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  1. Lyichir
    Oh, Lego has a long history of being used for video game development/prototyping. Hideo Kojima (creator/director of many of the Metal Gear games) used Lego to prototype some of the spaces for the first 3D game in the franchise, Metal Gear Solid. And he continues to be a Lego fan to this day, recently posting pics of one of the UCS Lego Star Wars sets he purchased.
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    I think a Lego Legend of Zelda thread would be a good call, even if there aren't more sets (and I think there will be, eventually) we can still discuss this set there and not overwhelm discussion of other rumors/games in this topic.
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    They had several in the past, one of the more recent/common being Royal Blue (which was used in Knights' Kingdom II). That said, none of them saw all that much use and all of them are retired. I'm fairly sure the sword in this set just uses Medium Lilac/Dark Purple.
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    I've seen that sentiment a lot. I wonder if a part of why it "feels" relatively small is because of how many parts aren't used between both models—in other words, I wonder how much is left over when you build one model or the other. There also seems to be a small build on a separate base when you build the Ocarina of Time version, depicting Link's house in Kokiri Village. Of course, I don't doubt that the number of new molds for this set alone is also a factor—BotW Link's hair, Zelda's hair, OoT Link's hair/hat, the Master Sword, the Hylian Shield, and the ocarina are all new molds, which is a lot more than you'd typically see in a single set, even an expensive D2C set. Lots of printed parts too, though that's tended to be the case most of the time with these videogame-inspired themes. I'm both impressed and unsurprised that this is a Wes Talbott set design, he's one of my favorite designers when it comes to fantasy builds.
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    I was trying to be clear that it doesn't have to be based on reality. Just trying to explain where some people are coming from in preferring something that resembles real-life heraldry, versus your preference for something more fantasy-based.
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    The thing is that griffons and dragons, while not real, were heavily symbolic creatures that did appear on heraldry (which'd be what you'd typically see on a shield or tabard). Whereas I'm not aware of any real-life heraldry featuring krakens, certainly no authentically medieval ones. That said, a vote like this is obviously less about authenticity than it is personal preference. And while some people might prefer something that feels authentically medieval, other people will prefer something more fantastical—both are totally valid ways to approach a choice like this, so there's really no reason for anyone to be rude or dismissive of other people's choices.
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    I voted gold! I think it's a neat concept that fits into Classic Space (since gold has always sorta kinda been a part of the color scheme, at least in the logo), feels appropriately snazzy, and would offer some neat parts (gold airtanks in particular feel like they could be pretty cool for steampunk figs or MOCs). By contrast, some of the other colors feel a little too similar to other colors we've already had.
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    I voted griffon... it feels authentic as a heraldry animal, the graphic they showed for it feels very good and Lego-like, and it reminds me somewhat fondly of the (otherwise fairly mediocre) Mega Bloks castle I had as a kid, which had a griffon in it. Kraken is a neat concept but isn't really the kind of animal you'd typically see on heraldry in real life. And bull and raven are both things we've seen before.
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    I'm pretty sure the first-aid kit is printed, it's a 1x2 tile that's appeared in several City and Friends sets.
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    Oh I love that technique you've used for the relief on the door and counter!
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    An issue for me is that as a fan of mostly Lego-original story themes, there’s scarcely any competitor brands that appeal to me on that level. Mega these days is mostly just Mattel franchises and licenses, and other clone brands similarly tend to be based on either real-world subjects or licensed stuff. The actual creative, original subjects I get from themes like Ninjago or Monkie Kid just isn’t being satisfied by other manufacturers.
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    The 8x16 white tiles are definitely prints—you can clearly see the injection points in the middle in some of the pics, which would be covered if they were stickered. I can’t tell for sure whether the 4x4 yellow tiles with the Lego logo are printed or stickered. Hopefully it’s not long before we see a review to answer that question for sure!
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    I feel like this will be a popular set to customize. I will be having to look at whether enough of the black parts exist in either dark grey or white, to see if I can make it match either of my two kitties.
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    If I had to guess one potential reason, the Endurance was involved in neither warfare nor colonialism, unlike some of those other historic ships. There were no indigenous peoples in Antarctica who were threatened in the short or long term by Antarctic expeditions, unlike many of those other ships that were used for colonization and oppression of native people.
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    What an interesting rumor! Whether it's minifigure-scale or not, this will be the first set based on an actual historical sailing ship set in many years (I would not count the Queen Anne's Revenge since the Pirates of the Caribbean version is very clearly a more fantastical take on the real vessel of that name). The last one I can remember based on a real-life named vessel like this would be the 2003 rerelease of the 1978 USS Constellation, and I have no doubt that even if this set is microscale like that one, its parts will be more useful and its design more advanced than that rudimentary model.
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    I wouldn't assume that. It's not like Harry Potter castles have prevented castles from appearing in other themes the same year, let alone the following year. So I don't see why a sailing ship in that theme would preclude very different ones appearing in other themes.
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    "Ye Olde Lego City" is certainly a fun idea! Though I'm not quite sure how it would be received globally—currently, Lego City benefits slightly from the idea of being an archetypal urban city, taking inspiration from various global sources but not tied to any one real-world location. But the idea of a thriving city having once been a medieval castle town is a bit more relatable in Europe than it would be in the Americas (where the majority of our castles, to the extent they exist at all, tend to be built on post-medieval nostalgia). Not entirely discounting the possibility, just musing that while the interstellar future can feel very similar no matter where on Earth you live, historical cities vary much more globally.
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    Personally, I feel like this Mona Lisa looks very good. Yes, it's abstracted somewhat through the inherently blocky medium of Lego, but it's still recognizable and (IMO) attractive as an art piece. I don't really see the comparisons to Picasso or the "monkey Jesus"—to me, it reminds me more of the sort of pixelated depiction you might see in a game like Picross. But mostly my comment was because I feel like hoping somebody loses their job over something as petty as you not liking the toy they designed is a nasty, cruel sentiment regardless of the merits of the complaint.
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    I think if you're saying something as drastic as insisting somebody be fired, you ought to put your money where your mouth is and show us your own version. Surely if you're going to be that rude about it you must be able to do better?
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    I was thinking that as well—it's been popular to replace the monochrome figs in the Everyone is Awesome set with Classic Space figures, and Light Royal Blue is the only one of those colors that still fully needs to be substituted with something else to make it work.
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    The Mona Lisa set was revealed today! https://brickset.com/article/109799/mona-lisa-unveiled! It actually looks surprisingly good—the shading, color blocking, and relief texture all do a great job of evoking the detail of the original even with the inherent blockiness of Lego as a medium. And it's nice to have another "fine art" set in the Lego Art theme, which can otherwise tend to be dominated by pop-culture iconography.
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    So cute! I'm gonna have to see if I can swap the black parts for dark grey so that I can make it look like my kitty Violet.
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    There's no indication of the theme winding down—if anything, the starter pack refresh including upgraded versions of the digi-figs with charging ports probably indicates confidence in the theme to last several more years.
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    The Nine-Headed Snake Demon is an enemy of Nüwa, a demon who brings floods and disasters. The 100-Eyed Demon is a centipede demon with a thousand golden eyes that reflect light to confuse his opponents. In Journey to the West he is an associate of the spider demons—will be interesting to see in this whether he is shown to have any relation to the Spider Queen. Also, Li Jing (another figure from the pagoda set) is a deity and Nezha's father. Appropriately, he is known as the pagoda bearer and carries a pagoda which can capture any spirit, demon, or god (presumably what the Heavenly Pagoda set represents).
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    It's not really an apartment building or a traditional home—it's a bed and breakfast, a small hotel-like lodging that's often converted from a larger family home.
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