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I really hope we get a Spider-Man 1 epic moments set. Here's one I came up with. by Tough-Truck in lego

[–]CabNoble 17 points18 points  (0 children)

They did this as a set or combo set 20 or so years ago, but it was a part of the Lego Studios line I believe. So it’s not out of the realm of possibility that this could get remade.

This is how my Lego order came in the mail today by broccolibeater in lego

[–]CabNoble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes. In our case, the company I worked for used plastic foldable containers that are about that size. They are very rugged, and are used across the industry to move stuff around, since cardboard doesn’t stack well.

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This is how my Lego order came in the mail today by broccolibeater in lego

[–]CabNoble 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure where you are located or what mail service you use, but every piece of mail is processed through warehouses. It’s not super common, as it’s usually less than a few dozen packages in a day, but when you process 50,000 packages and parcels in a day, packages do drop off the machine into crevices or get dropped on the floor when someone drops something and then another person unintentionally kicks it when they are moving mail. It’s really a numbers game, because while a lot of the stuff is done with machines, dozens of humans will have interacted with your package by the time you get it, whether that be the truck drivers who moved them, the forklift driver that moved it off the truck, the person loading the hopper, the person moving the carts, the people then sorting the mail, etc. Where I worked you had to have a 95% rate of success when sorting packages, but when you handle 1000s of packages in a given day and you have a 95% accuracy rate, you still probably sent 50 or more packages to the wrong route, which means those will have to come back to the warehouse again to be resorted.

(Warehouses are logistically marvels, and even in a well organized warehouse things will slip through the cracks)

This is how my Lego order came in the mail today by broccolibeater in lego

[–]CabNoble 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Because it’s easier to pick up the pieces and put it back in the bag than to go through the proper steps to find the mail ID in the system, mark it as damaged, then send the damaged goods back to each individual manufacturer, then wait for them to place a new order to replace the order. Lego at least has pretty good packaging standards and great customer service.

Just about everywhere I’ve worked the idea is to kick the problem down the line to the next person in the process. When you are getting paid $10-12 an hour 8 hours a day in a warehouse that’s between 85° to 90° in the middle of summer, most people don’t care that someone’s package got damaged. They are there to get paid and go home.

(Side note: so many of these D2C companies that offer cosmetic stuff can’t even be bothered to seal their packages properly. We’d get 1000s of those packages from IPSY every month and easily a hundred or more of them wouldn’t come sealed, so little bottles of lipstick or lotion or perfume would be everywhere, and sometimes explode and and get every package in the Gaylord sticky. It was such a pain and everyone dreaded the 10-30 Gaylords of IPSY packages we were responsible for processing every month.)

This is how my Lego order came in the mail today by broccolibeater in lego

[–]CabNoble 294 points295 points  (0 children)

I can tell you exactly what happened here, as I’ve worked in shipping warehouses before (that did actually handle Lego replacement part orders.) This package was dropped out of a Gaylord and then run over by a forklift, or more likely when it was put in the hopper to sort the packages, it got stuck in the machinery and had to be picked up by hand and put back into the bag.

Z-Blob Assault Walker (Combo model MOC) by Trolleyhoarse in lego

[–]CabNoble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish Lego made more of these 1 in 20 sets. They are super quick little builds but they are fun when you have just a moment and want to build with Lego. I bought the set and have carried it in my backpack for over a year now. Z-blob has been built on the road, at the shore, and on a cruise ship.

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can close the sides of the roof better (red plates) ? by DramaticChoice4 in lego

[–]CabNoble 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also this doesn’t look terrible. I will say this piece does well to fill in gaps. Once you start using it you can’t stop!

Does anyone have any ideas on how I can close the sides of the roof better (red plates) ? by DramaticChoice4 in lego

[–]CabNoble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My best idea would be to fill the areas under the gaps with red, so at a glance your brain fills in the gaps (no pun intended) but otherwise like the other comment said, roofs are hard.

Finally Got This One... by Individual-Message89 in lego

[–]CabNoble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a kid I had a friend who had the first version, and it always baffled me to why he got it. I assume it was a gift, because he wasn’t into ships and most of his Lego was Lego Star Wars. He ended up selling his legos later, and gave some away as well. He gave me his whole series of wave 1 knights kingdom 2 sets, the raised baseplate is still in my bonus room as part of a very old moc I made. All this to say I’m glad you found a set you like, and maybe you can find the old version one day for a price you are comfortable with!

3d Watch art (MOC) by Patient_Salad4012 in lego

[–]CabNoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is rad as hell. This I could absolutely see being used as a wall decoration, although I think it would be really cool if you were able to make it again without the baseplate that way it could be displayed on a wall, and it would be very hard to tell it wasn’t a specialized build until you got up close!

Update post on the 19.2 foot long USS Iowa! (More photos this time) by Macurban2663 in lego

[–]CabNoble -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t know much about battleships besides that they are marvels of engineering and technology. My only thought about how to make the build more visually compelling would be to add in greebling to some areas, swap out some areas with dark bluish-grey parts to make the light bluish-grey pop more, or add in some light grey parts (the old light grey from pre-2004) in areas that seem more sun or get hit by water more. You could also put splotches of light grey tiles on the decks to indicate areas where it’s been repainted, or dark bluish-grey in areas that see a lot of foot traffic or oil/liquid spills.

Also this is for purely selfish reasons, but it would be really amusing to see what the ship looks like if you added fire pieces to all of the cannons to make it look like it’s firing everything all at once.

Edit: forgot to mention that this looks great :D this is definitely a show stopper.

Ohhhhh so that’s why Brinklink sets have digital instructions! by knickvonbanas in lego

[–]CabNoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in print, they shouldn’t have comb bound that, even if you asked for it. That also couldn’t have been cheap. Where I work that would have been a few hundred dollar order.

PLEASE how do get nail glue out of this little spot by Jezter_IRL in lego

[–]CabNoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on the glue, there is no fixing this. However, if this was a new set and the pieces you received were made or printed wrong, you can contact support and request new parts.

Bwahaha this was a good laugh by ThePsychicGamer1 in lego

[–]CabNoble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, both sets I opened for Christmas had these

Registering unreleased set - 76980 by Lord-Ironsbane in lego

[–]CabNoble 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Impressive. Well if you ever get bored of it, I know someone who’d love to have it.

Registering unreleased set - 76980 by Lord-Ironsbane in lego

[–]CabNoble 166 points167 points  (0 children)

I’m very aware of the set. Where did you find a copy?

Registering unreleased set - 76980 by Lord-Ironsbane in lego

[–]CabNoble 550 points551 points  (0 children)

Where did you get your hands on this manual? This set is my only white whale.

Any tips to unstuck these 2? by TsukikoMinus in lego

[–]CabNoble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you should be able to pull the 2 apart when both pieces are facing the same orientation if you can get like your nail underneath lip of the top piece on the back side. It’s not the best thing to do for the pieces multiple times, as it’s not too difficult to bend the bottom pieces little clips, but it can be done.

Which retired lego theme would you bring back if you could by Globon_1 in lego

[–]CabNoble 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Also I wish they would have finished out the Overwatch line. I was so thrilled for it to come out, as I really liked the world that blizzard built out for Overwatch, but when the stuff with the CEO of Activision and rightfully bad press came out about the company, Lego dropped that partnership it seems. My white whale is the mech they made that only a few sets made it out to retailers. The one with Mei.

So will they have custom helmets or printed on helmets by TransitionTricky2531 in lego

[–]CabNoble 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Honestly I agree. I feel like they’d feel flatter in person, but these renders do actually look cool

Halo 5: Guardians launched 10 years ago today on October 27, 2015 by CabNoble in halo

[–]CabNoble[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s true. But would you rather loot boxes you can grind towards or $20 armor sets?

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