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800 is still worth £5. So you can use a calculator if you don't want to check the value in the checkout.

I cannot really see why there would be a case for LEGO to make sideways building parts **that were dedicated for road use** when they make a studs up road building system. MOCers / AFOLs designing their own systems have to work with what LEGO produce and LEGO wouldn't fill the gap (literally) in the AFOL creations if that part has no use in LEGO's designs.

Isn't that like saying that they should not have Vikings and Castle on shelves at the same time (as in 2005) as they are both historic with a touch of fantasy. To me, Dreamzzz and Ninjago are more different that Castle and Vikings. Or (2011) they should not do Castle, Pharaoh's Quest, Atlantis together as these all had pseudo-historic vibes and could even add in HP and PotC there too. Evergreen themes have changed so much in how they have grown. Ninjago encompasses pretty much everything and has covered ancient, modern and futuristic arcitecture and vehicles, both realstic and fantasy, that it could forever keep all three classic themes off the shelves if too similar elements block them being done.

By making parts that do what you want them to do, it will mean that they don't do what others (or LEGO) want them to do, or lead to very similar parts that have slightly different functions and/or offsets. I don't believe that the company or individual designers are stupid as you claim. Their new part designs undergo lots of testing to ensure they fit the purpose they are designed for.

For me, that both sucks and blows. Getting a Simpsons advent calendar then not really getting anything new. The five minfigures needed for the family means that there might be one more space for a different character. If you have a Homer head, it is easy to make a Santa Homer. The rest would probably just be mini builds of a tiny pink car, maybe the house, in microscale and a few printed tiles.

I also hope it is not BF or Lions, although I'm definitely not buying the set as I am not a fan of the parts used for Creator castles. I'll buy the body parts on PAB as i did with the other factions.

I doubt it. I rarely see opened boxes on shelves so I doubt it is that big a problem. Where it is, retailers need to change how they sell / where they put them. Going back to foil bags would be a serious dent in their eco-pledge plus they would have to reinvest in machinery to produce and seal bags.

I also find his channel particularly annoying. His videos started popping up in my feed on youtube almost a year ago. He seemed to be a youtuber known for gaming and vlogging that got into LEGO to produce youtube and other social media content, buying in loads of new sets for their backdrop without having had any interest in LEGO before that.

I wouldn't use a subscription app to log my collection. Comments are saying it is a paid for app, he should say that if it is.

If they only did retro LEGO sets, they'd lose most of their adult audience too. I don't mind the odd throwback set being produced, but I tend to buy new sets for new parts.

I'm not saying I never build things an odd number wide, but that I never needed large odd numbers. As builds usually are not single plates high, there is usually scope to build an odd large number, from fir example a 2+3+2 or 3+1+3. Or even 1+1+1+1+1+1+1 if they are longer plates aligned side by side the other way. Even though the parts look basic, filling in every size leads to many almost specialised parts.

It isn't a race. Some people choose to extend the build experience by spreading a larger build over multiple days or stopping to appreciate building techniques.

They look real to me. I've never come across any clone companies reproducing the LEGO logo in their parts and the quality looks too good for a DIY mould and part. Plus, why would some fake a penny part? Have you never had a 1x1 cheese slope break on you? I find those are the most commonly cracked part.

I don't think I've ever needed a 1x5 plate. I've used them, but I cannot remember a case where it had to be a1x5. I'll probably feel the same if they or a clone do a 1x7, 1x9 or a 1x11 plate.

I imagine it is down to economics. Small sets need to sell more units and so tend to get wider distribution and need to have a wider buying population. If the kid audience is not there or very small, then adults buying kid aimed sets will not make up the shortfall.

The same can be said for any figure in a regular set. They could put something similar into CMF. The wolf and granny were for sale on PAB online at the time and readily available on BL at $4-5. They still are easily available new at $6-8. Regular CMF buyers at the time would also have a wolf head they could put on an old lady's body if they wanted a version. We now get just 12 unlicensed/generic CMF a year. Getting somewhat niche figures very similar to others that have been done in sets just seems a waste of a slot to me.

I doubt most buyers of the train sets even knew the difference between plastic and metal axles or what the set contains at the time of purchase. If a kid wants a lego train set, they'll choose a current set off the shelf. And they will probably only buy one train set, no matter what type of axles are in it, but also buy more accessory packs. My kids, they were given one train set and later on packs of extra track, and a station. As they were only going to get one engine, and what type of axles were in it wasn't really going to affect the purchase of more train engines that year or the next few.

But how would we know it was meant to be a female if there was no stereotypical lippy that all adult females have to wear? Aside from the crop top, eyelashes and the beauty spot on the cheek, of course. :-)

The existing Retro Space Hero (series 17) already pairs with the Retro Space Heroine (series 26). And they did a granny/wolf for Little Red Riding Hood in the Pop Up Book IDEAS set. Repeating it in CMF would be a bit boring.

It might be that some of the parts are out of stock. In 'the good old days' before they were charging handling fees they used to ship what was in stock, then ship the remainder when it comes back in stock. Whereas now they seem to hold until the whole (bestseller part of the) order can be shipped at once.

You can still make a complaint via paypal if you want to if they are refusing to refund and also not shipping an order. You can put in a not received complaint. Whether LEGO would block you from buying in future, I don't know.

I think the simple answer is that it shouldn't be done. If people want candles, they can use the existing three candle candelabra and religion can be left out of LEGO. Religion shouldn't be in toys, the same toy could be seen as mocking or celebrating a specific religion depending on viewpoint.

"Fantasy nightmare visitor of unspecified gender" doesn't have quite the same ring to it as the Bogeyman. Plus it leaves open the possibility of a Bogeywoman to pair up with him in a future series.

No doubt, but I think it is more than just that for a couple of extra reasons: 1) LEGO needs to keep improving the realism and organic shapes of builds partly to make (especially 18+) designs look good and partly to keep up with what clone brands are doing. 2) LEGO needs to create new parts (and also new prints) to get us to buy more LEGO and to keep it interesting. I have no issue with specialised parts, as they tend to be useful. So long as they continue to produce classic style bricks too, which they are doing. The only issue I really have with them is the storage as there are so many part types. I often find that I wish LEGO made a piece in a slightly different way as even a small change of 1 plate height can make a difference if you are trying to get a shape just right. And every so often they do.

Yet nobody forces you to build studless designs or to use specialised pieces. LEGO continue to make the Classic range which usually gives a choice of 5-6 new bucket type sets a year for those that prefer building using mainly basic bricks.