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  1. MAB
    Yes, it's a photoshopping error.
  2. MAB
    I wonder whose job it is to go through all the dark tan wands and pull one off the sprue before packaging the sets!
  3. MAB
    Maybe they should have made it in white. Then in the instructions tell you that a kid has to play with the parts for a couple of years before you are allowed to build it. The eventual colours would have been perfect!
  4. MAB
    Probably not, at least not for this. I imagine many of the people that do decide to buy it will buy online. The designer does talk about this, which in reality probably means that the bits they have were the wrong size and to scale the building to make them the right size would make it much bigger than what it currently is. Remember sometimes uses words that are barely true (such as "playable piano"). "Every detail of the set has been meticulously crafted to stay true to the real-life Colosseum. ... To achieve that, the model is constructed using an effect of vertical exaggeration. The cross-section is therefore far steeper than on the real structure." Every detail is made to stay true to the real life one, except of course the details that don't.
  5. MAB
    The torso is not showing up under any of the normal torso parts numbers.
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    MAB replied to Terryoleary's topic in General LEGO Discussion

  7. MAB
    The two Laketown sets were released in different years and were designed to fulfil certain price points: ~300 parts $30 and ~500 parts $50. They cannot just combine them to make one big good one, unless they give up on the price point structure. Like most LEGO sets, all the small LOTR / Hobbit sets could have been made even better by making them bigger. But then they would have all been big sets at high price points. And yes, they could have made a highly specific piece for Thror's beard instead of the Master's hair/hat but then they have the issue of which set to include him in.
  8. MAB
    Put two 2x4 bricks together and pull them in opposite directions, you can get them apart but you need a reasonable force. Do this with two old 2x4s and the clutch was higher and they were quite difficult to pull apart this way. But if you use a breaking action instead (bending the assembly at the join) then it is easier to break them apart.
  9. MAB
    I highly doubt they copied the IDEAS one. They are just similar ideas. There was already one last year, just a new colour for this year.
  10. MAB
    Rather than pulling minifigures directly upwards, tilt them slightly as you lift them. Minifigure foot clutch has to be quite strong, as otherwise minifigures would fall over, especially if posed standing on one leg in an action pose.
  11. MAB
    Me too. I cannot see the point of a brick built bonsai. It is a nice build, but not as nice as a real one.
  12. MAB
    It is a fantasy army with a fantasy wizard. There isn't anything modern about it. Yes, the wizard has a baby dragon. Is it a mascot. Is it real?
  13. MAB
    I was thinking the same, I would probably go with one of these two for the legs: And probably the Minotaur's torso: I already have the faun legs on a Minotaur.
  14. MAB
    People creating Star Wars MOCs are fine. People selling Star Wars MOCs are not creating fan art. They are creating a product to sell. There is a difference.
  15. MAB
    LEGO just sends replacements to deal with it. Most parts don't break but some will. Trying to correct the some that will break is probably impossible and so they just replace them if they break.
  16. MAB
    Nice idea, and close to reality. There is a hipster style indie centre near me where all the small businesses have a shipping container as a shop/restaurant/bar.
  17. MAB
    An alternative view is that the Green Dragons (and the picture on the tile) refers to the army.
  18. MAB
    Why interesting? If it is OK for an individual to use a company's IP for their own financial gain without any royalties, then surely it is OK for another company to do the same. So for example, if Any Joe can profit off Star Wars then why can't the next Lepin? After all, by selling items, the individual is doing it for financial gain just like the company is. And if they can profit off Star Wars, then why not profit off LEGO's IP too, or indeed the designs of Any Joe. A small guy stealing is not really any different to a big company stealing, the only difference is scale. Holographic virtual models, with a monthly subscription where you can build and display any LEGO sets you like and MOC with unlimited parts or you can buy the set to keep the parts in your collection. So LDD with holograms, but paid for.
  19. MAB
    I would have loved a (LOTR version) Witch King, but that would be a strange character for people treating the set as generic. It is a helmet that cannot be used without knowing it is LOTR, just like Vader's Helmet is immediately Star Wars. But extending that, Mines of Moria gave us a generic elf, generic dwarf, two generic orcs, a generic man, a generic short man/child, and a bigfig troll. It was also a fantastic castle builders parts pack. Similarly the Uruk-hai army gave us two generic men / medieval soldiers, four generic fantasy bad-guys, a horse and was also a castle parts pack. Of course, they could have left the Master out of Lake Town, but Lake Town plays quite a big role in the Hobbit, especially DoS. To not have a Lake Town set and to not have the Master in a Lake Town set would be a huge omission. They have to think about the franchise they are making the sets for above whether people buying the sets for generic use can use all the minifigures.
  20. MAB
    Nice. Still not available to buy in UK.
  21. MAB
    Frequently true of real buildings too. The ground floor is the show-off floor, where you show people how rich you are to afford such high ceilings. Then the upper floors are no so high, especially if they are living or office space.
  22. MAB
    I cannot see LEGO ever doing the DesignByME service again. Too many people would want to do licensed MOCs through it (just look at IDEAS submissions), and LEGO cannot be seen to do this. LEGO has to be careful on Bricklink concerning the selling of licensed MOCs, and does not allow, for example, Star Wars MOCs to be downloadable. As to the ripping of MOC designers, yes it is wrong to take someone else's MOC and commercialise it. But I wonder what the designer is really losing. It is not huge sums of money. And what about the other way around. Many MOC designers feel it is allowable for them to rip off other companies' intellectual property and try to make money based on selling instructions, even though they have no agreement with the company. When this is just as wrong as a clone company ripping off their designs. Anyone selling Star Wars MOC plans, for example, is profiting from Lucasfilm/Disney IP without paying a license fee.
  23. MAB
    I imagine that the company buyer representatives that usually attend will get the information somehow, but whether the independent LEGO press get access to these is another matter. It will certainly be interesting concerning leaks of information.
  24. MAB
    It depends which Batman version you compare with. The Wizard of Oz characters are based on the movie, so 1939. The oldest LEGO Batman character is the "first appearance" one from the CMF, based on the comic, also from 1939.
  25. MAB
    No, they are fictional movie characters like Darth Vader and Batman.
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