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Hah sick burn. Necrobump allowed. Wait, I'm an adult. Ban them.

This is anecdotal but every time I see these things actually being looked at, whether its the Lego store or Target, parents and their kids alike are feeling up the bags. I've never seen someone just grab some and go; always standing there in front of the product and feeling it up. Ditch the blind bags, Lego.

This is very awesome. A great way to get a large city with limited parts. Keep us updated!

The drawers of the quoted cabinets are still plastic regardless of the cabinet frame material so out-gassing would still be a concern. Was just countering the argument that one frame material is superior to another when what is being stored in them (Lego) doesn't really have the mass that would necessitate or justify using a stronger material. If we're going to be talking extreme long term regarding plastic degradation and out-gassing then the hazards of steel oxidation and rust are valid points as well as possible exposure to volatile corrosion inhibitors and potentially toxic paints. Location of manufacture would also be concern considering one country's propensity for lead content/contamination. If discussing the storage of hex-sockets, wrenches and other tools in an automobile repair establishment then sure steel cabinets are generally preferred. However when discussing the storage of Lego its likely that both the plastic cabinets and the bricks themselves would outlast all of us barring exposure to specific solvents or catastrophic events.

Ditch the blind bags. They've always been sleazy but now they're potentially dangerous as well.

No idea how humidity affects the plastic. I do agree that over time many of the parts seem to become more stiff. I have a whole bunch of figures and bricks from the 90s that regardless of whether they are left connected or not the clutch power (something Lego has reportedly altered over time) does indeed feel stronger than the plates, bricks and figures of today. The older Lego were also colored pellets whereas now the pellets are colorless and Lego adds the color at the time of molding; one of the manufacturing changes (for the better IMO).

I think temperature should be disregarded as a factor and doesn't need to be mentioned. Lego is molded at around 450ºF. Its safely assumed that ones Lego collection isn't subjected to outdoor Mojave desert summers or buried in Antarctic snow. So the majority of Lego around the world is probably kept somewhere between ~60-80ºF (15-26ºC) year round and thus extreme temperature isn't really a factor. If the primary concern is for ones minifigures is their value then perhaps they should be stored untouched or sold off before they break.

I'd focus more on securing such tall cabinets to the wall so it doesn't fall forward when opening the drawers than whether the frame is steel vs plastic. The number of people using plastic cabinets (and stacked one on top of another) is so high we would have heard of one collapsing on itself by now. Also considering the number of automobile and firearm parts that are plastic the whole metal is stronger notion is just erroneous piece of mind thinking at this point. If battle rifles with polymer receivers have seen combat with no issues then its probably suitable to make a cabinet with. And to the last point; humans have been using refined metals for thousands of years yet the first fully synthetic plastic is barely over a hundred years old. So really plastic is more space age while metal is somewhat ancient technology.

You're going to need to use some off-site image hosting service and not the eurobricks host like you did for those two images. Bricksafe.com or flickr are the two most popular for EB image hosting.

A.12 is from an Exo Force set: https://brickset.com/sets/8106-1/Aero-Booster The black and yellow radar piece (also a shovel piece) is from a bunch of town/space sets: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=2440p69&in=S The transparent brown pieces in the upper left are from a Star Wars set: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=3939px1&in=S The wedge 6x2 left (in the middle) is from the same Star Wars set: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=41748pb018&idColor=1#T=C&C=1 And the two 6x8 ramp pieces on the right are from Star Wars Republic Attack Gunship: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemPic.asp?S=7676-1

1997 Space subtheme "UFO": either Cyber Saucer, Warp Wing Fighter, Alien Avenger, Interstellar Starfighter. Bricklink Part: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30117pb01&idColor=9#T=C&C=9 The Sets: https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Space/year-1997

Absolutely gorgeous. Love everything about your build here. So very West Indies and quintessential Lego pirates. Simply perfect.

Well their two choices were accelerate or decelerate. They chose neither.

Depends on scale and theme/era: Micro/mini/architecture scale: Special Themes. Minifigure scale will depend on theme and content: Historic, Town, Licensed, Pirates or Adventure. Larger than minifigure scale but also truly scaled design: Scale Modeling.

Excellent share there, after seeing the construction its even more desirable.

Amazing work shaping such a massive and flowing creation with mostly square bricks. I really like the hair poking out and flowing behind the hood, the recreation of the elastic fabric at the bottom of the hoodie near the waist and of course that fantastic face. Remarkable!

Everything you build is a splendor to look at and this is no exception. Absolutely marvelous work as always!

You missed the point and went on a tangent arguing that because someone paid X amount of money for something and a museum put X in their exhibit; X is widely adored. It feels like this back and forth is more about the comparison of the limited color selection of old Lego to art that you enjoy and thus taking offense to my insinuated opinion that such a narrow color palette is aesthetically unappealing for a construction toy because I used the barf emoji to convey that viewpoint in the same sentence as the artist's name. Hence your multi paragraph defense of his works. Nothing was actually said about that artist's work. What was stated was an opinion that building Lego within the confines of the very finite selection of colors available back then is analogous to working in his intentionally limited fashion and isn't nearly as appealing as working with the range available today. Heaven forbid anyone actually say they don't like his work. Never again will I utter his name around here. No conclusion was made or jumped to, the statement ended with a question mark. It was a slightly flippant hypothesis. The incessantly communicated longings for Lego from way back when alongside the constant derision of TLG's offerings right now is not to be scrutinized, that is now understood. May the perpetually consuming and preoccupied obsession with nostalgia continue. Lego's new 18+, out-of-the-vault re-release of all the "golden age" of Lego from 19whatever to 2002.

If the chronic complaining in the form of disparaging comments and criticism justified by rosy retrospection becomes frustrating and grating to others then I would describe that as the opposite of healthy, but I'm not a clinical psychologist. Nevertheless I agree with what you said. I'm sure you remember the behavior by some in reaction to the T Rex Rampage announcement. When it gets to the point that adult fans of a children's construction toy are reacting like that I would say something is probably wrong. With some sets labeled as 18+ and thus adults being directly marketed to instead being hinted at as a plus sign after the number sixteen I just hope that type of reaction doesn't worsen when the official sets differ from what they had pictured in their head.

Museums have also displayed burlap sacks full of feces, urinals as sculpture and artists have won awards for photographs of religious objects in jars filled with urine. Britney Spears' used pregnancy test sold for over five thousand dollars, the window of the book depository where JFK was shot from sold for $3 million (just the window frame and glass), and a grilled cheese sandwich with char that some said looked like the virgin Mary sold for $28,000 USD. Just because someone paid a lot of money for something or a museum put it on display doesn't mean its beloved by all or exempt from criticism. Lego is no longer restricted to 5 colors (thank goodness). That was the point, not museums or overpaying. Was addressing the very vocal individuals whom constantly, repetitiously, incessantly post about bring 'back classic space, classic pirates, classic castle, classic town'. I think you might be conflating some members who build awesome MOCs with others who spend much of their Lego time complaining and opining for things that once were. That's what seems like a bit of an unhealthy mindset. The relentless posting pictures of the old stuff alongside regular complaints of the new gives off that impression.

If you're talking about my post from the 'not a toy anymore' thread I was responding to the discussion veering off into the always predictable and repetitious debate about how "Lego was better back in my day" and how the old sets were (jokingly) like building with a Mondrian-restricted color palette compared to the wide and versatile selection of colors we have today. No idea whether Mondrian's work was actually an inspiration for the early days of Lego or if primary colors were simply due to plastic color manufacturing capabilities of the times, safety/quality concerns, costs or what have you. All I know is the color selection is better now and Lego is so much better today then it was whenever whoever is always saying it was back then. Though you might find this to be an interesting read: The Changing Palette of Lego 1975-2014 And this is from Quora so questionable veracity and non-existent sources/citations but one of the respondents claims that Lego was inspired by Mondrian's work. Again, no citation to back up this claim. Its Quora, and also they don't cite any sources so take it as you will they say they're a Lego Ambassador.

Entirely plausible. Surely there is some market research or algorithms to help the Ideas team gauge the sales figures and determine how fickle this crowd might be. Oh yeah that's how I remember this show, cause Dan Harmon sexually harassed one of the writers for Community. Hollywood.

Don't forget about flickr. Plenty of builders simply loathe being forced into the stupid square image format of instagram and anything facecrook.

Absolutely amazing. I bet the Architecture design team is made all warm and fuzzy by this. 26,000 pieces you say, this is building time well spent. What a wonderful recreation.

Ok why do we even have the guidelines anymore.