Rotbart

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  1. Posted · Edited by Rotbart

    57 minutes ago, cosmic said:

    ...It looks like a fully enclosed building which can open up to reveal the stage. And the back side has quite a bit of detailing too...

    I don't know. Back side to me is just some small open rooms, where you can store the little things you need for playing with the stage. It will be quite a challenge to integrate this building into a city layout. You kind of need to hide the back side and also make sure, that you can still open it up to reveal the wonderful ideas and details of the interior.

    Don't get me wrong, I am very impressed with this set as a standalone building für play and display!

  2. Posted

    Very nice! Constructive feedback? Two things come to mind:

    More landscape around it. For example there is the bridge, where is the river?

    And second maybe set the two towers (to me it looks like two main towers) apart a bit more, so that each can stand out more on its own.

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    4 hours ago, MAB said:

    I really don't get this at all. How can they be passionate fans of LEGO if nothing that LEGO has done in a decade interests them? That is not exactly loyal to LEGO either. If they were that passionate about LEGO, they would be able to find something that interests them. But no, they only want a specific theme, and in that sense they are just as bad as people that want Star Wars or Queer Eye or any TV show or movie, as they are only buying LEGO when it is "their" subject and not if it is something else. The only difference is that one person wants something specific that is licensed, the other wants something that is specific but unlicensed.

    I think you have to make a distinction here between being a fan of LEGO bricks or LEGO minifigures and being a fan of LEGO the company. I can be a passionate fan of LEGO bricks but don't care or maybe even dislike the LEGO company, because they don't give me new molds, new minifigs, new sets of the theme I like the most. But Star Wars or Marvel fans get that.

    Let's compare this to NBA basketball: You can be a fan of the game of basketball. But most likely you will also be a fan of a team. Lucky you if you are from Los Angeles. You even got two teams (=themes) to choose from and you get plenty of games (=sets) and star players (=minifigs) every year to talk about. But if you are from Seattle, your favorite theme gets gets cancelled in 2008 (Supersonics move to Oklahoma). Of course you can still play basketball yourself (=MOCing) and rewatch old matches or talk about TOP 10 players of the 1990. And maybe lose passion for the company NBA in the process. It sucks to live in a small market area (=being a fan of a theme, LEGO thinks is not profitable enough). Being a Clippers or Lakers fan on the other hand offers you a much more comprehensive and exciting fan experience. (Well, maybe the Clippers not so much :wink:)

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    3 hours ago, Bainter-ban said:

    However, I'm disappointed that the minifigure is just the same donut thief as the one in the Police Station-set...

    Actually it's not. Look closely. Both the jacket and the face are a little different. Maybe they are brothers. :wink: Or the Beagle Boys. :grin:

  8. Posted

    Ninjago gave us Ninjago City, Docks and Gardens not to mention the wonderful Airjitzu Temple and several great Destiny's Bounties. Just for that I forgive them every and any shortcomings in other areas.

    Having said that, I mostly agree with Lego David. The TV show was pretty good up until the "Hunted" season and went downhill from there. No character development, run-of-the-mill bad guys, very predictable story lines. And talking about the Lego sets, I mean just look at the pictures for the upcoming 2022 wave. The biggest bad guy vehicle / structure is a forgettable helicopter. Same with the Legacy sets. Only ninja stuff, the largest bad guy set is a 30$ dragon, that's it. Recently only the Master of the Mountain wave had quite a few and good qualitiy bad guy sets.

    My son is 10 years old and one of the biggest Ninjago fans in town, but even he seems to be ready to move on. He still needs that Hydro Bounty though... :wink:

  9. Posted

    Very Impressive! And great pictures, too! Nicely tiled floor in hall and kitchen. Almost too nice and tidy for a pirate's place. But then of course Redbeard is not just an ordinary pirate...

    I kind of get the impression, that every brick, every single plate, tile or leaf was carefully and deliberately chosen and put in it's place to make this a perfect MOC. Did you micromanage much or does this come naturally to you? Like the rock texture or the wall patterns or how the cave looks inside.

  10. Posted

    i prefer brick-built animals. But I agree that it's quite difficult to get it right with smaller ones.

    The new Creator wave shows us a good example each of well done and pretty bad: The mice in 31120 and 31121:

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    The castle mouse is really bad. I mean apparently even LEGO felt they needed to put a cheese slope next to it in order to make it recognizable. The snake food on the other hand looks really nice in my opinion.

  15. Posted · Edited by Rotbart

    I would start with the Lego Ninjago movie. It's not canon to the TV show so you don't need any background knowledge. Not a great movie like the Lego Movie but good enough.

     

    I do like the tv show a little better though, more character development, interesting villains. If you gave it a try you should start at the beginning I think. The Pilot Episodes where the main characters meet and get trained as ninjas and than fight the Skulkin Army. Only after that start watching season 1 "Rise of the Snakes".

  16. Posted

    6 hours ago, The Stud said:

    I am really disappointed by the lackluster manner Lego is revealing and releasing the Ninjago City Gardens though. I remember reading the press release for the original Ninjago City and being completely blown away. There weren’t any leaked images of the set beforehand and that made the reveal all the more triumphant. I’m glad that they’re at least doing stuff to celebrate the ten year anniversary of the theme (especially because I’m sure Cartoon Network will barely air the show at all, despite it being their longest running show currently), but I wish they’d do a better job at promoting it. I saw somebody on Instagram point out that their post about the new Hype/Ninjago clothing line is the first time they’ve posted about Ninjago since July of 2019...

    Even without much promotion LEGO can hardly keep up with demand of many sets. I believe the Gardens will be on backorder the very first day of its release. So why spend money on promotion? You would just create more unsatisfied customers because of unavailable product.

     

     

  18. Posted

    4 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

    In the UK 80107 still says 'temporarily out of stock'.  Having ordered it on the 1st on backorder for Feb 10th, I got no confirmation email and I received a payment of £90 yesterday which had left my account immediately on the 1st (the price of it). I also received the £90 refund for a completely separate purchase, 10277, also on backorder, for which I had got a confirmation email on ordering.  I have been given no explanation why, so don't know what to do now.  The customer service takes 7 days to reply at the moment too.  Any thoughts on what I should do?

    Talk to customer service on the phone, though you might have to wait for half an hour or something.

  19. Posted

    Careful, this thread is ooooulld, but should not be put to rest yet...

     

    My unpopular opinion:

    I don't care for animal moulds. Especially not the big ones like dragons and dinosaurs. This is Lego after all, not Playmobil or Schleich. Creator 3-in-1 regularly gives us good examples for brick-built animals, even small ones like dogs (31104 or 31097) and birds.

  20. Posted

    13 hours ago, The Jersey Brick Guy said:

    My big thing was, what building would make sense being next to a police station with jail like that, but at the same time, not being as tall as Town Hall. 

    Maybe the designers of next years Modular will think of something. They put the Book Shop next to the Donut Shop and they will certainly want to have nice pictures for next years Modular together with the Police Station.

  21. Posted · Edited by Rotbart

    On 12/13/2020 at 6:15 PM, astral brick said:

    Sign of the times:

    - numbered bags

    - step by step instructions

    - use of different colors in relation to specific parts (regardless of the outcomes on the look of the models when the elements are visible).

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    Comparing instructions from the early 1990 and 2020 I ...

    - ... like numbered bags

    - ... would like something in the middle of 40 steps (1990) and 400 steps (2020), let's say: 150. Of course I could work with less, but my kids now tend to have problems when building the sets from my childhood. And I do remember being frustrated myself sometimes, when in 1990 I missed one piece somewhere and needed quite some time to figure out where and when it happened.

    - ... don't like having many different colors in the build just for the sake of making the build process easier, even though you might not not see them once the set is finished. I'd rather have more pieces in useful colors for MODs/MOCs.

    - ... love that they introduced that every step includes this box with what parts and how many you need for this step in the instructions.

  24. Posted

    Breathtaking! Although this more than impressive creation makes me kind of speechless, it actually pushed me over the edge to finally create an eurobricks account after lurking for many months. Congratulations!

    I especially like the cave village! Even the ceiling of it contains many details and art instead of just being a boring or technic-looking support structure.

    There is one minor thing that kind of irritates me: the blue and white color used for the river and water falls. But that's probably just me being used to LEGO using transparent pieces for flowing waters.