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It's a better set but I'd still rather have the A Wing. I just want to build Barracuda Bay.
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Those rear fins with all those studs on that A-Wing is the perfect example of why we need tile wedges/wings
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Apr 18, 2020 09:43
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Nah. Some studs are good. If it's totally studless why does it even need to be Lego? The A wing and most of the recent UCS have a near perfect balance of studs/tiles/greebles imo.
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Apr 18, 2020 09:49
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I think having tile wedges would be good, especially for the A-Wing which really doesn't even have any greebling in Star Wars, it's smooth as hell.
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Apr 18, 2020 09:54
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I'm not opposed to the part existing, I'd probably like it, but I think that A wing has a really nice looking balance of studs. I don't think any more need to be hidden.
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Apr 18, 2020 09:59
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veni veni veni posted:Nah. Some studs are good. If it's totally studless why does it even need to be Lego? This is what bugged me the most about the Harley set. Complete, it looked too much like an off-the-shelf toy.
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Apr 18, 2020 10:20
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Imho the perfect "model" style Lego set should make you see it from across the room and say "cool model", take a few steps further and say "oh is that Lego?" then get up close and say "woah what a cool lego set" Not walk right up to it and say "Oh.that's Lego?" just my opinion though.
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Apr 18, 2020 10:37
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veni veni veni posted:Nah. Some studs are good. If it's totally studless why does it even need to be Lego? Totally agree, leave studless for Technic.
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Apr 18, 2020 13:26
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veni veni veni posted:Imho the perfect "model" style Lego set should make you see it from across the room and say "cool model", take a few steps further and say "oh is that Lego?" then get up close and say "woah what a cool lego set" This is the 89 batmobile in a nutshell
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Studless builds are a mark of mastery, maybe that's unreasonable or unfair but that's how the lego community has evolved. Being able to work basic bricks into something that is smooth or has perfect curves takes a lot of experience and problem solving. I wouldn't claim that this means it's mandatory that UCS be studless but given how they're marketed as the best ever version of a lego product it's a reasonable feature to request.
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Apr 18, 2020 16:18
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I think for brand identity purposes, sets will pretty much always have SOME exposed studs, and that's fine. But I appreciate totally studless builds, too. The "why even bother with LEGO" argument makes no sense to me, either - the point of building something out of LEGO is more about the process to me, to work within a particular set of constraints to create something amazing. Just because you've successfully hidden the studs doesn't take away from any part of that process or make it any less LEGO.
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Apr 18, 2020 16:31
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There's a disparity between what AFOLs like and official Lego policy. Lego likes studs and having studs visible gives the set a mark that it is Lego. AFOLs like to hide studs because they think it's cool to make something look like the real thing with the limited pieces Lego has.
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Apr 18, 2020 16:34
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You know what I really do like about the A-Wing? It isn’t 1000 pieces of greebling.
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Apr 18, 2020 16:50
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I like studs tbh
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Apr 18, 2020 16:56
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xzzy posted:Studless builds are a mark of mastery, maybe that's unreasonable or unfair but that's how the lego community has evolved. Being able to work basic bricks into something that is smooth or has perfect curves takes a lot of experience and problem solving. My 80000 piece MOC has zero visible studs 
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https://twitter.com/ST_phys_bot/status/1251135729624731649?s=20
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I made one of those too
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Carbohydrates posted:I think for brand identity purposes, sets will pretty much always have SOME exposed studs, and that's fine. But I appreciate totally studless builds, too. The "why even bother with LEGO" argument makes no sense to me, either - the point of building something out of LEGO is more about the process to me, to work within a particular set of constraints to create something amazing. Just because you've successfully hidden the studs doesn't take away from any part of that process or make it any less LEGO. I meant in regards to official sets. I'll build stuff myself that is studless or near studless as well fairly often. I don't think the same rules apply to MOC's, not that there are any real "rules" to begin with. But if I am buying some large set like that, I want it to look accurate, have the right curves etc. But also want it to be identifiable as Lego because I could honestly just go and buy a non-Lego model/toy of an A Wing or Batmobile that is more accurate looking for a fraction of the price. The UCS Snowspeeder is a very stud heavy build. You could easily cover most of them up/swap them with tiles but TBH I just think doing that would take away from the set's personality. The balance of studs and smooth surfaces feels very deliberate. To me this is pretty much the perfect Lego UCS approach.  Alternately, you have something like the Batmobile or A Wing which are very curvy designs, so they are naturally going to be nearly studless, so I think it's good Lego leaves some exposed studs on what flat surfaces there actually are on those sets. On the other hand, a lot of the older UCS sets made little to no attempt to hide studs, which left some of them feeling like they lacked texture. Like the AT-ST would probably look a lot better with $2 worth of plates added to make the surfaces pop more. 
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 I guess of the top thing is being held up by the middle string, the weight of which is pulling the other two up? I get in principle how it works but it definitely has "impossible machine" vibes. Very cool
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:
The top part is hanging from the string in the middle, and the strings at the corner keep it from tilting. String in the front pulls it forward to keep it from tilting backwards, etc. You can build them rather large and stable. I'm working on a wood and rope one for my parents once lockdowns are over. Will go nicely at their camper.
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They work as a novelty, but they’re no good as an actual table. Press on the wrong place and the whole thing collapses.
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Apr 18, 2020 18:01
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I'm thinking one could build a really cool "floating city" in microscale using that as a technique for the base 
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The_Doctor posted:They work as a novelty, but they’re no good as an actual table. Press on the wrong place and the whole thing collapses. A large one from heavy timbers would be excellent for injuring children. And how could they resist?
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:I'm thinking one could build a really cool "floating city" in microscale using that as a technique for the base That's a cool idea. Is there a name for these "things" to make googling easier other than floating string platform?
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Apr 18, 2020 19:10
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It's a tensegrity table.
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JK Brickworks posted a tutorial for a simple and good looking one, using lego chains. https://youtu.be/6xbnrEqMr5Y
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BIG HEADLINE posted:This is what bugged me the most about the Harley set. Complete, it looked too much like an off-the-shelf toy. another set that looks so drat good finished is the Caterham.  almost entirely studless in the end except for a few on the seats and such. and it works so well. The snowspeeder above is a great example of something done with lots of studs exposed nicely. in conclusion, lego sets are a land of contrasts,
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I just finished up the ISS. Overall an enjoyable build, although the Saturn V is still my favorite. Here's my "NASA Lego" area in my basement that I'm working on finishing up.  Unfortunately that's probably it until they release another set, the mars rover is way too expensive on Ebay.
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AFewBricksShy posted:I just finished up the ISS. Overall an enjoyable build, although the Saturn V is still my favorite. Do what I did: buy the pieces on bricklink. Decide if you wanna drop  each on the one pair of parts that were only in a couple of sets ever. But they're worth it.I dropped maybe $110 on the whole thing by insisting on new parts.
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AFewBricksShy posted:Unfortunately that's probably it until they release another set, the mars rover is way too expensive on Ebay. I just bought the parts for it on bricklink for $50 shipped from four stores, thanks to this thread! (edit: beaten, but I also insisted on new parts.) Also, tell me about that launch tower for the Saturn V...
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My family took pity on me in lockdown and bought me the Tantive IV as a late birthday present and I just finished it while watching Rogue One and I have thoughts 1. Rogue One is much better than it was given credit for at the time, although admittedly that's probably partly because everything that came after it was varying degrees of pointless to poo poo 2. It's an enjoyable build by big Star Wars ship standards with lots of interesting techniques and little repetition and the final model has an enjoyable heft to it
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Rogue One was the best modern star wars movie.
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Luceo posted:I just bought the parts for it on bricklink for $50 shipped from four stores, thanks to this thread! (edit: beaten, but I also insisted on new parts.) Dr. Eldarion posted:LEGO Overwatch Watchpoint: Gibraltar 75975 Building Kit, 2019 (730 Pieces) $62.99 That set plus additional pieces to raise the gantry up another few levels and widen the base platform. (From bricklink) I really would have rather built that massive one that someone made but this was the cheaper way of doing it. AFewBricksShy fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Apr 19, 2020 |
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Apr 19, 2020 00:27
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The Force Awakens is the best Star War period, fight me
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9u-Ae29uNk
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That's pretty cool! Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind seeing Star Wars vehicles in Space Police II, Blacktron II or Ice Planet color configurations. I'm sure someone has made this crossover happen already
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Pretty sure there's a photo out there somewhere of the millenium falcon in all the various space lego color themes. This one is only ice planet and m-tron but I think there was more out there somewhere: https://imgur.com/gallery/4WecC  Check his post history for lots of other color swaps: https://www.reddit.com/user/fendel_/posts
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Apr 19, 2020 01:42
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That’s what inspired me to add a little more color to my Y-wing 
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These own, but man I forgot how much the ARC-170 owned and I’d kill for a UCS version of that instead of the Gunship.
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:That's pretty cool! Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind seeing Star Wars vehicles in Space Police II, Blacktron II or Ice Planet color configurations. I'm sure someone has made this crossover happen already There's plenty out there already, eg: 
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