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AreWeDrunkYet posted:I have a gripe about these. Everything but the primary build tends to leave a lot more in leftover pieces, and as a result the alternate builds are smaller/less detailed than the primary one. It feels more like "1 + 2ish in 1" than "3 in 1". I don't know of any where the alt-builds use all/almost all the pieces but there are a few where the alt-builds are strong. The shark is clearly the main model in 31088 but the squid and anglerfish are good too (and there's even a 4th whale model, though that is a bit more simple)  The spaceship in 31107 is great given the part limitations.  Then you've got stuff like the inn for the pirate ship where even though you can see the compromises made it's still impressive.
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I thought it was a funny joke and of I could get my hands on the big Y Wing I would temporarily suspend my "cars only" policy
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Prophet of Nixon posted:See if you can find scans of a contemporary catalog and at least learn their MSRP - that's probably what was paid for them. Sears catalogs can be found online but I guess that only works for the US 
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Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Lego $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying e: gently caress, too late
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moana posted:Here's our Nightmare Before Christmas scene I made with my daughter: That's pretty neat
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Well all I have out right now is 11022, and it has NO BROWN, but I tried: Classic allies bull and monkey-market-account
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Jan 2, 2023 14:55
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Dear Lego, When am I getting the following movie vehicles to put next to my Delorean, ECTO-1, Tumbler, and Optimus Prime: - Jurassic Park Tour Vehicle (No this one doesn't count) - V8 Interceptor - Herbie - Tardis I want more movie vehicles that don't suck (Ps redo The Batman Batmobile)
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tuo posted:Food $200 you can survive about a month with no food as long as you have water and if you move out into the woods you could build a pretty good shelter.
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Waltzing Along posted:Do it. Dooooooo iiiiiiiit. Oh… I don’t know… maybe I’d get the Palace Cinema if I saw it for a good price, i think that’s my favorite retired modular I don’t have
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Jan 2, 2023 15:05
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Ended up reordering the connector bit between the rails and the speed controller thingie. The plastic on the cables is totally gone, don't want to risk destroying things by plugging them in. If the replacement sucks too, it's time to get out the soldering iron I guess.
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Jan 2, 2023 15:20
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xzzy posted:Sears catalogs can be found online but I guess that only works for the US The lego homemaker sets where standard mini figures were babies are really facinating, they feel like they come from an alternate universe. I remember reading that the reason many lego food items are so out of scale these days is that they originated in those sets.
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Jan 2, 2023 15:21
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Take this thread on a tour of all the subforums imo, only move it to the next when someone makes a build themed for the current subforum.
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Y-Wing chat question. What’s the big deal about 10134 when 75181 exists and is bigger and better?
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Y-Wing chat question. What’s the big deal about 10134 when 75181 exists and is bigger and better? 10134 is actually slightly bigger, though not by much (longer basically). It's purely a collector thing. 75181 is more detailed, arguably closer to the prop in regard to colors, has an actual lower canopy while 10134 is pretty flat there. 75181 is the evolution using more modern parts and techniques, but not as old and "collector's worthy". 75181 also fixes some problems with the thruster guards (or however they are called) beeing too long on 10134 and slightly flexing downwards, at least on mine. e: it's similar to the UCS Falcon, Star Destroyer or other UCS re-releases. The new one usually is always "better" in regard to details, but the old one was "the first". tuo fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Decided to grab the Tie Bomber and the Inquisitor Scythe as my new years gift to myself. I have no room for anything.
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Infinitum posted:Dear Lego, Fail for no 1989 Batmobile in your list. Seriously, that was an amazing build and looks great. But it is huge.
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With Doctor Who heading to Disney+ for worldwide distribution this year, a return to Lego would be a great move. UCS TARDIS when??
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The_Doctor posted:With Doctor Who heading to Disney+ for worldwide distribution this year, a return to Lego would be a great move. UCS TARDIS when?? But how would you do a UCS TARDIS? Just a blue police box would be pretty boring. Can’t really have it open up to be a play set. Not unless LEGO figures out how to break the current laws of physics. A wholly interior scene could work out. Especially if they can get some light function going for whatever the central control core is called.
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Orvin posted:But how would you do a UCS TARDIS? Just a blue police box would be pretty boring. Can’t really have it open up to be a play set. Not unless LEGO figures out how to break the current laws of physics. Big enough where the explination on the door is entirely brick-built E: it could open it and sort of unfold like a popup book, giving a "bigger on the inside" feel
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Infinity mirror effect where if you apply a single reflective/transparent sticker crooked it doesn't work.
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Y-Wing chat question. What’s the big deal about 10134 when 75181 exists and is bigger and better? Well they're both retired so I would be happy with either I guess
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My kid loves stickers, especially ones that say police, fire etc. Does anyone have a guide on how to print homemade ones using a standard laser or inkjet printer? Best case we could even print stickers that go on tiles that would be like the pizza one, newspaper headlines etc
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mastershakeman posted:My kid loves stickers, especially ones that say police, fire etc. Does anyone have a guide on how to print homemade ones using a standard laser or inkjet printer? Label paper I think is what you're looking for. Then just print and then cut out your new stickers
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I've used waterslide decal paper before and been happy with the results, but they won't hold up to kids playing with them. I used a free program called inkscape to do the layout and sizing for printing.
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shut up blegum posted:
It's because instructions used to be drawn by hand with stencils. They needed a balance between enough detail to show what's happening and not having to to so many drawings.
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https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/1631477b-271d-4263-ab61-10ddd55baefe 36 PRODUCT IDEAS QUALIFY FOR THE THIRD 2022 LEGO IDEAS REVIEW There's some fun looking stuff in there, like the Parthenon, wright flyer, suitcase, and the Courtyard but what really got me is these: James Web Telescope.  Look at how shiny it is! And it's space! I love Space+shiny! A dog park with a bunch of dogs and they all move!  They're all a good batch, IMO, except the IP sets which don't interest me. The cat too because I'm a dog person. The clock would have been way up there for me, but you can tell it's going to be all stickers and I hate stickers almost as much as frogs.
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The only one I'm even mildly interested in is the flip clock. But knowing Lego, if it was picked, the final design would only be able to flip between 12:00 and the time the Lego designer was born. Also, wasn't the wright flyer already a Lego set?
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Cojawfee posted:Also, wasn't the wright flyer already a Lego set? Yes, 10124 in 2003. I'm totally disinterested in most of these, though I'd think about getting the Roman temple if it was really made.
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Orvin posted:Fail for no 1989 Batmobile in your list. It's retired  HootTheOwl posted:https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/1631477b-271d-4263-ab61-10ddd55baefe 
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The Modular Arcade is a little weird, for the set being called an Arcade from the outside it looks like a corner Pizzeria with an arcade on the side. For me, I’d want a modular arcade to be front-and-center an arcade from the outside. Plus, a modular would never ever get through the review process, right?
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Gravitas Shortfall posted:Take this thread on a tour of all the subforums imo, only move it to the next when someone makes a build themed for the current subforum. I support this.
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Traveling threads is fun, ignore the haters.
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I'd buy that Jaws set day one. I know they didn't approve another one before though. 
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I'd love a Lego James Webb Telescope to add to the NASA collection, but somehow I don't want it to take away an Ideas winning slot with a pretty technical build. e: which makes me think: what's the current deal with manuals and Ideas submissions? It used to be that the designers basically can no longer sell the manuals for anything they enter into the Ideas contest...but it would be cool if Lego at least allows the ones that don't win to be sold on BrickLink, as it's their own platform now. So BrickLink stores could create bundles for them...like semi-official Bricklink Designer program entries. Lego might get it's share on the manual, and the instructions are available at least tuo fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Aren't manuals, like all instructions, not something that can't be copyrighted? No one can own the rights to "put this brick there"
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Oh, I missed the Japanese Courtyard entry...that would totally be a day-one for me
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HootTheOwl posted:Aren't manuals, like all instructions, not something that can be copyrighted? No one can own the rights to "put this brick there" IIRC you transfer said copyright to Lego once you enter the contest. Something like that. e: quote:(i.) Assignment https://ideas.lego.com/terms tuo fucked around with this message at 19:21 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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tuo posted:IIRC you transfer said copyright to Lego once you enter the contest. Something like that. I meant can't. Lol. You can't copyright instructions.
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