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  1. Hive
    I don't get the complaints about the amount of females in the set. This is a toy for children, not an accurate historical representation of the dark ages. If that's what you're looking for, you shouldn't be looking for LEGO sets to begin with. That said, I'll probably be turning most of the female soldiers into males myself - but that's not much of a hassle anyway, it's literally just a head swap. And I'd expect that most people buying this set have spare male heads anyway.
  2. Hive
    If you could just buy all the GWPs, there wouldn't be anything special about them anymore. Part of the allure that makes people spend x amount of money to get GWP y which is set at a much lower price point is the exclusivity of it all. That said, some physical LEGO shops have actually been seen selling leftover GWPs.
  3. Hive
    This is wonderful. You really managed to capture the magic of the original.
  4. Hive
    I had reddish brown bricks break the very first time I (very gently, as always) disassembled the MMV. It was definately not a great time period for reddish brown... That said, it's a wonderful set - one of my very favorites. In fact, I'm going to rebuild it in anticipation of the upcoming castle. MVR is good as well, but not quite as great as MMV. Get MMV if you can. But not MVR at the same value, it should be a bit cheaper.
  5. Hive
    You may find this old poll of mine interesting as well,as it's a similar topic:
  6. Hive
    Well goes without saying that this is, of course, only an issue if you plan on displaying them side by side. I want to do that eventually, but will at first be displaying the blacksmith in a cabinet by itself. And while I do that, it naturally won't be an issue at all. But part of what I like about LEGO is creating a larger display, instead of only displaying singular pieces (which I also do like). I have setups for both types of display. I think that is part of the reason the modular buildings are so popular; they invite you to create a larger, unified display in the same scale.
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    The Blacksmith is a one-man local blacksmith operating out of his own house. Apart from York, which town in your article had walls lower than an ordinary house...? To each his own, of course - but the blacksmith set doesn't scale well with the castle no matter how you spin it, in my opinion. So either the castle, MMV and MVR needs to be increased in size - or the blacksmit needs to be downsized. The latter seems easier and more practical. But again, that's just my opinion - and to each his own. :)
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    Here I was thinking that I should mod MMV to fit with the Blacksmith - whereas from the looks of it, it may be a better overall fit to change the Blacksmith to the scale of MMV instead...
  9. Hive
    Excellent news! I wouldn't mind another.
  10. Hive
    Fantastic set, truly stunning. Can't wait to get it. There's always small things to nitpick, but I'm overall very, very happy with the set. Fingers crossed that everything is printed.
  11. Hive
    This is fantastic. Love it.
  12. Hive
    I'm going to pull the trigger on some "maybe" sets if that's what it takes to get this GWP. Have it, I will.
  13. Hive
    So the online BAM is back up again - but without most of the interesting pieces...
  14. Hive
    Yeah it sucks, I wasn't fast enough to get my order in...
  15. Hive
    Does anyone know where this torso comes from? EDIT: Nevermind, I found it myself - it's 71044.
  16. Hive
    Thanks for the tip.
  17. Hive
    Delightful build. Makes me really miss the good old days when LEGO actually gave us Castle themes every now and then...
  18. Hive
    This is one of the best MOCs I've seen in a long time - so cute, so cozy, so atmospheric!
  19. Hive
    Thanks!
  20. Hive
    Is that the Captain Carter hair you managed to snatch?
  21. Hive
    Because LEGO Ideas isn't always about great builds. Sometimes, like obviously in this case, it's about hitting an IP that will sell.
  22. Hive
    I finally managed to get a couple of sheep (yes, only two - I'm modest) yesterday, along with some new parts (mostly from the Stuntz line, which I'm not going to buy any sets from).
  23. Hive
    Nice review, thanks. I'll be getting this one for sure, after having skipped the most recent Winter Village releases on account of them being too "fantasy" with elfs and gingerbread houses. I'm very pleased to see LEGO return to more "real" settings this time around. And the colours are great, love the blue. While not quite as good as the Winter Village Cottage, which I still hope they'll re-release some day, it looks to be a fine set.
  24. Hive
    Here in Denmark, Bricks & Pieces are sent by regular snail mail... and it always takes a couple of weeks from the moment it's shipped to it actually arrives. And that's in Denmark, home of the brick, origin of the shipments. *shrugs*
  25. Hive
    Yeah huge delays right now.
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