Strict quality standards.Post your own legos, MOCs, favorite childhood sets, just don’t be a shill.You guys actually own toys right?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.orgPrevious thread: >>11755180
Copypasta for posterity >>11757454 generally interested in opinions.>The LEGO Group has accused competing brick-building toy manufacturers of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to undermine its reputation, according to a statement released Friday by the company’s legal team.>In the announcement, LEGO said it has gathered what it describes as “substantial evidence” indicating that rival companies in the construction toy sector have worked together to spread negative claims about LEGO’s pricing and product quality. The alleged campaign reportedly took place across social media platforms, online forums, and e-commerce marketplaces.>The company claims that these efforts were designed to portray LEGO products as overpriced and inconsistent in quality—assertions LEGO strongly denies.>“These claims are not only inaccurate, but appear to be part of a deliberate and organized attempt to mislead consumers,” the company said in its statement. “Our products are subject to strict quality control standards, and we stand firmly behind their safety, durability, and value.”>While LEGO did not publicly name the companies involved, it characterized them as “competitors within the global brick-building toy industry,” some of which have gained traction in recent years by offering lower-cost alternatives to LEGO sets.>Industry analysts say the construction toy market has become increasingly competitive, with emerging brands challenging LEGO’s long-standing dominance. However, experts note that direct allegations of coordinated disinformation campaigns between competitors are rare and could signal a significant escalation in industry tensions.>LEGO’s legal team stated that it is actively investigating the matter and considering potential legal action against those responsible. The company also indicated it may pursue claims related to unfair competition and reputational harm.
>>11757467>The LEGO Group has accused competing brick-building toy manufacturers of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to undermine its reputation, according to a statement released Friday by the company’s legal team.>In the announcement, LEGO said it has gathered what it describes as “substantial evidence” indicating that rival companies in the construction toy sector have worked together to spread negative claims about LEGO’s pricing and product quality. The alleged campaign reportedly took place across social media platforms, online forums, and e-commerce marketplaces.>The company claims that these efforts were designed to portray LEGO products as overpriced and inconsistent in quality—assertions LEGO strongly denies.>“These claims are not only inaccurate, but appear to be part of a deliberate and organized attempt to mislead consumers,” the company said in its statement. “Our products are subject to strict quality control standards, and we stand firmly behind their safety, durability, and value.”>While LEGO did not publicly name the companies involved, it characterized them as “competitors within the global brick-building toy industry,” some of which have gained traction in recent years by offering lower-cost alternatives to LEGO sets.>Industry analysts say the construction toy market has become increasingly competitive, with emerging brands challenging LEGO’s long-standing dominance. However, experts note that direct allegations of coordinated disinformation campaigns between competitors are rare and could signal a significant escalation in industry tensions.>LEGO’s legal team stated that it is actively investigating the matter and considering potential legal action against those responsible. The company also indicated it may pursue claims related to unfair competition and reputational harm.
>>11757470Kek hivemind.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CMPnQeRix2w
>>11757467Minecraft summer sets, thoughts?
>>11757469>The LEGO Group has accused competing brick-building toy manufacturers of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to undermine its reputationWhich one of those developed the Smart Brick for them?
>>11757474
>>11757469>Our products are subject to strict quality control standards
>>11757476>>11757474Retvrn to simplicity?
>>11757469>>11757470source?
>>11757469>>11757470get jang on the stand, he'll put together a compelling truth defense layout out how lego's quality has been declining and the value doesn't match what's offered by competing brands
only the best is good enough
So, what's the final consensus on this year's Jurassic sets? I suppose next year it's The Lost World anniversary wave since a new Jurassic film is coming in 2028 so that will take the spot for 2028. Unironically we get a Jurassic Park III 25th anniversary set this summer.
>>11757469Amazing. Lego has repeatedly bullied smaller competitors over nonsensical claims of similarity to the minifigure. Now they twist and writhe like a snake caught in rightful criticism. What a pathetic company.
>>11757500be nice, it's a small family company which needs to maintain its 2.6 billion annual net profit
>>11757486minecraft sets started looking like bootleg product at one point
>>11757508Profit was 6.5 billion dollars in 2025, best year yet for small family company!
So, what's the final take on the summer OP sets?
>I am working on a MOC based on the orient expedition's 7417 Temple of Mount Everest. I made several modifications to theme it after Far Cry 4, including the addition of a chopper modeled after 4473 Police Helicopter>I retained the original play features of the set like: unstable bridge, open-able gate, axe trap, trapdoor, and a secret entrance (haven't decided what to put there tho)Do you have any suggestions for improvements I could make to this set?Also, is it a good idea to buy certain sets to get parts for cheaper than PAB?
>>11757512There's also this set coming which is the first to not feature wanted posters or baroque works dossiers. Atleast that's what I think, didn't see any promoted on the back of the box.
I love the dichotomy here. Valid legitimate criticism right next to vapid “leak” posters shilling for a company that continues to shoot itself in the foot.
>>11757516Lego is the best company in the world dude
>>11757512kys
>>11757514Main complain:too many flat panels - it looks like a solid cube. like a military person built it
>>1175749877983 is peak set. Everything else is mid>The front of the box only lists mossosaurus since no one actually cares about the cardboard movie characters
>>11757524Think about how much better this set would be if it were a Lego original dinosaurs theme instead of having some irrelevant basedlennial franchise name attached to it
>>11757527Don’t forget cheaper.
>>11757474Ender Dragon looks kind of cool, I guess
>>11757527does anyone even care about jp. Kids only want the dinos, same as collectors. The jp ip is truy a parasite clinging to the dino theme
Sorry guys I think I will stop coming here for a while. The last couple of threads have been really bad. It's just the same posts over and over again, with the same idiot replying to himself.
>>11757527Lego Dino 2012 ran for one waveLego Jurassic World is a evergreen theme since 2018 (was released in 2015 and pause in 2016 and 2017)Make it make sense
>>11757524>>11757527they really should make it like speed champions so they can do whatever they want and occasionally do a tie in for a movie or whatever. and that way we could get tie ins for other dinosaur movies that could be much cooler like godzilla.
>>11757532yeah the anti shill schizo is killing these threads
>>11757533Dino was much more interesting set wise. It's genuinely just the brand selling JW.
>>11757474It's weird Lego Minecraft has so many pieces that are incompatible with normal Lego usage. Especially anything involving minifigs and creatures.
>>11757454>declining quality control and jacking up prices every year is just a mean, rival company slanderLMAO!
>>11757498I want the dr Harding minifigure but no interest in the triceratops skeleton. I’m not a fan of the build for the spino either
>>11757498>brick built spinoNo thanks.
>>11756270>Can you explain if sounds cool.I don't know if you'll be here but I love One Piece so I will answer anyway.Most of One Piece's world is ruled by a body called the World Government, which is a brutal military autocracy which exists solely to serve the Celestial Dragons (an evil papal elite class) under the pretense of protecting the world from piracy.The WG outwardly pretends to be something akin to a naval republic with elected representatives from each country, but in practice it's actually run by a council of Celestial Dragons who in turn serve an immortal king called Imu. Imu is immortal, or at least has a very long lifespan, and he is very scared of a mythical pirate called Joy Boy who tried to destroy Imu's then-juvenile World Government 800 years in the past and who is destined to eventually return due to the cyclical nature of Devil Fruits (the fruits that give OP characters their wacky powers, you don't need to know the exact science).He's so afraid that he's actually gone to great lengths to erase all mentions of Joy Boy from history, alongside anything that took place during the aptly named "Void Century" (the time 800 years ago, when Joy Boy was alive). Imu also goes to great lengths to confiscate any technology that could aid in JB's return, or that could be useful in stopping him. He has often destroyed entire countries and erased them from history for the crime of researching the Void Century and Joy Boy, or because they were withholding precious new tech and weapons from him.All of these constant purges have had an interesting side effect - basically, for the past 800 years, the technological culture of the world has not advanced as much as it should have, to match the progress made culturally. There are flashbacks to three or four centuries ago, and the fashion sense is still only vaguely late Victorian. Now we're in a modernish era of clothing with a lot of fantasy/weirdness thrown in for good measure.
>>11757498Give us the blood sucking lawyer and the parasaur already
>>11757512Kinda disappointed there a little uncreative there were cool set pieces they could have done
>>11757484some of these mistakes i can understand but i am genuinely shocked that nobody noticed the "boldy" on the enterprisethat plague is one of the main features of the set, its not tiny print, its not a disclaimer on the boxartgenuinely how did nobody noticefeels like corporate sabotage desu
>>11757563Best thing was that they had to redo it TWICE.The second time they somehow forgot the bolts on the plaque and the border of the Starfleet logo.
>>11757515You know what this reminds me of? Those collectable planets from Star Wars.I was super excited at first glance, but holy shit, it's a tough sell at that price. I'd hoped for an entire DF collection series but uh, yeah no, not with that price. Also,>Gum-Gum FruitThat's cute.
>>11757563>genuinely how did nobody noticeseriously just one lazy guy, who trusted that the other guy did it right.graphic artist: "here's that sticker sheet for approval"Boss: "yeah looks good, hey check out this cat video someone posted..." [never looked at the sticker sheet]if the graphic guy doesn't speak English, he probably just had to re-type it from a web site into the graphic program. dude should have used copy-paste instead lolhey we're all human and make mistakes, but there should have been someone else to double-check. so it's not fair to blame it on that one guy. it's common to imagine multi-billion-dollar companies are perfect, but in reality it all comes down to a couple of guys doing stuff.>>11757565the re-do failure is an extra-hilarious exposure of the lazy boss, who must have thought "there's no way that guy won't screw it up twice, I'm sure it's good..." [didn't check... again]
New set from Minecraft: 21582 Chicken Jockey
>>11757514Why the brown over the white of the original model?
>make lego order in February for the Griffon Knight parts>partial order, only get the legs, no torso.>customer support tells me they are backordered.>get email today saying the part is out of stock and they are cancelling the order for the torsos>check today, they are in stockMalding so hard right now...
>>11757533I wish they were more to scale
Where are ninjago set leaks?
>>11757596That’s weird they cancelled it. I remember when it was chaos trying to get Wolfpack torsos and they just ended up taking 4 months to get to me but eventually did. I’d rather be in the system for longer than have to worry about remaking my order.
>>11757484That Flux Capacitor must be from the Kuso set that looks like ass.The UCS Delorean rearranges the words, despite being bigger. Also the Flux Capacitor being represented by a grappling hook that doesn't look all too great, even when lit. Speed Champions is missing the top label because it's a clear panel popped into a frame, and I can't read the bottom label.
Apparently, next week at CinemaCon, Universal will announce the status of the live-action LEGO movies and give two of those movies release dates for 2028 and 2029. The 2028 movie is rumored to be a live-action Ninjago movie (which was announced to be in development in 2024). The Ninjago movie could start filming as early as this fall.
>>11757626Why are Universal doing LIVE ACTION lego movies? And Universal got the lego movie deal since 2020 and they have yet to release a movie! If WB still had the rights they would have pumped atleast 2 more movies since 2020.
As a profoundly red/green colorblind person whosee been sorting a large of legos out, fuck these 4 colors in particular.
>>11757626who asked for this
>>11757626>Ninjago tie in sets will be fleshiesKino
>>11757626Imagine finally getting articulated Ninjago figures and they're fucking 6" humans characters, lol.
>>11757637That Masonic fabric doesn’t help either I bet.
>>11757641We already know how they will treat them...
I can't imagine being unable to properly see green, the most beautiful color. The world would be so ugly. Sounds like a nightmare
Why did Lego lock Lord Garmadon behind a $250 set?
>>11757656He was in a CMF.
Remember when the Ninja fought snake mummies? It was a super dope wave
>>11757492Maybe jang is part of the campaign and is a CCP agent .
>>11757650 My favorite color is green so I agree. My dad is colorblind he doesn’t seem bothered by it. I guess he doesn’t know what he’s missing
>>11757673I think as part of his long, convoluted healing process: he was concluded that capitalism was responsible for nobody stopping on highway 237 west on that faithful day, 14 years ago.
>tannerfishies said leakers have all summer wave ninjago pictures>but they won't post them because the ninjago fanbase is evilWhy are they like this? I just wanna see sets so I plan my purchases early, if you have pics post them
>>11757626>live action of a lego original ip that already had an animated movieThis is levels of retarded I didn't think possible, a new blunder to rival even smart bricks' failure?
I'm sorry if this is not the place to ask this, but I didn't want to create a separate thread for something related to lego, so I'm hoping /toy/ could lend me some of their expertise.Basically I'm searching for sets that feature unique or weird shooting mechanisms in lego.When we build lego vehicles with my kid, we introduced a rule, that if something shoots, it needs to physcially shoot a projectile of some kind. Naturally this means that we're limited by the amount of shooting pieces we have at hand. I'll probably end up ordering some shooter pieces, but I vaguely recall that lego sometimes has some shooting feature in sets, that use standard lego pieces with some clever engineering.I think the name I found online is flick missiles, but maybe you guys know of some wierd designs that don't rely on shooter pieces?
>>11757690The most common are the lame ass stud shooters in modern lego, the flick blasters with those long projectibles have been phased out except for the occasional appearance on a star wars tank or gunshipIdk if this answers your question
>>11757690Not sure if this exactly meets your critera but 1356 Stuntman Catapult has a rather odd play feature in that you launch the minifig by physically bending a ladder piece back. Odd example of a play feature that is intended to put stress on a piece.
>>11757686Just be patient like anyone else, and stop obsessing over faggots.
>>11757611It's from the cuusoo Delorean from 2013.https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=87552pb016a&idColor=86#T=C&C=86
>>11757702Despite the typo, it seems like the best version.
I've this idea for a lego wargame where each player builds a small fort and forces to defend. The objective would be taking treasures from the throne room/s from the enemy for and into your own. Player with the most in their fort on the last round wins.Thats the rough idea anyways, how it could possibly work. For now I'm using One Page Rules as a framework for the system but I'd like to work out how the points building system could work for making your fort. I'd also somehow incorporate traps into the fort, like you see on some sets. Also if it would at all be possible to do building destruction. No idea how without keeping the builds super simple that you can easily remove parts of it when destroyed.
>>11757718Canon/premade factions or can they be custom? It would be sick to buy some cheap blank torsos and shields to print/sticker some custom factions onto
>>11757718You ever play Lego Battles on DS?
>>11757720Again, keeping it loose and just using existing OPR factions for stats and point costs. I like to imagine each figure having stats based on what they have, so a shield, helmet and breast plate would give the max armor one could have, a mount would increase movement and maybe health. Some sort of obscuring mask would give the ability to infiltrate the enemy fort on turn 2 and show up anywhere. I think I need to just build a mockup and see how well this would actually work in practice. Specifically the builds.
>>11757469Where's the source?
>>11757737Dreamt it.
>>11757690The two modern ones are the normal stud shooters (found in literally every single Star Wars playset) and the spring loaded shooters (a preassembled 1x4 brick that you load a long thin projectile into). The other ones are the rubber missile launchers and the flick fire missile, although even thise have been almost phased out. On rare occasions you might get things like catapults or a rubber band launcher. I also have a 4+ set with a disc launcher I haven't seen anywhere else.
I am John Lego, CEO of The Lego Group and I task you with creating the next multi year original theme. No, it cannot be classic space, pirates or castle but can use those as inspiration. Yes, it has to have a show or videogame with it. Better have a catchy name and characters and cool sets. Well, ideas? It needs to be something new.
>>11757469>Our fans are unhappy with the ever inflating prices and claim the quality of the products they buy to be decreasing?>NO, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A COORDINATED SMEAR CAMPAIGN!Please be real, I'd have a laugh.
>>11757740Bionicle in everything but name and Star Trek with Star Wars' worldbuilding
>>11757740What stopped lego from making a big bang pirates theme? Now they will never do it because they have One Piece
>>11757694From the thumbnail I thought it was a torcher scene
>>11757718That’s a neat idea but I would never be good at this because I always take forever to build
>>11757693>>11757694>>11757739Thanks for the response fellas, so I guess that it's either stud shooters, flick missiles from star wars sets or maybe searching for used old technic cannon on resellers.I feel like the ladder catapult puts equal stress on the piece and the user.
>>11757686>because the ninjago fanbase is evilWhat the fuck is this supposed to mean? Did the brown zoomies into ninjagay say something problematic again?
>>11757740Medieval villages and farms. It’s not a castle.
>>11757744>What stopped lego from making a big bang pirates theme?lack of heterosexual designers
>>11757749Ninjago fans attacked j2g
>>11757740Russian Empire
>>11757740>No, it cannot be classic space, pirates or castle but can use those as inspirationWhat the fuck does that even mean? It can be medieval but not Castle™?
Do you guys think we will ever see a proper castle CMF line, or did the DnD line and sprinkling of minifigs througout the series ruin any hope of one?
>>11757755Not CLASSIC, I meant the 80s-90s series
>>11757740dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts mixed with low fantasy bronze agy stuff(think conan the barbarian) with a very primal vibe
>>11757758When we get the year of castle2024: year of space2025: year of F12026: year of smart play2027: ???
>>11757761>dinosaursUh sorry sweaty, it would be forced to compete with the yearly jurastic world slop so no.
I wanna go back...
I did not care for lore centric themes.
>>11757740So, I was looking through the Lego Ideas site and saw that there is a section where you can check which IPs are allowed by the review board. Castlevania is allowed, but there is a catch. Castlevania as a video game is allowed, but Castlevania as an anime is prohibited. That got me thinking, why make licensed Castlevania sets when I can create an original theme inspired by it, with those crazy castles and so on?
>>11757740Cowboys. I love western sets. Yeehaw!
>>11757549That's a pretty nice BMW, I'm surprised by the opening doors. I've wanted to build one of those real-model cars, but they're a little pricey and the one model I was interested in looks a kinda ugly (Supra, both F&F and GR). I saw this Hot Rod a little while ago, liked the aesthetic, and thought it'd be better to get the decades-long desire I've had to build a lego model out of the way with something relatively cheap, otherwise I'd eventually be putting down big bucks for the Model-T set that looks really good.
>>11757773>Castlevania as a video game is allowed, but Castlevania as an anime is prohibited.Thank god. I hate to say it but a game centric Castlevania dust collector might actually get my money.
>>11757758speaking of the dnd wave, this head was such a waste, all they had to do was make his hair black
Finished watching the new season of NinjagoI must say I'm mildly impressed that over the years the show went from being absolute toddlerslop garbage to being kinda okay-ish shounenshit with decently serviceable fight scenesAlso kek poor Cole got cucked out being shown in a scalie form
>>11757740Lego World War 2
>>11757788ninjago as a theme is a pendulumit swings back and forth between "its so peak" and "its over" every few years
>>11757778>let’s make alucard a fagAnd I shut it off.
>>11757469>>11757470Sure would be fun if anons with a twatter or the like take pictures of broken or misprinted parts from sets they've recently purchased and reply to any official xeets with said images, making it irrefutably clear the grievances are not manufactured.
>>11757805Alucard was always a fag tbqh, it's really funny to see the melties the netflix show caused
>>11757808>THE BEST >THE BEST >THE BEST >THE BEST
>>11757626>>11757689i swear they are doing this just to phase out the yellow heads.>ninjago is the last remaining totally original theme>make a live action movie and give it sets>they need to be skin tone to keep "consistency" with other figures based on films>no longer any original themes left using yellow skin tone, lets just get rid of them and now all figures can be skin tone and we will get a higher ESG score
>>11757811Shrug. I don’t remember it coming up a lot on the NES. Then again I was always partial to Grant Da Nasty and would keep him throughout the game. Climbing on walls and ceilings was my shit. That was the first game I ever learned a “secret” on.
Is this real? I found someone sharing it earlier today. I didn't see any discussion on this/last thread
>>11757823Vampires in general are deeply rooted in homoeroticism, the first vampire novel was Carmilla and literally about a lesbian vampire couple. I guess people just assume that when you're alive for several hundred year tits and pussy may get dull so you try fucking whatever is fuckable. The sex scene in the castlevania sucks because the adaptation is just dogshit in general.
>>11757829>printed backpackWhy?
>>11757832so he has back printing which justifies the set being $500
>>11757829>RedMore geewun slop. Why couldn't it have been a Pokémon trainer like Cynthia or Dawn?
>>11757836Dawns a terrible choice I much rather have Red
>>11757829I hope it is because I need Ashniggers to be spat on one last time.
>>11757803Can you post your top set if any? I've been ignoring the entire theme since its inception.
>>11757829>LEGO products as overpriced and inconsistent in quality
>>11757836>geenwunif only. that's the cancerous gen 3 redesign fuck all the way off
>>11757852how can you be so full of vile to hate the better design? (to sound like barack obama for a moment) let me be clear, the lego print is ass but the gen 3 red design is better
>>11757854consider suicide
>>11757852Remakes are geewun adjacent nostalgiabait. There's literally hundreds of Pokémon trainers, yet they chose the most overrated one.
>>11757841its not the best set but in terms of my own fondness it has to be thisso nostalgic, such a clasic set, so many hours of playing with it with my cousinhe owned it and it was the only lego set i was jealous that someone else had
>>11757859>How dare they feature Luke Skywalker instead of Anakin or Rey
>>11757856Let's take a look at the actual in game art shall we
>>11757866is that supposed to be some kind of own? lmao thanks for reinforcing the point
>>11757852retarded
>>11757870Yes, that sprite you posted is still WORSE than any of the ones I've posted! I rather you have continued posting nostalgia art because at least they looked good versus in game r/b art. Also, pic related is Red if it wasn't redesigned for FRLG.
>>11757773>>11757778To be honest, that's why I always liked the Adventure in Transylvania BLD set. Its probably one of maybe three or four BLD sets I've ever liked, because it gave off huge Castlevania vibes.Also, I've never watched the Netflix shit. I don't take some garbage like that as any sort of canon.
>>11757876>Also, pic related is Red if it wasn't redesigned for FRLGnope, that would be something like this
>>11757881I posted official art. Idk what you posted is but I do not believe it is official. A remake of red and blue, the closest we have gotten, is FRLG and Let's go. FRLG is the better redesign.
>>11757886let's go, despite being closer to the original(talking about trainer red's design, not the game) is still very much a redesign, don't pretend it's accurate.Regardless, frlg vs lets go designs is like pitting piss vs shit.
>>11757832>>printed backpack>Why?for the front to "look good" it needed the backpack straps. and even though they have the perfect backpack for that, they still felt like printing would be more consistent overall (that's just a guess)
>>11757890the grunt on the right looks better in both in game and art. I agree though, FRLG looks better than let's go in almost every scenario. but FRLG looks better than R/B too.
>>11757896embarrassing post
>>11757899it's accurate to the original design, unlike the lets go version which someone said it's "Red if it wasn't redesigned for FRLG". like hell it isnot sure if you're missing the point on purpose or you're just that fucking stupid
>>11757740Classic Space Pirates in a Castle.
>>11757877This and the Forestmen ruins hideout are the two BLD sets I wish I got but I got back into just too last to miss the Transylvania castle. Forestmen hideout is now $400 and I've seen Transylvania go as high as $600-700, would love to own them but alas.
>>11757740Little lego adventures, storywise its like honey i shrunk the kids where a evil scientist shrunk himself and a group of heroes down to minifigure size, they try to navigate the world and fix there size while avoiding the scientist and his contraptions. The sets are built with using your real world furniture and enviroment in mind as well as play with scale, for example>spider web bridge escape set where the bridge is designed to be hung between two dining chairs with the scientist in a mechanical bird>Dr evil roller set where the dr turned a roller scate into a monster truck thingpart of the point of the theme is to have kids not just play within a set on a table but to go throuout there house and have adventures in uncinventional spaces.
>>11757911Yeah, those are the two I like, but missed out on them as well. I feel like the Transylvania set can go as low as $550-ish, even on scalper central like eBay.The only other two I've liked so far are the Fortuna (just for being a big pirate-ish ship) and the Sushi Restaurant from series 7. I actually got both of those, but I still want to get the two you listed (and I like the Wolfpack set too, but I think it is only in the $350-ish range)
>>11757911I own the castle in the forest set and I hate it.
>>11757740Lego Mythadventures, time traveling adventurers face off against mythical beasts and explore fantastic locations. Think Monkie kid but western myths and not chinkslop.
>>11757919Curious, what about it don't you like?
lego hawk tuahlego 67
>>11757935lego soldier 76??? lego overwatch 2??? lego articulated ramattra figure???
>>11757740Stellar OutlawsBasically cowboys in space. The story would have the titular Stellar Outlaws, who live on the fringes of the galaxy, fighting back against an expansionist alien empire.Sets would be classic Wild West fare but with a sci-fi twist. A high noon showdown between two armed mechs, a train heist but the train is a space ship, a stable full of alien mounts.
>>11757938an actual good mercy minifig???
>>11757906
lego castle...please...is it really so much to ask?
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>>11757948BASED!!!
>>11757949Got it, one juniorized castle theme about blue good guys versus black and red bad guys coming right up.
>>11757474>>11757476The ghastling set seems cute, the skeleton is kind of cool. Depends on prices>>11757592haha Chicken Jockey I am Steve Water Bucket Release fuck off with this>>11757836Are you surprised? DINK millennials are the target audience
>>11757958>>11757949I'm curious, as someone who didnt grow up with castle, what is a good old castle set to you guys?
https://youtu.be/jn1HmKad_5UThis is the audience LEGO wants:>yeah I bought thing to hang on the wall even though I don't care about thing, so now I took it down>yeah I saw that thing and it looked cool, but I don't care for it either>yeah I bought thing, but haven't even build it. Then a more expensive thing came out and now I don't care about thing anymore>yeah I bought thing because it looked cool but I actually don't like. Now I'm mad there is no rebrickable model.
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>>11757474Why is the ender dragon attached to a rock?
>>11757962Black Falcons FortressTraitor TransportTroll Mountain FortressTower RaidMedieval Market VillageMill Village RaidMedieval Town SquareMedieval Castle
>>11757971looks like its attached to the portal that spawns once you kill it
>>11757498I literally never gave a fuck about the fleshy minifigs in these sets and i had chucked some completely generic, literally who's in the trash. For me it was always dino army building which, i'm sure, lego is aware a lot of people did.
>>11757962As a zoomer I have come to find the late 80s to early 90s to be what I consider the true golden age of castle personally. Up to the late 80s castle was enjoyable but still not quite up to the standards as classic space was, and after the Dragon Master's in 1995 I feel like the more fantasy take on medieval culture is kind of hit or miss with sets starting to rely on awkward URPs and such for their builds. I think this era had the perfect selection of factions between the Crusaders, Black Falcons, Black Knight, Forestmen, and Wolfpack. Obviously the actual castles are great, 6086 Black Knight's Castle is generally regarded as the best castle Lego ever made up to the 90th anniversary Lion Knight's castle, but I also enjoy a lot of the mid and small sized offerings from this time too. Smaller sets were nice army builders usually having some small catapult or cart that could slot in anywhere in a display with a nice selection of accessories and mid sized sets had a great selection of strongholds like 6062 Battering Ram seem here or just nice little bases like 6071 Forestmen's Crossing. The only aspect of the theme that I truly think was a missed opportunity was the extreme lack of civilian life, almost no peasantry is represented in this era.That said I have seen people defend just about every castle theme tooth and nail beside Castle 2013, even themes that I think really suck like Knight's Kingdom II and Kingdoms have fans but I am yet to see any Castle 2013 fans. I suggest looking over all the subthemes snd seeing what appeals to you personally.
>>11757829remember:imagine the worst thing you could think of, and it's going to be worse. maximum disappointment.how did Lego become this? they used to announce stuff and people would cheer! now people cringe to see how much it's going to cost (hundreds?! again?!) or how they pick the wrong things.my lowered-expectation of Pokemon-with-Minifigs! is Player 1 (Red) and Professor Oak. only, not even Mom, or Nurse Joy, or Officer Jenny, or even a freaking bicycle in the set. No Misty, or other Gym Leaders. nope. Red. Oak. maybe the Rival character? $200 for the intro scene where he picks the starter Pokemon.
>>11757649Cole is a ...?
>>11757836kek, it's always a DSbort seething about Kanto. Sinnoh is already the most shilled region but it's never enough.
>>11757995Alive but gay
>>11757996what is a dsbortalso johtochads rise
>>11757999He's retarded, unovafags are called unovabortions, sinnohfags areccalled sinnohfetuses.
>>11757995>>11757996>>11757997>>11757999>>11758000samefag
>>11758004kill yourself faggot. prob a hoenn fan
>>11757995gay-ass homosexual queer 69ing every night with this purple not!orc and basically, you're fucking stupid.
>>11757987I completely checked out at the original 700 euro set reveal and the commercial that featured literally 0 children.
>>11757959At least his mouth is closed
Just want to say, Sinnoh is best.
>>11757637I have really good color vision and I feel your pain lmfao>>11757641Kek>>11757649This fits them pretty ok.
>>11758027Unova is the best and Im tired of pretending otherwise
>>11757928Its a really irregular design that feels like it tries too hard to be "realistic" and just ends up feeling like a soulless moc, its hard to put into words.
>>11757987lower your expectations even further because it isn’t a $260 diorama, it’s a $260 diorama in a poke ballso a ton of the set’s piece budget is going to be taken up by the poke ball exteriorI’m fully expecting nothing more inside than a small battle scene between Red and his Pikachu and Blue and his Eevee
>>11758039We could have had cheap little micro builds of each Pokemon town, rendered like the 2D games, released in waves, which connected together to form the region map when you buy them all.
As if the sonic faggots weren't enough, we now have pokemon retards in here as well. It really only gets worse.
>>11758039unova sucks and it's failure to be anywhere near on par with gen 4 caused gamefreak to pivot to endless gen 1 pandering, despite gen 5 being an attempt to bait that very same feeling with all the bootlegged g1 mons it introduced
>>11758048when did (pic related) become the Lego customer?
>>11758058hard to be worse than one piece fanboys tbqh
>>11758048Your diorama, sir
>>11757758Who the fuck is this nigga? That isn't the CMF beastmaster...
Has there been any news on hacking this piece of shit? I originally thought it might be interesting to get one just to design sets around it and use it better than Lego themselves did, but ever since I heard the awful sound effects I want nothing to do with it. The only salvation it could possibly have is flashing your own firmware/sfx into it.
>>11757740>RomeSimple, it's Ancient Rome. Sets will have both military and civilian sets, buildings will be temples, forts, villas, markets, triremes, the coliseum. There could also be sets for competing civilisations like Carthage, Gauls, or Britons.>Odyssey HeroesAncient Greece. It is not just a rehash of the Roman one, because it is full of Greek Mythology instead of being purely historical. Sets will include monsters such as the Cyclops, the Hydra, the Minotaur, Medusa, as well as heroes such as Odysseus, Achilles, Hercules, King Leonidas, and Alexander the Great. One of the civilian sets will include great philosophers (Aristotle, Socrates, Euclid). Sets will depict forts, temples, ships, some Ancient Wonders, and a labyrinth for the minotaur.
>>11758123Greek myth is a kino idea for an original theme
>>11758125And Lego won't do it! Because they need to focus their efforts on making $200 sets of mediocre 1980s action comedies and 1990s sitcoms.
>>11758122I posted the pic before but there's a thing called Power save for Amiibo, it's a USB plug-platform that has a small program, you put a hockey puck thing on it and change it to any Amiibo you program.it's not an official Nintendo thing of course, but if some other not-Lego company did that for the tags it would ironically sell me the brickimagine programming the tag so when Luke went near it, it would play a tune you picked!
>>11758138NFC cloning is really easy, the problem is that the tags aren't even worth having because the brick sounds like hot garbage.
>>11758042I think I get what you mean, it's a rather abstract concept that's difficult to quantify but you look at these BLD castles and fortresses next to the 90th anniversary Lion Knight castle and they don't really feel "Lego" in the way that set does. From an engineering standpoint these sets are amazing, displaying some of the most imaginative build techniques possible, but in the process they kind of lose the aesthetic seen in official sets. Recently I did something I never thought I would do in a million years and looked into alternative brick brands, particularly Lumi and its castle line. I haven't been able to justify purchasing one yet, having no cheap entry level sets is disappointing, but as a product I think they're quite impressive in terms of what you get. At the same time though theirs designs very much have that "moc aesthetic" to me, they almost don't look like a building brick toy to me and more like a plastic diarama. I want to like them, I really see the appeal, but just can never quite justify one for this reason.
>>11758099That has to be a custom minifig. The torso is from 10332 Medieval Town Square. The hair is from the Loki minifig. Can't quite place the head but it does look familiar.
>>11758143I've got the entire lumi cyberpunk line and they do have some fragile moc bullshit, but they also have play features and fun little hidden things just like Lego. My biggest complaint is their fugly minifigures, and the scale of structures often being a bit too large for the figures.I really do not think you'd regret buying one though, the lighting is a game-changer and even though they're all like $100, it's way cheaper per-brick than lego. I mean, that pic you posted would be like $500 if it wasn't lumi.
>>11758142Youre not happy with WUUUOOOHH and bligabooplaga?
>>11758142>brick sounds like hot garbage.when it plays the Imperial March, it's kinda neatI have a feeling like the Smart Brick could do better than what Lego settled on
>>11758151>>11758150The shit sounds unlicensed. It sounds like I went to Dollar General and bought an electronic toy that was branded "Star Battles." The brick is $50. If they're gonna destroy children's creativity by making the tie fighter sounds and minifig speech for them, then they better be tie fighter sounds and lines ripped straight from the movie.
>>11758150>>11758154It baffles me that these huge corporations that pour billions into market research and analysts can fuck up this badly and still think it's worth releasing. The competency crisis is real.
>>11757969>>11757972>>11757980>>11757986I knew the small colour palette was part of it, but these are very simple builds, not simple in a bad way, but many of these are pre SNOT and plate bloat, its very charming and I wish we'd be able to go back to that. How would you guys feel about non human/fantasy races in classic castle stuff, or does that take away too much from it?>>11757751Those are minifigs, those guys are screwed
>>11758157>The competency crisis is real.And it goes all the way to the top AND bottom of society. My employer just hired two mechanics who unironically don't know which way to turn a bolt to make it tighter, and have to try both directions each time.
>>11758157Lego has massively expensive sets and screws up tiny, important detailsthe Smart Brick seems to me like people knew it was awful, but the boss demanded they spent all that money [making it] so we might as well use it and hope for the best
I want to create a sea/underwater army out of sharks and crocodiles. Are there any minifigheads that aren't too expensive?
>>11758167it would be cheaper to buy vintage sharks from the old pirate sets and use them as minifig heads
>>11758157Look, quality doesnt matter. Not having a smart brick in a smart brick set doesnt matter. The kids will ask for the millennium falcon, then when they realize it doesnt come with one, theyll ask their parents to buy more to maybe find a set that does include one. It cant hurt brand reputation. Just trick em
>>11758167I haven't seen the film so I have zero context of why they exist here but in the Ninjago CMF line several figures of the line are these soldiers based on sea animals, including this shark guy. The movie bombed from what I understand and I think the film is non canon to the actual series so even Ninjagofags don't seem to care about these making them pretty cheap.
>>11758172it clearly does matter because the smart brick stuff is apparently selling like shit
>>11757649Did lloyd, nya and wu ever come out?
>>11758157The competency crisis is real however in this case I genuinely think everyone involved knows it's a farce, but they have to put on a big show for the executives since they blew all that R&D money and need something to show for it.The Emperor's New Clothes except it's for LEGO.
>>11758194The future pokemon sets use SB, scalpers will buy up all that shit and they can say look it's popular
>>11758196>Lego releases the Pokemon SB sets and the Pokeball w/ minifigs set around the same time>nobody likes SBs so those sets sell poorly>everyone wants Pokemon minifigs so that set sells gangbusters>execs demand more minifig sets since that’s what people wantthis could all work out
>>11758167Truthfully the frog, gator, and goldfish costumes from the last minifigure wave work great for this
>>11758194Its probably as sunk cost/time fallacy. They've poured half a billion dollars, and, if the information being passed around is true, nearly a decade of research into this. At the very least, we know the copyright is from 4 years ago, since all the copyrights and trademarks are 2022.Although, I don't know fucking HOW they put that much time and money into the smartplay. It's been shown over and over, that it basically doesn't work as intended in many cases, and the sound effects sound like garbled MIDI effects that somehow sound worse than the original Gameboy that came out like nearly 40 years ago.I've pointed it out before and I am surprised no one else really talks about this, but it is 110% obvious that the reason Lego's prices on everything have ballooned out of control the last 3-4 years is to mitigate the Smart Brick R&D costs. If they depended entirely on Smartbrick sales to recover their costs, Lego would probably go bankrupt.
>>11758200Worst thing is we need more heads like they did with that one Viktor Crum as a shark, though in a pinch i figure a complete red or black head would do
>>11758201>If they depended entirely on Smartbrick sales to recover their costs, Lego would probably go bankrupt.Lego made 2.6 billion in NET profit last yearThey weren't running at a loss and aren't relying on smart bricks to turn their fortunes around. I think they're in a healthy enough position to be able to cut their losses if they really needed to, even though that would still look bad to investors
Can't wait for the smart brick to say "pikachu" bitcrushed worse then those 144p gba movie carts.
>>11757877>bought it when it dropped because I'd never get it cheaper>no room to display it anywhere>it still sits behind the couch in preparation of the day I finally box a bunch of bullshit up and build it>meanwhile my various monster minifigures continue to grow
>>11758204I think they can still turn it around but them dropping it with Star Wars of all ips was probably the worst decision they could have pulled for a release.Should have just dropped the smart brick with lego city and embraced the nonsense sound effects
>>11758208>dropping it with Star Wars of all ips was probably the worst decision they could have pulled for a release.it's clear Lego thought slopitty-slop-slurping guaranteed Star Wars bucks would create the illusion of success. the Star Wars fans typically buy up all the new stuff in a frenzy no matter what it is.
>>11758205it wont say pikachu it will say EUOHAAH
>>11758201Maybe they wanted it to fail so they'd have an excuse to try to price gouge people
>>11758204>Lego made 2.6 billion in NET profit last yearYeah, we all know that, and that is (again) after ballooning prices to absurd levels. Its no coincidence that Lego's copyright/trademark for the Smartbrick is 2022, and while people already thought prices were kind of high then, it was really about 2023 until now that prices really ramped up. Especially on Star Wars sets.Why do you think they had those record breaking profits? I'm sure it had nothing to do with scaling the sizes of sets down over every past iteration of the same vehicle. Probably has nothing to do with cheapening out on parts, cheapening out on minifigure printing, putting sheets of stickers into sets that should be printed, etc.They made those profits because they gouged prices and cut corners in every way, shape, and form they could thing of. Besides, even if they made 2.6 billion last year, half a billion isn't exactly something to sneeze at if your endeavor ends up being a failure.You can pretty much see all of the cuts happen in real-time, too. Take a look at large sets (especially in Star Wars and stuff like Marvel) look at the piece counts and minifigure counts of sets from 2022 and before, and compare them to sets from just a year or two later. Nevermind the ones from last year and this year.They hand wave away any sort of criticism, and when challenged on why they cheap out on expensive sets either by printed parts, or shitty minifigures they sling buzzwords corporate jargon around and act as if their hands were tied, that's why we have to give you half as many minifigures, hundreds less pieces, a scaled down build, and 50 stickers in a set that costs $100 more than the previous version.
>>11758167>crocodilesThere were a whole tribe of crocodiles in Chima. Just go to bricklink sort alphabetically and they should all be under C names. For sharks there are the vidiyo shark people
>>11758215Pokemon cries from the actual gameboy games would be neat but I'd rather buy galidor than a fucking pokemon smart brick
>>11758217that's a lot of reasons but it's a lot simpler:Lego tried it (expensive sets)people still bought itit's not Lego's "fault" they get away with it because customers let them. if people stopped buying the expensive sets, they would stop making them. it's technically OUR fault (not me, I don't buy the expensive sets)
>>11758223If Lego allowed competitors to actually compete without suing them most things they'd make over $120 would shelfwarm forever and they know that
>>11758220It would be a neat novelty but I still question the whole thing when literally every kid on the planet has some version of a Switch and can just play pokemon
>>11758223>Lego tried it (expensive sets)>people still bought itWell, yeah. That's pretty much exactly what I mean. That's why the prices of SW and Marvel and stuff have prices that have increase hand-over-fist, while other themes and Lego's own IPs have gone up, but at least somewhat more tolerable rates.Naturally, they try to hang it on the Glup Shittos (like charging $150 for that new Razorcrest, which looks like it is maybe a $80 set at most. But, Ooh! Look at this new Zeb minifigure! He has dual molded arms AND legs! A first for Star Wars, how exciting!).The problem is mostly all the Disney stuff and IPs. Their fanbases are paypigs, and even if they might complain, they'll still buy the sets. The only thing they'll do to combat rising prices is review bomb Lego and Amazon and stuff. But they'll still buy the sets.
>decide to dig through old bin>find helmet and torso of some glup shitto clone trooper, great condition somehow despite splashing around my bin for years>"Huh this one seems unique wonder if he's kinda rare">look him up>bricklink listing start at $100, usually fall into the $150 for good condition onesFirst time in my life I have ever been thankful for clonefags.
>>11758248People go nuts over the Phase 1 commanders and captains because I think they only made all of them like once and then never again.
>>11757928not him, and I'm going to sound autistic, but I never liked the idea of the forestmen having this random giant castle in the woods, I think some kind of tree village would fit their aesthetic better
This shit should have been a $50 set but they're selling it for $100 as an 'Icons set.' I was gonna wait for it to go on sale but these dumbfucks keep buying it up causing it to go on backorder. Now it's being scalped on ebay.
>buy four weapons blacksmith for 25% off on amazon>look again this week, it's 30% offwtf rude
>>11757484Hey Frens I got the Enterprise How do I get a replacement sticker for the typo?Thanx frens
>>11758285Nah that's fair, I like the idea of it being two connecting smaller towers but I wish they did what Forestmen Crossing does and have it be a bridge between a man made tower and a tree. The nature aspect of the build is surprisingly weak for the faction based around nature.
>$260Hahahahahahaha
>>11758302for 2200 parts? That's almost a good deal, still not buying it though
>>11758302>red, oak, blue, the starter trio, pikachu and eevee>oak lab sceneKino
>>11758302Depending on how good the scene is I might buy in, that's hitting a lot of the must-haves. I'd rather Ash over Red but even so.
So what are his and his parent's options when they go to the store and he sees "lego pokemon" on a box and wants one?
>>11758302>>11758308So another april fools leak confirmed, we get closer to lego halo bros...
>>11758311
>>11758310Depends on where he lives. If he lives in one of the six countries that sell smart brick sets (US, UK, France, Germany, Poland, and Australia), then he can get a few smart brick sets at different price points. But if he does not live in one of those six countries, all he can get are 18+ sets such as Eevee ($60), Pikachu and Poké Ball ($200), Kanto starters ($650), and in the summer there will also be worldwide releases of the Poké Ball Scene set ($260), Rayquaza ($130), Munchlax ($70), and Arcanine ($100). Pretty good offers from LEGO. Why did they make 13 smart play sets region locked? Lmao.
Up until now I have used exclusively US based sellers on bricklink as it seemed not worth the headache of using sellers outside of my country but looking into European's prices and it's undeniable how much fairer they tend to be. Anyone have a lot of experience buying from Europe in the US, particularly Germany? What was the wait and tax like?
>>11758314>lego makes awful choices every day>they still somehow finished 2025 with $6.5 billion in profits making it their best year everWtf is going on? Also, I think Lego Space is cooked bros, that Technic Artemis II rocket set sold like crazy since the launch.Is Lego ever gonna stop?
>>11758321They don't do shit for space anymore anyway. They haven't done a true, unique, dedicated space theme since 2013, just City offshoots with fairly realistic shuttles, space stations, rockets, and some other stuff.My only hope is, since they're apparently doing the M-tron Mega Core Magnetizer as a mini scale insider set soon, that means they take one of the larger ships like the Stellar recon voyager or the Particle Ionizer and update it and release it as a set similar to how they did the classic space Galaxy Explorer and the Blacktron Renegade recently. Biggest casualty, of course, is the loss of the trans neon colors...
>>11758281fox in particular is pricey because he's exclusive to one set that itself was exclusive
Has anyone else had missing or incorrect pieces in sets recently? It seems to keep happening to me and it's frustrating as fuck. I bought the Charizard/Blastoise/Venusaur set and was unable to complete two of the three because they had parts that were just flat out incorrect. A curved plate was replaced with a flat plate, and a curved under 2x1 was replaced with a different 2x1. Worse yet, I did their pick a brick service, and instead of sending me 10 red translucent cones, they sent me 10 santa beards. This doesn't even feel like a new trend, because the same thing happened several years ago with the Lego roller coaster that ALSO had a part swapped for a different one. What the fuck are they doing over there?
>>11758330Wait, why don't they just put the torsos of space factions on PAB like they do for Castle?
>>11758334Never had such a problem, sometimes when I think I'm missing a piece it fell somewhere or its in the paper bag, the paper bags are bad.
>>11758334My Sonic ideas set had 6 yellow gems so i had to open my stash for the chaos emerald display part.
>>11758058What's wrong with Sonic sets?We actually got Silver minifig and Blaze is coming next.
>>11758334I've never had a missing piece, but I one time got a very damaged piece, and also one time had a set that had two extra pieces. And I'm not talking about the extra 1x1s or accessories, they were very large pieces. Even even rechecked all of my steps in the manual and the piece catalogue in the back, and both of them were just straight-up extra pieces.The damaged piece was in a set from like 12 years ago, though. It looked like someone dropped it on the ground, and then stepped on it and slid across the floor. Basically looked like it had been scratched to fuck on a sandy surface, or with high-grit sandpaper.
>>11758338>>11758344Guess I'm weirdly unlucky that it's happened 3 times in a month.
>>11758330will it really be m-tron without the magnets though?
Opinions on adults welcome branding?
>>11758355the second worst thing Lego has going aside from licensed IPs
>>11758355I really hate the whole Adults Welcome thing. Were they not welcome before? If they’re so welcome now, why has LEGO been severing ties with the fan community? And why do they seem to do everything to make adult sets as unappealing as possible with huge price tags and boring black boxes?
>>11757593I switched the ground color from white to sand yellow for more of an autumn vibe. This way I can make the temple using white pieces without it looking bland>>11757520Thanks for feedback. I actually did not add any tiles myself, besides the ones already in the og set. Probably it's the flags that are doing that, so I'll see what other pieces I can use there. My friend also suggested that, the bridge needs a few plates underneath to give it more depth
>>11757962Majistos magical workshop
>>11758349It would kind of suck without them, but I think people somehow forgot that magnets were a big part of Ice Planet as well. With the CMF M-Tron guy, they seem like they sort of replaced with magnet with the power lifter arm gimmick, sooo...maybe they'd somehow try to work that in to any sets they'd remake.
>>11758355>>11758361>*Disney adults welcome.
>>11758320Germany specifically had really messed up international shipping prices when I was doing most of my purchasing a few years back. Hopefully it has changed since then.
>>11758370ice planet had a couple magnets, yeah, but the theme is mostly remembered for the striking colour scheme and orange transparent chainsaws (which can no longer exist because the colour guys decided no fun allowed)
>>11758382>lego is killing itselfMeanwhile in reality....>Based on the 2025 full-year financial results released in March 2026, The LEGO Group achieved its best year yet in terms of profitability, marking a record performance for the company. >2025 Financial Highlights (Best Year Yet):>Net Profit: Grew by 21% to DKK 16.7 billion (approx. US$2.6 billion).>Operating Profit: Grew 18% to DKK 22.0 billion (approx. US$3.43 billion).>Revenue: Increased 12% to DKK 83.5 billion (approx. US$13.02 billion).>Consumer Sales: Grew 16%.
Why has 2026 genuinely been one of the best years for Lego in recent times? Are they stupid?First time I’ve been excited to get Lego in forever
>>11757626In before they announce Michael Bay's Bionicle movie
11758384Why can't you fuck off back to plebbit already?
>>11758388I know he'd put humans in it or have the toa come to earth or something insanely stupid
>>11758377True, but I still think the black/white/red/neon green of M-Tron was maybe one of the top 3 or so recognizable color schemes of the late 80s/early 90s space themes.It would suck to not get the magnets, but I'd just be happy with an updated ship/set. Realistically, I just want more fucking space stuff...
>>11758390The human characters would fight an alien named Makuta by getting into a mech called a T- Terrestrial O- Operative A- Automaton to awaken an ancient AI buried in the shores of Easter Island called "Mata Nui".The trailer would have Move Along in it, only for it to not be in the actual movie and be replaced by a shitty rap with one line saying "bionicles"
>>11758397>she built that >uhhhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Tintbg0lo
>>11758397genuinely worse than being permanently cancelled
>>11757766all year ofs are cancelled until smart brick sales improve.
>>11758097I can't decide if that diorama has giant pokemon or small kids with no legs.>>11758092Really? pokemon and sonic get way more posts than op when people are discuss them.
>>11758314>rayquaza fug
Will Lego produce sets based on The Mummy series in 2028 with The Mummy 4 (internally its called the real the mummy 3...) coming that year?
>>11758415
>>11758334where about do you live, maybe the factory/distribution center near you is just shit?
>>11758415The directors confirmed last month the next mummy will ignore dragon emperor, its not canon, this will be a sequel to the mummy returns. Filming begins this fall, I can see lego make sets for it, including the fact Universal wants to make this film a real passing the torch feature.
>>11758418I live in Washington state in the US. If the factory is bad here then it's gonna be bad everywhere.
>>11758422Huh, not true
>>11758422kek
I love being evropean every lego set I've bought in the past 20+ years never had a single piece missing or damaged
>>11757690Bionicle had a few different types of launchers, including several ball launchers it shared with System sets:https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=60932cx1https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=64275They would fire these plastic sphere pieces:https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=54821There have also been various disc launcher and air-pressure launchers over the years, but they always used exclusive ammunition and only appeared in a few sets.Around 2005 to 2008, there was also a brick-built launcher design that was featured in several Vikings and Fantasy Era sets. It's a bit hard to describe, but you can see a demo of the function here; it just used some slopes, a rubber band, and a few Technic pieces for the firing mechanism and ammunition.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEanlzTJtxc&t=240s
>>11758145It's from the CMF series 6 Bandit.
Why are you guys ignoring the best wave ever?
>>11758430That's not monster hunters.
>>11758430I only want the shark tank.
>>11758430This is what Lego spent half a billion dollars brainstorming, btw.
>>11757469>>11757470>Negative rumours about pricingNigga how the fuck is that a rumor? We can SEE the prices and they're at least 4 times as high as they should be.
>>11758430I have no idea what those are, but they sure look retarded.
>>11758310If it were my son?>We're gonna download the instructions and build our ownThe amount of bonding time gathering the parts and working on it would be worth more than paying lego firsthand.
>>11758320The shipping from Europe ain't worth the hassel. The amount you are paying in shipping negates literally any savings you find outside the Americas. At least that's what I've found.
>>11758355It's disingenuous. Adults did buy sets before there were black boxes. It's just a way to sugarcoat and hide that you're not into kids toys. It's not adults that are welcome. but normalfags, who have a problem with being called weird for liking toys.
>>11758218Thanks a lot. That's exactly what I'm looking for!
>>11758330What would be a good Lego Space theme idea that wouldn't compete with Star Wars or the Nasa shit? Not just re-releasing one of the older themes.
Reminder that the Lego feedback survey is still on.https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=FTUGHa1slUGUhupl30Vvqs2Wvh-cVf9As0yG8OZoWRJUREY2SjRBODkyR1pTUjJOUUg1R1g2SDdGWS4u
>>11757962Black Knights' Castle and Black Monarch's Castle (6086 and 6085) are the twin GOATs of castle theme. Monarch has more stuff while Knights has cooler stuff. And they both retailed for well under a hundo ($60 and $75 respectively).
>go on rebrickable>see picrel>£10 for the "instructions"Why has this site become such a joke?
Reminder France is a proud nation of immigrants.
>>11758454Remember when those roadplates were a radical change?Does lego still include them in new sets?
>>11758454God damn I hate these thingsOld lego good, new lego bad
>>11758457>Does lego still include them in new sets?Nope but they also stopped releasing buildings for City alltogether. One of the reasons why I liked City Adventures a lot. The 8 x 16 plates are still used in other themes. Wish they would have expanded on it and gave us ways to build proper curves and such.
>>11758446You just create some underlying narrative that you can buy into, and build the sets around them. Most of the 80s and 90s space themes had stuff like this. >Classic space: Civilians exploring space>Blacktron: Intercepting and decoding messages from other space-faring civilizations>Space Police: Mostly shown hunting down Blacktron, but the purpose of Space police is pretty obvious>Ice Planet: Mining icy worlds for materials for rockets>Explorians: Searching for alien fossilsAmong others.>Life on Mars: Humans and Martians working together to explore MarsOr it could be just the fall back on "Earthlings vs. some Alien faction" (Alien Conquest, Galaxy Squad)Honestly, you could just easily take a concept like "Harvesting stars or black holes for energy" or "Sampling Materials from comets" or something. Just to come up with a foundation of ideas for vehicles and bases and machines that make sense.
>>11758465>M-tron: FUCKING MAGNETS HOW DO THEY WORK
>>11758465>Sampling Materials from cometsThis sounds like a really cool idea that could actually be expanded into tons of vehicles with cool play features.
>>11758355Based and tied up with many excellent sets. An easy way to visually distinguish at a glance sets with intricate details and interesting parts usage/building techniques
>castle is deadNo it isn't
Also, you just need a little imagination...
So we got some minifig line ups for ninjago summer sets. It seems there is no Lord Ras this year in sets. Also, Oni are the villains in Legends sets.
>>11758430I got memed into buying a few Dreamzzz sets that I found on clearance and I am never falling for that shit again
>>11758503So what was this then? A fake leak?
>>11758498Isn't that what LEGO is all about? Combining sets, coming up with new ideas etc? Who stops castlefags from building their own stuff?
>>11758496>ugly as shit brick-built horses instead of proper horse figurinesIt's dead.
>>11758446Deep Space colonization:-First year is normal exploration. Finding a gimmick energy source in second wave. Big set: deep range spaceship-Second phase is building a permanent base with construction faction. Finding signs of alien life in form of relic/ruins in second wave. Big sets: colony ship, home base, alien ruins-Third year is mining with a new industrial faction with drilling machine, transporters, introducing a second competing faction and finding live aliens which are the source of the gimmick energy. Could be in the form of a Lovecraft old ones or an ancient race in cryopods. Big sets: alien temple, oil rig base.-Fourth phase is western gold rush in space. Introduce villains (aliens from elsewhere, cyborgs, bots and humans) with a space police faction preventing smuggling of alien artifacts from a transport faction. Big set: monorail equivalent.- Fifth year: conflict: Bring a galactic federation type of ship to bring law and order with armed ships. Big set: galactic cruiser.- Sixth year: terraforming the planet so that everyone can live together (human, aliens) with cyberpunkish sets that subvert the casual city stuff: buses, food truck, restaurant, museum integrating the new energy source or the new aliens. Wave two: preparation for exploring further away.
>>11758498Could probably use the mask for Warhammer figs, that's the only thing I could think of. So many idiots wanted it as a system theme when it has no moccing potential as one
>>11758508woe upon ye, a beastie in thine bvilding blocks toy is made upof bvilding blocks
In all honestly, AC sets were comfykino and more of what lego needs to make and i'm not even gonna pretend and say otherwise for epic lego general cred.I don't regret buying a single one and even though i skipped two big ones i still bought their minifigs online. When are we getting more sets this year?
>>11758505>shilling actually worksWho would have thought that? What sets did you buy from dreamzzz?
>>11758505>>11758520>who wants original themes>all hands go up>who wants to actually buy original themes>all hands go down, everyone gazes ashamed at the ground You know whatever comes next, you whiners are going to hate it because it will invariably be geared toward the tastes of brain broken gen-alpha iPad kids (the actual target audience of these themes) and not busted old boomers like you and me. We have our beautiful 18+ black box statues and retro throwbacks and nostalgia licenses, and if you’re dissatisfied with that, you can make your own shit or look up others’ mocs
>>11758503Yeah, when will /lg/ admit NINJAGO LEGENDS is KINO?
>>11758524I like Dreamzzz but I'm dissapointed on how they wasted the dream concept on random stuff. I might get the shark tiger and scorpion sets but I still have to get sets from >>11758498So I need to plan my purchases with that and there's Ninjago too. I think a reason why themes like dreamzzz, chima and nexo knights failed is because they didn't treat their audience more serious, like they were very dumbed down stories compared to Ninjago. I will say Ninjago is now smarter and more serious than Bionicle ever was.
>>11758509God, I'd love a galactic federation/star trek styled exploration setting but focused on smaller and civilian owned ships and robots like star wars. Hell, Lego has like, 20+ different alien designs they've already come up with that they can use for characters
>bricksie is leaving LANWtf is going on? First Duckbricks left LAN, now Bricksie!WHAT'S HAPPENING? Wtf is Lego doing? Is it because of smart bricks?
>>11758515>So many idiots wanted it as a system theme when it has no moccing potential as oneTalking about Bionicle? I'd think it has about the same moccing potential as any other theme, if not more. Taking Ninjago, where there would be Dragons and Mechs, there would be Rahi, Titans, Exo Toa, vehicles, etc, the first 2 of those spanning just about anything (small crabs to huge creatures, from large characters like Axonn to large monsters like Gadunka). Then if we're talking locales there are certain iconic areas from G1, though I'd think they'd make new ones, but for example the Kini Nui, I'd say some of the villages from MNOG, the Codrex which could house vehicles.Who knows, maybe with Tahu here it might inspire some people to give building some of these a try.
>>11758532LAN isn't just free sets, it's a commitment to put out content. Not everyone probably has time for that, or maybe it wears on them after a while. Or it could be something else.
Any news on the LotR set?Still hoping it'll come sith a troll
>>11758533At that point why not just buy Ninjago? Those System Bionicle sets sold like horribly for a reason, Bionicle is at it's best when its a Technic subtheme
>>11758541Nothing new since the leaked video, there was no troll in the presentation so I doubt it.
Do those who cant teach become bricklink sellers? Order 2 minifigures from a store, they arrive in pieces, one of them doesnt have legs. Buy another one (1) minifgure from a seller, its the wrong face.
>>11758524Look, when I asked for more original themes there was an unspoken condition of "no gay or retarded themes". I guess I should have spoken that part out loud.
>>11758355Modern Lego's 9/11
>>11758311>>11758312Leakers just confirmed Punisher won't be in brand new day sets.Another april fools leak confirmed... halo bros... the clock is ticking
>>11758568The last thing I want is Halo sets in lego. Being a Halo fan is already humilating enough.
Ninjago sets will be officially revealed on May 2nd.
>>11758545what the fuck is this scale with the giant doors and micro citadel
>>11758587You mean like every fuckin year?
>>11758590The back is the throne room
>>11758530>themes like dreamzzz, chima and nexo knights failedstop the meme already
>>11758599What meme?
I never got a Monkie Kid set before and with the theme ending I could get this for 40% off, should I get it? It has all main characters and 2 cool villains
>>11758611Does Monkey Kid have the popularity of Ninjago? I'm assuming this theme will just end up having the same resale value as other less memorable sets like Chima.
>>11758611I want to get that celestial pagoda before it retires
>>11758508>Great sets>one issue>Grr! Not crafted to my tastes>theme is deadYou faggots keep needing to be reminded, Lego does not cater to an audience of (you). And FYI, there are plenty of molded horses out there that are compatible with the set. Maybe if you weren't such a whinny chud your dad wouldn't have left.
>>11758622You better get it fast because lego changing the retirement date of all monkie kid sets from 2027/2028 to december 2026. Same for all dreamzzz sets.
What if I told you Chima is coming back next year under Ninjago Dragons Rising Season 5? And pic related is one of the vehicles that show up, something similar to this. Laval, Cragger and Eris have new head molds...
>>11757514the moment I saw the build I thought, "this looks like Far Cry 4"then I read your post and found out it actually was based on thatgood job
>>11758634No way
>>11758496Considering getting a 2nd one but I've never gotten a dupe before.That or getting pic related, though I refuse to paypig now as I did when it came out. A beauty though.
>>11757626how are they going to animate the spinjitsu?are they going to have the actors start spinning and then just cgi them into a tornado?I can't think of a way of making spinjitsu work in live action without it looking like a spy kids movie, which I find funny because of how serious that poster looks
>>11757718that sounds somewhat similar to brikwarsmaybe you could find some inspiration from it's rulesyou can read it herehttps://brikwars.com/
I always liked the idea an anon had of a Castle theme revival being a combination of exo force and castle. Basically castles that are also giant robots that fight each other piloted by knights, trolls, etc.
I'd be happy if Lego gave us an Exo Force set under Icons, I still think we should get a special Icons subtheme that's only about remaking old sets, call it Lego Icons: Legacy or just Lego Legacy Collection, something like that.
>>11758652How big/small could you reasonably go with that? Like lets say we stick a big pair of legs underneath this set. >>11757986 And also add a whole wall behind this set. Thats already going to be a fairly big set. Could you make it smaller? Like just a tower with some spindely legs?
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>>11758658I was thinking of a few different price points, like the cheapest sets would be towers that are mechs, and then you go up to a $100 compact castle mech robot.
>>11758661Here are some concepts
>>11758634>What if I told you Chima is coming back next year ...... Laval, Cragger and Eris have new head molds...I wonder how uncanny-off the Chima characters would look without the eye-hole-helmets and minifig heads underneathword is they did that because they were unsure if customers would accept molded heads instead of regular-heads, and it was giving you both options to use the eye-holes. 100% Today Lego would just skip right to only molded heads
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>the leakerpedo is still spamming instagram screenshotsdisgusting, not >>11758668 though
Weird question, I have a minifig but am missing their accessories and want to buy them on bricklink. I added all of them to my wanted list and searched stores with them but all of them only offer the parts via purchasing the full minifig which is way more expensive then the individual accessories. Is there any way to search for stores that have the accessories without pulling from results that only do so via minifigs?
>>11758618>Does Monkey Kid have the popularity of Ninjago?No obviously not. But the thing is, LEGO didn't want it to compete with Ninjago. They made MK for the chinese market. We only got the sets because LEGO doesn't restrict sales to regions. What I don't understand is, why they even dubbed the tv show in multiple languages but then didn't care to promote it further.I started collecting MK sets in late 2021 and I'm still missing a few, but even I have to admit, that I kinda lost interest when it was clear LEGO didn't intend to continue the theme.
>>11758383it is dying because of you froggy. give it up. normies are getting repulsed by your shit and your shit company.
>>11758673>They made MK for the chinese market.That's beyond retarded since1. The Chinese Market literally has dozens of lego knock offs to compete with 2. As proven by hollywood, china doesn't want foriegn shit trying to appeal to them.
>>11758685>That's beyond retarded sinceNew to the TLG process huh?
>>11758672Just search for the parts for sale you may have to go to multiple shops to get everything you want
Legends mechs are very exo force but I wish lego did cheaper mechs like that, it's hard to explain but the cheaper ninjago mechs lego does are too bulky for my taste, not radical enough, msybe stickers actually helped exo force? Gave them a vibe if you will
Lego Elves was the best castle theme ever and all the hate it gets is because of minidolls, if it were minifigures it would be regarded as the greatest theme ever made
>>11758691Why does a mech especially from Ninjago need a display stand? Thats so retarded.
>>11758690I wanna make an inkwell with a pen, anything for that
>>11758693To simulate flying
>>11758693to bloat the price and parts-count
>>11758717Thats bullshit because every wave lego sets are first given a price and then its up to the designer to reach that price point sith the set, like lego group would give designers a list of make me a $10 battle pack type set, a $25 bike set, a $45 mech set, etc.
New leaks for city
>>11758726Ok but what about the brickbuilt supra.
>>11758726carwash looks neat, little small though
>>11758726>City planes still have studs displaying on the wings and roofEverytime I see that garbage my interest completely deflates.
>>11758726Looks like some new rock pieces? Also decent use of the brick suit.
>still no ninjago leaksI think leakers do it intentionally to fuck with us
>>11758736funhole >>>>>
>>11758743Ninjago: Twin Titan Mech Images w/o “lite” all over them - Source: unknown retailer.$140
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>>11758736That set is 4+ tho>>11758751
>>11758746>funholeThat's code for vagina.
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>>11758753>That set is 4+ thoAll the planes for City have studs on the roof and wings. It is unsightly, and I still don't understand why Lego keeps on doing it.
Chris Faber leaving Lego was a fucking mistake. If someone had to leave it should be Tommy Adreassen. Also I want Jorgen back as CEO.
>>11758760>lego pieces having studs is le badmeds now
>>11758749they really dont do nyas mech justice with this box art>>11758691>>11758757it looks so cool here, definitely picking it up
>>11758760>studs on the roof and wings. It is unsightly, and I still don't understand why Lego keeps on doing it.so it looks like "Lego" of courseand maybe if you want to stand somebody on the wing for any reason
>>11758767LEGO died when Jens Nygaard Knudsen left.
>>1175872660492: 4+ Passenger Plane ($30 / 118 pieces)60494: Dump Truck and Front Loader ($120 / 1132 pieces)60497: Car Wash ($55 / 583 pieces)60480: Yellow Backhoe Loader ($30 / 301 pieces)
>>11758768No, makes them look like toy building blocks.
>>11758558I don’t know what to tell you, man. I don’t own any Dreamzzz(zzzrepeating of course), but the appeal of a neon alligator submarine or a brachiosaur hotrod or whatever else seems quite intuitive. You just need to face the music: you’re not a kid any longer, and what you want is not new original sets but just to recapture that sentiment from time when you were less cynical and less beaten down and unless Lego recreates precisely the thing you grew up with, you’re going to find it gay and lame, because necessarily baked into any new theme is the very change and passage of time you’re so trying to flee from. Anyway, just look up cool MoCs from the themes you grew up with and build those.
>>11758674>normies are getting repulsed >as Lego makes money hand over fist year over year precisely because of its cringe normie lifestyle marketingIt’s only autistic poorfriends who are repulsed by Lego’s le hecking wholesome 18+ strategy, evidently, and all these people do is whine anyway, so why bother courting them?
Personally I feel like my issue with modern lore centric themes (Ninjago, Chima, Nexo Knights, Hidden Side, Monkey Kid, Dreamzzz) is that it feels hard to work these kind of sets into scenarios outside of the initial scene depicted in the sets. With more universal themes like space, castle, and pirates it was not only easier to find ways to piece builds for one theme into another but various play scenarios. I collect old space and castle stuff and love fiddling with my displays, just adding a small new thing or reworking something's positioning is a lot of fun to me. With these modern themes though I just don't feel like that's usually possible, it can be awkward to work sets withneach other because one may be based on a specific scene from one of the shows and look out of place with other sets even from the same theme. I still like these themes, in particular I really liked Hidden Side as I'm a sucker for any kind of horror theme, but as an adult it's usually hard for me to justify buying these sets and even when I do I usually display them by themselves.
>>11758805I feel the same way, but I don’t know what kids today like. It seems like there’s been a shift away from generic (and I don’t mean this as a pejorative) themes to more character or even brand/IP themes. And it felt like this shift was happening even when I was a kid. I don’t know. Are kids interested in general pirate or cowboy or space scenarios anymore? Or does everything need to be tied to some vertically integrated multimedia property?
>>11758726Is that a tipper truck?
>>11758810>vertically integrated multimedia property?For orginal IPs it sure as hell does. Beside city and the several hundred dollar collector's sets I think this may honestly be the only way that the creatives are even able to justify even considering them to the suits. Suits probably see inhouse themes as only conpeting with licensed themes that they could be remotely compared to, you would think removing the cost of licensing the IP would sweeten the deal but I think IP themes are so profittable that these fees don't even concern suits. I don't think it's that kids today wouldn't appreciate generic themes, it's that soulless corporate drones see them as a genuine threat and waste of space that could be going to smart bricks.
>>11758810Kids can have fun with sticks and rocks, generic sets don't matter. But today everyone lives in a digital world and kids are definitely exposed to an overwhelming amount of content more easily so there's more competition. Minecraft, SW, things kids know will just stand out more.
>>11758805Lego used to be about you creating the storyline in your head. They gave you vehicles and playsets to work with, and then you created the narrative around them and were encouraged to make alternate builds, or disassemble the sets altogether to make something new.Free thinking and abstracting ideas to create your own story are pretty much just a dying art in general now. The sets and themes for kids now have to have some sort of cartoon or existing narrative behind them, and the "sets for adults" are just buildable models/display pieces from [movie/video game/comic/TV show, etc.] they like that are meant to be built once put on a shelf, and then never thought about again.Creating your own backdrop for the sets and personalities for the minifigures is just too hard now. Please buy the 10th iteration of the Millennium Falcon/Joker Escape/Spider-Man vs. Venom/Hogwarts Castle/etc. sets.
>>11758810>Or does everything need to be tied to some vertically integrated multimedia property?that's not a new concept. back in the 80's it was key to have the virtual advertisement show. Transformers, G.I.Joe, Masters of the Universe, etc, all had cartoons and it was a chicken-and-the-egg debate if the toys sales drove the shows, or if the shows drove the toy sales.Lego might have attributed Ninjago success due to the matching show, so now they think that's the normal thing to do (?)I was able to make my own minifig characters alongside the G.I.Joes and Transformers existing characters, I didn't have any problems with that, myself.
>be me>New Miles Nigrales with Spider-Man 2099 set>"Fuck yeah, I can finally get a 2099 that isn't overpriced like the original and doesn't look off like the Spiderverse version>Order set on sale>It arrives>Start putting him together>Wait what the fuck>New costume design that is just overly designed and looks like shitFuck my stupid chud life. I should have actually looked closer at the figure on the box. Unironically want to get a Spiderverse figure now becuase of how ugly this new one is.
>>11757469>>The company claims that these efforts were designed to portray LEGO products as overpriced and inconsistent in quality—assertions LEGO strongly denies.But this is fucking true. Sets are so overpriced. I have a bunch of brown/dark blue/dark red bricks cracking. I never had missing pieces in a set until last year. I would also say that it's criminal having fuckign stickers in a $300+ set but fuck you that you're getting new prints in a 4+ fucking Disney set.
>>11758918>assertions LEGO strongly deniesI wonder how they would possibly deny this in court considering how subjective the statement "overpriced and inconsistent in quality" is. Them being overpriced is entirely the perception of the consumer and I don't really see how they could argue against it aside from comparing their prices to those of their competitors which would not be favorable for them lol. They could make some sort of statistics based argument for consistent quality but again this comes down to customer perception moreso than any objective values. Even if they can claim a 0.1% error rate or whatever, people can still claim the quality is worse than in years past and provide evidence of that.
>>11757596Had a similar thing but with Amazon. Pre ordered the vinyl for months in advance for $20. Kept getting delayed. Eventually they cancelled the order because of shortages from covid. A week later the album is in stock but $35.
>>11758918>I would also say that it's criminal having fuckign stickers in a $300+ setYeah how about $600+This is ridiculous
>>11758918>>11758921In this day and age, lying to you about something you can see with your own eyeballs is kind of the law of the land. Don't trust the things you can see, hear, and feel, only trust what big corpos and dear leaders tell you. Not your own, living experiences.
>>11757596PAB is so fucked up especially with castle parts going constantly in and out of stock every other day. I am still waiting on a PAB order I made in November that I have received over a dozen different emails about regarding a single piece being canceled due to running out of stock and I don't know if I will ever get it at this point.
>>11757747There's a new round plate shooter in the Miles Morales/Spiderman 2099 set that I haven't seen before. Its kinda neat. It used a bar and cone to push the projectiles out. Seems to be a piece from 2019 but I only saw it just now.https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=41812&idColor=11#T=C&C=11
>>11758924That looks like absolute dogshit and I’m sorry you blew 600 American funbux on it
>>11757852>Peak design>Ummm let's fuck it up??Its the same shit they did with round head Pikachu. Its shit like that why I absolutely do not believe Pokemon Co to be competent.
>>11758334Most recent one for me was the Krusty Burger having the wrong piece and one other set. I think in the Krusty Burger I was missing a specific 2 tall with the 2 studs out so I had to replace it with a single stud face and 3 of the extra 1x1 elements that come in the set. The second set I forgot what it was but I received a 2x2 plate instead. Whatever piece I needed I just got it from my parts bin. I did request a replacement piece for the Krusty set because FUCK YOU. That shit was overpriced. Also fuck the little GWP Simpsons living room having slightly different colored bricks. Some were the right color, some looked too light, some were darker.
>>11758430Because these are so fucking expensive. How the fuck are kids supposed to afford this shit?
>>11758519I like em but also dislike em. I get that they're supposed to be modular like the game but it doesn't work that in the game the houses are small and the interiors are huge. The interiors for the sets are so tiny and even then they only give you half the building. These sets are way better Ethan the Super Mario crap we go tho. The Mario Kart sets have been actually great
>>11758671>>11758933I have nothing inflammatory to say, I'm just here to post my Matoran, the nefarious Koomar
>>11758685>>11758686100% agree Lego has been trying to sucker up to the Chinese. We weren't getting yearly Chinese New Year shit until very recently.
>>11758933You must have me confused with someone else, as there’s nary a leak in the post you replied to. Additionally, whatever I laid out was pure description. I’m not saying anything ought to be one way or the other, it’s just how it is.
>>11758944>we weren’t getting yearly Chinese shitBut thank god we are now. China and Chinese history/culture is lit, fire, GOATed (with the sauce), etc.
>>11758949Chinese culture is some of the blandest shit on the planet. Hell I'd unironically prefer sets based on Jeets and Jeet culture than Chinks.
>>11758921>Them being overpriced is entirely the perception of the consumerLook at the The Batman Batmobile from the movie. The car + 2 figures + Bruce Wayne head for $29.99. We have a new Batmobile for the new Batman video game coming out. Its the car with ONE figure for $29.99.
>>11758952Explain what you mean by that with specific reference to at least three dynasties and corresponding literary and artistic forms
>>11758940Wonder how this legend would be renovated
>>11758955Hindu gods are more interesting than some gay ass Dynasty that got fucked by a foreign force for the 20th fucking time that century.
>>11758949>>11758952I only care about Dynasty Warriors, Jackie Chan, and fried rice.
>>11758958>>11758952>he doesn’t NEED a set representing the Confucian virtue of filial pietyAre you even Chinese at all, bro??
>>11758959What about Sammo Hung?
>>11758958China has like 5000 years of constant civil wars of families subjugating each other and attempting to unify the entire country, only for it to fall apart and collapse every other decade. Nothing has really changed, considering the ongoing China/Taiwan/Tibet conflict that exists even today.
>>11758958The only real entertaining thing about hinduism is the shitshow India has always been being revealed and the reactions to that, China is at least funny like Africa but with real resources up until mao made it no fun zone unified
>>11758962Hell yeah
>>11758964Constant civil wars and vying dynasties and ruptures and reunifications isn’t something unique to China, though. This was European history into the 19th century
Sorry white (or more likely brown) boys, this is a Middle Kingdom thread, now
>>11758968The difference is that Europe at least ended up settling on countries with their own boarders and boundaries. I mean, they did try to keep each other in grips by marrying relatives into royalty of other countries (or hell, just marrying each other in the case of the Habsburgs).So now invading each other is a completely different thing. China and India are actually far more akin to each other, since India also has a long history of infighting and civil wars, and periods of the entire country collapsing.
>>11758568>Leakers just confirmed Punisher won't be in brand new day sets.>Another april fools leak confirmed...Mata Nui is going further away...
>>11758971Cool, I love talking about how fucking pathetic China is as a nation and a culture of losers!
Lego Simpsons CMF wave WHEN?FUCK BionicleFUCK NinFAGoFUCK Dreamzzz (shit puts me to sleep)FUCK F1FUCK soccerFUCK Chinese sets
>>11758977Nobody likes you froggy>>11758994Nobody likes you Cowwy
>>11759000And you should be hit with a bus.
>>11758994I don’t know if you’re just pissed off and brown or something, but I just think Chinese history is cool (like most history!)Not really interested in moralizing or dick waving
>>11759032I think china is funny, Chinese villagers would be funny too
>>11757962followup question to this, what year would you guys consider to be the cutoff for classic castle molds? I've tried to avoid using anything prior to 2001, but I had no idea that the fish mold came about in 2009, I thought it was a far older part
>>11758661wtf, they reused this initial concept for a year 3 set?
>>11758749>>11758753very exo-force coded
I'm glad they specified fun because I don't exactly trust this guy
>>11759053That is absolutely, positively NOT a face that devours souls. He is totally fun, and not horrific.
>>11758726>>11758781the plane and car wash look really nice, really wished Lego gave us cheap Construction sets, constuction workers are quite nice to have
>>11759050I'm trying to figure out what kind of mental illness I have that says ninjago is lame but exo force is kino. On paper I should like Ninjago but it's just gay by comparison
>>11759000Have you seen a doctor? Your butt seems to hurt an awful lot.
>>11759087If exo force looked like your image, it would be kino. Unfortunately, back in the real world, exo force mechs look gay and retarded and far worse than the ninjago mechs
>>11759087Its the chest cockpits. Exo Force mechs are slightly more utilitarian and western in design, while Ninjago mechs are trying to be ornate japanese bionicles or exo suits with the head of the pilot exposed
>>11759092*wrong*
>>11759095Yeah, they look like bad Mechassault ripoffs whereas Ninjago look more like bad Gundam ripoffs.>>11759097Then why is the example given, the ur-exo force mech in this thread, a MoC with a completely distinct anime’d-up design sensibility? Why not post an actual exo force mech? Of course anyone could tell you why: it’s because they’re ugly, shameful things.
>>11759092The funniest thing about Exo Force to me is it came off like a "How do you do, fellow anime enjoyers?" like the old boomer understanding of anime that was spiky hair, big eyes and giant robots.That, or it came off as parody. It actually reminds me of the South Park episode that rips on anime, than being a genuine love letter to anime, or even just being inspired by it.
>>11759099To this day I can't watch that episode because of the shuriken stuck in the eye. It bothers the fuck out of me.
>>11759099Yeah, it’s right from that awkward era of anime-inspired western cartoons where every such project felt uncanny and inauthentic. Of course, as another anon mentioned, although they went all-out (or “all-out” for a thing motivated by a sentiment like “you kids like this Japanese shit right?”) with the anime style, they nonetheless paired it with ugly, awkward westoid mechs, comparable more to the forklift suits from Aliens than anything from any age of Mecha anime.
>“It hits on two challenging aspects. First, Bionicle, then second cosplay,” said Graphic Designer Tore Magelund Harmark-Alexandersen to Brick Fanatics at Fan Media Days 2025.>“If you do a cosplay elf warrior in a collectable minifigures series, it’s just going to look like an elf warrior. Where’s the cosplay aspect? Unless we do it in a rough way. So we thought marrying the two was a perfect solution, and having the little canister that they were originally in underlines that story.”https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-minifigures-series-spotlight-bionicle/
>>11758933bonklefags try not to be deranged challenge: impossible
Do you guys prefer western style mechs or Japanese mecha?
>>11759099Exo-force art looked very much like a western "how to draw anime" book, and somehow the art style changed into something worse each year
>>11759115go away pedothena
>>11759099Let’s fighting love goes hard still
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>>11759122Western just because they're a cockpit with legs and occasionally arms, there's no attempt to humanize it, it's treated as a vehicle, which is what I prefer for a non sentient giant suit of armour
>>11759126and now you wasted your hash on this shit, ngmi
Exo Force mechs were clearly inspired by James Cameron style mecha and that's why they are so kino.
>>11759131James Cameron sucks
Reminder, Chima was not cancelled because of poor sales, it was still selling very well in its third year. It was cancelled because Ninjago was more popular, and the Ninjago team was split between Ninjago and Chima, so LEGO decided to focus all its resources on Ninjago instead.The final wave of Nexo Knights also sold the best in the series, but LEGO had already decided to cancel it.
/lg/ is an Exo force general
>>11759138This. Exo Force was PEAK. No wonder the original name was Battle-PEAK
>>11759137We were so close to a vampire temple...
So, was this leak fake? Or it's a 2027 villain? Because the elemental fire monster looks different in the show and the upcoming sets will feature the show design.
>>11759137>cannibalizes Chima>cannibalizes Nexo Knights>cannibalizes Bionicle's entire marketing budget76 MILLION DOLLAR PROFIT? TAKE THAT SHOW AWAY AND SELL IT AGAIN
>>11759144All leaks are fake, and all leakers are gay, thats the law of the land.
BAD NEWS: Ninjago Legacy won't have new sets in 2027. Only sets we will get will be Dragons Rising and Legends.Source: BrickTap and LiteNow, it's possible we might get new Legacy sets in 2028 because the blacksmith shop and display sets sold like crazy, but nothing for 2027.
>>11759146I don't get how it cannibalizes Chima tho, Chima is such a different world from Ninjago. Like I get they say they cannibalize the same boy market but then.... don't marvel, dc and star wars do the same? Nexo Knights is debatable, I think they really needed more Castle like buildings in the theme and they had plenty in the show, too much vehicle focus, should've been split.
>>11758875>Lego used to be about you creating the storyline in your head. They gave you vehicles and playsets to work with, and then you created the narrative around them and were encouraged to make alternate builds, or disassemble the sets altogether to make something new.You hit the nail exactly om the head
>image limit hitNew bread?
>>11759151Go fuck yourself.
>>11759151Sure if you make it. I’d make one but I’m phoneposting.
>>11759156I can't make new threads because I'm region blocked, you can do new threads by phoneposting bro. Do it. I believe in you. You are our only hope, continue the legacy.
>>11759012>>11759091I simply do not care for childish Lego themes that require a fucking kids cartoon to understand. I want NORMAL Lego for NORMAL people that kids can AFFORD. And I genuinely hate how every one of these original Lego themes just end up being "car, mech, or giant car mech". Going all the way back to Chima too. Nexo Knights started off with actual castle shit and then it fell for the vehicle meme.Finally: bring back Western, Castle, Pirates, Dinos, Space, and Japanese Castle. These licensed substitutes are too much. What happened to all the normal fucking sets?>Shoe>Racing helmet>Thanos glove but shit>Super hero heads but fucking terrible>Star Wars play sets? No, Dioramas for big boys but double the price!!>A WHOLE FUCKING F1 "CMF"Enuff!!Also I missed several previous threads. What was the over concensus of the racing helmet sets? I'm not big racing but I noticed the visor looked like a new giant piece. I'm not sure what to think of Lego doubling down again for F1.
>>11759099>>11759131>Instead of just buying mech figurines he makes his ownThat's kinda giga based. I think Ninjago looks lame because it's basically just power rangers and ninja turtles into one thing. Exo Force does have those ugly westoid anime faces tho. Kinda like those ugly Clone Wars heads.
>>11759167It could just be the bionicle brain talking but I wouldnt mind getting comics for themes like castle and space, not anything focusing on named protagonists though, just something showing what certain factions are doing and why as well as build ideas in the background
>>11759162I hope you get postblocked too so you never post on this site again shill.>>11759167I still think you're gay but yeah total license death, and shills go in the pit.
New thread?
>>11759183Yeah, do it bro
To the faggots who sell sets with bootleg pieces in them, I hope you accidentally shot yourself in the foot and have to dig that bullet out with an used pair of nail scissors
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