NathanR

Yes. LDPE is supposed to be inert, it doesn't react or break down so in theory it should be safe for minifigure storage. Honestly, I've no idea. Anything designed for food storage isn't going to be good long term. Supermarket food-freezer bags are typically made of an acidic plastic (possibly with a PVC component, which breaks down to release hydrochloric gas, that will attack whatever is in the bag. Not such a problem for food being kept for a week or two, but for Lego...). There's an interesting article with recommendations here, but these are USA stores. Personally, I've been ordering from here but I haven't had the bags long enough to know if they are any good.

Aluminium technically does corrode, but the result is a tough layer of aluminium oxide that resists further corrosion. In principle it should be fine, you sometimes get lego sets in foil packs. However, I find that if I run my fingernail over a piece off aluminium, then it picks up a slightly sticky black deposit. I'd be wary in cse the aluminium does affect your minifigures long-term. I'm currently in the process of swapping all my parts over to low-density polyethylene bags (after using food freezer bags... this has been a disaster and left most of my lego bricks feeling sticky ). They are supposed to be completely inert, and are used by museums, etc. for long-term archival storage. I think either polyethylene or polypropylene would be safe - after all, new Lego sets have bricks in polypropylene, but they send out pick-a-brick/bricks and pieces orders in polyethylene re-sealable bags.

The BB-8 head is in the latest LDD, under extended mode (part 20952). Unprinted only. So far as I know, in real life it's only appeared printed for the BB-8 and Porg heads.

If this "new set" is one you own, check the back of the instruction book. There is usually a list of all the parts and quantities. You could at least go through BrickStock and update your list by hand.

You mean, just build a grid of 2xN plates, like a chessboard without the squares?

I'd have said 15395 Round 2x2 Dome bottom, but it's too big. If this is a digital MOC, then I think the only part it could be is the BB-8 head.

Wow, those are beautiful!

Is there any more info on the house, windmill and car Walmart exclusive 60th anniversary sets? I only looked up the house, it's out of stock online at Walmart. Apparently the "item comes in individually numbered box to illustrate limited availability", looking at copies of the house on eBay, this seems to be a 4-digit number so I guess only 9,999 sets have been produced? Has anyone actually opened their copy to see what it's like inside? Is it really just a polybag set in a fancy box, or is there more to it? And given the limited edition nature, is this seriously a USA-only release? Edit: Actually I may have answered my own questions. I found this saved live-stream build review on youtube: I must say I'm shocked. I knew this was just a handful of bricks in a fancy box, but I'd hoped there would be something more to justify the 20USD price. But there's nothing. Nothing about the 60th anniversary, nothing describing the history of Lego, or explaining that this is the style of Lego sets from the 1960s. This was insanely overpriced to begin with, and the inflated eBay prices (highest I saw so far was 80 USD!) have basically killed all interest I had in getting these sets. Such a disappointment...

That is sweet! You should enter it in the Lego Ideas space contest

I be off the edge of yer map... in France. Looks like Europe gets sets a bit early, I remember ordering the Ideas Saturn V a day before scheduled release.

It's on sale early at shop.lego.com! Just placed my order, and I got the free 60th anniversary set as well

Actually, the main blueprints for the Tantive IV that have been going around for at least the last 20 years depict the CR70. UCS 10019 is very faithful to these flawed blueprints, but mildly different to the studio model used in Episode IV as you noted.

I like the windmill and house, but $20 for 64 or 46 bricks is just a joke - equivalent sets at that price range have around 200 pieces (admittedly, many are likely to be small parts for detailing and these two have just bricks). However, I'm willing to reserve judgement until I at least see an unboxing video. Didn't 1960s era sets have the bricks hand-packed and neatly arranged in a cardboard tray, e.g. as shown here? If Lego have done the same with these, then I would say the inflated price is more than justified...

Thanks, that actually worked! I'd originally called it "Flying Saucer Crash" and the only reference to Roswell was in the description - I deleted that one line of text and the design has now been accepted! I am kind of curious though... if "Roswell" is an IP, who holds the copyright on it? I also tried resubmitting Sputnik as "First Satellite" but it got rejected again, bit annoying really given that they've accepted space telescope entries that are obviously Hubble, at least one other Sputnik, and a fair few space shuttles. But hey ho, at least I got one entry in.

I've been trying to enter the Lego Ideas gift-with-purchase contest, but my designs keep getting rejected with the notice "Please note that the rules don't allow entries to contain intellectual properties (IP) or parts from an IP set which are not allowed in this contest." I've since posted them all on mecabricks so people can at least see them. Vostok 1 I thought would get rejected because I included a minifigure of Yuri Gagarin, and it's Russian real space (they explicitly said no entries referring too NASA, so I guess the Russian space agency is included in that?). But the others... what on earth is the matter with them? Sputnik 1 is a cultural icon, has someone really trademarked the design? Also, at risk of sounding bitter, I've just seen an accepted competition entry called "Satalite and Rocket" which is obviously a combo of Sputnik and Explorer 1 (America's first satellite), so what's the matter with my with my one? Roswell Crash This one I thought was really cute, it wasn't based on any intellectual properties, the parts were all common, the alien head appeared in other accepted entries... I did give the minifigures a couple of tools to hold, but these have come in other creator sets (e.g. the creator expert set Big Ben, where tools were used for the clock face). What am I missing here? I would really appreciate any suggestions on how to get the designs accepted...

So sad about the shuttle and the launch tower. I just hope the creators will release some instructions... I would pay good money for them!

Interesting... I've heard of this stuff but never actually seen any. If I remember right brickset once did a review of something similar - got it! here's the link: https://brickset.com/article/28697/review-lego-compatible-sticky-tape

Might I recommend https://mecabricks.com? Fantastic website, you can build your own creations, and there is a brand new feature that lets you create photorealistic CGI images (more features and details if you opt to pay for the render) By the way, what are you trying too do?

No, if you look closely you can see that the bottle neck is completely sealed. I expect the base of the bottle will come off so the ship can be slid in fully assembled.

Lego Ideas sets don't have stickers (Big Bang Theory was an exception, but there was a part that needed detailing that Lego have never printed before) I have to agree. The final set has a much smaller bottle than the original, also, since the final set has the bottle sitting level instead of a corner pointing down there is much less space for tall masts, so I can understand them needing to shrink the ship. The problem is, the new ship has a large and blocky hull, and the sails look a little squat - it's probably a well-executed and clever build, but compared to the original it lacks the elegance and finesse.

I can think of a few reasons for multi-coloured bricks in the interior. Sometimes it's done to help highlight which way round the model should go (for example, to show where the almost identical side-panels of BB-8 attach), sometimes it's to highlight the attachment points in complex builds, like when you put the sides on the Super Star Destroyer. Sometimes the random colours are just to make sure that each piece appears in a single colour throughout a given set. This particular case is an odd one. Were all the 1x1 round plates included in a single sealed bag? If so, the colour change might have been done to ensure a more obvious weight change for the bag during the packing process.

Is it just me, or is 4.3.11 hogging more CPU power than 4.3.10 did? The fans on my laptop kick in quite loudly after just half an hour (I used to go all evening without ever hearing them), and I noticed that it runs on one CPU with constant 70% usage. 4.3.10 ran on one core with 5% usage when idle or in the background, typically 25% when placing bricks, and at most 50% when rapidly spinning or zooming the 3D scene. I also feel the new version takes a bit longer to open, and is also slow to open individual models (even with quite low part counts). The 4.3.11 installer is quite a bit larger than the old one, and it can't just be due to the new pieces. Is there any way of knowing what other changes they might have made under the hood? I've actually re-installed 4.3.10 for now, but for some reason it's left me with the newer parts database, which was an unexpected bonus...

Don't worry, LDraw is a library of 3D models of the Lego bricks. LPUB, MLCAD and the rest are programs that use the LDraw library of bricks to create and edit lego models. All you have to do is update LDraw to the latest version (http://www.ldraw.org/parts/latest-parts.html, choose complete.zip and replace your draw folder with the contents of the zip file). The programs will not change, but they should find the new parts.

Hi LegoFun, welcome to eurobricks! This is an odd problem, as 15070 is definitely in the ldraw parts library: http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptscan.cgi?q=15070 In your LDraw parts library, do you have a file LDraw/parts/15070.dat? If not, you should update LDraw to the latest version. If yes, then it is possible that the part is appearing but is scaled incorrectly. In LPUB, a brick is added with a line like this: 1 72 -24 0 -40 0 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0 4871.dat where 1 = colour, 72,-24,0 = position, and "0 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 0 0" define what is called a matrix that can rotate, position and scale a brick. If this last set of. numbers is messed up, the brick could appear very small, or very big, or even inside out, which could leave it invisible. Hope this helps!

I couldn't get LDD to update from within the program. The LDD website download link gives you 4.3.10 by default, but if you change to request 4.3.11 you can get the new version, e.g. MAC: https://lc-www-live-s.legocdn.com/downloads/ldd2.0/installer/setupLDD-MAC-4_3_11.zip Windows:https://lc-www-live-s.legocdn.com/downloads/ldd2.0/installer/setupLDD-PC-4_3_11.exe On a side note - I'm on a Mac and I got rid of the old LDD by simply deleting it from the Applications folder. Now I've installed a new one, will I have two copies of the brick library installed somewhere? Edit: @M2m you beat me!