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You may have a point about the more recent sets, but the older ones were perfectly fine and ALL of the Rahi Beasts had engineering gimmicks to them that gave them special attacks and stuff, like the extending necks for the Bahrag Twins, hell the Manas, two radio-controlled crabs, had tread systems and stuff in'em to drive around with. They weren't super complex, but they weren't meant to be. It's like hating Duplo for being for toddlers, Bionicle was made to push into the action figure market while still retaining Lego roots. This is a good reason why Galidor was a catastrophic failure, because it wasn't really Lego at all. Basically, if you're hating on older Bionicle, it's not really justified because it's exactly what they set out for it to be: buildable action figures. The newer ones almost completely eliminate the "build" part of it. If you're hating on newer Bionicle, it's justified because it's a total mess. That being said, if you're planning on throwing out those Bionicle things, I'll take'em. Lots of pieces of specific colors can only be found in Bionicle sets. Also, this set is totally awesome. I mean seriously, it's a giant transforming ridable robot scorpion with tank treads for legs that transforms into a tank/snowmobile thing. It's awesome. I bought two of them on sale on Lego S@H for parts. Not ALL the new sets are awful, I guess. 
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BrainWeasel posted:Is it just me or do the Bionicle ball sockets break really easily? I have a hard time assembling or disassembling them without a tab popping off, so I almost never use the pieces I have. How exactly are you trying to pop them out? Propping them against one of the sides while lifting works for me, never had a piece break. Hobnob posted:That said, I've heard Bionicle was a really good seller for Lego, so I can hardly complain if it kept the company solvent and producing the stuff I do like. I will praise it if for nothing else that it gave us the ball and sockets in great quantities. Those make many joints and such for Lego mechs much easier to build, and much stronger than most other types of joints. edit: not everything made using Bionicle is awful. If you get creative, they can be useful. They are Lego pieces, after all. Though admittedly the head on this one is half-assed. 
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Sep 30, 2010 20:49
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Some of the older Bionicle masks can be useful for MOCs. PM me with pics of what you have, I might be interested in a few.
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Indolent Bastard posted:Colour me impressed. I guess I'm just jaded because everything this kid comes up with is just the same random, bashed-together stuff every kid does; except that his parents gush about it like he's going to be some kind of genius engineer because of it. That's because a LOT of more recent Bionicle figures look a hell of a lot more involved than they actually are. Tons of details that mean absolutely nothing, horrible greebliness. When you pile a bunch of poo poo like that together, it LOOKS like it could be kinda complicated, but it totally isn't. I will freely admit ball sockets take out some of the engineering aspects of the hobby. But sometimes you want to build something that can just stand up without jumping through hoops. The rubberized ball sockets are heavenly for this, I built an Evangelion Unit 02 figure about seven years ago that's over a foot tall and has only two rubberized ball sockets for hip joints, that support the entire thing's weight(about 5 pounds).  Man, seeing that picture makes me want to build an updated version, with more of an even Technic-Bionicle-Brick ratio.
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Oct 1, 2010 10:09
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He's Indolent Bastard, it's what he does.
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Oct 1, 2010 15:44
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Ted Stevens posted:Jessica Rabbit bot? Probably just a Playboy Bunny -bot. Shameless. Her gear's exposed.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I'm getting my end-of-year bonus soon and I'm tempted to invest like $1k in ebayable lego sets. Is this a bad idea? Well, let's review. A friend told me of a sale at a lovely little trinket chain called Tuesday Morning that was for a variety of Lego sets, many advertised large ones. I went there and battled many old ladies and many, many, many more old Korean ladies for what I could grab and afford, resulting in a haul for about 250 dollars or so consisting of two Batcaves, two of those electric helicopter sets, a creator dinosaur set, and a few other large sets, I had a picture but lost it. The Batcaves were 30 dollars each and there were stacks of them, but I did not buy them all sadly as I was low on funds. This is what Batcaves regularly sell for on Ebay. Bricklink is similar or worse. http://completed.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=lego+7783+sealed&_sacat=0&LH_Complete=1&_odkw=lego+batcave&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313 So basically, for 60 dollars and taking up closet space, a year later I turned them around for almost a grand, bought the entirety of One Piece and still had over half a grand left over.  Click here for the full 1600x1200 image. Capitalism, ho! 
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Guzwar posted:Are those Warhammer Ork flags being used as sails? For a short time there actually was an orc Lego line, complete with big club-wielding trolls and suspiciously similar symbols.
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WaynesWorldGirl posted:What the hell is that even made of!? THOUSANDS of those little control stick pieces. Seriously. The Dregs posted:I just went to the Lego outlet here in ATL, GA for my son's first Lego's. I got him a big cup (which I packed), a little green carrying case, 3 mini fags packed to the gills with everything I could put on them for 10 bucks, and a couple little 1.99 holiday packages. what the hell is a "mini fag"?  The pick-a-bricks aren't really good for mass random bricks. For that, you'll want to hit up Ebay or hunt for yard sales. Or Goodwill's site. Shipping's gonna be expensive. If you want some suggestions for specific sets, hit the little "?" under my avatar and peruse some of the posts where I give advice for sets to buy, one post links to plenty of animal sets if he like those types, and another links to a bunch of really, really awesome Classic Space sets that any young boy should love forever. Especially the Space Police sets, they're cheap(you can get both for under a hundred, and they're HUGE), and they can be built by son and dad together, which I remember doing with mine on Christmas morning.
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Here are the links to my two posts with links to various items that may be just the thing for your son depending on his preference of animals or sci-fi. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3328496&userid=58047#post381557721 http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3328496&userid=58047#post381560636 I've done a bit of search. It seems that Ebay has slim pickings for the Galactic Mediator and Solar Snooper. This is what I found. http://cgi.ebay.com/Lego-6984-Galactic-Mediator-Space-Police-100-/250704722987?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a5f2a7c2b http://cgi.ebay.com/Lego-Space-Police-Galactic-Mediator-/220676905982?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33615e5bfe No Solar Snoopers, really. None that aren't far more expensive than Bricklink, anyways. You should probably grab one of those Galactic Mediators from Ebay, and get the Solar Snooper off Bricklink. http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=5445 Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 16:28 on Oct 3, 2010 |
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At least a thousand if they go all the way around each leg.
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I ordered sixteen minifigs from Lego, and the first nine had three Skiers, two Baywatch chicks, a Pop Singer, and three Pharaohs.  Followed by a Surfer, Spartan, Mime, Kung Fu Dude, Witch, Vampire, and the one I REALLY wanted, the Mexican.
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He is just so happy. And his hat is so huge.
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The Mexican comes with three Maracas 
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djfooboo posted:As far as I know the fact you get extras is because QA weighing machines aren't perfectly accurate at such small tolerances so just throwing in extras is easier. Plus who minds getting extra poo poo? Not me. The singer is currently holding a maraca in one hand and a mic in the other, while Dracula holds here spare mic.
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You gotta be a pretty pathetic Dracula to drink blood from a bottle. Only the freshest virgin maiden neck pegs for my Draculas.
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AA is for Quitters posted:So I was reading this thread, and then wound up babysitting my nephew and we spent the whole morning building lego spaceships out of his collection. Where are you finding these 1000-piece sets for 40 dollars. Tell me, tell me NOW!
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That Awful Nick posted:Unfortunately, given the popular culture of today, the likely winner is Avatar, which means I'll have to hang my head in shame every time I go into the Lego aisle in the future. Please. As awesome as Lego Ghostbusters would be, unless they come out with a new, good movie or something, it wouldn't be a massive success. Avatar is successful, popular, and has some really bitchin' creature and vehicle designs. Image assault incoming!         Sair posted:I think they mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender  Also I find it absolutely adorable when people try to disable downloading of their flickr account images.
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This is absolutely amazing, but for the love of god, MUTE THE gently caress OUT OF THE VIDEO BEFORE STARTING IT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN-s550lacA
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Wait, a newspaper comic actually making a reference to something and knowing what the hell they're talking about and actually making it fairly entertaining at the same time?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsI6wUEakP0 edit: jerks disabling embedding on the other one... Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Oct 17, 2010 |
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That Awful Nick posted:Also it could just be that he's not a hack like the retards who make Mythbusters are. Oh boy, what is this all about?
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Goofy as gently caress.
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I cannot believe someone managed to pull off a model of Brook, the musical afro skeleton from One Piece. Aside from the fairly withered afro, but he probably couldn't stand up with an afro made of Legos with those spindly legs. For reference:  Those feet are divine
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Sockser posted:Used non-Lego pieces; disqualified quote:@Benjamin Sardine: Non-LEGO parts? On my creation? Where? If you're referring to the cloth elements, which is what I assume you're referring to, they are 100% official. Search Bricklink, they're there... That loving hat, jesus christ
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Actually I was saying I was blown away by it. Because it's amazing. The whole thing is, but that hat is really outstanding and ties the whole thing together.
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Saint Sputnik posted:What I want to know is - what is it? Is it from some Japanese cartoon or something? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanuki Most likely just a completely original thing. I don't recall ever hearing about a giant Tanuki robot, except for this guy(the description for the toy is priceless). afflictionwisp posted:What are the long wedge pieces? I can't figure them out. And what in blazes are the 'ears' connected to? I believe I've seen those wedge pieces in Mars Mission sets, on the alien fighters. Maybe try checking Bricklink's inventories on sets with Martian craft in them to find the part, then what sets had gray versions of them. Captain Invictus fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Oct 28, 2010 |
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Sockser posted:The fuzzy brown shoulder thingies are totally non-Lego Dame Cook posted:In other news, the founder of Bricklink has died at the age of 33. gently caress you 2010 you lovely loving year, first taking Nnenn and now the Bricklink dude.
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InfinEight posted:I like to at least give tips or exploded views when it's practical, but honestly I prefer to not make instructions myself. I did make instructions for my version of a Gekko, and while it's cool that others have made their own based on my idea, I kinda feel that it stifles creativity. I've always felt that there is more than one way to execute an idea, and I hate for people to think my way is the 'official way', when their ideas could easily be better than mine. I think the same logic applies to LDD files even moreso, since copy+paste takes even less thought.   Click here for the full 1024x768 image.
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But Infineight is the Lego spaceship dude, not the Lego hollywood actor dude. 
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drat, that is the most Legolas elf that ever was. Also, gimme all your gorilla suit guys.
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AxeManiac posted:Anyone get the lego advent calander from the lego flyer they mail out? Is it like a lego a day and you build something or can you actually make stuff each day? If you mean like, the City or Castle Advent Calendars then it's a different model every day. Christmas Tree, Fireplace, Santa in the Shower...
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zenintrude posted:It should get auto-canceled and we'll receive an email alerting us of the fact and that our CC was not charged. It's fairly painless...
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So uh, anyone else who tried to buy some of those Batman sets get a refund yet? Is it really going to take 5-10 days to get my money back? Holy loving poo poo
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Well Manicured Man posted:(she was raised on Playmobil) Why do people even make this comparison? How is Playmobil any similar to Legos, aside from the vaguest design similarities between the figures? They aren't(or at least weren't when I was a kid) building toys. You might as well compare GIJoes and Legos.
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Captain Scandinaiva posted:Wow. What did use for lighting? A pair of the Bionicle glowy sword things, no doubt.
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PopeOnARope posted:Pardon my ignorance but, VV? Vic Viper. Nnenn, the brilliant Lego artist who was killed in a car accident earlier this year, had a particular addiction for building Vic Vipers. It spawned a tradition.  Click here for the full 1280x856 image.
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Inspector_71 posted:First thing I thought of was Homeworld. I could have sworn I read that the guys who did Homeworld were influenced by LOGH, though. Maybe that was something else.
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Inspector_71 posted:I'm unfamiliar with LOGh at all so it's totally possible. The Biggest ship in that group looks identical to a Homeworld Cruiser, and the next one down an Assault Frigate. No doubt! But that comes with the territory honestly, had Nnenn ever built a not amazing creation? And you should probably get yourself acquainted with LOGH, so good it's got one of the longest-living threads on the forums! Some of the best sci-fi and political drama ever made.
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