Yperio_Bricks

Congrats for winning the moc contest! Love the action-packed scene, love the ship

Indeed 329 designs since 2003 is a surprisingly low number. That big interactive Mario figure takes up 3 spots alone. And many of the designs are already expired or surrendered. Others are marked with "Invalidity procedure pending" or "Design declared invalid".

Newly registred parts are not checked when submitted to the EUIPO. When the paperwork is correct, the part will be listed. It will only be checked when a 3rd party questions the validity of the protection. That's also the reason why Lego pumps out new part after new part. They get protection for it and deny their competitors the usage of said part. One protected part in a set and full containers shipped from China get to be made unlawful for trade use by customs. As most of you know, Lego even tried to submit parts that were in use by other companies for years, like the infamous 1x5 plate or the 2x2 1/4 corner plate. Sometimes, when attacked, Lego immediately withdraws the part because they know they would not stand a chance in court. Especially when other companies used that part for years before Lego submitted it.

Exactly. This is how our economic system works and that is why patents expire Lego is not some toy send from the heavens and to be protected by moral laws until the end of time

Yes and I hope they have fun turning my moc into a larger arrangement! I know it is not gonna happen because my mocs are not what you would find in a set and I don't create instructions, but if a company stole one of my mocs I would feel honored.

So far the 2027 sets that interest me the most are the Endor battle pack and the Y-Wing. Concept art Chewie and Female Luke would be nice to have but for example the upscaled Luke is not really what I am looking for. Wasn't it said to be upscaled pilot Luke? What to do with so many orange parts? Looking forward to learn more about the three Starfighter sets.

They wrote: "I don't want to have to buy another brand's sets to get a few specific parts that LEGO do not make. " "have to buy" sounds rather forced in this context to me. So my reply was "Nobody here wants to force you to buy sets from other brands.". That's it. English is not my native language so I am sorry if I misunderstood something.

Au contraire! I want to include and keep everyone and hope we* find the best compromise for a forum upgrade that is based on logic and facts rather than on emotion. Everyone is awesome and a valuable member of the community! It is just that the community as I see it is much bigger than the community a Lego purist might accept as theirs. *I say we, but we are just chatting on deck while the admins have the sweat job in the engine room and have to figure out what is best.

Nobody here wants to force you to buy sets from other brands.

20 years ago the world was different with Lego having basically a monopoly. But the world has changed and competition between brands can only be positive for us customers. Even for Lego fans who can not even look or want to read a word about other brands, because hopefully the competition makes all products better, Lego's products included. Sorry, but why do you feel the need to threaten the admins and have them choose between a Lego only forum and a forum where everyone is welcome. With the subtext that the forum will go down the drain if it is opened up for other brands an many Lego fans will leave.

Cheers I had typed some more percentages but then I wanted to keep it short and just wrote "at any rate" Same goes for animals, minifigs accessoires and so on. It just makes no sense to seperate mocs by this metric. And of course mocs that violate the 100% Lego rule are posted all the time. I used flashlights to illuminate mocs. Is that even allowed? Does TLG approve?

I support this option now too. Because: What if I build a moc, can be any theme like Star Wars, Marvel, Castle, Pirates, or an original creation and I plan to illuminate it? In which forum would I post the moc if... I use only Lego bricks and pieces but integrate a Lumibricks lighting system from a Lumibricks set I use only Lego bricks and pieces and a lighting system from a brand that does not produce bricks I use only Lego bricks and pieces and craft the lighting system myself using LEDs, wires, etc. I mix Lego bricks and pieces with bricks and pieces from other companies at any rate Shouldn't all these mocs simply be posted in the same sub-forum? It would spare us a lot of hassle and back and forth arguing which moc belongs into which sub-forum. For more clarity and a more logical approach it would need a reorganization of the whole EB forum though. Have discussion about official sets, parts, minifigs and stuff seperated by brand but have all mocs in the same forums, seperated by theme. I think it would set up EB for the next 20 years!

Sadly we see this in our world every day, not just in Lego forums. Emotions, nostalgia, childhood memories or even trauma, brand love, 'everything was better in the old days', etc. Nothing is taken away from anyone when there is something added to the EB forum!

There were other colors that I had problems identifying, but I throw all instructions into the recycling bin, so I can't take a look at one now

Yep, that's it. Even the paper of the instructions feels cheap and the printing is so bad, that it is often hard to distinguish colors, for example dark brown and black. All my bashing I do because I love the bricks and minifigs and it's sad to see the state of the product. LEGO is more into money than quality and innovation these days.