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So I finally decided to use brick link because there was a Mario figure I wanted(dry bones) and it's just locked in a cycle of "verify your email address to check out" then "your email address has already been verified" when I click the link in my email. Is it usually fussy or am I an anomaly? I've tried all the usual cache clearing and logging in again. I'll give it a day and if it's still fussy I'll just make a new account with a new email.
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tuo posted:Okay...don't enter my office kitchen...(it's next to my BBQ pit, and i'm kinda into kitchen knives....) Oh I will and we will talk about knives.
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Feb 24, 2021 19:32
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Dogen posted:Oh I will and we will talk about knives. Ye....yeah....that sounds....uhm.....yeah. starts counting damascus layers
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I'd been wanting to try stud.io for a while, and after watching Carbohydrates' stream, I finally took the plunge. I seriously wish I'd done it sooner. I'd never done any sort of 3d rendering before, but I picked up the controls pretty quickly. I'm a huge nerd for Ghostbusters and had built a lego ghost trap irl, so I started by replicating that digitally. It only took 90 minutes or so. I'm pretty pleased for my first time out. The opening doors were way easier than I thought they'd be. Still thinking about putting a light brick in, but it takes up so much space you can't fit a minifig in. Also I forgot the pilot light before I took the screenshot. Also Carbohydrates, on Tuesday you mentioned using boat studs for connections slightly shorter than 1plate. A while ago, one of my car mocs didn't have enough head room for a minifig even with one of those. I ended up using the top part of a 2x2 turn table. It worked out pretty well, lots of clutch on those. Another time I used one of these for a tight fit.
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Feb 25, 2021 18:37
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deoju posted:I'd been wanting to try stud.io for a while, and after watching Carbohydrates' stream, I finally took the plunge. I seriously wish I'd done it sooner. I'd never done any sort of 3d rendering before, but I picked up the controls pretty quickly. I'm a huge nerd for Ghostbusters and had built a lego ghost trap irl, so I started by replicating that digitally. It only took 90 minutes or so. I'm pretty pleased for my first time out. The opening doors were way easier than I thought they'd be. deoju posted:Also Carbohydrates, on Tuesday you mentioned using boat studs for connections slightly shorter than 1plate. A while ago, one of my car mocs didn't have enough head room for a minifig even with one of those. I ended up using the top part of a 2x2 turn table. It worked out pretty well, lots of clutch on those. Another time I used one of these for a tight fit. 
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Feb 25, 2021 19:31
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Hate to double post, but I think I'm done with this for now! 2015 Jeep Renegade.   The whole thing came about when I saw that the axle pin with friction comes in white and I could use that for the X taillights of the modern Renegade. The whole rest of the build is just a vehicle (lol) for that idea, really. And then I started looking up Renegades for reference and saw an olive green one, so I cursed myself by trying to build a model out of olive green, which was a nightmare. There are so few parts in olive! This car has 66 olive pieces, but across only 16 different molds. Anyway, here it is!
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Feb 26, 2021 00:51
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Love that running board. Olive green is criminally under utilised.
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Feb 26, 2021 01:19
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That looks great.
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Feb 26, 2021 03:08
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A few mods and that would be a spot on Land Rover Discovery Series II.
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Feb 26, 2021 03:08
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Carbohydrates posted:As you mentioned, the turntable top (4 LDU thick, not counting the nub) and 2 x 2 hinge brick top (2 LDU thick, not counting the hinge) work much better for buying you room. The turntable top has another interesting feature too, in that it's not quite as wide as a 2 x 2 plate, allowing it to kinda-sorta fit into some weird spaces it probably shouldn't, like up against a car windshield. I used it here to simulate a sunroof: The turntable top is low key one of the best parts Lego makes. Beyond it's intended use, it's great for low profile reinforcement and greebling. I'm glad I grabbed hundreds of them one time at PAB.
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Feb 26, 2021 03:23
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Star Wars Lego stream! I'll be building the large size BB-8 1100 pieces. I'm also drinking Crystal Pepsi. http://www.twitch.tv/rodshaftmd
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Feb 26, 2021 03:51
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Second iteration of my ghost trap. It is two studs longer from front to back, which improved 3 things... Better proportioned to the original prop, allowed for the use of triangle tiles for better looking stripes on top, and it now accommodates a light-up brick that is activated by the technic pin at the back. One downside....rarer and more expensive pieces increase the cost of building it in meat space by quite a bit. deoju fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Feb 26, 2021 05:00
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Which bits are the rare ones?
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Feb 26, 2021 05:03
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The triangle tiles are pretty new and still uncommon. But the yellow one is really the problem. There has been only 1 set released with it and that set contained only one of them. Currently 4 lots (16 pieces total) of them are for sale on bricklink, compared to 2,931 lots of the 1 x 1 tile.  https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=35787&in=S Also light-up bricks can be a couple of bucks each. I'll fiddle around some more tomorrow... deoju fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Feb 26, 2021 05:15
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I've been really enjoying this youtube series on old and retired Lego themes, especially since most of the lines are from my dark age. There's discussion of how themes evolved and influences later lines, how they were marketed and received, and a look at various tie-ins. Worth checking out.
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Feb 26, 2021 05:34
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deoju posted:The triangle tiles are pretty new and still uncommon. But the yellow one is really the problem. There has been only 1 set released with it and that set contained only one of them. Currently 4 lots (16 pieces total) of them are for sale on bricklink, compared to 2,931 lots of the 1 x 1 tile.
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Feb 26, 2021 07:06
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Built it in one stream. 4.5 hours, but I distracted myself A LOT, showing off random pieces and showing how random bricks can fit together. Went much better than my attempts at short morning Lego streams.
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Feb 26, 2021 08:52
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deoju posted:The triangle tiles are pretty new and still uncommon. But the yellow one is really the problem. There has been only 1 set released with it and that set contained only one of them. Currently 4 lots (16 pieces total) of them are for sale on bricklink, compared to 2,931 lots of the 1 x 1 tile. I said it on Carbs' stream the other week (happy birthday, btw!), but I fuckin' love those triangle tiles.
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Feb 26, 2021 13:52
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deoju posted:The triangle tiles are pretty new and still uncommon. But the yellow one is really the problem. There has been only 1 set released with it and that set contained only one of them. Currently 4 lots (16 pieces total) of them are for sale on bricklink, compared to 2,931 lots of the 1 x 1 tile. This is what Bricks and Pieces is made for. You can get obscene amounts of them.
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So today I've learned something new, but maybe I'm just stupid and everybody else knows this already? When you order something and your GWP is put into your shopping cart together with the rest of your order, if it takes a few days to ship because an item in your purchase is backordered or something, you may lose your GWP in the meantime, despite being there in the shopping cart at the time of paying. It will simply disappear from your order like it never existed (in my case I ordered the Porsche and it was only backordered for about 2 days, but it was enough for GWP to disappear because they presumably ran out of stock in the meantime). So that's pretty cool. Lego shop@home really has got to be one of the absolute worst websites around for online shopping. No, I don't expect them to ship me something they don't have, but it's a pretty crappy thing to do anyway, especially when it was only a couple of days. They should have some kind of process to "reserve" inventory at least for a short while while the rest of the order is not yet available I think?
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Feb 26, 2021 15:50
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Never make any purchase contingent on getting the freebie. “While supplies last” is as caveat emptor as it gets.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:24
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What about VIP stuff you add to orders  Product not going out on time? VIP stuff gone? There go your VIP points. (apparently, you can work this out with Lego service, but it's still kinda bad, especially since you can only redeem one VIP code per order [at least over here]). e: can't wait what happens once the Amilia Earlhart GWP drops...I really hope they have a good stock of them, as it seems the whole Lego-world is currently browsing the shop to see what they can spend their money on to get that. tuo fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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tuo posted:e: can't wait what happens once the Amilia Earlhart GWP drops...I really hope they have a good stock of them, as it seems the whole Lego-world is currently browsing the shop to see what they can spend their money on to get that. LOL. What are you on about, this is Lego, of course they DON'T have a good stock of them and it will all be gone in an hour! crazy eyes mustafa posted:Never make any purchase contingent on getting the freebie. “While supplies last” is as caveat emptor as it gets. The freebie was just the skating rink which I already have, so I don't even care about losing it, it's just weird that it was there in the cart and in my email confirmation (so this would have been already a day after the order of course) but then it just disppeared and was not shipped.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:54
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A man can dream, right? e: maybe I can trade a Cara Dune for Amelia Earhart, though she (the later one) doesn't deserve that
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Speaking of the Earhart GWP, check out the Brickset review to see a waaaaaay better stand for the thing. The one it comes with:  Huw's design: 
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Feb 26, 2021 17:01
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How's she standing in front of the plane if it's flying HUH? HUH?!? immersion ruined
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Feb 26, 2021 17:08
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Carbohydrates posted:Speaking of the Earhart GWP, check out the Brickset review to see a waaaaaay better stand for the thing. I would guess the second option while much nicer looking probably also puts way too much stress on the black pieces.
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Feb 26, 2021 17:10
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Carbohydrates posted:Speaking of the Earhart GWP, check out the Brickset review to see a waaaaaay better stand for the thing. This is something I never understood about the latest Tantive IV. I know it's a playset, but putting it on a propper stand is - imo - night and day in regard to displaying that set (and come on, that's no playset children want....it's an AFOL set...). Since I lack creativity my stand for it is really bad, but it changes sooo much for that set. Would have added like 50 or 80 bricks to the set.
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ivantod posted:So today I've learned something new, but maybe I'm just stupid and everybody else knows this already? Do y'all think we'll get any new stock in before that GWP period? There's plenty I'm interested in so I'm not worried, but I would love for the botanical series to come back in stock
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Feb 26, 2021 17:20
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Carbohydrates posted:Speaking of the Earhart GWP, check out the Brickset review to see a waaaaaay better stand for the thing. Shouldn't the stand be blue with the plane turned the other way?
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Feb 26, 2021 17:59
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veni veni veni posted:Shouldn't the stand be blue with the plane turned the other way? Most convincing evidence so far is they landed safely on a beach and died on the island after the tide destroyed the plane. 
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Feb 26, 2021 18:07
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I know I just can't help myself from making stupid jokes.
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Feb 26, 2021 18:16
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Leaked dragon!
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ivantod posted:So today I've learned something new, but maybe I'm just stupid and everybody else knows this already? Did you actually open a CSR ticket? The store might have just had a gently caress up and removed it from your order but they still have stock and will fedex you the GWP anyway. (Happened for my blacksmith) Was there even a GWP with the Porsche????
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Feb 26, 2021 19:33
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Yep a super lame box of postcards and a credit card wallet. I just put the box behind the Porsche, it kinda looks ok as a backdrop.
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Feb 26, 2021 19:34
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Where is my drat Porsche? I ordered it a week ago and it shipped like 5 days ago but the tracking just has ‘Created’ with a local freight forwarding company. If I check through the Lego website it tells me the tracking info is unavailable. 
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Feb 26, 2021 20:21
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The_Doctor posted:Leaked dragon! Simu Liu lookin good
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Feb 26, 2021 22:16
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The_Doctor posted:Leaked dragon!  Streaming in ~20 minutes. Also it's my birthday!
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Are all those Shang Chi minifigs light nougat? The whole cast is Asian ffs. As an avowed SJW I'm gonna be bummed if so. More flesh tones please. Edit: Happy birthday dude.
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w00tazn posted:Did you actually open a CSR ticket? The store might have just had a gently caress up and removed it from your order but they still have stock and will fedex you the GWP anyway. The GWP for me at that point was still the ice skating rink. To be honest I didn't contact anybody since I already have one of those and even if I didn't I still don't care enough about it to bother. I would be a whole lot more upset about it if it were the Amelia Earhart GWP that this happened with (well, we'll see how that one goes in a few days lol). I was more posting this as yet another crappy thing that can happen on the Lego online store when you least expect it more or less. I didn't even know there was a special GWP for Porsche--must have gone out of stock already by the time I ordered mine!
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