FullBrickDev

You adventuri-zed this set well! An official set probably wouldn't include this many minifigures (since you asked for criticism ). Like SpacePolice89 said already, the parts used fit well into the Adventurers theme.

Good work! It works really well, even with the limited amount of pieces you had in your disposal with the set.

A very beautiful build altogether! The use of those arms in the mantas is indeed very nice parts usage. The build has a nice story, and the verticality adds a lot of character to the build.

Now that is some commitment to the craft at 15 years! It's beautifully done, I love the pilot's chair.

Hopefully it's cheaper than the previous sets, although I do hope for many minifigures (e.g., some dwarves?) which might raise the price a lot, considering the average mould price is somewhere around 70k USD from what I recall. I do wonder what they will include. The party area and the Hobbit hole itself are pretty good choices, but they could try including some more obscure buildings as well.

Simple but great! The little base adds a lot.

I would have preferred if a) the Jabba's Sail Barge included the skiff for the price OR b) it was smaller and more accessible to the general audience because of the price. They definitely should release most of the figures in the Sail Barge in a smaller, more accessible set later on. I don't mind if they want to leave some of the guards/prints exclusive. If I did have to choose either option, however, I would definitely choose the smaller playscale update. The current set is so expensive while cutting corners (e.g., C-3P0 not having dual molded legs and Bib Fortuna's fat mold reuse), that it makes me question spending all this money on Star Wars. For that price, I expect premium. Unfortunately, this isn't premium - it's passable. I'll likely buy it on a discount, since I don't own any of the figures yet and I'm excited to have a big Sail Barge! It's not funny that their brand spirit is "only the best is good enough" when they have clearly cut corners in a premium priced set.

I do wonder when we will hit the point where they are asking too much and it really starts affecting sales. The current prices are quite ridiculous, even if they're "adult sets". The high price in addition to the obvious blunders such as not including UCS C-3P0 with the dual molded leg in the Sail Barge are starting to eat away at me. Including UCS C-3P0 wouldn't cost them too much (likely pennies, although I have no data on this), and I'm sure the designers would have liked to include him in the set, but got likely rejected because they have a minifigure budget that they have to follow strictly.

I wanted to know if this price is as outlandish as it seems. So, I did the math! While prices per piece for most UCS Star Wars sets are outlandish sometimes, the price per gram is not too horrific. Higher, sure, but around one or two cents per gram higher. It's too late for me in the evening to start comparing if the price per gram is around 20% higher for licnsed themes as New Elementary said "we should expect to pay roughly 20% more for a licensed set than for a comparable non-licensed set". Jabba's sail barge: 549€ - 3942 pcs (13,9 cents per piece - unknown cents per gram) UCS AT-AT: 849€ - 6785 pcs (12,5 cents per piece - 7,9 cents per gram) UCS Razor Crest: 599€ - 6171 pcs (9,7 cents per piece - 7,4 cents per gram) Lion Knight's Castle: 399€ - 4514 pcs (8,9 cents per piece - 6,6 cents per gram) Gringotts: 429€ - 4803 pcs (9 cents per piece - 6,4 cents per gram) Rivendell: 499€ - 6167 pcs (8,1 cents per piece - 7,2 cents per gram) Avengers Tower: 499€ - 5201 pcs (9,6 cents per piece - 7,1 cents per gram) Eiffel Tower: 629€ - 10001 pcs (6,3 cents per piece - 5,4 cents per gram) Ninjago City Gardens: 349€ - 5685 pcs (6,2 cents per piece - 5,8 cents per gram) Duel on Peridea: 54,99€ - 382 pcs (14,4 cents per piece, 10 cents per gram) Construction Excavator: 54,99 € - 621 pcs (8,7 cents per piece, 6,6 cents per gram) Thanks to Brickset for prices/price per piece & leakers for Sail barge info. Price per gram is per the weight listed on bricklink. EDIT: I was worried the sails wouldn't look great - they look good! Figs look good as well, although I would expect more for the price. Salacious B. Crumb still looks funny without pupils.

Happy to hear some rumours about LOTR. As someone who builds MOCs quite frequently, I would definitely prefer if the minifigures were more accessible/cheaper, meaning I would prefer quantity. However, I'm happy to receive big, detailed sets at the very least, and would prefer if there were smaller, accompanying sets. Although, I guess that's basically what anyone would say I would just like to amass army-building figures, like soldiers of Gondor and orcs, in a good quantity. Hopefully the rumour is about smaller sets.

I like the pillars and the roof on this one! It's an interesting build because it shows/teaches history through Lego.

Goodness me, that original set is...something else. You did the remake well, it has nice angles and looks while still being almost the same size as the original. It would make for a nice GWP/small set.

I love the old roof piece! The build overall has the "old set" feel, so I think it's rather well executed.

A unique color, well done!

It looks like it could have been a set back in the day, it's very nostalgic. The hanging jacket is great!