Artanis I

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  1. Posted

    This sub-forum is for discussing sets and posting mocs that are sci-fi in nature and don't belong to a different sub-forum. Jurassic Park belongs in the Licenced sub-forum, not here, it doesn't even matter if it's sci-fi or not (it is sci-fi action/horror). Please pay attention to the forum, a staff member already told you what goes in here. Basically 95% of all that belongs in here is Space, since I think the underwater themes go in Action & Adventure

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    9 minutes ago, JesseNight said:

    Can anyone tell me what this part is, or which set contains it so I can find out for myself?
    It appears like a short bar, about the size of part 2433, but with an end stud on both ends and 2 rings near one of them, and a sort of grabbing claw around the opposite stud (so likely something scientific or a tool).

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    That is a lightsabre - and it comes in about a billion sets

  5. Posted · Edited by Artanis I

    Friends has effectively every animal in every colour and size!

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    It's so weird that horses are so rare in this theme these days, after some early Castles with 4 in a set, and plenty dotted around in other sets at the same time. Now though, the biggest, most expensive Castle set ever came with a grand total of 2. The last Castle wave had 3 or so horses in the whole range of sets. Kingdoms had a draught horse, 2 for the king's carriage, and 2 in the joust, but only 1 each for the castles/forts. Other castles this century had 1 or maybe 2. Lord of the Rings sets had similar treatment.

  8. Posted

    Welcome to life as an adult collector of Lego.

     

    I have so much old stuff packed away and unopened sets (mostly Star Wars and recent releases) that I have to just imagine what they look like built. Nowhere to put it all. No time to build or look at it. Not enough money to afford everything of interest.

    Last year I built Optimus Prime, the Nexo Knights sets I bought on their release (lava monsters as a fantasy castle faction, nexos as a space faction), and a couple of Marvel spaceships. One of which has its updated version released this year, it's so old!

    I haven't opened the new Castle yet, nor the companion sets, nor the blacksmith house, nor the 2 Space sets. All the Elves sets are still unopened somewhere, yet to be built. Dozens of Star Wars sets dating back to Episode VII's release and later, all stored unopened in big cardboard boxes, all waiting for a 10 bedroom house to fall into my lap or something.

  9. Posted

    I only just saw that the minifigs all have the same torso & legs, regardless of the helmet/arms/accessory colour.

    Adding your own faction colour is a piece of cake. Most obvious starting points are black and red, but any colour that a decent helmet comes in...

  10. Posted

    How about Optimus Prime's trailer, since they forgot to do that last time? :laugh:

    It needs to be iconic (or it won't sell enough to warrant more), so that means the likes of Bumblebee, Megatron, Soundwave. Megatron is obviously an issue, since TLG will not make a pistol, sniper rifle or tank. (The tank is not really iconic either.) A Megatron release would be strange with something other than the iconic G1 mode. But I wonder if a Galvatron plasma cannon mode would work for him? TLG have no problem with ancient or futuristic weapons, it's only present-era stuff they won't do. Getting a Megatron robot to fold into a Galvatron cannon might be a challenge... :look: :grin: Bumblebee would work as a VW Beetle or something from the movies, they're recognisable enough. They can't just pump out Autobots though, so if there's a Bumblebee there needs to be a Decepticon at some point. Soundwave is probably the go, or *shudder* Starscream. Devastator would be so cool!

  14. Posted

    What role did red represent in Galaxy Squad?

    There was chat about it, but I'm not sure that I recall being overly convinced about colours clearly representing roles.

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    9 hours ago, Cyprinus said:
    9 hours ago, Khargeust said:

    But if it is pure LOTR temporality ... it should be only Frodo, Sam, Nazguls and Orcs.

    Sauron very much has a physical form during the time. Gollum got to see him during his imprisonment and torture.

    Further to that, Frodo & Sam were never there!

  17. Posted

    4 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

    I thought that both the Frodo rescue, and the Black Gate were in/near Barad-dur.

    Those places are not really near each other. It's like they're all in the same US state, but still 100s of km apart.

    Cirith Ungol (where Sam rescues Frodo) is very near Minas Morgul (the home of the Witch King), which is @50km from Minas Tirith. Barad-Dur is 45km further east of Mount Doom, 160km from the Black Gate, and probably a similar distance from Cirith Ungol.

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    Having said that, I wouldn't put it past TLG to put anything Mordor-related inside the tower, and wouldn't mind either.

  21. Posted

    Is anyone else underwhelmed by the design of the little truck in the base set? And all it does is have that orange dirt thing go up & down on it... or do the modules fit it? Missed opportunity if not.

  23. Posted

    On 12/25/2023 at 9:02 AM, Classic_Spaceman said:

    I am not really seeing the SP3 influence, but Galaxy Squad and Mars Mission feel like definite influences!

    Just the police faction. Regarding the modules, the homeliness (for want of a better description) of the base, and the plain colours (not that that is unique, just a contributing factor). The way it kinda feels closer to home than older themes, but not Earth-based.

    Maybe not as heavy a resemblance as those other subthemes

  24. Posted

    That video was painful to watch until I muted it. Then it was excellent.

    Well done to the set designers, the shapes & functions are very good. The modularity is a great feature, the minifigs are fairly good... only really one thing needed to change: either the windscreens or the white bricks should've been a bright colour. Then it would've been a proper Space theme (and they could drop the City label).

    It's like Galaxy Squad meets Space Police 3, but City-fied.

    As it is, I will go for most of these regardless. But I wonder if anyone has any practical suggestions for improving the colour scheme of these sets?

  25. Posted

    I'd like one of those themes too (with or without the cool banners).

    I don't know what happened to all the other ones (maybe incompatible with current software?) but I only see 1 actual theme plus 2 identical default [non]themes available. I think Hinckley made the old ones?