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    Hi again, The_Cook, and thanks again for your advice. You can see that I followed it closely... And wow, an excellent response... I will quote it in full, and reply point-by-point, to show how much I enjoy a good debate! Oh, I wasn't even thinking about the Dark Bucket. That wasn't even a battle pack at all, that was just 100 identical figs in a bucket with no bricks! They have also expressed reluctance to do CMF-style packets with licensed figs like superheroes, or a lot of other ideas which have an unusually high ratio of figs-to-bricks. That is the main reason I am reducing the $300 set to about 12 or 16 figs, not 24. Over 90% of Lego's demographic is kids, and 90% are repeat buyers, and 90% get the glossy catalog. Nowadays, they only need to mow the lawn four times to get $80 or $100 saved up, not to mention Christmas, Yay! =D Also, for now, Cuusoo sets won't be on store shelves, although maybe in the near future... For now, they are offered online, and featured in the glossy catalog that everyone gets monthly. Ah, and that is *EXACTLY* the mistake that most creators have made so far... They have one set reach 10,000, and then ***AFTERWARDS*** they or some other competitors try to follow it up with a sequel or a series, but by that time, they are "too late to the party", and Lego has already made plans to pre-empt them. And yes, MineCraft is the perfect example here. I am trying to get ahead of Lego's planning curve.
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    @pogie, et al, No, not at all... In fact I am kinda bummed that I am not getting any more specific criticisms, besides people just saying "It is too much!" and "Think smaller!" People may say they want an Ancient or Roman theme, but then with the very next breath, they say that they don't want to pay any more than $50 for it! And you can clearly see that a lot of the changes I have made are specifically responding to the first well-thought criticisms that The_Cook gave me. Also, someone please explain to me more clearly what the real benefit of this "$50 Sweet Spot" is... It that in terms of what Lego wants to do? Or in terms of what earns them the most profit? Or simply what gets you the most number of minifigs for the cheapest possible price? You may say you want a real Roman theme, but it seems like you just want a cheap battle-pack. The reason that they have specifically disallowed battle-packs on Cuusoo is that If they create a cheap Romans battle-pack, then it kills the potential demand for a theme, and it diminishes the future demand for the historical figs in the CMF line, which are always one of the most popular! It seems obvious that the real "sweet spot" for Lego is to create fully-fledged themes, and that is the reason why 90% of the things they create are in the context of fully-developed themes! In the end, if $50 really was a sweet spot in Lego's eyes, then they would never create any sets less than $30 or more than $70, but they most obviously do exactly that, with every single thing that they do! So what is the rationale for your assertions?
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    Hmm? Yes, exactly, and just the Saloon building by itself would be $150-$200, just like any of the other Modular Buildings that size. My biggest is $250-$300. And that is also exactly the reason why I put each of my different sets onto a different voting page. I follow the rules. Plus I don't really expect people to vote for ALL of them, or to buy ALL of them. There have only been a few themes where I've ever bought ALL of the sets!!
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    @pogie, Thanks! If a Roman set sells out quickly, then I am sure Lego will be totally ready to do more Romans on their own initiative, including pure "Battle-Packs" like everybody wants, with just minifigures, or with a very high ratio of minifigures to bricks, which we can not do as a Cuusoo project. Oh, and if you want gladiators, then definitely take a look at all of the great stuff that BrickForge and BrickWarriors have created... Excellent work! =D And wow, there is a lot going on in Egypt right about now. I think I will hold back for a while and let them get that sorted out! =)
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    @pogie, Ah, no worries! When people vote to support a project on Cuusoo, they are required to enter in the dollar amount that they *would* be willing to pay for a set based on that idea, and they are prompted to type in what they like or don't like about it. All of the medium-sized sets are composed of a variety of medium-sized things, so Lego can easily scale them up or down, by keeping the things that people like the best, and cutting the things that people like the least. So easy! And I realize that it would be a real challenge to trim the biggest set down to below the $200 mark, but that's a decision for Lego to make. And for me, a little risk and a little challenge makes life exciting! =D
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    OK first, the poll is now posted up at the top of the page, so go ahead and voice your opinion... So far, over 2,000 people have viewed this thread, so I hope we can get a nice broad cross-section of the community's opinion here, and perhaps influence the future of Lego! Next, two new photos of prototypes, showing a few subtle additions that LDD can't render. For the mythology fans, we have Zeus and Perseus, with a re-painted version of Cerberus with black foreheads and snouts. Then, for real history fans, we have Caesar's new chariot, with the reins, and horses rearing up. At at the same time, I will reveal the tentative plans for the revision and the expansion of all the sets. Here are the main changes: 1) The big main temple set will just be Greco-Roman, and so the chess board can feature Rome invading and conquering Greece. 2) I will probably have to limit it to either 12 or 16 minifigs in the big main set. The rooks can always be brick-built. 3) But I want to give everyone a minimum of 6 or 7 figs in each of the additional medium-sized sets. 4) The medium-sized Roman set will focus on Hannibal attacking Rome, for fans of real history. 5) The medium-sized Greek set will focus on The Odyssey, for fans of authentic mythology. 6) The Titans set will focus on The Clash of the Titans, for fans of updated mythology. 7) The Egyptian and Viking sets will focus on brand new aspects of the Civs that Lego hasn't done yet. 8) The Celts and Babylonians have never been done yet, so of course those will both be all-new additions to Lego's line-up. And here are all the details: 1) The big main temple set (The I.M.C.T.B. Set) Roman Minifigs: Augustus in full-length dark-purple Toga-Picta, a Roman Empress, x2 Senators, x2 Centurions, Greek Minifigs: Pericles, a Greek Queen, x2 Hoplites, x2 Philosophers. Features: Seven alternate temple models, with the ability to build two or three of them at the same time. 2) The Greeks (The Odyssey, The Iliad, and Aeneid) Minifigs: Athena, Odysseus, Cyclops, x2 Sirens, Charon, (and possibly also a minifigure of Hades) Features: The shrine of Athena, Odysseus's ship, The Trojan Horse, The Cyclops's cave and three goats and catapult, The Siren's beach, Charon's boat, Cerberus, and The Gates of The Underworld. 3) The Romans (Hannibal attacking the Roman Forum) Minifigs: Julius Caesar in Golden Armor, a Female Aristocrat, x2 Senators, x2 Centurions, (plus Hannibal on his War-Elephant) Features: A Carthaginian War-Elephant, Caesar's dark-red Chariot with four horses, a Ballista and other artillery, The Rostra, and The Triumphal Arch. 4) Egypt (Exploring into Africa and Allying with Nubia) Minifigs: Ramesses, Cleopatra, x2 Hieroglyphic Scribes, x2 African Infantry Auxiliaries, (plus a Nubian King on a War-Elephant) Features: Ramesses's golden Chariot with four horses, Cleopatra's Royal Embassy Sail-Barge, The Lighthouse of Alexandria, a harbor dock, and an African War-Elephant. 5) The Titans (The Clash of the Titans) Minifigs: Perseus, Andromeda, x3 Stygian Witches, Medusa, (and possibly also a minifigure of Zeus) Features: White Pegasus, Black Pegasus, the large Brick-Built Petrified Colossus, and the large Brick-Built Kraken. 6) The Celts (The Romans attack Stonehenge) Minifigs: Boudicca, a Celtic Chieftan, x2 Druid Astrologers, x2 Celtic Swordsmen, (plus a Roman General) Features: Stonehenge, Boudicca's dark-green Chariot, a Celtic Ballista, and a Roman War-Elephant, (and possibly more cavalry and artillery pieces) 7) The Babylonians (The Greeks attack the Hanging Gardens) Minifigs: Nebuchadnezzar, A Babylonian Queen, x2 Mesopotamian Astrologers, x2 Bowmen, (plus a Greek General, e.g. Alexander) Features: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar's dark-blue chariot, a Greek Siege Tower and a Babylonian Battering-Ram, (and possibly more cavalry and artillery pieces) 8) The Vikings (The Portal of Bifrost, Yggdrasil, the Sagas, and Ragnarok) Minifigs: Leif Eriksson, x2 Valkyries on winged-horses from Valhalla, x2 Light-Elves from Alfheim, x2 Dark-Elves from Svartalfheim. Features: The Portal of Bifrost with a real working opening translucent energy-aperture, a Frost Giant from Jotunheim, a Fire Giant from Muspelheim. SO THAT WILL GIVE US (A MINIMUM OF): 16 ROYALTY 16 CITIZENS LAND: 24 INFANTRY, 8 ARCHERS, 4 DIFFERENT ARTILLERY PIECES, 4 CHARIOTS FOR CAVALRY OR RACING, 4 WAR-ELEPHANTS, 2 ELEMENTAL GIANTS, 3 TITANIC MONSTERS, SEA: 1 WAR SHIP, 1 EMBASSY SHIP, AIR: 2 PEGASUS-RIDERS, 2 VALKYRIES FOR AIR-CAVALRY SUPPORT! Ah, and if you are eagle-eyed, you may have noticed that every Civ has a male and female leader, and at least two warriors, and at least two cultural figures..... So that way, every Civ has at least enough minifigs to play one side of the Chess Board, with a King, a Queen, two matching Knights, and two matching Bishops, and possibly using brick-built Rooks on the ends..... I definitely think that embracing the Chess Game aspect will be a great way to make the warfare a lot more acceptable in parents' eyes, and make it so that Lego will be ready to give the Ancient World a confident "thumbs up"!
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    @ MiloNelsiano, Thanks! @ Pogie, It is not too big or too ambitious at all...! They would have gladly done the Modular Western Town for $180 or more, if it hadn't gotten pre-empted by the Lone Ranger licensing contract. The winners so far have been small, but they will gladly do larger ones soon enough. @ The_Cook, Where is it written that a Cuusoo set can only be 400 pieces? I think you are thinking too small! Also, the demographic of "general shoppers in-store" or in the Lego.com Online Store is minimum 10,000,000 people annually. That's enough of a demographic to sell a set.
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    Oh, and here is an opinion question for everyone... Is it cool if I include war elephants together with Caesar in the Roman set, even though that is an anachronism, and the Carthaginians were gone for over a century by the time Caesar took power? Perhaps I will simply leave the Carthaginian leader un-named, and just let it be the kind of slight geographic and chronological generalization you often see in Lego history sets. Beyond that, the series includes a trans-dimensional-space-time Portal of Bifrost, so really anything is possible! So could one of the moderators please add an automated poll to this topic, asking: POLL: "How much realism do you want to see in historical sets made by Lego?" 1) Real events with strictly accurate history 2) Real history but with a few little anachronisms 3) History with authentic mythology from the time period 4) History and mythology updated by movies and modern pop-culture 5) Anything that is exciting and cool, including crazy new stuff Lego just made up! I know people have powerful opinions on this, so it will be an easy way for the community to vote their feelings, and to guide the future of Lego. Thanks!
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    @ BroxP, Thanks Again! =D Here is the best link to use to see all the hi-res images as a slideshow on Flickr. People can see everything that has been done so far, and make criticisms on the build or the graphics or anything. You can see that I am making as many updates as possible based on all the suggestions people have given me so far... Just like I said, I will be adding a ton of new brick-built stuff to all of the sets, so they can justify a minimum of 6 or 7 minifigures each. Then I'll do sleek shiny translucent new graphics using the newest update of "LDD-to-POVRay", so now is the best time to suggest any updates and changes you want to see...! And thanks for helping me get past the 100 mark... Once a set passes 100, it all starts to go much faster, and once it passes the 400 mark, and then 1000, it all really starts to accelerate geometrically...! Then the sets that make it onto the first 10 or 12 pages get ALL of the visibility and almost ALL of the votes...! So Thanks Again to Everyone! =D Keep on Building! =) therealindy
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    OK, despite the hood design, I totally want it now!! I want to make the futuristic "Mr. Fusion" version. Glad to see that the poll results are so outstanding! And so do we know how many copies they are going to produce? Will it be a limited edition of just 10,000 copies again, or are they getting a little bit braver with the production goals now? =) And like I said earlier, if they are labeling this one as "Cuusoo set #004" (with two leading zeroes on the four), then I guess they intend to go all the way up to "Cuusoo set #999" (or at the very least, more than 99, right?)!! =D
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    All right, as promised, real pictures of the prototype Kraken for I.M.C.T.B. This one is my favorite version. For the color-scheme, I like dark-grey with bright patterns of medium-azure and dark-purple, to give his skin a cool bio-luminescent look, like a real sea creature. Front View: You can see he has a hexagonal open mouth, with six beak-segments that open and close, with six fully-flexible tentacles. I like the radial symmetry, because that's the way real primordial sea creatures look, and how they evolved! Front Overview: The mouth is plenty big enough to gulp down minifigures whole. When they go through the mouth, they go right into "The Belly of The Beast", which is big enough to eat a full crew of twelve or more unlucky sailors, plus some citizens for dessert! Rear Overview: He has a ring of six smaller green eyes in a full circle, plus two larger green eyes up top, for a total of eight, the better to see Medusa's petrifying gaze with! Behind that, he has four realistic water-jet-siphons, then a bizarre translucent-blue membrane revealing his belly! Top View: From the top, he looks like a ninja's Sai dagger, or the Greek letter Psi. You can see here that the two clips at the back can open, and then the two bulging blue belly-membranes can open outward, so that he can eject or vomit out the minifigs, giving them a chance to escape! And finally, the rear view: He has a solid base-keel to rest on while he attacks, and you can easily hold onto that to move him around when you play. He can also tip up vertically, and rest on his flat back-end, so you can drop minifigs straight down into his jaws and belly, like a Sarlacc! Om Nom Nom!! =D (Additional inspirations: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1870), The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft (1928), and of course the iconic scene with Perseus and Andromeda in The Clash of the Titans (the 1981 original, and the 2010 remake). Note that the name Kraken comes from Scandinavian myth, but the concept of a gigantic primordial destructive sea-beast is universal around Europe, the Mediterranean, and Babylonian mythos!) I will add him to the Titans set with Medusa and the Colossus, so LEGO can "release the Kraken!" =D As always, feel free to give any criticism, and any reactions! =) Thanks once again to everyone! (P.S. - He has 668 bricks, but a lot of those are just 1x1 round studs for the little sucker-pads, so $45 is a good realistic price estimate, I think!)
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    Dynamite!! =D As soon as I finish adding to all of my models, I will start exploring this. Basically, for starters, I just need to give my images that sleekly-rendered super-translucent look that everyone else on Cuusoo has... Thanks a billion!! =D
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    Ah, and so if they are labeling this one as "Cuusoo set #004" (with two leading zeroes), then I guess they intend to go all the way up to "Cuusoo set #999" (or at least more than 99, right?)!! =D
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    OK, as requested, next we got chariots... After this will be artillery, a war-ship, an embassy-ship, air-cavalry, Cerberus, a brick-built Kraken... Plus three new alternate builds for I.M.C.T.B.: Plato's Academy, The Forum of the Old Republic, and The Pantheon of Rome (the famous round one). Yep, just that simple... I did research, and in real life, all civs used the same design. There's plenty of room for a driver and an archer, maybe a few more. Also, the accurate center-post-and-clips assembly takes advantage of the horses new ability to rear up in battle! Since that is pretty simple, I'll also post the new teaser image for the Kraken... His jaws open and close. I have done two designs for the body so far. The body is a normal rectilinear build, so it's easy to make different versions. So let me know what shape of body you think this beastie should have, and I can do a few more versions as well. Feel free to criticize anything... I always respond to feedback! Thanks! =)
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    @Rick, Ah, Perfect, Thanks a million! I also made the larger images at the top link to it too... Let me know if there are any errors. The Google Chrome browser may be having issues with it. @Captain Settle, Yes, I think I agree. Although the smallest wings work well for a foal or a young one, no? @Robuko, Thanks, bro!! Lots more to come!! =D
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    So do you know the approximate brick-count? I am sure this will be a big success, even if it costs a fair amount! It's a work of art, and I know I've been supporting it on Cuusoo for a few months or more now...
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    therealindy is getting back to work!

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    OK, LDD just did a minor parts update, including the new rearing-up horse, and the giant LOTR Eagle wings... So without further ado, here are all the possible prototypes for a Pegasus (here, several Pegasi) that I had been sketching out for a while... First up, three options, one with the small "Legend of Chima" wings, one with medium-sized "Buckbeak" wings, and one with the new large "LOTR Eagle" wings. I have ordered the small wings and the largest wings already. I will spray paint them white to get a real life prototype and some photos. Next up, two options for attachment. The one on the left clips each wing with just one clip, so they are closer to the body, but Lego might consider that too flimsy. And the one on the right has a small assembly of bricks to allow for a proper double-clip to each wing. It adds some bulk, but I like it, and it's a totally solid build! So let me know which one is the best, and I will use it for the Pegasi, the Evil-Pegasi, and the Valkyries! Thanks again for feedback! =) (P.S. - Also, can anyone tell me how to make my signature-banner link properly to my project page? Just a quick cut & paste of sample HTML would be great!!) *****
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    Yes, Aanchir is right. I definitely remember reading the exact same thing in the Official Blog... But of course, be wary that they can change the rules in Beta suddenly and without any major announcement. You just have to review the Official Blog periodically to scan for major changes, or just keep your ear to the wire for sudden changes!
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    Hmm, honestly, I think that they intend to keep the 10,000 goal line the same after they go live. That way the site will be a lot more exciting, if good projects succeed within *one* year or so, and not *five* years! Seriously, *half a decade* is waaay too long, even for a patient adult! And if a kid is 8-years-old, he'll be much more excited to think that a project might get made when he is 9 or 10, and not after he is already in high school! I think Lego realizes that, and they've always planned to keep the 10,000 mark. And for the approvals process, I think that they will just switch to a simple letter that says "Congratulations, your set reached 10,000! We might make it! Stay tuned!", knowing that they have no obligation to make any particular set just because it hits 10k. They will have plenty of good quality winners to choose from, and everyone will be happy. That would be the generally happy solution. If they "move the goalposts" to a higher number, they will justifiably enrage a lot of core fans who worked hard for years!!
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    BOLD PREDICTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF CUUSOO... WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THEY FINALLY "GO LIVE"?! As you may know... Cuusoo began the first phase of testing (the Alpha Phase) in late 2008, and that lasted for about three years. It was limited to Japan, with a small number of people, and the number of votes needed to pass was much smaller. All the projects that are older than late 2011 are legacies from the Alpha Phase. The current phase (the Beta Phase) began in late 2011 or so, and will probably go 3 years or so until 2015. Naturally, the goal of the Beta Phase is to test it with the most solid fan-base, get feedback, work out all of the kinks, and to finalize the rules, before they go live and start advertising the site. Wow, so what will happen when Cuusoo finally "goes live"?! 1) First, if GlenBricker's stats are right, then by that time, 15 more projects will have passed 10,000, and then the top projects will be ones that have just about 2500 votes as of right now. 2) Next, once it goes live, they will likely start to advertise it on their main site, bringing many many more visitors, viewers, and voters... At that point, it seems likely that the strategy for winning will start to shift away from relentlessly spamming social networking sites, and more towards attracting votes from casual fans and casual visitors. 3) Most importantly, if there are so many more people visiting and voting, and if all of the good-quality well-designed projects that are posted now will have 1000 or more votes to grow on, doesn't it seem likely to think that ***ALL*** of the good-quality well-designed projects that are posted there now should hit 10,000 surprisingly quickly after that, with all of the new visitors and voters around? So far, there have been about 3 million visitors on Cuusoo... When they go live, that number should jump up to the tens of millions surprisingly quickly... SImply put, if there are 5x as many people on the site after it goes live, then a "five-year slog" suddenly becomes a "one-year victory lap"...! If there are 10x as many people on the site, or more, then things will start to blast forward at warp speed! In fact, I am starting to think that when that day comes, then hundreds of the best-quality projects will rocket to the 10,000 mark within the space of a few months, and LEGO will love it, because it will make a lot of fans happy after years of struggle, and it will give them tons more options when it comes to deciding which set they want to make. Most likely they will also adjust by making more sets per quarter. And so what do you think? What will happen when they finally "go live"?!
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    @DeanFS, Ah, for starters, almost all of these buildings are semi-ruined or even completely destroyed in real life. In fact, only 4 out of the 13 real buildings here are even partially intact today! So any usable playset model has to be re-created by an archaeologist. I think that is main reason that Lego has not done any ancient buildings in the Architecture line yet. And yes, Cuusoo is avoiding new part molds, but fresh colors and new prints are fine. And, as you can see, all my minifigs are made out of 99% pre-existing elements with pre-existing prints, so nothing here is a real custom minifig... Except for the Zulu's Shield print, and the Qin Dynasty guy, but I have a feeling that he will be made as a Collectable Minifig soon enough! And soon enough, they will definitely be ready to start making larger and larger sets. For example, I am sure that they would have made the Modular Western Town at about $180 if it hadn't gotten pre-empted by The Lone Ranger. I know that $250 to $300 is ambitious, but all the rest will be right about $80 or $100 as soon as I add more vehicles and minifigs to them...! When I designed the main I.M.C.T.B. set, my goal was to get 7 great models, with the ability to build 3 of them at the ***same time***, all for about $250, including enough figs for a chess game. In the end, it's right about $277 and change. And I just realized it ***could*** be possible to have just 12 minifigs, so you could play a real game of minifig Chess, but using brick-built rooks. There are lots of super ideas on Cuusoo that could easily justify a $150 to $300 price tag, especially for a "limited edition" release! =D
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    So in sum, if everyone is happy with the choices of architecture, the scale of it, and the detail level of it, then that is the most important hurdle done... I think it is a "sine qua non" that an Ancient World theme MUST have top-quality architecture first, and the rest is comparatively easy... So then I will go to the next phases: 1) first, to add in some fun chariots and ballistas, et cetera, then 2) to get the official brick-counts for each set, and tabulate how many minifigures each set could have at maximum, and then 3) just go nuts add in more and more minifigs, with a good balance of warriors and cultural figures, until people start to say "Hey, this is just a battle pack / minifig pack"!! =D
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    @becauseBatman, Thanks!! @Blakstone, Yes, definitely the number one thing people are asking for is just to add in more minifigs and vehicles for playability and collectability, and there are literally hundreds of options there. It was always my intention to add lots more, right up to the max they can have in a set of however many bricks. In fact, adding more brickbuilt chariots or ballistas will also increase the brick count, and so then they can justify adding even more minifigs...! After all, in most cases, a headquarters "play set" is just a "display set" with more minifigures and vehicles added to it! =) @Gedren_y, Yes, and Stonehenge was still an active pilgrimage site when Boudicca reigned, and I am sure she visited there a lot! By the same token, the Old Forum was built in the 700s BC, but Caesar went there every day. The only characters that are overtly out of time are Nebuchadnezzar (long passed) and Leif (not born yet), but if you have a space-time portal, like the Nexus of Bifrost, then literally anything as possible... I've read all of the encyclopedia articles carefully, and I decided that the story doesn't have to be 100% factual... This is Legoland! =) To work around some of the thorny issues of realistic human-vs-human warfare, and to inject some fun authentic mythology, I am imagining that the story involves all of the human factions being forced to forge an uneasy alliance, and to recruit allies from across space-time-mythos, to defeat the evil plans of the Titans to rise up and dominate the world. I can imagine that the Romans will be very wary of their former-enemies, and that Caesar will want to be boss, but the other factions trust Athena more... So now you have multiple levels of uneasy alliances, factional in-fighting, unlimited supernatural and mythological elements, and unlimited opportunities for heroes from every realm crossing from one world over to the next... There's your story!! =D
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    Hi, Thanks... @Hive, Yes, the core of my collection is licensed themes, and so almost all of my figs are flesh tones, and so that is what I always work with. Plus, there are a number of ways this could become a licensed set if they want to do that... Strategy Video Games? History Channel? Discovery Channel? National Geographic? Cuusoo is all about new ways of marketing sets! and @The_Cook, And yes, the main reason I decided to give the Celts and the Babylonians some love, is to reach out into brave new territories of the Ancient World that have never been done as sets yet. In fact, I was going to do some nice Ancient Mayan or Aztec scenes, but I was not sure if they would object to implying the bloody aspects of the Mayan-Aztec rituals and Cosmology. And naturally, I would love to do some East Asian temples too, but we have to wait and see if they are willing to do a temple of a currently active world religion on Cuusoo. And I will definitely be adding more minifigs to each set, based on which ones people ask for in the comments. You see that the main set has 24 warriors in it now, but I did that primarily because it makes a real Chess Set, and partly also because I did not want to add any religious or mythological elements that they might object to. That also partly explains why Athena is in a separate set, why the Olympian Gods are shown separately on the minifig concept page, and why the minifigs with staffs are clearly identified as Celtic and Babylonian Astronomers! Most importantly, based on all that I've read, I'd say that the #1 reason that Lego has been avoiding making a great History Theme is that they want to avoid real-world human-vs-human conflict, like some of the wars you mentioned... My goal here was to help Lego create a series that celebrates the achievements of the civilizations first and foremost, without requiring them to get too caught up in real-world warfare. And remember, fans ooh and aah over all the Architecture sets and the Modular Buildings, even though they have no story-telling at all! Also, "What makes them modular" is that you can create an infinite variety of setups, with billions of variations, including seven official models of the greatest hits of the Classical World: The Oracle, The Parthenon, The Academy of Athens, The Forum of the Old Republic, The Forum of Trajan, the Pantheon, any number of Renaissance buildings which have never been done before in Lego, and an Age of Enlightenment building based on Thomas Jefferson's Neo Classical home at Monticello. That's why I call it "Infinitely Modular" and not just modular! And I'd love to hear more feedback on this... I know that everyone has specific expectations about what they want to see... But at the same time, the most successful Cuusoo projects have been the ones that "break the mold" a little bit, and do something surprising and new! =D
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