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Hopefully we'll get a blue Space minifig, and the remaining parts for the light gray one, in the Build, Paint, and Play GWP. Which is supposed to happen some time this year. But it ain't Lego IDEAS if they don't make the actual release a huge downgrade, so we'll see.

Damn, they even lost DuckBricks? That's bad. Although he still bought 3 copies of each set...

Licensed sets don't sell. Especially Star Wars. They're just not popular with kids. You know how I know this? I was at Target this past weekend, and basically every 2025 Star Wars, Marvel, and Harry Potter set was on sale. I guess kids just don't like those sets. Especially Star Wars. (And anyone who's familiar with my post history knows I'm being facetious and poking fun of people who say some variation of "X sets must not sell because I saw them on sale once". I see those posts ALL THE TIME. And it's NEVER licensed sets they say this about, because they apparently have very "selective" vision).

I'm not familiar with the source material, but this spaceship is super cool. https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/4e6e1549-a555-4a1e-9862-1f0c7697f35b

Giant Space Lego sets at Legoland Florida:

I was trying to buy parts for a MOC on Bricklink recently, and when I tried to manually select which shops, I couldn't check out due to the "average lot" requirement in some shops. That was super annoying. I already spent the time to pick the shops and confirm prices were okay, and then didn't hit the unmet requirement until I went to check out. I didn't even know about "average lot" requirements until then. It might be better if there was just an earlier warning that a store selection will have unmet requirements. Luckily, the auto-store select actually worked perfectly -- it avoided the expensive stores AND any unmet requirements. Did they improve the algorithm recently? Because I swear it didn't work as well before. But anyway. I'm not convinced that the "average lot" minimum is conducive to what Bricklink is all about. Because the solution, for me, was to not use those stores. If everyone had "average lot" requirements, very, very few people would use Bricklink. The whole point of Bricklink is to buy the bricks you want, and if a store doesn't let you do that, seriously, what is the point? I'd much rather just pay a service fee, or pay higher per-piece prices. Like, whatever the cost is to get the parts I need, just charge me that. Don't make me jump through weird hoops that only serve the seller. Like, I'm paying you to go find me the exact pieces I need, so don't tell me no -- do it and charge me what makes it worth it to you. It's why I go to hardware stores that sell loose bulk nails instead of Home Depot. I'd rather pay $1 for the 5 nails I need than $5 for the box of 100 I will never use.

Thanks!

Dumb question. Can anyone point me to the "parts list" that bricklink designers are allowed to use in their builds? Is there one?

Thanks, I checked out the Brickset review and the video by AustrianBrickFan. I guess the product description about hidden rockets in the helmet was just totally wrong? Or am I missing something? I remember building the leg joints in 40649; I couldn't believe they were using a single cross axle to support the weight of an entire huge leg! The use of large click joints seems like a good idea. I was sort of hoping for some hidden gimmick. Imagine how cool it would be if the interior was all light bluish gray with some trans yellow bricks/panels thrown in just for the alt build potential.

I missed that. Right above that it says "plus a mini robot and rocket hidden inside its helmet" so who knows. It's probably just the one?

This from the description of the Upscaled Blue Astronaut on Lego.com: I wonder what the hidden rocket looks like. I suspected some gimmick when I saw the trans red bits on the airtanks.

I'll be damned. Who is he? Do I kneel?

Oh, a sticker would be a hard pass for me. With no minifig, that beautiful Space print is the prized piece of the set.

One other thing: I don't think all the parts for the upscaled astronaut are going to be available in all colors anyway. So the reality is, clear backed stickers are never going to solve all your problems. Also, how are are you going to get extra stickers? Super last thing: If I wanted to build this in red, I'd still rather have prints than clear-backed stickers. I'd just buy the third party printed pieces that will surely be available.