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I love the orc warrior, I wish they'd bring it back as a faction with the jaws on PAB

This looks awesome, love the use of leaves for the inside of the forge.

Do you think it may feature any characters from the Fantastic Beasts series?

Great use of lightsabers and telescopes this is insane. all the texturing is great, how many pieces is this and what is the size?

I heard there was a GWP coming with this, do we have any clue on what it would be?

So it was mandolorians vs clone bp AT-AT razor crest vader bust midi venator from the set number and price leak the venator and Vader are the 2 18+ sets. The AT-AT and Razor Crest will take two of the sets that are priced at 70, 100 or 80. there’s a 30 which I’m guessing is the cad bane duel. it just leaves us with a biggish system set unaccounted for, a 4+ set and then a $10 and $14 sets which I’m guessing one is a micro fighter that hasn’t had anything concrete yet rumor wise. Unless the whole list of rumoured sets is wrong of course. if it is true that list then the prices for the AT-AT and razor crest aren’t worrying without details but definitely going to be small. Both previous versions of those vehicles were more expensive and pretty good so I’m guessing these two will have to have a pretty bloody good figure line up to even try to justify it. The razor crest is probs the one with Zeb in it. Decided to pick up the uwing as it was 20% off in the U.K. figured that’s probably as good a deal as we are going to get on it for a while. Lot of the May wave already on offer as well wondering if they haven’t sold well to be on offer so soon? In Asda the LoTR book book is already got over £20 off. im hoping that this summer wave will be on heavy discounts when they release. Its hard to tell with algorithms but from what ive seen on ig, tiktok, fb and Reddit and here is more people are unhappy and not buying on day 1 but time will tell

Aye Jack... although "news " perhaps isn't the correct term in this scenario.... "teased" is more accurate, given BallisticBricks doesn't confirm anything but hints the minifigures may undergo revision. Be interesting to observe whether they're brought closer to the Imperial Armada of yesteryear, or evolve into something completely different. That we would! But what are the chances of it happening?

If I recall correctly, on the real crane, what would be on the boom where the linear actuators are on the model are some cylinders that are there as basically an end stop to prevent the derrick from angling too far back. At least, I think that's all they do. They might be used to maintain some tension on winches, to prevent any lines from going too slack. I haven't heard anything about that function, so further research is needed.

Nice. And vaguely canon to some extent? I feel like either this happened or Emma was trying to get it to happen. Including the DC theme, I hope.

MOC Charley Harper- Red and Fed in Lego I would like to present my take on Charley Harper's Red and Fed in Lego bricks. Harper's original artwork depicts a cardinal in the snow that found a corn cob for a nice meal. The viewer looks on from behind a few dried grasses in the shaded foreground that are still standing from last fall. Charley Harper was a modernist artist, best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters, and book illustrations. He called his style "minimal realism", striving to capture the essence of his subjects with the fewest possible visual elements. I find this approach well suited for Lego building. I wanted to replicate the essence of his work- seemingly effortless when, at least in my case, there was so much going on below the surface. The MOC is roughly 9" x 7" (24 cm x 18 cm) and getting the fine details was very tricky at this small scale. The white background is only two studs deep to do all the SNOT work. Take a close look at the thin legs of the cardinal or the stylized corn cob behind the silhouette of the light foliage. It took a long time to find the right combination of parts to capture the thin features of the plants. Look closely and you might spot a fishing rod, an umbrella, hand cuffs and more. While there is a little trickery in the build, it is all strictly Lego parts with no modifications. The trickery only becomes apparent upon close inspection from an angle. Notice how the foliage is built up of several independent mountings on two planes, aligned to create the appearance of a single object. We have a print of Harper's Red and Fed in our dining room, so I see Harper's work every day. Many years ago, I built my first Lego interpretation of this cardinal and that sparked the inspiration to build the entire picture. It evolved over several years, the idea for the corn came next and while the corn is largely unchanged, ultimately, I had to completely redo the cardinal. As my build was all coming together, my Lego User Group was preparing to set up a display at the Columbus Museum of Art. Although the main display is a minifig diorama, the museum was interested in a few pieces to hang on the walls. I showed the partially completed MOC and they wanted it, but they stipulated that it had to be behind glass. So, I had to abandon the brick built frame in my model and this build has an unusual size to fit the non-Lego frame required for the museum (not shown). For these photos I took it out of that frame and demonstrate two different ways it could be displayed using strictly Lego parts. If you like this build, please support it on Lego IDEAS and tell your mid-century modern friends about it too

Aside from what you mentioned, a midi-scale Venator (a year after the acclamator) and a Vader Bust, because the star wars designers keep peeking at marvel's subthemes for their next gimmick line. There are more out there as well, and trust me, what we do know is the highlight of the HY. No. The quality aside, I assume lego's returning to TBoBF because no matter what people think of his characterization, it's still a Boba Fett tv show, it's still Cad Bane, it's still a time-travelling Cobb Vanth somehow wearing boba's armor, if the leak is to be believed. You can think there were issues with the show and still want Cad and Cobb, or kids can not have liked the show but not even care about it being FROM a show and just want Cad and the guy in Boba Fett armor. The best you can say about acolyte in that regard is that kids would see generic jedi/sith archtypes, which... lightsaber users aren't exactly as rare as Cad. The Young Jedi sets have them and also are constantly on gigantic discounts (which might be the best way for you to get some HR torsos- I think most of the figures wear generic-ish white and gold robes, right?) I would be very surprised if the lego Cad hint didn't pan out. You can rest easy knowing he'll almost certainly be in an affordable (for lego 2025 standards) set next year. Agreed- the printed robes work because it's difficult to convey with existing cloth (Lego tends to use a cape, which just doesn't work IMO), whereas the kama is pretty easy to convey with the pattern lego used. Not to mention that "the best would be dual-molded side leg printed kamas" might work in a vacuum but will never happen on every lego figure that needs a kama, in which case I prefer the consistency. If the better method only works in theory and not practice, it's not the better method. Understandable ones to forget.

Hey by any chance may I have instructions on how to make the DM1U? Thank you!

Oh dude that's so cool, great job I wonder if it's possible to do this in the PU environment? Could you explain why the derrick boom uses both linear actuators AND a cable to change its angle here? I would've thought the cable should be enough. Including linear actuators seems to make it redundant. In the real crane, are the linear actuators used as hydraulic cylinders to move/lock the derrick in place, or are they just dampers?

Licensed CMFs from the same theme still come once every two years, at the closest interval, correct? Could be longer, but has a licensed theme been two consecutive years? Just considering future releases (e.g., series #2 and #3, if there will be).

I mean the 20th anniversary is coming up sooner than later. They have to go big and grand.

I do feel like the three (Rivendell, Barad-dur, and Shire) were somewhat 'different'. Rivendell was 'perfect' in many ways. There is a wow factor with just the design. Then the size. Then the minifig lineup. Of course it also had that 'debut' factor. Barad-dur had less of the above but I think still sold quite well. I'd point out the less number of minifigs. I think fans would have been happy with the less number of unique figs if it had just contained more (ie., 'battlepack'). The Shire is a much much smaller set, different proportion of minifigs, and less grand of a build. All in all, I feel like Lego is testing the market as to how much it can jack up the price for the least amount of build, least amount of minifigs, with the greatest proportion of MSRP. It is crazy how Star Wars sets cost these days, especially the smaller ones. Maybe we are heading that way. :(

Pretty please, with sprinkles on top Just give us the Exile II with all the main characters! Same! Them going back to TBoBF is pretty huge, even if it‘s just for this set I still want more characters from the Mando era to get the minifig treatment (fingers crossed for the M&G sets!), but these two are big names to scratch off the list of missing characters / versions!

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So far at four players it seems we'll have to keep waiting for people to sign up.

Nice! But very narrow. Expand it to 2 or even 4 pins.

I still got my fair share of his hints and should know better in this regard for sure. But i'm still just at a point where i basically don't allow myself to fully believe or even expect it. Hence why i cautiously optimistic wanna bet on it. Well, here's hoping there wasn't any blue milk involved this time around. Oh baby... So you are telling me there is more than a chance? I actually thought this minifigure will never see the light of day. This would be super special to me. That's true. Both are very rare, the former probably be more expensive than the latter, yet both would be helping making it look less like gun holsters. Okay, that's an interesting take. Though i have that stance the other way around. I can't stand the printed kamas, but i don't mind the printed robes at all. Let's say you remembered the major stuff. The rest was supposed to be a Vader Bust and midi-scale Venator.

Yeah dual molding on that many clone characters is unlikely, though I think side leg printing is something they use even less frequently. But I dunno, I just don't like the cloth kamas, they feel out of place to me. I guess I'm used to cloth capes but not skirts. So as unpopular as this opinion is, I just don't really care if they return as id probably leave them off the figs anyway. What else was on that list? I can remember the following: Battle of Mandalore BP with Mauldalorians and clones. Mando and grogu movie Razor crest Mando and grogu movie AT-AT The aforementioned Cad Bane V Cob Vanth set Was that it? What else was there? If they can go back to TBoBF, can they please go back the Accolyte. I'd like the shows characters but even more than that some (hopefully magazine or otherwise cheaply accessible) High Republic styled Jedi Robes would be very great to get. I've now finished the last book and I'd love to see high republic stuff. Sol would be especially fun as I've just finished Squid game ( didn't watch S2 till after S3 came out) and with a double of him I could use the robes to make Stellan and the face to make Seong Gi-Hun.

If they're still too scared to do the other 3 members of the decepticon's big four, Grimlock is definitely the next up. Primal would be really tricky, since you're shifting from a blocky G1 aesthetic to a much more round and organic looking one. I'm not sure they'd be able to do it.

Looks like a spectral dragonian will be coming with the magazine soon. With the ghost tail and dark blue mini dragon.