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Oxyclean posted:I'm glad the Star Wars UCS continue to not interest me. the slave 1 is sick nasty bro
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Dpulex posted:the slave 1 is sick nasty bro I'm annoyed the new microfighter of it is strictly worse than the one you guys designed for my kid (turned out to be the sdcc one)
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Oh sorry to clarify, what I mean is I love the starfighters but I have zero interest in the "playset"/diorama UCS sets, so I've been able to pass on them for a few years now. The Republic Gunship is cool and all, but the USC scale was just a bit too pricey, and I just don't really have room for it. Like, I would have loved a UCS Tie Bomber, but my wallet is happy they haven't done it yet. and yeah, the UCS Slave 1 was great.
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This modular-Blacktron crossover MOC showed up in one of the Lego Facebook groups and wow, I love it.
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BaconCopter posted:Stitch leaked, looking pretty spot on. drat I think Boussh leia was my most valuable minifig 
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Sloppy posted:This modular-Blacktron crossover MOC showed up in one of the Lego Facebook groups and wow, I love it.
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Blue Moonlight posted:Having built JAZZCLUB, there are three things I found a little disappointing: I think the signage is what I'm most disappointed in. Just being Jazz Club is very plain compared to what we usually see, and the printed tiles vs brick built like so many of the other great signs we have gotten.
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Today, I’m helping set up Brickvention in Melbourne, Australia. The public exhibition is this weekend. I’m not exhibiting this year, just helping out.
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Dr. Dirt posted:Today, I’m helping set up Brickvention in Melbourne, Australia. The public exhibition is this weekend. I’m not exhibiting this year, just helping out. What have you exhibited in the past?
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Cloks posted:What have you exhibited in the past? Last year, I built a modular Chinese restaurant and museum, featuring items from Chinese holiday sets. A few years ago, I had some creations based on albums by Midnight Oil.
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Lizard Combatant posted:Now this is how you update old space themes Heck yes
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Any of you Lego train folk need one of these remotes? I have one from one of my bulk buys and I have no need for it. Not sure if it works so happy to send it off for free. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=64227c01&idColor=86#T=S&C=86&O=%7B%22color%22:86,%22iconly%22:0%7D
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I really enjoyed this, and it's easily one of the best Lego videos I've seen on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoKvdnTbgwM It's a look at the techniques used in a series of models across a designer's career, ranging from mechanisms and geometry in the Creator Expert Mustang, to part reusage in a 3-in-1, to circular geometry in the Orchard, to snot work in the Saturn V. Some fun stop-motion work too.
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Is there a person/place/website that does Lego build idea prompts? I was thinking of doing a weekly build with some other people, and it would be cool if there was already a weekly build club or whatever that we could follow.
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Is the houses of the world GWP gone already? Was going to order the boutique hotel and jazz club but now I'm not getting any freebies except the rabbit. The lunar new year bag of greebles or whatever it was also gone.
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bird with big dick posted:Is the houses of the world GWP gone already? Was going to order the boutique hotel and jazz club but now I'm not getting any freebies except the rabbit. The lunar new year bag of greebles or whatever it was also gone. No, it's still there. You just have to spend an insane amount to get it. I didn't even know it was available so I split my order in two so I could get two rabbits so I could give one to a friend. Then a few days later I see that the GWP was up and I was like WTF is this poo poo?
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I guess I completely missed that the houses of the world GWP was put up in the USA. Dang. $250 for that seems insane tho. It seems to be completely delisted from the USA store so it might be sold out.
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Doctor Spaceman posted:I really enjoyed this, and it's easily one of the best Lego videos I've seen on Youtube. This is great, thank you. I like the youtubers a lot as well, they seem nice and calm. I'm checking out their city build because I desperately want to help my kid build up his city when it isn't being smashed apart by villains and crooks
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mastershakeman posted:I'm annoyed the new microfighter of it is strictly worse than the one you guys designed for my kid (turned out to be the sdcc one) Someone posted a nice looking build using parts from 2 of those microfighters, I haven't tried it though: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-135645/PiXEL-DAN/pixel-dans-2-x-75344-boba-fetts-starship-alt-build-mod/#details
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Prophet of Nixon posted:Someone posted a nice looking build using parts from 2 of those microfighters, I haven't tried it though: Very neat. Builds bags 5 and 7 of starry night tonight. Bag 5 was rough, and of course we get to the end, the 1x6 on back won't click in, we missed a row. Wasn't terrible to find but woof. Skipped the frame and did the fun colorful stuff of 7 after the ordeal of a million 1x4 navy blue/royal blue/dark turquoise / light turquoise It's what, 50 rows high and 40 studs across .that's a lot of blue to care about the details on
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Just finished Starry Night. Definitely a new contender in the "holy poo poo one-piling this was a dumb idea" race. Who knew there were so many shades of blue?!
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I redeemed points for a couple of VIP rewards on 11/27 (the camera and the pirate ship). I got the pirate ship on an order since, but since you can only add one per order the camera is still waiting. I think I've seen that the codes are only valid for 60 days, do I need to bite the bullet buy something small or is there a way to extend that timer?
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Pulled the trigger on the Daily Bugle so I could get the GWP. No regrets arrived today.
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GlenMR posted:Just finished Starry Night. Definitely a new contender in the "holy poo poo one-piling this was a dumb idea" race. Who knew there were so many shades of blue?! We have this to do soon and it’s the biggest set of the few we’ve done so far. That background is pretty intimidating… best approach to put all the tiles in their own color coded piles?
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EL BROMANCE posted:We have this to do soon and it’s the biggest set of the few we’ve done so far. That background is pretty intimidating… best approach to put all the tiles in their own color coded piles?  This is what I did last night for step five. Had the 1x2s and 1x4s of "dark turquoise" on different plates which didn't work well but the rest did I mixed up light turquoise with dark a bunch early but got that solved, and the black and royal navy looked identical to me
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My second BrickNerd article went up on Friday: I was exceptionally honored to do an interview with the builder who inspired me to make cars, Jonathan Elliott! https://bricknerd.com/home/the-need-for-speed-an-interview-with-jon-elliott-1-19-23
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mastershakeman posted:
Thanks! I’ll use this as our prep too.
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GlenMR posted:Just finished Starry Night. Definitely a new contender in the "holy poo poo one-piling this was a dumb idea" race. Who knew there were so many shades of blue?! After having done too many sets with creative building-techniques, just piling bricks onto each other was my favorite part of that kit. 
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:I redeemed points for a couple of VIP rewards on 11/27 (the camera and the pirate ship). I got the pirate ship on an order since, but since you can only add one per order the camera is still waiting. I think I've seen that the codes are only valid for 60 days, do I need to bite the bullet buy something small or is there a way to extend that timer? They should have emailed you the code too. I think you can buy something and return it but I would contact customer support and ask
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mastershakeman posted:
Yeah there's no way my color blind rear end would be able to figure out the patterns
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:I redeemed points for a couple of VIP rewards on 11/27 (the camera and the pirate ship). I got the pirate ship on an order since, but since you can only add one per order the camera is still waiting. I think I've seen that the codes are only valid for 60 days, do I need to bite the bullet buy something small or is there a way to extend that timer? If you talk to customer service, you might be able to replace those codes for some new ones, but we don't always have them, so it might be best to place some orders for something cheap just to use them. Worst case scenario, if the codes expire, you can get the points refunded. No one on CS should say no to that. Remember, you can only use one code to add an item per-order, so you'll need to place two to get both the camera and the pirate ship. This isn't something CS can change, the order system on the back-end will only allow one code per-order, just like the site.
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Yeah. I used my mum's old daylight hobby lamp for that stuff, and an old cutlery bin, with each colour blue in its own compartment. Really wish they had put the "You will have a few odds and ends left over at the end" warning at the start of bag five, rather than the finish. Also, tore through a bunch of sets on my backlog this week, but I'll have to take a pause, as I'm developing a serious case of Lego Thumbs. At least the Lego House Dinosaurs are finally done.
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Carbohydrates posted:My second BrickNerd article went up on Friday: I was exceptionally honored to do an interview with the builder who inspired me to make cars, Jonathan Elliott! This was cool, thanks for posting it!
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HootTheOwl posted:Yeah there's no way my color blind rear end would be able to figure out the patterns To be fair, I put navy blue tiles with black because I couldn't see the difference. She also said to make sure to use the same color plate for every holder, so that the background didnt affect the color perception. This probably did help
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They shoukd invent lego with outlines in real life because sometimes the only clue in the instructions is that the black pieces have white outlines whereas the meerly very dark blue ones have black ones.
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doesn't every part have the part number printed on it? Not printed, but as part of the pressing process. Or is that just on bigger (non greeble) parts. You could always get a really good magnifying glass and separate that way. Yeah. Heh. Sigh.
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Any suggestions for a mifigure display set-up for an Ikea Detolf? I usually go through Wicked Brick, but their minifigure stands are abusrd compared to their other offerings. It's $80 for one display stand... https://www.wickedbrick.com/en-us/products/display-podium-for-lego-minifigures-in-ikea-detolf-unit?variant=40843452842031
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Maybe it's a misunderstanding of how colorblindness works, but would a bright light in a particular hue or color help distinguish the pieces for sorting?
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obi_ant posted:Any suggestions for a mifigure display set-up for an Ikea Detolf? I usually go through Wicked Brick, but their minifigure stands are abusrd compared to their other offerings. It's $80 for one display stand... https://www.wickedbrick.com/en-us/products/display-podium-for-lego-minifigures-in-ikea-detolf-unit?variant=40843452842031 Those look super nice if you just want rows - especially considering they have studs. I've bought other 2-3 tier acrylic stands over the years (larger tiers), and those have been $25-$30 anyway and wouldn't be suitable for minifigs at all. Considering the density the one you linked provides, and the studs, I don't think it's a terrible price (though I'm sure it's still marked up a lot). Could always get some bulk white bricks (or whatever color) and build some stands from lego but that would cast bigger shadows onto lower shelves.
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obi_ant posted:Any suggestions for a mifigure display set-up for an Ikea Detolf? I usually go through Wicked Brick, but their minifigure stands are abusrd compared to their other offerings. It's $80 for one display stand... https://www.wickedbrick.com/en-us/products/display-podium-for-lego-minifigures-in-ikea-detolf-unit?variant=40843452842031 The absolute cheapest thing I can conceive of would be sticking the minifigs onto a baseplate (IIRC the Detolf can only hold a 36-stud width at the most) by their legs/butts and hang the baseplate on a diagonal from the upper shelf (fishing line, maybe? Or lean it against the back glass). As you seat the figures reclining they will appear upright and allow the ones behind to do the same. (I do this to store them somewhat safely so they don't get loose or scratched- I have a few big grey baseplates stacked up with guys)
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