Yperio_Bricks

Gotcha!

Very interesting look behind the scenes! Thanks for sharing. The ship looks fantastic (as do your other ships, like the Pinnacle (I was just browsing your flickr))! I have no idea about the collective weight of the cloth sails. Does it have any effect on the stability of the masts?

Did Lego ever had a soul in the first place? The world was just much smaller in the 80s and 90s and licensing is much bigger nowadays. At least from my perception.

Hey, that is unfair! That is exactly what you criticized me for doing. How is this different from my opinion on the smart brick without me trying it out? Anyway, time to move on from that smart brick thingy. At this point I don't even want to spend one thought about it anymore

Yeah, you are right! It makes no sense to measure the average play time when one kid playes for hours with the smart brick and 100 kids play for one minute with the smart brick until they find it boring Maybe I don't understand kids at all, but I can not imagine one kid playing the cantina sound more than a couple times Or babbling minifigs? Even Light & Sound back in the day was better in that regard. It is far more logical and true to life to have a construction site on the road that is secured by beams with blinking lights or a fire truck to make continuous lights and sound.

Yep, that's something I really really would like to know. How many minutes do random kids play with the smart brick on average? How often will they play the cantina sounds for example? Do parents think the brick is worth it compared to a set of the same price with double the amount of bricks and pieces when they know the kid will only play with the smart brick X (see question no 1) minutes? Do parents think the smart brick is a better toy compared to a regular set of the same price with double the amount of bricks and pieces? I would like to read a paper about this.

That's actually what I hate most abot the Smart Brick. All those influencers and youtubers who buy the sets just to make content. They know beforehand the sets gonna suck. Why not keep your integrity and say "I am not going to support the Smart Brick and I won't buy any of the sets."? Yep, that's why.

I am a simple man - I want to go into a shop and buy what I need Everything else is not worth the hassle. And since I can not buy from PAB anymore I doubt I could order some BDP set. Last year (I think it was summer) Lego changed the payment method I was using. For 17 orders in the past 3 years I could directly transfer the money from my bank account to Lego. This is not possible anymore since Lego outsourced the task to some dubious dept-collection company and my internal 'score' is not good enough or whatever the problem is. Despite the 17 orders that I of course fully payed in time. But maybe I am lucky because the dubious company has very bad ratings... So my PAB purchases fell off an cliff last year and I did not make an order ever since. I know I am just a strange single case though

Nice crew Will and Camilla

But why are there two in the first place? I can only think of an error that could not be corrected in time. Or is there something special about this hair piece?

Hmmm, I don't know. Reminds me of the Indiana Jones plane attack set that came with two dual-molded hat/hear combos. I think these are mistakes because Lego usually is quite the penny-pincher

Since none of this year's sets interests me so far I gave in and bought the U-Wing. Andor came with two heair pieces. Dedra's legs look horrible. Will use the plain dual molded ones instead.

I wish they would do it but doubt it. Is the Black Pearl set carried more by being a good-looking sail ship or a POTC set? For a reddish brown Black Pearl I'd break my principle of not buying sets over €150 (Still not interested in the BDP shenanigans though ).

The Heist by Mark

Some figures from CMF series 29 leaked and one of them would make a fabulous pirate! Not sure about the hat though. But the hair/hat piece looks great.