CustomJoe_MD

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    This whole thing on top of Ramis passing just really bummed me, I mean whats the point of asking lego now if in a week the other guys will have the arms printed and for sale? Kinda redundant. I don't know, Cyril over there is playing referee and we are trying to see if we can work something out, but its crappy either way from my POV because the choice to get something official or done the right way got taken away.
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    Cyril I'm not airing private grievances in public you know me better that that, just informing of what happened. I'll post the emails on my flickr of the project (--only if things go bad--). I promised full discloseure from the start, good or bad, either I'm in the right or not. But hey good news people the arms are getting printed either way, so you all win.
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    --------------DELETED to avoid things to escalate, have said what I had to say. UPDATE: Been talking with Cyril and I have decided to leave this die down and wait and see what happens. (I'll be deleting the info above about what happened for now and since the end results will be the same more or less a few euros in expenses). Way I see it it's mission accomplished either way, soo thats that.
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    I just saw at imdb.com, so sad :( - "It's always the quiet ones" this really took the wind from my sails I'll tell you that ...will post more later. Not gonna happen, not with my involvement, someone else wants to do something thats fine, but I'm not capitalizing on Ramis passing for any reason, specially not to get something out of it. Wouldn't sit well with me, and charities are big complicated and serious stuff, you can't just pull a hat and pass it around. Let's keep things separate. Hope he knew how many people his movies and work made smile and LOL, I had just watched Ghostbusters yesterday after dinner, still makes me laugh after all this time. In his honor I'm stopping the Campaign for a day or so. "Do...Ray...Egoooooon" REST IN PEACE Harold Ramis.
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    Super Heroes 2014 Rumors & Discussion

    CustomJoe_MD replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed

    WASH YOUR MOUTH bricky, don't even give them the idea. They do that and I'm on the phone with a printing house five minutes later, and then it's white tigers all around. And as others have said Groot changes sizes often, and can be regrown from a splinter or shard of his body. There is usually a plant pot in the ship just for him, and the others just water him like that. That is why in the trailer there is a comment about him being a house plant AND muscle. I would have liked a hagrid sized Groot too, maybe inside the brickbuilt (like a mech pilot) maybe we'll get comic book version one later outside the movieverse. I second the head fitting in the Sandy buble helmet. that would look spectacular for his current suit.
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    Super Heroes 2014 Rumors & Discussion

    CustomJoe_MD replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed

    As I understand it Rocket's head is one part, not like Chima but like Splinter in both the TMNT sets, but more like the upcoming movie sewer.
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    Post deleted for it's no longer relevant to send any letter
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    Thats the kind of thing we would need an official conduit/liason for, unless anyone from one of the LUG's has some ideas on how to do it. PS:The campaign now comes in extra Irish flavor too, thanks to our first Irish member. "C'mon mi laddies we need more of yah, yor from thah land of the specters an supernaturals, u'll need the ghostbusters therrr for sure" (said with my BAD oiiiirish accent - PPS:Don't hate me ).
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    Super Heroes 2014 Rumors & Discussion

    CustomJoe_MD replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed

    This is how i'd have like more or less they had made groot. And keep an eye out for this dude, great looking art.
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    [MOC] the Bat and the Batpod

    CustomJoe_MD replied to quentin's topic in LEGO Licensed

    Thats very clever, the way you joined the batpod in the middle. Nice proportions on both too.
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    No kickstarter, the crowdfunding we'll use is up there in the Financial aspects. Capital will be collected from everyone for initial costs, I believe I have more or less an idea of how the organization will go. Finished parts go from printer to the different Hubs (In the country of the members) and at that point they each pay shipping to their location. Hence using that system up there.It will be done in phases, all very carefully so we don't have problems. Those who are far or where no hub gets formed will be receiving from the closest hub to them.Since day one I've been going back and forward with a few people trying to get Plan B and C in place. A is TLG, we'll see what comes of it. I'm looking at some of the CMF figs and the closest to what we are trying here is the - Motorcycle Mechanic - tatoo From s10. PS: One more thing I choose the hubs but then you guys all verify my choices, we'll have a checks and balaces system so no funny business happens. Once the network is set verification will occur from point to point both ways like in Bricklink. I'll still be working some of the financials to see if I can find an easy way for you all to check my side of things (money deposits etc). This will all be very transparent and public, just not the identities of those who are end clients. Other than that I'll do my best to have everything available.
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    _Legoboy, You need more Posts, forgot to read the rules didn't u, you little scoundrel, don't worry you'll get the hang of it. _Armothe, Actually Germany has quite the supply with 800+ between a few sellers. But good idea, as I said still early days, Thanks for doing the other thing. Victor could pull it off couldn't he, if we went digital? All the people i've corresponded want PAD, so I'm pursuing that route untill reason to the contrary.
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    Hi A, glad you could join in on the fun. Did you get the chance to let them know on the group about this? I don't know about 1000+ but it's starting to look like at least 400arms are a good bet at this point. I haven't given up on TLG yet (have some stuff brewing, you never know). Not holding my breath either on that though. I agree on the 3 color thing, but I'll have to see my samples first, and the printer will have to discuss the details of what they can do with this before we settle on final details. Also Since Australia and the US have the bigger groups it could be a better idea to have it printed in the US for shipping(both Europe and the US would be overkill). I don't know early days, lots of miles to go before this baby gets put to sleep. Need to start setting up group heads so I can delegate some stuff, any volunteers. First one gets a cookie.
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    FINANCIAL ASPECTS So I've been looking at the financial aspect of things and was told about this kind of site http://www.kapipal.com/faq Looks like the perfect thing if we need to raise money privately, and it allows accountability. And if extra shipping is needed you just add that amount and done, no fuss payments. Any more sugestions or similar sites/ better ideas feel free to share. I'd even go so far as to say that we should use this aproach for other things like for example buying "Christo originals" as a team or anything else that we all do buy by ourselves and could maybe be getting cheaper if we unite. A sorta buyers group by location. Some numbers of the campaign: We have so far 32 people that want this to happen/willing to pay and "AussieLand" is back on top, with the US of A. right on the tails now as the largest groups. 5 others that want to help with stuff (print setup art, organization). Thats 140 individual arms. Just 4 days in
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    Lego Spray Painting Question

    CustomJoe_MD replied to MoreDCthenBatman's topic in Minifig Customisation Workshop

    I used to put blue painters tape, and then use kid modeling clay over that to seal any gaps. the result was that you peel off the tape and the clay/plastiline and clean any residue. You can reuse the kid clay a few times even if its all mixed with paint, a bit messy but it works for me. There was also a technic using wax or gelatin instead of tape, wax is a pain to remove unless you freeze it for a bit and then scrape it gently off. Gelatin you just clean with warm water, test it a few ways see what works for you. I'm assuming the band is being applied with a airbrush and crafts mixed paint with a bit of solvent, paint cans tend to spray too much thickness and are only useful for bigger stuff or if you are doing a wide area. Cheers, welcome and hope it helps.
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    Super Heroes 2014 Rumors & Discussion

    CustomJoe_MD replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed

    That's an old reliable topic. There have been some efforts for diversification in general with the licenses (we even got blue skin black folk now in ELECTRO kinda (I know not the movie fig- but close), some starwars multicoloreds folks too - green skin anyone) It will happen. Lone ranger gave us finally some Native americans in more realist colors (before it was only yellow heads - and thats not a tribe btw) So the only pale faces issue is slowly getting there. And the first Captain America was looking a bit sunburned there too To me the lady figs is a bigger issue. "More females Me wants" they can be purple for all I care just, more XX chromossomes please. Since they(TLG and Marvel) adore Wolverine give us Laura (X23), that checks the "girl" and "claws" little box just great.
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    Ghostbusters HQ/Firehouse LDD File

    CustomJoe_MD replied to WetWired's topic in LEGO Licensed

    Ecto1 - Check GB Firehouse HQ that Lego wouldn't make even with the votes - Check Ghostbusters Minifigs - Check ...Arm logo patch on said minis TLG "forgot" do give us - no prob, see here how to make it happen: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92608&st=0#entry1830558 http://www.flickr.com/photos/118244175@N05/ BW thats some skills you got there no wonder the set got made. Now who you GONNNA CALL?? ...the Interior decorator, thats who! I suggest ORION PAX, for the interior work, this is looking a bit sparse. If someone makes instructions they should be posted freely, as this was also IMO, THANK YOU for making the licensed set so much more, than it would have been otherwise. See guys great thing about this hobby/obsession is TLG doesn't do something, no prob we'll help each other out and just do it ourselves. How revolutionay is that.
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    Nope licensing issues, if instead of making the arm as a "add on" to correct the decision about the logo, they made a full minifig, it would't be ghostbuster, it would be a generic CMF type Ghost hunter with a modified type logo - and that's not what we want. And as for printing in arms, Rumor has it, Drax in GoTG seems to have it, that would make it the first Superheroes Mini to have that (don't recall any other getting that before) Thanks to Santa's elfs we now can see what we want here http://www.flickr.co...05/12688000995/ https://twitter.com/...884030387396608 Cuusoo Lego Team statement regarding the patches in the minifigures You may contact LEGO® CUUSOO directly via email at LEGOsupport@CUUSOO.com. Ask them to have arms printed and put on pick-a-brick, or just let them know you really want them and to find a way to give us that part with the logo printed on it. If enough people write to them it will help.
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    And the other shoe drops Yep thats the info I had already as well. I'd like to take a moment to thank publicly not just CorneliusMurdock (our gunslinging sheriff up there) for the contacts and help he has given in private, but also to all the people who offered help and incentive (and top secret supper dupper info too) Let me tell you what is happening at the moment: We have contacted Ambassador Mikael (waiting on that) I got contacts to try from here, and some outsiders including a long shot with some Lego designers. Print samples in actual lego parts are on the way should be here by end of next week, or next at the latest. and last but not least YOU guys, who are doing the word of mouth thing and rounding up the troops. Its looking like UK, Portugal+Spain, France, Germany, and Italy will be the hubs for the distribution (Netherlands has so far low numbers so we can just send the arms by letter, the same for anyone around the same numbers in other places - the hubs are if we have to get a ton of parts to one location). I can't really say to the US and Aussie residents how it will be for you, I'll know more when we have prices so we factor shipping and suff. Let it be known that Australia and the United states seem to be in the majority right now, SO EUROPE WAKE UP. To the undecided (DECIDE please) the one armed army is recruiting :)
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    Decal Wish List

    CustomJoe_MD replied to Bonaparte's topic in Minifig Customisation Workshop

    Megalego - these here might help google ---» images = "lego expressions decal" first few results have several of those in clear
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    Little update above (n2) and great news, we now have several members and outsiders who have offered to do give us a hand and or do artwork/graphic work that may be necessary for pre-printing. I may take a while to answer the PM's and emails, but I'll get to them all don't worry. Very HAPPY with the response we are getting. Guess I wasn't the only one missing the arm patch. Hey legoboy_4, I would sooooo love that TLG did it themselves but it's not gonna happen, at least not anytime soon and not without exerting some friendly pressure on them. I got so many messages saying: "I already emailed them asking about that" or Can't we ask TLG to do it? -YES we can! (like Obama but cooler) This is not like the misprint on the Delorean, in that case a mistake was made, but they had the artwork set and all they did was correct and reprint a tile (one per box). While this was both a business and design decision by LEGO (otherwise they would have done it right?) and its 4 arms per box. I've been talking to a lot of folks, and some a bit more in the know than your average joe, told that changing anything at all in the production line right now would be insane with a release date so close and production on the way as we speak (cost, delays, etc etc). What they could do maybe is have it printed and availble in the pick a brick or something like that. That would still take an amount of peticioners along the lines of half the number of votes that took to make the set, again because it was Lego's decision not to do the printing and not a mistake. I'm not saying they wouldn't do it, if we ask together as one voice, but how long till we have enough people signing some peticion? I'm still contacting the Ambassadors ASAP and see if there is some way to do it, but just know that a plan B and C is ongoing, just in case. _Joe
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    Decal Wish List

    CustomJoe_MD replied to Bonaparte's topic in Minifig Customisation Workshop

    Javert, Mon Fraire use le search button: http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13049&hl=+sweeney%20+todd#entry236351 http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17062&hl=%2Bsweeney+%2Btodd http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20273&hl=%2Bsweeney+%2Btodd and for inspiration http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sweeney%20todd%20lego Hope it helps...au revoir.
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    The Riddler's new ride (MOC)

    CustomJoe_MD replied to Digivolution's topic in LEGO Licensed

    Damn, thats a fine looking ride, I'm green with envy. So where do I buy this set? (and by that I mean your address and house keys) Really nice work Digivolution :thumbup:
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    Super Heroes 2014 Rumors & Discussion

    CustomJoe_MD replied to just2good's topic in LEGO Licensed

    And If I were you(SMC) I'd look into that whole sales taxes return thing, since I think you can fill a form once you return to have the amount you paid as sales tax returned to you (haven't flyed in a long while so I'm hazy on the details). Look into it.
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    Next CUUSOO set: 21103 Back to the Future™ Time Machine

    CustomJoe_MD replied to Blakstone's topic in LEGO Licensed

    I meant from a ecological and human resources point of view, all that work to send a plastic tile halfway across Europe. But I'm not crazy (yet) to pay someone on BL when I can get it for free from Lego. It just bugs my green sensibilities. The first model Batcave came without the cannon thing and I didn't bother with customer service and it was a big piece, but I knew sooner or later I'd get one in another set, but this is a printed tile, whole different ball game. Question: I'm going to buy from the shop at home, shouldn't it come with the set already?? Or should I just let them know that I just bought one and ask to have the part delivered together with the order, that could work right?? _thanks