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I had called this out as one of my faves over in the Bricklink thread before seeing it here. Looks really great and if it got through, would be the first Bricklink model where I'd be considering buying two copies - that's how good it is!

On the other hand, am I right to think the smallest model has sold out every time? Maybe fulfilling the 30k is a better target if designers are thinking like that. E.G. Both Art of Chocoalte & the Harbormaster's Office from the latest set are (imo) much better sets than Camping Adventures, but it's the one that sold out on Day 1. There is some price point where customers are willing to just buy it regardless. That aside, I meant more from the point of view of some of these sets were just too big for my tastes / affordability. I like the idea of a castle on a bridge, but I don't have physical space for something that spans four baseplates, nor an extra €400 to splash four times a year.

I've worked through all the BDP6 votes, and I found 19 worthy of a 'love it'. There are some unnecessarily large options in there. 4000 pieces is a limit, not a target! For the ones I think I'd definitely buy should they be made, just these four: The Scalawag Sloop is beautiful and just 550 pieces. The Horizon Starfighter is a cracking spaceship and reminds me strongly of the type of thing Galactic Plastics makes. I am once again requesting they make the stilted Fisherman's House a reality. There's something very whimsical about the whole look. The Sushi Restaurant is just crammed with detail. I'd love to give special attention to this one, as the outside is a bit boxey, so people might quickly pass it by, but the details are superb if you stop to take it in; The Lake Pavillion After those, there are some good but very large sets, that I don't know if I have the cash or space for. Like the Art Gallery / Ancient Bazaar / Pirate Villa / Sequoia Tree Trail / Working Windmill / numerous castles.

Which browser are you using? I ask because I've had issues with firefox and cart saving/status, but not with chrome. It would seem they are optimised for chrome but not others. So now I have Chrome on my laptop for the sole purpose of visiting lego.com.

Harbourmaster's office is gone up in my opinion - it's more appealing 'in the brick' than in the still photos. I still think it'll be just the Art of Chocolate for me.

Thanks both.

For me it's passion/knowledge of the presenter. That comes through in the builds as well. More specifically I don't go in for reviews, or speedbuilds, or unboxings, or the bog standard sets that every other youtuber is doing (except better). I mean sometimes I do, but are you going to make a cleaner build video than Austrian Brick Fan or All New Bricks? A better review than Racing Brick / Cheesey Studio / Tiago? Do I really need to see yet another modular layout city? Robin Hood is all over that and so much better than most. So to catch me as a new viewer you'd want to be doing something different. MOCs are the obvious thing. A channel like https://www.youtube.com/@1by1Brick is clearly enjoying himself - not just cranking out content for the sake of it, and I find him excellent. It's medieval, it's different, he's clearly having fun making stories as he goes. Someone like https://www.youtube.com/@TheBrickinPanda is making a city sure, but look it's all Italian and every little thing is custom (although I find he too is starting to lean into the 'content for the sake of content' trap) Two new legotubers popped into my feed today. ~One was "Kiwi modulars". His story of how he collected every spaceman. I gave it two minutes then turned it off. ~The other was a guy called JakobKaiserMOCs - despite this being a three hour livestream of him slowly pottering through a MOC, I stuck around for a full hour, and I've earmarked be come back to it later tonight. It's not that I prefer a three hour video, it's just that the first was content for the sake of content, and the other was someone who was just making videos of what he was going to do anyway. I guess my advice would be to do something different from the rest of LegoTube. Do what you want to do, and the passion will come through. Then you won't get bored with it in a few months, and you can focus on doing it really well. Forget about chasing the algorithm or you'll be chained to it forever. I see some of your videos are Adventurers & Pirates. That could be your niche.

Oh I love how this all works together. Can I ask what set/bricklink ID that torso comes from?

I may be in the minority judging by comments, but my hopes are a little dashed looking at that X-mansion leak. It looks positively puny to me, and will need some serious moc work to bring it up to desirable status.

Honestly I think there's more chance we'll see an updated version of the iconic Wolfpack Tower.

Purely anecdotal, but myself and my brothers were big fans of technic as children. Nowadays, when building (system-style) MOCs, I often find myself incorporating some moving parts and utilising gears etc. However, since my dark ages ended, in the hundred or so Lego sets I've bought since, I've not bought a single technic set for myself. Yet another model of a sportscar is of no interest to me :/ I did buy one set for my brother's 40th - the technic orrery. Looking over the offerings in the technic category on lego.com, of approximately 40 sets you can buy, just one is not a vehicle (and it's that same orrery model). I'm amazed given the popularity of Great Ball Contraptions at cons, that Lego doesn't sell a set of linkeable GBC modules.

Is the upside down leg-piece at the base of the telescope a new piece?

This looks great. A lot of cleverness packed into a small build. Just gonna drop the Ideas link here for anyone else who wants to go find it. https://ideas.lego.com/projects/d757180a-056e-4bc9-89e8-4343f0799c84

Y'all gonna be disappointed when there's no animal, just a Wolfpack guy with a wolf mask on.

This is just the right kind of crazy.

Ah yes, the four seasons of Lego. Butterfly, goat, duck, & candy cane Just kidding, looks great.

"From Merchant to Pirate" by Yatkuu/Gregory Coquelz

I have two full sets on order, plus picked up an extra couple of the ones I want repeats of (elf ears in yellow & the Aarakocra torso). I've never bought so many CMF before - I don't think I've even one full set of any other. In my local (Dublin) store, the staff have divided out the types so you can just ask for this or that one. Staff mentioned the Paladin is the most in-demand. I have to say I'm very glad this series is as popular as it is. I'd like to see them do another (or a few more) series, and the good sales will feed into that. Failing a new series, I hope Lego at least learn lessons here - the pair of doubled-expression heads in most, the keeping of flesh tones away from the torsos/legs. They really seem to have gone the extra mile in terms of interchangeability, which should really be one of Lego's core tenets.

A forum I'm a member of does a banner change every month. A small (unprized) competition for bragging rights.

Day #412 of checking back in this thread for news of the X-Mansion.

How disappointed would the average AFOL be if they started releasing repeats? By which I mean, not a brick-for-brick replica, but if this year's modular turned out to be another fire station with different design, or another town hall? Seems to be inevitable if the line continues on an annual basis (although it could still be years away yet). Sure there'd be some annoyance from the people who've collected the old versions - but they are quite old now, difficult to get on the aftermarket for any kind of reasonable price. Building techniques and pieces have stepped up over the past decade too. I wouldn't hate it.

I picked this up this week and have begun the build - it's a gorgeous model. My only complaints so far 1) The stickers, and in particular the ones for the doors. I'm usually fine with stickers in sets, but something about these little ones for the curved doors has me misplacing every other one. Time to pop out the hot tea (patent: RH) 2) I seriously underestimated the length of the thing (1.16m), and now have nowhere to display it.

While you've laid out conditions for such a transition, you haven't actually mentioned any benefit to such a move? I see this as only downsides for us as customers/fans, and for the current ownership. I don't understand why this would be a good idea for anyone except future shareholders.

Over a series of Christmas & birthdays as a child I had (and still have) this, Gold City Junction and the Sheriff Lock-up sets. Still patiently waiting for a Fort Legorado.. maybe one day.

Wow, this is very definitely the best full set so far imho. All five are excellent. No way I can buy all five though, not even two. I think for me, and I'll have to somehow decide between Tortuga and Transylvania.