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Faerunner posted:Something like... this? oh god why does this exist why are there towers what is with all that log-brick thing my eeeeeeeeeyyyyyeeees Real comment: that engine is pretty alright, but the rest of it looks like a particularly  -y toddler just threw things together.
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If we're talking wishlists I would like a Space Theme based around colonization. There's a lot of stuff you could borrow from themes like Alien Conquest and Dino. Have both military and civilian vehicles and figures. You could even throw in some Pharoah's Quest or Atlantis style ruins of a previous civilization. Basically I'm thinking of the Alien Conquest Mobile HQ except in Dino colours with a lab and living quarters and some kind of military escort... on hoverbikes.
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Gravy Jones posted:If we're talking wishlists I would like a Space Theme based around colonization. There's a lot of stuff you could borrow from themes like Alien Conquest and Dino. Have both military and civilian vehicles and figures. You could even throw in some Pharoah's Quest or Atlantis style ruins of a previous civilization. A combination Space-City colony theme would be amazing. Space versions of maintenance and construction vehicles/crews, a big spaceport as an analogue to the harbor/airport/train themes, living quarters and personal transports, possibly done in a bit chunkier, armored industrial style of ship than usual.
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Faerunner posted:Something like... this? I had this set, it was awesome  Especially the chain on the wheel!
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May 3, 2012 01:41
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Kazy posted:I had this set, it was awesome I had this set too and loved it. In retrospect it's an abomination and further evidence that kids have no taste.
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Lizard Combatant posted:I had this set too and loved it. In retrospect it's an abomination and further evidence that kids have no taste. Exactly like Ninjago, which I can totally understand children loving, but which is also an absolute abomination.
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Exactly like Ninjago, which I can totally understand children loving, but which is also an absolute abomination.
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So I just got back from Disneyland and the Lego store there had just finished their renovation, it looks great!     They also had series 7 minifigures, so I spent half an hour feeling them up and got a Space Marine, Valkyrie, Bunny, Bagpiper, Neptune, and Aztec Warrior.
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Captain Invictus posted:Elaborate further than "I am old and bitter", thanks. No problem: in addition to both of those things, I also hate fun.
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Exactly like Ninjago, which I can totally understand children loving, but which is also an absolute abomination. The core building of the vehicles is fine, the flashy pearl gold swords on the jet and new tank and basically any pearl gold acessory on the set is just stuff tacked on a cool set. Try building one out but leaving the super ninja swords out and see how it looks.
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Merchant of Death posted:The core building of the vehicles is fine, the flashy pearl gold swords on the jet and new tank and basically any pearl gold acessory on the set is just stuff tacked on a cool set. Try building one out but leaving the super ninja swords out and see how it looks. I hate those giant swords. I can't imagine a MOC I'd use them in, and the waxy non-ABS plastic they are made of is too bendy, so they don't even stay straight. I've bought a few of the kits for parts, and the wrecking ball crane is probably the only one I'd ever put together again. The minifigs are so-so, at least in the kits I have, which seems weird for an action figure-like line.The ninjas are decent despite being a bit plain, but I think the snake-guys lack personality compared to the Atlantis monsters, or some of the aliens. How popular is Ninjago? Do kids actually play the game associated with the theme, or just get them for the crazy vehicles?
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General Specific posted:I hate those giant swords. I can't imagine a MOC I'd use them in, and the waxy non-ABS plastic they are made of is too bendy, so they don't even stay straight. Ninjago is ridiculously popular. I dont know if kids play the spinner games, but they definitely watch the TV show and wear the t-shirts. Its probably the most 'mainstream' popularity Lego has seen in decades.
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Travis343 posted:Ninjago is ridiculously popular. I dont know if kids play the spinner games, but they definitely watch the TV show and wear the t-shirts. Its probably the most 'mainstream' popularity Lego has seen in decades. Every time I go into a non-lego store looking for minifigs, the Ninjago section is completely stripped bare.
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Shin-chan posted:Every time I go into a non-lego store looking for minifigs, the Ninjago section is completely stripped bare. If I were a kid, I think I'd love Ninjago. A few of the sets still appeal to me, like that Samurai mech. And I did buy the Rattlecopter. Kids like crazy poo poo.
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One day while feeling for S6 minifigs I helped three moms pick out Ninjago sets for their kids. They had no idea what they were after, just that they wanted the Lego Ninjas. It's basically Ninjago, Friends, and Star Wars. Everything else is nigh-inconsequential.
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May 3, 2012 17:37
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Captain Invictus posted:One day while feeling for S6 minifigs I helped three moms pick out Ninjago sets for their kids. They had no idea what they were after, just that they wanted the Lego Ninjas. I love doing stuff like that; they are simultaneously happy for your help but still slightly creeped out by your in-depth knowledge of children’s toys.
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Captain Invictus posted:It's basically Ninjago, Friends, and Star Wars. Everything else is nigh-inconsequential. Boys, girls and man-children. That's their three major demographics covered. Seriously, with their bases covered like this and Lord of the Rings on the way I think TLG is in for a good year.
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Was in Walmart today getting a prescription filled, and picked up five Series 7 figs. Thought I'd try my hand at bag fondling. I was shooting for the Space Marine, because I want a loving army of them. I got one Marine, two tennis players, and two rock girls. I'm bad at this.
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rickiep00h posted:Was in Walmart today getting a prescription filled, and picked up five Series 7 figs. Thought I'd try my hand at bag fondling. I was shooting for the Space Marine, because I want a loving army of them. The space marine is the easiest to feel for, their armour piece is HUGE and has a very distinctively rounded collar.
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May 3, 2012 21:11
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Hamburlgar posted:The space marine is the easiest to feel for, their armour piece is HUGE and has a very distinctively rounded collar. I realized that once I got home. I was stupid and was trying to find the helmet, hence the ones with giant hair pieces.
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May 3, 2012 21:36
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Hey is the Star Wars promotion tomorrow online-only or is it available in-store, as well?
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rickiep00h posted:I realized that once I got home. I was stupid and was trying to find the helmet, hence the ones with giant hair pieces. It's ok, I've gone to the store twice for S7 and managed to get most of them, but both times I felt for the helmet of the motorcycle stuntman. Now I have 5 bunny men because I forgot to check if the helmet had ears on top. Check out Death Springs, my free webcomic updated every Thursday!
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Any tips for the Robot and Bandit for Season 6? Doesn't seem like there's any distinguishable characteristics to feel up. Hopefully my local Walmart will get the Season 7 minifigs in soon to solve that problem
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GTJustin posted:Any tips for the Robot and Bandit for Season 6? Doesn't seem like there's any distinguishable characteristics to feel up. Hopefully my local Walmart will get the Season 7 minifigs in soon to solve that problem
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May 3, 2012 23:55
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gently caress, getting paid tonight but the French Series 6 Case thing changed to 125 euros. God drat it.
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Merchant of Death posted:http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=x1192px3 these are the rubber ball joint connectors they do work much better than the plastic ones. Grabbed a batch of these off Bricklink, they don't seem to do all that much better than their plastic counterparts. Now I'm wondering if my best bet isn't to just slap one of these, another element of which I have none, on the back of each leg. Not very canon, but it wouldn't look terribly out of place. Do they actually have any friction or do they just slide?
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Bloody Holly posted:
Hold the phone, space marine has the old school lego space symbol on it? Off to the store I go!
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ChesterJT posted:Hold the phone, space marine has the old school lego space symbol on it? Off to the store I go! So does Spacegirl, and Space Pirate has (correct me if I'm wrong) an M-Tron logo.
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Space Pirate is Blacktron 2's symbol.
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afflictionwisp posted:Grabbed a batch of these off Bricklink, they don't seem to do all that much better than their plastic counterparts. Now I'm wondering if my best bet isn't to just slap one of these, another element of which I have none, on the back of each leg. Not very canon, but it wouldn't look terribly out of place. Do they actually have any friction or do they just slide? You must have gotten some bum sockets then, because those sockets should be able to support 2-3 times the weight of a normal socket. That's what they've done for me, at least. Are you doubling them up?
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Captain Invictus posted:They just slide. I'm quadrupling them. Bought 20 of the things in case some were worn, too, but so far they don't seem much different. I'm going to end up using them anyway, build it and see what happens. The only reason I was set on ball joins in the ankles was so I could be sure I could balance the MOC, which might be a moot point if I did a good enough job distributing the weight, in which case I can always fall back on click hinges. I would feel defeated, though  . I don't know why I keep building mechs, I always seem to be running into this issue.
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I have no idea how true this is, but it might have something to do with the color of the piece, maybe? I always had dark blue + white rubber sockets, not green + black. Again, don't know if that makes a difference.
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GTJustin posted:Any tips for the Robot and Bandit for Season 6? Doesn't seem like there's any distinguishable characteristics to feel up. Hopefully my local Walmart will get the Season 7 minifigs in soon to solve that problem The bandit's handkerchief is very unique, it's a soft-ish plastic ring with flat protrusions sticking out at one side.
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Endless Mike posted:Hey is the Star Wars promotion tomorrow online-only or is it available in-store, as well? In-store as well. Tomorrow is gonna be a busy day! Also, for anyone in Washington, we have grab-bagged the 2nd floor of the fire brigade and selling them. I don't know how many are left, so call the store if you want to try and grab one!
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Hamburlgar posted:The space marine is the easiest to feel for, their armour piece is HUGE and has a very distinctively rounded collar. No way, the Aztec warrior's the easiest to feel for. His helmet is absurd. I can pick them out just by the way the package is shaped. It's like the minotaur from the last set.
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 Attention Ausgoons Target is having a Buy One, Get One 50% Off sale on all toys until Sunday. If only they had series 7 
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I was up so I ordered the UCS R2D2, and then the UCS SSD. 20% off for the SSD likely won't be seen for a while and I just couldn't pay $500 for it in my mind. 20% off and using $100 VIP points? That made it ok. Oh well money doesn't make me happy but lego does!
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Amazon.co.uk has the dinky little city police patrol car for half price at the moment. Not bad for £4, but I'm disappointed that you get a bear crossing sign but no bear. I will buy it anyway. I want me a lego bear. Thanks brickbadger It's obviously mostly about Star Wars today though. I'm tempted because you get a lot of extras if you spend £50 in the UK store... but if I had £50 to spend on Lego I'd probably get Earth Defence HQ instead. Merchant of Death posted:Oh well money doesn't make me happy but lego does! The contrast of your purchases with mine amuses me. That Super Star Destroyer is a loving beast. Gravy Jones fucked around with this message at 10:19 on May 4, 2012 |
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The big UK Lego thing is going on in Manchester at the moment and the first couple of days are "AFOLcon" with lots of speakers and stuff followed by public exhibition days. I'm only going to the latter with Junior in tow. But apparently the talks at the first day of the con were really interesting. I'm sure some photos will be circulating soon (check out Ninjago train prototype if you can find it!). One comment I've seen stated that at Lego HQ they printout a copy of the to 10 most expensive bricks on bricklink and the desigeners go out of their way to try and include them in future sets. Probably annoys speculators and hoarders but I thought it was a bit 
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Gravy Jones posted:One comment I've seen stated that at Lego HQ they printout a copy of the to 10 most expensive bricks on bricklink and the desigeners go out of their way to try and include them in future sets. Probably annoys speculators and hoarders but I thought it was a bit To hell with those guys, this is straight up decency from Lego.
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