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    Now if they would only apply that logic to the X-Wing, and build it based on a reasonably sized cylinder that actually gives good proportions across the entire design. Anywho, back to messing with the shuttle for a bit. I'm not sure I have the parts in the right colors to do this, and the angles are still a little janky, but I think I like the overall look this gives from most angles. ' Edit: Tried a couple variations of the angled insert in the nose section, and I think I really like this one. Edit 2: Tried a few more options, and think I'm calling this a success. It's not as sturdy as the original, because I'm missing one key element with studs in more directions that would tie the nosecone into the side panels of the nose, but it still holds together just fine. Maybe I'll order that part along with what I'll need to build the pad. Biggest change was that I traded the microfig-scaled interior for the support structure for the new nose design, but I think it's a worthwhile trade
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    Unfortunately, probably not. Really all speculation, but it doesn't look like they have any interest (legally allowed or otherwise) of releasing anything space-related besides the yearly rehash of old Star Wars sets, and the sporadic interest they show in real-life space exploration. I'm not going to say I particularly mind the rehashed Star Wars ships though, since most of the time, they're gradual improvements over the previous iterations... Except for the X-Wing. It still boggles my mind that the 18 inch X-Wing I made just before the official license hit is still better proportioned than any of the official iterations, in any scale. They just cannot seem to get the concept of building things to the size of the parts, rather than picking a size and fudging it when something is too big or small.
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    Parts arrived, and main assembly is complete, I just need to build a base to hold it now. Been going over a few of the details and tweaking them to my liking, mostly redesigned the tail, and reworked the front landing gear to retract the correct direction. I might still mess with the nose layers and see if I can't build in more of the details. It's also pretty easy to swap out a couple of the wing plates to do the black leading edge for Columbia, but adjusting the tail at this scale is really tough.
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    Considering the PF VF-0D looks like it is currently going for even more than the PF VF-0S, I want to guess it wasn't intentional on the seller's part. If you can't get a return, you might try selling it here, or straight up trading it.
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    I know it's not quite the point, but that green scheme actually could pretty much pass for a camo version.
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    Definitely this, since it's essentially the exact same sort of part as has been available as a roof peak tile for decades. What's so weird about this one is that they decided to give it such a subtle angle. If it was intended to be used on a sloped roof, wouldn't it just make more sense to tilt the whole roof, and then build the roof out of existing elements? The fact that this one exists makes me think they must have plans for other roof tile elements with a similar tilt, and a cutout along the top to match the angled edge of this one.
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    Interesting, though unfortunately less useful than I was hoping for. I rarely if ever find a use for those double-sided peak caps, but I would have loved to see that as a half-width shaping tile that I could stack side-by-side and front-to-back.
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    Trick is, it's not just a stretched version of this though. I'm fairly certain it's angled upwards one plate's thickness over the four-stud length. I'm not honestly convinced that my eyes aren't just tricking me yet, but it looks like it slopes in two directions. I would love to see more elements that do this, for when we're trying to construct large angled surfaces, and don't want to resort to mounting plates in wacky orientations.
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    See, I'm that weirdo who actually bought both this one and Nicee for the car modes, because I love the design of the vehicles, and the fact that they transform, completely separately from the style of figure. I'm still incredibly impressed at how smoothly they managed to get Nicee to roll, considering the number of directions all of those wheels move in, and yet somehow manage to line up when transformed.
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    Hold the phone... are these what I think they are? I was thinking they were just normal 45 degree angled slopes, but they look like they're compound shapes that taper downward as well. Have those been seen anywhere before? I've realized recently that I'm pretty behind the curve learning about some newer elements.
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    Is it bad that I actually wonder if you could strip this down to a stock DeLorean? They could market it as a 4-in-1!
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    Yeah, just saw this, I might have to grab a pair.. but later this year, I've probably already blown my budget for a few months.
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    I think my main question about this would be how likely it is that this would be a problem for anyone not putting the bricks in their mouth. I've been playing with the things since age three, and the only reason my parents let me have them that early was because I didn't have a tendency to put anything in my mouth at that age. In terms of finding the potentially contaminated parts, I could actually probably identify the exact elements I have from that timeframe, since the bulk of my collection started after 1989. Finding said parts amongst the tens of thousands I have at this point is probably a much more difficult task.
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    Yeah, the process of nailing down how and where to buy parts from is a little bit of a mess. The part that confused me most at first was why the algorithm was breaking up orders across so many stores. I realized that it was prioritizing price above all else, so it was picking up one and two brick groups from certain stores just because they were the lowest price, when it made much more sense to spend a bit more per part, and get them all from one. I realized there's a checkbox to ignore shops not selling as many of a part as you need, so that helped a lot. The other thing I found was that Rebrickable actually has a much more in-depth order list system, but it is a massive spreadsheet tool. It will search a lot of the same shops that BrickLink will, and compile a giant sheet showing you all the shops selling parts you need in the columns, with the individual elements as rows, so you can go down the columns and try to find shops selling as many of what you need as possible. There's definitely an art to it. The other other thing I've just accepted is that it's just much cheaper to get used bricks. I've made a couple orders of mixed new and used, and honestly, I've barely noticed any difference. I think most shops are going to avoid selling heavily worn bricks to begin with. The worst I've gotten was a brick that had glue from a sticker that had been removed. My orders for the tank and boosters were before I knew what I was doing, so they cost more than they should have really (not helping that some of the large axles and panel elements in those parts are really expensive.. I don't know where those size 32 axles come from, but I've seen them range from $5-$20 each). The Shuttle itself came out to about $70 for about 550 parts though, which really isn't terrible.
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    This shuttle has a bit of a long story. Shortly after the Saturn V set was confirmed in the LEGO IDEAS program (a fan submitted design, turned into an official set), a slew of classic NASA submissions flooded the IDEAS site, all in the same scale as the Saturn V set. Most of these were smaller builds of things like the earlier Mercury and Gemini rockets, and rather easy to make if you had the parts. One of the fancier ones was a new complete Shuttle, and it reached the required 10,000 votes for official consideration in record time. Of course, LEGO got sick of all the NASA-themed submissions, and refused to do the set, so the designer took matters into his own hands and published the instructions and parts list on Rebrickable. I've been gathering the pieces over the past month or so, and learning to navigate BrickLink to purchase individual groups of bricks to make it. It's unfortunately a more expensive prospect than if LEGO had made the set officially, but I've wanted an actual properly scaled shuttle stack set for upwards of 30 years, since I received the first LEGO System Space Shuttle set in 1991 as a birthday gift. When LEGO finally produced the pieces for the booster nose cones and nozzles in white, I figured now was the time to build it, while those parts were plentiful. Official site for his instructions are here, with a few sample photos. It's surprisingly sturdy as a set. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-46228/KingsKnight/space-shuttle-1110-scale/#details
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    Pretty cute little mech for a quick build! Impressive how it came out with such a limited selection of parts to use. Also, my SRBs arrived. Pretty hilarious how this build is really nothing to sneeze at size-wise, and it's still only about half as tall as the Saturn V. That thing is just a monster. Ordered the elements I need for the shuttle, so I'm hoping those will get here by the weekend, and I can get this build finished up (and come up with a way to display it).
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    Gorgeous work as always by LEK, but I must say, the style throws me a bit on the Legioss.. I don't remember Mospeada's animation ever being that detailed.
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    Finally got around to making a couple of tweaks to the Saturn V I'd been meaning to do for a long time, one actually a direct result of the new launch complex set. I've gone back and forth about the fin design several times, but I think I like the better shape and color more than the thin tails included in the set. The other thing I'd wanted to work on a long time was the nozzles on the upper stages of the rocket. They've never been terrible, but the combination of the domes and wheel hubs always felt a little strange to me. After getting the new rocket sets for pieces for the Shuttle though, I found I had a new option to try. The nozzles may be a little undersized, but I like the shape a lot better than the stock ones. I think they're actually a beehive element molded in gunmetal.
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    The first set in a long list of part orders arrived, and I'm happy to say this was a pretty pleasant build. I'm actually curious where the bulk of these orange parts came from, since I don't recall any really large natural sources of them, particularly the curved surface tiles. I have to give props to the designer for part of this, since he came up with a much simpler method of construction than the bulk of the lower sections of the Saturn V set, and it's much easier to build. The top cone is rather fragile though, so I might be looking into making that more sturdy. My order for these parts also came missing two absolutely microscopic detail pieces (I think they're actually minifigure lipstick props?), but they're not essential, and I can easily replace them with something more common. I've got the SRB parts on order now, so I should be able to build those by next week. After that, I think I have most of the pieces for the orbiter itself.. but I'm actually considering straight up ordering the whole thing, just to have the set I can leave on permanent display, and not steal anything from my other sets.
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    Oh, agreed, that's pretty much my point. The arms will mostly lay flat with a little elbow grease. The tolerance issues this one has are just on another level of bad that I don't think I've ever seen from Bandai before.
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    I don't even see the arms as being the biggest tolerance failure on this, because I was able to get those to generally fit and lay flat without resorting to destructive measures. The tabs from the wings into the ankles were another story though, and I spent a while carefully filing those down on all sides before they would fit into their slots.
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    True enough, it's pretty easy to shove this back on topic though. I do hope they managed to get Mirage's release fixed compared with Hayate's, though in the grand scheme of things, I believe the 31AX was the only fouled up Bandai release I have that I was able to fix myself without destroying it. Annoying as they are, most of the flaws on that release are able to be addressed without having to disassemble significant portions of the valk.
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    I'm still hoping they went back to the drawing board and are redesigning a significant portion of the YF-21 before moving to production. I know people focused a lot on the bigger legs, but I still think that everything besides those looked significantly worse than the old Yamato mold, and it really didn't look good in any mode.
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    Yeah, even with things getting pricier though, I think LEGO sets are holding to a fairly consistent per-part price for the most part. The Launch Center is on the steeper side (probably due to the number of larger elements), but I did have some VIP points to cut down what I paid. My overall purchases have tapered off quite a bit in the past couple of years, for a variety of reasons, so I haven't built up many points for a while. Most of my focus has been models and flight sim hardware for a while now.
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    Fun with KSP

    Chronocidal replied to Urashiman's topic in Games

    Little bit of a necro post, but this video melted my brain. Don't know if these are mods, or special part packs, or what, but the fact that he was able to transform, fly around, and fight all in mid-air is astounding. Only disappointing part is that he didn't have "Information High" playing during the whole thing.
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