay, this is all just my personal process, so grain of salt and all that. Cojawfee posted:I haven't tried Rebrickable but I tried Brick Owl once, and their store was terrible. It's difficult as hell to get a wishlist going, and it's just as frustrating to figure out how to buy anything. It would suggest stores to me, but I'd click in and they'd all have insane minimum buys or some of the parts would be insanely expensive. Like Carbohydrates said, Bricklink is the easiest place to buy parts from. Even then, it is still a bit frustrating. Bricklink doesn't look at minimum orders, so you could get a cart with a store that requires a minimum of 25 dollars. Or it builds a cart in a store where a part you want has a minimum buy of 20 or something. And it still has issues where someone decides that their 2x4 plates are worth double what anyone else charges for no reason. You'll have to spend a few hours trying to consolidate between different carts, realizing one store is a total bust, so you have to then search for those parts in other stores you have carts with to try to get your number of orders down. Expect to spend at least 150% what you think you're going to pay. Buying parts for MOCs is an exercise in patience. Especially when you realize a store you bought from only ships out once a week. Thank you both so much! I will check in after I get my 2 orders in. Are there any other places to see more kinetic builds then JK Bricklink? I really like the moving stuff.
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Carbohydrates posted:1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt Do you only do classic cars, or would you try something weird but slightly more modern? I'd love to see if it would even be possible to do an accurate Plymouth Prowler in your style and scale.
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Captain Invictus posted:As usual, it's fantastic. Captain Invictus posted:Do you only do classic cars, or would you try something weird but slightly more modern? I'd love to see if it would even be possible to do an accurate Plymouth Prowler in your style and scale.
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The other problem with the Prowler is that not enough bricks are available in purple, so you probably couldn't make the car its iconic color. I know Prowler People disagree, but I think the car looks real dumb in most other colors.
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Good poo poo, Carbohydrates! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen this piece before, but I now own like 100 because it was on the PAB wall and it seemed like something just begging to be integrated into Micropolis scale architecture, somehow. 
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It’s in a lot of the ninjago sets
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cosmin posted:It’s in a lot of the ninjago sets Newer ones, I assume? I had a lot of the stuff from the movie, the City, etc...
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It's been in shitloads of buildings in the past 2 years. Lots of modulars, 3-in-1s, Harry Pottter, Friends, Princesses, etc
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Feenix posted:Good poo poo, Carbohydrates! One of the best greebling bricks if it only existed in more basic colors  The most basic one is tan, the rest are more unusual ones like the pearl gold one you got there
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Speaking of pearl gold. Why couldn't they make the backside of the ISS solar panels in pearl gold? The orange simply looks way off. And they even have pearl gold parts in the set (for other stuff that is - actually - wrapped in gold foil at the ISS).
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I recognise it from the hidden side school (which I got for half price on the weekend, very interesting set and fun gimmick!)
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tuo posted:Speaking of pearl gold. Why couldn't they make the backside of the ISS solar panels in pearl gold? The orange simply looks way off. And they even have pearl gold parts in the set (for other stuff that is - actually - wrapped in gold foil at the ISS). Most pictures of the panel backsides look yellow-orange. Pearl Gold might look better on the model but it’s less accurate. Something like a pearl orange would probably be better than the bright orange the model uses, but it’s cheaper to just use an existing piece than to come up with a whole new color or cast a part in an existing color that won’t be used often.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Most pictures of the panel backsides look yellow-orange. Pearl Gold might look better on the model but it’s less accurate. Something like a pearl orange would probably be better than the bright orange the model uses, but it’s cheaper to just use an existing piece than to come up with a whole new color or cast a part in an existing color that won’t be used often. I don't expect a new color, yeah. That wouldn't be possible for a single ideas set. I just think that pearl gold would have looked less disturbing than the yellow-orange/bright-light orange or whatever it actually is. On a model of this scale, it simply sticks out too much, imo. Then again, it's easily replaced with a darker color. I'd have prefered something in the tan range (which should be available and reusable) to the very bright orange.
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EvilJoven posted:That desk is cool but even with the spoiler idk where its from It’s just computer software and tools used for pentesting. Kali is the linux distribution on the screens with wireshark and a few other applications. Just more desk swag
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Does anyone know of some good plastic shelving units with sorting drawers for lego?
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Where do you live? Europe seems to have much better options.
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Scipiotik posted:Where do you live? Europe seems to have much better options. I'm in the United States.
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Finally...someone now please kill me...
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Is it possible to make a corkscrew out of 25061? i.e. attack 4 together in a circle and instead of attaching #1 and #4 you add another track piece after #4 and keep going
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I got the Newt's Suitcase set a while back and decided to make an expanded base for it with little habitats for all the beasts (plus basilisk from the Great Hall set). I had one visit to a PAB wall and the rest was scavenged from old sets in my inlaws loft and leftover bits from the treehouse and the great hall. I had a lot of fun making it, it's definitely not perfect but I like it more than the suitcase and beasts separately!   I was particularly happy with the Niffler's tree.
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