I've got boxes and boxes of stuff in the loft from when I was a kid along with all the hundreds of pounds worth the boys have had over the years too. Who wants to come and play?
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 16:29 ] |
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JBR wrote: I invite your scorn and admiration with these shots of (some of) the boxes of (some of) my lego collection http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/johnbonmatthews/Lego#5252567349400010194 http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/johnbonmatthews/Lego#5252567349133754450 Somehow missing from the shot are a couple of AT-ATs and Star Destroyers. Which are wicked. Drool.... |
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| Author: | flis [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 21:07 ] |
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andyb wrote: yay lego! I have that bulldozer! Most fun I've had in ages. I want the crane, how many pieces is that? Mmmmm....Lego and plant, my favourite. |
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| Author: | Dimrill [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 21:34 ] |
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Want Lego Death Star. And Lego Death Star also. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 21:44 ] |
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I've got boxes and boxes of stuff in the loft from when I was a kid along with all the hundreds of pounds worth the boys have had over the years too. Who wants to come and play?
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| Author: | flis [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 21:48 ] |
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: I've got boxes and boxes of stuff in the loft from when I was a kid along with all the hundreds of pounds worth the boys have had over the years too. Who wants to come and play? mememememememe!!! |
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| Author: | Dudley [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 21:52 ] |
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: I've got boxes and boxes of stuff in the loft from when I was a kid along with all the hundreds of pounds worth the boys have had over the years too. Who wants to come and play? When you move in, you're bringing those. And Flis apparently. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 22:01 ] |
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Ha! Check the other thread! 
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| Author: | Dudley [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 22:03 ] |
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So I just saw
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Oct 02, 2008 22:05 ] |
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So we'll have red wine, Pate and Lego. Perfect.
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| Author: | Zio [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:26 ] |
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: So we'll have red wine, Pate and Lego. Perfect. Wow! That sounds like my perfect evening! I'm soooo jealous! |
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| Author: | JBR [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:35 ] |
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Yousum be careful with that red wine around the lego. Otherwise, though, yes. YES. Also wants it, the Death Star. Cannot justify it, nor find space for it but wants it. |
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| Author: | Zio [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:45 ] |
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There's a Lego store in Milton Keynes. Whenever I go there I stand around and drool. It does make me feel a bit of a fol though, because on the whole the only other people in there as enthusiastic as me for their wares are a good twenty years my junior. |
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| Author: | andyb [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:56 ] |
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flis wrote: andyb wrote: yay lego! I have that bulldozer! Most fun I've had in ages. I want the crane, how many pieces is that? Mmmmm....Lego and plant, my favourite. 1884 pieces apparently, although it looks like its been discontinued now. I also forgot the truck! |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 19:54 ] |
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| Author: | Shin [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 19:57 ] |
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Pate, lego AND wine?! That's like...*cries* like 1000 birthdays all rolled into one!! Oooh, marmite? We are having that aswell right?! |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:52 ] |
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Shin wrote: Pate, lego AND wine?! That's like...*cries* like 1000 birthdays all rolled into one!! Oooh, marmite? We are having that aswell right?! Well duh! Can you bring some crusty bread? SA, cheesecake? |
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| Author: | Shin [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 20:58 ] |
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Goddess Jasmine wrote: Shin wrote: Pate, lego AND wine?! That's like...*cries* like 1000 birthdays all rolled into one!! Oooh, marmite? We are having that aswell right?! Well duh! Can you bring some crusty bread? SA, cheesecake? Mmmmmmm, crusty bread!! It's great with honey that is and loadsa butter (is hungry now) What flavour cheesecake are we talking? Pru had a rasperry ripple cheesecake thing today-nom nom!! |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 17:41 ] |
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Lego Minifig Timeline: (Took ages to load for me) http://gizmodo.com/5070884/exclusive-the-lego-minifig-timeline My fave from yesteryear  
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| Author: | AceAceBaby [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 17:54 ] |
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I guess that is specifically about the figures with the arms and hands and stuff. I had a lego set, possibly my first, and the little guys had torsos with bumps at the sides to represent arms, I think they used 2x1 blocks for the legs, and they had the same head as regular later legomen would, but without any faces painted on. They had hats, though, I think. They predate any of those on that timeline. edit- like these guys: http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/0147-1.JPG |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 17:58 ] |
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Yep, I'm old enough to have had those too. |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 19:12 ] |
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I went to the Lego imagination center while I was at downtown Disney. Every set you could imagine plus loads to play with too. I bought BEEX a postcard from there, but never found a PO to post it.  I'll upload it when I've had a bath.
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| Author: | Malc [ Tue Nov 18, 2008 22:57 ] |
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AceAceBaby wrote: I guess that is specifically about the figures with the arms and hands and stuff. I had a lego set, possibly my first, and the little guys had torsos with bumps at the sides to represent arms, I think they used 2x1 blocks for the legs, and they had the same head as regular later legomen would, but without any faces painted on. They had hats, though, I think. They predate any of those on that timeline. edit- like these guys: http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/0147-1.JPG I don't really remember the torso, but I do remember those legs... Malc |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Wed Nov 19, 2008 8:52 ] |
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I have the large x-wing model. Plus a few other bits, b-wing, snowspeeder, land speeder. I don't have the room any more. |
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| Author: | AceAceBaby [ Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:03 ] |
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How cool is this? http://www.wowinsider.com/photos/lego-b ... y/1152365/ |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 13:57 ] |
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This is immense. |
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| Author: | asfish [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 14:00 ] |
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I had the Lego Inter City train set when I was a kid (25 or more years ago) My newphew uses it now, still runs as well |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 15:12 ] |
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Malabelm wrote: This is immense. That is sweet. |
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| Author: | TK-421 [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 16:49 ] |
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I had this made for me a month or so back 
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| Author: | markg [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 17:38 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Malabelm wrote: This is immense. That is sweet. That's properly excellent. 600 hours, though 
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Wed Sep 19, 2012 17:41 ] |
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markg wrote: That's properly excellent. 600 hours, though Pff. It is but a fraction of the time some people here have spent playing Call of Duty. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:37 ] |
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K3PXYvuxivg Quite amazing |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Thu Dec 06, 2012 21:13 ] |
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I've a lego advent calendar (not the apparently rubbish star wars on (going by Ashens current vids)) but a City one. It's so much fun. I really want to dig my lego out this xmas when I go home to the folks. I want to build a 'set' too. It's like a 3D jigsaw for geeks. But, you know, preposteroupounds... I only got the advent calender because it was reduced to £9.99 at argos on Dec 2nd. |
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| Author: | lasermink [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:57 ] |
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This is how it starts. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:36 ] |
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| Author: | JBR [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 12:43 ] |
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Dr Lave wrote: I only got the advent calender because it was reduced to £9.99 at argos on Dec 2nd. Oh you tw... thank you very much for the tip! |
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| Author: | Pod [ Fri Dec 07, 2012 14:47 ] |
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Q: If LEGO dropped their prices, do you think they'd sell much more, which would even out their profits? I've checked out some of the chinese rip-off LEGO, the name of which escapes me. It's actually not that bad, though it feels very 'sharp' and rigid. Aside from the LEGO name being absent on the brick and an inconsistent colour across the brick, you probably couldn't notice unless you're a LEGO pro. It's much better than that MEGABLOCKS crap. It smells awful though, like tarmac or some other nasty batch of chemicals. It's been sat in a box for ages, I might dig it up and see if it still smells cheap and chinese. ps: THANKS FOR THE TIP about the calendar. |
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| Author: | JBR [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 0:19 ] |
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I'm not sure whether they have to worry about price and volume. Or rather, I'm sure they do, but for now suspect they are where they want to be, though watching to see how the influx of new competitors will affect things. As someone with a bit of a lego habit, I offer this perspective: a few years ago (over 10, probably, as it seems recent but years seem to be rushing by for me) Lego was not so popular, such that just I entered my second adolescence you could pick up some kits cheap not long after they were released. Although they looked brilliant and must have had some success, that even included the star wars stuff. I picked up a few, with some spares to sell, of things like the mos eisley cantina, jango fett's ship and so on, and just one of the first of the collectors' kits (the X wing). In all of these cases I should have just bought the store out, gah. They then fixed their popularity - the story escapes me, perhaps involving more licensing, with the star wars stuff being the start of that, and them pushing through with it even though it didn't initially reap dividends. But they went from a company in crisis to a successful one again. When they did the first star wars 'battle packs' - 4 mini figures and some other thing - I stocked up, and they were at that point £7.99. Next year, new range, £8.99. Next year £9.99. Now, those sets are £11.99, and others have gone up just as much, but then get discounted a bit later. And my theory. Those original £7.99 sets sat in a cupboard for a few years, then I sold them. Not one for less than £20. Even with Amazon fees, that's a rather better investment than fine wine or apple shares, albeit at a smaller level. And I think Lego have tried to aportion some of that cash for themselves, effectively hitting 'early adopters' and grown up collectors*, and accepting there will be a fall-off in price later. Whether Argos and Toys R Us' recently-regular 3 for 2 and half price sales are a part of that or more a part of the economy being pants I don't know, but it does seem like lego prices to some extent are like video games ones now. *I met one, he wanted to pick sets I was selling up to make sure the post didn't squish them. He was a project manager who had set aside £10k to complete his collection of just the star wars stuff. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 0:57 ] |
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Some of the more recent sets seem pretty good... the new train set, for example, is battery powered but wirelessly controlled, so it's a lot cheaper than the proper electric-railed stuff of the late 80s and early 90s. Plus the track is flexy and sits on a trackbed (so it copes better with carpet, a trick they've taken from model train makers) Likewise, there's an awesome amphibious fire/rescue truck set now, and several airport type sets. It balances the weird NBA sets, that Bionicle crap and any number of other sets that now include minifigs with stupid grimacing faces. Also, Megablocks?  What's the fucking point of that? The realistic modelled bodyshell is a great example of being out of touch like only EA can be. |
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| Author: | Pod [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:43 ] |
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metalangel wrote: Some of the more recent sets seem pretty good... the new train set, for example, is battery powered but wirelessly controlled, so it's a lot cheaper than the proper electric-railed stuff of the late 80s and early 90s. Plus the track is flexy and sits on a trackbed (so it copes better with carpet, a trick they've taken from model train makers) Likewise, there's an awesome amphibious fire/rescue truck set now, and several airport type sets. It balances the weird NBA sets, that Bionicle crap and any number of other sets that now include minifigs with stupid grimacing faces. Also, Megablocks? What's the fucking point of that? The realistic modelled bodyshell is a great example of being out of touch like only EA can be. To be fair to Megablocks, a lot of Star Wars LEGO sets contains few large, 'smooth' pieces instead of many of the small, common, primitive LEGO. I don't really like them  There's a special word for them in the LEGO fan world, but I can't remember what it is. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 17:05 ] |
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Indeed. I consider it to be missing the point: a good, fun Lego model of anything (as in Minecraft) might be all blocky but you can really capture the shape and look of something that people will immediately know what it is. I look at those Lego video games and think the characters look out of place running around 'realistic', which is to say, smooth, no-nobbly landscapes. Also: Ian Osborne wrote: Mr Chris wrote: Lego was better in the 80s and early 90s, I reckon. Less silly custom pieces, and kits could be combined and used more imaginatively. Seconded. Give a kid a box of LEGO with a horse's head in it, and he makes a horse. Give him a box of plain old LEGO bricks, and he makes anything... |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 17:14 ] |
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How do you feel about minifigs, then? I once read a book about lego that said Lego enthusiasts were split between the minifig/built 'human figure' camps using normal bricks. I love minifigs, me. |
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| Author: | CraigGrannell [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 17:16 ] |
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My favourite Lego period was from around 1979 to 1986. Before that point, it was pre-minifig/cars figures could sit in. After that point, everything gradually became simplified and siloed. These days, I admire aspects of the way certain kits are made, but the complexity means there are so many custom pieces that aren't terribly interoperable, and there's also that nasty tendency towards kits for boys and kits for girls. The town stuff used to have scope for everyone, but now seems heavily geared towards 'action' playsets geared very much towards boys, and then there's that pink stuff for girls. Maybe it's just nostalgia talking, but it appears Lego's too heavily into licensing and siloing these days, presumably because that's the only way it can really survive. On the advent calendars—ironically, given what I've written above—Mrs G's Star Wars one seems quite fun. I have a city one, which seems to be quite a lot of accessories so far. Interesting to know Argos were flogging them off cheap—last year, the things had pretty much sold out by November. |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 18:10 ] |
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Mimistletoe Kisses wrote: How do you feel about minifigs, then? I once read a book about lego that said Lego enthusiasts were split between the minifig/built 'human figure' camps using normal bricks. I love minifigs, me. I like them. I liked them when they were just the generic :) face and then you'd attach that head to some kind of body and add a hat or hair or whatever. Now that they have stubble and grimaces/smirks it takes away from it a bit. I remember not being sure of my Duplo set because they added eyelashes or freckles and stuff to the faces, I found that putting certain head accessories with certain faces made it look wrong. As for molded bits, I remember as a kid seeing the airport/airliner sets and thinking it looks really strange to have the plane made entirely out of standard bits except for the engines which were somewhat realistic looking (and the landing gear, come to think of it, which had smooth tires as opposed to the more knobbly off road ones you normally got). I thought the horses, which had a huge gap in their back for either a rider, a filled-in space (naked horsey) or a yoke were fine. It's odd. Some of the very specific Castle stuff like the big wagon wheels, swords and shields made sense, but the huge molded bits didn't. My favourites were the transparent coloured pieces, I'd build huge spaceships covered in lights. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Sat Dec 08, 2012 18:17 ] |
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I love lego trees. If I were a billionaire I'd have a huge forest, but part of it would be made of moulted huge lego trees. 
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| Author: | Pod [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 15:47 ] |
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Mimistletoe Kisses wrote: How do you feel about minifigs, then? I once read a book about lego that said Lego enthusiasts were split between the minifig/built 'human figure' camps using normal bricks. I love minifigs, me. I also love 'em. I think minifigs are essential if you want a small, minifig scale. I also like minifig accessories, like brushes and guns etc. I'm not a fan of the modern ZANY expressions. I like the little smile with the occasional pirate-beard+patch and things. But a good old yellow solved most of the problems.To be fair on the more modern LEGO Star Wars things and their fancier bricks -- a lot of them are ships that 'require' fancy wing-plates and things to try an onbtain the shape of the real thing, but some of the new blocks don;t appear to be as re-useable and generic like the older ones. It's interesting to see the different versions of the X-Wing over the years: e.g. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=9493-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6212-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7142-1 The newest one, 9493, definitely looks a lot sexier, but it also looks like something you could only make with that specific set, whereas the other ones look like more of a jumble of other lego bits. It's interesting to look at the evolution of the Police Boat over time. They started with a very set 'boat-hull' piece in the 70s/80s, which evolved into a boat-hull-made-of-bricks, back into a multi-piece boat hull. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7287-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7899-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6483-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6344-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=4021-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=4010-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=709-1 I'm not sure which I prefer, really I did buy this off of ebay sometime last year: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=7245-1 It's terrible. The base of the van is one long piece including wheel arches! You could make the same thing with 4 different standard plates and some standard wheel arches :/ Still, I had shit loads of LEGO pirate ships, castles and things which had lots of specific pieces, especially those terrible 'castle' baseplates with the dungeon bit, so what the hell am I talking about?
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| Author: | Pod [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 16:03 ] |
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I bothered myself to download the instructions for the newest X-Wing and it's pretty cleverly done. I could do the central bit with the bits I have (though it'll have a rainbow lick of paint  ), but I wouldn't have the bigger wing plates or all of the Technic poles requires to do the wings. I definitely don't have the fancy engine pieces, though maybe all the Star Wars stuff and even the City planes use them these days?edit: Looks like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back and now in LEGO form? |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 16:35 ] |
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Pod wrote: It's interesting to look at the evolution of the Police Boat over time. They started with a very set 'boat-hull' piece in the 70s/80s, which evolved into a boat-hull-made-of-bricks, back into a multi-piece boat hull. I'm not sure which I prefer, really They were promoting the boat-hull ones in the catalog as being able to float, whereas the multi-piece ones had smooth bits for the bottom to allow them to 'sail' across the carpet I'm not sure either, though the multi-piece hull would be very time consuming to put together. Damn you for presenting this dilemma! Quote: I did buy this off of ebay sometime last year: It's terrible. The base of the van is one long piece including wheel arches! You could make the same thing with 4 different standard plates and some standard wheel arches :/ Too complicated. Kids don't have the time nor the inclination to learn how to do things these days, etc. I had this older version: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?set=6450-1 One of the best Lego things ever. The majority of the body of the truck was a battery pack with some 'conductor' pieces allowing you to send the power to the two amazing accessories: a lightbar with interchangable lights that could either flash or burn steadily, and a little siren that you'd turn to produce either a yelp or wail sound. It was just the right volume level to avoid irritating your parents, and the battery box and lights and siren were great 'imagination toys' used away from the truck itself too. Looking at your van there and also being reminded of some of the stuff I've found on Brickset has reminded me of things like the Space Police... they started trying a bit too hard to provide a quick and ready scenario as well as the quick and easily built models. Your grinning criminal there, he's trapped in his life of crime (though I'd imagine and hope that for some kids he'd end up being just another guy who lives in their Lego town, and happens to grin sinisterly all the time and be a bit unkempt). The stories you'd come up with playing with another set would allow more, they'd naturally evolve as you were playing. The policeman is angry that someone keeps knocking over his road signs. The man tries to get his wife arrested to get rid of her. There's a big car accident. But no. Even the commercials were promoting the repetitive scenario: the Brickster (yes, kids are too dumb to come up with names for their imaginary characters too) is at it again, go arrest him, again. You see what I'm saying? It's like too many things, not giving people enough credit to be smart and creative, and the product is almost deliberately stifling it too. /rant I've found the space sets I had! http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6930-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6931-1 http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6980-1 They all did neat stuff! The smaller spaceship had wings on hinges that flexed a bit, and the rear compartment held a little wheeled vehicle. The space-bikes from the supply station were a great idea, and the big spaceship (as I've described before) was actually three pieces. The rear box was a detachable space lab thing... inside there was a computer console and a seat for an astronaut to sit at. But his air tanks would stop him! Not a problem, Lego provided a piece to hang the tank on! Wow. I'm a bit in love with this one: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8404-1 On the one hand, I'd have loved the streetcar and the bus and everything, but on the other, it doesn't seem like a lot to actually put together, you know? Unless you had other Lego sets around (to build a town for the bus to go to) they get built once into the one thing they can be built into, and then that's it, they're basically toys with nobbly bits on them. |
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| Author: | CraigGrannell [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 17:11 ] |
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I always wanted 6930. I've tried to grab one on eBay a few times, but it goes for silly money. As for the mini-figs, I prefer the old generic heads. The new ones are a bit meh, and aren't easily interchangeable. The same's kind of true for that public transport station. Additionally, although there's more detail in the new vehicles, they're not too wide for road plates, unlike the older four-nubbin wide ones. Looking at it, a lot of new Lego reminds me more of Zoids. They're now more like model-making kits (rather like Lego of old), rather than a bunch of bits that you could make anything from. That also suggests the designers are of a different era. It was pretty clear until the mid-1980s that most of the Lego sets were created from generic parts, and every now and again a new part would be created for a specific set; however, many of those parts would also be used as widely as possible. These days, it's much more about putting the thing together, playing and discarding rather than experimenting, which is a huge pity. (With Zoids, things were different: it was always about making a model, not interoperable components. Funnily, towards the end of the more recent Zoids run, they went more Lego, though, ditching motors and having parts that were easier to switch.) |
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| Author: | Pod [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 20:26 ] |
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CraigGrannell wrote: I always wanted 6930. I've tried to grab one on eBay a few times, but it goes for silly money. 6930? Why not the classic space one with the electric tram thingy? (cba looking up the number). That goes for even crazier money. I'm not OLD AS FUCK like you two, so I didn't own any SP1. The next door neighbours had some though, including those good grey baseplates with craters on. So I had to deal with Space Police 2 and Magnetron! I can't remember which one of those kits I actually had and which ones I desperately wanted, especially with all the Pirate/Knights/Robin Hood/Loads of other themes I seemed to have been spoilt with as a child I also had some Ice Planet and other space things. SPACE IS BEST.Actually City is the best theme. There's nothing cooler than a LEGO garbage truck. Also at the tail-end of my youthful LEGO use were these Space things: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6979-1 (I definitely had 6979, as it was the last kit I made and it sat in my room until I left for Uni at 18/19, I can't remember if I had this: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6975-1, but it looks very familiar.) Whilst the actual minifigs were very cool, (little cyborgs and aliens with glowy cool helmets!) the actual ship hull was annoying. 4 giant circle-bits that were impossible to use in anything else The beginning of the end, if the earlier sets weren't already going that way.Anyway, compare that to modern Space Police. http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=5983-1 It's just too smooth! edit: OOOOOOOooooooooooooooooo. I really want this. I've never seen a LEGO ISS before! |
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| Author: | metalangel [ Sun Dec 09, 2012 21:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Lego (picture-rich thread) |
I really really wanted the monorail. In the end I used the pieces from those space sets (and their baseplates) to make my own. Using the smooth pieces it slid along pretty well (I couldn't use a wheel inside like a proper monorail as I didn't have any Lego wheels that would fit). I even managed in one iteration to make a switch to have it change tracks. |
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