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Is there anyone here that isn't absolutely certain those would get 10k easily?
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Sloppy posted:Because they were poo poo quality and were blatantly ripping off the greatest toy of all time. Are you seriously defending them? lol I mean, if we wanna go down this rabbithole and talk about knockoff bricks, we should look back to Kiddicraft:   Hell, Ole Christiansen even stole Duplo blocks from Hillary Fisher Page 10 years after they were released  Basically, after their wood shop burned down for the second time, Lego got a molding machine and was given some samples and blueprints of automatic binding bricks from the supplier, and started cranking out their own exact knockoffs before differentiating and adding the bottom tube a few years later. crazy eyes mustafa posted:LEGO = Nintendo What about N&B Blocks?  Please don’t get me wrong on all this, I love Lego, and the improvements and consistency in quality as well as minifigs and designs are incredible. I’m just saying that when people complain about knockoffs now, there’s a really interesting and complicated history there that most people are generally unaware of.
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Nov 4, 2020 01:04
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Carbohydrates posted:Here we go, the third and (currently) final Western building! It's a trading post! Just quoting for the new page. 
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Nov 4, 2020 01:11
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Waltzing Along posted:Is there anyone here that isn't absolutely certain those would get 10k easily? Yeah because I'm a pessimist and believe ideas is rigged to require some kind of marketing vote blitz. But I don't really have much of a feel for the "lego community" either, like if it hit one of the big lego blogs how many votes does that translate to? And do they scour ideas for undiscovered gems or do creators have to email them? 
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Nov 4, 2020 01:15
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PSA: The VW Bug went into "expiring soon" status on the German Lego website today. This is probably similar for the rest for Europe. If you are on the fence, decide now before it is sold out.
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Nov 4, 2020 01:18
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veni veni veni posted:Did you end up setting those up with anything? Just rearranged my office and I’m looking to build some hanging railways along the ceiling with them! Going to set up a depot building on top of the shelf, and do some other stuff soon as I figure out the best way to mount them to the wall. Feenix posted:Speaking of modulars... I have like 4. I’m planning on setting up my Lego trains around the tree this year and doing the same thing! I’ve been using LGB G-Scale trains in the past, but I’m excited to make a little Christmas town with the buildings  The eventual goal is to build a ski lift up to the shelves
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Nov 4, 2020 01:26
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My complaint about many knockoffs that want to be model-primary (mega philosophy aligned) is that they build a nice model and don’t build something else interesting, because they were designed to the model so their individual brick fit/tolerance/scaling is off in some dimension when joined with another set. They interlock, but maybe they don’t line up when one piece is vertical next to a stack of other bricks. Then they make a model that is way less nice than a random Japanese mecha that you bond together. Being a “better” model than lego is like, the buried in the ground bar! Congratulations you got over it, and now you’re standing in the middle of a fiercely contested high speed train race track, just as some pedestrian yells out excitedly “multi-track drifting!”. The number of genuinely nice model kits vastly dwarfs the brickset space. If you exit the “interoperable set of blocks” play space you aren’t doing yourself any favors. What makes lego compelling (to me) is the geometry genuinely working on a random handful/bucket of bricks in a way that lets you build a form, and then the various textures that can be essentially kitbashed onto it without having to kitbash. Especially with the structural elements added by technic letting you build a lot of interesting hollow forms, lego (to me) does the best job of being a creative play system short of learning machining. I will say the alien linked earlier is genuinely gorgeous though. So I totally get why people who are more about model than system like that philosophy. I just feel if I want really nice models I can eject from the land of tiny bricks entirely and get much nicer models.
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Nov 4, 2020 01:27
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Brawnfire posted:go gently caress yourself because seriously Literally A Person posted:it hurts me inside Scipiotik posted:makes me ill Aw, you guys are so sweet. 
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Nov 4, 2020 01:57
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Carbohydrates posted:Here we go, the third and (currently) final Western building! It's a trading post! You going to explain what the two ne'er do wells are up to?
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Nov 4, 2020 03:23
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Davros1 posted:You going to explain what the two ne'er do wells are up to?
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Nov 4, 2020 03:41
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Davros1 posted:You going to explain what the two ne'er do wells are up to?
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Nov 4, 2020 03:42
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Carbohydrates, your furniture and accessories are again mind-blowingly good
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Nov 4, 2020 03:43
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Is the dude in all black a Westworld reference?
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Nov 4, 2020 04:21
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sigher posted:Is the dude in all black a Westworld reference? Is the man in black from WestWorld just basically a “black hat general western reference?
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Nov 4, 2020 04:46
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I really dig that mussed bed. A little touch, but a great one.
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Nov 4, 2020 04:50
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Someone has to voice their appreciation for that unmade bed and its askew pillow. Detail like that is amazing
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Nov 4, 2020 04:51
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Zefiel posted:Someone has to voice their appreciation for that unmade bed and its askew pillow. Detail like that is amazing
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Nov 4, 2020 04:58
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Waltzing Along posted:Is there anyone here that isn't absolutely certain those would get 10k easily? I'd like to think the western sets would make 10k votes, but it seems so weird how any of that Ideas stuff works now days. I think a few years ago it would be no question 10k votes. Now it would be a little more questionable as it seems the ones that make it are all associated with some movie/TV/car culture. Part of me wonders if it's Lego trying to get new demographics to buying Lego, but I wouldn't think that'd be a good path forward. For non-ideas sets the people that I know who like Mustangs bought one set, the Mustang and still haven't put it together because they like Mustangs, not Lego. Those are just my observations and thoughts. Personally, I desperately want to make those western sets and display them in my house. I would try to get as many votes for them as I could.
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Nov 4, 2020 06:06
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Let me rephrase: has anyone seen an ideas submission of that quality that didn't get 10k votes?
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Nov 4, 2020 06:33
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Waltzing Along posted:Let me rephrase: has anyone seen an ideas submission of that quality that didn't get 10k votes? I won't identify a specific one, but I'll give you this: https://ideas.lego.com/search/global_search/ideas?idea_phase=idea_gathering_support&query=&sort=most_supported. There are a lot on that list that will not make 10k in the time needed with similar quality of build. A lot of this is about going viral and keeping the momentum. If you run out of gas at 8k and can't get those last couple thousand votes then you're outta luck. Me pointing this stuff out doesn't mean Carbohydrates shouldn't put their hat in the ring. They absolutely should. I'd love for them to win.
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Nov 4, 2020 06:49
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Earth posted:
Same... each set they post ups the ante in such new and delightful ways, with such incredible attention paid to storytelling, playability, and functional moving parts. Everything the judges talk about wanting to see in Lego Masters is so wonderfully on display... from the bank robbers to Uncle from red dead taking a nap while patching the roof. And the colors? Those azure blue tiles in the last set... I thought Sand Green was my favorite lego brick, but I stand corrected. Thanks for sharing all the amazing stuff you create Carbs!
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Nov 4, 2020 07:27
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There's no negative to submitting it. Worst case it's a bunch of exposure for his designs and rebrickable store.
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Nov 4, 2020 07:33
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Earth posted:I won't identify a specific one, but I'll give you this: https://ideas.lego.com/search/global_search/ideas?idea_phase=idea_gathering_support&query=&sort=most_supported. Most of those have a ton of time left. One only needs 200 or so to get there and has a lot of time to do it. And one is 24 days away and probably won't make it. And most/many of those aren't of the same caliber.
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Nov 4, 2020 07:56
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Megabloks might be decent now but they were rancid trash for untold years. I got quite a few megabloks sets from my aunt and they all degraded and warped over the years while my legos from the same time are still totally usable. Some, like the pink tube of megabloks my sister got when we were little, we're literally falling apart along with the canister they came in when we found them again, a sickly yellow and cracked all over. The tube itself disintegrated to the touch.
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Nov 4, 2020 09:46
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Captain Invictus posted:Megabloks might be decent now but they were rancid trash for untold years. I got quite a few megabloks sets from my aunt and they all degraded and warped over the years while my legos from the same time are still totally usable. Some, like the pink tube of megabloks my sister got when we were little, we're literally falling apart along with the canister they came in when we found them again, a sickly yellow and cracked all over. The tube itself disintegrated to the touch. I love Megaconstrux now. Its a great alternative, and cheaper, to Lego. But yeah, I'm still doubtful of how sets will hold up long term.
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Nov 4, 2020 10:07
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Captain Invictus posted:Megabloks might be decent now but they were rancid trash for untold years. I got quite a few megabloks sets from my aunt and they all degraded and warped over the years while my legos from the same time are still totally usable. Some, like the pink tube of megabloks my sister got when we were little, we're literally falling apart along with the canister they came in when we found them again, a sickly yellow and cracked all over. The tube itself disintegrated to the touch. That’s the sad truth of Mega’s history. As far as disintegration goes, would that tube have been sitting in the sunlight or attic for a long time? UV or temperature extremes would break down most any plastic. I’ve got several mega sets from my childhood mixed in with my bulk legos that I plan on separating and donating, but apart from poor inter-system fit and stuff like antennas being broken, there are no problems with the bricks themselves. I really want to rebuild the Mega endeavor space shuttle, but I just don’t know what to do with a 3+’ set, so it’s forever stuck sitting half built in his own box.  I was all on board with the Mega sucks mindset until I picked up one of their newer sets recently, and I’m dumbstruck by how good they’ve become. I’ve even come to really like the micro action figs, which I initially thought were awful. I’ve since gone whole hog on their blind bags. And speaking of hogs, the new Mega Warthog is a gateway build Catatron Prime fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Nov 4, 2020 |
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Nov 4, 2020 14:53
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Carbohydrates posted:Second, the windmill has some functions! It can rotate freely, the vane can turn 90 degrees to act as a brake, and there's a cam so that when the blades spin, it simulates pumping water at the base. This is all astonishing but I'm in awe of that windmill construction and the clever ways you made all of its angles! Also amazing use of color!
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Nov 4, 2020 18:11
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I picked up a pair of these  from yourwobb https://www.yourwobb.com/products/mould-king-bricks-tool?_pos=18&_sid=2dfeb4c7f&_ss=r&variant=32635311915144 to help with pin and axle removal and highly recommend getting some if you work with a lot of Technic. The jaws grip well and are soft so no more teeth marks or plier marks on pieces, and they save my fingers.
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Nov 4, 2020 21:36
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OSU_Matthew posted:I really want to rebuild the Mega endeavor space shuttle, but I just don’t know what to do with a 3+’ set, so it’s forever stuck sitting half built in his own box. Broken link for me, but that thing must be massive. I've got this Lego one:  Which I think is the largest shuttle they've done (apart from maybe the Technic one 8480) and it's a decent size model.
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Nov 4, 2020 21:38
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Literally A Person posted:Yeah so i want to play with your cowboy town so bad it hurts me inside.  Also, a cool thing I have found while getting set up on Buildamoc: they make it actually really easy to add alternate color options. So now, instead of just the Sand Green with which I initially built it, I can offer the C10 in multiple 70s-rear end colors! 
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Nov 4, 2020 22:03
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Carbohydrates posted:it's pretty fun tbh Why... why do this to me? Just enter them already and become Lego Famous!
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Nov 4, 2020 22:46
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PowerBeard posted:Why... why do this to me? Just enter them already and become Lego Famous!
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Nov 4, 2020 23:07
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Next up is the adult buildings, the brothel and the gallows. I guess the sherrif's office too if you MUST be complete.. with a jail cell where you can hitch a horse up to the window bars and pull the whole wall out for the epic escape.
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Nov 4, 2020 23:10
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Carbohydrates posted:I am still working on the wagon. I had to adjust its play features somewhat and my work on that has been slowed by trying to get my stuff on buildamoc, too. It's coming! Just submit it as it is. You can always fix the wagon later. It's not like LEGO aren't going to "somehow" improve on your designs anyway. Somehow. Maybe. Probably lower the piece count, I am guessing. "improve"
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Nov 4, 2020 23:11
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xzzy posted:Next up is the adult buildings, the brothel and the gallows. Also fake town blazing saddles style
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Nov 4, 2020 23:26
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Carbohydrates posted:I am still working on the wagon. I had to adjust its play features somewhat and my work on that has been slowed by trying to get my stuff on buildamoc, too. It's coming! Lego let people buy this for like $10 back in the day:  Pretty sure you’re clearing the bar already, but looking forward to how you improve your design!
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Nov 4, 2020 23:27
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Waltzing Along posted:Just submit it as it is. You can always fix the wagon later. It's not like LEGO aren't going to "somehow" improve on your designs anyway. Somehow. Maybe. Probably lower the piece count, I am guessing. "improve"
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Nov 4, 2020 23:37
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Carbohydrates posted:Here we go, the third and (currently) final Western building! It's a trading post! Beaten over and over but holy poo poo how are you so loving good at this
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Nov 4, 2020 23:41
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garfield hentai posted:Beaten over and over but holy poo poo how are you so loving good at this So, I mean, I dunno, when I write it all out like that, it sounds ridiculous, but the short answer is the same as learning anything else: study and practice. Create things, even if they suck at first, and you'll make better things next time. edit: anyone reading this, you want some homework? Click through those builders on Flickr that I linked above, and spend 5 minutes per person browsing their pics right now. Hell, spend just one minute on each. You will, right this moment, learn something you didn't know you can do. Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Nov 5, 2020 |
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xzzy posted:Next up is the adult buildings, the brothel and the gallows. OMG I had (have somewhere???) the western set with the "exploding" jail wall!!! Carb's bank made me super giddy since it seems like they're trying to kind of bring that back.
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