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Orange Cola wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:43 pm
RobYob wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2019 6:55 am
Orange Cola wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2019 9:22 pmLepin?
Yes, bought through one of the recommended sellers on Reddit.
How did you find the quality? There’s a few discontinued sets I’d like to try without hunting down an original.
I'm very happy with how it went together, all the pin joints were generally tight to eff-tight. A nice touch was a sperate bag of " gearbox only" pins that were looser running to make it work a bit better.

The odd small 1x1 or 1x2 brick clutch joint was a bit loose but there aren't too many of those in this set.

I did use a craft knife to trim a bit of flashing off the flexible exhaust bits but they were the only components that needed it.

Friend of mine has the UCS Falcon, SSD, Slave 1 and a Green GT3 and has been happy with them all.
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There goes Lepin...

Click/clack
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Orange Cola wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:14 pm There goes Lepin...

Click/clack
About time.
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I am surprised it took the Chinese this long to start cracking down given how much their economy wants to trade with the west, which will ultimately make the Chinese more powerful.
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Hopefully it'll be the usual temporary effort by the Chinesse, can't see me ever tempted by Lego's silly pricing on big sets again.

There's also apparently a new Lepin factory in Malaysia.

Fingers crossed I can still get that White P1 MOC for my next birthday.
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Just picked up the new Slave I and Snow Speeder 20th Anniversary sets. Fully intend building them, as with last months sets, but I've decided to move all the toys upstairs so I need to add shelving to the study first. I'll hold off building anything till that's sorted.

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You guys should buy a house in need of renovation. It’s just like building Lego - but you end up with a better house!
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I’ve got that too Rich. No need to wash my hands after building the Lego though :D

Bought some rare sets in the US, and the Dodge Speed Champions set for about £23; it’s much more in GBP over here.
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Bought the Technic supercar 8070 set from the early noughties(?) off eBay - only car-type set from that period and earlier that I don't have. Unopened for £80-odd which I was pleased with.
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ShockDiamonds wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 12:21 pm Bought the Technic supercar 8070 set from the early noughties(?) off eBay - only car-type set from that period and earlier that I don't have. Unopened for £80-odd which I was pleased with.
If it’s from the seller I bought mine from you’re not getting about 25% of the parts
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Orange Cola wrote: Wed May 08, 2019 8:48 pm
ShockDiamonds wrote: Wed May 01, 2019 12:21 pm Bought the Technic supercar 8070 set from the early noughties(?) off eBay - only car-type set from that period and earlier that I don't have. Unopened for £80-odd which I was pleased with.
If it’s from the seller I bought mine from you’re not getting about 25% of the parts
Build has started and ok so far, it's from a random bod I think - bags are all unopened. Doesn't necessarily mean there's nothing missing of course so will see how it goes.
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I was going to say you need to clean your keyboard Barry, but looking again it probably needs killing with fire and a new one plugging in. :shock:
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He should probably use the Lego cleaning brush on it.
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It's keyboard patina. Worth much monies.
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Barry
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Works keyboard, I'll have to spill some coffee to get a new one. This one's nicely worn in now too.
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Barry wrote: Thu May 09, 2019 8:49 pm Works keyboard, I'll have to spill some coffee to get a new one. This one's nicely worn in now too.
its fucking disgusting mate!
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Rich B wrote: Thu May 09, 2019 8:56 pm
Barry wrote: Thu May 09, 2019 8:49 pm Works keyboard, I'll have to spill some coffee to get a new one. This one's nicely worn in now too.
its fucking disgusting mate!
The camera has caught that quite well/badly, it doesn't look that bad in the office light to be fair. Now you mention it I think I'll press IT for a new one.. :o
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Seeing that keyboard finally makes me see Jobbo’s logic of washing your hands before you touch your penis. You can probably get herpes off that thing! Use a fucking wet wipe every so often on it ffs.
How about not having a sig at all?
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There are no wet wipes in the office and I'm not about to waste my time buying cleaning guff for equipment I don't own. I'll request a new keyboard tomorrow just to keep you nancies happy.
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