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Were LEGOs always so expensive??
2010-03-24, 11:14 AM #1
I'm building a Weighted Companion Cube out of LEGOs. Not a particularly big one, about 37x37x37 (lego units). I still have to do some trimming and restructuring, which should save some money. But it looks to be close to or more than $200!!!

I'm still probably going to do it, because... well, I guess I'm just that nerdy. But damn...
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2010-03-24, 11:19 AM #2
Here's a question though, is Lego ever an unsuitable gift? I ask this because I often have difficulty finding presents for people, and I realised that Lego is always a good gift for me, so maybe it's true for other people?
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2010-03-24, 11:21 AM #3
Well I'm not likely to gift it, I've only given gifts that cost over $100 about three times in my life. Though I'm only 22.
Quote Originally Posted by FastGamerr
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2010-03-24, 11:23 AM #4
They were always expensive, yes.

Now they are even more expensive.
2010-03-24, 11:26 AM #5
Wait wait wait, you can't do that!
You can't pluralize it as LEGOs!
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2010-03-24, 11:43 AM #6
Originally posted by Deadman:
Wait wait wait, you can't do that!
You can't pluralize it as LEGOs!

Fixed.
nope.
2010-03-24, 12:00 PM #7
Originally posted by Deadman:
Wait wait wait, you can't do that!
You can't pluralize it is LEGOs!


Well then how should I do it?
Quote Originally Posted by FastGamerr
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2010-03-24, 12:09 PM #8
The plural of Lego is Lego.

Though strictly speaking it's actually Lego Bricks seeing as thats what they're called.
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2010-03-24, 12:25 PM #9
I wasn't being serious (though LEGOs does look very strange to me)
I was making a reference to an old, old thread we had once with a poll concerning the plural of Lego.
Baconfish summed up the conclusion of the thread nicely ;)
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2010-03-24, 12:32 PM #10
They've always been expensive. I can remember always desiring the badass sets that were upwards of $75-$100 when I was a kid and never getting them.
2010-03-24, 12:42 PM #11
I used to think Eggo waffles had something to do with Lego's because of their "Leggo my ego" slogan. Of course, I wasn't very fluent in english at the time so I couldn't figure out the Leggo(letgo) bit.
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2010-03-24, 12:42 PM #12
First of all, I disagree. Because even on the LEGO website, you will not find it printed as "Lego" like a name.

I think LEGO Bricks would be the only correct plural.
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2010-03-24, 12:47 PM #13
That's what I said. :P
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2010-03-24, 12:55 PM #14
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2010-03-24, 1:03 PM #15
But his essence lives on!
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2010-03-24, 1:09 PM #16
arrggghh my brain! It really ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

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2010-03-24, 1:24 PM #17
Originally posted by Baconfish:
The plural of Lego is Lego.

Though strictly speaking it's actually Lego Bricks seeing as thats what they're called.


Wrong.

The plural of LEGO is LEGO.

And yes they have always been very expensive just as they have always been a top quality product.

Good time for me to plug this. It cost me $200 to build with all new LEGO pieces, most of which was spent on hard-to-find gray pieces. So the cost for your cube is right on target.

http://forums.massassi.net/vb3/showthread.php?t=50947
2010-03-24, 1:28 PM #18
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
Wrong.

The plural of LEGO is LEGO.


That's still wrong. LEGO is a company, and since there is not more than one LEGO, there IS NO plural of LEGO.
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2010-03-24, 1:32 PM #19
[http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/5781/cubehalf.jpg]

Here's what I have so far, I eliminated template parts that were around it, and I still have to rebuild some parts to use less small pieces, but it's standing at $310 right now. Without a top.
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2010-03-24, 2:17 PM #20
I'm sure a majority of the price is paying the smuck to pick out the cubes you want.
Or at least I'd hope. Because $310 for that much, WOW.
2010-03-24, 3:39 PM #21
Are you getting your pricing from Bricklink? I'm sure you can hollow it out a little more around the corners, switch to mostly 1x* instead of 2x* for the body, etc. I don't know how much that affects cost, though.
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2010-03-24, 3:39 PM #22
It looks too short.

Originally posted by Darth:
They've always been expensive. I can remember always desiring the badass sets that were upwards of $75-$100 when I was a kid and never getting them.


Exactly, same here.

2010-03-24, 4:01 PM #23
How can a cube be too short?
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2010-03-24, 4:03 PM #24
I'm just hitting the cost button on the software, when ordering time comes, I will check around for lowest prices.

It's 37x37x37... so its just your eyes, or the image. :)
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2010-03-24, 4:05 PM #25
Originally posted by Baconfish:
How can a cube be too short?


When you have half of it build, and it doesn't look like it will be proportional with the other half built :P
2010-03-24, 4:41 PM #26
Originally posted by KOP_AoEJedi:
I'm just hitting the cost button on the software, when ordering time comes, I will check around for lowest prices.

It's 37x37x37... so its just your eyes, or the image. :)


37 blocks wide, or 37 of an actual measurement (cm, etc).

Because I'm pretty sure LEGO bricks stack higher than they are wide.
2010-03-24, 4:50 PM #27
bah you could spend the same or less and get a complete technic 8880
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2010-03-24, 4:56 PM #28
They weren't THAT steep, but some of the older sets, especially the episode 1 sets, have skyrocketed in worth on sites like ebay and the likes.
2010-03-24, 5:36 PM #29
There has to be a better way to build the thing. You may want to consider building one face of it in the "up" direction and then put 6 of them together.
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2010-03-24, 5:39 PM #30
Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
bah you could spend the same or less and get a complete technic 8880


ftw

although, 8480 > 8880
2010-03-25, 4:20 AM #31
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
ftw

although, 8480 > 8880


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2010-03-25, 5:37 AM #32
Originally posted by Cool Matty:
37 blocks wide, or 37 of an actual measurement (cm, etc).

Because I'm pretty sure LEGO bricks stack higher than they are wide.


I noticed that, I believe its 3 single stacks high to make one normal square blocks. That's about as close as I can get it. If it's off later, It won't be hard to adjust.
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2010-03-25, 9:30 AM #33
Originally posted by Dash_rendar:
ftw

although, 8480 > 8880


How can I get rich selling lego on the internet?
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2010-03-25, 9:45 AM #34
Build something in the image of Jesus and sell it to some moron on ebay.
nope.
2010-03-25, 9:48 AM #35
Originally posted by Baconfish:
Build something in the image of Jesus and sell it to some moron on ebay.


I thought that said mormon. :XD:
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2010-03-25, 10:00 AM #36
That'd be one moronic mormon.
Or is that a mormonic moron?
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2010-03-25, 11:11 AM #37
Calling a moron a moron is just a tautology.
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2010-03-25, 11:39 AM #38
I didn't realize that LEGOs were such a big deal. I only had Lincoln Logs when I was a boy.

Note: Yes, I realize that LEGOs may not be the proper term but I prefer it.
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2010-03-25, 11:57 AM #39
We all prefer LEGOs, no one who isn't a smug turd would say bricks after it each time.

Anyway, Lincoln Logs were fun too, but you couldn't do much with them.
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2010-03-25, 12:04 PM #40
My Lincoln logs always ended up turning unto catapults. The little pieces ended up all over the room, until one would end up in someone's eye, and I would end up in the corner.
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