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LEGO |OT 3| Build Hard. Buy Fast. No Mercy.
- Thread starter PhoncipleBone
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Deadceptor
Member
So I made this over the weekend:
This is my second fully studless MOC. I was an avid LEGO builder as a kid and I lost my interest when these studless parts came. Now many many years after I got this urge to start building again and this time using these studless parts. In April I bought 3 large LEGO sets for some parts to get started and experiment different things. I build my first studless RC car but it was nothing special. Structurally weak and powerless...and ugly as hell. A few months of training and I was able to pull this off.
Here's a short video of it in action.
First things first, I build this durability in mind. Our friends and siblings have a lot of kids and when they visit us they want to drive with my creations of course. My first car was so wrecked after 15 minutes when the kids drove around with it so I was not going to make the same mistake again. So that big ass front bumper is there to protect the wheels and the steering mechanism =)
I'm very satisfied with this one, it's sturdy, fast and responsive. There's much to improve of course and I'm just itching to break it apart and start building something new and better =D
This is my second fully studless MOC. I was an avid LEGO builder as a kid and I lost my interest when these studless parts came. Now many many years after I got this urge to start building again and this time using these studless parts. In April I bought 3 large LEGO sets for some parts to get started and experiment different things. I build my first studless RC car but it was nothing special. Structurally weak and powerless...and ugly as hell. A few months of training and I was able to pull this off.
Here's a short video of it in action.
First things first, I build this durability in mind. Our friends and siblings have a lot of kids and when they visit us they want to drive with my creations of course. My first car was so wrecked after 15 minutes when the kids drove around with it so I was not going to make the same mistake again. So that big ass front bumper is there to protect the wheels and the steering mechanism =)
I'm very satisfied with this one, it's sturdy, fast and responsive. There's much to improve of course and I'm just itching to break it apart and start building something new and better =D
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Very nice work. Very nice.So I made this over the weekend:
This is my second fully studless MOC. I was an avid LEGO builder as a kid and I lost my interest when these studless parts came. Now many many years after I got this urge to start building again and this time using these studless parts. In April I bought 3 large LEGO sets for some parts to get started and experiment different things. I build my first studless RC car but it was nothing special. Structurally weak and powerless...and ugly as hell. A few months of training and I was able to pull this off.
Here's a short video of it in action.
First things first, I build this durability in mind. Our friends and siblings have a lot of kids and when they visit us they want to drive with my creations of course. My first car was so wrecked after 15 minutes when the kids drove around with it so I was not going to make the same mistake again. So that big ass front bumper is there to protect the wheels and the steering mechanism =)
I'm very satisfied with this one, it's sturdy, fast and responsive. There's much to improve of course and I'm just itching to break it apart and start building something new and better =D
Winnie the Pimp
Member
i'm not a fan fan of Technic myself but this looks like something you can actually play with without it breaking apart if handled without great care...
success!
Good thing I am counting on S@H instead of a store!
Chezzymann
Member
Any chance of them selling the exo suit early in the US or is it just a Europe thing?
There is supposedly a hard sell date of Aug 1st... but seems like every time there are some people who manage to get a store to sell them. I wouldn't bank on it though!
Buy online and rest easy.
Auron_Kale
Member
Friend will be giving it to me on Thursday before GotG. Can't wait.
Here's a photo he took to tease me...
Here's a photo he took to tease me...
Friend will be giving it to me on Thursday before GotG. Can't wait.
Here's a photo he took to tease me...
Sweet! Did your friend stand in line to get that for you? If so, that is one awesome friend!
I'm taking my son to see GotG this weekend. Once the movie gets out we're going to head to the LEGO store and pick up the GotG sets. We'll probably have to buy 2 of the Knowhere sets, as I'm sure he'll want his own Rocket and Groot once he has seen them in the movie.
Auron_Kale
Member
Actually, his uncle and dad were at SDCC so his uncle bought it. Not sure if he had to wait though as his uncle has an exhibitor's badge for the con I believe.
But yeah, at least I got the set.
Jeff Vader
Member
I wonder how Lego decides where to open up their stores. I mean, it sucks being in central cal where we have no Lego store while both north and southern cal have all the stores.
BentBricks
Member
Yes it is strange Los Angeles/Orange County have 5 LEGO stores.
Wondering and hoping for the same.
Double strike !!!
I got 2 because the manager of the Lego Paris store is a real nice girl. She's real cute, too. That's weird.
Jeff Vader
Member
And they're all nice stores but I mean what does a guy have to do to get one out here? Go on Change.org and get a petition started? xD
Which part is weird: that she is nice or cute and working at a LEGO store?
Congrats regardless. Im suoer jealous, especially since its my birthday and I can't buy LEGO sets today.
Someone posted pics of an unboxed and built LEGO SDCC Batmobile on Toy Ark:
http://news.toyark.com/2014/07/28/l...-series-batmobile-unboxing-photo-shoot-134241
...but not the instructions, although I'm sure they will appear eventually if you read the comments.
I'm pretty happy that I got the back of my moc mostly right, looking at this!
Also: EXOSUIT GET.
http://news.toyark.com/2014/07/28/l...-series-batmobile-unboxing-photo-shoot-134241
...but not the instructions, although I'm sure they will appear eventually if you read the comments.
I'm pretty happy that I got the back of my moc mostly right, looking at this!
Also: EXOSUIT GET.
BentBricks
Member
San Diego Comic Con survey from LEGO:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LEGOatSDCC2014
Here's your chance WordAssassin
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LEGOatSDCC2014
Here's your chance WordAssassin
PeteZaTheHutt
Member
Haha, I've just heard so many comments from people that SDCC is just a gigantic gathering of geek/nerd stereotypes who live in their parents' basements, live on Mountain Dew and Doritos, never shower, don't use deodorant, watch My Little Pony etcetera etcetera. The only time that I noticed any type of geek/nerd "smell" was when we were going up the escalators on the Thursday to get our badges and there was a subtle smell that reminded me of my stinky hockey equipment bag from when I was a kid. Other than that, no real smells thank goodness.Wait that's a thing? I wound up doing that on accident but if it's tradition I'll just claim I was in on it the whole time...
The plus side of getting stuck in the rain was that I felt a little less disgusting after, at least.
I did accidentally meet and befriend a Comic-Con stereotype on the Friday. I was looking for my wife in the morning in the Sails Pavillion where they do the autographs because Hasbro was giving out their toy store vouchers there. I couldn't find the Hasbro booth there and I was looking at the Hasbro exclusive order form at the instructions on how to get the vouchers when this really weird looking guy walked up to me. He was wearing a white dirty lab coat, some kind of furry-type hat and thick glasses. He asked me if I had managed to get a Hasbro voucher and I said no. He then said that he had lined up very early that morning and he had acquired one himself that was good to use after 4:00 that day. He then kindly offered to buy some stuff for me if I wanted. We then arranged to meet later on at the Hasbro line-up in the main exhibit hall. By the way, his name was Ernst. So my wife, daughter and I spent the next several hours having loads of fun in the exhibit hall and then I popped over to the Hasbro line at 3:30. Amazingly, the Hasbro people let me jump in line with Ernst even though I didn't have a voucher. I quickly found out that Ernst wasn't offering to buy me stuff on his voucher out of the goodness of his little heart. I was planning on getting the Jabba ($70) and the My Little Pony Mane-iac figure ($54) for my daughter. I was just going to give Ernst $130 so that he'd have a little extra for his trouble. It quickly became evident to me that Ernst expected me to pay for a second My Little Pony Mane-iac figure for him. He told me that he was a Brony (he actually used that term to describe himself) and he actually had attended the My Little Pony panel earlier that day. After much back and forth regarding how we were going to split the payment (I was politely trying to hint to him that I was NOT going to pay $54 for him), he reluctantly agreed to the $6 extra that I was willing to give him. It was still difficult to decide on how to pay the cashier because he didn't have any cash on him at all and he only had a Discover card on him that he wasn't sure would work because his mother was closely watching his spending on the card. Yes, I warned you that this guy was a stereotype. So anyway, his card worked (thank goodness) and he got what he wanted and I got what I wanted. The socially-awkward Ernst then walked off into the sunset without even saying goodbye after I tried multiple times to thank him.
I am SO filling that survey out RIGHT NOW.BentBricks said:
EDIT: I just finished taking that survey. I basically repeated what I said in my earlier rant minus the swearing. Thanks for posting the link, BB.
I asked LEGO to make more of the exclusive sets and have a ticketing system similar to Hasbro. For a company bigger than Hasbro, they do a terrible job with getting the products out to their fans.
HammerOfThor
Member
I wish these exclusives would come to Chicago Comic Con while NOT being jacked up in price by third party vendors
WordAssassin
Member
I wish these exclusives would come to Chicago Comic Con while NOT being jacked up in price by third party vendors
I wish that the sets they made were just "ComiCon Exclusive" so that they'd be available at all ComiCons, not just San Diego.
Basically let more people get the chance to buy the goddamn sets.
*trundles off to fill out that survey*
Jables Swan
Member
You should be happy there are stores near enough to you. I would kill for just 1 store in Australia, even if I had to fly for hours to get there. I've emailed Lego about it and they just give me the run around. I guess there aren't any plans to get one in Aus ever.
tiggerkiddo
Member
That is odd because we have two in the Denver metro area...
Could you mod it to make it more sturdy without sacrificing much of the appeal?
Pig guy is cool (much like all the animal costume ones) but I'm not really feeling this one. I mean the jester was cool back when the Castle advent calendar came out and it was new. Now it's old hat.
That Mini Cooper looks cool. I have VIP points so I may consider getting that as my infrequent purchase of the year.
Eklipsis
Member
How tall does it stand?
BentBricks
Member
If you want to thank me, I'll PM you my contact information and you can send me a My Little Pony.
Thanks!This Orthanc MOC I am working on is starting to get more expensive than planned :/ Just put in another 100 dollar bricklink order and I've barely started building it, still working on the base. I have a lot of what I need for beyond the base and I've ordered a bunch extra so hopefully not many more big orders. So far I am at around 250 dollars in bricklink orders for this MOC + 400 dollars in 2x Lego Orthancs for all the black bricks etc. Another 100 dollars and It will be my most expensive MOC ever. My Department Store MOC cost me 750 dollars. I will maybe take some pictures of the base revisions ive been making the last 3 weeks with a comparison to the official model. Its looking lik4e the base may be between a 48x48 and 64x64 stud footprint.
PalaceBrother
Member
It is strange. I have three LEGO stores within a 40 minute drive, in addition to a store that that specializes in retired LEGO sets about 10 minutes from home. I travel pretty regularly throughout North America (Reno in a couple of weeks!) and official LEGO stores are never in convenient locations.
BentBricks
Member
There is something wrong with this MOC, I can't quite put my finger on it. If this is not the appropriate thread let me know.
Check out his feed for the other photos of the spaceship which shows it in ummm...different modes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nolnet/
Check out his feed for the other photos of the spaceship which shows it in ummm...different modes.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nolnet/
About 6 inches or so to the top of the mech, maybe 2/3 of the height of the treebeard which comes with Orthanc
Eklipsis
Member
Lol oh no. Is this the kid from Super bad?!
ahahhahahhhahahahhaha, oh man, he musta been feeling juvenile that day.
BentBricks
Member
Did you check out his feed? Those other "modes" leaves no doubt of where he got his inspiration.
Super Bad?
Eklipsis
Member
The movie superbad where the kid can't stop drawing penises
BentBricks
Member
I remember the movie, but I don't remember that part (pun intended). I remember Emma Stone.
I remember the movie, but I don't remember that part (pun intended). I remember Emma Stone.
Did you watch the PG13 aka made for TV verison? Thats like a totally different movie.
Superbad Unrated is LEGO (godlike)
Superbad PG-13 is Megabloks (you get what theyre going for but it doesnt quite work and feels cheap and uninspired)
PeteZaTheHutt
Member
My daughter would kill me if I did that!If you want to thank me, I'll PM you my contact information and you can send me a My Little Pony.
If you look at other pictures, this is kind of so he could get a sexual favor from a pornstar. Christy Mack posted on Twitter that she would perform oral sex on the person who made her the best LEGO creation that she could put in her house.
BentBricks
Member
Risible
Member
Ewww. Way to subvert a wholesome hobby. I'm no prude but this seems a bit grimy.
I'm OK with it as a one-off "haha guess you can make anything with LEGO" joke.
If there's a whole subculture out there about this I don't want to know about it...