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  1. RichardGoring
    The more I look at some of these, the sadder I get at the fact that some of them likely won't be made. They're so good.
  2. RichardGoring
    If they split the remainder into three rounds instead of two, they would probably have to reduce the number of sets produced from each round. Their original intent was to make up to 15 sets. Five are now accounted for. And given the delays for round 1 sets and even longer timeline for the round 1a sets, it might be 2023 by the time they can produce additional sets. Also, it would mean that only four of the remaining sets likely wouldn't get produced, so at that point, why bother limiting it to a certain number? It should be everything that reaches 3000 orders. I don't care for Bionicle (that is, no feelings about it either way), but many will say that the set wasn't anything close to Bionicle. It was a very large System set (about Bionicle) rather than the classic small Bionicle set, that they loved. And I would hope that LEGO would realize this. However, I don't think Bionicle is coming back because of the moulds.
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    I have the Ideas Treehouse in my modular line up, nicely paired with the Parisian Restaurant. There's nothing like a tree towering over you to set the mood for the diners! ;) PXL_20210521_200609105 by Richard Goring, on Flickr
  4. RichardGoring
    You could get the Ideas treehouse for a really big tree that takes up the space of a building... ;) You could incorporate the bonsai tree, the apple free from Medieval Blacksmith, or even something custom with the Winnie the Pooh set? But yes, I agree. It would be nice to get a detailed scaled tree.
  5. RichardGoring
    Agreed. I've been gathering the pieces for this for almost a year now. Should be ready to build soon though.
  6. RichardGoring
    I had my Pick a Brick order from August 1 ship before my sets. Although the sets arrived today and the PaB order hasn't yet. Bricks and Pieces part of the order is still in the warehouse though.
  7. RichardGoring
    Ha! This is the very thing I linked to above with Rebrickable instructions. I have to say, it's much. much cheaper to get off-brand vs the genuine LEGO parts. Sigh.
  8. RichardGoring
    There's a small tree in Detectives Office and Brick Bank, but nothing substantial. I've just placed my final order for the parts for this botanical gardens MOC, which can also turn into a park if you remove the structure. https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-26998/BrickPolis/botanical-garden/ There are quite a few modular compatible parks in Ideas and Rebrickable. The Chinese New Year Spring Lantern Festival also works well as a park.
  9. RichardGoring
    This is fabulous!
  10. RichardGoring
    Maybe they meant the second wave, with the sets and beatboxes, not the series 2 of bandmates (which I can't see on Amazon).
  11. RichardGoring
    We've got Ninjago City Gardens as a demonstration that they hopefully think long term for compatibility with other sets.
  12. RichardGoring
    After looking at LegoArtisan on Rebrickable for the Chamber of Secrets confined with 2018 Great Hall MOC, I think that the other buildings they've made are terrific. There's a great combination of the CT and AT to convert it into a great building that's compatible with Diagon Alley. Almost fills the void of waiting for Gringots to be something majestic at the end of the row. https://rebrickable.com/users/LegoArtisan/mocs/
  13. RichardGoring
    Thanks!
  14. RichardGoring
    I had no interest in the architecture line for a long time. They look neat, and I love the people that put them up on the wall connected to maps, but they're not for me. As a result, I ignored the others, but recently got given the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty, and was super impressed with how clever they are. The final models are nice, but the build experience was terrific. The details they put in and the techniques are fabulous. Waiting to see the the Taj Mahal gets discounted, but it also looks interesting, but I'm sure I'd get new larger models if they release them.
  15. RichardGoring
    This is terrific. I look forward to seeing it on Rebrickable when you have time. The original was my favourite set growing up. My daughter loves it now.
  16. RichardGoring
    This is stunning. Great work! Thanks for sharing.
  17. RichardGoring
    Ooh, yes! Nice idea. That would be terrific.
  18. RichardGoring
    Yes, that's what I had in mind too. It fits nicely with the WV idea/theme, although maybe not LEGO's approach to it, especially in terms of final model execution.
  19. RichardGoring
    I suggested the butcher just thinking about what you'd need to set up a Christmas meal. We've had the bakery, toy shop, and post office. And you could have a couple of neat minifigures and the turkey. It's something that's nice and olde worlde. But not really the family vibe that they go for. Reindeer stables would be cool, but would they include the 2-3 reindeer that you'd really need? Maybe, I suppose. Some of the safari city sets this year have several animals in, but none that have multiple large animals in it. Ooh, how about a Santa battle back, with two elves and two reindeer in? Better yet, robot Santa from Futurama to make it both truly 18+ and a real battle pack! ;) Probably not too long to wait, and I'm particularly looking forward to this year's one as we'll (hopefully) have moved in October and so have room to actually get out and build the new sets instead of just having the older ones out.
  20. RichardGoring
    As usual, stunning work!
  21. RichardGoring
    It feels like the things they are missing are a tavern, sweet shop, and town hall. You could also say butcher, but that feels very unlikely, or general store, but somewhat bland. We've already had Santa's workshop, but maybe Santa's house would be sufficiently different if the fantasy line continues. Possibly the reindeer stables, but would they put a reindeer in again so soon, and would they have the budget to put more than one in? Or take it completely out of olde worlde style and do a Christmas logistics and flight tracking control center for the elves to manage Santa's journey!
  22. RichardGoring
    Lovely idea! And maybe limit it to two stories, or possibly even one so there is some height variation with the Creator Expert modulars.
  23. RichardGoring
    I have sometimes looked at sets with the right parts in and wondered whether I should just buy the entire thing for the incremental cost increase to get all the other stuff. And then there's the balance of checking Bricklink costs and accounting for postage, vs direct from LEGO with free postage (usually). And then you have to try to ignore the cost, because you're already well into it and it really would be foolish to stop at 75% complete, and that the sunk cost fallacy definitely doesn't apply in this case. But despite all that. Still definitely a great day when the parts arrive.
  24. RichardGoring
    Do you think you'll buy the box and it will have nothing inside except a note saying that they couldn't afford to put the bricks in it?
  25. RichardGoring
    Is it just me that finds getting Bricks & Pieces or Bricklink orders is the most exciting LEGO package. It's the concentration of things you need to finish something off that probably does it. Very happy with the things that arrived this afternoon so I can complete stuff at the weekend.
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