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davebo posted:I guess at this price point these are targeted at kids who will actually enjoy playing with the cars after they build them, which certainly makes a 1968-82 Corvette generation an odd choice. Cool-looking cars like the C8-R makes sense though. Interested to see what they look like but I have a feeling I won't be getting them.
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Harvey Baldman posted:I have no idea what the name of them was, but I absolutely remember those weird tongue bits existing when I was a kid with lego, too. Nice to know I'm not *completely* crazy! MarxCarl posted:Here's a Tyco block resource, if you want a to see if anything looks familiar - https://tycotrain.tripod.com/tycosuperblocks/ Nope. For some reasons all I remember are the tongue-copter and that I seem to recall the box and/or commercial having a mad scientist drawn on it. EDIT: To clarify, I *think* there was a commercial. May just be an unusually strong memory of the drawn mad scientist dude. But I'm 100% positive - insmuch as memories of thing over 20 years ago can ever be - in the tongue copter and the mad scientist theming. Everything else is '...I think?' RoboChrist 9000 fucked around with this message at 04:50 on Feb 16, 2021 |
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quote:You can redeem as many VIP discount vouchers on a single order as you want; however, you can only redeem one physical reward per order on LEGO.com This rule is dumb. Wish i knew that before redeeming two items on VIP 
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w00tazn posted:This rule is dumb. Wish i knew that before redeeming two items on VIP
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God the VIP system is trash now.
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Zwille posted:I see a lot of Cayennes or whatever the SUV abomination Porsches are in Berlin though. Same they suck I'm mad they exist
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Feb 16, 2021 12:27
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The_Doctor posted:God the VIP system is trash now. One of the things that's annoying is the fact that they email you a code. In that email it's just the code. Not what is for and when it expires. In the VIP reward section on their website you can find these codes but they don't get marked 'redeemed' when you use one.
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Butterfly Valley posted:Both of my sisters decided they wanted a centaur after I showed them, so using the excuse of feeling those out for them I decided to try to complete the rest of the set. Couldn't feel the Space Police, Alien and Beekeeper but found the rest fairly easily, and luckily two more centaurs. I wish the stores were open where I live.  I also want a space police.
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Another note on the Lantern Festival set... it likes to use this part where it can, the “PLATES W. BOWS 2X2”. I think mainly because it’s a single part that is two studs high. A pretty weird part otherwise, I’m not sure what the intended use is. https://brickset.com/parts/4494474/plates-w-bows-2x2
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Zefiel posted:https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-vidiyo-sets-found-in-the-wild-in-the-us/amp/
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I'm surprised that people are cold on the Porsche when it seemed like everyone was nuts about the about the aston martin db5 and I thought that one looked like trash compared to this 911.
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Cojawfee posted:I'm surprised that people are cold on the Porsche when it seemed like everyone was nuts about the about the aston martin db5 and I thought that one looked like trash compared to this 911.
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I bought the 911, but i also own almost every other car in this scale from the Creator Expert lineup. Looking at the Ghostbusters car now since it also looks to be the same scale
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Yeah I predictably caved and got it. Am somewhat hyped as the speed champions scaled one I ordered along with it arrives tomorrow already. If Lego can’t do the GWP right I guess I gotta do it myself  I figured it completes the beetle and camper pretty well, so why not. I’ve taken a liking to the color now.
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Feb 16, 2021 20:16
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I'll only get the 911 if I can get that Amelia Earhart plane with it.
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Do those weird tall articulated Technic figures fit in any of the Creator cars?
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I don’t have any but I’m told they do!
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smackfu posted:Another note on the Lantern Festival set... it likes to use this part where it can, the “PLATES W. BOWS 2X2”. I think mainly because it’s a single part that is two studs high. A pretty weird part otherwise, I’m not sure what the intended use is. I think it's also used for those internal structures because it's rounded and relatively easy to disassemble (unlike stacked plates, for example). There's a fair few sets that use it in that way actually. It is an odd part, it looks like it was first used (along with a few variants) as detailing/armour for the Knight's Kingdom big figs in 2004. Kind of makes sense it's from that era of lovely Lego. 
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Do those weird tall articulated Technic figures fit in any of the Creator cars? They fit perfectly in the VW Camper, I know that.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:America my whole life.And I definitely seem to recall them being Lego-like in how they connected. Oh gosh, I think I know exactly what you’re talking about... and there were monster trucks with tongues and stuff like that Like these!  Also those amps are cool as hell! Makes me want to buy some orange pieces for an Orange cabinet, which are my favorites. I wonder if that scale is too small for a brick built pedalboard and guitar to plug a rope cable into...
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I wish there was, like, a single really comprehensive wikipedia just for toys. This would, no joke, literally save me multiple hours a week at work
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Internet Movie Toy Firearms Database would probably be the only one (other than LEGO) to have the dedicated contributors
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HobbyDB appears to be trying to be that, but it’s running super slow so I can’t actually check if it’s any good.
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1000 Brown M and Ms posted:It is an odd part, it looks like it was first used (along with a few variants) as detailing/armour for the Knight's Kingdom big figs in 2004. Kind of makes sense it's from that era of lovely Lego. Personally held unpopular opinion: figure sets of all kinds are bad, even more modern ones like the Star Wars figures. Escalating that unpopular opinion: Bionicle are figure sets. Don’t @ me.
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crazy eyes mustafa posted:Do those weird tall articulated Technic figures fit in any of the Creator cars?    
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Blue Moonlight posted:Personally held unpopular opinion: figure sets of all kinds are bad, even more modern ones like the Star Wars figures. I wouldn't say that's an unpopular opinion at all. Bionicles and big fig sets have always been pretty divisive. Hell, I still see Star Wars big figs on clearance occasionally. I also agree. They're poo poo sets. Some have good parts so I have a few (only if I get them cheap or given to me). I'll make an exception for Slizers and RoboRiders, but only because I was the exact right age when they came out and they have nostalgia, but that's all.
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I made another thing! To commemorate the launch of the Porsche 911 set today, here's a conversion to turn your 2019 Speed Champions Porsche into a Targa to match the set! I tried to make this modification as minimally invasive as possible, changing as little as I could. Still, I had to change the rear mudguards so the rear wheels won't spin freely anymore, sorry.  Instructions Inventory, complete: PDF / XML Inventory, added parts only: PDF / XML Also, streaming tonight in an hour (7PM Central)!
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Cojawfee posted:I'll only get the 911 if I can get that Amelia Earhart plane with it. That’s my plan as well!
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The_Doctor posted:God the VIP system is trash now. I'm sure your comment was rhetorical, but this is of course by design. It was simply too easy to spend points under the old system, just select at checkout. When you have to go through a process with a website which barely works on a good day and which tries its best to make it hard to find how to do it, then you're less likely to use points, right?
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ivantod posted:I'm sure your comment was rhetorical, but this is of course by design. It was simply too easy to spend points under the old system, just select at checkout. When you have to go through a process with a website which barely works on a good day and which tries its best to make it hard to find how to do it, then you're less likely to use points, right? I have to imagine you’re right to a degree, considering how easy it would have been to rack up points under the old system with many AFOL-oriented sets these days tipping into the £/$100+ bracket. Buy one set, instantly get £/$5 off next time.
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ivantod posted:I'm sure your comment was rhetorical, but this is of course by design. It was simply too easy to spend points under the old system, just select at checkout. When you have to go through a process with a website which barely works on a good day and which tries its best to make it hard to find how to do it, then you're less likely to use points, right? If they don't want you to use points, why offer them to begin with?
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uXs posted:If they don't want you to use points, why offer them to begin with? New to marketing? Entice people in with offers, vouchers and bargains so they think they're getting a good deal. You'll make more in extra sales than you lose to the offer. Take double VIP points, and how evidently loads of people here make big purchases to 'take advantage' of them (myself included). Lego gains a big boost in sales for their big sets on which their margin of profit is higher, for the sake of what amounts to a slight reduction in profit per set sold. They're still way ahead. That's not counting the amount of people who get points then forget about them or don't use them before they lapse. \/ Edit: case in point, thanks guy \/ Butterfly Valley fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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Ugh I forgot about my VIP points when I ordered the new 911.
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So I ordered what I thought was all the pieces I would need to make my Monster Hunters Ghost Train powered. Just to find out that it's wheels aren't compatible with the Lego tracks! WTH? Why would they do that? I think I just remembered why I abandoned this project before starting it years ago. Time to make another order and wait... Blarg.
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RodShaft posted:So I ordered what I thought was all the pieces I would need to make my Monster Hunters Ghost Train powered. Just to find out that it's wheels aren't compatible with the Lego tracks! WTH? Why would they do that? I think I just remembered why I abandoned this project before starting it years ago. Maybe you used a different method than I did but my hidden side ghost train works. I just stuck the normal power functions train motor under the rear of the engine. All the other cars fit fine. Or is this a different train? Edit: the set I got even came with a station with some straight tracks that are the same as the normal tracks. Double edit: vvv oh yeah, that's a completely different train, sorry davebo fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Feb 17, 2021 |
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I remember a couple mods of that set getting posted in here when it was out; I'm not sure if this was one of them? https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/74702-mod-9v-motorized-monster-fighters-ghost-train/
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One of the less obvious annoyances in the newer system that most people won’t encounter is that your VIP accounts are now regionally locked. I live 50/50 in the UK and US (in the pre-pandemic times) and it didn’t matter where I would redeem points. 100 points would get me $5 or £5 off. Now, since the change, my account is US only for some reason (I’m not sure why) and I can only redeem US dollar vouchers. If I go onto the UK VIP reward centre, I get very few options (mostly just Legoland and Lego House tickets). I did speak to customer support once and they said it couldn’t be changed without a lot of hassle (which I don’t believe).
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Built my li'l Targa! I was able to find all the pieces I need in my own collection (with a couple poached off other MOCs).  I also refined the mod / instructions so that this conversion only requires 20 additional parts that don't already come in the set (the previous version required 30). Updated instructions! - necessary additional parts on page 2.
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