All Random Lego chatter!

robinph

Have all of those in "my" Lego, and a few of the Technic figs. I just need to figure out where in my parents roof they are hiding it. I know it is still there somewhere, and they claim they never got rid of it other than some 1960's bricks that were "borrowed" from our cousins and so went back to them when they had their own kids.

seraphimvc

i remember now, that reminds me of the creepy fabuland figure lol

Masterkey01

Rhyme wrote: »

Tesco in the UK have them up on shelves early it seems. Tesco over here are usually slow with Lego so even if they had a mind to break the street date, it'd be mid-September by the time we'd see them

Picked them up in my local Smyths yesterday (Tralee).

Hotblack Desiato

I got this email from Bricklink recently - haven't checked it out myself but may be of interest.

Hello LEGO fan!

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The free-to-join Irish LEGO User Group is a community for adult fans of LEGO (AFOLs) in Ireland.

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We have a vibrant online forum and regularly hold informal get-togethers and public exhibitions around Ireland in which all are welcome. With over 340 members there are members interested in all themes and aspects of the hobby, from collecting official sets and building custom models through to displaying.

The forum supports discussion on everything LEGO and enables members to share photos of their collection and creations, provide updates on their latest projects and of course importantly share the best LEGO deals found in the shops! If interested it’s a good place to start so if you’d like to learn more about the community visit us at https://www.lug.ie

In the meantime, happy building!

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Hotblack Desiato

I had several of the old Lego Family

Hotblack Desiato

215 had one of those weird faceless, armless minifigs. I had one of the few other ones as well:

Hotblack Desiato

The kids' hair was the parents' hair put on backwards

Does anyone know what the significance is of the letters B and C in a square next to the set numbers?

DaveNoCheese

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I got this email from Bricklink recently - haven't checked it out myself but may be of interest.

They're new enough on the scene but are a registered RLUG as well so definitely worth signing up for.

Sleepy

Latest round of IDEAS submissions through for review: https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/80169e60-7cf7-4dec-b51c-2f21d3051747

I like the UCS Atlantis but the one I'd really be hoping for out of this batch would be the Medieval Blacksmith. It's a beautiful build.

Star Lord

Sleepy wrote: »

Latest round of IDEAS submissions through for review: https://ideas.lego.com/blogs/a4ae09b6-0d4c-4307-9da8-3ee9f3d368d6/post/80169e60-7cf7-4dec-b51c-2f21d3051747

I like the UCS Atlantis but the one I'd really be hoping for out of this batch would be the Medieval Blacksmith. It's a beautiful build.

Weird that they're considering another The Office based set, given there's one in the first review... guess we know it didn't make it then!

The Medieval Blacksmith is a gorgeous looking one, these are the kind of sets I like seeing come from this, something really interesting looking!

Reminds me a bit of some of TheLordofBricks' designs, like the Medieval Market

Hotblack Desiato

Sleepy wrote: »

I like the UCS Atlantis

Looks great in the rear three-quarter view, then I saw the front of it. Just doesn't work at all. Maybe they'll spring for a few custom parts to take the bad look off it?

The IDEAS minifig-scale Gemini looks great and is very cleverly done, hope it'll eventually be on sale...

Exclamation Marc

Intrigued as to how two sets that reached 10k were not considered further due to 'personal reasons'.

I like the look of the medieval blacksmith and history museum in this round

HorseSea

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Intrigued as to how two sets that reached 10k were not considered further due to 'personal reasons'.

I like the look of the medieval blacksmith and history museum in this round

Weird way to say two submissions won't be considered further, I wonder if there was an IP dispute with another builder or that the 10,000 were bot generated or something like that. It would explain the reason they go no further and why no comment was made. I am only guessing but something like that sounds right.

pcadhain

Exclamation Marc wrote: »

Intrigued as to how two sets that reached 10k were not considered further due to 'personal reasons'.

I like the look of the medieval blacksmith and history museum in this round

I've heard its because they were either Lego employees or at least connected to Lego and it's against the T&Cs.



As much as I wish it was a more exciting reason like illegal building techniques or that they were built on flat panels specifically because the creators are flat-earthers and want to spread their conspiracy.

Rhyme

Dangerous results for my wallet. If Thunderbirds gets it, that's a day 1 purchase for certain. Even more so if they put together a Thunderbird 1 (it's not in any of the pictures).

Pursuit of Flight looks fun for an office-toy and the Winnie The Pooh, NASA Space Craft and The Seven Dwarfs House sets are nice... would have to see the final build if they make it through.

Conchir

Rhyme wrote: »

Dangerous results for my wallet. If Thunderbirds gets it, that's a day 1 purchase for certain. Even more so if they put together a Thunderbird 1 (it's not in any of the pictures).

Pursuit of Flight looks fun for an office-toy and the Winnie The Pooh, NASA Space Craft and The Seven Dwarfs House sets are nice... would have to see the final build if they make it through.

Oh man now I'm dreaming of a Tracy Island set.

Rhyme

Conchir wrote: »

Oh man now I'm dreaming of a Tracy Island set.

Break out the toilet roll tubes, papier mache and the Blue Peter instructions.

Star Lord

pcadhain wrote: »

As much as I wish it was a more exciting reason like illegal building techniques

What would count as an illegal building technique?

Exclamation Marc

Star Lord wrote: »

What would count as an illegal building technique?

Custom pieces?

pcadhain

Star Lord wrote: »

What would count as an illegal building technique?

Was just messing. But I have heard the two of them are Lego employees or connected somehow and that's what makes the most sense to me.

Sleepy

Star Lord wrote: »

What would count as an illegal building technique?

One in which bricks can be joined in a way where they aren't considered by Lego to be within the tolerances of the way the bricks are designed. For example, a plate being wedged between studs:



There's a load of them. Some very creative and that you'll often see in MOC's but never in an official Lego set.

Hotblack Desiato

The Saturn V uses a transparent flat plate wedged between studs for the US flag.

Sleepy

You're right it does. Interesting to see them use a technique that would be "illegal" on an IDEAS submission...

robinph

Here is the guidelines that Lego designers work from regarding what techniques are permitted or not:

http://bramlambrecht.com/tmp/jamieberard-brickstress-bf06.pdf

Oafley Jones

New UCS Imperial Star Destroyer pic has leaked on Instagram. Wow. Want. But it’s rumoured to be ball park MF pricing

It BeeMee

Star Lord wrote: »

What would count as an illegal building technique?

Kragle

shotgunmcos

Oafley Jones wrote: »

New UCS Imperial Star Destroyer pic has leaked on Instagram. Wow. Want. But it’s rumoured to be ball park MF pricing

Holy sh1t that looks incredible! Any low res pics. Cant wait to see HQ pics and more info. Been disciplined enough about LEGO spend this year but I'll happily cancel the rest of the wishlist for this. Nowhere to put it but that matters little!

NinjaTruncs

How would one find the photo without having Instagram?

shotgunmcos

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

How would one find the photo without having Instagram?

You dont need Instagram. Just google lego leaks Instagram

mloc123

Price point is.... 600e ish?