Chezzymann
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No, the bike and Optimus aren't mine. As I mentioned, I went to a LUG meeting.
*mouth salivates*
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LEGO |OT 4| EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
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*mouth salivates*
Avengers Tower MOD, By ReZourceman on Eurobricks:
The UCS verison!
Woo! I'm going to trade my light-up lightsaber Anakin and Obi-Wan minifigures (which I've had for ages and don't care about at all) and Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, and Magneto from the Sentinel set that I got for $15 (meanwhile I get to keep the excellent Blackbird ship AND have a second awesome Sentinel) for a complete Simpsons Series 1 minifigure set! So excited.
...The only thing this means is that I'll almost definitely have to buy the Simpsons House and Kwik-E-Mart now.
...The only thing this means is that I'll almost definitely have to buy the Simpsons House and Kwik-E-Mart now.
wooo, just finished transfering the bottom floors of my Orthanc MOC to a new raised baseplate that I built in structural support. The transfer took a few hours due to all the intricate detail I had to transfer over but at least most of it went over in one piece. Had some really time consuming trouble getting the side walls back on as well as some of the interior columns.
Basically by putting it on raised baseplates it will allow me to have some varied terrain around the building. I plan on putting in a pond for instance and some rises and declines. I am raising six 48x48 stud baseplates by 1 brick and 2 studs height. This also allows me to use technic studs to link it all and take it apart for easy transport. The interior in order to lower costs is full of those sports plates from that old line LEGO had. Anyways some pictures will probably be incoming in a few weeks. I have to finish it by June and really I need to get it done by the end of April because May and June will be really busy.
Basically by putting it on raised baseplates it will allow me to have some varied terrain around the building. I plan on putting in a pond for instance and some rises and declines. I am raising six 48x48 stud baseplates by 1 brick and 2 studs height. This also allows me to use technic studs to link it all and take it apart for easy transport. The interior in order to lower costs is full of those sports plates from that old line LEGO had. Anyways some pictures will probably be incoming in a few weeks. I have to finish it by June and really I need to get it done by the end of April because May and June will be really busy.
PhoncipleBone
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Is it still hitting the ceiling?
It can't not be at this point.
It's been way past the ceiling for a while now >.> There is no way it was getting shorter. Need a bigger house
Chezzymann
Member
When its done make it a lawn ornament
The Tower of Ornithanc.
PalaceBrother
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I'm doing the same thing. The only current SW sets I don't have are the UCS ones so I'm hoping to pick them up to get multiple Yularen polys as well.
I haven't done the math here, but are you sure you're coming out ahead?
I don't think he is coming out ahead there, but I am not positive. Arnt some of those minifigs in his list worth 50 dollars or more.
EDIT: NM, I think its a pretty good deal.
The trade ended up falling through... The person thought I was including the Sentinel from the set as well.
Anyways, I did the rough math and it was close enough to an even trade. Probably slightly in my favor, though not by an outrageous amount or anything. Not that it really matters much now.
Kind of a bummer. Would've been cool to have the Simpsons minifigures.
But yeah, uh, since those trades fell through, anyone want great condition light-up lightsaber Anakin and Obi-Wan and/or the minifigures (but not Sentinel) from the X-Men Sentinel set? Haha
Yeah someone else pointed it out, I let my son play with it before I put it in the frame. He likes to take the hands off and stick it in the arm sockets to make stumpy arms.
I've since fixed it up.
So many stickers in quinjet though, I ended up applying all over them except for that asymetrical yellow L on that big blue curved slope piece.
That's generally how I roll with stickers now, on most small parts I'll use them. Bigger ones is case by case, I applied the cockpit one for example as that piece will still be useful for MOCs with the sticker applied. Whereas a tiny little yellow L on a large piece only on one side restricts the amount of use I can get out of that piece.
PhoncipleBone
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Stumpy arms? That is hilarious. I never thought of doing that. I see a stumpy armed Hulk and Cave Troll in my future.
LEGO books arriving later this year:
More details at The Brick Fan: http://www.thebrickfan.com/upcoming-lego-dk-books-for-late-2015/
More details at The Brick Fan: http://www.thebrickfan.com/upcoming-lego-dk-books-for-late-2015/
PhoncipleBone
Banned
The Great Sets book should be neat if it is like the Mini Fig Year by Year like they say.LEGO books arriving later this year:
More details at The Brick Fan: http://www.thebrickfan.com/upcoming-lego-dk-books-for-late-2015/
And Awesome Ideas better deliver. Play Book is still the best official ideas book out there.
WordAssassin
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Someone returned two Santa's Workshops today!! I grabbed one to finally have all 8 reindeer and I guess totally deck out the workshop? So psyched.
BentBricks
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And that is how it is done! Ceiling not high enough for a LEGO MOC, get a bigger house! More room for LEGO.
peteykirch
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Made this for my GF for our anniversary;
Then we go to the Lego Store last night and she buys my the Parisian Restaurant as a combo Anniversary/BDay present.
I can't be happier with her. We'll end up building it this weekend together.
Then we go to the Lego Store last night and she buys my the Parisian Restaurant as a combo Anniversary/BDay present.
I can't be happier with her. We'll end up building it this weekend together.
Just a little heads up for any fellow Belgians in this thread (if there are any?): Dreamland has got the T16 Skyhopper on sale for €20, which is a great deal for what I think is a nifty little set.
Bonus: you even get the 40086 Easter Bunny promotional set with it for free!
Bonus: you even get the 40086 Easter Bunny promotional set with it for free!
anonymous_abc
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Made this for my GF for our anniversary;
Then we go to the Lego Store last night and she buys my the Parisian Restaurant as a combo Anniversary/BDay present.
I can't be happier with her. We'll end up building it this weekend together.
Not sure how I feel about those illegal connections.
Na, just kidding, that is really sweet!
PalaceBrother
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Kitsuné;157096768 said:
Just to echo this; the Skyhopper really is a cool little set. Awesome figs and the ship is definitely larger than I was expecting.
I think we all know what must be done. He must build a real modular house for himself out of Lego. Then he could mod whenever he needed to.
I'm looking at pictures of The Simpsons series 2 minifigs again...the accessory parts chosen are mostly great, but a couple of them could have been improved.
1. I like Moleman's voided driver's license, but I wish he came with his cane and a football so we could re-enact this iconic scene (this episode also includes "boo-urns" making it the best Moleman episode in history IMO).
2. I hate that Patty just has a generic purse. So blah. I wish they had swapped Selma's eye-chart to Patty and given Selma her beloved pet iguana Jub-Jub. He would go great with the Snowball and Santa's Little Helper pieces.
1. I like Moleman's voided driver's license, but I wish he came with his cane and a football so we could re-enact this iconic scene (this episode also includes "boo-urns" making it the best Moleman episode in history IMO).
2. I hate that Patty just has a generic purse. So blah. I wish they had swapped Selma's eye-chart to Patty and given Selma her beloved pet iguana Jub-Jub. He would go great with the Snowball and Santa's Little Helper pieces.
PalaceBrother
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This is a terrific suggestion. They could have re-purposed the Friends lizard just for this.
BentBricks
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Made this for my GF for our anniversary;
Then we go to the Lego Store last night and she buys my the Parisian Restaurant as a combo Anniversary/BDay present.
I can't be happier with her. We'll end up building it this weekend together.
Nice, will go well with the Simpsons Series 2 for next anniversary.
Delicious Waffles
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So I went to the Lego Store this weekend to pick up the Ghostbusters set. As I'm paying, the cashier says that, once she finishes watching the second movie (?!), she's going to pick it up as well. After that, she wanted to get The Simpson's House. I said I wanted to get that as well but it's a little too expensive for me right now. She then says she has a friend who has $195 in VIP rewards and is planning on using them all to get it when they have enough. That's devotion.
tiggerkiddo
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So it seems Target is the place to go if you want the Blu Ray of the Battle of the 5 Armies with the Lego mini figures.
SillyEskimo
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Winnie the Pimp
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For those that know their way around BrickLink:
Is there ANY way to search for stores that actually offer MORE than one piece you're looking for? Say i need 2 or more different pieces and want to cross-match those so the result would give me any stores that offer those 2 (or more) pieces.
I couldn't find it using advanced search somehow, maybe i am dense and didn't see it but....
Is there ANY way to search for stores that actually offer MORE than one piece you're looking for? Say i need 2 or more different pieces and want to cross-match those so the result would give me any stores that offer those 2 (or more) pieces.
I couldn't find it using advanced search somehow, maybe i am dense and didn't see it but....
SiegfriedFM
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Click the "By shop" tab under Wanted. It lists shops that have what you need. You can sort it by how many different lots (types of parts) they have.
oneknightr
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Found a lone Movie Melting Room at Target yesterday with a clearance sticker of $10.48. I went to the scanner and it rang up $4.78! Needless to say, I picked it up. Too bad there weren't any more.
Chezzymann
Member
Just taking some pictures with the Canoe from the Camper Van set for my photography class.
Setup: (Excuse the dirty, cracked surface pro)
Setup: (Excuse the dirty, cracked surface pro)
Wow, that is a great idea!
I did some photoshopping of LEGO and I did the hard way of white background taking their photo and finding environment and trying to blend it...took SO long.
SiegfriedFM
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You should try to match the lighting. Put some strong, sunny lights around it, and try filling a bowl of water to set the canoe in, so there's some reflections from the water to the underside.
a Master Ninja
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Wal-Mart deal shamelessly stolen from reddit: LEGO Creative Building Box for $20. 580 pieces.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Damn. Might swing by WalMart tomorrow and snag one.
D
Diggeh
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My Walmart's had that price for a week or so. I thought you guys knew already!
SillyEskimo
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I know I do.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Sadly the version that has them, doesn't have the 3D version, sorry.
WordAssassin
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The raptors look so much better finalized than they did in the leaks. Thank goodness.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Not much to that set, but the dinos look really cool.
antiquegamer
Member
I rather they put it in the non-3D version. I didn't get a chance to get one this morning but stop by this small Target on my way to work and the display was empty luckily I look through Mockingjay section and found one stash there. Save me time for having to hunt for one later.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Yeah, I had issues finding the CE but luckily they had one left.
The $10 off $40 TRU Canada coupon is coming to an end next Tuesday. Starting on the 27th TRU is continuing their LEGO sale with perhaps one last giant sale.
Star Wars
Super Heroes
City
Juniors
Duplo
Will all be on sale (I'm assuming at least 20% off) plus the $10 coupon stacks. This time it includes some of the newer DC sets like Darkseid Invasion.
Star Wars
Super Heroes
City
Juniors
Duplo
Will all be on sale (I'm assuming at least 20% off) plus the $10 coupon stacks. This time it includes some of the newer DC sets like Darkseid Invasion.
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