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Pyroclastic posted:I can't find anything matching this. Are you sure it was Lego knockoff? Were they actually Lego-like, or did you like swap monster parts? America my whole life.And I definitely seem to recall them being Lego-like in how they connected. But yeah. Ah well. I wish there was, like, a single really comprehensive wikipedia just for toys.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:America my whole life.And I definitely seem to recall them being Lego-like in how they connected. Tyco covered a lot of themes back then, also made helicopters though I have no idea if they made a tongue-copter.
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I have no idea what the name of them was, but I absolutely remember those weird tongue bits existing when I was a kid with lego, too.
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Have you tried the white whale thread too? https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3895038
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:America my whole life.And I definitely seem to recall them being Lego-like in how they connected. Here's a Tyco block resource, if you want a to see if anything looks familiar - https://tycotrain.tripod.com/tycosuperblocks/ Bricker may help too - http://bricker.info/osets.html?brand=Tyco%20Super%20Blocks&limit=100 Do you remember if there were any mini figures and if so, what they looked like? Those are usually pretty unique.
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New 911 Turbo/Targa is up for VIP orders tomorrow. Anyone else not really feeling it? Same scale as the Mustang which was a Day 1 purchase for me but I think I’m sitting this one out. I’m not really sure what it is about that puts me off. To be fair, the Mustang is hard to beat.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:New 911 Turbo/Targa is up for VIP orders tomorrow. Anyone else not really feeling it? Same scale as the Mustang which was a Day 1 purchase for me but I think I’m sitting this one out. I’m not really sure what it is about that puts me off. To be fair, the Mustang is hard to beat. Vip pre-sale in the US got cancelled and the promo got pulled as well. None of the big cars do it for me. But I don't like the color or the windshield, mustang just looks better.
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The Porsche is kind of special because of that wild new piece on the rear fender and will likely never show up in another set ever again. Year 2000 lego is back baby!!
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Scipiotik posted:Vip pre-sale in the US got cancelled and the promo got pulled as well. According to the email and website the promo is cancelled but the VIP pre-sale is still on.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:New 911 Turbo/Targa is up for VIP orders tomorrow. Anyone else not really feeling it? Same scale as the Mustang which was a Day 1 purchase for me but I think I’m sitting this one out. I’m not really sure what it is about that puts me off. To be fair, the Mustang is hard to beat. I want it - but I'm debating waiting till March to see if I can sync it up with that Amelia Earhart GWP (assuming the leak/rumor is true?) but feels like there's a good chance it will be out of stock by then, so who knows. I have enough sets on hand to still build that I don't need it asap. Also, just found out that the originally planned early purchase bonus isn't happening for NA so I guess that's one less reason to buy it right away too. I think the white colour, while unique, is a bit weak. The Mustang is really hard to beat - customization, great colour, really different from previous creator cars. e: beaten by my slow posting
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I don't really dig the design of the real thing. As a German I see them a lot, and there is a dealership near me with a whole lot of similar looking boring black cars... I can't tell them apart really, except for the one that's kinda like their excuse for a family car and the SUV. But I don't even know the names, Panamera is one I think. Plus I guess for many people it just does not have the same legend factor as the Mustang, the Beetle or the Bus.
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I was lukewarm on it as it got announced and sorta warmed up, got hyped and now I took another look and I’m lukewarm again lol. The GWP is lame too. I guess it feels a tad blocky? I’ll probably be hyped up again by midnight and get it though. I’m getting the minifig scale one as well so maybe the pull is having a small and a big car side by side.
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DarkSoulsTantrum posted:According to the email and website the promo is cancelled but the VIP pre-sale is still on. I got bad info! Still a bummer for those who wanted it.
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I think the Porsche is great, but not on the level of the Mustang. The 'Stang nailed the shaping just a bit more and its design was just really progressive and brilliant. Some of the Porsche is just copied right over from that (steering, windscreen) so it feels less fresh, and the color (although appropriate) is less interesting too. It's just a little harder to get excited about. Oh, and I think being able to rebuild it into the Targa is genius, but I'm not sold on the execution of the Targa. Its rear deck in particular is much less clean than the Turbo. Also, I'm enjoying how the Fiat isn't even in this conversation, despite being more recent than the Mustang. Also also, Promobricks brings us a lot more details of the 2021 Speed Champions lineup: 76900 Koenigsegg Jesko 76901 Toyota GR Supra 76902 McLaren Elva 76903 Chevrolet Corvette C8-R & 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 76904 Mopar Dodge/SRT Top Fuel Dragster & 1970 Dodge Challenger 76905 ??? If the C3 isn't dark red then what's even the point of anything? I could not possibly care less about a dragster but the '70 Challenger is a must-have, too.
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Hopper posted:Plus I guess for many people it just does not have the same legend factor as the Mustang, the Beetle or the Bus. Are you joking? A Porsche 911 is more far iconic to more far people than the Mustang, easily. Mustangs aren't even really sold outside the US except in tiny numbers.
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There's a reason the 911 today still looks like a 911 from the 70's, people loving love that that body shape (and Porsche still loves rear mounting engines). It's at least as legendary as the Mustang. That white color can gently caress right off though. It should be bright red.. but I get why lego didn't want another bright red creator expert car.
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Did the Porsche ever look this cool tho? Like your mom could drive that then give it to your older brother as a beater until he gets his own car then that baby is yours in all its sensible Glory.
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Carbohydrates posted:
Oh this is a pretty good list imo. I don’t care about the dragster either, but everything else sounds cool. I’m the weirdo that likes the bigger SC models too. Looking forward to these a lot.
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drgitlin posted:Are you joking? A Porsche 911 is more far iconic to more far people than the Mustang, easily. Mustangs aren't even really sold outside the US except in tiny numbers. Okay looks like I am wrong then. Maybe my perception is different because in Germany and especially Munich you see those cars every day (not exactly 911s but Porsches) vs Mustangs which are rare. And for the US it is likely the other way around.
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Huh. http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189quote:Prevention Methods:
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Carbohydrates posted:76903 Chevrolet Corvette C8-R & 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 I thought the C7 ZR1 looked pretty bad which I guess is because it's a $50 Technic set. If you give me a more expensive Technic or Lego Corvette of just about any generation I'll probably buy it. Possibly color dependent. Edit: I didn't realize that said C8-R. Yes I will absolutely buy any year Corvette with Le Mans livery davebo fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 15, 2021 |
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Hopper posted:Okay looks like I am wrong then. Maybe my perception is different because in Germany and especially Munich you see those cars every day (not exactly 911s but Porsches) vs Mustangs which are rare. Munich is by far the German city with the most fancy cars on display at any given time so your perception may be a little skewed  I see a lot of Cayennes or whatever the SUV abomination Porsches are in Berlin though. (Although yesterday a black sportsy Porsche parked outside my home lol)
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Carbohydrates posted:Also also, Promobricks brings us a lot more details of the 2021 Speed Champions lineup 76900 Koenigsegg Jesko 19.99 euros 280 pcs white with lime and black 76901 Toyota GR Supra 19.99 euros 299 pcs yellow 76902 McLaren Elva 19.99 euros 263 pcs color not listed, but almost certainly blue - it's the iconic color for the car, and that's the color they did the January polybag. 76903 Chevrolet Corvette C8-R & 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 39.99 euros 512 pcs No color listed for the C8-R, but the C3 is supposedly red. 76904 Mopar Dodge / SRT Top Fuel Dragster & 1970 Dodge Challenger 59.99 euros 627 pcs (worst ppp of the lot. Guess that Dodge licensing is expensive) No color listed for the dragster, but the Challenger is supposedly purple. So hey, a purple 1970 Challenger? Dang, I wish I had thought of that! Now I'm extremely excited about an official LEGO 8 stud-wide one to stick next to my 6. It's also the only car with an interesting color so far. I'm always looking to get 35729 in new colors, and it already comes in white, yellow, blue, and red (not that there's any guarantee this is the one they'll use on every car). Carbohydrates fucked around with this message at 21:36 on Feb 15, 2021 |
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Carbohydrates posted:
Someone’s an Archer fan.
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Carbohydrates posted:76903 Chevrolet Corvette C8-R & 1968 Chevrolet Corvette C3 I assume it'll be yellow with silver or silver with yellow. But if the new 911 and the Mustang were both ~1500 pieces and these are 500, I'm thinking they won't be something I'll care about having on display.
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Both of my sisters decided they wanted a centaur after I showed them, so using the excuse of feeling those out for them I decided to try to complete the rest of the set. Couldn't feel the Space Police, Alien and Beekeeper but found the rest fairly easily, and luckily two more centaurs. Darth going back to his childhood roots.
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davebo posted:I assume it'll be yellow with silver or silver with yellow. But if the new 911 and the Mustang were both ~1500 pieces and these are 500, I'm thinking they won't be something I'll care about having on display.
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On the Spring Lantern Festival set, both halves build up this intricate pattern with newer pieces and colors, and then the next step after this covers it the whole bottom with grey plates. Is this just the designer being cute? The rear of the pic just uses standard bricks to accomplish the same thing.
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Yeah, pretty much. I think this kind of thing was discussed in the thread not too long ago. The interior structure of a lot of sets often use all sorts of weird parts and colours and a lot of it is the designer being whimsical. I think it's cool, you can get some unusual parts and colours that way, and it certainly helps with making the instructions easier to read!
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Yeah, this one just caught my eye because I don’t think those aqua(?) blue and coral tiles have any function, you could remove them and it wouldn’t affect the build. So true bonus pieces.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Yeah, pretty much. I think this kind of thing was discussed in the thread not too long ago. The interior structure of a lot of sets often use all sorts of weird parts and colours and a lot of it is the designer being whimsical. I think it's cool, you can get some unusual parts and colours that way, and it certainly helps with making the instructions easier to read! That's still odd unless the tiles actually serve some sort of function. it's not unusual for Lego to spice up the unseen parts of sets with shapes and colors but that just seems like a waste of parts.
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Carbohydrates posted:Here you go!
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I know nothing of lego internals so I don't know how many bricks they actually keep in storage, but I don't think they're a just in time company either. If some product line with a ton of light blue and orange retired and they had unsold stock it will cost them nothing to include those weird colors in sets. It actually saves them money because they don't have to allocate bricks in the "right" color and can purge inventory. They also toss in weird colors to make instructions easier to read, which probably isn't the case here but is worth noting.
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We need a lego volvo.
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Creator 240 Wagon.
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they made a full size XC90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lerNsB17IDE
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Milk that F&F license and give us a civic with exchangeable wide body kit, 3 different rear spoilers, tinted windows, an extra aftermarket hood and Neons. Seriously, if they did 2 or 3 different standard cars the size of the creator cars and offered different tuning kits with printed decals etc. that would be awesome.
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I just read that Hasbro won't be making more Cara Dune figures. So if you want a minifig of her you might want to get that AT-ST set soon. Too bad Carano is a poo poo head, the character was fun.
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Carbohydrates posted:They'll be like these two, a pair of 8-wide cars. Definitely not on the Creator Expert level of scale display model. I guess at this price point these are targeted at kids who will actually enjoy playing with the cars after they build them, which certainly makes a 1968-82 Corvette generation an odd choice. Cool-looking cars like the C8-R makes sense though. Interested to see what they look like but I have a feeling I won't be getting them.
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