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  1. Leewan
    No, which was my point : if they want to add a new shade of red to the Constraction colour palette, they would have to create it, because there is only red (or bright red) and dark red, in every themes. It's not only about Technic, or Constraction, or System, but about the Lego colour palette as a whole. Anyway, I think Maul will have red rather than dark red.
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    If it's TPM Maul, I think his bike would help make his set more interesting. As others mentioned, TPM Maul alone would be terribly boring. A cyborg Maul could be cool. There's one difference, though : the different shades of blue that seem to bother many Technic fans already existed before they were added to the Technic range. It's not because it's new to a system that it's completely new.
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    I really don't care if it's a woman or a man. I just feel they picked the right person to be the next Doctor.
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    We don't have Darth Maul's set number, but it's probably going to be 75535. Within a wave, the highest set numbers are usually the most expensive sets. If Darth Maul is the most expensive set, could it be because, like 75532, it's a "vehicle set" ? Darth Maul has (had ?) a small speeder that would be perfect if Lego wanted to do another character + vehicle set.
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    The 2018 topic could still be useful to discuss the (rumoured) next three sets (unless we count them as 2017 sets, if they're indeed released in December as it seems). BTW, this should answer @TwistLaw's question :
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    Well... I was wrong.
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    In addition to that, Rey (75528) will have 3M beams in dark brown, and possibly (but I'm not 100% sure) a pair of small panels (#21 and #22) in dark bluish grey (to cover her back). There will also be at least two Technic, Axle and Pin Connector Perpendicular Double in reddish brown on Chewbacca (his heels).
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    There's nothing hinting at a new System IP. Does that mean System is doomed ? Maybe I'm just too optimistic, seeing the glass half full where you see it completely empty, but let's wait a few months, we're only in July. That could explain the parts count (according to promobricks it has 92 parts). We can compare it to the Shoretrooper : they have a similar parts count, and seem to be built in the same way (or at least it's very close). However, something doesn't add up, the Shoretrooper's blaster is made of 30 parts (32 if you count the extra stud and the 2M axle used to hold it), but I count 17 to 19 parts for the Praetorian's weapon (do weapons like that have a special name in our world ?). That means there are about 15 secret parts. There's a problem, though. The Star Wars torso shell doesn't fit on a Uniter Torso because of the geared part of the hips. They could still use a beam with a balljoint, like Umarak, but the top of the armour seems to be too close to the neck and the shoulder for that. Plus, it looks like the "skirt" would be in the way of the knob, although it means nothing, there could be a hole in it. Perhaps it will have a new torso that works like the Uniter torso but can fit SW shells ?
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    I thought of something this morning. The fact that they skipped the set 75527 always bugged me, and surprisingly Luke is absent from the minifig lineup. They're certainly keeping him for after the movie is released, so I'm thinking 75527 is Luke and they'll release him in December, or in January. That could explain why only two sets are rumoured for the January wave : the third one would be TLJ-Luke. Of course, that's just a theory, perhaps there'll never be a 75527 set, perhaps the third January 2018 set will be another OT character, or perhaps there won't even be a third set. Yeah, I would've preferred a FO Walker Driver instead. What ?
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    Hehe, TLJ-Rey seems to use 5M B-bones in flesh for her upper arms. Yes, there are pics out there, but remember the rule : If you find an image of a new LEGO set and it is incredibly blurry or stamped "Confidential", it is a leak-please don't post it here.
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    Oh, okay, I thought you were actually referring the January 2018 wave, since you mentioned Boba and Vader just before. Thanks for clarifying. About Boba, I think the new hexagonal add-ons introduced this year could be used in yellow for his kneepads and in dark red for his wrist gauntlets. Anyways, I really don't see him simply being a recoloured Jango Fett.
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    What do you mean by three waves based solely on new movies ? Did you forget the Stormtrooper Commander and the Scout Trooper & Speeder Bike that have been released this June ? Hehe, I had a similar idea, yesterday I jokingly said to @TheOneVeyronian that this new version could be Vader before he gets his suit, and that there could be a play feature where you can cut his limbs. More seriously, that's an interesting idea, but I think that would require either a very small head, or a very large helmet for the parts to fit, so I'm not too sure about the final result.
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    But such parts have already been there for years : Lego is not "drifting more to mech's, brick-built villains, giant brick figs and vehicles", they've already done these before (especially vehicles, they've done hundreds, if not thousands of vehicles before). Look at themes like Exo-Force, or Knights Kingdom. They had brick-built mechs and characters (and that was over ten years ago), but these themes certainly did not kill "traditional" constraction. Something changed, sure, but I don't think Lego is intentionally trying to "dilute" possible constraction sets (or let's say, more generally, articulated figures) into the system-based themes they currently have, at least not much more than they did before.
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    Now that's a dark color scheme for an Ice Warrior. Couldn't you add some white or gold pieces, to replace the black and pearl dark gray ? The legs are original. I think the SW leg shells "flow" well with the #3 shells above the hips. What would you want to change ?
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    Yeah, I understood that, but in my remark, the hole of the balljoint is irrelevant, what I meant is that whether you use a pin / axle connector or a simple 2L pin, the balljoint is still attached to a part with a round hole, and this is what I find strange. No, all that matters is the printing tolerances, so the hole isn't too tight or too loose. There are no supports involved, except with Frosted Detail Plastic, but it's a wax support, so it's (easily) separated from the part right after the printing, and the part alone is shipped, and perhaps with Acrylate too, but I'm not sure. You might need to drill the hole if it's too tight, but that's all.
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    Ah, I see. With pictures, it's easier to understand what you mean. Well, I don't know why you would attach a balljoint to a pinhole rather than a cross axle, but anyway, here's what you want : https://www.shapeways.com/product/9QAST9HNL/balljoint-with-round-hole
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    Thanks ! You know, the piston doesn't have to be orange, you can still paint it afterwards. :p But it's true that it looks better and more "real" to have two functional pistons. Cezium made one, but apparently the pistons were too small so they couldn't be properly printed. I think my pistons are bigger, so I'm not too worried about this. For the middle joint, one solution could be to use Shapeways' Elasto Plastic. It's a "very flexible" material, so a part made out of it should be able to bend in every direction without a risk of breaking. However, this material isn't available to the public, so if I do it, I'll be the only one able to get it. Anyways, I think it would be very interesting to have a "composite" Mata torso, with parts made of normal plastic (Strong and Flexible, Acrylic, or Acrylate) and a part made of Elasto Plastic. There would be one issue, though, the pistons would need to have a good amount of friction to keep a given pose and prevent the middle joint from going back to its original shape (you don't want it to act like a spring), and at this scale, it's very difficult. Or I could use normal Lego parts as pistons, that would solve the problem.
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    I'm sorry, but I absolutely don't understand what you mean, @Mechbuilds. Almost a year ago, I began working on an articulated Mata leg. I left it aside for several months, and finally completed it over the last few weeks : I've also made an alternate version with two working pistons : The range of motion is about 37°, but I'll try to improve that, so there will certainly be another update in the next few days.
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    Well, looks like such a part will finally be real ! :D (From the Justice League Batmobile)
  20. Leewan
    It depends. I mostly work from scratch, but I use photos when I need a very precise shape, like the mask adapters / head pieces I talked about in this post : Or Tahu and Kopaka's swords : (Which are just like the regular swords, but bigger)
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    I... don't think it's a good idea to work from LDD only. Your shoulder and your foot design (BTW, it seems to me that @Square's design is slightly shorter) suffer from a certain lack of stability, because some elements used can rather freely rotate. Or rather, they would freely rotate if they were built with physical parts. Try to build them, and you'll see. For your shoulder, you should secure the Hordika neck, to make sure it can't rotate. Look at how sets like Takanuva or Von Nebula are built, that could help you, and give you ideas to attach armours to the arm. Even if these sets are built around a standard big torso part, the structure of the shoulder is similar to what you're building. For your foot, you have to prevent the part 92907 () from rotating. An easy solution is to fix it to the #2 connector. You can build something like this : Or, even better, like this :
  22. Leewan
    I had some doubts, but if they can appear to be silver on the rear of the box, (the part Jay is tickling, especially), on the front of the box and this picture they clearly look grey.
  23. Leewan
    You should be more precise, without a context it's difficult to understand what you mean. First of all, what do you want to build, and could you give the parts numbers, or pictures of the parts you're talking about ? On another note, there will be some recoloured CCBS parts in the Ninjago Movie sets : 70612 : Four sand green Protector's feet 70617 : Two dark bley Star Wars shoulder pad add-ons
  24. Leewan
    Well, the thing is, custom torsos and limbs are somewhat specific, so I don't know if posting some techniques in particular would be really helpful regarding people's needs. Years ago, I've made a small index of techniques for Hero Factory MOCs on BIONIFIGS (here, if you're interested and you can read french), but I'm not sure it has been very useful. For example your request about a wide torso means you're looking for something with rather precise proportions, and if everyone could try to give ideas, we wouldn't be sure they suit your needs. Would this help you ? Something like this would be nice (if it doesn't already exist), people would post WIP pictures of their MOCs, and say "I need help for the legs", or "How can I improve the arms", etc. What does @VBBN think of it ?
  25. Leewan
    Oh, I understand. Yeah, a pair of dark bley pinholes with axle could have been used instead, especially since they're right next to dark bley 42003's. If the 3L perpendicular connectors were reddish brown rather than dark bley, a brown pinhole with axle would have made sense, but in the present case, it seems a bit random, just like the differently coloured 3 and 4 axles (although it might be because they're in different bags, so it would rather be due to the production process).
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