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Agreed!

Same - I'm "I have a complete set of Battle Beasts" old so if anything I have a soft-spot for animal humanoids :P But I get that it's kinda niche relative to more outright human/fantasy-or-alien-races-that-are-supposedly-alien-but-really-just-different-color-skin'ed-humans

I love the thoughtfulness of your goals and the thoroughness of your adherence to the IP! I've only just started MOC'ing myself and have similar values around things like accessibility (sliding out rooms etc) and play features, but your execution takes it to new levels.

+1 Lego deserves credit for more sets that don't include MK himself - If cutting out MK is a way to save some $ on that price tag or get more new charactesr, sign me up! There are plenty of ways to get him already.

Awesome thanks!

You and me both! Overall love the wave! MK continues to impress me with their creativity (until I look at the prices...but this wave seems more reasonable) Pigsy's Tank wins this wave for me -- speaking of creative, the concept here delights me. Poor Tang bout to get a box dropped on him. What a funny / probably lethal attack... Mo getting a variant print is awesome; I know there was speculation he'd get a mech - are their images of that? I may just have to MOC one... I also wasn't sold on the bone mech either, but I gotta reward that kind of crazy design craft.

Agreed amazing fig! Could see that hairpiece being pretty popular for custom figs If this is true August will be rapidly wallet Armageddon, at least for my tastes— ninjago, marvel, vidiyo and monkie kid! Guess I’ll plan to defer Ninjago and Vidiyo for expected discounts and prioritize MK since they’re likely to remain only on lego.com and not discounted...

COVID marked my return to the Lego hobby. I hadn't really played with Lego since childhood, and back then I was way more follow-the-instructions than build-it-myself. But during COVID I bought a lot of lego, and even more minifigures, and was inspired to try and make some attractive 'displays'. This thread will serve as my journaling for these projects, starting with a MOC of a TMNT Sewer Lair. Intended features include: 3 floors, one above ground with a pizza parlor, apartment, and garbage/sewer manhole entrance, two below. 4 removable 'sunrooms'': Each room is removable and has it's own windshield roof so it can be displayed separately with good lighting. A training area, entertainment area, and kitchen. Really feel like I'm on training wheels still; not using advanced techniques but even just building something of this size was fun and felt positive. Any feedback welcome! Help this beginner learn faster. Render of a single room: Mikey's room: Donny's: Leo's:

*Scribbles down notes furiously* Love the thoughtfulness!

6334212 just picked one up myself!

What an incredible update! I've been thinking about how to approach a new bottom level because I want to integrate ... ninja turtle sewers >.>

Gotcha lol ty for the context

Dig it! I have the VXL but not the SoG mech (I think that sets expensive due to bigfig?) Definitely been eyeing the Ice Emperor Dragon; I'm okay having a coupla TBDs to maybe MOC if I ever find the time. I like the Cyber Dragon a lot I just preferred the consistent aesthetic of more fantasy-esque dragons (which is why I may go Jungle Dragon - though I haven't seen those episodes I assume it's Lloyd's...)

Neither actually — I use the movie mechs for Cole and Kai; I got the idea after buying those :P My WIP list (using ones I own/plan to buy on release): Maybe I should do a cycle of bikes...

fair enough! I’d be excited about a monsters reboot too as I missed that theme too. I’m a Magic:The Gathering fan and like the aesthetics of “cycles”, and I really like the idea of ninja set lineup cycles, which means a lot of my ninjago list is trying to find a mech, wheeled vehicle and dragon for each ninja (and sometimes wu). I leverage a lot of ninjago movie sets; overall i feel like Jay is the odd one out surprisingly frequently (at least for big mechs and vehicles).