Yperio_Bricks

I was born in the early 80s and grew up with all the classic themes, mainly I was playing with Pirates, Castle and Town every kriffin day! I was not interested in Space very much back then, but still had some sets. I still remember the base plate with the molded craters very well. I was building hugh castles, utilizing every single brick I owned (and the ones my brother owned). And I liked to build a small town where light & sound would provide some safety for the road construction sites. Oh and I liked to build pirate ships! Anyway, what I want to say is, that not everybody is affected by nostalgia as I think that everything we have today is far superior to the bricks and minifigs I was playing with as a kid. Nowadays we have more colors, a truckload of different bricks and pieces that boost your mocs and most important to me - much better fleshy minifigs. I'd pick Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, POTC, LOTR and of course Star Wars over everything I had as a kid! Not because I lack the imagination as some fans of the classic themes might think but because all of the new licensed stuff - the bricks and pieces and minifigs - provide the best foundation for my mocs.

This one:

Unfortunately there's some red printed on the bottom of the musician's torso, that reduces the versatility. The Monster Hunter on the other hand is a great minifig and will be very useful in a Pirates environment.

I found the minifigure series 29 in my local supermarket and bought a handful of boxes today. None of the apps had the series listed so far. At least none was working so I opened the boxes because I couldn't wait One of them was the musician. Here's a better look of the torso:

Your blatant hate towards everything that is not Lego is blinding you. You are spreading hate in this forum for years now and I wish you would stop echoing the same hateful statements over and over again. The "private individual" as you call him is the founder of the modern Kiddcraft company and the owner of the trademark. Lego never owned the Kiddicraft trademark. He knows more about the whole process than anybody else I have heard or read since I left my dark ages in 2018. From designing a set, creating new molds, creating new minifigs, printing, packaging, logistics & transport, pricing, protected parts and patents, legal basis and many more topics. He speaks openly about all these topics in his videos. And he certainly has more expertise on these subjects than most people on this planet. Surely more expertise than the haters.

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?