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Waldorf Sixpence posted:All they had was a couple of city kits and some overpriced chima bits. They didn't stock any lego movie stuff, not even minifigs. That's poo poo man. My Morrison's isn't even a big store and it had a standee just for the movie/mini-figs dotting the aisle.
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PriorMarcus posted:That's poo poo man. My Morrison's isn't even a big store and it had a standee just for the movie/mini-figs dotting the aisle. I'd never been in this shop but their toy section was two small shelves of disorganised crap with a couple of poorly priced Lego kits strewn around  May go to Toys R Us instead but will only pick up one kit if I can't get them on sale - at least I have a voucher though!
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Mar 14, 2014 19:38
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The Rage posted:Between Plastik and Tiny Brontosaurus the last week has been super weird in the Lego thread. There are some super serious opinions on lego in this thread! All over mystery box minifigs. In all honesty though, if you have the power to detect which legomans are which and you're not also helping the kids around you source their preferred minifigs while you source yours, you're kind of a literal hitler monster.
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Mar 14, 2014 19:53
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President Kucinich posted:There are some super serious opinions on lego in this thread! I make it a point to talk to every child that comes up to my greasy ponytailed memeshirted cumstained jorts wearin rear end and ask them if they're looking for anyone in particular.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:00
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And you've managed to avoid jailtime talking to kids in that outfit?
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The Rage posted:I make it a point to talk to every child that comes up to my greasy ponytailed memeshirted cumstained jorts wearin rear end and ask them if they're looking for anyone in particular. Demonstrating what their future beholds should they continue playing with legos is the greatest help of all.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:13
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I tell any teenager I chat with about toys to keep their legos no matter what, because while there's that period from about age 15 to 25 where you're "too old" for stuff like that, eventually every guy turns into a kid again and wants that stuff back. Not sure any listen because who the gently caress wants to take advice but at least I tried.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:18
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When the first Minecraft set released, it sold out pretty quickly. Then, right after the speculators bought up as many as they could and had jacked the price up to like $75, LEGO released a new "printing" of them, and they've been pretty steadily in stock ever since. I think a similar thing happened with the DeLorean, but my memory may be off. I still have to get me one o' them Curiosity rovers. I hope they make a new batch of those, if they're indeed backordered.  edit - inre: cuusoo sets having short production runs from previous page.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:20
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Pirate Ken posted:Anyway, Lone Ranger sets, after buying a few at half off, are great. I have no desire to see the film but these are probably better than any 1996 Wild West reboot we could have dreamed of. Classic train, beautiful stage coach, and the mine! The mine is a hidden gem (and great if you can/could pick it up for $35) with so many cool play features and a great look. I think you'll find that it's actually a chi mine hotly contested by crocodiles and lions... and guarded by mixels. It's is a nice set though, a fun build too.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:21
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In other news, has anyone managed any cool new angles with part 15706? http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=15706 I dismantled lord's business' lair to play with them and they broke my brain. Nothing lines up when you use them and I've never been very good with "illegal" connections.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:28
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The weirdest part of Plastik's...whatever that was, is that lego recently became the second largest toy manufacturer in the world. With only one product. If that's not a company doing gangbusters I don't know what is.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:47
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The largish WHSmith near my work had a bunch of movie sets/minifigs, plus they've been having 'Spend £15, get £5 off' coupons on their receipts, which made me buy Cloud Cuckoo Land yesterday for £12, which was pretty nifty. Also, someone unscrupulous could make out big on the self checkouts at WHSmiths. I found out by accident when buying minifigs that the checkouts won't register the weight of one single bagged minifig, only 2. So I didn't realise until after that I'd paid that I'd only paid for 1.
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President Kucinich posted:In all honesty though, if you have the power to detect which legomans are which and you're not also helping the kids around you source their preferred minifigs while you source yours, you're kind of a literal hitler monster. I always do this and the kids or their parents appreciate it. The last time a kid refused to believe me. Yes I'm sure it's Emmet, half of this box is just Emmets and cops. I am pretty curious how the availability of Benny's ship is going to play out. I definitely want one to display and one for dicking around with.
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Mar 14, 2014 20:57
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I've only ever run into a kid whiles minifig-pickin once, and he liked just drawing at random. Good for you, kid. I've long since stopped feeling up bags since I ended up with a dozen baseball players and skydivers and now I just grab a handful at random whenever I see them. Makes it a little more magical.
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Mar 14, 2014 21:00
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xzzy posted:I'm probably going to buy a couple, but I'm an enormous classic space sperg. I really want multiple copies of that canopy. I'd love a couple Benny's Spaceship but with no release date yet, May 4th coming up soon, and the new fall Star Wars sets, I don't know if I can justify two of them.
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I am kinda looking forward to the Simpsons minifigure set. I'm hoping they have some really neat accessory pieces with them. I've seen a donut so far, it would be awesome if like Itchy or Scratchy comes with a large comical mallet or something. Maybe a paste bottle or a little leprechaun like the panda bear for Ralph. Pretty much guaranteed Lisa will have a sax and Bart a skateboard. It's one series then they go back to normal stuff. Enjoy it. I wouldn't be opposed to a few smaller car sets, Mr. Plow plow, the Homer, or even the Canyonero.
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ltr posted:I'd love a couple Benny's Spaceship but with no release date yet, May 4th coming up soon, and the new fall Star Wars sets, I don't know if I can justify two of them. Pretty much every rumor you can find with google says Benny's will be out in August.
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Mar 14, 2014 22:07
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xzzy posted:Pretty much every rumor you can find with google says Benny's will be out in August. I'd bet pounds to pennies that's when the DVD is out.
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The_Doctor posted:I'd bet pounds to pennies that's when the DVD is out. There is no way the DVD is coming out in 5 months. It's still killing in the theaters and hasn't even hit the cheap theaters yet. I imagine closer to Christmas you'll see it.
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Estimated release date for the DVD is in May. The gap between the big screen and DVD has been getting shorter and seems to be around 5 months now. Frozen is still being shown in my local AMC and it's out on DVD in 4 days.
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Digital War posted:Estimated release date for the DVD is in May. The gap between the big screen and DVD has been getting shorter and seems to be around 5 months now. Frozen is still being shown in my local AMC and it's out on DVD in 4 days. 5 months would put it in July. Wow but I can see what you mean. Wolf of wall steet released in dec and is already coming out the end of this month. So I guess a 3-5 month delay isn't unreasonable. Jeez I remember the days when it was like 8+ months before the DVD was out. I guess they are starting to realize more people would rather sit home and watch then spend $40+ to sit in a noisy movie theater. I take back my august comment!
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Network42 posted:The weirdest part of Plastik's...whatever that was, is that lego recently became the second largest toy manufacturer in the world. With only one product. If that's not a company doing gangbusters I don't know what is. It's not as if it took four decades, several television series and a few theme parks to get there. E: I'm sorry, this thread has been getting so angry feeling and I'm not helping. To cheer things up, I'm applying at the LEGO store in my mall that I forgot existed. It's not gonna live up to the store in Anaheim where they build massive LEGO statues of Disney vistas in front, but it'd be nice to be around LEGO in my own way and actually make money instead of losing it (or transforming it into LEGO reproductions of the towers  )
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I'm pretty sure the theme parks and tv shows are fairly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
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I'm just saying this recent rise to power has been more thanks to the magic of Warner Bros. than LEGO. I mean the nostalgia of LEGO itself was probably what attracted Chris McKay, but you can bet things would not be where they are right now if LEGO had gone through a smaller production. Probably would have looked more like LEGO Star Wars: The Movie. E: Unless this singular product we're referring to is the Simpsons set. 
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Oh no, Lego GAMES is being shut down - so no more of those neat little games with cool micro builds of things. Or rather, the website is being shut down because all the Lego GAMES are no longer in production. I'll need to get all the image resources from there before it goes for if I need it for some home brew games I build out of the ones I have. Amoeba102 fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Mar 15, 2014 |
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I wish Heroica would have been a bigger hit. My daughter loves them. Glad we picked them all up (minus that tiny one).
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I'm not gonna lie, I hope the UCS X-Wing goes on sale for May the 4th. I want it so bad.
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Helped a sad-looking kid to grab a random Lego Movie minifig today. They restocked them at our local Big W today and they put the minifig boxes at the absolute top of the shelves, about 2m off the ground, probably to stop people stealing them. I reached up for one and asked if he wanted any help looking for a particular one but he was happy with just any ol' one and he quickly ran off yelling to his parents about how he managed to reach one without their help  And now I'm two President Businesses up. Not gonna lie, was feeling up for that coffee cup to try and get Larry. But another two minifigs for the parts bin, nothing wrong with that.
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rickiep00h posted:I wish Heroica would have been a bigger hit. My daughter loves them. Glad we picked them all up (minus that tiny one). Which tiny one? The one that had 2 orcs and a weapon that was some bonus thingy. Or the Draida Bay one? I loved Heroica. It was just perfect aesthetically. I ended up picking all of them, plus a second of draida bay and the castle fortaan. I did get play all of the first 4 that were released, but I didn't get to try out the illrion. I like the idea of building some dungeons to explore in a very light rpg playstyle. I had planned to put everything together, and even bought some other games to add stuff to it, like a dragon, a giant spider, a lava monster etc. Maybe I'll get it all out again soon. Edit: Mix in the Hobbit and LOTR games they made and you get some dwarves, Gandaaf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, some rohirrim and a hell of a lot of orcs. Amoeba102 fucked around with this message at 09:57 on Mar 15, 2014 |
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Aaronicon posted:Helped a sad-looking kid to grab a random Lego Movie minifig today. They restocked them at our local Big W today and they put the minifig boxes at the absolute top of the shelves, about 2m off the ground, probably to stop people stealing them. I reached up for one and asked if he wanted any help looking for a particular one but he was happy with just any ol' one and he quickly ran off yelling to his parents about how he managed to reach one without their help I've got an extra Larry if you want him.
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Amoeba102 posted:Which tiny one? The one that had 2 orcs and a weapon that was some bonus thingy. Or the Draida Bay one? I loved Heroica. It was just perfect aesthetically. I ended up picking all of them, plus a second of draida bay and the castle fortaan. I did get play all of the first 4 that were released, but I didn't get to try out the illrion. The bonus one. It was just a poly bag iirc.
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Well, that was easy. Walked into my sainsburys, felt two bags, they were the ones I needed.  
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Aaronicon posted:Helped a sad-looking kid to grab a random Lego Movie minifig today. They restocked them at our local Big W today and they put the minifig boxes at the absolute top of the shelves, about 2m off the ground, probably to stop people stealing them. I reached up for one and asked if he wanted any help looking for a particular one but he was happy with just any ol' one and he quickly ran off yelling to his parents about how he managed to reach one without their help You horrible monster! Were those jorts cum stained before or after you felt up that little boy's toy?
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Lego Megathread: Cum Stained Jorts Uniform
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But I don't own any jorts.
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Network42 posted:The weirdest part of Plastik's...whatever that was, is that lego recently became the second largest toy manufacturer in the world. With only one product. If that's not a company doing gangbusters I don't know what is. If anything, the concern right now should be over saturation. Expanding too fast and having too many theme lines leading to customer fatigue.
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rickiep00h posted:The bonus one. It was just a poly bag iirc. Yeah, I never got, or saw, that one either.
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Hi all! So new to lego. I never had them growing up so I've started playing with the modular buildings! Gotta say I'm pretty disappointed. So far I've put together the cinema, fire brigade and half the pet shop. In every box I've been missing between 2-5 pieces! I've read that's not common so I'm pretty sad about it.. For the brigade I contacted lego online to ask for replacement pieces but it's been two weeks and no reply. Am I just having insanely bad luck? 
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Candy Dawn posted:Hi all! So new to lego. I never had them growing up so I've started playing with the modular buildings! Gotta say I'm pretty disappointed. So far I've put together the cinema, fire brigade and half the pet shop. In every box I've been missing between 2-5 pieces! I've read that's not common so I'm pretty sad about it.. For the brigade I contacted lego online to ask for replacement pieces but it's been two weeks and no reply. Am I just having insanely bad luck? I can honestly say I've never gotten a kit with a piece missing. Occasionally pieces are loose in the box if they're larger, or in different plastic bags than you'd expect (unless numbered). Are you sure you've not missed any?
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