Capt. Kirk

Are you sure Mark???...lolololol It looks that most EB members like the deco I made for Chima so far...what a surprise... Looking forward to see what they say about the rest. Grtz, from Belgium where we have that lovely D&L sauce...

- Thank you - Use your imagination...maybe it's full-body chest armour... - Can not tell and do not tell. - Sorry then I failed... - Maybe that's because it's new!

Sorry ...but I'm new... My 2 cents: - Maybe a good idea would be to post the pictures in the first page? --> because nobody browse through 15 pages before he or her post something...at least not I and I think I'm not alone! - Maybe make this into a general EuroBricks rule? --> only with new themes and his pictures/leaks. - Maybe it's postible to make that single 1st post accessible for everybody? --> the person with a new pic can post it himself and can refer to it if he/she has posted some new stuff. - Maybe a Mod can collect all the pictures and post them in the first post? --> then you need somebody to do it and follow everything up off course.

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This really cool...if there is a new Pirate-line in the pipeline at work I definatly gone show it. This has potential for a nice set (or 2-3 / modular). Thx for sharing.

I can understand your comment to a certain extented. But often the following things are forgotten when we discuss sets: - that LEGO is made for kids between the age of 5 and 16 in the first place (since LEGO started there business). --> looking at a LEGO set from a pure AFOL perspective isn't really the right way to look at it in my opinion...sorry. --> because we often want 10 figs, 800 bricks and this just for 25€. - that LEGO wants a certain level of play experience for the kid (on diff. levels). --> bricks without figures or figures without bricks don't give the child this expierence. --> the balance must be right and this isn't sometimes not obvious for everybody why you only get 3 figures for 80€. --> LEGO also has a cost to produce it... we often forget this.

Special guest Georges Lucas Where did you get the George figure from...is/was it in set?

Although I like to see the Super Heroes in LEGO, I'm not really impressed with most of the design of the characters. In particular: - Dr. Doom: doesn't has that iron mask feeling due the emotion = grin on a IRON mask ? - Venom: too detailed on the teeth = by using gum the essence of the big sharp teeth goes a bit away ! - The Penguin: doesn't looks like him = looks like the Penguin in his childhood. Secondary, too many different execution styles in one line (it looks like the decoration is made by 3-4 designers): - different stroke thickness from character to character. - different anatomy from character to character. - different level of detail from character to character. - perspective on some and non on others (in particular the belts). Sorry there is no alignment

Happy Birthday Mike...enjoy the day! But be aware that I'm now a fully trained Ninja with a phd in Spinjitzu. Look behind you...SNAP!

You're welcome, although since I went to the dark side it's a while that I made something for the community but now you can have my decals printed... officialy printed......like Oola. That will be a hard one because we have to follow the official reference that Lucas provides us with.

We probably have a different view on censorship. Censorship for me is forbidden to show it at all or speak about it all. So you end up with stuff like the below image. As far as I can see in my posts I never said - not allowed to show it. I don't want to go this way because personally I find this liberty restrained. It was more about the thought of given WWI or WWII Moc's a symbol somewhere in the right corner to avoid consumer confusion and via this way avoiding harming the brand LEGO. Like this can maybe enough: http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Kris1234/Prohibition/1.jpg http://lego.alanstudio.hk/moc-7641-mcdonalds/cover.jpg Why I have given this a reflection/thought? At LEGO we have consumer service and they give us feed back from the consumers (related to the project you working on). We take these comments from consumer service at LEGO serious because we want to deliver a good product at the end. Following on this I think I can say that most people in the community have no clue what people all over the world write to us and that some of the complaints are literally about confusion (product or an images). Why is there confusion? Because a lot of people around the world don't know there is a LEGO community and that they build LEGO for a hobby. Because of this, people think that some images are official LEGO (especially when they're framed like a LEGO box). Step back and refect yourself before you started with LEGO...did you know it was this big...in all honesty, I don't think so. What do you think if parents see this? http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/box.jpg http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4410261693_f3bb6ec0e9.jpg http://www.sonicgear.org/BootlegFakes/BootlegImages/LegoKnuckleface.jpg You know it's fake because LEGO is your passion...you eat and breath bricks... But what about people who just buy it for their kids? I agree although I still wanted to make one last statement to illustrate the bigger picture we maybe have to look at.

I understand you...but do you think kids find this "annoying"?

Try to read my post again. Personaly I have nothing against it but as a designer at LEGO I think different about it because like I said, pictures like this could harm the brand if it's not well communicated. Does it make sence now?

@ smokebelch I really love the stuff you do by placing the figures in a real enviroment... And I can tell you that a lot of designers at work loved your pictures...some even had it as a wallpaper on their computer. But what about placing some humor in the pictures...like the Brazilian advertising school students in Escola Cuca did? Or the Korean photographer Storm TK431. Or with some action: My 2 cents...

Very nice build with a lot of things happening...like the crane the most. The only thing I have since I went to the outer side - read working for LEGO - is that my opinion about building "war stuff" is changed a bit. Although I have nothing against it and most creations are very nice builds be honest... I always keep in mind that pictures like this can maybe be seen by moms and dads... and if they're not aware that this is a MOC, they could think that LEGO is producing war-like themes. And since we all love the brand this is not a good thing IMO for the brand. As you all know their was a lot of fuss about the LEGO Concentration camp by Zbigniew Libera(link) I think banning war-like creations would be ridiculous because everybody should be free to build what he/she likes... but maybe the community can think about the idea of putting somekind of symbol/wording on war-like MOC's to make it clear to the rest of the world that this is not official LEGO. Just an idea.

It's always nice to see a line-up of the modular buildings. Every time I visit Jamie's desk I look at it...and no matter who many times I saw it already, it stays nice. I hope we continue with this concept at work because it's such idea with a lot of possibilities. I don't know if their is a threat where the fans post there ideas what maybe could be the next Modular Building. If not, it maybe can help us decide what we build maybe in the future...

Very nice and with a lot lot lot of details. Although IMO most details get lost because it's a bit over detailed. Maybe trying to use different colours for some details or loss some can make it more "readable". But overall cool build.

Although I'm not a big Clone Wars fan myself I must say that's very impressive... what a dedication...respect for a the work you have put in it. Maybe you should start working for us at LEGO... Grtzzz,

But it was not only caused because of third-party games of inferior quality. Other factors also played their role in the crash story because IMO not only one single factor does it all, it's most of the time a combination of different factors: ATARI - Programmers had no time anymore to actually make a game in relation to its quality level. - No recognision or reward for their top programmers with result that Atari’s best programmers left in droves (fed up with low pay and no recognition). --[David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Bob Whitehead, and Alan Miller all left Atari to start their own company, which they called: Activision - On top of the talent vacuum: business executives started losing touch with the real world. Try to read it like this (hypothetical statement): LEGO - Designers have no time anymore to actaully make the sets in relation to its quality --[because of too much themes. - No recognision or reward for their designers with result that LEGO's best designers leave in droves. --[i have no idea about the payment at LEGO but maybe in relation with their workload it can become low. - On top of the talent vacuum: business executives started losing touch with the real world. --[2005-2006 is a proof of that. What do you think?

Very interesting this little comment. I encourage you all to look it up and read about the 1983 game crash and try to fill in the LEGO players.

That´s the attitude of a LEGO fan

Now I understand my colleagues why they do not respond on posts anymore. There was otherwise maybe a nice interaction possible between the designer and the fans... but as always the good ones pay. But I give it one last try and also go in lurk-mode. I just wanted to warn to avoid the "why didn´t I bought it, now it cost me a fortune...8(". I did it with the best intentions towards the Eurobricks/LEGO community but take it how you want. But maybe a good idea would be to go over my post and try to read what I type. I can understand that people want to know what´s coming...I was once on the other side too...but what´s the fun of that at the end. Is a surprise not a beautiful think. And on top of that, I would be a lunatic to say what´s coming because it will cost my job. By the way there is more then 1 member on Eurobricks that can say who I´m...CopMike, Holodoc, Bonapart, etc. No comment. LEGO is a company and if the company wants to survive and you still want to have LEGO and not any clone-brand, it has to give what the MAJORITY of the customers want. And this majority is KIDS. Making something that kids don´t want would then be a bad idea...don´t you think. In LEGO we talk about IP´s and playthemes. IP stands for Intellectual Property... sets with a license like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Harry Potter, etc. Playthemes are things like Power Miners, Atlantis, Space Police, etc.