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[Stotty]

Without commenting on the integrity...

They make the sets (and pieces) themselves - and have a number of discontinued Lego sets available too.

I expect they just reverse engineer the Lego sets.

 

[Stotty]

Decool GT3RS's here for $86 (inc. shipping to UK)... also available in green...

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/IN-...540192.html?shortkey=M36Zvm63&addresstype=600

 

[SPhilli911]

The green one is tempting, but I'd feel so wrong buying a ripoff Lego set.

 

[Dylan]

I saw a Caterham 7 Lego set in my local Barnes & Nobles book store 2 weeks ago and was this close to getting it. I think IIRC it was around $70 - $80.

 

[Stotty]

The green one is tempting, but I'd feel so wrong buying a ripoff Lego set.

Wouldn't bother me. Quite fancy a Millenium Falcon and a Star Destroyer

 

[TheCracker]

I must be in a minority in thinking that these Lego 'models' look ****. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved Lego, and making models for that matter, but I'd much rather make a scale model from a Tamiya kit. They're incredibly expensive too

Lego for me has always been about creating something from your imagination, not just following a set of instructions.

 

[kolio]

I must be in a minority in thinking that these Lego 'models' look ****. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved Lego, and making models for that matter, but I'd much rather make a scale model from a Tamiya kit. They're incredibly expensive too

Lego for me has always been about creating something from your imagination, not just following a set of instructions.

Try the Unpopular Opinions Thread.

Personally, I agree that they don't really look that great. But to me, it is all about the mechanics involved that make it seem remotely close to what it is supposed to be. Beautiful.

 

[Shaun]

Lego for me has always been about creating something from your imagination, not just following a set of instructions.

This, maybe I'm just getting old but exactly how I feel about it also.

Edit: What I find mildly annoying when buying Lego for my kids is that it's in some sort of elaborate kit. Safe to assume you can no longer buy a simple box of blocks?

 

[W3H5]

Edit: What I find mildly annoying when buying Lego for my kids is that it's in some sort of elaborate kit. Safe to assume you can no longer buy a simple box of blocks?

They still sell regular boxes of normal bricks, the ones without a specific build. I saw some as recently as last month in a department store.

 

[axletramp]

Somewhere deep in storage I still have my isometric construction diagrams of models I designed/created as a kid. [/nerd]

Ignoring the two grumpy old gits on here who can still get Lego brick sets if they want them, this kit is as much about the journey of building it as it is about having a completed model at the end. Much like normal Lego generally.

 

[Stotty]

I must be in a minority in thinking that these Lego 'models' look ****. Don't get me wrong, I've always loved Lego, and making models for that matter, but I'd much rather make a scale model from a Tamiya kit. They're incredibly expensive too

Lego for me has always been about creating something from your imagination, not just following a set of instructions.

Agree that it only resembles a Porsche... but the fun is building it and seeing how the various sections fit together... I couldn't work out how the whole drive train was going to work until the very last step of the build... then had a 'ah, that's how it works, hoe clever' moment.

Will probably build mine, then remove the body work.

 

[Shaun]

Ignoring the two grumpy old gits on here who can still get Lego brick sets if they want them,

👍

Wait.
Maybe I should be buying kits, my youngest today fashioned a working guillotine out of Lego after watching a bit of Horrible Histories recently.

 

[W3H5]

I honestly preferred getting Lego models from kits because once I built them and showed my mum I could tear them down and re-purpose the parts that didn't come in regular 'starter' block packages. I once got a Lego deep sea exploration vessel with pneumatic pistons, compressor tank and manual pump, building with Lego got taken to a whole 'nother level when I got that piston (probably around 9 years old).

It also allowed my to think from an engineering point of view and made technical drawing a breeze a college. Lego is basically physical CAD for kids.

 

[axletramp]

Lego is basically physical CAD for kids.

Minecraft IRL.

 

[W3H5]

Minecraft IRL.

Minecraft would be like Duplo. I was thinking more along the lines of Technics.

 

[TheCracker]

Agree that it only resembles a Porsche... but the fun is building it and seeing how the various sections fit together... I couldn't work out how the whole drive train was going to work until the very last step of the build... then had a 'ah, that's how it works, hoe clever' moment.

I guess that why i used to love taking apart and rebuilding and modifying my RC cars back in the day.

Will probably build mine, then remove the body work.

I had a Lego Technics set as a kid that was basically a bare car chassis with working suspension and drive-train (gearbox, propshaft, diff and moving pistons etc) Sounds a lot like this 911 GT3RS under the skin. 👍

 

[Stotty]

As a kid, I loved Lego, Meccano and Arfix kits... I had loads of 1/72nd scale WW2 and modern war planes (eg; Harriers, Phantoms) hanging from my bedroom ceiling

Lego has come a long way since then!

 

[Darla Starch]

Meant to purchase a proper OEM laptop charger because the cheap-o one I bought before Christmas doesn't seem to be recognized as plugged in (and thus won't charge) properly even when it is. Well, turns out my old one can survive just fine another two weeks or so.

In the meanwhile, knocked a game off my Steam wishlist...

 

[ScottPuss20]

Apologies for the poor lighting...

The big and the small:

The best cards from the booster packs:

Could be worse

I also got 4 XY Evolutions boosters but all of them were rubbish.

 

[Venom800tt]

Some stuff to polish crap, a new knife (old one broke), and AKUMA NO ZETO:

 

[AOS-]

Unplanned purchase. Friend liked some page on Facebook that advertised some posable figurines to help inspire artists. Thing showed up on my news feed, was going to buy it off their site, but then I found a better deal on eBay.

I've wanted figurines with more joints and higher flexibility since my university days. Those typical wooden mannequins you may be familiar with I find are only good to teach body proportion size. They're terrible for posing.

Anyway, so the deal I found sold both the male and female figure:

High kicks are my forte as you can see.

What's also really cool is that the stand doubles up as a storage case for all the extra hands with different poses, and accessories like phones, laptops, tablets and a sword, because manga character tropes and all.

What is unfortunate is the sexist perks. The female figure's legs aren't as flexible as they could be. The male figure's ankles can't roll as much as the female's. In the photos, the female's ball-socket joints actual had an extra piece covering the joints as a means to illustrate muscle, but when I take those parts out, their limbs have much less hindrance, meaning they are now more flexible. I'll be continuing to modify the joints where I can to get even more flexible. These guys need to be able to touch their heads with they legs after I'm through with them.

 

[INEEDNAWZZZ]

Really enjoying it so far!

 

[Johnny1996]

Brake tools

 

[mister dog]

I got new Sades headphones, only 27 bucks with the Amazon flash sales:

Those blue Logitechs I had for a year got busted just because a little piece of flimsy plastic indicated below:

It broke and the whole thing came loose. Better put some black tape around that if you own these.

 

[Parker]

Pre-ordered the Switch neon bundle.

 

[Arixant]

More civic parts for me. got a craft-a jtcc wing, and a japanese eg6 cluster.

 

[Parker]

4 bed, 3 bath, 2 car garage and finished basement. Also $800 worth of paint, fans, fixtures, bulbs and other odds and ends.

 

[CinnamonOD]

Moyu MF3RS 3x3

The turning of this one is greater than awesome and doesn't lock up, unlike my older 3x3

Shengshou Megaminx

Because why not? Can't memorize many algorithms for my 5x5 so maybe this one is easier

 

[phillgt2002]

Jain - Zanaka

I love this album, so I just had to buy it.

 

[TB]

Two dozen long stem roses.