Zeon

If they are re-using molds for the heroes that had 1.0 unique helmets, they could have some print on it.

The archenemy indeed looks very poor, they could have some drastically new non-titan non-humanoid, after all, they design one of the world's most creative toy. I cross my fingers so that the actual non-cg-enhanced version of the robots will still look good. Is it the first set to include only 5 heroes? I don't see anything wrong with Evo :)

Now, we are getting somewhere :) I have to admin that I didn't really like the 1.0 version, the 2.0 was an ok and the 3.0 was a mild disappointment in terms of new parts. If my son wound't be so crazy about robots (in general) I would't even buy/touch them. These 4.0 are so close to warhammer 40k as it gets, love 'em :)

@mikey: Thank you They are missing quite a lot of classic sets, but it just does what you need. Cross your fingers to have their database growing: http://rebrickable.com/pick_set (It imported some 30ish sets from my 130is Brickset export file.)

Hello! Sorry for the slight derailing of the topic, but this one was the most relevant for a question about parts. I just received a yellow 'Minifig Vest' 3840 from BL. It's brigther and much softer than regular old-yellow ABS bricks. Were all of these made of this softer plastic, or is it an off-brand replacement? thank you,

Considering that LEGO invested quite a lot on part sorting/packaging and is weighting the bags six times, they still do mistakes. I wonder the rate of mis-packed parts with a rough (sorry, to set a hand made machine against a zillion dollar LEGO owned fine machinery, you come out as rough) mechanism. Not to talk about that the vendors usually have their own sorting/storing system witch they had to abandon and feed the parts into your storage system combined with the conveyor belt. (Not to talk about the amount of work needed for sorting via amount of work needed for getting parts for an order from your sorted storage.) Generally, it's a nice idea, but I have to admit it: I'm not creative enough to think up a working solution for this. A camera enabled image recognition system with a robot arm for sorting... well, that's something to start with :) edit: typo

It's all about cost effiencity. If it's cheaper to pay humans packing it 24/7 than a bigger packing machine, they will pay for the human resources. If it's cheaper to have it painted in a different country where the wages are lower, they will drive itt all the way there. (Yes, this leads to a longer heated discussion about globalization, but let's just skip that.)

Thank you, my son have been asking for it on a daily basis since it was announced to be aired at july in wikipedia. (So you can get a picture of how excited he will be :))

The Lego ideabook 226-1 builds on basic parts mostly and gives some very nice ideas. Ideabook 226-1 Good luck with your class :)

... or if you are living on the old continent, they may sell them side by side with the new sets at the initial price + they do not put the 2011 sets to the selves. It's funny to see the hero factory 1.0 sets next to the 3.0 sets on the same self at the same price. (At a shopping mall for example.) I doubt they send/melt it back, the shops have paid for the sets, no matter the B2B price they won't trash it. /rant off

My favourites that I could not get my hands on yet (so if I could get into the Valult, I would pick these :)) as for the third one, I would get this for my son, since he's so into it and it's BL prices are quite depressing: EDIT: I just found some on BL :) (Or some other classic-town junk :P)

Lego tends to keep distance from war based themes. (It's a pity, Warhammer 40k would be awesome indeed. There are amazing MOCS on flicker.) What I would like to see is a detailed non-modular (sorry) town house with garage, maybe with PF lighting + lift. Long live the civilians of lego town :)

It's interesting to hear that. My son always first dugs up the minifigs/accessories and is very entertained with building them. I was never so thrilled about it, but it always makes me smile to see him focusing on the assembly. (I forgot to mention, but we always build the new sets together for the first time, except the hero factory ones that he is able and proud to build alone.) As for me, I like to see the new parts in a set and the new bulding techniques involved in the original building. Once assembled, the original sets quickly end up being disassembled and rebuilt into MOCs. Edit: And yes, he enjoys putting on the tires to the wheels too :)

God bless the mothers and their cameras. One of the best posts here I read so far :)

Trust me, your 4yo won't care. Go with him and focus on the play value :)

Indeed, a great collection. I bet your head were spinning with memories during the build. It's always nice to see dads passing down Lego and it's nice to see the funny background story you two made up for the sets/combinations. Fascinating how good a four years old can build with lego, isn't it :) It makes me wonder how TLG cames up with the recommended age bracket for a set? keep on building!

Awesome, I can't wait to see it in plastic :) It's always nice to see houses where the regular folks can live (and that big number of police/firemen :)

Having UV protection foil on the windows in one room where you have your Lego on display isn't that expensive :)

Well, if you still do have school friends that comes over to play some lego, that's a whole different case :)

I think it's alright to play with our Lego (well, my 4 y.o. doesn't have come-over-and-play-friends), and if it would be needed, I would teach them how to play and not to wreck the parts. (A few accidental broken parts goes to the BL wishlist). Lending your lego and not getting it back is a whole different story. If this was the case with my son*, I would ask the other parents to pay for the lost/broken parts and settle this with their child. (Even if it will result in some do not borrow toys policy for them.) And that goes for all the toys we have around, not just lego. Edit: * And of course it is all natural to me to try and compensate for the toys my son breaks

I guess they were assembled with a long line of larger bricks that he disassembled once the glue got hold.

I don't think you have to feel guilt at all. My 4 y.o. son has two giant bins of duplo and most of the hero factory robots/monsters (sorry for the sloppy terms), he's quite good with them, inventing his own robots, atlering existing models and building the original ones from instructions. We have a humble amount of sorted pieces that is "ours" and is free to play with. When we are (he is) done, we put all the MOCs, parts, mixed pieces into a big box for me to sort again later. He already knows where to look after what parts (minifig accessories mostly), and it's a gleat pleasure to see how his hand gets more and more agile: 1-2 years ago he was barely able to connect duplo, now he is making cars and houses (a bit awkward ones, but hey, he's 4). And there is "daddy's lego" of course, a few classic town sets from the 70s 80s in my workroom/office. He is fascinated by them (i think it's mostly because it's mine and not freely accessible). He is allowed to play with them with supervision, but he can't take it out of the room to mix it with "our lego" and he is not allowed to break down the sets. I think it's good to have SOME rules.

My brother's and my first figures were these firemen, with our first set with minifigs (374-1), if you don't count those big figures with poseable arms, sphere heads and 2x2 brick bodies. It's a shame that their decals worn off quite fast (or did we play with them too much? :)) I still have poor fellas around in my "borken lego" box for they are totally worn-out and you can't even have them to sit any more for their limbs are too loose and their faces are totally missing. I would raise the bar and ask you to post an ACTUAL photo of the minifig. :) My first minifigure by hatalmas, on Flickr My first minifigure by hatalmas, on Flickr

Actually, I'm looking for a digital image (jpg) to be printed on matte photo paper (an A3 paper cut in half would do the job maybe). I tried to create something similar, probably it would be tagged as a "fail": maybe if I would add some fluffy coulds and/or vegetation, like this: (and no, I'm not willing to pay 200USD for a stock image)

Hello Eurobrickers! I'm in the process of creating a mini lego city (to be precise, town since they are from the 70s) on one of my shelves. My plan is to have a backdrop (background, wallpaper) printed in 30x120cm to cover the wall behind the houses. I've seen some nice backdrops on photos you upload. Do you have any idea where could I get some cartoonish landscapes that is large enough to be printed in such size? I'm thinking about something similar like they used here on the official set shot: (A village in the mountains) thank you, Zeon (ps.: Sorry for my English, I'm mostly read only in it)