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AreWeDrunkYet posted: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? Maybe. But in general, the closer you can get to sunlight, the easier it is to differentiate the bricks. I can tell them all apart in good light. The worse the light, the harder to differentiate.
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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 Why not just build stands out of 2x3 and 2x4 bricks? Can go transparent if you want. I just use the minifig stands since I think it looks nicer to have the tiled appearance, but you could either just have exposed studs or tile in transclear + 1x2 plates to stand on AreWeDrunkYet posted: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? absolutely helps me, but my spouse found bright light to cause a glare/reflection. So i would check some pieces under a lamp, hand to her and she'd move them into darker area and wed agree. Then again my eyes are going and I need bright light to read half the time
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Jan 22, 2023 23:15
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It's not that I can't tell the bricks apart it's that I can't match them to the color on the instructions.
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https://www.amazon.com/Lightblade-L...244&sr=8-1&th=1 This is very helpful for LEGO identification. One of the better lamps on the market.
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Are you suggesting people spend 500 dollars to look at Legos?
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Cojawfee posted:Are you suggesting people spend 500 dollars to look at Legos? Thought the same thing but I didn’t want to say anything and let people know I’m poor.
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The lego art set (and I assume the other mosaic sets) came with a special bag of pieces along with printed numbers to build a color key out of. I thought that was awesome and I feel like lego should make that standard for high end sets that have poor color contrast. The colors in their instructions have been garbage since day one, but now they have so many shades they really gotta step things up a notch somewhere.
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Finished the Creator 3 in 1 Viking longship. I didn't realize until I was researching that there was a Viking line of sets in ~2006.  Kind of surprised they're using bricks for the sail rather than the classic plasticky fabric like in the old pirate/imperial sets.  Also ended up replacing the heads with the classic : ) faces, maybe a little less personality but it's funnier to me that a Danish company makes a Viking playset and the Vikings all have the : ) expression.
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Arcella posted:Finished the Creator 3 in 1 Viking longship. I didn't realize until I was researching that there was a Viking line of sets in ~2006. It’s a trend started with last year’s Pirate Ship, that has a big brick built sail too. 
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I think brick built sails are a really good idea for the 3-in-1s. More bricks to build with and less weird fabric things that will get hosed up in the big box of lego.
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 4 x 4 x 4 mini builds, inspired by this Reddit post!      
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Yeah bricks make sense especially in a 3 in 1, or even just as a playset for kids, rather than something for adult nerds to build and put on a shelf forever.
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How was the viking 3-in-1 anyway? The pirate ship 3-in-1 was pretty great imo.
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Carbohydrates posted:
The submarine one is far and away my favorite of mine. I mean they are all amazing, but somehow that one is extra impressive.
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Cojawfee posted:Are you suggesting people spend 500 dollars to look at Legos? It was $60 or so when I got it. Probably just out of stock right now. Or a new model. I dunno. e: https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B00FFYJIHC Yeah, it's just out of stock right now. Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Jan 23, 2023 |
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Fun builds. I especially like the burger.
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Fingers McLongDong posted:How was the viking 3-in-1 anyway? The pirate ship 3-in-1 was pretty great imo. The build felt a bit repetitive since it's symmetrical side to side and front to back, but it looks good on display like most sets with sails. The serpent felt like an afterthought.
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To continue on posting about starry night , I am shocked there's a 1x5 plate. I didn't even know Lego made these. Checked bricklink and it's only existed since 2021 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=78329#T=S&O={%22iconly%22:0}
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you all remember the hit marvel studios neil gaiman joint that blew up theaters across the nation last summer, avengers infinity war, right? lego made some sets about it, there was a polygon space ship and a big robot generic robot guy and this thing and this other thing. I took the two later sets and made this:  the mouth opens, very wide if needs be  more importantly, the tongue moves up and down  I need to take some better photos when I have better light  
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Waltzing Along posted:It was $60 or so when I got it. Probably just out of stock right now. Or a new model. I dunno. Whenever something goes out of stock on Amazon there’s at least one vulture charging 10x the msrp in the hopes someone clicks on it. It’s really unbelievable Amazon even allows it.
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Yeah, the colour differentiation in the background was really tough. The navy and aqua pieces were fine, but the three middle shades got very tricky to suss out. I downloaded the instructions and then cast them to my tv so they'd at least be bigger, but still. Only had two missing part scares and one time where I had to backtrack though. Maybe they just need to print the colour codes on each step of something?
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The Voice of Labor posted:you all remember the hit marvel studios neil gaiman joint that blew up theaters across the nation last summer, avengers infinity war, right? Neil Gaiman was involved in the Eternals? I guess everybody strikes out sometimes. Nice build, BTW.
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I think the description of the film in question was facetiously incorrect. 
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Waltzing Along posted:https://www.amazon.com/Lightblade-L...244&sr=8-1&th=1 In for 2
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Blue Moonlight posted:I think the description of the film in question was facetiously incorrect. ohhh, there are so many super hero movies/shows that I can't keep track of them anymore.
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deoju posted:ohhh, there are so many super hero movies/shows that I can't keep track of them anymore. He did however write an Eternals mini-series in 2006 that may have inspired some elements of the film
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mastershakeman posted:To continue on posting about starry night , I am shocked there's a 1x5 plate. I didn't even know Lego made these. Checked bricklink and it's only existed since 2021 penguin van has 2!
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I saw the modular Sanctum Santorum on discount at my local store. I think it looks good next to other modulars but I don’t want to add superheroes to my city. Any ideas on what to fill it with instead of the Marvel characters?
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You could convert it into a museum maybe? Especially if you have soem of the old Egypt sets lying around to fill it with statues etc.
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radlum posted:I saw the modular Sanctum Santorum on discount at my local store. I think it looks good next to other modulars but I don’t want to add superheroes to my city. Any ideas on what to fill it with instead of the Marvel characters? The Aristocrats!
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It sort of looks like a cozy hipster coffee shop inside
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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! Hey this is awesome, thank you for sharing!
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Waltzing Along posted:Maybe. But in general, the closer you can get to sunlight, the easier it is to differentiate the bricks. I can tell them all apart in good light. The worse the light, the harder to differentiate. "All bricks are bley in the dark" - Benjamin Bricklin
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mastershakeman posted:To continue on posting about starry night , I am shocked there's a 1x5 plate. I didn't even know Lego made these. Checked bricklink and it's only existed since 2021 Also in this years holiday village set, 2 in the trolley
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xzzy posted:The lego art set (and I assume the other mosaic sets) came with a special bag of pieces along with printed numbers to build a color key out of. I thought that was awesome and I feel like lego should make that standard for high end sets that have poor color contrast.
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Chris Knight posted:Lego thread: 50 shades of bley 
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We need more whip and handcuff pieces, repeat, more whip and handcuff pieces
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The Boutique Hotel is clearly a facade for a S&M club since it has both handcuffs and a whip.
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So anyways, I start blasting.
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