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

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Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Using BrickArms stuff is just as bad as using MegaBloks. :colbert:

# ¿ Jul 16, 2010 07:21

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 16:35

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Does anyone know if Cad Bane's Speeder is out, and if so where? Google search gives me a shop.lego page, but it's not available in the US. I thought the rumor was that it would be a Target exclusive? I'm hoping I can make up most of the cost by selling the minifigs, because the speeder itself looks pretty cool.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2010 22:14

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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There are Lego...outlets? As in Lego at a discount price from the source? :aaa:

I must know where one is.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2010 04:24

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Are the second wave Star Wars sets in Lego stores yet? If I'm going to be paying retail for them, I might as well buy them where I get VIP points.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2010 17:55

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Mascot posted:

Made a trip to the imagination center in Downtown Disney and came home with the new Slave 1. It's amazing...so much more detail and way better designed than the previous versions. It's one of the first sets to use flick-fire missiles in a manner that doesn't bother me.

Only bad thing was that yesterday was the last day for the classic spaceman magnet promotion...not that it would have mattered...the manager said they'd been out of them for about two weeks.

So yeah...if you're on the fence about this set, go buy it. Totally worth it.

I also recently bought this set (but I got my spaceman), and while expensive, it is a gorgeous model. My only complaint is the completely empty cockpit and useless spinning chair.

Even the price isn't that bad if you're planning on selling the new Boba fig. They're making at least $25 on ebay.

Buy it for the model, buy it for Bossk, sell the new Boba. The original is still the best anyway:

# ¿ Aug 2, 2010 05:07

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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# ¿ Sep 23, 2010 04:25

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I loved technic as a kid, so when Throwbots and Bionicle came out every penny I earned went toward it. For a kid, it's the best thing. Lego, Technic, and action figures.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2010 21:56

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I'd love to see a return of the Batman line.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2010 17:17

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President Kucinich posted:

This was posted in the comments.

http://spacepolice.lego.com/en-us/products/5984.aspx

I could see why someone might make a fuss out of this.

Best $40 I've ever spent.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2011 09:09

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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The more I see of Alien Conquest, the more I feel like I need to buy every set. This is not good. :ohdear:

Some guy's got some great pics of the 2011 sets from NYTF.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fbtbnet/sets/ (Alien Conquest on page 2)

# ¿ Feb 14, 2011 18:32

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ZarathustraFollower posted:

That is actually a cool looking set if you don't use the stickers. (Those had better be stickers.)

According to Brickset, they're printed.

# ¿ Feb 20, 2011 00:26

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Saint Sputnik posted:

I really hate pop music.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2011 04:55

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Captain Scandinaiva posted:

IIRC, they started with the non-yellow minifigs when they starteed releasing models based on The Clone Wars animated series, they also made the faces more detailed.
I actually hadn't noticed it had 'spread' to all of Star Wars until now. I don't like it.

The TCW figs are extremely creepy looking.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2011 18:38

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I don't understand the rationale behind using that one-piece cockpit. It can only ever be a cockpit or voltron foot of some kind.

I'm sure someone will prove me wrong though.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2011 07:24

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I just turned mine into a Spitfire.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2011 19:07

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Travis343 posted:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118040143?categoryid=13&cs=1&cmpid=RSS|News|LatestNews

Word from ComicCon, Lego gets full DC Superheroes license. Personally I can't wait for the Green Lantern set, which will hopefully just be a minifig and a poo poo-load of trans green to make whatever you want.

gently caress you Lego, stop trying to steal all my money.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2011 16:41

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Has anyone bought the new Naboo Starfighter set? I want it so bad, but the piece count is terrible for the cost.

# ¿ Aug 2, 2011 05:18

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Fantastic, Lego. You've managed to remind me of the nightmares I forgot I used to have after watching too much X-Files as a kid. :ohdear:

# ¿ Aug 5, 2011 06:17

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Man, I want the three FLW Architecture sets so bad, but they're crazy overpriced. Has anyone ever seen them on sale?

# ¿ Sep 11, 2011 00:15

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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That phone, man.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2011 22:36

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The_Doctor posted:

The instructions are usually available online, you could try building it yourself?

Unless you already have the parts, it's only $10-$20 cheaper to order the individual bricks off the internet.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2011 01:42

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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InfinEight posted:

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/430723/Office-Depot-Brand-FilingStacking-Crate-10/

As a disgruntled Office Depot employee, I can tell you that these things are absolute poo poo. I wouldn't trust them to hold feathers, much less lego instructions. They break if you look at them wrong.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2011 00:32

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Are we ever getting more SP3 sets or are they finished?

Also, where are you guys finding these prototype shots?

# ¿ Dec 12, 2011 04:35

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I wasn't expecting sets from The Old Republic. That could be awesome.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2011 17:32

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Merchant of Death posted:

The TIE Fury is from the EU Legacy era thats 140 years after the battle of yavin not from Knights of the Old Republic. It is actaully pretty interesting to look at but depends on how the final version is.

EDIT: Maybe not, apparently that a tie predator. weird as hell http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Predator-class_fighter

The two sets in that vid are the starter ships for each faction in TOR.

I want an Ebon Hawk so drat bad.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2011 17:49

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Kids today don't like the OT. Some have never even seen it. :smith:

# ¿ Dec 19, 2011 20:50

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Sockser posted:

It's a stupid loving set.

Shut your whore mouth. This was my first Mindstorms set and it was awesome. :colbert:

I ordered the UCS Obi-Wan's Starfighter last week when it was half off on Amazon and started building it tonight. I didn't realize how loving gigantic it is. No idea where I'm going to display it.

# ¿ Dec 22, 2011 08:23

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Sockser posted:

Can't program it and the built in programsets are loving useless except for the light-reactive one.

and it only has one motor output!

Here I am, spending all my combined Christmas and birthday money to buy one sweet-rear end lego set and I get that stupid thing. Ugh.

But you had an R2-D2 rolling and beeping around your house. How is that not every young nerd's dream?

# ¿ Dec 22, 2011 08:32

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Frozen-Solid posted:

Millennium Falcon complete!

It had lots of really awesome new pieces I haven't seen before, one of the most original and awesome ways to make a satellite dish, great minifigs, and it was really fun to put together.

This is awesome, but I still love my "10 pieces and done" 90's Falcon.

# ¿ Dec 27, 2011 08:27

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youareoffthehook posted:

It is 30%, and then there's a day every quarter where we get 50%.

holy poo poo :ohdear:

# ¿ Dec 29, 2011 05:41

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I like the "we didn't rip you off, some of our studs are hollow!" pieces.

drat, they even ripped off some of the "special" Lego pieces. Check out the thighs and codpiece.

# ¿ Dec 29, 2011 22:11

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Every single megathread that's been moved out of GBS has had a serious decrease in activity. :ohdear:

# ¿ Jan 3, 2012 18:19

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I want that Y-Wing and the TIE Fighter so bad but they're just too loving expensive.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2012 01:52

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Star-Wars-ByTheme?_requestid=2099049

X-Wing is $60, Y-Wing is $50, TIE is $55.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2012 01:57

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I guess you have to share hammocks in the 3 person LEM.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2012 20:45

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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I can't imagine how soul-crushingly repetitive those cheese slopes must be.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2012 07:29

Big Mean Jerk: Jan 27, 2009; Well, of course I know him.
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Anyone know if the Shuttle set will still be around in March? I'm basically broke until then.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2012 06:41

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runwiled posted:

If it hasn't been changed the store is legally bound to sell it for whatever price advertised.

Please don't do this. Working retail is miserable enough without people being cocks about this kind of thing.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2012 20:35

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Flavor Bear posted:

They're gonna be TRU exclusives

WHAT

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-

# ¿ Jan 24, 2012 19:43

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 16:35

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Why cookie Rocket posted:

So, any idea what I just scored from a Goodwill?

90's LEGO MANIA heaven, that's what.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2012 08:10

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