Autumn

The CMF 'Jungle Explorer' as in my profile picture. Adventurers was and still is my favourite Lego theme and I think it's such a neat modern take on Johnny Thunder. The new version coming in Lego City might take its spot, but we'll see.

Wha??? They're not fooling anyone! I know who that is!

Will Johnny Thunder be in a Fortnite set? There was a rumour he was getting a skin in-game but it hasn't happened to the best of my knowledge (I don't play Fortnite) and with the new rumours that he will be making an appearance in some City-Jungle sets this year makes me think it could be a possibility. On a side-note: I'm desperate for any new Johnny Thunder content from Lego.

Alcatra... I mean Police Prison Island 60419 has this canopy in trans-clear for the first time. I'm hoping to get it in BL sometime if it becomes more available so I can dye it yellow because I want to make a recreation of Blacktron's Alienator / Strider 6876 with it.

Yeah, totally. I saw the rumour just before going to bed so got myself all worked up but have calmed down now. The part count is a little on the low side with the highest being 314 pieces, supposedly a water plane, which doesn't sound like it will be anything too substantial but I'd like to be surprised. The other two are said to be an ATV and off-road vehicle, stuff that Lego has done countless times before in City which honestly sounds rather boring unless they make them a bit more unique with an early 20th century design. I would like to see the water plane be similar to 5925 Island Hopper Or the off-road vehicle like 5934 Dino Tracker That would make them more unique. A hot air balloon or redesign of the Aero Nomad would also be cool But I'm getting myself too excited and hopeful again!

After looking at these rumours again I'm beginning to feel a little underwhelmed. It comes across as more like regular "City" sets but with a cameo by Johnny Thunder, instead of something like "City Adventurers" à la the new "City Space." I hope at least we get some of the other characters like Pippin and Kilroy in some more "Adventure-y" outfits than in the Musuem and Orient Express or maybe it will open the door for a proper reboot in the near future.

Aahh! Please be true! This is the kind of news I have been waiting for since the CMF Johnny Thunder released. I really hope they include Pippin and Kilroy as well, it would be nice to see modern renditions of them in more "adventure-y" attire! I literally just made a BL order to make a custom Pippin minifig.

Childish? It's Lego! I think the difference in colour palettes is just Lego designers going with the latest trends as much as anything else does as well as it being more affordable now than in the past to have a bazillion molds and colours.

I have seen some people do it on old light gray parts with success, but most focus on white. Some have shown dark gray and blue get a weird marble effect afterwards but light gray seems to come out okay. Thanks for the clarification on the proportions, would you still need UV or sunlight if using Vanish?

The blimp I have isn't nearly that yellow, though it might be a bit hard to compare off-white to off-gray. There are a few stickers on it but I will remove them first since I am going to buy a full replacement set anyway if it turns out well.

How does Vanish help? And, like @1963maniac said, what formula? I've read 3% hydrogen peroxide works fine, but how much Vanish should I add roughly, like grams per litre for example? I paid £45 for my blimp. It took a bit of patience to find so really don't want to mess up as I probably will only have one chance. Hopefully I can restore the colour and apply some replacement stickers so it looks fresh! I have not heard of plasti-dip being used for Lego. My first look into it, it seems a bit odd as though it's a sort of rubber coating? Not sure if that's an ideal solution but I will do a bit more research. Some of your points were what I was already considering, like equipment expense, adhesion of paint to a flexible surface, my lack of experience. Thanks for your input, I think I will stay away from this method at least for now. That special paint you mentioned sounds interesting though.

Recently I got set 5956 Expedition Balloon but the blimp / zeppelin itself is a little yellowed and so I've been thinking of using hydrogen peroxide to restore the colour (once the British sun comes back! Two big concerns I have however: Firstly, I have read that the yellow discolouration still returns quickly and worse than before regardless if it is kept out of direct sunlight or not though I am mindful to keep my Lego out of it. I do not want this to happen. Secondly, the two blimp sections are thinner and more flexible than your usual Lego pieces which makes me worried that the H2O2 could irreversably damage it. It is already prone to denting and stress marks where it screws together. Hydrogen peroxide supposedly affects different types of plastic differently and it's likely the blimp is made from something different to a regular Lego brick. Would it be a good or bad idea to do it this way? I want to know what other ways there are to do it but I'm having a hard timing finding any that are tried and tested as much. Another thing I was also thinking of was using some sort of spray paint instead since I know some people create custom parts and minifigs that way. Maybe even a colour that matches light bluish gray since I am hoping to make a more modernised recreation of the set sometime. Thoughts? Suggestions? Advice? :)

Mostly build and display. I've never been very good at MOCs but I find building sets from instructions very relaxing. Sometimes I'll take it apart just to put it back together again. Sometimes I'll modify existing sets but I don't have enough to always do it the way I'd like.

Aha. Thought they might be racesuits, but gave off more sci-fi "Tron" vibes.

Those look great! Thanks for sharing!