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I mean, does it matter? My point was that it was originally used primarily for tractor sets, hence the tread design.

Actually, has anyone ever MOCed a working Technic escalator? Because that could be freakin' cool (not cool as in "I'd buy it as a toy" but cool as in "I just haven't seen that done before").

I don't know about looking that much better. The ones the Beetle uses may be wide, but I imagine they were chosen due to having a far more typical tread for your average road vehicle. The wheels and tires used on the Camper Van (and for the Beetle's spare tire) originated for use on Lego City tractors, and it shows—the tread pattern is much more suited to that kind of off-road agricultural use. As such the side-view profile of the chosen tires looks more accurate, while the width of the wheels only really presents a visual problem from a low-angle front or back view. Ideally, the set might have used those thinner wheels with a new tire design, but I imagine that there was no room left in the budget for that. Hopefully the range of tires designed for that size of wheel is expanded in the future.

Bitter much? You act as though the unreleased parts in the winning entry of that initial contest were the main reason it won, rather than what amounted to a minor feature in the grand scheme of things. Disqualifying the entry on those grounds would have been overkill, especially considering that all the parts were technically official Lego parts even though they had not been released in retail sets—it'd make no more sense to ban those than it would to ban parts like the orange Vahi or Trans. Neon Green Miru (which were released solely as limited-edition giveaways).

Thanks for this! I'd been working on the same thing but your LXF helped me fix a few minor errors in my own version. I don't have the set myself, but at least one of the "missing" parts could be the sticker sheet, since those are generally included in the part count these days. That said, considering the part count doesn't seem to be printed anywhere in the instructions or box (at least from what I've seen in both reviews) it's possible that whoever gave both reviewers that information might have gotten it wrong.

This year's "Skybound" wave of Ninjago sets is already something along those lines, with steampunk/dieselpunk-esque sky pirates. For that matter, MetalBeard in the Lego Movie went for a similar sort of aesthetic in the two sets dedicated to him, and we may well see more along those lines if he returns as a major character in the sequel. Of course, there could still be other similar mashups in the future. One of the other factions of Nexo Knights teased in the Book of Monsters is a sea monster faction, which could conceivably lead that already-futuristic theme to take on aspects of more nautical historic themes like Pirates or Vikings.

Lego Worlds is definitely not "ten years too late". Heck, even Minecraft itself is only five years old, believe it or not. Meanwhile, ten years ago Lego video games looked like _1158638335.jpg"]this. So the idea that Lego was even close to being able to create a similarly creative procedurally generated open world game like this way back then is a bit of a stretch.

That article doesn't confirm any such thing. It confirms that Warner Bros. is committed to supporting the NX, but only says that Lego Dimensions is one of the prominent WB properties that could "potentially" be brought to the NX. It would certainly nice to get an NX version of Dimensions, but depending on whether or not Lego Dimensions exceeds its initial three-year plan it's not entirely clear whether a port this late in the game's lifespan would be worthwhile.

I for one am quite impressed with the diversity of this cast, assuming it's legit. I won't even mind if the actors don't sound like the actual TV characters' voices if their characterization itself remains consistent.

Lego doesn't actually seem to care as much about "subthemes" as fans do, and the Ninja sets were never actually branded as Castle in any official capacity to my knowledge (unlike more concrete subthemes such as those from Aquazone or earlier Castle and Space sets that had multiple interacting factions). I would consider a classic Ninja set to be one of the most likely possibilities for next year's set, considering that not only would it tie in well with that fall's Lego Ninjago movie, but also most of the unique parts to classic Ninja figs are still in production in some capacity (whether that be the original parts or very similar-looking redesigns). Of course, it's not the only possibility... a classic Town set would also be quite feasible, and a classic Western set would also be doable even with modern parts.

Really the Nexo Knights figure wouldn't look so out of place if the rest of the figs hadn't seemingly been chosen not for their actual prominence or relevance in their respective themes, but for their apparent mundanity. Just look at the figs used to represent other "oddball" Castle themes like Fright Knights (a generic soldier who is almost identical to the one from 1993, rather than one of the more flamboyant characters) or Knights Kingdom II (a generic villain fig from 2006 rather than one of the "jellybean knights" who comprised the main characters of the theme). Actually, it's curious that Clay Moorington is used as the Nexo Knights representative—didn't the earliest shots we saw of this set use the slightly more "traditional" King Halbert instead?

Frankly I would find it VERY surprising if any future Racers or Racers-like game featured Rocket Racer or tried to be any sort of sequel to the original game in the first place. Despite him being the main original character of the original series, that series ended ages ago, and hasn't been revisited in over a decade. As far as characterization is concerned he's not that compelling, either—he's mostly just a generic racing antagonist, with a fairly generic design to boot. The theme itself even continued without him with Drome Racers, and while that was not as much of a classic and significantly less beloved, it demonstrates that the character of Rocket Racer is hardly integral to Lego Racers as a brand.

Sounds pretty neat! Especially considering they managed to secure the actual actors from the movie. And that screencap seems to reinforce my opinion that mini-doll characters are freakin' adorable.

SBrick shared a of it motorized and controlled remotely, but I don't think they've shared specific instructions for how they went about doing so.

Yup. The windows of the new VW Beetle are all untinted (regular Transparent, rather than Trans. Brown). Specifically, it uses four 1x4x3 panels (Design ID 87543, as used in the Camper Van), six 1x1 bricks (Design ID 30071), and a 2x10x3 windscreen (Design ID 24607). Do keep in mind that the last of those is in fact new to the Beetle and as such does not exist in Trans. Brown yet. You could conceivably use the Trans. Brown 3x10x3 windscreen used for the Mini Cooper (Design ID 2694) as a substitute, though the doors would have to be modified slightly to allow for the added length of the windscreen (Namely, replacing the Medium Stone Grey 1x1 tiles on each side with 1x2 tiles, replacing one of the Dark Azur 1x2 cheese slopes from each side with 1x1 cheese slopes, and replacing the Medium Stone Grey 1x6 plate on each side with any combination of plates adding up to 1x5).

I can try. Most of those parts aren't particularly rare, so it shouldn't be too much of a challenge. 8 1x2 plates (Design ID 3023) 3 1x3 plates (Design ID 3623) 4 1x1 plates (Design ID 3024) 2 1x4 plates (Design ID 3710 1 1x1 tile (Design ID 3070) 3 1x2 jumper plates (Design ID 15573) 5 1x1 bricks with 1 side stud (Design ID 87087) 2 1x1 bricks with handle (Design ID 2921) 6 1x2 bricks (Design ID 3004) 8 1x3 bricks (Design ID 3622) All of those parts are repeated on the other side, of course. And it's certainly possible that I've gotten some of those parts or their arrangement wrong, but for the most part, it shouldn't make too much of a difference. Again, few of those parts are particularly rare. Also, for what it's worth, the colors that all of these parts seem to be available in are Bright Yellow, Reddish Brown, White, Medium Stone Grey, Dark Stone Grey, Orange, Brick Yellow, Bright Red, and Black.

I don't think that makes much sense. I'm not in the publishing industry, but doubling down and republishing a less successful book in a new form would seem to me to be a much riskier move than just cutting their losses and not publishing any further graphic novels (as they ended up doing in both G1 and G2), especially if it were for a theme that were failing across the board. It seems to me that the magazine's existence says more about the theme still enjoying some not-inconsequential popularity in Europe than it does about its lower success elsewhere.

Cole's elemental blade in the 2013 sets also has a brown core. However, in the case of Cole's Djinn Blade, it seems they instead used the one from last year's ghost sets (Trans. Fluor. Green with a Spring Yellowish Green core).

It's not really that weird. Studless Technic may generally be more versatile for pure Technic builds, but studded beams are still incredibly useful for when you want to integrate Technic into a "System" set (whether that be to add functionality or just to help make a large model more structurally sound).

The Ultimate sets are a special case—that added equipment goes way beyond simple "armor", and doesn't even affect the actual design of the fig (as far as printing and designated armor pieces are concerned). Besides, none of the lava monster characters in the Book of Monsters are pictured in their "ultimate" forms either, so the fact that the forest and sea monsters don't have that sort of equipment in the pictures is certainly no guarantee that they won't be similarly outfitted in some of the sets as well. As far as vehicles are concerned, we also have no reason to believe that they'd be any more organic than this year's vehicles, which themselves are already fairly organic compared to the vehicles of the knights (with heavy stone, metal, and lava motifs and only a few obvious hallmarks of technology like control panels)—and it's worth mentioning that even the artwork of those lava monster vehicles in the Book of Monsters is heavily stylized to make them look significantly more crude and organic than the actual sets. The other monsters in the book are summonable by the Book of Monsters just like the lava monsters, so unless they somehow rebel or Jestro turns good again, then they will most likely be allied with Jestro.

I don't know why people are assuming that these new factions will be any more "traditional fantasy" than the current sets even if they ARE the focus of future sets. After all, it's not like the lava monster faction has that many futuristic motifs either—what technology they do have is mostly limited to their vehicles rather than being evident on the figs themselves or their weapons. In all likelihood the forest and water monsters will also be accompanied by their own thematically-similar vehicles. And as for the Nexo Knights themselves, I haven't seen anything that'd indicate that they'd become any less tech-enhanced.

I certainly doubt it'd include anything close to the full game. The LCU content will probably amount to some sort of follow-up to the Wii U version. Exactly how much of a follow-up it is depends on what types of packs we get. A "story pack" like the new ones that are being released for the new Ghostbusters and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them would be the closest to a full sequel, featuring multiple story levels, an open-world "adventure world", and a multiplayer battle arena. But considering all of the announced story packs tie in with major movie releases and LCU does not, I think it's probably more likely that we'll just get a Level Pack (one story level, adventure world, and battle arena), or even just Team Packs/Fun Packs (only unlocking the adventure world and battle arena).

Perfect Binding refers to when the instruction booklets are actually bound with glue to a paperboard cover so that they have a rigid "spine" instead of simply being pages folded in half and stapled together. In terms of advantages, not only is it generally sturdier than staples would be, but it also allows Lego to make larger booklets for large sets instead of having to have as many separate stapled booklets (since a stapled booklet has a hard limit on how thick it can be while remaining securely bound together).

I'd say more likely about the same size, since you could replace most of the supplementary information from the Porsche booklet with additional instructions pages. In fact, I would not be surprised if booklets that size start becoming standard for some of Lego's largest and most complex sets. I've noticed that Lego has started cutting down on the use of multiple booklets for certain themes, now that they've started making "perfect bound" instruction booklets for larger or more expensive sets. Of course, it's still possible that the BWE might use multiple booklets—I could see them splitting the main build of a set this size into several sections with their own booklets, along with possibly having a separate booklet for the small mining truck.

The use of this piece attached to 1x1 plates with clips on top for tiny cannons is quite nice!