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April challenges:
>Create a LEGO ambassador to represent your city/nation/planet/world at the LEGO World conference.
>Create a micro version of the first set you were given/bought as a kid.
>Showcase the rarest piece/minifigure you own in a vignette.
>Build a spaceboard because that one guy didn't spam enough of the fucking things
>Build anything Nintendo related: consoles, characters, whores, items, sprites.
>Build a big beautiful defensive wall. Can be any theme - Castle, Ninjago or Mexican.
>Model a helicopter.
>Make a factory scene.
>>5610201
Who the fuck is Randy Bobandy?
>>5610204
You?
>>5610204
fuck off Randy Bobandy, everyone's wise to your deceptive bullshit shenanigans
so many fucking piece and color substitutions, but I finally have my own heavily modded destiny's bounty
So, what would you guys suggest for that area with the round piece on the left?
ohhh.. finally someone smart did it.
>>5610238
wha
>>5610238
looks creepy af but i like it
>>5610204
fuck off
>>5610237
Some sort of turret with artillery in it maybe.
The best thing would be old anti-aircrafted artillery like pic related, mounted on the truck and modified in order to be shinier and more chrome.
Nexo Knights Library and Infernox Takes the Queen on sale.
Mr. Freeze polybag ends today.
I also want Doctor Who Ideas set.
If I get Doc Who, I'll be short $5. for Mr. Freeze
If I get Nexo Knights, I'll be short about $28 for Mr. Freeze, which I can offset by buying Ultimate Robin, Lavaria and Beast Master.
Help me.
>>5610293
Get Doktor and one random Mixel.
>>5610237
seconding the other anon, anti-air guns would be good. But I'd make it a multi-barrel turret like Wirbelwind.
>>5610218
Interesting, what a work of art. What's the piece count?
>>5610238
My GF is going to love this. Thanks for posting this Brick Bro.
>>5610313
yw
Zootopia is a heck of a movie,eh?
>>5610293
Photo added.
>>5610297
Which is best Mixel?
>>5610376
2, do it, do it for the doktah
>>5610376
I thought polybags are restricted to one per household for a couple of years now.
>>5610376
I would say 1 as Library and Infernox are on sale.
Also Library includes Lance so the only reason to buy his mecha horse is his squirebot and you can get that from bricklink if you need it.
>>5610376
3, but I would swap out the mechahorse for almost anything else. Unless you really want the parts selection. It's not a very good set.
>>5610376
pick number 3 my lord
>>5610341
Yeah, she compares me to that fox. I don't see it.
>Create a LEGO ambassador to represent your city/nation/planet/world at the LEGO World conference.
Konrad Pietrzykowski - representing the Intergalactic Catholic Star Empire of Poland and Kresy
>Bricklink won't let you just pay with debit cards
Well, pick a brick it is then.
>Create a LEGO ambassador to represent your city/nation/planet/world at the LEGO World conference.
General Vallejo/Agoston Haraszthy (merged into uno in a robotic future of the bay area) says "Hola" from Northern CA, USA.
>>5610433
That is fucking awesome and heartwarming. Jeszcze Polska Nie Zginęła, itd
>>5610492
Droids: "Alto!"
>>5610433
>Catholic
>>>/cobi/
>>5610518
Those are some terrifying droids. Great uniforms too.
>>5610433
DUERUR!
Hey, guess what?!
Help /lg/, I don't know what to pick up between the Kwik-E-Mart set or a standard modular.... Can anyone tell me whats more worth it?
>>5610460
put your card in a paypal account you retard
For Canadafags, and more specifically those of us in the GTA, tru has a promo going where you get a free police helicopter micro when you spend $25 or more on Lego.
And for those looking for them, the one in Brampton has Series 15 minifigs and the walmarts in town have another series whose number escapes me.
>>5610612
I'm fucking pissed that I couldn't get a Knight's Cycle.
>>5610547
i'd say get the kwik-e-mart if you like simpsons, there's a ton of fun little references (and food pieces, i love minifig food), otherwise get the parisian restaurant
>>5610376
First question: 3 but get Moltor's lava smasher instead of the mecha-horse
Second question: Tapsy is best current mixel
>>5610637
>The $30 Spider-Man Juniors set only has 137
>>5610662
I have Lava Smasher, King's Mech, Chariot and Ultimate Aaron, Clay and Macy.
Somebody asked me how I put this together, so I took a few photos...
>>5610688
might as well leave this here.
>>5610688
>those trans red blaster pieces
were those from some kinda bonkle shit or something? I didn't realize they made those pieces in transparent colors.
>>5610691
I have no clue, random bricklink find. actually...
http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=6538b&in=S&colorID=17&ov=Y
Huh, not THAT rare.
>>5610196
Finally i found this guy.
For a long time i thought that Jang Bricks is this guy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbDeKR35T10
Because Jang always had this "tired" voice and it sounds like it fits to this older dude.
I still imagining this dude when i watch JangBricks...
>>5610725
Did anyone else find the SP3 line incredibly fucking racist?
>>5610736
thatsthejoke.gif
>>5610311
no clue man. when the instructions called for a bunch of big reddish brown plates, I put in a bunch of small old brown/reddish brown plates.
it makes the floor look cool though, like it's old and rickety after decades of use
>>5610736
>SP3 line incredibly fucking racist?
yeah. if you are some tumblr nu male cunt
>>5610744
Or an illegal alien, technically.
>>5610738
Old Space Police kept innocent space citizens safe from Blacktron.
New SP just keep space safe from blacks..I mean, non-humans.
How did no one object to this?
>>5610751
>How did no one object to this?
sjws too busy focusing on western cartoons and comics and videogames.
Stuff like Lego Space Police are still way too obscure for them to whine about. Despite being crazy, sjws know what product to attack for better effect.
Average "geek girl" is not geeky enough to own such stuff and the ones that own are too nerdy to care about problematic issues.
>>5610758
Yeah lego did get a lot of hear for their nigger lips basketballers a few years earlier.
Lego seems to be pretty sjw/ progressive these days, the mini fig lid in a wheelchair is nice.
>>5610768
>Lego seems to be pretty sjw/ progressive these days, the mini fig lid in a wheelchair is nice.
OH MY GOD, PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WALK EXIST
STOP THE PRESSES!
Lego is fine, stop getting triggered over small things
>>5610238
Is this a comical bootleg?
>>5610736
Technically, since the baddies are all aliens, the more appropriate term would be 'speciesist.'
Hey guys, LEGO retail store employee here with way more knowledge than I should reasonably have at my level.
If you've seen the May calendar you know we're selling a new, unknown set to VIPs only starting, like, May 18th. WE had no fucking clue what that set was until the shipping list came in today.
I don't have details, but going by the only three-digit set on the list... It's a $150-200 Minecraft set.
I'll try to get more details tomorrow and figure out the name of it.
Post YFW B.A. Baracus, Michael Knight, and Harry Potter in Dimensiins this year.
>>5610828
You mean The Village set?
the superman-related sets have been surprisingly alright. anyone know if summer is supposed to bring us any more?
>>5610836
I guess this should have been my starting picture. To be fair I genuinely thought I was doing good.
>>5610838
Just the LEGO Superhero line that was revealed at Nuremberg.
>>5610841
No worries. Trying to spread news is helpful. I just saw the announcement earlier today.
>>5610842
... I actually had the info last week.
I just kept forgetting to come back to /toy/.
I'm sorry D:
Yes, it's the village. We're getting them shipped in next Friday. Don't bother asking for one though, we put them in our offsite storage facilities before sale.
I really hate when AFOLs do that.
>"Euuuuuhhhh I know you got a shipment of Classic Batcave, you can sell me one"
Fuck off already.
>>5610844
Now, please don't hate me for this, but when promotional polybags are "done", what do you do with the extras?
Are you not allowed to give them away anymore? I missed out on one of them before so I came the next day and randomly asked, but the employee said "Lego only sent us the exact amount that'll last us until the promotion is over."
I know that's fucking horseshit because you absolutely cannot give a finite number to something so...intangible.
>>5610768
>Lego seems to be pretty sjw/ progressive these days
i dont see that
in fact..im still surprised of the amount of cool looking bearded male rolemodels here and there
(stuff that will never be accepted in Murrika) of course we have lines like Nexo Knights with angry/badass girls but still overall i dont see sjws anywhere and those badass girls fit in quite nicely
>>5610833
Any official news would make me happy at this point.
>>5609837
I should rebuild this. Wheelrockets are the best.
>>5610844
>That pic
>>5610849
Naw, it's actually a pretty good question.
It works in one of three ways. Let's take for example:
A: The Ninjago Kai's Mini Dragon giveaway
B: Classic Mr. Freeze
C: Exclusive May the 4th Stormtrooper.
For easy, less demanding things like A, we usually have an entire pallet of boxes full of these things. We throw them in with everything. We hand them out to crying children. We give them away with birthday cards. We usually have enough to give away long after the promotion is over, and sometimes we just can't get rid of them. We've given entire boxes to employees for their children's schools. But you can't ask them to do this for you, because who the fuck are you?
In B's case, we're given a few boxes. We know that this giveaway is highly prized and probably won't last long, and they're inventoried as fuck, as in, we have to scan every one that leaves the store, and they can't be given away outside of their specific promotion. Sometimes they surprise us and we have enough to last the whole two weeks or whatever. Sometimes they don't last the weekend. They're one per customer. Don't ask for two just because you have two kids.
C is a highly sought after, extremely limited gift. Small stores may only get 100 of them. My store is getting five boxes - around 300. Once those are gone, they're gone. Ask for a second one just because you bought more, and we will beat you with the empty box for it. Entitled AFOLs are the bane of the LEGO retailer. We hate absolutely nothing more.
IF, and that's a big if, we still have more of C at the end of the promotion, we are told to send them back to the supplier. This has never happened. We sell out every time.
Yours sounds like it might have been a case of B.
>>5610882
I don't know how long you've been an employee, but it was the Lego Movie set of Emmet and the Piece of Resistance.
Thanks for the answer though. Also, can the stores sell them, if they wish? I remember a store selling a Hero Factory Brain Attack polybag for $5, and it was a promotion for buying anything relating to Hero Factory.
>>5610893
No, LEGO brand retail stores do not sell Polybags. Toys r us does, though.
We are not permitted to sell any giveaway items we have. Hero Factory's kinda old, so that may not have been the case forever, but it's the case now.
I'm not exactly a veteran. I'm getting my one-year brick in May. It'll be the only happy moment I've had in a while. Might mark the occasion with the purchase of an Elves set. Goddamn do I love poofy gay-ass dragons.
>>5610893
Also yes, I do know that Emmet's polybag was insanely rare and they probably ran out before the promotion ended.
anybody know where to get some of these knockoff lego army sets?
>>5610906
Dollar General carries them.
>>5610906
BrickArms!
They had a showing at a convention in my mall. Wonderful homemade pieces. Combine saucy old war veterans with AFOLs and you got those guys. Real trip to talk to.
>>5610906
Aliexpress might be your best friend.
Someone please convince me to not
>>5610833
Are the Dimensions figures actual minifigs or are they just figures
>>5610915
They are actual minifigures. No Kragle. Everything in Dimensions is intended to be built.
>>5610917
>I'd do it
I should mention I already have one that I have heavily modded.
I should probably just buy the entire set, I just don't think I have room for all of it.
>>5610924
It's a great set. Even if you don't use it all, the pieces are just mad fun.
Cows, bitch. COWS. Do it for the cows.
>>5610924
I've been wanting to do something train-related for a while, but that track is so damn expensive.
>>5610926
>It's a great set. Even if you don't use it all, the pieces are just mad fun.
...... Shit. I now have a feeling that, if I see one at my local Lego store tomorrow, I'll be buying it..
>>5610928
>I've been wanting to do something train-related for a while, but that track is so damn expensive.
You're LQ guy, right?
If I'm not mistaken, we live in the same state.
>>5610949
Seems like roughly one out of every four /lg/ posters is from Minnesota.
>>5610288
>>5610301
Would either of you say this is good?
>>5610914
The price is ok but that is a poor model compared to the Maersk diesel
>>5610963
I would say it's interesting in a sort of I donknow what I am looking at but it is potentially rad kind of way
I aM drunk though and I have no business clickin on quote trees so i dunno if enyone;s told you to continue but you should do that
>>5610906
try 5 and below
>>5610963
I dunno about the stack of 1x1 for a barrel.
Maybe you could try using a rod piece like pic related
>>5610964
>the Maersk diesel
Ugh... You know, I wasn't really interested in Lego when I first saw that set, but even then I thought "I should snap one up", because that diesel is based on my favorite diesel train type.
But noooo. I had to be a retard.
>>5610976
I walked past boxes and boxes of the Emerald Night weekly at a department store for months thinking it would be around forever. What a fool I was.
When the Maersk came out I didn't fuck around and got one asap. Got extra cars for it after. It's absolutely glorious, along with the Imperial Flagship one of my favourite sets ever.
Then Horizon Express came out in all it's orange-liveried TGV awesomeness and like a fucking retard, I waited....
>my fucking face when I'm being jewed by the fucking website because it keeps giving me errors whenever I log in to use up my VIP points.
For fuck's sake Lego, get your shit together. I guess no Mr. Freeze for me.
>>5610984
>Then Horizon Express came out in all it's orange-liveried TGV awesomeness and like a fucking retard, I waited....
I would not hesitate to trade you my double-loco Horizon for your Maersk. I think you would hesitate, though.
>>5610901
>a one year brick
alright thats some cute shit
Trying to give this minotaur an awesome and unique weapon. Unique part's done...
>>5611074
HERESY
>>5611074
that head looks so much better in silver. i have the black one
i dunno, i think i just really hate their black
>>5611102
And I was thinking I should've gotten the black one, this shade isn't a very good match for Lego silvers and grays. It's grown on me though.
>>5611105
>>5611105
its not terribly different than lego black, but something about their black combined with their extra detail and lack of any paint, makes pieces loose alot of it at a distance
that same head a foot away from you has no visible shadows, so you visually lose most of the nostrils, eyes, and some of the ears
>>5611113
After staring at some of their guns, yeah, I see what you mean.
>>5610991
No deal my friend. I can only suggest you keep your eyes on BL or even Ebay it absolutely a beast of a locomotive and dwarfs it's peers. I have the yellow and red cargo trains from c. 2010 and they are just shunters compared to Big Blue.
>>5610838
Just more Batman, with some Suicide Squad and Titans thrown in.
a failed photo because i don't have big white curtain/piece of paper but whatever...
Finally i bought series 7 mixels to build Max and i have all of my favorite Maxes.
Oh god i love this line so much. Lego did a great job when came up with this idea.
It's like a mix between 80s weird toys and Megaman robots.
Can't wait to see what kind of Max others will have. That pirate line better not fuck it up.
PS:
Also i kinda think that Mixels have better maxes when they go with "square" shape and chunky/thick looking body.
Castle Max was a big disappointment.
>>5610955
Woah, LQ guy is in MN?
>>5611351
Is that Katana?
>>5611351
Looks like Katana, Killer Croc, Captain Boomerang, Scarecrow, Firefly/Killer Moth?
I doubt they'll use Suicide Squad in the marketing. I got the motorcycle chase set with Bats, Deadshot and Harley Quinn and Harley has the blue/red outfit from the SS comics/ "The Squad" DLC from Lego Batman 3 game.
No where does it make any kinda mention of suicide squad, it'd be "suicide" for a toy company to use that in their marketing.
Good looking minifigs though. Deadshot has yellow hands so guess they aren't going for movie accuracy.
>>5611351
>more Batman
He's in every DC set now.
>>5611426
>Lego Batman, now with some other DC shit kids don't actually care about but adult collectors will pay $$$$$ for!
Oh yeah, I forgot. If any of you are near a LEGO store, their Build-a-Mini stand contains gold bell diver helmets, western pistols, Spooky Girl teddy bears, and painted hatchets right now. Some cool stuff.
It also looks like we're doing the minifigure swap once a month now. Still, "only open to kids 6-14" but we don't care.
>>5610204
God damit Randy, you got grease all over my blacktrons! Fuck the hell off you little cheesburger eating fuck!
New bike, fresh off assembly line.
Fuck the police
>>5611602
no u
>>5605115
>vondelpark
Wat. Implicieer je nu dat je met Koningsdag Lego kunt vinden die niet helemaal naar de kk gebeten is door Oud Zuid kutjes?
>>5611650
*impliceer ffs
>>5610838
I still have that set still in the box, for collecting dust.
>>5611602
Earnest red haired Space Policeman with comms headset reporting in.
Great lego face
>mfw I still have two big Lego and two big Mega Bloks sets unopened because my I lack the shelf space to put them
I really want to build that Hobbit Hole though.
>>5611699
build it, then take it back apart, put in ziploc bags and put back in box?
So honest question. Is this set worth it? Ive been a sucker for this ship design since I first saw it in episode two. Also that video game were you flew that around killing poor droids. i managed to get the 7676 but this one looks good too and i might make a diorama or something if I find the space. Only problem is it never released in my country (what a surprise), and I can only get it through bricklink at about 180-200 euros. Is it worth that price? Or should I go for a combo Poes Xwing/ first ordre tie I found?
>>5611712
Honestly a damn fine design. I absolutely love mine.
I went with this version because it looked nicer and smoother than others.
I have Poe's X-Wing and while nice it feels underwhelming. I wish it wasn't so expensive.
>>5611716
Whats killing me really is the shipping cost . Damn thing costs about 170 on its own then I have to pay another 30 to get it here. At least I can go pick the other two sets on my own. its a choise I've been debating a while now
Soooo fucking close.
>>5611716
My Gunship holds 8 Clones Troopers, a Captain, 4 Gunners, 2 Pilots, a Jedi up front, 2 Crates, a long Ammo Crate and a Speeder Bike and still has room.
I fully recommend that set.
>>5611732
tfw mine only holds 6
Though then again it is a MOC and not the set. I'll probably revisit the design over summer to see if I can improve its capacity and whatnot.
I want to make a minifig for the Fallen Knight set in Dark Souls III. Does Lego have a minifig head with a knight's helmet on it? Something I can put under a hood.
Also, anybody made any Dark Souls Lego minifigs or builds?
>>5611768
It's a stretch, but Darth Revan's head might work.
Good luck finding one though.
>>5611731
What is this? Because I love that Minifig face tile.
>>5611777
Citizen brick ex-machina set.
$200 fucking dollarydoos for 4 minifigs.
>>5611712
I wish I had gotten this when I could have for about 90-100 flat...
>>5611793
Hey at least you had a chance.... I dont even get that. Its bricklink or nothing here. Funny thing is, even with the shipping extra, its still far cheaper than the tiny local selection here
Can anyone point me in the right direction to buy a box of the new Disney Lego Minifigure set?
I remember some eBay seller that did it but I can't seem to remember the name.
>>5611792
Man fuck those guys, I'm sure the quality is decent but they can't be stupid enough to realize they are over charging out the ass.
>>5611587
Hell yeah, Mecha-Gojirra! I'm fan of Kaiju so this is heaven.
>>5611602
Pew peww peeww..
For some reason i find trying to use a limited number of parts fun.
:Like walking into a glass door over and over again.
>>5611807
Minifiguresplus usually has a fuckton of minifigures and accessories, but not too many people have gotten the Disney minifigs yet. Don't know if minifiguresplus has them yet.
>there will never be an official Big Hero 6 set
Are lepin/lebq sets as good as mega Bloks?
I'm sure they're not Lego but are they at least MB tier?
>>5611835
I can live with that.
>>5611835
Man those look shit, what a shame because a lot of the Chinese bootlegs don't look /that/ bad
come to think of it, I should've given him a flamethrower
>>5611873
Guess they sold out, or they posted it too early or something, I just pulled the page from my history and its giving an error now.
well today was nice
>on shitty assignment to NJ and bored out of my mind
>during supermarket trip see some dude selling 2000+ figs in a kiosk
>pick up ackbar and trendsetter for $12 altogether
/blog
>>5611708
Kind of defeats the point for me, I want to display it, expand on it..
>>5611699
I've got a stack of shit I've yet to build, too.
I had three modulars I haven't built yet, but I just broke down and built the Detective's Office earlier today.
should I buy the hulkbusster?>
is it as good as it looks?
>>5611871
I can't even tell what kind of weapon he's supposed to be holding. A cattle prod with a flashlight?
>>5611881
well tits, i was curious about nathan and his beard
>>5611916
Its a minigun anon
>>5611917
Found it on their flickr.
$200 for these. And they sold out. Im guessing they made like 2 sets or some shit. Probably risking a DMCA notice for using copyrighted shit.
>>5611935
Actually, I retract those statements and that theory. On the flickr page it says that they made these FOR the makers of the movie, limited edition of 100, and that they arent for sale (wtf?), so I wonder if they accidentally listed them with everything else?
>>5611652
geeft ze karakter man
>Guys I really like 150-200 piece spaceships.
>Post 150-200 piece spaceships?
>>5611969
>>5611973
>>5611969
>Grey Knights Strike Cruiser
Why the fuck haven't I turned pic related into a lego model yet? God damn it self/
>>5611712
Take the Gunship while you can. It's great and solid and huge. Tie and X wing will stay enough in shop letting you save money for them after the Gunship.
>>5611835
Why isn't the Kabuki Mask removable? That's one of the major plot points of the whole thing, and everyone else has removable masks. Seems lazy.
>>5612013
baymax doesn't, which seems silly. there's a baymax head right there, just put a helmet on it.
>>5611969
>150-200 pieces
I think this ship is one of two or three that really qualifies
>>5611768
as >>5611774 said, I would get a bootleg Darth Revan for the head
>>5611763
That is pretty kawaii.
>>5611768
I think the closest to this would be one of those black versions of Royal Guard helmets.
>>5611973
>battlestars
EXPAND DONG
>>5612097
it's a little more on the display side than the swoosh side, on account of the back wings
>>5612103I like the cockpit area. It reminds me of something from starfox what was your inspiration?
Combined they are like 100 pieces. But Uber swooshable
>>5611979
ffs anon, now I can only think how cool it would be to play some Gothic with lego ships
>>5612107
I dunno what was my inspiration at the time when I built it. Subconsciously, it might have been star wars ships.
I don't really have a set plan in mind, I just combine a few pieces together and go 'hey, I like the look of this', and try to build around it, eventually ending up with a ship.
I like your ships, they look pretty solid and not prone to breaking into a million pieces when dropped. I should start building a little closer to the 'body' of the ship to make them sturdier
>>5611587
>western pistols
The old snub nose revolver or proper Lone Ranger pistols?
>>5612126
this thing was the first spaceship thingy I made way before that green one and it is 100% swooshable
Got my Bricklink order in today. The inverted tiles aren't ideal but they were all I could think of to smooth out the bottom face of the wings.
>>5611636
>3 droids
>1 woman
l-lewd
>>5612273
Here's a comparison between the original build and the changes I made. The tiles aren't perfect, but it's an improvement.
>>5612270
I'd swoosh this. I'd swoosh it so hard.
>>5610218
fiddled with the ship some more and also gave it a different sail design
>>5612354
the hull and cabin looks great, but I hate the sails, anon
The red curves of the original were a major part of what made it look good. Have you considered using red technic panels instead?
>>5612220
Speaking of Deadpool, what should I be looking for in its minifig to avoid mistaking a bootleg for an original?
There's some guy at a local flea market selling both original and bootleg minifigs, this one included, so I want to be sure.
>want Lego Davy Jones
>only in one, expensive set
>single figure is at a minimum $60
>can't justify it on a single figure
>can't bring myself to buy $5 knockoff
>>5612404
I did consider it, but the few red technic panels I have are tiny and won't pass for one sail part when combined together. I'm just looking at the whole ship as a nice color swapped destiny's bounty
Whenever I watch Gurren Lagann, I always end up wanting to build mechs. And since I can't create the seeds to grow mechs myself, I just take one or two sets I own, dismantle them, and add a touch of those magical Mixels joints, and you end up with... This.
>>5612472
Arms have always been my weak spot for these, but I feel I did well. Here you can also see that the Zamor launchers can move up to fire, and the weird wheel club can be held in its hand.
>>5612472
>>5612477
...and here is the cape I ended up with. It's quite useful as a third leg for support, and it's also a technique to stow away all those long unwieldy pieces.
This guy was built from the caterpillar thing from the Fire Temple set, the tiny motorcycle from the Sabertooth vehicle (which the full thing has its own mech), and the $15 vulture vehicle. Well, those models and a handful of Mixel joints.
I'm currently working on converting Laval's giant red tread thing into a gunman, with possibly afterward integrating Eris's flame bird thing as well. Surprisingly I've managed to get the treads to behave nicely on the legs similar to this guy here, so expect an even taller mech.
>>5612493
Fuck. Making sure the picture is attached is important, isn't it?
Anyway yeah here's the back shot. Cape may be blocky and thick but it's a great part sink and helps the figure stay balanced.
>>5612413
>tfw can't bring myself to spend more than 4$ on a single figure
>>5612409
Shoulders are always a dead giveaway.
Shit, black Classic Space minifigs in good shape are twenty bucks apiece. I'm lucky I already have two.
>>5612583
Think how many are languishing in attics and just got thrown out, donated to thrift shops :(
Classic blue are a lot easier thank fuck
What sets are upcoming that have lots of greys blues and maybe orange parts for a fair price? I want to make my own MOC starship designed for minifigs.
Don't know what you consider a fair price but definitely the colours you need. Minifigs and unnecessary pieces could be sold to recoup your outlay
>>5612270
Very slick anon.
Just bought this earlier today, been eyeing it for weeks, can't wait to open. I'm a total Jeepfag, will mod it into a YJ (with a snorkel).
"It's a Lego thing"
>TFW want 60097 City Square
>$190
FUck.. I guess I will piecemeal the parts I really like..
>>5612738
Do you have a large classic space ship/base collection?
Working on things.
Not sure how to feel about this.
Like, her head I like, the body is definitely fine with me, but it'd be impossible to give her two eyes with only two studs of width, and her cleavage is really, REALLY weird.
I don't know whether to be satisfied or not.
>>5612626
im kind of shocked that china went full rip off mode with nexo knights. Im almost half tempted to get one.
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Nexus-Knights-Minifigures-Castle-Warriors-Knights-Building-Blocks-Home-Assembled-Educational-Sets-Model-Figures-Toys-Legoelieds/516520_32652515718.html
>>5612821
Fuck what a plague on humanity the chinks are
>>5612821
Get original one so you will be able to at least resell it later. With Chine knockoffs - after some time the only place will be trash
>>5610204
I'll give you 100 dollars to fuck off.
Is the plastic quality getting lower and lower these days?
Pretty much all the heels on my recent minifigs crack after connecting them one or two times and tons of one stud wide bricks are also developing significant cracks despite never being taken apart.
>>5612944
You are not the only to notice that. Lego should really step up. This is the 6th year this is happening.
Well I has a box too. Now what? These two guys are the first thing out of the box what else could be in here?
>>5612953
>6th year
It started on 2007 with Bonkle.
>>5612954
open it anon
>>5612960
>It started on 2007 with Bonkle.
Don't remind me.
>>5612960
I mean with minifigs.
>>5612779
I have a decent size, its mostly the smaller vehicle s and space crafts. About 95% of the was bought for $8 usd. The black torso was in a tub of random Lego.
The various venders pick out most the minifigures to be sold separately (All but two venders mix and match the figs parts, what a nightmare).
I fucking hate to shill my store, but I really don't have a choice here.
Long story short, I need to get 100€ or so before next Friday. [toyspoiler]I can get more of the Nexo and Ninjago-polybags if they run out.[/toyspoiler]
A-anyone want to buy any?
>>5612960
And Bonkle actually managed to get its shit together with the only thing still cracking being the +hole on top of the socket pieces.
>>5612960
I swear I had some of my Bonkle-joints cracking on 2006, but it got way worse on 2007.
>>5613062
The joint-cracking goes way back to the Slizer days.
>>5612944
european person here. none of my lego ever cracked. could it just be the american factories using shit plastic?
>>5613087
wait i take that back. i have one cracked bonkle ball socket, from the red dragon from the VIkings theme. but after and before that, no cracks
>>5613087
>american factories
>lego from 2003-2016
>>5612617
Anyone?
I started by looking at the instructions for the bank modular.
>>5613087
Guy who posted
>>5612944
here
So am I and even the stuff I bought for my nephew showed the same issues.
It's not even an issue that only occurs in a certain theme since the same shit happens everywhere, be it a Super Heroes, Nexo Knights, City or Ninjago set.
Probably the worst case were the Chima Legend Beasts to the point where I wouldn't have been surprised if "LELE" was molded onto the studs.
I also dug out some old Exploriens, Hydronauts, Harry Potter, etc. figures for comparison and they don't have any broken heels.
>>5613125
Copying the window box design was the only thing I had the parts for.
>>5613129
Seriously, is their current plastic mixture really THAT bad?
I heard that they basically use transparent pellets as base and then just add color to it to lower their production costs.
>>5613142
>I heard that they basically use transparent pellets as base and then just add color to it to lower their production costs.
Correct.
>>5612237
The snub-nose.
Sorry.
Technically we can't sell ANY licensed minifig parts in the stand.
>>5613142
This is absolutely NOT true.
I have actually never heard of a minifig's heels cracking. It's never happened to me, and at my store, the minifigs go through hell. You'll find the same one on the stand, in the DUPLO play bin, in the Mighty Micros play area, on the floor, underfoot, and you can still put it back in the Build-a-Mini stand at the end of the day scot-free.
LEGO Does. Not. Compromise when it comes to production value. There's absolutely no reason to lower production costs when the bits themselves cost so little to make, especially minifigs which we've been making the same way, with the same ABS plastic, since 1978.
Our motto hangs on the wall of every LEGO store and company outpost. "Only the Best is Good Enough"
Drop the mic
>>5613132
I think soaking white plastic in hydrogen peroxide would do more damage in the long run.
>>5613172
So what's with the absolute fucking shit tier plastic in the CMFs?
>>5613172
>I have actually never heard of a minifig's heels cracking.
Yah, no. The jumper pieces in the super hero sets are known to break the heels of minifigs.
And what about all the torso cracks? I'm thinking there is a small crack engineered under the armpit to make it easier to snap the arm in, but even moving the arm stresses that slit. I could be way wrong about that, though.
>>5610736
Maybe you never paid attention to the face that the classic SP boxes and manuals only ever featured officers arresting blacktrons.
>>5613172
>"Only the Best is Good Enough"
Then what's with the fucking cheap-ass stickers for everything instead of printed parts to lower production costs?
>>5613176
Most of the components for CMFs are made in our factories, like everything else.
However, CMFs use highly specialized parts that might never, ever be used in a set again, like the Shark's arms and mask or the Indian girl's papoose.
Every time we make a new LEGO element, the mold costs $80,000 to produce... per factory. Unless we see a high rate of return for that one part and will be using it in other sets, that part gets manufactured by a sister comany.
>>5613178
I play with the super jumper all the time. It's not ideal, but I've never broken a piece with it. As far as the arm breaking, I've never heard of this happening before. There is no small crack made into the torso.
>>5613172
I've never seen or heard of them cracking or breaking either.
Although, in recent days, I've noticed white stress lines where the leg pegs onto the hip part sometimes, even on new minifigs.
>>5613176
I know that CMF minifigs are almost exclusively made in China, so maybe there's something going on there production wise, or material wise that makes them look and feel cheaper (which they do.) Usually, even the paint doesn't look quite as good on them. What irritates me most is that they can't even carry over the paint/decals to the back of the legs. Only the front and sides which just throws the look off on some figures.
>>5610736
Only as racist as the old Duplo borderline-blackface brick.
>>5613185
We don't print a piece unless there's more than two of the same one per set or it's a very very small one. Like the eyes in the Minecraft End Portal set.
>>5613180
Of course I did. The blacktrons were an intergalatic criminal network, they needed to be countered by a heavily armed paramilitary force.
SP III literally arrested space niggers for petty crimes. There was no one token alien on the force.
>>5613192
I WANT THAT THING
>>5612962
Okay. It's a minifigless haul. Rate my haul 60 American buckeroos. ( almost minifigless)
>>5613172
delusional
>>5613172
>I have actually never heard of a minifig's heels cracking
Then all the pictures people have posted in this thread of new minifig legs cracking within a month must all be Photoshops!
>LEGO Does. Not. Compromise when it comes to production value.
Riiiiiiiight. Time to stop drinking the Flavor-Aid, kid.
>>5613215
Plastic will break when you fuck with it too much. Dude's doing it wrong.
>>5613217
>Plastic will break when you fuck with it too much. Dude's doing it wrong.
Nah, anon, the Official® LEGO™ Employee© said you can stomp on minifig parts and they'll never crack.
Anyone who has cracked cheese slopes, please post pictures.
