ILikePi

I bought 5971 Gold Heist and 7197 Venice Canal Chase today at my local LEGO Store. Gold Heist was only $10 USD (MSRP $20), and Venice Canal Chase $28 (MSRP $40). For Venice Canal Chase, I had to use the store's shop-and-ship policy to get the set shipped to my house, because they had no IJ stuff at all. Oh well, at least I got free shipping, and the sale price! An employee told me that Indiana Jones was going to be discontinued soon, so if anyone is planning on getting any of the sets, I would really hurry. Unfortunately there weren't any collectible minifigs; I've yet to see a box, or even a bag with my own eyes.

Please note that I had to use the BrickLink catalog for this custom "brick" because Peeron only lists the tauntaun as separate pieces, and not as a complete assembly. Tauntaun, Complete Assembly (64800pb01c01) from LEGO Star Wars 7749 Echo Base: LXF file It comes in both white and light bley because the prototype was in white, and the real version is in light bley. It doesn't come with a place to hold the reins, but comes with two "teeth" instead. Saddles can fit onto them just fine. I take no credit at all for the design; it was created by LEGO designers as seen in LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary. (I have no idea at all how to add custom backgrounds, so I used the "building guide mode" to get a blue one. )

Like many others, I was really surprised at this set! Previously, I only thought of it as a great big mountain of old light and dark grey, but now I see that it's much more than that. It is truly a sight to behold. I don't think that I'll ever purchase this set, though; my brain definitely exploded - multiple times - during your extremely detailed build process! I counted about 70 sections of greebles total - that must be at least 1000 pieces worth of greebles! If I ever decide to get a UCS set, I'll have to settle for something less challenging. I'd like to know your plans on this set: are you going to find an alcove to display this beast or are you going to disassemble it and store it away? P.S. The last picture is hilarious

It's actually pretty simple to deeplink pictures...here, I'll show you how to do the "main picture". I'm assuming that this is your main pic, right? So, at that link above, click "all sizes", then "medium". Then right click the picture and click "copy image address" or "copy image location". Then go back to EB, edit your post, and click this picture: . After clicking it, paste the copied link into the box and click insert image; it should look like this: [img=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4718639858_80c06403b1.jpg] If you want to link the image to your Flickr photostream, grab the photostream link, highlight what you put on your edited post (you can see it in the codebox above), and click this: . Then paste the link to your photostream and click "insert link". The code should be like this: [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/32278639@N05/4718639858/"][img=http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4718639858_80c06403b1.jpg][/url] Your final result will be this, a picture with a clickable link: And then you repeat the process with the rest of the pictures. I hope my tutorial was clear enough.

Whoah, that is way too cool! I love how you put all of the scenes under the theatre as cut-outs, very clever! My favorite detail is the back, where you used countless 1 x 1 printed letter tiles to recreate the scrolling text at the beginning of each movie P.S. Luckily there isn't a minifig limit in the entries; I count over 100!

I ordered a Brickmaster subscription yesterday, mainly for the buy 1 get 1 free LEGOLAND ticket. The six LEGO sets, two $5 off LEGO Shop coupons, and 6 magazines are a free bonus! EDIT: Interestingly, while checking out, it said that I was eligible for the LEGO Toy Story activity book, even though I didn't make a TS purchase. I'm looking forward to seeing what it is, though, since I haven't seen any pictures of it yet.

I've been putting this set off for a long time, mainly because I'm waiting for a sale, but your review has motivated me to buy it in the near future! While the set may seem a bit small, I think it's well worth the $25. You get four main characters in ANH, and the only minifig I already have out of the five in the set is R2! So it's definitely a justifiable price in my book. I do agree that Ben and Luke's faces don't look accurate (Luke even smiles when he's about to be eaten by a wampa and when he's on a Lambda with his father right next to him, transporting him to his doom! ), but I can deal with it since it doesn't bother me a ton. The landspeeder is a nice and sleek ship! Dark red is always welcome, and looks great on the speeder. It's obviously a huge improvement from the vintage versions of it, but after seeing Rapseflaps' screencaps, it does seem a bit too elongated. It's also odd how tan was used, but maybe the designers tried out different shades of red (sand red is discontinued, right?) and settled with tan instead because there wasn't a suitable shade. Another excellent review, Clone O' Patra!

Today I helped to wash my dad's car. After that, I put on tire foam (it makes the tires look shinier and cleans them) and polished the whole car. Now it's super shiny! Yesterday, we took my dad out to Elephant Bar for an early dinner (because he didn't want to wait in long lines )!

IGN has three videos that show all of the clips that we've seen, plus the cut out parts between, Wheatley and the revival of GLaDOS, and funny cartoons illustrating each of the new features! http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/64330/portal-2/videos/e310_portal2_demo_01_061510.html Enjoy! Nope, the orange one increases your velocity while the blue one make surfaces bouncy.

They're completely sold out at my local TRU and Borders, and the manager at the TRU said that there were 88 bags left at a TRU 16 miles away. I don't think I'll be able to go there, though, so that means I won't be able to get a single figure. I really wanted to get a whole set. And no, I won't buy them online. EDIT: Inky told me that they sold out at that TRU in less than an hour. Definitely the work of a greedy scalper.

I ran into a couple of errors when building Echo Base in LDD: This bug involves these three parts: - - When inserting the three parts together like this... ...the lightsaber blade can go right through the top stud of the 1 x 1 brick with studs on four sides. When you save the file and reopen it, you get this error... ...and the 1 x 1 brick with studs on four sides gets removed. Lightsaber hilts won't fit into Technic pin joiners Barraki eye pieces won't fit into 3L Technic pins with studs I'm sorry if any of these bugs have been reported already; I don't visit the LDD forum often.

Ah, thanks for telling me! I had no idea.I already own this set myself, but I thought it would be interesting to make a brick-built tauntaun based off of the preliminary brick-built version that was shown in LEGO Star Wars - The Visual Dictionary: 7749 Echo Base LXF file A whole bunch of changes were made because of missing parts and connections that only work in real life: The tauntaun had to be brick-built; I used this picture (at the bottom left) from the Visual Dictionary as a reference when building it. The cannon of the defense turret is supposed to have a lightsaber hilt connecting the two round pin joiners, but I had to use two Technic half pins and a lightsaber blade instead to connect the joiners. The inside of the defense turret top has two of this piece, but they would not attach to the 3L Technic axle with stud, so I substituted each one with two 1 x 1 round plates instead. This half cylinder piece does not exist in LDD, so I substituted it with a larger version instead. Snowtrooper helmets don't exist in LDD, so I used blank stormtrooper helmets instead. I built the model according to the box art, as it portrays the set the way it was meant to be built more accurately. In this case, the turret is on the left of the bunker and some of the cheese slopes on the top of the bunker are rotated. The hose in this set does not exist in LDD, so I used a different type instead. It can't flex, so I just placed it on the ground. (The hose has been replaced with the correct piece and color, but still cannot flex) The torso prints for Han Solo and the rebel troopers don't exist, as well as Han's face, so I used different designs. The rebel troopers wear aviator goggles instead of the newer type. SW blasters don't exist in LDD, so I used megaphone blasters and a space gun instead. A 4 x 4 black turntable base for the turret was not used because it would not fit with the 4 x 4 round plate. Oh, and the tauntaun had to be modified slightly to fit Han Solo on it. I've included a bonus light grey brick-built tauntaun, which is unmodified to my knowledge.

Sorry for the late reply, but I'm not sure what you mean - I only made one post in this topic, so there's no other posts for me to edit! Do you mean that you want Randal to edit his own post with my final LXF file?

Wow, the Lambda shuttle looks stunning! It's one of my most favorite ships in the Star Wars universe, and this LEGO set recreates it perfectly. I love the features, especially the opening cockpit, and how it's large enough to fit 4 minifigs! The only thing I wish the set had was an interior. So much could've fit in there... Yes, just because of its sheer size I don't think I'll ever buy this set. Thanks, backbone! After watching that video, I guessed that the "Polish friend" was Dmac. In the video, Misterzumbi (I'm presuming he's the guy in the video) said that the shuttle was 65% his own original design and 35% Dmac's. It's nice that a LEGO designer would give official confirmation and recognition that he had help from an AFOL. Oh, and now I finally know who designed the Hyperspeed Pursuit set in Space Police! The license plate on the skull interceptor reads "ZUMBI", and the designer said he worked on Space Police a bit. I'm eagerly awaiting a review of this set! EDIT: Thanks, grogall, for the high-resolution pictures!

Who would've thought that Eurobricks would become one of the most popular LEGO forums out there? This is definitely a momentous achievement. Great presentation, too! It's nice to see all of the things about and of Eurobricks over the years, especially the Brickset article screencap of how perfect Clone O' Patra's review was. This is definitely the best forum I've seen, and I'm happy to take part in this celebration. The admin/moderator team is both funny and omnipotent, and there are many interesting features all over the site, like the Reviewer's Academy and mafia games. Looking forward to the years to come! You never were, with all of your outstanding reviews.

WOW, that is way too cool for words! It's simply stunning with all of the tiny little details all around. :wub: My favorite part is how you integrated nnenn's piece (the mini rubber band holder) into a statue being chiseled. That is way too brilliant. This may be one of the best MOCs I've ever laid my eyes on!

Sorry for reviving this topic, but gameplay videos of Portal 2 were revealed at E3 yesterday: And one other video that can't be embedded due to limits: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebqdTFj9T2o (Embedding videos doesn't seem to work anymore, unfortunately) Run down test chambers, anti-gravity tunnels, spring platforms, lasers than can destroy turrets, vaccums that suck panels out of walls, special liquids that go through portals, spiked smashing panels, new catchy phrases, NPCs, co-op mode...what more could you want? I'm really excited about Portal 2! Apparently the story and co-op modes are 2 times as long as Portal, so that means 4 times the gameplay total when compared to Portal! What are your thoughts? EDIT: Here's a old page with lots of information about Portal 2: http://gameinformer.com/mag/portal2.aspx

EDIT: Can the topic name be changed to "Website affiliations"? Thanks! I've been wondering about this for a while, and have decided to ask it now because I'm planning on buying something from the LEGO Shop; is it possible for Eurobricks to set up some website affiliations with sites where LEGO can be purchased online (like the LEGO Shop, Amazon, Toys 'R' Us, Target, Walmart, etc.) and with a percentage of the profits going to fund EB? Websites like the Brothers Brick, Brickset, and FBTB have those types of links, but I'd like to support my most frequented and favorite website by buying online stuff through links from EB. By the way, here are two articles about this: TBB - Brickset Thanks!

A new series? That's great! I've been watching a little bit of the older episodes every day this month on Nicktoons because of my renewed interest. I don't like the look of the movie, though. IMO, Avatar just doesn't work with real people. The bending looks very cool, though. Looking forward to hearing more about the new series - maybe it might even come with a revival of LEGO Avatar!

Thanks for the information, Asterios! Actually, legitimatealex just put the wizard minifig on the plate, which belongs to his other cheerleader minifig.

This upgrade is interesting...there's both pros and cons to it. It does look much nicer and more contemporary than the old one, and I do like the profile pages - especially the feature that allows you to comment on someone's page. One cool thing I also found is that you can enable a "rich text editor" that works similar to Microsoft Word in that it doesn't show stuff like "{b} {/b}" but instead applies the change to the words themselves. Here are some things that I don't like: A whole bunch of buttons are moved around, like the numbered list and bulleted list ones The quick list of emoticons is gone when making a post! Most parts of the forum are pretty bright in terms of color, and it hurts my eyes in this forum (Website & Forums). It might just be my screen, though. Acronyms don't work on links (including signature ones, as you can see in Big Cam's and my signatures) anymore! All links have been replaced with the acronym "External Link" when hovered over. I'll poke around to see if there's any other problems... EDIT: Siegfried, you might want to resize your profile picture; it's huge!

Thanks for the videos, theriddler! There's quite a large amount of complicated puzzles and humorous stuff in the game by the looks of the gameplay videos! I especially like how Hogsmeade is portrayed. I can't wait to try out the PC demo!

Thanks for fixing and finishing what I started, Randal! By the way, I'm only one person, not a 'they'. I've fixed it, and added a second refrigerator box on the outside (with the three 1 x 1 round plates that are supposed to be in the box) for easier reference of the accessories of the set.8214 Lamborgini Polizia (Racers - Lamborghini) LXF file A couple of changes I had to do because of missing parts in LDD: The brick with clip holding the stop sign is supposed to be this piece, but it doesn't exist in LDD so I used two 1 x 1 plates and this piece. The engine exhaust pieces at the back would not fit onto the 2 x 12 plate the instructions said to put onto, so I added 1 black 1 x 1 round plate to each of the pipes before placing the pipes themselves on. When indexing it, could credit be given as a two person collaboration (for example, "by ILikePi and Randal")? Randal helped do a whole bunch in the model.

We already know about this - whung found it 4 days ago and posted it in the City 2010 topic.

I'd love to play - the idea of a Harry Potter mafia game sounds very interesting! I'll only be gone for a day or two right at the beginning of July, but after that I'll have plenty of time on my hands. 1) What is your experience with mafia games, here and elsewhere? I've actually never played a mafia game at all before due to time constraints, but I have watched many in action, like Prohibition Mafia and Infection - they were very interesting to watch. A Harry Potter-themed game would be a great way to get to know more about the world of mafia games! 2) What is your relationship with the Harry Potter -franchise? I'm a huge fan of Harry Potter! It's my second favorite LEGO theme, the first being LEGO Star Wars. I plan on buying the upcoming LEGO Harry Potter sets from The Burrow and down on. I've read each book twice so far, and I have watched some of the movies (I watched 4-6 recently, but I watched 1-3 a long time ago so I wouldn't count that as watching). I also love the (It excites when I hear it in an unexpected place, like a planetarium or on a website ). I've played one of the Harry Potter games before, and from that, alongside the books & movies, I remembered spells like Alohomora (key-opening spell), Wingardium Leviosa (spell that makes things float), the three Unforgivable Spells (Crucio, Avada Kedavra, Imperio), Expecto Patronum (Patronus spell), Petrificus Totalus (petrifying spell), and Expelliarmus (disarming spell).Looking forward to see who gets chosen!