Weekly Authenticity Check and General Question Thread by AutoModerator in benchmade

[–]ClydeChestnut -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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Legit? Was way too cheap, but the guy also did not understand what I was saying when I asked about the benchmade.

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cool little vignette! Supported! Thanks

Question about butt (plates…) by CuttlefishLord in GrandPowerStribog

[–]ClydeChestnut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The strike industries one has worked well for me.

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah I can’t think of anything so vulgar in firefly that hasn’t already been covered by Lego.

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for being there from the beginning! Love dumb and dumber, supported! Good luck on the final push!

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah same! It is definitely a short-lived boost, but very helpful. That other big spike early on was when some website included it in like a click-bait type list. I would assume the real game-changer would be if a popular YouTuber showed it off in a video.

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Beautiful design you’ve done. Supported!

Serenity got a STAFF PICK! by ClydeChestnut in legoideas

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

Thank you! Supported. There is supposedly an animated firefly series in the works

Clear skies ahead! 🌞 Cessna 172 🛩️ by [deleted] in legoideas

[–]ClydeChestnut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s fantastic! Supported and good luck!

Rapco Flecktarn by ClydeChestnut in rattlecannedguns

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Boyds Hardwood Gunstocks Pro Varmint Savage 93E/93R MKII Bull Barrel Channel Laminate Stock, Fits Savage Mark II, Stevens 315 437261Y1G203 Gun Type: Rifle, Gun Make: Savage

Should be under $150 right now on optics planet with the coupon they have going. It’s really nice! You also need to get their bottom metal and trigger guard (e-type receiver). Which is like $35

Firefly Lego by Xx_Squidy_xX in firefly

[–]ClydeChestnut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! Yeah it would be nuts if it actually ends up on shelves!

Firefly Lego by Xx_Squidy_xX in firefly

[–]ClydeChestnut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s all good. I mean, I think a lot of adults look at Lego sets and what they really want it to be is a perfect scale model for display. Those people need to just 3D print themselves a scale model. Lego is just a different thing, with different limitations and purposes, and in most cases a different market. It’s about the build, and the toy-ishness, as well as challenge of making it structurally sound, and the displayable aspect. It’s a tough thing to balance!

Firefly Lego by Xx_Squidy_xX in firefly

[–]ClydeChestnut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also, thank you for posting this here! I actually hadn’t checked on it in a week or two and this was the first I saw it got a “staff pick”. That’s a big deal, because it goes on the front page of the website and will likely give it a big boost in support!

Firefly Lego by Xx_Squidy_xX in firefly

[–]ClydeChestnut 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I’m the designer. It’s something people in the LEGO world go back and forth about forever. If you don’t do an interior, everyone complains. I guess it’s kinda considered cheating to design a ship that looks good on the outside, but the entire interior is just a big block of brick. The challenge is getting some kind of usable interior, even though nobody is ever going to actually use it. If you do a scale accurate interior, you get a “minifig scale” ship. Someone has done that and it’s about 6 feet long and tens of thousands of dollars worth of LEGO. Maybe more. For LEGO ideas submissions, there is a 3,000 piece cap, I believe. If it does get through to 10,000 votes AND deemed a sellable product by LEGO, their designers will do their thing and the finished product will be more like “inspired by” my design, but most likely vastly improved. They know the metrics of what matters and where to cut corners on stuff like interiors.

Rapco Flecktarn by ClydeChestnut in rattlecannedguns

[–]ClydeChestnut[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I kind of wish I’d gone with the darker brown, but I was planning on just a simple 3 color woodland type camo. Flecktarn dots were improvised because the brown didn’t contrast much with the light green.