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Re: LEGOS [Re: 1234go]
#26342019 - 11/24/19 09:38 AM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I mean it's a pretty lame thing to do with a gift if the person hoped you would build it. But I don't think it's all that farfetched that they could appreciate in value. If you buy it planning to keep it new in box for the long haul and hopefully really cash in, then I can see wanting to see that through.
The Last Airbender ship I posted can fetch a couple hundred bucks even opened. Of course the bulk of it is generic dark grey bricks, but there are pieces that are found in maybe one other set, or no other sets, and are no longer made.
This set was in the same thrift store haul with the ship. There are some pieces in there that were only made for that set.
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Re: LEGOS [Re: psi]
#26342397 - 11/24/19 12:39 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm being facetious for the most part, man. I honestly couldn't care less about what he does with them. I will say, though, that I think it's more a matter of him just not caring enough to build them. And the box itself is open, but the little lego bags are all sealed. He's mentioned once that "it'll take too long" after asking him if he's gonna build it. Sure they'll be of some value, but that's pretty much the extent of his collection...aside from some of those bobble head figurines. So, it's not like he's got much collecting in mind. He doesn't appreciate the LEGOS!!
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[You don't have to scroll past them? I have to click my mouse wheel and send it on a journey south to get past them. Jesus.
I dunno i've never messed with any settings but those things are fucking ridiculously big for some reason.
I have the same happening
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Guys what's the next step tho. How can we bring in new concepts and technology into things like legos or Lincoln logs. How to we bring it to the new generation. These things are stimulating in so many ways but haven't really changed in a significant way since thier conception decades ago. Let's start tossing it around brainstorming. What's the hot new shit so we can either undercut lego or sell out to them. Maybe were designing and printing our own components now, maybe were using new composites and materials to push the envelope further with what can be done, maybe were going for more intricate automation or paying more attention to artistic aesthetics and facilitating an artist's palette to serve the creatively engaged mind. Theres definitely something there that brings it to the next level. I'm not sure what that something is yet but it's there. Look at how excited people in this thread are about stupid ass plastic bricks. Imagine the money. Unbelievable.
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Let’s make’em spin..
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Re: LEGOS [Re: 1234go] 1
#26343094 - 11/24/19 05:40 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Go, I figured it out. I saw that imperial ship you posted and knew that wasn’t it. The large ship I had was, in fact, a pirate ship called the “Black Sea Barracuda”. A smaller ship I had was a RMS type called the “Carribean Clipper”, and in my mind I kinda melded the two. That imperial ship looks dope though.
Your friend is being ridiculous. Open those fuckin legos already.
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sweetest build I ever did

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Re: LEGOS [Re: Niffla] 2
#26343551 - 11/24/19 10:21 PM (4 years, 2 months ago) |
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Amanita86 said: Did you guys have a local Toys R Us that had those big displays that were behind ‘glass’ of all the different LEGO kits they had?
I was just thinking that would be a pretty cool day at work building those for the store display.
Yes. Back in my day, you had to get a paper tag for the game you wanted, and find an employee to unlock the glass and get you a copy! Did you guys have K-B Toys, or was that just a New England thing? I remember them selling NES stuff, new, in box, all the way up until about 1998 lol.
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horse-human hybrid with boobs with seductive pose on the couch
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Excellent and excellent. This is why I made this thread.
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The KB Toys where I was at were always in big malls, they were never stand alone stores. The thing was that they were always more expensive so if you found something there you go and get it from Toys R Us. I don’t know how accurate my memories are but I feel like they carried video game stuff you couldn’t get other places.
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Correct. We had standalone stores in MA, though. I don't remember prices being much different, and honestly thought KB would be cheaper. They did have a better selection of games. KB felt like a store, whereas ToysRUs was essentially a warehouse.
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Chances are the KB’s I went to were more expensive just because they were in those big mall settings. Everything seems marked up in those malls, so a stand alone could very well be even or cheaper.
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Most likely. Remember when EB was actually Electronics Boutique? They were always more pricey for the reason you mention above. Babbages was another. Nothing will ever top FuncoLand for games, though. EVER.
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Can you top my train-pulling-a-T-rex-with-keyboard-watching-on-and-a-house? 
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Burke Dennings said: Go, I figured it out. I saw that imperial ship you posted and knew that wasn’t it. The large ship I had was, in fact, a pirate ship called the “Black Sea Barracuda”. A smaller ship I had was a RMS type called the “Carribean Clipper”, and in my mind I kinda melded the two. That imperial ship looks dope though.
Your friend is being ridiculous. Open those fuckin legos already. 
Oh, okay...I looked that black sea barracuda up, and it looks very familiar. Now I can't remember which pirate ship my brother had, lol...but I think his had black sails. That clipper ship looks pretty rad, too...and this thread is really makin' me wanna go throw away some money. 
...and thank you for sympathizing with me about my heedless, and negligent friend, and his failure to even lego. what a stick in the mud.
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Loaded Shaman said: Can you top my train-pulling-a-T-rex-with-keyboard-watching-on-and-a-house? 
R2D2 running over Ned Flanders in hamburger car with Dr Who filming and porta potty.
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Burke Dennings
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If anyone is interested, here’s a little then-and-now.
LEGO Santa I assembled in December 1989:

LEGO Santa that my son put together in December 2019:

Crazy how much shit changes. LEGO really reinvented the brick.
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Theyre both fucking stupid. if you wanted a plastic molded Santa figurine why wouldn't you just go buy a plastic Santa figurine?
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Burke Dennings
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Yeah, wow, I never even considered that. Thanks CHeifM4sterDiezL, I’m really pondering my life choices now.
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1234go
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I'm gonna berate my nephew the next time he plays with legos.
"This is STUPID. Why are you building that when you could have the actual plastic molded figurine??"
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