Maple
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I love the NSOT on these of the windows. It's really simple, common pieces used in such a way that's amazing.
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Alien Conquest is one of my favorite themes. The issue was LEGO can only make a certain amount of pieces at any one time. So if I remember currently Friends sold was more than LEGO thought so they needed to make more pieces for that and weren't able to waste the factory time in making the awesome theme that didn't sell well.
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I don't think I've ever bought modular for full price, always waited for sale. But damn I'd buy that if it were a set.
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LEGO made sand red legs?!
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I love all the air pieces / helmets you use for the plants, such an awesome use of parts. Love the greenhouse and the old style green and red doors. Love it all.
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Very nice! Is that place yellow? I love the color, looks perfect.
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Sure it has. Just pick a random popular theme and say it will be made into LEGO 2-3 years down the line. That's what the cult like nature of this site and 20 pages of 'rumors' based on nothing. It's all insane. Because clearly if we get sets it will be before the 2022 movie. What's another big movie coming out in the next few years? The Lord of the Rings will return with the Amazon TV series, new LEGO sets in 2023. You heard it here first.
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Why is LEGO so hesitant about bringing back classic themes?
Maple replied to Lego David's topic in General LEGO Discussion
You people are unreal. I have never seen Playmobile in a Walmart, I've only seen them at Target during Easter and Christmas. So then I checked Walmart.com and see if any stores around me sold Playmobile, they don't. Maybe it's a northeast USA thing. The USA is the number 1 market to LEGO, with China probably now second, and Germany third. But I love the fact that you admit in German LEGO is first, BECAUSE THEY MAKE WHAT SELLS. And Brandon Pea you are incredibly naive. How does LEGO make the most money possible? By making toys people want to buy. That's it. LEGO isn't making you because you love them, they make them to take your money. If everyone stopped buying LEGO they would stop making LEGO. It's really that simple. -
Why is LEGO so hesitant about bringing back classic themes?
Maple replied to Lego David's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Clearly it's not. LEGO's one goal is to make the most amount of money possible. If they thought castle, pirates or whatever would sell they be making it. It's really that simple. The fact you bring up Playmobil is funny to me. In the USA they aren't even sold in stores anymore. Only place I've ever seen them were Toys R Us. Walmart sells them online, not in store. Same with Target. You know why? Because they don't sell. Meanwhile LEGO has 1-2 aisles in every store. Why is LEGO making so many Police sets? Because they sell. Why does LEGO make so many planes and helicopters even in sets that makes very little sense? Because they sell. It's really that simple. So maybe you are being presumptuous on thinking you know what LEGO should do more than LEGO. -
1. LEGO has no investors, it's family owned. 2. LEGO doesn't do quarterly reports because it's family owned. 3. LEGO has released a the annual info they want to release in a 50 page report every year for decades. So the fact LEGO is doing a video makes me hopeful for something. There is 15 pages of useless, random, garbage here that's based on nothing. So I can join in and be just as hopeful. But with the virus taking over the planet it wouldn't surprise me if LEGO had to delay things because of production issues.
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The boat is awesome, love the use of the half triangle tiles to transition the white/grey. But that sub is my favorite! It's just the perfect size and uses the sloped red piece beautifully.
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What are you talking about? It's where the live stream of the 2019 data will be released. Never said there was, just wishful thinking because whats the point of live streaming 2019 sale numbers? There is none, so maybe they will tease something for this year.
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Birth of a new Lego city [UPDATE #24 Overpass completed! ]
Maple replied to HereWeGoAgain's topic in LEGO Town
I like the train bridge and the use of the railing pieces. Also using knock offs is fine, LEGO doesn't make the + piece of train track anymore. If I didn't have the 9V one I'd buy the knock of for that too. Road plates are so expensive that I either don't use them (black paper works) or would buy knockoffs. -
Why is LEGO so hesitant about bringing back classic themes?
Maple replied to Lego David's topic in General LEGO Discussion
They wouldn't sell. That was easy, three and a half words. :) Pirates was never really a Classic theme, it was always kind of wishy washy, but it amazes me we didn't even get a D2C pirate ship for the 30th anniversary. There have been two 40th anniversary sets of Trains in two different years but nothing for Pirates is a bit of a let down. Also Dark Ages started when they retired Town and replaced it with City Center Jr. At least that lead to the best theme, World City during the recovery years. -
https://live.axion.dk/lego/200304/website.html
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What kind? The normal kind. They will be talking about sale numbers and such for 2019. It's at 10am CET.
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March 4th LEGO is doing a lifestream of the 2019 results. I don't remember them ever doing that. I'm hopeful (based on nothing) that maybe they will tease 2020 sets / Monkey Boy. (Still such a bad name for a theme, it be like calling NinjaGo 'Lloyd'.
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Well the toy fairs have been lame for 3-4+ years now. But if I were LEGO, and there wasn't a world ending death flu that will kill 98% of humans and make the other 2% vampire zombies, I would reveal the sets in Asia / China being that's where they are supposed to be basing the story on.
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Oh good. I'm hoping for the color changing ones, they were always my favorite.
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GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! LEGO David is here to tell you about the return of LEGO Space in 2020, 2021, 2022 as there are no Star Wars movies coming out for a few years! I can't wait to see them at this weekend's toy fair. Here's an idea, LEGO Sci-fi Space no longer sells. That simple. Alien Conquest last one year, it was supposed to last two. The whole second wave of which was canceled because of poor sales. Power Rangers in Space, I mean Galaxy Squad only lasted one year too. Maybe Disney has something in a new deal saying no Space sets but I doubt it as TLM2 sets were most weird space ships. And that movie bombed and all the sets have been 50% off and still sit on the shelves. If that's not proof of sci-fi space themes not selling, therefore not being made, I don't know what is. Alien Conquest and Galaxy Squad have better ship designs than anything LEGO / Star Wars has come up with in the last 10 years. 70708, Hive Crawler is one of the best designed sets ever. The problem was it was so overpriced. 70708: Hive Crawler
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I like it as I loved the cartoon as a child. But I thought there was a rule that current themes couldn't be considered for Idea sets.
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That's amazing. I never got around to buying Ship in a Bottle because it was always overpriced to me, but this is exactly what I wanted to do with the window pieces. It's perfect. I never buy a set the first day of release, but I'd buy this right away. It's stunning.
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Why couldn't there be a fourth mnifigure wave that isn't considered part of the CMF series? Unikitty had a minifigure series.