nicoga3000
Saint Nic
To each his own, eh?
I'm right there with you though...I'd spend $400 on Lego no problem. Not on a Star Wars set though - just not my cup of tea.
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To each his own, eh?
I'm right there with you though...I'd spend $400 on Lego no problem. Not on a Star Wars set though - just not my cup of tea.anonymous_abc
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im going bonkers right now.
installed the Lego Digital Designer on my mac, but i cant rotat bricks.
googling tells me one should use the arrow keys, but they do jack, and i cant find anything specific to the mac version...
anyone know what I am missing?
the thing is i used LDD a year ago, and I had the same problem but figured it out somehow but for the life of me I cant now...
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got it, drag the piece first... for some reason...
installed the Lego Digital Designer on my mac, but i cant rotat bricks.
googling tells me one should use the arrow keys, but they do jack, and i cant find anything specific to the mac version...
anyone know what I am missing?
the thing is i used LDD a year ago, and I had the same problem but figured it out somehow but for the life of me I cant now...
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got it, drag the piece first... for some reason...
agree, I think the star destroyer is Better looking. And the SSD doesnt do much in the movies, whereas the star destroyers are front and centre right from the start
Only thing dropping me buying the previous one is the hope they'll do a new UCS of it
Bakkuma371
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I agree that the ISD is the better Lego model but onyl becasue to do the SSD real jutsice it has to be huge and I mean twice the size at least of the current model. That will never happen though so due to the ability to have more detail the ISD wins.
Having said that, I am so enjoying building the SSD and I have just got to the end of box one, bag(s) 1.
Having said that, I am so enjoying building the SSD and I have just got to the end of box one, bag(s) 1.
Para bailar La Bomba
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What is the Lego number for ISD?
Speaking of the Western theme, I would remind/urge everyone to vote for the Western modular set on LEGO Cuusoo - they just broke the half-way mark (5,000 votes) for hopefully making this a reality.
What is the deal with the Cuusoo website, is it a remarkably polished fan site or part of the official site?
Chuckie
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It's official, if a set gets 10000 votes, it may get made. I think they actually produced 3 so far.
Here's the press release about the second model the site's produced.
The third, obviously is the upcoming Minecraft set. It's creation and development has, unfortunately been better documented. I'm hopeful the Western Modulars above make the goal.
Para bailar La Bomba
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I voted for the Western set.
Now vote for the Ultimate Collectors Series Sandcrawler. It's looks insane:
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/1786
Machine
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Why "unfortunately"?
I think it's a waste of the service, especially given the final product and the way it was voted for by all the minecraft fans.
It's a testament to how effective the site can be and how anything can be produced though, I wont deny that.
Snkfanatic
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Wow I never noticed the price difference between practically any other retailer and the lego online store. Are they seriously charging 120 for the xwing???
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I've seen this one before...It really is an amazing model. It would be really cool to see them produce something like this in the future (after doing another non-Star Wars super set...).
I sort of agree - it's a good way to show how the site can work given support, but Minecraft is, in my opinion, not the set that should have gotten all the support it did. There are so many other sets that I think deserved it more than that theme did. But that's just how this sort of thing goes!
jtkauff
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Uh, no? The X-Wing shows up for me at retail price, USD 59.99. I know some sites will discount that price a very small amount (generally not more than more than 4 or 5% off for a non-sale set, though I guess BN.com was doing 10% off retail when the new Star Wars sets first launched), but Lego always sells for whatever their retail price is.
mickcenary
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So, I picked up the Ewok Attack, Cannibal Escape and Log Cabin all for around 115AUD, which is pretty good, I think. An odd-seeming mix at first, but the colour congruity and foliage pieces were the main draw-cards and have me quite excited to kick-start my budding MOC career! This is going to be demoralizing. WOOYEAHLEGO!
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I found someone local selling 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer with no minifigs for $75. I'm not a Star Wars fan, but I might bite. There's some cool pieces in that...
DrForester
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I voted for the Western set.
Now vote for the Ultimate Collectors Series Sandcrawler. It's looks insane:
http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/1786
That's way too big for LEGO to make into a set though.
St. Basil's Cathedral!
Theonik
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ConfusingJazz
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If they did a big St Basil's Cathedral, I would buy it day one.
It might be showing the "double" price to denote double points in the first part of March.
Petshop should be arriving tonight!
Are any of you subscribed to the Master Builder's Academy? I was considering buying those kits when free shipping happens. Wondering if it's worth it.
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kit-1-Space-Designer-20200
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kits-2-6-Subscription-4659018
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kits-7-9-Subscription-6018031
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kit-1-Space-Designer-20200
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kits-2-6-Subscription-4659018
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Master-Builder-Academy-Kits-7-9-Subscription-6018031
Chartres Cathedral
I got my son a subscription, and he seems to like them fairly well. I haven't had much of a chance to look at them yet. I wasn't aware of the 7-9 sets, though, I'd be interested in the modular design one myself.
Kit 7-9 is only a preorder. It's actually out in May.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Why is MBA US-only?
Lego wanted to do a test run with it in America. I assume it's a success since they're making more kits for the second year.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Hmm - that MBA stuff is sort of cool. The 7-9 kits look like something I'd be interested in (the rest, not so much).
megashock5
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THIS a million times. I've been wanting this for years.
Day one. In fact, I'd preorder the thing. You hear me, LEGO?
Snkfanatic
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I am looking at the lego site right now and it still says $119 for the price. Nothing noted about VIP points just a price of 119.
Other strange pricing
449.99 for the Shuttle
89.99 for the Tie Fighter
Not sure why my prices are so high but that is what is showing up. I even added it to my cart to make sure it wasn't some wierd issue and it says my order total for a xwing would be 154.99 (35 shipping wow)
bucknuticus
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The US site?
Snkfanatic
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Yes, I even logged out of my username on there to make sure I didn't do something strange.
Bearded Dudebro
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Just got the final parts and finished up wetwired's Lego Tumbler. Ended up making a couple changes to the rear spoiler cause in his design it kept falling off. I really like it.
I don't think I've posted this yet, custom instructions for the Batmobile Tumbler MOC I made a few years back
Tumbler MOC Instructions
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Because of double points March, yes?!
Snkfanatic
Banned
Unless something is escaping me I really don't see how that would be worth it. Why pay double the price just for...points?
I don't think you actually pay that price, not sure though.
fredrancour
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Damn, MBA sets 7-9 look really fun. I'm kinda tempted to buy the earlier ones, but I feel like I'd have more fun spending all that money on dino, or waiting for monster fighter or LotR.
I kinda wish I'd started looking at legos a couple of years sooner, so many of the recently out of print sets seem like fun.
I kinda wish I'd started looking at legos a couple of years sooner, so many of the recently out of print sets seem like fun.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Ok that fixed it, odd since I looked at the top right when I was having issues and it said US. I left it alone since I figured it was right.
Thanks guys
This looks like the worst set ever, yet it gets the most votes this week. FUUUUUUUUU
Chuckie
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Apple, the newest religion.
It's a grey box with zero playability and an ugly approximation of a logo.
Shit makes me MAD ;-)
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I know a lot of people have a problem with Apple, but I quite like it. Do I think it deserves to be made over other sets? No. But I think they did a good job with some of the interior details. There's some creative stuff going on in there.
For people in the Bay Area, there's a public fan exhibit on the 18th this month.
http://www.bricksbythebay.com/
http://www.bricksbythebay.com/
anonymous_abc
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While we are on the topic of collectible minifigs, I'm not sure if everyone is aware of the upcoming VIP "fan's choice" set:
So whats the Deal with this will they be available to VIP customers only?
And they are indeed a Sorry selection....
Gully State
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Please vote for the Gundam CUUSOO. It's criminal that that thing only has 172 votes.
Not the CUUSOO page
Not the CUUSOO page
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