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Re: Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
@Jay Pothier Wow, thank you for the great information! Is this from the Blitzway model?
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Controlling lights with the Brickstuff Arduino Shield
The Brickstuff Arduino shield has six high-current outputs that can be used to control a large number of connected lights. Each output is connected to an N-channel MOSFET on the shield,…
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Re: Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
@Larry Andersen Great suggestions. One question about the rotating white beacon-- is that prototypical? I know for the LEGO model it provides steering, but was anything like that ever in the movies?
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Light and Sound Kit for the 2020 Creator Expert Ecto-1 (#10274)
Well, what an amazing model! Six years after the release of the LEGO Ideas Ecto-1-- in our humble opinion, one of the best vehicle sets ever released by LEGO-- the company has taken aim squarely at…
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Re: lights set for the lego grand piano (#21323)
@Jeremiah Shue Wow, that's pretty impressive. A little more than we were aiming for, though. :-)
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Re: Full Arduino Shield!
Hi everyone, finally we have the shield up in our webstore! Check it out. We will be adding code samples and other accessories in the coming weeks, but you can get started right away with the shield…
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Re: Replacement trunk 08 for hogwarts Castle lights
Hello @Neil Williams , sorry to hear about the trouble! Please send us an e-mail at support(at)brickstuff.com with details, and we will send you a replacement controller.
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Diagon Alley #75978
OK, we've built this amazing set and have had it on our table to look at for several weeks. We have some ideas about what we'd like to light up and possibly even use sound effects for.…
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Re: Lego Mos Eisley Cantina set (#75290)
@Alan Overton I'm picking up the set from a friend who built it, hopefully this weekend, then will be looking at options!
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Re: 10262 - James Bond™ Aston Martin DB5
@Leslie Ann McRunnel Nothing yet but we're trying out some machine gun sounds with the 1989 Batmobile that will hopefully fit into this kit as well.
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Re: Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Set 71043
@Freakmaster Excellent use of the connectors! In 2021 we might make 3-wire versions. Need to see how popular the connectors are overall, as we can only order in bulk quantities!
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Re: Lego Mos Eisley Cantina set (#75290)
@Pat Fiasse @Alan Overton @Steve Yes we are definitely thinking of ideas for this set. And regarding sound, yes, that's going to be pretty much our standard moving forward for these types of kits--…
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Re: Light and Sound Kit for New LEGO Haunted House (#10273)
Hello everyone! I know you have all been waiting patiently for news of our new kit for the 2020 Haunted House. Unfortunately I need to communicate the bad news that,…
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Re: Trying to make traffic lights!
@Grayson Np just want to save you some of the grief I went through! :-)
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Re: Trying to make traffic lights!
@Grayson Absolutely not. I have that drill. I know you're trying to save money, but to do the kind of detail work we do, drill out lamp posts the the like,…
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Re: Trying to make traffic lights!
@Grayson We have several types of bits listed on our Amazon page: www.amazon.com/shop/getbrickstuff
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Re: Powered Up adapter cable
@Phillip Chatoff We continue to work with options. One challenge we ran into, that was quite unexpected, is that LEGO limit the amount of current coming from the battery box.…
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Re: Trying to make traffic lights!
@Grayson We use a high-end drill press along with very thin drill bits and a custom jig (made from LEGO of course). Here's the drill we use: https://www.micromark.…
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Re: Full Arduino Shield!
@Jeremiah Shue OK, thanks. Probably would add $4 to the price for pre-soldered headers.
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Re: Modern House MOC by mfenn97
Another great project-- thank you David as always for sharing your great and creative work! Also, happy to hear the Express power source worked out!
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Re: Trying to make traffic lights!
Hi @Grayson , thanks for your note. Yes, we have a version of the traffic light kit just for you. On the page you linked above, you can select the kind of kit you want.…
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Re: Lighting the Palace Cinema Marquee
@Kaj Here's a bit more detail on the "guts" of the kit we're developing. Totally plug and play:
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Re: Ghostbusters HQ new version kit ?
@Steven John Great work! Where did you get the build for the demon on the roof? Would be nice having the eyes light up! As for the kit, we finally have the controller board needed to make everything…
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Re: Full Arduino Shield!
@Jeremiah Shue Making the first panel this week!!! Would you prefer to buy them with our without soldered headers? We'd provide the headers in the pack and people could solder their own.
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Re: Lighting the Palace Cinema Marquee
@Kaj great job! Very nice work. We're going to be releasing our own pre-wired marquee later this month, with 16 lights in the top section and 20 in the bottom.…
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