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  1. Hive
    I'm building this set right now. I wasn't really interesting in the set itself as the build seems like a less impressive version of the last Creator castle. But I loved the figs and had to get them. So of course I decided to buy it 2 days before the figures went up on PAB... Nothing about the build impresses me. But the figures are great in hand. Really like those. Not a fan of the brick built horses but I get that it's a Creator set. Though they are clearly bending their own rules for Creator with introducing the large panel pieces, so I wish they had bent the rules and given us molded horses as well. That would have been a huge improvement of the set. That said, the brick built horses are fairly clever.
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    This is fantastic! I love the use of many colors. It's so easy to fall into a grey pit when doing castle builds.
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    I'd like to give the Book Shop a shout. Well, the book shop part of it at least. I think that one, as a stand alone, would be top 5. But the turqoise residential building drags the overall look somewhat down, sadly.
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    To my surprise, the votes actually line up pretty well with my own personal favorites (top 3 is Parisian Restaurant, Boutique Hotel and Assembly Square). Crazy that there's no love for the Town Hall or Jazz Club though.
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    [MOC] Autumn Scene

    Hive replied to jtooker's topic in LEGO Town

    Very nice! I especially love the detail with using hands as branches. Very creative.
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    The Botanical Gardens look nice, but I'm still somewhat disappointed. I'm not convinced that it looks that much better than 2x the veeeery similar Friends Botanical Gardens. I guess I just expected more.
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    I bought the Parisian Restaurant (my personal favorite) as a one-off myself, originally planning to use it to moc a pirate era building. But then I fell for the concept and has bought everything since.
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    Good pick! I'm very fond of Assembly Square myself, as it was a wedding gift for my wife and me.
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    With a new modular coming around the corner, I was wondering - after 17 years - how people rank the Modulars. So which one is your favorite? If you have trouble remembering them all, you can see pictures of them individually here: https://brickset.com/sets/subtheme-Modular-Buildings-Collection (I couldn't find a picture that had the Museum as well, sorry!)
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    First off, let me start by saying that I absolutely hate the minidolls, the big eyed animals and the often too crazy color palette used in the Friends theme. And when it was introduced, I ranted towards it in such a fashion that a Eurobricks admin, to mock me, gave me the fine rank I have now (Friendsified!). But, and I know this will be controversial, I think the Friends theme has been the most consistently interesting (full) theme (not counting Icons as a proper theme) for several years now, and a far better "City" theme than, well, the City theme itself and, usually, the Creator theme as well. Yes, the minidolls are useless and the colors often needs a bit tweaking... but the variety within the theme is nothing short of amazing! And the creativity in the buildings, added some interesting and innovative techniques, are usually much better than what we see in most other themes. And the attention to detail is very impressive as well. Look at fantastic sets like these, to (hopefully) show what I'm talking about: All the above can either go into my setups with some modifications or serve as inspirations and parts fodder to eg. modular buildings. Apart from big releases in Castle, Pirates, Modulars, Winter Village, LoTR and such, Friends is what excites me the most in LEGO these days. Anyone else feel the same way?
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    I kinda feel that castle is too fancy for the Wolfpack...
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    Mine has finally been shipped, from Belgium.
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    Nope, mine haven't even been sent yet. Really frustrating to me that LEGO can't even handle shipping in stock goods in a timely fashion. I can live with bricks & pieces usually taking 6 weeks to ship, as that's a special fan service they aren't really making a lot of money on - but selling sets is their core business. They should employ more workers for packaging.
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    I just built this set, it's a fun build. Full of nostalgia, and it's great to see both new Forestman torsos and - especially - new versions of the classic shield. Absolutely loved it.
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    It seems to be sold out in Europe now. I sure hope they still have one for my order, which they have yet to process...
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    Oh that's a shame. Perhaps you can still cancel and re-order? It was heavily rumored to be released today, so I took my chances and believed the rumor.
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    It's live!
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    Waiting paid off for me, as I managed to get both the Castle, the Forest Hideout GWP and the Pirate pack add-on.
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    A very nice improvement on what I see as one of the best sets from the KKII theme.
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    Thanks for that image, I hadn't even realized that there were two different Lion Knight torsos in the set.
  22. Hive
    Well how often have we gotten only a King? I don't recall anyone making much of a fuss over that, any of the times it happened. Would it have been nice to have a King, a Prince, a Princess, a jester, more civilians, more animals, etc...? Yes, for sure. Do we *need* them? Not really. As previously mentioned, there are plenty of valid reasons why a King is not necessarily present in the set - also when looking through historical lenses.
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    Sure, people have a right to their opinion. Having opinions on the design, coloring, size, price, amount of peasant minifigures, number of horses, chosen heraldy and stuff like that is all quite valid. Having an opinion on whether a children's construction toy is historically accurate enough when portraying women in the military, however, is quite silly.
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    Really? Oh, that's great. I did not see one in any of the pictures.
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    As you say yourself, there can be many reasons why a king is not present in the set. Is he away? Is he dead? Has the queen never married? Either way, I'd assume most of us can create a nice and fine king from existing minifigure parts. I, too, am puzzled about the barebone wizard torso. For a set of this size, magnitude and price, they could have included a printed torso. Personally however, I already have several good wizard torsos I can use (a few of them even blue) - so I'm not overly bothered. The things that bothers me the most (and these are minor) are: 1. No Forestmen shield included. I have the GWP, but it seemed like such a no-brainer to include at least one here as well (I actually assumed they were created for this set, and just re-purposed for the GWP). 2. The sheep should have been a goat. Yes, this would have been the perfect time to do a new goat mold.
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