LordsofMedieval Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) The set has: No play features. Appears to lack opening dorsal hangar doors. Just 2 minifigures (again with this, Lego? Why include figures at all? Like... including them is clearly an acknowledgment that we want figures...). A very bland and non-display-friendly stand. I get it - it's not intended for kids. But just because I'm an AFOL doesn't mean I don't see the purpose of interiors (even small, vignette interiors) and figures. I also feel like when you're dropping north of half a grand (well north) on a set, it should be a bit more than a permanent shelf-sitter (or if it IS a permanent shelf-sitter, then by golly at least the stand should look nice). A set of this magnitude should check boxes for all comers - there should be at least a handful of features intended to satisfy childlike wonder. Because, you know, I'm just a grown up kid still buying Legos. It's releases like these that make me think Lego doesn't really understand a lot of their adult customers - especially when you compare it to something like Rivendell, which just NAILS what a set intended for adults (but can be enjoyed by kids and kid-like adults) should present as. Edited September 15, 2023 by LordsofMedieval
Iperial_Fleet_Commander Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 Well, there is the 2023 set discussion thread where we've been talking at length about this already, but yea, some people are pretty bummed with it, myself included.
LordsofMedieval Posted September 15, 2023 Author Posted September 15, 2023 On 9/15/2023 at 1:58 AM, Iperial_Fleet_Commander said: Well, there is the 2023 set discussion thread where we've been talking at length about this already, but yea, some people are pretty bummed with it, myself included. Expand Oh, totally my bad. If a mod wants to merge this into that, that's fine.
Kage Goomba Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) On 9/15/2023 at 12:58 AM, LordsofMedieval said: The set has: No play features. Appears to lack opening dorsal hangar doors. Just 2 minifigures (again with this, Lego? Why include figures at all? Like... including them is clearly an acknowledgment that we want figures...). A very bland and non-display-friendly stand. I get it - it's not intended for kids. But just because I'm an AFOL doesn't mean I don't see the purpose of interiors (even small, vignette interiors) and figures. I also feel like when you're dropping north of half a grand (well north) on a set, it should be a bit more than a permanent shelf-sitter (or if it IS a permanent shelf-sitter, then by golly at least the stand should look nice). A set of this magnitude should check boxes for all comers - there should be at least a handful of features intended to satisfy childlike wonder. Because, you know, I'm just a grown up kid still buying Legos. It's releases like these that make me think Lego doesn't really understand a lot of their adult customers - especially when you compare it to something like Rivendell, which just NAILS what a set intended for adults (but can be enjoyed by kids and kid-like adults) should present as. Expand It's a UCS Model - they where never meant to be play models. It's meant to look pretty and sit on your shelf. Also - UCS ISD had two Minifigures as well - not exactly a big argument here. As for the rest - yep - pretty much spot on - too many good mocs in all honesty - only thing its got going for it is its cheaper than a MOC obviously. Just tossing my 2 cents in. Edited September 15, 2023 by Kage Goomba
Clone OPatra Posted September 15, 2023 Posted September 15, 2023 You can copy paste your post in the discussion topic if you like:
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