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[Dynoro]

Just sat down to start watching this - such a good idea for an endurance run, but I know I will just end up buying the SSD

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Because people are willing to pay for it.

They have hardly any premium videos.

 

[Gowans]

I think this is 100% fair to be premium, totally bonus content from the site, probably last a month so you can get a $5 monthly sub.

Gona be a load of time and effort going into this on the back end from the video guys too.

 

[Xater]

Do you also say "Kleenex-brand tissues", "the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi", and add ™ to everything? And I certainly hope you don't refer to Coca-cola as "coke."

They're legos.

Let me break it down for you. Lego is the brand. There are Lego bricks or Lego models, but there is no such thing as "Legos".

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Let me break it down for you. Lego is the brand. There are Lego bricks or Lego models, but there is no such thing as "Legos".

Thankfully, I speak English and can call em whatever the hell I want to. They are legos.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Let me break it down for you. Lego is the brand. There are Lego bricks or Lego models, but there is no such thing as "Legos".

I love my lego/s/ like I love my poptart/s/.

I don't actually love poptart/s/, though.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

They have hardly any premium videos.

Which is a shame. GB is fucking owning with their premium content, yet I have no reason to ever visit Tested for entertainment purposes. I just go there to see some cool piece of tech (not that their coverage of tech isn't entertaining, but you know what I mean. It's more previews/reviews etc).

More random videos like this, boys. It's the way forward.

 

[Cyan]

Let me break it down for you. Lego is the brand. There are Lego bricks or Lego models, but there is no such thing as "Legos".

It's almost like you missed the point.

 

[Curufinwe]

Let me break it down for you. Lego is the brand. There are Lego bricks or Lego models, but there is no such thing as "Legos".

http://painintheenglish.com/case/4639

There is no grammatical rule that says a proper noun cannot be used to refer to a countable object. “Mac” is a proper noun. It’s a name of a product but it is also used to refer to the individual Macintosh machines, i.e., “Macs”. Think of car companies, like Honda, BMW, and Porsche. When we refer to their cars, we say, “Hondas”, “BMWs”, and “Porsches”.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I don't care if it's grammatically proper or not, people who say "Legos" annoy the shit out of me. And this sometimes includes even myself.

 

[Xater]

http://painintheenglish.com/case/4639

Problem is you guys use it all over the place. For some reason "Legos" are sometimes bricks, sometimes models and both things just sound wrong.

 

[ghostmind]

According to the Tested weigh-in, the sets are as follows:


Death Star: 4.855kg (10.7lbs)
SSD: 4.055kg (8.9lbs)

 

[Unhandled Exception]

Problem is you guys use it all over the place. For some reason "Legos" are sometimes bricks, sometimes models and both things just sound wrong.

Legos are legos bro. It's not this serious thing you're making it out to be.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I don't care if it's grammatically proper or not, people who say "Legos" annoy the shit out of me. And this sometimes includes even myself.

You should sit in once, and the first person to say "Legos" gets their shit ruined.

Well, not ruined, but they have to stop building for the day or something. Could be really entertaining, especially if you keep saying Legos to lull them into a false sense of security.

 

[SteveWinwood]

Who gives a shit what you call them.

 

[Unhandled Exception]

I don't care if it's grammatically proper or not, people who say "Legos" annoy the shit out of me. And this sometimes includes even myself.

Personal problem. An irrational one at that.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

I don't care if it's grammatically proper or not, people who say "Legos" annoy the shit out of me. And this sometimes includes even myself.

I think it would bother me more to hear someone say "Hey, go get me that box of all those Lego."

Or, "Go get my three Eggo out of the toaster."

Or. "Get me three Coca Cola please"

 

[Curufinwe]

I don't care if it's grammatically proper or not, people who say "Legos" annoy the shit out of me. And this sometimes includes even myself.

Isn't it Legous in the UK?

 

[ghostmind]

FYI, I wouldn't pick up the SSD at Amazon. It's currently being sold by a 3rd party at a $130 markup.

If you look at the official LEGO store, both the Death Star and the SSD retail for $400.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I'm building this at home, and plan to attack Will and Norm's builds with it.

 

[Grinchy]

I can't believe how bothered some people are about the use of the word Legos. Never in my youth did any kid ever say "Mom, I want a new set of Lego bricks!!" It was all Legos.

I think it would bother me more to hear someone say "Hey, go get me that box of all those Lego."

Or, "Go get my three Eggo out of the toaster."

Or. "Get me three Coca Cola please"

I think the point is that you're "supposed" to call them bricks with the company name Lego thrown in. Just like, "Get me three Coca Cola bottles/cans please." I guess you're not allowed to ask for a Coke, you have to ask for the specific container it is in and remember to identify the brand name along with it. I'm sure we both agree that that's crazy.

 

[Cyan]

"Hey, go get me that box of all those LEGO® brand bricks."

FIFY

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I'm building this at home, and plan to attack Will and Norm's builds with it.

You can only use that against Will's.

For Norm's, you should buy an A Wing, and then throw it at his.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I always said, where's my box of LEGO?

 

[Gary Whitta]

You can only use that against Will's.

For Norm's, you should buy an A Wing, and then throw it at his.

X-Wings crash into the Executor in ROTJ too IIRC.

Also, they are fucking CRAZY mixing up the bags. It's going to take them forever!

 

[Majine]

God, it's so... Psychological.

 

[f0rk]

I can't believe how bothered some people are about the use of the word Legos. Never in my youth did any kid ever say "Mom, I want a new set of Lego bricks!!" It was all Legos.

And in the UK I've never heard anyone be dumb enough to call Lego "Legos".
To me it sounds like when someone calls any game console a Nintendo.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

X-Wings crash into the Executor in ROTJ too IIRC.

Also, they are fucking CRAZY mixing up the bags. It's going to take them forever!

Nope, two A-Wings blow up the shield generator, and an A-Wing nails the bridge, crippling it and sending it into the surface of the Death Star.

I just watched this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iOeFPE8574#t=6m

The physics of it don't make much sense, and I think the Mon Calamari are cheering the deaths of humans. I believe they are responsible for the entire war.

 

[Gary Whitta]

I seem to remember a damaged X-Wing crashing into the SSD earlier in the battle.

 

[Curufinwe]

And in the UK I've never heard anyone be dumb enough to call Lego "Legos".
To me it sounds like when someone calls any game console a Nintendo.

It's nothing like someone calling a PS3 a Nintendo. It's just like someone saying "that dealership only sells Fords" instead of saying "that dealership only sells Ford cars".

 

[Cyan]

And in the UK I've never heard anyone be dumb enough to call Lego "Legos".
To me it sounds like when someone calls any game console a Nintendo.

Except we're not talking about off-brand legos. What a weird comparison.

I guess this is just one of those things where everyone thinks whatever they said growing up "just sounds right," and everything else is wrong or stupid.

Ah, culture.

 

[weekend_warrior]

I am getting a raging hard-on watching this. 3000+ brick LEGO sets. O.O

 

[ConfusingJazz]

I seem to remember a damaged X-Wing crashing into the SSD earlier in the battle.

Nah, just a regular ass star destroyer, its earlier in the clip. They didn't really start attacked the SSD until Ackbar ordered them to concentrate their fire on it.

 

[Gary Whitta]

Nah, just a regular ass star destroyer, its earlier in the clip. They didn't really start attacked the SSD until Ackbar ordered them to concentrate their fire on it.

Ah that's right, it was just a regular SD.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Ah that's right, it was just a regular SD.

Point is: Build an A-Wing, throw it at Norm's SSD.

If you want to be special, put a fire cracker on it to simulate losing control.

 

[Majine]

Norm's project looks alot cooler tho, the X-rayed Death Star just doesn't do it for me.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

And in the UK I've never heard anyone be dumb enough to call Lego "Legos".
To me it sounds like when someone calls any game console a Nintendo.

An American thing then. Problem solved. No need to harp on about it. They can't help it.

 

[Jake Tower]

 

[Hot Coldman]

itt: people justify ignorance

 

[Betta Lines]

Something something something...

 

[Heel]

Sorting presorted bags...

 

[ghostmind]

Ah that's right, it was just a regular SD.

You need this thing, from the Advent Calendar...

 

[Curufinwe]

itt: people justify ignorance

A lot of people are ignorant of how the English language evolves over time and in different countries, but what can you do.

 

[Cyan]

itt: people justify ignorance

Ignorance implies lack of knowledge. We know the Lego corporation wants us to say "LEGO® brand bricks" instead of "legos." We just don't care.

 

[Heel]

I think it would bother me more to hear someone say "Hey, go get me that box of all those Lego."

Or, "Go get my three Eggo out of the toaster."

Or. "Get me three Coca Cola please"

Haha, yeah. As a kid we called them Legos. Plural in the same vein as Lincoln Logs, blocks etc..

That's ingrained in me at this point and I don't think I could change if I tried, even if I haven't touched them in over a decade.

 

[notworksafe]

itt: people justify ignorance

Who gives a shit that someone doesn't know the plural name of a child's toy? Now I'll be using "legos" for the duration of this thread. Should be grand!

Also, I love the long line of judges for Lego (legos) related disputes...and then it all could go to a coin flip anyway.

 

[Xater]

I always said, where's my box of LEGO?

Same.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Opening all the bags is incredibly stupid. They're already sorted, and presumably the instructions assume you didn't feel the need to resort them. There are just so many ways this can go wrong, which of course means it'll likely be great.

I also don't understand the aversion to the logical way to refer to plural legos.

 

[Hot Coldman]

Ignorance implies lack of knowledge. We know the Lego corporation wants us to say "LEGO® brand bricks" instead of "legos." We just don't care.

It's not that the LEGO corp wants you to do it, it's that everyone else does it, including Americans

It's not an Americanism, it's just wrong

People just continue using it because a) they don't want to be wrong (about something insignificant, lol) and b) they love winding up people who give a damn about their fellow man sounding like a muppet

 

[willsmith]

I think Norm has the advantage when it comes to the model itself. It looks like it has a simpler design with larger and less intricate parts.

I like this deathstar more btw.

The non-playset one was almost $200 more than the one I got. It's kind of funny, the one you linked is clearly the one I'd rather have now, as an adult. The playset one with all the minifigs would have 100% been the one I'd rather have had when I was a child and playing with toys though.