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  1. jus1973
    I don’t think they’d ever green light a true modular building, that fits with all the requirements, however this doesn’t appear to be a full modular building. That being said, its a great looking build and with a bit of finessing on the hinged ends of the walls, i think this could be up there with some chance of gaining the needed 10,000 supporters.
  2. jus1973
    That’s a fab price. I’ve seen a couple of ‘B’ model builds for this set, and if I had the money, I’d be straight round for a second copy.
  3. jus1973
    It probably fails on licensing availability, rather than the build. In the Ideas guidance, it used to mention about avoiding licensed products, but i guess, since there have been a few licensed Ideas sets now, that its been removed.
  4. jus1973
    TLG are also making a commitment to reduce the amount of plastic they use in packaging, so i think the ‘polybag’ sets may slowly shuffle off, in favour of a smaller box/packet instead.
  5. jus1973
    I like those Curcuit Cubes. Never seen them before, and if they weren’t so expensive I would love to add them into my developing town.
  6. jus1973
    They put the wheelchair user in the Haunted House / Drop ride in the CE fairground series last year. I think we’ll see more of this, along with guide dogs etc, as TLG begins to reflect the world around us a bit more.
  7. jus1973
    I don’t know about Lego stores, as I’m about 2 hrs away from the nearest. Just as well, as if I lived closer, I may be bankrupt. We have supermarkets and Argos (A catalogue shop) which are currently dropping 20% or more off most of the listed City sets.
  8. jus1973
    That would explain why some of these are now discounted in stores here in the UK.
  9. jus1973
    I’ll look forward to this. I’d love to light up my ever growing modular town, and fairground, but the LightMyBricks kits are way beyond my budget. I’m reasonably adept at soldering etc, so my eventual plan is to make my own light fittings, although I’ll probably have to miss out some features of the kits, simply due to costs.
  10. jus1973
    I think the problem is gaining all the licences. McLaren used to be licensed to another company, as did Ferrari. With the speed champions they’ve got more of the manufacturers on board, but i can’t imagine Red Bull falling into line these days, and that’s 4 cars out of 20, gone straight away.
  11. jus1973
    It’s an often wished for thing, however I think the compromises that probably would have to be made, on the original individual building design, to make it work, might count against it getting past the final design and storyline phase of TLGs review process. Certain parts of Assembly square had this capacity, with the left hand Music Store and Dance Studio rooms. I remember that it drew a bit of criticism for a repetitive build.
  12. jus1973
    Fair point on the costs, although I can see the benefits of the rotation sensors actually, to perhaps make the train stop after X number of rotations which would align with a station. All you would need to do is enter the number of straights, left/right curves and any gearing. Might be quite a challenge, but useful. The Crocodile loco uses a non specific motor so I’m wondering if this has been done. I havent got a track set up at the moment, or motor to try, sadly. I only have one Powered Up train motor, and no others. As for the playing people entering/leaving, oohhh if only they actually put doors in the trains, like the old days, how that might be true. A pet peeve of mine, which is true about some road vehicles too.
  13. jus1973
    When you consider that the train series has a specific motor in it, most of the time, its even more surprising that they don’t cost more. Perhaps TLG are going to try to move away from this, and try to make the more common motors fit, which will require a complete redesign of locomotives at least. I’d like to see a steam loco driven passenger set, as i think this would sell well, to both adults and children. The current and previous passenger sets, with modern appearances don’t offer much play value.
  14. jus1973
    Looking forward to seeing your work. I wish i had the time to be able to build and share like this
  15. jus1973
    I get the rather large sense of frustration in this list, and its responses. I tend to feel some sets are overprice because they contain a number of large, mostly unique pieces, that don’t have much re-use-ability, such as the ocean explorer sets, or coast guards. These tend to only hit my collection if they’re seriously discounted (35% or more off) and I’d never buy them for a child unless they were desperately into that theme.
  16. jus1973
    That’s making real good progress there. So glad some of the ideas people have shared have worked out. Keep it up, and you’ll have a really good city scale loco there.
  17. jus1973
    Hmm. The VIP e mail I’ve just had is very fairground oriented, which makes me wonder if there will be a fairground expert ride this year after all, and this is a bit of a prerelease push on associated models.
  18. jus1973
    A couple of suggestions. I’d perhaps move the front bogie of the tender back a stud, and maybe even consider making the centre wheels without flanges. It could do with being a little closer to the cab too, but I think the standard Lego curve radius might make that impossible. To get a rounder front end to the boiler, perhaps switch to SNOT somewhere along the length, and use these, Brick, round corner, for the last 2 or 3 rows. You can then use the inverted radar dish as the boiler capping. Have you considered going SNOT, making the running boards a long tile (1x8?) which could then stretch over the outside edge of the wheels. It would be a tad wider, clearly, but you could then drop the running board lower. You’d never get it as low as it should be with the connecting rod in place, even if you had a half wide technic beam. It may be a case of deciding which one matters more to you in terms of aesthetics.
  19. jus1973
    Since there were no serious rumours for this year, I think it’s possible we’re on a gap year with fairground stuff. Like you, gutted, but will help me save a bit of pain in the wallet.
  20. jus1973
    That’s lovely. Some great details both inside and out. I love the tower, and have been tinkering with inserting one into my build, albeit more grey castle style than yours.
  21. jus1973
    I can’t see them dropping an Ideas set into the winter village range. That would be like dropping an ideas set straight into the Modulars range.
  22. jus1973
    I’ve not seen or heard anything for that kind of ride. I’d heard rumours of a pirate ship a while back, but it’s all gone quiet now. The haunted house was released by now, so I’m beginning to wonder if we’re going to get one this year at all. I hope we do. Perhaps it’ll be a November/early December release to bag Christmas wish lists?
  23. jus1973
    Whilst my town has a fair few ‘vespas’ but few motorbikes, I’ll probably give these a miss, unless discounted at some point, although I would like a ‘Sons of Anarchy’ club house somehow. On a different note, have just seen the new Technic sets, and love the new heavy duty tow truck. I don’t buy Technic anymore, but would love a City version to be made. I know we had one before but I missed it, and have been MOCing my own off and on for a while, with mixed results.
  24. jus1973
    Lifeboats will be sold separately.
  25. jus1973
    I picked up the castle, and can say its well worth every penny. With it being modular, to a certain degree, it lends itself to being extended quite well. I’m just working in some MODs atm. The Ferris wheel was an odd one for me, as its just like a shrunken down version of the expert model. No sign of an expert fairground this year, so maybe that’s all we’re going to get.
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