Peppermint_M
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Oh I get that too. I was house-sitting and a box of mixed bricks and sets (nothing newer than 1993) was left out. I was able to build something, but it was maddening knowing that new parts would give a much better finish.
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"Can we go find the Göt lalesi in charge here and detonate the whole facility?" Aysu held tighter to her gun. This place was run by a being who needed ending. -
Excellent angles built into that. It really hits the neo-classic space design well. Thanks for sharing.
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"It is too bad all the words I can think of that apply to the Archivist are shorter or longer than 5 letters." Aysu grumbled.
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"Five letter word?" Aysu looked at the code lock. "Maybe it is a significant word to this gang?"
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Those magazines with Lego included.
Peppermint_M replied to Agent Kallus's topic in General LEGO Discussion
"Mummy! Mummy, this magazine has free LEGO!" Pester power at its finest. Kids might not browse the newsstand section but will all enter the shop and have to wait at the checkout! I am certainly guilty of grabbing one on impulse. -
Those magazines with Lego included.
Peppermint_M replied to Agent Kallus's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Newsstand.co.uk is handy for the UK information, they sell subscriptions globally also. As for availability in store in the UK? Most supermarkets, WHSmith's, your local newsagent... The list is endless and the stock depends on the size of the shop. I found the TESCO local to me has all of them, but the little TESCO Express didn't. The only time it truly matters is some shops get an exclusive bonus set so will have two foil bags (or even a foil bag and a polybag!) so it is worth a shop around to see if which of the Big Name supermarkets might have any. My family shop around for groceries anyway, (and I am the driver) so I visit all the different ones regularly enough. You just might have to weigh up cost/convenience with desire for the sets that are exclusive. -
"Ah flip." Aysu looked ahead at the tubes. "Why couldn't this Archivist just collect POGs or something?" Stopping, she Listened out for more guards or staff. (Perception)
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Could a "Like" button be introduced?
Peppermint_M replied to Lego David's topic in Forum Information and Help
Those other sites are businesses. Eurobricks is a site run by volunteers (so no, we staff are not paid, the admin are not paid...) There is no "revenue" just some ad money that pays for hosting on servers and software licensing to run the site. Cloud storage services aren't free, private users have a limit, or "pay" in personal data. An entity like this site would have to license or subscribe for cloud storage services for all users. Yes, the internet has changed since the site was established, but we can't afford to change into some new sort of social media site. That would be just as much a disaster as the slow drain of activity. -
A cool character and you are quoting my favourite album ever? Excellent! Interesting techniques there, that zipper is genius. All over, a great MOC. Thanks for sharing.
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Both a cool idea and a genuinely enjoyable tribute to LoZ Ocarina of Time and Prog.
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"I mean, the more I am in this place, the worse I am feeling right? I'm the only me that my family ever met, and here at Heroica too, so this Archivist's collection is giving me the jeebies..." Aysu shrugged.
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A sorted out set, even without box and instructions will always sell leagues more. Even if the whole set is in pieces in a zip-bag or shoe-box. Mixed lot, of pure LEGO bricks are more often than not only judged on weight by most buyers. You would probably have more luck selling the sets even with parts missing and just honestly include what parts/sections are gone. How incomplete are the UCS sets? If you are missing say, an engine from the Y Wing, you could probably still get a better price than trying to sell a box of mixed sets in pieces.
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Aysu hefted her gun, adding her assistance to Enson.
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Yes, but they are the ones that get the most Oxygen of attention, the kinds that are marketed the hardest and to a demographic that will get them in for shelf decoration and not purely creative building. I am with Danth, people who never ever try to create their own things are really missing out, but the main selling point on the big sets is never a couple of pages of ideas or alternate builds. It is like painting by numbers: Super relaxing and fun too, but on the other hand even simply splatting and streaking paints across paper can feed the creative urge people never knew they had.
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I dunno, the 70s was the era my uncle was a child and first had LEGO sets. I was where he cemented his love of design and building that led to a career in Environmental Engineering and today, with me being an AFOL, he will talk for ages about his MOCs from childhood and it is something he is enjoying immensely with his son (Mah baby cousin is 9 soon!)
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"Anyone good with machines? I can break 'em but not sure about fixing them." Aysu looked at the wrecked robot. "Though if I give it a go, I might get lucky eh?" Aysu tried a few basic fixes on the broken machine.
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Hasbro making LEGO-like products again with Transformers this time
Peppermint_M replied to johnsocal's topic in Community
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I find such joy in creating new things, I appreciate that others enjoy LEGO in different ways (My brother in law is one example, so many sets on display), so I suppose I am trying to convince people to try it for themselves, there is something very satisfying to take the bricks and make something only you can. Then TLG goes and spoils it all by turning to focus on big fancy sets to show. So it goes.
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"Maybe stick with us right?" Aysu shrugged. "You hired us to be muscle so running off ahead kinda defeats the whole thing."
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"Play Well" and "Only The Best is Good Enough." Those were to two original ideas. I can see how Play Well has been muddied over the years, there is a lot of Buy this to Show on a Shelf/Coffee Table these days, plenty of "Got to catch 'em all" collecting. I am not going to judge those who prefer to collect over the creative building and play I prefer, but it seems modern TLG is quite happy with the thought of people getting one or two (or more) Prestige sets to build and then put out to show. It even somewhat feels like the focus of the company now, with the loss of the original format of Bricks and Pieces making individual parts difficult to obtain and the acquisition of Bricklink merely a brand control exercise. So I can see how anyone else would think TLG has moved away from the founding ideals.
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Thanks for this! Just what I needed
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Hi all, what with it being the 90th anniversary of the company and everything, I was wanting to put together a little something about the history. Mainly a little fact-sheet sort of deal as I would like to have one to hand once I get back to displaying. Now, I know some of the very early plastic toys included little bears that sat in toy aeroplanes but I cannot find any pictures of these! Would anyone have some photos or know a good place to look? I have gotten impatient with Google images and my own personal photos from the Billund museum and LEGO House don't seem to have featured pics of those toys. Though I may have archived them on my external drive but that is not to hand and I consider that others here might have some (which would also be better than my own, as I am never a great photographer!). Anyway, help appreciated and also any tales of your own personal faves/thoughts on the earliest of LEGO toys.
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Still working on it!
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Dreaming of the next Eurobricks event
Peppermint_M replied to Bonaparte's topic in LEGO Events and User Groups
I just want to see all you guys again