jonwil

I can see 3 reasons why LEGO would ban Zelda from Ideas: 1.They have been told by Nintendo that Nintendo wont give them a license for whatever reason (or wont give them a license on terms LEGO is OK with) or 2.They are making (or intend to make) their own Zelda products

With any luck, the purple airtanks and helmet will appear on PaB in April or so and that will stop the aftermarket going totally insane on price.

If anyone is interested, the 6 x 6 radar dish in tan is now listed on PaB. Its only appeared in a Toys R Us exclusive LEGO Ninjago Movie Sensai Wu BrickHeadz.

Green airtanks do exist but yes a green classic space helmet would be nice. 100% I want light bley airtanks though.

Anyone else having an issue where the LEGO site just says "access denied" when you go there (or if it works, it stops working immediately after)

Can't see myself buying any of these, not unless I can get a REALLY good discount.

For those interested it appears as though the special flower piece/funky head from the Orchid set is now available to buy on PaB (the one that's originally from the Stranger Things set)

A TV station would be cool.

A whole bunch of parts have gone MIA (parts from sets that have retired or about to retire) https://legobricksearch.neothermic.com/missing-parts.html has a list of parts that used to be on PaB but are now gone.

A bunch of animals and animal parts (all from sets that have retired or are about to retire. Thngis like the underwater animals (hammerhead shark, sting ray and the other deep sea animals, also all the animals from last year's Wildlife Rescue sets like the elephant, monkey, lion etc) https://legobricksearch.neothermic.com/missing-parts.html has all the parts that went MIA since the start of the new B&P.

I for one want buildings and locations, not mechs, busts and suits.

I am sure the core themes that appear in friends will remain the same (e.g. a lot of people who own, like, play with and care for dogs)

Interestingly it seems that there hasn't been any stock movements (parts going out of stock or comming back into stock) for a few days now.

Picked up a second ship costume guy yesterday to get another admiral torso and hat. Would have picked up a third but the place I was at only had one left in the single box of Series 23 they had on the shelf. For the pilots I already have the torso and legs from a https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw0819 and a https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw0437 so I intend to use those and then try and acquire some others as well (whatever option ends up working out to be cheapest or easiest to obtain, A-Wing Pilots aren't cheap) Not sure what headgear to give the guys working the flight line though (mechanics and loaders and etc). Do I give them hair? helmets of some kind? Tan baseball hats with https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=14045 stuck into the hole at the top for hearing protection?

At this point I am thinking of using https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=973psac01 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=973pb0307c01 for the mechanics and weapons loaders and others on the flight line. I am also thinking of using the torso and legs from https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw0437 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw0819 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=sw1092 for my pilots (depending on which ones I can actually get hold of) with https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=93560 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=41805 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=39796 for headgear. For the admirals I plan to use https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=973pb4873c01 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=12895pb05 The accessories and rest of the model (including the big custom-sticker Top Gun logo I plan to make and various other custom stickers) will sell the fact that this is a naval air station and that these are US navy personnel.

We will know in maybe 6 months from now. The next parts to land (in November) should be parts from the jazz Ideas set and the new roller coaster. (only non-licensed sets released that month)

The big farm doesn't include any corn, the corn is only in the grocery store and the farm van.

I want the frog in olive green.

Parts from the passenger train (lime green parts, black 1 x 6 x 6 door frame, trans-black double door, minifig parts and some others) have just landed. Those looking to build more carriages without buying an entire set should be able to get all the specialty pieces needed for that.

New parts from the Creator Viking Ship (including the torsos and headgear) have just landed.

All they really need is a popup that says "parts x,y and z have gone out of stock and been removed from your basket"

I was thinking of buying the giraffe but not at that price.

More June parts landed earlier today including the zebra and giraffe from the Friends wildlife rescue, the horse and chicken from the Friends farm and the sails and hull from the Friends sailboat. However, I would advise not buying the giraffe from PaB due to how expensive it is. (excluding Duplo parts, its the 3rd most expensive part currently available behind a pair of giant boat hulls). As of right now, many of the new parts from the Friends disco, art school, ice cream truck, sailboat, wildlife rescue, water park and farm are available to buy.

I think the Hulkbuster and the Black Panther bust are subjects that in theory are popular but that probably aren't popular enough to sell many copies at the price point LEGO picked for them. I suspect a new UCS Helicarrier or an Avengers/Stark Tower (with a similarly comprehensive minifig selection as the Daily Bugle has but focused on Avengers) would sell much better at this kind of high price point than either the Black Panther bust or the Hulkbuster. I suspect the Black Panther bust would sell much better if it was just a mask/head similar in size/price to the Venom and Carnage masks or the Iron Man helmet (although the gauntlets and necklace are an iconic part of the Black Panther costume so I can see why they wanted to go that way rather than just a mask/head)

More parts have landed on pab including most of the interesting new parts from the friends disco (e.g. the trans neon green) and art school (e.g. the sand green)