danth Posted June 28, 2023 Author Posted June 28, 2023 10 hours ago, Johnny1360 said: 75347 TIE Bomber 625pcs 75348 Mandalorian Fang Fighter vs TIE Interceptor 957pcs Both really good builds with decent printed pieces. DUDE, I didn't know those had no stickers! Both sets were on my radar but were giant "maybes". Now they are both "likely" buys, I will definitely pick them up if I see a deal. Thanks! I've made a new list, sets nominated by others. I think I'll update my signature with a direct link to the post. 11 hours ago, Johnny1360 said: I like the idea of having a list of sticker free sets, with prints exclusively. Yeah apparently it's needed because I didn't know about the sets you nominated! And now I want them. 2 hours ago, Alexandrina said: On the other hand, if there had been one printed brick (maybe with different patterns on each side) it would be easily possible to acquire more via PaB, making Ancient Egyptian MOCs stronger. Whoa. Now that's an idea. Double-sided prints on bricks. Obviously they do that on minifig faces, but that is a great idea for regular bricks! And definitely helps with the "too many boxes" problem. Nice! 👍 EDIT: Just realized it might be tricky to "hide" the side you aren't using, whereas minifig heads usually have one side covered. Still, I think the idea has legs. Quote
williejm Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 29 minutes ago, danth said: Whoa. Now that's an idea. Double-sided prints on bricks. Obviously they do that on minifig faces, but that is a great idea for regular bricks! And definitely helps with the "too many boxes" problem. Nice! 👍 EDIT: Just realized it might be tricky to "hide" the side you aren't using, whereas minifig heads usually have one side covered. Still, I think the idea has legs. Once saw a rather splendid suggestion as a solution to gender balance in the CMFs, which was to include double sided heads with one ‘male’ and one ‘female’ face. Genius, but also I can just imagine the conniptions from some quarters! I adore the old style hieroglyphic printed bricks from the Adventurers theme (even more so because they all spell something), and the stickers that have come since, in the Indy sets and Pharaoh’s Quest, have been urgh. Quote
lifeinplastic Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 1 hour ago, williejm said: Once saw a rather splendid suggestion as a solution to gender balance in the CMFs, which was to include double sided heads with one ‘male’ and one ‘female’ face. Genius, but also I can just imagine the conniptions from some quarters! I adore the old style hieroglyphic printed bricks from the Adventurers theme (even more so because they all spell something), and the stickers that have come since, in the Indy sets and Pharaoh’s Quest, have been urgh. Yes - I like the look of the Indy sets but when I saw the number of stickers I decided not to buy the sets. So many promising sets ruined because of dreadful stickering. Quote
icm Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 I just left the stickers off the plane and the car. They look great without them. I did apply most of the stickers in the lost tomb set. Quote
TeriXeri Posted June 28, 2023 Posted June 28, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, danth said: Whoa. Now that's an idea. Double-sided prints on bricks. Obviously they do that on minifig faces, but that is a great idea for regular bricks! And definitely helps with the "too many boxes" problem. Just today I found #30503: Build Your Own Animals - Make It Yours in a shop and it has a double sided print for the eye brick. Looking it up, it already did look familiar, and the same print has been in use since 1995. I remember even further back, there were bricks with smiles on them that would either be happy or sad. Double prints for variations of like hieroglyphs etc could certainly be nice, especially when remaking something like Adventurers, which used all single sided prints. A double sided pillar print would reduce the parts needed to get like 4 different hieroglyphs on 2 parts instead of 4. Edited June 28, 2023 by TeriXeri Quote
danth Posted June 28, 2023 Author Posted June 28, 2023 1 hour ago, TeriXeri said: I remember even further back, there were bricks with smiles on them that would either be happy or sad. Ohhh yeah, I totally had some of those! Quote
Lion King Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 I just start collecting the Modular Buildings series. I have Police Station and Boutqiue Hotel. I will build Jazz Club, Bookshop, Downtown Diner, and Garage Corner. I was very pleased there are no stickers in Police Station and Boutqiue Hotel (I’m still buidling the latter tho). I love all printed parts., such as billboard in Police Station and cute ad in Boutique Hotel! Quote
danth Posted June 30, 2023 Author Posted June 30, 2023 5 minutes ago, Lion King said: I was very pleased there are no stickers in Police Station and Boutqiue Hotel (I’m still buidling the latter tho). I love all printed parts., such as billboard in Police Station and cute ad in Boutique Hotel! Official list updated! Quote
Lion King Posted June 30, 2023 Posted June 30, 2023 55 minutes ago, danth said: Official list updated! Yay! As soon as I build other Modulars, I will gladly report here! Quote
The Island Chronicles Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Lion King said: I just start collecting the Modular Buildings series. I have Police Station and Boutqiue Hotel. I will build Jazz Club, Bookshop, Downtown Diner, and Garage Corner. I was very pleased there are no stickers in Police Station and Boutqiue Hotel (I’m still buidling the latter tho). I love all printed parts., such as billboard in Police Station and cute ad in Boutique Hotel! Imagine if all town based sets were printed pieces and no stickers. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, The Brick Boss said: Imagine if all town based sets were printed pieces and no stickers. Jack Stone / 4 Juniors had barely any stickers (just two sheets, with eight stickers total overall according to Bricklink!) across the entire four-year theme. But people don't like talking about ol' Jack... Edited July 1, 2023 by Murdoch17 Quote
The Island Chronicles Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said: Jack Stone / 4 Juniors had barely any stickers (just two sheets, with eight stickers according to Bricklink!) across the entire four-year theme. But people don't like talking about ol' Jack... I had a few of those sets. That theme, along with World City, was the theme that almost replaced the Town sets. Before Chase McCain, we had Jack Stone. Edited July 1, 2023 by The Brick Boss Quote
Murdoch17 Posted July 1, 2023 Posted July 1, 2023 1 minute ago, The Brick Boss said: I had a few of those sets. Ironically enough, that was the theme that almost replaced the Town sets. Before Chase McCain, we had Jack Stone. Yep! Jack Stone crawled so Chase McCain could walk and Duke Detain could run. Can do, Will Do, Done! Quote
karrit Posted July 6, 2023 Posted July 6, 2023 It always amazes me how they take the effort to make some awesome prints for the 4+ sets yet bombard us with multiple stickers of the same tiny prints in sets that cost several 100's of Dollars. And some of those 4+ sets get pretty pricey due to the prints while others aren't. I know the printed bricks are more expensive to produce but with the prices of many sets the excessive use of stickers in them is off-putting. I'm often torn over whether to actually use some of them. Going through some of my older sets I amazed at how many parts were actually printed. They went through the trouble of making all the different printed Chocolate Frog cards for the Harry Potter sets which were really awesome. It would have been nice if they went through the same effort for some of the other wizard portraits they use in many of the sets. As for the color mismatches that could be easily rectified if they would just print all the stickers on clear/transparent background rather than white. Of course the reflective ones would still need to use the mylar type material they currently use. Quote
Lion King Posted July 9, 2023 Posted July 9, 2023 I am builidng Jazz Club (from Icons subtheme, Modular Building) and, oh boy, NO STICKERS!!! I am so glad that there are cool printed pieces for Jazz Club, such as signs “Live Music” and “Jazz Club”. I’m little nervous abou visiting the retired Modular Buildings, such as Downtown Diner, Garage Corner. I already have Bookshop but I will build it after Jazz Club. Quote
Alexandrina Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 On 7/10/2023 at 12:13 AM, Lion King said: I’m little nervous abou visiting the retired Modular Buildings, such as Downtown Diner, Garage Corner. I already have Bookshop but I will build it after Jazz Club. None of those sets have stickers, if that's why you're nervous. (In fact I don't think any Modulars have stickers) Quote
Lion King Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 34 minutes ago, Alexandrina said: None of those sets have stickers, if that's why you're nervous. (In fact I don't think any Modulars have stickers) Thankfully! Quote
MAB Posted July 11, 2023 Posted July 11, 2023 5 hours ago, Alexandrina said: (In fact I don't think any Modulars have stickers) Palace Cinema. Quote
danth Posted July 13, 2023 Author Posted July 13, 2023 Updated the Sets with No Stickers list with a bunch of really nice small sets. See my sig for the link. Quote
Lion King Posted July 14, 2023 Posted July 14, 2023 Wait what? Race. Car. Has printed, curved slopes?! How cool! I do have Electric Sports Car but hven’t built it yet. Not sure if it’s worthy to mention but Police Car does have two printed pieces, saying “POLICE”, it is for each side of the car. Quote
danth Posted July 14, 2023 Author Posted July 14, 2023 58 minutes ago, Lion King said: Wait what? Race. Car. Has printed, curved slopes?! How cool! I do have Electric Sports Car but hven’t built it yet. Yep, check it out: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=60322-1 58 minutes ago, Lion King said: Not sure if it’s worthy to mention but Police Car does have two printed pieces, saying “POLICE”, it is for each side of the car. Nice! You must mean this one: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=60312-1 It looks cool. Are you nominating it for the Cool Sets with No Stickers list? Quote
Lion King Posted July 15, 2023 Posted July 15, 2023 On 7/13/2023 at 9:27 PM, danth said: Nice! You must mean this one: https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=60312-1 It looks cool. Are you nominating it for the Cool Sets with No Stickers list? Yes, that’s one I was talking about! Hmm, this may be cool to us but not to others. I guess I can nor I ate it if they are interested in a police-related printed parts! Quote
neithan Posted August 4, 2023 Posted August 4, 2023 Just finished building the Shark Ship from the new Dreamzzz theme. I really love it, but oh man, the stickers on the shark head look hideous! The white from the stickers doesn`t match at all with the white Lego pieces. Truly a shame. On the other hand, the set didn`t include that much other stickers and they where easy to apply. Quote
danth Posted August 9, 2023 Author Posted August 9, 2023 I'm really enjoying having a list of sticker-free sets, and honestly I didn't even realize how many sets are sticker free. I just bought all the SW mechs and the Mandalorian microfighter, as well as two new City 2K drive sets, which I'm pretty sure have only prints. Just knowing I won't have to deal with stickers is making it much more enjoyable to buy Lego. I think I can go full SELF now. Sticker Exclusionary Lego Fan. Quote
Khargeust Posted August 9, 2023 Posted August 9, 2023 17 hours ago, danth said: I'm really enjoying having a list of sticker-free sets, and honestly I didn't even realize how many sets are sticker free. I just bought all the SW mechs and the Mandalorian microfighter, as well as two new City 2K drive sets, which I'm pretty sure have only prints. Just knowing I won't have to deal with stickers is making it much more enjoyable to buy Lego. I think I can go full SELF now. Sticker Exclusionary Lego Fan. Since I get back in LEGO in 2020, I only collected stickers-free sets. It was painful not being able to keep the 40580. Maybe I'm obsessed but that's how it is! Quote
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