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[Zblj]

Greol, on 12 May 2013 - 09:54 AM, said:

You guys know, what I want for LDD? Only two things:

1. A section with ALL existing Bionicle pieces
2. A section with ALL existing HF pieces

(By section, I mean a mode like LDD extended)
With this, if ever becomes a reality, every Lego fan will be happy.

In your logic adding those parts will make ANY fan happy? And what about Duplo or Technic fans?

And I agree with previous post, we need pneumatics

Edited by Zblj, 17 May 2013 - 02:40 PM.

[Blip]

Duplo isn't technically lego, though, so...

(and no, the "technically" wasn't a pun!! )

[Aanchir]

Blip, on 17 May 2013 - 06:24 PM, said:

Duplo isn't technically lego, though, so...

(and no, the "technically" wasn't a pun!! )

Hang on, yes Duplo is LEGO. It's LEGO's preschool brand and has been for decades. It's not System, but the bricks are still LEGO bricks in the same sense that Technic elements are. The only difference is that Duplo parts are rarely used in other themes whereas Technic bricks are.

[Greol]

Zblj, on 17 May 2013 - 02:39 PM, said:

In your logic adding those parts will make ANY fan happy? And what about Duplo or Technic fans?

And I agree with previous post, we need pneumatics

Dude, technic is included in some Bionicle sets and even HF. And for every Bionicle and HF pieces, here is the explain: I'm among the Lego action figure fans.

[Blip]

Aanchir, on 17 May 2013 - 10:13 PM, said:

Hang on, yes Duplo is LEGO. It's LEGO's preschool brand and has been for decades. It's not System, but the bricks are still LEGO bricks in the same sense that Technic elements are. The only difference is that Duplo parts are rarely used in other themes whereas Technic bricks are.

Yes, I'm aware of that. Good grief, I've been around long enough to know about duplo!  What I meant is it's not LEGO LEGO. Capiche?   Clearly the LDD team must have been thinking the same way, otherwise we'd have had duplo included as standard, no?

I can't personally say I've ever seen a duplo piece in a normal lego set, whereas of course technic parts appear pretty much as commonplace. As such, I can't imagine there are many people out there who would be so desperate to see duplo blocks included among LDD's repertoire.  Probably far fewer infact, than those demanding every Bionicle piece ever created...

[Aanchir]

Blip, on 20 May 2013 - 06:13 PM, said:

Yes, I'm aware of that. Good grief, I've been around long enough to know about duplo!  What I meant is it's not LEGO LEGO. Capiche?   Clearly the LDD team must have been thinking the same way, otherwise we'd have had duplo included as standard, no?

I can't personally say I've ever seen a duplo piece in a normal lego set, whereas of course technic parts appear pretty much as commonplace. As such, I can't imagine there are many people out there who would be so desperate to see duplo blocks included among LDD's repertoire.  Probably far fewer infact, than those demanding every Bionicle piece ever created...

Off the top of my head, this set uses Duplo for a tail. Outside of sets, many builders use Duplo pieces as structural elements inside extremely large models. There is a Viking village that is on display at Brickfair Virginia every year that is essentially an island with sheer cliffs on every side, and underneath the surface are a number of multicolored Duplo columns holding everything up.

I agree, demand for Duplo in LDD is probably minimal, and it's certainly not remotely urgent, but it would be a neat feature for eventual inclusion. I think part of the reason it may be a long time coming is that Duplo elements connect very differently to System elements than System elements connect to each other. A System brick can only connect to a Duplo brick if the tubes are lined up with the Duplo studs, and since I imagine the tubes of System bricks are probably simply programmed as anti-studs like any other connection point on the underside of a brick, it might be quite labor-intensive to program realistic connectivity between those parts.

Edited by Aanchir, 21 May 2013 - 02:53 PM.