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Maybe I’ll switch FE and Kingdoms, but build MMV with Kingdoms...I don’t have the shelf space to have the whole FE Line displayed at once anyway. Thanks!

Hello all! It’s been a long time since I’ve posted, but I haven’t been idle. Over the past few years I’ve managed to collect the most recent Castle lines, and I’m ready to start building them. I like to build complete lines at once, going from smallest to largest (or most interesting, if different), but I’d love suggestions on the order to build these so that I save the best for last! Here’s the order I was pondering: 1. KK2 (I don’t have the whole line, but all the larger sets) 2. 2013 Castle 3. Kingdoms 4. Fantasy Era Thanks for your input!

Very cool! Always good to see your work.

I would agree, except there's the possibility actual fans will feel alienated and stop even trying to get lucky and find the set in stock because the scalpers buy them up so quickly. The long-term damage to customer goodwill could be worse than the lost sales. It's why performing artists hate ticket scalping - they're not happy their concert sold out when potential long-term fans can't get in. They have tools specifically designed to prevent it. The best solution would be for no one to buy from the scalpers, which might happen if TLG could tell us when more sets will be in stock...the only reason I can see for people to pay a 50% or more premium on a set that's so early in its life is fear of not being able to get one in time for Christmas...

So what, if anything, do you think TLG should do about the scalpers? Search "Lego Disney castle" on eBay and you'll see dozens of listings of this set at $450 to $1800. I don't mind of someone wants to buy one or two and then flip it for a profit, but some of these people are hoarding them (one listing has a picture of 18 sets!). Either the 2-set limit isn't working, or they're buying from each other. Anyway, this is going to make the supply issues worse when TLG eventually has more in stock...I'd say the solution is to dedicate more production capacity to the set to "flood the market" and remove the incentive for the scalpers until the set is closer to retirement, but they can't do that without wrecking their plans for the next year. So do they start tracking shipping addresses to tighten up the buying limit? Reduce it to 1 set per customer to at least make it more tedious to stockpile?

The S@H site appears to have sold out their stock within 2 hours of US release...

Very impressive! So you made the outer wall round just by flexing the 1x2 bricks? I assume they must flex a little more than standard 1x2s (I've never tried them). Overall the effect is beautiful, and very faithful to the original. Great work!

Very nice! Always good to see great LOTR MOCs like this one!

He actually asked whether we will get a "historic castle" theme, which Roman or Greek would not be (although I'd love and collect either!) I don't see another castle theme during NK's lifespan unless it becomes evergreen, but that's not what I'm hoping for anyway. I'd prefer castle/medieval sets aimed at older fans, TFOLs and AFOLs, in the same vein as the modulars or Creator Expert sets. Maybe the designers that previously worked on classic castle can be temporarily assigned to some big projects like those while the Chima/action designers keep churning out Nexo? BTW, I do have all the NK and enjoyed building them, but they're just not the same...

I agree, 3000 pieces doesn't sound promising for Minas Tirith, so Pelennor Fields it is. Although you could do just gates of MT with a mumakil and Grond as the battle scene...

Me too

Summer wave sets are on S@H in US now (not for sale, teasers).

I'd like one too. Looks incredible!

Thanks for sharing these Rakrondewl! They're all great, but I'm especially excited about the Silmarillion designs...there's tons of great material in there for MOCs, and yours are great examples!

Looks great! As others have said, the rocks are fantastic. Very faithful depiction of the movie scene.

Interesting...I don't suppose there's an argument that minifigures are also "buildable" since they are made up of at least 4 separate parts, or otherwise the attorneys would have been all over that...

I've seen this referenced a few times here...where did this info come from? Why would minifigures be precluded by the action figure license, but the SW constraction figures be allowed? Does the action figure license refer to a maximum size, but not a minimum? Or a minimum number of components?

All the more reason to go the CMF + D2C route a la The Simpsons. Something affordable for the younger new fans with something collectible for the devout AFOLs.

I think you're wrong here. The Hobbit is still on 7th grade reading lists here in the US, which was how I discovered Tolkien. At that time, there had been nothing new in LOTR since the Ralph Bakshi movie in the 70s. Don't forget Tolkien was voted Author of the Century in the UK before the movies even existed. If anything, the movies make it more likely that middle-schoolers getting their first taste of Tolkien will explore more, and releasing new Lego sets every few years might just create new TFOLs and AFOLs from this group. Not that I'm saying it will happen, just that I believe you're underestimating the power of the books.

Nice job with the trees and plants, and the birdbath(?)/statue under the tree in the back. I like it!

Beautiful! I love the goats and the architecture. Great job!

I love it! Very nice job of capturing the feel of the White City in a realistic-sized set. I especially like the stark contrast of the black and white in the throne room. Great job!

Thanks for the feedback Kintobor! Believe it or not, I actually considered a jester and joust when I started this, but decided they had been done enough in Lego (and the joust would require too many pieces). So I replaced the jester with a wandering minstrel, and then when I scrapped a second game (a catapult game) because I didn't like how it was turning out, I made a stage for him. Other attractions I considered but decided against include an archery range (that would have a Nexo Knights bow to fire arrows at a collapsible target), a ride (several festivals have a "pirate ship" or tilt-a-whirl-type human-powered ride, and my local festival has a great "dragon joust" kids' ride), or a fortune-teller. Thanks to you too bricklover!

Beautiful work! The color scheme and decorations really make this wonderful.

Wow. This is fantastic! I really like the three trees in the middle - kind of a mirror effect with the pages. I caught both the other references...