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Gravy Jones posted:And This will do until I locate my final countdown midi. Lookit that baby dance. Funny baby. My god you beautiful bastard I didn't think you were actually gonna do it
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Where's the drat guest book for me to sign!?
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smackfu posted:Are any of the other City vehicles this cool? I really liked the Car And Caravan. The RV has some nice little details to it, and I think it has less stickers than the garbage truck too (which I also really really liked).
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cyberia posted:I've been wanting to buy some Lego for a while but none of the shops in my area sell any good sets. I've found some Atlantis sets online that seem cheap - Gateway of the Squid ($30), Typhoon Sub ($15) and Seabed Scavenger ($10). Do these prices seem reasonable and are these sets any fun to build? They look pretty good and have a reasonable number of pieces per set. I picked up Gateway of the Squid for the squids and the octopus-man (mantopus?). The set itself is pretty boring, as it's pretty much just a platform with a gate. On the other hand, if you hang the giant squid over it (which the set is designed for) it looks really cool. So I guess the real question is: Do you really like squids?
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Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:I really liked the Car And Caravan. The RV has some nice little details to it, and I think it has less stickers than the garbage truck too (which I also really really liked). I've gotta agree here. Despite all the awesome spaceships and, now, dinosaurs in my collection, the new Car and Camper is the one set I keep out on my desk to distract me from work. There's just something so... cute about the little camper, and the car is a pretty nice design itself.
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Zonko_T.M. posted:So I guess the real question is: Do you really like squids? Yeah, I do really like squids. I ended up buying all three sets for $50 including postage so I hope they're fun. I also saw some squid mini sets that look cool. Are those little sets that come in foil bags worth the $5?
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BetterWeirdthanDead posted:Where's the drat guest book for me to sign!? I was really hoping for a web ring link, myself.
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Found of these: http://city.lego.com/en-us/Products/Police/Default.aspx at Wal-Mart yesterday for $21 on clearance. I was so excited, since I never seem to get the GOOD DEALS. Walked around with it for a while and wait... it's... rattling weird. There were loose parts int he box! Noticed the original tape was broken, it had been re-taped. Put it back and was very sad :[
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Because of the current double point promotion I've added a couple of Lego Store specific reports. The first is everything in the database that is currently on sale (which isn't that interesting as the store itself has a sale page anyway). The second lists everything in the database that is currently cheaper at the Lego Store than it is in Amazon (which is slightly more interesting). Usually this is due to Amazon having an inflated list price, but sometimes it might just be a good special. The best US deal is probably the new offroad Fire Truck/Boat down to $24 from $40. It's "hard to find" and Amazon doesn't officially list it (a couple of third parties sell it). Possibly a Lego Store exclusive? No idea why it's so heavily discounted though. Edit: Oh duh, it's not new, that's why. I had it confused with the new Fire Command Center Truck thing. Thought it was a bit too good to be true. Also issues with some of the links, I need to do some database tidying up. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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OK, what's the secret for telling old light gray from the new bluish gray? It's so subtle that I often miss it. I can usually tell if it's one of the old light gray pieces in a pile of bluish gray, especially if the pieces are big, but just picking one up? Am I just not using the right light? I know I'm not color blind, but maybe my eyes aren't sensitive to it?
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einTier posted:OK, what's the secret for telling old light gray from the new bluish gray? The old greys are a little yellower and the plastic can feel a bit stiffer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/47970632@N06/6121056018/ this photo shows it well, your best bet when sorting is having a comparison part to tell them apart it does show when side by side.
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Did Lego not renew a license with Ferrari or Lamborghini? I want another sportscar, dammit. Although that Creator one is tempting.
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ElwoodCuse posted:Did Lego not renew a license with Ferrari or Lamborghini? I want another sportscar, dammit. Although that Creator one is tempting.
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Joramun posted:You might like this one as well: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Supercar-8070 I got this set for my birthday last year and loved it. I spent nearly ALL OF THAT SUNDAY sorting and building it, it's huge.
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Joramun posted:You might like this one as well: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Supercar-8070 It looks a helluva lot like the Dodge Viper, but the Viper is a v-10. On the same note, which supercar do you guys think would be amazing to see in Lego form, especially in a licensed set? I can't help but think the Zonda would be amazing, or any Lambo for that matter 
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Ford GTs are my favorite supercars, so a Ford GT.
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I dunno, I like the Gallardo and the FXX, but I don't think TLG handled the complex curves super well at that scale and price point. I'm thinking Gumpert Apollo, it's positively boxy. Definitely a Caterham, maybe an old Mosler Raptor with the Captain Nemo front splitwindow. Picked up that red and white fighter jet creator set the other day (it's HUGE!) and the VW Bus should be wedged in behind my bike as we speak. Phy fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Mar 9, 2012 |
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Endless Mike posted:Ford GTs are my favorite supercars, so a Ford GT. Well then, you should like this http://sariel.pl/2012/01/ford-gt40/ The 8070 Supercar is a fairly good lego set, the powerfunctions replace the gearbox in past supercars which while the powerfunctions are neat the gearboxes to me were a important part of the supercars of past.
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Perhaps a penguin posted:On the same note, which supercar do you guys think would be amazing to see in Lego form, especially in a licensed set?
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Ordered the Star Wars Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship (via BrickBadger!) for my little brother's 8th birthday. That thing looks awesome, I'm pretty jealous.
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I just want to take a moment to vent. The only place close to me to buy Lego is Target which was begun the nasty little Toys R Us habit of marking up every set under $100 by 25% MSRP. The only things on sale, ever, are the Star Wars battle packs. $25 for a tripod? gently caress you, Target. Sorry. I feel better now.
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Mar 9, 2012 22:31
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Don't forget about Brickworld Indy this weekend!
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So, in my local Asda, they're reducing the Transformers Kre-o by a few £s per set, but I noticed one of the boxes had a big '50p' sticker on it, so I picked it up, because, hey, 50p. It was Mirage, and while the robots aren't great-looking, the little Transformer Kreon guys are adorbs.  It took me about 5 minutes to put it together in robot mode, and while, yes, it is an incredibly crappy model, the feel of the bricks is so close to actual Lego, I will have no problem with throwing the bits in with my regular Lego when I take it apart again. Seriously, the smooth solid feel, the friction clutch holding them together, it's virtally identical. gently caress Mega Bloks and Character Building, this stuff is fantastic! Now they just need to learn to make some decent models with it... Also, release the TF Kreons on their own, blind-bagged! They'll fly off shelves!
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djfooboo posted:Don't forget about Brickworld Indy this weekend! Should probably mention there's a Magic: The Gathering grand prix at Lucas Oil this weekend, too, so it will probably be nerd central in downtown Indy. I didn't even realize that tourney was on until earlier today. Glad I'm not heading down til Sunday, when (theoretically) most of the players will be eliminated and hung over.
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djfooboo posted:Don't forget about Brickworld Indy this weekend! Going there tomorrow; tonight's some vampire-themed murder mystery dinner we got a Groupon for. But gently caress I just realized I forgot to bring my PAB cup for a tiny discount if I stop in the store on the way out of town. Might be up to my gills by then anyway.
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rickiep00h posted:Magic: The Gathering @ Lucas Oil Has it really gotten that big? 
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Gravy Jones posted:My first Cease and Desist letter Interesting. My friend and I have a site with Lego in the name and we infringe heavily upon them (obviously) as well as Warner Brothers and the Wachowski's - legomatrix.com. The only time we heard from Lego is back in early January when their rep wanted to use some of our footage for their ReBrick campaign that's just been posted on Youtube. We actually felt pretty honoured to be included on a reel with Keshen8 and Rymdreglage, who both have amazing Lego videos.
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I feel like I've finally made it on the internet. Given the speed at which they zeroed in an targeted the legoogel domain name, I suspect another site that thought I was muscling in on their turf might have pointed them in my direction. Although that might be paranoia.
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rickiep00h posted:Also I don't really know what your idea of "that big" is I imagined tables set up in the field as far as the eye could see. I have an overactive imagination...
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Lego is letting people vote for the next architecture set! http://architecture.lego.com/en-US/inspire-us/?vote={4E03990A-CB02-4F62-A5A1-D61C50F0905C}&uid=2c464237837786a5 There are only 2 votes left so if any goons want to tell Lego what to do nows your chance. I voted for the Sagrada Familia but St. Basils would be incredible too. *edit* The votes are already gone and the link is working kinda weird so in case people cant see the page the other options are: MAXXI Ennis House Golden Gate Bridge Leaning Tower of Pisa Marina Bay Myonichikan Nakagin Capsule Tower Rietvield Schroder Debunk This! fucked around with this message at 04:56 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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The_Doctor posted:So, in my local Asda, they're reducing the Transformers Kre-o by a few £s per set, but I noticed one of the boxes had a big '50p' sticker on it, so I picked it up, because, hey, 50p. It was Mirage, and while the robots aren't great-looking, the little Transformer Kreon guys are adorbs.  Speaking of Lego and its competitors, I stumbled across this informative/ludicrous comparison between Lego and Mega Bloks a while back (apologies if it's already been posted elsewhere in this gargantuan thread). He doesn't come to any conclusions by the end of the video, but it's simultaneously agonizing and entertaining to watch.
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Quick derail: Hundreds of pages back, someone linked a blog that did great reviews and semi-humorous reviews of lego sets. I remember guy reviewed most of the castles, going into pretty good detail and the latest review on the blog was of this pathetic set. Anybody got the link?
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Rare Collectable posted:Lego is letting people vote for the next architecture set! 
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Turns out, that didn't get it out of my system: This one was based on this toy from the original line. ...man, now I'm futilely hoping for a new head mold.  I always thought the asymmetrical design was pretty kickin'. And that ADU suit is actually a reasonably good substitute for the one from the original toy.  The backside.
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Lately my wife and I have been building LEGO kits together while watching TV. We've already done the Farnsworth House from the Architectural series (overpriced and kind of disappointing) and the older midi-sized Star Destroyer (which looks awesome and was really fun to build). We're looking for good kits that two people can easily build together. We don't have kids, so the "playability" of the final product doesn't really matter. Preferably something that wouldn't be too embarrassing sitting on a bookshelf in an adult household. Any suggestions? Has anyone built the big Space Shuttle Expedition kit? We're huge space nerds, and it looks like it might be fun to build, but I'm not sure how well it would work with two people building at once. WhiteHowler fucked around with this message at 14:28 on Mar 10, 2012 |
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It might be too big for what you're looking for (and a bit expensive) but Tower Bridge feels like it'd be made for two people...the build is symmetrical, so you've basically got build a tower (x2) and then build walkways (x2). It also looks ridiculously impressive when it's fully built. Most people are in awe of mine when they see it.
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Medeival Market Village is a really popular and highly rated set that probably won't be available for much longer. Part of the popularity is how good value for money it is in terms of piece count. It's not that spectacular or anything, but it looks pretty good. Both houses are in two halves that can fold together and close so might be good for side-by-side building: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Medieval-Market-Village-10193
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Seconding Medieval Market Village. Another bonus is that each house is in a different instruction booklet, so you two people can build at the same time without switching roles between hunting for pieces and assembling.
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Lego, Lego, Lego, Lego... The one thing that defined my childhood, thousands of hours spendt building after school, during the weekends, wishlists consisting of four digit numbers, bugging my parents into buying a Windows 98 so I could play Racers and Rock raiders on PC, owning every single desert Adventure set, getting into slizers/bionicle, slowly losing interest around 2008, still buying black models, growing up, still getting the occational model once or twice a year, getting a job and money. And then, last week, I suddenly find my 150 pounds of lego again. Stuffed it into twelve drawers, sat down and built a space ship that the ten year old me would have loved. Oh how I missed ye, old friend.  Edit: Also found a boxed model numbered 9257, but Brickset does not have any info on it. It's like two red pull back motors and the box says it was made in 1992. Does anyone know anything about this set?
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Bricklink always knows best: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=9257-1
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