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Toy Wave reduced to 15 listings for the last 4 days and a feedback of 30% positive. smh

Combined post with the what did you do today thread. I was in NYC this past weekend with my GF and still did not make it into the flagship store, look at this line for what, but I was not waiting in it. Anyway, I did go to the Levi’s Time Square store and got this bag for “free” with $125 purchase and it actually has a $129 price tag on it but feels like a cheap $10 plastic bag that nobody wanted or even wanted to carry around for the day. ETA: could not upload the line video file size was too big but it wrapped around 5th avenue and all the way down the next block easily 100 people in line

Hey thanks for saying that, appreciate it! I actually do everything with Stop Motion Studio & CapCut. The light, shadows, and flickering are certainly some of the first challenges. Recommend avoiding natural light and only use one light source. Also make sure to lock your exposure and white balance in stop motion studio. After exporting your video, clean it up in CapCut, using the stabilize video tool, then add whatever effects and filters you want. You don't need much to get going, or a studio. A table, a tripod and a single ring light is all I use for the majority of my stop motion content. I tape the baseplate down to the desk to further stabilize things. Here's a quick shot of what it looks like.

That music set to that crab being built was just great! Nice short video. I'm using Stop Motion Studio (paid version) on my phone and building set with my daughter. I also have it on my Windows laptop. For having some attention challenges I'm surprised my daughter was able to focus for a couple hours straight piece by piece taking pictures. Some people are surprised when they learn how painstaking the process is and controlling light/shadows consistently is hard (we mistakenly were on the kitchen table by the window as the sun was going down, we don't have a stop motion studio yet). What do you use for taking photos and editing?

Started working on a compilation of the 40593 builds tonight. Here's the crab [emoji886] Sent from my SM-S908U1 using Tapatalk

We should get a Brickpicker table at one of those showes . Could be fun to get a group of us together .

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/gringotts-wizarding-bank-collectors-edition-76417?CMP=AFC-AffiliateUK-JF2DY0n6uhs-3146997-124738-1 4803 Pieces $429 Available for VIPs 9/1/2023 and will have an exclusive GWP 40598 Gringotts Vault. "Connects" to 75978 Diagon Alley. 13 LEGO® minifigures – 2 Harry Potter™ minifigures, Ron Weasley™, Bellatrix Lestrange /Hermione Granger™, Rubeus Hagrid™, Death Eater™, Bogrod, Griphook, Ricbert, 2 goblins and 2 guards

3 sticker sheets and no surprise Minifigure: ETA this is the BIG Surprise Meh

Yep, you were lucky. We stopped in there early, but there was definitely a line later in the day. It's multiple floors and strange to navigate. I think we only left with a couple NYC keychains.

I'll let you know thanks for the post but it is lego vip and rare that makes it awesome : )

I use Dragonframe for the shooting. It lets me take pictures from multiple cameras at the same time, allows me to playback a sequence as I’m shooting it, and a bunch of other handy things during the shooting process. I use Premiere Pro for everything after the shooting. I import the image sequences, edit out mistakes, create transitions between different shots, add music, etc. It’s a pretty daunting program to learn, but I got an online course and taught myself to use it during a transatlantic cruise I did with my wife earlier this year.

Hot off the press from SD: https://www.walmart.com/ip/2951551836 A new multipack at Walmart for just $20: LEGO City Big Wheel Gift Set 66772

I wish Lego would make this...

cut a hole in your table top. the Rancor needs company . . .

Looks awesome...except for the stupid sticker - and its very namesake - "GRINGOT TS BANK." That is just gonna bug the hell outta me lol.