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  1. icm
    Sigh..."by the end of the year" is a long time to wait for things to make their way out of the rumor mill and into real life. That said, enough major sets have spun out of the rumor mill and into reality that I trust the rumors of Space in TLM2. In the meantime, I'm spending all the seed corn for TLM2 sets on retired kits that scratch one aspect or another of my Space itch. Those rumors better come true quick or else I won't have any money to respond to them! :)
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    I mostly just wish that whenever TLG introduced a new slope or wedge, it would also introduce its inverted counterpart. It seems like such an obvious thing to do, yet the catalog of inverted slopes and wedges is much sparser than the catalog of upright slopes and wedges. This would go a long way towards improving the shapes of starfighters (in particular, the A-wing, Naboo fighter, and T-70 X-wing) and also be widely useful in aircraft, boat, and Space builds.
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    The MVT Galactic Cruiser is one of the best Neo-Classic Space models I've seen in a long time. It pays a clear homage to the original theme without feeling like an uninspired imitation with modern parts and it's got a clear style of its own, but it's not too complex, too large, or overly greebled. Also, it seems much more practical in-universe than most NCS builds. I'd buy that. The Adventurers Car Chase has a sedan with 2x2 seating. I've wanted one of those since I was a kid, and TLG still hasn't made one. (The Simpsons police car only seats one in the back row, and the 2x2 seating in the Flash Speeder doesn't count.) I'd buy that too.
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    At this point I'd say just stop worrying about it. There's natural variation in parts, and the difference in wing angles looks like it's within the manufacturing tolerances.
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    Creator has been trending this way for some time, but this summer 2018 wave really is just City by another name: that is, City with alt builds. The alt builds on all of these look really nice, though. It reminds me of the best set + alt build combinations of 1990s Town. And that yacht is so amazing I just might get it.
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    Because the series is aimed at the general Lego consumer who doesn't know how to use Bricklink.
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    If the box and bags were sealed, then the hinges aren't the problem. If you got a used copy, they still might be. But if it's a new copy (sealed until you opened it), and you built it according to the instructions, perhaps the slight difference in wing angles isn't worth worrying about. I can't see it in the pictures in your first post.
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    If the basic wing structure and attachment lugs are the same on both sides, maybe it's just the extra weight of the droid that makes the left side droop. The extra weight would have a negligible effect on new hinges, but 75038 is four years old. If you've taken the set apart several times or moved the wings up and down a lot, the clutch power of the hinges could be noticeably reduced. Try swapping the hinges on either side and see if that fixes the problem.
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    I don't see the problem. Can you please explain the modifications you've made, and the problems you're having with the wing angles, in more detail?
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    They're relevant to kids, who are probably not following the latest Lego news online. The Lego catalog was always my favorite magazine as a kid, and I imagine that the relatively small advertising investment of sending catalogs in the mail to houses with children who send for them pays off handsomely even if the vast majority of children who get those catalogs don't remain interested in Lego as adults.
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    I would guess it's from this or this. The Jack Stone figures are smaller and have fewer degrees of freedom.
  12. icm
    Actually, that red figure in the fifth picture is a Technic figure.
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    The best place to start is at Brickset.com. Search for the theme names you remember (Pirates, Space, etc) and the years you had Lego in as a kid, then see what sets you recognize. Look for the big recognizable parts from each set. Based on those pictures, some good search terms will be "9V," "monorail," "Space Police 2," "Blacktron 2," "Spyrius," "Imperial Flagship," "Octan," "Space Police," "M-Tron," "Ice Planet 2002," and "Dark Forest." I don't have time to go through the Brickset database and pick out the individual sets myself, but you can start there.
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    Last night I took a break from my usual pastime of persuading myself not to buy the 70816 Benny spaceship to build a different kind of Classic Space redux, based on 6931 FX Star Patroller instead of 928 Space Cruiser and Moon Base. Comments, criticism, and advice of all kinds are welcome! (The pictures are in the first post.)
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    Where did you get this information? I've wanted Thunderbirds sets since I was a kid. By "Avatar," do you mean the Last Airbender, or do you mean the James Cameron movie?
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    That's a very nice creation with a fun backstory. Where does the phone part come from? I can't find it on Bricklink.
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    When you put it that way, it does sound like a futuristic space subtheme that stretches the City brand the way the futuristic Arctic subtheme stretches that brand would be an appropriate spiritual successor to Classic Space. Although the last Space subtheme, Galaxy Squad, had several design nods to Classic Space (suits of different colors, modular builds, some white and blue spacecraft), it never felt like an appropriate successor to CS to me because it was too warlike.
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    Like the 1997-1998 Competition subtheme of Technic and the 2001 line of Rahi in Bionicle, then. I don't go for CCBS, but I just might get something like that.
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    First post updated with archived content and a historical curiosity.
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    If the approach taken towards AFOL demands for Castle is "give them the bricks in Modulars and let them build their own," that may also be the approach taken towards AFOL demands for Space, but Space parts are more suited towards regular children's play lines like Star Wars, Ninjago, and Nexo Knights. Hence the abundance of nice Spacey parts like trans-yellow and trans-orange windscreens we've had lately.
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    I just saw the pictures on Reddit. Gee, the whole line is so futuristic! It feels like more of a Space theme than a City theme. The big mobile base with the wooly mammoth would fit right in with a Gerry Anderson-style layout.
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    The problem with Bricklinking a build is that, while often any individual part may be found for well under the golden ten cents, shipping and handling expenses for buying many lots from many sellers can push the total expenses up to an average of twenty, thirty, fifty cents or more per part. It quickly becomes more cost effective to just buy a used copy of the set that's missing only a relatively small number of parts, if the set is retired, or to buy it new when you can (on sale if possible).
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    The best site for Mega Bloks that I'm aware of is bricker.ru. They have a catalog of MB sets that is similar in nature to Brickset's catalog of Lego sets, although it's harder to navigate. I don't know if they have a parts catalog.
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    The UCS MF won the "Specialty Toy" category instead of the "Construction Toy" category because an $800 display model is a specialty item that isn't very good for play. It's a "specialty toy" in the same way that ridiculously expensive action figures from Hot Toys are "specialty toys": silly items with no practical use whose potential customer base is severely restricted by the high price tag. Sure, those are action figures, but you wouldn't award any of them an "action figure toy of the year" award because they're too expensive for the general market.
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    I haven't studied business, but it seems to me like that would <not> be in a corporation's best interest. Such an attitude would lead to "having too many irons in the fire" and getting "spread too thin". Any organization must pick and choose its priorities. Some markets may be too small to be worth pursuing. Whether or not the dedicated adult fans of Castle form a market that's too small for TLG to profitably pursue is not a question about which I choose to speculate.
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