Peppermint_M

I have been sketching out a two rival museum game with relics being hunted from "clues" to finding them. Then the museum team with the best score "wins" the relic. Then it could cover anything from a researcher in the library to a proper technical dig, from a car or camel train to the act of exploring the tomb/temple/crevasse itself. It could allow for tomb raiders and scientist, artefact thieves and museum officials.

Interesting really. I spend a little less money on average across a month (annual spend divided over 12 months) but spend a lot more time. I guess as a moderator on a forum, I jump my time spent on LEGO upwards by taking part in the forum. I am lucky that we have a very large loft, I have a dedicated space about the same size as an average home office. It is also interesting that there is a three way split for space.

Always take pride in who you are. My little brother was ranting away about something (I think I had tried to explain the difference between disrespectful and cheeky. As I tease my mum and he can be downright rude) and asked me if I was proud. He wasn't so impressed with "Of course, there is little point or happiness in being any other way." As for fashion dolls? I think I have more now than I had as a child (5, heh) I think if there had been robot and zombie dolls when I was small I would have had a whole lot more! There has been a little mix in the buying habits of me and my sister since the toy makers have provided cool dolls (for me) and LEGO with a fantasy "girls" theme (for my sister.) I suppose it is easier for me that my sister and her husband are also very nerdy/geeky people. As they count as my two closest friends we are often together to shop or browse. Also, my parents appreciate that I have a hobby. Funnily enough, my three youngest siblings are much more into the "geeky" stuff too, meaning my self proclaimed normal brothers are the odd ones out in the family now!

Yes, but Young Adults are not TFOLs. This is polling LEGO fans, a wide range of people from all kinds of places, backgrounds and employment situations. There are some fans who only collect Constraction. Do they require a Bionicle Fan specific survey. Tohe results would be skewed away from a true result if this leaked off to 4Chan and was hijacked. As it is, LEGO fans are being surveyed and so results will probably not be too erratic. Also, please learn how to punctuate correctly. As JuniorShark pointed out above, you do not need that many commas.

Well he must like those ones Quite honestly, it counts for Train and Technic too. Train sets are never cheap and most Technic worth buying isn't low cost.

Well, considering this is a website for those 18+, in most territories that is considered adult, then TFOLs shouldn't be a concern to a survey. It will be interesting to see the results charted. I spend a lot of time and have plenty of space for LEGO, but on consideration I do not spend a lot of money averaged over a month. My purchases happen in large lots for prices over £100 in a month. Maybe twice a year. Though I do possibly spend around £20-£30 a month on the odd cheaper set weekly.

What I meant by display: It looks super snazzy, you can decorate the frame to match the minifigures and then children can look and point but understand that they are not for running around the house with. Of course, it depends on your personal preference for display.

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No kids myself, but I am the oldest in my family and my youngest siblings are 10 years+ younger than me, as such, I was 18 and earning money to spend on myself and there were a trio of pre-10s to deal with. This included my LEGO mad brother who is 14 years younger than me. On a month to month basis I would buy at least one set, usually something a lot larger than anything he could get. On family trips to LEGOLAND I would buy myself a big box set, easily three times the price of his gift from mum and pocket money purchases. Not to mention; I could shop independently of my family and make my own online purchases, opening up a wider range to choose from. He had gathered all the LEGO in the house that was not my collection, but even now it is a fraction of mine. Once I got a better job, I was almost weekly purchasing a small set or two, with a few splash-outs when things went to Clearance prices of holiday sales. At first it was difficult for him to understand how I had so much LEGO and bought so much. We (my mum and I) explained in easy terms that I had more money to spend on things I wanted, often times that would be LEGO. I struck a deal, that he could play with what was built, as long as he was careful and didn't mix my things with his. This included any of my MOCs if he was super careful. He could help out with the big sets and I never excluded him when I was MOC-ing if he wanted to watch or help. I also made sure to pick up the odd set he would like, not every time I bought things, maybe every few months or so. Once he got older, we even started to spot each other the odd part to finish a build or make a good custom minifigure and he has free reign on my Constraction parts as he's a fan and I don't use a lot of the parts. Consequently, he accepts that I am a crazy AFOL with a lot of LEGO. He is a much better builder than I was at his age. When a MOC fell down he fixed it, when I am building he is a great sounding board for ideas. I still get sets for him when I spot things he might like and has even quietly asked our mum if he should give back any set I buy him if it is one he already has. (Not wanting to be disrespectful by not accepting the gift, but knowing it is a double and I might want it in that case. He's turned out pretty lovely all told!). I think feeling guilty is natural, you want to provide everything you can for a child, but on the converse side, you risk spoiling them by giving into every demand! If you keep on reinforcing that he has lots of LEGO to play with already and plenty of figures (even if it isn't that one), it should eventually stick in. The one that worked for my brother was a simple: "She has more money to spend on LEGO. Maybe if you're good you'll get some and if you are respectful, she is more likely to get you LEGO too." I know the economic lesson of Money=Stuff so More Money = More Stuff is hard for kids, but they do have to learn it. It certainly motivated my brother to do more chores to earn more pocket money! How do you display the figures and sets? If there is some way to delineate the "Grown Up" way from the children's way, it would add weight to the idea that your purchases were different to what he has.

Indeed. There is a real divide between collectors and builders. A set collector finds fault with a set design or theme style. Most builders see a bunch of parts in new colours, new parts and extra of the current lot of parts.

Or you come to this section of the forum and make a title change request in the thread, or for other issues not handled in the FAQ, you post here.

LEGO in house themes have a development span of three years, so there should be something in the pipeline for next year. The success means another wave might get a green light for some time beyond that. After all, Friends fans have been primed at one age point and graduate to one above. Just like most children move from city onto Ninjago.

I suppose elves could just keep on going for a while. There is a mermaid tail available for mini-dolls that could lead to underwater adventures. Just like other Action and Adventure themes, changing the environment is a great way to extend a theme.

If you were simply not a fan you wouldn't take every opportunity to bang on about how much you dislike it. I'm going to have to third the point that instead of this being a chance to discuss past acknowledged mistakes, it seems to be the place for the sourpusses to come and complain about the current line-up.

Hmm, yes, that is odd. There is also a visible seam in the moulding of the hand. Though that torso was CMF, so maybe there was a mild issue in that batch of hands that still passed? I am surprised it passed quality control.

ASDA has knocked the price down on a few of the City sets. Mostly those they priced up at £17.99 are now down to £12 and the £7.99 are now £5. A decent saving if you were conisdering picking up a set or two. They also have a two for £4 deal on CMFs. Home Bargains (at least my local one) has a number of the Chima books with minifigure for £1.99. Morrisons has two for £5 on kids magazines, a good way to get any two of the LEGO magazines for a little less.

That is one manic unicorn. I approve! I have not noticed anything untoward from my BaM figures. They use spare stock from discontinued CMF series and sets (I have a few nice torsos from themes I never got around to purchasing Big Box sets from), so it is all regular LEGO. There might even be a glut of Chima parts arriving soon, seeing as the theme is over.

I won't be against people wanting to help out to create one, maybe put heads together to come up with something fun and simple to run. I've just got more of a head for mathematics applied to engineering than to gaming scores. Seeing as Adventurers is the ever-popular sub-theme, it might get a little attention and more MOCs...

I can't even keep up with a review index! I don't think I can run a game!

Of course, but as a whole large sections of the community have accepted it. I think another point of "conflict" is between set collectors and MOC builders. A theme that collectors dislike may be popular with builders because of the colours and parts included. This is a most subjective issue.

It hasn't been long enough. Like I said, nostalgia and rose tinted glasses make everything look better. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth over the introduction of unique character faces for Pirates in the 80s, but that is great now. There was horror over fleshie figures, now respected builders often work with only flesh tone figures. The introduction of the little white dot in the generic figure eyes was most decried in some parts, but it is accepted now. Yes, individuals have their opinions, but as a group AFOLs move past these "issues" in time.

Because it was new in 2001. Very new and different. When you consider that AFOLs can be anyone from the age of 18 and 2001 was 15 years ago, there are going to be AFOLs who were adults in 2001 and very much disliked the direction TLG had taken. Heck, I was 12 and I was pretty unsure what to make of Bionicle and constraction as a whole.

What makes a set "worthy"? As it had the most units sold, it is the top seller. Nowhere does it say that this means you should like your purchases last year any less. It doesn't state that any other set is lesser in any way, bar units sold statistics.

It is a word filter. Sometimes it gets very very very tiresome to hear the same old claptrap trotted out, so to discourage it, the phrase/word is added to the Swear Filter and is automagically swapped for something else. Yes, it is mostly for naughty words that would offend the innocent. But we staff are human volunteers (So, Dragonator might be a dragon, not entirely 100% on that) and sometimes when we have to keep an eye on threads like this to prevent issues, something grates on the nerves. It is cathartic to remove the word if only for a while. I'm a conformist! (If anyone recalls that one...) Also, my opinion on this one, after years of observation: AFOLs hate anything new and different until something newer and more different arrives and then the other and different thing is awesome. Rose coloured lenses and a nostalgia filter play a big part too.

Awesome. Now I have got to get digging through my stuff to build something!