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it looks normal, it's just a fraction of a mm off (wherever it is), making it not closable. Not the first time I see this, however here it's not closable by a large amount & looks silly.

Ah, so this is why the set got its price reduced everywhere. Mine had a dodgy canopy as well. However, it can close "better" (still hovering, but by half a plate, instead of 2 full plates) if you lower the 2 black 1x2 slopes, which can be done using the extra parts.

So many nice parts in this thread. Plus, if Lego had made stud inverters early, they may have spared many molds for inverted slopes of all kinds. I understand that the tube-studs might be risky, but if they're hollow they can still be removed using a pin, unless they're deeply inside a brick. Also, a simple 2 studs long bar, that would be awesome. Finally, Lego has its in rules that a pin shouldn't be put inside a round brick, but would it really fragilize a round brick that much if the required little indent was added inside, for the pin to click in? I must be missing something, because I'm sure that round brick molds have been remade several times in 30+ years. I also believe that many parts would be made a lot more useful of their studs were made hollow (& really hollow all the way through) (well, the round brick used not to be hollow!).

Why? Kids grow up, Lego's target is always the same, kids, but never the same kids. Trying new stuff to avoid boreness is something you do for adults, but this theme is clearly not aimed at adults at all. I come back to Lego after over 20 years. Never had a big castle (not the money for that), but lots of small sets of the 1984 theme. I come back early this year and realize that luckily there's still a castle theme going on, that it still has the same spirit, but it looks "meh" and I find out that I missed the best one by a few years, the Kingdoms one. So I don't buy the 2013 one and decided to wait for the next one and well, looks like there will be no next one. I don't think people are angry at this theme claiming to be a "castle" one, it's just that by being one, it replaces the real castles and there won't be any for many years. ..which is still ok if there's a licensed theme to replace it, but LotR has kinda faded out. And maybe that's also why Lego concluded that kids weren't interested in castles anymore? IMHO it was conflicting with LotR, and if I'm a kid and I'm hesitating, I take the fantasy theme.

But why even call it a castle theme, when there is not even a -castle- in the line? Yeah, I see knights, you can definitely call it a knights theme. But where's the castle? That thing on *caterpillars* that looks like a Duplo set?

yes, Star Wars counts, it has pretty much replaced old space themes. I just can't imagine Lego with NO spaceship for a whole year. That's what Lego has always been about, castles, cars, ships.

exactly - so if LOTR was still a Lego theme this/next year, then I'd say yes, ditch the castle, because it's redundant. But it's not - I'm not seeing anything to replace castles this/next year. It's pretty weird IMHO, to me Lego has always been about 2 main themes: castles & spaceships, the themes you'd think would never disappear. I'm not really seeing it, I see something that looks like a Duplo castle here.

I would so not care about this new theme if it wasn't replacing the good old castle - I don't get it. Kids don't like castles anymore? Fine, they just had to bring a bit of fantasy, like LotR but without a license. But this thing looks like a comeback of the 80's bad taste. Or maybe the whole idea started as a Warhammer ripoff, but failed?

Everyone seems to use dishes on AT-AT legs btw, because they exist at all sizes, but since you're using 8x8, you may consider using these: ..over which you can do your own detail (like, a big 2x 1x6 tile), for the same thickness.

yeah I do see the lips as well, in that way it's problematic

Don't tell anyone, but they're available in Lego's Bricks&Pieces, I've bought 12 :) (they will probably get out of stock soon..) New pieces like the LBG stud with hole are already not available anymore.. or maybe not available yet, I don't know. Possibly, it would remove the dark line, but would add a little square behind the front slope, breaking it. I also wish that the 4x4 wedge with a cut corner still existed, because it would have helped there, for a better shaping. Bricks&Pieces also have black paint rollers which are becoming rare enough, but sadly not LBG ones anymore. I've used paint rollers in many MOCs, it's really a useful part. They make great handles for minifigs to close cockpits:

ah yes, it's exactly that! funny Little update: I was hoping that those 1x2 slopes would one day appear in LBG, to improve the model, and it didn't take long - they're out there since the Lego Dimensions starter packs. They shape the end of the chin better:

yeah that's the one, I love it, it looks like some kind of cute chibi bat :) I didn't know it was for a hybrid competition, some of the entries are cool.

Should be an easy mod, as long as the whole thing can be held by 4 studs. But I'm only finding 2 rough pics of those attachments. I'm considering making a variant with a bit of mud, even though not many parts exist in brown or flesh. But I'm also considering making some kind of Tie fighter/AT-ST mashup, in the same vein as the funny Snowspeeder/AT-ST MOC which I can't find back.

Will Rebrick even be born, though? And what will be the real differences between Rebrick, Rebrickable & Repubrick (& maybe others)?

here's my little recent small & short experience trying to do that, for my AT-ST here: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/112665 I've made it appear here, on MOCPages, Rebrickable (but then you need to make it buildable), and on Reddit. MOCPages & Rebrickable hardly brought views, however, Reddit brought a big lot, and it was around 6000 - pretty much like for you, while it lasted. (sadly for me I didn't know that Reddit would take an image straight from Lego Ideas and it's my MOCPage that took the hits) So I'd advise Reddit for any project that you're proud of, even though it only works once & for a short time. But yeah, impossible to get 10k votes when you don't even get 10k views, and I'm pretty sure that this is impossible without being blogged by a few big ones. Pretty sure that appearing on Gizmodo would make any project voted, but that's something you can only hope for. But a cute set based on nostalgia, I can imagine that on the few popular Lego blogs, especially when several are instantly recognizable for a 40 like me. What I haven't tried yet: flickr www.repubrick.com rebrick.lego.com (dead before born? weird, it was working 2 days ago) You've put it in your signature, good idea.

I've indeed included HTML instructions generated by the LDD, but I wouldn't suggest following them, as the scale/camera that the LDD picked is a bit weird & make it hard to follow. Better install the LDD & follow the animated instructions, those are very easy. This said it's all easy to build. It was 90% sweat in the design, 9.9% finding the parts, 0.1% assembling.

I've never minded the boxes, but what annoys me is that they don't bag transparent pieces separately. I mean come on, what are the chances to keep that big canopy intact, especially when you got your box by mail? If you Bricklinked a big & expensive canopy, you would always expect it bagged separately. ..& indeed the latest sets I bought came with scratched windshields.

Hi, The right version is indeed the last one by number, -but- since then I've posted a proper Rebrickable entry here, please download it: http://rebrickable.c...star-wars-at-st It has more details in a text file, explaining the pitfalls & all. As it explains, there are no red parts, the red ones in the LXF are not visible, so they can be any color. For the Rebrickable inventory, I've used grey. Part 98613 is used in the _249 project, there are 4 of them on the hip bars in-between the legs. There's only the 2 LBG cut flags that you probably won't find - I've used square ones in the inventory (as they don't even exist officially), and only 3 parts that are becoming rare enough (bucket handles, DBG car roof, the mighty LBG paint rollers [but you can still use black]). Rebrickable lists all the pieces at the bottom. I'm also gonna have to make a little update because, since the Lego Dimensions sets are out, a part is now available in LBG and will enhance the look. I think I also forgot to mention, in the project files, that the interior features 2 printed console 1x2 tiles. I've picked 2 random DBG ones, but you can use any, or unprited tiles - they're not really visible unless you remove the whole top. Previous versions had control sticks there, but the "real" AT-ST seems to feature more consoles inside. The other 2 printed tiles are the 2x2 disks at the back, I've used a random one but ideally they should be vent blades, which happen to exist, but with a hole and in DBG. The Lego Ideas project has raised 1000 supporters btw, thanks for that.

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I love anime, and that's exactly why I do NOT want Lego to cover that. Exo Force looked pathetic, and that's pretty much how it ends up when europeans try to make something manga-looking. Hey, even when the koreans do, it looks odd. First thing I think of when I see Exo Force is "was Lego really THAT desperate?" I even love mechs, most of my MOCs are mechs - and I think that most of the Exo Force ones looked stupid (but ok, I'm looking at them with adult eyes) Since the castles are gone, I'd rather imagine some kind of fantasy prehistoric theme. Like wooden castles, mammoths, mud everywhere.. and less of those transparent colored parts. Think Chuck Rock or Prehistorik Man. Of course, it's always risky with Lego. A mammoth can be this: ..or this

If you want my opinion, Lego Ideas doesn't exist/wasn't bought for Lego to make money from ideas - they can do that themselves. Lego Ideas = a lot of people marketing their pet project everywhere on the internet, and that's precious advertisement for Lego. Isn't that worth more than the few sets per year? ..so how would it be Lego's best interest to filter anything? 5000+ parts projects look impressive and they're the ones that are blogged the most. Ok, they would be blogged anyway, without Lego Ideas, but not this actively, and not pointing directly to Lego's own page.

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That's why I suggested to only submit the few pre-1985 ones, which are more iconic to me.

I have no interest in the game (which doesn't even have a PC version anyway), but I'm very interested in the 5 LBG 61409 slopes in the starter pack. I really can't imagine paying 90 bucks for 5 pieces, nor I can imagine them ending up on BrickLink so soon, as the packs would probably not be very profitable to a BL seller. So I really hope that the packs will quickly drop in price as much as other games, not like Lego sets.