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I loved and sought for almost every minifig in the first wave. That second wave... none of them do it for me. Not even the pharaoh and the Spartan. Though maybe I could use a few of those pop singers to flesh out the red light district in my future diorama...
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I was with you until the four armed guy. Seriously, my uncle was neighbors with one of those four armed freaks. gently caress those guys.
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Aug 1, 2010 14:11
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Flavor Bear posted:As cool as those are, and as much work as I can tell went into them, I still feel it's kind of a turd thing to sell instructions for MOC. You disapprove of my retirement plans? 
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Aug 11, 2010 17:33
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Captain Invictus posted:And the zombie would be a normal guy. Bruce Campbell.
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Aug 17, 2010 16:50
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Muppetjedi posted:http://www.flickr.com/photos/navy_trooper_fenson/4927885878/ What was that green ship in the center from? Was it Aurra Sing's ship from the end of Clone Wars' second season? It doesn't matter, I like the way it looks. Too bad it'll be about $10 overpriced.
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Aug 28, 2010 17:12
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Back when I had the money for it, I always faced the hard decision of buying new sets, vs. picking up classic space sets from Bricklink. There's a lot of good stuff out there these days, but it's hard to resist building up fleets of Space Police from all three eras. There's nothing to beat the sight of a convoy of these guys rumbling down your space roads: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?S=6895-1
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Sep 1, 2010 12:57
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Clearly you never built anything cool enough for your minifig space chief to ride.
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Sep 20, 2010 04:33
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Captain Invictus posted:They are really getting mileage out of that loving airplane nose. That is one part that makes me refuse to buy a set.
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Sep 27, 2010 20:22
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djfooboo posted:I honestly wish LEGO had reprints. I'm sure if they re-released cafe corner it would be a huge hit. drat the secondary market I say. A few years ago Lego would release "Legends" sets, like the original Redbeard pirate ship. I was sad when they stopped the series.
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Sep 28, 2010 16:16
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:looks like indiana jones without a license Isn't that what the Adventurers line was all along? e: This pyramid looks like fun: http://www.flickr.com/photos/54191445@N03/5016202316/in/photostream/
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Sep 28, 2010 16:23
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3 posted:The upcoming Diagon Alley set looks amazing. Why do I have to be broke?
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Oct 3, 2010 21:12
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Oh man, I want about 10,000 peg-legged Blacktrons. Also, the snowboarders could be easily turned into some awesome lady astronauts.
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Nov 5, 2010 19:21
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Grievous looks so bored in this picture: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Okay/StarWars/CloneWars/8095/p1080339_small.jpg
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Nov 6, 2010 04:14
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Fozzie Bear posted:Ok, I was just cleaning out my closet to make room for christmas presents, and I came across this set, in it's entirety, but without instructions or a box. a few of the pieces were taken apart so I googled the set to find the instructions and noticed that the cheapest set for sale is $80.... why the hell is this set so expensive? the minifigs are pretty cool, but other than that, there isn't really anything that jumps out to me. Oh man, I had an opportunity to buy that Studios set back when KB Toys was clearing out all their stores. Early this year I also found a bashed-up but unopened Batman set at Target. I didn't snag either one. Dang it, I could've made me some money, if only I'd bought sets that held no interest for me at the time.
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Nov 13, 2010 07:09
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I wonder how big this Ultimate Build McQueen is going to be. It seems like an odd idea to have a huge model set for a movie tie-in marketed toward 6 year olds.
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Nov 14, 2010 06:00
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Well Manicured Man posted:Heres's a few more MOCs. They all have the same red-on-brass color scheme (except for the last one, which is more burgundy), which I really like. I got the idea for the top one from seeing an old Blacktron set! That is a classy color scheme right there.
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Nov 14, 2010 19:56
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Well Manicured Man posted:I think this might be a bit too big for an airship. Oh man, this is awesome as hell.
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Nov 19, 2010 17:25
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Haha, I'm not doing that. I'll stick to the ol' squeeze pieces through the bag trick, which so far has about a 25% accuracy rate.
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Nov 19, 2010 21:14
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MinionOfCthulhu posted:Some of us don't want to end up with four tennis girls and a sumo wrestler. That sounds like the best kind of Saturday night to me.
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Nov 20, 2010 02:12
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The worst part about getting back into Lego as an adult is, you have to pay for it. So being broke sucks.
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Nov 24, 2010 05:02
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I know if I had the funds, I'd totally have a spaceport full of Series 1 space guys and robots, plus the new Blacktrons from Series 3.
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Dec 4, 2010 02:28
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Popeahuntis posted:Hey guys, I've been following/stalking/lurking this thread for ages now and was wondering if you could help me out? I don't know anything about Technic, but I think people have said that the pneumatic parts are no longer produced, so maybe that means it's rare/worth something now. Alpha Shroom posted:Kick-rear end Imperial mech. That's pretty rad!
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Dec 24, 2010 02:43
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vonbaron posted:Now, when I was a kid if there was one single lego I wanted, it was ninjas. Even now I think (from the promo pics anyways) the ninja forts were some of the best-looking lego buildings ever designed. I don't know, dude. The promo pics do look pretty sweet, but if you look at the instructions for something like Flying Ninja's Fortress (6093), you can tell it has that excessively modular, one-giant-piece construction that all the late 90s/early 00s sets had. Some of the detail work, like with the roofs and the smaller vehicle sets, was neat, but I never have a use for giant thick block bricks. That said, I wish Lego would do an interesting spin on the "castle" theme like that again. The orc theme was nice, a good revamped ninja theme would be nicer.
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Dec 25, 2010 04:44
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While looking around on Peeron and being sad that we were too poor to get Lego this Christmas, I was amazed at how bad set designs were in the late 90s/early 00s. 1280 has to be the lamest excuse for a set I've ever seen. The whole Dino Island series looks amazingly half-assed, like the set design team from Time Cruisers series were told to throw together an imitation of Playmobil. After the last few years of really well-designed sets, it's hard to believe that 5975 (T-Rex Transport) was the set that got me out of my dark ages.
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Dec 25, 2010 05:39
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Oh man, that Alien Conquest looks tight. I want that Earth Defense HQ, at the very least. But most of my (imaginary) money is going into that new Castle stuff. Hell yeah. I never used to be a Castle fanboy, but the orc stuff a couple years ago and the medieval village convinced me. Now I can't get enough of it.
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Dec 26, 2010 05:36
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Gom Jabbar posted:I got my 4 year old daughter a couple of the small sets of starwars legos and we did the advent calender this year, she is having a blast with them. The real haul is that because my daughter is the first to ask for legos my parents gave me a present that was supposed to be mine back in 1984 but wasn't given because of a difference in the number of presents between me and my brother. It has been sitting wrapped in 1984 wrapping paper for the past 26 years in my parents basement. I open it up and I have a new in box 6971 Inter-Galactic Command Base, I remember wanting a space base forever as a kid. I quick search on brick link gives me a guy selling one for $750 sealed new in the box. Now the problem, build the space station I always wanted or sell it and buy an rear end ton more legos for me and my daughter to build. drat, that's the best Christmas ever.
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Dec 26, 2010 16:27
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I wonder why Lego has released so few pirate ships the last ten or so years. The way AFOLs go nuts and snap them off the shelves, I assume ships are always profitable. Yet we've only gotten two or three since 2000. Do kids not get excited about pirates anymore, or what?
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Jan 1, 2011 22:07
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The most recent pirates line was horribly overpriced. I couldn't justify plunking down $100 for a 600 piece pirate ship. That probably kept it from catching on. Is there an actual Black Pearl set forthcoming? I didn't see mention of a ship on those leaked set lists, just a "Captain's Cabin" or some such.
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Jan 2, 2011 00:05
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If I had enough pennies, I would have been happy to agree with you.
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Jan 2, 2011 00:31
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I wish they would rerelease the Black Seas Barricuda every three or four years. My dark ages ended about a month after the last rerelease had sold out.
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Jan 4, 2011 04:17
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InfinEight posted:That crane is pretty drat impressive. And I want the TRU truck just because I like blue more Until you posted the two side by side, I didn't realize that the new trans orange is different than the old trans orange. Which sucks, since Ice Planet is one of my favorite old themes, and your "update" had inspired me to use my Mars Mission pieces to supplement their fleet. I love your take on the DFD, though.
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This weekend, my wife and I are inviting some friends over for a "Lego build-off party." I'm just excited to get one or two of my big Lego tubs out of the basement (I have eight huge Rubbermaids full of them), so I haven't figured out a plan beyond dumping parts on the kitchen table and letting people build stuff. I'd buy Creationary, but we're kind of low on funds at the moment. Any suggestions for making Lego into a fun social activity?
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Apr 1, 2011 18:45
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I like the "make our own Creationary" idea. Goodness knows we have enough parts to go around. Thanks!
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Apr 1, 2011 23:48
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Is that little alien slug critter designed to slip over a minifig's head? Because that would be awesome.
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Apr 10, 2011 02:17
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Queen Gnome posted:Thanks for the input, I appreciate it! I've been considering holding onto them because, let's face it, every kid should play with legos on a regular basis. As I am moving out soon, I'm a bit low on space. I'll check them out this weekend! If I sell them, I'd like them to go to a goon, everyone here is great. I'd be interested in any small (cheap) Space sets you may have, as well as any minifigs, Space especially.
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Apr 20, 2011 17:25
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I'm thinking of selling my UCS Millennium Falcon, probably on Bricklink. The instruction book has a couple of rips, though, and the box has a puncture or two. How much would that hurt the selling price?
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May 16, 2011 04:33
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Pyroclastic posted:The 5000 piece one? The current minimum price on Bricklink is $850, and it's missing the box entirely. The cheapest with the box is at $1000. The cheapest Bricklink sale in the past 6 months has been $810 (although a new one sold for $400, but that's an obvious outlier). Thanks for the info! Maybe I'll wait until Christmas season and see if I can't fetch $1000 for it.
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May 16, 2011 12:56
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So THAT'S why old Space minifigs are so expensive.
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May 23, 2011 04:51
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Blacktron I figures go for about $2-9.
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I was too young and poor for it at the time, but I always wanted this set so bad: http://www.peeron.com/inv/sets/5550-1 I mean, look at that thing. Model Team was so gnarly. I'm surprised how cheap it is on Bricklink, compared to other sets from the same time period.
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