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    LEGO Architecture 2014 News & Discussion

    in Special LEGO Themes

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    Rome is so full of architectural gems that it is fitting to include a set from there.

    I know, right? There are so many cool architectural things in Rome, but the problem I see of why they don't make too many sets from things there is that the architecture has too many religious connotations or that things there are partially crumbled like the Colosseum, which would be hard to replicate at the same detail in a small scale.

    Introducing Brickimedia

    in Community

    Posted

    Awesome! Just asking a question that others may ask... How will this benefit the community over the wikia version, what's different, what's new?

    The editing interface is much better, the reading interface is much easier to use and less cluttered by advertisements. The site loads faster due to a rebuilt core. There are more development capabilities that allow for any additional things we want to develop, unlike on Wikia. There are some other things, but those are the most-important. :classic:

    Introducing Brickimedia

    in Community

    Posted

    Hello everyone at Eurobricks!

    Today, Brickimedia, a new LEGO fan network primarily focused towards encyclopedias such as Brickipedia, is officially launching! While some of you may have heard of Brickimedia before, it unfortunately went offline due to a data loss in June, but has been reconstructed completely from the ground up since. Today is the official relaunch of Brickimedia.

    For those of you who don't know what Brickimedia is, it's a new LEGO fan network that includes Brickipedia, the LEGO encyclopedia that I'm sure you know about. Brickipedia was formerly hosted on Wikia, a free wiki hosting site, that didn't really work for Brickipedia. Wikia's interface was covered in ads and social features that disrupted reading and editing of the encyclopedia, which isn't good. To make up for that, 8 years after Brickipedia first launched, we've created Brickimedia, our self-hosted platform that has been built especially to meet our needs as a LEGO fan site.

    Now, you may be wondering what this all means. Since Brickipedia is leaving Wikia, and Wikia doesn't particularly like that, we can't just delete lego.wikia.com. Brickipedia is now at http://en.brickimedia.org, but the Wikia version will still be up. Brickimedia's version has all the same stuff, and to help Brickimedia out, it would be most beneficial to use http://en.brickimedia.org and link to it when you use it instead of lego.wikia.com. Not too much to ask. :classic: You can also freely edit any article on Brickipedia now, unlike on Wikia! You don't even need an account, but if you want to make an account, or at least claim your username, click here.

    Anyways, currently Brickipedia is updating all of its 2014 articles and making sure it has sufficient images. Bear with us for the next few weeks while we get things up to date; the new year has brought a lot of work for us to take care of. :wink:

    Also, Brickimedia is hosting more than just Brickipedia. Some other wikis, which are smaller, include:

    Also, if you're a person who likes code, Brickimedia's source is completely open source, built on top of the MediaWiki software (same software that runs Wikipedia).

    Post any feedback you have of the new site in the replies, please, and if you have any further questions, don't be afraid to ask!

    Permission for this topic's creation was granted by the admins on 20 January 2014 through private message

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    Last I checked GregF only writes the books/comics for themes, but he has no association with the general story of the themes he has worked on. He is only allowed to work with the material given but nothing outside of that.

    From what I know, that's pretty much correct. The story behind a theme is generally something that I believe set designers and product managers come up with while designing the theme and the sets.

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    But seriously, as much as I would love for Bionicle to come back, can't anybody just be glad we might be getting something new? If they were to reboot Bionicle (which I'm all for) they would have to limit themselves to the already confusing plot, and bring that into a new generation. And as far as Hero Factory goes, I hat it's plot, but that simple plot(Hero Factory), complicated plot (Bionicle) and consant changes in build (the shift from technic in 2005, specialized parts in 2010, and now bones, which have been around for about 3 years) can all be addressed in a new theme, isn't that alone something to drool about?

    There should be a disinfectant to keep the fanboys out xD

    I agree with you there. I was a fan of Bionicle while it was around, but anymore, I've "moved on". I'd rather not just keep having the same old thing forever-- I like a new idea, a new concept. A new constraction theme is something I'd love to see, which is part of why I'm excited for Mixels in March 2014.

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    I don't know anything about Hero Factory or Bionicle returning, but its the basic nature and cycle of themes in LEGO to be replaced by a(its) successor(ex. Space Police=Galaxy Squad, Kingdoms=Castle, Alpha Team=Agents, etc.) in a matter of 2-4 years give or take. What's rare is the return of a theme, hence this years(2013) biggest shocker Ninjago Rebooted. We all have our own reasons to why Bionicle should and should not return/be rebooted, but I for one welcome an all new constraction theme. Personally I would want TLG to grab inspiration from both HF and Bionicle by having the combination of bones and specialized pieces to make the figures. As for the themes backstory, I have always been amazed by Metru Nui as it seems TLG put a lot of effort and creativity into creating this world full of culture and advanced technology, so a setting like Metru Nui with characters like the Matarons and warriors like the Toa's would be a success in my book.

    With those examples you just named, you're naming themes in the same genres succeeding each other (space, castle, etc), while we only know this an "action figure" theme. Hero Factory is about robot heroes on fictional planets. Bionicle is about robot heroes on fictional planets. This unconfirmed 2015 theme could be about something completely different. They can coexist. LEGO's never had some rule that says two action figure themes can't exist at the same time.

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    I honestly don't know if Mixels qualifies as constraction. They're definitely articulated figures, but they're far from the typical definition of "action figures". It'd be good to find out, though.

    I think they could be considered to be so for the same reason(s) that Slizers can be considered constraction.

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    LEGO has often talked about not wanting to run similar themes at a time because they cannibalize sales off each other.

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    Both 2002:

    http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8571-1

    http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8314-1

    Both 2006:

    http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8704-1

    http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=8902-1

    Nothing said it would be an action figure theme similar to Hero Factory. Two themes that have action figures can coexist for the same reason that two themes with minifigures can coexist. They can be similar in the aspect of how the figures are constructed, but different in any other way.

    Bionicle 2015 Discussion

    in LEGO Action Figures

    Posted

    Why does everyone always assume that the introduction of a new theme has to imply the end of another? Maybe the success of action figure themes has made LEGO want to introduce another alongside Hero Factory. It's happened before. I really don't understand why nobody thinks that two similar themes can coexist at the same time.

    Legends of Chima 2014

    in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes

    Posted

    The design is nice, but why did his chest turn grey? Is there any story significance to that? It really doesn't look like full-body chest armour, as it has those straps and stuff, the abdominals are present, and no other Chima fig has really had chest armour that covered their whole body before.

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