Latest impact of other themes on historic themes

[AmperZand]

9 hours ago, MAB said:

With just 108 (new and used) sold worldwide on bricklink in the past six months, I doubt there is much of a bubble. There will probably be some small difference that allows the original goats to be distinguished and the old ones will hold value even if the volume of sales decreases even more.

 

The CMF goat has plain flanks whereas the old one has some brown printing. The moulds look the same although it’s difficult to be certain. If you want variety in your herd, you can give your CMF goats markings with a Sharpie or some paint. I’ll probably leave mine white though as I already have the old goat.

18 minutes ago, Wardancer said:

What’s with the fig with the new dual molded sword? Is that a female pirate or what?

Maybe it’s a female barbarian inspired by Red Sonja.

[zoth33]

1 hour ago, Wardancer said:

What’s with the fig with the new dual molded sword? Is that a female pirate or what?

That sword isn't new it's in the Dreamzzz sets the Nightmare king and one of the protagonists have them.  Not sure what the character is it's hard to see with the glare.  

Need an Army of the fright knight.  The goat is back man and should be in the castle village set that is coming soon.  The harpy looks weird but the torso, wings and legs will be useful.  

[JimBaggins]

The new modular has some nice parts; I'm glad to see olive green masonry bricks return, and the white tri-leaf could prove useful. 

[Triceron]

Looks like the tan Viking torso on PAB is going away Nov 17th.  I'll probably miss out since I plan to put my order in for double VIP weekend the day after.

Odd thing is the sheep might go off PAB as well, but we know it's in Medieval Market Square.  Kinda weird it's gonna be gone at all if that's the case.

[MAB]

6 minutes ago, Triceron said:

Looks like the tan Viking torso on PAB is going away Nov 17th. 

How do you know removal dates?

[Triceron]

12 minutes ago, MAB said:

How do you know removal dates?

Saw it on one of Goldfyre's recent videos.  Not sure of any source beyond that.

checked the comments and found the source 

@Goldfyre

3 hours ago

It's from the Rebrickable team https://forum.rebrickable.com/t/lego-pick-a-brick-updates/160336

Edited November 1, 2023 by Triceron

[Roebuck]

13 minutes ago, Triceron said:

Odd thing is the sheep might go off PAB as well, but we know it's in Medieval Market Square.  Kinda weird it's gonna be gone at all if that's the case.

I asked about it and the logic seem to be that the farm-animal battle-pack is retiring so the sheep is removed before that. If the same sheep pops up in MTS in say 6 months it will most likely show up in PAB again 4 months after that

[Classic_Spaceman]

1 hour ago, Triceron said:

Looks like the tan Viking torso on PAB is going away Nov 17th. 

That is the only one not reused in the village, so it makes sense. Time to stock up! 
 

[Triceron]

20 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

That is the only one not reused in the village, so it makes sense. Time to stock up! 
 

What hurts is a lot of my PAB monkie kid stuff seems to go away on 17th, but I've been waiting for the 18th to get Majisto.  I wonder if there's a grace period where I could get the best of both worlds, like if the Promo was applied slightly earlier before the PAB gets reset.  I know usually promos happen 3 hours earlier because of timezones where I live.

[Classic_Spaceman]

1 minute ago, Triceron said:

What hurts is a lot of my PAB monkie kid stuff seems to go away on 17th, but I've been waiting for the 18th to get Majisto.  I wonder if there's a grace period where I could get the best of both worlds, like if the Promo was applied slightly earlier before the PAB gets reset.  I know usually promos happen 3 hours earlier because of timezones where I live.

I doubt that there will be, since the process is likely automated. 🫤
 

[Black Falcon]

2 hours ago, Triceron said:

Looks like the tan Viking torso on PAB is going away Nov 17th.  I'll probably miss out since I plan to put my order in for double VIP weekend the day after.

Odd thing is the sheep might go off PAB as well, but we know it's in Medieval Market Square.  Kinda weird it's gonna be gone at all if that's the case.

Well if MTS comes out in April, there will be a time where it is not avaiable, but it should come back - and a time where it isn´t produced since there is no set for it, and they won´t produce it just for Pick a Brick. (I have no idea how long in advance to release they actually produce sets though)

 

17 minutes ago, Triceron said:

What hurts is a lot of my PAB monkie kid stuff seems to go away on 17th, but I've been waiting for the 18th to get Majisto.  I wonder if there's a grace period where I could get the best of both worlds, like if the Promo was applied slightly earlier before the PAB gets reset.  I know usually promos happen 3 hours earlier because of timezones where I live.

Well same here, not planning to buy anything before that date. The question is, do parts really vanish at that date, or do they just stop producing them - it seems unlikely to me that they don´t sell off what they have in stock first - but even then parts won´t last long from that date.

[Triceron]

6 minutes ago, Black Falcon said:

Well same here, not planning to buy anything before that date. The question is, do parts really vanish at that date, or do they just stop producing them - it seems unlikely to me that they don´t sell off what they have in stock first - but even then parts won´t last long from that date.

Here is the explanation from the link above:

The LEGO Pick-a-Brick team is working on making improvements to the site and the availability of elements and information. Part of that is a new test, in which they provide us with lists of upcoming new elements added to the site, and elements that will be removed soon so you can get them while they are still available.

The first list of Last Change Items has just been dropped, set to be removed on or before Nov 17th.
All items in an xlsx file: PAB Last Chance Items - NOV 23.xlsx (75.5 KB)
And with images in a Custom List: Custom List - Last Change Items - 2023-11 | Rebrickable - Build with LEGO

[Black Falcon]

Yeah I saw that one. But still do they just remove them all even if they still have them on stock?

 

[MAB]

I guess we will find out in just over two weeks.

[MKJoshA]

I'm loving that Majesto promo. I wish we had a dragon helmet, but I understand the extra cost it would take to reproduce it.

[Aanchir]

New Elementary has reviewed the new parts in the Natural History Museum! Besides a lot of useful brick and arch recolors in Olive Green, it also introduces 3x3x2 curved railings and windows in Black for the first time, which I imagine will be very useful to a lot of builders! Also some nice new white parts (bar with three leaves and 1x1 star) that are used for the cherry blossom tree in the original set, but could certainly have lots have other decorative uses.

[Lyichir]

It's not in any way specific to historic themes in its utility, but there's a new foliage piece in the Friends sets that should be useful for forested scenes. It's like a big bushy cluster of leaves shaped somewhat like the plate with three leaves from several years back. So far seems to come in bright green and medium lavender.

[Alexandrina]

20 hours ago, Lyichir said:

It's not in any way specific to historic themes in its utility, but there's a new foliage piece in the Friends sets that should be useful for forested scenes. It's like a big bushy cluster of leaves shaped somewhat like the plate with three leaves from several years back. So far seems to come in bright green and medium lavender.

Oh, this is going to be a useful piece for sure. We really are being spoilt for choice with foliage/plant options in the last few years.

Now bring back the cypress tree. 

[jodawill]

We should turn that cypress tree into a meme so they'll bring it just like the goat. I'd also like them to bring back the large pine tree, especially in dark green. It would be even cooler if they made an extra large pine tree.

Edited November 8, 2023 by jodawill

[Alexandrina]

43 minutes ago, jodawill said:

We should turn that cypress tree into a meme so they'll bring it just like the goat. I'd also like them to bring back the large pine tree, especially in dark green. It would be even cooler if they made an extra large pine tree.

If they give me a cypress tree service pack I can buy too many copies of I'll be a satisfied girl! Anything to stop me hording copies of Pretty Playland like I'm a Belville Smaug because they're the best value way of getting the cypress.

[Aanchir]

27 minutes ago, jodawill said:

We should turn that cypress tree into a meme so they'll bring it just like the goat. I'd also like them to bring back the large pine tree, especially in dark green. It would be even cooler if they made an extra large pine tree.

I'm not sure how likely they'd be to bring back big single-molded trees like that, except perhaps for 4+ sets. Brick-built trees have become the norm across most themes these days, and compared to those I think single-piece trees with the leaves, trunk, and base/roots all the same color feel like a bit of a relic of a bygone era. Scale-wise, they also feel odd for anything but a very young tree — not only are their trunks extremely narrow, but even their widest branches extend scarcely any further than a minifigure's total width!

Plus, even old-school Castle sets used molded trees extremely rarely compared to Town or Basic sets — perhaps in part because their small size and clean, geometric shapes have always felt a lot more suited to the type of meticulously trimmed and cultivated tree you'd find planted in a yard, garden, or orchard, along a street, or even as a potted houseplant than the sort of tree that you'd find growing wild in a field or forest.

Make no mistake, I definitely do understand the nostalgia for those old trees and appreciate how charming their simple, stylized appearance can be! But I feel like they're in a similar sort of situation to several other parts from pre-minifig and early minifig sets like single-piece flagpoles, road signs, and railway crossing gates — they came about at a time when there weren't really any alternatives to using a single specialized part for those sorts of subjects, but at a certain point enough new parts were introduced that this ceased to be the case.

[Classic_Spaceman]

56 minutes ago, jodawill said:

We should turn that cypress tree into a meme so they'll bring it just like the goat. I'd also like them to bring back the large pine tree, especially in dark green. It would be even cooler if they made an extra large pine tree.

I feel like the difference between the cypress and the goat is that the cypress is an older style of tree that is largely being phased out in favour of brickbuilt trees (the only remaining classic tree is the small pine), and it does not have any obvious uses. The goat, conversely, can be included in any agriculture-based set. 
 

[Mopasali]

2 minutes ago, Classic_Spaceman said:

The goat, conversely, can be included in any agriculture-based set. 

And in a City-based set to eat the grass!  Friends could do a goat yoga studio, but use a different mold for cuter face.  

[Classic_Spaceman]

7 minutes ago, Mopasali said:

Friends could do a goat yoga studio, but use a different mold for cuter face.  

Friends uses different moulds for animals, but I can definitely see a goat yoga studio in a large City set (like the downtown set)! 
 

[Aanchir]

Oh, apparently it hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet, but the palm trees in 42639 also include a larger version of the fern piece with a 1x2 plate at the bottom instead of a 1x1 plate. Although we only have one image of that set so far, you can get a rough sense of the relative size of the two fern pieces since the palm trees use the small fern for their topmost layer of fronds and the larger fern piece for all the others.

And another Friends set, 42604, includes some ornamental trees that use the seven-petal flower piece in green as leaves, which I'm sure is another recolor that could have uses for various sorts of trees, shrubs, and greenery!

11 minutes ago, Mopasali said:

And in a City-based set to eat the grass!  Friends could do a goat yoga studio, but use a different mold for cuter face.  

There is a minidoll-style goat mold in this year's Wish sets from the Disney theme, so I wouldn't be surprised if we later see that same mold in a Friends set more generic colors and printing!