Bricky Steamboat

I think there is enough diversity in the Lego range to provide market access to all ages and budgets. For the builders who want the traditional creative experience, there are plenty of Classic sets & boxes that barely stray from the basic core experience. I would have an issue with a scene of Comic-Book-Guy adult collectors & resellers hoovering up all the Lego on the shelves, leaving nothing for the kids or casual buyer. But in reality I don't think the 'professional' buyers have that much of a detrimental impact on the other groups' ability to source and pick up the sets they want. As for hoarding Lego, I don't see any difference in this compared to all other collectibles in other walks of life. Rather than losing its way, I think Lego is becoming more and more inclusive, and its enduring popularity is evidence of that.

Hmm...weird. Other parts from that set are still on Pick a Brick, just don't come up against that set number. You might have better luck going the long way around and searching by part name or element number.

Strange. Have you deselected the 'best sellers only' thingy? I take it it's not a licensed piece or something to do with CMFs. What's the set/part?

You make very good points about civil infrastructure. Even at a Lego City ‘cartoon’ level of detail. We have wind turbines but no power plant, recycling trucks but no recycling centre, petrol stations but no electric car charging, road sweepers but no depot, books but no library, and athletes but no municipal sports centre.

This is a great build. A lovely compact look to it. Will hunt down the instructions! Would also look great slotted into raised rockwork, so atop a cliff or steep hill.

The counter argument is that the Castle fans got 3 votes to spread around those different Castle sub-themes, whereas Bionicle supporters were limited to just 1 selection and then had to pick something else or nothing at all. So for me it didn’t then make sense to combine all of the Castle subtheme votes and present it as a top 4. Anyway, I think they’ve adequately apologised for not thinking it through.

Toastie This is all still just a strong leak though. Might be a pirate castle in space yet, with bionicle GWP.

I can hear the cluck of chickens already, emerging from a village scene incorporated into the lower castle walls I agree that the farm animals will be too convenient to omit, and if the rumoured price is accurate then there's no reason to see things like that being missed out.

UCS Castle Shut up & take my money! Yaargh, feel for the other fan groups, but that's democracy folks.

They represent the main characters, obviously based on 3 of the 4 classic elements. Maximus the flying lion, Hydra the multi-headed water snake, and the albatross on fire. The only one missing is 'earth', which might be the unicorn that's always knocking about.

Potentially great news for fans of lions with wings and albatrosses on fire. 4th set might be another fire engine

What a great build! I'll definitely be looking for the instructions when they're released. Would happily part with a few doubloons to credit the designer

Looking good! You can't have too many trees in a Caribbean setting, go nuts on those.

I wonder if there’s an internal heat source near your storage that could be affecting them? Up against a wall adjoining a hot water pipe or something? The peeling and moving you describe does sound like something is heating the adhesive, even gently.

Shopping Street 60306 comes with a streetlight repair dude & bucket truck (and the world’s thinnest shops). It’s branded ‘City Service’, so not a traditional roadworks yellow vehicle - but I’ve no idea if that tag is an existing theme or just something they made up for this truck.