Anyone having a hell of a time in their 'dark ages'?

Post by **ex-pastor** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:54 pm

well, my castles and the like are scaled to minifigs, my battlemechs and artillery are scaled (as close as I can get) to people.

Of course there's also the obvious just really cool unit to throw into battles that people can't figure out how I made or where I got the idea from (like my current air ship for my pirate army).

Post by **Joetrillion** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:06 pm

G2 wrote:
Captain Nomouth wrote:Two of my fellow trumpet players at school have agreed to GIVE me their old Legos for FREE!!! Woot!
I am extremely jealous, - Free Lego. That is the best feeling ever

Is that just got loads of classic themes like classic space and classic castle(finally got some figures other then sci fi or town =)
also a whole loada trains and yesterday i bought a sentai forress for a sweet £30 life is good.=)

(edit: hooray just made the deadly space man(TM) from bits in the box)

Post by **501stCadians** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:31 am

So she tells me to 'put it in the basement' and hopes I'll grow out of it by next Manly Santa Day.[/quote]
HA HA

Like that will happen.Once the Lego bug has ya'It's hard to get cured!

On to fact..Im in the dark ages...Me and m freind have gotten the crap beaten out of us becuase we like lego....Whas more were low on funds.However,Big brikwars battle coming up!(YAY

!THEY WILL BURN!!!!

!)

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Post by **Atomsk** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:46 pm

I just got my first job after graduating from college, so I'm celebrating leaving the Dark Ages with a good chunk of my first paycheck. I think an MTT and two Hailfire sets might suffice for now...

Post by **Matt** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:47 pm

atomsk wrote:I just got my first job after graduating from college, so I'm celebrating leaving the Dark Ages with a good chunk of my first paycheck. I think an MTT and two Hailfire sets might suffice for now...

Nice

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Post by **Joetrillion** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:43 am

Atomsk wrote:I just got my first job after graduating from college, so I'm celebrating leaving the Dark Ages with a good chunk of my first paycheck. I think an MTT and two Hailfire sets might suffice for now...

Now thats the sorta stuff that makes me jealous.

Post by **Atomsk** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:15 am

I feel like I earned it after 4.5 years of engineering school. Looking at some of those Brickshelf galleries has given me a lot of... inspiration, and now I can finally afford to catch up.

Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 2:31 am

Joetrillion wrote:
Atomsk wrote:I just got my first job after graduating from college, so I'm celebrating leaving the Dark Ages with a good chunk of my first paycheck. I think an MTT and two Hailfire sets might suffice for now...
Now thats the sorta stuff that makes me jealous.

I think I did the same thing.

Except, my first job after graduating from college was actually at Lego, so I felt a little silly paying for stuff I had in unlimited supply at work.

Post by **Atomsk** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 10:15 am

Rayhawk wrote:Except, my first job after graduating from college was actually at Lego, so I felt a little silly paying for stuff I had in unlimited supply at work.

I really think someone would get suspicious if all of a sudden, massive amounts of parts went missing the week the new guy started.

Post by **Rayhawk** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:20 pm

Atomsk wrote:
Rayhawk wrote:Except, my first job after graduating from college was actually at Lego, so I felt a little silly paying for stuff I had in unlimited supply at work.
I really think someone would get suspicious if all of a sudden, massive amounts of parts went missing the week the new guy started.

I wish I had photos of the inside of the parts warehouse, but imagine a football-field-length room full of rows of rows of shelves of every Lego element in current production. Almost exactly like the scene in the Matrix, except you'd have to imagine that Neo said "Lego, lots of Lego" instead of "guns, lots of guns." And then imagine the guy showing you around saying "and this is just the first floor!"

I don't know what kind of supervillain-scale heist I would have had to plan in order to make a dent in that supply enough to make anybody suspicious. It wouldn't have done me much good though, since all I could do is take it back to my little Lego-owned apartment in Denmark. The best I could have done is filled my room with Lego and swum around in it Scrooge McDuck style.

Damn! Now I wish I'd thought of that earlier!

I just went back to visit a couple of months ago, and they've moved the whole elements supply to some secret super-secure location, I think in some kind of subterranean vault probably guarded by laser sharks. (Or maybe that's just what they told me, because they knew it was only a matter of time before the Scrooge McDuck thing occurred to me.) So I think that stealing any massive amount of loose parts would be a lot more difficult now than it would have been back then.

Post by **Almighty Benny** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 3:28 pm

how does one acquire such a job? Are they looking for engineers, or do you have to be a graphic designer or in marketing or specialize in toy development or something? Either way I would imagine it's one of those things where you just have to know the right people to get your foot in the door. (or be really REALLY lucky)

I know that a lot of video game designers are ex-engineers. I think that's one of the reasons I'm doing it now, I like to keep my options open.

Post by **Captain Nomouth** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 1:58 am

What Almighty Benny just asked is exactly what I've been wondering for years. In fact, my entire college plan has been to find a good engineering and design college, and then obtain a masters in something that will eventually catch the eye of someone working for Lego. Then this person will help me to get a job working for Lego. For years now I've had my eye on a degree in civil engineering, but I really don't think that's going to help with my evil plan.

Post by **Tzan** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:49 am

1. Industrial Design is what you want. Those are the guys that design toasters, cars, trade show exhibits. Usually just the way it looks, the guts are designed by others.

2. Mechanical Engineers design the gears, springs and electro/mechanical parts of the toaster. Also the way Lego parts snap together and swivel.

3. Civil Engineers design bridges, sewers, roads.

4. Structural Engineers design the columns and beams that support a building.

5. Architects uhmm.... no comment.

I have no idea who Lego likes to hire, its just a generic unordered, but numbered list.

Post by **Atomsk** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:05 am

Tzan wrote:2. Mechanical Engineers design the gears, springs and electro/mechanical parts of the toaster. Also the way Lego parts snap together and swivel.

We have to work with Electrical Engineers a lot too. They design the circuit boards and other incomprehensible stuff. But they're all really odd folks, and either extremely lazy or workaholics. ME's are way more normal and probably have the most direct correlation to LEGO design. Most universities in the US don't have a dedicated Structural Engineering department, it's sort of mixed in with Civil and Mechanical.

Post by **Almighty Benny** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:38 am

I'm actually structural, but it's very tough. I was thinking about switching to another branch of civil like construction engineering or site design. But honestly, I don't think either of those would be appealing to Lego, even though it's been my dream to work for them since I was like 6.