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Ok, good to know. I just built the Potion Shop and I think it had the same piece but with a different window frame. Those snapped in tight.

I just built my Sea Serpent. The window screen pieces fall out of the window frames very easily. Is it just me?

We should do things for the passion/enjoyment, not some external reward. Totally agree. Not super sure how it applies here though. I guess the relationship with Lego is the "reward", and now we don't have it, and we're mad because we think we deserve it? Maybe you saw comments that framed it that way, and I just didn't see those comments. I saw a lot of "that kinda sucks, I wonder why" comments, and other comments debating if it's better or worse for Eurobricks and TLG. I don't get why it's so important to you that people not "side" one way or the other. I personally don't care at all. I strongly disagree with this.

I don't consider pointing out what I think someone's biases are amounts to a personal attack. You brought up the IDEAs thing and book publishing and said: Seems kind of self aggrandizing, but anyway, I don't think it's unfair to point out how that might affect your biases. I mean you basically came in here and trashed the place, and then immediately claimed victimhood when you get the slightest pushback.

I'm going to assume you are describing the reaction to TLG ending their relationship with Eurobricks? This is kind of a weird way to frame it. When a long term relationship is ended, and the status quo is overturned, there is going to be some sadness and feelings of abandonment. But not everyone has reacted that way. I have more of a "who needs them?" attitude and I've seen others express that as well. Yeah only the last one has anything to do with the Fan Colab thing though. People are moving to alternative bricks for plenty of reasons. Also every company does PR and allows leaks to some extent. You might be a little naive when it comes to how multi billion dollar corporations operate. You might want to check your biases. Thank god it didn't. So glad it's not an ad infested, bot-driven, AI-slop filled mess like youtube or reddit. I've been on more than a few forums for multiple decades and frankly they're not going anywhere. They've only become more necessary as social media gets more ensh*tified. I've seen almost this exact sentiment multiple times! There are tons of pages that you obviously haven't read. Don't assume it doesn't exist because you didn't see it. "If you have valid complaints about anything, the real problem is you! Only I enjoy the hobby correctly." Not a fan of this take. What the heck? I see reviews, news, and all that other stuff all the time! I just participated in a MOC contest a few months back. It's all here. Honestly, you really seem to be seeing only what you want to see. It might be, ironically, a bit of a "you" issue. Sounds like you aren't here to often these days, and you might be focusing on the stuff you don't like instead of noticing the good stuff. We're all guilty of that sometimes, I know I am. But a lot of what you've said makes me think your attitude is "TLG made my set an IDEAS set so they can't be bad, if you have any issues with them, it must be your fault." All corporations lie. This comes off as a tad obsequious. You're treating TLG like it's an infallible deity. Is Lego your hobby or your religion? Also, the fan community exists around the toys, not the company.

The new Nike set has a Classic Space (kinda) minifig. Yet another example of Classic Space minifigs being sold in some form without Classic Space sets. In the Classic Space logo, the swoosh around the planet is replace with the Nike swoosh. Kinda feels like they're prostituting the Classic Space brand with this collab.

Okay so I've been selling and requiring invoices to estimate shipping myself. So far, that's working. I'm advising buyers not to select priority for big sets because shipping is crazy. Also found out that in the US at least, if you pay for shipping online (Click 'n Ship), you get a sizeable discount. Also if you sign up for a business account, you get another discount. Adds up to almost half off in some cases. This is good because I think buyers would balk at the shipping prices before the discounts.

"Small, Iterative Changes" and "Only Add, Never Take Away" are the two rules that mitigate risk and prevent destroying existing value, IMO.

My proposal was one forum, with whatever threads make sense. Even if we start off with 5 sub-forums for major alt-brands and 1 for "other", we might have to spin off more subforums as the "other" alt brand becomes popular and warrant their own subforum. That's a good point. Spinning off new subforums as they are warranted maybe isn't as easy as I make it out to be, if you want to go back and find every discussion that should be moved. I'm not sure how bad of a problem that really is though. A thread title search might get you 80% of what you want to move, and old/forgotten threads probably aren't important to move. My personal opinion is that 90% of your concern should be maintaining the value that Eurobricks already provides: a place for Lego fans to discuss Lego. That's what it has been for 20+ years or something, right? Deviating from that is hugely risky. Some of the remaining 10% can be devoted to the experimental alt-bricks thing. If that means some alt bricks mega fan doesn't have the 20 subforums he wants RIGHT NOW, well, too bad for him. Side note. One rule I think should never be violated in situations like this is: Only Add. NEVER take away. Do you want to add a forum for alt bricks? Go for it. Do you want to add 5 subforums for specific alt bricks brands? Sure. Do you want to TAKE AWAY the existing Sci-Fi forum and replace it with a mixed Lego and Alt Brand Sci-Fi Forum? Only do that if you want to anger everyone who is already here.

Why would we have mixed theme forums? I doubt anyone who cares about Lego themes is going to want to have mixed forums. I am open to other Lego brands, but when discussing Lego Themes (e.g. Classic Space, Exo Force, or Rock Raiders), I want to discuss those themes. I don't really want to discuss general Sci Fi. For the love of god, don't combine Lego and alt-brand theme subforums! You guys really need to keep this simple and make small changes, or you are going to royally mess it up. Small iterative changes are good. Big changes are bad. You can create ONE general forum for alt brands, and if you need to some day (because you get tons of, for example, Sci-Fi threads), split off a subforum for alt brand Sci-Fi. But if you create alt-brand or mixed subforums for each theme up front, I guarantee you they will be start dead and remain dead. And then you'll have a big mess.

If it makes you feel better, people already talk about non-Lego bricks in the off topic forums, and use non-Lego parts in MOCs posted here. If there is a dedicated forum for it, it might make the rest of Eurobricks an even "safer" space for purists.

I don't hate it. I do wonder why it has no minifigs. Also is it really a line? I only ever see that one set. Oh wait I'm seeing the other stuff now...

Not sure if I'm allowed to post links, so search for "LEGO Oversized Character Decorative Pillow Buddies" at Sam's Club.

In 2026 you can buy a Benny body pillow but no Space sets.

No risk, no reward!

Hmm. Planning our own alt brick brand? I'm all for it. We can even call it EuroBricks. Just make sure we make Space sets...and no stickers!

Thanks. I found pics of their Digimon minifigs. Pretty cool.

So who has the best minifigs? I know Mega's are pretty detailed and have ball joints and stuff. But they are close to action figures. It'd be nice if some brand had minifigs with the simplistic charm of Lego minifigs, but with ball jointed arms and legs.

Ha! I learned something new.

Sorry if someone has made this point already. Drastic change is bad. Small, incremental change is much less painful for everyone. If we add a single forum for alt brands, below the other popular forums, almost nobody has to change their behavior. Users who only care about Lego don't have to manually sift through thread tags to determine if some MOC is Lego only. They just...don't scroll down. People who are interested in alt brands can go look at that forum. Any non-Lego post in the wrong area can be moved by a mod, and they won't have to decide where to move it, because there is only one option: the single forum for alt brand stuff. No tags are required because everything non-pure Lego is in one spot. Non-pure-Lego stuff in the other forums can be reported and moved, but that's already how it goes for posts in the wrong forum. I think that's the easiest, least painful option. And...you can always build on it later. You can add a whole alt-brand section...later. You can introduce tagging rules...later. In the mean time, it just works. And maybe it ends up being enough.

So it turns out Bricklink absolutely cannot estimate shipping. AT ALL. I've attempted to sell two items, and for both, bricklink was wildly off. Like orders of magnitude. For one set, Bricklink estimated $31 shipping. It was over $100. Bricklink has the weight and dimensions for each set so I don't know why it's so bad. I've tried multiple estimation methods. The default and Carrier API or whatever it's called. So it's manual invoicing only, sadly. Anyway, it also turns out that shipping is ridiculously expensive now. Yay.

The initial explanation says they get their own forums, not their own sections. If there was some clarification in the subsequent 15 pages I may have missed it. But if there is a (sub)forum for each brand, under one section, that's easy to collapse. I can't imagine why they'd each get their own section. That would be too much I think.

Boring vs interesting is a different thing than easy vs challenging. But if you're talking about interesting techniques, I don't think you need a big set for that. Speed Champions is full of cool techniques. As for challenge, I don't think any Lego set is really challenging. You just follow the instructions. For big sets, the challenge is maintaining interest and finding time.

I don't think we have to worry about clutter. If the new category is at the bottom of the page, nobody is forced to scroll down to it. Also, you can collapse the whole section, and it will stay collapsed for you, even if you reload the page.

When it comes to leaks, I just assume Lego is intentionally behind most leaks anyway.