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Post by Hoboman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:29 pm

Check these out. He is selling Lego Sand bags.

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Post by Zahru II » Wed Sep 21, 2011 12:33 pm

They look fugly and cheap. Maybe if they were a tone darker and not so glossy.
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Post by White Nun » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:09 pm

COGO does those already in a tan colour with a nice matt finish.
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Post by Hoboman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:19 pm

White Nun wrote:COGO does those already in a tan colour with a nice matt finish.
But I could not find COGO for sale without buying their sets.
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Post by enders_shadow » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:21 pm

Just use a combo of 1x2 flats, and 1x1 flat rounds, alternating, forming a pyramid. then bend it. you have perfect sandbags that don't look like megablox.

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Post by Silverdream » Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:52 pm

enders_shadow wrote:Just use a combo of 1x2 flats, and 1x1 flat rounds, alternating, forming a pyramid. then bend it. you have perfect sandbags that don't look like megablox.
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Post by White Nun » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:42 pm

Hoboman wrote:
White Nun wrote:COGO does those already in a tan colour with a nice matt finish.
But I could not find COGO for sale without buying their sets.
And how is that a problem? asks the heretic brick witch very sweetly :wink:
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Post by morganm » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:53 pm

Is the color that bad IRL? I know sometimes photos and on-screen colors can look different than they do IRL... that color is nasty on screen.

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Post by OneEye589 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:06 pm

They look okay, but I'm gonna have to agree that they look almost exactly like the clone brick sandbags. It would have been cooler if they had made a new type.

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Post by Hoboman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:06 pm

enders_shadow wrote:Just use a combo of 1x2 flats, and 1x1 flat rounds, alternating, forming a pyramid. then bend it. you have perfect sandbags that don't look like megablox.
Really? I thought that looked more like Bricks to me. They use that pattern in many curved castle walls over on the Classic Castle forum. But if that looks like sand bags to you, great. :D
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Post by OneEye589 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:25 pm

If they're in sand color it looks like sandbags.

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Post by enders_shadow » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:43 pm

Thanks oneeye. I didn't feel like digging around flickr for a photo, but that's exactly what I was talking about. And hob: this is lego. If you don't like pixellated images, maybe you shouldn't be building with this :D

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Post by Zupponn » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:23 pm

OneEye589 wrote:If they're in sand color it looks like sandbags.

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That one actually looks like it could stop bullets. The other one has holes.
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Post by Hoboman » Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:50 pm

OneEye589 wrote:If they're in sand color it looks like sandbags.

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Thanks OneEye589. Now that I can see it in Tan, I agree this is a nice solution without going with a costly $1 a bag solution.
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Post by OneEye589 » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:16 pm

Like I said, they both are pretty good. If I went and bought stuff from BrickTW, I'd probably buy a bag or two of theirs.

For a pure Lego solution, I'd also try 1x3 plates instead of the 1x2.

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