Post everything related to LEGO! News, MOCs, Leaks, whatever.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.orgDidn't make it to 2.5 years: >>11751038
>>11753425Such a GOATed theme Why isn't lego doing a new flying saucer set? I expected that in Creator
>>11753425The ride shall soon end.>>11753429Homo.
So if the bonkle CMF is a guy in a costume, is Loyd also a guy in a costume, why are some just costumes and others the actual characters?
>>11753439because there's not reason for them not to be. you are inventing a rule in your head and then getting upset that it's being broken.
>>11753448I'm not upset though?
So, which sets do you like the most from this new wave? I'm going bankrupt with all the new sets coming out, Lego just keeps cooking guys.>Chopper & Dr. Hiriluk Hideout - $29.99>Showdown with Captain Smoker - $59.99>Tony Tony Chopper - $69.99>Dory vs Brogy - Giants of Little Garden - $79.99>Battle at Drum Castle - $99.99>Garp’s Marine Battleship - $169.99
>>11753455You don’t own any toys. Shut up.
More sets pics, Beatrix mech looks cool. The Legends set features the descendats of Kai and Nya too. I guess they lay groundwork for Ninjago: The Next Generation.
So I’ve been thinking about how LEGO could actually reboot Bionicle without repeating G2’s mistakes, and honestly the answer seems pretty obvious now.The big change is the build style. Drop pure constraction and go mostly System with some Technic. Basically a Technic skeleton with ball joints, then layered brick-built armor on top. Around 130–170 pieces per Toa. It keeps the posability but makes them feel like real LEGO sets again, and way more customizable.Price-wise it has to stay accessible:Toa in the $15–20 rangeSmall villains around $10–15Mid-tier villains $25Titan maxing out at $40Wave 1 would just be the classic Toa Mata lineup:Tahu with sword and shield, more bulky and aggressiveGali with hooks/spears and smoother armor shapingLewa lighter, fast-looking, maybe small brick-built wingsOnua as the heavy tank with a hammerPohatu more compact and agileKopaka with spear and shield, cleaner icy designVillains would be simple but effective:A cheap beast enemy (Rax) for army buildingHumanoid “corruptor” enemies with an infection gimmickWarden Gravox as the main boxed villainAnd a titan called The Kernel as the big badPlay features stay straightforward:Swappable masks with simple “power” identitiesA core piece in each chest for collectibilityToa can combine in pairs into larger buildsSummer wave would expand things instead of replacing them:Upgraded versions of the same Toa with new armor and masksShift the setting into jungle and underwater environmentsIntroduce a Barraki-style creature villainAdd a bigger titan like the Shadow ColossusPlus smaller creature sets and mask packs as cheap entry points
>>11753466Story would start simple and build over time:The world is basically a giant biomechanical system being taken over by something called the Archive, a corrupted AI rewriting everythingThe Toa are reactivated defenders tied to different regionsMasks are fragments of control over this systemInstead of dumping heavy lore immediately, just do short-form content online and slowly expand it.Rough 3-year plan:Year 1 establishes the core six and main conflictYear 2 expands the world, adds combiners and maybe a simple game tie-inYear 3 goes bigger with a show and larger display-style setsMain goal is just to make Bionicle feel like LEGO again while keeping the identity that made it stand out in the first place. Now, pic related is AI but I used it to give you an idea how the sets could look based on >>11753466 this set moc made for Tahu gwp.
>>11753467And wave 2. I think this idea has potential to be a big hit for Lego and can make cool mocs eith both technic and system.
How is Alien Conquest a failed original theme, when it wasn't supposed to last longer than a year?
>>11753455I wont be buying any but they all look pretty great from a design viewpoint
>>11753425These threads have made me hate Bioncle and their fans.
>>11753473The second wave was cancelled, it was supposed to release in 2012, there are pics of a few sets if you google it. The Galaxy Squad big bug thing that laucnhes eggs was a Alien Conquest set modified for Galaxy Squad.>>11753476Same.
>>11753476Bionicle was a core memory for them growing up, nothing Lego do will ever live up to the nostalgia. Hell most of them are just lore fans now and don't own many bonkles anyway.
I'm a zoomer (born when Bionicle G1 released lol), never ever owned one Bionicle set, not even G2 though I was aware of it but was in dark age then, I think the lore is fucking amazing and no theme has come close to replicating the sheer scale of it other than Ninjago and I guess Chima. Was into Hero Factory though (but I owned knockoff Hero Factory not real Lego). I will buy like 3 or 4 Tahu cmfs because I want a part of that legacy since now I only buy official lego sets. I got the Ninjago 15th anniversary display last week for example because I'm nostalgic for Ninjago. On Bionicle I respect it and think it was badass but the reboot came at the wrong time in my opinion. But if they would reboot it now? I'd buy it.
Why do zoomers hype up so much the time period of 2007-2013 of lego? The themes released during that time were pretty bad. I also see they glaze the shit out of Power Miners, Space Police, Exo Force and Mars Mission as being the holy grail of Lego. (Though I recently see Chima and Nexo Knights glazers too)...
>>11753462Fuck I didn't watch s4 did I just get beatrix spoiler?Also the legends mechs look awesome but that's to be expected from legends kino! As for the fortnite one......I actually think it's really cute but I can't wait for them to do that thing where they sell just the minifigures in 2027
>>11753481People like things from when they were kids the reason you're seeing chima and nexo knights "glaze" is because time is passing by and the kids that grew up on those are looking back at it and appreciating it.
I think I spent too much :(
>>11753466>>11753467>>11753470wall of text. I can feel your passionSorry but Lego is not going to touch Bionicle due to muh-culture-stealing politics with all the names. you might as well be hoping they bring back the Washington Redskins. same vibes.the only slim-chance reality would be a giant only-option $500 set with a massive nostalgia display. remember we all did math on how profitable that kind of thing is? it might generate tens of millions of dollars for Lego. but probably still not worth it due to all the 100% unique pieces it would likely require (unless they were all brick-built, which would enrage fans? might still sell if done right)
>>11753455>that shipFUCKING YESHoly shit anon you SAVED MY LIFE BY POSTING THIS.I will get it around autumn tho - i can't afford it just yet but yeah your picture made me happy - im a fan of Marines and Garp i even wanted to buy that floating Restraunt because of Garp minifigure and holy shit anon you saved me.
>>11753467>look at those thumbnails>why do these look like it's AI-slop...>open the imageyou are fag
>>11753496Leaks saved you anon, not me. I'm just the messenger. That's why leaks are important. I make all my lego related financial decisions based on them.
>>11753455U knoe?
>>11753467>THE KERNEL
>>11753510>he doesn't know about the kernel
>>11753510>MR. SANDERS!
Few generals ago someone mentioned brickfilms, so I found my old stop motion tests. It's funny looking back and knowing exactly what the problem old me had with the lighting. But hindsight is 20/20 or whatever they say.
>>11753519>stop motion with a camera in auto mode so the exposure and focus change each frameclassic, I have videos like this from when I was a kid too
>>11753466Absolutely insane piece to use for builds like this
Lego just posted an ad on instagram with none other than Mark Hamil (Luke Skywalker) promoting the new smart play star wars sets... this is insane
>>11753425Take your favorite minifig and pose them like space harrier
M>>11753533No
This is comfy.
>>117534551 piece is lame
>>11753528Please tell me that part is real and not just a photoshop.
>>11753548Just got released in the winnie the pooh set, only comes in red as of right now but that's guaranteed to change
>>11753528Holy shit bionicle g3 piece confirmed
For me, its the ORIGINAL bionicle
>>11753523Yeah, thing is I just gave up after all my attempts didn't seem to turn out as good as Michael Hickox. Years later I actually got a decent DSLR but I never got back into brickfilms. Don't have the time anymore, being an adult genuinely sucks :(
Shouldn't lego space be a mainstay because of artemis missions? Today we will be closer to the moon than ever. Like we should always have space sets on shelves.
>>11753572>being an adult genuinely sucks :(it really does.i'm that anon that bought PS5 Pro...i don't even have time to play it...goddamit...I'm telling myself "after i will finish this project i will finally sit and play it whole day!!" but it never comes... I have to fix this project and ...hopefully tomorrow will play it.
>mfw bionicle comes back as pic relatedWould you be ok? By that I mean very tiny technic figures in blind boxes with some printed piece for mask.Also, anyone excited for these? And no, they aren't replacing minifigures series, they are a separate subtheme of technic, why didn't F1 cmf have the same treatment? No idea
>>11753621Man, how would that even work outside of pic related? But I wouldn't mind if we got little creature builds
>>11753623Pic related is one of the concepts considered by Lego for what became Tahu GWP
>>11753626Oh, ehhhh, I'm sure some fans would love these but I'm not too unto them
>>11753439>why are some just costumes and others the actual characters?Tahu is the only costume because Lego actively despises Bionicle fans so even when they throw them a bone they have to add an insult on there out of spite.
>>11753644Its just an idea, could go matoran/turaga way too
>>11753646>Lego actively despises Bionicle fansit might seem that way...(pic related was in a 6000+ piece Ninjago set I forgot the huge price lol)but I think it's more likely Lego feels intense shame for the name-culture-insensitivity stuff. if they had only come up with completely original names, I think it's likely that Lego would have done -something- (?) with it by now (or even kept it going for all these years)making a "cosplay character" gives Lego a level of separation. it's not Lego doing the culture-robbing, it's that one minifig doing it, instead (conceptually, of course. the irony is that it's still Lego doing the figure in the first place)
>>11753652Bionicle is the only thing giving recognition to Polynesian culture outside of the Tiki revival, they should be grateful people know about them.
>>11753646The CMF Johnny Thunder was a big insult imho
2027 Funko Pop listings show a lot of Halo figures coming so there will be a big merch push next year for Halo... Lego bros... is it time? I know Mattel Brick Shop has a Halo Warthog set coming this september but you really want to see Halo sets become like pic related? I believe the april fools leak is legit.
>>11753660Those look equally cool yet also ...meh.I'm excited they were smart enough to have packaging with the windows so you can see how the little figures look. I'm definitely holding judgement until I see them in personI will admit I like the smaller scale. it lets them lower the prices but still have the castle and mountain and stuff, and it's not $200 each one like Lego would have done (speculation)
If you keep gunpowder and steamworks exclusively to Dwarves, do you think you can get Western to work somewhere in Fantasy era Castle or is that too ridiculous?
>>11753670Sure, just are they their own faction who hate everybody else
>>11753462Why are leakers such assholes? They revealed 2 ninjago sets and then stopped from revealing the rest, why?
Did you know there's a new Nexo Knights print in the Tiger Shark Tank set? Where do I find a gold knight helmet...
>>11753544Very comfy, comfy wizard agrees
What's the sexiest female mini figure? I need a lego girl for my coomer collection
>>11753686Rouge the Bat.
>>11753676>They revealed 2 ninjago sets and then stopped from revealing the rest, why?that's all the blurry pics Lego would give them, of coursehow 'come nobody at the print shop where they print the instruction books ever leaks any pics? you'd think that we'd get high-quality leaks from somebody there, at some point. does Lego produce all the instruction books themselves? (even if they did, that's the whole point of a "leak" that some employee would take a pic with their phone, right?)
>>11753676They are pedophiles, like Froggy over here spamming them on us.
>>11753686
Y'all remember when we used to get preliminary catalog leaks? How did lego succeed in stopping them? I don't buy the excuse that lego could track the store the pics came from.
>>11753686Here>>11753693>fleshiesGay
>>11753476Bionicle fans are based
>>11753704I feel like everyone in the late 2000's/early 2010's had some form of grandma type furniture to display their nerd shit. Honestly so much more sovl than the Ikea crap of today.
>>11753688Because there’s no such thing as actual leaks anymore and Lego would sick the Pinkertons on them like wotc.
>>11753466>>11753467This sounds lovely! I think the Toa should stay below 20 for sure. I'd dig a smaller scale for that. What they should definitely emphasize in this scenario is the combining. Basically Mixels, to be honest. Mixels was fantastic, and you could easily dress the concept up with Bionicle and extra mask packs.>>11753559Goated>>11753621I would absolutely adore this, but I would never compromise on moulded masks. They are so characteristic of Bionicle to me. I also might get these. They're cute and "small technic" is one of my favorite lego set types.>>11753670That sounds amazing.
>>11753559I worked Millennia into my Bionicle lore as a kid because he was too sick to not do. He was like Galactus, a survivor from a previous universe wielding the immense power of GOLD>>11753623Love me fikou
>>11753727>I worked Millennia into my Bionicle loreHonestly Slizers/Throwbots can be worked in to Bionicle lore the same way as Hero Factory: planets that a Great Being went to for an experiment.
>>11753455I'm going for the marine ship and Smoker set for sure, and I'll probably get the buildable Chopper for my gf since he's her favorite character. Sucks that Chopper's $70, though.
>>11753686please ignore the dustthis series 14 cmf minifig is a human who got cursed and became a cat girlnow, she trains humans to do tricks for the monster circus
>>11753716Aka all leakers are literally fake and gay, tired of this infiltration shit
>>11753704Sad bro never got married. That white hellscape he lives in now is what desperation looks like. Hope he finds the right girl and has kids so he can make his display room more pleasant.
>>11753692catalogs are all printed in house now iirc
>>11753686Ayla Secura, Oola, Female pirate with eyepatch and bandana, Miss Dracula, multiple CMFs
I ordered the cute bunny for the rocky MOC. I know you guys don't want to pay the troon for the instructions so I'll bite the bullet then post the condensed PDF here as a JPG. I can't seem to find a version of it anywhere.
Post themes that have no fans.
>>11753897Thanks for reminding me that I need to dig these guys out of storage
>>11753897Knights Kingdom is cool though?Allow me to post a real theme with no fans.
>>11753897i liked both the sets and the figures back in the daydidn't have all the dudes or many of the sets, but they were cool enough at the time
>>11753919>Knights Kingdom is cool though?Knights Kingdom II is like the blueprint for modern lego themes with its color coded named characters and emphasis on conflict in a box design philosophy. I had a lot of tge first two waves growing up but can say this theme sucked ass and is maybe the lowest point in castle's history.
>>11753897Big fan. Vladek is an all timer, like Ogel. Would be really cool to see them show up in a cmf.
My favorite thing in Knights Kingdom II is this minifigure from the third and final wave. First time I saw it I thought someone was just stupid and tagged it wrong but no, in one of the biggest sets of the theme they made a minifig that's just has unprinted reddish brown legs with an unprinted reddish brown torso.
>>11753939The only thing unique about him is the head print kekaroony
>>11753455I still think this theme has so much potential, especially if it goes on hiatus and returns as a standard One Piece theme instead of being based on the Netflix show. The fantastical locations and characters are done dirty by having to be depicted by their live action counterparts.Just imagine how cool the following would be, as official sets, rendered with manga / anime accurate minifigs and locations:Enies LobbyMarinefordThousand SunnyWanoWhole Cake IslandEggheadNeed I go on?
>>11753897raised baseplate, sweet villain design, alright good guy faction with multiple bright color-coded main characters, extremely kino piece for castle moc building in pic related introduced in this theme, can't say I agree here
>>11753967Not even, it was a head that originated in Orient Expedition and used a ton in vikings.
>>11753466There are two big issues to tackle for any Bionicle revival attempt going forward: price and appeal.Price is simple. These sets need to be small and be piece efficient in manufacturing. I hate this but it's just the new world we live in, a lot has changed in twenty years.Appeal is more complicated. I personally believe that action figures have supremely gone out of fashion (or at least declined majorly in popularity) over the past decade. Constraction and/or brick built figs might be a different niche arguably however I don't know if there is a place in the market for a theme like this anymore.One other thing is scope. I like your ideas but there's a problem, which is that the days of "six fellas in canisters per wave" model is over. Bionicle simply cannot have the number of sets you are describing, nowhere near close in fact. The few sets they make need to be all budget, with only one being the xpensive marquee showstopper purchase.
>>11753691How fast and based. I like mermaids in general and discovered that fig due to the tail. but I have these legs and wonder how they'd look with these in a town over land.
>>11753679>Where do I find a gold knight helmet...ninjago
Why do lego's mechs always have heads now? Why don't they do covered torso cockpits anymore?
Okay, there is no way anyone here likes Angry Birds.
>>11754003Thanks, and I might have to resort to giving legs to my fantasy era merfolk as well, the poseable tails I gave them aren't compatible with the custom wheelchairs I was planning on giving them
>>11753467>>11753470Watch these be soft disclosure leaks and not AI slop
>>11753646Lego hates Bionicle because it almost bankrupted them
>>11754033>Lego hates Bionicle because it almost made Goysney pull the Soŷ Wars licenseFixed
Been looking into lumibricks recently, sets are quite impressive but I unfortunately feel like the lack of licensed IPs really kills i terest for normalfags but for legofags I think the minifig design is what I have been seeing as the most common complaint. I've been trying to warm up to them but the round beer belly bottoms and weird flap on the heads is offputting. Will literally anyone ever get the minifig right? It seems like other companies have reached a point where tgis is genuinely the greatest disadvantage they are facing.
>>11754033Literally the opposite of what happened. When there wasn't a Star Wars movie in theaters all of Lego's profits were from Bionicles.
>>11754003Forgot pic>>11754027You're welcome. Were you also dubious about that scalish face? Some Statue of Liberty figs have cute female faces in sand green. Nice tail still.
>>11754012Looking at gunpla sales, no doubt. "Western" style mechs are less popular at the moment.>>11754038The chad jaw is pretty charming imo. I can't imagine this looking good on female figs though, so it'll be a tough sell for the more shut-in AFOLs.
>>11753897I like most other castle subthemes more, but I am still a fan of Kingdoms 2
>>11754039Read the deep lore newfagKnowing some things isn't knowing everything The multiple molds and parts the made specifically and only for bionicle strained the company and did nearly bankrupt them
>>11754038I don't appreciate that they've stolen my likeness for this.
>>11754045>reddit spacingI accept your concession
>>11754045>from my perspective it is the non-licensed IP that is evil!You have learned much, young Fagawan, but we do not grant you the rank of heterosexual.
>>11754038Lego themselves have re-done the little figures, several times.Lego is expanding the not-minifig sets at an unbelievable rate, other rip-off companies can copy that style of building set 100%. for example, Mattel is doing Speed Champions-ish cars and even including actual matching Hot Wheels with them.none of that matters, Lego is still crushing it.how? why? it's all so strange...
>>11754038That's intentional, if you make good minifigs Lego will take you to court for stealing their iconic figs, bootleg companies need to intentionally uglify their own figs to avoid that>>11754040Oh no, I love the fishy face, I just enjoy using simplified faces for castle, and more complicated ones for space stuff like in pic related>>11754045We get it, you're being wrong on purpose, very funny
>>11754051>minifigs, minidolls, microdolls, macrodolls, brickheadz, Lego Mario-oidsIf we can have all this why can't we bring back Technic Dudes, huh
>>11754054Imagine if they brought back Technic dudes, and used their design for a full sized Xalax reboot
I think the technic figures are the only good alternative figure they have ever made.
>>11754059This man is moving on levels of reboot mere mortals cannot comperehend.
>>11753430Huh?
Pffffffffffff.
>>11754071Pedo.
Why do zoomers want Exo Force back? We have Ninjago, what would a Exo Force do to make it different?
>>11754077Exo Force is focused, it knows what it is and does it well, Ninjago is all over the place
>>11754077Actually good mech designs and theming, plus seeing more odd mech color schemes would be nice. People also enjoyed the odd parts usage. Aka SHITjago btfo.
>>11754077>would a Exo Force do to make it different?wacky anime hair piecesgeneral space-ish vibes
>>11754077Exo Force did mechs betterBionicle did elemental heroes betterCastle did skeletal hordes betterClassic Ninja did ninjas betterElves has dragons with a unified aestheticChima was a better post 2010 action themethe only thing Ninjago does is everything the above have done but half assed and have a TV show
Since we are getting closer to the five season story arc for Dragons Rising ending, at least that is what they said when it was announced, with the story starting in 2023 and expected to wrap up in 2027, and with plans already in place for 2028 and 2029 sets, I am curious what you think.What do you think is the best set or thing that came from this era? And what are your thoughts on Legends and Legacy? I think after the success of the fifteenth anniversary Legacy sets, Legacy will continue beyond this year and we might finally get more show accurate sets like the blacksmith shop. Legends is pretty cool but they should do longer episodes, I like the idea of a Ninjago for older fans though Dragons Rising is also very mature.I can also say the villains we got in 2025 and 2026 for Dragons Rising are incredible and on par with years one and two of classic Ninjago. And with a live action Ninjago possibly coming in 2028 or 2029, the series is just growing. Maybe we will even get another big Ninjago video game like the upcoming Lego Batman game.Only thing is for sure, Ninjago is here to stay and soon we will celebrate their 20th, 25th and 30th. Oh, I also think pic related is badass.>>11754087Ninjago has a good show, can be watched by adults too, the other lego theme shows were cringey. Chima had amazing lore but an awful tv show. I do wish they brought back Chima, the only theme out of those that deserves a second chance.
>>11754092>five season story arcDid they say that's all it would be?
>>11754092>Ninjago has a good showNot gonna watch it, I dislike the theme, but I'll take your word for it
>>11754093When they announced DR at SDCC in 2023, they said the story was planned as a five season story arc. However, I do think Doc Wyatt, who has been leading Ninjago since Tommy Andreasen stepped away, mentioned that Dragons Rising itself will continue beyond that.Right now, all we know is that in Season 4 Part 2, coming this summer, we should finally get our first look at Lord Ras’s master and start setting up the final battle for this story arc in 2027. After Season 5, the show might continue under the Dragons Rising iteration or possibly get a new name. Either way, these characters and the story will keep growing.I expect another soft reboot, similar to what happened when the show was rebranded to just Ninjago after Masters of Spinjitzu ended following the Oni Trilogy, which ran from 2019 until 2022. And then again in 2023 with Dragons Rising brand. By the end of 2027 DR will be 5 years old and will need to get new kids hooked as the story keeps growing so a soft reboot is needed so they won't need to watch the older seasons. Dragons Rising works even if you never watched the show until then.So there could be another rebrand around 2028, especially with the live action movie also in development. If the Legends sets are anything to go by, I think they might be preparing something like a “Ninjago: The Next Generation” concept. That is just my speculation, but it seems possible since the children or descendants of the ninja will appear in the summer sets and CMF Series 29.Lloyd will apparently have a unique role, as the story suggests he comes from an alternate timeline where the other ninja are dead, or at least that is what we have been told. Of course, that information came from the CMF theme designer, and the actual Ninjago team might handle it differently. Ultimately, it is up to them to decide.
>>11754080>good mech designsYou know all exo force designers are working on ninjago right now, right?
Are we gonna ignore the fact that the aftermarket prices for Ninjago exploded? The old sets are now more expensive than fucking Star Wars...
>>11754077Because Exo Force could return very well, it has story potential. And with AI threat it works too also we could have them go in space too like Gundam and fight aliens in mechs. Only problem is ninjago doing so many mechs so ninjago would need to make less mech sets. Golden city wave was cool.
>>11754077If I were Lego CEO I would make a Icons subtheme which would be its own theme that would have remakes of old classic lego themes millenials and zoomers grew up with. Like two icons themes, one only for licenseslop and the other for original themes. Lets see if the monster fighters icons rumours are true...
>>11754092>Ninjago has a good showIf it makes you feel better I feel this same way about boomer animated advertisements pretending to be shows like He-Man too.
>>11754098Them getting aids likely decreased their designing skills>>11754100Psy-op by employees to get their main non license theme making money
By the end of 2026 lego will have only ninjago, friends, city and creator as non licensed themes. 4 themes and the rest are licenses. Lego also changed the retirement date for ALL dreamzzz sets to december 31, 2026. This year sets and last year summer sets were supposed to retire in 2027 and 2028. We are cooked.I don't get how its so much profitable for lego to make licensed themes that they have to pay license fees and a big part of profits goes to the licensor than making original in house themes where all the profit goes in house. Make it make sense...
>>11754100Good thing only ninjagofags care about them. Unless you're a ninjagofag they have little practical usage in mocs.
>>11753429Lego will never do another original Space set because of the implied racism in themes with opposing factions.
>>11754106Well duh, He-Man is based.
>>11754116Are you retarded? Conflict in a box has been the core design philosophy for 20 years now. No one cares about a race of reptile or insect people that are all evil, you just make them no human and no one really cares.
>>11754106I wanna see lego make a badass villain base like snake mountain>>11754122Weren't aliens planned to be part of the space police in space police 3 and testing kids put all alien cops with the bad guys? Surprised we didn't get another space police but I guess it didn't sell that well.
It seems lego general is the most active general on /toy/
Emailed customer support about Monkie Kid returnTrying to get the ninjago rebound effect by emailing them. This is how my parents did it for me in 2013, so I guess it’s my turn to do it. I would encourage everyone to do the same so they know the theme is wanted.(Saw someone else do it first and wanted to support them)
>>11754129It usually is, but also I got back into the hobby recently and kind of no life here now checking every hour or two and asking about shit since I've been gone.
>>11754122The last time Lego even had a dedicated space theme was 2013 with Galaxy Squad, and it was one of maybe two or three space themes that actually had a bad guy faction with their own vehicles and backstory.Since then Lego space has just been nothing but a spinoff of City, and its just Lego Not-NASA. And the only time aliens appear now is when they're cutesy little friendly guys. Just about as close as they get to space "bad guys" anymore is stuff like random drops in CMF waves. And even then, stuff like the Blacktron II guy was half mutated monster thing.When Lego was actually regularly doing space themes, it was perfectly fine and easy for them to alternate between Good guys, bad guys, and even civilian space factions without needing there to be the "conflict in a box." I mean, it was easy to just look at factions like Blacktron, Spyrius, UFO, etc. and know they were bad guys.
>>11754136You would think with us entering a new space race era because everyone wants to build bases on the Moon now, you would think Lego would do more space sets.Didn't the 2024 space sets sell?
>>11754097>Lloyd will apparently have a unique role, as the story suggests he comes from an alternate timeline where the other ninja are dead, or at least that is what we have been told. Of course, that information came from the CMF theme designerDo you have a source on that?I figured an adult lloyd would just be "he's old but aging slower than normal humans so all of his friends have already died of old age"
>>11754100people who were kids when ninjago started are now adults with too much disposable income for their own good since saving up for a house is no longer possibleThe anniversary has renewed interest, leading to a spike in the market for old figures which were rare/significant for the era they're nostalgic for
>>11754145Designers say it herehttps://youtube.com/watch?v=Gq0LoerPepo>“We came up with the idea that this would be Lloyd from some kind of alternative timeline where he’s alone, and that’s why we named him Mysterious Ronin.”https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-minifigures-series-29-spotlight-ronin/
>>11754147>saving for a houseThey all laughed at me when I decided to stay with my parents and inherit their house (I pay all taxes and expenses so its good). Who laughs now. Also, I'm lucky I have a great relation with my parents.
>>11754092>live action>ninjagoWhat???
>>11754152Been trying to get into vintage castle and having shit like this feels like a dream. Three medium sized sets have already cost me well over $200.
>>11754149So they just ripped off tmnt? Ninjago reboot next.
I'm getting the coruscant guard gunship and fortnite klombo both delivered tomorrow which one should I build first o_O?
>>11754158A noose for your neck, frenchie.
Oh yeah, this is happening!
>>11754158>licensed sloppaTake the cool zombie knight guy from the fortnite set then resell it and keep the gunship sealed to sell to SWfags in five years for four digits.
>>11754167Went into my dark ages around the release of series 9, missed out on a ton of CMFs that are now like $15. The castlefags are so desperate for anything that even the vaguest of characters that could fit the aesthetic are scalped to hell and back. Would love to army build the rogues but it's just impossible.
>>11754158Fortnite Lego are dumb because this shit isnt even in the game anymore.
Did you know an alien invasion storyline was actually considered a few times for Ninjago? The Hageman brothers wanted to introduce aliens in season 4, but the Ninjago lead designer Tommy Andreasen pushed back on the idea. He felt that space and aliens did not belong in Ninjago, so they went with the tournament instead. That is also why one episode in season 3 shows the ninja in space, it was originally meant to set up season 4.They even thought about doing another alien invasion later on after Andreasen left the team to focus on Dreamzzz, but it never turned into anything. Honestly, I doubt we will see it happen anytime soon.There is also some concept art of an alien spaceship from the era when Ninjago was doing dungeons, gamers, and similar themes.
>>11754180Klombo is in lego fortnite game bro
>>11754181This is kind of why I hate these themes, they basically just become a means by which the designers can justify a concept that should be it's own theme and actually get it made.
I don’t get how Lego with its disability inclusion initiatives and all is cool with things like “durr burger”. Isn’t that making fun of tards?
>>11754168Star wars fags hate the gunship because it's small and red I don't think it will sell for much>>11754180I didn't even know what klombo was but I had to get it because it's so cute and I think the minifigs are awesome as well :3
>>11754185>Isn’t that making fun of tards?Icons, Editions and the like already do that.
I have all ninjago summer sets pics hd... should I post them?
>>11754193Oh shit you’re right!
This man has no shame
>>11754188>SWfags>caring about setsAll about the minifig, sets are just a means to obsess and display minifigs to them.>>11754196No, why would a lego thread wat to see lego, are you retarded?
>>11754197>>11754193Omfg, that is so freaking funny!
>>11754198The 2016 election really broke his brain.
>>11754181>an ancient evil awakens
When will Lego declare smart bricks a flop? Like there's no way they will produce more when these flopped so hard. They do not sell at all...
>>11754209Should I buy somw on clearance and just keep them in box?Surely they'll be worth something one day right?
>>11754209They need at least one holiday season and to release sets in other themes like ninjago and creatorMaybe an adult-targeted Icons set for good measure
>>1175421212 smart bricks pokemon sets are coming in august, isn't that enough? If they can't sell them with pokemon then they should declare failure.
Remember, bricklink sellers are lower then people.
>>11754214It's not enough until they've seen whether it sells at christmas
>>11754216But for vidiyo it was enough to cancel it one month after launch?
>>11754217I actually thought the vidiyo minifigs were cool?
>>11754217>The theme was first introduced in March 2021,[4] before being discontinued by the end of January 2022 after being deemed a commercial disaster.[5]Even Vidiyo got a holiday season
>>11754217Ok, I looked it up, Lego Vidiyo was launched in march 2021 and cancelled in july 2021 with all sets retiring by january 2022.Smart Bricks launched in March so we should have a sort of announcement in July? Or only after Pokemon launch? I doubt pokemon will save them including for the fact the sets will be available in only 6 countries. They really fucked the pokemon theme in 2026 because of smart bricks integration.
>>11754212>>11754220>muh holiday seasonBro if the holiday season mattered so much they'd be releasing this shit in November, not fucking March.
>>11754220Lego already cancelled it in july 2021, they stopped work on the 2022 sets.https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-vidiyo-in-its-current-form-is-dead-rip-l-l-a-m-a/They did work on a revival internally but it fell off. We even have 2022 list of sets
>>11754224Not him but I think his reasoning is because kids or parents would save up money and buy these as gifts during the holidays and thats when biggest lego sales happen.I personally think by august the fate of the smart play will be decided. Problem is smart play launched in 6 countries only so you don't really see how bad it really does compared to vidiyo which launched globally I also think the tech needed for smart bricks gets more expensive because of wars.
The actual question is will the failure of smartbricks even matter to lego or will it just be one failure they can patch up with licensed theme sales and be done with it?
>>11754233It will matter to us not them because it means all that money and development time spent on smart bricks instead of something better and they'll probably use it as an excuse to price gouge even more go recoup their costs. Also hundreds of employees are banished to the underground bunkers where there will be forced to take picture with vitiligo cavemen for promo pictures.
Anon, come to germany. We got crazy good discounts.
>>11754239damn, here we just have 25% off atmwhy do the germans get such deep discounts?
Netflix just announced one piece season 3 for 2027 so we should get more sets in 2027.
>>11754239I want to get the blacksmith shop but I'm getting neurotic about where I could store it while it's not on display
>>11754246I don't have a proper explanation for it, but I guess shit doesn't sell otherwise so retails put sets on at least 30% discount shortly after release while making barely any profit from it.
>>11754239>Germans aren’t interested unless there’s shit in itChecks.
>>11753997>the days of "six fellas in canisters per wave" model is overi dont knowmore than nu lego not being trigger happy with moulds?
>>11754239>Anon, come to germany. We got crazy good discounts.its across Europe.pic is italian discounts:
do people still post lego photos on flickr?
>>11754080>good mech designsUgly ass powersuit, exoskeleton mechs. Don’t own a set in either theme, but I’d take ninjago’s humanoid mechs any day
>>11754276exoskeleton mechs are objectively superior
Is trashbro around?Look what i found on a hiking trail!If anyone can id the parts and set , that would be great!
>>11754279Isn't the big piece what they used to put on boat fronts?
>>11754279It's two very common pieces, no one can id off that alone.
>>11754280Small speedboats yeh. It wasn't used for anything else to the best of my knowledge. The panel piece seems much newer.
>>11754276>>11754278Humanoid mechs are only good when they're able to move and think on their own without a pilot, otherwise its a honda civic with legs that doesn't know its just a walking car
NETFLIX ANNOUNCES LEGO ONE PIECE ANIMATED SPECIAL MOVIE FOR SEPTEMBER!!!https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-one-piece-lego-wit-studio-anime-season-3-1236557191/
https://youtu.be/6OP_KhnmUus?si=421Iv7qZ8RX-105OLego One Piece is getting an animated special. I'm wondering if I should get into One Piece for preparation, it's going to be a daunting task watching over 1000 episodes.
>>11754304>>11754305Why? Just watch the anime.
>>11754305Netflix will also release later Today a teaser for THE ONE PIECE anime remake they are producing, I'm sure Lego will make sets for that too???? Pic related is teaser image.
>>11754288I always liked piloted mechs. Get your sigfig in there and it's (you) piloting the mech. That's why I like minifig scale vehicles. It's like playing with Hot Wheels cars as a kid, but you actually put yourself in the car.
>>11754304>>11754305Soon
>>11754158that Fortnitie set is one of the worst sets Lego has done in years. I know nothing about Fortnite, but that monster thing looks amazing. worth consideration, even without knowing anything about Fortnite, the big toothy chomper is neat.but TWO minifigs?it's not even only-$100. it's $110.and one of those minifigs is a re-color piece. that banana head mold is not new.who is this skeleton guy? did Lego think he's worth $110 all by himself? if this set had 8 or 9 more characters like the bus set had, I might have got it, but 2 minifigs is ridiculous, especially considering Fortnite has like what, 5000 characters? and a lot of them could be simple torso prints and hair piece re-colors...
>>11754307east blue one piece is so comfy, i miss ittimeskip and odas editors pushing him to drag out the story for years ruined the rest of the story
>>11754311Just can’t help yourself can you kid diddler?
>>11754312It's literally some big faggot from like 3 years ago that isnt in the game anymore. Lego Fortnite is a terrible idea because nothing is consistent in Fortnite. Sets will be out dated by the time they release based on shit that isnt in the game anymore. It would have been cool if they made cool looking guns with cool prints to mimic the skins from the game or something.
>one piece is now gonna be a evergreen priate theme probablyAre you guys ok with this? Its not like we were going to get a normal pirates theme or a full pirates of the caribbean theme anyway..
>>11754311A remake of Dragon Ball in Lego sounds cool. Is the model from that or something?
>>11754316I hope the Lego One Piece is a giant metallic purple stud.
I like the logoNetflix also released a teaser for THE ONE PIECE anime remake:https://youtube.com/watch?v=ckpeNQ7neHk
>>11754307>I'm sure Lego will make sets for that tooMaybe, but Lego have yet to make any sets based on the anime or manga.>>11754311I don't think DBZ is coming soon. Like, One Piece is the least "problematic" anime.
>>11754319Forgot the new logo for lego 2 part special
>>11754320Since Netflix is going all in with One Piece and The One Piece, Netflix will have some merchandising deal going on I think Lego will make a few sets for it. Because The One Piece is actually produced by Netflix.
>>11754320>dbzIts coming anon
>>11754316Such is the way sadly. Want space? Buy Star Wars. Want castle? But Lord of the Rings. Want a non licensed IP? Well your choices are Ninjago,whatever the Ninjago adjacent currently is, or a $350 collector's set.
>>11754320>Like, One Piece is the least "problematic" anime.huh? There's nothing problematic in DBZ besides Mr Popo
>>11754316Yes, One Piece is my favorite manga, it's a highly popular IP with all ages but especially children, and long-time Lego fans love pirates, why wouldn't it be ok?I just personally want manga accuracy instead of Netflix shittery, but as >>11754307 says, that will hopefully become sometime in the next couple of years. And one upside of the Netflix designs is that they're more stereotypically pirate-y instead of being a weirder pirate fantasy which I feel appeals more to Lego pirates boomers.
>>11754326>castle>lotrOnly if it were a full theme, I don't consider $500 sets once a year a full theme. Now if DnD or Zelda became a full theme like One Piece or Harry Potter? I'd be ok with that. Also I don't consider Harry Potter a Castle theme, more like a spin off if you will.
Say it lads, would you prefer 6-7 sets at different price points per year for LotR or Zelda? Only one of theme could get this treatment and the other will be locked in to 18+ $500 sets.I vote Zelda as full theme even though I love LotR but I think Zelda has more variety and set potential.
>>11754328I don't get it, I think live action designs translate very close to anime in lego. Like they all could work as anime stand ins, only Ussop color might be a problem... but I like netflix Ussop more
>>11754336Zelda, easily. We have so many LOTR and Hobbit sets to pull from historically, Zelda does not.
>>11754320Oda's best friend is a pedophile and One Piece is incredibly lewd through the entire series. Dragon Ball is only lewd at the start. Basically get 0 fan service from the manga after a while. It's also easy for remakes to work around the lewdness of Dragon Balk because it was more or less out there as a joke as opposed to One Piece which has the lewdness baked into the characters and world.
>>11754338Listen, they don't look bad, but manga accurate figures would be so much better. I hate that Lego is moving away from tooning and trying to unify fig faces, you can see this in Star Wars with humanoid characters who have historically had makeup or even unique headpieces, and they're now just standard fig heads, the usual head expressions that you might see in a City set, etc.
>>11754279trashbro has ruined all my walks, i just stare at the ground now looking for. lego :)
>>11754304>babyfig chopperdoesn't he have a regular short leg fig?
Funny I still see this Juan piss shit shelf warming and on clearance.I guess Lego really is stumping for the Hispanic and Asian markets.
Lego Kamen Rider when?
Can we stop the samefagging already? I come here to read discussion, not one anon talking to himself endlessly.
>>11754359Only if the Super Sentai ideas set does well.
>>11754336>6-7 sets at different price points per yearThere are nearly infinite "sets" they could do for Zelda. how many games? how many dungeons? boss characters, locations, the wooden sword guy, chicken farmer... it blows your mind with how deep the well could gosame with Star Trek. they could do zillions of those, too.[insert blog post about how Lego has limited resources and is forced to pick among all options, ending with a sad rant about being grateful for the scraps they toss us]
>>11753897
>>11754063They are great
Post your favorite animal figure
>>11754361What do you mean?
Legobros?
>>11754369You know damn well what he means.>huh
>>11754314Why are you calling him a pedo? Goku never kissed an under aged girl... unlike some other characters I know.
>>11754311Even if it does happen, it's gonna be original DB with kid Goku and not Z or Super.
Oh look more samefagging feigned ignorance. Another day another frenchman.
>>11754239>GermanyEwww
Did you US based Anons see that you’ll be able to call Mark Hamill tomorrow to ask about Smartplay Sets? Like actually call him on the phone and he’ll be explaining why the sets aren’t shit?
>>11754379Germs have crazy good discounts on lego. Just look at Smyths. I wonder why that is. Probably since the European factories are all in EU Schengen countries and germs buy a lot of lego so it’s not only cheap to ship but they know everything will sell
>>11754372>replying to bait
>>11754198>Mark Hamill playing with the Smart Bricks!did he say his classic line?!!!"Brr-BBrrrrBrrr-Brr"???!!!!!
>>11754371Nexo Chads are safe
>>11754381They are so desperate its fucking beyond sad. The guy is 74 years old let him be. I'm sure he got a good paycheck at least but like fuck man
>>11754366You posted it
>>11754388Please make this year’s /lg/ mashup. That ai garbage was terrible.Lego and Germans love poop.
>>11754395I will - /lg/ told me to buy PS5 before price hike 2026 picture will be big and rich with content - i keep writing down everything in .txt file
>>11754398Danke Danke. Good call on the ps5 with the price hike. I’m buying up retro consoles and games right now while they’re still available. The last “system” I bought was a DS lite in ‘07’. The last computer game I got sucked into was Diablo 2. New games just have no interest for me.
What do you guys do for a living? I'm too poor for new LEGOs...
What's the best way to sort these guys out? Also, nobody touched the pieces in years, why are they all cracking and breaking now?
>>11754409I play with metal in a machine shop
>>11754398>/lg/ told me to buy PS5 before price hiketoday is the daywhere Genshin Impact stops supporting the PS4. I'm too poor to afford the PS5 so now I have to figure out how to play on my phone with lame touch-screen controls ugh.that doesn't have much to do with Lego, unless Lego feels like they want to make sets for the most profitable game ever, that you can play for 100% for free though
>>11754398dont encourage schizos thanks
>>11754412>why are they all cracking and breaking now?You got nu-Lego'd.
>>11754398bro... why are so many ppl adverse to pc gamingyou can run most games way better for cheaperis it just fear of operating systems
>>11754412I never had any problems, I think its all americans who complain because they get their lego from mexico factory.
>>11754427It's just as much an issue in Europe.
>>11754429Ok, dunno, I was lucky I guess
>>11754409you can actually neet lego if you dont drink/smoke desui dont recommend it because neeting sucks for other reasons but thats def an option
>>11754371I was thinking of getting the full range of shart brick sets for 95% off once it’s already cancelled but the more I look at it I realize it’s stuff lego already produces but at a better quality elsewhere. You wouldn’t even buy them for minisfigures because they are minis you get elsewhere without the trash can logo printed on the side and unfortunate logo on the back. It’s not even a good parts pack because the sets are tiny and specialized. The only reason to get them is for shitposting.
>>11754425the oldest pieces I have are from 2007 "hillside house" set I think it was a creator 3 in 1. But I also have a lot of pick a brick stuff cracked too, and I got those maybe 8 years ago. Is this just normal? >>11754427My Volkswagen was assembled in Mexico, but it hasn't fallen apart after 25 years though. Besides, why would location of production be responsible for this?
>>11754388Hard to believe someone involved in both Pokemon cards and Lego could make something like this. The scalper/“investor” situation in either hobby is so different as to be totally incomparable. Scalping is practically non-existent in LEGO save for a handful of specific promo sets (GWPs, insider rewards). And insofar as there’s an “investor” class, it seems to have simply latched onto a fairly “organic” trend of post-retirement growth. In pokemon, stores are cleaned out the moment they’re stocked, especially of trendy, desirable product, but even of garbage sets no one really wants, and the massive influx of “investors” has jacked the price of vintage cards to ludicrous extremes. Decades-old cards I bought just pre-pandemic are now selling for 10-15X what I bought them for, and these cards are steadily trending back to where they were during the retarded pandemic boom where people panic- and hype-bought cards for 3x the price they sold for just a couple weeks prior.
>>11754441I think it depends where you keep the sets and if there are oil difussers around, they can affect the abs plastic at microscopic level and create cracks. Temperatures too.
>>11754282But /lg/ has the power of weaponized autism.I believe in you.
Lego is a God send gift. I always pray to my Lego sets and say they are the greatest things ever made.>dust my sets>pray to them and say they are super cool and I don't deserve them and should be glad I own them>repeatAnyone else?
Anyone have a Kohls by them? Was just at mine and somehow got a bunch of series 29 minifigs, didn't even know they did CMFs.
>>11754452>if I tell you that’s creepy you go on on false flag Christian larp argument>if I call out your idol worship you go off on Christians for being uptight.This is excellent bait on a technical level. You’re creepy and probably gay though so you lose points there.
>>11754198I wish I could unsee this.
>>11754443>Hard to believe someone involved in both Pokemon cards and Lego could make something like this. The scalper/“investor” situation in either hobby is so different as to be totally incomparable. Scalping is practically non-existent in LEGO save for a handful of specific promo sets (GWPs, insider rewards). And insofar as there’s an “investor” class, it seems to have simply latched onto a fairly “organic” trend of post-retirement growth.If you are an adult - being in pokemon or lego hobbies outside of this /lg/ thread on 4chan is pain.It's either reddit level "my wife gifted me this black box of flowers" or WORSE.it's not fun.it's not fun.it's soul crushing.Normies fried their minds to the point of no return. They live in "minimalism" world where they can't have "stuff" because it's a "Visual Noise".So they can buy only black boxes of maximum normie level.Stuff like (insert any original theme) is cringe for them and a sign of a "poorfag" or "creepy nerd".I'm not even kidding - i once heard how normies discuss interior design and say that buying regular Lego "cheats you in the eyes of others," and that the interior should be furnished with 18+ Lego.+ scalpers and investors do exist in lego - it's not as terrible as in pokemon but still.Both of these hobbies were touched by a normie-hand that made it less fun.
>>11754412>>11754441All of my pre-2000-2007ish bricks are perfectly fine except for some rare dark blue pieces.t. eu
>>11754463>that buying regular Lego "cheats you in the eyes of others,*cheapens younot "cheats" lol...but you get the ideaIt's the same reason why normies would buy a $3000 designer vinyl toy instead of "an actual toy".>eww...creepy old toy that used to cost 10 bucks...it will make me look like a greasy dork
>>11754077I simply do not care for ninjago.
>>11754468Me neither but what Exo-Force covers is basically covered by modern Ninjago.
building robots to (roughly) minifigure scale sure is tricky. It doesn't quite forgive all the scuffed droidekas we've had over the years, but after trying my hand at an ARC wasp, I can appreciate the difficulty in juggling accuracy, shape and toyetics
>>11754472>wacky colorful ninjas doing.. something>pseudo-japanese characters piloting giant mechs while fighting an evil robot-race factionThey may share a few similarities but they aren't remotely the same to my knowledge.
>>11754441>Besides, why would location of production be responsible for this?Humidity is a thing, for instance.
>>11754479They're both basically the shonen anime formula. Like Bionicle.
>>11754388>PicIdiot should have told his childhood self to buy more of the classic sets!
>>11754373Kiddy diddy.
>>11754325>>11754321>>11754311Pedo.
>>11754487>unironically using pedo as an insult>on 4chanYou need to go back.
>>11753897Knights kingdom fucking rocks, shut your whore mouth.
>>11754426Because they are literal tards that cannot build one themselves ans think PC gaming has to occur at a desk.
>>11754463Lego is producing more sets and more varied sets than ever. Courting a “””mature””” audience in addition to kids gives you nothing but more options.I accept and agree with your points about normie minimalism and the embarrassing quality of Lego’s yuppie lifestyle marketing and whatever else, but I genuinely fail to see how this affects you at all. If you don’t like flowers or $500 shelf warmers (or $500 shelf warming flowers), don’t buy them. And to the point about being perceived as a weird, creepy nerd — if anything, you were creepier and nerdier prior to the influx of adult hobbyists.Apart from that, my point wasn’t about, I don’t know, the psychic damage incurred as a result of “adult” interest in a kid’s toy. My point was that Pokemon card scalpers and investors are a wholly separate and far more insidious phenomenon than Lego scalpers/investors. These things are totally incomparable both in their insane mania and their deleterious effects on their respective hobbies.
>>11754468Me neither. I get why its popular.I get the appeal.I just hate that it's taken away any sort of resources for new or revitalized lego's original IPs.
>>11754504>starting off the pokemon line with 700 euro set >commercial featuring 40 year old adults and not a single childSimply epic.
>>11754510I specifically described Lego’s lifestyle marketing as “embarrassing,” so it seems we’re on the same page here. That aside, I’m not sure how this is responsive to anything I said.
>>11754355>Juan piss shit shelf warming and on clearance.Initially I thought you were ranting about a mexican wagie in your local walmart who's famous for pissing and shitting on a shelf so it's warm and comfy to sleep on
>>11754345>A woman wearing a bikini bottom is now considered hugely lewd and problematic.Man, this generation really is fucking cucked.
>>11754496You need to be castrated.
>>11754364As someone who adores old animal molds I love this theme, shame it was so short lived.
>>11754504>Lego is producing more sets and more varied sets than ever. Courting a “””mature””” audience in addition to kids gives you nothing but more options.bullshit Reddit post.the point is - every "lego hobby" circle online outside of nerdy threads like this FUCKING >>SUCKS ASS<< due to normies and +18 sets.Absolutely hate it.Haven't even seen any Monster Fighters/classic/nexo/chima/etc/etc/etc fans outside of this thread in a long while.Go on - show me popular places where the most popular set is not some reddit slop of normies showing off their $400+ black box photos.Any fun or creativity is pretty much dead because the new norm is minimalism and fitting into society and trends.
>>11754504btw i get that you are not arguing about this specific point - you just started my neuron activation when i remembered AFOLs so i decided to talk about it further
>>11754388>slow down with wasting your money on pokemon cards I’d probably tell younger me to buy as many charizards and 1st eds as possible and store them safely so I could sell them all at 30 and retire.
>>11754537Back then it wasn't that easy to pull a charizard.Also you was just a kid stuck with 90s parents. The wasting money/consumerist culture wasn't as crazy as today. I also thought about this "hehe let's go back and hoard charizards :^)" but ended up with understanding that.1) parents would not give me that much money because it was just pocket money or "i will buy you a couple of boosters if you will be good boy :^)" - otherwise you had to do heavy tantrums and begging and it would look stupid and ruin your bonding with your parents.2) even if they did - pulling Charizard wasn't as easy3) i would end up with "just vintage slop" 4) waiting 25-30+ years is difficult.If you gonna use a time machine - just buy Bitcoin in the 2010s, anon.
>>11754527no u
>>11754533Oh, I don’t really follow the state of Lego discourse online. I just buy sets I like and where I can’t find things that fit my taste, I’ll look for MoCs or build them myself, and I’ve never once had my fun diminished by whatever it is normies are doing :^)
What lego set would you build if the world was ending in about 6 hours?
>>11754366
>>11754373>superGOD out of NOWHEREDBSpics just can't help but obsess over Superman, the HERO who inspired GoKEK's creation.
>>11754304>>11754305>3d animated short>of a live action show>based on a 2d animated show>that is an adaptation of a manga How deep can it go before companies stop?
>>11754558I'd bite the bullet immediately on getting an unopened arc-170.
>>11754496Then work to rid us of frogcet fag.
>>11754543Pedo.
>>11754568they shoved my nigga in a suit made of ziplock bags and kleenex, I hate star wars
>>11754578https://m.youtube.com/shorts/PbE_cmXAY90
>around episode 273 it starts getting good
How do we bring this level of soul back?
>>11754612Focus on play features over appearance and piece count.
>>11754613Ah so Lego Mario?
Medieval themes just don't appeal to kids these days. They all grew up on ipads and shit
>>11754448You're fucking retarded anon.
>>11754612reduce the colour palettereduce the amount of moldsshrug off licensed IPsreduce the amount of sets per wavetechnic figure line as a bankruptcy shieldbox backgrounds made of extremely early cgi or cut up layered paperalternate models on the backs of boxesno electronic shitno tv showsclearly defined factionsbulk brick tubs actually work with your sets with reduced molds so kids can moc something that fits with the themeimply that every theme has more to the world than what's shown, its the consumer's job to build it
>>11754612That exact flavor of soul will not return this way again. Instead seek new expressions of soul, or RETVRN to making your own stuff.>>11754614Unironically yes.
>>11754614You'd be treating it as the greatest fucking theme if it had normal minifigures.
If TT Games wasn't busy making overdeveloped sequels for Star Wars or Batman that were mid at best, we would have a Lego One Piece game by now.I imagine it playing similar to Lego Pirates of the Carribbean, but the Devil fruit powers being similar to the powers from the superheroes games. Luffy would be able to transform like Plastic Man or Mr Fantastic.
>>11754625it's a shame how good the two Mario movies did, and how Lego whoops-out by not making sets. this clearly would have been another case of Lego spoiling a movie bit, by making a minifig of Fox McCloudthe previewed Mario minifigure is clearly based off of the game version, as the movie-version character models are slightly altered to the standard versions
>>11754628We already have capeshit TT games, no need for "capeshit but gay pirates"
>>11754604no u
>>11754612We don't.If this set released in 2026 it would all be fleshies with forced 50% of the minifigs being females and 50% of them be niggers.
>>11754628those games used to do tons of new characters Lego have not yet (or since) touched, so I don't think it would be a problem for them to step over Lego's or Netflix's heads by skipping forward.but you can't make a game without an ending, and I'm pretty sure the anime is not over yet
>>11754639>but you can't make a game without an endingLego The hobbit exists
>>11754639>so I don't think it would be a problem for them to step over Lego's or Netflix's heads by skipping forward.I imagine it being similar to Lego Avengers where the story mode is based on season 1 and 2 of the Netflix series, but some some characters from the later chapters and classic skins for the main characters based on the manga, like how Lego Avengers was based on Avengers and Age of Ultron but had characters not yet adapted into the MCU and characters from the comics as unlockables.>you can't make a game without an endingLego Hobbit, also Lego Stars Wars had multiple games to add the newest movies, technically Indiana Jones and Pirates had sequels come out after their respective games.
>>11754636>>11754628Pedo.
>>11754654Proof?
>>11754366Luv me croc.
>>11754676The killer croc bigfig for the lego batman movie was more soulful then anything lego themselves have designed post 2010s.
>>11754619>reduce the colour palettebasedthis why i love Nexo Knights>reduce the amount of moldsquestionableNexo Knights were just fine with new molds>shrug off licensed IPsbased - those suck>reduce the amount of sets per waveumm...idk>technic figure line as a bankruptcy shieldhmm...>box backgrounds made of extremely early cgi or cut up layered paperb-based. Nexo Knights were just that>alternate models on the backs of boxeshmm...i'd rather focus on play features>no electronic shitultra giga based-nobody cared about nexo game>no tv showshmm...idk about that>clearly defined factionsGIGA SUPER-BASEDnexo villains are one of the most memorable ones>bulk brick tubs actually work with your sets with reduced molds so kids can moc something that fits with the themesame>imply that every theme has more to the world than what's shown, its the consumer's job to build iti agree
>>11754366for a long time the GREY Lego squirrel was only available in $90+ sets it was (heh) nuts. plenty of brown squirrels, not the grey! I eventually found them in the build-a-minifig bin in the The Lego Store and got a bunch of 'em.
Older animal and creature molds were more soulful.
>Soon
Soul
>>11754666I see that you’re spamming again pedo.
>>11754612We will RETVRN.
>>11754713Black monarch knights => barracuda pirates => Octan => blacktron all the same gang
>>11754703He wants to noo throod so bad
>>11754697>>11754698>Faggot Propaganda>SoulfulKill yourself
>>11754721Even the leftoid propaganda was more sovlful back in the day, you wouldn't get it...
>>11754693a shame they never recoloured the polar bear, or used it outside of the 2002 arctic theme
Was able to pick both the Monster Hunter and the Trash Monster, MH may be a new top 5 cmf for me, printing and color scheme are just so good.
>>11754801wait, those are out now? I need to get Tahu
>>11754371I hate this dude because he makes these click bait thumbnails but then you watch the videos and he's just like "maybe the sales numbers are bad but maybe they're not, I don't really know"
>>11753462>transforming dragon mech>twin mechAs a mechtard this wave will be so good...
>>11754306>Just watch the anime.
>>11754703Spamming what exactly?Also look who's talking.
>>11754686I still think they needed a wizard and a rogue somewhere on their team
Piratechads eating good.
Lego revealed all the Jurassic sets for this year$100/€100
$75/€70
$50/€45
>>11754851why is that brickbuilt but the fish isnt?
$30/€30>>11754853No idea, I find it more weird the Mosasaurus set itself seems to be based on Fallen Kingdom's opening scene but it has Rebirth characters and setting...
>>11754855Oh, this baby T-Rex set is based on The Lost World lol$25/€25
$200/€200
$110/€100
>>11754853It's probably because they didn't know how to make it to reach the $70 price point otherwise. Even though they did a cheap T-Rex set tho. Lego gives every year different price point to designers and they have to design the sets around it.
>go to local Lego store to get set from the new wave>RRP is 70 euro>in the store it's 73>dafuq.jpg>check other sets>a bunch of them have bumped up prices as well>some as high as 10 extra euroWhat the fuck? Is the owner of the store trying to murder his business just for a couple of extra bucks of profit? The same set on Amazon is 15% off as well.
>>11754849black hat - cool$100 for a black hat - not coolI also lol'd at the smiling T-Rex peeking his head into the corner of the box like an idiot.
I have no idea if this has printed eyes or stickers
>>11754868it'll be in pick-a-brick, right?
>>11754870No.>>11754869I like it.>>11754849Nice set, $100 too much for me.
>>11754849I'm buying this.
>>11754528It was an extremely lazy cash grab. There were like six Lego system pieces in every set and the rest were special pieces that were exclusive to these sets that you couldn't possibly reuse anywhere else for anything.
>>11754612Gradients
>>11754884One of the coolest things about old Lego sets was the little catalogues showing upcoming sets, and how they would set up little scenes like this that were essentially "Where's Waldo"-tier setups and it was fun looking at what all the minifigures were doing.>Two guys in the background, desperately trying to flip their overturned boat back over.>Guying being forced to walk the plank with a shark below.>Redbeard with his pistol trained on a couple more guys on a boat. Are they running away? Enemy pirates trying to board? Who knows!>Two pirates in the foreground opening a chest with a head in it while one guys hat gets blown away.Does anyone remember in the 90's when Lego stores would have these massive cylindrical displays where they'd have these cool scenes built in them like huge cliff faces with pirates, or castle minifigures, or planetscapes with space minifigures and all running around doing stuff?
>>11754861>"where the kids fixed, started and busted through the park fence"I know that they're referring to the jeep but it reads as if they fixed and started the park fence.What fucking Actual Indian wrote that shit?
>>11754811No, my Kohls put them out early so I grabbed a few. Woman at the register told me she couldn't sell them to me initially but then decided to let me have them since someone had put them out before intended.
>>11754900Small ESL company, please be of understanding.
It's not fucking fair bros
>>11754904I don't get it, old lego is made with far fewer molds, in far fewer colors, and has insane demand, so why doesn't a bootleg company just make stuff like them?
best lego e-thot?
>>11754853More than likely because there is a buildable Mosasaurus set out right now.
I would like to know if any information has been released regarding these upcoming LEGO building sets. It seems we need to place an order soon, but due to a lack of information, we haven't made a decision yet. Here are the sets in question:42701 Koala Habitat & Care Center42242 Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5023 with Crane31388 Wild Animals: Family of Koalas31393 Forest Animals: Gray Wolf71865 Zane's Ice Dragon Battle21598 Underwater Adventure60512 Mountain Bike Adventure VanThank you in advance for your help!
This redditor just single-handedly decupled the aftermarket price of Yoda pens.
>>11754849Does the helicopter pilot have a beret in dark green? If so, that's the first time it's been recolored since its introduction in 2010.Also, really cool mosasaurs.
>>11754906Enlighten did old sets eg pirates (though they did it when the sets were relatively new). Some Aliexpress listings have replicated old castle minifigs for a while, but didn't do a very good job. I've seen someone say that the companies generally see Lego not remaking them and conclude that there's a good reason why. Their MO is to just copy popular name brand thing, and the Chinese factory businessmen aren't in touch with the Lego fanbase.
>>11754828>>11754848>>11754849>>11754907Go back redditpedo.
>>11754648Why not add season 3 battle for alabasta too? The new lego batman game has an original story too
>>11754907Channel name?
Daily reminder.
Who could be posting all these leaks?
>>11754881so just like the newer dinos, which have less articulation?
>>11754698trick riddle. there is no brown figure raping someone
>>11754907https://youtu.be/gj16nmYdlmY?si=I-1aalQemzhTuuHI
>>11754849finally a molded mosasaurus. the ship is generic enough to use for other themes and city. the helicopter is gay though, would be ok to leave it out with a price decrease.
>>11754849Thanks lego intern
Why are lego jurassic sets so fucking expensive? I'm NOT paying 200 euros for the spinosaurus set!
>>11754388i wish I could go back and tell myself to not buy any other toys other than lego because they were all a waste compared to lego
>>11754849so these are gonna be the dino sets we get for the foreseeable future huh, grim, take me back to dino attack
>>11754851Spinobros why must we suffer?
New Harry Potter D2C set
Well, which ones are real?
>>11754991
>>11754964Wtf, Spino is €70 bro, here >>11754851It's not bad, where did you get €200 from?
>>11754998The one with actual spinosaurus, not brickbuilt shit.
Apparently more Artemis sets are coming in City in 2027. A remake of Creator Apollo mission set is also coming in 2027.
>>11755001How is it €200? It's €150 bro, and the set is not retired either, it's retiring in december with the rest of Rebirth sets.
We are so back M-Tron chads
>>11754991>Sabrina Carpenter setsFirst she was a meetable club penguin character, then a fortnite skin and now a lego figure with her own setThat feels like a power move ngl
>>11755004That's still too much.
>>11755016>>Sabrina Carpenter setsshe must have a great agentsimilar to whoever it was at Netflix who reached out and convinced Lego to make sets based off their shows
>>11755001I miss dino island. Imagine how much better those sets would be modernized rather than this Jurassic Shit.
>>11755029Isnt dino island just jurassic park anyways by default
>>11754612
>no super mario galaxy movie setsLego hates easy money, they like it the hard way
>>11754939I'm not familiar with the newer dinos.
>>11754898Man I feel old
>>11754849>>11755001The extreme smoothening of these animal (dinosaur) pieces gives them the impression of Duplo or some other infant toy for infants. Remember when Lego creatures were tastefully abstracted and angular, like the rest of the system?
>>11755040neat pic>Mario theatrical movie is coming out>Lego already doing Mario sets>hesitates on doing any for the movie>movie is one of the biggest of the year>Lego says dang, maybe we should have made sets... oh well>Mario movie sequel!>Lego still doing Mario...>......? repeat?you think there is a chance we'd get Mario Movie sets next year anyway? once the minifig-versions FINALLY hit? Lego is scrambling to make KPopDH sets and that's taking a whole year. I doubt it, as regular Mario sets would be close-enough, but... maybe?
>>11755005>mini mega Imagine believing this
>>11755036Stop. There is only so much I can cum!
>>11755036My favorite Moc of all time
>>11755031Yeah so why make people pay extra for a licensed piece of shit?
>>11754849This one actually looks ok for a nudino and it won't have the egregious stability issues bipedal ones have.>>11754851Wow, that is fucking awful. Lego, what the fuck are you doing? Jesus Christ. They're doing everything they can to hurt my brickbuilt animal agenda.>>11754908This one's much better than the spinosaurus but not that good either... better pieces at least>>11755001So fucking shitty. Ahahahaa>>11755047I miss them.
>>11755047funny how the soulless hollow dot eyes somehow have more soul in them than the modern animals
>>11755070It is precisely the unashamedly artificial nature of the design that gives it its charm.
I like both
Where are the ninjago sets pictures?What about Monkie Kid and Dreamzzz sets?
>>11755074Carterbricks said the ninjago sets will be officially leaked during the beginning of May.
>>11755005this, but black/redM-Tronnamed with "M" due to "Magnets"dare we hope Lego puts a magnet in this?
Lego Creator Haunted Masion 30% off, should I do it? Or there are chances it will go down more?
>>11755089I wish Lego released this set under Creator or City and made a mini collection like this. They already did the baby drivers in City...
>>11754866A lot of local toy stores around me round up the prices or just overprice them (especially those belonging to the 'Toymaster' chain.). The most egregious example was when they were selling picrel 70823 for £30 when its rrp is £12.
>>11754628When monkeys fly out of my butt!
I called Mark Hamil to talk to him about the smart play sets, he didn't answear. Why? They said he will answear...
>>11754698I don't see any refugees, but I do see a tranny. Far left, fourth row down.
Guys.... image limit... hit
>>11755094those RIDES sets were ruined by the baby-faces on the drivers. those baby faces are not use-able for anything, at all. not even regular babies, because why would your baby have a freaking helmet? safety? you're a bad parent if you put your baby in a situation where it would need a helmet in the first place.the fireman and construction worker should have those style helmets, not the other one. boooo... muh-new-molds lazynesscan you imagine if they did generic construction worker hat mini-micro-fig (or whatever they call them?) with a regular smiley face (not baby)? people would buy that set 8X and make a little construction yard set or something. it's crazy how the regular space guy (not-baby) has only ever been available in non-retail sets!!
>>11755103I talked to him. He said he hates you.
>>11755106Obsessed
>>11755107Pedophile.
>>11755065Why make money when you can make more money
Two pump chump.
>>11755180>>11755180>>11755180
>>11755191More like two page chump
>>11754080soooo… do/did you own any of the sets? Or are you just a larping zoomer who saw them on the shelves or in some youtube video and are now cooming over the aesthetic?They were fragile and annoying to play with. Ninjago designs are way better (though the prices, not necessarily)>t. owned several sets from each wave of exo
>>11755351Own a lot of them actually, including doing repair on multiple of their light bricks, one of the sigfigs of old for me was a weird color mix guy robot from there with blasters sticking out of his head, but apparently some of that connection stuff is illegal so it broke over time, also own quite a few orange hockey pads, for whatever thats worth (mainly the normal sets were my stuff it seems though so no big city or access to those giant wheels besides the one power miners set unfortunately for me), can’t talk much about fragility but they didn’t have brittle brown in em, only thing thats broken for me actually was one of the leg hinges on the copper guys, would like to see how magenta or one of the other odder colors would have looked on a proper mech like that nowadays desu
