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Nothing is illegal. My last LEGO session included heating up a skewer with a lighter so i could make a hole in a brick for a flagpole to go through.
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Hell, I freely mix my legos and megablox.
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May 13, 2020 14:50
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The “illegal” techniques are often very cool and can be used in MOCs to achieve some neat effects. The whole point of classifying those techniques as such is to prevent them from being used in official builds as the pieces could break under the strain, which is not what you want for the end consumer. As with most anything you buy you have usufruct to put it together however you want. One question I have is, do the design programs make this distinction and prevent illegal connections from being made virtually?
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May 13, 2020 14:52
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VaultAggie posted:Hell, I freely mix my legos and megablox.
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COMPAGNIE TOMMY posted:The “illegal” techniques are often very cool and can be used in MOCs to achieve some neat effects. The whole point of classifying those techniques as such is to prevent them from being used in official builds as the pieces could break under the strain, which is not what you want for the end consumer. As with most anything you buy you have usufruct to put it together however you want. One question I have is, do the design programs make this distinction and prevent illegal connections from being made virtually? Nah you can usually do anything that's physically possible, and if it stops you for some reason you just turn collisions off and move them into position.
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May 13, 2020 15:00
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Is it illegal to mix Lego bricks with Google Fi phone stand promo bricks?
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May 13, 2020 15:04
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Better look at Haunted house. $249 https://twitter.com/lego_group/status/1260555415064137728?s=21 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/haunted-house-10273?cmp=social-3yf5yo-SHOP
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May 13, 2020 15:23
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https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/haunted-house-10273?cmp=social-3yf5yo-SHOP Here’s the official release for the haunted house. It looks amazing.
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May 13, 2020 15:24
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DrChud posted:Better look at Haunted house. $249 Hmm, I don’t think that’s nearly as good as the Monster Hunters Haunted House.
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May 13, 2020 15:25
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The_Doctor posted:Hmm, I don’t think that’s nearly as good as the Monster Hunters Haunted House. It's not, no. But it'll look drat good next to it on my shelf.
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May 13, 2020 15:32
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Lizard Combatant posted:It's not, no. But it'll look drat good next to it on my shelf. Welcome... TO THE HAUNTED CUL-DE-SAC!   
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May 13, 2020 15:38
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Nice to finally see a new Adventurers set.
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May 13, 2020 15:41
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I hate that they used the word «illegal» instead of like «discouraged» or «out of spec» or similar. Its literally because it is that exact word that we get those situations that Carbohydrates had a meltdown over (and i have wanted to have for a few years)
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May 13, 2020 16:29
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How about “verboeten”?
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The_Doctor posted:Hmm, I don’t think that’s nearly as good as the Monster Hunters Haunted House. I like it as a stand alone set, but I think I'll skip buying it. It just doesn't fit into what I want my fairground to be and I already own the much nicer Monster Hunter one.
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Carbohydrates posted:"Illegal technique" is a term that describes any way of putting bricks together that LEGO wouldn't/doesn't allow in an official LEGO set for various reasons. It is now a fairly well known and frequently discussed topic since many have seen a .pdf document directly from a LEGO designer's presentation on the topic floating around that talks about a lot of these. It's worth noting that LEGO's standards are organic and change over time. Ah okay. Thanks for the explanation. I mostly care if it looks nice.  ether posted:I thought it was a genius move, biggest ugly bar ever ;-) Absolutely genius! Nice thinking outside of the box. The moment he did that I told my wife they were going to win easily. (She bet on the bridge by the 2 bald bearded guys.) Why do you find the judge inconsistent? He's been pretty consistent in his love for stories. It's an enjoyable show, my kid also loves it. But I'd love to get just a little more time looking at the builds and some of the techniques. It bothered me a lot when one guy made an elevator and the Brickmaster was impressed because of how hard that was. I assumed he'd tell us why and how but instead, they went to the next couple and that was it. I mean I know why it's difficult, but it seemed like such a perfect thing to deep dive on a little.
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VaultAggie posted:Hell, I freely mix my legos and megablox. I have some great tyco stuff in with my legos, like a 2x2 plate with studs on both sides!
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Brawnfire posted:Welcome... TO THE HAUNTED CUL-DE-SAC! It's an undead end.
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Lizard Combatant posted:It's an undead end. 
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The_Doctor posted:Hmm, I don’t think that’s nearly as good as the Monster Hunters Haunted House. Lizard Combatant posted:It's an undead end.
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Okay, I like the Haunted House more now because I'm a sucker and this thing is pushing my nostalgia buttons. References: - The entire thing is named for the villain of the Adventurers theme, Baron Von Barron. - The Sphinx head over the elevator is from 5978, slightly altered and recolored. - The obelisk design is also from 5978 (or 5958 or 5988). - The Anubis heads over the organ are seen in 5988 and 5938. - The jeweled shrine over the ticket booth is from 7417, recolored (a similar one appeared in 7410). - The bell(?) in the attic next to the crate is from 7412. - I am having trouble figuring out the blue gem in the glass jar with the gold candles around it. The blue base makes me think 5988 but I am unconvinced. - The skull in the trans-neon green enclosure is an Ogel orb, from a number of Alpha Team sets but I'll mention 6776 because it has like 3 of 'em. - The crate in the attic contains Junkbot. - The hanging skeleton in the top hat is his deceased associate Slyboots. - Not sure about the shrine behind him, though. - On the front of the house, the front stained glass window's keystone has a bat and the roman numeral ṼMVII, which is the Roman numeral for set 6007. - The tombstone in the yard has a "TC" monogram, a reference to former LEGO set designer Tiago Catarino, who's a bit of a fan of easter eggs and references.
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Also, the set appears to be inspired by the Tokyo DisneySea version of tower of terror. That one is about an explorer who gets cursed and blah blah blah elevator. As opposed to the original DCA version that is a hotel that gets hit by lightning or something. $250 is not bad for that set. It pales in comparison to the original, though. The original is fantastic.
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Carbohydrates posted:- I am having trouble figuring out the blue gem in the glass jar with the gold candles around it. The blue base makes me think 5988 but I am unconvinced. There's something in 5986 that's kind of similar (jewels on a blue altar with flames on either side) but I'm unconvinced about that too. I agree with you, I like it a lot more now that I've seen all the Adventurer's references. Not enough to make me buy it though, it's way too expensive for just a few easter eggs.
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I still regret not picking up the original 
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I might be tempted to pick it up just to convert it into a home for Von Baron. When can we expect the Johnny Thunder equivalent of Splash Mountain?
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Ika posted:I still regret not picking up the original You can still pick it up. You'll pay more but it's now 3x retail. Yikes.
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Waltzing Along posted:You can still pick it up. You'll pay more but it's now 3x retail. Yikes.
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Carbohydrates posted:It's a tremendously good set. I paid about $400 for mine, and I actually DO think it was worth it because I really like it that much, but you could also go the knockoff route. I think I paid $250-300 in that area. New in slightly damaged box. In 2017. It was selling for over 300 at the time but because of the box I got it for below that on Ebay. And it was before I had to pay tax on Ebay, as well. I was actually shocked to see how much it has escalated in price.
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Waltzing Along posted:You can still pick it up. You'll pay more but it's now 3x retail. Yikes.
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Tried out Instructions Plus for the first time. Highlighting the new pieces on the build helped a lot for my kid and freeing up the instruction book made it easier for me to be a parts gofer. Will definitely be using it where possible again. I was surprised that it didn't follow the paper instructions exactly, with some steps and subassemblies being done out of order. Doctor Spaceman fucked around with this message at 02:43 on May 14, 2020 |
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deoju posted:I fiddled around on bricklink. If you are willing to go without the minifigs & a few unique printed pieces, and switch from sand green to a more available color I bet you could get what you needed for $175. 
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So, any idea on future availability of the Pirates of Barracuda Bay or the Treehouse sets? Because, as I said earlier, I feel dumb for missing them but don’t want to pay 2x retail for a set that may be available at MSRP again.
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Probably once the supply lines stabilize and people go back to not having free time.
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Apollodorus posted:So, any idea on future availability of the Pirates of Barracuda Bay or the Treehouse sets? Pirates will be around for years. Treehouse also probably has a while left.
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If the Treehouse retired at the end of the year I wouldn't be shocked but it could easily hang around longer. Barracuda Bay is barely a month old, I wouldn't worry about long-term availability.
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Dunno about the Treehouse, but I would be very surprised if Lego doesn't produce more of the Pirates set. It's only been six weeks since it was released after all. Of course, with the current world situation it might take a bit of time. The same question has been asked a lot in some of the Lego Facebook groups I'm in and it boggles my mind how impatient some people are.
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 Now I just need to build a little Sonic for them to hang out at. I cannot recommend Carbohydrates' builds enough. In an official set there is like maybe one "interesting" technique if you are lucky but almost every step of these is like, "how the gently caress is this going to hang together," but they do and you get ridiculous detail and shaping for a little sacrifice in stability. They're just exciting to build. Dogen fucked around with this message at 03:49 on May 14, 2020 |
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Eh, maybe I was a little optimistic, but I was able to get 2/3 of the pieces and 80% of the lots for $140 before shipping. 
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:Dunno about the Treehouse, but I would be very surprised if Lego doesn't produce more of the Pirates set. It's only been six weeks since it was released after all. Of course, with the current world situation it might take a bit of time. Yeah, people worried that they won't get the pirates set need to stop worrying. It'll be around for at least a year. Probably more with how popular it is. If it was just gone forever already that would be totally unprecidented.
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Carbohydrates posted:Okay, I like the Haunted House more now because I'm a sucker and this thing is pushing my nostalgia buttons. This is both impressive at the details they've put in, and that you were able to recognize and identify all this. What an awesome set.
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