Artanis I

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    5 hours ago, BrickFit26 said:
    6 hours ago, Pop Star c o said:

    Well, good minifigs overall but 12 figures is definitely not enough. This one needs at least 16 minifigures. They could make even more cool space ideas and various space professions. This is the first time it really hurts they lowered the number of minifigures. I think they should do 16 at least for this series.

    I would have loved that. As a long time fan of LEGO Space 12 for this particular theme isn't enough.

    Definitely. So many possibilities for throw-backs, tributes, unique originals, re-colours of both vintage & recent.

  6. Posted

    At least "Classic Space" is easy to define as a single subtheme, unlike "Classic Castle" which has no clear lines, really. Everything transitioned within existing factions.

     

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    Regarding this rumoured set, I also thought that the Blacktron II torso could be a 'clue', with either a BII or SPII ship coming. The reason I think Blacktron I is a bit unlikely, is because we already got one of those, and it's not like TLG is pumping dozens of these actual-Space sets out for us. I'd welcome it, of course, but I think we'll get something else.

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    Everyone wants the 70s helmet in new colours, but I actually want the 80s helmet in brown (and dark pink)! I always immediately swap Classic helmets for the better one and stick a visor on it, (never liked the bucket helmet,) but the brown ones still don't have a proper helmet.

     

    I just posted about this release's pics in a different thread... not sure what it was, it seemed that people were talking about these? Would've been better in here, oh well

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    No airtanks in new colours. No Classic torsos in new colours. A bit of a letdown from what you'd expect of a "Space CMF series" really. 4 or 5 worthwhile... such wasted potential. However, I usually only find 2-4 useful from a normal series of 16, so I guess it's a win?

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    14 hours ago, Horation said:

    How does this stop anything? Now instead of making things fair it makes them truly unfair; people who show up first get the figs they want, and that stops everyone else.

    That only happens if they produce & release all of the copies in one go, and never stock up. Why would they do that? Are other non-exclusive sets sold out on day one, never to return? I'd think not often.

  13. Posted

    It will be "fair again" when they stop using blind packaging altogether, and go back to selling cheap "impulse" polybags or boxes with pictures of what is inside. What they did for decades before 2011.

    The prices should come right back down.

    Just put a limit of 3 of each per customer per day to prevent hoarders from buying them all at once.

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    Not sure if anyone else said anything before, (and I haven't looked at the pirates ones to compare,) but I only just noticed that this set box says "12+" where the previous sets (Galaxy Explorer, Blacktron Cruiser, Lion Knight's Castle, Forest Hideout) all said "18 years and up"

  21. Posted

    My order arrived today, this set looks so underwhelming. Besides the nostalgia trip, (which I get when looking at images and my old stuff anyway,) the only redeeming (but not enough) factor is the existence of the torso print. And plenty of folks have pointed out that it's not really a great one. I'm just glad that it exists 'again' for potential reuse elsewhere. More new old dragon knights would be great, even if the helmet & adornments aren't as cool as the originals. Worst bit (of many): they can print a torso but not a shield? So weird.

    At least it was free, and this time I didn't have to buy anything I didn't want, to get to the threshold. But the Blacktron & Forest sets were really good! I guess you can't smash it every time.

  23. Posted

    The only Unitron set released outside NA was the monorail 6991, and there was nothing in our catalogue about them, just the picture of that set with Spyrius robots attacking it. So we had to just make it up (which is what children used to do in the old days anyway), and figured they were just the new Futuron equivalent (although nothing else came of them in the years following to boost that thought). Not that anyone I knew got that set, it was too expensive, haha. But there was a lone Unitron minifig in the 6705 set, so they weren't completely absent.

  25. Posted

    1 hour ago, Ixen Darastrix said:

    It was out of stock in australian store before black friday sale even went live, i do not think it would have been discounted, but cannot be mad when tehy dont have any anyway (out of stock, not even back orderable)

    Everything I want is always out of stock when there's a promotion. Ever since we got our own separate warehouse. Before that, (when it came from Denmark,) the free postage threshold was higher, and it took a week longer for your order to arrive, but at least most sets were purchasable at any time. I wanted the Viking Village. Can't even back-order it!