tiggerkiddo
Member
No drinking drinks with sugar, alcohol or anything other than water. Same goes for food too.
Someone should start a business where they apply all your stickers straight.
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LEGO GAF |OT2|: Building Dreams. Demolishing Wallets
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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No drinking drinks with sugar, alcohol or anything other than water. Same goes for food too.
Someone should start a business where they apply all your stickers straight.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Goodbye Cafe MOC. You lived a good life for nearly a year, but it is time you merged with the infinite and your parts be reborn in a newer, better MOC. You were loved for being my first ever modular MOC and my first MOC in over 20 years. You will live forever in my heart, but you go to a better place now.
BentBricks
Member
You should do a reverse time lapse to record how you built it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Enjoy. As I disassemble my Cafe MOC, I am reminded of how much Tower Bridge contributed to it. Like 90%
Too late. Two out of three floors gone.
Also, as I take it down I am reminded of how sloppy some of the techniques were as I built it. It was my first MOC in about 20 years, and my first large scale MOC. My Mansion Modular MOC is my favorite, because it is clean and efficient in the techniques. I am debating about taking down my Corner Bookstore MOC as well just to have a HUGE pile of bricks for inventory to make another MOC without limitation, much like when I did the Mansion Modular.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Weekdays is always the best time for me. Hardly anyone is at the malls anyway so I can take my time there and chat with the staff.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The two trips I made I did at like 11am on a Monday. Place was dead. Gave me time to chat with the staff as I took my sweet time at the PAB wall. Was great.
I am afraid of what it will be like on May 4th when I drive there. But also excited.
Release days are always fun - so much energy - from kids or adults. Especially when it is an AFOL set.
With may 4th falling on a Saturday this year, things are going to be extra-crazy.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I've never been to an AFOL event before, am I missing out?
The LEGO store thing I mentioned is not really an event, more of a product launch.
The last really memorable one was the day the Haunted House launched - a big line formed outside the store, with Non-Fans-of-LEGO walking by in utter confusion at all the excitement.
El Pescado
Member
Someone posted an Iron Man Malibu Mansion mod a few pages back and I was just wondering if there were instructions for it anywhere or if whoever made it just posted pics to show it off. It's so much better than LEGO's official set and I want to build it so bad, but I'm totally not skilled enough to pull it off.
Those were all the pics that were posted...uh wherever I found it. There were no instructions provided.
El Pescado
Member
Aww man... The official LEGO set was such a letdown to me and the mod was just so cool. Oh well...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I am excited. I am working until 11 the night of the 3rd, but plan on getting to the Lego store by 930 am on the 4th. No sleep for me before the long drive. Must get my X Wing and B wing!
I finished applying all the stickers to my Daily Bugle set. It was a pain to put so many stickers on. I had to peel and reapply a couple of them so they aligned. I'll need to buy tweezers and whatever things stamp collectors use.
Anyways, I like how the Daily Bugle turned out. It's pretty sturdy and tall building overall. There's lots of play features with several push knobs everywhere. It's the usual "knock wall off" and "drop trap door" style play feature.
The jet that comes with the set feels like it was built by a different designer. It uses a ton of flat plates to achieve it's look. One disappointment is that there is no cockpit controls and you need to remove Dr. Doom's cape to fit him in it.
Overall, it's a great set for kids and MUCH better than the Hulk set in the same price point.
Anyways, I like how the Daily Bugle turned out. It's pretty sturdy and tall building overall. There's lots of play features with several push knobs everywhere. It's the usual "knock wall off" and "drop trap door" style play feature.
The jet that comes with the set feels like it was built by a different designer. It uses a ton of flat plates to achieve it's look. One disappointment is that there is no cockpit controls and you need to remove Dr. Doom's cape to fit him in it.
Overall, it's a great set for kids and MUCH better than the Hulk set in the same price point.
Doesn't look like it.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I love the Friends line and all, but this set is ugly.
The mish mash of colors...ugh. And what is with all the Friends shops like that having such a similar design?
The mish mash of colors...ugh. And what is with all the Friends shops like that having such a similar design?
tiggerkiddo
Member
Yea, not loving the colors of that roof...at least we can modify it and make it look better but still eww on the color scheme.
you know what you have to do
add two floors and make it a proper corner building
kidding aside, my daughter have the city café 3061 and it's meh on the building, but really great on furnitures' building (a thing that the creator's houses lacks) just look here
PhoncipleBone
Banned
you know what you have to do
add two floors and make it a proper corner building
kidding aside, my daughter have the city café 3061 and it's meh on the building, but really great on furnitures' building (a thing that the creator's houses lacks) just look here
Gonna repost my love for the set and the Beauty Shop when I got it last August.
HULK LOOK FABULOUS!
HULK THINK PONY TAIL IS SMASHING!
NOW DEADPOOL JUST TROLLING HULK!
WHAT IS THIS PLACE? HULK CONFUSED WHEN NO SIGN STICKER IS APPLIED!
DEADPOOL, YOU NO TOUCH HULK'S BURGER!
HULK WANT PIE!
NOW TURN ON ICE CREAM MACHINE, DEADPOOL!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41280279&postcount=15078
Donno' how often folks here check out the EB forums, but I found this model recently -
The whole thing is modular and the different hospital areas slide out -
EB Thread - The guy even put instructions up for sale. I'm considering picking them up and seeing what I'd need to make a go at my own version.
The whole thing is modular and the different hospital areas slide out -
EB Thread - The guy even put instructions up for sale. I'm considering picking them up and seeing what I'd need to make a go at my own version.
PeteZaTheHutt
Member
This seems to be the norm with all of the Friends buildings. The structures themselves are just half-buildings that don't quite look right, while the furniture and other interior detail is what steals the show. I still think that the most complete Friends building, in my opinion, is Olivia's House, which balances both aspects fairly well.
Side note: Holy CRAP at that hospital MOC! I like the MRI machine.
Harry Potter
Banned
Almost May and no Orthanc reveal. Dubs T F
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Bah! Want B Wing discount!
Winnie the Pimp
Member
I wonder whether the conditions are gonna be just the same for EU hmm...
PeteZaTheHutt
Member
Jumping in leads to collecting. Collecting leads to obsession. Obsession leads to... bankruptcy. A slippery slope this is...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Eh. Eventually I will get all the figures. If I stumble upon a Mr. Gold, then fine. Eventually smaller places will get figures.
anonymous_abc
Member
PhoncipleBone
Banned
me too! or do I?
frack them!
Oh, you want the B-Wing. Search your feelings. You know it to be true!
And as for the speculators buying up all the figures then returning them, at least they are returning them so those of us that want the figures can still get them. We just may miss out on Mr. Gold.
anonymous_abc
Member
I know I want a B-Wing its my favourite SW ship ev0r
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The fact that I have been holding out since release for the May 4th sale just makes my anticipation for it grow. If it is not discounted, I will be made I didn't order it during double VIP.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Chuck can tell us. Where is Chuck!?
anonymous_abc
Member
Winnie the Pimp
Member
If by UFO sets you mean Alien Conquest, i can only recommend UFO Abduction, neat little set, comes with a nice UFO, a red light brick (for a pretty cool effect) a great alien, space defender and an awesome Farmer (with pitchfork)
tiggerkiddo
Member
No wonder I couldn't find any...dirtbags...=/
anonymous_abc
Member
This was expected, and is the same as the original UCS X-wing, but some may not have known about it.