Umbrage82

I super relate to this - basically got back into Lego at the beginning of COVID and Ninjago was one of the major themes I was excited to catch up on; 37 sets later (according to Brickset), my wallet is much lighter but I've caught many of my favorites!

Great breakdown! I was doing this sorting them on a 32x32 but appreciate you including the new sets

I’m an outlier - adult with the whole first wave. I’m glad to see my “bet” paid off with a great second wave for me. I just feel like these are peak lego; wild designs of lighthearted themes in often garish colors. Just joyful to look at

Really interesting sets -- though I actually think overall I will end up preferring Wave 1 - my initial guess tier list (based on obviously no real experience with Wave 3, but owning nearly all wave 1 and half wave 2): Monkie King Warrior Mech Monkie Kid's Team Secret HQ The Legendary Flower Fruit Mountain Red Son's Inferno Truck Pigsy's Food Truck Demon Bull King Monkie Kid's Cloud Jet Monkie Kid's Lion Guardian Monkie Kid's Team Dronecopter Monkie Kid's Cloud Roadster Red Son's Inferno Jet Spider Queen's Arachnoid Base White Dragon Horse Jet Monkie Kid's Cloud Bike Sandy's Speedboat The Flaming Foundry Iron Bull Tank White Horse Dragon Bike which gives an average placement of: 1 7.5 2 13.6 3 10 I like the Guardian quite a bit even though I get the critique -- I just imagine it as the Warrior Mech's pet and then it becomes must by! Leaving space for Fruit Mountain/Dronecopter/Arachnoid base to impress me more, but I suspect the small sets may actually be where I'm surprised...

I... didn't know that was a thing. Thanks so much you just saved/cost me so much money lol! (would normally look to bricklink) ... I didn't know you could do that. Thanks so much! You just saved/cost me so much money lol (normally woulda just ordered from BL)

Really hoping the demons show up in another set; don't super-love the cloud roadster and would be excited about more villains vehicles...

andddd now it's a Day 1 purchase - COVID brought me back to lego and I've been building a combination of ~10yo sets with my son and modern sets for "my son" (me) -- it's incredible the differences in both building techniques and level of detail in modern sets. I had forgotten how frail some sets are even in themes you'd expect rigidity - looking at you City construction vehicles!

Seeing the new Chinese New Year sets spoiled — that new garden looks suspiciously close to the description of the supposed ninjago city garden; maybe not piece count, but has full plate and half plate combo

@RichardGoring I can tell you I paid much more; 450 is definitely low side of prices I’ve seen recently for new

Richard I'm in the same boat! Rediscovered my passion for Lego during COVID times. I bit the bullet and paid to get both City and Docks during the pandemic; I figure they'll only continue to stay at current price or even go up once more people find out about Gardens.

great review! I loved the weapon storage options in the secret base, looks like this one followed suit! :P

Just finished Monkie Kid Team's Secret HQ -- fun build overall, though I do wish the rear clips were much stronger. Wierdly one of the things I was most happy about was weapon storage for every accessory; clips abound! Maybe this has been true for a while but as one of the first since I've put together since Chima it was a pleasant surprise; I loved everything having a place. Maybe the Marie Kondo stuff is really getting to me...

Ah I missed the user profiles ! Thanks so much. Have not been sent the new peices link yet

I'm at a loss; I've tried several installers claiming to be 4.3.11 but still stuck on 777 Brick Version...

Ah, yep I must have 4.12, as I downloaded "4.3" from the lego website but now looking at the installer it is listed as setupldd-pc-4-3-12. Within the program my version is listed as 4.3.11, but the Brick Version is 777 rather than 2670. I also receive the "cannot find internet" error on startup but I had assumed that was due to the app no longer being supported... Sorry this has become a troubleshooting of my installation! I found what I believe is a prior 4.3.11 build and trying now...

I'm Umbrage82; an AFOL an aspiring MOC'er. My collection is modest and wierd. (~37k pieces, nearly half from Chima!) Currently chasing unicorns like Welcome to Apocalypseburg and attempting to build MOCs using that as a centerpiece along with Jurassic dinos; because everything's better with dinosaurs!

I think I see what you're saying! but still not getting what I'd expect to see as 'full' results:

Thanks please do! May be off topic please move if so - I see T-rex'es and Raptors being included in official sets in LDD, such as those below. However when I search for phrases like "rex", "raptor" etc in my LDD-extended I only see the older models. What am I doing incorrectly?

Can someone send me the rar link for the new LDD parts? I just joined and am not permitted to private message OP directly. I'm particularly looking for the dinosaurs from modern sets -- it appears as though those are supported (seeing images from users), but they're not in my current LDD (4.3.11). Am I looking for the right place by trying to find new pieces, or is there a setting / search I'm messing up?