Lego David

This topic should be in the LEGO Licensed sub-forum, not in here.

I am very curious, what is the exact number of registered accounts on this site? Not that this really matters, but I am just curious to know about how big is the Eurobricks community.

In the set 8969 4-Wheeling Pursuit, you can clearly see two colorful bricks underneath the helicopter, used for photographing the set, but for whatever reason, they forgot to photoshop them out: This might as well have been intentional, but a lot of the early Bionicle sets, which were among the first to feature CGI Box Arts, were being shown in poses they couldn't actually achieve, such as bent knees, and rotated heads (which those early sets couldn't actually do):

Brickset and Bricklink are the best in this regard. Of course, they don't have all the information regarding every set, but their database is the best we have, and they have successfully archived pretty much every single LEGO Set ever made (even if information regarding old or obscure sets may be scarcer).

This might be a controversial opinion, but I think Ninjago was never a particularly good theme set-wise. The first wave, despite being my favorite because of the feudal Japan vibe and nice contrast between heroes with dragons and villains with vehicles, was still pretty sub-par compared to other themes that came out at the same time, such as Pharaoh's Quest, and a lot of its success could be attributed to the Spinners gimmick , which hit at the right moment when the Beyblade craze was at its highest. The second wave saw the Spinners taking a step back and more focus on the actual sets, and I have to admit, they have indeed improved upon what they had in wave 1, but that came at the expense of the contrast between heroes and villains, and from this point on, realizing how profitable they are with kids, LEGO has never stopped pumping out repetitive oversized hero vehicles. The third wave was in my opinion the worst, being clearly thrown together at the last minute. If it weren't for the TV Series being popular, Ninjago as we know it would have ended there. Rebooted was another quickly thrown together wave after LEGO realized their mistake and uncancelled the theme, and we wouldn't start getting set waves with proper development time until 2015. Most people say that the theme has gotten better and better since, but to be fair, the line has never moved passed the oversized hero vehicles trend, with just some occasional good villains. The only genuinely great set wave we have gotten was the LEGO Ninjago Movie wave, but everything else is pretty standard. The TV Show is the only reason Ninjago has endured for so long, because there is no way the sets alone can carry a theme like this, especially when barely a few out of the hundreds of Ninjago sets even stand out.

Well, it seems like one of the primary goals of this update is to make the site more accessible from mobile devices, which is something I have always wanted, so I am fine with this update. A lot of elements about the Bricklink site are still incredibly outdated, so it is about time it received a proper update. However, I do share your concern about the unexperienced TLG messing up too much with the site and potentially ruin it...

In what Discord server did you discuss it? I might want to join one of those servers myself.

As much as the original Journey to the West was basically a "villain of the week" story (a concept that does get old after a while, IMO) at least there you got to see the characters grow while travelling to a certain location in order to achieve a certain goal. From what I have seen so far, the Monkie Kid show seems to have none of that. Also, @Lyichir has Season 2 of the show aired already? I haven't seen anyone discussing it.

I get the feeling that the minifigures are the real reason why The Black Pearl became so expansive in the first place. The Davy Jones minifigure alone can go for upwards of 50$.

They will only be sold to certain European countries. No Russia, no Eastern European, just to a few Western European countries, like Denmark and the UK. The total number of world wide countries they are going to ship those sets to is going to be only 30.

The answer is yes, because they currently have no other choice. That ain't going to happen, the Bricklink program specifically told the designers to remove any sort of custom minifigures from the finalized designs. If anything, the set will probably include just some generic figures with no torso printing.

Another one of my dream sets is one that isn't a particularly good set, but comes with a incredibly desirable piece that I really want. 8998 Toa Mata Nui comes with the exclusive Pearl Gold Edition of the Mask of Life, which that piece alone can go for upwards of 150$, which is half of the full set's current value of about 300$:

We all have our own sets we dream of having, but we know we'll likely never own them because of how expensive they have gotten over the years. What are your own "Dream" LEGO sets? It can be any retired sets that either are incredibly hard to find, or the second hand value was grown so much that they are virtually unobtainable. For example, my personal dream set would probably be the Fantasy Castle Giant Chess set, which now currently can go for upwards of 800$.

Not sure if people around here still care, but here is another update to our project.

The thing is, most of the time the thing people love so much about their childhood sets isn't how they're built or how they look, but more about the idea conveyed through the set. When people ask for more Castle sets, they aren't asking for a re-issue of the Yellow Castle, but just want LEGO to do more with the concept of LEGO Castles. This can apply with pretty much every LEGO theme. Some nostalgic sets may be outdated in terms of building style or techniques, but the idea conveyed through the set is what sticks with people. So with that in mind, I see nothing wrong with expanding upon the general concept of Classic Space, Castle, and reinterpreting them in a more modern style.

Are they really making another Stranger Things set? I found it odd that they got the license to begin with (we can go back and forth arguing if the show is approprite for LEGO or not), and the fact that they are daring enough to make more sets is kind of perplexing me. What I wonder is if they'll make this set 18+ like most of the current D2C sets, or they'll keep it 16+ like the last one? If they make it 18+, this could signal the arrival of mature licenses for adults only (not something I am looking forward too).

This is one thing that has always bothered me about how LEGO manages things. They often create a tone of one-and-done molds, use them in just once, and get rid of them already. I can totally understand doing this for the more specific parts, like Bionicle masks, for instance, but they tend to do this with every new mold they create, even if it is still perfectly useable. They create a tone of new molds for CMFs, and most of them end up never being re-used again, only to jack up the prices for those parts on Bricklink. And if creating new molds (especially dual-molded ones) is really as expensive as everyone says, why does LEGO keep doing this? It seems like a big waste of money and resources to me. And if they really keep doing this with newer molds, why would it be such a big deal bringing back a perfectly usable old mold? Wait what? So the LEGO Dice piece really that much to produce? Ouch... Well, at least it was used a abundantly throughout the LEGO Games theme, even if not much outside it. But how exactly do we know how much each specific piece costed to produce? Is that info public? LEGO usually tries to keep all their production secret, and never reveal much besides what designers sometimes say in interviews.

Even so, I'd imagine those sets will be retried by the time they approve and release their own D2C Castle set. So again, there will be no direct competition.

I am not so sure about this. I guess it depends a lot on the set in question. I can see some adults who have no previous connection to LEGO get interested in buying something like the Sitcom sets, but I'd be very surprised if anyone with no previous experience with LEGO would want to sink in 300$+ on a set replicating an real-world object they like. I don't know, if I were a newcomer to LEGO and saw how expensive those big sets are, I'd be pretty shocked... especially because as a newcomer, I probably wouldn't know anything about the value of LEGO. You do realize both the Disney Castle and the Harry Potter Microscale Hogwards are both retired, right? A hypothetical new Castle set wouldn't be competing with either of those. This is a D2C set, it would only appear in LEGO Brand stores, where there is plenty of shelf space. Not to mention the unusually high amount of large D2C sets LEGO has been pumping up recently. If LEGO makes a Castle the successfully recreates the Medieval architecture style, I wouldn't be surprised if some non-LEGO fans who are interested in Medieval History might buy it.

I agree with this, but there should be at least a rule stating that you can only re-submit an idea after a certain amount of time has passed (let's say, one year). Because a lot of creators straight up re-submitted their project as soon as it got declined, and I don't think LEGO's interest in that idea is going to change that fast. This may have been true back when we had like 10 projects in each review stage, but with so many now reaching 10k, I wouldn't be surprised if their method has changed. If just looking through all the projects alone can be quite tedious, I'd imagine it would be even harder for TLG to individually review every single project. (And by review, I don't mean just determining if certain IPs are viable, but also building prototype models and testing if the build would work as a set). Add to that how they have to pay people to review all those projects, and you end up spending more money and time reviewing all of those projects than you would do actually producing them. I personally don't think TLG is really going to review each project individually, but more like just quickly browse through the submissions and just pick out what draws their attention, and just sweep under the rug everything else.

The thing is, most of those re-submissions are from the exact same creator of the original submission, and most of the time they don't even bother updating the project, they just submit the original thing all over again. To be honest, I think they should do a rule preventing this. I can't say whether or not it is a problem for TLG, but it is certainly a problem for the creators. Having so many projects in the same review will result in most of them being completely overlooked, severaly limiting the chance of new creators getting their idea made into a set.

Man, those review stages keep getting more and more crowded and convoluted with each passing wave. It nothing changes, it wouldn't surprise me if in a year or so we'll get review stages with 100+ projects. Its about time they update the LEGO Ideas policy. Here are a few possible solutions to reducing the amount of projects in each review: - Increase the amount of required votes in order to get to the review stage - Make a rule against re-submitting previously unapproved projects (almost half of the projects in this review are re-submissions) - Limit the amount of projects a creator can submit to only one, until he reaches 10k supporters (several of the projects in this review are from the same creator) - Don't allow multiple projects based off the same IP be in the same review stage (there are x2 The Office projects in this current review) - Limit the amount of support votes a site visitor can give to only one per day (as it stands right now, people just go to the site and support everything they like, even if they wouldn't actually buy it). That would give more value to the votes, and would encourage voters to choose more wisely. I believe implementing even just one of those solutions would greatly improve the situation, significantly reducing the amount of projects that get to the review stage every season.

Wait, is that a Bionicle Great Sprit Robot face slapped on that mech build I see there? Lol Considering Toothdominoes is also a Bionicle fan, I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention.

Well, believe it or not, I have seen quite a few people who are like that. They might still buy some occasional sets, but only if they have parts they could use in their favorite theme. Otherwise, they mostly don't buy anything else LEGO produces, unless it is related to their theme.

I am not really sure trying to lure in new fans through Nostalgic IPs is a good long-term strategy. Once those people got the set based off the IP they are a fan of, they would have no reason to come back to LEGO ever again unless they keep getting sets based off that respective IP. Meanwhile, nostalgic LEGO themes are aimed at an audience that already frequently buys LEGO, so doing that satisfies their need, and cements their status of LEGO fans.