Artanis I

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    This line is waaaaay too close to home to be 'true' Space (as in, under the same umbrella as previous Space releases). Space sub-themes used to be about deep space and the great unknown, a far off fantasy that could never happen in our lifetime or the next. This is just mild 'science-semi-fiction', something that could easily mostly be real next year. (Not putting it down, just differentiating.)

    To change these sets into "Space" you may as well clean the slate and start them again right from the beginning - with the other mindset.

     

    It's like TLG is offering Darth Vader Licorice flavoured ice cream (Star Wars theme) or chocolate yoghurt/custard/something (Thinking About Planning To Suggest Ideas For Designing Technology For Potentially Going To Mars theme), when Space is actually chocolate ice cream.

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    I enjoyed this show (my mind filtered out the annoying "coming up next", enormous ad breaks, "will they finish in time" etc). I don't watch much TV these days, especially not modern "reality" TV with all of the excessive drama and garbage attached to it. It was good to see a bunch of people who (mostly) were supportive of each other, and some really awesome builds.

    I do wish that the format was less about elimination somehow. I would've liked to have seen what those girls would've come up with for the challenges they missed.

    It would've been so amazing to have access to so much stuff, all those elements you never have enough of at home. I would've built an enormous rollercoaster...

    And I have a new term in my vocabulary: "Kale-scale" :laugh:

  14. Posted

    Without the "sound effects" it just looks like a bunch of still images, rather than an action scene. In drawn comics you can put lines to show movement but for this medium the absence of "kapow"s is more pronounced.

     

    I had both those vehicles as a kid. One because it looked like Blacktron, the other because the minifig looked like Blacktron, haha.

  15. Posted

    13 minutes ago, jimmynick said:

    Is it acceptable to ask TLG to replace parts with wonky prints? The Boba Fett fig that came in my 75243 has quite an off-center print for the visor.

    If it's really bad. They will send a replacement, but you may need to send the original one back to them.

    If it's just a bit off I'm not sure.

  21. Posted

    Actually no, it's an argument I've heard before, the HERALDRY is being considered "too cartoonish" (must be an important thing for some people to discount an entire theme over it, personally I never noticed before it was brought up), but it's true that 2013, Royal Knights and KKI (and some others) had more cartoonish heraldry than most other factions. Not talking about the set designs, the minifig designs or colour schemes or anything, just the animals on the shields, flags and some torso prints.

     

    Kingdoms vs Castle 2013:

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    Various others:

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  23. Posted

    Sooooo.........

     

    Back to the ban hammer, (or axe or whatever)

    Getting rid of Nexo Knights has so far allowed for 0 new Castle and/or Space themes. But we still keep dreaming of course. I feel that all of the space ships / sci-fi jets in Ninjago, DC, Marvel & Star Wars are a saturation block for a full Space theme happening (regardless of what play-testing results would say anyway). Not sure about castles and knights though.