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  1. MAB
    That is why you need some artistic license when it comes to cars. For example, the small car / Emmet's Smart Car, works quite well but only because it fits just one person. Whereas if you wanted two people sitting side by side, it would be wider than it is long.
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    They are providing what many people want though, as they always seem to sell well. There will always be some that don't want anything from the CMF. This is why they should forget all about Space and just do Castle. We have plenty of grey bricks to build castles with! :-)
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    Nice, they both work well together. What is the headgear? At first I thought it was a customised Koruit LOTR Fountain Guard, but can see the "feathers" are different and the helmet is a slightly different shape.
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    LOTR has Helm's Deep, which is fantastic, as is Orthanc. However, these sets are completely different to the regular Castle castles. The in-house ones are much more reminiscent of the old wooden style castles from the 60s and 70s - often just a wall with battlements and a drawbridge or portcullis, frequently missing a keep. Whereas Helm's Deep is essentially a big facade that looks fantastic from the front but doesn't really feel like a Castle set of old.
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    I'm the opposite. I'd prefer them to use the space for a new figure from either a future theme, or a theme that has never been done. How great would it be to use CMFs to trial new characters from possible in-house themes, with a vote from buyers of CMF determining which character gets a theme built around them. But I guess this is why CMF contain a mix. Some people want characters to interact with old sets, some with current sets, some to inspire things never done. Some just want to put them in a display case. People want different things from the CMF, and LEGO provide that.
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    It could be and if it is as good as elves, then it will be a welcome addition.
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    If that was the case, then they would not be putting City style figures in CMF. I don't think the purpose of the CMF is so narrowly focused.
  8. MAB
    Looking at the number on Bricklink, they are relatively common now.
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    I don't think it was particularly daring. Trolls, skeletons, dwarves, etc are not really anything new, they have been part of European folklore for centuries and there have been loads of toys based on them. I don't really see it as any different to them doing Forestmen / Robin Hood, or mythical creatures from Viking sagas.
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    Good luck with that. Castle has never been "not kiddie". The last couple of Kingdoms Castles were 7+.
  11. MAB
    They are fat in the sense of being wide, but they are not rotund. Side to side measurements are twice as large as front to back.
  12. MAB
    Many kids that watched the prequel trilogy first time around will be hitting 30 about now. I expect to see more PT sets once Ep IX is over.
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    That one has been available for ages. They didn't design a new head for Monica, they are just reusing the head from Sally Ride and Tina Goldstein.
  14. MAB
    Which one? The Office? Who knows how long they had been negotiating with NBC and designing the set. The Fat Mojo one looks much more similar to a previous failed one on IDEAS:
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    Has that ever happened though? If a license has a chance of partnering with LEGO, I'd imagine they'd wait for the review. If a clone company approached a brand I'd imagine they would look into why the approach has been made and soon find out about LEGO ideas, even if they didn't know about the project beforehand. If chosen, I wonder if they'd change the name or go with "The Pirate Bay".
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    Not always. If it is a print that makes the part unusable for MOCs, then I prefer stickers. Plus I don't know how much the extra costs are for all prints rather than stickers. I don't think anyone outside of LEGO does.
  17. MAB
    Collectors also want good boxes that can be displayed. What you you prefer to display - a perfect box that looks like it has just come out of the factory or one with a large tear or hole in the middle of the artwork or bashed up corners? Plus if someone has looked after the box and the instructions, chances are they have looked after the LEGO as well.
  18. MAB
    Unless you take the LEGO route and start doing two licensed themes for every one generic theme and you will keep going for another 10 years!
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    Yeah, but just a shame it is one day per year! :-)
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    Nice one. If I had ever tried to find that, I'd spend ages trying to find it in the technic section of BL.
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    It has been a problem in the past. Mars Rover sells out fast in the US and never comes back. Research Institute sells out fast, then comes back months later and sells quite well still. Exosuit sells out fast, comes back months later and sits on shelves even at quite heavy discounts, ending up in their "decommissioning campaign" adverts. LEGO doesn't always judge demand very well, especially for these somewhat niche sets. And if production numbers are written into contracts (which I believe was the case for Mars Rover) they cannot address it later if demand is higher than expected. (1) What if multiple sets have a good business case, or none, but there is only one free slot? Having set release dates means having to have a set released whether one is ready or not. Also different sets can have different parts requirements - some make require new prints / colours, while others can use existing produced bricks. (2) Why? The primary criterion (aside from licensing issues) is can LEGO make money from it. Does it matter how fast it got to 10000? (3) Removing projects will not help. Third parties could monitor anything that reaches 5000, for example. That way, if anything is removed on reaching 10000, they already have back-ups of what LEGO removed.
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    The interesting thing is that if you had asked a kid 10 years prior to that, they would have said houses, or simple vehicles. Asked of a new adult now, they would probably say Bionicle. Personally, I think that it is great that lego constantly evolves its product, albeit often revisting the same generic themes over and over just updating each time. If they were still doing classic castle and classic space as their major lines, they would be a very niche company.
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    No. There are still plenty of smaller sets that can be bought for kids. Kids get more Lego these days than when I was a kid.
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    I imagine most people know about the parts I use in most MOCs. I don't use these very often as I don't MOC cars much these days, but these are very useful especially if you use LEDs for headlights. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=x85#T=S&O={"rpp":"500","iconly":0} Expensive now, but well worth picking up a pair.
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    The same could have been said of many of the Disney characters plus lots of other CMFs (aliens, yetis, etc). Just make new headgear / hair pieces rather than use molded heads. I was never a fan of the way they did the heads in the LEGO TV episode, and think the molded ones look way better. Whereas the traditional torsos and legs are fine. I don't think they need to go "Angry Birds" for the Simpsons bodies.
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