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Why are you doing it? If it is to make something that can be built with modern parts, then it might be worth doing some MOC work and designing a replacement base from modern parts a bit like LEGO have done on the reimagined new versions of vintage sets.

Same here, I used to spend ages cleaning track joiners and contacts on train track and other tracks like Scalextric. Whereas my son had a PF/RC train set which is now 15 years old. Still works perfectly, and no need for apps as the included IR remote does the job just fine.

It's not a new technique. I tried it years ago and the results are no better than waterslide decals or stickers. The transfer is still quite thick and needs to be cut neatly, so has the same downsides as the other techniques. On large objects, this and similar techniques work fine. But as parts become small, then the flaws are much more noticeable as you tend to look more closely.

They wouldn't though. If they thought the old Hobbit sets sold so badly because of the realistic skin colour and that they'd need to change the skin colours to be less realistic to get more sales, then they will have to prepare for a bigger financial failure. Anyone buying licensed sets in the past two decades is used to realistic skin tones, not yellow. If they are going to do yellow dwarves then they should do it as part of Castle with no licensing necessary, more freedom for designs and no need for specific single use moulds.

It's been about 20 years since they switched from yellow to fleshie tones in licensed sets aside from where the characters are yellow. Why would they go back now, especially when they already did The Hobbit in flesh tones in the past.

City is very unrealistic but for tghe most part tends to have roots in real life. City trains and buses are completely unrealistic, they'd never make money with so few passengers, the way cops and robbers go at it with dynamite is not very realistic either. I imagine 2024's space sets were there because it was "space year" just like next year is "racing car year" and they try to make these special sets a little wackier than normal. I thought I read in a set description that the City space sets were supposedly set in the future.

I'm not surprised at all. LEGO's unlicensed offering for kids now splits into essentially two to four themes depending on how you want to count. There are City and Friends for real life play (and i dont think these need too much advertising as it is obvious to kids and parents what these are), and the choice depends on whether the kid likes minifigs or dolls, and Ninjago for pretty much everything else based on story telling, mainly fantasy based and covering history to futuristic tech. Then there is Creator for kids that prefer bricks to figures. The shorter-lived Dreamzzz, Hidden Side, NK, Chima, will come and go but near enough anything they offer looks a bit like Ninjago with different characters and colours because Ninjago covers everything.

And adverts for specific themes broadcast during ad breaks in kids' TV shows. I agree, apps, games and TV series are really there to replace the advertising now kids tend to consume old style advertising less than in the past.

And is probably only available worldwide because if it wasn't, some people would be complaining about regional based exclusives.

800 is still worth £5. So you can use a calculator if you don't want to check the value in the checkout.

I cannot really see why there would be a case for LEGO to make sideways building parts **that were dedicated for road use** when they make a studs up road building system. MOCers / AFOLs designing their own systems have to work with what LEGO produce and LEGO wouldn't fill the gap (literally) in the AFOL creations if that part has no use in LEGO's designs.

Isn't that like saying that they should not have Vikings and Castle on shelves at the same time (as in 2005) as they are both historic with a touch of fantasy. To me, Dreamzzz and Ninjago are more different that Castle and Vikings. Or (2011) they should not do Castle, Pharaoh's Quest, Atlantis together as these all had pseudo-historic vibes and could even add in HP and PotC there too. Evergreen themes have changed so much in how they have grown. Ninjago encompasses pretty much everything and has covered ancient, modern and futuristic arcitecture and vehicles, both realstic and fantasy, that it could forever keep all three classic themes off the shelves if too similar elements block them being done.

By making parts that do what you want them to do, it will mean that they don't do what others (or LEGO) want them to do, or lead to very similar parts that have slightly different functions and/or offsets. I don't believe that the company or individual designers are stupid as you claim. Their new part designs undergo lots of testing to ensure they fit the purpose they are designed for.

For me, that both sucks and blows. Getting a Simpsons advent calendar then not really getting anything new. The five minfigures needed for the family means that there might be one more space for a different character. If you have a Homer head, it is easy to make a Santa Homer. The rest would probably just be mini builds of a tiny pink car, maybe the house, in microscale and a few printed tiles.

I also hope it is not BF or Lions, although I'm definitely not buying the set as I am not a fan of the parts used for Creator castles. I'll buy the body parts on PAB as i did with the other factions.

I doubt it. I rarely see opened boxes on shelves so I doubt it is that big a problem. Where it is, retailers need to change how they sell / where they put them. Going back to foil bags would be a serious dent in their eco-pledge plus they would have to reinvest in machinery to produce and seal bags.

I also find his channel particularly annoying. His videos started popping up in my feed on youtube almost a year ago. He seemed to be a youtuber known for gaming and vlogging that got into LEGO to produce youtube and other social media content, buying in loads of new sets for their backdrop without having had any interest in LEGO before that.

I wouldn't use a subscription app to log my collection. Comments are saying it is a paid for app, he should say that if it is.

If they only did retro LEGO sets, they'd lose most of their adult audience too. I don't mind the odd throwback set being produced, but I tend to buy new sets for new parts.

I'm not saying I never build things an odd number wide, but that I never needed large odd numbers. As builds usually are not single plates high, there is usually scope to build an odd large number, from fir example a 2+3+2 or 3+1+3. Or even 1+1+1+1+1+1+1 if they are longer plates aligned side by side the other way. Even though the parts look basic, filling in every size leads to many almost specialised parts.

It isn't a race. Some people choose to extend the build experience by spreading a larger build over multiple days or stopping to appreciate building techniques.

They look real to me. I've never come across any clone companies reproducing the LEGO logo in their parts and the quality looks too good for a DIY mould and part. Plus, why would some fake a penny part? Have you never had a 1x1 cheese slope break on you? I find those are the most commonly cracked part.

I don't think I've ever needed a 1x5 plate. I've used them, but I cannot remember a case where it had to be a1x5. I'll probably feel the same if they or a clone do a 1x7, 1x9 or a 1x11 plate.

I imagine it is down to economics. Small sets need to sell more units and so tend to get wider distribution and need to have a wider buying population. If the kid audience is not there or very small, then adults buying kid aimed sets will not make up the shortfall.

The same can be said for any figure in a regular set. They could put something similar into CMF. The wolf and granny were for sale on PAB online at the time and readily available on BL at $4-5. They still are easily available new at $6-8. Regular CMF buyers at the time would also have a wolf head they could put on an old lady's body if they wanted a version. We now get just 12 unlicensed/generic CMF a year. Getting somewhat niche figures very similar to others that have been done in sets just seems a waste of a slot to me.