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[Lego] Scooby Doo, where are you?
GaryO
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Welcome to the Lego Thread. Here we discuss all the awesome things the Lego Company does to promote joy in the hearts of mankind through playing with tiny bricks and minifigures.
Every fan of Lego is welcome here. Whether you build stuff by carefully following the instructions such as this awesome Lego Ewok Village
Or build stuff using only the power of your imagination to make things like this Pacific rim scene
There is even a Lego movie, which is awesome and you should go see it.
It is about an ordinary Lego minifigure named Emmet (Chris Pratt) who learns he is the special, a long prophesied guy who will stop the evil President Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the world of Lego.
Emmet gets some help in his adventures from other minifigures including Batman (Will Arnett) a kickass girl called Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), Uni-Kitty (Alsion Brie) who is half unicorn and half kitten, not to mention Metalbeard the pirate (Nick Offerman) who is part man, part Lego-dreadnaught, also Morgan Freeman lends his voice to the wise-but-blind Vitruvius.
There is literally no reason on Earth you shouldn't see this movie. Especially as it has the awesome song 'Everything is awesome' by Teagan and Sara and the Lonely Island. Once you hear this song you will be singing it for months. And that's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdM
There is also Lego videogames. Ranging from Star Wars to Harry Potter, DC universe, Marvel Universe, Lego movie:the videogame, and coming soon Lego: The Hobbit,
Oh and later this year this awesome set is being released, which everyone born in the 80's will buy.
At the moment the New York Toy Fair is on so new sets are being announced/revealed this week. Including new Star Wars sets inspired by the new tv show 'Rebels' and Guardian of the Galaxy sets. In short it's a most awesome time to be a fan of these little construction bricks and things can only get more awesome.
So lets discuss the world's best toy brand.
Every fan of Lego is welcome here. Whether you build stuff by carefully following the instructions such as this awesome Lego Ewok Village
Or build stuff using only the power of your imagination to make things like this Pacific rim scene
There is even a Lego movie, which is awesome and you should go see it.
It is about an ordinary Lego minifigure named Emmet (Chris Pratt) who learns he is the special, a long prophesied guy who will stop the evil President Business (Will Ferrell) from destroying the world of Lego.
Emmet gets some help in his adventures from other minifigures including Batman (Will Arnett) a kickass girl called Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), Uni-Kitty (Alsion Brie) who is half unicorn and half kitten, not to mention Metalbeard the pirate (Nick Offerman) who is part man, part Lego-dreadnaught, also Morgan Freeman lends his voice to the wise-but-blind Vitruvius.
There is literally no reason on Earth you shouldn't see this movie. Especially as it has the awesome song 'Everything is awesome' by Teagan and Sara and the Lonely Island. Once you hear this song you will be singing it for months. And that's awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6lHm-stXdMThere is also Lego videogames. Ranging from Star Wars to Harry Potter, DC universe, Marvel Universe, Lego movie:the videogame, and coming soon Lego: The Hobbit,
Oh and later this year this awesome set is being released, which everyone born in the 80's will buy.
At the moment the New York Toy Fair is on so new sets are being announced/revealed this week. Including new Star Wars sets inspired by the new tv show 'Rebels' and Guardian of the Galaxy sets. In short it's a most awesome time to be a fan of these little construction bricks and things can only get more awesome.
So lets discuss the world's best toy brand.
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I am still unable to locate Melting Room anywhere in the city. Super bummed.
Also there is a clear plastic box somewhere in my house with random Lego pieces in it, including the spare pieces from the Saloon Biplane and I can no find it anywhere. It should be easy to find since it has those green shutters in it and those are rare for me.
Rebuilt the trash chomper as the chomper thing and I love the way the mouth works.
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Between the X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, and some movie sets this year may kill my bank account...
I still need to see the movie. I wanted to find someone to go with me, and even have someone who might but I'd have to wait until at least next week. But I have Wednesday off work, I may just go by myself then...
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Now for a couple nitpicks on the OP:
1) Capitalize Awesome, damnit. :P
2) You have a movie spoiler there...
With that said,
@Timspork's Ghost, I needed to get the piece of resistance, so I bought the melting room off the Lego shop.
And it bums me the hell out that I can't get the Emmet Pyjamas set because the places offering it in the US aren't here. >.<
Agreed. He is stupid expensive on bricklink.
I can't wait for Benny's spaceship (Spaceship! SPACESHIP!) set to come out later this year.
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In short, Everything was/is awesome (I can't stop listening to that song right now)
In long,
I was sitting right next to my dad and it took everything I had not to break down crying during the last part of the movie
I want more Lego after seeing that, but I've got other stuff I need to get for games.... T_T
It's really a fun build with lots of nostalgia for anyone that had the old pirate sets. It uses the memorable parts from that theme in neat ways.
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Timspork, care to link the Ghost? I'm always up for cool/unique Star Wars stuff.
The Qunjet's on clearance for $50 or so at the moment at my wal-mart. Not sure if I want it or not... I don't really want to get into the Super Hero lines ... that's a dangerous path for my impulse buying.
Finally, I just finished building the Mega Bloks Rhino I got on clearance (the bigger version of the Scorpion). It's..
It's a better model than the Scorpion, fixing many issues from the earlier model. A lot of it was pretty rote repition, given the nature of the treads, and now that they are using big molded plates instead of the individual plates like the Scorpion, it's a lot simpler. Of course, it holds together better too... But strangely, a lot of pieces were used using half-lengths instead of a full length the size... Not sure if that was a cost saving measure, or something to artificially inflate the part count. Further, my arms were sore after assembly. It really is insane how different the quality control is, and how much force it takes to assemble things. I really do think I'm done with the line. And this time it's final... maybe. We'll see.
So yeah. Next up are the small kits I ordered online, and the Delorean. And maybe one of these damned days I'll find Cloud Cuukoo land!
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Best weekend ever?
It comes with 4 minifigures a stormtrooper, Jedi Kanan Jarrus, Twi'lek crew member Hera Syndulla and alien Zeb Orrelios. That last one is actually based on a potential design for Chewbacca, as seen in a Ralph Mcquarrie sketch from the early days of Star Wars
There is also a smaller ship that attaches to the Ghost
It comes with an astromech called Chopper and the main character of the show called Ezra Bridger
Hm.
In addition to that, whomever made that Pacific Rim set, if Lego did'nt give the person or persons any money for that gorgeous masterpiece of a Lego set, they should. I mean, thats friggen detailed oriented! Even the subway station underneath makes it. Gypsy Danger using the Ship as a club with the Air support is icing on that cake.
But I can forgive that Lego oversight (if true.) for releasing the Ghostbusters set. *Drooooool*
The little ship doesn't but I think the Ghost does. It very much looks like it came from the same Corellian ship designers as the Falcon, just a different model. It looks a good deal like a YT-2000 from Xwing Alliance.
They have the melting room in the back
The new toy manager is headed to get fired as a lot of people are mad at him for not reseting the toy mod fully
I keep the spare extra parts in a holiday peanut container even looking at the extra lego gets me paranoid did I miss a piece?
Now that I have seen the Lego comic hero stuff I weep for my wallet I know I will get the Guardians of the Galaxy ones but I will make a game time call for the rest
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As for the Ghost, it looks okay. Looks Star Wars ish in the color scheme and general design, though the cockpit arrangement seems odd. That may just be me, or may just be the lego set. I'm curious as to what it actually looks like on the show.
A B-wing is coming out this summer no! I am still trying to get the UCS one still
Adds another layer of sadness when the micromanagers come in and destroy it. Its the dad crushing his kids imagination
Really all I want is the sign. Everything else could be made from existing parts right?
Assuming you go with the movies small containment unit over the shows bigger one.
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New B-Wing - Looks like the old minifig scale b-wing, without the docking station.
New AT-AT - The scale for the body seems off, especially compared to the old one.
New Star Destroyer - The construction, especially the frame and supports, are extremely close to the old one.
And nothing I've stated above will stop me from getting all three.
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edit: oh shit I had no idea Metalbeard's Seacow was available for VIP members. I guess I need to buy something off the website and get that going.
edit 2: I will be disappointed if Lego doesn't make any Ghosts to catch for the Ghostbusters.
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I'm getting the Mech and the Spaceship.
I can't wait. Also next month at The Lego Store, if you spend $75 or more you get a Martian Manhunter minifig.
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Oh and there is a Mos Eisley Cantina set coming too.
Uhhhhh. Yeah.
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