LEGO Ideas Discussion

[Robert8]

It has to be Women of NASA, IMO

[AFOLguy1970]

I am going to guess either Lovelace and Babbage or Voltron.  Or maybe both.  

[StarWars8Spoiler]

There's a certain project I wanna bring to everybody's attention (not mine).

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/160848

'RuPaul's Brick Race'

Now, aside from the fact that this is based off a premise that will never see the light of day in a set, I find it absurd how fast it's been able to get supporters. Do people really think this has a chance at being a legitimate project? I assume most people are supporting this to support equal rights or something like that. There also seems to be an awful lot of accounts created specifically to vote for this idea, and have had no other activity whatsoever. Seems fishy to me.

Edited February 4, 2017 by ChristopherLee

[Lyichir]

28 minutes ago, ChristopherLee said:

There's a certain project I wanna bring to everybody's attention (not mine).

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/160848

'RuPaul's Brick Race'

Now, aside from the fact that this is based off a premise that will never see the light of day in a set, I find it absurd how fast it's been able to get supporters. Do people really think this has a chance at being a legitimate project? I assume most people are supporting this to support equal rights or something like that. There also seems to be an awful lot of accounts created specifically to vote for this idea, and have had no other activity whatsoever. Seems fishy to me.

I don't think the rate at which it's gained supporters is that out of the ordinary compared to many of the other niche projects that have done so. More niche fandoms tend to be passionate about the subject of their interests, and non-AFOL fans are less likely to think critically about the likelihood of a project's success than they are about whether they just want to have it. Neither of those are bad things (since one of the points of Ideas is bringing new Lego fans into the fold), and the quality of the models in question isn't bad either. Do I think the project stands a chance of success? Heck no—it's a fairly controversial program, with critics from all walks of life. But that's no reason to read ulterior motives into its support base. Most likely, they just saw something they thought was neat and decided to give it their vote of confidence.

[Robert8]

I have to say I'm surprised they let that project in

[JGuy]

18 hours ago, Robert8 said:

I have to say I'm surprised they let that project in

I agree.  I voted for it before I read the description, then I was kinda surprised to see what it was based on. (I didn't recognize the name)

[Dazz]

22 hours ago, ChristopherLee said:

There's a certain project I wanna bring to everybody's attention (not mine).

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/160848

'RuPaul's Brick Race'

Now, aside from the fact that this is based off a premise that will never see the light of day in a set, I find it absurd how fast it's been able to get supporters. Do people really think this has a chance at being a legitimate project? I assume most people are supporting this to support equal rights or something like that. There also seems to be an awful lot of accounts created specifically to vote for this idea, and have had no other activity whatsoever. Seems fishy to me.

Thanks for sharing this project.

RuPaul's kinda cool so I had to vote for it.

[LEGODalekbuster523]

They're creepy and they're kooky, 
Mysterious and spooky, 
They're altogether ooky, 
The Addams Family. 

Their house is a museum 
When people come to see 'em 
They really are a scream 
The Addams Family. 

So get a witch's shawl on 
A broomstick you can crawl on 
We're gonna pay a call on 
The Addams Family.

 

[StarWars8Spoiler]

1 hour ago, LEGODalekbuster523 said:

They're creepy and they're kooky, 
Mysterious and spooky, 
They're altogether ooky, 
The Addams Family. 

Their house is a museum 
When people come to see 'em 
They really are a scream 
The Addams Family. 

So get a witch's shawl on 
A broomstick you can crawl on 
We're gonna pay a call on 
The Addams Family.

 

What?

[LEGODalekbuster523]

2 hours ago, ChristopherLee said:

What?

It's the Addams Family theme song.

[StarWars8Spoiler]

Yeah and what does that have to do with IDEAS?

[VaderFan2187]

17 minutes ago, ChristopherLee said:

Yeah and what does that have to do with IDEAS?

Because of this! Though the song does seem irrelevant @LEGODalekbuster523 :)

Edited February 6, 2017 by VaderFan2187

[Faefrost]

On 2/3/2017 at 11:05 PM, Robert8 said:

It has to be Women of NASA, IMO

The women of NASA carries a hidden political component to it. One which the American Right is watching carefully. There is a strong feeling that it is "Women of NASA who we think are the right color and the correct politics". The subtle exclusion of Eileen Collins has been noted. (The most accomplished female Astronaut. The only female Shuttle Comander and the woman with the most trips to space. Also publicly a Republican and a Christian... hmmmm?) The project as is would trigger a lot of bad press for Lego out in flyover country. 

On 2/3/2017 at 8:34 PM, jonwil said:

Personally, I am hoping for the Lamborghini but I suspect it will be rejected due to the size and due to their existing license with VW (who own Lamborghini).

As a computer geek, Lovelace and Babbage would be awesome but its probably too niche to be viable.

I think Woman of NASA stands a good chance of being approved (they have a relationship with NASA and the Woman of NASA set is totally different from the Apollo Rocket or the Mars Rover or other previous NASA related items) and I would probably buy one if it was.

Voltron would also be cool, I love that cartoon (and its the Lion one which is the good one :)

I am not convinced Little House on the Prairie or the Observatory are small enough (even given the Old Fishing Store that got approved last time) or that the Little House IP makes sense for TLG given the sort of people who watch that sort of show.

Addams Family is definatly too big (its bigger than the Haunted House)

Spaceballs will never happen for licensing/IP reasons.

Merchant's House also looks too big and detailed.

As for the Large Hadron Collider, I consider myself a science geek and a fan of the LHC and the cool things they are doing with it but even I have zero interest in that as a set.

We know the UCS land-speeder wont happen (even ignoring the SW license its just too big)

As for the modular construction site, that is something I would be interested in but I suspect its too big and it crosses over into too many places TLG does their own things for (modulars, City construction sets etc).

 

I think the Little House set has the most potential to be scaled down to a viable set, without losing the core feel or features to it. Plus it is a family friendly property that is cross generational, and is a non violent Western set. 

I think more than size Adams Family weirdly fails due to monochrome color scheme. If you remember the changes to the Exo-suit. Part of that was because of Lego rules mandating certain color varieties to make parts and instruction easier to tell apart. It's one of the major differences between Lego and Megabloks (or whatever they are called this week?) Mega does solid color sets with a lot of finicky and hard to tell apart part selections. Lego insists on clean clear differentiation using colors. I don't think they could pull off a set of that size, trying to simulate Black and White tv, and still stay within Lego's color use guidelines. 

Lovelace and Babages seems way too obscure. Most people would look at it and go "who?" Followed by "wasn't that an old video game store?". 

[goalieboy82]

See next post:

 

 

Edited February 8, 2017 by goalieboy82

[goalieboy82]

On 2/5/2017 at 11:43 AM, Dazz said:

Thanks for sharing this project.

RuPaul's kinda cool so I had to vote for it.

should be interesting if they do end up choosing it (family groups and all).  i thought there was a rule about things like this.  

 

Edited February 8, 2017 by goalieboy82

[Faefrost]

5 hours ago, goalieboy82 said:

should be interesting if they do end up choosing it (family groups and all).  i thought there was a rule about things like this.  

 

It weirdly might not be against the rule. RuPaul's stuff falls more in that domain of camp then it does any real world gender issues. Granted I can't see it being a good fit for Lego. (Do they know who RuPaul is in Denmark? Are they looking at the suggestion doing a Google search and going 'What the Holy Hell! Them Americans is insane!!!")

[goalieboy82]

15 hours ago, Faefrost said:

It weirdly might not be against the rule. RuPaul's stuff falls more in that domain of camp then it does any real world gender issues. Granted I can't see it being a good fit for Lego. (Do they know who RuPaul is in Denmark? Are they looking at the suggestion doing a Google search and going 'What the Holy Hell! Them Americans is insane!!!")

i wonder how it got pass the rules to begin with anyway (i thought there was a rule on things like that, ie not family friendly, see Firefly).  but then again they made Big Bang Theory set so that throws that rule out the window. 

 

 

[jonwil]

Here in Australia, the Big Bang Theory is rated PG. Plenty of things TLG have produced sets from are rated M (which is higher). I cant see anything in Big Bang Theory that qualifies as "family unfriendly" and certainly not anything in the set as produced by TLG...

 

[goalieboy82]

26 minutes ago, jonwil said:

Here in Australia, the Big Bang Theory is rated PG. Plenty of things TLG have produced sets from are rated M (which is higher). I cant see anything in Big Bang Theory that qualifies as "family unfriendly" and certainly not anything in the set as produced by TLG...

 

the ratings range from TV-PG to TV-14.  there are some questionable things on the show (not that i am against it) that parents my not like there kids to see.  also lets not forget that they did Ghostbusters which has the occult in it (number 2 even has place called, Ray's Occult Books).  

 

Edited February 9, 2017 by goalieboy82

[dr_spock]

On 2/8/2017 at 4:29 PM, goalieboy82 said:

i wonder how it got pass the rules to begin with anyway (i thought there was a rule on things like that, ie not family friendly, see Firefly).  but then again they made Big Bang Theory set so that throws that rule out the window. 

 

 

• a. Politics and political symbols, campaigns, or movements

• b. Religious references including symbols, buildings, or people

• c. Sex, nudity, drugs, or smoking

• d. Alcohol in any present day situation

• e. Swearing or profanity

• f. Death, killing, blood, terrorism, horror, or torture

• g. First-person shooter video games

• h. Warfare or war vehicles in any modern or present-day situation, or national war memorials

• i. Large or human-scale weapons or weapon replicas of any kind, including swords, knives, guns, sci-fi or fantasy blasters, etc.

• j. Racism, bullying, or cruelty to real life animals

 

Does that Idea project fit any of the above?

 

[StarWars8Spoiler]

 

Cough cough. Well this is a beautiful set. Sand green and reddish-brown heaven.  Looks almost identical to the original submission, just scaled down ever so slightly. 

Edited February 10, 2017 by ChristopherLee

[JGuy]

1 hour ago, ChristopherLee said:

Cough cough. Well this is a beautiful set. Sand green and reddish-brown heaven.  Looks almost identical to the original submission, just scaled down ever so slightly. 

Where in the world did you find that? It looks awesome! 

Surprised they didn't change that much!

Edited February 10, 2017 by JGuy

[jonwil]

I wonder why there hasn't been a peep from TLG about the Saturn 5 Rocket despite it being approved several months before the Old Fishing Store...

 

[JGuy]

Just now, jonwil said:

I wonder why there hasn't been a peep from TLG about the Saturn 5 Rocket despite it being approved several months before the Old Fishing Store...

 

I feel that there may be some major design modifications to get it to be a good-sized set.  Who knows though 

[AFOLguy1970]

Also wondering about Apollo 11.   Wouldn't structural integrity be addressed before the decision is made to approve something?  Then again, Wall-E and Exosuit come to mind as possible counterexamples.  It seems like you would want to have an actual model of the subject at the review process to be sure it can be produced without any major design flaws.  Not that I am saying there is one in the winning design for the Saturn V, but leaks coming out for the Fishing Store and absolute silence on the rocket, it does appear that something has stalled.