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  1. MAB
    I don't think the reviews on lego.com are that bad. Most of the low ranked ones are from people complaining about duplicates which happens with CMF too. Then there is a very bad review complaining that they replaced CMF with these, presumably from someone that hasn't bought them. A couple of people mention generic instructions for all cars being hard to follow when it comes to different colours.
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    Lord of the Rings reveals are never late, nor are they early. They are revealed precisely when they mean to be revealed.
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    And that is why such threads are pointless. Even if it was true, there is not really anything to discuss until something is actually known about the set.
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    But then you'll get Classic Space fans arguing over what the roles are based on the minifigure colour. Stone mason? Scaffold constructor? Quarry worker?
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    Castle is not exclusively medieval or historical though. When LEGO includes dragons and trolls in Castle, then Castle contains fantasy. That list contains medieval/historical movies, but they are not all that "castle movies" can contain because that is not a well defined category of movie. Fantasy (and in some cases medieval/fantasy) movies like Excalibur, Lady Hawk, Beastmaster, Dragonslayer, Conan, etc are also "castle movies" in the sense that they would fit into what LEGO has produced within the Castle theme. LEGO Castle contains fantasy, we know that for sure as LEGO has included fantasy within Castle.
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    PAD printing tends to be used only for fairly large print runs as there is significant cost in producing and setting up the printing cliches. You are probably better off using UV printing for one offs or small runs. Or home printed decals if you want reasonably cheap.
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    There were "old" brown as opposed to reddish brown versions of the cannon base in vintage sets, but the last set to contain that colour was from 2002 - the reissued Fort Legoredo. So I doubt they would have included old brown in a set as late as 2011.
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    Having fantasy in Castle is like having aliens in Space. For me, both are perfectly fine especially if including them would help sales and keep themes alive.
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    I won't be voting for it. You should be honest about promoting your own designs.
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    Historically, no. In fact, if a piece was missing or damaged then customer service used to send a new blind bag instead, saying that even they do not know what is inside so cannot send the correct replacement implying that they don't have access to parts either. I don't think I've seen any CMF exclusive parts on PAB online since.
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    Try contacting the person you bought the instructions from.
  12. MAB
    It doesn't need to be that complicated. Human faction 1 in a set, human faction 2 in a set, fantasy faction in a set. You could even have 1+2, 1+F, 2+F and 1+2+F in sets. The user can decide who fights who. If an adult only wants humans, they can buy the relevant sets.
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    No
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    I can see the helmets being used for fantasy space MOCs but they are way too modern (especially with the print) for castle. But not at the price of the cars, as cheaper and better helmets for space are available.
  15. MAB
    If someone wants it to be a faction, then yes. And if not, it can remain as dressing up kit for girls. There are plenty of other decorated shields (printed or stickered) that LEGO have produced that are not castle factions.
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    I cannot really see them doing a female dominated minifigure theme. They have already found that minidolls sell well to girls. If they want to sell fantasy to girls (again), I imagine they'd use minidolls again. If they are doing a new minifigure based fantasy theme, I'd expect them to use both male and female characters in the important roles so it appeals to both boys and girls.
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    Nail polish, or a bit of acrylic paint, on the shoulder 'ball' joint usually works. But I agree with the above, if selling it just declare it and sell as is.
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    The point is that they fill a bit of a niche gap in the market. They are quick and fun to build, need little to no parental supervision, easy to take apart and build again, and look pretty decent models with few parts. They are essentially a 3D jigsaw puzzle, between molded / pre-assembled toys at one extreme and at the other, fiddly construction sets whether that is LEGO style or plastic models you have to glue together. It can still be a construction toy even if only built in one way following the instructions. When I look at the way a lot of kids play with lego these days, it is not that different - the set gets built following instructions then not taken apart again. It can be taken apart and rebuilt into something else but kids have so much these days that sets tend to be kept together and only ever built as instructed. I doubt these are meant to compete with LEGO, as they already have Mega Bloks / Construx for that. These are for kids that like to put something together but want to do it quickly.
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    That sounds like it could be a licensed England Football set ... :-) ! https://www.thesun.co.uk/world-cup-2018/6576483/england-aces-race-on-inflatable-unicorns-as-they-cool-off-in-the-pool-after-late-triumph-over-tunisia/
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    Presumably you mean space! I was looking closely at the pictures trying to work out what a slave helmet is until I spotted the space helmet in the interior.
  21. MAB
    To go alongside the mystical division of Horse Knights provided by the unicorn boy cmf.
  22. MAB
    The HP bookends look like two separate displays that presumably click together with technic pins. Plus they then have a back in the nook format which looks much better than the Sherlock one.
  23. MAB
    They look similar to Airfix Quickbuild kits, brick built sets that look like realistic models.
  24. MAB
    Of course you can clean it up. Vinegar will help remove the corrosion. If contacts are broken, you can replace with those from another broken toy. Or you can use a 4.5V lipo battery connected to the first and last terminal.
  25. MAB
    Any odd shaped parts are not really going to be MILS sections as they cannot be used elsewhere. You could cut a baseplate, or use cardboard or something else to pad the mismatch in height.
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