LEGO

[Rare White Ape]

Yep.

http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1512595_10151914406258403_1635363892_n.jpg

It's a whole house and it looks amazing. More piccies here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151914405768403.1073741856.6665038402&type=3

[Nick T]

I'm hoping to have my Curiosity Rover here by the end of the month!

[Mr Wonder]

Yeah that Simpsons House looks amazing. I'm not sure if I'll pick one up but I'm very tempted. I think it'll be far too big to display anywhere and it doesn't look all that exciting to build, unless you're into tan bricks I guess.

In crazy new some dude over at Eurobricks has made a CAD lego Super Star Destroyer (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=90341). From 71,000 bricks. :eek:
Absolutely nuts. But the thing is spot on, painstakingly accurate. He just needs the $25,000 to buy the parts and build it for real...

In far less crazy, and much less ambitious, lego news I couldn't resist the Rockerfeller Centre (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=21007-1) on sale for £25. I also picked up the Millennium Falcon (http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=75030-1) from the new microfighters series.

[neanderthal]

How about a Unimog?


http://www.lego.com/en-us/technic/products/construction/8110/a

[Mirage]

The Unimog is a beast, took me even longer than the crane truck to build.

[DelSolMan]

I was bored at work one day:
http://i.imgur.com/JIgdaD1.jpg
THIS IS SPARTA!!1

Also, while making that I noticed that the iPhone's face detection also worked on Lego...
http://i.imgur.com/4EN0pQQ.jpg

[M4FFU]

I'm hoping to have my Curiosity Rover here by the end of the month!

Me too - waiting for the UK Lego.com to get stock in.

Built the Back to the Future Cuscoo earlier this week, too, which was fun. Simpson house is £179.99 in the UK. *gulp*

[Rare White Ape]

I ordered my MSL rover along with a few other things to go over the free shipping threshold, expecting them all to ship at once later this month when Curiosity comes back into stock.

I was pleased to find that the other items shipped yesterday, with Curiosity coming in another shipment. All free postage :up:

[M4FFU]

Yeah, had the same too! I think there's a limit of 5 or so parcels differently, but still - all UK lego.com stuff comes from northern Europe, but still free.

[Nick T]

My Rover shipped yesterday!

[animalica]

How about a Unimog?


http://www.lego.com/en-us/technic/products/construction/8110/a

That`s nice but way too big and expensive.

Recently I picked up this one because it also looks like a Unimog but it`s small and cheap:

http://www.us.lego.com/en-us/technic/products/trucks/9390

114

My first LEGO technic - and not my last... :D

[Fiat500]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/4ebff6e60b519bf6e1b1c87b69e30334/tumblr_mx1604dUiV1qz4ymjo1_500.jpg

[Rare White Ape]

I think this is quite possibly the greatest thing about the new Lego movie. Have a close look.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7312/10831879815_372d03e3cd_b.jpg

Beaten up old school helmet with broken chin bar. Who didn't have a few of these in the 80s?

Worn out classic space logo on the chest. Another link to the old days. Virtually every kid with a decent Lego collection has one of these.

But look in the background... Do I spy a ship in old classic space blue/grey/yellow livery? I think I do!

Could we be possibly treated to a new set in classic space colours, but made with new parts as a tie-in to the movie?

I don't nerdgasm often. I will if a set comes out like this.

Pic is somewhat unrelated to these two which have been floating around. A set this big would be too much for a movie tie-in with a side character.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Blues/MMLS/ll-929sml.png
http://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Lego-Movie-70816-Bennys-Spaceship.jpg

[Rob]

Hah. I can't wait for the Lego dude to be played by this guy:

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m686duY2E91rsl308o1_500.jpg

[Nick T]

My Rover showed up a day early! I am hoping that I have time to build it before the weekend.

[Drachen596]

there's some sort of super secret warehouse that Lego has which contains one of every set they've ever produced.

i wish they'd reproduce the old ones though. i had some awesome ones as a kid and i'm pretty sure they've disappeared in the course of my dads many moves.

[Nick T]

Curiosity: Complete

129

(click to embiggenate)

[Rare White Ape]

The angled plates on the front are upside-down.

/OCD

[M4FFU]

Looks awesome, Nick! Can't wait for mine to turn up :)

:eta: Turned up today :up:

[M4FFU]

Half way through the Camper Van build - it's awesome. Detail on it is wicked.

Thinking about one of the creator modular buildings, perhaps the Parisian Restaurant. Anyone got any of them?

[matt s]

I had wanted to get the Grand Prix Race because I saw it was in stock again on the Lego website. Delayed getting it because of getting sick and I've missed out on it again. I hate that it's 130 on their site but is 155-160 elsewhere. :(

[M4FFU]

My Cuscoo stuff.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3752/12089081883_d3fb8737c1_z.jpg

[M4FFU]

Sainsburys had 2013 City stuff on clearance so I got 60002 Fire Truck and 60017 Flat Bed for £12 each. Also picked up the Mini Tie Interceptor 75031 which is cool!

[Mr Wonder]

Great news or greatest news?

http://youtu.be/_QT5zu1x65Q

Next Cuusoo project that passes in the Ghostbusters 30th anniversary set. Just the four minifigs and ECTO1 though, no mention of the firestation.

Also that awesome giant retro space series ship? Being made. Complete with Benny from the movie.

[Rare White Ape]

My Curiosity rover hadn't arrived yet :sadbanana:

So I checked my order on the Lego website to see what was up, and it showed that the delivery was cancelled :?

Something about me not responding to a message (which I never got) asking if I still wanted it, even after I called on the 17th to make sure it was still coming :thppt:

I quick phone call later and the nice lady re-opened my order and sent it to dispatch :toast:

I then asked nicely, since I had to wait so long, if I could please get it sent express instead of regular shipping, and she said yes and apologised for the mistake :up:

Now I just wait for my confirmation email and hope like heck that she doesn't accidentally charge me $60 to ship a $50 set :snap:

[21Kid]

More Lego Awesomeness!!

Build With Chrome (http://inhabitat.com/build-with-chrome-game-lets-you-virtually-make-lego-creations-anywhere-in-the-world/) app lets you create fantasy life-size buildings right from your computer or handheld device. The app is also integrated with Google Maps, so you can build crazy structures in even the most unforgiving terrain.

Build With Chrome lets LEGO freaks get their fix virtually anywhere. Users can dive right in, or learn the software in the Build Academy, which offers games, challenges and tips for building. Each virtual “kit” is well organized, with color coded pieces in varying sizes lined up waiting for use. Like the real thing, each piece makes that satisfying clicking noise when attached to another.

Linked to Google Maps, the program lets you build a LEGO dream house on any plot around the world, fusing the fantasy with reality. Users can also save and share their designs with other fans around the world, or build side by side.

Build With Chrome is available on your computer, or on your hand held Android phone or tablet, sucking up your time even away from the computer. The release of the App coincides with “The Lego Movie,” which opens in late February.

[overpowered]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1/1798873_798739556818894_198366490_n.jpg

[Rob]

Johnny never played a V. He was a Mosrite Ventures man until the day he died.

[GreatScawt]

http://imgur.com/gallery/ekT29

[Mr Wonder]

I finally got around to ordering the book for this from the arvobrothers.

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/198kkofswrjohjpg.jpg

It worked out at £32ish posted, which isn't too bad for a low run book with all the stickers and everything. They very kindly sent me a parts list to put into bricklink. The first store I tried would cost me nearly £280 for only 216 out of 245 different lots. This could be expensive if I go past the "interesting coffee book" phase. I can't find anyone who has built it yet so I don't really have a ballpark for what it should cost, so for now I think I'll wait for the book to arrive then work out dimensions and costs and go from there.

[M4FFU]

So, the film. It's superb. It's not really aimed at kids, and I saw it in an afternoon viewing with many children, most who got bored. Some brilliant lines, great humour, and it looks brilliant. Go.

[Kchrpm]

The kids in the theater I went to were all sitting behind me, but they seemed to be laughing.

I enjoyed it.

[overpowered]

I don't see kids really getting that movie. Some of it I would also deem inappropriate for pre-teens.

Great movie though.

[Rob]

http://i.imgur.com/vMKjvUo.gif

[Alan P]

Now that would be painful.

[M4FFU]

I'll just leave this here: http://news.toyark.com/companies/lego

Ghostbusters and the Cantina set have my name on.

[Rare White Ape]

Some of those new SW sets are weird. The non-movie ones, that is.

Until I decide otherwise, they should stay off my porch.

[Random]

The B-Wing and AT-AT look sweet.

[Fogelhund]

Classic Porsche Lego

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bjg9cmoIQAAPvGS.jpg

[thesameguy]

Dude. :up:

[GreatScawt]

Gimme dat

I would pay (moderately) large sums of money for something like that officially supported by Lego.

[thesameguy]

I agree.

I expect, somehow, Electronic Arts would block it. Heh.

[Rare White Ape]

Those Porsches and heaps more like it can be seen on the excellent Lego Car Blog.

http://thelegocarblog.com/

[Crazed_Insanity]

Hey, there's a battle ship in that CAR blog!!! Didn't realize one could build a battle ship like that out of legos. Impressive.

BTW, of the cars, I like that FJ Cruiser the best! :) At first glance, you almost couldn't tell it's legos!

[Rare White Ape]

Or Lego, for that matter.

[overpowered]

We're going to need a bigger block.

http://screenburn.kotaku.com/jaws-lego-set-1569179931

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--pPXryZ5a--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/kiurnwvzf9fabqm8jtp4.png

[novicius]

This Mad Physicist wins at the Lego party. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/madphysicist/sets/72157634407017553)

I love the fact that he makes his own Lego minifigs and his builds are all just top-notch. :up:

[Alan P]

Love the Tomcat.

[Kchrpm]

MASK!

KITT and Michael Knight look awesome.

The Tomcats are indeed wonderful. Thanks for sharing, Carlo :up:

[Rare White Ape]

Today I may have treated myself to an Ecto 1 and some sort of big Spaceship! via Lego Shop @ Home...

Credit Card says ouch.

[M4FFU]

Nice! I got the series 2 mixels, Ecto 1 and the Secret Police Drop Ship on Friday. Ouch indeed. ;)

[Rare White Ape]

More ouch, but a cute ouch.

http://www.brothers-brick.com/2014/06/03/lego-unveils-new-10242-mini-cooper-news/

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14361779993_ee5282230c_c.jpg

[Alan P]

Why do I get the impression half (3/4?) of America will look at that and think 'It doesn't look like a Mini at ALL!'?

[Random]

Lego didn't help by using the all-caps "MINI" instead of the o.g. "Mini." :p

[The359]

Did the original Minis have a removable roof, or is that just to show off the interior?

[Leon]

Did the original Minis have a removable roof, or is that just to show off the interior?

Yes if you had an angle grinder ...

Nope, you could get them with a fold back canvas big ass sunroof

http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b310/16vbanger/Photo0133.jpg

The Lego mini pictured however appears to be the ugly love child of a Mini and a Mini Moke, only even uglier.

[M4FFU]

The back is rather square, but as an owner of the Camper Van, I'm all over this :D

[Leon]

As a person who has owned five Mini's, I'd rather slam my dick in a drawer ;)

[Rare White Ape]

I just love how it comes with a picnic blanket. So quaint!

[novicius]

Lego didn't help by using the all-caps "MINI" instead of the o.g. "Mini." :p
This. :up:

Still, looks good enough -- nice pick up, Mick. :up:

[G'day Mate]

Watched the Lego Movie this week. Loved it!

How great is it when Benny finally gets to build his spaceship!!

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/insaneogram81/bennyspaceship.jpg

[GreatScawt]

I lol'd hard

SPACESHIP!!!1

[GreatScawt]

Lookie what I goooooooot

http://i.imgur.com/VwNw79vl.jpg

It came with this:
:D

http://i.imgur.com/OKG7m1Ml.jpg

...or, you know... vise versa. Coffee cup for scale.

[G'day Mate]

:lol:

[Rare White Ape]

I put my order in a few days ago, should arrive within a few weeks.

Lucky you guys having a shop where you can buy the exclusives.

[Mr Wonder]

The mini looks great. I have mine (and Rob's) on order.


In other news...


http://www.1000steine.com/brickset//images/76023-1.jpg

UCS Tumbler!

Nolan Batman and Ledger Joker minifigs
1869 Pieces, $200, £160.
August 18th for VIPs, September 1st for proles.

Looks pretty sweet. Probably not a day 1 for me but defo at some point. Though after the UCS slave 1.

[Rob]

The mini looks great. I have mine (and Rob's) on order.

Cheers boss.

[Rare White Ape]

So for a while there I honestly thought that the Ecto-1 would be the greatest Lego recreation of a car ever made, but that didn't last long because this afternoon I have just completed my Lego Mini.

Not only does it push the Ecto-1 from the top step, it roundhouse kicks it in its stupid American face.

[Mr Wonder]

Pictures are out of UCS Slave 1
1996 pieces, roughly $200.
Release date probably November.

788

790

789

[drew]

That is tits on tits. :up:

[Random]

Original version (http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/7144_Slave_I) (which I have) is better, rah rah rah :blahblah:

;)

[overpowered]

https://secure.flickr.com/photos/balakov/sets/72157602602191858/detail/

[Rare White Ape]

What might space turtle be defending from a marauding Metal Beard?

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/15201927218_0bff30e54b_b.jpg

[drew]

Love the shark. :lol:

I've started prelim on my little lego project.


But it's turning out to be not-so-big....


The first "pick a brick" tally ($) scared the living shit out of me.

[Rare White Ape]

Scoop! New line of licensed sports cars breaks cover!

http://brickset.com/sets/theme-Speed-Champions

I'm a little underwhelmed to be honest. Yep. There's a real lack of whelming going on here.

[Rare White Ape]

This leaves me sufficiently whelmed.

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/42039-1.jpg

[drew]

Fuck yeah.

[Alan P]

I don't think it looks that great personally. I was very interested but not anymore.

[Mirage]

I want the research institute http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Research-Institute-21110 for my wife for her classroom (a high school science teacher), looks like if I want it I have to drive to charlotte or atlanta in the next few weeks to one of the lego stores to get it. Lego made a very limited release of a very high demand kit and you can't find one for less than ~$80 online, when lego sold it for $20.

[Rare White Ape]

Yeah that was pretty fucked of them. Worse is the attitude of the scalpers who buy a large chunk of the supply to resell for profit on a kids toy.

[Mr Wonder]

Lego scalpers are a particular low form of scumbag.
During a recent promotion in the UK you could get a free polybag with the purchase of a national newspaper. One guy bought a box of 50 polybags from a store running the deal for 9 euros, presumably under the counter. Then boasted that if anyone couldn't get one because the store had run out, they were available in his bricklink store for a mere 3 euros each.
He genuinely couldn't see a problem with his behavior.

What an utter cunt.

[drew]

I need to start researching parts acquisition....

It's just a somewhat grand scale...

[Rare White Ape]

What are you building mate?

[drew]

gonna take a stab at the Sears Tower. I know it's been done before, but, it's something "simple" (due to being boxes/tubes). I've designed/and re-designed it 4 times in LDD, the worst part (cost) is going to be the "windows". I'm refining the floor designs to incorporate the least amount of bricks as possible.


The first one had full floors (plates), prior to exporting the parts BOM and looking up the prices. Fuck that.

Latest (rev 4) has no "solid" floors, except the top section of floors, which there is only one every 10th floor for structural rigidity (a pattern repeated on every 10th floor, actually).


I did two designs (scales). The "mini" is an 18x18 (Lego unit) base (9 6x6 tubes), and will be about 20-24" high, or (but it has 2000 1x2 flat clear plates, which again, is lubeless rapage).

Then there's the bigger one. Which is on a 24x24 footprint (9 8x8 tubes). I just did a mock up with 2x4 bricks to see what the end height would be, which will be about 50-52", without antennae.

From what I've seen, the cost difference between the big one and the little one isn't that drastic.


It's going to be a WIP for sure. I don't need 6500 bricks to show up at once....


Well call this one a "beta":

859

[Mirage]

Yeah that was pretty fucked of them. Worse is the attitude of the scalpers who buy a large chunk of the supply to resell for profit on a kids toy.

Yea, I got quite pissed reading comments on the "investment" posts that got linked somewhere else, guys scooping up 10+ kits while the guys who wanted one for his daughter can't get one. I found out about this kit 2 days after it was released and it was already sold out at lego.com

[M4FFU]

Gone on a massive Lego Star Wars thing, recently. Amongst the various ships I have already, or Santa will be bringing, I've managed to secure a brand new Super Star Destroyer for less than it's UK RRP. Should have it today/tomorrow.

It's...um....big. :D

UCS X Wing, Malevolence, Y Wing are with me, UCS R2-D2 joining shortly, AT-AT, Falcon and Star Destroyer santa will be bringing me, and the Sandcrawler...well...maybe.
Slave I will be pre-ordered the second I can. :D

[Mr Wonder]

I did see your swift moves for the SSD over on PH! Congratulations sir! It's going to take a long time to build that thing.

[Alan P]

Ordered for 13 year old's Christmas tro go with his Rescue Chopper:

http://www.lego.com/en-gb/technic/products/new/42025-cargo-plane/a
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/11757963524_3346f23db0_b.jpg

[Rare White Ape]

ROAD MATTRESS

http://thelegocarblog.com/2014/11/03/blue-whale-2/

[Alan P]

Oh my!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bricktrix/page1/

Some gorgeous stuff. Love the F4's and the AV8B. Also Page 3 has quite a few 60's era F1 cars and further on there's a lot of train stuff but some great workmanship!

[drew]

What the hell!

[GreatScawt]

Sweet Jesus those are stunning :up:

[Random]

TWHS.

[neanderthal]

Hey Rob.

You got this one.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RLPVCJjTNgk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

edit; Somebody please do your magic to embed the video.

[speedpimp]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLPVCJjTNgk

[Random]

Feeling a little cheesed off at the seeming scarcity of what should be a commodity product during the holidays. :| No "Creative Buckets" in stock at the store, nor did they have the Minecraft "Crafting Table" in stock until after the holidays. *grumble*

[drew]

Russ, what are you looking for, specifically? I'm getting "Lego" mail every day this week (more info to follow).

Have you tried BrickLink/BrickOwl? That's where I got all my stuff. You can also find sellers with sets/etc there as well.

Including the Imperial SSD that I'm keeping my hand away from the mouse to click add to cart...

[Random]

Russ, what are you looking for, specifically? I'm getting "Lego" mail every day this week (more info to follow).

Have you tried BrickLink/BrickOwl? That's where I got all my stuff. You can also find sellers with sets/etc there as well.


http://www.bricklink.com/search.asp?itemID=130040

MSRP is $49.99. :|

[drew]

Well, boo.... Brick Owl doesn't appear to have any at all.

:(

[Rare White Ape]

Did you try hit up the Lego website to order one?

Plus these are new sets so relative scarcity shouldn't be too surprising.

[Random]

Yeah, out of stock until after the holidays. We'll just pick it up in March for his birthday. :)

[drew]

Nice. :)

I've just about got all my (piles) of parts.... I think there's about 7000 bricks in it. w00t

[Mirage]

Managed to snipe the Research Institute set off ebay yesterday, needed another surprise christmas gift for the wife. Got it for more than the lego price but less than it would of cost me to drive to the atlanta/charlotte LEGO store to pick one up if you include lunch.

[21Kid]

Mario Kart (https://autos.yahoo.com/news/lego-mario-kart-ridiculously-cool-163031797.html)

https://s3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Gw.sLYh83U1GOMW3V3dlLA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/cms/autos/Boldride/mario-kart-lego-set.jpg
https://s.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/02DcjEcM68qiexh6pC8eeQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/cms/autos/Boldride/donkey-kong-mario-kart-lego-figure.jpg

[drew]

:up:

[Mr Wonder]

That is the greatest thing!

[drew]

Heh. 99% of bits have showed up. Enough to start construction...
954

[drew]

So yeah. I thought I had the design all worked out, then "construction" started and I had to give myself a change order....

Fucking hell. Now I wait for last minute parts delivery (the week of fucking Christmas).


I think when the last few arrive, it will put me at 14 deliveries in two weeks.

Had to get a handful from Pick A Brick, which was still in Poland on Saturday. yawn.

[Alan P]

Thinking of trying to get a stop motion build of my sons Cargo plane as he's building it. I have an option of an iPad or Android phone so does anyone have any experience with this? Would I need some sort of app or is there a program I can use to stitch the pictures together?

[Rare White Ape]

Try the time lapse option of the iPad's camera, otherwise go hunting for a true stop motion app.

[Alan P]

http://youtu.be/JCjQRi6ZnrE

[Rare White Ape]

Everyone's favourite generic green-and-white LMP finally has some new images available.
Those who don't mind spoilers can seek out the PDF instructions on the Lego website.

I think I've found the explanation for the design changes we saw between this and the leaked
pre-production pictures from back in October. The headlights must've changed to allow the
addition of Power Functions lights, and they must've deleted the rear fin to allow the rear cowling to hinge up

From here: http://www.lego.com/en-us/technic/products/42039-24-hours-race-car

And, uh, it's available now on Lego Shop dot com and uhhhhh, I just ordered one dot com.

That and a set of birds.

On to the pictures!

http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/technic/-/media/franchises/technic%202014/products/primary/final/42039_24-hours-race-car_01.jpg?l.r2=-1650462146

http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/technic/-/media/franchises/technic%202014/products/alternative%20builds/42039_additional-image_01.jpg?l.r2=1076739557

http://cache.lego.com/r/www/r/technic/-/media/franchises/technic%202014/products/alternative%20builds/42039_additional-image_02.jpg?l.r2=-1249444157

[Alan P]

Hmm, to me it just doesn't 'look' right.

[thesameguy]

Dare I ask what that set you back? I agree it's not quite right, but it's awesome nonetheless!

[The359]

I think the cockpit is sitting too far forward. The doors are so big that they probably had to push the windshield up.

[Rare White Ape]

Dare I ask what that set you back? I agree it's not quite right, but it's awesome nonetheless!

$160 in Aussie dollars. I added the Ideas Lego Birds set to get over the $200 free shipping threshold.

Or did I buy the birds and add this to get over $200....?

And yeah it does look funny. Oversized cockpit and odd wheel arches. But there are constraints with the Lego medium that can't be met by set designers who also have to build a viable product that's robust and meets their company's high standards.

[M4FFU]

Managed to find a set of Lego Research Ideas set for £11 in the Lego sale on the weekend. Bit of a score for a product that's been dead online for ages.
Also got the birds which are superb, as well as a few other bits. I'll be getting the Le Man car when they drop in value on amazon.

[SportWagon]

I think the cockpit is sitting too far forward. The doors are so big that they probably had to push the windshield up.
Um. Why has no-one mentioned the vertical headlights yet?

[The359]

http://johndagys.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/wec-toyota-ts040-hybrid-launch/2014_ts040_presentation_08.jpg

:?

[drew]

So, December/last 4-5 weeks have been busy...

Decided to get a couple walkers (actually, she bought me the big AT-AT):
982

Then there's this one...
Sears (refuse to call it "Willis") Tower:

983

Top:

984

Some interesting points:
9000+ bricks (3200 are windows)
62" tall (158cm for you commies), or, as tall as my roommate....
25 hours or so (building)
8-10 hours with LDraw, de/re-designing, trying to find the most efficient + 4-5 hours "researching/purchasing" bits (most came from US folks, a couple batches came from abroad (Poland ("atrium" archway at base), and Denmark (Pick A Brick)).

I think golf is cheaper.
Total $: Totally out of my fucking mind.

[thesameguy]

KMART TOWER!

[drew]

Right? I've always, and will always know it as Sears.

[SportWagon]

:?http://johndagys.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/gallery/wec-toyota-ts040-hybrid-launch/2014_ts040_presentation_05.jpg

While those are relatively vertical compared to times past, those lights are staggered more than the Lego model, and the housing comes forward at the bottom. Not to mention the fairing.

[Rare White Ape]

And it's not quite the exact same shade of blue…

[drew]

:lol:

[M4FFU]

Damn, Drew..... :O

[SportWagon]

Aerodynamics are important. Even on a LEGO racing car. :angry:

Why does :angry: look more mad than :mad: ?

[drew]

Just ordered parts for a DIY TIE fighter.

Store(s) has/have it for $140-150. Fuck that.

I built it in LDRAW from the build instructions, made a BOM for it, and got all the bits from 4 stores for $68. ($6 of which was just the pilot minifig....)

I wonder if I can repeat this for one of the UCS ships (really eyeballing the shuttle, that thing is all sorts of bad ass, but $500-600 is ass-stretching).

[Mr Wonder]

For some of the UCS sets it works out cheaper, but it really depends on what you're building. I looked at bricklinking the UCS star destroyer. There are a lot of parts unique to that set, particularly the grey wheels for the three main engines which are currently going for around £45 each. The two shield generators on top of the bridge come in at £70 each. That's nearly £275 (the whole set retailed for £250) and you've only got to get another 2999 other parts. Forget the Falcon.
That said there are only a few rare parts in the shuttle, the rarest of which is around £3-8 and you need ten of them. It might actually be doable.

[Drachen596]

Had to buy some Legos for my niece for a really late christmas present. she was very specific and insistent that they be boy legos.

why boy legos? according to her it is because they have all the cool stuff like sharks and alligators in them. so i got her one of the 3 in 1 lego creator sets thats a dragon but can be a scorpion or a snake as well.

[drew]

I just "built" the UCS Tie Interceptor in Ldraw, haven't priced out parts.

The shuttle or the AT-ST are next on deck.

The big SSD is ridiculous. As is the SD, neither of which I have room for.


I should get the TIE bits this week. I'll get it together and grab a couple pics.


One thing about "recreating" the UCS models, you don't have to necessarily worry about it being "perfect", and can make some (what I call) field modifications.

For example, the TIE INT has blue shit on it, I think it looks horrible. So I changed them to dark grey on the model.

The mini-figs and sticker/plaques for the stands/bases are where you get raped (thus, why I'm not going that far with them). EG: AT-ST plaque is $50 on BL.

I may get a Vader MF, because, well, it's Vader, and you should just have him on your desk (need a Fett too).

Award for most ridiculously priced MF goes to: Greedo. $125 on BL, best I've seen. Jesus.

As far as buying the retail kits, fuck that. The shuttle is $500-600. There's no way parting it out will be half that. The Star Destroyer (the smaller one) is almost $1000, best (cheapest) I've seen.

The UCS Falcon is in rarefied air/level all its own, I'm not sure I've seen it anywhere for under $4000. re-fucking-diculous.

[Rare White Ape]

The rare part on the UCS Falcon is the two pieces that cover the engines at the rear, originally designed as pirate ship netting. They come in grey for the Falcon instead of the usual brown. You guessed it; rediculous prices.

And is that Greedo from the old cantina set or the new one?

[Rare White Ape]

And this is me, yesterday afternoon.

I started building at 18:00, kept going until 23:30 and still have 1/3 of the instruction book to go.

Also, dat sticker sheet :/

http://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/t31.0-8/10919464_10152990968775792_711507110303391756_o.jp g?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9

[The359]

God damn, that's a book.

[Rare White Ape]

Trouble is modern Lego sets have really basic instructions that have steps that contain two or three pieces. They're still tricky to assemble, but it's... do a step, find three parts, turn the page, do another step, find three parts, turn the page, etc.

My old Technic 8880 had steps with 30 parts in them and required you to be really in your game. It was finished in under 100 steps, this took 166.

That would explain the encyclopedia that comes with big sets now. And the B model... You have to download the instructions for that. Over 100MB I think.

[The359]

Yeah, my Robie House had a huge instruction book, but it also had actual text about Robie House to help fill the book.

[drew]

:up:



I started building the 10212 shuttle in Ldraw. 4 books (pdf, in this case) total of 340 pages. But yeah, one "step" is putting two 1x1 plates on the ends of a 1x4 plate...

They could make it like a puzzle, and only show a full sub-assembly, and you have to figure it out....

[Rare White Ape]

You mean like this?

https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/28192677@N06/5612365673/

I built that in LDD a while ago. It was a fun exercise.

[drew]

The mechanics of the program don't always allow you to complete "assemble" it within. You just make the sub-assemblies the best you can and export the BOM. That's my only reason.

That, and I'm finding a bunch of seemingly useless fluff/shit parts added to these things that I see no purpose (like transparent 1x1 plates, buried/enclosed within the main body of hte shuttle that you would never see once assembled). So, it's a lesson in efficiency

[Rare White Ape]

Spoont!
http://thelegocarblog.com/2015/01/20/winning-wankel/

[drew]

That's awesome. :hard:

[drew]

Built the UCS Shuttle in LDraw, going to take a rest on the lego "procurement", still haven't gotten the bits for the TIE yet (not to mention the AT-ST/TIE Interceptor put into LDraw)


999

I may start pricing parts this weekend for this one. Kit is currently on sale around the net for $500-700.... Even if the bits are 1/2 that, I'm "chuffed".

[Random]

Spoont!
http://thelegocarblog.com/2015/01/20/winning-wankel/

FAIL. The real car ran wheel covers on the front wheels for cooling.



;)

[Rare White Ape]

Built the UCS Shuttle in LDraw, going to take a rest on the lego "procurement", still haven't gotten the bits for the TIE yet (not to mention the AT-ST/TIE Interceptor put into LDraw)


999

I may start pricing parts this weekend for this one. Kit is currently on sale around the net for $500-700.... Even if the bits are 1/2 that, I'm "chuffed".

It's probably worth recolouring it to light grey instead of white. Maybe someone on Eurobricks or FBTB (centres of the crazy replica UCS Falcon universe) has done it already if you want to see what it might look like.

[drew]

Yeah, the only problem is, not all bricks come in all colors. Sometimes what may be available in white, is also only available in dark grey, black, or red (some other shit).

There's a TON of white on this bitch.

[drew]

Well, it seems to be I'm building *something* once a month. Just ordered the bits for the UCS 10174 AT-ST (parts, not the kit itself).

Parted out it was $150. Buying as kit (Amazon/Ebay/BL/BrickOwl): $300+


I really want to build Vader's TIE (#10175). It's $600 almost everywhere (and up). It will still be a spendy build, considering just the canopy is $80. Building may be on pause after the walker, due to no space for these big bastards....

[drew]

UCS AT-ST:
1035

[Rare White Ape]

I built the little T-16 Skyhopper the other day (great set, BTW) and couldn't help thinking that the Star Wars sets have been a great source of parts for those who just LOVE grey, grey and more grey.

That AT-ST looks like a great pile of grey plates and bricks if you wanted to tun it into, say, a model of a very grey thing.

[drew]

The problem with this method (which in no way outweighs the drastic discount of cost) is when you buy the bits from 4-5 different stores, and the last one has parts that are required for each of the 6-7 main sub-assemblies...


There are 5 parts that apparently don't exist, or peeps are asking for retirement for them. 45677, or the "car hood", used as a shield on this one. The design calls for dark grey, but I just used black. Fuck it.

I was going to start putting it together, but each main stage had bricks that are in a shipment that was delayed by the fucked up weather we had here last week....


Looking at teh Tantive IV, preliminarily, I may need to find an alternate approach. The red wheels used for the engine trim are anywhere from $20-30 each, and there's 11 of them. ffs. People know what those are used for, and rape you for it. Best so far are the giant wheels/engines for the ISD/SSD at $70 each.

Which is fine, because as mentioned, I don't have room for those behemoths anyway.

[Rare White Ape]

Maybe just stick to buying the new ones as they are released.

I really really want a new UCS X-Wing but only because there's a UCS TIE fighter coming in May! That pair would look sweet together.

I can't exactly swing $700 for the two, however.

[drew]

Well, after several weeks, a few missed parts when ordering, and two parental visits (and one to the sister's last week), it's "done".

1117


I was a little disappointed that it didn't come with a cockpit area, so I just made one myself.
1116

[Rare White Ape]

I really liked the look of this:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8711/16187218843_5bd0d8beee_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/qEpJd4)
Ferrari SF15-T (1) (https://flic.kr/p/qEpJd4) by Nathanael L. (https://www.flickr.com/people/73032062@N08/), on Flickr

So I spent all morning and all of lunch time... and a bunch of yesterday... replicating it in LDD. And thar she blows.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7650/16240466263_0e81412a79_b.jpg

It's missing a gearbox and engine, plus I've made a few changes in the name of accuracy, but it's still a work in progress.

Should I order the parts and build it for myself? Hmm. Lord only knows. If I did it would certainly rank as one of the nerdiest things I've ever done, if this isn't already nerdy enough. It certainly wouldn't be the strongest creation ever built, but then again I suspect that 99% of the cool Lego models you see people come up with wouldn't pass the kid play test in a million years.

If anyone's interested, I'll find a way to share the LDD file so you can have a squizzo.

[drew]

Nice! Go for it mate.


I'm particularly fond of the "LDD-parts-DIY" routine. I've done it or a couple of the Star Wars things, but it could apply to almost anything.

Granted, if it's a cost thing, there is a point that makes this process a little less worthwhile.

I may take a stab at the F1 thing too, having looked at yours.

A McLaren with black/silver could be pretty sweet.

[Alan P]

Apparently there's a Ferrari F40 coming later this year, similar to the Mini Cooper and VW Campervan.

[Rare White Ape]

Yeah I've seen those rumours. Hopefully they knock it out of the park like they did with the Mini.

I'm beginning to really like this scale/size range of Lego building. It's big enough to fit in nice details but still small enough that it's still a challenge to do so.

[Rare White Ape]

MUST NOT FAP

http://thelegocarblog.com/2015/03/21/the-power-of-dreams/

https://thelegocarblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dscf7810.jpg?w=1152&h=310

[drew]

oh my

[Leon]

*damn*

[Mr Wonder]

Sploosh!

[SportWagon]

http://world.honda.com/SEEVERT/racingcars/04.html

[drew]

I may take a stab at that bitch.

I've spent the last week trying to create (IN LDD) a monster AT-AT (that's 26" tall when built). It adds the challenge when you're making it from just pictures. I fucked around making the 10242 (mini) set in LDD this weekend. Standard set is BRG with white roof, I made a red with checkerboard roof and left hand drive (even if they never made those, properly :finger:)

I'm almost having as much fun putting shit in LDD than I have had building them the real way.


That Honda is pretty fuckin big too.

[Rare White Ape]

I took the Mini in LDD and made a racing version; ripped out the seats, put in a racing bucket, remove hubcaps, remove bumpers, small steering wheel, etc. looks tough as fuck.

There's a thread on Eurobricks where you can download almost any official set already built as an LDD or LDraw model. The nerdiest of nerds there curate a list of them.

[Mr Wonder]

Drew is that AT-AT the cavegod version? That thing is immensely impressive. If you look through eurobricks he has the ldd files available I think.

[drew]

yep, and I haven't seen them "Available", you have to message someone and you can "acquire" them (even if it's a few $, might be worth it).


Michael, I have that site bookmarked. Nerdom confirmed. Maybe I'll take a shot at racifying the mini as well. I think a cage is in order

[shakes]

So after watching the Lego movie a couple of months ago, I decided/felt the need to pick up a few Lego City sets. I don't really have a proper set up to display them, so I've limited myself to just the smaller kits and things I can fit on bookshelves. My favorite one so far is http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Auto-Transporter-60060

[Rare White Ape]

So, what's it called when you spend hours and hours and hours copying someone else's build of a car, then more hours fixing and refining it, then even more hours uploading the set to, and buying the parts off Bricklink, for more money than you should have probably spent on it?

Here it is in all its meaty glory.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gehjysm0tef8ic0/Nathanael%20L%27s%20Ferrari%20SF15-T.lxf?dl=0

It hasn't even got an engine yet. That's a thing for another day.

[drew]

I know that answer. I'm attempting the RA300....

I've got a good start on teh chassis in LDD. I've got the front end almost done, at least as close as I think it is based off of the pics.

The AT-ST cost about $130 in parts, which, best I saw the actual set online (Amazon/BL/ebay) was $280+.

[Rare White Ape]

Fud you're gunna hate me.

Go to Rebrickable.

Search for RoscoPC.

http://rebrickable.com/search?q=Rosco&exclude=0&official=1&custom=1

Buy some instructions.

Then pay a MEEEEEELLION DOLLARS for parts.

At least you won't have to reverse engineer anything.

[SportWagon]

http://rebrickable.com/search?q=Rosco&exclude=0&official=1&custom=1
You hafta to make the Tyrrell P34

..

[drew]

Fuck me running.

[drew]

I bought the P34 instructions, so I guess it begins.

[Rare White Ape]

I await updates with interest :up:

[drew]

Going to take a bit to gather the parts, I'd imagine. Just trying to make a list to start with.

Fucker's got almost 1600 bits in it....

[Rare White Ape]

Isn't there like an XML list already available on its Rebrickable page?

[drew]

Yep. Just had to re-work it a bit. Not all the part IDs it produces are "accurate" (parts that have newer/updated part IDs). so I have LDD open and put the part in and get the number for it from that.


That said, I'm up to about $120, and a 1/2 way through finding prices.

No single part is overly spendy. The biggest offender being the rear wheels at about $10 each.

I'm also not putting prices in for those items I already have (like the connecting pins that I have 100s of each).

the hard part, that I see, are the specific colors of a couple of the bricks/shafts (TAN), which are hard as shit to find. There may be some substitutions.

The other thing I do, is if it calls for a rare color of something, but it's a part that's buried inside the built kit, I change the color to something you can find. Case in point, a 12-tooth gear in medium stone grey (per plans). I found one on Brick Owl (didn't look on BL yet), for $70. Black one is 20 cents. So there you go.

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtS52lqL5w

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHQZcRPqUkY

[drew]

P34 bits ordered (some, anyway).

4 front wheels/tires, and 2 rear wheels/tires ordered. From Hungary, so, I guess I've got a while before I need to worry about getting things together.


Haven't ordered anything else beyond that yet.

I have a cart in another store on Brick Owl that has about $100 worth of shit.

Still have 140 parts to get (part types) that this particular store didn't have.

That cart and the tires/wheels from Hungary put it at about $150 so far.

I'm guessing it'll top out about 2 hundo. The remaining parts aren't rare by any stretch, but there are some big spendy plates in it. Shit I don't have laying around.

[Random]

Most likely relevant to Drew's interests, a LEGO computer case: http://www.totalgeekdom.com/?p=1725

[drew]

That had occurred to me to try, but given the size of my mobo and bits, it'd be about 4000 bricks.
I still might re-case my Xbox in Lego though.

[Kchrpm]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8376137/lego-dimensions-announcement


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d2n7wWypJA

https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/K68tYy4KOYD9vbYGCOHS_2pK2iQ=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3587514/ExpansionPack_Americas_BTTFLevelPack.0.jpg

[Rare White Ape]

Yay it's 2015 and we can finally buy a fucking hover board. Woo!

[overpowered]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SblCKsE3F9c

[drew]

So some of the parts for hte Tyrrell are apparently non-existent, so substitutions/alternate designs were required.


Haven't pulled the trigger on all parts yet (it took 14 different stores to find them all). I have ordered a few. Tires/wheels are coming from Austria and the various specialty plates/rare shit is coming from a big store in the Czech Republic. I figured those two would have the biggest lead time.


All told, it looks like it's going to be about $300 for all the parts (I did order "extras" of some things, since they're good to have). I think the plans called for 1520 parts, I have about 1650 (various extra axles/connectors/common shit) in all carts.

Christ.

[Rare White Ape]

Non-existent because they're rare, or because they were never produced?

[drew]

Rare, and no BrickLink/Brick Owl store has them, nor could I locate them on ebay (which I won't use anyway). I couldn't find them on Pick A Brick either (which is my last resort).

My substitutions look ok, so, it is what it is.

[drew]

P34 bits ordered, except one store that's currently closed. Had to order from 14 different stores from 4 countries.

fucking hell.

[drew]

Tires from Austria.
1180

They are fucking huge. I had no idea how big this model was, with only the drawing.

Jesus.

[Rare White Ape]

Yes it's a huge photo. But it's a huge model. And yes, it's roughly to scale with the Mini. I've been up close with these things and they're massive.

It even pumps water form a pair of juice bottles located within it's girthy hide.

Be sure to click through and witness the epicness.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7667/17209852341_0a85d40d1c_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/sdLZw6)Lego Technic Airport Crash Tender (https://flic.kr/p/sdLZw6) by Lucio Switch (https://www.flickr.com/people/126838585@N06/), on Flickr

[drew]

Holy fuck. That link is just full of win.

[Leon]

Trucking awesome

[thesameguy]

Not sure whether I'd want the time, money or talent more. All so appealing, all so out of reach.

[drew]

Mailbox exploded.
1187

[Rare White Ape]

Now comes the fun part; verifying your deliveries. Haha!

[drew]

Yeah. Haven't even had a chance to open them. There's still 5 more to show up today/tomorrow.

At least all the international ones were correct.

I've ordered from every one of these places before (the US ones), and have had no issues in the past.

Big ole pile of plastic shit

[Rare White Ape]

Did anyone say Portal 2 Lego recently?

http://brickset.com/article/15231/more-dimensions-packs-revealed-in-instructions

If it was rejected as a Lego Ideas set, why is it now showing up as a level pack for Dimensions?

I hope the person who had the Portal set which reached 10,000 votes is ok with this.

Interesting times ahead.

[Random]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bS2Uj9z2UI

[drew]

Holy hell

[SportWagon]

Following Random's video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0dC_4IqXgTs

[Kchrpm]

http://lego.gizmodo.com/legos-gorgeous-new-ferrari-f40-even-has-a-removable-v8-1713858670

https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/1312712922576490412.gif

[Rare White Ape]

Guess who's got two thumbs and is buying one.

[GreatScawt]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krsqyhJzid1qa7z5do1_500.jpg

[Rare White Ape]

If you're a Lego VIP you can order the F40 now if you want to.






...and I did.

[GreatScawt]

Fucker. I had it up on my phone and I was so tempted. I resisted. Ugh.

[Rare White Ape]

On a scale of 1-10, how jealous will you be when I announce that mine has arrived and I'm building it?

[Rare White Ape]

Get these pics while they're hot!

Or before Lucasfilm and Disney demand removal.

http://lego.gizmodo.com/the-force-awakens-lego-images-reveal-a-fancy-x-wing-and-1718034979

[M4FFU]

F40 will be mine.
Those two Episode 7 models...hmm. Already have the X Wing and Falcon. Not worth the bacon to get the updates, too.

[SportWagon]

Here's what I thought of when I read "LEGO VIP"...

http://minifigs.me/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/OBAMA.jpg

[drew]

I've only got the UCS (well, my version of it) the AT-ST walker from EP6. That said, the new TIE is tempting.

I may pull the trigger on the F40 though, even though I don't have room for it.
Fuck it.

1299

[Mr Wonder]

As soon as it's double vip points in the US I'll be getting the F40 and the UCS TIE.

[GreatScawt]

I found this super fascinating and mesmerizing. This guy basically tore apart his creation and then reversed the video to show how to build it. He drops the pieces when he does it so it creates a neat effect where they jump into his hand. :up:


http://youtu.be/ha8y9ri8V-E

[G'day Mate]

Hah, I love how they kinda smash together too when they "join".

[Rare White Ape]

He's like a Jedi or something :up:

[M4FFU]

Bec built the Mystery Machine this morning, and my 8 wheeled Technic Actros got delivered this afternoon. :up:

F40 is now for my birfday :D

[Kchrpm]

At what point did you guys start playing with LEGO? As very young children, or did you pick it up later in life?

[Rare White Ape]

I had Lego from the very beginning. Duplo, Basic and Fabuland sets from like 2 years old or something. We had Duplo at pre-school. I remember arguing with the other kids over the Duplo train set - nobody ever cooperated enough to build the whole thing and have all the tracks laid out. Stupid 4 year olds!

Later on I got classic space hand-me-downs from my cousin, who was 2 years older than me. In fact, those pieces (which we still have somewhere) might be from the 70s, my cousin was born in 1980. At five my parents bought me a proper Lego train set (http://brickset.com/sets/7710-1/Push-Along-Passenger-Steam-Train). I eventually graduated to Legoland (now called City) and Space, then Pirates, then I got my first Technic set for Christmas at 8 or 9 years old. It wasn't until the middle of high school before I stopped getting Lego, as I discovered video games and remote control car racing. I did buy a few of the cheap mini Star Wars sets before I was 20 but that was it.

I went through what Lego afficionados call the Dark Ages, where you grow up and stop buying Lego for some time. I couldn't have picked a better era, as most Lego sets through the 2000s became utter shit. Bionicle (fuck Bionicle) was introduced. The quality of Technic sets dropped considerably. Lego's parts portfolio grew enormously and minifig-scale sets became over-simplified to buggery. About the only good thing in those days was Lego Star Wars, and if it wasn't for that keeping the company afloat, Lego would be owned by Mattel right now.

I didn't own any new Lego sets all through my 20s, then my parents bought me a Star Wars set as a bit of a gag for my 30th birthday, coz I was all growed up now. But the stupid fucks bought me a Clone Wars set when they could've easily bought an equivalent (and much much cooler) OT set, so I had to go out and fix that myself. $20 later I owned a Speeder Bike and a little tree scene. It included a stormtrooper, a scout trooper, and two generic Rebel commandos in forest camo.

I sat dormant with those two sets for a few months, then one day, bloody fucking Paul Leins (who we know as The End) posted a pic on Facebook of the big new Space Shuttle Expedition that he bought. Then I had to own one. $120 later...

Well, make that a couple of thousand bucks later, and now we here. I have Lego sets sitting all over the place, and lots stored in boxes downstairs.

[Random]

Somewhere around 2nd or 3rd grade for me. I remember getting one of the big space bases for xmas in 3rd grade and already had Legos prior to that--back when there weren't different kinds of Legos. ;)

[Rare White Ape]

I guess you skipped class the day they taught you that the plural for Lego is Lego.

http://a.rimg.com.tw/s2/5/af/64/21510582332260_594_m.jpg

[overpowered]

Not here. Everyone says legos.

[Random]

I guess you skipped class the day they taught you that the plural for Lego is Lego.

http://a.rimg.com.tw/s2/5/af/64/21510582332260_594_m.jpg

No, I pre-date LEGO(tm)(r) making a big fuss about the "correct" name of LEGO-brand Bricks and Toys(tm)(r). You and Rob can just deal with it.

[M4FFU]

At what point did you guys start playing with LEGO? As very young children, or did you pick it up later in life?

Yup, 5/6 maybe. Although I had duplo and the kiddie stuff before it. Never really left it alone.

[drew]

I bought my first brick (that I can remember) when I was 43.
I actually bought about 9200 of them for the Sears Tower. Hell of an initiation, I guess.

[GreatScawt]

F40 acquired :up:

...as well as the smaller-scale 918 Spyder that I'll give my buddy as one of his wedding gifts in September. He's a Porsche tech that still loves Lego, so it just made sense as a smaller side-gift.

[drew]

:up:


Waiting on the rest of my McLaren MP4-4 bits to show up. 90% have arrived, just need the last 10.

Tires from Portugal, wheels from Austria.... This shit is fun

[Rare White Ape]

The Gigahorse is pretty much my favourite vehicle from the latest Mad Max film.

Stacked Cadillac bodies, a huge engine with dualies on the back and heaps of flames being spat out? Sign me the fuck up.

http://i.imgur.com/4TNxOIX.jpg

Hmmmmm....

http://kockavilag.hu/pics/1416900766_7917211795474309e7fc8b_1.jpg

From that

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/515/19065002562_a43885c021_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/v3H83J)Gigahorse Pictoral (https://flic.kr/p/v3H83J) by Lego Warboys (https://www.flickr.com/photos/legowarboys/), on Flickr

To this

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/498/18912739904_0b92077a33_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/uPfJEu)So shiny, so chrome! (https://flic.kr/p/uPfJEu) by Lego Warboys (https://www.flickr.com/photos/legowarboys/), on Flickr

To THIS

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/601/20045884503_6d2bb85b19_k.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/wxop5k)The ElvenHorse (https://flic.kr/p/wxop5k) by Lego Warboys (https://www.flickr.com/photos/legowarboys/), on Flickr

A logical conclusion, really.

[drew]

That's fuckin awesome.

[Mr Wonder]

I love the results of creative people with too much time on their hands and an internet connection!

[drew]

DOn't forget assloads of $.....

I'm finding this Lego habit/addiction is almost worse than golf in cost.

That said, I just got about 4000 more bricks this week in "per pound" lots, random shit. At this rate, I could break 40000 in a year....

[Yw-slayer]

My daughter and I find Ghost Vitruvius funny. My wife doesn't. It may be worth my buying one just to irritate my wife.

[Rare White Ape]

It's worth buying the double decker couch to get one.

Cheap and full of smiles.

[drew]

We (quite literally) just got done watching the movie.

I laughed (probably too much) when the builders were looking around, and they had the actual Lego Part #s on the screen..

The MP4-4 is progressing as well, aside from exactly one plate I missed when ordering shit.

[drew]

I'm trying to decide if 10 pounds of technic beams/arms/etc (about 5000 pieces) is worth the $250 price tag...


Probably a bit rhetorical, since it works out to 5c each.

But then the question would be, where the hell would I put it all.....

[Mr Wonder]

Surely with that much Lego you could build somewhere to keep it!

[drew]

:lol: I pulled the trigger on it...

It was actually 13 pounds total (all technic shit, for under the original $250). I've also got another 3 pounds of various black/grey/dark grey plates/blocks on the way.

So that's about 20 pounds in the last 10 days. I need to stop. I'll be sure to take a picture of the pile. She's going to shit...

[Rare White Ape]

Sorry bank account. Sorry wallet. Disney came to me in a vision and demanded I buy something, or they'll cause more children to drown in the Mediterranean.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5784/20946856999_22ea9c58c8_o.jpg

[Rare White Ape]

It's a very beautiful and very visually striking TIE Fighter in black-and-grey (with flashes of red), compared to the OT design. I'm a big fan of it, so it's why I have it before I have a new X-Wing.

And yeah, I'm seriously considering ripping apart the frankly shithouse SW Rebels TIE Fighter on the right and using its canopy and screen as donor parts for a rebuilt OT TIE to update the old one.

[drew]

Fuck yeah.

I can relate ont eh bank account thing. I think I've spent about $800 in the last month, mostly on shitpiles of bricks (still sorting).

I'm officially out of room, barring some sort of major re-arrangement (nowhere else in the apartment for that fucking printer).

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[drew]

I really need to stop. Just bought another 6 pounds of misc technic shit......

Christ.


That being said, I may open a Brick Owl/Brick Link store now.

[Rare White Ape]

In my experience, buying and selling on Bricklink is a bloody good thing.

F'rinstance, I wanted a Snowspeeder two years ago, so I bought the Battle of Hoth set which was current at the time; it came with a Snowspeeder, a Tauntaun a white speeder bike, and a snowy trench scene with cannons and stuff. The seller stripped out the minifigs to sell separately and put everything in a padded bag (no box) and shipped it to me for something like half price.

I kept the Snowspeeder and the speeder bike, and quickly sold the Tauntaun and the pieces for the trenches for more than half of what I paid in the first place, meaning that I paid about $20 incl. shipping all told for the Snowspeeder, from a set which costs $80, and is similar to last year's Snowspeeder which costs $50.

I wish I kept the Tauntaun though.

[Rare White Ape]

OH EM EFF GEE

So many things I must buy right now.

http://www.fbtb.net/2015/09/25/lego-dimensions-launch-guide-everything-you-need-to-know/#more-34852

[Rare White Ape]

I've only just scratched the surface, but the Portal 2 pack for Lego Dimensions may well be one of the best moments in gaming this year.

Totally worth it.

[drew]

After 6 weeks of cleaning/sorting/counting, I realize I have too much shit. Without taking into account the sets/cars I've actually built, there's about 19000 bricks in "supply" (over 4000 are tech pins and axles)....

...and I just ordered some more to get bits I didn't have in that pile to build the RA300, and the 10026 Naboo UCS.

fml

[Random]

Keeps you out of the bars... ;)

[drew]

Bars are cheaper.

[M4FFU]

Since receiving the kit in August, I've only just stuck the engine in the F40. The entire model is amazing, especially as I'm such a fanboy of the original car. So many fantastic little touches. Got an Actros and about 3 modular buildings still to build, and have ordered the Detectives Office and Slave I. Too much Lego, too little time!

[GreatScawt]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGpj2ToYutQ

Also, PLEASE DON'T READ THE FUCKING COMMENTS

[Alan P]

There's one of the members on the Pistonheads forum who has been driven to despair with the legs on the AT-AT.

[drew]

I'm hoping to have mine done shortly. Got held up by holiday travel/etc. I need about 200 miscellaneous bits to get it done.
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[Rare White Ape]

Something cool for the three people who haven't seen it yet.

http://brickset.com/article/18668/76052-batman-classic-tv-series-batcave-officially-revealed

http://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/76052-1/76052_Box2_na.jpg

http://images.brickset.com/sets/AdditionalImages/76052-1/76052_Front_04.jpg

[Leon]

Did you see the Raptor towing a Model A hotrod set?

Maaaaaaaaan, so much want.