kermit

Is there an elevator to get to the higher levels?

I think the section for the cloud car is wasted that should be devoted to the luke and vadar battle and the section that has the freezing chamber should of had a floor and have that entire section devoted to the freezing scene.

All we need now is a trawler boat to accompany this set.

you are right i just re-watched the video.....it looks 3 studs wide though.

Furthermore from the video it appears that the deck above the office is not removable. It seems to be a waste of a lot of space. Any idea if it can be modded to be removable or is it meant to be like that for structural strength?

Am I wrong? but there seem to be no door to enter the office or ladder to access the top floor.

first floor second floor third floor

first floor and garage second floor third floor

first floor second floor third floor

first floor second floor third floor with washer and dryer

first floor second floor third floor and vault roof with hatch

first floor pharmacy under the stairs second floor bedrooms doctors room roof with heliport

I am curious what this levitation effect for the doctor strange set is.

Lego toys have ceased to become educational but more violent? According to a new study, the answer seems to be a yes. According to this study from New Zealand's HIT Lab at the University of Canterbury, published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, toys produced by The Lego Company are not as innocent as they once were. The study's goal was not to determine the negative effects of the lego toys are at the present. Instead, the objective was to analyze how the popular toys have increasingly become more violent since they were launched in 1958. Apparently, there is a research gap looking into this pattern and explain why toy companies will make these things designed for children become "more violent" as time goes by. "There is little research studying how violent the toys themselves have become; that is, how the toys' design might connote, encourage or depict violence, aggression or anti-social behavior," the study says. The lead researcher, Christoph Bartneck, is also a former Lego employee. He said he felt compelled to perform the research after he observed some old Lego catalogs. Bartneck, who penned a total of eight books on these popular toys, told Mashable through email that, "My curiosity was triggered when I saw some very old Lego catalogs. Their products and the scenarios in which they were shown looked so peaceful." in the research, Bartneck and his team carried out two investigations. First they look at the how the number of traditional lego bricks holds up to the number of weapons in sets, the number of sets that has weapons and the number of new weapons introduced yearly changed in comparison to the number of traditional bricks being introduced. Second, they asked Lego customers how they perceive violence in the Lego toys changed through the years. Results showed that the number of weaponized sets and parts increased steadily since the 1980s. By 2015, roughly 30% of all Lego sets included some forms of weapon. On how people perceived the violence of the sets, results showed that the participants perceived a dramatic increase of violent imagery since the 1980s. However, most perceived that the violence can be considered "playful." The lead researcher clarified that the research in no way posits a relationship beween the increased violence of these toys and the behavior of the children who play them. An editorial published by The Guardian however claimed that children often build weapons through lego so this should not be a big deal. Lego for one, keeps children's creativity flowing, amid all the online games and entertainment that children are bombarded with. http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/40433/20160525/lego-toys-more-violent-potentially-dangerous-kids.htm

I wonder if there is much of an interior space to mod .

Had we not have gotten the other previous hoth sets I would of said that this set is on par with the ewok village , but the fact remains that this is just a collection of all the previous sets apart from two items. Heck the wampa cave is exactly the same. I understand why people may criticize some for not liking the set , but there is a line to be drawn what on constitutes a USC set and a multi-pack set. This from the guidelines of previous USC`s that came before from all themes is not a USC.

brilliant

How did Ren escape ? It`s like we saw him escape the planet at the end.

How did you do the landing gears for the MF?

This explains why alot of sets are currently listed as out of stock on lego shop at home site.

http://wtkr.com/2015...this-christmas/ LONDON — It turns out not everything is awesome for Lego. The Danish toymaker will run short of bricks this Christmas, meaning it won’t be able to make enough toys during the peak holiday shopping season. “We will not be able to deliver all of the new orders coming from customers in the remainder of the year in some markets in Europe,” Lego spokesman Roar Trangbaek said. He did not specify which countries face a shortage. Lego has been popular for years but its business really took off following the success of The Lego Movie. Sales grew 18% in the first half of 2015, following 15% growth in 2014. But the toymaker now admits it is struggling to cope with the surge in demand for its colorful stackable bricks. “The high demand also puts a strain on our factories around the world,” Lego CFO John Goodwin said in a statement. To try to ease the bottleneck, Lego is expanding its factories in Mexico, Hungary and Denmark. But the new capacity won’t be available until 2020. The family-owned business became the biggest toymaker in the world in terms of revenue and profit in 2014, beating its rival Mattel. The company made 60 billion Lego pieces last year. Its sales across Europe, the Americas and Asia grew strongly thanks to the success of The Lego Movie. Lego Group has roughly 12,000 employees and is still owned by the Kirk Kristiansen family that founded it in 1932. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2015/10/21/european-lego-shortage/74353308/ Some families will have to let go of their Lego dreams this holiday season. The Denmark-based toy company reports that it's doing so unexpectedly well that its manufacturers will not be able to keep up with demand come December. Right now, the shortage is contained to some European countries. "The demand for Lego products during the first half of 2015 has been significantly higher than our and our customers' expectations and projections and this has put a strain on the Lego Group's manufacturing facilities globally," Lego press officer Roar Trangbaek wrote in a statement. Factories are full-steam ahead, but it won't be enough for what it calls "unprecedented demand." Lego Group's sales in the first half of 2015 increased by 18%, compared with the same period last year. Based on sales, they are now the world's largest toy company. "For Lego, the seven-year average growth rate has been 20%," said David Robertson, author of Brick by Brick: How LEGO Rewrote the Rules of Innovation and Conquered the Global Toy Industry. "They've been growing like that since 2007, a 37% profit growth. This makes no sense for a company that makes commodity plastic blocks." Thankfully, it looks like U.S. Lego lovers are safe for now, and the company is "closely monitoring the demand and taking action to secure our inventory for the holiday season," according to Trangbaek. Robertson accounts the recent Lego boom to the company's ability to create supplemental products, both of its own brand and in partnering with other strong brands like Star Wars, Batman and the Avengers -- while keeping the classic bricks in play. (Last year's much-loved The LEGO Movie was a huge boost for the brand, too.) He says the family-run company, which was started in 1932, faced failure when it tried to shift the brand away from physical Lego blocks. Instead, they changed their strategy. "They're a great example of how innovation actually doesn't have to be disruptive to be successful," he said. Robertson likens Lego's success to Disney's profits around Frozen, in which blockbuster film sales translated into massive profits from retail, live shows and even a Scandinavian cruise. There's also something iconic about the classic plastic building bricks. "My guess is that this sales success is due in part by Lego's geographic expansion," Robertson said. Lego is building a factory in China and continues to expand into that market. "Once a family becomes middle class, at least by Western standards, they want buy Legos for their kids. That's exactly what's happening," he said.

You sir are truly a master builder. The wide variety of so many parts that I wouldnt even think would be useful in a modular building is amazing.

Or you can just make your own modular buildings or convert the city theme buildings into modulars. Buying the older modulars can be very costly.

so I guess the problem lies with lego`s site and not my computer

has anyone been having problems logging into their lego account on lego shop today? I havent been able to when I put in my log in info the screen doesnt go anywhere.