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I am impressed to see this set improved so much. I am blown away that you've achieved this as an alt build from the same parts. Super impressive.

Oh Minnie's skirt inside out? That's very clever and should work yep. Good thinking.

For Doc Manhatten, I like the undies (B). Yes it doesn't match as well as A, but it adds some humour and a focus to the all blue mini. I wouldn't change out the torso. For Silk Spectre, Torso A would be my preference. You could try adding Minnie's skirt, but I don't think it really works? But the legs alone don't really work either. Perhaps this: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=65753&name=Minifigure Skirt Plastic Straight, Short&category=[Minifigure, Body Wear]#T=S&C=3&O={"color":3,"iconly":0} Nite Owl B is great (unless you can add boots somehow). Rorschach is pretty solid either way. Comedian B I think edges it? Pretty great regardless. For Ozymandius, I think head A is definitely better. I don't love any of the shoulder options, but number 2 is best of them. Some options for you: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=35049#T=C&C=115 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2188#T=S&C=110&O={"color":110,"iconly":0}

Phone the store.

And so we wait. Thanks both.

Where is this from? I love that flag.

Yep, exactly that. The same kind of stuff you would use with an artificial flower arrangement. Can get 'into' the pieces though, not recommended to get it into the underside of a brick for instance - but it's fine for the stems/technic axles in these sets.

The lights make this, but damn if the whole build isn't fabulous.

I used some oasis - i.e. the stuff you would normally put into vases of real flowers :D Worked a treat. (No good with a clear vase of course)

From their FAQ: https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/faq.page Something similar happens with Ideas sets. https://ideas.lego.com/guidelines (under Prizes & rewards) $500 USD worth of Lego just for hitting the 10,000 approval ratio (which might explain why we continually see Modulars and Castles despite no hope of production) and then a 1% of sales if the idea is approved. I have a recollection that this was previously a higher figure (3% maybe?), but I've no source for that expect a vague memory.

Apart from the prestige that MAB mentioned, the winner designers are also financially compensated. I would approach this from the point of view of; if you were building a MoC anyway, and it wasn't a whole lot of work to bring it to the standards required, sure it's no harm entering it and trying your luck.

The yellow eye on the new Dreamzzzzzzz shark-boat jumps out as a future LotR piece every time I see a pic of it.

I can't vote in any here, as I am not a Guild member, but I did want to say well done all, fantastic standard of entries across the board. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching each one arrive.

An excellent model, the best parts for me are the colour choice and the general silhouette. If you are looking for hard critique I would think every wall is a bit too flat - a little depth around the windows or near the base would go a long way to breaking it up. That tree in the background is fantastic too.

Found it alright. Pretty great, though perhaps it could be better in the hands of the official designers. I envision it as a smaller companion piece to Rivendell. I may try this in stud.io and see what I come up with.

Lothlorien, with a similar feel as the old Ewok village could make for a great set. A few magnificent trees with flets in the upper branches, connected by bridges, Galadriel and the mirror as a centre-piece, the Nimrodel flowing past, or maybe the Anduin & some canoes?

Editing to include three votes without editing the initial comment. #1- 9. Kritch (as above) #2- 15. notmarvei - lots to like here, but it's the hint of the curved cabin wall is what clinches this for me. #3- 26. Justus - very clean design (and presentation), limiting the palette of colours used was a great choice.

As simple as it is in terms of construction, number nine made me laugh out loud at my laptop here. My vote to the Wolverine corner (9. Kritch)

Is it yours? Well done on it. I went through the whole 400 earlier, and only gave out four "loved it"s, so you're in good company.

I am somewhat curious about this myself. My approach (if I get around to it) would be to build it out in stud.io - that will allow me to check for connection points on the angled half. I would probably do as mentioned above - keep one layer of plates/tiles between the baseplate and the underside of the castle full connections on the aligned side, with a mix of mostly tiles, with a few connection points on the other. A few questions do we display will castle in fully closed position or fully open position (or somewhere in between)? Is it important that the removable section leading to drawbridge is still removeable?

I think my favourite smaller set is this: https://www.bricklink.com/r3/designer-program/series-1/104/Caravan-Theatre . While not strictly 'medieval', it can certainly be made so with the slightest mods. A lot of good stuff mentioned in thread already. This one has not: https://www.bricklink.com/r3/designer-program/series-1/618/Medieval-Joiner's-Workshop . The overall design is nothing groundbreaking, and could maybe use a once-over from a secondary designer, but there's a lot of very clever things going on in it the more I look. And I absolutely love the colours.

Brictronic on YouTube does a lot of electric stuff, and has covered parts of this - how to convert the power to attach to the mains: His userbase is not massive, so still a small enough channel that he'd likely answer your questions directly if you asked him over there. He's also on both of the Irish LUG websites if you went looking. Do note, he is in Ireland so AC/DC concerns may vary if you are in the US or some different supply zone. Well worth a subscription, he does interesting work with trains, electrics and Arduino programming.

I'm just throwing the Castle out there as the nearest comparison - it's similar in size. (And maybe more importantly - it's recent enough to have it's price aligned with the recent bumps). I think my perceived lack of value might be something to do with the general shape and silhouette of it. It's all negative space and spindly bits compared to the sheer bulk of the Castle. And then when you do see something filling up your vision, it's a gazillion 1x1 tiles and half as many leaves. Despite you having the footprint stats there in black and white, I am still equating them mentally as having roughly the same footprint :D I'll wait to see it in person, but for now, that's a no from me dawg.

I'm with you there. It's a decent set, but not mind-blowing, feels like some posters are stuck on the hype train. The price is exorbitant, and a good 1000 of the piece count are 1x1 tiles or leaves. (The roof looks like a nightmare to build too). I just don't see any value here compared to say, the recent Castle. Too rich for my blood, and I'm generally okay with blowing disposable income on this kind of thing. Maybe if it were closer to a €350/€400 price point. ...all that said, my GF is a massive LotR fan so I may not get much say in the matter.

I may be incorrect, but Rivendell looks like this MOC from rebrickeable: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-62284/LegoMocLoc/ucs-rivendell-complete-bundle/#details