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RichardGoring

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  1. RichardGoring
    Didn't you hear? It was revealed yesterday. Too late.
  2. RichardGoring
    There's always something to disappoint in a battle pack. At least they're consistent.
  3. RichardGoring
    The squirrel battle pack is pretty cool.
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    Super secret squirrel.
  5. RichardGoring
    I heard it was going to be revealed on Blornday. The Blirteenth of Blablember. #FollowmeonIG #SubscribetomyYT
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    Do they do reveals on a Saturday?
  7. RichardGoring
    Same for me. I suspect you'll have to call customer service to change the credit card details.
  8. RichardGoring
    There's a kitten! Fantastic!
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    I'm also in the 'early modulars aren't great' camp. They set up a fabulous series, but looking back now, they're not to the same standard. I bought a second copy of the Diner with a view to creating the Car Wash. When I got into it, there's not many pieces that overlap, so it's not really a saving. Although now it's retired, it definitely wouldn't be cheaper! I really hope we get a version of it through the Bricklink Designer Program in the future. It's such a cool set. Bricky_Brick's modulars are awesome and deserve to be built.
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    The pictures make it look like the face is very flat. Too much so? The rest of it looks great, but I'd like to see more photos of the head from different angles.
  11. RichardGoring
    Thanks! Will do! Might take me a while to build it though. Need to move house before I have space for it. Hopefully soon.
  12. RichardGoring
    Yes, I'm tempted to put some lighting in it. Not sure whether to light the engines and display them outward, or try to get some shadows on it, to make it dramatic like the box art. But looking forward to it!
  13. RichardGoring
    Just looking at the instructions in the app now. Really nice! Looking forward to them being sent out. Hopefully not too long to wait if they manage to stick with the January schedule.
  14. RichardGoring
    Curiously, the Titanic set is marked as an Ideas set in the LEGO Instructions app, and not in Creator.
  15. RichardGoring
    Took advantage of the 15% Rakuten cash back on Monday to get the UCS Star Destroyer.
  16. RichardGoring
    The clip looks like it's dark bluish grey, and in comparison to that, I think the owl is sand blue.
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    I think it's very clever. A 2 in 1 (maybe more) that keeps the same core frame, but you can then quickly change things around. It allows more varied play and encourages actual building on a regular basis, without it seeming like you've 'lost' the original set. Also, it looks cool.
  18. RichardGoring
    Is it wrong to now want a reindeer with a Mohawk?!
  19. RichardGoring
    What a wonderful scene! Amazing stuff. I love the detail, structure, and balance of the entire thing.
  20. RichardGoring
    Promobricks says that there will be a double VIP event Dec 10-11. And that there will be a GWP promotion starting Dec 6 that isn't on the calendar. They also speculate that the white reindeer is in the Santa's Living Room GWP or another, as yet unknown GWP. I'm not so sure about this, as the reindeer graphic is also currently used in the store displays and I think it's likely a graphic design decision to look nice and blend in with the white aesthestic of a Christmas snow scene, rather than a large area of colour alongside the large area of colour on the girl. They have loads of rebuild the world things in the store displays and calendars that are great, but never turn into sets. LEGO Store Calendar December 2021: Preview of new set and double VIP points? (promobricks.de)
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    Home Alone just feels like it's on a different scale to the other WV sets though. Not just larger, but a different scale. I think it comes from trying to represent a real-world place. It's the same with the sitcom sets and The Simpsons. Compare that to the modulars or WV sets which are impressions of places and so don't need realistic scales. I do think that the modulars and WV are the same scale. Different sizes, as they represent different types of building, but they feel more cohesive to me. Home Alone and the sitcom sets stand out a bit too much. However, it's nitpicking, and I certainly think that you could put them all together and have something that still looks fabulous.
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    My understanding is that they will release instructions, which seems to have changed from the original plan. Although they may be something you pay for, which is fine. In such a complex operation, delivery times is something I feel ok compromising on. If they have limited production capacity, then allow the sets to sell, ideally to a many people as want them, and then decide how long it will take to deliver.
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    That's true, but I suspect that it won't happen with things in the Bricklink Designer Program. They're all non-licensed, which means that there are many possibilities for different designs. LEGO may come out with their own train station, but it will be a different train station. And if you want, it's OK to have two different train stations. The Ghostbusters Firehouse is a licensed thing, representing something real. So although there may be slightly different ways to interpret it, it's still ultimately the same thing. But as the BDP doesn't include licensed sets, it hopefully won't be an issue. It does seem a shame that Bricklink set a limit of 10,000 sets, rather than allow as many orders as the market demands, and then schedule production and confirm a delivery time after that. Some sets sell out in minutes. Others don't reach 10,000 orders. But I know they're trying really hard to please everyone and it's hard.
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    If they continue the Bricklink Designer Program, then it gives new impetus to vote for good, non-licensed ideas like this. I think this is fabulous.
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    It would be nice if they do have a GWP in December. Not because I need that kind of incentive, or expect it, but because they have been really very good sets. The ice rink and Charles Dickens last year were excellent. To the point that I would have happily bought them if they were generally available. Or maybe they're changing tactic and moving some of these sets to be VIP Rewards. There were surveys through the last year about that possibility. Perhaps the camera is the start of something more consistent? Might be a clever move by LEGO to get people to buy more directly from them (as opposed to other retailers) so that they have a stack of VIP points ready in case there is a new reward. Compared to the current situation where you can wait to see if the GWP is something you want and then choose buy from LEGO for the GWP, or another retailer (often at a discount).
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