Post Sets.Post MOCs.Post News.Play Well.FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YVt-4sibEMFOU8H484MpB-K6rNla5SIYdHZG8lyCHLQ/edit?usp=sharinghttps://www.brickeconomy.com/https://www.bricklink.com/https://brickset.com/https://rebrickable.com/>/lg/ Flickr Group:https://www.flickr.com/groups/legogeneral/>LEGO General Archive:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/Lego%20General/>Third Party Information:https://pastebin.com/YHYxy2Ze>Retiring Sets Data:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rlYfEXtNKxUOZt2Mfv0H17DvK7bj6Pe0CuYwq6ay8WA/>General Resources:https://lgfag.neocities.orgPreviously: >>11734722
>>11741197sorry linked the wrong previous thread: >>11737685before you bitch about another thread being made, last one did reach image limit
>>11741197I am legit thinking of saving up to buy this set but a part of me thinks all those new molded pokemon will show up in far cheaper sets in 2027. It has to, r-right?The rumour is we get kanto trio, eevee and pikachu molds and 4-5 minifigs.
Unless they announce they are doing molds(brickbuilding the big ones like onix to scale, sure) for all the og 151, Im not interested
>>11741197Lego Pokemon will be Lego's no. 1 licensed theme replacing Lego Star Wars. Mark my words.
>>11741207it would if they went balls deep into minifig and minifig scale pokemolds but alas it will be mostly huge brickbuilt statueshit
>>11741197So its basically picrel with a $140 pokemon tax
>>11741206Making all 151 would be a bad finanical decision from their side, lego will only adapt the popular pokemons.
>>11741209Rumour has it that the interior is actually Professor Oak's lab so I guess it's a scene of the starters choosing moment
>>11741210Im aware, which is why I cant get myself to be excited for the theme
>>11741208Do we have the full set list yet with prices? Pics when?
>>11741203>>11741197>>11741208I wish you locked yourself in a garage with a car running.>>11741207>>11741204And you should be run off with how you enable this shit.
>>11741216Keep seething, nobody likes you.
>>11741214no prices afaik, though the "and more!" is likely thesejust to be clear all these sets are brickbuild mons, the only one with minifigs/molded mons is >>11741197
Every king needs his queen
>>11741217You are why this site is dying pedo.>>11741219Fuck off.
>>11741222I got a bunch of regular Joe's in my recent BL order
Every Nidoking needs his Nidoqueen
Now, for me personally, it's the studios scary monsters subtheme minifigures.
>>11741212>Rumour))
>>11741216I like this guy.>>11741217No, nobody likes you.
>>11738300>What is everyone working on?Currently helping a friend sort and restore all of his old childhood lego. "Helping" means I took it all to my place and am working on everything alone. Definitely feels like I'm having all the fun for myself here, but he just doesn't have the time nor energy for it, and probably also not the same reignited passion as well.
>>11741256Finding all these chunks of broken builds that prove he owned certain sets truly is a fun experience, piecing them together even more so.
I like him a lot
>>11741268
Lego Goku is coming soon
>>11741237wish we had gotten a proper classic horror theme in the golden age of lego not this "we're shooting a movie" gimmick
>>11741225>coloring your legosThat was something that I did when I was like 8, how embarrassing
>11741289there should be a hashblock put on this garbage
>>11741216You are less likeable, more annoying, and more spammy than any spammer you incessantly whine about. I checked in on the last thread after a day out, and by the end of it, fully 1/4 of the posts were just “pedo” or “kill yourself.” There was a stretch of time (maybe just ten or twelve hours) you were absent, and the thread was downright pleasant: ordinary conversation, plenty of criticism, few vivid scenes of gore and self-destruction — the thing you’d expect of conversation about children’s building blocks. So I really must insist you remove yourself in the manner of one of your nasty fantasies, for all our sakes, including yours.
>>11741320And yet you contribute to the negativity sphere, just getting rid of mr shill would stop it all.
>>11741320You’re worse than both spammers and anti-spammers because all you do is bitch about them. We went through this last thread too.Post a single Lego you own or talk about Lego. You can pose it in front of a white wall for your own anonymity (pointless but if it makes you feel better do it). But you won’t and we both know it.
It’s this easy.
>>11741342I’ve replied to this retarded non-sequitur with pictures of multiple MOCs in the past, and it’s never calmed you down, so I don’t feel the need to do it again. I’d also note, if we follow your reasoning, by replying to me, you’re worse than me (and, it follows, the spammers and anti-spammers as well), so this line is a bit self-defeating. At the end of the day, I just don’t come here to see ugly threats. I can tolerate news or leaks or whatever you want to call it, but this one schizo (you, perhaps) and his increasingly demented crusade is too much. He (you?) needs to calm down.
>>11741347He's literally me
>>11741352Like I already said. Post your own shit or shut the fuck up >>11741347it’s that easy. And like >>11741341 you’re contributing nothing but negativity. Leave. Again, more than one person hates the spammer.
>>11741296I do too but this was the closet we got and the studios aspect of it is so miniscule it may as well not exist. Genuinely curious about the development of this theme, it feels like lego maybe wanted to do a proper horror theme but decided to just connect it to studios since it already existed. With only four sets and the flagship set being only $50 it feels like lego didn't have confidence in the theme.
>>11741352I suspect that despite our quarrel over this issue you’re a guy I like so I’ll lay off. I should crush my enemies see them driven before me and hear the lamentations of their women… however I think you’re probably a fan of Conan and a nice guy. Do post your own shit. I enjoy OC and head cannon more than anyone.
>>11741347Whenever I post my own content it gets little to no response but arguments between the Frenchie shill and the countershills are infinite (You) generators
>>11741347Here>>11741352And yet you continue to do it.
>>11741381Glad the gets turned out nice and clean. I didn’t notice the bonkle before. Nice!
>>11741390I added him in just as a timestamp of sorts
So my son is really getting into Legos so I got some of my old stuff from my parents and brought them home for him. I also went through what minifigs I could manage and found these. I'm gonna check out which are worth preserving and then give the rest to my boy to play with.
>>11741415For reference here are all the misc minifig parts I found.
>>11741416>>11741415>missing windu’s bladeThats gonna suck to try and replace considering its light purple
>>11741415Lots of great characters, I used to carry that astronaut in my pocket all the time as a kid
>>11741415>>11741416Still amazing selection, some of them like greedo there are super expensive but I feel he could make something outta all that
>>11741354Cool!!! reminds me I still gotta make my minifigsona irl....you guys have one right?
>>11741415is that a black dragon? I thought they only came in red and green
>>11741433It was part of the Fright Knight Sets which I fucking loved as a kid. That Basil the Batlord fig has always been my favorite apart from the Skeleton.>>11741420If I remember correctly I hated how the purple blade looked blue when the light was on and colored it red with a marker to compensate. I was a weird kid and did a lot of mixing and marker edits to my figures. Really wish I took better care of them because I had some pretty dang cool ones that I either lost or are somewhere else.
>>11741359I was surprised by Conan. I went in expecting a big dumb action movie, and it was that to some extent, but far more, it was slow and operatic and melancholy. I think the first act is almost totally free of dialogue. Completely different tone than I was expecting, very sincere.
>>11741352>He (you?) needs to calm down.He won't, he keeps making death threats and catching bans for it and still continues to post his insane shit that has driven more people away from this thread than any shill has.
I'm quickly falling in love with the netherlands! the shipping fees on stores from there are always so so cheap and they're always fast to ship it too I wonder what causes this
>>11741415>when Star Wars and Harry Potter weren’t fleshies and men carried a pistol in their belt
>>11741441Yeah, considering how strange of a color it is, had to import a few for fun>>11741444The rude never ends
>>11741268>>11741256What’s your method. What’s the damage?
>he uses a generic city head for his sigfigishygddt
>>11741354t. jang
>>11741444>>11741444>the shill posts>conversation ensues, both critical and hopeful, mundane and pro-fane, often funny (recall the reaction to the soccer sets, very lively) but always pertaining to Lego itself>the anti-shill posts>we are in a samsara-like trap of endless meta-conversation about the state of — and who’s to blame for — other meta-conversations, punctuated by frequent, ugly descriptions of torture and suicide>>11741441I’ve been meaning to upgrade my CMF Basil for what feels like years now. No idea where my OG ended up
>>11741381Do what?
>>11741415You have some pretty pricey stuff here anon.>glowing EP3 Anakin>maybe the Mace Windu but being broken is rough>red C3PO>Kashyyyk Trooper (this guy can easily sell for triple digits)>04 Greedo>Achu (though without the cape and headdress he might not be as much as he usually is)
>>11741296I remember getting this on Christmas. It was like a while after I had already opened all my presents and everyone was tuckered out. I found one last present behind the tree.
>>11741521Did you shoot your eye out?
>>11741542No, an icicle fell off the house and hit him in the glasses.
New torso leak from an upcoming Icons Star Trek TOS set! I think it will be the bridge instead of enterprise.
$400, Lego needs to chill with these prices in this economy!
>>11741219I need Rayquaza so bad
>>11741561Is that...a new scifi ship in light grey? LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO
>>11741561Its wild to me that you can see the transitional price spikes happening in real-time with Lego, especially with Marvel and Star Wars sets.Like, the Avengers Tower is only $100 more than this, but has 2000 more pieces and 31 minifigures. The Daily Bugle costs $50 less and has almost 800 more pieces and has 25 minifigures.This is why no one buys their bullshit claims when the put out a $400 or $500 set and stop at 6-8 minifigures and tell us "we have to stop SOMEwhere!"
>>11741557$150 TOS bridge set incoming?
>>11741561Them asking this for a non minifig scale set is absurd. It made me think of the UCS Death Star II which was $270 at release in 2005, or $451.78 adjusted for inflation, and has about 450 more pieces but no minifigs. Guess they just always have been this bad.
>>11741561>>11741557Fuck off.
>>11741567>$150 TOS bridge set incoming?>>11741557>New torso leak from an upcoming Icons Star Trek TOS set! I think it will be the bridge instead of enterprise.it depends on how "well" the -D sold. if it sold well enough, I'd expect it to be another $400. they'll find some way to inflate muh-piece-count even if it's just-the-bridge (midi-scale Enterprise behind it for display purposes?)If I had to guess (based on Lego greed tactics) I'm guessing no less than $200. I triple-dog-dare Lego to make a 7-minifig bridge for $80. it's for the 65th anniversary and they need it to be accessible to all the normies (?)
>>11741570the old ucs sets were supposed to be more like models than expensive collectors items them including minifigs didn't happen until lego realized that sw fags will eat up any shit they pump out as long as it includes an exclusive minifig
>>11741573Impossible, rumour has it it's a cheaper TOS bridge set. And its coming in 2026. How the next generation set sold will factor into a 2027 trek release but a 2026 one? No, because the design is already set in stone and in production. Also it make sense for it to be TOS bridge because its different from the enterprise from TNG and cheaper and this year is the 60th anniversary, you need to take these when accounting for all of that.
>>11741573>65th anniIts 60th you idiot. Fake nu-trek fan
>>11741575Was gonna write about the flowerpot but couldn’t find it, so instead am gonna do something on pneumatic tubes being expensive as fuck and how I should go to an auto shop with some stuff to show off, and how it could be used for bionicle stuff
>>11741580>Its 60th you idiot. Fake nu-trek fanI added 5 more to inflate the piece count
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d35XrcDUnMs&t=1641s old /toy/ jumpscare, funny how I can literally spot myself in this thread here https://archive.palanq.win/toy/thread/10102888/#10105457 even though it took a bit of scrolling, kinda fucked up one of these two were lurking while the haloanon bricklink saga was going down
>>11741604Also to that Anon who made the Scala scale Car, I applaud you and hope you’re still doing fine
>>11741459>sort by color, separated into plates, "regular block", and "special blocks">all technic pieces together>all studs separately and sorted by color>stickered pieces together>printed pieces together>wheels/wheel pieces/tires together>plant pieces together>unique pieces like steering wheels togetherEtc.I put pieces that very obviously belong with eachother together. I don't disassemble some of these very specific half-builds that could very easily indicate that he owned certain sets and instead throw them in the "proof of existence" container which will get sorted out later.>What's the damage?He has plenty of shit but virtually everything is 90% disassembled and scattered across multiple piles. Also some of these stickered parts (particularly coast watch stuff) are so old the stickers are half-crumbling and if you touch them in the wrong way shit gets stuck all over your fingertips. A lot of it is also caked in dust because he left it in open boxes without lids or anything. Then there's a good chunk of minifigs, specifically battle droids for some reason, that the dog at the time gave a good chewing. The rest of his minifigs seem to be in decent condition.
>>11741628Half-builds like these.
>>11741224What would be the best lego suit for a tv pastor/cult leader?
>>11741433they never came in red, only black green, and black with gold printing.
>>11741561I don’t know why they think that would sell when this is the case.
>>11741561They must have found some sweet spot at $400 that maximizes profit. Especially now that they know buyers will tolerate stickers on $400 sets.
>>11741225I don't really get coloring your legos. But it seems like there's two big groups when it comes to custom lego stuff. There's the man children who color their stuff with markers or paint vs the people who actually custom print stuff or get custom molded pieces and the people who do a really amateur job with coloring in pieces just bother me a lot. I know it's all toys at the end of the day but don't they feel embarrassed for doing something so shitty?
How do i walk into a store and buy this (i am an adult male)?
Huh, maybe I should get the first set after all, cute
>>11741655Buy gift wrapping paper alongside it with an ultimate pokerface up at all times.
>>11741655Good luck I’ve been looking for paisley’s room on the shelves for a hot min. And have yet to see it in the wild.Also, don’t be so self conscious. Literally no one cares.
>>11741655Walk in and but itAt best people will think you have a daughter or something and at worst they'll not even bat an eye and think nothing of it lmaoReminds me of the time my set I ordered online went to my neighbor and he was like "I didn't knew you had kids" and I was like "haha yeah"
>>11741655Buy it online like a normal weirdo
Why is classic legos so comfy and soulful?
>>11741690Because you're biased
>>11741655If I don't get what the weird niche appeal to you guys of these sets is
>>11741690They aren't pastel colored.
>>11741704They wanna fuck the tween girl characters it's that simple
>>11741690>Why is classic legos so comfy and soulful?Wrong picture.Your photo is some ancient brick-slop.The new vintage sets are Chima and Nexo - level waves.
i recently got back into lego again but im weirdly dissapointed in the pokemon theme, manchild that i am i prefer the playsets but seeing that the pokemon will be a single mold rather then figure luie build (think of something like a lego build with mixel joints) static statues suck so much its why i hate the b1s
>>11741718>i recently got back into lego again but im weirdly dissapointed in the pokemon themWell you have plenty of based themes to collect.
>>11741718The other anon is right! There's still so many cool sets with satisfying play features for you to enjoy!
>>11741655>>11741707Lego box art team is secretly based, often putting little funny or suggestive things right in plain sight.innuendo "water drops" blue paint (heh) on the front of the box... where (?!)also zoom-in on the sticker on the computer screen. where is that "brush" on that clay sculpture? and why is her hand holding it like that?
>>11741738Porn has absolutely destroyed your brain.
>>11741718>manchild that i am i prefer the playsetsI'm so bitter from all the slop that I view people who enjoy classic style sets as genuine connoisseur and intellectuals.
>>11741738Idk about that but whatever makes you happy lmaoI for one think the strenght of these Friends sets are the spam of minifigure accessories everywhere.>>11741731I just realised is this the first time Jay gets an actual canon ninja suit since his core robes? Sweet.
>>11741738You are literally a porn addict, dude.
>>11741655>>11741738she's just singing...
what now?
>>11741757You build them?
>>11741757You build it?
What type of storage cases do you use /lg/? My old boxes are rotting and I need to move to plastic. I want something that has lots of drawers with decent depth.
>>11741757>going Merry sold out in my storeEpic.
>>11741742i liked the few of the mario sets, esp the baby luigi vs baby mario karts
>>11741738seek helpAlso, have a space-beerbong from an old building inspiration book.
I’m other news I just walked into target and bought this 15 minutes ago. Stop being autists.
>>11741801>in I supposed the innuendo is he’s gonna fuck that axolotl?
>>11741801>"Stop being autists">in the LEGO general>in the the TOYS board>in the 4CHAN websitelmao.
>>11741804It’s a super power if you harness it.
>>11741802hearts, water drops, pink worm
>>11741216based
Is friends the cumbrain lego theme?
How do we combat the basedlennial epidemic?
>>11741813I still can't believe they got away with a fishnet shirt on the dude character. he's going clubbing laterthis was in TWO sets! it's just a fishnet shirt, what? it's hot in this club, grrrl! [snaps fingers]
>>11741818>mistakes sweater vest for fishnet shirt.
>>11741718I got back into the hobby about a year ago, take the vintage non IP pill. I only buy stuff from 02 at the absolute latest, just like the blocky aesthetic and more appealing color palletes of older lego. I grew up with stuff from around 2007 to 2011 but honestly I find the colors used in sets from that era overly saturated and kinda junior feeling so I have never been motivated to collect them. Reject overpriced pop culture slop, get action figures if you like IPs, and embrace SOUL.
>>11741818That is that faggot Matthew Ashton's bricksona.
>>11741826I dont think you understand the meaning of color saturation
>>11741829Shut the f up, lol.
>>11741831all the classic colors(minus tan and the paradisa pastels) are essentially at max saturationmeanwhile in later years there's a lot more desaturated slop like the sandgreens and sandreds and all manner of muted specialized colors.to say colors from the classic years were better because new ones are overly saturated makes virtually zero sense when it's the exact opposite
>>11741826yeah mostly have been buying older sets but some new ish are nice, like the sith tie dighter feom 2017, weirdly all new order stuff is very fun, unique and a nice colour change and cheap, picked up a new destroyer for 120$
How did you guys all get back into lego?Or did you never got off of it?For me it was when they released the ninjago 15th year music video and it made me realise that I'm an adult with a paycheck that can buy my own legos I always wanted when I was little lolNow I'm just slowly buying legos I find nice
>>11741829I'm not >>11741831 , perhaps "saturation" was a poor choice of wording on my part. I'm not really sure how to describe it, the overly bright colors seen in themes from around this time like Mars Mission, Power Miners, and Agents just looks so much less appealing to me as an adult now. Even the more subdued themes like fantasy era castle or space police 3 just don't look quite as nice as their 80s or 90s equivalent.
>>11741848>How did you guys all get back into lego?Having a kid.
>>11741854That's adorable actually! what theme do they like the most? When I was a kid I had SO MANY city police cars and choppers lol
>>11741848>ninjago 15th year music videoMan, this kind of hits me as the very first wave of ninjago is when I quit actually, got a few of the smaller sets and kind of just thought "yeah, I really don't see the appeal anymore". I can't say I love the theme but at this point seeing literally any non IP theme that isn't city be relevant is a gpod thing to me. My brother is a normie and collects IP stuff and brickworld is close to us so I went with him and seeing the 910049 Adventure in Transylvania made me want to get one final set, unfortumately this was well past it's preorder phase so every one I found was like $700 which I couldn't justify. Fell down the slippery slope though and now collect 80s and 90s castle and space themes.
>>11741857Anything with wheels, specifically trucks. Which is funny since I was a Star Wars, Adventure, and Castles kid. He's got a few truck sets and I brick bashed a few trucks for him out of old sets I had.
>>11741850Funny how there was no space theme that used magenta, wonder how dark green and magenta would look as a pallet
>>11741863I will always scorn the fact we never got a space theme thst used sand red as a primary color.
>>11741848had a psychotic episode because family denied they threw my one lego item i kept when i whas young and strated mocking and hitting me so i spend 12k on legos trying to get my collection back
>>11741854This. I did Lego robotics as a coach for a few years but yeah having a kid.
>>11741848I got out of it around 2009 right before Ninjago hit. In 2021 I found my Café Corner, Market Street and Green Grocer again, and thats how I got back into it. I tried collecting from all sorts of themes, then stuck to mainly collecting Monkie Kid since I really liked the style they were going with it. However since around 2024 I've decided to almost exclusively focus on sets I can integrate into my City landscape. Mostly modular buildings and Bricklink Designer Program.
>>11741902Ninjago released in 2011.
13 KB JPG /lg/...I have a confession... [spoiler]bought my first playmobil figure. I find their CMF line honestly more impressive then lego's, kind of weird it's split between boys and girls is weird but these are pretty nice.[/spoiler]
>>11741848I think the last set I bought was around Rouge One so 2016. Came back after seeing all the clone wars revival sets and having seen my childhood best friend still collected (We hadn‘t hung out in years). Collected a bit, but stopped again shortly thereafter until I got Ahsoka‘s jedi interceptor as a gift recently and then came back full time. Even started branching out into Ninjago, thought the last set I got was from season 1 so I‘m really unsure where to begin collecting. I never was a big fan of the show but I‘ll give it another go now, after 15 years. For the first time ever, probably because I never really cared that much where my legos went, I’m having storage problems. Also the aftermarket, artificial inflation, all that jazz really takes the joy out of this hobby for me. I’m expected to keep my minifigs in carbonite if I don’t want to have what would be considered as damaged goods. It’s easy for the hobby to control you.
>>11741915Can you not fucking spoiler on this board?
>>11741921[spoiler]No[/spoiler]
>>11741915I recently saw an AI image slideshow of star wars and rdr2 playmobile sets and minifigs. At first glance I thought it was real and it looked really good. Nonexistant products made me want to buy actual playmobile kek
How far would you go for your bricks?
>>11741941I don’t know who this guy is but that’s no way to live. 5-6 hours? Why not spend the afternoon there at the very least. Not to mention signaling on X how you have enough money to be retarded.
>>11741941pretty far.btw i wanna move internationally sometime do airports mind if instead of clothes and worthless stuff my baggage just has boxes with parts of different lego sets i'll build back upon landing?
>>11741941is it really that profitable, to buy a few Lego sets, to pay for round trip airfare tickets?how about you "hire" a local guy to stand in line and ship them? would that be less expensive?the take-away from this story is that Lego is missing out on some serious CASH. if people are willing to buy airline tickets, Lego should "figure it out" and sell those sets online for massive profits
>>11741945I use shitter to follow nature accounts but have clicked on enough lego posts that I am now being treated to the deranged world of lego twitter.
>>11741641>>11741953what a coincidence! A chance to post my cozy chapel
>>11741956How old is that squirrel mold? I'm not a fan of modern animal molds but it feels more in line with the classics like tbe parrot/crocodile/shark/dog.
>>11741953Trying to return the company back to its origins I guess>>11741956Nice work
>>11741354God makes manMan makes LegomanMan kills GodLego sells $600 for Pokemon sets
>>11741953For some reason the "#ninjago" really made me smile
>>11741848I'm still kind of out of it, but I receive Lego as gifts from family sometimes and every now and then I'll buy one for myself. My most recent purchase was Surprising Spider, he's hanging out in the mouth of the Piranha Plant set someone gave me for Christmas.
>>11741977Doesn't Ninjago have displays of Shintoism?
>>11741983I guess so. They've been trying to make it more general lately but ninjago was always pretty much a giant mish-mash of different asian cultures that the designers put in because it looked "really cool" and they're right eastern-looking dragons and temples and swords are pretty awesome
>>11741996I wonder if they ever regret going the ninja angle, them making a blond kid the leader is pretty funny. During the set design process I wonder if the designers have to factor in representing the Japanese aspect. Monkey Kid feels like them going crazy with the Chinese repredentation but that makes sense considering their a regional theme.
Where do you see LEGO go in the next 5-10 years? Surely the black box era will come to an end at some point. To me it feels like LEGO is repeating the same mistakes they did in the 90s. With more and more specialized pieces, colors and products that swey away from the core. Except this time it's working for them. Do you think the Smart Brick will succeed? Or will they pull it in the next 3+ years and reflect on the failure?
>>11742007Feels like a lot of the pop culture titans are starting to weaken, Disney Star Wars was so disasterous that nothing beside the Mandalorian has had an impact on pop culture and they can only remake stuff from EP1-6 for so long before people get tired, meanwhile MCU shit has become so overly saturated that normies barely keep up unless it's a "big" movie. There's a big budget Harry Potter reboot happening but Rowling is controversal enough that it might seriously fail. Does LotR have any big projects going on?
>>11742007people dont like legos anymore they play with chinese funholes. much cheaper and fun!
>>11742007Crazier piece and alts for pieces and generally very angly and specifically shaped pieces being used for complex detailing and shapingAnd its all thanks to speeed chanpions
>>11742018I mean we probably both agree, that new pieces are exciting, but they should have large usage in sets. Just look at older sets and how they achieved things with less specialized pieces.
>>11742021I just mean it as in usually we get some really intricate or cool new variant pieces that come from that series and end up bleeding into other themesThe general idea here is that the future for lego is going to be about revamping the way buildings look by going crazy with specific detailing and shaping and thats also paired with this weird need master builders seem have of wanting to use unusual pieces in sets to make it seem creative(for better or for worse)
went ahead and picked this up off FB marketplace for like 30% under retail from a dedicated lego seller. Im curious how this person can sell lego well below msrp?anyways, I find it wild that lego made a minifigure of me
>>11742025>>11742021>>11742018>>11742007An IP extinction and rebirth of a few classic and new in house themes hopefully should be the direction
>>11742007>Surely the black box era will come to an end at some point.nope. the math heavily favors huge sets. ridiculously.there's roughly 1000 The Lego Storesthey only need to sell 1 each, $1000 Death Star to make 1 million bucks. there's at least one crazy rich person per The Lego Store, easily.I think we did the math on the pre-order limits on the $650 Pokemon set and came up with 50+ million.so basically, Lego will continue making $$$$ sets, until there are no longer any "big" IPs with any sort of fan base where at least 1 or 4 people per The Lego Store would be willing to pay for it.having said all that doom-n-gloom nonsense, I think the way Zelda backed from $300 down to $140 might indicate Lego is settling down to a lower price spot. I hope that trend continues
>>11742064You’ve said this same garbage before rat, fuck off.
Adventurers revival when?
>>11742076Never ever ever.Lego sucking up IPs really fucking ruined everything>No need for Lego Space anymore we got STAR WARS!>No need for Adventures anymore we have Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park!>No need for Castle we have Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings>No need for fun play features we have Minecraft!The only original thing Lego really excels at is City and most of that shit is cops and robbers. The worse part is people still fucking ask for MORE IPS! Like holy shit just make your own renditions of whatever gay ass IP you're looking for, the toy is literally designed for this.
>>11742084Actually ninjago gave us a bit of hope that solidified with nexo knights since both are basically reboots of super old ninja and castle themesSure they'll never make another beast of a theme like ninjago probably ever again but I can see them still trying to by making these reimagined versions of old themes that also come with a cartoon or a card/schoolyard toy game along side it
>>11742089Hopefully they don’t come with tech gimmick shit, again again, since thats a death nail for most themes, fuck yidsneed and their bullshit
>>11742076With smart brick?
>>11742089>ninjagoAw yes how could I forget the theme that literally needs to shoehorn every fucking genre into itself because Lego doesn't actually feel confident that a standard Ninja set would actually sell.
>>11742096
The future is $500 black box light grey space ships™Accept it.
>>11742107It's called being versitile and I mean.... it's clearly working lmao
Wait I misspelled that word. you can forget I said anything.
>>11741956Nice one. I just did this one a few weeks ago.
>>11742117I wish r*ddit and bsky would fuse before being camp’d
the main lego sub is only good for like the art mocs i sometimes see thereotherwise I prefer the circlejerk one because they're funny sometimes
>>11742084space and star wars co-existed for 14 years before the former stopped, coincidentally right after disney purchased star wars indiana jones existed for a year and a half in 2008-9, and again briefly a few years back, long after adventures ended castle co-existed for the entirety of the first two eras of hp, apparently it was canned due to low sales, but the last version of it was very simple and basic
>>11742084>Like holy shit just make your own renditions of whatever gay ass IP you're looking for, the toy is literally designed for this.I'm also starting to out-grow (heh) the notion of Lego "perfection" vs "close-enough"I've used this bit before, so that guy that freaked out last time, plug your ears. the first time Lego made an X-Wing, you HAD to get it, because the one YOU made was garbage compared to the "official" Lego X-Wing! but then Lego keeps re-making it, and after the 12th one, you realize it's okay to make your own, it's just as valid.minifigs can be the same way. look at Luke originally with just a close-enough hair piece. what's wrong with that? nothing.
>>11742176star wars as a whole peaked in the yellow erait had everything you would want, no clone autism, minimal focus on glup shittos, sets were undeniably lego but still looked like star wars i'll accept that the early fleshie era was also decent, but once lego started making tcw sets it paved the way to the absolute state of lego today
>>11742129I like that a lot homie! It could go in any medieval setup and not look out of place at all too. Very nicely done!
>>11742064>there's roughly 1000 The Lego Stores. they only need to sell 1 each, $1000 Death Star to make 1 million bucks.that is not how profit works, dudeI wouldn't go so far as to disagree with you, since I don't know the numbers myself, but you are completely ignoring the cost of productioneven if I am extremely generous and say that it only cost 500$ to make an 1000$ set(an insane profit margin), companies gave away their IP for free, they don't need to pay anything to keeps their machines running, and that lego factory workers don't get paid, that already cuts your number in halfprofit is the number you get after deducting those costs, because that is how much you actually made by selling the product(thought to be fair, workers and electric bills shouldn't be as important of a consideration since they are a general cost across the entire company and not the profit of a single IP)you cannot make those claims when you don't even know how much they're actually profiting off of each set, let alone how much IP holders are taking from that profitit's obviously still profitable since lego keeps shilling out money for the IPs, but your "1 1000$ set from each store is 1 million dollars" claim is ridiculous
>>11742181It costs less than half a penny in abs per 2x2 brick.
>>11742175>co-existedThat's certainly one way to look at it. It's obvious that while lego had enough freedom to make in house space themes they needed to be as distinct as possible from Star Wars. Rock Raiders and Life On Mars were consessions but were able to stand on their own, feel like by Mars Mission lego became obsessed with the NASA aesthetic and decided to approach space more from that angle.>>11742179I think what really separates the early Star Wars and Harry Potter lines is how heavily they market they still market the concept that sets can and should be taken apart, they were meant to be enjoyed as both stuff from the movie but still lego at heart.
>>11741848Dragon. I love dragons, but I don’t care for Ninjago.
>>11741690Because they're modest and leave more for the imagination.
>>11742180Thanks broskie. Its meant to be Mission inspired western church, but idea in mind it could fit in with Castle stuff if i ever felt like it. Made my first Brickkink order to get a few parts to make this build work. I'm really happy with it, its very playable and sturdy.Here's a look at the inside.
>>11742213>I love dragons but I don't care for the dragon factory
>>11742227Okay but the brick built dragons suck.
>>11742227My autism would demand I sit down and watch Ninjago from the beginning. I stopped at season 3 over a decade ago. Genuinely surprised they haven’t made more mythological animals. Bought Harry’s potter for the first time for buckbeak. Really should make a gryphon or hydra.Has Lego put out a 15 season bundle?
>>11742232I'm going to be honest, I don't know how anyone past 12 can convince themselves these literal 30 min commercials are worth getting invested into.
>>11742230depends alot ngl>>11742232it's not hard to just binge it all and iirc it's free on their youtube channel so idk it's really up to you>>11742235>he says that in the Lego general in the Toys board in the 4chan websitebut on a real note tldr is just: the characters are fun and I like seeing them
>>11742236I am so fucking sick of pearl gold being used, lego is obsessed with this color and it looks tacky as fuck.
>>11742242are you saying that because you mean it or just because you're upset chrome gold was taken out of our arms and shot?Also now I'm just going in a sidetour looking at a bunch of lego dragons. this guy here FUCKS but too bad he seems to be from that era were they'd give dragons THOSE kinds of wings
>>11742245Obviously it's a downgrade, but my issue is I think they chose too poor of a choice. Not using chrome gold is unfortunate but understandable, I just think there absolutely had to be a more pleasing option available. It might be tbe si gle worse color replacement they have ever done.
>>11742242>>11742245>>11742250I think its all that plus neutering of the general gold pallet, we used to have a good selection before pearl gold homogenised it all and with such an ugly shade too
>>11742253>>11742250>>11742245>>11742242Like look at the silver comparison, especially stuff like light pearl gray vs pearl gray, I wouldn’t mind the no chromes if they gave us a good pearl color selection, BUT THEY DON’T.
>>11742257Shits a headache
>>11742257>>11742245>>11742250More stuff
>>11742262>>11742250>>11742245>>11742242Pearl gold just sucks, tired of pretending it doesn’t
I think I get what you mean and I agree even if in the end it's all just gold to me lolI wouldn't mind them picking a lighter shinier shade of gold tho I feel like it would really make alot of sets that use it pop more I guess
Post non minifig mini-figs
>>11742281I would just pick a not ugly gold
SpockI hope the bridge set is cheap...
>>11742287Fuck off Paul.
>>11742287I expect $150 at max>>11742295?
>>11742299Also Mega Bloks did it too, I'm also sure we'll get the trandporter room soon. But based on which series? There was a rumour on reddit Lego plans Trek to be a full theme under 18+...
>>11742299>>11742301Tired of seeing instashitters shilling their shitty accounts on this punished thread chain.
>>11742301>There was a rumour on reddit Lego plans Trek to be a full theme under 18+...as much of a raving Trek fanatic as I am, I refuse to get my hopes up. Lego fumbled the One Piece "theme" and the $400 Trek set was a slap in my face.I dare Lego to make less-expensive, desirable, Star Trek sets. Red Shirt polybag with an exploding rock. three generic TNG Klingons in a $20 set, that kind of thing. damn. look at me, getting my hopes up like I told myself I wouldn't...
>>11742284
>>11742014>picI think something just broke instead me.
>>11742176I really do not like those new hairpieces.t. old fart
>>11742262>>11742265Pearl gold looks like the plastic part of metallic gold with the flecks omitted. It's just cheap and lazy.>>11742245>you only hate [thing] because you're aware of the existence of [better thing]woah
>>11741655Buy a small city set with it.
>>11741953>Ninfago autist being a faggotBRING BACK CLASSIC SAMURAIS AND NINJAS
>>11742320>bigfigWhy even post
>>11742356Lego wouldn't touch that shit with a ten foot poll, the ridiculous fantasy aspect is why ninjago gets a pass.
>>11742356it would be sweet to get a "retro-re-do" classic not-Ninjago Ninja set the same as Lego did with the Pirate and Castle themesbut it clearly would be "confusing" next to actual Ninjago.not to mention muh-cultural-exploitation if that's going to factor in (it didn't for medieval castle or Caribbean pirates, why should it for generic Ninja?)
>>11742365They did retro redos of some other vintage sets like Majistos magical workshop. I have this set and its pretty decent
>>11741915The Playmobil historical lines are fucking based, even the Asterix line is soulful as fuck
>>11742337I wonder how some stuff like cbbs/bionicle/technic in general stuff would look in metallic gold, I got a few technic connector shafts in pearl very light gray from a spanish seller, and plan on collecting a few ice skates in that color too, I just need to get a job and to get a proper shipment from bl is all
>>11742373Yeahhhh
>>11742281Colors can make or break themes to me, absolutely one of the most important aspects of any set.
>>11742242>I am so fucking sick of pearl gold being used, lego is obsessed with this color and it looks tacky as fuck.Looks like toffee rather than gold.
>>11741848Got back into it a couple years ago when my friend randomly decided he wanted some lego jeep, convinced me to buy shit with him and then we both got hooked.Now I'm making entire towns on tables, finished a medieval fantasy one already and currently working on a old japanese themed town using Ninjago sets mainly.
>>11742287>all kurtzman trek era is finally cancelled>reboot from real fans incoming>we suddenly get lots of legosHmmmm, I wonder if they got the spiderverse guys in charge of future trek
>>11742242>>11742245A bunch of those pieces wouldn't be useful even if they were chrome gold.
>>11742419ALL pieces are useful, buddy.
>>11742356>no fully articulated mechs>no weapon vehicles>no flying pirate ships>no magical dragons>no giant monster>can't even spinboooooooooring
>>11742421Find some good builds using these then, because I don’t wanna start questioning why I bought them then kek
>>11742392Would be amazing
>>11742337I never said any of those words
>>11742242I do miss proper chromed parts.>b-b-b-but it flakes!I still have plenty of oxygen crystals and knives from Aquanauts with all their chrome on, and I was a retarded kid who played the SHIT out of those things.My knight swords from that era are a little harder up, admittedly.
>>11742129Let's get an interior shot brother
>>11742429I also would like a return with them the opaque and clear glow in the dark stuff, and marbling
>>11742431O shidd, they made GITD Bohrok eyes? Fucking when???
>>11742429yeah it was mostly a problem for minifig accessories that would chip from clipping into the hands
>>11742435>Ghost in the Dell
>>11742435Racecar headlights from 2005, zoomer
>>11742129>>11742220This is lowkirkenuinely beautiful; I love the use of using the technic pin hole bricks as stone etched crosses
>>11742421build something nice with Znap and Galidor pieces
It's not about if the piece looks pretty or not! A piece is useful as long as it can connect to something and have something connect to itself!Sometimes the most useful pieces are the ones you can't even see in the finished build.
>>11742377This is exactly why I just do not care about city police anymore.
I'm late to the party but speaking of ninjago and nexo knights I think the next theme they would probably try to bring back into the public with a new coat of paint should be Pirates.They could have it be a tv show and have multiple special "treasure" things to collect in each setThen they could create some kind of tie-in game gimmick like spinners but with boats and the idea of upgrading your mini ships with various special lego parts and etcThen for actual sets we'd have factions forming stuff like these big battle ship sets and ghost ships and mermaids, sea monsters and olden jungle temples full of loot and idk it just feels like an safe nostalgia reboot...
>Since the first Star Trek set was already the exclusive new release for Black Friday on November 28, 2025, we don't expect LEGO to repeat that this year – even though the Enterprise was one of the most successful product launches in the company's history last year. A release sometime in the fall , and therefore before the Christmas shopping season, is much more likely.So apparently Enterprise was a huge success?https://www.stonewars.de/geruechte/zweites-lego-star-trek-set-geruecht/
>>11742552I'm sorry anon but pirates aren't "family-friendly", it will never happen.
>>11742552>piratesNah, for two reasons. Actually 3 reasons:>new pirates creator set coming this summer>pirates of the caribbean >one pieceI also think Lego will take a pause from doing original themes, I expect the next one around 2028.
>>11742423NTA but those could hold up the mast of a ship.
>>11742556What if they're all-female pirate crews? Then it won't be implied that they gangrape captives.
>>11742568Thats what I meant by factions!There could be one full of ghost pirates and they glow in the dark, one full of pirate mermaids thats all colourful ladies with swores and diamonds then some more monster-ish tribal men for the land-based set piecesAnd the main group if pirates is just a few guys
>>11742570Swords and diamonds*they can't swear you like mod the smart bricks to do it
Actually I think I just yearn for lego boats.I like it when lego gets creative and makes these angles and curves and details on the hull
newfag here, just out of curiosity, how old are you autists? I'm 23 and I think even that's way too old to play with plastic toys...
>>11741655As long as you aren't masturbating while you get it, no one will care. I have learned everyone is too busy with their own shit to care about what NPCs are doing around them. Despite what "alpha male" influencers try to tell you, no one is judging you based on how you take your cellphone out, open a bottle, or sit down. In my whole life I only judged one guy for buying something. I was working in a Meijer and a guy with a thick mustache and a wavery voice like the NAMBLA characters from South Park came up and asked for a price check on some child's wind-up toy. So unless you are broadcasting pedo or trans vibes actively, no one will care.
>>11742579>too old to play with plastic toys...Age never stopped your mother
>>1174257929, lol. Who gives a shit? If you enjoy lego then do it. We all die anyway, live life the way you want.
>>11742579I'm in my mid 20s and live at home, no one gives a shit I collect lego.
So, will Lego make sets based on the show? I mean, the big Hogwarts is pretty close to be completed and Lego pretty much did everything they could from the movies at this point, so maybe they soft reboot the theme? Will they split the show and movie sets? Like 50/50?
>>11742671*If* the line continues, I guarantee WB will force them to represent stuff exclusively from the new series up to the point that it fails and then they'll lean back on the tried and true.
>>11742671Probably, it's thought thst this series' aesthetic will not deviate from the movies unless necessary as it would conflict with the current merch and theme parks centered around the series. A lot of the set design will probably just be recycled from prior year's sets but obviously refined.
>>11742435There was even a glow in the dark head made or two
>>11742431>>11742694Does lego use a different material for glow in the dark stuff now? Only modern gitd piece I have is a spider from a monster hunters set and the anti stud at the bottom broke, seems much different from stuff like my classic ghosts and such.
>>11742699There are 3 colors of GITD, Opaque, Trans as seen with that, and white which is modern GITD aka the one that broke on you, the two classic ones are obviously the most valuable
>>11742675There is no way the show is a flop, it will be the biggest show ever since game of thrones, the announcement from the Today post got super huge positive reactions from fans and id Tomorrow trailer is good, it will be HUGE.
>>11742710So were the new sequel trilogy for Star Wars. I don't think it will fail because because of Rowling's politics, ppeple just don't care about HP as a franchise compared to the 2000s.
>>11742743Bro, hogwarts legacy is the best selling game ever also nobody gives a shit about rowlings views, its just a loud minority.
>>11742745I haven't seen that shit mentioned in years.
>>11742671>So, will Lego make sets based on the show?almost a guaranteeeven if it's just one wave at the start, and unless there are epic riots that force the TV series to implode and vanish (highly unlikely) we can expect exclusive Nu-Pot (is there a term yet?) sets going forward.Lego will basically say "you should already have a white-guy Snape at this point. you don't need another one"
>>1174257939But youre a baby at 23. One day you'll gain some self worth and not anon validation
>>11742872They should do a salute your shorts Lego.Donkey lips minifig when?
Been getting back into the hobby and one thing that I never really see discussed are brick films, is there even people making any nowadays? I used to love finding any I could in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Glad to se a lot eof stuff has been archived but never see stuff about new ones releasing.
>>11742552Pirates are unlikely due to there being an active licensed pirate-adjacent theme (One Piece) going right now thougheverbeit
what about cowboys? or are cowboys too problematic nowdays?
>>11743006There was the Lone Ranger line a few years ago, movie was shit but the sets were top tier to my understanding. But yeah, unless it had a strong IP tied to it western as a genre is too problematic in terms of its historical significance. Honestly kind of surprised lego ever did it even, made their first realistic gun molds for it.
>>11743009>western as a genre is too problematicHow?
>>11743038Indians. Feather not dot.
>>11741256Weird I did the same thing this past weekend with my childhood Lego bin.
>>11743009>There was the Lone Ranger line a few years ago,at the time, Pirates of the Caribbean was hitting huge, and Slopney was hoping that The Lone Ranger was going to be the Wild West version of it. They even had Johnny Depp on board and it had a lot of the same style and (attempt at) swagger. it's a shame it fizzled and never got sequels and all that. Lego would have continued to make setsbeen a while since I've seen it, I wonder how well it holds up? I remember it was meh-alright
>>11743077>They even had Johnny DeppYet playing the indian Tonto. That kind of casting wouldn't even fly in the 90s. At best they diverted their white guilt into making him the brains behind the Ranger, who was completely incompetent. He was a complete idiot that didn't even get Hey Ho Silver right. Like not even as comic relief seriously what a terrible lead.Never noticed that they aimed towards a feeling similar to PotC, they really missed the mark.
>>11743059>sorting by color instead of part type
>>11743038This isn't even a modern thing, westerns as a genre came under scrutiny from younger generations in the 70s who criticized them as romanticising manifest destiny and the confiscation of the territorial rights of Native American land. Genre exists in a weird inbetween in that it's easily iconic but considered problematic.
Cautiously optimistic about the TOS bridge but I'm concerned about the sticker situation. Could be Krusty Burger level disastrous.
>reminded that the Scooby Doo line existed>"Huh, I wonder how much getting the mystery machine and gang would be">go on bricklink>mystery machine goes starts at $80 incomplete>velma starts at $60What the fuck happened with this line? Did they really feel it necessary to try to gouge people into getting the pricier sets just to get the girls? Feels so mishandled, a mystery machine with the full gang probably would have sold better then every set in the theme combined. The location builds are nice admittedly but undermined by the god awful vehicles that have no reason to exist. Obviously it wasn't going to do star wars or marvel numbers but did it fail that hard that it resulted in a lower production run or shelf life?
>>11743161>What the fuck happened with this line?they were simply trying to sell "all the sets" and spreading out the gang was the way to do it.they ironically thought the girl characters were less-desirable, so that's why they put them in the more-expensive sets. little boys could get Fred and Shaggy in the Van set, and Scooby was also in a polybag!if Lego did Scooby-Doo sets now, I bet Scooby himself would be locked into a $140 set. your only option to get the title character (that's sarcasm joke, but probably true)
These busts are actually better than the helmets
>>11743161>>11743177Don't be afraid, Lego Scooby Doo will return with the new Netflix live action show...
>>11742769They might lock the movie versions in bigger and more expensive sets going forward, get Hagrid now since he is in a cheap set
Predict the price lads, I say it can't be more than $150 and Lego would be insane to make it $200.No, max is $150. Mark my words.
>>11743183If someone wants a display piece of darth vader, why would they choose lego instead of a screen-accurate model?
>>11743187>They might lock the movie versions in bigger and more expensive sets going forward, get Hagrid now since he is in a cheap setSnape, too
