Lego: C/D, S&D

see also SuziLego Quatro
http://cache.lego.com/2057/images/shop/BBMF/BBMF_Image4_331x270.gif

I didn't realize Duplo was compatible with regular Lego! I was thinking our Duplo stock would become obsolete in a few years.

Lego is indeed ridiculously priced, but that's true of any quality toy nowadays. At least Lego is not likely to break and will hold kid's interest forever (see ilx Lego dorks for proof of Lego as an everlasting source of pleasure).

I had a bag shaped like the duplo bunny when I was a little girl...I loved that thing so much. this thing...I'd forgotten about it until just now.

Anyone here old enough to remember handed-down lego from uncles etc from about the 50s/60s or something, which were crappy because only loose-fitting from above? Ie they didn't have the tight scaffolding inside on the belowside, just the outermost rectangle, so they fit on top of other things and vice versa, but came loose bcz not sufficiently precision engineered?

Lego memories pt 14: new at university, getting into discussion w/new classmates on random stuff, and bonding a bit with one on how great the small lego rubber tires felt to CHEW on whilst being an kid. Tactile+ memory, I can taste it as I write. Om nom etc.

totally chewed on the tires.

yeah, i even swallowed a few. good memories.

here are all the Toy Story sets so far.

and if you ever wanted your own jake gyllenhaal in plastic, here ya go:

http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/103/415x0/103635_a-lego-prince-dastan-and-jake-gyllenhaal-in-prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.jpg

looks just like him

My favorite Lego series was probably the Forestmen, although I have a lot of love for classic Space / Futuron

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/lego/images/d/d5/Fmen1.jpg

The Toy Story lego figures are some kind of heathen bullshit imo.

any character that don't start from this essential template:
http://www.seanmichaelragan.com/img/LEGO_figure_4_heads_tall.jpg

(but in yellow, obv) don't qualify as lego.

in agreement. i think the lego ewoks break this crucial rule too.

i understand the purist position, but what can be done about ewoks? They ought to be smaller, right?

Also, they're adding multiple races to the Castles line, so you know how lego dwarves:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/2236691612_101ea68ce2.jpg?v=0

but what can be done about ewoks?

let's not go there

If you guys haven't heard, they just demo'd the new Lego Universe MMO game at CES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpm9H0wTzY

Actual gameplay vids are online, too: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ces-10-lego-universe/60652

Comes out later this year, allegedly.

Also, posting this here b/c it was one of the greatest sets of all time:

http://markl.hyperrealm.com/lego/6950-large.jpg

Pretty damn sure I had that.

Could never decide which way the thing the yellow dude on the left is holding should face, or what it was; bazooka, or telescope-thing?

video camera?

That game does look pretty cool, but does everything have to get a "dark" reboot these days?

It's not a dark reboot; apparently those are the monsters you have to gang up & fight

have you heard of LDraw, the virtual lego? you can build models and get them raytraced. here's a flickr pool:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/ldraw/pool/

more raytraced lego
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=lego%20povray&w=all&s=int

and here's a Virtual Fallingwater
http://www.flickr.com/photos/safepit/3788339025/

have they improved the interface yet? i remember it being horrific.

i have similar memories. haven't used it in years.

there appear to be other front-ends for it now
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDraw

LeoCAD rings a bell but the three i looked at are all 'last updated 2005'. (actually, BrickSmith looks ok, but Mac only)

(the one lego biplane i rendered i did directly with povray, modelling all the pieces myself)

http://mostlybricks.com/2010/01/15/summary-of-lego-atlantis-the-movie/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4277507203_7468d429d5.jpg

One of the new sets this summer is Lego 8089 - Wampa Cave Attack

Box art mock-ups have leaked out:

http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuniyghPNT1qziwdgo1_500.jpg

They already have lego tauntauns, so why not lego wampas?

some nice street and hospital(?) models here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgorlando/

rats, those are all MOCs, I thought it was going to be some new sets. Still, neat designs.

Jesus Christ: http://www.flickr.com/photos/40182896@N00/sets/72157607412386119/

lego starwars and steampunk, together at last

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28192677@N06/sets/72157605933386036/

Scored a huge storage tub on wednesday from some lady offa CL, filled about 1/2 full with lego and half with other toys. There's like 20lbs of stuff in here, all for $35. I'm _still_ sorting thru it.

Remember those little $2 minifigs that they're coming out with this summer?

They're already previewing round 2:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=38485

previews of other stuff this year:

http://krisabel.ctv.ca/post/A-Preview-Of-LEGOs-New-Sets-For-2010-From-Board-Games-To-Prince-Of-Persia.aspx

ha some of those duplo cars look great!

no great new technic releases it seems, and they're still persisting with that horrible fake mechanical pneumatic system.

http://universe.lego.com/en-us/beta/Default.aspx

Beta sign-up for the Lego Universe MMO is open. This could be entertaining.

Also:

http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs126.snc3/17376_296518096595_681036595_4041377_7291736_n.jpg

Another busy week, and Farmer John begins his Monday by mowing the keyboard. "It's gotten pretty thick lately," he thinks. He's thirsty now, perhaps he'll get an iced tea on his next pass.

in today's insane collection news, local dude is selling his 30-year collection for http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/tag/1593649940.html5,000

Check the pictures, at least. He doesn't mention if the cat shown comes in the deal or not.

Odd formatting, that

Signed up for the beta so I hope I get in. This looks perfect for my first MMO experience.

i guess this needs some pretty decent graf card, which counts me out. let us know how you get on

I never get in on these things, but if I somehow do I'll share.

I'm signed up even tho my current gaming pc is offline.

Also, for those who wish Lego got more rural:

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/7684-1.jpg

pigs!

finally, better photos:

http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images/8089-1.jpg

not sure what this is

http://legoclick.com/

Some sorta Lego Twitter client?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef70O0a3Yyo

i installed the all the virtual lego tools the other night and got it raytracing output, which looks great. haven't rendered anything interesting yet, just the usual demos. the main linux designer thing, leocad, is a usability nightmare though. and i had to read the source to find out that i'll save in different formats depending on which extension you give the output filename - it defaults to adding .lcd, its own binary format, and doesn't mention the other choices at all.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4022/4347304920_67f4cd989d_m.jpg

So after grousing that new Lego kits don't contain very many universally useful bricks for making other stuff with, I see there's already a range of kits seemingly aimed at just that concern, the Creator series. Mostly trucks and helicopters and such from what I've seen, so not super flashy - I'd have been pleased with them as a kid, but I'd have preferred a space kit. They don't seem too expensive in the scheme of Lego pricing given that you get more bricks, though.

Be interested to see if they sell, or if my idea of what Lego should be like is totally removed from what the kids want. I suspect the latter, to be honest.

> but I'd have preferred a space kit.

i had one, and this was in the 70s so it was all chunky bricks and those quarter circular ones for the main rocket. will see if i can find it...

um, this looks right, but there's a lot about it that i don't remember (the astronauts, the lumpy baseplate)

http://guide.lugnet.com/set/920_2

(helps if i paste the link...)