TeriXeri Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Elysiumfountain said: I've just never understood the people who REFUSE to support a decent or exceptional Ideas project solely because it is built with physical bricks or digitally rendered. Nevermind how artfully put together and coherent and feasible the project is, good lord it's a render, the world is ending! Believe me, those people exist! If my post came across like that, I certainly do not fall in that category of people. LEGO is a form of art and creativity after all, beside being a toy. Digital designs and their software are a great tool in this modern age. I love to see actual brick models on Ideas, but that doesn't mean I instantly hate digital ones. If it was meant asa generic statement that's okay too Edited January 15, 2019 by TeriXeri Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) @TeriXeri Oh no, I was not implying that you were one of those people! It was definitely meant as a generic statement! (Most of the people I've met, which number very little, were not on EB) Edited January 15, 2019 by Elysiumfountain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAB Posted January 15, 2019 16 hours ago, TeriXeri said: But personally I always prefer to see an actual Idea brick built, as digital techniques might have structural problems. 1 Presentation is important too. And to be honest, I find your presentation really quite poor compared to the others. Take the red roof one, for example, and look at the images: The first image, yours is an awkward angle hiding lots of the actual build, lots of distraction in the background of crumpled sheets, seems to concentrate on the roof (boring!). Whereas the other one, is quite joyful - bright colours of the balloons, shows the house "in motion", sets the scene with the minifigures and garden, full frame and no distracting background. I know which one I would investigate further just from looking at those images. Isn't Up about a house that takes off, lifted by balloons? That is captured perfectly in their first mage. Yours doesn't show this aspect of the movie at all. Of course, their house is too small for the minifigures, but this is typical of LEGO sets - they have the important feature that their house flies and looks the right scale compared to the mass of balloons. Then the other images don't get any better. In fact, you literally waste space. Look at the size of this image - you use under 10% of the image area, making the actual image hard to see and the crop job done on it is really bad. If you want to hide the bad background, light a flat white sheet well and it will almost disappear. Don't use a badly lit crumped sheet that appears grey and distracting, then leave part of this in (edges and around the balloons). Fill the frame! Compare this to a similar shot from your rival, where they fill the frame: Their figures vs yours: Then you go on to show SEVEN images of chairs - again all tiny compared to the size of the image. Do you think this is a key selling point of your submission? I cannot understand why you'd include seven images of something so boring. Presentation counts. As for the one with no balloons, it is presambly this one: I imagine it is popular at the moment and hence highlighted as it is a nicely presented project that is also interesting build techniques. Sure it has no balloons, and so is missing out on telling that part of the story (and why it will probably fail to attract enough support) but it is full of interesting details for the walls and roof, compared to yours which appears to be really quite standard 1xX bricks to build walls, with plain plates used for the roof. This one is really nicely designed and looks like details have been thought about - compare with yours above, theirs is superior in both design and presentation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exetrius Posted January 15, 2019 On the subject of physical vs digital: if there's one occasion to go digital, it's certainly for Ideas. You want to give your all to make the project the best you can, right? That means: with whatever parts you need, in whatever colours you need, in whatever quantities you need, with whatever prints you need (although that's pretty advanced). @Elysiumfountain made a fair point about ease of iteration, totally agree. @MAB Those are really valuable tips! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted January 15, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, MAB said: --Snip-- Thank you for the advice! These tips will come in handy!:) Edited January 16, 2019 by Peppermint_M Try not to quote something so huge! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 17, 2019 I am happy to say that I finally had a success on LEGO Ideas! None of my projects made it, but the prizes from the Harry Potter contest for my basilisk entry just arrived in the mail today! I've never seen so many sets together in all my life! Outside of stores that is ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie-Wan Posted January 18, 2019 Hey, cool! Congratulations! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 18, 2019 @Blondie-Wan Thank you! :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted January 18, 2019 The Brick Fan - LEGO Ideas National Museum – Rio de Janeiro Achieves 10,000 Supporters Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeriXeri Posted January 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said: The Brick Fan - LEGO Ideas National Museum – Rio de Janeiro Achieves 10,000 Supporters That one really took the new year, only 23 days to get to 10.000. But understandable even if you just count Brazil that's over 200 million people. I do think it's a good way to remember the huge loss of historical items. Edited January 18, 2019 by TeriXeri Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 18, 2019 Wow! This one really flew past me, I saw it when it was at 500 or so supporters, congratulations to the builder! A little basic on the architectural elements, perhaps, but I suppose that could be remedied if it passes review :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bricked1980 Posted January 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Elysiumfountain said: Wow! This one really flew past me, I saw it when it was at 500 or so supporters, congratulations to the builder! A little basic on the architectural elements, perhaps, but I suppose that could be remedied if it passes review :) I hadn't even noticed it had been added to the site until it was already at about 8000 votes. I think the designer has promised to donate any potential royalties to the rebuilding of the museum if it ever gets selected for production. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 18, 2019 Wow! Such a loss, though, with the destruction of most of the collection at the museum. Apparently the estimates, as with most fires, will take about ten years to rebuild. If it doesn't get slowed down by any number of factors. Still, best of luck to the designer as the idea moves on to the next phase! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted January 19, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 3:34 PM, Elysiumfountain said: I am happy to say that I finally had a success on LEGO Ideas! None of my projects made it, but the prizes from the Harry Potter contest for my basilisk entry just arrived in the mail today! I've never seen so many sets together in all my life! Outside of stores that is ;) Congratulations Elysium! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cherry-Rose Posted January 19, 2019 Hello! I just submitted this project based on Nickelodeon's Hit TV show "The Loud House" earlier today. Support it here! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted January 19, 2019 @Cherry-Rose Supported. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
x105Black Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/17/2019 at 6:34 PM, Elysiumfountain said: I am happy to say that I finally had a success on LEGO Ideas! None of my projects made it, but the prizes from the Harry Potter contest for my basilisk entry just arrived in the mail today! ... I've never seen so many sets together in all my life! Outside of stores that is ;) Congratulations! That's awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roebuck Posted January 20, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 12:34 AM, Elysiumfountain said: I am happy to say that I finally had a success on LEGO Ideas! None of my projects made it, but the prizes from the Harry Potter contest for my basilisk entry just arrived in the mail today! I've never seen so many sets together in all my life! Outside of stores that is ;) Congratulations that is a beautiful collection of sets! So far I only have two, but I will get the rest in September Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elysiumfountain Posted January 20, 2019 @Roebuck, @x105Black Thank you! :) I've been so busy with work and all that I haven't even opened the Great Hall, which is the one I really want to build. But I'll get around to it some time! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bricked1980 Posted January 22, 2019 Anyone know when the next review results are due to be annnounced? It must be soon as I think they've finished all the 10k interviews for the latest batch. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted January 22, 2019 My Up house hit 300 supporters! So happy! It's no 1000, but it's definitely a personal milestone. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2014d893-a049-4506-87a3-cb923d2aa3ae Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bricked1980 Posted January 22, 2019 Just now, Modeltrainman said: My Up house hit 300 supporters! So happy! It's no 1000, but it's definitely a personal milestone. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2014d893-a049-4506-87a3-cb923d2aa3ae Well done! I'm pleased your project is starting to pick up pace. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Modeltrainman Posted January 22, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bricked1980 said: Well done! I'm pleased your project is starting to pick up pace. Thanks buddy! Congrats on 1000 for Bricks and Blooms! Edited January 22, 2019 by Modeltrainman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graupensuppe Posted January 22, 2019 My Vostok rocket hit 1,111 supporters today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bricked1980 Posted January 22, 2019 36 minutes ago, Modeltrainman said: Thanks buddy! Congrats on 1000 for Bricks and Blooms! Thanks. ? it's almost gone up to 1500 now so I'm really pleased with how fast it seems to be going. I suppose it will slow down as soon as it starts to slip away from the top of the homepage though. Just now, Graupensuppe said: My Vostok rocket hit 1,111 supporters today. That's great. Did it make much of a difference to your votes after it was staff picked recently? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
