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Yo, Carbs. If you want to finish and fix another idle attempt of mine, you could tackle the '73 AMC Javelin AMX   (version from Better Call Saul)
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Lizard Combatant posted:Yo, Carbs.
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Carbohydrates posted:Dude, see it through! This is such a good start, goddamn! And that's a good use of one of my favorite pieces ever, the 1 x 4 Technic plate. Thanks! Do they still make that piece? Seems to only be in old colours.
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Mar 24, 2020 23:25
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Welp, that's the first time in a long time a new set has appealed to me so much that I need to get it as soon as I can. I'm not ashamed to admit that nostalgia is the main reason for that. What can I say? Classic Pirates was one of my favourite themes growing up.Lizard Combatant posted:Thanks! Don't think so, Bricklink says the last set to have it was in 2004
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Mar 24, 2020 23:30
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That Pirate set is pushin my buttons for sure.
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How long does it usually take for Target to get special sets? I see they have the Treehouse now and know I've seen most other sets there at some point. I mean online, not in stores. I'm going to force myself to wait on the Pirate set. But rather than waiting for 10% off with double points, I was thinking of waiting for Target to have it on sale for 20% off + 5% red card.
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Carbohydrates posted:Thanks to the generosity of people who rolled through my Rebrickable and spent a bunch, I have enough spare dollars to justify ordering up the parts I needed for the '81 El Camino! I really cannot thank enough the people who made it so. I appreciate y'all's support so very much. Huge shoutout also to Lizard Combatant for conceptualizing the '81 version of this and coming up with a fantastic-looking hood stripe and headlight arrangement. So anyway, by ridiculously popular request, here it is. I think El Camino! by law requires that ! whenever you mention it. My older brother had a friend with an El Camino! and I thought it was so f-ing cool. Great job guys.
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Lizard Combatant posted:Yo, Carbs. I look forward to you all running out of cool Breaking Bad cars and ending up making a Pontiac Aztek. (Seriously, though, I’m always jealous of the skill of this stuff - my brain just doesn’t work that way!)
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That is loving incredible Doctor Spaceman posted:As someone who wanted a Lego pirate ship in the 80s I feel extremely pandered to. Yes, this. Perfect.
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Blue Moonlight posted:I look forward to you all running out of cool Breaking Bad cars and ending up making a Pontiac Aztek.  I can’t MOC worth a drat, so I have serious respect for anyone who can.
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But that's the entire entertainment offering of lego.  Buy a new set and build it in an afternoon, that's basically all the entertainment you get out of it turns into a dust collector. But reuse the parts to make new stuff? That's where the years of fun is.
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It's definitely missing a monkey.
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xzzy posted:But that's the entire entertainment offering of lego. Listen I get a lot of joy out of carefully dusting and arranging my toys
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Dogen posted:Listen I get a lot of joy out of carefully dusting and arranging my toys  Also build MOCs but there is better ways to get spare parts than expensive sets.
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Mar 25, 2020 06:53
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I am probably going to get that pirate ship
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Blue Moonlight posted:I look forward to you all running out of cool Breaking Bad cars and ending up making a Pontiac Aztek. Oh god, what colour would you even need? I don't think they do enough parts in yellowish green. It's no Nissan Cube, but it's certainly in the ugly car hall of fame.
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Chairchucker posted:I am
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Lizard Combatant posted:Oh god, what colour would you even need? I don't think they do enough parts in yellowish green. Sand Green is probably the closest current color.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Sand Green is probably the closest current color. Yeah that'd work.
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You could do a whole series of BB/BCS cars with Skyler’s Grand Wagoneer, Jesse’s Monte Carlo, Saul’s Esteem, and Mike’s 5th Ave.
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Mar 25, 2020 10:29
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LEGO® UCS® Crystal Ship (5381 pcs)
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Mar 25, 2020 10:34
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Cool interview with the pirate ship designers: http://www.newelementary.com/2020/03/lego-interview-21322-pirates-designer-madge-carlson.html Includes photos of the various design iterations.
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smackfu posted:Cool interview with the pirate ship designers: Oh, that’s very helpful at designating what was what on the original design. Because it was 90% brown bricks, it was hard to differentiate what was what. I liked the buildings, but didn’t actually notice that were ship parts built into it. While I liked the little town look, it was difficult to see what I was looking at. The revised iterations definitely fix that, and make it much better.
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smackfu posted:Cool interview with the pirate ship designers: Oh wow, this set was made from that Ideas set? I had no idea, didn't recognise it at all. I understand why they changed it, but I still liked the Ideas set much better.
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Mar 25, 2020 14:56
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I want both. I want all the pirates.
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Ok, its official, i have turned into the Grinch. I don't care one bit for that pirates set. I don't find it a particularly attractive display model and the ship itself is disappointing. I'd like the ship to be bigger ("UCS scale") I say this as someone that had every pirates set in the late 80s early 90s. I saved my allowance for like an entire year to buy the BSB when i was a kid.
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Even though the ship is way bigger than the original and the reissue?
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The_Doctor posted:Even though the ship is way bigger than the original and the reissue? Bigger and has a detailed interior. I doubt it's quite as nice as Ninjago movie destiny's bounty. But I think it might be the nicest pirate ship.
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I'm gonna need some of those pirate minifigs to put in my Lunar Module set to have whalers on the moon.
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Scipiotik posted:Bigger and has a detailed interior. I doubt it's quite as nice as Ninjago movie destiny's bounty. But I think it might be the nicest pirate ship.
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Utilized the quarantine sorting and building. i do both at the same time, look for pieces in my big parts box and pull stuff out as im looking, all the 1x4s or something. Ive put up 6 buildings so far. 1 restaurant, 2 1st floor storefronts, 2 single houses, a garage. Still renovating my apartment/grocer. I like my process so far. I frame out the buildings with white bricks that i have a million of. then build up from there with the decorative stuff. or just build a whole white frame and take it apart when i add the decorations. Havent done any interiors yet. I dont have the ability to post pics or i would. is there an easier way to post pictures than buying up my account.
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ptkfvk posted:Havent done any interiors yet. I dont have the ability to post pics or i would. is there an easier way to post pictures than buying up my account.
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So here's my latest iteration on Nacho's '73 Javelin, hope no one minds the car WIP.   Still no interior and I had to make quite a few compromises to keep the grill how I like it. Don't really like how the hood "paint job" was realised, if anyone has any ideas, I'm all ears. e: \/\/\/ thanks, it owes a lot to Carbohydrates' various instructions. I'd have had no clue where to start a month a ago. Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Mar 25, 2020 |
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Hot drat, that's nice.
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Anyone have the Disney Train and any thoughts on it? I kinda want to get a Lego train, and I like the aesthetic of it and the station, but that price is making me balk.
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Dang. I only want the little makeshift fort/desert island thingy.
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Red posted:Dang. I only want the little makeshift fort/desert island thingy. That's the whole thing. The ship is an alternate build.
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Lord Hydronium posted:Anyone have the Disney Train and any thoughts on it? I kinda want to get a Lego train, and I like the aesthetic of it and the station, but that price is making me balk. I bought it heavily discounted at Xmas. Even at 30ish% off I feel I paid too much. The train has some interesting bits, but overall the build isn't particularly interesting and I don't think it's the most striking display item, either.
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