Big Mean Jerk posted:

There are Lego...outlets? As in Lego at a discount price from the source?

I must know where one is.

Carbohydrates posted:

This is for you.

http://www.mechanizedbrick.com/mb.html

InfinEight posted:

I've had a lot of payment offers if I would make instructions for my rex, but I kinda feel the same. I'd rather share instructions freely when possible.

Robot Hobo posted:

At Christmas I got a Lego set, and my Mom kept stealing parts while I was building it, making little random things.

Her birthday was Monday, so I got her the 7639 City Camper. Lime green is her favorite color, so I knew she would like the trim. Since the two figures that came with it look vaguely like me and my Wife, I also custom-made three more minifigs at the Lego store that looked like my parents and little brother, to add to the set. (they even come in a nifty little blister-pack)

Sure enough, she got that box open right away and everything else stopped while she built the camper. She's always been hard to shop for when Birthdays or Christmas came around, but not anymore.

My Dad's birthday is next. I think I'll find him another Lego city set to match hers.

Carbohydrates posted:

IMO, you want shadows. Helps avoid the 'floating in a void of nothingness' effect. Here's a lego thing and a non-lego thing. These were shot on a piece of white foamboard with natural indirect lighting, no flash.

NitroSpazzz posted:

Got 12 of the 16 no spartan, disco dude, dracula or skier. Have an over abundance of cops and circus dudes. Not sure what I'm going to do with all the minifigs now that they are assembled and on a plate.

Gravy Jones posted:

They launched the DUPLO Cars line this year. I'd be suprised if they were going to do a LEGO range as well.

I'm suprised it took so long. Cars is a merchandise juggernaut. I mean the movie isn't as beloved as most of Pixar's stuff but it churns out an insane amount of money. Pre-Toy Story 3 it was the most profitable Pixar film when you took merchandsing into account. Not sure if Toy Story 3 will top it, but either way Cars 2 will get the crown back. I think it suprises a lot of people just how ridiculously popular Cars is.

3 posted:

No, and for the same reason most people don't usually post instructions to their builds. I understand the need for inspiration, but there are people within the community (not that I'm implying you're one of them ) who just steal creations whole cloth, and a lot of people want to avoid that sort of thing.

PopeOnARope posted:

Welp, the sumo wrestler is clearly going to be the crash test dummy of this set. Bland figure, duplicate, meaningless accessory. Everything else looks awesome though.

Phyresis posted:

Say what? That cobra is not worth $30. It's 200-odd pieces. That is like a $24-25 set. The Sphinx is too much too. Mascot and I were guessing the prices of the sets before we found 'em. I guessed $20 for the cobra and $40 for the sphinx. GG.

Marchegiana posted:

I always hated girlie Lego. I think when I was nine one of my relatives heard I liked Lego and bought me some girly set, I can't remember what. I returned it and used the refund to buy more Castle stuff. All the stuff that Lego has made to try and win over girls has always been laughably bad. If they really want to sell more to girls, all they need to do is include more female minifigs in the regular sets. I know I always went out of my way to get castle sets with princesses in them (even though they were lame), and when Pirates first came out I about flipped my lid at the girl pirate.

Revol posted:

LEGO Shop exclusive set: 10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van. 1332 pieces for $100 dollars, coming out October.



There are high-resolution Flickr photos. Looks pretty cool, the interior is really detailed. I see a few new pieces, beginning with the VW emblem on the front, which can't be a sticker because the logo is raised a bit.

Baggins posted:

5 plates = 2 studs.

Taeke posted:

I just bought the Alien Conquest tripod, and I'm loving the eyeball piece. I wish I had more and/or they were available in cheaper sets. Might be the first piece(s) I'm going to buy seperately.

Captain Scandinaiva posted:

Merchant of Death posted:

That is indeed the bridge area of the 10030 star destroyer, if you have it complete it is pretty impressive even if the magnets to hold the 4 hull sections together can be somewhat irritating.

einTier posted:

Having just gone through this, your first place to stop is Bricklink.

Most of the larger pieces should have a part number on them somewhere. It'll be small, but that hull should have the number 2557 on it, which you can then search on to find this page which will then show you that it was in exactly one set -- Skull's Eye Schooner. From there you can also get an inventory to make sure you have all the pieces. If you don't have them, you can always order them from vendors on Bricklink -- and my experience is that about 10% of the pieces will be missing if you're lucky, more if you're not.

Now that you have the pieces, you want to build it. I usually just search for "[set number] LEGO instructions pdf" on Google with no quotes. Using that, I found the PDF for that set here. Peeron usually has instructions but not in PDF : example. LEGO also provides instructions through their search page, but only for a few sets.

That'll get you started on completing the sets you have. The hardest part is figuring out the most economical way to order missing parts through Bricklink.

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That's definitely parts to the 10030 Star Destroyer. There's a small assembly in your photos that directly corresponds to the riser structure just behind the bridge in this photo.


3108 pieces, so it's certain all the pieces are not in that box. The three Light Gray wheels that make the engines on the back you need to find for certain, as there's none currently available for sale on Bricklink. You could cheat with Light Bluish Gray, but it won't quite match, won't be worth as much, and those still will cost you $13 each. Nothing else looks particularly rare or expensive at first glance.

However, if you can piece it together, you can probably sell it for over $650 on eBay. I consistently get better than Bricklink Average Pricing. For example, I just sold this set for $202.50 on eBay.

PDF of the instructions here.

MarxCarl posted:

I've used Elmers white glue, just soak the pieces in water and scrub and it should come off. The Gorilla is for stuff you don't want coming apart.