Unpopular Opinions about LEGO

[Murdoch17]

1 hour ago, jimmynick said:

I may have expressed this opinion before - but clicking on a MOC thread that just had a link to LEGO Ideas inside - not every MOC has to be an Idea! Build things because you find it fun, not because you want the prestige of TLG turning your MOC into a real set.

For crying out loud.

Exactly! Not to mention those types of threads are against the rules here on EB... so, every time I see one that's just begging for votes without any real content besides a link, I report the thread.

[jimmynick]

4 hours ago, Murdoch17 said:

Exactly! Not to mention those types of threads are against the rules here on EB... so, every time I see one that's just begging for votes without any real content besides a link, I report the thread.

Well, yes, there is this - but there also high-quality MOCs presented well here on EB, with excellent photos, etc. etc., and at the very end a link to Ideas. Again, my refrain: not everything needs to be an Idea. I can appreciate someone else's artwork on its own merits, and not just by how marketable it is.

[Toastie]

1 hour ago, jimmynick said:

but there also high-quality MOCs presented well here on EB, with excellent photos, etc. etc., and at the very end a link to Ideas

My trick is: Simply ignore the link and just enjoy the presentation. It always worked so far ...

Best
Thorsten 

[Lyichir]

3 hours ago, jimmynick said:

Well, yes, there is this - but there also high-quality MOCs presented well here on EB, with excellent photos, etc. etc., and at the very end a link to Ideas. Again, my refrain: not everything needs to be an Idea. I can appreciate someone else's artwork on its own merits, and not just by how marketable it is.

While I'd certainly agree that not every great MOC is suited to being a set, I don't see anything wrong with MOCists submitting their work and leaving it up to the community (and Lego) whether or not it would be something they'd as a product. I don't think it's always about "prestige" so much as it is about making something because you wanted it and letting other people decide if they'd like to have something like that too.

[MAB]

11 hours ago, jimmynick said:

Well, yes, there is this - but there also high-quality MOCs presented well here on EB, with excellent photos, etc. etc., and at the very end a link to Ideas. Again, my refrain: not everything needs to be an Idea. I can appreciate someone else's artwork on its own merits, and not just by how marketable it is.

I tend to read as far as the link or mention of 'vote for me' then stop. So if the link is at the bottom, I would have looked at the images and might be interested enough to vote. If the link is at the top,  I don't get any further.

And if there is just a link to IDEAS and the user couldn't even be bothered to learn how to link images, they have no chance of a vote from me. This is usually new users that have signed up only to post their IDEAS submission with no interest in the site or duscussion. Chances are that they have also recently joined other LEGO fan forums and will have posted the same on those too.