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I just got finished building the NASA Discovery space shuttle after buying it a couple days ago. I like it, and I didn't screw up the cargo bay door stickers too badly. However, it also marks the first time I've had missing/incorrect/damaged pieces. The set is missing a 6020144, instead having an extra 370101. Also there was a damaged piece, a 6179186. I'm trying to use the customer service portion of the site; is there a way I can take care of both of these problems at the same time? It seems to only let me do one type of request per order. Would calling work better?
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Meaty Ore posted:I just got finished building the NASA Discovery space shuttle after buying it a couple days ago. I like it, and I didn't screw up the cargo bay door stickers too badly. However, it also marks the first time I've had missing/incorrect/damaged pieces. The set is missing a 6020144, instead having an extra 370101. Also there was a damaged piece, a 6179186. Try using their chat function on the website. HAve had great results.
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Jun 17, 2023 02:54
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Flyinglemur posted:Try using their chat function on the website. HAve had great results. Tried that, and it kept wanting me to do either one or the other. I'll probably try calling tomorrow. Neither piece is critical to the build; the damaged piece doesn't clutch well, but it's in a place (the engines) where it doesn't need to connect all that well, and the missing piece add some stability to a connection, but I don't think its absence is going to overly stress anything,
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Jun 17, 2023 03:23
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Koramei posted:Pretty certain we've had those printed koi before right, either in one of the Ninjago sets or the Spring Festival? Pretty sure I remember placing them somewhere.  Kinda disappointing for that amount of pieces tbh
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Jun 17, 2023 05:53
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It probably looks better in person. But yeah, they should have put fewer pieces into the base and focused more on the castle proper.
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Jun 17, 2023 06:45
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RatHat posted:
this looks sick, why is this thread so grouchy lol
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Jun 17, 2023 08:53
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Waltzing Along posted:It probably looks better in person. But yeah, they should have put fewer pieces into the base and focused more on the castle proper. I mean that is the castle, and the castle grounds. I remember spending a lot of time in the gardens before entering the castle when I was there, and the walls were a prominent feature. Solid solid set.
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Jun 17, 2023 08:59
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That's the first architecture set I'd consider getting, great subject matter, not ridiculously big like the colosseum. Castles from around the world would be a great line.
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Jun 17, 2023 10:23
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Now I wanna watch Ran again.
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Jun 17, 2023 11:29
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Meaty Ore posted:I'm trying to use the customer service portion of the site; is there a way I can take care of both of these problems at the same time? It seems to only let me do one type of request per order. ...so just make two requests? It takes a few seconds for each
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Jun 17, 2023 11:40
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Lizard Combatant posted:That's the first architecture set I'd consider getting, great subject matter, not ridiculously big like the colosseum. Castles from around the world would be a great line. Taj Mahal not do it for you? I agree the colosseum is way oversized but they’ve been doing this scale for a few years now (pyramids last year) and imo they’re all great. Taj Mahal may be my favorite Lego set, it’s absolutely gorgeous in person.
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Jun 17, 2023 12:18
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Koramei posted:Taj Mahal not do it for you? I agree the colosseum is way oversized but they’ve been doing this scale for a few years now (pyramids last year) and imo they’re all great. Taj Mahal may be my favorite Lego set, it’s absolutely gorgeous in person. That one had a grid of infinite 1x1 tiles right?
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Jun 17, 2023 12:23
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Meaty Ore posted:Tried that, and it kept wanting me to do either one or the other. I'll probably try calling tomorrow. Neither piece is critical to the build; the damaged piece doesn't clutch well, but it's in a place (the engines) where it doesn't need to connect all that well, and the missing piece add some stability to a connection, but I don't think its absence is going to overly stress anything, You can talk to a real person through chat, that's most of my job! The chat bot is mostly there to get the gist of what you need so an advisor can quickly skim your chat and get caught up, and get details needed for GDPR. The chat bot can't place orders or whatever, if it tells you it'll do something after the chat ends, it'll just send the chat log to an advisor who then does the thing the chat bot promised
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Jun 17, 2023 12:38
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HootTheOwl posted:That one had a grid of infinite 1x1 tiles right? Farnsworth House was really rough for that: https://brickset.com/sets/21009-1/Farnsworth-House
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smackfu posted:Farnsworth House was really rough for that: I don’t know why I thought this was going to be planet express headquarters
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Jun 17, 2023 15:07
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Sunk Dunk posted:I don’t know why I thought this was going to be planet express headquarters Honestly that was my first thought too. I’d buy that set in a heartbeat.
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Jun 17, 2023 15:13
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I'm happy the line has led into what we have today, but imo the early architecture sets all looked like the worst kinds of sets; really repetitive and then just blocky, sterile builds. I guess they're kind of imitating architectural scale models so maybe it was an intentional aesthetic, but the way the line's turned into absolutely gorgeous historical buildings rather than the work of specific architects was an A+ pivot imo.HootTheOwl posted:That one had a grid of infinite 1x1 tiles right? A little bit, but since they're just alternating colors it really wasn't bad; the water setup in Ninjago City/Pyramids etc is a lot more aggrevating to put together. It's not actually that big either; if anything the 2x1 tiles around the sides were more fiddly to put in iirc. Honestly I thought the build was great, there's a mausoleum on the inside you build out, and then the roof slots on top of it all really snugly. The 4 corners are all the same so best to make those simultaneously though. Koramei fucked around with this message at 15:36 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 15:32
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The original architecture sets were just too small a scale. Very low piece counts, like the first buildings were under 100. I guess that was the aesthetic, just to have small desk sets, but hard to do much other than boxes. The current midi scale seems like a decent compromise between the originals and the $500+ ones.
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Jun 17, 2023 15:44
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Brickworld is absolutely insane , wow
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Jun 17, 2023 16:28
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Good insane or bad insane? I haven't been able to go since before covid.
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Jun 17, 2023 16:41
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xzzy posted:Good insane or bad insane? I haven't been able to go since before covid. Good. Crowded to get in with some line logistics but my expectations are surpassed by what's on display Theres too much to see ! Edit the great ball contraption blew our minds Editx2 the displays are probably 80% of the floor, 20% sales booths. I was expecting a 50/50 split at best and am real jazzed about this, even though it definitely got crowded after the first hour trevorreznik fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Jun 17, 2023 16:45
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CtmSURUr29L/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I kind of dislike this new habit that Lego has of releasing sets with slight improvements every few years.
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Jun 17, 2023 17:45
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New? They've been doing it with star wars since 1999. And with city sets since the 80's! 
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Jun 17, 2023 17:54
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I think it's fine. People seem to forget that new people get into Lego all the time and also their main audience is kids. Also popular sets tend to cost a fortune on the after market after they go out of production. It makes sense in just about every context except for the long term collector. Which is admittedly a frustrating situation when you already own some expensive set and all of a sudden Lego puts out a better version. Also that set isn't interesting to me personally, but I'd call that more than a slight upgrade. That looks much better than the original imo.
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Jun 17, 2023 17:59
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veni veni veni posted:I think it's fine. People seem to forget that new people get into Lego all the time and also their main audience is kids. Also popular sets tend to cost a fortune on the after market after they go out of production. It makes sense in just about every context except for the long term collector. Which is admittedly a frustrating situation when you already own some expensive set and all of a sudden Lego puts out a better version.
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I wonder if it's a licensing thing where Disney wants these sets to always be available to they can put them in their gift shops. We've all gone to a gift shop, seen knock off interlocking blocks and seen parents hesitant about buying it because it's not only expensive, but not a brand they've heard of. So if Disney can always have the castle in their gift shops and it's a name brand set, then they get get parents to buy them. That solves Disney's problem, but creates a new problem for Lego. If they keep the same set for years and years, eventually people will have bought the set already and it just becomes a slow trickle of new buyers who get into Lego each year. So if they redesign the set and give it a new number, then it's a new thing. It goes into the disney gift shops, it gets reviewed on Lego youtube videos to discuss the differences, and hardcore collectors begrudgingly buy the new set because of some cool new part or feature.
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Jun 17, 2023 18:48
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To be fair, this is the 100th anniversary do they probably wanted all new 100th branding
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HootTheOwl posted:To be fair, this is the 100th anniversary do they probably wanted all new 100th branding Disney is obsessed with making a big deal out of anniversaries to move merch
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Jun 17, 2023 18:58
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I look forward to Disney demanding Lego refer to discontinuing Disney sets as “returning them to the Disney Vault.”
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Walmart has a bunch of lego on clearance so I picked up the Viking Ship 3-in-1 and it's an absolutely incredible build, looks fantastic and was different and fun to build each step of the way through. can't believe how good all these 3in1 sets have been
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Blue Moonlight posted:I look forward to Disney demanding Lego refer to discontinuing Disney sets as “returning them to the Disney Vault.” Yeah, when Disney buys LEGO they can put everything into the vault and every 25 years r can buy a rerelease of classic space
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Jun 17, 2023 19:44
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On that note, I find it kind of amazing that The Lego Group has managed to remain privately-owned this far. If it had been publicly traded, I'm sure Disney would own it already.
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It's impossible to photograph the New Hashima cyberpunk setup but lol at the union getting brutally crushed by corpotanks  We ran into the a handful of people we know who were presenting/attending, then I was half convinced I knew another lady and it wasn't til I saw her son that I realized they were a Lego masters team trevorreznik fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Jun 17, 2023 |
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Aye Doc posted:Walmart has a bunch of lego on clearance so I picked up the Viking Ship 3-in-1 and it's an absolutely incredible build, looks fantastic and was different and fun to build each step of the way through. can't believe how good all these 3in1 sets have been I’m glad this is still going on. It seemed to hit while I was on vacation and there isn’t a Walmart in the ten minute driving radius I like to stay in (I have a target nearby I prefer anyway) but was heading out of town today and spotted a Walmart close enough that well put our heads in and see if anything fun is there still.
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Due to a lack of space and a price increase I’ve sort of dipped out of Lego for a bit. I just saw that Japanese castle linked here (is that listed on their site yet?!) and just saw there’s a new Ninjago City set?! Whyyyy are they doing this to me and why does it have to be so expensive???! I feel like I need to either have a whole Ninjago town or sell my existing City and Gardens and just be done with it!
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Feenix posted:Due to a lack of space and a price increase I’ve sort of dipped out of Lego for a bit. Japanese castle set isn’t officially announced yet. I think it’s supposed to be a July release so it should be announced soon though
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Jun 17, 2023 22:38
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My wife has demanded we buy the castle for the currently unborn daughter to be held of age until we can present it to her. Ofc this just means I'll have enough vip points to get the gardens for myself.
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Jun 18, 2023 00:48
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Anyone buy a set, build it yourself, then disassemble and re-bag it for your kids to do later?
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Koramei posted:Taj Mahal not do it for you? I agree the colosseum is way oversized but they’ve been doing this scale for a few years now (pyramids last year) and imo they’re all great. Taj Mahal may be my favorite Lego set, it’s absolutely gorgeous in person. Both the taj and the pyramid are nice but they aren't castles, which is what i realise i actually want from micro builds. Doesn't just have to be real ones either, someone earlier suggested a micro minith tirith or edoras, and id be down for those too. It's the Asymmetric structures built into the landscape that looks great.
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I really wish there were more micro or midi scale sets, not everything has to be minifig scaled. The old midi-scale Falcon is one of my favorite Star Wars sets and they’ve only done a handful of others since. Skyline and Architecture scaled sets for Star Wars, Marvel, basically every licensed line they have would probably sell like crazy if they made them.
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