Lego thread: Shiiiiiiiit, I don't got the money for this.

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The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

When I went to the PAB wall at the Brighton (England) Lego store, I was slightly disappointed because it was almost all bricks. Proper bricks like 2x4 blocks in various colours. None of the nice interesting little bits that I was hoping for. There were stairs, orange flames and stems/flowers, but nearly everything else was bricks, so I passed.

Also, a large cup was �11 ($16), so... uh, no.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2010 02:32

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 21:29

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Series 3 Minifigs GO!

I want Space Pirate/Cyborg and Legolas. Also that samurai.

# ¿ Sep 20, 2010 16:37

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Arkannoyed posted:

my four-year-old nephew and I collaborated on this (by which I mean he kept handing me pieces and I had to try to figure out where to put them):

Hey, that's how they designed the Time Cruisers sets! :haw:

# ¿ Dec 1, 2010 19:55

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Oh for gently caress's sake...

The Something Awful Forums > Main > General Bullshit > I am a 8th level Ninjago Ice Warrior. Ask me about Spinjitzu.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2011 19:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Final Gloom posted:

Also, apparently the space shuttle set will come with a Space Dog. Yeah I have no idea either.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2011 08:38

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Saint Sputnik posted:

So on a whim I searched Flickr for GIJoe themed MOCs, and found this guy's stuff. He's insane.

Oh wow! That's amazing!

# ¿ Mar 30, 2011 07:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Shuppiluliumas posted:

Best Spacecraft - Rimasuchus

Pssh, that's Red Dwarf.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2011 15:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Muppetjedi posted:

Red Dwarf, you say?

Needs more greebles.

# ¿ Jul 1, 2011 11:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Guzwar posted:

Oh balls, he did a Batcave and STARCOM

All the working M.A.S.K. stuff is blowing my mind.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2011 12:36

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The one time I saw an 2010 advent calendar, half of it had been opened up and was missing. But considering that TRU has about 1 security camera, that's not surprising.

So, my dad is clearing out our garage, and presented me with a 8.5x14x16 cardboard box full of Lego. Literally full. He'd bought it a couple of years while I was away and had completely forgotten about it. I bought some plastic containers to start sorting it, but those are already full, and I've still got about a third of the box to go.

The one downside which I found out half way through.. there's MegaBlocks in there. Gah. Luckily, it seems to only be black pieces, but it means I'm now checking it all more carefully while sorting now. And I'll have to go through the black bin now to make sure. It really is crappy stuff, isn't it? I'm putting it all together as a mass to make sure I don't lose any, but it seems to have trouble fitting to itself.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2011 12:04

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Veeb0rg posted:

Sorting out mega/tyco/misc blocks from large batches of Lego bought at yardsales and such will drive you nutty. I spend the better part of a week sorting one box and swear its not something I ever want to do again.

The worst part is I didn't notice until half way through sorting... I didn't even think that it wasn't all Lego. I was just "Black piece, blue piece, red piece, black piece..." :smith:

# ¿ Jul 12, 2011 00:07

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

einTier posted:

Wow. Someone actually bought that thing.

Well, in theory someone must have because Lego's still around.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2011 18:59

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

WaynesWorldGirl posted:

Ok speaking of this topic, hands up, who caved (or will cave) on the "no knockoffs" rule and bought Transformers Kre-Os? I was weak and bought some and ugggghhh the plastic. It doesn't look right or feel right. I deserve this. Sorry, Lego.

I keep looking at them online.. I know when I get back to the US later this week, I'll run into them at a Walmart or something and cave. I think it's not so much the actual models, more the little mini-figs I'm interested in.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2011 23:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

WaynesWorldGirl posted:

My plan is to use the parts list to order actual lego to build the set with, and then throw these abominations into the garbage. I guess I have to save the head, but that's it.

You're in luck! http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-news/story/10602/Kre-O+Transformers+Instruction+Sheet+Scans+now+online.html

# ¿ Jul 19, 2011 15:35

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

WaynesWorldGirl posted:

....kind of. I mean, you still need the head. Also, I have not yeat verified that every single piece also exists in official lego, though I suspect all the important ones do.

I can see some that don't, but you can fudge them with others. I'm also disappointed that they don't actually transform. I appreciate that it was a want too far, but eh.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2011 16:27

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I demand a SHIELD Heli-carrier.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2011 00:21

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

beato posted:

Some more about the Marvel and DC partnerships here:
http://www.bricksdownunder.com/2011/07/lego%AE-super-heroes-make-a-splash/

and the official site:
http://www.legosuperheroes.com/

Interesting, that's Batman in the Dark Knight movie suit. Heath Ledger Joker minifig inbound?

# ¿ Jul 21, 2011 08:02

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

What would be the best way to make a clear cylinder about, say, 6-8 studs wide? I need to have stuff going on the middle of the cylinder, so it has to be hollow. There's this:

But the closest they do it in is transparent blue or smoke, not clear.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2011 18:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Pyroclastic posted:

Does it need to be entirely clear and smooth?

That would be ideal, yeah. I want to have things in the centre of it you can see.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2011 01:28

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Baggy_Brad posted:

The cylinder pieces are definitely smoky black.

Well, I just ordered 4, so we'll see in a few days.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2011 07:40

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The_Doctor posted:

Well, I just ordered 4, so we'll see in a few days.

Actually, I ordered 2. The guy's store inventory was all up the shoot.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2011 19:41

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Baggy_Brad posted:

It's definitely tinted, but it's also reasonably see through.

Here's a few shots seeing I am being not lazy this morning:

Oh wow, it's like two different pieces. Awesome, I can totally use that. I wish it was a properly clear piece, but that'll do too.

# ¿ Jul 28, 2011 18:39

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So I took down my Galactic Enforcer from on top of my bookcase where it's been sitting for the last 6 months.

[a] That fucker's heavy.
[b] It's SO swooshable!
[3] There's so many awesome little parts on it. I'm breaking it down to take back to the UK with me, and I'm really looking forward to seeing all the components. It's like I'm discovering it all over again.
[iv] If there's one niggle, it's that back plate ramp thing. It's so plain compared to the rest of the ship. It's just a flat black plate and that feels kinda... eh. I might have to greeble it up or something.

# ¿ Aug 3, 2011 20:22

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Chronojam posted:

Those are surprisingly good Lego P90s Any idea who makes those? I love the use of the ski in that robot.

Brickarms do: http://www.brickarms.com/Toys/weapons/Combat_PDW.aspx

# ¿ Aug 3, 2011 22:43

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Phy posted:

Seriously, gently caress Greys. Though it ought to come with the kid legs, and maybe a window from which it can peer in at you while you sleep. (Locking it does nothing! They can abduct you through solid glass!)

# ¿ Aug 6, 2011 09:02

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

DarkDobe posted:

Hurricane Harbor

This is so Miami Vice it hurts.

# ¿ Aug 7, 2011 00:36

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I saw s5s in my local Sainsburys, is there a guide to ID-ing them this time, or is it all touch alone? I want a Sherlock!

# ¿ Aug 18, 2011 11:59

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I went to TRU earlier and found my Sherlock pretty easily. I found a Godzilla dude too, but I didn't have enough on me (I was buying a 20 quid Transformer too).

I also spotted s4 and s5 minifigs at GAME today, too, but there were no prices on them.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2011 20:29

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Pyroclastic posted:

Detective: The magnifying glass is very distinctive; a round raised rim with a lower lens. Also, the hat has bills in front and back, so you can distinguish it between the other hats.

I confused the clown with the detective at first, because in the bag, the hats feel very similar. It was only when I was feeling for the glass that I realised he had a pie instead.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2011 07:47

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

My local John Lewis had three s5 boxes out on display today.

# ¿ Aug 21, 2011 17:46

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So I have all my bricks colour-sorted in various bins. Where do you break it down from there? Plates, bricks, 'special' parts (hinges, etc) and so on down?

# ¿ Aug 22, 2011 00:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

I just found these guys in a bag at home! With a couple of exceptions, the helmets are all the first type. Neat.

# ¿ Aug 25, 2011 14:57

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

So I bought a tin of Lego at a car boot sale for 50p full of little creator sets (the ones that come in bags), and amongst them is this guy:

All the others I've taken apart, but I love this little blue whale so much, he's staying complete.

# ¿ Aug 30, 2011 22:38

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Dame Cook posted:

That tin was probably the 2009 Mirror collection (either 12 or 13 models IIRC). I got two copies of the whale but one of the others was missing.

If it was the whole collection, you managed to beat me, I paid �1.50 for mine. I really need to start getting to boot sales again.

Boot sales can be good and bad. My parents bought me some 'Lego' at a boot sale recently. It turned out to be some horrible knockoff that had trouble sticking to itself, let alone joining to Lego. There were some bits of actual Lego in there, I managed to find 99% of this NBA Lego set and some of a droid fighter. Oh, and 2 very odd looking mini-figs and a loving huge yellow cockpit. I've been meaning to look those up.

EDIT: Oh, Jack Stone set 4617.

The_Doctor fucked around with this message at 23:35 on Aug 30, 2011

# ¿ Aug 30, 2011 23:32

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Yuki Akuma posted:

I'm unsure what I should get next. I'm thinking it's high time I got a building to go with my vehicles... Any suggestions?

I just got �600 out of the blue so I'm not exactly trying to save money right now.

Well, any Lego fan will recommend the modular buildings such as:

The Grand Emporium

Fire Station

Pet Shop

I want all three and if I had 600 quid suddenly fall in my lap, one of those would definitely be a treat for myself.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2011 13:19

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

Yuki Akuma posted:

...Yeah I'll buy the Pet Shop, I think. Should look nice on my desk.

Good call. I like the Brownstone that comes with the Pet Shop. There's something very Chicago-like about them side by side like that.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2011 14:51

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

You can still buy the Winter Toy Shop on the UK site: http://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Winter-Toy-Shop-10199

# ¿ Aug 31, 2011 19:54

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

SUPER HASSLER posted:

Spent the afternoon on this.

Ohhh I saw that the other day online. It looks like a nice smallish set.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2011 10:26

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

The robot's a must, also Mrs Spatch-eh-men, Statue of Liberty and the Centurwion.

# ¿ Sep 9, 2011 22:44

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 21:29

The_Doctor: Mar 29, 2007; "The entire history of this incarnation is one of temporal orbits, retcons, paradoxes, parallel time lines, reiterations, and divergences. How anyone can make head or tail of all this chaos, I don't know."

ireladd posted:

Series 6:

I just realised the butcher is holding the meat bone that the zombie was originally supposed to come with before they switched it out with the chicken leg.

# ¿ Sep 10, 2011 02:06

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