Lego Otaku

Not in Bricklink or Peeron. So that part was never made available as separate piece, just as keychain figure that isn't intended to be taken apart. Good find.

Got it today, and a bonus. One of my cousin happens to be big on stamp so when I give her the box with 3 international stamps on it, she'd flip!

http://www.wnem.com/story/24622222/lego-movie-built-to-be-a-better-toy-film Thought you'd like to read about it.

Looking at the size (looks to be about 7"x10"?), it can be easy to understand why LEGO won't make new mold for original Monorail system. Consider this: a curved track is 32 stud by 32 stud when laid straight. Which means a mold would need to be minimum of about 15" x 6" for a single track. That means big mold for one track. Add to that only one track at a time, and average of about 15 seconds or more to fill with plastic, then cool it to solidify it, then pop it for next piece. That comes to 4 per minute or 240 tracks per hour without making a flawed part. (how long would a curved section take to fill and cool??) Almost forgot, the track section has recessed studs on the side of the track, a simple 2 part mold can't do that so it's likely a complex mold with smaller moving parts to form the recessed studs. All but 1 monorail set needs 4 curved tracks, one machine would be churning nonstop for a few weeks for each of the 4 sets (6990 and 6991 plus 2 expansions sets) and likely over a month for 6399 shuttle set. During which time it won't be able to produce other parts. Now one piece per mold vs 8 smaller common bricks which can be used in more sets, needs shorter cooling time (being smaller), I'd suspect a whole lotta more pieces per minute this way. You can see the difference in cost per piece this way, one huge piece with longer fill and cool time or lots of small pieces with shorter fill and cool time, the smaller pieces can have quicker return on investment and pay off the mold much sooner. I doubt the mold for monorail ever reached 10 million uses before it was lost* and when you consider how much those costs to make, combined with how poorly it was selling in the end LEGO very likely lost money on monorail-specific molds. * I heard a mold was lost but LEGO never explained in detail or which mold specifically, for all I know it was intentionally destroyed and scrapped into new mold blank for different pieces. But a proper monorail set needs: mold for motor, motor base, monorail base, bogies, curved tracks, and straight tracks. (switches and slopes are optional) If any of those are missing, it can't be made without making new replacement mold. Plus the original battery box and power cable are obsolete so a redesigned motor to use current PF system is required. I read somewhere that LEGO spends a few hundred thousands dollars for a single mold, plus some more money invested in redesigning the motor house and base, and source of suitable motor that is similar sized, if LEGO ever wants to restart monorail line. So maybe a million or so dollars to restart monorail line? If LEGO sells them for high costs, it'd sell slowly and die quickly. If LEGO sells it cheaply, it might sell faster but with smaller profit margin. Either way it'd take a lot longer to pay off the mold than with most other parts. Maybe if Disney demanded LEGO come up with Disneyland themed sets and include monorail, we might see it. Until then, we'd need miracle for it to come back (such as finding all of the original molds intact)

She's the first one I got. Still need Taco guy and Where's my Pants guy that doesn't have broken legs (3 I got were very loose and popped off easily)

How about 1x1 round tile in silver color with print making it look like pull tab of can top? Some soup cans and soft drink cans can be sold by LEGO with printed top on a plain 1x1 round brick or for smaller cans (tuna fish), 1x1 round plates. Us AFOL can repurpose them as beer can top :laugh:

Don't forget the Time Cruise line from '96. Some of the sets looked like they were put together by a 10 year old who OD'd on sugar.

Canon point and shoot can be used. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=280x43277 a bit of a hack but most Canon camera would be small enough whereas the camera that do have remote shutter built in like the Rebel line are huge and can be heavy and pricey when you add on wide angle lens (shorter lens, easier to do macro) I have tried Canon T2i (aka 550D outside USA) with a quality 17-50mm lens it takes excellent shot where you could probably see an actual dust mite making dust on LEGO pieces but the body and lens set was about $900 new and easily several hundreds $$$ used on eBay. A point n shoot camera can be bought off eBay for under $50 and with the hack I mentioned above it worked nicely. The image quality won't come close to the pricier DSLR but unless you're looking for microscopic imperfection on "new" parts most PnS camera are fine. edit: link got broke

Perfect for snotting and bottom greebling. One possible example: using long 3mm tube to make a circle, clip those, attach plates, instant round tunnel design that is very round.

Can that be used to tighten http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=4698 on a http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3737b :D

LDD also does repeat selected brick. in Edit menu, select preference, and check the "repeat inserting selected brick" By default it's off and annoying for someone who uses the same piece a lot.

Not all prints are in LDD. Some of the newest print won't show up for a while and older print may or may not get included with future updates. Nothing you can do here atm.

Could be 3mm tube cut to length?

While you're on printed bricks, have you looked at http://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=788717 ?? Someone seems to have a few including one (or more) in text color that isn't listed in catalog. You don't have to respond there if you're uncomfortable, just look at the picture there.

What part? Have you looked on Bricklink or Peeron or something for the exact part to get part #, then while in LDD extended mode, enter the # in search box above part window to see if it's there?

Some "spiral" tubes do have detachable end so it may be possible to slide anything with 3mm hole into the tube. But it is not supposed to twist itself thin. I had similar issue with 3mm tubes about a year ago, guess LEGO hasn't figured how to fix that.

That looks familiar. I've seen many similar looking "neon" signs on eBay of various designs carved into plexi with the light source on top. eBay #141049548531 for example, check second picture. It's custom made and is only for cool factor but not worth anything for collector's market. I wonder if LEGO knows someone was selling custom NEON signs of LEGO logo without their permission or licensing?

Don't forget recent holiday means lots of kids are playing with their LEGO they got as gift, and that could mean a spike in report of missing part replacement request.

Not all CMF has numbers attached. The current series is The Lego Movie and doesn't have the number. The next CMF is the Simpsons and it won't be numbered again. CMF 12 will be back with number around October of this year.

Leave a few things on the roof. On some episodes lost toys were found up there.

There were 3 tags attached to the shirt. One is about 1"x1" and features white/yellow LEGO logo on red background with dark blue border. The reverse side doesn't have LEGO logo. Second tag is a cut out shaped like LEGO movie logo with the LEGO movie logo on it. The back is copyright notices. The third tag is Walmart with a bunch of numbers. 00-14 23 LM3M0020WT BLUE MEN'S S/S TEE XL 00 F/L 2803 1 30772 86236 0 $7.50

Fixed and uploaded, I didn't change the image. Brickset had only about 66% of the 2 sets and zero part list of one of the set. Woefully incomplete and LEGO hasn't offered instruction that goes this far back yet so that might be why they can't get complete list from LEGO server.

I was surprised no one did a single one of the Dark Forest considering there are a few duplicate entries in Forestmen series. All was done with LDD 4.3.8 which should be current version as of this posting. 6024 Bandit Ambush - Dark Forest series - Castle Bricklink LDD file Errors: 6024 no missing part (YAY!) torso, face, and shield does not have correct print, not in LDD 6046 Hemlock Stronghold - Dark Forest series - Castle Bricklink LDD File Errors: torso, face, and shield does not have correct print (skeleton is correct) 3597 Black Hinge Plate 2 x 4 - Female (Digger Bucket Holder) 3315 Black Hinge Plate 2 x 4 - Male (Digger Bucket Holder) --both not in LDD, substituted with similar hinge and tiles. 4626 Black Hinge Bucket 2 x 3 Curved Bottom, Hollow, with 2 Fingers not in LDD, no substitution 6079 Dark Forest Fortress - Dark Forest series - Castle Bricklink LDD File Errors: torso, face, and shield does not have correct print (skeleton is correct) Raised baseplate does not exist, brickbuilt substitute (grouped for easy removal should correct plate become available or to Bricklink a set) The original brick built plate was "borrowed" from penguinz's earlier work as I don't have an original one to base on. no string, there should be one connecting from a winch to the rear drawbridge then to under a 2x2 corner brick 4587 Blue Horse Hitching with Hinge not in LDD, only 1x2 blue plate substituted no connecting "harness" 251c01 Black Turntable 2 x 2 Plate with Hinge, Complete Assembly with Light Gray Top not in LDD, regular turntable used.

Wow... So I get exclusive bragging right of being the only Eurobrick forum member with the shirt?

No hidden treasure room? What about that one loose stone step that kept tripping a few characters? Great design and effort!