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Anyone who ever tried to build their own LEGO voltron (and if you were a kid with lego, you definitely tried) will appreciate the mastery this set demonstrates a hell of a lot and instantly want to buy it.
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Zodack posted:Welp, Target delivered the Falcon today. Now I gotta figure out what to do with it. ...build it?
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Jul 18, 2018 08:54
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The_Doctor posted:That review of the Voltron set was bad. It’s very dry and technical, written by someone who clearly knows the building side of Lego, but doesn’t have any sense of fun about it. Also reviewing it as someone who doesn’t know Voltron at all did him no favours. It was a good review for the technical aspects of it but I would like to see a fan have a go at it. xzzy posted:Anyone who ever tried to build their own LEGO voltron (and if you were a kid with lego, you definitely tried) will appreciate the mastery this set demonstrates a hell of a lot and instantly want to buy it. 
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Jul 18, 2018 09:18
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Sold. https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/status/1019508864855756801
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Jul 18, 2018 10:16
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Gonna be fun as hell to mod that thing.
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Jul 18, 2018 10:22
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Jul 18, 2018 12:41
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https://shop.lego.com/en-US/James-Bond-Aston-Martin-DB5-10262?icmp=LP-SHLPM-DPC-CE-jamesb-843 $149, ouch. Won't be getting that and Voltron on the same day.
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Jul 18, 2018 13:08
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Obviously compromises had to be made given the medium, but I wish the sides weren’t so flat. The DB5 isn’t an ultra-curvy car, but I’d never call it boxy either. Looks great otherwise, but I’ll probably wait for a sale or double VIP or something.
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Jul 18, 2018 13:55
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Yeah. It doesn't look like a DB5 so much as some other older cars that I can't quite name. It still looks pretty cool. And it's available right now. E: ugh...stickers. :/ E2: looks like another set is getting the VIP early access treatment in a few days. Any rumors on what it could be? Waltzing Along fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Jul 18, 2018 |
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Jul 18, 2018 14:12
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Waltzing Along posted:Yeah. It doesn't look like a DB5 so much as some other older cars that I can't quite name. It still looks pretty cool. And it's available right now. Voltron. https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Voltron-21311
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Jul 18, 2018 14:25
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Obviously compromises had to be made given the medium, but I wish the sides weren’t so flat. The DB5 isn’t an ultra-curvy car, but I’d never call it boxy either. Looks great otherwise, but I’ll probably wait for a sale or double VIP or something. The biggest difference seems to be that the real car is flatter and wider, the Lego version has less width and is a bit higher, making it more bulky. Maybe that was needed to get the gimmicks in? Still going to get it because I have all other creator cars and every one of them is great. The one thing that has been starting to annoy me lately is the front of the VW bus: the way the white-red line is stepped is something that, if they remade it, they would now be able to avoid I think.
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Jul 18, 2018 14:44
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Voltron is already announced and on the site, though. Aren't these things usually for sets that aren't officially announced? Like today and the DB5?
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Jul 18, 2018 14:46
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Lizard Combatant posted:Jesus... What did you end up paying? My total order was $909 (I pre-ordered two video games and also got the Darth Vader Brickhead) and I paid $360 including tax with free two-day shipping. Floored that they honored it, yeah. Coupons all said they didn't apply to LEGO two which is even more amusing. It was six 15% off coupon codes, stacked, so I have no idea how their system did that math. Chairchucker posted:...build it? Trying to buy it this way was like a shot to the moon because of its value. I don't know if I could have a $799 model sitting on a shelf knowing I could sell it and make Target essentially give me $200 - 300 for free. Not sure I'm comfortable with owning and displaying anything that costs as much as my HDTV or a washer-dryer set or something, you know? Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely tempted.
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Jul 18, 2018 15:17
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It's already a conversation piece by itself, plus you have the added story of how you got it for so cheap to go along with it Not to mention probably you'll have fun building it, I GUESS
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Jul 18, 2018 15:39
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Dogen posted:It's already a conversation piece by itself, plus you have the added story of how you got it for so cheap to go along with it I ain't gonna talk you into it or out of it, but I just imagine all of the other sets I could get if I had one to sell since it doesn't interest me at all.
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Jul 18, 2018 15:49
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Zodack posted:My total order was $909 (I pre-ordered two video games and also got the Darth Vader Brickhead) and I paid $360 including tax with free two-day shipping. Floored that they honored it, yeah. Coupons all said they didn't apply to LEGO two which is even more amusing. It was six 15% off coupon codes, stacked, so I have no idea how their system did that math. Congrats. I saw the deal and read "no lego" and just immediately dismissed it. Wonder what would have happened had I placed an order. Oh well.
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Jul 18, 2018 16:02
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VaultAggie posted:I don’t know poo poo about voltron and that set looks amazing. Not even a bad part/price ratio either.
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Jul 18, 2018 16:24
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Welp I had $25 in points to redeem AND I signed up a new client this week so I'm treating myself to the DB5 because that ejector seat is about the coolest play function I've ever seen. Mad that they couldn't give you an official Bond minifig but w/e, it's not like they're hard to make.
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Jul 18, 2018 16:24
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Dogen posted:Welp I had $25 in points to redeem AND I signed up a new client this week so I'm treating myself to the DB5 because that ejector seat is about the coolest play function I've ever seen. Mad that they couldn't give you an official Bond minifig but w/e, it's not like they're hard to make.  + 
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Jul 18, 2018 16:35
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The second one is TLBM Bruce Wayne from the batcave set, right?
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Jul 18, 2018 17:00
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It's Bruce. Not sure which set. I just searched for tuxedo. I almost used the Magician one, but I don't remember Bond w/ a big red cummerbund.
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Jul 18, 2018 17:08
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Tuxedo'd Indiana Jones is my go to Bond torso piece.
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Jul 18, 2018 17:11
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That DB5 is just too ugly for me. The side profile is about as good as you could probably get, but every other angle just looks like garbage.
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Jul 18, 2018 20:08
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Zodack posted:My total order was $909 (I pre-ordered two video games and also got the Darth Vader Brickhead) and I paid $360 including tax with free two-day shipping. Floored that they honored it, yeah. Coupons all said they didn't apply to LEGO two which is even more amusing. It was six 15% off coupon codes, stacked, so I have no idea how their system did that math. God drat that owns. I should have done the same.  Which film did Connery don a monocle, grey hairs and a beard for a Bond role? Also Voltron looks as good as they could do, shame about the thunder thighs on the Black one though. I hope we can get more Japanese sets, Macross, Gundam, Metal Slug? They'd all own.
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Jul 18, 2018 20:59
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Zodack posted:My total order was $909 (I pre-ordered two video games and also got the Darth Vader Brickhead) and I paid $360 including tax with free two-day shipping. Floored that they honored it, yeah. Coupons all said they didn't apply to LEGO two which is even more amusing. It was six 15% off coupon codes, stacked, so I have no idea how their system did that math.
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Jul 18, 2018 22:16
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Crotch Fruit posted:To help clear your concise, I would begrudgingly take it off your hands for the amount you paid. Same + USD$1.00
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Jul 18, 2018 22:28
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The only aesthetic complaint I have about the Voltron (i.e., laying aside lack of articulation, etc) is that the back looks like rear end, no pun intended. Obviously, I don't know whether some of that was a consequence of the individual lion mechanics, but it just looks like the bottom of Lego bricks. Given the effort that went into the rest of the set, it would have been nice for some of that to have been smoothed or angled out via slopes and tiles.
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Jul 19, 2018 00:17
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That would probably require Lego to make a bunch of new parts.
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Jul 19, 2018 00:22
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kefkafloyd posted:https://shop.lego.com/en-US/James-Bond-Aston-Martin-DB5-10262?icmp=LP-SHLPM-DPC-CE-jamesb-843 Ordered!
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Jul 19, 2018 00:27
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Cojawfee posted:That would probably require Lego to make a bunch of new parts. Nah, just adding a bunch of those studs on one side, tile on the other plates. Which would make it much more expensive, but you can get them yourself.
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Jul 19, 2018 00:57
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Captain Invictus posted:Nah, just adding a bunch of those studs on one side, tile on the other plates. Which would make it much more expensive, but you can get them yourself. I’ll probably do something like this. And possibly any hip/knee/ankle mods. I’m not gonna play with it but I wouldn’t mind a better pose.
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Jul 19, 2018 00:59
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Cojawfee posted:That would probably require Lego to make a bunch of new parts. Not at all. Inverted bows, slopes, tiles. All exist. $5-10 worth of parts could do it easily. Shouldn't have been a problem for Lego to do it for an extra $3 on the MSRP, which is why it annoys me.
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Might be a stupid question, I see that the Aston comes with the License to Build card. What are the chances the Voltron comes with one? My only major gripe with it is that it doesn't come with the pilots.
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Jul 19, 2018 02:04
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Pretty sure the "license to build" thing is a play on license to kill.
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Jul 19, 2018 02:06
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DrChud posted:Might be a stupid question, I see that the Aston comes with the License to Build card. What are the chances the Voltron comes with one? My only major gripe with it is that it doesn't come with the pilots. All purchases of it come with the card? Does it work as a VIP card?
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Cojawfee posted:Pretty sure the "license to build" thing is a play on license to kill. Oh definitely it is. I meant like would Voltron maybe come with a similar card, kinda like how the UCS MF came with a card for VIP members
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Jul 19, 2018 02:12
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Ordered the DB5 and Light Cycles because what the heck. Also big thanks to whomever mentioned looking for Spaceship^3 on Bricklink, I found a dude in Quebec with a sealed set for a bit more than retail. I am hype. 
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Waltzing Along posted:It doesn't look like a DB5 so much as some other older cars that I can't quite name. As some on Brickset have pointed out, it kind of looks like a Trabant.
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Jul 19, 2018 03:25
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Brickset already has a DB5 review up. Still not happy with the overall look, but the gadget mechanisms look clever.
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Brickvault has a video review up and that ejector seat function is slick as hell.
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