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Time Cowboy posted:Gravy Jones, clearly the ninjas need a mine riddled with traps and enemies. And dinosaurs. There must be dinosaurs in the mine. It's the only logical course of action. The first thing my kid does when getting any kind of new toy is decide who the good guys and bad guys are. So this miner is the good guy.... and the guy driving the dump truck is the badguy... followed by some pick-axe to the head action. As much as I encourage non-violent/confrontational play it's apparently not on the agenda. Even his bed is a battlefield for soft toys. I make light of it, but he's only four and I encourage non-violent play constantly and it's just not on the agenda  At least he's fairly creative with it.
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Solution seems simple to me. No TV, no sugar, no natural light, 6 hours mandatory time in the spike box. That'll straighten him out. I can't wait to be a Dad.  My child's final test will be to murder me and eat my heart.
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Guys, help. I was in Target yesterday buying some mini fig packs when I almost bought some KRE-O Transformer "building blocks". http://www.hasbro.com/kre-o/en_US/discover/kreons/ Freaking Transformer mini-figs! I almost couldn't resist. Why can't Lego get the cool franchises like this?!
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Why is this exclusive Iron Man that was apparently given away at Toy Fair so much better looking than the actual figure in the sets? http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/6864263385/in/photostream/
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Feb 13, 2012 16:12
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Probably because they wanted a Tony Stark head under a helmet. Should be a way smaller helmet though or maybe a Stark head and an Iron Man head that you swap.
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Feb 13, 2012 16:15
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Which the whole idea behind that is stupid. They didn't make Spider-Man or Captain America with actual helmets on them, so why not make Iron Man the same way? The special figure looks so, so much better than the one with the helmet.
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Feb 13, 2012 16:25
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Stormtroopers and Darth Vader have exactly the same huge noggin problem, is it just cause we're used to comic book proportions that Iron Man looks wrong?
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Joramun posted:Santa Maul.  "Naughty...naughty...naughty...Jedi." then lights up both sides of his saber to stab a bitch.
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Monster w21 Faces posted:Solution seems simple to me. No TV, no sugar, no natural light, 6 hours mandatory time in the spike box. That'll straighten him out. Will this get my 2 year old to play with his Duplos? Right now his only agenda is to use them as missiles and laugh at the destruction. Sounds like I need to be more proactive.
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Time Cowboy posted:Will this get my 2 year old to play with his Duplos? Right now his only agenda is to use them as missiles and laugh at the destruction. Sounds like I need to be more proactive. To be honest the window between when my kid was actually interested in building with Duplo and when he graduated to the real deal was probably only about six months or so. From about three to three and a half. Now at the wise old age of four it's officially a "baby toy" and I kind of wish I'd spent the Duplo money on Lego and kept it stashed away somewhere! Still, it was a fun six months. Gravy Jones posted:Apparently it's called the Lollipop-Destroyer-Inator. I was impressed.
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Phy posted:Stormtroopers and Darth Vader have exactly the same huge noggin problem, is it just cause we're used to comic book proportions that Iron Man looks wrong? I have no idea why but to me the Star Wars figures with helmets look fine to me but Iron Man looks absurd. It's weird!
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Feb 13, 2012 18:44
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I think the problem is that Vader's and the Stormtrooper's helmets don't flip up, so they can be more conservative with the volume and make them more rounded. Iron Man's head is more square and angular, and trying to transplant that to a flip up visor is gonna make it boxy-looking and ridiculous. I almost think it would be better if they made a new head with the flip up mask integrated onto the head itself; if they're gonna make a new mold for just the helmet, why not make a whole new head that will look better? Or you know, just make a print on a regular minifig head, like Captain America.
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All the lego chat in the Whiskey Media/Giantbomb thread bit me with the lego bug and I've got a tantive IV in the mail and a little Ackbar minifig on my keychain. It's amazing to see how Lego's improved the accuracy on things like the Y-wing or Slave I since their first Star Wars kits. That being said, the 2012 line of sets can't come quickly enough:  http://www.fbtb.net/2012/02/12/lego-toy-fair-2012-star-wars/
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That Iron Man looks ridiculous, but those sets look extremely prototype to me. They are pretty much exactly like the leaked pictures of the minifig prototypes we saw months ago at SDCC. The Hulk still doesn't even have a face yet and Cap's chest is a sticker, which is clearly not going to be the case for the final product. I would not be surprised if they just use the printed regular minifig head for Iron man, but I wouldn't be surprised if they kept this terrible looking helmet either.
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I think it's just that in the films Darth's helmet & the ST helmets are slightly bigger and bulkier than their body armour. If you were going to do a caricature doing an oversized helmet would fit. But Iron Man's helmet in the films is proportionally smaller than the rest of his armour. If you were going to do a caricature you'd exaggerate the shoulder plates or the chest plate.
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Well 'good' news for lego in that they now have the star wars license for another 10 years. Even if the sets are overpriced and sometimes lack imagination it did keep the company alive and spaceships are cool. Comparing the first sets like slave I compared to what they did with it later lego did seem to learn that people wanted detail and less specialized bricks and with this years tie fighter they decided blue didn't belong and went with gray making it look so much better.
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:http://www.fbtb.net/2012/02/12/lego-toy-fair-2012-star-wars/ I've bought every other incarnation of the AT-ST, what's one more?
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:
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Feb 13, 2012 19:27
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VaultAggie posted:Holy poo poo that sith fighter looks awesome. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRjAoKWKBrE The rest of the videos are subscriber only on their website but it's amazing to see these two get more addicted to lego as the series goes on. It's halfway convinced me to try picking up a Death Star or Imperial shuttle set when my tax refund gets in.
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Oh, what has this thread done to me? When does is this considered an addiction? 
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RodShaft posted:Oh, what has this thread done to me? Some of these things are not like the other!
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RodShaft posted:When does is this considered an addiction? You've got a ways to go still, don't worry.
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Lego newbie here. A few weeks ago I stumbled on this incredible MOC and since then I've had a burning desire to get myself some huge lego set to build, particularly one of the UCS Star Wars sets. Problem is that I appear to be too late to get any of the ones I like (Death Star II, Star Destroyer, Millennium Falcon) at anything resembling a reasonable price since they've all been discontinued years ago. Have Lego ever resumed production on a set after it's been discontinued? I can't imagine the price of these sets ever dropping otherwise.
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mattfl posted:Some of these things are not like the other! EDIT: I'm sure people have made Halo gear out of Lego...
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SynthOrange posted:
Fun way to play your own Lego human trafficking adventures.
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What's the deal with those Star Wars sets that are a round ball, a minifig, and a mini model? Like 9676. Is it just throw some random poo poo together so they can sell it again?
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smackfu posted:What's the deal with those Star Wars sets that are a round ball, a minifig, and a mini model? Like 9676. Is it just throw some random poo poo together so they can sell it again? It appears to be a case for the pieces, and eye candy to sell the set. They've done sets like this before, sort of like the X-Pod series. 
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smackfu posted:What's the deal with those Star Wars sets that are a round ball, a minifig, and a mini model? Like 9676. Is it just throw some random poo poo together so they can sell it again? I think they're just intended as little geeky desktop display/collection things. I've got no real interest in Star Wars Lego, but may get one of these at some point because I am a huge nerd. Probably the X-wing and or AT-ST in the next wave. I think they look pretty cool. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Feb 13, 2012 |
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Joramun posted:The upcoming Town Hall looks huge next to the other Modulars. It's mostly perspective. It's sandwiched in-between the grand emporium and fire station in my bedroom and it really doesn't look out of place. The roofline is about an inch higher than the firestation. There are pics from my build earlier in the thread.
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VaultAggie posted:Holy poo poo that sith fighter looks awesome. Yeah, it's from SWTOR, and I can't wait.
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I got kind of upset about the money I spent on my German Panther Tank build and just listed it on eBay, hoping to get back a fraction of the ~$130 I spent. I ended up getting $168. For an unlicensed kit that's really just a glorified MOC. It was nice knowing you, Tank, but it's time you went to a new owner. For comparison, the 4x4 Off Roader I sold alongside it sold for a few dollars less. Not that I'm complaining about either price, but if I could only keep one, it would be the Off Roader and it's not even a contest.
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:All the lego chat in the Whiskey Media/Giantbomb thread bit me with the lego bug and I've got a tantive IV in the mail and a little Ackbar minifig on my keychain. It's amazing to see how Lego's improved the accuracy on things like the Y-wing or Slave I since their first Star Wars kits. Is this just the spring/summer sets? Still waitin' on tenterhooks for that UCS B-Wing rumour.
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Gravy Jones posted:I think they're just intended as little geeky desktop display/collection things. I've got no real interest in Star Wars Lego, but may get one of these at some point because I am a huge nerd. Probably the X-wing and or AT-ST in the next wave. I think they look pretty cool. I have both the at-st and xwing from when they were out originally in the little plastic bags. They have been on my desk forever and our 2 of my favorites I have. I also have a AT-AT in the same style, guessing that might part of series 3 with hoth.
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Colonial Air Force posted:Yeah, it's from SWTOR, and I can't wait. If they release the smuggler ship, they'll reel me in.
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einTier posted:I got kind of upset about the money I spent on my German Panther Tank build and just listed it on eBay, hoping to get back a fraction of the ~$130 I spent. I ended up getting $168. For an unlicensed kit that's really just a glorified MOC. If you like tanks http://sariel.pl/2010/10/leopard-2a4/ this is my favorite MOC. I really cannot think of anything I would add to it. The only downside is after seeing it my tank creation seemed so sad.
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Sushi in Yiddish posted:All the lego chat in the Whiskey Media/Giantbomb thread bit me with the lego bug and I've got a tantive IV in the mail and a little Ackbar minifig on my keychain. It's amazing to see how Lego's improved the accuracy on things like the Y-wing or Slave I since their first Star Wars kits.
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kazmeyer posted:If they release the smuggler ship, they'll reel me in. That'd rule, too. You could use it to flip all your other Lego off.
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