JesseNight

A lot has changed in society too. Decades ago, parents would still join their children in play or help them build stuff, but wouldn't talk about it in any other context than a parent-child moment, while I am sure parents had fun doing that too. But even then, on expositions we'd see massive scale high detailed buildings in Lego which I'm sure weren't built by little kids. Nowadays it's okay to publicly show it and talk about it and Lego would have been a fool if they hadn't played into that market because adult stuff is obviously aimed at much higher budgets.

...and there's more cat colors to go Looking at the pics more closely, I have a feeling the mouth might actually be hinged this time instead of switching parts for 2 static states.

I'm no fan of portmanteaus in general, but I'm not offended by it either. We live in a time that adults who openly show having Lego collections are generally accepted, so I'll just wear the title with pride Nothing wrong with short board games. I love long ones but sometimes there just isn't time for it. And don't worry about the age indication, we'll remain 14+ for life!

Same. I have no ginger cats at all but I like the subtle differences and the use of that pagoda roof piece (thanks for clearing that up @Lyichir) My tux cat may or may not get converted to a fully black one, but not entirely happy yet and still messing around in Studio trying to make it look closer to my own. (and got some 3D printed whiskers for it)

Looks like the cat's out of the bag. Not sure why it's not on Lego.com yet, it showed up on the website of a local store (there's more pictures). As for the parts count difference, it appears to have a slightly different mouth, some different detailing on the colors, and some parts on the sides of the cheeks and legs (those 2x2 with 1 stud that curve from 2 sides into a point). Is that a new part btw, I don't think I've ever seen it before? I am quite happy to see a pair of green eyes, I needed those for my black cat

Noted! (and for that matter, imgur hasn't been what it once was for a while already) Imgbb is a good alternative these days, in case anyone is wondering. For older topics you may have to use a VPN, I doubt people will update all their old stuff.

For me it's mostly the 1987-1989 period. I loved the space themes of the time (last bit of CS, Futuron, Blacktron 1, and Space Police 1). I loved the new 9V light & sound system (loved the lights, hated the sounds lol). Loved the Monorail. Loved the late 80s Castle and the new Pirates ships. Those were my golden years.

Couldn't agree more. For example, if I look back at my childhood, a 1980s Police car (cars being 4 studs wide at the time) needed either printed parts or stickers to put "POLICE" on the vehicle, no way doing that in another way in that scale. Looking back at my collection from those days, the printed parts are still holding while many of the stickers are either gone or loose.

Very true. I was a builder with Lego as a kid. For playing I had other toys that I just liked better for it. I did use Lego to build missing things from other toy lines though Wasn't the point of City (and classic Town) to display scenes from real life? Like jobs, emergency services, realistic vehicles we see in daily life, houses? So I can in fact understand why it'd be more accepted in a fictional theme, even if it may not always make sense in every franchise there either.

I guess... That just makes it sound like rebuilding is a chore. Wasn't that the whole point of toys that are building bricks once? I have a hard time understanding modern youth and their constant rushing. I'm starting to sound like my dad now

It can definitely be a solution, as long as we remain aware that our space is not unlimited and we have to make choices. Or consider changing the room's contents once in a while to different themes or builds. Nothing wrong with any of that, just think realistically.

I was a child, once Even as a child, putting half a helicopter onto a total different car wouldn't make sense either. Toys offering that would actually annoy the heck outta me. But even to a child who enjoys this, I can't help but wonder what such things really offer... A lot of toys have better ways to combine fantasy/creativity with a sense of realism that may teach the kid something.

To me, this modularity makes no sense at all. Modularity is not new though, just look back at a lot of the late 80s larger spaceships. It didn't always make perfect sense either but in some cases (like swapping/adding/removing cargo pods) it was very useful. But putting a different car's (and different colored) front or back on another one's mid section is something I'll never understand.

I've seen various brick built gift boxes but never this specific one. In what year did you get this? That might help narrow it down.

Not exactly that one, but I do plan on modding my Renegade. Everyone seems to have their own ideas on how to divide the black and yellow, and I'm no exception. I do like the thrusters on this particular build, and will most likely inspire mine on it. My collection is not a factor, I have almost nothing of post 1994 parts that are free to use so I'm gonna have to see if my plans can be ordered within an affordable price range. I plan on making more BT1 themed ships, some based on modded CS designs too. (let's just say BT "borrowed" them )

@Hemar Seldim Oh you may be onto something there! Maybe even a trans-orange with another opaque red one underneath, since I can't see the holes of 64712 behind it either when the camera pans around.

Does anyone recognize what's been used for the biggest of the stacked trans-red dishes? The picture is from a video showing some Blacktron Renegade modifications. The thrusters can be seen clearly at 1:03 in the video. Inside big black part (64712) there appear to be stacked radar dishes in 6x6, 4x4, 2x2, and a round 1x1 plate to finish the job. When the camera goes around it, I appear to see the typical square cut that the 6x6 radar dish has (where the 4 studs are on top). However neither of these 6x6 radar dish variants (44375a/(44375b) appears to exist in transparent red and that's where I'm stuck. The video shows that this is clearly a physical model, not just a render.

I remember my first set, and with that, my first minifig. It was 6629 Ambulance (not sure why it's called that) from 1981. The oldest minifigs I have must be from any of my 1980 sets: 6678 Excavator, 7710 Push-Along Passenger Steam Train, 7834 Level Crossing, 6821 Shovel Buggy. @dr_spock I remember that set well, it was the only train set I ever had. This picture seems to be a moc, the original carriages were very short with only a fixed single axle on each side, no bogie plates. Do you have any pics of the entire moc?

Like everything, it's a constant progress but you must see it took a serious boost about 10 years ago, when Oculus began developing affordable consumer versions, and in a few years finally tackled the worst of the motion sickness issues people were having with early sets. I remember in 2018, there was a major boost in consumer VR sales which was about the same time I started trying it out. Another major wave happened in 2020 when people were at home due to covid lockdowns and Meta released its affordable wireless Quest 2 aiming at the big audience. (note: I'm talking only about consumer grade products now) Right now we're at a state that no VR set can do everything right. Best screens + lenses vs biggest fov vs smallest and lightest VR, and right now we seem to be a bit stuck that it is impossible to improve one without sacrificing on another. You're right that one day we'll probably get there. Have to agree, no products out in the open is for me a big red flag and I'll never pre-order anymore, learned my lesson the hard way. Though my trust in big (commercial) reviewers is somewhat limited too, I rather wait til the non-profit small channels who purchased it themselves release their experiences. If people weren't so impatient and businesses stopped exploiting that with limited supplies, we would just wait and see what we get after release... something I'm doing anyway, and that saved me a lot of wasting money on bad purchases. We may actually see some good products again if companies know their products are being tried before bought.

@Daiman That's been done before, the Space Dozer (6847) that I posted on page 1 used the typical early 80s space canopy in gray. When it works, it works.

Neat! (the other one too btw) Was curious what you were gonna use for a shovel, this works well. Sand (or moondust) sure hasn't changed much in 40 years (nor do I expect it to)

I have no dedicated Lego room so I have nothing to show you, but there are so many possibilities and it all comes down to what you wanna show, and how. Any room could be a Lego room! If you're limited in room size, multiple levels of shelves is probably the best way to create a lot of extra space. As for space to actually build, either make a dedicated desk on one side or go for a foldable table to save the space, depending on how often you're needing it.

Kit Figsto's method is what I would do too. Take off the loose bits and if the entire model is fragile, I'd probably use a big enough box with a pillow for it to sit on, and fill up the sides to stop it from moving. And as he says... Most important thing for it to be contained so anything that falls off cannot get lost.

Selling other people's work happens a lot, with Lego mocs as much as any creative works. As long as it's published (even if it's paid), some will want to resell it for a profit. It is a fight we cannot win, either we stop publishing stuff or try not to let it get to us too much (neither being a great solution...). That being said... This website you linked is very likely a scam. I've seen more sites like this show up lately, they seem AI generated and not in a very good way. Product ranges that feature the same product with different photos and almost the same price, very few different products that are totally unrelated to each other. Nothing makes sense about the whole site and their offerings. Big red flags all over.

Sounds clearly a differential or drivetrain issue, but I'm not familiar with this specific model. You may wanna check the Technic section of the forums if it has any known issues or errors in the instructions, there is a thread about this specific model: