JesseNight

Sounds like you had some really bad luck. A missing piece or two is always possible on any set, but this many is quite exceptional. Considering the situation, I'm afraid getting the missing pieces from LEGO is really all you can do. If it's common parts you're missing, you can always take them from a later bag so your building isn't interrupted for every single missing piece. I can imagine it being a frustrating experience on a set of this size. Despite all that, I hope you get all the missing pieces within a reasonable amount of time and can still enjoy the building experience. Also like icm said, please use a regular size font (default preferably) to keep it comfortable to read for everyone.

I think your list has most of them covered. The blue tinted garage doors are on the newer sets starting 6389, but those have the opaque section with the handle in white or in red. Here's a nice article showing all LEGO fire stations throughout the years: https://blog.firestartoys.com/evolution-of-the-brick-lego-fire-station-sets/ Basically only 3 of these share the same base plate: 6382, 6385, and 6389. Only 2 of these have clear garage doors: 6382 and 6385, however only 6385 and 6389 have the inverted sloped windows in light blue. So unless your fire station was built either from an Ideas book or by yourself out of random parts from different sets, a lot seems to point towards 6385. Even though it is far from complete on the shown picture and contains a few wrong parts too (like the train door & window).

There's been more stations using the blue sloping windows but those are far more modern looking, and have blue tinted garage doors. Especially the opaque blue roller door section with handle was a big hint for me since 6385 was the only fire station to ever have it in that color. In short, none are a 100% match with your build but the 6385 seems by far the closest. That white "Fire Station" brick seems to be rather unique, no clue which set ever even included this particular version (part crssprt01pb120).

Judging from the blue sloping windows and the blue garage roller door section, I'm guessing this is set 6385. Or was, since a lot seems to be missing (vehicles, tower) or off (lower floor door and window). The white Fire Station brick on top doesn't belong with that set either. Here are the instructions!

You make a good point there. However the decision is with the staff, how much they decide to show us for whatever reasons there are behind that decision. That's the part we'll have to accept. Or not, and move on to different places.

I'm not saying anyone is wrong. Just saying we got plenty of modern social media, I'm glad we still got 1 place doing it the old school way because I prefer that. And obviously people who don't feel EB is good are not likely to stick around, right?

There are plenty of people (myself included) who are very happy that a forum with its structured messaging and good searching tool still exists in this world of social media that's become a lot more chaotic, and near impossible to ever find some old topic back. Sure I use Discord. I've read stuff on Reddit. But I'm happy that EB is the way it is, and that I can easily find stuff I'm interested in without having to scroll through endless unstructured feeds. It is probably true that it plays a role in not being interested for Fan Colab anymore. Personally I couldn't care less, I'm just here to see MOCs being shown off and sets being discussed and improved. I still see plenty of news and discussions. I think reviews for the most part have moved to Youtube. Sometimes they get integrated into discussions about the set.

@langko Neat, very creative! Thanks for sharing! Didn't know a part like 32530 existed... nor that the pneumatic T piece existed in black.

It appears that Lightmybricks realized some brick built headlights to apply their lights kit.

Someone else might wanna see all Star Wars (or any specific theme) MOCs together... and not search for them all over the forums. This is one of those practical issues with MOCs where I'm afraid there's no easy middle way that works for everybody. I don't suppose forum themes actually allow going as far as customizing the forum layout per theme?

A filtering system is always very good to have, even though I have to admit I haven't missed it so far I can think of 2 types of tags that could be useful. One for the type of topic. For example "Review", "Question", "Discussion", "MOC"... The other depends a lot on the poll about how we integrate other brick brands. If integrated in at least the themed forums for MOCs, I can imagine people will appreciate a "LEGO" tag for those using LEGO bricks exclusively. I'd think it doesn't have to be more than an on/off flag, we need no tags per brand imho.

That is very true. In my personal opinion, not for the better. But I am old school, trying to enjoy the building experience and taking my sweet time for it. Mistakes and difficulties are fine, that's what makes it challenging. Younger generations seem to be very result (finished build) and efficiency (as fast as possible) focused, so it's not surprising for a business to adjust to what majority demands. The pressure of social media, and the strong desires of people to compete against the whole world to show off their stuff first are a big part in this too. If there's one thing I hate in a review, it's seeing serious mistakes being made simply because things are being rushed.

I remember this being quite normal in the 80s and early 90s when I had some pneumatic models as a kid. They didn't make hoses in pre-cut sizes, you got a few long ones and the instructions told you to cut them to size, with the correct size 1:1 shown in the physical instructions. Wasn't exactly hard or anything, scissors weren't included though

Can someone explain what's "not safe" about seeing other brands? Even if the community expands, it will still continue as it has been, and be just as safe as it's always been.

Replies like this calling competitive brick brands "fake Lego" make me a bit sad. There's a big difference. I find it a bit short sighted to say terms like "destroying the community" or "no longer a safe space" just because of allowing newer brands Question: is your smartphone still an IBM because they were the first brand ever? Do you refuse any photo cameras other than from Kodak? I don't mean to attack you or anything, but change is part of life and so is competition on the market. If you don't like something new, you're free to ignore it and nobody will think less of you.

Yeah Studio can definitely be a pain, it's the only one I've ever used. Worst in my experience is when bigger projects start randomly corrupting, as in parts' connection points no longer properly functioning or suddenly being misaligned (and not solved by restarting the program or re-adding the affected part). But if it all works and you get the hang of it, those connection points can be a blessing too. Honestly we need a 3D immersive building studio with VR support! To get back ontopic, any success with those taillights yet @SNIPE?

I've done it in BL Studio a few times. Is LDCAD better for these Technic models?

@Classicsmiley The LEGO Ambassadors program is discontinued in favor of a new system (Fan CoLab) with new conditions.

We're not even in the last quarter of 2026 yet, there's still plenty of time. Not sure what the point is in knowing what we can't get yet more than a few weeks in advance

Same. We won't get an unanimous agreement anyway. It's gonna come down to what the team decides, or if there's gonna be a final vote when the most realistic options have been worked out. No clue honestly. The point was only that there are different brick separators after someone said they were all cloned. Only got experience with the LEGO and CaDA ones myself.

It's also why there is a competition on the market. And that's a really good thing for consumers, it warrants fair pricing and keeping quality up.

The funny thing about "imagine" statements is that it can be spinned in many ways. For example: Imagine you're being a good designer looking for work, being rejected by LEGO because they don't need anyone, yet being offered an opportunity by another brand? There's also plenty of MOC builders whose designs have been used by CaDA with a decent arrangement with the creator. So that does happen too. I get you to some extend. But this is how things often work. One invents something new, and after a while there will be competition doing the same or very similar things. For separate parts I still turn to LEGO the most, simply because of how accessible it is through sites like Bricklink. For sets, I judge the set rather than the brand that made it, as long as they're known to offer decent quality.

I meant the separators specifically, since you said they were all the same. As for other parts, there's both similarities and unique pieces (and sometimes unique colors) throughout the brands. Like I said, I can really appreciate the compatibility. Especially as a child, incompatibility between different toy brands was often a major nuisance to me, especially if the scale didn't match either. I'm saying toys in general now bc all the LEGO competitors weren't there yet in the 1980s. Even MK has its own (the 2 part hammer, included in the pic I've showed) Morality will never stop business. Even more, if one business doesn't exploit an immoral business, it'll be an opportunity for another.

Have you even looked at other brick brands lately? Check this out! From left to right it's the Blue Brixx tongs, CaDA technic separator, Mould King hammer (consists of 2 parts), 2x LEGO separators (black XL and orange regular), and the Mega Construx separator. This honestly doesn't look exactly the same design to me. Yes, basic bricks and plates are cloned. Which makes it compatible, and that's honestly a good thing.

@BrickMonkeyMOCs I spoke to someone at CaDA today and they confirmed there are currently no release plans for the static red AMG One.