GregoryBrick
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Moving the 'LEGO Creations' folder
GregoryBrick posted a topic in Digital LEGO: Tools, Techniques, and Projects
Is there any way to delete or to move the 'LEGO Creations' folder which LDD creates? If I delete the folder, LDD makes it anew when I open LDD. I'm using a Mac if it makes a difference. Thank you for your help. -
Lego Minifigure things they can improve?
GregoryBrick replied to BrickG's topic in General LEGO Discussion
What characters? Once people are 16 they are almost as tall as they are going to get, and there are plenty of adults shorter than plenty of teenagers. In other words, age and height are in a close relationship for children, but not so much after 13 or so. Also, one stud shorter isn't going to make much of a noticeable difference, IMO. I'd never say 'oh, that character is a stud shorter; must be a teenager'. I believe there's a more consistent aggregate difference between men and women when it comes to height than between adults and adolescents. -
Starting out. How do I explain being an AFOL to other adults?
GregoryBrick replied to LukeWarmTea's topic in General LEGO Discussion
My advice: 1) If you want the set for yourself, say so. Don't use your daughter as an excuse. 2) If you want the set for both of you, say so. If this is the case, then buy sets which are appropriate for her, not you. 3) If people important to you think it is too expensive, and it is actually their business to know, then tell them flat out how much you expect to spend in a year / per-month. Tell them how much you actually spend too. If they think it's too much, that's going to be between you and your spouse/parent/in-law. 4) Justifying to others that LEGO is a valid hobby is different from justifying how much money to spend on it. Also, if someone thinks there is any difference between adults playing with sets for those 16+ and those who are 5-12+, well, you're probably fooling yourself and possibly insecure about your own relationship to the hobby. All I care is if there are bricks in the set or not. -
Yes. A quick google image search for 'Marge/Lisa Simpson figure' will show that these don't look any different from other molded Simpson character. If someone actually tried to render a 3D Lisa Simpson head while being accurate to the TV version, they'd quickly find out why these look the way they do.
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The position and future of Friends and minidolls in Lego?
GregoryBrick replied to Dorayaki's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I know you didn't say only one could be chosen. I'm also not advocating for the solution I suggested, only saying that it seemed to be similar to your other proposals, and was notable for its omission - whatever AFOLs say about how they like minidolls and so forth, minidolls are still understood to be largely for girls and for only certain types of sets - e.g. Friends not City, otherwise AFOLs wouldn't think twice about a City set or a space set with minidolls in lieu of minifigures. It seems that the presence of minidolls (whatever their gender etc.) signals to AFOLs that the set is a niche, rather than a 'universal', LEGO set. Which is understandable, but shows how minidolls and minifigures are not in an equivalent relationship. -
The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Next wave? It's part of set 70812, the 'Western plane'. -
Now work out how much room the neck stud takes up and whether it is still possible to manufacture your 'ideal' head size without any problems. Why do you think LEGO sized the heads they way they did? I assume they had good reasons for it, even if those reasons aren't obvious. It's certainly not malice or ignorance, so what's your explanation?
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News LEGO CREATOR 2014 News & Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to just2good's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Yeah, 2 bricks out of 550 is a non-issue. Those elements are used appropriately in this set and would be useful for alternates. -
Slightly more oversized, maybe. At some point these figures are going to differ in some form from screen representations, considering they're minifigures and not scale models.
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Two pieces, no gap. See here.
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The position and future of Friends and minidolls in Lego?
GregoryBrick replied to Dorayaki's topic in General LEGO Discussion
aurly gets at the fourth solution: put minidolls in non-Friends sets instead of minifigures. Would AFOLs and EB members buy a Town set, or a space set, or an action theme, if the characters were minidolls (of all genders, with theme-appropriate gear and apparel) and not minifigures? -
LEGO® CUUSOO 空想 - Turn your model wishes into reality
GregoryBrick replied to CopMike's topic in General LEGO Discussion
If there's any doubt or ignorance about how specific things can be, there's an example of in-house style requirements from The Simpsons here, and a King of the Hill example here. You'll note rules about such things as pupil shapes, how noses should overlap eyes, the relative location of facial parts, and more. -
Really? It looks obvious to me. It folds on the pins, click hinges, and rotates on the turntable. You can build it in LDD to make it clearer.
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I may have already mentioned it in this thread, but what's less important than the heads being proportional to the bodies is having the features in proportion, and possibly having the heads in proportion to each other. The heads are already constrained by having to accommodate the neck stud, and given that that dimension is fixed, it wouldn't be too difficult to establish what a minimum size for the heads is. Couple that with constraints on making heads which can be released satisfactorily from molds and which can be printed to the required level of detail, then I see no reason to think LEGO sized the heads they way they have for bad reasons. If you want to compare them to the Toy Story heads, Buzz and Woody's heads are relatively cylindrical, whereas Simpson heads have a lot of variation in their depth around the central axis.
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The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
So you prefer humanoid eagles who fly jet-motorbikes and skeleton monster trucks to the weirdness of modified real-world vehicles? (I kid.) -
The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
I think pretty much everyone got that point actually, so maybe I misunderstand what you're saying. And these are a bit different from old alternates in the sense that most regular City sets don't include ball joints and so on for an alternate build. -
New Akiyuki GBC
GregoryBrick replied to DrJB's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
At the end of his more recent videos he posts some solutions he tried which didn't work, which make his stuff even more mind-blowing - while his mechanisms are elegant and make sense, to get there he's had to solve some unexpected problems which have non-obvious solutions. -
The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
They all look like very good sets. The apron guy's food cart says 'Bob's Kabobs'. Is it weird that just yesterday I finished a fire-fighting robot? DSC04042 by GregoryBrick, on Flickr -
The LEGO Movie Sets News and Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Could you describe where in the image you see this element? I don't see it anywhere. -
News LEGO Juniors 2014 News & Discussion
GregoryBrick replied to just2good's topic in Special LEGO Themes
I don't really see the problem though - the target audience for these is pretty clear, and it's not like these elements are being used across all LEGO sets. If it lets young builders have a fun time I'm all for it. -
I thought it showed a pretty healthy sense of perspective (and was funny too). If someone is a fan of LEGO City, they should probably know that there's going to be a steady amount of police stations and affiliated vehicles, and the same for fire departments. Expecting anything else is just gearing one's self up for perpetual disappointment. If one knows that police and fire are going to be perennial sets, and one knows why, getting upset about it doesn't seem to make an enjoyable hobby. There's plenty to discuss, but comments like "bah, another police station? They already released one in 1987" doesn't make good discussion - not that that's your stance, but I'm pretty sure that's what andythenorth was driving at. On the topic of being an obsessive weirdo, does anybody have a sense of the elements used in the light truck's articulated arm? I assume it's some sort of fork-and-stub connection, but can't put my finger on it. It looks too small to be a 1x brick with fork ends.
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It's great to see these sets. I also think it's okay that they remake variations on previous sets - not all of us bought every set released four years ago. I'm particularly looking forward to the light truck and the Le Mans car.
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I think you missed my point, considering I have had the same access to the CUUSOO state of affairs as you yet I don't share your interpretation. You've taken one consequence (cheap and profitable advertising, basically), and reduced the reasons for LEGO's actions to the disingenuous pursuit of that consequence. I remain unconvinced that I should share your cynical position, especially in regards to why Pete's project was approved. Thank you for your elaboration.
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You wrote that this proposal 'caught a break', and LEGO picked it 'just to distract the audience . . . '. But if you want to say that there are additional reasons it was selected, that's fine. I don't see any compelling evidence that CUUSOO is mainly a 'brand advertising vehicle' which exploits the free content which users produce. The idea that they would take a loss on the sets produced because CUUSOO is so profitable in terms of advertising/branding doesn't seem to be supported by evidence. CUUSOO is pretty niche. I think the CUUSOO team and LEGO have been nothing but clear and accommodating, as demonstrated by their explanations and actions. In order to see things from your point of view, I would have to outright assume that CUUSOO/LEGO are being disingenuous and then fault them for it. But if you take this stance, it seems nobody could convince you of anything, because any positive evidence is only camouflage for ulterior motives. Am I reading you wrong? It seems your argument is that LEGO is primarily using CUUSOO for promotion, and that they would just as soon reject everything, but they can't do that, because it would make AFOLs angry, so their approval of a proposal isn't really based on merit and feasibility, but on maintaining public investment in their brand vehicle. This strikes me as downright conspiratorial, so feel free to explain what I've missed.
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How do you know those ideas were rejected easily? How would an idea which got rejected with difficulty appear any different?