SpacePolice89

You are correct, but there are some minor differences so it must be two different molds even if they are considered to be the same part. The most recent mold has only been used for the silver monkey in two sets.

The Ninjago monkey is different from the original monkey. If you look closely the head shape and the ears are different as well as the back and the tail. At first I thought they were the same but then I spotted the differences. They are listed as separate pieces on Bricklink.

I wonder why they didn't use the Ninjago monkey in brown for this set? It's almost identical to the original monkey and it's only been used in two sets so the mold must still be in good condition. https://brickset.com/parts/6160963/monkey-no-2

There are no pictures anymore just some numbers and a small icon

All except the last one are taken this summer. That last photo is over ten years old.

When Bricklink went down I needed a 6854 Alien Fossilizer for my Exploriens display and ended up ordering one from Ebay. When both sites are available I prefer Bricklink for older sets but sometimes I can find rare sets for a good price on Ebay like the 1621 Lunar MPV Vehicle which I bought a couple of months ago for a very low price. What sites do you use besides Bricklink?

Sorry to hear about your experiences. For me the negative stuff came from the group in my school that I mentioned. In general people didn't have anything negative to say in my area. I live in the Swedish part of coastal Finland, actually not that far from Latvia. Some people thought it was a bit weird but most accepted it except the bullies in my school because they liked to target anyone that was a little bit different. If I take the morning ferry from Helsingfors, I'll be in Riga in the late afternoon. I have visited your country several times and most recently during the hockey world championships. I stayed at the same hotel as the Latvian hockey team and I watched a couple of games. Team Latvia was amazing and I'm so happy that you got a medal. If people give you a hard time about your Lego hobby you can tell them that several NHL players are also Lego fans. Danish NHL goalie Frederik Andersen even had a Lego themed helmet when he played for the Anaheim Ducks.

Sorry to hear that you had similar experiences. Such people that bully others are morons and should be ignored. I was fortunate to have great friends that supported me and I supported them when they were in trouble. The people that caused all the trouble in my school were like Biff Tannen from Back to the Future and that made some of the incidents almost comical. I really like those Classic Space and Blacktron spaceships in the picture. You should consider participating in Lego Ideas with them.

They tried to bully everyone that wasn't like them, it wasn't just fans of Lego, Even if you just stood out a little bit from their image of "coolness" you could become targeted but fortunately nothing serious happened and the incidents were few and far between. After I fought back they left me alone.

When I grew up some of my friends started to lose interest in Lego when we were 11-13 years (maybe 50%) and after age 14 me and another guy were the only ones officially interested in Lego. It happened quite fast and I believe many of those who gave up Lego just did it because of group pressure. I remember a friend telling me in confidence that he still kept his Lego in a box and when he was alone he used to open the box and build but I wasn't allowed to tell anyone because he was worried what his bandmates would think about it if they found out. I was a complete Lego fanatic in high school (I still am a complete Lego fanatic) and never cared about what other people thought about it. My notebooks were full of drawings for MOCs I planned to build and other Lego related drawings. When I was 13-14 there were many bullies and other wannabe gangsters in my school and they caused a lot of problems and they tried to bully me because of my interest in Lego. It was customary for them to beat up the "nerds" in the schoolyard. They said all sorts of very bad things to me because of my Lego interest and a couple of times they even tried to physically assault me but I was playing hockey and used to defend myself against such people in the rink so they didn't dare to attack me again after I fought back, I even bit one of them in the thumb when he tried to choke me so that he started bleeding a lot . They were particularly cruel towards smaller kids with interest in anything they considered nerdy. When I got to senior high school everything changed for the better and the atmosphere was friendly again. During the age of 13-15 some people were very unfriendly but before and and after that no one said anything bad about my Lego interest. My parents supported my Lego interest 100% and were very glad that I put my money and time on Lego because some of my classmates had already come into contact with alcohol and even drugs in one case. Outside of school I never had any bad experiences regarding people reacting negatively towards me because of my interest in Lego. Even during the worst years in high school most people were very friendly. Several of my teachers liked to talk about Lego and one even knew about Blacktron and his favorite set was 6987 Message Intercept Base. All of my true friends showed genuine interest in my Lego hobby and while they weren't Lego fans themselves they often asked me to power up the train in my Lego city or show them the Black Seas Barracuda even when we were 16-19 years old. Those who showed most interest in Lego are actually my cats. One liked to sleep in a pile of bricks, another liked to walk around in my Lego city but he was always very careful. My current cat likes to chew on builds and steal minifigures so I've had to fence off some of my Lego areas and move some shelves higher. Do you have similar experiences? A Unitron vehicle I built during my youth (I was about 14, sorry for the bad quality image)

That's also a great set

Yesterday evening Bricklink was closed and it's still down today. They only display this message: "We're sorry Bricklink isn’t currently available. Update November 4th. 3.58 am EST We continue to investigate the unusual activity. We want to make sure we take the time to investigate fully. We will be back up and running as soon as possible" Do you have any information about what has happened? Is it a cyber attack from Russia or North Korea?

I agree about the minifigures. They should've been much closer to the original ones, especially the knight's helmet and Majisto's torso.

I understand your point of view and agree that the parts usage is far from ideal but somehow when I see it I just like the set, I know I'm in the minority regarding opinions about this set but somehow it speaks to me.

I agree. I also like BURPs (and the set). BURPs still have that true Lego look while they are larger pieces. With BURPs it's possible to build hills and mountains quite easily.

I think this set is getting a lot of undeserved criticism. It's not perfect but for a GWP it's very cool. We have to bear in mind that many important pieces have been discontinued. It's biggest drawbacks are the minifigures, an original Majisto would've been better and the Dragon Master knight would look much better with an original Dragon Masters face and a black helmet but the torso looks very good and gives more options when building Dragon Masters MOCs.

I agree, they did a good job with the pieces that were available.

Or sharing a common origin and then developed into different factions. In the 1993 catalog they both appear together and there Majisto is using his dragon to scare away some Black Knights that are approaching a Dragon Knights castle (6082) on a cliff.

I like this set very much. it's exactly what a small City set should look like and the otters look very cool. The only thing I don't like is the double face print.

Very realistic looking diorama and those trees look very good. Are the muskets with bayonets from some other manufacturer?

I agree that there are too many colors. They should have stuck with the colors they had in the mid to late 90s.

Yes. They were the first to use that helmet in 1996 along with Time Cruisers.

I agree. While the Imperial soldiers and Imperials Guards are my favorite factions the Armada should've gotten more sets. Now would be the perfect time to reintroduce the pirates theme with a full lineup of pirates vs armada sets. They could time it so that it would release when the Eldorado Fortress and the Creator Pirate Ship retires. The lineup should include mostly regular sets and maybe a 18+ set like a huge Armada ship.

This is my latest contribution to Lego Ideas. I got inspiration for it from the poster that came with the Explorien Starship. If you like it please vote for it at: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/4f397cf3-0bbd-43bb-931f-1e49bfeed4ed

I can really recommend Bricklink to you. Most sellers are very honest (I've been using Bricklink since 2002 and and have never been scammed, only once I got some fake bricks and that was only some minor pieces and maybe every tenth order the odd missing piece and then the seller always ships the piece afterwards and I order 20+ times/year) and the minifigs are not that expensive. I mostly buy 80s and 90s minifigs like Imperial Soldiers and I always manage to find ones that are in good condition for under 5 dollars so I guess you'll be able to find newer flesh colored figs for a reasonable price. Many sellers with a lot of inventory are located in Germany and most do cheaper domestic shipping so you'll get even lower prices than I get.