[darkwing]

Only briefly followed this thread, but Lego is cool. Some really insane stuff out there. Here's a model I built of the centre part of the city I live in:

this is glorious

[Fowler]

mrkgoo, that is AMAZING.

[FliXFantatier]

this is glorious

I second this, that looks fantastic :)

[mrklaw]

Ugh the mini modulars is available again but $80 just seems too damn expensive for how small it is.

It's 5 $16 sets. Make it seem any better value?

[Tence]

Ugh the mini modulars is available again but $80 just seems too damn expensive for how small it is.

I felt the same way, but I bought it anyway... and I simply love it.
It was really fun to build, and they look great displayed.

[wetwired]

I was inspired by some of the photos on here and had an idea while putting together my series 7 minifigs...

[biggyfries]

I was inspired by some of the photos on here and had an idea while putting together my series 7 minifigs...

Looks like we have ourselves a bi-lingual bloodfest!

[mrkgoo]

this is glorious

mrkgoo, that is AMAZING.

I second this, that looks fantastic :)

Heh, thanks!

I wish I had the skills to build some of those really crazy stuff out there.

[Snkfanatic]

I was inspired by some of the photos on here and had an idea while putting together my series 7 minifigs...

hahahha awesome

[Garryk]

Saw Avengers yesterday. Now I want an UCS hellicarrier.

[Fritz]

Only briefly followed this thread, but Lego is cool. Some really insane stuff out there. Here's a model I built of the centre part of the city I live in:

Is that Auckland? Either way fantastic job!

[Lord Error]

I was not ready for that Auckland at night picture. Fantastic stuff, and great photos too.

[chimster]

Sopwith Camel :O

[darkwing]

Sopwith Camel :O

buy buy buy!

[Fxp]

Is this the best channel with LEGO designers presenting new products?
http://www.youtube.com/user/LEGOClubTV/videos

[Banana Kid]

Saw Avengers yesterday. Now I want an UCS hellicarrier.

The Helicarrier and one of those giant alien worms are the two sets left I really want for Avengers.

I really hope Lego keeps making Marvel sets for a long time. I'd love a bunch more comic-based sets, and would kill for an X-Men set with a Sentinel.

[chimster]

Is this the best channel with LEGO designers presenting new products? http://www.youtube.com/user/LEGOClubTV/videos

Its the official one

[Reluctant-Hero]

Sopwith Camel :O

Mother of god. I want it. I'm going to have to get myself back to the Lego Store on 6/1/11!

[darkwing]

any ideas how much is the Camel?

[PhoncipleBone]

Sopwith Camel :O

Oh, wow. That is awesome. Love the fact that the joystick actually controls the stuff. That is nuts.

And did he say 1x1 round slopes? Like rounded cheese slopes?

any ideas how much is the Camel?

$100

[Theonik]

http://www.gstatic.com/apps/gadgets/youtube/play.pngSopwith Camel :O

I must own this. I MUST. Supposed to come in June right?

[Vyer]

Sopwith Camel :O

Wow. the pictures looked nice but damn don't do it justice. Looks great.






damn it.

[Black-Box]

Yeah it's beyond fucked, your post reminded me of something I was going to do up response to the marvel set prices...

you guys will get charged more because of location and population size. Canadians pay more for stuff because we have a small population compared to the US. BUT that might change in the near future!

how do you guys live down there knowing you gotta pay so much for things than anyone else, like dam that is expensive

[PalaceBrother]

...Canadians pay more for stuff because we have a small population compared to the US. BUT that might change in the near future!

Can you explain this?

[Reluctant-Hero]

Can you explain this?

If they're gearing up for War, I'll welcome our new Canadian overlords to California.

[The Lamonster]

Friend just sent me this

http://nostarch.com/legoheavyweapons

[ghostmind]

I'm really looking forward to the Sopwith Camel. Metallic silver elements!

It's always fun to listen to Jamie Berard in these videos. He should do a regular video series on advanced build concepts, but I guess that would take time away from him building new sets.

[Snkfanatic]

Friend just sent me this http://nostarch.com/legoheavyweapons

Wow that is pretty awesome, love the AKSU

[Marty Chinn]

It's 5 $16 sets. Make it seem any better value?

Actually ya, that does =)

[NathanMcMahon]

Only briefly followed this thread, but Lego is cool. Some really insane stuff out there. Here's a model I built of the centre part of the city I live in:

I think the Godzilla costume minifig with Deadpool in it needs to wreck some havoc in that city...

[suplex]

The Sopwith Camel looks amazing, that's a must have for me.

[Rodney McKay]

Sopwith Camel :O

WOW at the working joystick. That is a gorgeous looking set.

[The Lamonster]

Anyone finish R2-D2 yet?

I'd like to hear a Gaffer's review since I have to wait 30 days for it to ship...

[Marty Chinn]

WOW at the working joystick. That is a gorgeous looking set.

Didn't know about that till you mentioned it. I think that might have just sold me on it.

[parrotbeak]

I was googling for Spiderman LEGO & came across this.... http://i.imgur.com/naOrE.jpg HANDSOME APPEARANCE!

GIS'd that Spidey pic and found this blog: http://www.reasonablyclever.com/blog/labels/Fail.html

Pretty funny how they seem to use actual Lego molds but apparently with no quality control.

Ah, yes, pesky rubber bands. How are they, quality wise? And am I correct in assuming that the strain comes primarily from having the wings open?

Ya, they are relaxed when the wings are closed. The quality seems very high and maybe they will last a long time. They feel more like plastic than rubber.

Anyone know from experience how long Lego rubber bands last?

[neonglow]

GIS'd that Spidey pic and found this blog: http://www.reasonablyclever.com/blog/labels/Fail.html Pretty funny how they seem to use actual Lego molds but apparently with no quality control. Ya, they are relaxed when the wings are closed. The quality seems very high and maybe they will last a long time. They feel more like plastic than rubber. Anyone know from experience how long Lego rubber bands last?

My old rubberbands on Technic sets eventually dried up and became very brittle after a few years.

[Black-Box]

Can you explain this?

companies are charging Canadian's more for stuff because we don't have the population the same size as America.

and apparently they are just allowed to charge more just because we are a different country.

I can try to find links, but it was on the radio a month ago.

but as Canada dollar stays high this will just be a bigger and bigger issue.

[mrklaw]

I just started building my bricklinkd cafe corner. It's ok so far, but I already bumped into a couple of pieces I somehow missed. Managed to substitute so far. One odd thing is that the entrance to upstairs has these lovely dark blue arches supporting the stairs, but they are completely covered up so you can't see them at all in the finished build. I'm tempted to mod a rear door just so you can use the space under the stairs as storage, and show the arch. There is also an odd gap either side of the stairs which seems out of place and eats into the space available for the main cafe. The corner door build seems over complicated too.

Nearly done the first floor, but stopped just before the grand decoration over the door and hotel sign.

PDF instructions are bloody awful though. Low contrast and jpeg blocking everywhere. Sometimes you can hardly see how many of a piece you need, and this build has lots of dark blue and dark grey. Nightmare. Entire modular instructions are only 14MB - could easily be 3-4x that size

[Marty Chinn]

I just started building my bricklinkd cafe corner. It's ok so far, but I already bumped into a couple of pieces I somehow missed. Managed to substitute so far. One odd thing is that the entrance to upstairs has these lovely dark blue arches supporting the stairs, but they are completely covered up so you can't see them at all in the finished build. I'm tempted to mod a rear door just so you can use the space under the stairs as storage, and show the arch. There is also an odd gap either side of the stairs which seems out of place and eats into the space available for the main cafe. The corner door build seems over complicated too. Nearly done the first floor, but stopped just before the grand decoration over the door and hotel sign. PDF instructions are bloody awful though. Low contrast and jpeg blocking everywhere. Sometimes you can hardly see how many of a piece you need, and this build has lots of dark blue and dark grey. Nightmare. Entire modular instructions are only 14MB - could easily be 3-4x that size

I've only recently become aware of BrickLink, but are you saying you're reconstructing sets by buying the parts individually rather than the set? How does that work?

[NathanMcMahon]

I just started building my bricklinkd cafe corner. It's ok so far, but I already bumped into a couple of pieces I somehow missed. Managed to substitute so far. One odd thing is that the entrance to upstairs has these lovely dark blue arches supporting the stairs, but they are completely covered up so you can't see them at all in the finished build. I'm tempted to mod a rear door just so you can use the space under the stairs as storage, and show the arch. There is also an odd gap either side of the stairs which seems out of place and eats into the space available for the main cafe. The corner door build seems over complicated too. Nearly done the first floor, but stopped just before the grand decoration over the door and hotel sign. PDF instructions are bloody awful though. Low contrast and jpeg blocking everywhere. Sometimes you can hardly see how many of a piece you need, and this build has lots of dark blue and dark grey. Nightmare. Entire modular instructions are only 14MB - could easily be 3-4x that size

Yeah, that goes for a lot of the Brickset instructions. When I was putting together a bunch of old Batman sets I bought in a huge lot, I finally gave up and just ordered the instructions from Bricklink and eBay. Even those instructions were often too dark to distinguish well.

[mrklaw]

I've only recently become aware of BrickLink, but are you saying you're reconstructing sets by buying the parts individually rather than the set? How does that work?

From bricklink up you can view the inventory of a set and add it to a wanted list. Then you can go through and see which stores have the most of the pieces you need and buy them.

In the case of cafe corner, I had about half the pieces already, the rest were either bought from bricklink, or from Lego.com (the roof slopes were very expensive on bricklink so I got those from Lego.com)

Others have done the UCS millennium falcon the same way for way less than the price of buying a full set

[Christian]

I'm crying bitter, bitter man tears. Picked up five more minifigures. No Evil Knight. Got the Computer Programmer, which I'm actually cool with getting. Got the Merman, the Valkyrie, the Hippie, and another friggin' Jungle Boy. I try to feel it out, but I lose patience and just grab a couple that I think it could be, then a couple randoms. If no one on here wants to trade, I'll probably just put the unwanted ones on eBay and try to win one on there. Can't waste money on these, I need to save for LotR sets. :'( <// Man tears

[Neoriceisgood]

I'm crying bitter, bitter man tears. Picked up five more minifigures. No Evil Knight. Got the Computer Programmer, which I'm actually cool with getting. Got the Merman, the Valkyrie, the Hippie, and another friggin' Jungle Boy. I try to feel it out, but I lose patience and just grab a couple that I think it could be, then a couple randoms. If no one on here wants to trade, I'll probably just put the unwanted ones on eBay and try to win one on there. Can't waste money on these, I need to save for LotR sets. :'( <// Man tears

My five evil knights feel empathy for you.

[Naka]

I'm crying bitter, bitter man tears. Picked up five more minifigures. No Evil Knight. Got the Computer Programmer, which I'm actually cool with getting. Got the Merman, the Valkyrie, the Hippie, and another friggin' Jungle Boy. I try to feel it out, but I lose patience and just grab a couple that I think it could be, then a couple randoms. If no one on here wants to trade, I'll probably just put the unwanted ones on eBay and try to win one on there. Can't waste money on these, I need to save for LotR sets. :'( <// Man tears

It definitely requires patience. The evil knight isnt' too hard to feel out because of his shield.

[DrForester]

Got some series 7 figs today. Felt the bags and found Bunnyman, and Dark Knight. Kept trying to find Bagpipe man, got frustrated and just grabbed 3 random bags.

Got Bagpipe man :) . Also got Aztec warrior and Space Marine.

[The Lamonster]

My five evil knights feel empathy for you.

haha damn you. What are you feeling for? I've never bought a minifigure so I'm new to this. But I really want that evil knight and space marine.

[DrForester]

haha damn you. What are you feeling for? I've never bought a minifigure so I'm new to this. But I really want that evil knight and space marine.

The shield is a dead givaway for the Dark Knight. Space Marine can be found by the big armor piece. Only other piece that big in series 7 is the Aztec helmet.

[depths20XX]

I'm crying bitter, bitter man tears. Picked up five more minifigures. No Evil Knight. Got the Computer Programmer, which I'm actually cool with getting. Got the Merman, the Valkyrie, the Hippie, and another friggin' Jungle Boy. I try to feel it out, but I lose patience and just grab a couple that I think it could be, then a couple randoms. If no one on here wants to trade, I'll probably just put the unwanted ones on eBay and try to win one on there. Can't waste money on these, I need to save for LotR sets. :'( <// Man tears

I lose patience too, but luckily I've only gotten one duplicate which was the minotaur, and I like that minifig anyways. Got a bunch of series 6 and 5 ones that I didn't have today. All of series 7 was out at TRU someone really cleaned them out because they had a ton last week.

Edit: It doesn't help that the pile for them at TRU is right out there in the middle of the floor and the few times I've gone there I get comments about me feeling up the bags, haha. Not a huge deal though.

[NathanMcMahon]

I lose patience too, but luckily I've only gotten one duplicate which was the minotaur, and I like that minifig anyways. Got a bunch of series 6 and 5 ones that I didn't have today. All of series 7 was out at TRU someone really cleaned them out because they had a ton last week.

How much do they cost at Toys R Us? OI was thinking of swinging by today but wasn't sure.

[The Lamonster]

The shield is a dead givaway for the Dark Knight. Space Marine can be found by the big armor piece. Only other piece that big in series 7 is the Aztec helmet.

Thanks man. I wouldn't mind accidentally getting the Aztec guy anyway.