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    I've been a Pinterest user for a little while now, and after getting used to its many different functions, features, and format, it has undergone a bit of a revamp. While the format changes and reconfigurations don't bother me, it's what's missing that does. I don't know if it's the same way for others, but three major (and useful) functions are now completely absent from the site, and they are... The ULR address pin function, which was located within the "plus" button that was formerly in the bottom right hand corner of the home feed. This allowed you to save pins without the Pinterest app button that they would suggest you upload for your browser. Though I didn't use this one, the other function contained within the "plus" button was an upload function for your own photos/content if you wished to host it on Pinterest directly. The "visually similar search" function, which was located in the upper right hand corner of each pin when they were opened, denoted by a four bracketed symbol. The "Hide" function, which was located in the bottom right hand corner of each unopened pin. Hiding a pin would purportedly insure that similar such pins would not be suggested in your home feed in the future. Have these changes happened to anyone else who may be users here?
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    So I've finally watched both How to Train Your Dragon and its 2014 sequel, and yeah, John Powell really did give this franchise a most powerful score! I can't say though I'm really crazy about either movie, as I don't think they would do anything for me at all if it weren't for their score. The first film's story wasn't bad though, but the second one... Well, nonetheless, probably my favorite piece from the first film's score would be this one, especially starting at the two minute mark.
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    How to Train Your Dragon (B+) and its 2014 sequel (C+).
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    Except in the case of an in-house theme like Legends of Chima. Besides many the recolors/reprints of those individual tribal "masks" of theirs, did Lego ever consider how those molds would be used beyond that theme? The weaponry and armor parts are one thing, as those still have a lot of potential for reusage in other Sci-Fi/Fantasy themes. But with the headgear molds... Well, then that raises another question: Would Lego devote any resources to developing an entire theme that would be sold on a mainstream retail basis only over in Europe, with a limited online/brand store release for the United States? I mean, they did release two CMSs exclusively for both England and Germany back in 2012 and 2016 respectively.
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    Would you think that may be due to perhaps European consumers' preference for toys that portray more archetypical storylines, or would it be some other factor?
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    Man, here's an entry that I really geeked out about upon seeing it. Brickheadz Retro Spaceman by MxJena
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    Here are four other AFOL builders you might not know of whose work will frequently fall into both the Dieselpunk and Sky-Fi genres. Some of the links are to albums of MOCs that fall specifically into either one of those two. Flickr - Sylon-tw Flickr - Fredoichi Flickr - Beau Donnan Flickr - forrest_john
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    That is pretty much exactly how themes such as Atlantis, Power Miners, Space Police III, and Agents/Ultra Agents went about it, and I definitely prefer that model over the direction most zany, flagship "big bang" themes take.* * But, I do sort of like Nexo Knights over Ninjago and Legends of Fabuland.
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    Exactly! And, given Creator's age range of six to twelve, who's to say that kids who grew up with the show would completely grow out of trains and locomotives overall? It's still a damn shame that Mattel practically OWNS the franchise.
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    Here are a few Classic Space entries I found that I'd like to share here: LL2019 Interceptor by Armorbearer470 Classic LEGO Space Microfighter by JPbricks Encounter on Blorp Ridge by rjtheroux Actually, the main reason I really like that entry is because not only does it utilize that one canopy part only seen in 8970 Robo Attack, but it recolors it in Trans-yellow.
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    Despite its racing graphic stickers, the 1968 Mustang Fastback is still my favorite set of this wave. But, considering, the 250 GTO in the Ultimate Garage set looks very nice too.
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    Ha, I love the little touches like Boba Fett as a prisoner and the deceased Classic Spaceman. I had to do a double take on that rover when I saw its canopy, as I often forget Lego had recolored that part in Trans-Red way back then.
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    Unless you're already familiar with these guys' work, two of my favorite AFOL builders who predominantly build within those genres are Vince Toulouse and JonHall18. Vince is a master at NPU (nice part usage), while Jon builds some killer Sky-Fi fighter planes! Also, Instagram user jeff_works has a knack for incredible microscale cityscape creations, which more often than not, fall into a Decopunk/Retrofuturistic design aesthetic.
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    Say, that's kinda cool!
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    Probably not, but I somewhat wonder if this movie will be to The Lego Movie's sequel what the fourth Avengers movie will be to Avengers: Infinity War, if you know what I mean.
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    Oh yeah, Dieselpunk/Decopunk/Sky-Fi is definitely my thing, so it's something I look for in others creations!
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    Well, kind of. Many of the specific shows I had mentioned had a specific character design and style that I think would be cool to see captured for minifigures. It's not rare or never-before-seen characters I care about, but the art deco, streamlined style of the character designs.
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    I've heard many people cite or compare others work to his scores, but I've still neither watched the movies nor listened to the score alone. I really should do so, as I've heard so much praise for it.
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    If Lego hypothetically wanted to test out such a line to see if it would be successful, why don't they just limit its initial release to brand stores and/or select retailers? For that matter, why don't we see Lego do that more often with any other questionable concepts or genres? I believe that's how the Speed Champions theme is distributed, right? If Lego had concurrently done a Juniors-like line around the same time, perhaps that would have given us a few useful printed and/or recolored System parts to work with.
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    FREAKING SWEET!!! I was only made aware of the Arkham Batwing when @TheBrickBuilder14 had done his own rendition of it, and I immediately look a likening to it given its Dieselpunk-like design qualities. With your rendition, I can't help but love how you incorporated the BvS Batmobile door parts into it, like you have with your past Batmobiles. Still, for me, the intake on this creation is the best part, and its most Dieselpunk-like design attribute.
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    That's a pretty novel idea, and it works rather nicely! Until now, I've never seen you do minifigure photography, and it looks pretty sharp! Perhaps you should try your hand at some Space themed figbarfs as an excuse for more minifigure photography.
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    I changed the the course of discussion for a eariler GWP topic of mine to talk about it.
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    Kids today still love the Thomas the Tank Engine franchise (as I did when I was a kid), so why couldn't Lego do a three-in-one Creator set with a Earth Blue/Bright Blue/Dark Azure British tank engine as the star build, with a shunter diesel and passenger coach as the two alternate builds?
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    Putting aside all my nitpicking opinions about "big bang" themes' setup and how I think they should be executed if I were to steer the design process, I have to agree with @Aanchir and @MAB about the narrative argument. I have nothing against in-house themes with rich storylines, and don't necessarily prefer simpler, archetypical ones over more complex ones; but, it's still unfortunate that more traditional in-house themes have been nearly squeezed out of the picture. That is why I always argue that Lego needs to find a preexisting outlet to direct many of their archetypical genres into, as not all kids desire "big bang" and/or licensed themes. Sure, it's probably a much smaller demographic than who Lego typically caters to currently, so why couldn't Lego at least give us a limited retailer released theme made up of multiple genres? I know I sound like a broken record, but Lego already has such a unrestricted line, and that theme is Creator.
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