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InfinEight posted:Why couldn't this have cost exactly the same and the base be brickbuilt? The cost of a lovely vacuum-formed base is really low, especially if you order thousands. Also 28 minifigs! LEGO has said they are the one of the most expensive elements they make in the documentary that goes to the LEGO factory.
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The modular western town hit 10k on cuusoo today 
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May 11, 2012 22:24
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Merchant of Death posted:I don't know if anyone has see this yet It seems to be unavailable outside CA/USA. Can't find it in the Dutch shop.. Dammit Lego, i need this!
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May 11, 2012 23:40
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I like how that chess set has jesters instead of bishops 
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May 12, 2012 00:01
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djfooboo posted:The cost of a lovely vacuum-formed base is really low, especially if you order thousands. Yeah, this. No way is that baseplate molded like most lego.
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May 12, 2012 00:06
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ixnay posted:The modular western town hit 10k on cuusoo today They should just go ahead and combine the Western theme with the Space theme. Space Police IV: Galactic Sheriff
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May 12, 2012 00:17
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That chess set is really cool and a bit out of nowhere. I like that. In completely unrelated news I'm 95% finished on a complete overhaul of brick badger's front end. The rest is mostly internal pages that no one ever looks at so I can do them live. The main reason I'm posting it here is that (a) I know some of you only ever use the raw pages so might never see it and (b) I'm really really pleased with how it turned out. I enjoy the little icon thingies on each set immensely and am trying to think of some more to add. Anyway... so pleased that I treated myself to Earth Defence HQ  I'd been waiting for it to get discounted more but this will have to do (now watch it go to half price just to spite me). I almost got the Kingdoms Carraige Ambush as well as it had dropped to close to half price on one of the euro amazons but it seems to have gone back up now.
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May 12, 2012 00:21
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In other Lego news... some dude on Eurobricks who is apparently usually spot on with his rumours says that there is going to be some kind of polar reasearch station snow and ice theme in 2013. Which could be pretty cool.
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May 12, 2012 00:32
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Was at the mall last week and picked up the R2D2 for myself and the Falling Water set for my wife. I should know better then to walk into the Lego store.
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May 12, 2012 00:50
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Gravy Jones posted:rumours says that there is going to be some kind of polar reasearch station snow and ice theme in 2013. This sounds interesting if just for the return of trans neon orange chainsaws I hope.
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May 12, 2012 01:01
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Saint Sputnik posted:They should just go ahead and combine the Western theme with the Space theme. So basically Firefly lego? 
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May 12, 2012 01:05
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mhsneon posted:Was at the mall last week and picked up the R2D2 for myself and the Falling Water set for my wife. I should know better then to walk into the Lego store. I convinced myself to get Fallingwater at the MoA store. Talked my friend into the space shuttle. (The big one.) I'm very good at spending money.
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May 12, 2012 02:06
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Gravy Jones posted:That chess set is really cool and a bit out of nowhere. I like that. That looks really nice! Thanks for the effort.   Being someone who is rather new to using that site, it makes it a lot easier to understand at a quick glance.
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May 12, 2012 02:13
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VaultAggie posted:So basically Firefly lego? Just so long as they don't have any galactic hookers
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May 12, 2012 02:23
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Saint Sputnik posted:Just so long as they don't have any galactic hookers Galactic bartender then, same dress but serves milk and cookies.
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May 12, 2012 02:40
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djfooboo posted:Why couldn't this have cost 10 bucks more and the base be brickbuilt? And why isn't the Rook brickbuilt?! 
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May 12, 2012 02:51
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Merchant of Death posted:Galactic bartender then, same dress but serves milk and cookies. That's the official reason Lego rejected the Serenity by the way, if I'm not just repeating something everyone already heard quote:The primary reason we have decided not to consider the Firefly IP for a LEGO product is the Inara Serra character, who is a "companion," or prostitute. This character and her profession are central to the story in the Firefly TV series. The character is inextricably linked to the story, and it isn’t possible to produce the model and license the IP without creating a link between the LEGO brand and this character. I feel like that's as flimsy as saying "Cursing in Mandarin is central to the show and we don't want kids to translate them and figure out what they mean."
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May 12, 2012 02:53
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Arnold of Soissons posted:And why isn't the Rook brickbuilt?! The rook is brick built?
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May 12, 2012 03:27
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Any hints on how to get the bunny mini fig from series 7? Are the ears soft or hard?
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May 12, 2012 03:28
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ExplodingSquid posted:Any hints on how to get the bunny mini fig from series 7? They're hard. Its pretty hard to miss. The real question is why do you want the bunny man, he's pretty lame.
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May 12, 2012 03:33
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Travis343 posted:They're hard. Its pretty hard to miss. Speaking of, I finally got the doctor from the series before. They really need to make a hospital set.
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May 12, 2012 03:41
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ExplodingSquid posted:Speaking of, I finally got the doctor from the series before. They really need to make a hospital set.  
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May 12, 2012 03:48
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Saint Sputnik posted:Haha! Oh God! Today I'll be buying my son for his first birthday a lego set. Will be the baby ones though, No idea what they have out for that stuff these days. It'll be interesting.
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May 12, 2012 03:53
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There's some neat duplo and I've seen a few Lego-lite sets for when he's like 4, like the zoo set.
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May 12, 2012 04:49
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ExplodingSquid posted:Speaking of, I finally got the doctor from the series before. They really need to make a hospital set. There is a hospital set coming out this summer (I think) but it's pretty lame.
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May 12, 2012 05:08
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Drove 5 hours from Charleston and my first stop was at the LEGO store in Duluth, GA, where I was at first disappointed to not find the LEGO store. Turns out they relocated to a different section, MUCH bigger store. I saw a family of 4 feeling through Season 7 minifigs :3 They had mostly found what they were looking for except for the computer programmer, I was on a search for as many space marines as I can find, which was not all picked out. Wound up with 3 space marines, a computer programmer who I traded with the little girl for a bag pipe player since someone posted it had sweet details bunny man who's just awesome, and a sweet monkey man. Gonna head back there on Sunday to try and find some Aztec warriors (feel for the head gear and confirm it's not a space marine with the spear?) and evil knights (feel for the oval shield?)I also wound up getting Obi Wan's Jedi Starfighter for $25 from the back since it was a bad box
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May 12, 2012 05:21
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The LotR sets have started to come out! [link=http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/05/11/the-lord-of-the-rings-9471-uruk-hai-army-review/]The Brothers Brick[/link] has a review. Also he says the Monster one is out too. VVV I saw Avengers and Series 7 Minifigs at this one specialist shop in Canberra yesterday. Didn't have time to go through them properly, so I just grabbed a couple. I got two daredevils, a hippy, a dark knight, a bunnyman, and Tarzan. They should come out more broadly in the next week, I guess. 2nd edit: I think Dino is coming out in September. Just because. Kazzah fucked around with this message at 06:27 on May 12, 2012 |
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Any Australian goons know why we don't have any Avengers yet or why we never got the Dino range?! It's freaking me out a little, what else will we be overlooked for?
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May 12, 2012 06:05
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Lizard Combatant posted:Any Australian goons know why we don't have any Avengers yet or why we never got the Dino range?! It's freaking me out a little, what else will we be overlooked for? This guide: http://www.bricksdownunder.com/2012/01/a-rough-guide-to-2012/#dino says that we get the dino's in september, but the avengers should already be out. Though I haven't seen them.
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Gravy Jones posted:In other Lego news... some dude on Eurobricks who is apparently usually spot on with his rumours says that there is going to be some kind of polar reasearch station snow and ice theme in 2013. Which could be pretty cool. A return of Ice Planet? (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Ice_Planet_2002) That would be excellent but I haven't seen anything like that go by in the internal rumor-mill. ExplodingSquid posted:Haha! Oh God! Disclaimer: I've mentioned this before but since this is about to be a product recommendation I feel obligated to mention I am a LEGO employee and this is my personal opinion not the company's etc etc This year's DUPLO stuff is awesome. This thing might not be the best bang for your buck brick-count-wise but it's absolutely adorable: http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Creative-Sorter-6784 But the coolest DUPLO thing isn't a bucket of safari animals, it's these: http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12776825 Read and Builds. It's a fairly basic story book but there are prompts for you to build along the way. I don't have kids or anything but this fits right in with my target reading level and building abilities.
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So I have a lot of Galaxy Patrol dudes from S7. I have 24 of them, and was going to army build, but then realized I don't have as much space stuff as I'd like to make this feasible. I would like to part with 20 of them, for the cost of what I paid at TRU. $4.31 each so $86.20 for the whole set. I didn't know if this should go in the trading thread or here, so if this needs to be moved I'll gladly do so.
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Amoeba102 posted:This guide: http://www.bricksdownunder.com/2012/01/a-rough-guide-to-2012/#dino says that we get the dino's in september, but the avengers should already be out. Though I haven't seen them. Cool, thanks for the link.
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Brick Badger looks great! I love the icons, particularly the cup for 'best price recorded'. I know this is asking the insane and I fully expect that it'll not be possible / too much work but would there be a way of being able to compare prices across different Amazons on one set? At the moment, if I want to look at the price of the Maersk train at UK, FR, IT, ES, I have to click on the country, load themes, load trains, remember the price and then click on the next country, load themes, load trains etc etc. Is it possible to load all of the prices next to each other for an item, or is it possible to just be able to stick to a theme page and change the country? I know it might not be...but if you don't ask...  Edit: Ignore me - read your blog and found it: http://brickbadger.com/raw/----x Legend! I'd be most interested in the Polar sets for white baseplates but given how scarce baseplates are, I won't hold my breath! I am absolutely stoked re: the Western theme getting 10k votes. I really hope it comes to fruition. I've only got the odd one or two Western sets (I picked up a couple of Indian figures at The Lego Show last week), so I'd love to have more. Testro fucked around with this message at 11:39 on May 12, 2012 |
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vrunt posted:A return of Ice Planet? (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Ice_Planet_2002) That would be excellent but I haven't seen anything like that go by in the internal rumor-mill. Hey man thanks for the tips! I ended up getting him this (before I read your post) http://shop.lego.com/en-US/My-First-Build-4631 But I'll look into the read and build set too! I didn't see them at the toy store today but they sound like a great idea!
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Battle of Alamut (7573) from the Prince of Persia line is probably one of the coolest castles I ever build. It is getting big discounts in a lot of shops so you should be able to get one for 60 bucks or so. Absolutely worth the money!
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Annual yard sale at my old school! Always interesting stuff to be had, though apparently I missed out on some good stuff because I didn't get there in time. But still, saw this musty old leather suitcase sitting in the toy section. "Why is there a suitcase in the toy section!"  ANCIENT Legos. There's an old electric motor, and a brick that says "Esso Service". What set is that? Bricklink doesn't list a set for the brick, Brickset doesn't have it period. Also I may have made a poor, but totally worth it decision there as well.  
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That's a nice haul. Some Samsonite gears, and a lot of nice old bricks. The Esso Service brick was in this set. Are any of the HO cars or other metal parts in there? It may have also been in a service pack of printed bricks, but I'm not sure about that. I'd love to see more pictures of what you have there.
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Captain Invictus posted:ANCIENT Legos. There's an old electric motor, and a brick that says "Esso Service". What set is that? Bricklink doesn't list a set for the brick, Brickset doesn't have it period. Those gears and thick grey base plates look like they're from the early to mid 1970s. Not sure if that helps, but a database would have to go way back to remember those bits.
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The Rage posted:So I have a lot of Galaxy Patrol dudes from S7. I have 24 of them, and was going to army build, but then realized I don't have as much space stuff as I'd like to make this feasible. I would like to part with 20 of them, for the cost of what I paid at TRU. $4.31 each so $86.20 for the whole set. I didn't know if this should go in the trading thread or here, so if this needs to be moved I'll gladly do so. Wow, $4.31? I thought they were expensive here at $3.49. And whoever said there was a buy two get one free minifig sale at TRU was lying. 
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:And whoever said there was a buy two get one free minifig sale at TRU was lying.
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