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New parts in 2013

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Nuremberg Toy Fair is currently on and shows the sets of fall 2013, which gives us a sneek peak on the new parts to expect.

As of now we can see that the builders who have looked for the 1x2 curved slope 93275_0.png the last couple of years will finally get the part:

Dolphin-Cruiser-photo-Karten-Grosser.jpg

(See the white piece above the upper-most trans blue 1x1 plate)

I'm so happy :)

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You have good eyes to catch a detail like that. Introduction of new theme is certainly a nice opportunity for new types/colours of bricks, and Friends seem to bring many that I like and find useful.

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It's in a useful colour too. I wish the smaller city boats had got tan decks though instead of grey or white.

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I hope these show up in a lot of sets. I can think of several of MOCs around my office that are crying for that piece, not to mention designs I haven't even built yet. I'll take several dozen in just about any color they come in...

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I love how Lego has been giving us so many new pieces in recent years.

I love that those new pieces are generic building elements with lots of reuse potential, unlike a decade ago when so many of the new molds were specialized or "macro" pieces.

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I love that those new pieces are generic building elements with lots of reuse potential, unlike a decade ago when so many of the new molds were specialized or "macro" pieces.

I completely agree.

But a curved brick like mentioned in the first post, although very useful, don't get close to the awesomeness of pieces like these from 2012:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=99206

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=99207

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=99780

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=99780

Because of these, 2012 should be considered the top year for "snot-builders".

As a guy who engineer these parts (I model the bricks in 3D, mostly based on a designers sketch, or 3D sketch), these kind of parts are very boring to do. I like a challenge in my 3D CAD software, NX Unigraphics. Example of parts released in 2013 that are cool to do from a modeling perspective:

Space cocoon:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=11598

Eagle minifig helmet:

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=12549pb01

Erland

Part Design

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As I and others noted in the 2013 Castle thread, there is now a 4x4 facet brick on the way. There is also a 2x2 corner wedge piece in Castle.

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The Chima Lion Chi Temple features an interesting part: a piece like this but with a clip like on this piece instead of a click hinge. It also features the 1x2x2/3 curved slope mentioned by the topic starter, but in dark stone gray.

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I like that LEGO is giving us some nice new parts and that they are spending less on one-time-only parts (and big junorised parts) and more on parts that have generic uses.

Although parts like http://www.bricklink....asp?P=11650c01 seem like a step backwards...

Urgh! Did not notice that was all one part, I nearly bought one of those blue cases yesterday, glad I did not as I would not have been pleased to get such an ugly big part.

I do like the inverted tiles that we have been getting recently and have picked a few up from Bricklink as i feel they will be very useful at some point in a MOC. I hope that they are going to appear in various sizes though and not just 2x2 as good as that is there will inevitably be a need at some time for a inverted tile in 1x2 or even 1x1.

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Speaking of inverted parts, I just got a glimpse of another new part. Look at the little bit of lower jaw in the croc vehicle in this picture. It appears to be a 1x4 inverse curved slope (like a 1x3 curved slope, but upside down with studs on top and with a 1x1 plate sticking off the center of the thicker end). Quite an interesting piece!

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I second that!!! It's finally here!! I built my first Gothic Cathedral back in the 1990s muttering about how there are no Gothic arches... and I had to satisfy myself with Romanesque ones!!

But now the problem is this... will it be available in at least a few colors?? White is a good start. But I was disappointed that with the new 3x3 low slope inside corner that was built for the Robie House Architectural set... it's still only available in dark red! :cry_sad:

Here was my Gothic Cathedral... had to be red... before Bricklink and internet... didn't have much of a choice....

legocathedral2.jpg

But I captured the essence of Gothic, even though I didn't have pointed arches....

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But I was disappointed that with the new 3x3 low slope inside corner that was built for the Robie House Architectural set... it's still only available in dark red! :cry_sad:

Give it a couple weeks - there are sand green ones in the Imperial Hotel!

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I like that LEGO is giving us some nice new parts and that they are spending less on one-time-only parts (and big junorised parts) and more on parts that have generic uses.

Although parts like http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=11650c01 seem like a step backwards...

To be fair the only sets that piece appears in are all made for little kids just getting out of Duplo and into real Lego

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Tried to build what I could of 70007 Eglor's Twin Bike and discovered that it seems to use another new piece. It's like this one, but one brick shorter. Could be useful.

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Urgh! Did not notice that was all one part, I nearly bought one of those blue cases yesterday, glad I did not as I would not have been pleased to get such an ugly big part.

That gives a whole new meaning to the U in BURP...

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