Posted: 11th March 2013 23:52
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Engineer Posts: 383 Joined: 2/12/2009 Awards: |
Sounds great. I'm looking forward to seeing the updates
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Post #202718
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Posted: 12th March 2013 15:03
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Quote (Chewbekah @ 11th March 2013 18:03) So, I figured I'd post this here for those Lego interested, I just started a project this weekend to sort the pieces and build all the Lego sets that I own in an effort to get a dedicated set up going. I have massive plans for this and am very excited about it. I can't wait until my own sets are built then I can use the rest of my random pieces (I bought a lot of 28 pounds of legos off of ebay like 10 years ago) and see what I can build. I am super excited about this venture and hope that as I post my progress and things here people will find it interesting. I already have some video game ideas for the project. I plan on recreating characters from Earthbound, including The Runaway Five and their vehicle. Anyway, I just thought I'd post here and I'll keep updating on the progress either either a blurb or a link to a blurb on my blog that will devoted to the project and the various things I do with it. That sounds like a fun project. I don't think I'd ever be able to manage that from my old sets, even if they weren't 1200 miles away. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #202723
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Posted: 12th March 2013 20:46
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I personally don't have the time or patience for such projects but I'm always amazed when people who have the talent and creativity for such things show them off! What I think are awesomely cool as well are entire videos made out of a Lego production. My favorite version of Weird Al's "White and Nerdy" has to be the Lego version XD
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Post #202727
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Posted: 12th March 2013 22:16
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 278 Joined: 31/8/2010 Awards: |
I've thought about dabbling in the world of Lego stop animation and there's a lot of info about it but I'm not sure I have the patience to do it. It is time consuming since you're doing several shots to make one movement or change. In regards to taking the time to build and sort, it does take patience but I actually really enjoy it. There's something theraputic about doing stuff with your hands and being focuses on something like that. I mean I can mutlitask while I sort and build. I was talking to my brother on the phone while I was sorting (he was on speaker I'm not savy enough or nerdy enough to invest in blue tooth head devices).
-------------------- Chewbekah ^_^ Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, Attack of the Firday Monsters, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Lego City Undercover, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix Recently Finished: Fire Emblem: Awakening Favorite Game: Suikoden III |
Post #202728
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Posted: 13th March 2013 01:23
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Engineer Posts: 383 Joined: 2/12/2009 Awards: |
Yeah, I have a lot of respect for people who do any sort of frame by frame animation. Pretty painstaking stuff.
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Post #202732
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Posted: 14th April 2013 20:13
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My daughter is getting over a nasty cold, so when I took her to the mall yesterday and we went into the Lego store, I couldn't resist getting her a treat when she saw it on the shelf and asked for it.
http://duplo.lego.com/en-us/products/10553...-and-play-cubes How stupid cute is that? It's got a teddy bear! She's building with it on the floor of my office as we speak. While we were there, she also asked for a $200 B-Wing: http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/Products/7965.aspx#10227 (this, she did not get). -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #203125
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Posted: 15th April 2013 15:55
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 278 Joined: 31/8/2010 Awards: |
Cute! I have actually finished my sorting and have started building. I haven't posted pictures because the location of my lego workshop is not as friendly in the evening as during the day time so a lot of building has bee done on the weekend.
I have had to order a few replacement parts and have also ordered some new sets. This weekend I may get some pictures going. -------------------- Chewbekah ^_^ Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, Attack of the Firday Monsters, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Lego City Undercover, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix Recently Finished: Fire Emblem: Awakening Favorite Game: Suikoden III |
Post #203126
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Posted: 16th April 2013 02:32
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Quote While we were there, she also asked for a $200 B-Wing: http://starwars.lego.com/en-us/Products/7965.aspx#10227 (this, she did not get). I see she has good taste. -------------------- Check the "What games are you playing at the moment?" thread for updates on what I've been playing. You can find me on the Fediverse! I use Mastodon, where I am @[email protected] ( https://sakurajima.moe/@glennmagusharvey ) |
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Post #203129
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Posted: 8th January 2014 01:41
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 278 Joined: 31/8/2010 Awards: |
So, I know I'm not around here much and I practically said I was doing this a year ago, but I'm finally back on the Lego kick again and have started a blog. I won't be here much anymore because in all honestly, I have nothing left to say about Final Fantasy. But I know some of you were interested in my Lego project and it's going full steam again and will hopefully continue with some breaks in between. So, if you're interested in keeping up, I have a Lego website / blog that I will be updating. You can follow via Google + or just submit your email for update notifications.
Life Liberty Lego.com So yeah, check it out. Not much up yet but that will be changing over the next few months. -------------------- Chewbekah ^_^ Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, Attack of the Firday Monsters, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Lego City Undercover, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix Recently Finished: Fire Emblem: Awakening Favorite Game: Suikoden III |
Post #205944
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Posted: 31st January 2014 20:30
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We made it back to the LEGO Store last weekend for a new treat for my daughter - she ended up with a cupcake-building set. Some of the new cool stuff I saw there were these:
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/The-DeLorean-time-machine-21103 http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Sydney-Opera-Ho...US5HomeSH210234 And of course, the big news lately, the Simpsons house: http://aboutus.lego.com/en-us/news-room/20...go-the-simpsons -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #206065
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Posted: 2nd February 2014 05:27
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Magitek Soldier Posts: 278 Joined: 31/8/2010 Awards: |
Just went to the Lego store today for my birthday and picked up the Delorean and also http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Camper-Van-6005...Listing=listing.
I also parted together some minifigs. All will eventually be viewable at my Lego blog Life Liberty Lego -------------------- Chewbekah ^_^ Currently Playing: Final Fantasy XIV: ARR, Attack of the Firday Monsters, Animal Crossing: A New Leaf, Lego City Undercover, Kingdom Hearts 1.5 Remix Recently Finished: Fire Emblem: Awakening Favorite Game: Suikoden III |
Post #206075
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Posted: 27th May 2014 20:26
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While working on cleaning out my home office so I could move it into my new basement, I found a boxed http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/3414_Precision_Shooting laying there - my mom got it for something like fifty cents at a tag sale just as a little joke gift for me a while back. I assembled it during my morning 15-minute status meeting and now it's available to play at my desk in my "real" office.
The minifig is NOT good at kicking a ball over the wall, despite what the box art shows. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #206855
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Posted: 24th June 2014 01:18
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Time to shut up shop, folks, Lego is over.
http://screenburn.kotaku.com/most-of-the-o...uild-1594640071 -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #207148
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Posted: 31st July 2014 06:37
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Black Mage Posts: 210 Joined: 19/8/2009 Awards: |
Oh wow! I just saw this thread and it just so happens that two days ago we went into town (we live in Leipzig, Germany) and saw a bunch of Lego displays at the mall including a huge model of the US Capitol building (strange to see that here since I'm originally from the DC area). We went by the Lego store there and my wife made a comment about the cost of some of the bigger sets and I told her how when I was a kid I remember saving my birthday money to buy one of those more expensive sets. Lo and behold, here it is! http://brickset.com/sets/6982-1/Explorien-Starship Oh the nostalgia!
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Post #207317
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Posted: 1st August 2014 05:10
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Man, thanks for bumping this ElPanachino, or I would have never seen Josh's last post.
Not that what you said wasn't important I was still a bit on the younger side when Exploriens was about, so I only got some of the medium-sized sets in the series, but you can bet that's one of the ones I lusted after. And look how much more expensive it is now! I complain a lot that Legos have lost their creativity in the last decade. I think this isn't just grouchy nostalgizing: most of their sets now are imported from cinema, so it doesn't even really come down to a question of whether their original series are any good (but also, they aren't). This Odyssey thing, though, is a super neat idea -- the kind of thing I think Lego SHOULD be doing. It's a story many, many people know. The wide variety of islands and encounters in the story make not only for a fair bit of variance amongst the sets (compare Hades with Helios) but also would allow for different sized sets: some small (like the Sirens' island, or Scylla and Charybdis) and some large (like Ithaca or, if you wanted to include it, Troy). Somewhere in the middle you could put Odysseus' ship -- large enough to make it neat but small enough to still be accessible price-wise. .....I maybe got a bit carried away there. -------------------- Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen! |
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Post #207323
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Posted: 1st August 2014 14:12
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Black Mage Posts: 210 Joined: 19/8/2009 Awards: |
DP, I agree that the licensed sets have somewhat taken away from the do-it-yourselfness of Legos. I have been seeing these 3-in-1 Creator sets at the store and my inner child has been dying to pick one up. http://brickset.com/sets/5003836-1/Creator-Kit
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Post #207324
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Posted: 1st August 2014 22:44
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Quote (ElPanachino @ 1st August 2014 10:12) DP, I agree that the licensed sets have somewhat taken away from the do-it-yourselfness of Legos. I have been seeing these 3-in-1 Creator sets at the store and my inner child has been dying to pick one up. http://brickset.com/sets/5003836-1/Creator-Kit Yeah, I think that's a neat idea. Plus, since half the fun is in building something, this gives one an additional option, other than just mixing up all your sets in one big free-for-all. It still leaves a bit to be desired is comparison to the aesthetic/functional continuity of a series, though! -------------------- Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen! |
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Post #207326
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Posted: 7th August 2014 23:14
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OK, I know I said this before, but NOW LEGO might be over. Arrested Development LEGO is here.
http://curbed.com/archives/2011/08/15/guy-...ut-of-legos.php -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #207343
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Posted: 3rd January 2015 14:51
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Oh hey more double posting from me. I'd read this sub-blog a few times without really realizing it, but this is a great place to go for LEGO news: http://lego.gizmodo.com/
I'd probably have to pick up that new Frozen set for my daughter but she's proven already that she's not quite ready to move from Duplo up to the big leagues. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #208012
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Posted: 14th February 2015 16:17
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Presented without comment:
http://www.brothers-brick.com/2015/02/14/l...e-fighter-news/ Well, okay, two comments: one, yes please. Two, needs more TIE Defender. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #208185
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Posted: 20th February 2015 16:57
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Cactuar Posts: 237 Joined: 31/7/2011 Awards: |
I got one of the new Bionicles--Gali--because they're sick. Expensive, though. But hey, they brought back one of their best toy lines. I'm happy.
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Post #208207
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Posted: 4th May 2015 23:22
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This is kinda sad.
-------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #208704
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Posted: 26th May 2015 16:36
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Speaking of misusing Super Star Destroyer kits (but this time in an awesome way), the computer mod magazine that I get featured a pretty crazy scratch build this month. A guy took the 10,000-piece SSD kit (http://narshe.me/1Huo8NU) and turned it into this: http://imgur.com/a/MZyXS#dSMLnDC
That is pretty wild. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #208827
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Posted: 29th May 2015 05:14
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Behemoth Posts: 2,674 Joined: 9/12/2006 Awards: |
I thought it would be fun to get some legos the other day, thinking they'd be cheap, and I saw a set that cost $50! That should be illegal!
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Post #208865
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Posted: 29th May 2015 11:37
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Quote (BlitzSage @ 29th May 2015 01:14) I thought it would be fun to get some legos the other day, thinking they'd be cheap, and I saw a set that cost $50! That should be illegal! They have gotten pretty expensive by and large. Even the Duplo sets that I get my daughter are a bit over the top nowadays. I haven't bought any for myself in a very long time, because most of the ones that really interest me are in the $75 and up range, for instance, this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002IXYSGO/ This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 29th May 2015 14:21 -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #208866
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Posted: 28th June 2015 00:41
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I got this little guy today: http://www.lego.com/en-us/starwars/product...ers/75075-at-at
These are kinda cute because they're weirdly-scaled, with normal size minifigs but shrunken vehicle sizes. And for ten bucks, this was a fun 20-minute diversion to put together while getting pieces I needed handed to me by a preschool assistant. And she got a Lego Star Wars Episode V poster as part of the deal. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #209313
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Posted: 5th September 2015 23:00
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This is my thread now. Sigh.
http://lego.gizmodo.com/lego-officially-re...aken-1728453076 Lego are getting stupid expensive, but I still kinda want that Poe Dameron X-Wing. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #209562
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Posted: 9th September 2015 00:38
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Quote (Rangers51 @ 5th September 2015 19:00) This is my thread now. Sigh. http://lego.gizmodo.com/lego-officially-re...aken-1728453076 Lego are getting stupid expensive, but I still kinda want that Poe Dameron X-Wing. Good grief, these are expensive indeed. Beautiful models, don't get me wrong, but oofta! I have to imagine that the licencing for these buggers is very high, and that's getting passed along. I seem to remember even the first batch of Star Wars legos all being a step up on the price scale. But even so, $20 for the speeder?! We're talking, like, 50 pieces there! The Falcon probably is the best deal, for what you're getting. -------------------- Currently Playing : Final Fantasy V Most Recently Beat : Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Favorite Game : Final Fantasy X The newest CoNcast is up! Have a listen! |
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Post #209567
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Posted: 9th September 2015 13:19
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Quote (Death Penalty @ 8th September 2015 20:38) Good grief, these are expensive indeed. Beautiful models, don't get me wrong, but oofta! I have to imagine that the licencing for these buggers is very high, and that's getting passed along. I seem to remember even the first batch of Star Wars legos all being a step up on the price scale. But even so, $20 for the speeder?! We're talking, like, 50 pieces there! The Falcon probably is the best deal, for what you're getting. If you go through the comments on that post long enough, you'll see some analysis of cost-per-piece in there. Noooooooot exactly how I think of Lego, but relevant to your comment. -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #209570
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Posted: 11th November 2015 00:31
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I've got a good job. A really nice family. A comfortable warm house, and I guess enough going for me in general. But my life seems to be missing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEzscoAX3bc -------------------- "To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN? |
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Post #209815
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