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  1. MAB
    Why? Genuine ones are not that much more expensive.
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    Yes they are non-LEGO products made by other companies with the LEGO branding on, aside from the bricks set that is sold by IKEA as that one is actually LEGO. The big difference this year is the publicity that LEGO are giving the items, not that they are licensing their name/logo to other companies. The Levis are not even the first time they have done sweaters with snap on items. In the late 80s/90s LEGO did sweatshirts with clip on minifigures, although that was through a clip glued to the back rather than a true Lego connection. Plus they were for kids, not adults.
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    They aren't though - as already made clear on this thread. The other companies are. LEGO isn't selling the Adidas or the IKEA boxes. They are giving some of the Adidas shoes away as VIP rewards, but otherwise it is an Adidas product. The Ikea boxes are not for sale by Lego, just Ikea. The Levi products are only sold so far by Levi but some select styles will be available on lego.com. Lego don't make the jeans, Levi does. LEGO is partnering here. And as already said, nothing new to anyone that has been into LEGO for a while. There are loads of other products produced every year with the LEGO logo on that are not manufactured or sold by LEGO.
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    And no-one really had an issue with Mars Rover or Ecto-1 and so on. So probably just a couple of people new to the hobby with the Elf Clubhouse that cannot handle it.
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    They have already shipped 10,000s of them, so probably no reason to cancel yours.
  6. MAB
    Indeed, nothing new in black backgrounds.
  7. MAB
    If they had appeared in official sets, there would almost certainly be sellers with them to sell on bricklink.
  8. MAB
    They could probably fill an entire CMF series with the McQuarrie concept art. But then people would be scratching their heads thinking what is this, or this is a really bad attempt to make < insert character here >.
  9. MAB
    There were also the KK2 knights given out with Nestle Cereals.
  10. MAB
    I remember the days LEGO was on cereal boxes, collect a certain number of tokens and send off for a free set. Given the amount of stores that LEGO are opening in China, I think they intend to let Chinese people do a lot more than look at it.
  11. MAB
    I was begin serious, they are only cheap because they steal. If that is what you prefer, then go for it.
  12. MAB
    I had an R2-D2 soap (but not on a rope). I loved it as a kid. No doubt some of the merchandising was bizarre and unnecessary but it was very experimental. They couldn't have known what would take off without trying. This has to be one of the weirdest I have ever seen, but this is worth a lot these days.
  13. MAB
    Why is that a great example? They offer better value only because they steal.
  14. MAB
    No Vader? No OT stormtroopers? To me, there are too many good guys in your list. A major problem with SW is that there are so many characters and thy will need to keep on putting the main cast in to sell any SW CMF to regular customers. Some of those will necessarily duplicate what they have already done. For example, I already have the celebration Luke (and Han) These are still cheap and plentiful on bricklink and they cannot really do much to improve them. But then, just about every scene/outfit of Luke and Han has been done. And it's the same with most other important characters. So if they fill a CMF series up with the main (non-army builder) characters from PT, OT and ST, what is the point. It would impact on the sales of current sets to people new to LEGO SW, and wouldn't be that interesting to existing LEGO SW fans.
  15. MAB
    They did improve on some of those aspects later with UFO, Insectoids, LOM, Space Police 3, Alien Conquest and Galaxy Squad. To some, those themes don't exist specifically because they had new colours and designs, aliens and a bit of storyline.
  16. MAB
    I remember trying to line up the one for the Porsche, it was a real pain. Looking at BL, the person that submitted the image didn't fare any better!
  17. MAB
    LEGO is the minor partner in the Adidas collaboration. Adidas are doing 26 collaborations, and L is for LEGO is just one of them: https://www.adidas.co.uk/a-zx These are probably more for trainer collectors but combining two subjects where there are die-hard MIB collectors seems to lead to guaranteed success.
  18. MAB
    I hadn't seen that, interesting post. I translated them using an alphabet sheet. I got a bit confused by the ending in Z for both, especially as I had to guess the birds letters first time around.
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    It has never been confirmed by LEGO though and of course they profit more from people buying sets for the figures rather than just buying single figures. SImilarly, they profit more by gluing magnets or going further and sticking metal bars through the magnet figures to stop them being used like minifigures. It has been widely speculated that it is due to Hasbro but I don't think anyone has ever shown any real evidence.
  20. MAB
    I guess it depends on the amount of decorated parts and the range of parts that need print. Friends had a sticker sheet, for example. I doubt it will be as high as 5-6 as that will just add to a large backlog unless they start releasing two per month to catch up.
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    I'm not interested in them but that doesn't mean they should not exist. Even for regular sets, I don't like most themes that LEGO does. There are more themes that I do not buy sets from than themes I do but sets from. However, I don't think those themes should not exist. Same with these products that other companies are making but with LEGO branding on them. I do have a tee shirt with a LEGO logo print, so why shouldn't someone else have a jacket or shoes if they want them? There are plenty of other in-house or third party products like that - watches, lunch boxes, bottles, torches, clocks, pens and pencils, folders, etc. Yet that still leaves many kids that have Lego and need to store it. Plus these boxes look great for non-Lego storage if you mosaic the tops. They are highly customizable storage boxes. Try getting your hands on a pair of the Adidas trainers. They seem to have sold very well.
  22. MAB
    And it is great if you can find a trading partner that will take your flesh heads and hands in exchange for their yellows. I get rid of my yellows this way.
  23. MAB
    The red arm C-3PO polybag from about four years ago was sold.
  24. MAB
    In case you don't know, there is a specific technic sub-forum here: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/forum/115-lego-technic-and-model-team/ and there is a thread on storage here:
  25. MAB
    They didn't mention the price. The same parts are the same parts, no matter what the theme. It doesn't matter whether the parts are originally packaged in a Star Wars box, a Creator box or an in-house story theme box.
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