Post by: Mercury on October 23, 2015, 05:14:18 AM
We got it for him, and my family got him some accessory sets to go with it. I spent a few hours building it all for him(he got a tad frustrated trying) and I had a blast. Is it weird that I want to buy him more sets so I can build them? Legos rock!
Who else likes Legos here?
Post by: zoidberg on October 23, 2015, 05:17:43 AM
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 23, 2015, 05:57:04 AM
Wish I had the money to have more.
I collected sets until I was about... ehh... 35? Then one of my nephews was just getting to the the 'age of lego' and i donated them to his betterment.
Now i only have a few small kits, but love them still.
Post by: eddie1115 on October 23, 2015, 06:00:04 AM
Post by: Zephon on October 23, 2015, 08:03:35 AM
Still have an unbuilt 75055 Star Destroyer downstairs.
Got some blind bags for my boys this Halloween :tu:
For Christmas, my 6 and 8yr old boys are gonna share a 66512-1: Rebels Co-Pack. Wife plans to decorate this year's Christmas tree with the kids' minifigs.
yes, I'm gonna have to admit to using a Wingman to separate some flat pieces while cleaning up after the boys. :whistle:
Post by: kirk13 on October 23, 2015, 09:42:36 AM
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 10:10:56 AM
I have great memories of my dad building stuff with me when I was little, with my daughter when she was little, and now my nephew. All the same lego I had as a kid, I passed on to my little girl and she has passed it on to her cousin.
Amazing - it never breaks and you can build anything with it.
Post by: Gareth on October 23, 2015, 10:20:00 AM
Post by: rebel on October 23, 2015, 10:24:27 AM
Post by: Smashie on October 23, 2015, 10:58:25 AM
Nothing remotely weird about enjoying 'helping' your child build Lego. :tu:
Absolutely right, I spent many hours with my son and Lego, I'm looking forward to seeing his face when I give him my big box of Lego :tu:
Post by: hiraethus on October 23, 2015, 11:10:59 AM
(http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/classic/-/media/franchises/classic%202014/products/product%20images/10695_box_2256x1408_744w_2x.jpg)
Can't wait. :tu:
PS: Lego is awesome, not Legos are awesome. Plural of Lego is Lego. :)
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 11:27:03 AM
PS: Lego is awesome, not Legos are awesome. Plural of Lego is Lego. :)
:tu:
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 11:30:30 AM
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 11:39:09 AM
Lego were quite expensive and harder to find compared to Playmobil when I was a kid. I had a few Lego, only to find out I needed many more to actually build things. I liked Playmobil and Lego some but was not crazy about them but that's just me, they're a very good toy for a number of reasons.Because it's Constructive rather than Destructive oh Triple Crowned Lord of Chaos?
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 12:17:24 PM
You can't destroy something that hasn't been created/constructed first.
Also, don't destroy anything until you're in a position to build something new in it's place.
Yup, firiki's in a mood for deep philosophising today. It raining outside.
You're in trouble, magentus :rofl:
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 12:21:43 PM
They didn't fly fast enough :rofl:Definition of trouble; a firiki with time on its hands. I may retire to my U Boat for a while - spend some quality time submerged.
You can't destroy something that hasn't been created/constructed first.
Also, don't destroy anything until you're in a position to build something new in it's place.
Yup, firiki's in a mood for deep philosophising today. It raining outside.
You're in trouble, magentus :rofl:
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 12:34:13 PM
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Post by: Zed on October 23, 2015, 12:38:09 PM
Post by: Toolslinger on October 23, 2015, 12:41:45 PM
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 12:47:02 PM
Three words; release the Kraken (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken) >:D
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Two words; Fire torpedos
Post by: Whoey on October 23, 2015, 12:50:25 PM
The monitor shelf on my wife's desk is being supported by lego towers... was the easiest way to get the right elevation she was looking for without making a mess... it's not elegant, but it works!
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 01:17:34 PM
Three words; release the Kraken (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken) >:D
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Two words; Fire torpedos
One word; Ha (you can't touch me) :neener:
And before you say that's more than one word: a) I was trying to explain, help you understand and b) I may have cheated a little.
Post by: Zed on October 23, 2015, 01:20:21 PM
Three words; release the Kraken (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken) >:D
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Two words; Fire torpedos
One word; Ha (you can't touch me) :neener:
And before you say that's more than one word: a) I was trying to explain, help you understand and b) I may have cheated a little.
My youngest got some star wars lego for her birthday, i got so excited when i noticed it had 4 stormtroopers :facepalm: am i sad :D
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 01:26:18 PM
Post by: Zed on October 23, 2015, 01:28:23 PM
Nah, mate; being able to enjoy the little things in life is a blessing :tu:
:tu: ive even found myself searching ebay for other versions of ironman for her :facepalm: i then discovered custom figures from china :ahhh
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 01:33:57 PM
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 01:58:40 PM
I'm not aiming at you firiki, I am aiming at the kraken (or ex-kraken as of 2 explosions ago). It would be a very short and dull film if the baddie was dispatched at the beginning. We haven't even got to the carnage montage of you and Nate setting off from your respective bases and burning your way to Oz. I can't wait for that bit. I'm hearing 'Into the Void' by Black Sabbath on the soundtrack.Three words; release the Kraken (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken) >:D
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Two words; Fire torpedos
One word; Ha (you can't touch me) :neener:
And before you say that's more than one word: a) I was trying to explain, help you understand and b) I may have cheated a little.
I can't post a youtubes link from my U Boat - something to do with the armour.....
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 02:10:39 PM
Mwahahahahawww :mn:
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 02:31:35 PM
Well, the Kraken is working for me, so it was said in a figurative sense; you can't hurt the Kraken = you can't touch me...
Mwahahahahawww :mn:
Lalalalalalalala I can't hear you from the ocean bed. :pok:
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 02:38:23 PM
Post by: ducttapetech on October 23, 2015, 02:40:04 PM
I was they made some War Hammer 40k Lego sets. Some Chaos Space Marines would be cool.Three words; release the Kraken (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken) >:D
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247573;image)
Two words; Fire torpedos
One word; Ha (you can't touch me) :neener:
And before you say that's more than one word: a) I was trying to explain, help you understand and b) I may have cheated a little.
My youngest got some star wars lego for her birthday, i got so excited when i noticed it had 4 stormtroopers :facepalm: am i sad :D
That's us mobile.
Nate
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 02:42:01 PM
<------- Not sure your denial of reality can actually be useful to you, magentus :think:
Still can't hear you.
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 02:48:21 PM
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247585;image)
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 02:49:22 PM
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 03:06:00 PM
I love Lego - Used to spend hours building robots. The minifigures came on the scene as I got to the age where I was 'too old' to play with it, but as soon as my daughter was old enough I had an excuse again. Endless eternal fun. Great thread mercury :tu:
I think we may get away with it.
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 03:09:28 PM
:rofl: :neener:
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 03:13:57 PM
I can't hear you, magentus.
:rofl: :neener:
How 'bout that lego firiki eh? Even Overlords must enjoy lego?
Post by: firiki on October 23, 2015, 03:17:06 PM
Post by: Huntsman on October 23, 2015, 03:22:41 PM
Strange thing was I was not a Lego kid (my younger brother was) - I did Mechano and wooden blocks - Not sure why that was.
I only got into Lego when I started working on a project for Lego in Billund in Denamark about 8 years ago - What a nice project that was - And how lucky was I !! :D
We were allowed to go to the staff shop where everything was 50% - 60% list price.
I bought my brother the biggest kit (in # pieces) that Lego ever made at the time
The Ultimate Colllectors Edition Millenium Falcon - 10179
Even with the staff discount - I thought it was crazy money at the time - But I wish I had bought two - Now they are going for about $5k on ebay!!
Could not resist posting again this Lego mod that my boy did a year or so
Post by: magentus on October 23, 2015, 03:28:51 PM
Making others suffer is my only joy...
You must be having a great day then.
The technical sets are good, but my fear is that the pieces are becoming too speSmurfpillsed.
Post by: Whoey on October 23, 2015, 04:58:59 PM
Post by: dks on October 23, 2015, 05:18:44 PM
Post by: derekmac on October 23, 2015, 05:21:16 PM
Children now play minecraft - see the similarity/evolution ?I was a Logo freak as a kid! My son loves Lego, and prefers the Technic stuff. He also loves Minecraft.
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Post by: Zed on October 23, 2015, 05:24:45 PM
Children now play minecraft - see the similarity/evolution ?
mine have the lego minecraft figures,very overpriced if you ask me,but then lego is these days :-\
Post by: MadPlumbarian on October 23, 2015, 06:01:33 PM
Same here, mines 11 and is still a Lego nut but is also a minecraft nut, I have no clue with that but sometimes when he's working with the Legos I'll chip in! :DChildren now play minecraft - see the similarity/evolution ?I was a Logo freak as a kid! My son loves Lego, and prefers the Technic stuff. He also loves Minecraft.
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JR
Post by: Gerhard Gerber on October 23, 2015, 06:07:42 PM
This is MANY MANY years ago so some blocks had to be re-shaped with a soldering iron to build my version of the Tale of the Golden Monkey plane (Grumman sea plane)........hours and hours of entertainment. 8)
Post by: Mercury on October 23, 2015, 09:15:06 PM
This thread took off! Sweet!
Now I have some solid evidence to show the wife as I someday click "order" on that 75105 Millenium Falcon...
After all this lego talk, I totally want some star wars lego sets just for me, and my boy has no idea what kind of lego gifts he will be getting from now on. I have to make up for the fact that I didn't have my original set to give him because I gave them to my cousin when I started college. I had a huge castle set from the late 80's/early 90's and I am trying to find it again online.
I feel much better now, I wasn't sure if I had yet another weird addiction or if this one is normal! I'm dying to get the rest of the Jurassic World sets for him, just so he has them all. He's such a good little boy too, it's been a week since I build the large set for him, and it's intact! He only lost 1 minifig in papa's car(I am going to order it separtely), the rest of the set still looks new. His little sister breaks it and he puts it back together. I think the next 7-10 years will be a ton of fun for all of us!
Post by: firiki on October 24, 2015, 12:55:31 AM
There's also this French guy who made some cute scenes using Lego, I can't make out the name, it's on the pics.
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247680;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247682;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247686;image)
Post by: firiki on October 24, 2015, 12:59:26 AM
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247688;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247690;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247692;image)
Post by: sLaughterMed on October 24, 2015, 04:48:11 AM
Lego art is a thing. Many people have made impressive pieces of work with it, like the guy that recently presented a model of the Vatican.Man who would have thought AT-ATs could be so cute
There's also this French guy who made some cute scenes using Lego, I can't make out the name, it's on the pics.
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247680;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247682;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247686;image)
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 24, 2015, 06:22:45 AM
I got Darth Maul when Ep 1 came out, and got the Dino Tracker when we had the Spam competition to reach a million posts.
Legos are always awesome. And seeing female figs in action toy series (as opposed to 'girl' Lego) makes me very happy.
Also, I should note, the above posted pic of the AT-ATs is awesome. :tu: :rofl:
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m208/lynnlefey/IMG_0513_zpsm7ftzmti.jpg)
Post by: sixracer on October 24, 2015, 08:03:27 AM
Space
Space Monorail Transport System (pieces)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6990_Monorail_Transport_System
Blacktron Message Intercept Base (pieces)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6987_Message-Intercept_Base
Blacktron Battrax (pieces)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6941_Battrax
Blacktron Renegade (pieces)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6954_Renegade
M-Tron Maga Core Magnetizer (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6989_Mega_Core_Magnetizer
M-Tron Particle Ionizer (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6923_Particle_Ionizer
Space Police II Solar Snooper (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6957_Solar_Snooper
Futron Interplanetary Rover (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6925_Interplanetary_Rover
Classic Space Cosmic Fleet Voyager (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6985_Cosmic_Fleet_Voyager
Star Wars Slave 1 (assembled) http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7144_Slave_I
Town
Victory Lap Raceway (assembled, needs some fixes: control room chair, pit crews, EMT guy, van, board)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6395_Victory_Lap_Raceway
Big Rig Truckstop (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6393_Big_Rig_Truck_Stop
Shell Service Station (assembled, tow truck? signs and accessories scattered))
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6378_Service_Station
Police Command Base (hacked, parts)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6386_Police_Command_Base
Airport (hacked, parts)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6392_Airport
Emergency Treatment Center (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6380_Emergency_Treatment_Center
Fire House (hacked, parts)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6385_Fire_House-I
Space Shuttle (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/1682_Space_Shuttle
Vehicles
Emergency Repair Truck (assembled), 6521
Jetport Fire Squad (assembled), http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6440_Jetport_Fire_Squad
Stunt Copter n Truck (assembled, partial) http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6357_Stunt_%27Copter_N%27_Truck
Rescue Helicopter (assembled), http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6482_Rescue_Helicopter
Town Value Pack (1496 Rally Car + 1497 Pitstop and Crew) (assembled) http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/1509_Town_Value_Pack
Stock Car (assembled) http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6634_Stock_Car
Rescue-1 Helicopter (assembled) http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6697_Rescue-I_Helicopter
Hacks
A-10
Con-Ed truck
Boats
Police Rescue Boat (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/4010_Police_Rescue_Boat
Cargo Carrier (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/4030_Cargo_Carrier
Trains
Steam Cargo Train
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7722_Steam_Cargo_Train_Set
Container Crane Depot
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7823_Container_Crane_Depot
Other
Castle Black Monarch’s Castle (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6085_Black_Monarch's_Castle
Castle Black Knights Castle (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6086_Black_Knight's_Castle
Pirate Forbidden Island (part assambled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6270_Forbidden_Island
Eldorado Fortress (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/6276_Eldorado_Fortress
Model Team Formula 1 Car (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/5540_Formula_1_Racer
Technics
Backhoe Grader (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8862_Backhoe_Grader
Power Crane (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8854_Power_Crane
Arctic Rescue Unit (parts, damaged)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8660_Arctic_Rescue_Unit
Test Car (assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8865_Test_Car
Whirlwind Helicopter (part assembled)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/8856_Whirlwind_Rescue
Prop Plane (parts)
http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/5540_Formula_1_Racer
My son is 2.5 and has plenty of Duplo to cut his teeth on. Starting to give him some of the random sets I accumulated since college at office secret Santa and such. Not sure how I will handle giving all those sets to him in a few years. I might be a little protective, but I guess it is an excuse for me to play with them again!!
Post by: Grathr on October 24, 2015, 08:19:26 AM
Yesterday I stopped by a store to see what was on the market, and I discovered that the Lego shelves where half empty. I talked to the manager, and she told ne there was a Lego "krisis" going on.
Lego has suddenly become very popular again and it has taken off in asia. Lego just cant produce enough to keep the shelves full.
She was worried that she might not get the Lego she had ordered 6montgs ago before christmas. Lego had told her that she would not get any more Star Wars lego until early 2016, when the new Asian Lego plant was ready. As she said it: "maybe then europe will get some too"
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Post by: WhichDawg on October 24, 2015, 09:25:47 AM
I had a huge castle set from the late 80's/early 90's and I am trying to find it again online.
go to the site "BrickLink" .com to find anything! (from parts to kits) I've gotten lots from them, I have Speed Racer's Mach 5 and home-made Batmobile under the monitor :P
Post by: Mercury on October 24, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
I had a huge castle set from the late 80's/early 90's and I am trying to find it again online.
go to the site "BrickLink" .com to find anything! (from parts to kits) I've gotten lots from them, I have Speed Racer's Mach 5 and home-made Batmobile under the monitor :P
I will check that out, thanks! It would be cool to have that set again. One thing is for certain though, lego got much more expensive than it was when I was a kid. Not to worry though, my boy will still be getting his fair share of sets. I am really looking forward to getting some star wars lego sets soon. I've been browsing the Lego site, and there are ton of other sets I want to get my hands on as well.
Post by: Whoey on October 24, 2015, 11:48:54 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on October 24, 2015, 05:21:18 PM
one word of caution, some parts smell like smoke (cigarette) :facepalm: I wash em when I get them first!
Post by: ironraven on October 24, 2015, 11:43:50 PM
Last night, I tolerated a sea of screaming, whining, greedy little beggers for one of the seasonal sets for this year. Amazon's price is nuts for 40090, but Toys R Us has it for $4.
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Halloween-Bat-Pumpkin-40090/dp/B00NCDH76W
Post by: captain spaulding on October 25, 2015, 12:02:58 AM
I admit my love for the little ABS bricks.
Last night, I tolerated a sea of screaming, whining, greedy little beggers for one of the seasonal sets for this year. Amazon's price is nuts for 40090, but Toys R Us has it for $4.
http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Halloween-Bat-Pumpkin-40090/dp/B00NCDH76W
Wow, what a price difference! :think:
Post by: Chako on October 25, 2015, 02:59:53 AM
Now that is impressive! ;)
Post by: Grathr on October 25, 2015, 05:51:58 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3211458/Fisherman-51-spent-three-years-building-world-s-biggest-Lego-model-warship-USS-Missouri-beaten-just-inches-American-rival.html
Now that is impressive! ;)
Wow!
That is lego building taken to another level!
Post by: zoidberg on October 25, 2015, 07:25:48 AM
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/575/22267634909_276ce83405_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/zVHs4P)
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2015, 09:28:50 AM
Post by: Whoey on October 25, 2015, 10:46:14 AM
Post by: Huntsman on October 25, 2015, 12:17:23 PM
That's cool. I didn't know that minifig existed.
Lego issues series of minifigures every few months or so - About 12 minifigs in each series
They come in sealed packets - So it is pot luck - as to which one you get - Unless you grope the packets. :o They are not part of any set!!
This one is part of series 14 - Who are all monsters of some sort - And I think this is the current series - So you can get him now !!
I think it is slightly exploitative by the Lego company
However simliar to issuing a limited edition SAK !! :o
And they are great !!!
Post by: kirk13 on October 25, 2015, 12:57:33 PM
That's cool. I didn't know that minifig existed.
Lego issues series of minifigures every few months or so - About 12 minifigs in each series
They come in sealed packets - So it is pot luck - as to which one you get - Unless you grope the packets. :o They are not part of any set!!
This one is part of series 14 - Who are all monsters of some sort - And I think this is the current series - So you can get him now !!
I think it is slightly exploitative by the Lego company
However simliar to issuing a limited edition SAK !! :o
And they are great !!!
And they're a damn sight cheaper than a limited edition SAK!
Post by: Etherealicer on October 25, 2015, 02:11:14 PM
Yeah and for both you can opt not to buy...That's cool. I didn't know that minifig existed.
Lego issues series of minifigures every few months or so - About 12 minifigs in each series
They come in sealed packets - So it is pot luck - as to which one you get - Unless you grope the packets. :o They are not part of any set!!
This one is part of series 14 - Who are all monsters of some sort - And I think this is the current series - So you can get him now !!
I think it is slightly exploitative by the Lego company
However simliar to issuing a limited edition SAK !! :o
And they are great !!!
And they're a damn sight cheaper than a limited edition SAK!
Post by: Mattexian on October 25, 2015, 06:49:07 PM
I had lots of sets from the late 70s, 80s, and thru the mid 90s. It ebbed off a lot after that, and it took a lot to get my interest with one of the Toy Story check lane bags with the little green army man and a Jeep.
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Post by: Whoey on October 25, 2015, 08:07:04 PM
I could get one pulled from a set off fleabay, but it's a low move by lego to sell a rather pricey set.
Post by: firiki on October 25, 2015, 08:25:22 PM
They come in sealed packets - So it is pot luck - as to which one you get - Unless you grope the packets. :o They are not part of any set!!
Oooh, I hate that. That's just lame :rant:
Post by: Steinar on October 26, 2015, 01:35:07 PM
Post by: Mercury on October 26, 2015, 05:18:41 PM
Post by: Syph007 on October 26, 2015, 06:33:04 PM
The series 14 figures came out and I ordered him a complete set from ebay. 16 of them for $77. Seems steep but that is less than I spent on series 13 by buying a few at a time until we got them alll, since there are in sealed packages so its a mysetery what you get.
(http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/minifigures/-/media/franchises/minifigures 2014/products/71010/series_overview_720x448.jpg)
Post by: Steinar on October 26, 2015, 06:59:09 PM
That sounds awesome, I'm gonna have to check that out. Does it come for Xbox 1?
Frankly, I have no idea. :) Let's see... http://www.lego.com/en-us/dimensions Yup, it's available on that platform.
Post by: Gareth on October 26, 2015, 07:40:28 PM
Post by: Whoey on October 26, 2015, 08:37:48 PM
Post by: Syph007 on October 26, 2015, 08:49:33 PM
mystery packs must be both frustrating and disappointing for kids, especially if they end up getting the same couple figures over and over...
Ya we used to make a routine of it.. if he was good I took him to the mall and he could pick a couple. That store actually would label the backs though so you could pick the characters you wanted. I didnt know they did this though and had already spent lots on the same figures over an over... :D
Post by: Steinar on October 26, 2015, 09:35:07 PM
Given how much my daughter loves all the Lego games she has on the Wii I think that one would be a big hit. Sadly I suspect it wouldn't work on our old Wii. Perhaps need to look at upgrading to a Wii U. :-\
Yeah, support for the Wii is dwindling. :-\
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 26, 2015, 10:13:05 PM
Whoey... Nooo!
Next it'll be...
Noo!! Now >I< have a lego infection in my avatar!
Post by: Etherealicer on October 26, 2015, 10:18:05 PM
Gareth, Noooo! You've gotten a lego infection in your avatar!Nice avatar... looks familiar :D
Whoey... Nooo!
Next it'll be...
Noo!! Now >I< have a lego infection in my avatar!
Post by: kirk13 on October 27, 2015, 12:07:02 AM
Gareth, Noooo! You've gotten a lego infection in your avatar!
Whoey... Nooo!
Next it'll be...
Noo!! Now >I< have a lego infection in my avatar!
Hey,your all just like the cool kid now!
No,that's no right :think:
Hey,your all just like me now!
Post by: Mercury on October 27, 2015, 12:35:35 AM
I decided to begin with the Harry Potter series minifigs. I got a Harry with Wand and the 2011 comic con Harry/voldemort minifigs on ebay last night. I also have to find a Jurassic World figure for my son, first thing he did was lose Grey(the little kid) in his grandparent's car.
Post by: Gareth on October 27, 2015, 12:54:33 AM
Gareth, Noooo! You've gotten a lego infection in your avatar!
Whoey... Nooo!
Next it'll be...
Noo!! Now >I< have a lego infection in my avatar!
resistance is futile. :borg:
:D
Post by: Whoey on October 27, 2015, 01:12:01 AM
Gareth, Noooo! You've gotten a lego infection in your avatar!technically speaking, mine isn't a lego minifig... http://www.oyosports.com/Hockey/National-Hockey-League :whistle:
Whoey... Nooo!
Next it'll be...
Noo!! Now >I< have a lego infection in my avatar!
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 27, 2015, 04:19:33 AM
I have to change my Avatar back. It's like I don't recognize myself, and it's causing identity issues. :D
For future reference, THIS is the pic that briefly replaced the pressed fairy pic...
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m208/lynnlefey/IMG_0521_zpshyolvu9u.jpg)
Post by: Zephon on October 27, 2015, 05:55:00 AM
Gah... okay, it's too weird.
I have to change my Avatar back. It's like I don't recognize myself, and it's causing identity issues. :D
For future reference, THIS is the pic that briefly replaced the pressed fairy pic...
(http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m208/lynnlefey/IMG_0521_zpshyolvu9u.jpg)
One of the few Lego minifigs which has print on the side of the legs -- the pockets of the cargo pants aren't always present in a good number of figures. :cheers:
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 27, 2015, 07:24:55 AM
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,56520.0.html
I clearly remember my first minifigs I got as a kid with spaceship sets. Red dudes that otherwise looked like 'Benny' from the Lego Movie. Little space logo, 'scuba tanks', face shield on helmet that was inevitably lost, and a generic smiley face. Now, facial expressions, hair, and awesome coolness.
Edit: Maybe related...
(https://yodaarchives.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/tumblr_n1oghk2d191qbzn92o1_500.jpg)
EDIT to the EDIT: I think my first set with mini figs was 497 Galaxy Explorer. Wow... randomly showed up on the same search as the above pic.
Post by: pietervn on October 27, 2015, 08:21:17 AM
Another Lego collector and builder.
I'm not into the mini figurines but love the Technic series. Lego has come a long way since I bought my first set back in the '80's. The latest sets with radio control, pneumatics and winches are fantastic. Alas, not cheap though. I have run out of space on my piano to show the various sets.
Let the pics talk!!!
Cheers, and build on :D
Pete
Post by: Gareth on October 27, 2015, 09:09:37 AM
Post by: Mercury on October 27, 2015, 09:48:33 AM
Post by: kirk13 on October 27, 2015, 10:04:14 AM
I've been checking out some prices, my goodness I thought my sons newest set was expensive, but the Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter is nearly $600!!
Careful,you'll get muggled >:D
Post by: zoidberg on October 27, 2015, 10:07:24 AM
I've been checking out some prices, my goodness I thought my sons newest set was expensive, but the Hogwarts Castle from Harry Potter is nearly $600!!
Careful,you'll get muggled >:D
:pommel:
Post by: Zed on October 27, 2015, 02:47:52 PM
mystery packs must be both frustrating and disappointing for kids, especially if they end up getting the same couple figures over and over...
I went into a toy shop in Weymouth where the boy who worked there knew what was in each packet by feeling them :D we got 4 packets,he got everyone spot on :tu:
Post by: Whoey on October 27, 2015, 09:10:00 PM
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lego-dimensions-starter-pack-review-giveaway/
Post by: pfrsantos on October 28, 2015, 05:29:57 PM
Ironically just saw this today:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/lego-dimensions-starter-pack-review-giveaway/
Cool! Got some entries!
:salute: :tu:
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 28, 2015, 05:44:22 PM
I have only been waiting like 30 years for a Lego TARDIS. An official set gets released next week. And as part of the 'Dimensions' video game. For $30 SMURFING bucks!
Smurf that! As neat as I think it is, I'm not dropping $30 on a TARDIS, Dr. Who minifig, and K9.
:rant:
Post by: Gareth on October 28, 2015, 06:03:39 PM
Alright, I'm super smurfing mad.
I have only been waiting like 30 years for a Lego TARDIS. An official set gets released next week. And as part of the 'Dimensions' video game. For $30 SMURFING bucks!
Smurf that! As neat as I think it is, I'm not dropping $30 on a TARDIS, Dr. Who minifig, and K9.
:rant:
I read this and thought "$30 for a Lego kit isn't too extreme". Then I looked it up and saw how small it is.
Of course you could argue that it's absolutely huge on the inside. ;)
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 28, 2015, 07:06:59 PM
I read this and thought "$30 for a Lego kit isn't too extreme". Then I looked it up and saw how small it is.
Of course you could argue that it's absolutely huge on the inside. ;)
:rofl:
Post by: ironraven on October 29, 2015, 03:38:08 AM
Post by: kirk13 on October 29, 2015, 09:45:04 AM
Alright, I'm super smurfing mad.
I have only been waiting like 30 years for a Lego TARDIS. An official set gets released next week. And as part of the 'Dimensions' video game. For $30 SMURFING bucks!
Smurf that! As neat as I think it is, I'm not dropping $30 on a TARDIS, Dr. Who minifig, and K9.
:rant:
Ah,but which Doctor?
Post by: dks on October 29, 2015, 09:55:58 AM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3294430/Invest-Lego-s-better-gold-Toy-kits-gone-value-12-average-2000-gold-risen-9-6.html#ixzz3pwfwbcCz
Post by: Whoey on October 29, 2015, 10:27:09 AM
"Invest in Lego, it's better than gold: Toy kits have gone up in value by 12% on average since 2000 while gold has risen by 9.6% "That might be sound advice, but who can actually buy a kit and not want to put it together (thus decreasing the value) :pok: :ahhh :P
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3294430/Invest-Lego-s-better-gold-Toy-kits-gone-value-12-average-2000-gold-risen-9-6.html#ixzz3pwfwbcCz
Post by: dks on October 29, 2015, 10:58:19 AM
Post by: Whoey on October 29, 2015, 11:33:28 AM
That is why you should avoid multitools and knives in blister packs - if you play with them, even a bit, then you can not sell them as new in box.Bluster packs are pure evil. I bought a bunch of stuff for an IT job I'm working on ATM and once I got home I reduced the footprint by about 90% just by throwing away the blister packaging... :facepalm:
Post by: dks on October 29, 2015, 11:44:09 AM
Well done to Victorinox for putting their alox knives in a paper box.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 29, 2015, 12:20:23 PM
https://youtu.be/StTqXEQ2l-Y
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
Def
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 29, 2015, 12:24:32 PM
Lego art is a thing. Many people have made impressive pieces of work with it, like the guy that recently presented a model of the Vatican.Man who would have thought AT-ATs could be so cute
There's also this French guy who made some cute scenes using Lego, I can't make out the name, it's on the pics.
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247680;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247682;image)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=247686;image)
Sounds like you have yet to see this one....
https://youtu.be/-CVYOCMpJRY
Def
Post by: Mercury on October 29, 2015, 12:51:32 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 29, 2015, 04:25:26 PM
One morning a few weeks ago I was out in the yard with the dogs while Megan was getting ready for work. One of the TV's had been left on, so I pulled up the above video and sent it to the Chromecast on the TV. Megan was alone in the house and suddenly the TV springs to life with EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
We still laugh about it.
Def
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 29, 2015, 04:43:22 PM
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME! :rofl: We sing that song in my house pretty much daily. Mix that with Big Hero 6 quotes and you have my son's entire vocabulary.
"Hairy baby!" :D
I did not want to be the one that posted 'Everything is Awesome'. Hubby wishes my demise every time I play it... or mention it. I don't think he gets the humor of it.
Kirk, the lego set has the 12th doctor.
Also, I am absolutely SHOCKED that a thread on these boards would wander into discussions of multitools. :D
Post by: ironraven on October 30, 2015, 01:30:03 AM
Also, I am absolutely SHOCKED that a thread on these boards would wander into discussions of multitools. :D
Recreation is a key to civilization. Toys are a tool, not just for small children- even if your toys are trashcans that you toss in the air with a home made air cannon. Not only are they group bonding tool, the socialization is a general purpose "network" event. And Legos are comparatively cheap, fast, versatile model building tools, so the Lego itself, and not just the side effects of "play", is a multipurpose tool.
Post by: Zephon on October 30, 2015, 01:56:59 AM
Also, I am absolutely SHOCKED that a thread on these boards would wander into discussions of multitools. :D
Recreation is a key to civilization. Toys are a tool, not just for small children- even if your toys are trashcans that you toss in the air with a home made air cannon. Not only are they group bonding tool, the socialization is a general purpose "network" event. And Legos are comparatively cheap, fast, versatile model building tools, so the Lego itself, and not just the side effects of "play", is a multipurpose tool.
I don't know if it also happened to you guys but it was in playing with Lego when I was a little kid that I realized that there's a need for tools outside of your teeth. :climber:
....and now here were are.... :drink:
oh, everything is awesome indeed!
Post by: Mercury on October 30, 2015, 02:47:34 AM
So do we.
One morning a few weeks ago I was out in the yard with the dogs while Megan was getting ready for work. One of the TV's had been left on, so I pulled up the above video and sent it to the Chromecast on the TV. Megan was alone in the house and suddenly the TV springs to life with EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
We still laugh about it.
Def
:rofl:
That's hilarious! I can totally see her reaction, funny! If I had chromecast I'd do that to my wife.
Post by: Gareth on October 30, 2015, 03:26:06 PM
How can this thread have gone this long without this?
https://youtu.be/StTqXEQ2l-Y
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
Def
No-one else was going to be that cruel. :twak: I've now got it stuck in my head for the next week, AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE SONG!! :ahhh
Post by: Whoey on October 30, 2015, 04:06:57 PM
>:D
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 30, 2015, 04:10:17 PM
Which reminds me.
Here in North America, we have opossums. O-possums. But where I come from, the native (redneck) dialect, NO ONE pronounces the beginning 'o'. It's just 'possum'. Then i see an article the other day 'Baby possum cuddles toy kangaroo' and i'm thinking there's a journalist who needs a better editor.
Nope. It's actually a Possum, not an Opossum. And yes, there's a difference. So, Australia and New Zealand get cute pokemon looking things called 'possums'. We North Americans get things that look like smurfing dire plague rats from the deepest bowels of hell.
TOTALLY unfair.
Yours...
(https://singlikenooneslistening.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/possumsideview.jpg)
OURS...
(http://i.imgur.com/qDGfubM.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 30, 2015, 08:48:35 PM
Def
Post by: Lynn LeFey on October 30, 2015, 08:56:29 PM
There had to be ONE thing in Australia that doesn't actively try to kill you.....
Def
I guess that's true. :rofl:
Post by: dks on October 30, 2015, 09:12:56 PM
Post by: charlie fox on October 30, 2015, 09:17:49 PM
Post by: Huntsman on October 31, 2015, 05:10:44 AM
Zoid :D
Nope we didn't let him into Australia
Post by: Mercury on October 31, 2015, 08:02:08 AM
Post by: pietervn on October 31, 2015, 09:44:26 AM
There had to be ONE thing in Australia that doesn't actively try to kill you.....
Def
He He He,
They are VERY territorial and will defend it to the teeth with some serious growling much like the second pic.
As for the killing, hitting one on the motorbike a while back was a hairy moment. Thankfully the GS "glided" over it without much trouble. GS 1 possum 0.
Pete
Post by: dks on October 31, 2015, 11:46:59 AM
Zoid :D
Nope we didn't let him into Australia
..that is what you think... :whistle:
Post by: Mercury on November 04, 2015, 12:04:36 AM
While I was there I shopped a ton of star wars sets, there are so many cool ones I may actually pick one up. I'm kind of more into the Minifigs at this point, but I think a TIE fighter would be pretty awesome...
Post by: Gareth on November 04, 2015, 12:47:47 AM
Post by: Zephon on November 04, 2015, 12:52:26 AM
My daughter dropped the less than subtle request for the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar this afternoon. After all, she said, in our house it's "a Christmas tradition". :D
:rofl: :tu: :cheers:
Wish my kids would drop something like that -- then again, my wife would just say that "it's really Daddy's idea" :gimme:
Post by: Mercury on November 04, 2015, 12:52:59 AM
Post by: Huntsman on November 04, 2015, 01:12:27 AM
My daughter dropped the less than subtle request for the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar this afternoon. After all, she said, in our house it's "a Christmas tradition". :D
It's really good this year - Loadsa minifigs and other great trinkets and CP30 as Father Christmas - brilliant, funny, can't wait
Post by: Whoey on November 04, 2015, 03:08:29 AM
Post by: Lynn LeFey on November 04, 2015, 03:15:38 AM
It's really good this year - Loadsa minifigs and other great trinkets andCP30C3P0 as Father Christmas - brilliant, funny, can't wait
Fixed that for you. :D
Post by: Mercury on November 04, 2015, 03:48:15 AM
It's really good this year - Loadsa minifigs and other great trinkets andCP30C3P0 as Father Christmas - brilliant, funny, can't wait
Fixed that for you. :D
:D
This bug officially bit. I just bought all three versions of Ultron on Ebay. My wife is shaking her head at me. I'm about to start placing some things up for sale lol.
Post by: pietervn on November 04, 2015, 04:57:11 AM
My daughter dropped the less than subtle request for the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar this afternoon. After all, she said, in our house it's "a Christmas tradition". :D
We have been buying these for at least two years. There are some cool things in these. My daughter loves the food bits and the figurines, they all get used in her little Lego city.
Cheers,
Pete
Post by: Huntsman on November 04, 2015, 06:12:12 AM
It's really good this year - Loadsa minifigs and other great trinkets andCP30C3P0 as Father Christmas - brilliant, funny, can't wait
Fixed that for you. :D
Oooops - Thanks Lynn - Not quite as big a Star Wars geek as you then ?? :D :o
What a terrible error - Please don't tell my son - He'll never forgive me >:(
Post by: Lynn LeFey on November 04, 2015, 08:55:02 PM
Not quite as big a Star Wars geek as you then ?? :D :o
(sigh) ... no... probably not. I'm... yeah... a pretty big Star Wars geek. :facepalm:
:D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 04, 2015, 09:07:18 PM
Good company here you are in, if Star Wars Geek you are.
Def
Post by: Gareth on November 05, 2015, 05:36:51 PM
My daughter dropped the less than subtle request for the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar this afternoon. After all, she said, in our house it's "a Christmas tradition". :D
:rofl: :tu: :cheers:
Wish my kids would drop something like that -- then again, my wife would just say that "it's really Daddy's idea" :gimme:
Given that I found out she'd said the same thing to my wife, I think I'm in the clear. :D With that in mind my wife and I did as we were asked and bought one.
Post by: Whoey on November 05, 2015, 05:40:59 PM
(it has slave 1, I had to...)
Post by: Mercury on November 10, 2015, 09:25:21 PM
I also just started a build in Lego digital designer, after I finish it I will cost it and see how much that's gonna run me. This is getting real fun!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 11, 2015, 12:32:43 AM
Def
Post by: Mercury on November 11, 2015, 01:50:47 AM
Must.... resist.... minifig..... collecting.....
Def
It's too late for me! They're all so cool!!!!!
Post by: Zephon on November 11, 2015, 02:52:03 AM
Post by: Mercury on November 11, 2015, 05:08:05 AM
This early on I'm trying to find a darn good price for a Force Awakens Millennium Falcon.....heck, or its retired kin for that matter. I'm sure its price is going to go through the roof (or the USD200 mark) after the movie is shown.
I'm toying with the idea of getting one of those myself.
Post by: Whoey on November 11, 2015, 12:01:48 PM
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Post by: Whoey on November 11, 2015, 04:42:28 PM
http://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/products/buildable-figures/75107-jango-fett
(http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/starwars/-/media/franchises/lego%20starwars/products/3hy%202015/buildable%20figures/pack%20shot/75107-packshot.jpg?l.r2=-1997097191)
will post actual photos once I had a chance to open and build it :D
Post by: magentus on November 11, 2015, 04:58:51 PM
oh, and forget minifigs, I just bought:Jangtastic!
http://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/products/buildable-figures/75107-jango-fett
(http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/starwars/-/media/franchises/lego%20starwars/products/3hy%202015/buildable%20figures/pack%20shot/75107-packshot.jpg?l.r2=-1997097191)
will post actual photos once I had a chance to open and build it :D
Post by: Mercury on November 11, 2015, 07:32:47 PM
I took a family photo of all my minifigs the other day. It's a tiny collection, but it's a start. Once I get a certain package in the mail next week the number should double or more.
Post by: Huntsman on November 11, 2015, 11:53:04 PM
oh, and forget minifigs, I just bought:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/products/buildable-figures/75107-jango-fett
will post actual photos once I had a chance to open and build it :D
Is Jango Fett a robot then ?? I thought he was a person - Definitely not up to scratch on these characters
His minifig is like a person not a robot!
Post by: Whoey on November 12, 2015, 11:52:45 AM
no, but I do agree the "buildable figures" line does look a lot more like the Battlestar Galactica reboot Cylon Centurions with a different head...oh, and forget minifigs, I just bought:
http://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/products/buildable-figures/75107-jango-fett
will post actual photos once I had a chance to open and build it :D
Is Jango Fett a robot then ?? I thought he was a person - Definitely not up to scratch on these characters
His minifig is like a person not a robot!
(http://orig09.deviantart.net/39fc/f/2007/235/8/9/cylon_centurion_by_coloneljinx.png)
There's also little difference in the rest of the series aside from colouring and head pieces by the looks of it.
Post by: Wilfried on November 12, 2015, 10:18:49 PM
Gojira!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 13, 2015, 12:24:55 AM
Don't tell anyone.
Def
Post by: Mercury on November 13, 2015, 12:15:47 PM
(http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s461/seanton35/20151113_050821_zpsyjkkeeum.jpg)
Post by: Whoey on November 13, 2015, 04:20:34 PM
Post by: Mercury on November 13, 2015, 09:52:58 PM
Post by: ironraven on November 14, 2015, 06:24:58 AM
I don't care for the birdish minifigs, but the pheonix is very pretty. This one is not getting broken down for parts, but will probably make a few appearances in RPG sessions. Now I need to find a good dragon to go with.
Post by: captain spaulding on November 14, 2015, 07:13:12 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kn4vXDKSW1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xQwkICq9eo
Post by: Whoey on November 16, 2015, 05:18:06 PM
This should give you a pretty good idea of scale vs traditional minifigs (generic mando)
Post by: Mercury on November 17, 2015, 12:05:28 AM
Post by: pfrsantos on November 17, 2015, 12:13:56 PM
finally had a chance to put him together, and today I needed the distraction, however short lived it was...
This should give you a pretty good idea of scale vs traditional minifigs (generic mando)
Hum... They remind me of someone...
Show content
Let me think... Oh, yeah!
Show content
(https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.M96a1da97c9fc86cc5f6a85dd499cfafdo0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300)
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Post by: Smashie on November 17, 2015, 04:09:15 PM
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/17/92a42bc713c6115f3c36dfd9e5cc2d2f.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/17/d8a6299d2408566c66ea0956d60743bd.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 17, 2015, 09:07:13 PM
Def
Post by: Chako on November 18, 2015, 12:18:19 PM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_9876small_zpsrvlhpv1m.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_9876small_zpsrvlhpv1m.jpg.html)
:facepalm:
Post by: derekmac on November 18, 2015, 12:24:26 PM
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Post by: Whoey on November 18, 2015, 12:30:43 PM
Also those Call of Duty Mega Bloks sets :ahhh :ahhh
Post by: derekmac on November 18, 2015, 12:54:49 PM
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Post by: Chako on November 18, 2015, 01:37:44 PM
Post by: Mercury on November 18, 2015, 09:58:36 PM
Post by: derekmac on November 18, 2015, 11:17:41 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on November 19, 2015, 03:23:19 PM
I want theCODOCD ones all for myself. :facepalm:
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FTFY...
:D :D
Post by: tosh on November 19, 2015, 06:13:35 PM
https://www.facebook.com/UniversoRacionalista/videos/852991674817724/
I'm not such a Lego fan myself, but have to admit this is pretty jaw dropping!! :o
Post by: Smashie on November 19, 2015, 06:34:55 PM
I'm assuming you've all seen this..
https://www.facebook.com/...a/videos/852991674817724/ (https://www.facebook.com/UniversoRacionalista/videos/852991674817724/)
I'm not such a Lego fan myself, but have to admit this is pretty jaw dropping!! :o
smurf me :ahhh
I rekon Matthew would have that broken down in 20 minutes :facepalm:
Post by: Whoey on November 19, 2015, 06:38:23 PM
Post by: Mercury on November 20, 2015, 11:36:52 AM
Post by: derekmac on November 20, 2015, 03:15:38 PM
I'm assuming you've all seen this..Damn!!!!! That's fricken awesome!!
https://www.facebook.com/UniversoRacionalista/videos/852991674817724/
I'm not such a Lego fan myself, but have to admit this is pretty jaw dropping!! :o
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Post by: Whoey on November 21, 2015, 05:46:04 PM
Post by: Smashie on November 21, 2015, 05:53:12 PM
Weekend Toy market in Madrid
That's a good find, but I find the elf/gnome in green, bottom centre to be a bit disturbing :rofl:
Post by: CanadianLMfan on November 28, 2015, 07:37:34 PM
Alright, I'm super smurfing mad.
I have only been waiting like 30 years for a Lego TARDIS. An official set gets released next week. And as part of the 'Dimensions' video game. For $30 SMURFING bucks!
Smurf that! As neat as I think it is, I'm not dropping $30 on a TARDIS, Dr. Who minifig, and K9.
:rant:
Ah,but which Doctor?
12
Post by: Grathr on December 02, 2015, 09:29:40 PM
Astrnaut Andreas Mogesen tweeted this pic from ISS.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/02/5421d98c85fff87b73ce1f75d54d023e.jpg)
Apparently he brought 20 minifigs with him.
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2015, 10:04:11 PM
Post by: zoidberg on December 03, 2015, 12:43:08 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 03, 2015, 06:44:02 PM
Def
Post by: Grathr on December 03, 2015, 06:50:44 PM
That's one tiny stiff legged step for plastic man...... one giant laugh for mankind!
Def
:rofl:
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2015, 07:55:06 PM
(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ae/71/22/ae7122fd2e811e5b3ff13b8aa0b259d0.jpg)
Post by: CanadianLMfan on December 03, 2015, 09:51:27 PM
And now something conpletely different, and yet the same.
Astrnaut Andreas Mogesen tweeted this pic from ISS.
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/02/5421d98c85fff87b73ce1f75d54d023e.jpg)
Apparently he brought 20 minifigs with him.
I wonder if they let him bring it
Post by: Mercury on December 31, 2015, 05:05:58 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 02, 2016, 01:49:58 PM
http://toyland.gizmodo.com/bandai-desperately-wants-you-to-think-these-dragonball-1750445877
(https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/qwjsowcbdzjoskuds44l.png)
Post by: Mercury on January 02, 2016, 03:24:12 PM
I just paid 2 bucks for a fake Iron Patriot for my 7 year old(I have the real one on the way for my collection, don't ask how much I paid)and it looks much better than the printing on those DZ figs.
Post by: Lynn LeFey on January 04, 2016, 07:58:31 PM
Lego Pirates Treasure Island set.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQI2EsJxjhw/VPfSwtMtj4I/AAAAAAAAHcc/Gppy_z4kasA/s1600/150304a-lego-pirates-70411-treasure-island.jpg)
Post by: zoidberg on January 05, 2016, 06:56:09 AM
One of the things i got for my birthday...
Lego Pirates Treasure Island set.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AQI2EsJxjhw/VPfSwtMtj4I/AAAAAAAAHcc/Gppy_z4kasA/s1600/150304a-lego-pirates-70411-treasure-island.jpg)
Post by: Lynn LeFey on January 06, 2016, 12:15:39 AM
http://www.cnet.com/news/put-your-3d-printed-head-on-a-lego-minifig/
Post by: Smashie on January 06, 2016, 12:30:14 AM
I'ma just leave this here...
http://www.cnet.com/news/...d-head-on-a-lego-minifig/ (http://www.cnet.com/news/put-your-3d-printed-head-on-a-lego-minifig/)
Wow, thanks for that link Lynn, I'm going to have a lot of fun with that >:D
Post by: Mercury on January 06, 2016, 01:53:49 AM
My son is one set shy of having all the Jurassic World sets, and the last one should be here soon.
I plan on doing either a Pirate or City MOC diorama for me and my kids this year as well.
Post by: Whoey on January 06, 2016, 01:37:48 PM
I'ma just leave this here...nice...
http://www.cnet.com/news/put-your-3d-printed-head-on-a-lego-minifig/
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 06, 2016, 02:39:02 PM
Def
Post by: dks on January 06, 2016, 05:16:22 PM
Post by: Mercury on January 06, 2016, 10:08:44 PM
Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
LOL!
Post by: zoidberg on January 06, 2016, 11:48:21 PM
Post by: Gareth on January 07, 2016, 12:56:02 AM
Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
Well, we've got one covered already. :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SAc-On9iIHI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A-xiV0F8GVM/s400/LEGO+Zoidberg.jpg)
Post by: pfrsantos on January 07, 2016, 03:48:23 PM
Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
Well, we've got one covered already. :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SAc-On9iIHI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A-xiV0F8GVM/s400/LEGO+Zoidberg.jpg)
Huh... You mean three, right!...
Show content
(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_1160_1445884319.jpg)
(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_2172_1446990277.png)
:D :D
(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_2172_1446990277.png)
:D :D
Post by: Gareth on January 07, 2016, 03:50:10 PM
Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
Well, we've got one covered already. :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SAc-On9iIHI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A-xiV0F8GVM/s400/LEGO+Zoidberg.jpg)
Huh... You mean two, right!...Show content(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_1160_1445884319.jpg)
:D :D
Yeah, but I don't wear a mask. Not always anyway.......:whistle:
Post by: pfrsantos on January 07, 2016, 03:55:25 PM
Loz Darth Vader, about $2, 180, tiny, pieces
That pic reminds me of something...
Show content
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=255932;image) = (http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/big-head-tiny-body.jpg)
:D :D
:D :D
Post by: Gareth on January 07, 2016, 05:07:57 PM
Loz Darth Vader, about $2, 180, tiny, pieces
That pic reminds me of something...Show content(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=255932;image) = (http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/big-head-tiny-body.jpg)
:D :D
Don't click that box unless you want your world changed forever! :ahhh
:rofl:
Post by: dks on January 07, 2016, 06:44:56 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on January 07, 2016, 07:21:58 PM
Yes, but look at the size of darth's tool !!!!!
Show content
You don't need me posting a picture so just say it out loud...
:pok: :pok:
:pok: :pok:
Post by: captain spaulding on January 07, 2016, 09:58:46 PM
Post by: kirk13 on January 07, 2016, 11:36:58 PM
Yes, but look at the size of darth's tool !!!!!Show contentYou don't need me posting a picture so just say it out loud...
:pok: :pok:
Oh,all right :facepalm:
Show content
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!
Post by: ducttapetech on January 08, 2016, 12:02:58 AM
Oh Kirk is on top of it.
Post by: kirk13 on January 08, 2016, 12:40:49 AM
Phrasing!
Oh Kirk is on top of it.
I refer you,sir,to my previous reply :salute:
Post by: ducttapetech on January 08, 2016, 12:49:33 AM
Phrasing...again! LOL!Phrasing!
Oh Kirk is on top of it.
I refer you,sir,to my previous reply :salute:
Post by: dks on January 08, 2016, 07:12:53 AM
Phrasing!
Oh Kirk is on top of it.
I refer you,sir,to my previous reply :salute:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Mercury on January 08, 2016, 10:05:17 AM
Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
Well, we've got one covered already. :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SAc-On9iIHI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A-xiV0F8GVM/s400/LEGO+Zoidberg.jpg)
Huh... You mean two, right!...Show content(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_1160_1445884319.jpg)
:D :D
Yeah, but I don't wear a mask. Not always anyway.......:whistle:
And I have no hair. I don't think I have a fig that truly captures my baldness...
Post by: Whoey on January 08, 2016, 11:38:29 AM
And I have no hair. I don't think I have a fig that truly captures my baldness...
(http://cache.lego.com/r/catalogs/-/media/franchises/minifigures%202014/characters/kwik%20e%20mart%20characters/1488x928_homer.png?l.r2=1070375256)
Post by: magentus on January 08, 2016, 11:38:58 AM
Not unless you have a connection point on top of your head - could you sand the point down or will that just leave a hole like you've trepanned yourself?Maybe we should do a limited edition MTO Admin Team set? Who wouldn't want a little Micah, Felinevet or Megan minifig? :D
Def
Well, we've got one covered already. :D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LY-9PTRzghw/SAc-On9iIHI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A-xiV0F8GVM/s400/LEGO+Zoidberg.jpg)
Huh... You mean two, right!...Show content(http://forum.multitool.org/media/avatar_1160_1445884319.jpg)
:D :D
Yeah, but I don't wear a mask. Not always anyway.......:whistle:
And I have no hair. I don't think I have a fig that truly captures my baldness...
Post by: matzesu on January 08, 2016, 12:19:18 PM
But i build a lot in my childhood, but sadly there arend pictures taken..
So the Unimog took about 3 Evenings to build..
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/08/45ac6e0ff42cab12e95d452185db198e.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/08/a1d3d50f0d809767f40e38e44b15c835.jpg)
(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/16/01/08/07b179116c50a69984bf55ceb32719bf.jpg)
Post by: Mercury on January 08, 2016, 05:15:31 PM
And I have no hair. I don't think I have a fig that truly captures my baldness...
(http://cache.lego.com/r/catalogs/-/media/franchises/minifigures%202014/characters/kwik%20e%20mart%20characters/1488x928_homer.png?l.r2=1070375256)
You, sir, are hilarious!
I have to buy that one now!!!
Post by: Etherealicer on January 08, 2016, 09:33:39 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on January 09, 2016, 12:30:04 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/cu5YNEd.png)
Post by: Mercury on January 09, 2016, 02:46:57 AM
That was how I looked before I shaved my head Dan!
Post by: pietervn on January 09, 2016, 08:46:05 AM
My last project was the Lego Technic Unimog,
So the Unimog took about 3 Evenings to build...
One of my favourites. I love the way one can see the drive train and gearing. I find them excellent tools to explain basic mechanics to the kids.
I'm about a 1/3 through building the Mercedes-Benz Arocs Truck. I'll post pics of both side by side.
Pete
Post by: Grathr on January 09, 2016, 09:40:02 AM
Someone had fun with lego :D
http://youtu.be/3HJHhA2fsoQ
Post by: pietervn on January 09, 2016, 11:04:43 AM
Post by: Gareth on January 09, 2016, 01:41:32 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 09, 2016, 10:02:18 PM
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on January 10, 2016, 04:02:45 PM
i think it fits! :P :D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 10, 2016, 08:31:15 PM
Def
Post by: Whoey on January 10, 2016, 08:41:56 PM
Post by: kirk13 on January 10, 2016, 09:10:57 PM
:ahhh
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 10, 2016, 09:17:38 PM
Def
Post by: kirk13 on January 19, 2016, 02:09:48 PM
(http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy104/kirk130013/kirk130013146/image_zpsyqjbwgah.jpeg) (http://s782.photobucket.com/user/kirk130013/media/kirk130013146/image_zpsyqjbwgah.jpeg.html)
(http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy104/kirk130013/kirk130013146/image_zpsy1i9pwyg.jpeg) (http://s782.photobucket.com/user/kirk130013/media/kirk130013146/image_zpsy1i9pwyg.jpeg.html)
Local supermarket was clearing out its Christmas leftovers...would have been rude to say no >:D
Post by: SAK Guy on January 19, 2016, 04:56:28 PM
Post by: kirk13 on January 19, 2016, 05:04:04 PM
That is really cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really enjoyed building it! It's my favourite vehicle from the new movie :tu:
Post by: Whoey on January 19, 2016, 05:09:53 PM
(http://news.toyark.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2015/12/Star-Wars-Carbon-Freezing-Chamber-75137-LEGO.jpg)
:ahhh :gimme:
Post by: WhichDawg on January 19, 2016, 06:33:13 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/XqoL81P.jpg)
old batman :D
Post by: SAK Guy on January 19, 2016, 06:36:27 PM
AWESOME!!!!!!!
Post by: Whoey on January 19, 2016, 06:59:56 PM
Post by: Mercury on January 19, 2016, 10:42:24 PM
That new (old) Batman set is catching my eye, simply because I collect Superhero minifigs and it comes with like 9 minifigs. I love it when TLG includes a ton of minifigs in a set. My Son's jurassic world indominus breakout was nearly $200 and only came with 4 minifigs. I routinely pick up sets for $80 that have 5 in them.
Post by: rishardh on January 20, 2016, 07:10:05 AM
I am helping our kid with a Lego build that she got for her birthday. She is only 3 so I am doing all the work and she takes a piece and wants me to chase her :ahhh
Anyways, I am playing with Legos after about 25 years and is it me or have the pieces got tinier. Some pieces needs a magnifying glass to find :o
Post by: Zephon on January 20, 2016, 07:28:17 AM
I am helping our kid with a Lego build that she got for her birthday. She is only 3 so I am doing all the work and she takes a piece and wants me to chase her :ahhh
Anyways, I am playing with Legos after about 25 years and is it me or have the pieces got tinier. Some pieces needs a magnifying glass to find :o
The stud size remains the same -- my Lego sets from the 80's still work well with recent sets.
Wonder what set you're putting together for your kid -- that definitely doesn't sound like Duplo.
On a side note, word has it that pieces aren't as "opaque" as they were. If you hold a 30yr old brick up to the light, it blocks more light than a brick from a set 30 weeks ago. Not that I have tried nor care though....
Post by: Whoey on January 20, 2016, 12:46:29 PM
http://www.nanoblockuk.com/
Post by: rishardh on January 20, 2016, 02:15:57 PM
This is the one. I am very impressed with some of the pieces. There is even a tiny ball joint socket.
Our baby has been playing with Mega Blocks and Duplo. This is way too advanced for her. Once I build it and she plays for it for a few days it will go back in the box and come out when she is ready.
Post by: WhichDawg on January 20, 2016, 04:23:53 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/BSyN8Pa.jpg)
Post by: rishardh on January 20, 2016, 07:30:27 PM
whoa...if we make that jeep green, put a few lego doggies in it, add Indiana Jones (plus whip) and get rishardh to make it for us, we might have something there :D
Nicely done... where are the doggies? :rofl:
I finished it this morning. Lost track of time and got late to work, but it was worth it :D The details are amazing. It has retractable hook too. Legos 'are' awesome :tu:
Post by: Mercury on January 20, 2016, 11:23:36 PM
Post by: rishardh on January 21, 2016, 02:39:47 PM
My son has that set. I agree it is quite detailed and too advanced for a 3 year old. My Daughter is 3 and plays with the dinosaur and some of the minifigs but Lego sets are too much for her. She does, however, enjoy sitting down and playing with 10 bricks or so, making little shapes.
Sounds just like my 3 year old :)
Post by: rishardh on January 21, 2016, 02:43:03 PM
And I present to you.... the LEGO MT :D
Post by: WhichDawg on January 21, 2016, 05:26:58 PM
some of my fav builds:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOReec.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 21, 2016, 09:38:49 PM
And I present to you.... the LEGO MT :D
That is so cool!
Def
Post by: Mercury on January 22, 2016, 03:49:26 AM
And I present to you.... the LEGO MT :D
I have 3 of those, they are lifesavers!
Post by: captain spaulding on January 22, 2016, 06:32:48 AM
i luv that tool! saves my fingers and nails :D :tu:
some of my fav builds:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOReec.jpg)
Very cool. I always wanted the Ghostbuster wagon since I saw it on tested. :tu:
Post by: rishardh on January 22, 2016, 07:13:28 AM
i luv that tool! saves my fingers and nails :D :tu:
some of my fav builds:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOReec.jpg)
Wow, very cool. What's the grey vehicle?
Post by: captain spaulding on January 22, 2016, 07:16:58 AM
i luv that tool! saves my fingers and nails :D :tu:
some of my fav builds:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOReec.jpg)
Wow, very cool. What's the grey vehicle?
That's the Delorean from Back to the Future! :twak: :twak:
Post by: rishardh on January 22, 2016, 08:01:14 AM
i luv that tool! saves my fingers and nails :D :tu:
some of my fav builds:
(http://i.imgur.com/mgOReec.jpg)
Wow, very cool. What's the grey vehicle?
That's the Delorean from Back to the Future! :twak: :twak:
I see it now, from that angle I would have never guessed it. Thanks :cheers:
Post by: Whoey on January 23, 2016, 01:24:54 PM
Post by: Chako on January 23, 2016, 02:08:24 PM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0347small_zpsulg8oro2.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0347small_zpsulg8oro2.jpg.html)
Post by: Whoey on January 23, 2016, 11:55:29 PM
https://www.facebook.com/LegoStarWarsAddicted/?fref=nf
Post by: pfrsantos on January 26, 2016, 07:22:31 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XMUtpSvKPE
Got a couple. Made the work desk a little less boring...
:D :D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 26, 2016, 10:17:30 PM
Guess since I have all this time on my hands now I should binge watch them.
They forgot Christian Slater, who woke up Captain Sulu in The Undiscovered Country.
(http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/db_articles/4999e9971be8130bb9263b38fc32ad61e528e49b.png)
Or Kim Cattrall as the Vulcan officer named Valeris.
(http://www.startrek.com/uploads/assets/db_articles/bdb11e2605443b0af68abf8f35dfd420dc46da35.jpg)
Or Kirsty Alley who played Saavik.
(http://www.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012717/634.eo.KirstieAlley.Saavik.StrTrk.081712.jpg)
Or Paul "Big Show" Wight who played an Orion slaver on Enterprise.
(http://starwrecked.com/contents/celebs/large-pics/The-Big-Show-Paul-Wight-Orion-Slaver-Enterprise-Borderland.jpg)
Def
Post by: Mercury on January 27, 2016, 02:27:43 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on January 27, 2016, 04:04:38 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/bN3BoRr.jpg)
I got it for the wheels! they're giant :D
(http://i.imgur.com/CFuo3Yl.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/7YyqUFG.jpg)
some nice thought went into this, I like it ;)
Post by: Mercury on January 27, 2016, 04:25:39 AM
Post by: Zephon on January 28, 2016, 10:48:54 AM
Post by: Mercury on January 28, 2016, 12:14:47 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 28, 2016, 12:49:45 PM
Pulled the trigger and got Lego 75105. I'm bound to give it to my youngest for his 7th birthday. I just don't know how to explain to my wife how I got it. Yeah, it did cost a bit (in SAK terms, it's like buying a CT41 plus a Swisschamp.I really want 75060 which is even pricier (if you can find it!) but it's currently unaffordable.
Post by: WhichDawg on January 28, 2016, 06:36:26 PM
Pulled the trigger and got Lego 75105. I'm bound to give it to my youngest for his 7th birthday. I just don't know how to explain to my wife how I got it. Yeah, it did cost a bit (in SAK terms, it's like buying a CT41 plus a Swisschamp.I really want 75060 which is even pricier (if you can find it!) but it's currently unaffordable.
just checked "Bricklink" (that site I mentioned) one person in Belgium has it for 179.89 usd; one person in Spain has ( 8 ) for 207.08 usd each; even (3) in Canada for 206.00 usd each
just sayin :pok:
Post by: Whoey on January 28, 2016, 07:23:21 PM
Post by: Mercury on January 28, 2016, 09:21:09 PM
Post by: Sweety-Sama on January 31, 2016, 02:56:44 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160131/d44b6371e27f4609b81c5ec0f8f002b3.jpg)
http://youtu.be/A6Ljvcj8DP0
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Using a future communicator stolen from the NCC-1701
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 31, 2016, 02:59:50 PM
He was a great dog!
Def
Post by: Sweety-Sama on January 31, 2016, 03:01:25 PM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160131/ee7109668eb0b682ae677ff70cdc38cf.jpg)
From left to right: barbarian half Orc, rouge elf, cleric dwarf, magician-cleric elf and ranger elf (that's me).
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Using a future communicator stolen from the NCC-1701
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 31, 2016, 03:06:55 PM
Def
Post by: Sweety-Sama on January 31, 2016, 03:08:16 PM
The barbarian half orc looks like he would get a bit too busy for questing in, say, late December? :D
Def
Lol! Yeah.. We had an advent calendar from Lego this Christmas.... ^.^*
-----------------------------
Using a future communicator stolen from the NCC-1701
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 03, 2016, 11:03:06 PM
MetalBeard's Five Laws of the Sea include;
* Never place your rear end on a pirate's face.
* Never release a Kracken.
* Never put ye hand in a clams mouth.
* Always abandon a lost cause.
* Never wear a dress on Tuesday
Words to live by indeed. .....
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on February 04, 2016, 01:49:47 AM
-Never jump, run, skip or even stroll on a deck covered in ICE! (with a peg leg)
(http://i.imgur.com/PNVjTbN.png)
Post by: rishardh on February 04, 2016, 06:40:48 AM
Lego Movie :tu: Emmet's instuctions to fit in, have everybody like you and always be happy!
(a few I remember)
- Breathe
- Wear clothes
- Drink expensive Coffee
- Enjoy pop music
:rofl:
Post by: magentus on February 04, 2016, 12:36:07 PM
Altogether now..............
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME.....
Post by: Gareth on February 04, 2016, 02:28:25 PM
Great movie!
Altogether now..............
EVERYTHING IS AWESOME.....
And once again I'll have that song stuck in my head for days to come. :twak:
Post by: dks on February 04, 2016, 03:02:10 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iEKLFS-aKcw
Post by: Mercury on February 04, 2016, 09:19:49 PM
Post by: dks on February 06, 2016, 06:54:00 AM
Post by: Mercury on February 06, 2016, 03:52:43 PM
Is it still in your head, from when you used to watch it daily?
I have a 3.5 year old daughter, so yes. I have seen that movie at least 400 times.
Post by: dks on February 06, 2016, 04:10:59 PM
Post by: Whoey on February 06, 2016, 04:54:15 PM
today. :pok: :PIs it still in your head, from when you used to watch it daily?
I have a 3.5 year old daughter, so yes. I have seen that movie at least 400 times.
Post by: Mercury on February 06, 2016, 05:04:39 PM
today. :pok: :PIs it still in your head, from when you used to watch it daily?
I have a 3.5 year old daughter, so yes. I have seen that movie at least 400 times.
Yep. It's bad enough we own the movie, but for Christmas someone got her the little microphone that plays the song so she can sing along. And guess what? She loves it.
Post by: Gareth on February 10, 2016, 02:39:30 PM
Post by: MadPlumbarian on February 16, 2016, 01:58:33 AM
JR
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/mrssabrina/3a48a4494b3b9d0696acbb8f44c2a2ff_zpsx9kcrw4u.jpg) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0OUtSBMSU
Post by: WhichDawg on February 16, 2016, 02:26:08 AM
Post by: Mercury on February 16, 2016, 03:14:25 AM
Post by: Chako on February 21, 2016, 02:22:58 PM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0358smallA_zps4cvanwnf.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0358smallA_zps4cvanwnf.jpg.html)
Post by: Whoey on February 26, 2016, 08:15:11 PM
(https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/12744319_10153297755561479_8807982955877217561_n.png?oh=ab9f6fbc8c5f0bf441e5dcb188f5e4f7&oe=574FCACC)
:whistle:
Post by: Mercury on February 26, 2016, 10:23:35 PM
Post by: SteveC on March 17, 2016, 10:42:06 PM
Post by: Chako on March 18, 2016, 05:47:56 AM
First Order Snowspeeder.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0398small_zpsor9dh1ei.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0398small_zpsor9dh1ei.jpg.html)
And this...
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0390small_zpssjphvbzq.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0390small_zpssjphvbzq.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0395small_zpsqyi8msob.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0395small_zpsqyi8msob.jpg.html)
Post by: Gareth on March 18, 2016, 10:09:31 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/6m3tgbf.png)
:D :D
Post by: Whoey on March 18, 2016, 03:33:52 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on March 18, 2016, 04:04:00 PM
it's the quality of Chako's pictures that impress me :D :salute:
Post by: Chako on March 18, 2016, 05:26:01 PM
:drool:
Post by: zoidberg on March 19, 2016, 12:19:01 PM
Post by: Whoey on March 19, 2016, 08:42:05 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIO8Ne0CfkUThink I've seen that video before, it's probably the top kit of the big kits I'm interested in, more than any of the other slave 1 kits of the past
:drool:
Post by: Mercury on March 20, 2016, 05:47:20 AM
Post by: hiraethus on March 21, 2016, 01:41:31 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 21, 2016, 06:11:28 PM
My minifig collection is at 93 different minifigs at the moment, 70 of them are Superhero minifigs and the rest are CMF.
You arent wasting time, are you?
Def
Post by: Mercury on March 21, 2016, 06:36:38 PM
My minifig collection is at 93 different minifigs at the moment, 70 of them are Superhero minifigs and the rest are CMF.
You arent wasting time, are you?
Def
Nope! This is the first thing I've ever discovered in my life that I want to actually collect. I've bought and sold hundreds of Multitools, but I've never collected them. I kinda collect coins, but only very intermittently and I never pay to get them, it's usually stuff I find in my change.
I'm having a blast collecting minifigs though, it's awesome!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 21, 2016, 08:07:10 PM
:D
Def
Post by: pfrsantos on March 21, 2016, 08:24:19 PM
My minifig collection is at 93 different minifigs at the moment, 70 of them are Superhero minifigs and the rest are CMF.
You arent wasting time, are you?
Def
Nope! This is the first thing I've ever discovered in my life that I want to actually collect. I've bought and sold hundreds of Multitools, but I've never collected them. I kinda collect coins, but only very intermittently and I never pay to get them, it's usually stuff I find in my change.
I'm having a blast collecting minifigs though, it's awesome!
That's good for your health, too...
Show content
(https://sp.yimg.com/xj/th?id=OIP.Me22083011f0e7238fa5c3e1c5a753c23H0&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300)
:D :D
:D :D
Post by: Gareth on March 21, 2016, 10:24:44 PM
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/3c51b631b75b9c9d7c715ce2106bc4ff/tumblr_o3xwr4KIDt1uklm8eo1_1280.jpg):rofl:
Post by: Mercury on March 22, 2016, 06:23:10 AM
So where are the photos showing 90+ minifigs. I don't know if you are familiar with the term :worthless:?
:D
Def
I'm having some work done on my house at the moment so they are all neatly packed away in a safe spot for the time being. I don't have an updated pic, the last one I have only has like 12 figs in it. As soon as this project is done, I will take a good photo!! :D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 22, 2016, 01:39:11 PM
Def
Post by: Mercury on March 22, 2016, 03:13:34 PM
Tell the workmen to hurry up. The Internet demands it! :pok:
Def
They should be done today. I have been browsing additional figs on the interwebs all night. Soo many to add to my collection!
Post by: Whoey on March 22, 2016, 03:34:23 PM
Post by: sak60 on March 23, 2016, 08:37:23 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 23, 2016, 10:54:31 AM
Def
Post by: Gareth on March 24, 2016, 12:30:48 AM
Post by: sak60 on March 24, 2016, 11:29:15 AM
Post by: rishardh on March 25, 2016, 02:59:40 AM
3 in 1. Lots of fun for $5 :tu:
Post by: Mercury on March 26, 2016, 01:34:30 AM
Pics of the Minifigs are coming, I have been crazy busy this week. My flippin house has about driven me over the edge with all the remodel and crap.
Post by: Chako on April 12, 2016, 05:56:54 AM
From left to right.
Imperial Assault Carrier - 1216 pieces, First Order Snowspeeder - 444 pieces, and First Order Transporter - 792 pieces.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0899small_zpsx2frl1cm.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0899small_zpsx2frl1cm.jpg.html)
A look inside the First Order Transporter. This kit includes Captain Phasma, 2 First Order flametroopers, and 2 First Order stormtroopers, and 2 Resistance fighters.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0900small_zpsy1sarinh.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0900small_zpsy1sarinh.jpg.html)
The First Order Snowspeeder comes with a First Order snowtrooper officer, and 2 First Order snowtroopers. The extra snowtrooper came from another smaller kit, the micro First Order Snowspeeder.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0901small_zpsarzb0fhf.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0901small_zpsarzb0fhf.jpg.html)
The inside of the Imperial Assault Carrier. This kit comes with an Imperial Astromech Droid, 2 Tie pilots, an Imperial officer, Sabine Wren, and Agent Kallus.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0902small_zpsrjlyliut.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0902small_zpsrjlyliut.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0903small_zpsmr0bhw19.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0903small_zpsmr0bhw19.jpg.html)
With 4 removable tie starfighters underneath.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0904small_zps4fzfozxv.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0904small_zps4fzfozxv.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0905small_zpsbh1xqqgq.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0905small_zpsbh1xqqgq.jpg.html)
Post by: WhichDawg on April 12, 2016, 07:21:57 AM
Post by: Mercury on April 12, 2016, 12:16:48 PM
Post by: Whoey on April 12, 2016, 12:32:20 PM
Just got another Star Wars Lego kit.
From left to right.
Imperial Assault Carrier - 1216 pieces, First Order Snowspeeder - 444 pieces, and First Order Transporter - 792 pieces.
The inside of the Imperial Assault Carrier. This kit comes with an Imperial Astromech Droid, 2 Tie pilots, an Imperial officer, Sabine Wren, and Agent Kallus.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0902small_zpsrjlyliut.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0902small_zpsrjlyliut.jpg.html)
The Imperial Assault Carrier - one of 2 kits that comes with Sabine Wren, and the only one that comes with her helmet. :ahhh the other I believe is a speeder bike where she is helmetless :facepalm:
Post by: pfrsantos on April 12, 2016, 03:58:30 PM
Post by: Chako on April 16, 2016, 03:24:51 AM
Newest model, a Resistance Troop Transporter.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0907small_zps7akxall1.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0907small_zps7akxall1.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0909small_zpsyi7g0bq1.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0909small_zpsyi7g0bq1.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0910small_zpsqyt4vl2b.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0910small_zpsqyt4vl2b.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0911small_zps5dnzyy4m.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0911small_zps5dnzyy4m.jpg.html)
Post by: WhichDawg on April 16, 2016, 05:07:00 AM
Post by: Chako on April 17, 2016, 03:00:56 AM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0915small_zps5ncexm1m.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0915small_zps5ncexm1m.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0916small_zpsiohwauzp.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0916small_zpsiohwauzp.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0917small_zpszurmpztb.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0917small_zpszurmpztb.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0918small_zpsu514i0dr.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0918small_zpsu514i0dr.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0920small_zpsmsxgpaqh.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0920small_zpsmsxgpaqh.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0922small_zpsovqizdzy.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0922small_zpsovqizdzy.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0924small_zps8skvraga.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0924small_zps8skvraga.jpg.html)
I have one other set to complete and I might take a break after that.
Post by: Chako on April 17, 2016, 06:01:13 AM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0927small_zpsxfzspu9z.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0927small_zpsxfzspu9z.jpg.html)
Post by: rishardh on April 17, 2016, 03:52:39 PM
A hint of the next model.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0927small_zpsxfzspu9z.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0927small_zpsxfzspu9z.jpg.html)
The Millennium Falcon?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 17, 2016, 05:47:04 PM
Def
Post by: Chako on April 17, 2016, 06:12:01 PM
Here are a few more build photos.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0929small_zps1lqo7gb8.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0929small_zps1lqo7gb8.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0931small_zpsno4rp1x9.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0931small_zpsno4rp1x9.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0932small_zpsmbrt0w7i.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0932small_zpsmbrt0w7i.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0933small_zps2la8scne.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0933small_zps2la8scne.jpg.html)
Post by: captain spaulding on April 17, 2016, 07:11:03 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U46Yo_6z_F4
Post by: Chako on April 17, 2016, 10:47:15 PM
I just finished the Millennium Falcon Force Awakens Lego model.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0934small_zpsnznscdwo.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0934small_zpsnznscdwo.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0935small_zps1duespbp.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0935small_zps1duespbp.jpg.html)
It opens up quite nicely.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0936small_zpsvkpir8mc.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0936small_zpsvkpir8mc.jpg.html)
You can sit a figure inside the central laser compartment. That round hatch opens on a hinge.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0937small_zpsqi1zyrwx.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0937small_zpsqi1zyrwx.jpg.html)
Some details of the rear section.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0938small_zpse0tzi7rl.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0938small_zpse0tzi7rl.jpg.html)
Towards the front.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0939small_zpsjlpikwhb.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0939small_zpsjlpikwhb.jpg.html)
This was a very fun build with 1329 pieces in total. The instructions for this one were a tad difficult as many steps required a search for where the pieces were positioned in the illustration step. It turned into a big where is Waldo event on a few of the steps necessitating my having to go back a few times to fix some minor errors...but that is part of the fun.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 17, 2016, 11:58:50 PM
Def
Post by: kirk13 on April 18, 2016, 12:08:01 AM
Anyone ever wonder where the cargo goes in the YT-1300 Stock Light Freighter? Doesn't seem like there is a lot of space to haul stuff....
Def
Or that a freighter keeps leading fighter raids?
Post by: Chako on April 18, 2016, 12:20:14 AM
As for leading fighter raids...yeah...no explanation for that one at all.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 18, 2016, 01:58:56 AM
As for the fighter thing, well look at how well the B17's used to handle fighters.
Def
Post by: Chako on April 18, 2016, 02:14:47 AM
Post by: yud on April 18, 2016, 03:07:37 AM
Anyone ever wonder where the cargo goes in the YT-1300 Stock Light Freighter? Doesn't seem like there is a lot of space to haul stuff....
Def
They might have been used as packets, so mail and light cargo moved quickly on a regular route. Or there has always been a need for small cargo haulers, to support more remote areass.
The schnooer Pato, commanded by Joshua Slocum, was only about 90 tons. And was successfully used to move cargo commercially between islands in the Philippines. She also made runs to salvage wrecks due to her speed and low draft. Anyways what was the question?
Oh right I assumed that he cargo was in the back half of the saucer. That said there dose not seem to be large hatch.so any fighter would need to be disassembled.
As for the fighter raid thing they are rebels they have to use what they can get, he the Falcon is fast, nimble, and as heavily armed as the fighters.
Really I don't think SW ship design started getting practical until this last of season of rebels.
Post by: Etherealicer on April 18, 2016, 09:29:01 AM
Well, according to the Wookiepedia it has space for up to 100 metric tons :rofl: in 1+3 different cargo areas... Although the freighter configuration completely lacks crew quarters and even a toilet :facepalm:
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/13/YT-1300_72dpi.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20050607200756)
The Falcon at least has 3 beds and a toilet (for Han, Chewie, Obi, Luke & Leia) :tu:
And according to the Wookiepedia still 100 metric tons of room (although getting the cargo to the cargo-hold seems like a journey).
Still there are other questions, like where do they "cook", store their food and water (even with almost flawless recycling they would need a large amount of water). Why is 80% of the ship corridor :P
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/1/1a/MillenniumFalconInterior.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20070217103318)
I think in the Star Wars Universe energy is unlimited and free (even a really poor scavenger on Jakku can afford a permanently hovering bike) and therefore we see totally inefficient space-ships :P
Post by: Gareth on April 18, 2016, 11:15:29 AM
(https://techocular.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/millennium-falcon-blueprints-3.jpg?w=640&h=892)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 19, 2016, 01:37:07 AM
(https://techocular.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/millennium-falcon-blueprints-3.jpg?w=640&h=892)
Not sure I would have much faith in that plan as you wouldn't want your escape pods right next to the engines or that far from the cockpit.
Def
Post by: Etherealicer on April 19, 2016, 03:44:12 PM
Well, it is a poor design... you have to transport the goods through 10 and 9 into 7 :think:
(https://techocular.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/millennium-falcon-blueprints-3.jpg?w=640&h=892)
Not sure I would have much faith in that plan as you wouldn't want your escape pods right next to the engines or that far from the cockpit.
Def
Post by: yud on April 19, 2016, 04:47:58 PM
Post by: Chako on April 23, 2016, 03:29:09 AM
Here is the latest, a First Order Special Forces Tie Fighter.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0941small_zpstmo5v4vx.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0941small_zpstmo5v4vx.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0942small_zpsx3gkifjb.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0942small_zpsx3gkifjb.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0943small_zpsceqe7jwb.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0943small_zpsceqe7jwb.jpg.html)
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0947small_zpsc285p3sg.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0947small_zpsc285p3sg.jpg.html)
Post by: zoidberg on April 23, 2016, 04:10:18 AM
Dang, it would appear I got theStar Wars Lego Is Awesomebug bad.
Fixed. :D
Post by: Mercury on April 23, 2016, 10:22:39 AM
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1443/25986873733_9d9e35c8cd_k.jpg)
Post by: Chako on April 24, 2016, 01:13:17 AM
"What the hell is that Captain"!?!?
"It does not look friendly...take care of it".
"Umm...ok. Not sure about this can opener I was issued though Captain"!
"No worries, I will um...yeah...BACK YOU UP!"
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0952small_zpsfzvsuw8w.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0952small_zpsfzvsuw8w.jpg.html)
Post by: Gareth on April 24, 2016, 02:38:59 AM
Post by: Chako on April 24, 2016, 01:34:29 PM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0954small_zpswmnolnmp.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0954small_zpswmnolnmp.jpg.html)
Post by: Whoey on April 24, 2016, 04:00:46 PM
Post by: Whoey on April 27, 2016, 05:33:47 PM
https://imgur.com/gallery/snxk3
:ahhh
Post by: Mercury on April 27, 2016, 05:57:41 PM
There's also a model of the escort frigate Redemption on that site as well, and I daresay it's even more impressive.
Post by: Whoey on April 27, 2016, 06:02:15 PM
I saw that over on Eurobricks, it's incredible. Soooo much detail!and The Executor:
There's also a model of the escort frigate Redemption on that site as well, and I daresay it's even more impressive.
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=90341
Although that's only the digital plan, doesn't appear the creator can actually afford to build it at 15-20k Euros... :ahhh
Post by: Whoey on April 27, 2016, 06:38:40 PM
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1418134/lego-mandos.JPG)
Post by: Whoey on April 27, 2016, 07:47:12 PM
spacemen, spacemen, SPACEMEN!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1418134/spacemen.JPG)
:D
Post by: pfrsantos on April 27, 2016, 07:54:17 PM
oh, and...
spacemen, spacemen, SPACEMEN!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1418134/spacemen.JPG)
:D
Do you have a similar group, but for sailors and divers and surfers?...
That'd be fun...
:D :D
Post by: Chako on April 28, 2016, 05:23:40 AM
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg.html)
Now have Fin, Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, First Order Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, General Grievous, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Post by: sixracer on April 28, 2016, 05:52:58 AM
All my childhood 80s Legos are still boxed up in the basement waiting for an excuse for me to play with them...ie my son being old enough. He has been building Duplo for a while but I am anxious to get him into the real stuff. Did a few of the simpler creator kits and some smaller City kits.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160428/2b4bd30f24087b017401a049a1edaec4.jpg)
I'll get more pics of classic stuff eventually but in the mean time...
My new SWAT guy: https://fyu.se/v/i911a45u99
--
Sent from mobile, please excuse typos
Post by: pfrsantos on April 28, 2016, 04:49:38 PM
Now up to 7 Lego figures.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg.html)
Now have Fin, Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, First Order Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, General Grievous, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Wow! Are those light sabers or are you guys just happy to see me?...
:D :D :D :D
Post by: pfrsantos on April 28, 2016, 04:50:24 PM
Wow, how did I miss this thread!
All my childhood 80s Legos are still boxed up in the basement waiting for an excuse for me to play with them...ie my son being old enough. He has been building Duplo for a while but I am anxious to get him into the real stuff. Did a few of the simpler creator kits and some smaller City kits.(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160428/2b4bd30f24087b017401a049a1edaec4.jpg)
I'll get more pics of classic stuff eventually but in the mean time...
My new SWAT guy: https://fyu.se/v/i911a45u99
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Sent from mobile, please excuse typos
Cool! Nice sweater, too...
:pok: :pok:
:D :D
Post by: hiraethus on May 05, 2016, 02:20:13 PM
(https://onlinetoys-onlinetoysaustra.netdna-ssl.com/images/D/lego-duplo-10816-my-first-cars-and-trucks-w.jpg)
His favourite so far is the tow truck, but seems quite happy to get me to build anything as long as it's got wheels. He's getting the hang of taking the models apart, so hopefully he'll start to build his own soon. :tu:
Post by: zoidberg on May 19, 2016, 11:18:59 AM
Post by: Zed on June 14, 2016, 06:58:15 PM
Post by: Mercury on June 17, 2016, 08:52:36 AM
My lego is all safely packed away in storage at the moment, while we settle our move and get ready to move everything into our new house next weekend.
Post by: Whoey on October 04, 2016, 01:06:01 PM
http://www.brickloot.com/
:ahhh
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 04, 2016, 01:15:57 PM
Def
Post by: JBW1 on October 04, 2016, 02:37:07 PM
Post by: Mercury on October 04, 2016, 04:25:35 PM
I think I'm gonna try to get him involved in building a city layout for him and his little sister.
Post by: Gareth on October 04, 2016, 05:49:44 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on October 04, 2016, 05:52:14 PM
My daughter got a Lego Star Wars magazine yesterday and it came with this little guy. 8)It is adorable :D
Post by: Whoey on October 04, 2016, 08:09:08 PM
I want all lego too, I just can neither afford it or have anywhere to keep it all :ahhh
Post by: Josh613 on October 05, 2016, 04:59:35 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on October 14, 2016, 01:09:28 AM
(http://i66.tinypic.com/2qn7bjs.jpg)
(http://i68.tinypic.com/rvf3ab.jpg)
1 meter high
made out of more than 2,300 pieces
custom stand
features stages that can be separated
detailed rocket engines and internal fuel tanks
and both the Apollo command and lunar modules! :dd:
and:
(http://i66.tinypic.com/28hjuxc.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/n6t8js.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/29z7vkl.jpg)
550 LEGO bricks including the 4 minifigures representing John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as a Jeremy figure :dd:
Post by: pfrsantos on October 14, 2016, 04:56:57 PM
I'm seriously considering getting these when they come out! (soon)
(...)
(http://i66.tinypic.com/28hjuxc.jpg)
(http://i63.tinypic.com/n6t8js.jpg)
(http://i64.tinypic.com/29z7vkl.jpg)
550 LEGO bricks including the 4 minifigures representing John, Paul, George and Ringo, as well as a Jeremy figure :dd:
Wow! Is that half-a-hole he's carrying?!
:D :D :D :D
Post by: Mercury on October 14, 2016, 04:59:04 PM
Post by: eddie1115 on October 14, 2016, 05:04:50 PM
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 12:27:38 AM
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5692/30501147066_040d958a91_k.jpg)
Post by: WhichDawg on October 25, 2016, 04:23:06 AM
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 04:53:07 AM
Beautious! I luv the way it opens up too (more pics would be nice :pok: ) :salute:
More pics are coming, it took forever to build so when I was done I went to bed!
Post by: Chako on October 25, 2016, 12:26:51 PM
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 04:14:45 PM
That is a very nice Lego model. I just gave all of my Lego models to a good friend's son. His eyes were like saucers. I needed to make room for other things, and well...he paid me back with happiness...which is the best payment ever. :)
That was quite nice of you! I gave my son a few pieces the other day. Not like he's wanting for Lego; the boy has a truckload. He had gotten 3 sets for his birthday last friday, but his grandfather and I both bought the Falcon on the same day and his little face was plainly saddened that he didn't get it(he's not into star wars though), so I gave him some trucks from the Captain America Civil War set, since I only collect Minifigs and Aircraft/Spacecraft.
Post by: Gareth on October 25, 2016, 04:46:45 PM
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 05:34:02 PM
Seems your avatar is more appropriate than I thought Sean. >:D Very cool Falcon BTW. 8)
:D
Of course I had to swoosh it around the house when it was done! It made the Kitchen run in 12 parsecs...
Post by: pfrsantos on October 25, 2016, 05:40:52 PM
My latestadditionaddiction.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5692/30501147066_040d958a91_k.jpg)
FTFY...
:whistle:
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 07:05:43 PM
My latestadditionaddiction.
(https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5692/30501147066_040d958a91_k.jpg)
FTFY...
:whistle:
:D :gimme:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on October 25, 2016, 07:16:06 PM
Seems your avatar is more appropriate than I thought Sean. >:D Very cool Falcon BTW. 8)
:D
Of course I had to swoosh it around the house when it was done! It made the Kitchen run in 12 parsecs...
You are playing at being Han Solo and you have given your son a weapon.....
That didn't work out so well for Harrison Ford! :ahhh
Def
Post by: pfrsantos on October 25, 2016, 07:17:19 PM
(http://cdn.loja.xl.pt/2016-10/img_400x520$2016_10_07_15_52_02_1084.jpg)
Comes with a weekly magazine. I believe there are 10 kits.
#2
(http://cdn.loja.xl.pt/2016-10/img_400x520$2016_10_07_18_11_53_1088.jpg)
Post by: Mercury on October 25, 2016, 07:45:00 PM
Seems your avatar is more appropriate than I thought Sean. >:D Very cool Falcon BTW. 8)
:D
Of course I had to swoosh it around the house when it was done! It made the Kitchen run in 12 parsecs...
You are playing at being Han Solo and you have given your son a weapon.....
That didn't work out so well for Harrison Ford! :ahhh
Def
:rofl:
The one time I let my son play with the Falcon yesterday, he shot me in the face with the forward cannons...
:think: :think: :think:
Post by: pfrsantos on October 25, 2016, 08:28:14 PM
:think: :think:
The good thing about it is that you can build it to your exact measurements needs. Also, it would be water tight.
The not so good part is the weight, thickness, sharp corners...
Any ideas on this?...
:pok: :pok:
Post by: WhichDawg on November 04, 2016, 10:04:19 AM
(https://s15.postimg.org/ix670l2w7/yellowsubbox.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ix670l2w7/)
I'm seeing it for $59.99 usd across the board :salute:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 04, 2016, 04:57:03 PM
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on November 04, 2016, 05:57:49 PM
(https://s21.postimg.org/3oocv1izr/legogrant3.png) (https://postimg.org/image/vosgfbmg3/)
Post by: pfrsantos on November 04, 2016, 06:01:27 PM
That's pretty small. How are we all supposed to live in it? ???
Def
No worries! The inside makes the Tardis look like a phone booth...
:whistle:
Post by: WhichDawg on November 08, 2016, 01:47:55 PM
(https://s15.postimg.org/rv29s39kb/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/a50l71vzb/)photo uploading (https://postimage.org/)
with my Tim Leatherman signed SideKick for scale. I like it! nice sturdy build and design :) :cheers:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 08, 2016, 10:42:09 PM
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on November 09, 2016, 07:29:02 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 09, 2016, 01:21:51 PM
Def
Post by: Fortytwo on November 09, 2016, 02:27:05 PM
omg this sub is "solid" and if I ever try to take it apart I WILL need some tools to do that! lol
How about the dedicated LEGO multi tool?
(https://sh-s7-live-s.legocdn.com/is/image/LEGO/630?$PDPDefault$)
Post by: pfrsantos on November 09, 2016, 05:02:24 PM
omg this sub is "solid" and if I ever try to take it apart I WILL need some tools to do that! lol
How about the dedicated LEGO multi tool?
(https://sh-s7-live-s.legocdn.com/is/image/LEGO/630?$PDPDefault$)
Good idea! I think it would like to help, too...
Post by: LoopCutter on November 09, 2016, 05:17:05 PM
That's a LEGO multitool?!?!omg this sub is "solid" and if I ever try to take it apart I WILL need some tools to do that! lol
How about the dedicated LEGO multi tool?
(https://sh-s7-live-s.legocdn.com/is/image/LEGO/630?$PDPDefault$)
I thought it was a mistake piece in a multi- set bought for grandkids to have at the house.
I liked it because it is orange but found difficult to fit into my creations.
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Post by: WhichDawg on November 10, 2016, 12:16:04 AM
Post by: Fortytwo on November 10, 2016, 12:43:25 AM
the lego tool is great and works excellent I have several but it's not exactly "Tacticool" :P :salute:
No, they went the high-visibility route it would seem, the older (without Technic cross) came in grey though.
Post by: Mercury on November 10, 2016, 04:29:47 AM
Post by: magentus on November 10, 2016, 12:14:24 PM
I have about 10 of those brick lifters from Lego, and while they are an awesome idea, they aren't the best tool. The tapered edge dings really easily, rendering the tool useless after a few attempts to get a stuck brick loose. I prefer to use my Vic Executive's blade and I'm just really careful.
Maybe there's a (very small) market for a Ti version :D
Post by: Whoey on November 10, 2016, 12:39:26 PM
I think the Lego Star Wars Carbon Freezing Chamber will make it into my collection this Christmas... :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 10, 2016, 01:05:40 PM
Knowing there is a Lego multitool isn't helping! :ahhh
Def
Post by: Whoey on November 10, 2016, 01:21:06 PM
The entire Lego Star Wars range is so tempting.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on November 11, 2016, 01:49:35 AM
My "Fett-ish" collection cabinets are already bursting at the seams (partially due to you Grant) yet I still can't help but add more constantly.
The entire Lego Star Wars range is so tempting.
Did you want me to stop? :P
Def
Post by: Mercury on November 11, 2016, 04:57:50 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on November 11, 2016, 11:59:11 AM
I am increasingly drawn to all the Star Wars Lego sets. I purposefully avoided Star Wars Lego for a year, knowing it would be like opening Pandora's box. I was right. I'm gonna go into debt here!
speaking of, I just got this to:
(https://s3.postimg.org/e9n4ajt43/atstchew5b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/6452ce4v3/)screenshot tool (https://postimage.org/app.php)
(https://s21.postimg.org/pq0mkezg7/atstchew6b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/9rrwua583/)image free hosting (https://postimage.org/)
(https://s14.postimg.org/jyrpxxj41/atstchew7b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/stsk8g7wd/)image sharing (https://postimage.org/)
it was on sale for 32 bucks :D
Post by: WhichDawg on November 18, 2016, 12:37:18 AM
Now up to 7 Lego figures.
(http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r207/Chako_photo/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg) (http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chako_photo/media/Chako_photo003/IMG_0971small_zps2mbibqfh.jpg.html)
Now have Fin, Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, First Order Stormtrooper, Darth Vader, General Grievous, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
these are on sale now (amazon) for 19.19 (each) ... must resist ... :ahhh
Post by: Mercury on November 24, 2016, 03:34:56 AM
I am increasingly drawn to all the Star Wars Lego sets. I purposefully avoided Star Wars Lego for a year, knowing it would be like opening Pandora's box. I was right. I'm gonna go into debt here!
speaking of, I just got this to:
(https://s3.postimg.org/e9n4ajt43/atstchew5b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/6452ce4v3/)screenshot tool (https://postimage.org/app.php)
(https://s21.postimg.org/pq0mkezg7/atstchew6b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/9rrwua583/)image free hosting (https://postimage.org/)
(https://s14.postimg.org/jyrpxxj41/atstchew7b.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/stsk8g7wd/)image sharing (https://postimage.org/)
it was on sale for 32 bucks :D
That's awesome! I'm really eyeing the X wing fighters...
Post by: dks on November 28, 2016, 05:14:27 PM
Post by: Whoey on November 28, 2016, 05:20:36 PM
Post by: Gareth on November 28, 2016, 10:54:20 PM
awesome, would prefer the Star Wars one myself but still awesome!
We've been getting the Star Wars one for a good few years now. According to my daughter it's now a tradition. I open day 1, my wife gets day 2, daughter gets day 3 and so on. That way she gets the special one on Christmas eve. ;)
Post by: chrono on November 29, 2016, 12:03:42 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2016, 09:39:45 AM
Post by: Whoey on December 01, 2016, 11:22:37 AM
in previous ones it was closer to the end...
Post by: hiraethus on December 01, 2016, 11:26:48 AM
(http://toys-zoom.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/lego-juniors-road-work-truck-pack.jpg)
and we've put a couple of minifigs in his advent calendar too.
His younger brother will be getting some more Duplo, but I can't decide between this
(http://st.bricker.ru/images/store/thumbs/large/album1/6eaf7_lego-10811-2.jpg)
or this
(http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-19398439enh-z6.jpg)
Post by: magentus on December 01, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
Got my nephew these for crimbo -hope he likes them (and doesn't point out they're from different films :facepalm:) :
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5329/31240014341_bb016653b6_h.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PAzeSV)rey (https://flic.kr/p/PAzeSV) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
(https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5536/31240016531_9c9b1bb480_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PAzfwF)obi wan (https://flic.kr/p/PAzfwF) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Post by: dks on December 01, 2016, 06:59:42 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2016, 10:04:44 AM
Post by: magentus on December 02, 2016, 10:18:37 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2016, 05:10:20 PM
Got this for my eldest for Christmas:
(http://toys-zoom.worldwideshoppingmall.co.uk/lego-juniors-road-work-truck-pack.jpg)
and we've put a couple of minifigs in his advent calendar too.
His younger brother will be getting some more Duplo, but I can't decide between this
(http://st.bricker.ru/images/store/thumbs/large/album1/6eaf7_lego-10811-2.jpg)
or this
(http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-19398439enh-z6.jpg)
I'd be tempted to go with the digger. No end of fun building a tower with wooden blocks and then knocking them over with a digger. >:D
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2016, 11:09:59 AM
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2016, 11:16:22 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2016, 11:22:12 AM
awesome!
They really seem to have gone to town on the kits this year. I'm deliberately not looking now we're started the calendar but IIRC there are quite a few mini-figs this year which will make my daughter very happy. :)
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2016, 11:31:03 AM
he keeps adding to that as the days go by, so no spoilers (apart from the box graphics)
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2016, 11:48:10 AM
http://jaysbrickblog.com/2016/12/01/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2016-countdown/
he keeps adding to that as the days go by, so no spoilers (apart from the box graphics)
He's definitely trying much harder than I am. :D Cool blog and very well presented. :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 03, 2016, 08:46:22 PM
I hAve been downsizing a bit the last few years but I keep drooling whenever I see you guys posting about your Lego stuff!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2016, 05:54:13 PM
That is pretty cool Gareth!Obviously this is just for my daughter's benefit and not remotely for me. No siree. :whistle:
I hAve been downsizing a bit the last few years but I keep drooling whenever I see you guys posting about your Lego stuff!
Def
Day four brings us a cool little Imperial Naval Trooper. "all I wanted was one single guard rail. Is that really too much to ask?"
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 04, 2016, 11:27:47 PM
That is pretty cool Gareth!Obviously this is just for my daughter's benefit and not remotely for me. No siree. :whistle:
I hAve been downsizing a bit the last few years but I keep drooling whenever I see you guys posting about your Lego stuff!
Def
Day four brings us a cool little Imperial Naval Trooper. "all I wanted was one single guard rail. Is that really too much to ask?"
But then you guys are just going to be leaning on it all day.... :pok:
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2016, 11:34:24 PM
That is pretty cool Gareth!Obviously this is just for my daughter's benefit and not remotely for me. No siree. :whistle:
I hAve been downsizing a bit the last few years but I keep drooling whenever I see you guys posting about your Lego stuff!
Def
Day four brings us a cool little Imperial Naval Trooper. "all I wanted was one single guard rail. Is that really too much to ask?"
But then you guys are just going to be leaning on it all day.... :pok:
Def
Glad to hear someone knows what I'm rambling on about. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bSZXucTH4A
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 04, 2016, 11:37:42 PM
I remembered the bit, just misremembered where it came from.
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2016, 09:28:46 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2016, 09:31:16 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on December 06, 2016, 09:47:54 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2016, 09:50:02 AM
Ohh the Gareth house is a Happy Fun House! :tu: :D
Lets say that's true "most" of the time. :D
Post by: hiraethus on December 06, 2016, 09:51:49 AM
I'd be tempted to go with the digger. No end of fun building a tower with wooden blocks and then knocking them over with a digger. >:D
Yep, me too. This way they both get diggers, though I'm sure that won't stop the boys arguing over them. ::)
Post by: Gareth on December 07, 2016, 12:10:28 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2016, 01:43:12 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2016, 01:48:07 PM
Post by: magentus on December 09, 2016, 03:29:06 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2016, 04:47:16 PM
Even the Hoth Defence Gun Emplacement should be on target at that range :D
Not if it isn't convenient to the plot. ;)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 09, 2016, 05:17:37 PM
(http://www.toysandposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/radar-laser-cannon-esb-93440-vintage-1977-1985-kenner-star-wars-action-figure2.jpg)
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2016, 05:40:24 PM
That would be the Radar Laser Cannon. I know that because I had one Press a button on the back and it exploded. That always seemed like a serious design flaw to me. :D
(http://www.toysandposters.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/radar-laser-cannon-esb-93440-vintage-1977-1985-kenner-star-wars-action-figure2.jpg)
Def
Radar guided laser cannons and they still manage to miss a very slow giant mechanical dog. ;)
I remember that toy (though not the name) and remember seeing the advert where it gets "blown up". 8) I always really wanted one but never did get it.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 09, 2016, 06:56:09 PM
(http://thumbs.picclick.com/00/s/OTU5WDExNTI=/z/bF0AAOSwPCVX9YiO/$/Vintage-Star-Wars-ROTJ-Radar-Laser-Cannon-Parts-_1.jpg)
Not my pic, but you can see how the post formed by the two halves of the dish mount fit into the hole in the base, the oval bit at the top of the pic- that's an overhead view of it. Press the button at the back and a lever pushes the post up and out. The more vigorously you push it, the more "amazing" the explosion.
You can also see the little plastic bit that fit into the spokes of the dish mount and made clicking noises as you turned the dish side to side. Given that the dish mount was two hollow pieces and the base was mostly hollow, that was one LOUD cannon. When I was playing and needed to turn the turret I would lift it out and put it back in the direction I wanted so as not to get noise complaints from the neighbors! :ahhh
Def
Post by: Whoey on December 09, 2016, 06:56:16 PM
Will it go any better for the Rebels this time around? That's really up to my daughter's imagination. ;) AT-AT came from a magazine not the calender.obligatory
PEW PEW PEW!
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2016, 07:13:44 PM
Will it go any better for the Rebels this time around? That's really up to my daughter's imagination. ;) AT-AT came from a magazine not the calender.obligatory
PEW PEW PEW!
:rofl:
Post by: Gareth on December 10, 2016, 11:02:03 AM
Ok, I admit it, I'm going to have to look this one up. Looks like Old Republic to me, but I don't specifically recognise it.
Post by: Whoey on December 10, 2016, 11:09:25 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 10, 2016, 12:43:21 PM
FYI: http://www.starwars.com/databank/republic-attack-cruiser
That'll be the one. Cheers mate. :cheers:
Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2016, 02:43:40 PM
Post by: magentus on December 12, 2016, 09:29:40 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2016, 10:21:40 PM
Roger Roger
I know everyone (quite rightly) hates Jar-Jar, but the bloody stupid Droid Army comes a flipping close second as far as I'm concerned. >:(
Post by: chrono on December 12, 2016, 11:34:13 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 13, 2016, 12:47:37 AM
Roger Roger
I know everyone (quite rightly) hates Jar-Jar, but the bloody stupid Droid Army comes a flipping close second as far as I'm concerned. >:(
Why does the Droid Army need to talk at all? If they are all connected then they should operate as one unit, not a bunch of individuals. And, telemetry from any one of them should be coordinated amongst all of them, so even if one's targeting sensors are down (which seems to be a common problem with them ::) ) it should be able to access telemetry from the others. There is little to no excuse for them to ever miss.
But hey, what do I know?
Def
Post by: Etherealicer on December 13, 2016, 08:19:48 AM
Have you guys ever tried searching "lepin" or "star wnrs" on eBay? :D If not try it! :angel:Lego Star Destroyer :ahhh
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2016, 09:31:56 AM
Roger Roger
I know everyone (quite rightly) hates Jar-Jar, but the bloody stupid Droid Army comes a flipping close second as far as I'm concerned. >:(
Why does the Droid Army need to talk at all? If they are all connected then they should operate as one unit, not a bunch of individuals. And, telemetry from any one of them should be coordinated amongst all of them, so even if one's targeting sensors are down (which seems to be a common problem with them ::) ) it should be able to access telemetry from the others. There is little to no excuse for them to ever miss.
But hey, what do I know?
Def
Galactic irony means that today there was only one mini-fig I could get. :doh:
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2016, 09:48:51 AM
Have you guys ever tried searching "lepin" or "star wnrs" on eBay? :D If not try it! :angel:Lego Star Destroyer :ahhh
I wonder what the plastic quality is like?
Post by: Whoey on December 13, 2016, 11:45:55 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 13, 2016, 01:12:09 PM
Roger Roger
I know everyone (quite rightly) hates Jar-Jar, but the bloody stupid Droid Army comes a flipping close second as far as I'm concerned. >:(
Why does the Droid Army need to talk at all? If they are all connected then they should operate as one unit, not a bunch of individuals. And, telemetry from any one of them should be coordinated amongst all of them, so even if one's targeting sensors are down (which seems to be a common problem with them ::) ) it should be able to access telemetry from the others. There is little to no excuse for them to ever miss.
But hey, what do I know?
Def
Galactic irony means that today there was only one mini-fig I could get. :doh:
Roger Roger.
Def
Post by: Steinar on December 13, 2016, 01:27:36 PM
Have you guys ever tried searching "lepin" or "star wnrs" on eBay? :D If not try it! :angel:Lego Star Destroyer :ahhh
I wonder what the plastic quality is like?
Lego rip-offs generally struggle with copying Lego's precision molding, so the pieces tend not to stick together properly or be too tight fits. As for what the plastic contains, e.g. lead, I have no idea. And I don't know anything about those specific rip-offs.
Post by: chrono on December 13, 2016, 01:36:20 PM
On the other hand, I am amazed at how quick they pump these sets out, and stay recent. LEGO does not seem to do anything about these cockroaches, but flex their muscles on pricing and promotions against US retailers. I used to be able to buy hard to find set on sale. Not anymore.
Post by: Steinar on December 13, 2016, 02:29:14 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on December 13, 2016, 04:29:05 PM
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I don't believe we're ever going to buy a REGO construction box...
:whistle:
:whistle:
Post by: Mercury on December 13, 2016, 05:03:49 PM
Most of the fakes you see have such terrible QC that the ink literally wipes off their minifigs. Ask me how I know...
Post by: Whoey on December 13, 2016, 05:29:48 PM
I'm in no rush to buy a bootleg set though just yet.
Post by: magentus on December 13, 2016, 06:26:58 PM
Good point! Also, why do they carry guns? Surely their weaponry system should be built in. Why do they look at each other when they talk? So many questions :ahhhRoger Roger
I know everyone (quite rightly) hates Jar-Jar, but the bloody stupid Droid Army comes a flipping close second as far as I'm concerned. >:(
Why does the Droid Army need to talk at all? If they are all connected then they should operate as one unit, not a bunch of individuals. And, telemetry from any one of them should be coordinated amongst all of them, so even if one's targeting sensors are down (which seems to be a common problem with them ::) ) it should be able to access telemetry from the others. There is little to no excuse for them to ever miss.
But hey, what do I know?
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Post by: dks on December 13, 2016, 07:59:27 PM
Post by: dks on December 13, 2016, 08:02:58 PM
e.g.
(http://img.lum.dolimg.com/v1/images/image_55b503c3.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C629%2C354)
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2016, 01:32:01 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2016, 08:52:36 AM
Post by: magentus on December 15, 2016, 09:42:59 AM
Dare I hope that we've left the prequels behind? Couldn't be done with much more style either, with Princess Leia's ship from the very first Star Wars screen. 8)The CR90 Corvette. Saweeeeeet.
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2016, 12:08:48 PM
Dare I hope that we've left the prequels behind? Couldn't be done with much more style either, with Princess Leia's ship from the very first Star Wars screen. 8)The CR90 Corvette. Saweeeeeet.
I'll take your word for it. :D Annoying Droids aside this has been an excellent calender so far.
Post by: Whoey on December 15, 2016, 12:24:38 PM
Dare I hope that we've left the prequels behind? Couldn't be done with much more style either, with Princess Leia's ship from the very first Star Wars screen. 8)If this is the ambassadors ship then where is the ambassador?
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 15, 2016, 05:49:15 PM
You know... in case anyone was wondering...
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Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2016, 06:44:51 PM
That would be the Tantive IV, manufactured by the Corellians under the command of Captain Antilles, no relation to Wedge Antilles, the only Rebel fighter pilot to survive assaulting BOTH Death Stars.
You know... in case anyone was wondering...
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That bit I knew, but you've got me beat on the rest. :clap:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 15, 2016, 08:43:48 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 16, 2016, 09:33:52 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 16, 2016, 12:59:39 PM
One of these days I really need to get a life....
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Post by: Gareth on December 16, 2016, 01:19:20 PM
U-3P0.
One of these days I really need to get a life....
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Yeah, but if you did we'd really miss you. ;)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 16, 2016, 02:02:28 PM
:P
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Post by: WhichDawg on December 16, 2016, 03:23:21 PM
I'm sure you would get along well enough without me, but I am certain it is not anything you have to worry about any time soon. I have an attractive young girlfriend and I live in one of the most social and dynamic cities in the country and my lifestyle hasn't changed that much....
:P
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kinda makes me think of...
(https://s29.postimg.org/uqqngqfrb/emmet_wyldstyle.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/l670tuqf7/)
Post by: Mercury on December 16, 2016, 09:10:48 PM
That was perfect Dan!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 16, 2016, 10:27:38 PM
:rofl:
That was perfect Dan!
Dan's good at that- you don't hear from him for a while and he stops in out of no where with a really good shot!
:tu:
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Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2016, 04:56:34 PM
Post by: Mercury on December 17, 2016, 10:45:04 PM
:rofl:
That was perfect Dan!
Dan's good at that- you don't hear from him for a while and he stops in out of no where with a really good shot!
:tu:
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:tu:
Got to say that this Gonk Droid is one of the odder builds we've seen in the calendar. Fun though. :)
I'm really kicking myself for forgetting to pick two of those up this year for my kids. They look fun!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 17, 2016, 11:56:51 PM
"For your kids...."
Right....
:pok:
BTW, that droid was a barely intelligent walking generator used to provide power to other, more useful pieces of equipment.
:facepalm:
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Post by: Whoey on December 18, 2016, 12:08:45 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2016, 04:33:37 PM
:rofl:
:rofl:
Though I am thinking that Wall-E was a bit of a deserved hit.
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2016, 04:36:24 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 18, 2016, 07:32:24 PM
Today brings us a rather excellent mini version of Jabba's Palace. 8) Just don't go nosing around in the basement, you'll regret it. ;)watch out for B'omarr Monks
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2016, 07:37:44 PM
Today brings us a rather excellent mini version of Jabba's Palace. 8) Just don't go nosing around in the basement, you'll regret it. ;)watch out for B'omarr Monks
Yeah, those are some creepy spiders. :-\
Post by: Corwyn on December 18, 2016, 10:20:11 PM
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bZekmgypXzXPlFS_Mau65xbFhAkhT19WPcruIujHOSx1sdcXMu0OrpI06TLKOQ65LG6GDiCEDILUr45wh594qhCdFXUcrwGBmQN64Sgd3ZD3hhXJmcG0EnQ2qOB14gBOQhfu9yXeNWnV5S0zRvo3dnFGjiH62hWRZS2zBsGH2ksMV0suMH3C-cIGirdMnjFPYWEfKtYhp17fx5UBz5KLf9swp3_4EDuQSYsA8DIkmfVDeHVvCVpZknXcxDZXacTTnwVwPgATCrL9wN1HAgut4AxIo4lEhdtRGjuvSfqJ3Q0ZT5rPWqFanJDqYS2iKsl60nVYI_BExb7cJne4m4wUTu9MLqu_98Rbeo3JK0xgQSMWkPrpfwEny4bHNwD4oVnRj1jADCLmzFfIv2ZiSI2csiB4yVrV_FwOlxXPQHRzscQOn6yIFHxrRKBCcB7ui_pwG7Q_TUGygXq3BA7ialPODxyIKu-9SIp6VvlxFUUQB2Qd9h06w1yPS8XrrFKSJtnm-pZj_WJ-uTGhDkKgBWjWqaAZ5zlSl5z6UQgB9XAMP1k7LAbiRmFuBz4fdc5NyHHGOviNdp_xllpOru_AcrglDzX4d6aMnJHCMNjeAVSrESEI-2L4iJSYJA=w1048-h589-no)
We did ge her first Lego set though:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/rT90cX7f6osjdNqqTh73YILBcCF42-xQlPmJ1LNoYwyDR5PnEO7HM6uexMjEOWw8hBfgtglF99SoToYJ1UsWvwNpH-XtTgm5RbfqHscHdTdWaLpwhtY-mQ2xe2qTSpRhOKfBoF82tUSMdHtU6qiS9rQFE18qGvYt_ipw-c0s4WOs2sDygEvp5d68xC_KQi7hGOXCljBj7unEe0VrTLQTjHxntO3QVKE9-hma4cbIxGaEbIKc01_Bh5nZuVnhpwYKGkZmzOSt29QJ_jM-VnfUWhEQKoIt3mDiJ7pLyDgVW0kL2TtakpydcXvybCqSFXdWDjyiyqPFNOTodiBQh1ArtU2R2ttAkN1qFianPsHvdr-KHj15aS7ik8yJRkTjEnNSr-8uVoTfOHfsZXBZROqz555HM6Nu7ehDbW-yti7MUu8pS2pcCzA9b8Ptg6qELhSZWpPV5OB82iDUdZqSBVSKLcbrwqztPbtuNVqQVuUYiUXnrYkxI31Q-r23lr407SqJNCQQd3OmJfcxOgw-42tFP8O2NbXBsg69DJo8n9O2YgGmhAZphabcynmeamZJA2AQyjgdOCNZ5Y8W7IVqEobTpt_JNrvDlkJScMSHJT-dqy1w--WDQ0SffA=w1048-h589-no)
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2016, 10:27:25 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 18, 2016, 10:56:41 PM
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Post by: Corwyn on December 18, 2016, 11:06:45 PM
Did you manage to get her out again? :D
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Actualy she jumped in the other vat when I tried to catch her:
Me and the wife were trying to choose her first Lego Duplo for Christmas and let go of her hand for 30 seconds... we looked like crazy after her and she had just jumped in (I had thought it's too high for her.. but still)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LBBHgax2nnURuEZsNh8ncsSF2_o9V9G3gFTqo76HsQksXw-j5PyZjYt8WwV2fu9WfJapHsahTIFz4oHPdGoByv5UmbsRL5_TFmTo-wvc3IADCcDtusKmXb18S-CxzzBQ5VfKdTv-aZDASMpv6zp1RqoJ_rzpqyEwgDwZ3Ll8f05ZyApUQJOzC6INtP8p08l6VF9clI2Z935kngR6-xMcz79613nI0ziVoDlYBSFmSqUBs4MQ-KmlGvi10s12cOHLX1bO92opBdJbk-fEDAqs5HlCVWuO0eCENOrVqKgLFyEkEOiZnyyC7Gc6ZCOe3x6MuQh9Nk2p9ZAXIuOrdhpWQ9vcp4IK1Byiuv0ZDn6ARUSLFZM2X8AnxvElG3u8Sn5QADvM2u4YQ8A4UoJXkdsLG15bNUI8Q4zD_6lXQcMvRpqlRiVohfDwAuEwjGMieiE8_r6GfFaJMyZ9HCqCkaITJ1gBOr_CTx5lCybGT5RC4wb4oj45HgRBw2NS4NQyNLhu7sGQfOaen9jp6rgpOYgwU7IcCfRqAWgmPS89wz2ENzi0hInkPxqwiKNm_oDiFSitYPFpQFoeEwOpUai88dHR-o8DMa_5b9of24wZnFHbEfx1Y4XnJgohBg=w1048-h589-no)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 18, 2016, 11:20:58 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2016, 11:32:11 PM
It's cute when she does it- you trying that in the Victorinox Factory probably wouldn't go so well! :ahhh
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"oh LOOK, a bin full of blades! Wheee!"
:ahhh
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 19, 2016, 12:53:22 AM
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Post by: Mercury on December 19, 2016, 03:43:18 AM
Yeah....
"For your kids...."
Right....
:pok:
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:D
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2016, 09:36:36 AM
Or, as my daughter said: "finally, someone with a lightsaber" :D
Post by: magentus on December 19, 2016, 09:57:03 AM
Looks like we have Luke on his way to Jabba's Palace to rescue his ol' buddy Han.:D
Or, as my daughter said: "finally, someone with a lightsaber" :D
Post by: Whoey on December 19, 2016, 12:32:12 PM
Looks like we have Luke on his way to Jabba's Palace to rescue his ol' buddy Han.lightsabers... we don't need those scum! :P
Or, as my daughter said: "finally, someone with a lightsaber" :D
Post by: pfrsantos on December 19, 2016, 01:03:18 PM
Did you manage to get her out again? :D
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Actualy she jumped in the other vat when I tried to catch her:
Me and the wife were trying to choose her first Lego Duplo for Christmas and let go of her hand for 30 seconds... we looked like crazy after her and she had just jumped in (I had thought it's too high for her.. but still)
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LBBHgax2nnURuEZsNh8ncsSF2_o9V9G3gFTqo76HsQksXw-j5PyZjYt8WwV2fu9WfJapHsahTIFz4oHPdGoByv5UmbsRL5_TFmTo-wvc3IADCcDtusKmXb18S-CxzzBQ5VfKdTv-aZDASMpv6zp1RqoJ_rzpqyEwgDwZ3Ll8f05ZyApUQJOzC6INtP8p08l6VF9clI2Z935kngR6-xMcz79613nI0ziVoDlYBSFmSqUBs4MQ-KmlGvi10s12cOHLX1bO92opBdJbk-fEDAqs5HlCVWuO0eCENOrVqKgLFyEkEOiZnyyC7Gc6ZCOe3x6MuQh9Nk2p9ZAXIuOrdhpWQ9vcp4IK1Byiuv0ZDn6ARUSLFZM2X8AnxvElG3u8Sn5QADvM2u4YQ8A4UoJXkdsLG15bNUI8Q4zD_6lXQcMvRpqlRiVohfDwAuEwjGMieiE8_r6GfFaJMyZ9HCqCkaITJ1gBOr_CTx5lCybGT5RC4wb4oj45HgRBw2NS4NQyNLhu7sGQfOaen9jp6rgpOYgwU7IcCfRqAWgmPS89wz2ENzi0hInkPxqwiKNm_oDiFSitYPFpQFoeEwOpUai88dHR-o8DMa_5b9of24wZnFHbEfx1Y4XnJgohBg=w1048-h589-no)
I bet I'm not the only one who saw this pic and thought of this:
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(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/32700000/bruce-lee-bruce-lee-32791998-1200-791.jpg)
Leave my LEGOs alone!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Leave my LEGOs alone!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 19, 2016, 02:48:17 PM
I could make use of a lightsaber on a fairly frequent basis.
With my luck though the thing would never be charged when I wanted to use it.
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2016, 06:12:23 PM
I have to agree with your daughter.
I could make use of a lightsaber on a fairly frequent basis.
With my luck though the thing would never be charged when I wanted to use it.
Def
Yup, story of my life. Whenever there is a Sith Lord needing cut down it's inevitable that I'll get a low battery warning. ::)
Post by: ironraven on December 20, 2016, 03:16:46 AM
I'd make a lousy Jedi.
Post by: Mercury on December 20, 2016, 05:52:46 PM
I have to agree with your daughter.
I could make use of a lightsaber on a fairly frequent basis.
With my luck though the thing would never be charged when I wanted to use it.
Def
:rofl: Ditto.
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 11:26:56 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 11:29:51 AM
Post by: magentus on December 21, 2016, 11:32:15 AM
Running a day late, again. So yesterday my wife got this. It's a...something. A thingamigig. A whatdoyoucallit. :think: :shrug: Honestly I didn't know what it was supposed to be and after looking it up I'm going to forgive myself as it's a pretty poor presentation. :-\ if you can spot it without the aid of Google then kudos to you.Is it one of those Endor speeders? Come on Lego! Sort it out!
Post by: Etherealicer on December 21, 2016, 11:51:03 AM
Yup Endor speeder gets my vote too.Running a day late, again. So yesterday my wife got this. It's a...something. A thingamigig. A whatdoyoucallit. :think: :shrug: Honestly I didn't know what it was supposed to be and after looking it up I'm going to forgive myself as it's a pretty poor presentation. :-\ if you can spot it without the aid of Google then kudos to you.Is it one of those Endor speeders? Come on Lego! Sort it out!
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 12:07:48 PM
Yup Endor speeder gets my vote too.Running a day late, again. So yesterday my wife got this. It's a...something. A thingamigig. A whatdoyoucallit. :think: :shrug: Honestly I didn't know what it was supposed to be and after looking it up I'm going to forgive myself as it's a pretty poor presentation. :-\ if you can spot it without the aid of Google then kudos to you.Is it one of those Endor speeders? Come on Lego! Sort it out!
...and that's exactly what I thought it was as well. Turns out we're all wrong. :D
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 12:09:08 PM
what do I win?
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 12:12:51 PM
Desert Skiff.
what do I win?
My admiration. :dd:
Yes, I believe we have a winner. :salute:
(http://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Star-Wars-Desert-Skiff.jpg)
It does follow the Jabba Palace and black outfit Luke we just had so it kinda makes sense. Just a pretty crappy model IMO.
Post by: magentus on December 21, 2016, 12:15:33 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 12:16:34 PM
Arrrghh! Too late - Desert skiff popped into my head a few minutes back, but I was busy. Stupid work getting in the way :rant:
Since it's you I'll take your word for it. ;)
It also occurs to me that, given the very small time window they're in, it would have been much neater to see Luke without the back glove on his right hand.
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 12:20:01 PM
Post by: magentus on December 21, 2016, 12:22:44 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 12:26:12 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 21, 2016, 03:24:14 PM
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Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 06:00:23 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 07:01:04 PM
Hang on, isn't that the wrong person being eaten by the Sarlacc? ;)
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 07:26:28 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2016, 07:37:03 PM
it's how it should have happened :P
Shouldn't he be defrosted before eating? :D
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2016, 08:23:31 PM
What difference does it make, as he'll be digested over a period of millennia...it's how it should have happened :P
Shouldn't he be defrosted before eating? :D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 22, 2016, 12:59:07 AM
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Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2016, 04:15:32 PM
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/3/3a/Sentinel_schem.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20081008144239)
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sentinel-class_landing_craft/Legends
Post by: magentus on December 22, 2016, 04:39:35 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2016, 04:49:22 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2016, 04:56:04 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2016, 05:31:25 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 22, 2016, 06:44:58 PM
Loads of extra odds and sods. Looking at Jay's Blog it seems like the extras aren't random.
Is there some secret toy to be built from the extras?
That would be cool....
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Post by: Whoey on December 22, 2016, 07:00:31 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2016, 07:05:29 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 22, 2016, 08:49:49 PM
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 23, 2016, 12:32:59 AM
My God, you're right. :o I've just found the plans for an anti-Wookie rifle. Run Chewie, run! :ahhh
Actually that is a Wookie fur braiding rifle. They look similar but you can tell by the hand on the end. The rifle doesn't have that.
It's a poor design that they look so much alike, and there have been a number of documented injuries from so called practical jokers fitting fake hands on the end of real rifles to see what would happen. :ahhh
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Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2016, 11:16:33 AM
Nearly there now. Today sees us will a Christmas specific model of a sleigh. While these type of builds are fun I guess, I'd actually rather have a cool spaceship or something.
Post by: magentus on December 23, 2016, 12:34:54 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2016, 01:14:35 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on December 23, 2016, 01:29:29 PM
lego hockey sticks :dd:No, and that is the brilliance of Lego, they are whatever you make of them :salute:
We need a SAK/MT and Minifig thread :D
Post by: magentus on December 23, 2016, 02:56:52 PM
You obviously haven't seen the Coffee and SAK's thread E-Thizzle!lego hockey sticks :dd:No, and that is the brilliance of Lego, they are whatever you make of them :salute:
We need a SAK/MT and Minifig thread :D
Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2016, 05:11:30 PM
lego hockey sticks :dd:No, and that is the brilliance of Lego, they are whatever you make of them :salute:
We need a SAK/MT and Minifig thread :D
Taking a break from fighting for the Galaxy.
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2016, 07:33:09 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2016, 08:06:47 PM
taken from: http://speedsociety.com/lego-built-train-does-a-6-5ft-tall-vertical-loop/?source=gmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbjo53pvUI
Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2016, 08:21:42 PM
:o8)
taken from: http://speedsociety.com/lego-built-train-does-a-6-5ft-tall-vertical-loop/?source=gmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbjo53pvUI
Post by: Gareth on December 24, 2016, 01:30:35 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 24, 2016, 01:36:07 PM
:like:
Post by: WhichDawg on December 24, 2016, 04:28:31 PM
Thanks for sharing :tu:
Post by: magentus on December 24, 2016, 06:23:53 PM
Post by: m47mu74nt on December 24, 2016, 09:55:57 PM
I am certainly happy, but no idea how to interpret it : does she want me to buy her the real one or something?
Post by: Gareth on December 24, 2016, 09:57:37 PM
Here is the present my girlfriend bought me for Xmas: 75899 LaFerrari
I am certainly happy, but no idea how to interpret it : does she want me to buy her the real one or something?
perhaps she's just saying that it's the only Ferrari she's every likely to buy you. ;) Cool kit BTW. :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 24, 2016, 10:10:00 PM
I mean, that's not a mistake you would want to make....
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Post by: m47mu74nt on December 24, 2016, 10:49:11 PM
:like:
I am more of an AT-AT guy, but that Ferrari would do the job :whistle:
I may modify it a little to make it be better 'at scale' than it already is though :think:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 25, 2016, 12:27:55 AM
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Post by: Gareth on December 25, 2016, 12:32:57 AM
:rofl:
:like:
I am more of an AT-AT guy, but that Ferrari would do the job :whistle:
I may modify it a little to make it be better 'at scale' than it already is though :think:
Seems to me that you are a LOT more likely to get a Ferrari than an AT-AT. :D I'm not saying the odds are good on the Ferrari mind you.... ;)
Post by: WhichDawg on December 25, 2016, 10:09:53 AM
Creator Buildings :salute:
this is 1/2 of the "Pet Shop" set (we'll finish the rest tomorrow)
(https://s29.postimg.org/rji3i05s7/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/pexqgx45f/)
1000 pieces here!
(https://s27.postimg.org/rfcdveljn/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/jzd49lxu7/)
and then...there goes the neighborhood!
(https://s28.postimg.org/6r91s7oml/image.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/fm9w2qdex/)
:D
I think this is the start of a new series for us ;)
Post by: Smashie on December 25, 2016, 01:16:13 PM
I've got a creator set to build with my son tomorrow (among other things). :cheers:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 25, 2016, 01:45:37 PM
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Post by: Mercury on December 25, 2016, 11:14:44 PM
Post by: kkokkolis on December 26, 2016, 10:34:34 AM
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161226/038c1683d9e9cb793f3c13c0daee98f8.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 26, 2016, 02:47:06 PM
I've just finished building the Arendelle Castle set for my daughter, and I'm staring the Blue passenger jet for my son while he works on Ghostbusters Ecto 1/2. I personally didn't get any lego this year, but I'll probably get an Xwing fighter soon.
Yeah, it sounds like you are completely left out of the Lego.... better get some more Lego to make up for not being able to play with any of the Lego.... :D
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 26, 2016, 02:47:35 PM
My daughter is clearing her dungeon, er..., I mean her room. Among other toys she's too old to play with and therefore she believes they are better suited for me, she gave me this Lego Firefighter themed pen.
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161226/038c1683d9e9cb793f3c13c0daee98f8.jpg)
That is a very cool pen! :tu:
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Post by: Gareth on December 26, 2016, 02:51:51 PM
:rofl:I've just finished building the Arendelle Castle set for my daughter, and I'm staring the Blue passenger jet for my son while he works on Ghostbusters Ecto 1/2. I personally didn't get any lego this year, but I'll probably get an Xwing fighter soon.
Yeah, it sounds like you are completely left out of the Lego.... better get some more Lego to make up for not being able to play with any of the Lego.... :D
Def
Post by: Mercury on December 27, 2016, 09:09:10 PM
I've just finished building the Arendelle Castle set for my daughter, and I'm staring the Blue passenger jet for my son while he works on Ghostbusters Ecto 1/2. I personally didn't get any lego this year, but I'll probably get an Xwing fighter soon.
Yeah, it sounds like you are completely left out of the Lego.... better get some more Lego to make up for not being able to play with any of the Lego.... :D
Def
:D
Post by: Chako on December 29, 2016, 02:02:22 AM
Post by: T14 on December 30, 2016, 07:18:39 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 31, 2016, 01:51:19 AM
Post by: Whoey on December 31, 2016, 12:22:02 PM
:rofl: Teenage girls are MUCH scarier than Ring Wraiths. :ahhhdifferent sort of ring wraith... :ahhh
Post by: Etherealicer on December 31, 2016, 03:24:21 PM
:facepalm::rofl: Teenage girls are MUCH scarier than Ring Wraiths. :ahhhdifferent sort of ring wraith... :ahhh
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Whoey on January 14, 2017, 01:58:23 PM
:ahhh
Post by: Gareth on January 14, 2017, 04:39:20 PM
http://www.everblocksystems.com/
:ahhh
I'm not sure how comfortable this looks:
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5484733fe4b0c710260b03b2/54ea10e1e4b02e8e0237b38c/5552320de4b0f3050cec7304/1449930576729/Sofa+1+-+Small.jpg?format=1000w)
but the idea is very cool. 8)
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5484733fe4b0c710260b03b2/54ea10e1e4b02e8e0237b38c/561eee46e4b0909fc2c7dc38/1449930354301/US+Womens+Open.JPG?format=750w)
Post by: Whoey on January 14, 2017, 04:48:28 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 15, 2017, 12:15:52 AM
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Post by: pietervn on January 20, 2017, 10:52:09 AM
I got the son to help me build this morning and then posed for a few pictures. It is also the 40th anniversary of LEGO Technic!!! Congrats, you have given me hours of fun whilst emptying my wallet!!!
The last pic is with Big Brother ;)
Cheers
Pete
Post by: Gareth on January 20, 2017, 12:37:45 PM
I got the latest Technic set for XMas. It was only released 1 Jan 2017 and had to wait to order it. Got it from Germany as we don't even have a price in Oz yet. Thanks to Mrs. VN!!!
I got the son to help me build this morning and then posed for a few pictures. It is also the 40th anniversary of LEGO Technic!!! Congrats, you have given me hours of fun whilst emptying my wallet!!!
The last pic is with Big Brother ;)
(http://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=302001)
Cheers
Pete
Very cool mate. :tu:
Post by: Gareth on January 20, 2017, 12:38:40 PM
Only good if you have large open spaces to divide up. Not so good if you have small spaces.
Def
I think they might already be making smaller bricks... :whistle:
Post by: Whoey on January 20, 2017, 12:56:19 PM
then you end up needing something like these: http://www.theoriginalscrapbox.com/
Post by: Whoey on February 04, 2017, 04:48:15 PM
:ahhh
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 05, 2017, 12:54:49 AM
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Post by: Huntsman on February 13, 2017, 12:19:37 AM
http://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,41342.msg1425644.html#msg1425644
Post by: Syncop8r on February 13, 2017, 10:43:14 AM
http://sobadsogood.com/2016/10/05/awesome-bike-helmet-makes-it-look-you-have-lego-hair/
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 13, 2017, 08:45:30 PM
Dunno if this has already been posted or not but I can't be bothered looking through 20 pages to find out.
http://sobadsogood.com/2016/10/05/awesome-bike-helmet-makes-it-look-you-have-lego-hair/
Kind of looks like Bieber hair... I wonder who copied who? :ahhh
Def
Post by: Etherealicer on February 15, 2017, 08:52:55 PM
Like how Clayface is constructed. Also he is pretty cool (safety glasses were a gift from a new client).
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 16, 2017, 02:15:49 AM
How was the movie? I love Lego Batman- he's hilarious!
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Post by: Etherealicer on February 16, 2017, 11:26:10 AM
That is really cool!The movie was OK, not that great. The Lego Batman Short-movie was much better and I think Batman was funnier in the Lego Movie. Maybe it was too much Lego Batman for me.
How was the movie? I love Lego Batman- he's hilarious!
Def
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 16, 2017, 12:03:49 PM
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Post by: captain spaulding on February 23, 2017, 06:39:36 AM
Also got him a toy SAK. It well be his first SAK!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on February 23, 2017, 01:01:11 PM
Which SAK toy did you get him?
Def
Post by: captain spaulding on February 23, 2017, 09:39:40 PM
Post by: Smashie on March 15, 2017, 05:24:01 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/1efaa1d81d45207e3b954e5befacb91b.jpg)
Post by: Whoey on March 15, 2017, 05:57:08 PM
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lego-compatible-adhesive-tape-nimuno-loops#/
:ahhh
Post by: MadPlumbarian on March 15, 2017, 06:43:07 PM
Post by: magentus on March 15, 2017, 07:13:13 PM
Custom minifig. Iron maiden's Eddie as the trooperThat is super cool Smashie! Is it yours?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/1efaa1d81d45207e3b954e5befacb91b.jpg)
Post by: Smashie on March 15, 2017, 07:22:43 PM
Custom minifig. Iron maiden's Eddie as the trooperThat is super cool Smashie! Is it yours?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/1efaa1d81d45207e3b954e5befacb91b.jpg)
Yup, arrived today :D
Post by: Gareth on March 15, 2017, 09:27:29 PM
Custom minifig. Iron maiden's Eddie as the trooper
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/1efaa1d81d45207e3b954e5befacb91b.jpg)
Just needs a tattered Union Flag. 8)
Post by: zoidberg on March 15, 2017, 09:32:06 PM
that's awesome, have you seen this yet?
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lego-compatible-adhesive-tape-nimuno-loops#/
:ahhh
My kids would love that.
Post by: magentus on March 15, 2017, 09:40:14 PM
Nice - lets see some pics. Must have a listen to 'The Trooper' and 'Die With your Boots On'. :salute:Custom minifig. Iron maiden's Eddie as the trooperThat is super cool Smashie! Is it yours?
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170315/1efaa1d81d45207e3b954e5befacb91b.jpg)
Yup, arrived today :D
Post by: Gareth on March 15, 2017, 09:54:55 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on March 15, 2017, 10:11:34 PM
JR:rofl:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 15, 2017, 10:25:27 PM
Now you need a Vic Rattlehead to go with it!
Def
Post by: Smashie on March 15, 2017, 10:31:42 PM
That's freaking awesome!
Now you need a Vic Rattlehead to go with it!
Def
If I could find one I'd have one, along with a Lemmy :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 15, 2017, 10:35:13 PM
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Post by: dks on March 26, 2017, 04:34:43 PM
Photographs from the Lego exhibition/show
MANY more here: https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,71277.0.html
Post by: kaput on March 26, 2017, 06:16:34 PM
"Named one of CNN's Top Ten "Global Must-See Exhibitions," The Art of the Brick exhibit by artist Nathan Sawaya takes LEGO® bricks from child's toy to sophisticated art form and beyond. The world's largest display of LEGO art ever features original pieces of inspiring artworks as well as re-imagined versions of some of the world's most famous art masterpieces made exclusively from LEGO brickS."
Post by: Ron Who on March 26, 2017, 11:17:14 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on March 29, 2017, 01:32:58 AM
(https://s21.postimg.org/d7pd3y8bb/pontoon1.png) (https://postimg.org/image/8lt8vlms3/)
and here's the real thing (which I used to make the model)
(https://s30.postimg.org/4gbeqdzoh/Y_R-pontoonboat-sm.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/9rqbb3lr1/)
I think they will like it, it was fun to build (over and over again :facepalm: ) :D :salute:
Post by: Whoey on March 29, 2017, 01:33:28 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on March 29, 2017, 06:56:45 PM
https://youtu.be/A7YDMt7jOfU
Def
Post by: Gareth on March 29, 2017, 11:08:15 PM
been doing a little bit of custom stuff, made this for my cousin:
(https://s21.postimg.org/d7pd3y8bb/pontoon1.png) (https://postimg.org/image/8lt8vlms3/)
and here's the real thing (which I used to make the model)
(https://s30.postimg.org/4gbeqdzoh/Y_R-pontoonboat-sm.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/9rqbb3lr1/)
I think they will like it, it was fun to build (over and over again :facepalm: ) :D :salute:
Nicely done. :hatsoff:
Post by: dks on April 18, 2017, 08:22:08 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on April 19, 2017, 08:43:04 AM
the new collectible minifigure series 17 is coming out in May!
(https://s28.postimg.org/sluyak4r1/Collectible_Minifigures_series17_71018.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/s93k4dmh5/)
info here: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/04/04/lego-71018-collectible-minifigures-series-17-review/
some of them remind me of some people here! lol :D
Post by: dks on April 19, 2017, 09:31:40 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on April 19, 2017, 10:45:42 AM
Post by: Whoey on April 19, 2017, 02:43:12 PM
some photos from Star Wars Celebration Orlando with all the official star wars lego minifigs... :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :gimme:
Post by: zoidberg on April 19, 2017, 02:46:46 PM
https://www.facebook.com/LegoStarWarsAddicted/posts/1021665084635001
some photos from Star Wars Celebration Orlando with all the official star wars lego minifigs... :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :gimme:
(https://i.imgur.com/7j15tXU.jpg)
Post by: dks on April 19, 2017, 03:37:27 PM
dks is either the Roman Gladiator or the French Man(aka Connoisseur)! :P :D
more of a god like person
Post by: Gareth on April 19, 2017, 04:48:58 PM
Post by: Whoey on April 19, 2017, 04:51:31 PM
Can I be the Flash Gordon style space man? 8)(http://www.comixzone.cz/images/img-db-magazin-foto/381/4476b929e30dd0c4e8bdbcc82c6ba23a.jpg) :rofl:
Post by: Gareth on April 19, 2017, 04:56:45 PM
Post by: SteveC on April 25, 2017, 12:32:14 AM
Post by: Gareth on April 25, 2017, 01:27:14 AM
Post by: WhichDawg on April 25, 2017, 11:51:33 AM
Post by: Etherealicer on April 25, 2017, 02:38:15 PM
that's hilarious! :rofl:+2 :rofl:
Post by: Mercury on April 29, 2017, 09:18:52 PM
My son and I are going to tackle his lego collection this weekend. It's all in one big pile that he has stopped playing with. He needs some organization!
Post by: WhichDawg on April 30, 2017, 06:07:19 AM
(https://s2.postimg.org/fxczaeugp/SV-_April8.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/o2v18kiph/)
(https://s17.postimg.org/v3uev4z3j/SV-_April9.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ajpkwnjcb/)
almost 2,000 pieces! (1,969) I'm gettin it... :dd:
Post by: Gareth on April 30, 2017, 07:59:31 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on April 30, 2017, 11:26:51 PM
Very cool indeed, although I am guessing it will cost almost as much as the real rocket did in 1969! :ahhh
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on May 01, 2017, 10:42:21 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 01, 2017, 01:14:51 PM
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Post by: dks on May 01, 2017, 01:34:59 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 01, 2017, 02:17:24 PM
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Post by: WhichDawg on May 01, 2017, 02:40:49 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 01, 2017, 04:14:59 PM
Oh wait, you don't have to imagine, you were probably around for that thread.... >:D
Def
Post by: Troels on May 06, 2017, 01:56:04 PM
(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/3984/Ebw10T.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 07, 2017, 11:29:52 PM
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Post by: magentus on May 08, 2017, 02:00:35 PM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4193/34399131211_62f8d24749_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UpJxga)WP_20170508_009 (https://flic.kr/p/UpJxga) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
And the full complement:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4184/34529231575_907bfe8880_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UBekyT)WP_20170508_004 (https://flic.kr/p/UBekyT) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Post by: Troels on May 08, 2017, 03:28:51 PM
Post by: kaput on May 08, 2017, 05:54:16 PM
Post by: magentus on May 08, 2017, 07:13:53 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 09, 2017, 02:23:50 AM
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Post by: Mercury on May 09, 2017, 04:58:12 AM
Post by: kaput on May 09, 2017, 05:09:03 AM
Post by: kaput on May 09, 2017, 05:09:54 AM
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 10:05:33 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/86288a6c6c1583e3589b690480d2a06b.jpg)
Post by: Etherealicer on May 09, 2017, 10:21:18 AM
Never told this here, but Lego is a BIG hobby of mine. This my 'city'…Nice, but where are the cyclists :D
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/86288a6c6c1583e3589b690480d2a06b.jpg)
Post by: firiki on May 09, 2017, 10:21:54 AM
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 10:22:13 AM
Post by: firiki on May 09, 2017, 10:23:31 AM
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 10:24:15 AM
Waiting for some new sets. And there cyclists in it!!!Never told this here, but Lego is a BIG hobby of mine. This my 'city'…Nice, but where are the cyclists :D
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/86288a6c6c1583e3589b690480d2a06b.jpg)
Post by: Kev D on May 09, 2017, 11:13:18 AM
New crew members:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4193/34399131211_62f8d24749_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UpJxga)WP_20170508_009 (https://flic.kr/p/UpJxga) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
And the full complement:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4184/34529231575_907bfe8880_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/UBekyT)WP_20170508_004 (https://flic.kr/p/UBekyT) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
:like:
Has Dolly had a face transplant? :think:
Post by: Etherealicer on May 09, 2017, 12:59:35 PM
Nice :tu:Waiting for some new sets. And there cyclists in it!!!Never told this here, but Lego is a BIG hobby of mine. This my 'city'…Nice, but where are the cyclists :D
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/86288a6c6c1583e3589b690480d2a06b.jpg)
vele vele fietsen
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 09, 2017, 01:32:33 PM
Nice town you have built there too! I like the fact that there are no cyclists, because it means traffic can flow freely without some idiot weaving in and out of traffic, causing accidents! :P
Def
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 02:33:51 PM
Great to see you Serena!LOL
Nice town you have built there too! I like the fact that there are no cyclists, because it means traffic can flow freely without some idiot weaving in and out of traffic, causing accidents! :P
Def
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 02:37:41 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/84ec8d82127056c1e6ce5f3ef9044172.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/2d084bfa67f4d27ccc8669882239ad16.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/decbcd1b4455e37f2a1a3f54466d3cea.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/4ecc41c4c442d7c968b664d16fabbb06.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on May 09, 2017, 04:32:24 PM
Post by: Serena on May 09, 2017, 04:34:18 PM
Loving those cars Serena. :drool:Yep! Especially the Volkwagens!
Post by: Gareth on May 09, 2017, 04:55:11 PM
Funnily enough I love the look of the green Mini the most. :DLoving those cars Serena. :drool:Yep! Especially the Volkwagens!
Post by: caninesapien on May 10, 2017, 12:00:55 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/21b4780a73424c5d4687b63383faee36.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on May 10, 2017, 12:16:45 AM
Post by: Huntsman on May 10, 2017, 05:02:43 AM
Great to see you Serena!
Nice town you have built there too! I like the fact that there are no cyclists, because it means traffic can flow freely without some idiot weaving in and out of traffic, causing accidents! :P
Def
Likewise Serena - You have been away for ages for ages
Love your city - Do you have the French Café there? - I could not make it out - That is my favourite of the building series - It is really really nice with so much inside - including the artist's attic - Very La Boehme!!
And the campervan has to be one of the best sets ever !!
Boss - I am disappointed in you - Not another anti-cycling bigot :twak:
What most drivers do not realise is:
- Cyclists reduce traffic on the road
- Cyclists do not affect a drivers' overall journey time for an urban trip, yes you may have to wait a few seconds to get around them, but you will be stopped at the next set of lights in a traffic queue shortly anyway
- Cyclists do not cause accidents
Ah well - A bit political & challenging the Boss - I guess that is the end of me at MTo.
To be fair - There are some cycling idiots on the road - I see this much more in Sydney, where there seems to be all out war between cyclists and drivers, compared to the UK
As a cyclist I started off on the side of the cyclists - of course - However after observing them for a few years - Some of them are not good road users - and I can see why drivers get frustrated.
They do not all stick to the rules of the road or have respect/consideration for other road users
Actually I am not sure what Ottawa or Halifax is like - But one Canadian city that has totally got cycling/motoring co-existence sorted is Vancouver
Everybody seems to cycle there - and the system, mutual respect, the road/cycle path network, really seems to work
Rant over ;)
Post by: Mercury on May 10, 2017, 08:14:24 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 10, 2017, 12:36:22 PM
Great to see you Serena!
Nice town you have built there too! I like the fact that there are no cyclists, because it means traffic can flow freely without some idiot weaving in and out of traffic, causing accidents! :P
Def
Likewise Serena - You have been away for ages for ages
Love your city - Do you have the French Café there? - I could not make it out - That is my favourite of the building series - It is really really nice with so much inside - including the artist's attic - Very La Boehme!!
And the campervan has to be one of the best sets ever !!
Boss - I am disappointed in you - Not another anti-cycling bigot :twak:
What most drivers do not realise is:
- Cyclists reduce traffic on the road
- Cyclists do not affect a drivers' overall journey time for an urban trip, yes you may have to wait a few seconds to get around them, but you will be stopped at the next set of lights in a traffic queue shortly anyway
- Cyclists do not cause accidents
Ah well - A bit political & challenging the Boss - I guess that is the end of me at MTo.
To be fair - There are some cycling idiots on the road - I see this much more in Sydney, where there seems to be all out war between cyclists and drivers, compared to the UK
As a cyclist I started off on the side of the cyclists - of course - However after observing them for a few years - Some of them are not good road users - and I can see why drivers get frustrated.
They do not all stick to the rules of the road or have respect/consideration for other road users
Actually I am not sure what Ottawa or Halifax is like - But one Canadian city that has totally got cycling/motoring co-existence sorted is Vancouver
Everybody seems to cycle there - and the system, mutual respect, the road/cycle path network, really seems to work
Rant over ;)
Let's take this to another thread.... >:D
Def
Post by: magentus on May 10, 2017, 12:56:08 PM
Post by: Serena on May 10, 2017, 10:06:06 PM
Post by: Serena on May 10, 2017, 10:08:14 PM
Nice to see you again Serena :salute: Love your city - what do you call it? Great cars too - Lego is the best!Still need to find a good name for it. Any suggestions?
Post by: Serena on May 10, 2017, 10:10:08 PM
Very busy, new job, hobbies, some things at home. But I haven't forgotten you al!!!
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 11, 2017, 02:05:18 AM
As for a name, Defland has a nice ring to it! :whistle:
Def
Post by: magentus on May 11, 2017, 03:42:11 PM
Gotta name it after yourself as any meglamaniac worth their salt would :D Serenaville, Serena City, Serenopolis, or go with Serene City if you want it nice and peaceful. :salute:Nice to see you again Serena :salute: Love your city - what do you call it? Great cars too - Lego is the best!Still need to find a good name for it. Any suggestions?
Post by: Serena on May 11, 2017, 03:43:16 PM
Glad to hear that you haven't forgotten about us! Are you still with the police force?Yep, but on a new job now. As for a month now I'm a dispatcher.
As for a name, Defland has a nice ring to it! :whistle:
Def
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on May 11, 2017, 03:50:50 PM
Def
Post by: Etherealicer on May 11, 2017, 04:10:46 PM
Why not Firefly Ville :PGotta name it after yourself as any meglamaniac worth their salt would :D Serenaville, Serena City, Serenopolis, or go with Serene City if you want it nice and peaceful. :salute:Nice to see you again Serena :salute: Love your city - what do you call it? Great cars too - Lego is the best!Still need to find a good name for it. Any suggestions?
Post by: magentus on May 11, 2017, 08:20:26 PM
That's Serenity E - Serenity. :facepalm:Why not Firefly Ville :PGotta name it after yourself as any meglamaniac worth their salt would :D Serenaville, Serena City, Serenopolis, or go with Serene City if you want it nice and peaceful. :salute:Nice to see you again Serena :salute: Love your city - what do you call it? Great cars too - Lego is the best!Still need to find a good name for it. Any suggestions?
Post by: magentus on May 11, 2017, 08:22:09 PM
Highwayman on the loose!Love the Hiker Ca-Sap - been eyeing that one for a while myself. :salute:
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170509/21b4780a73424c5d4687b63383faee36.jpg)
Post by: Etherealicer on May 11, 2017, 10:20:22 PM
How about Serencity?That's Serenity E - Serenity. :facepalm:Why not Firefly Ville :PGotta name it after yourself as any meglamaniac worth their salt would :D Serenaville, Serena City, Serenopolis, or go with Serene City if you want it nice and peaceful. :salute:Nice to see you again Serena :salute: Love your city - what do you call it? Great cars too - Lego is the best!Still need to find a good name for it. Any suggestions?
Post by: WhichDawg on May 12, 2017, 12:18:39 PM
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/05/10/go-launch-lego-ideas-21309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-review/
so cool! :D
Post by: Whoey on May 12, 2017, 12:24:01 PM
here's a really nice review about the Saturn V rocket coming out:this one? https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,62689.msg1468879.html#msg1468879 :pok: >:D
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/05/10/go-launch-lego-ideas-21309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-review/
so cool! :D
Post by: WhichDawg on May 12, 2017, 12:49:54 PM
here's a really nice review about the Saturn V rocket coming out:this one? https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,62689.msg1468879.html#msg1468879 :pok: >:D
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/05/10/go-launch-lego-ideas-21309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-review/
so cool! :D
nope! this is a review from someone who actually has the model!! not just my pictures, click on the link senor :salute:
Post by: Gareth on May 12, 2017, 05:29:16 PM
here's a really nice review about the Saturn V rocket coming out:this one? https://forum.multitool.org/index.php/topic,62689.msg1468879.html#msg1468879 :pok: >:D
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2017/05/10/go-launch-lego-ideas-21309-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-review/
so cool! :D
nope! this is a review from someone who actually has the model!! not just my pictures, click on the link senor :salute:
That's a superb looking set. :drool:
Post by: Whoey on May 13, 2017, 05:57:20 PM
:ahhh :gimme:
Post by: Smashie on May 13, 2017, 06:02:39 PM
Beats making them with my son and then watching him disassemble them and loose the bits.
What have I got coming?
My all time (until the new one) favorite sports car https://shop.lego.com/en-GB/Porsche-911-GT3-RS-42056
Post by: WhichDawg on May 14, 2017, 03:45:07 PM
I have been seeing that car lately and it's ... :drool:
Post by: Gareth on May 15, 2017, 08:05:43 AM
https://brickset.com/article/27993/review-75167-bounty-hunter-speeder-bike-battle-packAwesome!
:ahhh :gimme:
Post by: magentus on May 17, 2017, 02:44:26 PM
Vocals: Smallbacca
Lead Guitar: Mikkkkki Landmine
Rhythm Guitar: Barbara 'Babs' Explosion
Bass: Magentus Fandango
Drums Gregory Thundercrunch.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4165/33904893753_04bcdde2d9_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TE4rFF)WP_20170517_009 (https://flic.kr/p/TE4rFF) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Post by: magentus on May 18, 2017, 11:24:36 AM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4160/33921954853_373f894c3c_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TFyTmz)WP_20170518_001 (https://flic.kr/p/TFyTmz) by magpie2112 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145157638@N06/), on Flickr
Post by: WhichDawg on May 26, 2017, 10:03:05 PM
Watch a Slow-Mo Lego Porsche Crash From Every Angle (Popular Mechanics)
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/a26633/lego-porsche-crash-testing/
scroll down a bit to see the full vid :tu:
Post by: zoidberg on May 26, 2017, 11:09:13 PM
Post by: Smashie on May 30, 2017, 04:06:52 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170530/4208f7752b0d2fe679d8ca27b2a52209.jpg)
Post by: Etherealicer on June 01, 2017, 10:37:09 PM
The new "Saturn V" rocket comes out June 1st for $119.99 usd! :ahhhOrdered mine :ahhh
(https://s2.postimg.org/fxczaeugp/SV-_April8.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/o2v18kiph/)
(https://s17.postimg.org/v3uev4z3j/SV-_April9.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/ajpkwnjcb/)
almost 2,000 pieces! (1,969) I'm gettin it... :dd:
Post by: WhichDawg on June 02, 2017, 02:04:52 AM
I ordered 2, first one for me then after several more attempts another for a friend, mine is coming next Wednesday (first one ordered to west coast), my friends is coming tomorrow! (second order to middle of country) :facepalm:
but I don't mind, I'm glad he's getting his first and will have the weekend to build it and enjoy it :cheers:
Post by: Etherealicer on June 02, 2017, 10:04:28 AM
did you have problems? was the system down & buggy and you got tons of "Error" messages? apparently lego doesn't care about updated/modern programming :rant: smaller companies have less online problems :whistle:Yep, I think it was a traffic problem as everybody tried to order one. They should have opened earlier for per-orders to spread the load.
I ordered 2, first one for me then after several more attempts another for a friend, mine is coming next Wednesday (first one ordered to west coast), my friends is coming tomorrow! (second order to middle of country) :facepalm:
but I don't mind, I'm glad he's getting his first and will have the weekend to build it and enjoy it :cheers:
I simply waited till the evening and tried again, so mine should be shipping on the 15th as it is back-order.
Post by: WhichDawg on June 02, 2017, 01:40:24 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb0JEZP1LlE#action=share
and they (youtube) already have several more builds too! :ahhh
Post by: Smashie on June 02, 2017, 04:36:03 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on June 04, 2017, 07:54:38 AM
(https://s14.postimg.org/piprxllf5/Randy-_Saturn_Vsm.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/hd7pzfx65/)
:tu:
Post by: magentus on June 06, 2017, 11:00:44 AM
Post by: Whoey on June 06, 2017, 11:26:23 AM
Post by: Smashie on June 06, 2017, 11:28:32 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxtUrloLlm8
Video complete with the idiot Norm and lack of motor control :facepalm:
Also cool to see Will wearing the Omega Speedmaster Professional :tu: [size=78%] [/size]
Post by: WhichDawg on June 07, 2017, 03:28:21 AM
Post by: zoidberg on June 07, 2017, 08:48:05 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxtUrloLlm8
Showed the kids, they like when can we get it dad?
Mum from the other room yells NO!
Apparently building wardrobes and a deck trumps buying toys.
Post by: Smashie on June 07, 2017, 08:56:06 AM
I watched that today, they did drop a few pieces ... arranging by color? :think:
Well by type of brick, annoyingly I've tried it and it works really well
It even has a name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knolling
Post by: zoidberg on June 07, 2017, 03:16:26 PM
I watched that today, they did drop a few pieces ... arranging by color? :think:
Well by type of brick, annoyingly I've tried it and it works really well
It even has a name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knolling
Great, another compulsion to get addicted to. :dwts: :D
Post by: WhichDawg on June 07, 2017, 10:00:37 PM
I watched that today, they did drop a few pieces ... arranging by color? :think:
Well by type of brick, annoyingly I've tried it and it works really well
It even has a name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knolling
type of piece/part I do, no problem but "COLOR?" that might be above and beyond :D
got mine today!
(https://s13.postimg.org/ly2jbk2lz/1sm.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/npvi6glyr/)
:tu:
Post by: zoidberg on June 08, 2017, 01:14:05 AM
Post by: Etherealicer on June 08, 2017, 09:03:59 AM
Ahhh... the wait :viking:I watched that today, they did drop a few pieces ... arranging by color? :think:
Well by type of brick, annoyingly I've tried it and it works really well
It even has a name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knolling
type of piece/part I do, no problem but "COLOR?" that might be above and beyond :D
got mine today!
(https://s13.postimg.org/ly2jbk2lz/1sm.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/npvi6glyr/)
:tu:
Mine is supposed to ship in 7 days.
Post by: Smashie on June 08, 2017, 04:42:41 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170608/374e92349fd37bfeef46f71fe7fb4453.jpg)
Post by: Smashie on June 08, 2017, 10:31:23 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170608/7733a638f398e99dc99f5274a5e535dd.jpg)
Post by: WhichDawg on June 09, 2017, 05:56:15 AM
Post by: magentus on June 09, 2017, 10:21:00 AM
Post by: kirk13 on June 09, 2017, 10:34:41 AM
Sweet celebration on the U Boat this morning:
Victory for the Lego Independance Party?
Post by: magentus on June 09, 2017, 10:37:49 AM
Lol :rofl:Sweet celebration on the U Boat this morning:
Victory for the Lego Independance Party?
The tactical removal of a local nuisance :cheers:
Post by: WhichDawg on June 10, 2017, 08:38:26 AM
(https://s23.postimg.org/9nkykgxhn/Land_Speeder1.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/em8gz01af/)
with a few mods from the original ;)
Post by: Gareth on June 10, 2017, 08:45:16 AM
Post by: zoidberg on June 10, 2017, 09:16:34 AM
Awesome!
+1 :like:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on June 10, 2017, 02:40:25 PM
Captain America has now joined Iron Man ( normally ends badly)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170608/7733a638f398e99dc99f5274a5e535dd.jpg)
Those are absolutely cool, but if the regular Lego men are called Minifigs, does that mean these ones are Biggiefigs?
Def
Post by: Smashie on June 10, 2017, 03:04:08 PM
They're called BrickHeadzCaptain America has now joined Iron Man ( normally ends badly)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170608/7733a638f398e99dc99f5274a5e535dd.jpg)
Those are absolutely cool, but if the regular Lego men are called Minifigs, does that mean these ones are Biggiefigs?
Def
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on June 11, 2017, 04:15:16 AM
They're called BrickHeadzCaptain America has now joined Iron Man ( normally ends badly)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170608/7733a638f398e99dc99f5274a5e535dd.jpg)
Those are absolutely cool, but if the regular Lego men are called Minifigs, does that mean these ones are Biggiefigs?
Def
Yeah, I got that....
And I'm called Smartass.... :P
Besides, I like the term Biggiefigs better. Go on, say it to yourself out loud a few times and tell me it isn't habit forming! :D
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on June 11, 2017, 06:48:20 AM
kinda looks like the boss! :pok: :P
Post by: Whoey on June 11, 2017, 12:48:39 PM
https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Star-Wars/subtheme-Buildable-Figures
Post by: Smashie on June 11, 2017, 01:28:59 PM
not sure I'm sold on the brickheads idea... but I kinda felt the same about the large buildable figures they launched too
https://brickset.com/sets...ubtheme-Buildable-Figures (https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Star-Wars/subtheme-Buildable-Figures)
Me too, but my son likes them so who am I to argue lol
Post by: caninesapien on June 11, 2017, 08:05:39 PM
Dark Cadet
Post by: magentus on June 11, 2017, 08:51:53 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on June 12, 2017, 11:31:59 PM
Good thing they did not deliver that many units to this guy :viking:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on June 13, 2017, 01:59:52 AM
I hate it when companies do that.
Def
Post by: Etherealicer on June 13, 2017, 08:25:54 AM
That's frustrating.Worst part is the reasons and how long it took.
I hate it when companies do that.
Def
I mean how long does it take to realize that you sold too many units? If the cancellation would have come on the 1st or the 2nd I would be understanding. But on the 8th they sent me an email it will be delayed, then yesterday on the 12th they cancel?
I'm curious to see if they publish my review.
Post by: WhichDawg on June 13, 2017, 09:20:15 AM
I think this will be Legos best selling kit and I'm sure the Lego-Ompa-Lumpa's are working overtime at the factories making more (more money for them) so I'm sure in a few weeks or maybe a little longer they will be available again.
to me this set is worth it, the price 119.99 USD is a bargain (6 cents a brick) but I've seen it selling for double or triple on ebay because it has sold out now :facepalm:
just give it some time and I'm sure you can get one for the going price in your area. I am pretty sure the collector price for this set will be insane in a few years after they retire it ...what I'm telling the wife when I get another one for me in a few months :P :D
Post by: Etherealicer on June 13, 2017, 12:06:52 PM
just give it some time and I'm sure you can get one for the going price in your area. I am pretty sure the collector price for this set will be insane in a few years after they retire it ...what I'm telling the wife when I get another one for me in a few months :P :DIt's also not rocket science, they know the number of orders and they know their own production numbers, so they should be able to predict the day my set would have been produced and simply asked me if I'm willing to wait or if I prefer to cancel.
They should also have closed the ordering if they are not willing to fulfill the orders.
Anyway, at the moment I don't feel like buying the set anymore.
Post by: WhichDawg on June 13, 2017, 12:24:04 PM
It's also not rocket science, they know the number of orders and they know their own production numbers, so they should be able to predict the day my set would have been produced and simply asked me if I'm willing to wait or if I prefer to cancel.
They should also have closed the ordering if they are not willing to fulfill the orders.
but that would mean they have competent people! people who know what they are doing and do it well.... :whistle: get used to this in many area's and companies Lego doesn't even seem to care if their online site is updated and working right >:(
but I understand how you feel :cheers:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on June 13, 2017, 01:13:52 PM
I'm not saying that is the case, I'm just saying that it is something to keep in mind, especially since the new stuff (media, video games, licensing etc) are probably all different people in a shiny new building making lots of money while the assembly line folks are still making the same old money working in the same old buildings. :facepalm:
Def
Post by: Whoey on June 13, 2017, 06:01:04 PM
Otherwise it's just banging out batches of whatever is needed and shipping them off to the sort/kitting plant.
Maybe they didn't expect the response they got for it, and were being cautious.
Post by: zoidberg on June 19, 2017, 02:45:50 PM
Post by: zoidberg on June 19, 2017, 02:46:11 PM
Post by: zoidberg on June 19, 2017, 02:46:30 PM
Post by: Smashie on July 05, 2017, 12:01:42 PM
Instead this turned up
(https://image.ibb.co/cR2z5F/20170705_095805704_i_OS.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on July 05, 2017, 06:46:26 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on July 06, 2017, 02:27:45 AM
Sure they are similar, but that's not what you ordered. I'd lodge a complaint if I were you..... :pok:
Def
Post by: Smashie on July 06, 2017, 10:38:49 AM
I'd be annoyed if I were you.... you order a Saturn 5 and they send you a Saturn V.
Sure they are similar, but that's not what you ordered. I'd lodge a complaint if I were you..... :pok:
Def
Damn I knew there was going to be something wrong with my order :facepalm:
Post by: WhichDawg on July 06, 2017, 11:53:43 AM
I'm working on the launch tower :ahhh :D
Post by: caninesapien on July 08, 2017, 09:28:50 PM
Closest I could get!
Post by: magentus on July 08, 2017, 09:31:07 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on July 08, 2017, 11:19:27 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on July 09, 2017, 02:34:50 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170708/d9f483bb9299cb0a87a2e0ae1b3294a1.jpg)
Closest I could get!
That's awesome! :tu:
Def
Post by: caninesapien on July 18, 2017, 10:10:26 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170718/bedc1d28291038b8fe5fe2753d0cbd4a.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on July 18, 2017, 11:42:51 PM
Def
Post by: Whoey on July 19, 2017, 12:39:21 PM
Post by: Gareth on July 19, 2017, 04:11:10 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on July 20, 2017, 08:41:23 AM
Post by: Serena on August 15, 2017, 01:58:45 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170814/e188ab27e928d71e210b56aa53c74360.heic)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170814/16291fff5044504eb0c6fec03644dcd5.heic)
Post by: Huntsman on August 15, 2017, 05:33:55 AM
I was looking for the Hiker ...... You know the one like the Camper but with a Phillips instead of a CS :facepalm:
I hope you have many great adventures together and get lots of great pics :tu:
Post by: caninesapien on August 15, 2017, 02:53:23 PM
Added the Lego Hiker to my EDC. Just for taking funny pictures.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170814/e188ab27e928d71e210b56aa53c74360.heic)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170814/16291fff5044504eb0c6fec03644dcd5.heic)
Nice Serena! The Hiker guy is one of my faves!
Post by: Serena on August 18, 2017, 11:31:11 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170818/88f80865495d3248d57d82aa90a6fb08.jpg)
Post by: Smashie on September 08, 2017, 09:34:07 PM
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct
Post by: Mechanickal on September 08, 2017, 11:16:14 PM
I want this so much!I've got an old version of that one from when I was a kid :D
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct (https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct)
Post by: magentus on September 09, 2017, 10:37:07 PM
I want this so much!
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct
What a piece of junk! :D
Post by: Smashie on September 09, 2017, 11:45:32 PM
I want this so much!
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct
What a piece of junk! :D
An expensive piece of junk with a lot of pieces :ahhh (yes I did get the reference)
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/star-wars-lego-ucs-millennium-falcon-75192
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2017, 09:48:26 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=347625)
Post by: Smashie on December 01, 2017, 03:33:14 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on December 02, 2017, 10:23:09 PM
just got this today:
(https://s18.postimg.org/higsg29ft/tajmahal1.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
is it big! over 6K pieces with extras/spares, now their second biggest set offered (after the new millennium falcon) :D
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2017, 06:28:58 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=347951)
This morning took a little more head scratching but, knowing they often group things together by film etc., I managed to I.D this as being the Phantom. It's a fighter/shuttle pod that docks with the Ghost (from day one). Not their strongest model I'd say, but there's always tomorrow to look forward too.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=347953)
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2017, 06:50:00 PM
Barely started and am already playing catch-up. :doh: OK, so yesterday we got our first Mini-fig of the year and it's a bit of a good one; it's Sabine Wren. Again she is a character from the cartoon series "Rebels". Shame she didn't come with an additional blaster or a Mandalorian helmet, but not bad for all that.AFAIK, she only comes with a helmet in the 75106 Imperial Assault Carrier kit. You'd think she'd have a helmet for Ezra's speeder kit :think: but apparently safety on a open vehicle is not as important in lego... :facepalm:
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=347951)
Post by: ThundahBeagle on December 03, 2017, 09:16:55 PM
We used to build little towns. Legos were the brick houses, obviously Lincoln Logs were wood. Tinker Toys always seemed to be the space station or crazy giant motorcycle.
This thread takes me way back.
Post by: ThundahBeagle on December 04, 2017, 07:05:26 AM
I want this so much!
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct
What a piece of junk! :D
When people say that about my big old Blazer, I just tell them "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts!"
Anyone who gets the reference may ride with me. The door may not close all the way, but they may ride.
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2017, 11:32:50 AM
I want this so much!
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/starwars/products/millennium-falcon-75192?icmp=COUK36HomeWN1StarWarsMFalconProduct
What a piece of junk! :D
When people say that about my big old Blazer, I just tell them "She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts!"
Anyone who gets the reference may ride with me. The door may not close all the way, but they may ride.
:D
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2017, 11:40:12 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348013)
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Guess what? No one else seems to have a specific film or side for this either. I do feel better. :D
Post by: Whoey on December 04, 2017, 11:46:29 AM
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https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/a/a9/Imperial_Snowtroopers.jpg
Post by: ironraven on December 04, 2017, 12:00:58 PM
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It's an E-Web http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/E-Web_heavy_repeating_blaster
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2017, 12:22:52 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 05, 2017, 12:43:16 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348146)
Jay's Brick Blog thinks I'm wrong and who am I to argue. :D http://jaysbrickblog.com/2017/12/01/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2017-countdown/#Day5
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2017, 11:28:47 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348265)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348267)
Post by: Smashie on December 06, 2017, 02:37:44 PM
Pretty good for a mini model
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2017, 01:06:26 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348497)
A...toolbox? A weapons rack? Finn's sanitation trolley? You always get a right duffer build like this in the Star Wars Calender, it's practically a tradition. Ah well, it can only get better from here.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348499)
Post by: Whoey on December 08, 2017, 01:45:09 PM
Oops, another late day. :whistle: Yesterday we got a very standard First Order Stromtrooper. The fact he didn't get a blaster was a big clue as to what was coming next.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348497)
(https://img.bricklink.com/ItemImage/PL/3836.png) :facepalm: :rofl:
Post by: WhichDawg on December 08, 2017, 08:37:34 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2017, 09:41:15 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2017, 09:20:50 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=348685)
Post by: Gareth on December 11, 2017, 07:45:04 PM
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So the minifig seems to be called Unkar's thug (http://jaysbrickblog.com/2017/12/01/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2017-countdown/#Day10) so I'm feeling better about my guess. The propper name for the pack droid is a Luggabeast (http://jaysbrickblog.com/2017/12/01/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2017-countdown/#Day11) and apparetly isn't a droid but an animal that has been "enhanced".
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2017, 12:16:43 AM
Post by: Whoey on December 13, 2017, 12:20:52 AM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/avanaut/36266916363
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4348/36266916363_3ab66957e0_b.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2017, 11:03:44 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349004)
But given it's supposed to look like this;
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349006)
...I'm swapping the cones of the engines around.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349008)
Post by: Corwyn on December 14, 2017, 07:25:14 AM
This is the 7th Duplo set and she is barely 2 years old... I'll have to make a room just for Duplos.
(https://groceries.morrisons.com/productImages/368/368861011_0_640x640.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2017, 09:04:27 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2017, 09:02:04 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on December 15, 2017, 12:00:08 AM
What does yesterday's Speeder need? Someone to drive it of course. A first Order Snow Trooper. He doesn't get his own blaster either, do these guys have to share or something? :shrug:They don't hit anything, so why bother giving them a blaster :P
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2017, 01:48:19 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349224)
Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2017, 01:21:03 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349444)
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2017, 04:33:27 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349538)
Today we got one of my all time favourite Star Wars ships; the Y-Wing. 8) I know I've said it before but I'm really impressed with the micro ship builds this year.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349540)
Post by: magentus on December 18, 2017, 04:45:34 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2017, 05:05:50 PM
Sweet Y-Wing! Another fan here :salute: That and the B-Wing :tu:
Good chap. :hatsoff: Here's a borrowed pic of that previous rendition of the Y-wing from the Calendars;
(http://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/LEGO-Star-Wars-Advent-Calendar-Day-21-Y-wing-Starfighter-1024x768.jpg)
It's fine and all and you can tell what it's supposed to be, but you can see why I'm going on about how big a step forward this year's builds are.
Post by: magentus on December 19, 2017, 01:03:42 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2017, 01:13:25 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349665)
In fact we've now got quite the flotilla of craft present at the Battle over Scarif. 8)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349667)
Post by: Lynn LeFey on December 20, 2017, 10:30:54 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2017, 01:15:23 PM
Digging through pawn and thrift places for something unrelated, and found a place locally that has big bins of lego for like $8 per pound. Doing a quick search on ebay, that looks like a pretty good deal.That would bankrupt me.
Post by: hiraethus on December 21, 2017, 01:21:58 PM
60181:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4472/37261795404_0c55c5c413.jpg)
60186:
(https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Mining-Heavy-Driller-60186.jpg)
60188:
(https://cdn.flickeringmyth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/LEGO-Mining-Experts-Site-60188.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2017, 04:49:20 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2017, 04:58:40 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349909)
Anyone recognise it straight away? It certainly took me a while to work out that it's the hover tank that gets ambushed on Jakku. Given the high standard of the builds this year I'm a bit "meh" about this one TBH. :shrug:
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2017, 05:02:02 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349911)
Post by: Etherealicer on December 21, 2017, 05:22:36 PM
This morning we got another minifigure. I'm sure he has a better name than "Imperial Ground Controller" that I've given him, but if he does then I don't know what it is. :DGunner's mate First Class Philip *bleep*
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349911)
The way Stormtroopers shoot, they must be from that same family.
Post by: Whoey on December 21, 2017, 07:04:54 PM
This morning we got another minifigure. I'm sure he has a better name than "Imperial Ground Controller" that I've given him, but if he does then I don't know what it is. :D
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349911)
Post by: ironraven on December 22, 2017, 01:12:25 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2017, 10:56:39 AM
Naval enlistedman w/ communications helmet. Duties unspecified
That'd cover it. :D
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2017, 01:49:02 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=349977)
Post by: LoopCutter on December 22, 2017, 07:56:30 PM
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Post by: Don Pablo on December 23, 2017, 01:24:08 PM
Who's idea was that?!
Uh... Pablo's, sir. :facepalm:
(https://i.imgur.com/ROUG4nf.jpg)
Post by: pfrsantos on January 18, 2018, 08:05:24 PM
(https://thumbs.web.sapo.io/?pic=http://mb.web.sapo.io/41ef897ead12178e4e581e675dbd7737d5f84ff3.jpg&W=605&H=632&delay_optim=1&tv=2)
(https://thumbs.web.sapo.io/?pic=http://mb.web.sapo.io/f60a255a2a4d7f9583f814655e21b2e9bd7908e0.jpg&W=605&H=396&delay_optim=1&tv=2)
Post by: Whoey on January 18, 2018, 08:35:21 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 21, 2018, 05:33:22 PM
Post by: Gareth on January 21, 2018, 07:22:59 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 21, 2018, 09:27:57 PM
Post by: magentus on January 22, 2018, 03:20:14 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on January 22, 2018, 03:28:26 PM
The U Boat Cosmonauts are building a discount Millenium FalconThe tub that the hull is made from, what did it come from?
Post by: magentus on January 22, 2018, 03:31:46 PM
It was either the Hydraulic casing from a Corellian Blockade Runner, or a Sudocrem pot - The Cosmonauts are tight lipped about it.The U Boat Cosmonauts are building a discount Millenium FalconThe tub that the hull is made from, what did it come from?
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on January 22, 2018, 04:48:27 PM
Not quite the same, where plural equals singular, as far as I'm aware this instant... irregular plural forms, yes (mostly imported nouns).No problem, it's just that it's such a common error.By the way, the plural of Lego is Lego. :pok:Really? I stand corrected then, thanks...
Imagine everyone saying sheeps instead of sheep. :ahhh
Do you have irregular words like that in Dutch?
I'll get my coat. Carry on...
Post by: Don Pablo on January 22, 2018, 05:48:37 PM
I knew the answer somehow..... :facepalm:It was either the Hydraulic casing from a Corellian Blockade Runner, or a Sudocrem pot - The Cosmonauts are tight lipped about it.The U Boat Cosmonauts are building a discount Millenium FalconThe tub that the hull is made from, what did it come from?
Post by: hiraethus on January 22, 2018, 09:59:48 PM
Ah, this thread is where I got the plural 'Legos' for Lego from, look at the title.Not quite the same, where plural equals singular, as far as I'm aware this instant... irregular plural forms, yes (mostly imported nouns).No problem, it's just that it's such a common error.By the way, the plural of Lego is Lego. :pok:Really? I stand corrected then, thanks...
Imagine everyone saying sheeps instead of sheep. :ahhh
Do you have irregular words like that in Dutch?
I'll get my coat. Carry on...
Hang on a minute...
Post by: hiraethus on January 22, 2018, 10:01:28 PM
Post by: zoidberg on January 23, 2018, 10:10:26 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 10:27:39 AM
Post by: Huntsman on January 23, 2018, 10:32:12 AM
Didn't point it out as I thought I was being a bit anal/OCD/pernickety/English !!
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 10:34:28 AM
Interesting........
PS: Lego is awesome, not Legos are awesome. Plural of Lego is Lego. :)
:tu:
Post by: hiraethus on January 23, 2018, 10:39:31 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 10:57:35 AM
Yeah, it had been bugging me for years too - but it's not really our job to be corectinng other's speelung amd grandma mistooks.:facepalm: :poh:
Post by: pfrsantos on January 23, 2018, 11:57:06 AM
Yeah, it had been bugging me for years too - but it's not really our job to be corectinng other's speelung amd grandma mistooks.:facepalm: :poh:
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
:twak: :twak: :twak: :twak:
Post by: hiraethus on January 23, 2018, 12:27:23 PM
Smooth edit for the win. :tu: :tu:
:salute:
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on January 23, 2018, 02:29:48 PM
OCD urges satisfied everyone? :whistle: :D
Post by: magentus on January 23, 2018, 02:41:15 PM
:cheers:Good! Can we get on with showing our Lego's again please? :pok: :D
OCD urges satisfied everyone? :whistle: :D
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 02:54:15 PM
:facepalm: :twak::cheers:Good! Can we get on with showing our Lego's again please? :pok: :D
OCD urges satisfied everyone? :whistle: :D
Post by: magentus on January 23, 2018, 03:31:25 PM
Tina and Len have finished the Discount Millenium Falcon and are testing its moon-walk retrieval capabilities. Not up to MJ Standard yet (Michael Jackson) but there's time yet.
Post by: Gareth on January 23, 2018, 09:20:11 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 09:21:39 PM
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Post by: Gareth on January 23, 2018, 09:29:30 PM
:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
OK, so as I understand it, it works like this: When we say "lego" we are referring to a single system made up of lots of individual bricks. One system, lots of bricks. One lego brick, two lego bricks.
In the US individual bricks are known as Legos. So not a single system, it's a mass of individual components hence you can pluralise Lego. One lego, two legos.
It's the exact opposite of Math (US) or Maths (UK). A single system/subjact in the US, a collection of sums and equations in the UK.
Post by: Don Pablo on January 23, 2018, 10:25:40 PM
Ooook..... I still say that the old world way is better. :D:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
OK, so as I understand it, it works like this: When we say "lego" we are referring to a single system made up of lots of individual bricks. One system, lots of bricks. One lego brick, two lego bricks.
In the US individual bricks are known as Legos. So not a single system, it's a mass of individual components hence you can pluralise Lego. One lego, two legos.
It's the exact opposite of Math (US) or Maths (UK). A single system/subjact in the US, a collection of sums and equations in the UK.
Post by: Whoey on January 24, 2018, 01:39:41 AM
Post by: SteveC on January 24, 2018, 01:50:50 AM
Post by: ironraven on January 24, 2018, 03:23:51 AM
:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
Post by: pfrsantos on January 24, 2018, 04:40:54 PM
:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
Well, just so long as you don't run as far as Aussieland or Kiwicountry... That will be even worse...
:whistle:
Post by: Don Pablo on January 24, 2018, 06:19:28 PM
+1.:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
Well, just so long as you don't run as far as Aussieland or Kiwicountry... That will be even worse...
:whistle:
The sheep there can kill you! :ahhh :P
Post by: Whoey on January 24, 2018, 06:22:03 PM
Post by: hiraethus on January 24, 2018, 06:26:06 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on January 24, 2018, 07:31:33 PM
+1.:think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
Well, just so long as you don't run as far as Aussieland or Kiwicountry... That will be even worse...
:whistle:
The sheep there can kill you! :ahhh :P
Maybe that's why guys say sheep over yonder are to die for...
:whistle:
... he said as he walked back to the naughty step...
Post by: magentus on January 24, 2018, 08:39:33 PM
Unless it's referring to the company, in which case are is correct (I think). I'm not sure what magentus wanted when he changed it. :think:Just mixing it up a bit until Fuzz Bucket gets here. :cheers:
Post by: Fuzzbucket on January 24, 2018, 09:05:00 PM
Unless it's referring to the company, in which case are is correct (I think). I'm not sure what magentus wanted when he changed it. :think:Just mixing it up a bit until Fuzz Bucket gets here. :cheers:
I'm having a biscuit, you carry on Mags. x
Post by: magentus on January 24, 2018, 11:14:27 PM
What I'm hearing is that you're just about to start a round of the biscuit game. Is that right?Unless it's referring to the company, in which case are is correct (I think). I'm not sure what magentus wanted when he changed it. :think:Just mixing it up a bit until Fuzz Bucket gets here. :cheers:
I'm playing the biscuit game, you carry on Mags. x
Post by: Gareth on January 24, 2018, 11:23:58 PM
:viking::think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
:rofl:
Post by: Fuzzbucket on January 24, 2018, 11:24:46 PM
What I'm hearing is that you're just about to start a round of the biscuit game. Is that right?Unless it's referring to the company, in which case are is correct (I think). I'm not sure what magentus wanted when he changed it. :think:Just mixing it up a bit until Fuzz Bucket gets here. :cheers:
I'm playing the biscuit game, you carry on Mags. x
Well... they do help thicken the soup... also helps pass the time...
Post by: Fuzzbucket on January 24, 2018, 11:34:13 PM
:viking::think:
But I don’t think that they say “sheeps” in America.
:think:
Only when talking about the practice of polygamy in Ireland and Scotland....
I'm going to run for my life now.
:rofl:
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Post by: magentus on January 26, 2018, 02:37:31 PM
Next mission is to set up a base camp so you all can come and stay.
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on January 26, 2018, 03:09:22 PM
While the rest of you have been slobbing around playing the biscuit game, the U Boat crew and our intrepid Cosmonauts Tina and Len have claimed the Moon in MTO's name. Thanks to us MTO now has its own planet. You're welcome.The crew should be proud of this great achievement! Also, have they already claimed the Google X-prize?
Next mission is to set up a base camp so you all can come and stay.
Post by: magentus on January 26, 2018, 03:17:06 PM
We don't know what that is in the U Boat. Do you mean goggles? We have some goggles, about 10 (X)While the rest of you have been slobbing around playing the biscuit game, the U Boat crew and our intrepid Cosmonauts Tina and Len have claimed the Moon in MTO's name. Thanks to us MTO now has its own planet. You're welcome.The crew should be proud of this great achievement! Also, have they already claimed the Google X-prize?
Next mission is to set up a base camp so you all can come and stay.
Post by: Kev D on January 26, 2018, 04:10:17 PM
Post by: magentus on January 26, 2018, 04:22:54 PM
Whens the Mars mission?::)
That's Pabs department. He'll prolly take as long to reach Mars as he has choosing a name so don't hold your breath. Anyway, what's wrong with the moon? :twak:
Post by: Kev D on January 26, 2018, 04:31:16 PM
Whens the Mars mission?::)
That's Pabs department. He'll prolly take as long to reach Mars as he has choosing a name so don't hold your breath. Anyway, what's wrong with the moon? :twak:
It's a bit grey, and it's not made of cheese as I was led to believe. Wallace has a lot to answer for
Post by: magentus on January 26, 2018, 04:36:51 PM
Well that's where you're wrong. Tina and Len, our intrepid U Boat cosmonauts have discovered vast veins of cheese from the landing site. It's all that's been keeping them alive since their arrival (we took a bit of a chance on this discovery and only packed them enough sandwiches and crisps for 3 days). By their calculations the moon is over 65% cheese, which is nice.Whens the Mars mission?::)
That's Pabs department. He'll prolly take as long to reach Mars as he has choosing a name so don't hold your breath. Anyway, what's wrong with the moon? :twak:
It's a bit grey, and it's not made of cheese as I was led to believe. Wallace has a lot to answer for
Post by: Kev D on January 26, 2018, 04:51:29 PM
Well that's where you're wrong. Tina and Len, our intrepid U Boat cosmonauts have discovered vast veins of cheese from the landing site. It's all that's been keeping them alive since their arrival (we took a bit of a chance on this discovery and only packed them enough sandwiches and crisps for 3 days). By their calculations the moon is over 65% cheese, which is nice.Whens the Mars mission?::)
That's Pabs department. He'll prolly take as long to reach Mars as he has choosing a name so don't hold your breath. Anyway, what's wrong with the moon? :twak:
It's a bit grey, and it's not made of cheese as I was led to believe. Wallace has a lot to answer for
Nice one, you'd best get the crackers in the resupply mission for next time then.
With all that cheese they could power a methane power plant for renewable energy
Post by: pfrsantos on January 26, 2018, 06:48:40 PM
Whens the Mars mission?
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Post by: WhichDawg on February 01, 2018, 03:07:16 PM
(https://s17.postimg.org/kociwfk27/21313_alt1.png) (https://postimages.org/)
mines on it's way :D
Post by: T14 on February 01, 2018, 08:03:00 PM
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Post by: Don Pablo on February 01, 2018, 08:36:18 PM
That ship in a bottle is awesome! :drool:Congrats!! :ahhh
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Post by: magentus on February 01, 2018, 08:53:07 PM
+1 T :cheers:That ship in a bottle is awesome! :drool:Congrats!! :ahhh
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on February 02, 2018, 07:12:52 AM
That ship in a bottle is awesome! :drool:
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Congratulations :like:
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 09:52:05 AM
That ship in a bottle is awesome! :drool:
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Many congratulations. :cheers:
Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 10:43:13 AM
Post by: Fuzzbucket on February 02, 2018, 11:26:22 AM
That ship in a bottle is awesome! :drool:
I am celebrating earning my energy engineering degree today with Legos and Whisky. Pic related :cheers:
Two of my my most favourite things ever - congratulations!!! Excellent choice in whiskey too! :cheers:
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 11:52:19 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=355647)
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Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 12:02:37 PM
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 12:13:32 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=355656;image)
Post by: Whoey on February 02, 2018, 12:35:15 PM
Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 03:05:45 PM
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 03:53:54 PM
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Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 03:59:50 PM
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 04:05:18 PM
I know this is asking too much, but does the visor flip up?
it looks like it should, but no.
Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 04:15:34 PM
Great minifig though.
My current fave is Snufkin - He has a bag, belt knife, axe and staff, plus olde worlde clothing.
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 06:23:01 PM
Post by: T14 on February 02, 2018, 07:27:58 PM
My castle-era minifig bitsbox is big enough that I can help out if anyone needs a few speSmurfpillst items here and there. My lego collection weighs hundreds of pounds all in all.
I'll do a castle minifig show and tell at some point.
-T
Post by: magentus on February 02, 2018, 07:37:19 PM
Love what you came up with using those parts mags :tu:Can't wait! :like:
My castle-era minifig bitsbox is big enough that I can help out if anyone needs a few speSmurfpillst items here and there. My lego collection weighs hundreds of pounds all in all.
I'll do a castle minifig show and tell at some point.
-T
Post by: Gareth on February 02, 2018, 07:44:36 PM
Love what you came up with using those parts mags :tu:Can't wait! :like:
My castle-era minifig bitsbox is big enough that I can help out if anyone needs a few speSmurfpillst items here and there. My lego collection weighs hundreds of pounds all in all.
I'll do a castle minifig show and tell at some point.
-T
:tu:
Post by: Don Pablo on February 02, 2018, 07:58:40 PM
Several hundred pounds sounds heavy! :ahhhLove what you came up with using those parts mags :tu:Can't wait! :like:
My castle-era minifig bitsbox is big enough that I can help out if anyone needs a few speSmurfpillst items here and there. My lego collection weighs hundreds of pounds all in all.
I'll do a castle minifig show and tell at some point.
-T
:tu:
Post by: T14 on February 02, 2018, 08:13:55 PM
Post by: Whoey on February 02, 2018, 09:00:54 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on February 03, 2018, 01:32:26 AM
minifigs have come a long way!
Gee Micah, you programmers sure do think alike!
(Kat's collection)
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Post by: Whoey on February 03, 2018, 11:41:25 AM
awesome, all the ones in my pic are somewhere around 25-30 years old now.minifigs have come a long way!
Gee Micah, you programmers sure do think alike!
(Kat's collection)
(https://s17.postimg.org/6a5xdfy27/IMG_2930.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/r725i3w2z/)
Post by: sixracer on February 08, 2018, 01:49:12 AM
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Post by: Gareth on February 08, 2018, 01:50:37 AM
Post by: zoidberg on February 08, 2018, 07:18:29 AM
Post by: magentus on February 08, 2018, 11:05:01 AM
I got a little carried away after building the Saturn V. Have a decent rocket garden now:Sweet! Any closeups of the lunar lander please?
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Post by: pfrsantos on February 08, 2018, 12:28:11 PM
I keep almost all of it in a barn. I have a few hundred castle minifigs and some odds and ends in our tiny flat. If we ever buy a house a lego studio is high on my wish list.
Buy a house?!
:think: :think:
Show content
Dude, just build one with your legos/lego/whichever!
:pok: :pok:
:pok: :pok:
Post by: WhichDawg on February 10, 2018, 02:51:37 AM
I got a little carried away after building the Saturn V. Have a decent rocket garden now:
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Fantastic .... Fantastic! :salute:
Post by: Gareth on February 10, 2018, 10:49:18 AM
I keep almost all of it in a barn. I have a few hundred castle minifigs and some odds and ends in our tiny flat. If we ever buy a house a lego studio is high on my wish list.
Buy a house?!
:think: :think:Show contentDude, just build one with your legos/lego/whichever!
:pok: :pok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7xAoAXCxE8
Post by: Don Pablo on February 10, 2018, 11:43:33 AM
I got a little carried away after building the Saturn V. Have a decent rocket garden now:Awesome! :like:
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Post by: pfrsantos on May 29, 2018, 06:03:20 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63iRnwhMAUk
Remember:
:worthless:
Post by: Chako on August 30, 2018, 06:15:00 PM
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/
:woohoo: :salute:
Post by: pfrsantos on August 30, 2018, 07:05:34 PM
LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/
:woohoo: :salute:
You beat me to it!
:facepalm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W60wBg9E78
Post by: Mercury on August 30, 2018, 07:27:30 PM
Post by: Chako on August 31, 2018, 02:08:42 AM
Post by: ironraven on August 31, 2018, 02:35:11 AM
It is the the 40th birthday of the Lego Minifig, based apon the first issuance of a patent- in this case Denmark.
I'd wish mine happy birthday, but they left a note on the hatch to their quarters (lid of the toolbox) about going to deal with an outbreak of Yet Another Damn Snake Cult. YADSC interventions are what they've been training for for years as RPG props.
Post by: Gareth on August 31, 2018, 09:12:37 AM
LEGO built a drivable Bugatti Chiron out of a million pieces of Technic:o
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/08/lego-built-a-life-size-drivable-bugatti-chiron-out-of-technic-pieces/
:woohoo: :salute:
Post by: Mercury on September 06, 2018, 10:27:53 PM
AHHHH :ahhh I already posted this in another Lego related thread.
It is the the 40th birthday of the Lego Minifig, based apon the first issuance of a patent- in this case Denmark.
I'd wish mine happy birthday, but they left a note on the hatch to their quarters (lid of the toolbox) about going to deal with an outbreak of Yet Another Damn Snake Cult. YADSC interventions are what they've been training for for years as RPG props.
D&D?? I've been wondering about using minifigs as mini's for my kids D&D campaign.
Post by: ironraven on September 07, 2018, 01:52:48 AM
D&D?? I've been wondering about using minifigs as mini's for my kids D&D campaign.
D&D/Pathfinder, Shadowrun, all of the above if you use a map.
One thing I find works well is picking up a larger baseplate. Print on adhesive paper what the map scale will be- 1" hex, 20mm hex, 1" square, et al- and put it on the bottom of the baseplate. Then take a coping saw and cut out little figure stands. You can buy 1" hex from a couple of sources, for a buck a piece. I base a baseplate for $8, add some paper and sandpaper I already have, and some sweat.... Tada! One, they work easier on the map, and two, they don't fall over.
And if you think minifigs are pricey, check out the accessories. If you're looking for just figures, I'd suggest Bricklink and go looking through who has what for sale. But if you want to kit them up, sure, sure, Lego has a lot of stuff. But... Brick Warriors. Brick Arms. Brick Forge. Cape Mania. About twenty dozen or so custom printers of minifigs. Plus what you build your yourself. My guys field everything from rocks and pointy sticks to swords and bows to flamethrowers and rifles to vibroblades and masers in the 50MW range. Then you start adding horses and hounds and small boats and motorcycles and speederbikes and starfighters.......
Post by: ThePeacent on September 07, 2018, 04:23:22 PM
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I recommend the LEGO documentary from Netflix "The Toys that made Us" series :cheers:
Post by: Mercury on September 07, 2018, 07:14:56 PM
D&D?? I've been wondering about using minifigs as mini's for my kids D&D campaign.
D&D/Pathfinder, Shadowrun, all of the above if you use a map.
One thing I find works well is picking up a larger baseplate. Print on adhesive paper what the map scale will be- 1" hex, 20mm hex, 1" square, et al- and put it on the bottom of the baseplate. Then take a coping saw and cut out little figure stands. You can buy 1" hex from a couple of sources, for a buck a piece. I base a baseplate for $8, add some paper and sandpaper I already have, and some sweat.... Tada! One, they work easier on the map, and two, they don't fall over.
And if you think minifigs are pricey, check out the accessories. If you're looking for just figures, I'd suggest Bricklink and go looking through who has what for sale. But if you want to kit them up, sure, sure, Lego has a lot of stuff. But... Brick Warriors. Brick Arms. Brick Forge. Cape Mania. About twenty dozen or so custom printers of minifigs. Plus what you build your yourself. My guys field everything from rocks and pointy sticks to swords and bows to flamethrowers and rifles to vibroblades and masers in the 50MW range. Then you start adding horses and hounds and small boats and motorcycles and speederbikes and starfighters.......
That sounds awesome! A couple years back, when I first started this thread, I collected minifigs. I've since sold all but a few off to fund my Magic the Gathering Hobby(both hobbies are incredibly expensive).
I used a paper map with a simple grid on it and some minifigs for the first one shot I ran for my kids, but now we're in the middle of the D&D starter campaign, "Lost Mine of Phandelver". My son is nagging me constantly for maps and mini's, so I will have to check out getting him his own set up from bricklink I guess.
Post by: Gareth on September 08, 2018, 10:49:46 AM
some more pics of the LEGO I found :salute::tu:
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I recommend the LEGO documentary from Netflix "The Toys that made Us" series :cheers:
Post by: Smashie on October 04, 2018, 02:59:57 PM
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Post by: Whoey on October 04, 2018, 03:03:10 PM
Post by: Smashie on October 04, 2018, 03:05:56 PM
When I wanted to buy the kit they were out of stock everywhere and fetching stoopid prices on ebay :rant:
Post by: Whoey on October 04, 2018, 03:26:52 PM
imagine that the company itself got those profits rather than someone who snapped up a couple kits at the initial retail price and stored them away until they became rare...
Post by: Smashie on October 04, 2018, 03:35:40 PM
Post by: Whoey on October 04, 2018, 03:42:13 PM
Post by: Smashie on October 04, 2018, 03:45:21 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on October 04, 2018, 03:58:31 PM
that is the biggest problem lego has.
imagine that the company itself got those profits rather than someone who snapped up a couple kits at the initial retail price and stored them away until they became rare...
You... you can do that?! For real?! And make a huge profit?!
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Post by: Whoey on October 05, 2018, 01:36:17 PM
Provided you keep them mint in box, and it turns out to be a short production run, and you're willing to sit on that for at least a few years... you possibly can make a profit. I can barely afford the kits I want for myself let alone have a bunch boxed up somewhere hoping the value will skyrocket so I can resell them :facepalm:that is the biggest problem lego has.
imagine that the company itself got those profits rather than someone who snapped up a couple kits at the initial retail price and stored them away until they became rare...
You... you can do that?! For real?! And make a huge profit?!
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
Post by: hiraethus on October 25, 2018, 03:22:28 PM
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Post by: Gareth on October 25, 2018, 06:25:34 PM
Post by: Whoey on October 26, 2018, 02:12:52 AM
Post by: ironraven on October 27, 2018, 05:07:25 PM
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The Star Wars one is cute, but there isn't a lot of figures there that are grabbing me and begging me to bring one home. The microbuilds are cute, but we've seen several of them before.
And the Friends one is just a rip off this year- no figures. Even if the ornament builds are adorable, but not for $30. It's a $20 set and even the it would be highish.
Post by: hiraethus on November 28, 2018, 01:57:17 PM
Link is smurf-filtered, but if you use your imagination you can find the article. :D
Post by: Serena on November 28, 2018, 02:00:37 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on November 28, 2018, 04:14:09 PM
Just picked up the Star Wars advent calendar. For the kids, obvs. ;)
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Yeah, right...
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Post by: Serena on December 01, 2018, 04:06:41 PM
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Post by: Aloha on December 01, 2018, 04:22:51 PM
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Post by: Serena on December 03, 2018, 05:34:33 AM
Post by: SteveC on December 03, 2018, 05:41:30 AM
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on December 03, 2018, 09:16:21 AM
(The cops seem to be a bit quick on the 'cuffs though :D. Maybe that's what keeps this place as orderly as it seems. :think:)
Post by: magentus on December 03, 2018, 10:35:36 AM
Post by: Serena on December 03, 2018, 02:52:36 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2018, 04:32:29 PM
:iagree: :like: Quite a busy place!:rofl:
(The cops seem to be a bit quick on the 'cuffs though :D. Maybe that's what keeps this place as orderly as it seems. :think:)
but look at that moustache, he's got to be a bad guy. :D
Post by: Serena on December 03, 2018, 04:57:16 PM
A French one I think… :rofl::iagree: :like: Quite a busy place!:rofl:
(The cops seem to be a bit quick on the 'cuffs though :D. Maybe that's what keeps this place as orderly as it seems. :think:)
but look at that moustache, he's got to be a bad guy. :D
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2018, 05:48:22 PM
Moved my new citizens to my city. Also took some extra shots…That looks awesome, but needs a Multitool.org Store! ;)
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Post by: Serena on December 03, 2018, 05:49:41 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2018, 05:54:08 PM
had me :o
Post by: Serena on December 03, 2018, 06:05:15 PM
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Post by: Serena on December 16, 2018, 10:29:07 AM
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Post by: Serena on December 16, 2018, 07:20:46 PM
Hello Downtown Diner!!!
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Post by: Wspeed on December 16, 2018, 07:31:28 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 19, 2018, 11:53:04 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSzAUuD6M8
Post by: Wspeed on December 19, 2018, 11:58:26 PM
Post by: ironraven on December 20, 2018, 02:46:35 AM
I don't know why. Unikitty is everything that makes me want to tear my hair out. But dangit, she's cute and I love her when she's angry.
Post by: Serena on December 20, 2018, 08:11:23 AM
Post by: magentus on December 20, 2018, 11:32:09 AM
It snowed…Hiker Guy! :cheers:
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Post by: Serena on December 20, 2018, 12:51:27 PM
My favorite minifig.It snowed…Hiker Guy! :cheers:
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Post by: magentus on December 20, 2018, 12:52:23 PM
Post by: ironraven on December 31, 2018, 02:52:26 PM
AHH!!!!
About a month, maybe six weeks ago, a PRC court actually ruled in favor of an itellectual property owner- Lego. Lupin finally got spanked for their blatent rip off lines- all they did was change the red Lego logo with their red, square Lupin logo and maybe change a few names but they were stealing not only set design but even box art. Sadly, they are pretty good quality, on par with MegaBlox (maybe better) and actually do have a decent line of original material.
And most of the clone parts are just junk, so they're probably going to be getting spanked to.
This should be good news. Right?
Yes and no. Part of the no is that Lego is just plain expensive. So if everyone is afraid the PRC is going to over-enforce, I see a real danger in Lego becoming something where there is no real option for much of the world's population. It's like why is there value in a QUALITY knockoff of a SAK or a Leatherman or Gerber (or in a current production SOG)? Because while premium brands are better, often times they aren't better enough for a lot of people's budgets.
There are a lot of custom, Lego-compatible niche builders out there. Most of these outfits mold in China, I can only think of one, maybe two, that do their molding in whole or at least large part in the US or Canada.
I spend way too much money at Brick Warriors, for example, so I can equipp my minifigs with arms and armour as I use them for gaming props. And Brick Warriors is going strong (I hope).
Brick Arms appears to be going strong, to, and if you ignore the price if you want a M41A pulse rifle or E11s or FALs, they're the place to go. But they don't direct sell. But BA's biggest distributor is shutting down their website as of tonight- that was not the case a week ago. GI Brick is suddenly shutting down. Order placed last night, and you could see stuff going out of inventory as I refreshed.
Brick Forge has been running a 60% liquidation for a month, and hasn't been restocking since this summer.
Punkpopmunky who mostly sells recolors of other people's work is liquidating inventory.
Brickforces.com (no relation to my minifigs) is running a 30% sale that I noticed the day of the court ruling. Not even direct knockoffs, just compatible- who they are stealing from is mostly 20th Century Fox and Toho, they have nice minifigs of the Predator, Aliens and Godzilla. Their ET is pure nightmare fuel.
Affordable Building Blocks is running large sales, which they normally do leading up to christmas but are still running.I haven't done business with them, so I don't know they are selling knock offs, but their large quantity/low price Stormtrooper boxes make me go "hmmmm". (I MIGHT do business, because they are the only people selling Scouttroopers for less than five bucks a pop, and I want to paint the armour black for Storm Commandos ala WEG)
I think for a lot of the world, this hobby is about to get even more expensive.
Post by: Whoey on December 31, 2018, 03:50:35 PM
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Post by: Serena on January 05, 2019, 12:53:09 PM
This little guy wants a slice of pizza…
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Mr. Snowman is watching a game of hockey…
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It's cold!!! Santa loves the snow and his snowdogs, so he's gonna stick around a little longer.
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Tadadadadadadadaaaaa… Batgirl!!!!
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There is really something going on in that diner. Is the Joker there?
Even the mayor and commissioner Gordon have arrived at the scene…
(And that little girl just wants an ice cream.)
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At the other side of the city the weather is a lot better. This guy is trying to sell some cookies at the beach.
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This girl just left the bus. Where is she going with that shovel???
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Post by: Reinier on January 05, 2019, 01:20:52 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 05, 2019, 01:33:38 PM
Post by: Etherealicer on January 05, 2019, 01:34:02 PM
This girl just left the bus. Where is she going with that shovel???Maybe she is Old Man Marley's granddaughter Madison, all grown up by now...
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Post by: Rapidray on January 05, 2019, 01:38:26 PM
Mine for the day...
Post by: Serena on January 05, 2019, 01:38:45 PM
Hahaha, had to Google that one.This girl just left the bus. Where is she going with that shovel???Maybe she is Old Man Marley's granddaughter Madison, all grown up by now...
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I don't think I've ever watched Home Alone completely. Really hated that boy, so I always skipped to another movie. LOL…
Post by: Serena on January 05, 2019, 04:13:27 PM
Took these two pictures.
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Post by: Wspeed on January 05, 2019, 04:20:26 PM
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Post by: Serena on January 05, 2019, 05:06:26 PM
Women of NASA is one of my favorite sets :tu:Those are special. Also an amazing movie! That's one of the reasons I got this set too.
Post by: magentus on January 05, 2019, 08:05:41 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 05, 2019, 08:06:06 PM
Post by: Serena on January 05, 2019, 08:23:01 PM
The U Boat Demolition Squad (Carrie, Larry, Gary and Barry) blowing up a rivals vessel!Love those backgrounds!!!
Post by: ThePeacent on January 06, 2019, 06:43:11 PM
The U Boat Demolition Squad (Carrie, Larry, Gary and Barry) blowing up a rivals vessel!Love those backgrounds!!!
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Post by: ThePeacent on January 08, 2019, 08:17:59 PM
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proof
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Post by: hiraethus on January 10, 2019, 01:39:29 PM
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:o :like:
More here: https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/01/09/recreating-the-death-star-trench-run-scene-with-lego/ and here: https://www.instagram.com/wani_brick/
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Post by: magentus on January 10, 2019, 02:04:48 PM
Post by: Rapidray on January 11, 2019, 01:56:19 AM
(https://blog.arduino.cc/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Custom-LEGO-Death-Star-Trench-Run-image-21-768x512.jpg)That is just totally AWESOME! You guys and gals know how to take it to the next level! :cheers: :hatsoff:
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:o :like:
More here: https://blog.arduino.cc/2019/01/09/recreating-the-death-star-trench-run-scene-with-lego/ and here: https://www.instagram.com/wani_brick/
Post by: ironraven on January 12, 2019, 02:10:49 AM
My MOCs are clean and simple, because they're used for gaming props, but there are some serious artisans out there.
Post by: Wspeed on January 12, 2019, 12:26:54 PM
Post by: magentus on January 12, 2019, 01:17:32 PM
Wani Kimk's trench run is AMAZING! For people who didn't read, this is over 8 feet long, uses 80K odd bricks and about a 100 minifigures. I found a reference to it a week ago, and my mind has been blown. To better understand the immensity of this, follow (https://www.instagram.com/p/BrRX_bbnLxV/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet)MOC?
My MOCs are clean and simple, because they're used for gaming props, but there are some serious artisans out there.
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Post by: Wspeed on January 12, 2019, 03:43:52 PM
Post by: Fuzzbucket on January 12, 2019, 04:12:27 PM
Post by: Reinier on January 12, 2019, 08:46:33 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 12, 2019, 10:08:05 PM
Post by: Reinier on January 12, 2019, 10:52:00 PM
Post by: Sea Monster on January 12, 2019, 11:53:37 PM
(Space explorers? blacktron?) and the red sets are a later era (Mtron? I think they were paired up with Ice Planet?)
Edit: Internet has corrected me, Explorers was a later set, those blue dudes are team Futuron, apparently the late eighties/early nineties ending things with "on" was the fashion)
Post by: ironraven on January 13, 2019, 06:29:04 AM
MOC?
My Own Creation, not a kit (or at least not built to the instructions) nor a random freebuild. The planned, and often built first in specialized CAD tools (I like Studio from Bricklink), creations of AFOLs and TFOLs (Adult/Teen Fan Of Lego) who have too much free time on our hands. And then you get into the people who talk about being a purist vs non, with purists using ONLY components from The Lego Group (TLG)- I on the other hand will use "some" non-TLG components, but mostly minifigure accessories since my return to Lego as an adult was using them in roleplaying games.
Post by: Reinier on January 13, 2019, 06:50:21 AM
ending things with "on" was the fashion)
Like fashion. I see what you did there :)
I like that in the current Lego Movies sets there are several references to the classic space era (old minifig torsos and helmets).
Post by: Serena on January 15, 2019, 01:43:44 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190115/3f48a7f2399a1563430da7562126346e.jpg)
Post by: Wspeed on January 15, 2019, 02:58:55 PM
Post by: Serena on January 15, 2019, 05:26:50 PM
Cool pic Serena :tu: :like:Thanks!
Post by: lovecraft25 on January 15, 2019, 06:20:45 PM
Will post a couple of pictures of my Lego Space diorama when I can ;-)
Post by: Whoey on January 15, 2019, 09:21:45 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 15, 2019, 09:53:01 PM
found some old guys that like tools...I am sure I have one in white
Post by: Whoey on January 16, 2019, 12:16:46 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190112/94d147640003e19e898bf7a4820d1676.jpg)
Post by: Wspeed on January 16, 2019, 01:43:55 PM
I can’t even remember what the white figure was from :dunno:
Post by: Fuzzbucket on January 16, 2019, 02:29:12 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 16, 2019, 03:10:14 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 16, 2019, 03:41:34 PM
Nice that you still have it all complete Whoey :like:not my photo, I reposted it from further up the thread, but I have that same kit... not built it in at least 20-25 years... but it should mostly be there...
I can’t even remember what the white figure was from :dunno:
Post by: Wspeed on January 16, 2019, 04:26:17 PM
I Hope you have all the pieces :tu: :like:Nice that you still have it all complete Whoey :like:not my photo, I reposted it from further up the thread, but I have that same kit... not built it in at least 20-25 years... but it should mostly be there...
I can’t even remember what the white figure was from :dunno:
Post by: Whoey on January 16, 2019, 10:26:40 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 16, 2019, 10:29:47 PM
Post by: ironraven on January 17, 2019, 02:21:01 AM
Post by: Whoey on January 17, 2019, 03:03:48 PM
https://www.brothers-brick.com/2019/01/17/a-planet-sized-classic-space-layout-thats-overflowing-with-incredible-rovers-and-spaceships/
Post by: Wspeed on January 17, 2019, 03:09:06 PM
Post by: MMR on January 17, 2019, 03:16:26 PM
> I am from Denmark
= I am a Lego man! :o :o :o :o :o
....I'm gonna s h i t bricks!! :o :o :o :o :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zXDo4dL7SU
Post by: Wspeed on January 17, 2019, 03:17:19 PM
Post by: ironraven on January 18, 2019, 02:58:10 AM
But they ate heads. Not bricks. With the scratchy corners.
If you're going to eat bricks, might I suggest with just a few 1x1s at first? Maybe even rounded ones? Then work up to something like a 2x4 or a larger plate like a nexogon?
Post by: sixracer on January 18, 2019, 03:17:37 AM
My memory of the exact eras and factions is fuzzy at best, but I'm not sure that those guys are all friends?
(Space explorers? blacktron?) and the red sets are a later era (Mtron? I think they were paired up with Ice Planet?)
Edit: Internet has corrected me, Explorers was a later set, those blue dudes are team Futuron, apparently the late eighties/early nineties ending things with "on" was the fashion)
That Blacktron ship was definitely captured by the Space Police according to my son.
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Post by: ironraven on January 18, 2019, 03:23:27 AM
Post by: sixracer on January 18, 2019, 03:30:42 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190118/58daa15e73c897be24dd5a55e8df9bc4.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190118/415a01a15e9b01f22ea99bdc50442662.jpg)
And as ironraven mentioned, this Lego Movie 2 set has 4 (!) classic space fig remakes in crazy colors AND it’s only $10!
https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-MOVIE-Bennys-Space-Building/dp/B07HPVRJ64/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547778525&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=lego+movie+benny%27s+space+squad&psc=1
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190118/0c5f89e95124c7e9faba4460ee72edfd.jpg)
Been doling them out to my son in exchange for weeks of on-time school departures
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Post by: lovecraft25 on January 18, 2019, 09:44:01 AM
Also, nice display of the sets they produced back in the 80/90's ! http://www.horseshoebendranch.net/mattslego/events/bf07flyin/index.htm
Post by: Reinier on January 20, 2019, 05:31:57 PM
Post by: Wspeed on January 20, 2019, 06:41:51 PM
Post by: ironraven on January 20, 2019, 08:24:29 PM
Which works, since the trinity of all fantasy games are humans, elves and dwarves. So for how I use them with RPGs they work. Still creepy. I only have a few, but I only need a few. Their heads are just a smidge wider than a minifig's, so you can migrate their hair over to real Lego people, so if you can buy their hair on a reseller's site you can get some good hair.
And... they have a standard 3.18mm neck stud. Same diameter as a bar. You want decapitated heads on pikes? There you go. Various height bars, minidoll heads, and a bit of silly putty or playdoh, make a veritable garden of them.
Post by: Reinier on January 20, 2019, 08:43:12 PM
I like kids imagination :tu: :like:
:cheers:
Post by: Reinier on January 20, 2019, 08:45:49 PM
I've created quite some scary scenes with those heads and other stuff.
Too bad the legs and torsos are basically incompatible with other Lego parts. They don't really fit the System.
Post by: Whoey on January 20, 2019, 08:57:53 PM
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on January 20, 2019, 09:00:59 PM
Post by: Reinier on January 20, 2019, 09:06:12 PM
:rofl:
Yes I was thinking of that guy :D
Post by: ironraven on January 20, 2019, 10:58:32 PM
And yes, there was Klik and Modulex, but they are so rare I don't count them.
Post by: Whoey on January 31, 2019, 11:47:10 AM
:o
Post by: Wspeed on January 31, 2019, 01:20:10 PM
Post by: SteveC on February 05, 2019, 03:38:55 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny-ighFGg98
Post by: Whoey on February 05, 2019, 03:55:12 PM
Post by: Wspeed on February 05, 2019, 04:08:36 PM
Post by: Serena on February 05, 2019, 04:10:28 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190205/c5899ba40941f1519ed4db5b801d3cd4.jpg)
Post by: Wspeed on February 05, 2019, 04:11:37 PM
Post by: ironraven on February 09, 2019, 02:50:15 AM
And it will help to be familiar with set 30547. If you aren't, click here (https://brickset.com/sets/30547-1/Dragon-Hunter). If you're wanting, you need to move fast- they hit Walmart and Target's inventories in November at the end of their release cycle. Amazon might still have some. I know my local Walmart is out- don't ask how I know this... :-[ To me, these guys look like the komainu you see outside Buddist temples (Japanese name, shi-shi in China, "fu dog" to ugly english speakers) and I bought several pairs of them. But... I'm looking at them, and the seem small for dragons. Like they're cubs. So I got to thinking, what would they look like fully grown.
Then I got to thinking about their social dynamics. And that they'd be dealing with poachers....
(https://file.bricklink.com/19/899/899617.png)
We now return you to TLG's Wild, Wild World.
My guide and I set out to follow these four young white lion dragons as they left their mother. They've spent the past year with her, and are mostly grown, but aren't ready to be separated from each other quite yet. Normally a litter of cubs would only be two, but these four will need a large area to supply them with food.
Nearing the third sunset of our trek, we came across rover tracks. Fearing poachers, we radioed the rangers, as there is no motor vehicle traffic allowed in the preserve. We were told it would be at least an hour until an aerial search and interdiction team could reach our location. Rather than setting up camp, we dropped most of our equipment. Armed with cameras, our radio, two machetes and a stud shooter, we set out on foot, hoping to at least find evidence of the atrocity we feared.
As the sun set with the suddenness of tropical twilight, we could see the headlights of the poachers' vehicle perhaps a mile ahead. They'd herded the cubs against the river, something these young ones had never seen before and were afraid to cross. We set one camera on a tripod, and left it to record as the frightened cries of the four could be heard as we got closer But we were not alone in tracking the poachers.
Unlike actual big cats, males of the Draco Pseudofelis genus do not routinely attack cubs who stray into their territory. Many of them actually seem to like young ones who've reached the age to leave their mother but aren't yet fully grown. Pseudofelis noir, or the Black Blade-lion, in particular is quite gregarious, with brothers often staying together for many years, and even adopting cubs of other species in their second year.
A roar cut through the dark savanna. And then there was screaming, and the pop of stud shooters. And then... much less screaming. And then the rover's lights went out.
My guide and I stopped maybe a hundred yards away from where the rover was and surveyed the scene with the combination of night vision and a telephoto lenses. The Comic Code Authority has deemed the footage of the cubs being rescued too graphic for day time television. I won't even try to describe what I saw, other than night came alive and it was unhappy.
Then the wind shifted, carrying our scent towards the dragons. You can see here the Black Blade-lion's head as a just dark shape above the grass, while it's tail blade scythed the tops off the grass. The camera's night vision captures the brightness of the eyes, but not the redness. This male could smell us, and we smelled like ABS.
There was no point in our running as it dashed towards us. I hurriedly pushed my guide's stud shooter down, and slapped it out of his hands as I hissed 'don't move, for the love of Vitruvius'. And then he was on us. Even the relatively low resolution of the GoStud strapped to my chest could capture what happened next clearly.
Only a little taller than the cubs, this male was much wider, and much stronger. Look at the power of the shoulders and haunches. The fore-sickles of this blade-lion and the length of the eartennas spoke of a male who's lived a long time, but had lost none of his strength and cunning. He spotted the stud shooter and pinned it under one of his massive paws while he sniffed first my guide, then me. I was trembling as he sniffed at me, red eyes gleaming under a slivered moon. As his mouth opened, I felt small. And recyclable.
Then he licked my face.
I probably tasted good. I could feel my body clutch in fear.
Then he stepped back and watched us. As he did so, a smaller white face appeared in the grass. Then another. Three, four. They each sniffed us, and chirped and clicked to us and their new friend. He relaxed considerably- had the cubs told him that we were safe? That they knew us?
That was when the rangers arrived. The five dragoncats looked towards the sound of the tilt rotor and tensed. As the searchlights came on, they disappeared into the grass. That was the last footage we got of them.
And the poachers?
We all know dragons of all types are intelligent. But what happened to the poachers has caused me re-evaluate what I thought I knew about them. Not only had the poachers been disassembled, their parts had been arranged in alphabetical order by the blade-lion. A not terribly subtle message that couldn't be accidental.
Of course, when the rangers investigated the area around the rover, they took us into custody. It took all of our recordings to convince the rangers and the magistrate that we had not been the ones who had killed the poachers....
Post by: zoidberg on May 08, 2019, 10:28:52 AM
Post by: zoidberg on May 08, 2019, 10:29:23 AM
Post by: glenfiddich1983 on May 08, 2019, 10:38:09 AM
Post by: magentus on May 08, 2019, 12:21:28 PM
:like::iagree: kicking it out the park zoid
Post by: zoidberg on May 08, 2019, 12:31:34 PM
:iagree: kicking it out the park zoid
Thanks guys. :cheers: Still need to work on the lighting. Hopefully I can rig something up soon.
Post by: Wspeed on May 08, 2019, 01:41:25 PM
Post by: Gareth on May 08, 2019, 07:26:59 PM
That's excellent Zoidman. :hatsoff:
Post by: comis on May 08, 2019, 07:51:57 PM
:like: :rofl:
love it!!! Great job!
Post by: Whoey on May 08, 2019, 08:51:04 PM
speaking to one of the guys at work, he picked up a UCS millenium falcon on sale for 520 eur. They retail for 799. He said it's still sitting in the box unbuilt, and he's undecided to build it or sell it at some point. :ahhh
Post by: zoidberg on May 08, 2019, 09:53:37 PM
It's not quite as expensive as that falcon but it still ain't happening.
Post by: ironraven on May 09, 2019, 02:07:39 AM
And in terms of the lost part, rangefinders from NZ sources. They'll work with most Grand Army of the Republic clone troopers and any Boba which has holes in the helmet.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=61190d#T=S&O={%22loc%22:%22NZ%22,%22iconly%22:0}
Post by: Whoey on May 09, 2019, 07:50:10 AM
UCS slave 1 = 240+ eur
20th has extra parts :facepalm:
I'm pretty sure I have a bunch of extra rangefinders (and clone/mando visors) somewhere
Post by: Don Pablo on May 09, 2019, 10:24:33 AM
Shame they don't make those clone troopers anymore. :-[
Post by: Whoey on May 09, 2019, 06:19:08 PM
Post by: zoidberg on May 09, 2019, 10:57:21 PM
The painter is better than anything I can shoot- I have never gotten the lighting to work for something like that.
And in terms of the lost part, rangefinders from NZ sources. They'll work with most Grand Army of the Republic clone troopers and any Boba which has holes in the helmet.
https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=61190d#T=S&O={%22loc%22:%22NZ%22,%22iconly%22:0}
:cheers:
Post by: zoidberg on May 09, 2019, 11:02:51 PM
4 visors, 3 rangefinders, probably extras from my skiff set
I found him a visor, should do for now. :cheers: That said, if you want to send one over...
Post by: zoidberg on May 10, 2019, 07:22:11 AM
Post by: zoidberg on May 10, 2019, 07:22:27 AM
Post by: Gareth on May 10, 2019, 09:25:17 AM
:popcorn:
Post by: comis on May 10, 2019, 10:49:25 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on May 10, 2019, 11:18:42 AM
Post by: Wspeed on May 10, 2019, 12:55:19 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 10, 2019, 01:19:49 PM
I found him a visor, should do for now. :cheers: That said, if you want to send one over...I'll put something together over the weekend
Post by: Whoey on May 11, 2019, 11:53:57 AM
I guesstimated the main sets I have, which isn't a whole lot, plus I have a lot of random extra parts to inventory, not to mention some of my sets are likely missing some parts over the years moving around.
Post by: Don Pablo on May 11, 2019, 12:36:11 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 13, 2019, 11:14:31 AM
Post by: Wspeed on May 13, 2019, 11:57:49 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on May 22, 2019, 01:02:28 PM
https://www.ecowatch.com/lego-renewables-goal-2413131137.html
Apparently, in 2017, The Lego Group announced that the output of the renewable energy farms that they supported via investments was greater than the amount of energy that they used as a company, worldwide.
The amount of energy production that their investment can be attributed to? 160 megawatts.
Investment value: 800 million €.
Post by: zoidberg on May 22, 2019, 01:10:31 PM
Post by: zoidberg on May 24, 2019, 12:26:24 PM
Post by: Wspeed on May 24, 2019, 12:40:06 PM
Post by: zoidberg on May 26, 2019, 12:11:27 PM
Post by: Gareth on May 26, 2019, 06:28:25 PM
Post by: Wspeed on May 26, 2019, 06:41:31 PM
Post by: zoidberg on May 27, 2019, 01:22:16 AM
I like the coffee machine mate. :like:
:cheers:
Plan was for Emmet's desk.
Found the curtain rail thing and thought coffee > desk.
Still need to sort out better lighting.
And a couch or two.
Post by: zoidberg on May 27, 2019, 01:22:35 AM
Looks good zoidberg :like: :tu:
:cheers:
Post by: comis on May 27, 2019, 07:08:48 AM
Post by: zoidberg on May 27, 2019, 08:19:36 AM
Lovely! Great details on the posters and the gold record! :like:
:cheers:
I was a bit sad to replace the blue piece of cardboard but I'm hopeful this setup will work better.
Guess we'll see.
Post by: Whoey on May 27, 2019, 12:59:52 PM
I have 2 more space and a castle set to go. Then I can finally inventory the rest of what I have.
Post by: zoidberg on May 30, 2019, 11:40:28 AM
Post by: Mechanickal on May 30, 2019, 12:13:29 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47964265648_9f903a047c_b.jpg)Aaaaahw.
Underneath that tough, red, armour, you're just a cutie!
Jake is happy being back home again too!
He's taking his meds like a good boy, but is even more sleepy than before because of them.
He also has regular litter box visits again, instead of every 5min.
Speaking of which... His increased visits have lead to the floor needing an urgent wipe... Again. Litter everywhere! :ahhh
:cheers:
Post by: Mechanickal on May 30, 2019, 12:17:48 PM
Post by: zoidberg on May 30, 2019, 12:30:23 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 31, 2019, 12:39:47 PM
https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2008/how-to-organize-your-lego-bricks-for-efficient-building/
Post by: zoidberg on May 31, 2019, 12:57:00 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 31, 2019, 01:15:07 PM
oh, and don't look at this: https://brickset.com/buy
Post by: zoidberg on May 31, 2019, 01:26:59 PM
Only really got the microfighters because I knew those were missing from the kids collection.
There are a few sets I would like but trying to save for a PLB and some other gears so...
Post by: Whoey on May 31, 2019, 08:26:45 PM
Post by: Wspeed on May 31, 2019, 08:32:01 PM
Post by: comis on May 31, 2019, 08:37:00 PM
Put together this ole girl today, surprised it's only missing/broken less than half a dozen pieces, not bad considering it's a 40 year old kit!
Seeing this kit bring back good old memories, I remembered every other kid in class always wanted to be a astronaut.
Post by: Whoey on May 31, 2019, 08:39:28 PM
Post by: Whoey on June 01, 2019, 12:46:01 PM
Post by: Wspeed on June 01, 2019, 12:49:32 PM
Post by: zoidberg on June 04, 2019, 09:40:38 AM
Post by: Wspeed on June 04, 2019, 12:31:12 PM
Post by: zoidberg on June 04, 2019, 12:56:00 PM
That looks really good zoidberg :like: :tu:
:cheers:
Post by: Whoey on June 04, 2019, 06:25:16 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47998772713_75c7885f9f_b.jpg)rathtar escape set 50% off on bricklink (spanish vendor) :ahhh
Post by: zoidberg on June 05, 2019, 01:14:36 AM
rathtar escape set 50% off on bricklink (spanish vendor) :ahhh
I should never have looked.
Now I want the set.
Going to make a coffee and see if I have enough spare parts here to build a destroyer droid.
Post by: Whoey on June 05, 2019, 01:59:07 AM
Post by: zoidberg on June 05, 2019, 02:19:08 PM
Post by: Wspeed on June 05, 2019, 02:25:05 PM
Post by: Gareth on June 05, 2019, 11:41:49 PM
Put together this ole girl today, surprised it's only missing/broken less than half a dozen pieces, not bad considering it's a 40 year old kit!
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=435659)
Cool! I had that one as a kid as well.
Post by: zoidberg on June 07, 2019, 11:31:32 AM
Post by: zoidberg on June 07, 2019, 11:31:57 AM
Post by: Wspeed on June 07, 2019, 12:27:36 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on June 07, 2019, 06:50:57 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48017986117_7e33897476_b.jpg)How did you get a picture of my sister?! :o
Amazing! :hatsoff:
Post by: Don Pablo on June 07, 2019, 06:51:41 PM
Post by: zoidberg on June 09, 2019, 06:22:57 AM
Post by: Wspeed on June 09, 2019, 12:23:48 PM
Post by: Whoey on June 10, 2019, 11:09:27 AM
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123907272@N02/48011463782/in/photostream/
:o
Post by: Wspeed on June 10, 2019, 12:38:16 PM
Post by: Whoey on June 10, 2019, 05:59:45 PM
https://brickset.com/sets/75893-1/2018-Dodge-Challenger-SRT-Demon-and-1970-Dodge-Charger-R-T
Post by: Wspeed on June 10, 2019, 06:02:52 PM
Post by: Serena on August 02, 2019, 06:43:21 PM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190802/89fed59d4db058dc68c3f75f3412f9da.jpg)
Post by: Wspeed on August 02, 2019, 07:11:33 PM
Post by: Reinier on August 02, 2019, 08:55:07 PM
Post by: Dutch_Tooler on August 02, 2019, 10:34:47 PM
How's life?
Post by: Serena on August 02, 2019, 11:33:13 PM
Good to see you again Serena!Thank you!
:iagree:Holiday!!!!
How's life?
Post by: Whoey on August 04, 2019, 10:10:31 AM
Post by: magentus on October 06, 2019, 02:51:40 PM
Post by: Wspeed on October 06, 2019, 03:05:24 PM
Post by: Reinier on December 15, 2019, 03:07:48 PM
Post by: SirVicaLot on December 15, 2019, 03:10:42 PM
Post by: Wspeed on December 15, 2019, 03:48:12 PM
Post by: magentus on December 15, 2019, 04:20:07 PM
Post by: Reinier on December 15, 2019, 04:26:08 PM
But seriously, those building techniques are ridiculous. Especially how they designed the octagonal shape of the lower part (the descent stage).
It reminded me of the Saturn V set which was my previous favorite one :)
Post by: magentus on December 15, 2019, 04:29:56 PM
Post by: Reinier on December 15, 2019, 04:39:42 PM
Post by: Wspeed on December 15, 2019, 04:49:59 PM
Post by: McStitchy on December 15, 2019, 06:46:18 PM
:iagree: Gorgeous
:iagree: :like:
Post by: McStitchy on December 15, 2019, 06:46:46 PM
Bit mean of you to provide tea and cakes - if those poor astronauts dare partake, their faces and insides will be sucked into the eternal void of space.
:ahhh
Post by: Serena on January 13, 2020, 09:09:43 AM
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200113/183eb387e85fea90aca46d7430da167a.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200113/b4d1282a7c687313a617acc989a9434f.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200113/aa8a69952c505327164b21c52110567a.jpg)
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200113/2450eded91e6d6b6b45c673228437118.jpg)
Post by: Reinier on January 13, 2020, 09:48:56 AM
Post by: Serena on January 13, 2020, 10:43:53 AM
That's quite a cool city with Spidey and Harry both living there :)Harry ended up up on a shelf...
Post by: Reinier on January 13, 2020, 11:16:46 AM
(https://tweakers.net/ext/f/G4PwdOv7UAs8MOBL4XJwXxNf/full.jpg)
Post by: Don Pablo on January 13, 2020, 02:03:50 PM
Post by: Reinier on January 13, 2020, 03:07:46 PM
♫ So no one told you life was gonna be this way ♫
That's this one :)
(https://sh-s7-live-s.legocdn.com/is/image/LEGO/21319_alt1?wid=320&hei=320)
Post by: Don Pablo on January 13, 2020, 03:46:05 PM
That's this one :)Holy smurf, it's real. :o
(https://sh-s7-live-s.legocdn.com/is/image/LEGO/21319_alt1?wid=320&hei=320)
Post by: Whoey on January 14, 2020, 09:55:47 AM
(https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/media.brothers-brick.com/2019/11/75267-LEGO-Mandalorian-Battle-Pack_2-640x555.jpg)
Post by: Reinier on January 14, 2020, 10:48:38 AM
I see them @ Amazon Germany for €14.99 right now ;)
Post by: Gerhard Gerber on January 14, 2020, 01:06:31 PM
No kids so I'm not in the market, but living in a 3rd world country wrong end of an exchange rate I know how much the stuff costs :facepalm:
Colleagues and friends that managed to breed are a different story, and I applaud them for going to the expense.
Both friends and colleagues have separately mentioned a chinese knock-off that looks identical down to the last detail......except for the LEGO brand.......and 25% the price.
Anybody aware of this?
Is this like the Ganzos from the Byrd factory?
Just a very good fake?
Compatible?
Post by: Reinier on January 14, 2020, 01:22:54 PM
Post by: Whoey on January 14, 2020, 08:45:04 PM
Cool, it matches your user icon quite nicely.it was 22euro when I checked before I grabbed it in the shop...now 14.99 of course.
I see them @ Amazon Germany for €14.99 right now ;)
As for knockoff sets, I have been tempted, especially on sets that I will likely build only once to display. Even if you have to buy a few correct pieces it's still a huge savings.
Currently I have no knockoff sets but do have some alternate branded stuff that does not exist in the lego world, I feel those sets are not taking anything away.
Post by: Don Pablo on January 24, 2020, 09:11:49 AM
To use a multitool analogy...
Both friends and colleagues have separately mentioned a chinese knock-off that looks identical down to the last detail......except for the LEGO brand.......and 25% the price.
Anybody aware of this?
Is this like the Ganzos from the Byrd factory?
Just a very good fake?
Compatible?
LEGO is Victorinox. You're paying for the 99.99% QC. The average person has never seen or heard of a genuine LEGO set or SAK that wasn't 100% correct, with missing or malformed parts.
The mega block guys are like a Chinese clone, with some interesting ideas and cheaper prices. They have much poorer quality control, and they aren't in a close-by country (from the local jobs, locally made stuff aspect).
And LEGO has paid for the construction of enough wind turbines that they're 100% green from the electricity aspect.
That's not to say not to buy that chinese clone. ;)
They're the ones who have HALO, etc Lego-style sets.
They're mostly compatible, if the chinese bricks aren't the wrong fit (QC again).
Post by: Reinier on May 07, 2020, 10:37:45 AM
Post by: Wspeed on May 07, 2020, 02:25:10 PM
Post by: Reinier on May 07, 2020, 02:30:17 PM
It keeps me awake at night.
Post by: Wspeed on May 07, 2020, 02:32:23 PM
Post by: Reinier on May 07, 2020, 02:45:31 PM
This is the photo on the box, we built it the correct way of course :)
I must admit the photo isn't very clear.
Post by: Whoey on May 07, 2020, 03:58:10 PM
Post by: Wspeed on May 07, 2020, 04:02:48 PM
But I can see what you are talking about now :D
Post by: Reinier on May 07, 2020, 04:17:57 PM
I thought you were talking about the colours :facepalm:
But I can see what you are talking about now :D
:D
Post by: pfrsantos on May 08, 2020, 12:51:16 PM
It is!
It keeps me awake at night.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/JovialPlumpArgentineruddyduck-size_restricted.gif)
:D :D
Post by: Reinier on May 08, 2020, 12:56:29 PM
I usually try and fit all the extra bits in...
(https://media.tenor.com/images/c7a3024bdcd4080b91c3e38e24e29216/tenor.gif)
Post by: Wspeed on May 08, 2020, 02:06:28 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on May 09, 2020, 05:24:17 PM
It was in my old Lego box, partially broken to pieces because of laying sideways all these years.
Naturally, being released in 2000 and me being 9 years old, the box and manual are missing.
So I've rebuild the missing parts using the online PDF from Lego themselves.
(https://i.imgur.com/AY4GYle.jpg)
Back in it's former glory!! 8)
Post by: Mechanickal on May 09, 2020, 05:29:35 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/5YJp77j.jpg)
Pimped with some extra minifigs and accessories from some other sets :shrug:
Post by: Reinier on May 09, 2020, 06:08:02 PM
Those hull pieces are fairly rare by the way.
Post by: Wspeed on May 09, 2020, 06:12:33 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 09, 2020, 06:55:47 PM
Post by: SirVicaLot on May 09, 2020, 06:58:30 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on May 09, 2020, 08:20:24 PM
Just noticed I didn't check the interior walls that were already in place.
Seems like I once relocated one once upon a time for whatever reason :D
Fixing that later.
I do wonder what the value of it is nowadays?
Post by: Reinier on May 09, 2020, 08:40:25 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on May 09, 2020, 09:49:31 PM
My goodness. It went up...
Never thought Legos could increase in value. :O
Post by: Don Pablo on May 09, 2020, 10:01:13 PM
€140-€150 it seems...This seems like a more reliable indicator:
My goodness. It went up...
Never thought Legos could increase in value. :O
Post by: Mechanickal on May 09, 2020, 10:02:33 PM
114...
Still more than what it retailed for...
Or at least the same.
Post by: Mechanickal on May 13, 2020, 08:57:42 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on June 30, 2020, 06:29:44 PM
Y'all are a bunch of enablers :facepalm:
You ain't seen nothin' yet...
>:D
Try this:
:pok: :pok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwy7ic2jKMI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwy7ic2jKMI)
Post by: Mechanickal on June 30, 2020, 06:32:25 PM
You ain't seen nothin' yet...Nah, more like:
>:D
Try this:
:pok: :pok:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwy7ic2jKMI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwy7ic2jKMI)
(https://i.imgur.com/RCxFQYD.jpg)
Post by: pfrsantos on June 30, 2020, 06:40:35 PM
:D :D
Post by: Whoey on July 28, 2020, 07:41:44 PM
:drool:
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2020, 11:46:51 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=494756)
Post by: Reinier on December 01, 2020, 11:58:44 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2020, 12:06:16 PM
Nice one Gareth. I've never bought any of the advent calendars but I enjoy the reviews on Brickset: https://brickset.com/news/category-Advent-countdown
Oh, I'll keep an eye on that one. :) I tend to refer to Jay's Brick Blog in the off chance I can't identify what the heck it is we've built. :D https://jaysbrickblog.com/star-wars-2/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2020-countdown/
Post by: Huntsman on December 01, 2020, 12:43:11 PM
And just think - You can build a MF in eight pieces compared to 8,000 for the Collectors Edition
Although this is our first year without a Lego Advent Calendar - :(
We did the Harry Potter one last year - That was pretty good too
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2020, 03:24:22 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=494822)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 02, 2020, 05:19:13 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on December 02, 2020, 05:25:46 PM
Wish I had know this existed before ...Buy one with fast shipping and open the boxes you missed all at once. :poke:
There's 22 days to go, so go go go!
Post by: Mechanickal on December 02, 2020, 05:39:11 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on December 02, 2020, 05:43:19 PM
Next year then.
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2020, 06:24:21 PM
Sold out everywhere. I checked...
Sorry to hear that. For some reason this has been a real hot ticket item this year. Never know them so hard to buy.
Post by: Mechanickal on December 02, 2020, 08:15:05 PM
Sorry to hear that. For some reason this has been a real hot ticket item this year. Never know them so hard to buy.Just send me the minifigures and I'll be fine :rofl:
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2020, 01:51:57 AM
Just send me the minifigures and I'll be fine :rofl:
I think my daughter might have something to say about that. :D
Post by: Mechanickal on December 03, 2020, 12:14:20 PM
3/4 stores changed from "out of stock" to "no longer available"
I noticed I didn't have a bookmark from one certain store, since yesterday it appeared they didn't have the calendar anyway.
I decided to have a look again on that website to make sure and used some different keywords in the search bar.
Success; found the calendar listed.
"Online out of stock, click here to check store stock"
So clicked "here", entered the postal code and noticed all stores in a 60km radius were sold out except for one that said "limited stock left"
That one store, is in a city where I have to work today, and is 300m from my jobsite.
Can that be called coincidence??
The store opened at 10am, so drove by quickly and made sure I was a little early.
Traffic was busy and somehow it felt as if everyone was heading to that store all of the sudden.
I arrived 10min before opening time, and noticed people coming out with purchases!! :ahhh
Tried to get in quick, but the elderly lady in front of me took the time to desinfect her cart in the middle of the entrance :facepalm:
In store I had to follow the designated walk-around... Obviously behind the same elderly lady. Aaaargh!
Managed to reach the Lego dept. and went on the hunt.
Took me about a minute before I spotted the calendar. Last one!! :woohoo:
One row further... Another one?!
Edition 2018, also Star Wars, in clearance, 50% off...
I guess I'll have 2 hatches to open every day now, and 6 tonight :ahhh
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2020, 12:16:47 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2020, 12:23:07 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=494878)
Post by: Huntsman on December 03, 2020, 01:14:16 PM
Re Luke's house - See what I mean about the amazing designs they create with so few pieces
Post by: pfrsantos on December 03, 2020, 06:13:56 PM
:worthless:
:popcorn:
Post by: Reinier on December 03, 2020, 06:50:27 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2020, 10:21:54 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=494964)
Post by: pfrsantos on December 04, 2020, 12:14:21 PM
Another mini-fig. A pensive looking Luke at home. Possibly searching for a troublesome new Droid with his binocs?
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=494964)
I don't think he can use them...
??? ???
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2020, 04:54:01 PM
I don't think he can use them...
??? ???
Not until he grows some elbows. :D
Post by: pfrsantos on December 04, 2020, 07:49:34 PM
Not until he grows some elbows. :D
Someone at LEGO's should've thought about this awlready...
:facepalm:
Post by: pfrsantos on December 04, 2020, 07:50:05 PM
Someone at LEGO's should've thought about this awlready...
:facepalm:
That's another thing they can't do: :facepalm:
Post by: Reinier on December 04, 2020, 08:48:31 PM
That's another thing they can't do: :facepalm:
I can think of one other thing :whistle:
Post by: Don Pablo on December 04, 2020, 09:18:05 PM
I can think of one other thing :whistle:double :facepalm:
Post by: Mechanickal on December 05, 2020, 11:48:26 AM
Not on my liquor calendar though...
Post by: Gareth on December 05, 2020, 12:52:26 PM
Still, it's another strong build for this year's calendar so I won't complain too hard. :D
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495031)
Post by: nitram on December 05, 2020, 09:42:56 PM
I dug out my old Lego for my son to play with, we’re having a ton of fun with it. His uncle sent him a City advent calendar, looks like that will be lots of fun too. :woohoo:
(https://i.imgur.com/Sr43d1f.jpg)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 06, 2020, 11:59:25 AM
I can imagine they could be worth more than one would initially think.
Post by: nitram on December 06, 2020, 12:37:06 PM
Man those are old :DCan’t be that old, I got them when I was a kid. :whistle:
I can imagine they could be worth more than one would initially think.
Post by: Mechanickal on December 06, 2020, 12:37:58 PM
Can’t be that old, I got them when I was a kid. :whistle:They had plastics back then?! :sa:
Post by: nitram on December 06, 2020, 02:04:25 PM
They had plastics back then?! :sa:Yep, the dinosaurs delivered it to our caves.
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2020, 04:10:04 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495174)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495176)
I had to check as to what exact type of TIE it is and found it's a "Sith" fighter from the fleet at the end of the most recent film.
Post by: Gareth on December 07, 2020, 01:55:45 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495233)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 07, 2020, 05:50:09 PM
No clue as to where to put the baddies yet :/
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2020, 09:24:46 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on December 08, 2020, 09:36:50 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2020, 11:09:57 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495334)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 08, 2020, 12:18:20 PM
I always open mine in the evening after work.
My Millennium Falcon is the first version they ever made.
Compared to the ultimate collector's edition (saw one in a display about a month ago) mine is the size of an escape pod...
Having 2 calendars, it might turn out that social distance can not be maintained in it :ahhh
Day 11 from the 2018 calendar should get me Rowan. And therefore, my first lego light saber :D
Something kiddo-me always wanted back 20 years ago...
And now still :facepalm:
Post by: Don Pablo on December 08, 2020, 12:22:12 PM
Day 11 from the 2018 calendar should get me Rowan. And therefore, my first lego light saber :D:Excited!!! :ahhh
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2020, 01:32:39 PM
Oops. Spoiler alert :rofl:
I always open mine in the evening after work.
My Millennium Falcon is the first version they ever made.
Compared to the ultimate collector's edition (saw one in a display about a month ago) mine is the size of an escape pod...
Having 2 calendars, it might turn out that social distance can not be maintained in it :ahhh
Day 11 from the 2018 calendar should get me Rowan. And therefore, my first lego light saber :D
Something kiddo-me always wanted back 20 years ago...
And now still :facepalm:
Ooops, sorry mate! My daughter is the main driving force behind the calendar (though I love taking part in it too). The idea that it remains closed until after school is just never going to fly. We have trouble enough making her eat breakfast before she dives in.
Post by: Mechanickal on December 09, 2020, 04:49:48 PM
Feel free to post anytime Gareth.
I'll just watch this thread after I opened mine from now :rofl:
Post by: Gareth on December 10, 2020, 09:25:38 AM
I totally forgot to post a pic yesterday so you'll just have to accept a two for one today. A very nicely printed Rey yesterday and a very festive D-0 today. I'm sorry to say I'm a little down on D-0. In the final film it's just shoehorned in there for no reason other than to add another cute Droid to sell. :shrug:
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495482)
I'm also fairly certain that over the years the box art has shown more and more spoilers. Could also be that I'm feeling grumpy this morning. :D
Post by: Mechanickal on December 10, 2020, 12:21:18 PM
Now I did this to myself :rofl:
I expected D0 later on in the calendar...
But at least I have a Santa hat for the minifigs now :D
Post by: Gareth on December 11, 2020, 09:29:19 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495526)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495528)
Post by: Don Pablo on December 11, 2020, 09:33:10 AM
Post by: Reinier on December 11, 2020, 09:34:59 AM
Post by: ddogu on December 11, 2020, 10:07:46 AM
Wow, this makes up for any simple builds we've had so far! For a calendar I can't think I've ever seen so many bits in one day. If you need me to tell you what this is then you're looking in the wrong thread. :DYou, sir, are a genius! :Salute: :tu
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495526)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495528)
Post by: nitram on December 11, 2020, 11:09:14 AM
:think: is it a star trek ship? :PIf your squint your eyes it kinda looks like Enterprise :popcorn:
Post by: Whoey on December 11, 2020, 05:49:56 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on December 12, 2020, 08:10:17 PM
Discounted?
More like woefully inflated :/
The 2020 one is being offered on our secondhand website for double the original sale price whereas other years are still around the same.
By the way, Gareth, you're almost missing today... :pok:
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2020, 01:52:04 AM
A calendar??
Discounted?
More like woefully inflated :/
The 2020 one is being offered on our secondhand website for double the original sale price whereas other years are still around the same.
By the way, Gareth, you're almost missing today... :pok:
:ahhh
I took the photo and then forget to post it! :-[ A Porg that my daughter called "the fiddliest thing yet".
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495720)
Post by: gregozedobe on December 13, 2020, 02:21:14 AM
https://www.facebook.com/BracknellHerald/posts/a-controversial-new-lego-set-hit-the-shelves-this-week17654-coronavirus-panic-wi/2680868622135277/
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2020, 12:16:41 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495728)
Post by: Whoey on December 13, 2020, 08:15:18 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on December 14, 2020, 09:54:55 PM
I hope they will.
Just checked bricklink. They're available there at no markup! :tu:
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2020, 10:00:02 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495895)
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2020, 11:20:14 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=495945)
Post by: Gareth on December 16, 2020, 09:25:06 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496097)
Post by: pfrsantos on December 16, 2020, 05:07:18 PM
So; a blue podracer? I think? :shrug: A slightly low-fi build this one IMO. One that, a few years ago would have been par for the course, now stands out as being a bit too simple. So simple that I'll admit I could be looking at it completely wrongly and it's actually some kind of Capital Battle Cruiser.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496097)
It's the USS Enterprise!
:facepalm:
Post by: Don Pablo on December 16, 2020, 05:22:32 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 16, 2020, 05:26:59 PM
No, it's a Y-Wing! :P
They did a Y-Wing a few years ago. It was a lot better than this podracer. ;)
(https://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/LEGO-Star-Wars-Advent-Calendar-2017-Day-18-Y-Wing-Starfighter.jpg)
Post by: pfrsantos on December 16, 2020, 05:48:34 PM
They did a Y-Wing a few years ago. It was a lot better than this podracer. ;)
(https://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/LEGO-Star-Wars-Advent-Calendar-2017-Day-18-Y-Wing-Starfighter.jpg)
Maybe it's not a Y-Wing, it's just a y-Wing...
:facepalm:
Post by: Don Pablo on December 16, 2020, 08:00:49 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2020, 09:20:44 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496181)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 17, 2020, 04:41:13 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2020, 09:22:53 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496253)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 18, 2020, 06:07:58 PM
4 more living creatures, one location :D
Post by: Mechanickal on December 20, 2020, 10:11:14 AM
Oops!
Post by: Gareth on December 20, 2020, 04:30:25 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 20, 2020, 04:39:25 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496491)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496493)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 20, 2020, 07:06:03 PM
It now has state of the art shield tech aboard.
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2020, 03:38:01 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496539)
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2020, 01:52:08 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496607)
Post by: Whoey on December 23, 2020, 02:33:27 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on December 23, 2020, 02:54:46 PM
Thankfully...
Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2020, 06:13:53 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2020, 06:22:18 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496715)
Any ideas? No? See below.
Show content
https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/darth-vader-s-castle-75251
Post by: magentus on December 24, 2020, 09:52:31 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on December 24, 2020, 12:14:12 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 24, 2020, 01:46:49 PM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496756)
Post by: Mechanickal on December 24, 2020, 02:35:00 PM
And that's it, done for another year. Merry Christmas my fellow Lego fans. :cheers:Gareth!!
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=62689.0;attach=496756)
Take the cape from the window too!
It's in a white box crammed on the side.
Don't throw the box out!
Post by: Gareth on December 24, 2020, 03:18:14 PM
Gareth!!
Take the cape from the window too!
It's in a white box crammed on the side.
Don't throw the box out!
Many thanks Mechy!! My wife and daughter made him up while I was out walking the dog and had (understandably) missed it in there. You've just made my daughter very happy. :cheers:
Post by: Mechanickal on December 24, 2020, 03:25:21 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on December 25, 2020, 09:30:20 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 25, 2020, 11:21:10 PM
I miss my daily calendar... :/
me too. :-\
Post by: Reinier on January 12, 2021, 12:04:20 PM
Very manly stuff right? :facepalm:
Post by: Don Pablo on January 12, 2021, 12:56:38 PM
Post by: Reinier on February 20, 2021, 02:29:50 PM
Post by: Gareth on February 20, 2021, 04:16:15 PM
Post by: Whoey on March 22, 2021, 10:27:50 PM
Post by: Chako on March 22, 2021, 10:29:41 PM
Post by: Whoey on March 22, 2021, 10:37:43 PM
Still happy with it as is, especially with the similarity with Grant's yellow Jeep.
Still on the lookout for a good deal on the land rover kit.
Post by: Reinier on April 05, 2021, 02:52:31 PM
The new Space Shuttle set looks fantastic as well. Tempting...
Post by: Gareth on April 05, 2021, 09:35:40 PM
Post by: Whoey on April 05, 2021, 09:47:15 PM
Post by: Gareth on April 07, 2021, 11:23:48 PM
Well, no longer a MIB...
Awesome. 8)
Post by: McStitchy on April 08, 2021, 09:58:03 AM
Post by: Mercury on April 14, 2021, 12:20:48 PM
Unfortunately my kids are outgrowing Lego in lieu of sports and video games. I haven't bought any in years now, but I do miss it! The collecting of minifigs is something I might have to pick back up one day.
Post by: Reinier on April 14, 2021, 10:59:55 PM
This set is pretty cool, lots of Technic functions packed in a small model. And it looks like the actual rovers.
Post by: Mercury on April 15, 2021, 01:44:15 AM
I just bought an 18 year old set second hand. I'm a space nerd and I love the Mars Exploration Rovers. Especially Opportunity, that brave guy who drove more than 45 km in 14 years.
This set is pretty cool, lots of Technic functions packed in a small model. And it looks like the actual rovers.
That is awesome!
Post by: Don Pablo on April 17, 2021, 04:22:08 PM
I just bought an 18 year old set second hand. I'm a space nerd and I love the Mars Exploration Rovers. Especially Opportunity, that brave guy who drove more than 45 km in 14 years.My gosh, she's gorgeous. :ahhh
This set is pretty cool, lots of Technic functions packed in a small model. And it looks like the actual rovers.
My favourite rover, the final shutdown was a real bummer. :cry:
Post by: Reinier on April 18, 2021, 08:10:48 AM
My favorite too. But Ginny the helicopter is cool too.
I jusy bought the small ISS from 2004 (#7467) second hand but it's incomplete and yellowed. Also have the Ideas Curiosity Rover (#21104) on the way.
And I bought the #7470 Space Shuttle second hand and the latest one (#10283) directly from Lego.
Did anyone manage to get the Ulysses probe?
Post by: Mechanickal on April 18, 2021, 11:54:39 AM
Post by: Reinier on April 18, 2021, 12:05:53 PM
Post by: Mechanickal on April 18, 2021, 01:36:18 PM
Post by: Reinier on April 22, 2021, 10:38:33 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on April 22, 2021, 12:24:04 PM
That looks totally awesome!
:ahhh
Post by: Reinier on April 22, 2021, 12:43:09 PM
Post by: Reinier on April 28, 2021, 08:30:01 PM
Post by: Gareth on April 28, 2021, 08:59:31 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on April 29, 2021, 12:06:17 AM
:dd:
Post by: nsa-x-file on May 01, 2021, 05:10:23 PM
Now I just need to finish the crawler. :ahhh
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Post by: Reinier on May 01, 2021, 06:37:54 PM
Genuine Lego?
Post by: nsa-x-file on May 01, 2021, 08:08:38 PM
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Post by: nsa-x-file on May 01, 2021, 08:09:59 PM
I can't see the pics Jamie :ahhh
Genuine Lego?
All genuine Lego and Lego Technic. The Saturn V is the original Lego set.
Post by: Reinier on May 01, 2021, 08:15:34 PM
The Saturn V is my favourite Lego set, ever. And of course the smurfers at Lepin are selling blatant copies of it :facepalm:
Post by: Whoey on May 01, 2021, 10:09:40 PM
Been contemplating a new kit or two to join the jeep
Post by: Sos24 on May 02, 2021, 02:50:28 AM
Post by: nsa-x-file on May 02, 2021, 10:20:50 AM
Now I see them. Very cool! I like that it's genuine Lego and not that piece of smurf set by Moc Blocks :(Yes it’s one of my favourite sets as well. I’ve been into Lego since the early 80’s. During the first lockdown here in the UK I found a lot of vintage sets in storage and had great fun building them again. I have lots of Lego Star Wars, Castle, City and Technic sets. Then after that I started buying lots of new sets. To date according to Brickset I have 326 sets.
The Saturn V is my favourite Lego set, ever. And of course the smurfers at Lepin are selling blatant copies of it :facepalm:
I’m now trying to complete my collection of Lego modular buildings and have thirteen sealed sets so far. The first three vintage sets are very expensive especially sealed in the box.
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Post by: Gareth on May 02, 2021, 11:39:30 PM
Post by: Whoey on May 07, 2021, 09:00:17 PM
Post by: dks on May 20, 2021, 09:18:28 AM
New series
Post by: Reinier on May 20, 2021, 10:12:57 AM
Post by: Reinier on May 20, 2021, 04:34:06 PM
Post by: Reinier on May 29, 2021, 10:14:35 PM
Post by: Don Pablo on May 30, 2021, 12:00:35 AM
Did they have any more? :D
Post by: Reinier on May 30, 2021, 07:53:41 AM
:sa:
Did they have any more? :D
No idea. Probably. It was a listing error on Amazon. I don't feel bad for Mr. Bezos if I'm honest.
Post by: nsa-x-file on June 04, 2021, 03:51:07 PM
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Post by: nsa-x-file on June 05, 2021, 12:46:02 AM
Post by: Reinier on June 05, 2021, 03:29:41 AM
Post by: Reinier on June 07, 2021, 10:41:08 AM
(https://vicfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/lego-40516-everyone-is-awesome.jpg)
Post by: magentus on June 07, 2021, 11:01:35 AM
Everyone is awesome.Nice! Is this available now?
(https://vicfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/lego-40516-everyone-is-awesome.jpg)
Edit. Stupid question, course it's available now because you've got one
:facepalm:
Post by: Reinier on June 07, 2021, 11:09:37 AM
Post by: Don Pablo on June 08, 2021, 10:15:01 AM
Wicked!
Post by: Reinier on June 22, 2021, 01:10:23 PM
To date according to Brickset I have 326 sets.
I just reached the 300 sets mark on Brickset. But I'm sure some (older) sets are missing and some sets I sold to my brother are still included.
And it excludes dozens or perhaps a hundred sets my neighbour gifted me a while back 8)
Post by: Aloha on June 23, 2021, 04:03:15 PM
BTW awesome pics/sets in this thread.
Post by: Reinier on June 24, 2021, 09:28:27 AM
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=50835.0;attach=515020;image)
Post by: nsa-x-file on June 24, 2021, 10:01:23 AM
Typewriter 8)Looks great. Just waiting for my delivery today.
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=50835.0;attach=515020;image)
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 03, 2021, 01:50:12 PM
Quote
Lego’s latest project: Greener bricks
While a part of us wishes this were a story about a new Lego brick that inflicts less pain when stepped on, that’ll have to wait.
Recently, Lego engineers have been hard at work developing recipes for cleaner, greener bricks.
The company recently announced a recycled brick prototype
Over the last 3 years, a 150-person team at Lego has tested 250+ formulations to create a brick from recycled plastics.
The prototype, which uses plastic from recycled bottles, is the 1st to meet Lego’s quality and safety requirements. According to Lego, a 1-liter plastic bottle contains enough plastic to make 10 2x4 bricks.
The hard part: building recycled bricks that are just as strong as the old ones.
Researchers have found that a single Lego brick can withstand 950 lbs. of force, or the weight of 375k bricks on top of it.
It’s not Lego’s 1st sustainability play
The company has said it’ll invest $400m in sustainability through 2022.
In 2018, Lego started using bio-polyethylene made from sugar cane to produce some of its softer pieces. (Does that mean there are sweet Legos?)
In 2020, Lego said it’ll start eliminating single-use plastic from sets.
This is cool and all, but we’ll truly be impressed the day they announce that painless brick.
Def
Post by: Reinier on August 06, 2021, 05:46:07 PM
Post by: Gareth on August 06, 2021, 06:05:09 PM
Post by: Reinier on August 06, 2021, 06:53:19 PM
Post by: Serena on August 17, 2021, 11:44:32 AM
I’m a police dispatcher and she works at the ER.
Great wallpaper for our phones.
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Post by: Serena on August 17, 2021, 11:45:31 AM
Everyone is awesome.Bought it as soon as it was available.
(https://vicfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/lego-40516-everyone-is-awesome.jpg)
Post by: Gareth on August 17, 2021, 01:13:09 PM
Made minifigs from me and my girlfriend.
I’m a police dispatcher and she works at the ER.
Great wallpaper for our phones.
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Awesome. 8)
Great to see you BTW. :tu:
Post by: Reinier on August 17, 2021, 05:24:08 PM
Made minifigs from me and my girlfriend.
I’m a police dispatcher and she works at the ER.
Great wallpaper for our phones.
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That's pretty cool!
Post by: Reinier on August 17, 2021, 05:24:35 PM
Bought it as soon as it was available.
Good to see you again :tu:
Post by: Serena on August 18, 2021, 12:24:38 PM
Post by: Reinier on August 18, 2021, 02:33:21 PM
:dunno:
Post by: Serena on August 24, 2021, 06:55:11 AM
You and your partner have proper, meaningful jobs. Lately the fact that my work is really unimportant has been bugging me a bit. Without you, society would collapse. Without me, er... Ehm... let me think... :think:Well, I think all jobs are meaningful, some a bit more than others.
:dunno:
I bet that there is a someone who really needs the job you’re doing. (Sorry, no idea what that is).
Post by: pfrsantos on August 26, 2021, 01:54:11 PM
Nice! Is this available now?
Edit. Stupid question, course it's available now because you've got one
:facepalm:
Is it?! What if he bought the last one?!
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Post by: pfrsantos on August 26, 2021, 01:56:46 PM
Added some extra drawers. My OCD is killing me... The new cabinet (bottom right with the larger drawers) is 1 cm taller than the ones I already had :(
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Post by: Whoey on August 29, 2021, 01:29:40 PM
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/001df6aa-2c65-402c-85ae-dde95cf7a148
(https://ideascdn.lego.com/media/generate/lego_ci/d26ac1ee-7221-43e3-89e8-6b11e184530e/resize:950:633/webp)
Post by: Chako on October 11, 2021, 04:49:09 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51575859765_db57fb3dfc_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mzzLet)20211010_223916A (https://flic.kr/p/2mzzLet) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Post by: Reinier on October 11, 2021, 06:52:07 AM
Post by: Chako on October 11, 2021, 12:08:19 PM
Post by: nsa-x-file on October 11, 2021, 10:38:16 PM
If you like the Senna you should check out the Lamborghini Sian and the Bugatti Chiron. And the Porsche 911 GT3 RS :)I can confirm they are great sets. I have them in my collection. Just make sure you have the space for them as they are much bigger than the senna.
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Post by: Chako on October 11, 2021, 11:39:34 PM
Post by: Whoey on November 25, 2021, 08:57:51 PM
And I probably won't have a chance over the holidays as we'll probably be in Spain
Still looking for a decent deal on the technic Dom's charger to add to the collection.
And yes, none are planned to stay boxed, I want to build them, just not had time.
Also planning to build a baseplate wall behind my new desk to display some of the kits. (Did some Ikea Lego assembly recently!)
Post by: nsa-x-file on November 25, 2021, 10:05:31 PM
Trigger pulled on the Technic Land Rover... Best price I've seen and I reckon it will be retired soon. That's the 4th kit added currently unbuilt, including the new Star Wars advent calendar.The Land Rover is a great set. Make sure you take your time when building the drivetrain and transfer box. Can be a real pain to resolve any issues once built.
And I probably won't have a chance over the holidays as we'll probably be in Spain
Still looking for a decent deal on the technic Dom's charger to add to the collection.
And yes, none are planned to stay boxed, I want to build them, just not had time.
Also planning to build a baseplate wall behind my new desk to display some of the kits. (Did some Ikea Lego assembly recently!)
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Post by: Whoey on November 26, 2021, 09:46:36 AM
Post by: nsa-x-file on November 29, 2021, 07:01:55 PM
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Post by: Reinier on November 29, 2021, 07:31:04 PM
Post by: nsa-x-file on November 29, 2021, 07:41:26 PM
Nice haul Jamie :drool:Thanks. I went a bit crazy over the VIP weekend and black friday at the Lego store in London. Just waiting for the new UCS Star Wars AT-AT and UCS Star Wars Falcon to arrive in the mail as they were too big to carry home.
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Post by: Whoey on November 29, 2021, 10:49:41 PM
Post by: Gareth on November 30, 2021, 12:34:47 AM
Post by: nsa-x-file on November 30, 2021, 12:45:58 AM
Epic! Think the elf house is created by a guy from Nova Scotia who used to do custom projects and it got him hired at Lego!It looks like a great set with lots of detail. Not surprised he was hired.
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Post by: Reinier on November 30, 2021, 11:16:15 AM
Thanks. I went a bit crazy over the VIP weekend and black friday at the Lego store in London. Just waiting for the new UCS Star Wars AT-AT and UCS Star Wars Falcon to arrive in the mail as they were too big to carry home.
Awesome!
If you ever want to disassemble the AT-AT you will need a SAK: https://brickset.com/article/67650/lego-is-now-designing-sets-that-can-t-be-taken-apart :)
Post by: nsa-x-file on November 30, 2021, 08:48:39 PM
Awesome!Had no idea about that. Strange that Lego missed that unless they couldn’t improve it? I won’t be building my set for a while yet.
If you ever want to disassemble the AT-AT you will need a SAK: https://brickset.com/article/67650/lego-is-now-designing-sets-that-can-t-be-taken-apart :)
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Post by: nsa-x-file on November 30, 2021, 08:50:14 PM
Put's my Advent Calendar to shame. :D Looks awesome mate. :hatsoff:I really like Advent Calendars. I’ve had the Star Wars set for the last few years. This years looks great too.
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Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2021, 11:14:05 AM
Post by: nsa-x-file on December 01, 2021, 12:05:33 PM
Day 1 (if anybody cares ;) ) It's a very strong start with Mando's "Razor Crest". Odd to see this one again so soon, we had it in the 2020 calendar too. It's a slightly tweaked design though so not a carbon copy of a year ago.Very nice
I remember the one from last year. I’ll open my calendar later today and build mine. 
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Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2021, 12:40:01 PM
Very nice
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It's definitely a better rendition of the Crest. Most notable is the fact the engines are now more accurately further out from the hull.
Post by: Reinier on December 01, 2021, 01:30:33 PM
(https://tweakers.net/i/mVyYGKoar14DCvbw7OOk_0sxzKI=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/9le1MeBMGrPHxigFNISxoUKK.jpg?f=user_large)
(https://tweakers.net/i/rnqo-Xkw8jyxAp3XQzaw7dJ4eq8=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/6JZm5uyBFHDCig1yOXqf8PZ6.jpg?f=user_large)
(https://tweakers.net/i/VZ1zeaBXHg3UPNxKZlMCFwgWSho=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/oPg2i3mZglcUtuR3shmF7sJz.jpg?f=user_large)
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2021, 02:05:00 PM
This was my submission for a MOC contest (based on that Audi Quattro set (https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/product/1985-audi-sport-quattro-s1-76897)):
(https://tweakers.net/i/mVyYGKoar14DCvbw7OOk_0sxzKI=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/9le1MeBMGrPHxigFNISxoUKK.jpg?f=user_large)
(https://tweakers.net/i/rnqo-Xkw8jyxAp3XQzaw7dJ4eq8=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/6JZm5uyBFHDCig1yOXqf8PZ6.jpg?f=user_large)
(https://tweakers.net/i/VZ1zeaBXHg3UPNxKZlMCFwgWSho=/full-fit-in/4920x3264/filters:max_bytes(3145728):no_upscale():strip_icc():fill(white):strip_exif()/f/image/oPg2i3mZglcUtuR3shmF7sJz.jpg?f=user_large)
that IS awesome mate. :salute:
Post by: Reinier on December 01, 2021, 02:16:17 PM
My first try was a movie theater (theatre ;) ) with a vintage film projector:
(https://tweakers.net/i/QF8U3vmzZYTOwsvPPRIk2Cd9NQA=/800x/filters:strip_icc():strip_exif()/f/image/nDxaIZylTn0X5FfQjPjHpVXd.jpg?f=fotoalbum_large)
The other submissions were pretty good! Read more about it here (in Dutch, sorry): https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/2097448
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2021, 03:33:37 PM
Thank you Gareth!
My first try was a movie theater (theatre ;) ) with a vintage film projector:
(https://tweakers.net/i/QF8U3vmzZYTOwsvPPRIk2Cd9NQA=/800x/filters:strip_icc():strip_exif()/f/image/nDxaIZylTn0X5FfQjPjHpVXd.jpg?f=fotoalbum_large)
The other submissions were pretty good! Read more about it here (in Dutch, sorry): https://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/2097448
Some great looking builds there. Other than your one the steam locomotive looks great IMO.
Post by: Reinier on December 01, 2021, 03:47:52 PM
Post by: nsa-x-file on December 01, 2021, 04:14:11 PM
This was my submission for a MOC contest (based on that Audi Quattro set (https://www.lego.com/nl-nl/product/1985-audi-sport-quattro-s1-76897)):That’s really cool
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Post by: Whoey on December 01, 2021, 07:22:33 PM
Today they cancelled the work Christmas party. Expecting official announcement tomorrow by Macron. Hopefully still make it to Spain for the break.
Meanwhile back on topic, lots of kits to build here!
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2021, 02:30:28 PM
Show content
https://jaysbrickblog.com/star-wars-2/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2021-countdown/#day2
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2021, 04:40:28 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 03, 2021, 06:23:01 PM
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2021, 07:40:17 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 03, 2021, 07:41:43 PM
Glad to see it is a real Stormtrooper and not one of those silly New Order ones!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2021, 01:41:50 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 05, 2021, 10:59:07 AM
yes... the stud shooter... what is that all about.
Post by: Gareth on December 05, 2021, 11:10:32 AM
I put 4 antenna feet... they provided... the directions image is unclear...
yes... the stud shooter... what is that all about.
I know what you mean. I think it's supposed to be a tripod but the image really only shows two legs, so it's definitely a bit of a guess.
Post by: Reinier on December 05, 2021, 12:16:52 PM
https://brickset.com/article/67633/review-31129-majestic-tiger-part-1
Post by: Gareth on December 05, 2021, 01:26:31 PM
That pink flower can NEVER BE UNSEEN!:rofl:
https://brickset.com/article/67633/review-31129-majestic-tiger-part-1
Post by: Gareth on December 05, 2021, 01:30:01 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 05, 2021, 05:01:20 PM
there's better versions of the e-web blaster online...
https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=189948
Post by: nsa-x-file on December 05, 2021, 10:06:27 PM
That pink flower can NEVER BE UNSEEN!
https://brickset.com/article/67633/review-31129-majestic-tiger-part-1
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Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2021, 01:16:43 PM
(https://s2.qwant.com/thumbr/700x0/7/5/07add50b307c236a929c424185cae92756abe2752773cb3fdbe633ff3455aa/imperial-troop-transport-main_85633330.jpeg?u=https%3A%2F%2Flumiere-a.akamaihd.net%2Fv1%2Fimages%2Fimperial-troop-transport-main_85633330.jpeg%3Fregion%3D104%252C0%252C1072%252C536&q=0&b=1&p=0&a=0)
Post by: Whoey on December 07, 2021, 01:19:13 PM
Yesterday was more redeeming.
Post by: Gareth on December 07, 2021, 03:38:47 PM
OK, cards on table, I got this one wrong. I had ID'd it as being the landspeeder taxi that Mando takes back to the Razor Crest in the very first episode. However, on checking, it turns out it's Mythrol's (quite similar looking) landspeeder that comes to an equally sticky end.
https://jaysbrickblog.com/star-wars-2/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2021-countdown/#day7
Post by: Gareth on December 08, 2021, 11:57:15 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 08, 2021, 02:27:05 PM
Brian Posehn, who played the driver is a great comedian, an absolutely huge nerd and metal head. I remember seeing him and thinking "this must be a dream come true for a guy like him!"
While he was never seen again, he at least has some serious nerd cred for having actually had a speaking part in Star Wars! :tu:
As for the rest, I'm loving watching these being revealed every day! It gives me something to look forward to at work!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2021, 02:02:55 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 09, 2021, 09:48:29 AM
Post by: Whoey on December 09, 2021, 08:04:38 PM
Day 9. So what exotic Tatooine location is this? Jaba's Palace? Speeder race course? Mos Eisley? Raider Camp? Oh, it's a plie if rocks with a Gaffi Stick. ::) The SW advent calendar always includes a "weapon rack" of some kind, but this one is particularly uninspiring.still has about 3x more parts than the targets... :facepalm:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 10, 2021, 03:57:06 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 10, 2021, 05:03:05 PM
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 11, 2021, 12:35:52 AM
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Post by: Gareth on December 11, 2021, 02:30:32 AM
What do you shoot out of it? Or is that (hopefully) a future surprise?
Def
So they're called "stud shooters". Stick a stud on the shooter and press down on the grey lever. Stud will then ping off, utterly miss what you were "aiming" at and you'll then spend 5 minutes on your hands and knees trying to find the missing stud. ::) (which is still better than the idea of finding Lego with your bare foot)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1638621709;topic=62689.0;attach=527196)
Post by: Chako on December 11, 2021, 04:01:27 AM
Post by: Chako on December 11, 2021, 06:05:09 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 11, 2021, 06:09:30 PM
I just added another boat to the display in the bathroom.
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Nice! :tu:
Post by: Gareth on December 11, 2021, 06:15:42 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 12, 2021, 07:02:10 AM
So they're called "stud shooters". Stick a stud on the shooter and press down on the grey lever. Stud will then ping off, utterly miss what you were "aiming" at and you'll then spend 5 minutes on your hands and knees trying to find the missing stud. ::) (which is still better than the idea of finding Lego with your bare foot)
(https://forum.multitool.org/index.php?action=dlattach;ts=1638621709;topic=62689.0;attach=527196)
That sounds like the most accurate description of a Lego gun ever!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2021, 04:20:43 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 12, 2021, 07:04:25 PM
Would be neat if every day had some spare bits that eventually allowed you to build an extra item on the 25th
That being said, and on the ballista topic, this goes well:
https://fb.watch/9RYp8yU5Tu/
Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2021, 09:52:49 PM
That sounds like the most accurate description of a Lego gun ever!:D :hatsoff:
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2021, 10:03:13 PM
Having built yesterdays and todays kits both today the tie is a bit of a letdown vs the xwing. Could have used a trans red/yellow stud for the engine exhaust
Would be neat if every day had some spare bits that eventually allowed you to build an extra item on the 25th
That being said, and on the ballista topic, this goes well:
https://fb.watch/9RYp8yU5Tu/
The TIE definitely pales compared to the X-wing.
That Krayt dragon is awesome though. 8)
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2021, 09:32:56 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 13, 2021, 11:44:45 AM
Although I often wondered what good a scout with very limited peripheral vision was, but hey, they definitely looked cool!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2021, 12:17:36 PM
The scout trooper was absolutely the coolest armor!
Although I often wondered what good a scout with very limited peripheral vision was, but hey, they definitely looked cool!
Def
You're right. You are way overthinking it, but you are right. :D
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2021, 09:25:21 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2021, 12:10:36 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2021, 09:21:03 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 15, 2021, 10:25:35 AM
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Post by: Gareth on December 16, 2021, 05:10:33 PM
(edit- yes, I'm right in the ID, but apparently they call it a Keelboat. It's not how I'd have built it. :-\ )
Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2021, 09:27:54 AM
Day 16. A lava barge (I think). If I'm right then I love the little astromech but the boat bit feels off.(edit- yes, I'm right in the ID, but apparently they call it a Keelboat. It's not how I'd have built it. :-\ )
I was wrong (and so was my reference guy; Jay's Brick Blog). Not a keelboat, but the sled that Mando uses for cover after rescuing Grogu.
(https://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/image-4.png)
Makes much more sense now. :D
Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2021, 11:23:13 AM
*(or not. I think I missed some studs off from the engine exhausts).
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 17, 2021, 11:56:26 AM
Looks like a lot of parts coming together for that one!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2021, 12:33:03 PM
That's awesome!
Looks like a lot of parts coming together for that one!
Def
Yeah, no kidding! More than a bit challenging to convey the instructions in a single picture. All-in-all I think this has been my favourite build of the year so far.
(https://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LEGO-Star-Wars-Advent-Calendar-2021-Day-17-Imperial-Light-Cruiser-Instructions-1536x1066.jpg)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 17, 2021, 01:04:31 PM
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Post by: Whoey on December 18, 2021, 11:26:30 AM
I don't get the logic on why some items get loads of extra bits and others are exact only (typically the ones with least parts).
Found some extra bits the other day not in the package but inside the window. Nothing overly exciting... The stud launcher trigger and the barrel of the gun... Maybe from the actual item, I am stuffing each item back in the window after the build
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2021, 03:19:59 PM
I definitely had to consult the diagram several times on that one, I made the same mistake on the exhausts but realized before I finished completely.
I don't get the logic on why some items get loads of extra bits and others are exact only (typically the ones with least parts).
Found some extra bits the other day not in the package but inside the window. Nothing overly exciting... The stud launcher trigger and the barrel of the gun... Maybe from the actual item, I am stuffing each item back in the window after the build
It's the fact that everyone gets the same extra bits and that they don't make anything that always puzzled me. :shrug:
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2021, 03:27:50 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 18, 2021, 11:19:48 PM
https://youtu.be/eAKtZ_r0V6E
:D
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 18, 2021, 11:48:28 PM
Interrogation Droid? You mean Doctor Ball?
https://youtu.be/eAKtZ_r0V6E
:D
Def
I'm almost glad that video is unavailable here. :D
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 19, 2021, 04:08:24 AM
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2021, 09:54:06 AM
:rofl:
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2021, 04:47:21 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 19, 2021, 10:18:33 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 19, 2021, 10:28:41 PM
Feel like it could have been a little sturdier, but another firespray for my collection!
I agree. It does want to come apart too easily. Not that it matters to me, but might be a little disappointing to a kid who wants to play with it.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 21, 2021, 02:27:51 AM
https://youtu.be/8Wpsnb49IAI
:rofl:
That's the one!
I love Robot Chicken. I belong to a GI Joe collectors group on FB (I'm not a collector, I just enjoy the nostalgia!) and I usually take any excuse to post the video of Trouser Snake/Fumbles/ Dr Killshot.
https://youtu.be/DW3dg9VURMU
Back to topic, the Slave 1 looks awesome!
Def
Post by: Smashie on December 21, 2021, 02:50:28 AM
https://youtu.be/8Wpsnb49IAI
:rofl:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2021, 09:31:04 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 21, 2021, 06:50:49 PM
The IG88 is very cool too! I wonder if Djin's rifle is a hint of what's coming next? :popcorn:
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2021, 08:51:23 PM
Post by: Reinier on December 22, 2021, 08:03:52 AM
Post by: Chako on December 22, 2021, 11:11:42 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2021, 11:32:17 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 22, 2021, 11:40:55 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 23, 2021, 02:38:09 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 24, 2021, 03:25:34 PM
Overall this has been a very up and down year. Some excellent vehicles builds and the mini-fig scale speeder being great, but weighed against three weapon racks, two targets, and some very low brick count builds too.
Post by: Whoey on December 25, 2021, 11:46:57 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 25, 2021, 02:33:56 PM
Post by: Gareth on December 26, 2021, 04:49:49 PM
Post by: Whoey on December 27, 2021, 01:48:42 PM
I have 3 kits back in France waiting... After the calendar
Land rover, the new slave1 ("Boba Fett's starship"), trouble on tattoine.
Post by: Reinier on December 28, 2021, 09:17:17 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZx2p2rLyLE
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 28, 2021, 01:56:20 PM
Lego Calendar over with...on to the next. :D
I can't wait to see pics of that build!
Def
Post by: Chako on January 10, 2022, 04:42:09 PM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51812420416_b5140c01d3_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mWucto)20220110_100656A (https://flic.kr/p/2mWucto) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51812420386_096836635f_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mWucsS)20220110_100705A (https://flic.kr/p/2mWucsS) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
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Post by: Reinier on January 11, 2022, 12:55:46 PM
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Post by: Reinier on January 11, 2022, 12:56:25 PM
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Post by: pfrsantos on January 11, 2022, 01:26:48 PM
And guess which set I started building a few days ago :)
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Building?! You have to try harder...
:facepalm:
(In 3, 2, 1...)
Post by: Reinier on January 11, 2022, 02:06:07 PM
Post by: Gareth on January 16, 2022, 06:36:20 PM
Post by: Gareth on February 12, 2022, 03:59:46 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 19, 2022, 04:17:33 PM
Post by: Whoey on March 20, 2022, 10:04:16 AM
Same "seat" design as the jeep set
Post by: Reinier on March 20, 2022, 08:19:41 PM
Post by: Gareth on March 21, 2022, 09:48:00 PM
I built The Globe a few weeks ago. It's a very nice display piece but the build itself is so tedious. Glad it's finished...
I'd never considered the idea that a Lego set might be tedious to build, but I can why that one could be.
Post by: Reinier on March 22, 2022, 02:22:34 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on March 22, 2022, 06:53:07 PM
So. Much. Repetition :)
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/HandsomeRemarkableAnura-size_restricted.gif)
:D :D
Post by: Reinier on March 23, 2022, 08:17:13 AM
Post by: Gareth on April 01, 2022, 05:29:26 PM
Post by: rishardh on April 01, 2022, 09:17:28 PM
Lego 10300 - Back to the Future DeLorean 3 in 1 was released today. Can build all 3 movie versions of the time machine. Lightning hook, Mr Fusion and Vacume Tubes. It shows out of stock now :(
Post by: Gareth on April 01, 2022, 11:54:49 PM
Lego 10300 - Back to the Future DeLorean 3 in 1 was released today. Can build all 3 movie versions of the time machine. Lightning hook, Mr Fusion and Vacume Tubes. It shows out of stock now :(
A shame, but hardly surprising I guess. :-\ Looks like an awesome kit.
Post by: rishardh on April 03, 2022, 06:53:29 AM
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Post by: Whoey on April 09, 2022, 06:15:09 PM
Spotted today while walking around town, in the window of an architect office that usually has architecture kits, and they built a custom town hall (which the office is literally facing)
It is partially built with all the bricks sorted in cups on either side, they must have been missing a piece because I saw an envelope from Lego through the mail slot on the floor at the door.
Kit is up on Lego ideas: https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:783bb99ed379462e9ef25f22c37ca134
Obviously supported! Even has lots of seagulls like most places in town...
Post by: rishardh on April 14, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Looks like it would keep you busy a while.
Spotted today while walking around town, in the window of an architect office that usually has architecture kits, and they built a custom town hall (which the office is literally facing)
It is partially built with all the bricks sorted in cups on either side, they must have been missing a piece because I saw an envelope from Lego through the mail slot on the floor at the door.
Kit is up on Lego ideas: https://ideas.lego.com/s/p:783bb99ed379462e9ef25f22c37ca134
Obviously supported! Even has lots of seagulls like most places in town...
Nice :tu: I love to go and check out Lego Ideas from time to time and I've bought a few that interest me. I wonder if that clock is a custom piece. Never seen one with white hands before.
Post by: Whoey on April 14, 2022, 03:54:18 PM
Post by: rishardh on April 14, 2022, 04:23:59 PM
I think it is described as a printed dish 6x6Very cool. And this might interest you…
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Post by: Whoey on April 14, 2022, 06:39:11 PM
Post by: pfrsantos on April 14, 2022, 07:05:51 PM
Very cool. And this might interest you…
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(https://media.makeameme.org/created/just-tell-me-2f92228e4f.jpg)
:D :D :D :D
Post by: rishardh on April 15, 2022, 12:01:58 AM
(https://media.makeameme.org/created/just-tell-me-2f92228e4f.jpg)
:D :D :D :D
Should have been 'How does my Boba look in this armour?' :D
Post by: MadPlumbarian on July 01, 2022, 08:36:51 PM
JR
Post by: Whoey on July 03, 2022, 12:51:44 PM
One of these days I need to crack open the Land rover kit...
Post by: LoopCutter on August 02, 2022, 06:25:38 PM
This is what I assembled -
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Post by: Gareth on August 02, 2022, 07:51:47 PM
Post by: Whoey on August 02, 2022, 07:57:25 PM
Post by: LoopCutter on August 02, 2022, 08:43:49 PM
Those are great! I fear minifigure collecting is a slippery slope...so is traditional knives and MultiTools.
:iagree: :drink:
:oops:
Post by: Huntsman on August 04, 2022, 03:04:04 AM
Just had to change the title of this thread (are became is) - Especially given Lego themselves have made an official statement on this
Is that OK? ??? :think: - If not we can put it back!!
Post by: Gareth on August 04, 2022, 03:11:39 AM
Post by: McStitchy on August 04, 2022, 09:55:11 AM
Post by: McStitchy on August 04, 2022, 09:55:50 AM
Muppet Lego? :o That's my early childhood rolled into one right there. :D
Same here :D
Post by: LoopCutter on August 08, 2022, 03:03:44 PM
Those are great! I fear minifigure collecting is a slippery slope...
No kidding, just returned from 8 yr old grandson’s and after a couple games of checkers this morning, I notice a Lego Character book, on the chair. And, thought I will be cool and share pictures on my phone of the few muppets I had…
No ooo! The book I saw was one of several, and then I get invited upstairs and he shared with me a part of his Lego figure world🤪. Hundreds, maybe a couple thousand. Harry Potter characters, enough to film a movie, Star Wars guys, and Ewoks and Clones and droids, enough to populate a small world. Then Looney Tunes, ScoopyDoo figures, and Batman various versions, bad guys too. And then just regular folk. And that was what was out on display…
Not a slippery slope, a massive sink hole from my view :facepalm:
He knew ivalues, how many duplicates, rarity, and dates of introduction,’and more. Quite impressive for a 8 year old.
I took a picture of his Bruce Wayne head on a Batman figure, also, one of my favorites the Tasmania Devil from Looney Tune set.
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I thought my MT and knife collecting was obsessive, of maybe my Hot Wheels cars, NOPE. THE BOY HAS A ROOM DEDICATED TO Lego figures :facepalm:
I have one grandson financing college expenses by selling and buying Comic Books, another buying and selling collectable Lego sets and and in collector cards.
And I am really mad now realizing would could have been if my dad had not burned my baseball cards and comic book boxes after I did not move back home after college…
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 08, 2022, 09:37:07 PM
Those are great! I fear minifigure collecting is a slippery slope...
Every now and then I start looking at eBay for minifigs...
And I quickly stop myself because I wouldn't slip down that slope, I would strap a jet engine to my arse and swan dive down that smurfer.
:facepalm:
Def
Post by: pfrsantos on August 09, 2022, 05:23:00 PM
Sorry folks
Just had to change the title of this thread (are became is) - Especially given Lego themselves have made an official statement on this
Is that OK? ??? :think: - If not we can put it back!!
Nah, the title are perfect like this!
:D :D
Post by: Chako on August 16, 2022, 12:02:20 AM
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Post by: Whoey on August 16, 2022, 12:51:49 PM
Post by: Gareth on August 16, 2022, 01:07:10 PM
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811vwHjvdIL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
Post by: pfrsantos on August 16, 2022, 06:15:47 PM
Muppet Lego? :o That's my early childhood rolled into one right there. :D
+1
Those look great!
:cheers: :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 16, 2022, 09:35:32 PM
Here's one for Grant if I ever saw one! https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/jeep-wrangler-42122
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/811vwHjvdIL._AC_SL1500_.jpg)
You are evil... :twak:
Def
Post by: Gareth on August 16, 2022, 10:41:15 PM
Post by: Chako on August 17, 2022, 01:05:38 AM
He looks good and actually fits inside this fairly large model.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291072184_8738c003ef_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpY5)20220816_150910A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpY5) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
There are 2 light bricks in this kit. Here is the one in the forward compartment which is activated if you move the throttle inside the cockpit.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291296345_986c117f64_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nENyAV)20220816_150946A (https://flic.kr/p/2nENyAV) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The little action dude came with a nice little tableau that I decided to cut out from the rear of the packaging.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291072144_8b5888aa1d_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpXo)20220816_184043A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpXo) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
What are you looking at...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832307_ce47583494_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4oT)20220816_184054A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4oT) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The front compartment hood opened.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832282_7cfb2490ce_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4os)20220816_184107A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4os) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The model has a rotating knob located on the top of the roof. Turning this turns the front rack and pinion wheels. Pressing the rotating knob also activates the second light brick. This one illuminates the engine. Rolling the model forwards or backwards also rotates that rear wheel with all the flames, and also the pistons move up and down inside the clear engine.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291071994_d04e9153df_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpUN)20220816_184123A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpUN) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Batman standing next to his sweet ride.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832207_b3c4fee980_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4na)20220816_184205A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4na) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
A close up of the printed section cut out.
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I went back to Walmart and now have a Lego Technic Ford Shelby GT500 kit to build. This one is only 544 pieces with only 2 bags. This should not take me several days compared to the Batmobile. :tu:
Post by: Gareth on August 17, 2022, 01:19:16 AM
Post by: Chako on August 17, 2022, 03:31:48 AM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on August 17, 2022, 09:43:33 PM
Maybe I'll consider building a Lego TJ once I've rebuilt my real one.... :facepalm:
Def
Post by: Chako on August 22, 2022, 03:25:56 AM
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52299512762_94fc65ef91_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nFwF4h)20220817_094356A (https://flic.kr/p/2nFwF4h) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52300759389_0b91053ddf_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nFD4CR)20220817_094405A (https://flic.kr/p/2nFD4CR) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52300988695_8d174020ab_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nFEeNp)20220817_094416A (https://flic.kr/p/2nFEeNp) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Post by: pfrsantos on August 23, 2022, 12:37:59 PM
I do love Lego Technic models. This Batmobile was a very nice kit to assemble. There was only a few times I misread instructions, or they were not clear enough...but I managed to figure out my mistakes. With 7 bags of parts, this one took me 2 days to assemble. Well worth the money. In fact, today, after completing the model, I thought it just might be the right size for a Batman action figure. I was right. I found one at the local Walmart where I got this kit. I think it adds a little extra to the model.
He looks good and actually fits inside this fairly large model.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291072184_8738c003ef_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpY5)20220816_150910A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpY5) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
There are 2 light bricks in this kit. Here is the one in the forward compartment which is activated if you move the throttle inside the cockpit.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291296345_986c117f64_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nENyAV)20220816_150946A (https://flic.kr/p/2nENyAV) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The little action dude came with a nice little tableau that I decided to cut out from the rear of the packaging.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291072144_8b5888aa1d_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpXo)20220816_184043A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpXo) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
What are you looking at...
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832307_ce47583494_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4oT)20220816_184054A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4oT) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The front compartment hood opened.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832282_7cfb2490ce_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4os)20220816_184107A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4os) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
The model has a rotating knob located on the top of the roof. Turning this turns the front rack and pinion wheels. Pressing the rotating knob also activates the second light brick. This one illuminates the engine. Rolling the model forwards or backwards also rotates that rear wheel with all the flames, and also the pistons move up and down inside the clear engine.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52291071994_d04e9153df_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpUN)20220816_184123A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEMpUN) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Batman standing next to his sweet ride.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52289832207_b3c4fee980_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4na)20220816_184205A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEF4na) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
A close up of the printed section cut out.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52290810308_0be799c8b6_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nEL57Y)20220816_184211A (https://flic.kr/p/2nEL57Y) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
I went back to Walmart and now have a Lego Technic Ford Shelby GT500 kit to build. This one is only 544 pieces with only 2 bags. This should not take me several days compared to the Batmobile. :tu:
Man, this is awl kinds of AWLESOME!
:o :o
:cheers: :drink: :tu: :salute:
Post by: Chako on September 20, 2022, 01:55:29 AM
1. 1970 Ferrari 512 M.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370290836_11bcfd2777_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMMqUU)20220919_191141A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMMqUU) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
2. Lamborghini Countach.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370522633_b727808d61_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMNBPp)20220919_190753A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMNBPp) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
3. Fast & Furious 1970 Dodge Charger R/T.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370708060_06a0481c18_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMPyWq)20220919_190842A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMPyWq) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
4. Mercedes AMG F1 W12 E Performance.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370707930_4c2e7f9bcb_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMPyUb)20220919_191026A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMPyUb) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
5. Mercedes AMG Project One.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52369347667_806fafd36a_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAxn)20220919_191011A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAxn) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
6. Koenigsegg Jesko.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370290771_ff1570bca3_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMMqTM)20220919_191217A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMMqTM) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
7. Toyota GR Supra.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52369347517_abfa9183f4_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAuM)20220919_191234A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAuM) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
8. Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52369347687_a3bb52e3c1_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAxH)20220919_190908A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAxH) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
9. Aston Martin Vantage GT3.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52369347732_282f9a6138_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAyu)20220919_190856A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMGAyu) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
10. 007 Aston Martin DB5.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370603554_f167bf6ee9_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2SA)20220919_190716A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2SA) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
11. Chevrolet Corvette C8.R Race Car.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370603399_11c98859d9_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2PV)20220919_191049A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2PV) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
12. Chevrolet 1969 Corvette.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52370603344_372d52f228_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2NY)20220919_191128A (https://flic.kr/p/2nMP2NY) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Post by: Gareth on September 20, 2022, 03:08:24 PM
Post by: nakken on September 20, 2022, 05:49:11 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on September 21, 2022, 02:13:07 AM
https://youtu.be/M1-YeqGynlw
Def
Post by: pietervn on September 21, 2022, 01:00:29 PM
Basics of mechanical engineering.... in Lego!
https://youtu.be/M1-YeqGynlw
Def
FANTASTIC!!!
I used LEGO over the weekend to explain suspension differences to a mate. Simple, but so effective
Pete
Post by: Gareth on September 21, 2022, 01:02:28 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on October 10, 2022, 11:33:38 AM
Post by: Whoey on October 29, 2022, 02:11:14 PM
Technic batmobile (the one Chako posted earlier) for 65€ + 25% voucher to store account
Mandalorian helmet for 45€ + 25% voucher to store account
Fast and furious Dom's charger (also one Chako posted earlier) for 16€ I think it was.
Just under 100 for the 3 after refunds and credit.
Post by: Chako on November 05, 2022, 03:39:00 AM
I have also been busy building some more kits.
Third party Technic car. This was a hard model to build as the instructions were so small that I needed to use the zoom feature on my cell phone to read it.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477263717_6cfd24cadd_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGdV)20221104_215912A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGdV) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Same thing with this helicopter from the same company as the car above. This one features a retractable hoist, and rotors that turn from a gear under the helicopter.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478229560_0a9fd325e5_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDko)20221104_220108A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDko) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Lego Technic John Deer 9620R 4WD Tractor.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478229515_9c0e06c3e5_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDjB)20221104_220228A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDjB) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Lego Technic Formula E Porsche 99X Electric.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478313088_99cffaebc6_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXk5aw)20221104_220305A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXk5aw) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Lego Technic Monster Jam El Toro Loco.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478313063_c0fe812696_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXk5a6)20221104_220347A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXk5a6) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Lego Technic Monster Jam Grave Digger.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477263592_628ff79add_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGbL)20221104_220403A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGbL) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
LEGO Speed Champions Mopar Dodge 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477263577_692d7a0e1c_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGbv)20221104_220507A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeGbv) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
LEGO Speed Champions Mopar Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478040564_ffcf444f35_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXiF9Q)20221104_220535A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXiF9Q) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Mega Construx Motion Pikachu. This is one crazy model. Rotate the crank and Pikachu does a running motion. The gear chain is covered in vegetation, which gives the illusion that Pikachu is running.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478040539_07b3a64033_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXiF9p)20221104_220912A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXiF9p) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477764971_09acdfbd9f_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXhgee)20221104_220931A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXhgee) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477263447_e520bb1aee_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeG9g)20221104_220951A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeG9g) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52478229220_727b5d5fc4_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDew)20221104_221010A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXjDew) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52477263372_7440a92216_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeG7Y)20221104_221026A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXeG7Y) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
And a short video...
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Post by: Whoey on November 05, 2022, 11:00:41 AM
Still boxed up in Spain.
Post by: Chako on November 05, 2022, 11:13:39 AM
Post by: BPRoberts on November 05, 2022, 03:54:33 PM
Post by: WhichDawg on November 05, 2022, 04:06:12 PM
Post by: Chako on November 06, 2022, 09:58:45 AM
Here is the latest, a WALLROBOT based shamelessly on Disney Pixar's WALL-E. I must say, it was a fun little build and the end product is good enough to display on a shelf. Remote control thread movement. The had rotates, and the arms are somewhat poseable. The hands can grip stuff...but the only thing RC about this guy is the movement of the threads.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480718749_0ddb41d6b3_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXxphr)20221106_031526A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXxphr) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52479941832_f0598e2f70_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXtqkj)20221106_031612A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXtqkj) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480441856_3e309a84d2_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXvYYq)20221106_031657A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXvYYq) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480988603_e28b3526d1_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyMv6)20221106_031725A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyMv6) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52479941777_f1da425c08_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXtqjn)20221106_031737A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXtqjn) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480906425_1fbace72c2_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyn5e)20221106_031806A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyn5e) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480906400_41f93682c7_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyn4N)20221106_031839A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyn4N) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
I found these guys at the local Dollarama. I wish I had kept the boxes because I cannot find these online anywhere. They had some really weird name and I am uncertain if they are game characters or what.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52480988753_05866ad955_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyMxF)20221106_031206A (https://flic.kr/p/2nXyMxF) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
Post by: Etherealicer on November 08, 2022, 09:33:24 AM
one of my favorite 3rd party brands is Cobi (made in Poland) I just ordered the big PT boat and I have a lot of their tanks. Cobi is not as good as Lego but close and getting closer and the price is nice ;)I like the BlueBrixx designs (currently building the Astronomers Lighthouse).
Yeah Lego might still have the best bricks, although they are slacking (especially on color fidelity and prints) and the competition gets better. But quiet frankly, Lego sets are boring to build, they lack detail and are crazy expensive.
Post by: WhichDawg on November 08, 2022, 11:39:47 PM
I like the BlueBrixx designs (currently building the Astronomers Lighthouse).
Yeah Lego might still have the best bricks, although they are slacking (especially on color fidelity and prints) and the competition gets better. But quiet frankly, Lego sets are boring to build, they lack detail and are crazy expensive.
they (lego) are super expensive! totally agree but I have tried some cheaper brands (Chinese) and while they looked really nice with great detail the build experience was terrible, constantly fell apart during confusing assembly and if you tried handling it after parts flew/exploded apart! and terrible instructions that were so bad it did make me appreciate Lego more ;)
Post by: Etherealicer on November 09, 2022, 09:02:01 AM
they (lego) are super expensive! totally agree but I have tried some cheaper brands (Chinese) and while they looked really nice with great detail the build experience was terrible, constantly fell apart during confusing assembly and if you tried handling it after parts flew/exploded apart! and terrible instructions that were so bad it did make me appreciate Lego more ;)Lego are also made in China (or now Vietnam). And you know the Chinese, they produce for everyone. So good chance that your non-Lego bricks come from the same factory ;)
So, falling apart is not a problem anymore, at least not with the established brands (Cobi, Xingbao etc.). Quality of the competition really has improved a lot in the past years.
Bluebrixx stones (I think they are Xingbao bricks, but I'm not sure) hold together as well as Lego. They have the higher color fidelity. However, they have a fairly visible casting point from where the sprue was.
As for the instructions. Well, for many you can check out current instructions (download them as PDF, even Lego offers that :tu:), see if it suits you. From my experience they are good. However, they certainly use more advanced / complicated building techniques. At the end of the day, most now also have different difficulty/age levels.
I'm currently building Lighthouse of the Astronomer (https://www.bluebrixx.com/en/neuheiten/104382/Leuchtturm-des-Astronomen-BlueBrixx-Special) from Bluebrixx and it is a lot more difficult to build than anything I had from Lego. But it also has a completely different level of detail and not just on the outside, on the inside too. It is so much more fun than building Lego. Then remember that this costs about $240 (I actually paid $210 as Swiss VAT is much lower than German :D)
Post by: Whoey on November 13, 2022, 12:19:10 PM
Post by: Gareth on November 16, 2022, 08:44:34 PM
Added this year's Lego star wars advent calendar to the queue...
Well, had a look online and, once again, I've very nearly left it too late. Got one put aside in one of the nearby towns though.
Post by: Chako on November 17, 2022, 10:53:18 PM
Post by: Whoey on November 18, 2022, 03:58:25 PM
Well, had a look online and, once again, I've very nearly left it too late. Got one put aside in one of the nearby towns though.Apart from the Christmas starwars Minifigures not really anything overly exciting to me... But I figured why not.
Need to stop buying and start building, but as my wife pointed out, no display cabinet to store in.
Post by: Chako on November 23, 2022, 02:29:42 AM
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Post by: Huntsman on November 30, 2022, 02:23:56 AM
But why has he got half a bionic body
Post by: Chako on November 30, 2022, 06:57:46 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 01, 2022, 12:47:54 PM
You know that can only mean 24 days of the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar. An extremely strong start with a Republic Gunship. Absolutely no head scratching on this one; a very clear interpretation of an iconic craft.
Post by: Etherealicer on December 01, 2022, 03:30:42 PM
IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!I love how recognizable this is. Awesome little ship.
You know that can only mean 24 days of the Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar. An extremely strong start with a Republic Gunship. Absolutely no head scratching on this one; a very clear interpretation of an iconic craft.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 01, 2022, 03:44:34 PM
I thought about getting it, but in the end I decided not to because Lego is a slippery and dangerous slope!
That is a very, very cool way to start!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 02, 2022, 05:06:32 PM
Edit - a Commander if my Googling is up to snuff. :D
Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2022, 03:52:48 PM
I'll spare you the pain and tell you here if you want.
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https://jaysbrickblog.com/star-wars-2/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2022-countdown/#day3
Post by: Whoey on December 03, 2022, 07:21:52 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 03, 2022, 07:41:01 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 03, 2022, 07:52:36 PM
Another very cool find. At first I thought it was a well endowed Driodeka, then I clicked the link and saw I wasn't far off! :rofl:
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Yeah, the design and colour is in that group so I was thinking some kind of Droid as well. The built "guide" on the advent door shows the thing standing upright, in an apparent effort to really throw you off. ::)
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 04, 2022, 01:09:57 AM
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Post by: WhichDawg on December 04, 2022, 03:02:08 PM
Day 1 and I am already jealous of this calendar!
I thought about getting it, but in the end I decided not to because Lego is a slippery and dangerous slope!
That is a very, very cool way to start!
Def
Your so right boss “Beware!” I just got the Titanic because it had 2X rewards points :facepalm:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 04, 2022, 04:43:47 PM
Your so right boss “Beware!” I just got the Titanic because it had 2X rewards points :facepalm:
I think we are going to need photos from this build! :pok:
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BTW, are you sure it isn't actually the Olympic (https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a26533526/olympic-titanic-conspiracy-theory/)? :pok:
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Post by: Gareth on December 04, 2022, 11:00:47 PM
I think we are going to need photos from this build! :pok:Show contentBTW, are you sure it isn't actually the Olympic (https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a26533526/olympic-titanic-conspiracy-theory/)? :pok:
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If it’s the Olympic it’s going to last longer than the Titanic or Britannic.
...and we definitely need to see her built. :tu:
Post by: Huntsman on December 05, 2022, 01:23:55 AM
But its price is too large for me ..... And so is the model iteself - You need a big house for that one!! ;) :) :o
Just saw the Eiffel Tower too over the weekend - I wish they would stop making all these desireable models.
And have you see all the recent 'Adults Welcome' Lego ads - We have a lot of these on the telly at the momemt - They are targetting us folks!!
Maybe I'll just stick to the Advent Calendar
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 06, 2022, 12:27:21 AM
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Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2022, 01:14:20 AM
Post by: Gareth on December 06, 2022, 09:51:44 AM
Did you get it right?
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Post by: Gareth on December 07, 2022, 08:34:25 PM
Edit - seems to be that we are done with the Old Republic theme. I try really hard not to spoil the fun and look to see what we get every year, despite every seller trying to show the entire content ahead of time. ::)
Post by: Gareth on December 07, 2022, 08:47:00 PM
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 08, 2022, 11:05:00 AM
I rather like the mismatched engine on Luke's landspeeder. It really gives it character and makes it stand out a bit.
As for the Battle Droid....
Roger Roger.
Def
Post by: WhichDawg on December 08, 2022, 12:22:01 PM
I think we are going to need photos from this build! :pok:Show contentBTW, are you sure it isn't actually the Olympic (https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a26533526/olympic-titanic-conspiracy-theory/)? :pok:
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Gladly… like already stated if I ever get the room for it. I still have the big Millennium Falcon AND newest Star Destroyer in the box(s) :whistle:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 09, 2022, 02:32:29 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 12, 2022, 01:26:12 PM
All the way back to Day 8 even. At first I admit I thought it was another Imperial Shuttle of some kind, but given we're in the Tatooine phase of the calendar I wasn't surprised to find out that it's supposed to be Luke's T-16 Skyhopper. The very think for shooting Wamp Rats. Also extremely good training for flying an X-wing it would seem. As a build I do question the very Imperial grey colour choice and the top "wing" is disproportionately thick.
Post by: Gareth on December 13, 2022, 05:25:56 PM
Yesterday you can even see Darth Vader in the background of my photo of the T-16. Wearing fins and a summer tank top...obviously. Jay's blog does a far better job of shooting the details than I've managed so I do recommend you have a look; https://jaysbrickblog.com/star-wars-2/lego-star-wars-advent-calendar-2022-countdown/#day12
Today I did manage to work out that this was supposed to be a sand castle (bucket and spade being a massive clue) but I failed to work out what it was based on. My mind was stuck on Tatooine.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 14, 2022, 10:08:09 AM
Very cool stuff- I must admit that I had been looking at Vader in swim fins in the previous photo and thought it would be cool if they actually did that... and lo and behold, there he was! :D
As for the skyhopper being Imperial grey, why wouldn't it be? After all, Luke was trying to go to the Imperial Academy at that point!
Star Wars would have been a very different series had Uncle Owen not successfully kept Luke on the farm!
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 14, 2022, 12:28:15 PM
There is lots of sand for building castles on Tatooine! :DIt's a fair point Grant. My memory says that the T-16 model you see Luke playing with is more sandy/creamy in colour but I could be way off.
Very cool stuff- I must admit that I had been looking at Vader in swim fins in the previous photo and thought it would be cool if they actually did that... and lo and behold, there he was! :D
As for the skyhopper being Imperial grey, why wouldn't it be? After all, Luke was trying to go to the Imperial Academy at that point!
Star Wars would have been a very different series had Uncle Owen not successfully kept Luke on the farm!
Def
Day 14 (before I forget)
A nifty rendition of a B-Wing. I did wonder if it might be a Resistance Bomber at first, but no, definitely a B-wing. If I'm being super picky I'd say that the cockpit doesn't really convey the roundness of the real thing. Also in grey. :think:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 15, 2022, 12:36:20 PM
And why not? All of Star Wars boils down to finances, trade and politics! :D
That's probably one of the things that fascinates me the most about Star Wars- you have magical wizards with swords made of light, you have spaceships capable of travelling anywhere in the galaxy within a few hours, you have an exceptional gallery of rogues only overshadowed by a variety of creatures beyond our imagination.... and yet it all started with trade disputes which lead to overbearing governments, which got so bad that a guy who made his living smuggling drugs was the good guy! :ahhh
And that is totally not why I have started installing secret compartments in my Jeep, no matter what anyone tells you! :P
Def
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2022, 02:01:57 PM
Imperial grey was probably on everything, for no other reason than it was probably produced in such high volumes to cover all of the Imperial Fleet that it not only supported entire planetary economies, but also was dirt cheap for anyone looking for a decent, inexpensive paint for their starship.
And why not? All of Star Wars boils down to finances, trade and politics! :D
That's probably one of the things that fascinates me the most about Star Wars- you have magical wizards with swords made of light, you have spaceships capable of travelling anywhere in the galaxy within a few hours, you have an exceptional gallery of rogues only overshadowed by a variety of creatures beyond our imagination.... and yet it all started with trade disputes which lead to overbearing governments, which got so bad that a guy who made his living smuggling drugs was the good guy! :ahhh
And that is totally not why I have started installing secret compartments in my Jeep, no matter what anyone tells you! :P
Def
Your secret is safe. 8)
Post by: Gareth on December 15, 2022, 02:43:38 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 17, 2022, 03:31:51 PM
As sure as brussel sprouts, you're going to get a "weapons rack" in a Star Wars advent calendar. Just about as welcome too. ::) The Mouse Droid is kinda cute though. :D
Today's is much better; an Imperial Snowtrooper. 8) I was always a "good guy" toy buyer but for some reason I did have a few speSmurfpillst Stormtrooper figures, and this was one of them.
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 17, 2022, 11:11:20 PM
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Post by: Gareth on December 21, 2022, 05:49:40 PM
The whole Echo Base is feeling very well represented this year.
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Post by: McStitchy on December 23, 2022, 08:28:26 PM
Day 22 and we have another bit of set dressing. Love the fact you can hang Luke upside down. :D
Jedi style :like:
...fun pics Gareth :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 24, 2022, 12:51:07 AM
Penultimate day brings us a very festive Santa Gonk Droid.
I'm glad you said what it was. Not sure i would have gotten that from looking at it.
Def
Post by: Whoey on December 24, 2022, 10:44:33 AM
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on December 24, 2022, 11:13:52 PM
That R2 is very cool!
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 08, 2023, 08:47:21 PM
I will still do my best to resist the urge, but there are cracks forming in my resolve! :ahhh
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Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 08, 2023, 08:47:50 PM
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Post by: Chako on January 08, 2023, 09:16:10 PM
I bought 7 3d metal kits last year and built 4 of them over the holidays. I will say, third party ones are not as good as the metal earth kits. I had to throw away 1 of the airplane models due to lack of proper instructions combined with poor laser cutting leaving micro metal bridges that frustrated me something fierce. At least these guys did allow me to not buy more Lego stuff recently.
Post by: Gareth on January 09, 2023, 02:28:49 AM
I've been avoiding buying Lego, and then one of my nephews gets me this set for Christmas! :facepalm:
I will still do my best to resist the urge, but there are cracks forming in my resolve! :ahhh
Def
That's a great looking set there boss. :tu:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 09, 2023, 09:46:07 PM
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Post by: Huntsman on January 10, 2023, 12:37:24 AM
.... I was tempted to steal your thunder a couple of times - As our day starts 11 hours before yours - But managed to restrain myself ... ;)
@ Grant - really really nice set.....
However - Batman and Star Wars ..... Are you having problems living in the real world? / Leaving your childhood? ....... :pok: :rofl:
Post by: Grant Lamontagne on January 10, 2023, 12:53:39 AM
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Post by: Chako on January 11, 2023, 03:16:48 AM
Here are the 4 models I made over my Christmas vacation. I know they aren't Lego...but since I mentioned them in here...
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Post by: Chako on May 23, 2023, 01:19:14 AM
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The instructions were very good.
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I did encounter an issue with the Captain's cabin. Every time I attempted to put the sides on, the rear would fall apart as a portion of it was held with only a single strip of bricks. After some swearing and cursing, out came the plastic cement, which fixed my issues.
Here is the Black Pearl which dwarfs all my other Pirate Ships builds. The model was so tall that it wouldn't fit on that top shelf. I didn't like where it was in this photo as it was a bit sketchy and I would cry if it ever fell into thousands of pieces. It now resides in my bathroom where it fits nicely.
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Bonus shots of the other Pirate Fleet members.
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And the Black Pearl.
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I added a few mini figures to the Pearl.
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Post by: Chako on May 23, 2023, 01:23:52 AM
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Post by: Chako on May 23, 2023, 01:48:38 AM
Engine compartment details.
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Fighting compartment details. A lot to look at here from the canon details right down to the propellent charges and shells.
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Early in the build.
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One thing I did notice with this kit, and possibly something to think about these Nifeliz kits, the brick holding power is not as good as the LEGO industry leader. I found myself having to compress the bricks on occasion as I handled the tank during the build. Nothing terrible by any means.
Here is the finished monster.
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Some mini figure details.
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Fighting compartment with commander and crew.
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It is rather imposing.
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The box is rather thick and reeks of quality.
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Rear details.
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Another profile view.
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The instruction booklet for the most part was clear and concise...that is until you noticed a few errors throughout that popped up on the next illustration or two down the road.
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The outer tank thread pontoons are removable and can be towed behind the slimmer tank for train rides...just like the original prototype.
Post by: WhichDawg on June 02, 2023, 01:50:29 PM
Post by: Gareth on June 02, 2023, 03:08:00 PM
I just finished this Nifeliz T28 super heavy tank model that contained 2986 pieces. Almost 400 of which are tank threads. I can tell you that building 4 tank threads of 98 pieces each was time consuming. I guess this is my largest piece count model to date. I have never built anything from this Chinese manufacturer, and was a bit worried about the instructions. I should have had no fear as the instructions were for the most part good. there were a few instances where pieces were added into steps that you didn't know until you were a little ways past in the built as they would show up on later photos. I guess I now know why this kit was billed as 16+. Nothing too horrific, but it did keep me on my toes...which I sort of enjoyed for the most part. The model is fairly detailed, and came with 6 mini figures.
Engine compartment details.
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Fighting compartment details. A lot to look at here from the canon details right down to the propellent charges and shells.
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Early in the build.
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One thing I did notice with this kit, and possibly something to think about these Nifeliz kits, the brick holding power is not as good as the LEGO industry leader. I found myself having to compress the bricks on occasion as I handled the tank during the build. Nothing terrible by any means.
Here is the finished monster.
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Some mini figure details.
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Fighting compartment with commander and crew.
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It is rather imposing.
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The box is rather thick and reeks of quality.
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Rear details.
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Another profile view.
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The instruction booklet for the most part was clear and concise...that is until you noticed a few errors throughout that popped up on the next illustration or two down the road.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52918389064_9b82c1d579_4k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oCdzqm)20230522_140226A (https://flic.kr/p/2oCdzqm) by Chako (https://www.flickr.com/photos/187039850@N04/), on Flickr
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The outer tank thread pontoons are removable and can be towed behind the slimmer tank for train rides...just like the original prototype.
OK, that's pretty cool. :like:
Post by: PitCarver on June 05, 2023, 07:45:15 PM
Recently I picked up one of the build on mugs and decided to add a space shuttle.
On the handle, I added a Victorinox Rally with a brick added to the back scale.
Now I'm on the hunt for a couple thin baseplates to add to the sides.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Post by: WhichDawg on August 13, 2023, 11:03:43 AM
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/concorde-10318 (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/concorde-10318)
I already have the Cobi version (half the size) be interesting to compare ;)
Post by: WhichDawg on October 31, 2023, 05:46:02 PM
I don’t know about you but I personally can’t get enough of those Lego turkeys!
Post by: pfrsantos on October 31, 2023, 06:06:49 PM
I haven't done anything with Lego for quite a while now. My sidekick has almost all of my old bricks and things. I did hang on to most of my old Lego model kits though.Does it take a hot coffee/tea without melting, leaking or awltering the flavour? How did you managed to get that SAK to hold on to the handle?
Recently I picked up one of the build on mugs and decided to add a space shuttle.
On the handle, I added a Victorinox Rally with a brick added to the back scale.
Now I'm on the hunt for a couple thin baseplates to add to the sides.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
:tu: :tu:
Post by: Whoey on November 01, 2023, 01:13:31 PM
A colleague brought me 76900 Speed Champions Koenigsegg.
I also picked up the 2023 Star Wars Advent (75366).
I really need a good display case and to throw some time at building sets... I'm pretty sure I have at least a dozen in the queue now...
Post by: WhichDawg on November 01, 2023, 02:40:00 PM
I picked up the Concorde, with 40596 Magic Maze for free.
A colleague brought me 76900 Speed Champions Koenigsegg.
I also picked up the 2023 Star Wars Advent (75366).
I really need a good display case and to throw some time at building sets... I'm pretty sure I have at least a dozen in the queue now...
YAY! I’m waiting for double points to get my Concorde. They say it’s a great and fun build hope you agree. I did just order the Marvel “The Guardians' Ship” for 127 (Amazon) on sale cheapest ever! :o
Post by: Whoey on November 01, 2023, 04:18:20 PM
I was going back and forth about getting it so early, and I really regret not getting the UCS slave one when it came out and was actually affordable... also given how popular it seems to be, I thought better now than pay even more or worse not find it later...
Post by: WhichDawg on November 01, 2023, 11:09:34 PM
Post by: m47mu74nt on November 06, 2023, 04:09:03 PM
Post by: PitCarver on January 05, 2024, 10:44:40 PM
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Once built, she thought it was cute and set it out at the Christmas tree.
Me, I thought it was just short and needed something extra so the Boss Lady picked me up several sets to play with. I had 4 sets at $4.99 each plus pieces from the box of Legos that have gone from me, through my kids down to the grandkids. Some of these have to be over 50 years old. I've still got some extra trucks and a set or 2 connectors so I may need another car.
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I think it'll go on the mantle next year for Christmas.
Post by: Gareth on February 15, 2024, 03:23:14 PM