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  • #28735
    Greg Schubert
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    Today’s Google Doodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=70&v=Rd7X0NsOeRk

    They NAILED this video, everything about it! Bob, this is what we are going for. Maybe we can bring it to Brickfair VA next summer.

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    #28755
    Greg Schubert
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    I do not follow LEGO Ideas, but I got an email from them which mentioned the Sesame Street idea, https://ideas.lego.com/projects/188afa42-fca3-49f9-afe9-00bd9f33725f

    Personally, I think it would be fun to try to build 123 Sesame Street WITHOUT the kit / instructions. My younger siblings had the Fisher Price version of this building which included the Hooper’s Store building too. https://goo.gl/images/AbzTkC

    #29069
    Greg Schubert
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    Harvard Business Review cover March/April 2017:

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    #29071
    Jim Rolfe
    Participant

    Yes @greg. I have even watched a video of a guy at my company using Lego for his meetings and prototyping in R&D. All I thought was, “damn….I need that trans blue piece.” ?

    #29290
    Greg Schubert
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    #29459
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    This post is so everybody knows how awesome our Halloween costumes were this year.

    I’ve also never been anywhere that draws so many trick-or-treaters, and we ran out with 90 minutes (official trick-or-treating hours there went 3:30 to 7:30) to go despite buying what I thought was way more than we would need and so I had to sit under the sign like a giant loser (I had it taped across the door) and shoo away kids while Rachel ran out to buy more.

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    #29462
    Josh
    Keymaster

    Tell me your hair is going to stay like that

    #29466
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    Hahaha, no, sorry. I washed it out before bed that night so I wouldn’t turn the sheets blue. My shampoo usually suds up at an off-white color, but this time it looked like I’d killed a Smurf with my bare hands.

    Incidentally (in case anybody’s considering buying one for future use if they’re still availalbe) my costume was remarkably comfortable, easy to move about in, easy to get off and on, not a problem in the bathroom, and easy to store afterwards. None of that applies to the homemade Lego costume I made in 2006 using a cardboard box and red plastic drinking cups.

    #29477
    Josh
    Keymaster

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWQ9zs8iN4 seems like a fun summer project.

    #29488
    Tom Frost
    Participant

    None of that applies to the homemade Lego costume I made in 2006 using a cardboard box and red plastic drinking cups.

    Yeah, the one I made for Jonah last year was rather rigid as well

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    #29505
    Jim Rolfe
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOWQ9zs8iN4 seems like a fun summer project.

    That is awesome! I always wanted a racing drone!

    #29574
    David Bacon
    Participant

    The captions on this Lego-fied meme nailed it for me. Sooo funny!!!

    The face that launched a thousand memes

    #29575
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    That’s Iain Heath, aka Ochre.Jelly. He’s hilarious. LUGDoug got a selfie with him at Skaerbaek Fan Weekend 2017…

    https://www.instagram.com/ochre.jelly/

    https://www.flickr.com/people/ochre_jelly/

    #29600
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    A video on how fast you can spin a LEGO wheel …

    … for no particular reason, although GBC /
    technic builders might be interested in some
    of the results.

    #29619
    Sean Collins
    Participant

    so idk were to ask this but should I invest in 19 pieces of monorail short track? its going to cost me upwards of 100 bucks. i want to build my space display and go lego monorail but some of this 3d printed stuff looks so much cheaper.

    i could also do the same effect im looking for with 3 long and 3 short pieces of track since i have 1 long that i can find. but doing that makes the build harder to transport.

    #29622
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    I haven’t kept up on monorail component pricing in the past year or two. Not sure if @randomdan has, either. But I wanna say a few years ago, short (~3″ long) straight tracks were costing at least $10, maybe $15 each. So “upwards of $100” is a bit vague, but you didn’t say “almost $200”, so it seems like the market is down since 2014~2016 when I was buying monorail…

    I dunno that I have 19 pcs of short, but I def have some track that isn’t currently getting used, so if you want to borrow (or maybe buy? Not sure if I’m ready to part with it forever) we could talk about that…

    Going non-purist (buying 3D printed) is between you and the LEGO gods. May they have mercy on your soul. (Wait, “but some of this 3D printed stuff looks so much cheaper” meaning “it looks like you can get 3D printed track more cheaply than you can get official LEGO track”, or meaning “the 3D printed track looks bad, so I’m torn between frugality and quality”…?)

    #29624
    Pete
    Participant

    Check with Walter on the 3D printed track. I believe he has some.

    #29746
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    Josh wrote:
    what an awesome rendition of the land of make believe!!

    what the ???

    I am fail

    This one is better than the one in that video:

    #29747
    Matt Redfield
    Keymaster

    (also: first and only good usage of Chima minifig heads that I’ve seen.)

    #29797
    Greg Schubert
    Participant
    #29798
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    >> Ben, do you think these would fall apart easily?

    Ha, why yes, yes I do. But I think a more important question would be, if I had built them in my basement, would I be able to easily get them out for a display somewhere else?

    I was impressed by the price on these until I realized you’re not getting all three trees, or even any trees, just the instructions.

    #29799
    Josh
    Keymaster

    hahahahaha +1 Ben.

    #29828
    Greg Schubert
    Participant

    Below is a screenshot of bricklink parts all in the same color, medium dark flesh, from the same set. Some look more like the actual color than others.

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    #29858
    Benjamin C Good
    Participant

    Does anybody have a list of what new sets have the new coral color? The only one I know for sure is the Party Bus.

    #29861
    David Bacon
    Participant

    Does anybody have a list of what new sets have the new coral color? The only one I know for sure is the Party Bus.

    Nothing else yet, except some rumors that it might be in the Asian exclusive Dragon Dance set. Here is a New Elementary article on the new color.

    http://www.newelementary.com/2018/12/new-lego-colour-353-vibrant-coral.html

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