>>>/vp/fags are paying $200 for this
>end my suffering
>>730660818Pokefaggots need to play more games
>>730660752There's a reason old legos never bothered with pokemon they knew it couldn't be done
>>730660752Lego was a mistake.
>>730660752I hate Lego so fucking much it's unbelievable. Cunts keep buying up one ip right after another whenever some new brick shop outdoes them easily.
>>730660752Still higher production quality than anything Game Freak has out out the last decade.
>>730660752What’s with the energy beam coming out of the Pokeball? Don’t those chuds at Lego know that Pokémon canonically shrink to fit inside pokeballs?????
>>730660752I like how it's a sit around statue with no play features because they know pokemon is gatekept by collector man baby millennials.
When is lego going to realize that people want bionicle?
>>730661147Never, the cunts
Legobros...
>>730660752Why not do cool stuff like making gyms and cities from the series instead of this abomination?
Eevee lego is much better, how?
>>730661503All the Nintendo Lego sets look like absolute ass.
>my boyyou have never played pokemon
>>730660752Eevee looks sort of OK and the trio is kind of eh with a retarded price. Honestly the thing i liked the most was the gym badge set but that's nor even for sale.
Here's the rest.
>>730661614Its impressive how they have these series that have great set pieces that would work for a lego set and this garbage is what they came up with. It takes real talent to be this much of a fuck up.
>>730661438redpill me on chinkbricks, have they gotten better? Last time I'd seen any in person they still sucked but that was like 10 years ago
>>730661664Really don't like how lego is for manchildren/quirkchungus females now
People complain about lego prices until they get handed a competitor's cheaper alternative.
>>730661103the play feature is building it
>>730661751yeah they were so hecking based and kill the commies and trannies back then right
>>730661614What really chaps my ass is that I know Lego can do better, there are endless organic non IP sets that look great but for some reason they seem to put their special needs designers on the IP stuff. Maybe because they know it literally doesn't matter if it's shit when the Nintendo logo is on the box
>>730660752MEGAbros... Pokémon has abandoned us...
>>730661664I thought the Pokemon Center looked cool til I noticed it was a mini Pokemon Center and not minifigure scale. So it's like those architecture sets.
>>730661751young parents can't afford extortionate lego prices for their kids in this economy so the only people buying blockslop are 40 year old tech workers that make 400k per year at Meta
>>730661664You can't even buy two of these by the way, bots already got them
>>730661503The Pokemon Company doesn’t like acknowledging the existence of prior games because it might cannibalize on sales for the current game cycle. They give away KANTOOOO starters in Z-A because they ONLY want you to play the newest slop.
>>730661767I bought a bunch of "adult" lego sets (like house plants and bird statues) to give as Christmas gifts and was surprised at how cheap they were. Sets with a thousand pieces for under $30. I remember tiny little sets costing more than that when I was a kid in the 90s and the dollar was worth 5x what it is today.
>>730661682name a great set piece from pokemon please
>>730661813what the fuck are you talking about
>>730661890victory road
>>730661664There's still some more to be revealed. I would consider getting Mewtwo's Lab unless it looks as shit as everything else here.
>>730661847It is? Damn and here i was hoping to see some trainer mini figs.
>>730661879Yeah the non IP stuff can be great. This one is $50 for like 900 pieces, and is double the size of the eevee despite costing less
>>730661890Misty's butt.
>>730661732I know this isn't /toy/ but I bought this dude at some import shop for 50 bucks (the lego equivalent is like 240.)Unironically a solid 8/10.The slant eyes have come a long way since the 90s and 00s
When was lego last good and not an IP mill?
>>730661890The gyms, Mount Moon, Sky Pillar, Nimbasa City, Tin Tower, just to name a few.
>>730661925man you are a fucking dweeb if you think people are gonna buy a victory road set made from brown fucking bricks
>>730661947Yeah, that's one of the ones I got on sale for $30. I'm guessing companies like Nintendo take a massive cut on the sales of their sets inflating the price
>>730661732>>730661993Forgot my pic
>>730662004it would come with like 20 trainer and pokemon minifigures. Yeah, it would sell millions.
>>730661974unironically a mistys butt set is a better idea than victory road or mt. fucking moon
>>730661664I kinda like the Eevee
>>7306619962001-02. The moment they started making NBA and Star Wars IP sets with flesh colored minifigs was the day they lost all shred of their original charm.
>>730661859no shit it's a preorder. you can't buy any of them
>>730661664>>730660752It's kinda sick that all the pokemon can be removed from the bases and posed but the prices are ridiculous
These 'adult collector' display pieces are fucking trash, go buy a fucking statue for half the price since you're not getting any play features and smoothing out all the studs anyway. Fucking dust collecting shite for YouTube lardlords to flaunt in the background of their bisexually-lit gamer chambers.Give me playsets and dioramas over this anyday
>>730662936>the prices are ridiculousIt's pretty typical of licensed Lego stuff. 6800+ pieces for $650 isn't that bad and you even get a free extra set.
>>730661614The Zelda and animal crossing ones are good
>>730663196>You even get a free extra setIm sorry anon
>>730661890Spear Pillar, N's Castle, Ruins of Alph, National Park
>>730661614Small kids like these.Believe it or not, the mario kart lego play set is aimed at small children.All Mario lego sets are made to play with, not to display.T. Haver of children
Anyone else think a LOT of the Lego sets look outright atrocious? Even the Chinese knockoff brands you see on Amazon look better, yet Lego still has the gall to charge hundreds of dollars for their shit, and they all have rave reviews. I think the worst offenders are the Lego cars, which outside of maybe the higher end Lamborghini ones that are 400 fucking dollars, they all look terrible and don't capture the essence of the car whatsoever.
>>730661614The Animal Crossing stuff is fine. It’s to scale with everything else Lego makes, which is cool.
>>730662049Which digimon is that?
>>730663498Except the yellow box one>>730663645Susannomon>>730663618Cyclops is a furfag?
>>730661147why not mindstorms as well at least that justifies a huge price
>>730663618The only reason the Mario figures aren't minifigs is because they've got a little Internet connected computer and camera in them that can scan the line codes and say stuff based on what it sees (or doesn't see).
>>730663714>Cyclops is a furfag?Look up who Cyclops’s dad hooked up with after his wife died, mate.
>>730663196>some little molded plastic bricks cost more than a switch 2 and multiple games
>>730663731Mindstorms still exists. MIT has made an entire business out of elementary school robotics competitions, they won't let Lego stop making them.
>>730661664The Pokémon Center is a fucking Architecture Scale.
>>730660752>18+
>>730661890...a Pokemon stadium?
I enjoy Lego, but I'm only buying art, architecture, or nature shit. I have zero interest in Star Wars, Harry Potter, Pokemon, etc. That's a bridge too far to me and makes me think of Funko shit.
Building a hecking arwing or some shit was always the least appealing part of Legos. I fell for it twice as a kid, getting those ones that you're building something on the box. The most fun was mom getting a big thing of the Lego-sized Mega Blocks and building whatever out of them. Mega Blocks for the basic pieces, then the more complex parts were Legos like hinges and such.This is why kids became obsessed with Minecraft creative mode, they can actually just build from their imagination instead of following a guide to make an ugly Pikachu. This isn't even new, Legos have just been this for a while, ugly versions of the toy models your parents or grandparents built as kids.In reverse, Lego games are wasted potential when it's just Lego people running around a regular ass boring world with grass and paved roads, some Lego games don't even have the fucking buildings made out of Legos. EVERYTHING should be made out of Legos, even the water as much as it would piss off that Miiverse guy.
>got picrel for christmasthe build was actually pretty nice. i don't really do LEGO sets, I'm more of a gunpla builder, but i was pleasantly surprised with some of the gimmicks.
>>730661682>>730661614>>730661823Nintendo's autism won't let them make normal ass sets, nooooooo, they have to have some quirky bullshit going for them.
I told my wife I liked this one and she got it for me for Christmas. I liked putting it together more than I thought I would.
>>730664121>gunplaIt's impossible to use this term and not sound like a dipshit.
>>730664008Yes, Lego's "Adults" line has been a thing for a while.It used to be things like Lego plants or famous pieces of architecture, stuff you could put on a shelf in your office and nobody would blink an eye, but now it's extended to licensed IPs like Star Wars, Marvel, and Pokemon in the form of these statues.They're more like model kits than toys to be played with, so they put 18+ on the boxes.
Where did all the soul go?
>>730661732In terms of bitch-basic bricks, they're now more or less equal to Lego, if not even better.HOWEVER, once you get into even slightly specialised stuff like chains, C-clips, balljoints and the like it becomes a total shitshow, mainly because they use generic ABS plastic for pretty much everything no matter the function.
>>730664241Selling their souls to IPs
I prefer when people replicate things using common pieces instead of custom set pieces. It's more creative and generally looks better.
>>730663887I want neither but I would get the lego over shitch with no games any day
I wish Lumibricks would either get licensing or just make knock offs since they're Chinese and don't give two shits about IP. Those sets are 1/4 the cost of Lego, but have the the same build quality and include the lighting, which is neat.
>>730664241Went to the mantoddlers who must consoom heckin lego sets of IPsAll this shit started with Star Wars man
You have to appreciate the Lego Movie for actually looking pretty nice and the plot actually being perfect for Legos.It's not like licensed Legos are anything new but it was nice to just have something actually be about Legos themselves.
I, BITCHachu-sama, mascot of the HIGHEST-GROSSING FRANCHISE and JOBBER of the vidya industry humbly kneel to:Shuntaro Furukawa-sama, former employee of TPC, current Nintendo CEO, and my master.TPC-sama, my one and only true love and other master.Atlus-sama, who I shamelessly ripped off via SMT for my gameplay only for them to strike back with CHADsona.Palworld-sama, who my daddy Furukawa warned me about.Enix-sama, who easily manhandled me with Dragon Quest Monsters.Yugi Muto and Kazuki Takahashi-sama, who anally raped me and first awakened my wish to become a TCG and merchandising franchise first and foremost.Junichi Masuda-sama, who argued with me and his employees at GameFreak so hard, his departure started to cause the quality of my games to decrease and got me attracted to MEN...Squaresoft-sama, whose incomparabily soulful JRPGs in the 90s crushed my ass-womb entirely to the point I STILL cannot SUPRASS them, even 22 years after merging with Enix-sama.Bamco-sama, whose hour-long beatings from the recent Digimon games gave me uncontrollable orgasms so massive even the anal rape from Furukawa-sama can't compare.Itoi-sama, for his Mother Trilogy is the superior JRPG series of my Nintendo MASTERS, and has single-handedly inspired more Indie RPGs than even I have...Level-5-sama, whose power I am scared of (I am glad they stopped making Yokai Watch and didn't kill my beloved masters, as I was too scared to help them…)Sandfall-sama, who revenge-raped and mindbroke me and my fanbase via E33 from the sheer pleasure of being made into an onahole after Legends Z-A FLOPPED in France. (I was so sad about it...)and finally, Monolithsoft-sama, for they will FUCK ME up on the world stage once they release their Zelda RPG and expose me and GameFreak for the frauds we are. (God I hope so…)
>mildly excited when I heard lego was getting the license because the mega construx pokemon sets always looked like complete ass>the lego sets still look like complete ass but also cost hundreds of dollars now
>>730664074Only actually exist in game in Galar.
>>730661057See, if that's the case, shouldn't ever Pokémon know how to Minimize naturally?
>>730660752why is he shitting those weird blue crystals?
>>730664254Also, chink prints are vastly superior to Lego's "one coat is enough" shit.
>>730664338Lego realized their audience had shifted. The kids who played with Legos in the 90s were now adults and still interested in Legos, meanwhile the kids of today don't play with Legos and would rather play Roblox and Minecraft (Virtual Legos).
>>730661664AFOL black box collectorfag nostalgiaslop for genwunners. Anything to avoid making new molds for something that's minifig scale and affordable for kids.
>>730662936Hopefully the release a version that has each of the starters separately.
>>730664438Do kids even play Pokemon? I've not seen anybody under the age of 30 playing the games in years. Nintendo's own research shows the bulk of Switch owners are 30+. Pokemon is a classic franchise now and caters only to the millennials who are nostalgic for it.
>>730664197you are absolutely correct, which is why i don't refer to my hobby as such outside of typing about it to strangers
>>730661382Holy mogged
>>730664432Yeah but see those kids who play Minecraft still think it's cool if they have a physical representation of the thing they like. Games Workshop was originally squeamish with vidya because it thought it'd cut into its mini sales, but it turned out it was instead generating new fans with the vidya who'd buy the minis just so they could have a model of their favorite characters.
>>730660752Pikachu fygoon edition
>>730660752it looks like it can transform
>>730664383goddamn, zoomers are retarded
>shitty Pokemon that look like assI just want more Horizon models.
>>730662004You aren't thinking of the big picture as >>730662082 says big sets allow big sets of minifigures which is the real value.
>>730661664>18+Nice kids toy.
>>730664586Unlike Pokemon, which is now a boomer franchise, Minecraft Lego sets are still designed to be toys to play with, rather than a model to put on a shelf.
>>730663787Free him
>>730664146the mario sets were literally going to be normal before Lego pitched the gimmick to them.dont pretend like you know what youre talking about.
>>730664547Yeah, sold some copies of LZA at my job to parents during the holiday season, then had a kid come in with gift cards earlier this month. But for real, the only ones I see rocking Pokemon everywhere are the young adults and people around my age (30s), Pokemania has long since pass.
>>730660752As a kid in 1999, never in my wildest delusions did I think I would ever end up hating both Pokemon and Lego.
>>730664547Are you around kids often?
Any guesses as to the Zelda sets we’re getting? Any chance we’ll get a smattering of the IP and not just 95% BotW with a “‘memba Ocarina?” set or two that just has Link/Zelda/Ganondorf?
>>730661936Bear in mind these are going to be kids' sets, plus smart brick. They'll be shit.>>730663891>Mindstorms still existsAnon...
>>730664832Same. I was obsessed with both as a kid, but the amount of 30 year olds I see still obsessed with them turns me off so much it's unreal.My sister even got me one of the Mario Kart sets for Christmas and every time I see the box I'm just so disgusted I don't even want to build it.There comes a time to put childish things away. Nostalgia isn't necessarily a bad thing, but people take it way too far these days. They live in their nostalgia.
>>730664936Next one is a set piece of the Beast Ganon fight at the end of OoT
>>730664832It's actually impressive how the latter managed to become one of my most despised companies over the last 10-15 years.
>>730664947>Anon...It does. Sure, it looks different from the RCX/NXT of the past, but it still exists and it's still a great way to get kids to start learning programming and gear mechanics. I must say I do wish the new ones were a bit more colorful, but maybe modern kids don't like colors anymore.
>>730664976i felt like that when i was 20. I don't give a fuck now, my money my problem. Caring about others or that others do is literally not my problem, child-est thing i can even imagine, back to schoolchild with your delusions.No one here is going to agree with you, you are mentally ill thinking tiktok is reality.
>it’s just overpriced kantowank for adults with too much moneyUnironically the gayest route they could have possibly gone.If they wanted to go the diorama route, it would have been way cooler if we got buildable towns and battle arenas from the game with minifigure-scale Pokemon. Would be really easy to work in a play gimmick with that idea too (similar to the classic Ninjago spinner stuff).I don’t know how normalfags aren’t tired of Kanto at this point. How many fucking times can you have charizard shoved in your face before you get sick of him?
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>>730663196You can probably get like 4 decent quality scale figures for this. More if you go for cheaper ones.>23cm, 20cm and 18cmSmaller than average scale (25-30cm)I remember when LEGO was affordable, like actual toys that parents would randomly buy you even in low-ish income household, what happened? I don't think I would be able to justify any of those sets nowadays even as a display piece, let alone something you give a child.
>>730664976The lights everywhere is cringe, but otherwise that's a cool setup.>There comes a time to put childish things awayThis is what children who think they're being grown up say. Actual adults like what they like and don't give a fuck if its considered childish or if its seen as something for girls rather than boys, etc.
>>730665107No I mean, it was literally discontinued several years ago. Yeah it's still accessible secondhand, but they killed the line outright. You can't buy it any longer from Lego.
>>730665163So fucking disturbing.
>>730664976It's just plain consumerism at its highest and most degenerate level, but how can you even blame companies when they realized that there's a community of literally thousands of manchildren with terrible financial culture wanting to relive their childhood days through collectables?
>>730664789tbf it's totally the type of meddling Miyamoto would make
>>730665163I still don't know what the difference between this stupid shit and that smart brick star wars thing they announced last week is
>>730665215WTF. How is FIRST Lego League still going if new teams cannot even buy the kits needed to participate anymore?
>>730661664Is Eevee really that big of a deal?I don't remember anybody giving a shit about it during PokeMania.
>>730660752Lmfao what is this knockoff shit they didn’t even color the tip of its tail black
>>730664976At least he isn't a Funko collector.
>>730665383FIRST gets an exclusive kit called Spike Prime that you buy from them directly.
Damn looking at these prices is a good cope that maybe Im not doing so bad buying imported Gunpla at marked up prices which are still cheaper
>>730664976>There comes a time to put childish things awayThat biblical quote is using childishness as a metaphor to refer to a simpler understanding of faith and spirituality. It's not literally about childishness.
>>730665383I got curious and dug into it. Looks like it's something called Spike now
>>730665472>Is Eevee really that big of a deal?The Eeveelutions are so popular that Eevee got a game alongside Pikachu.
>>730661162that's a powerful pose
>>730665506>>730665540Glad to see it's still continuing in some form. First Lego League was the whole reason I got interested in computer science and programming at all as a kid.
>>730665213I think there is a line where it's just too much.
>>730664241>make toys for kids>everything is alright>bad decisions here and there, it's business, it's not perfect>have three new ideas in place for the new millennium, Lego Star Wars (actually came out in 1999), Bionicle and Galidor>Lego Star Wars is a hit as it ties in with the return of the IP to the general audience with Episode 1, but since they don't fully own it, they're not making all the money from it>decide between Bionicle and Galidor as their next big thing, they choose Galidor>give it food tie-ins, video games, a whole show, figures that can swap body parts, and even a toy that reacts to the show>put Bionicle as the "B Team">results come in, Galidor is an absolute bust, video games sell like shit, show didn't attract views, thus they didn't clamor for other tie in stuff or even the main thing, the toys>Bionicle ends up being the real savior for the company in the 00s, but they also begin going towards more and more licensed sets>LEGO is mostly known now days for said licensed setsIt's a sad tale.
>>730660752My brother bought the interactive Lego Mario for his son, and it's honestly mindblowing, I would have killed to have that toy as a kid
>>730665594Yeah but that was like 5 years ago. It feels like a more recent thing like with how some people obsess over Gengar, which also wasn't really a thing during PokeMania.
>>730664364K, b, c.
>>730663196I remember when people bought Lego to play with it
>>730660752Maybe the orange man was right all along, fuck the danes.
>>730665163>Mario, I no longer feel very super…
>>730665127The fact you are having a melty shows how insecure you are over being a manchild.
>>730665723Those kids have now grown up and want something a respectable adult can put on their mantle or office shelf, but still show off their childhood interests that they consider a part of their personality. A Lego Pikachu statue is still a better choice than getting a Pikachu tattoo, which is very popular with millennials.
>Much smaller than the AT-AT I had as a kid>Much uglier than the AT-AT I had as a kid>Much more expensive than the AT-AT I had as a kidMan being a kid today must suck so hard. Everything's just much worse.
>>730661664>making people have to buy the entire like $300 set for their favorite starter>can't use minifigs in the pokemon center>pikachu looks like shit>eevee is for trannies>even if you were really into the badge collection (you can buy a legit one for like 40 bucks on etsy) you can only get it for preordering the starter trio boxIt's crazy how this level of botching isn't even intentional, I swear corpocucks subsist on a diet of lead paint
>>730664715Fully modeled {(i)}
>>730665891>like $300 setthat's 650
At least link got a figure
>>730665891>eevee is for tranniesHow?
>>730665861Children don't compare everything like manchildrne. They just have fun with what they are given.
>>730665809Any other analysis doctor? i have 30 more years of life and so do you. And you have webms of pathetic men in your hdd, absolutely 0 autoreflection. Shame , retard subhuman, do not think you are above them. Autists truly are subhuman
>>730666005>You don't need the new skibbidy, you have a twigThe most hated unc
>>730666023And now in english.
>>730665891>like $300How do we tell him?
>>730665979Oh, right, 2020s lego.
>buy modular every year>buy random sets 50% off and just use them as parts packsez
>>730661664>mini pokemon centerwho is this for>badge collection>the best (only good?) set is a grift with purchasesasuga lego
>>730660818>$200
>>730665986It's a femboy 'egg' waiting to become a Sylveon, or a cumbrain's delight (soon to be tranny) with Vaporeon, but all the actual trannies choose Espeon.
>>730665493Except he is.
>>730666146>head is permanently at an angle and can't look to the side
>>730666210Yeah but if you are a respectable hetero furry you also have Glaceon.
>>730666057Autist subhuman, probably black or poor. European-Latin American-Asian-Russian website, feel free to leave, North Americans and their mental illness are not welcomed here.You are not in good company.
>>730666274Never mind he is truly a golem of consumerism.
>>730664663Not made by Game Freak, who have actively been burying references to games they did not produce for years.Same reason none of the Orre dipshits are in Masters Ex.
>>730666364You could even call him... a goylem
i didn't see the pokecenter for sale in my country, is that a bonus set or something?
>>730666295>the plural of Lego is LegoNo. I reject it and don't care if Lego's trademark gets genericized because of it.
>bloated part count pikachu statue that doesn't do anythingnah fuck off
>>730665665>give it food tie-ins, video games, a whole show, figures that can swap body parts, and even a toy that reacts to the show>>put Bionicle as the "B Team"that isn't how it happened. are you really pretending bionicle didn't also have food tie-ins and video games?
>>730666210This is absurd, Eevee is just a cute mon, Flareon, Jolteon and Umbreon are cool, don't let trannies ruin it.
>>730665213Enjoying things from your childhood is not the same as decorating your house with it.
>>730666210>espeonSurprisingly based tastes.
>>730666468>Flareon>Jolteonliterally no one cares about Eevee But Red or Yellow Spikey Dog
>>730666467Meant mostly in that Galidor was clearly their frontrunner, I know Bionicle had games and a website, but even as a kid back then, I saw LEGO really pushing Galidor more than it, and then Bionicle picked up it's slack.
I blame the decline of Pokemon on furfags.
>>730660752Lowkey looks better than what gamefreak puts out...
>>730664008It's a hint to parents to not buy this shit for their children.High end Legos are only for rich söyboys.
>>730660752Lego peaked in the late 90s with the adventure series and the one with the bug aliens where everything was black and green.
>>730666358>European-Latin American-Asian-RussianDon't forget us Indians. All indian hate comes only from americans which are the bottom of the barrel of any community.
>>730661890A random Pokemon town with a gym, trees all around, Pokemon minifigures in tall grass.
>>730666738I actually think the mid to late 2000s was when the sets were the best compromise between the overly blocky earlier builds and the overly rounded builds of the late 2010s+. It was also the time Technic and System were used interchangeably instead of being treated as separate products.
>>730664976I respect modest retro vidya setups
>>730664146animal crossing sets are perfectly fine, the worst complaint about them is their villager choices sometimes. if any licensed series could stand from a dedicated minifigure blind bag, it'd be them
>>730666784Nah the UK hates the fact half of you people refuse to wash your hands.
>>730666656Nah it's because the games made zero effort to improve and only serve as padding for a Switch manbaby's shelf collection
>>730661664KANTOOOOOOOOOOOO YAASSSS
>>730666146Holy shit thought guys buying the latest strong Nvidia where retarded.
I love Legos but I don't understand the giant sculpture stuff.
>>730666784Based Indian making america great again only to be shit on by yt, you will always be respected
>>730666625Was Galidor even released internationally?I've never seen ANY of the figures or merch here in Europe anywhere nor were they featured in the Lego catalogs while Bionicle was available in even the tiniest mom-and-pop store.
>>730661614For some reason the Animal Crossing ones aren't bad... But they are being weird about what villagers get figures.
>>730666146Par for the course for Lego i thinkTheir shit is high quality as far as i know but still overpriced
>>730666887>TV in front of windowAlmost as aesthetically unpleasing as being over a fireplace, move that shit into the corner on the right.
The badges look cool
>>730666558I actually like base Eevee best.
>>730666925>animal crossing blind bagsi am genuinely surprised that this isn't a thing
>>730667086Doesn't look like it, Bionicle did launch a year before it, so I'm guessing by the time they came to Europe, Galidor was crashing and burning stateside, and LEGO probably decided not to bother.
>>730663196Lego bricks are fucking terrible for making characters, they should be newly molded figures that scale to minifigures
>>730666497There's nothing wrong with decorating your house with the things you like.
>physical legos are expensive as shit>Bricklink Studio missing tons of parts and featuresthis hobby fucking sucks man
>>730667463There's a limit and that man has clearly crossed it.
>>730665861>6000 pieces>"much smaller" What the fuck kind of AT-AT did you have as a kid?
>>730666925They’re not going to do an Ankha minifig, anon. The amount of cum jar horror stories and late night ER visits where some poor doctor has to remove it from some fat, sweaty nerd’s asshole ain’t worth it.
>>730667318Too bad they're $650 since you cannot buy it separately.
>>730667237>Their shit is high quality as far as i knowLego hasn't been high quality for like 20 years.They only coast by on licenses and brand recognition while their actual product is made of shit plastic that cracks on its own after a while and is inconsistent in terms of color, has stickers galore with printing errors and SHOULD they actually print a brick every now and then you can bet your ass that it doesn't match the actual color because they try to save money at every corner.
>>730665713Eevee was already popular but TPC never really marketed it, so once they started doing it they finally realized that Eevee and its evolutions' merch was also flying off the shelves.
>>730667519The only limit I think he crossed is having neon lights in your face everywhere you look. Everything else is fine.
I watched the trailer of some adult seeing this, calling all his friends and getting dressed for an adventure. It's gay when you do this for a video game or movie, but at least I can understand where the adventure angle is coming from. This? What the fuck is the marketing trying to tell you to do with these legos?
>>730661664>599 USDI'm rich enough to buy 1 pokemon lego set with 1 gift with purchase...are you?
>>730667759>What the fuck is the marketing trying to tell you to do with these legos?It's pandering to nostalgia. Remember when you used to play pretend with your friends? Remember when life was easy? This $650 statue will give you a piece of memorabilia to spark those memories!
>>730667593They had no problem doing every fanon gay character. It was pretty blatant.
>>730666656No, the actual decline of Pokemon is because of otaku and endless waifubaiting for said otaku, to the point where the franchise is now more about the humans than the Pokemon
>>730664976The way he walks in makes me laugh every timeYour back isn't that straight bro
>>730664976Imagine keeping all that clean and dusted
Man, lego was the best shit ever as a kid.
>>730660752>all those specialized brick pieces>still looks like shit
>>730668165>otakus>waifusalways has been since day 1, catering to woman will kill the franchise. All those trannies and nigros in frace absolutely disgusting.
>>730663196how hideous when this retailed for $10 25 years ago and you could be creative with. the whole point of sets should be something that can be played with, not museum like shit. I don't care if you have to fill it with basic breaks or face bricks, the priority should have been to introduce newcomers to the series. like everyone even loves minifigs. they are out of touch with capturing new audience. where did the magic of lego go to build something you don't interact with.
>>730663196Imagine all the video games you could buy for $650.
>>730660858>>730660752
>>730668738in france*
>>730668718The eyes being on some long strip-like bar looks like one of those photoshop edits
>>730661503No one is going to recognize anything from the towns, you can easily recreate Lavender Town (three buildings, all with purple flat tiles, and a fourth taller one) but only autists would recognize it.
>>730668790heh
>>730668840
>>730667614Eh, they fixed most of their pre-COVID quality issues (like that time they made a batch out of bio-degradable plastic and it started to literally rot on shelves, as well as the breaking browns), and have consistently made their bricks float around 10-12 cents per price, the real issues are the fact they utterly cheap out in printing as you said (500 dollar set? Enjoy your sticker sheet) and now consciously add more bricks than needed to jack up prices.
>>730661664>18+>pillar right up charizards and pikachus ass which might suggest a hole thereare these the first official onaholes?
>>730669074Some of their stuff at Legoland Florida still looks okay (if obviously deteriorated) despite cooking in the Florida sun for 15 years.
>>730660752I’m by no means a Lego autist, I’m 34 and haven’t played with Legos since I was 10, but this looks genuinely awful right? Maybe somebody more in tune with Lego sets can answer but that Pikachu looks like shit for a set I assume is $150+
>>730669074the cracking is still a severe issue, not only with Lego but ABS plastic in general, mainly due to regulations regarding its composition.I remember reading a while ago that only like 30% of the material actually consists of ABS itself while the rest is additives and how one of the components which makes the plastic more elastic/soft happens to be the most expensive one so they cheapened out on it.
>>730660752I wonder what was going through there mind
>>730667614Is the steamboat willie image supposed to imply that the building experience would heightened if all the internal pieces were black, white, and gray as well? What's the issue with color guiding internal technic mechanics if they're getting covered up?
>>730663887Lego's business model has gotten completely fucked up because they have their fingers in way too many pies now. They make a lot more kinds of bricks in way more colors than the used to, which means they're always changing out the colors and molds and that means they've basically ruined their own economy of scale, especially when they make so many sets with totally unique elements now.They subsidize the middling cost of their tiny Wal-Mart tier sets by massively overcharging for these limited licensed and adult-oriented sets. And the companies they collaborate with end up taking a sizable cut, too.
>>730669465probably '$'s
>>730663554Lego has been garbage for more then a decade by now. And they continue to get worse while simultaneously increasing their prices.You are right that their Technic products are especially terrible. It feels wrong to recommend chinese knockoffs but they have made terrific progress in the last years and are superior to Lego by now while costing only a fraction.If you are interested look into Lumibricks (specialised in buildings with illumination), Cada (great Technic models) and Pantasy (great quality and some unusual set ideas).If you want a non-chinese alternative and are into military vehicles look into Cobi.
>>730660752That's an incredibly difficult shape to make with LEGO bricks. Great job to the designers, though I have seen the bulbasaur one and I like it more.
>>730669550>>730669550>further strengthens the implication that these aren't meant to be taken apart again by the vast majority of people, going against one of Lego's original aspects>the designer basically considers you a complete idiot who needs a gazillion different colors and shapes to manage the building process>you can still see the colors from some angles (that Hoth turret below isn't an in-progress image, btw - that's what it looks like from behind when finished)>is just a way for them to get rid of parts overstock
>>730661147after the utter slop reboot i genuinely hope they just let bonkle rest in peace
>>730666656I blame it on gamefreak failing to improve by any metric
>>730670201And also this here:Remember those alt-build inspirations on the back of the box that were ?They pretty much vanished and are only in Creator sets these days and a handful of Technic sets because it's kinda hard to do that when half of your set is made of more colors than the entire LGBTQWTFBBQ-flag.
>>730667614I'm stupid, I don't get the one on top right.
>>730671258the only thing I take from it is that those steps could be truncated tremendously
>>730660752I knew the second these faggots got pokemon it would become unaffordable
>>730661438who the fuck deleted my post here's what chinkbricks can do now for a FRACTION of the price
>>730671659an image is an image, let me see the quality of the actual product if you're going to shill chinkslop
>>730671732https://youtu.be/Q25iJxF7FI4you = btfo as always
>>730660752>Throw in an exclusive Pokemon card with each setPeople would legitimately kill each other over these, scalpers, manchildren everyone
>>730665713Bro the "I<3Evui" line of JP plushies has always been popular, I picked up my Umbreon back at a convention in like 2012, still in good condition and I pack it all over the place with me.
>>730671258A ridiculous amount of building steps for something incredibly simple that also ends in a printing error.https://www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6247028.pdf
>>730661664not a pokefag but they look nice. Not going to pick them up though because I do not give a fuck about pokemon.
>>730671258old brown bricks are notorious for fracturing. people literally had to stop playing with their old simpson house sets because they would pry the ling pieces and they'd shatter or break in half without any recourse for replacement from lego. and these are like $1000 market sets rn.
>>730661162>blocksunderrated kek
Are Pokemon cards worth collecting?
brown bricks, in minecrap
Sega won.
>>730665665I actually liked Galidor though, but mostly because of the game on LEGO.com. And it happened all over again with NEXO Knights.
>>730672668I'd rather burn my money
>>730672586If you want to be mugged when trying to buy them then yeah sure.
>>730665694If nothing else, at least LEGO Mario remembers it's supposed to be a toy and not a model.
>>730666625>>730665665weird to me to say it happened that way. I thought Galidor came after Bionicle? As a kid back then I really loved the disc throwers before bionicle, then didn't really care about bionicle very much. I fell out of lego around then, star wars stuff was cool but I didn't like the prequels despite being 10 or whatever and I just wanted more unitron and pirate and train lego sets. I had never even heard of Galidor til a few years ago when I watched some random lego autism videos.still wish they'd just make more unitron sets.
>>730663196>preorder dlc for fucking LegoI know that has been their game for a few years now, but it is still insane to think about.
>>730660752poorfags sourgraping
>>730672586>Massive speculative bubble>around 25% of ALL pokemon cards ever made have been printed in the last few years, billions of mass produced cards out there>economy is completely in the shitter rn so everyone and their mother is getting into pokemon card side hustle, further adding more fuel and speculators to the market>gambling aspect of buying a card to get it graded and authenticated by 3rd parties in the hope of earning a high grade, potentially making the card worth more $$$ artificially, thereby adding ANOTHER layer of gambling on top already opening packs in the hopes of pulling said cards
>>730663196i love how you can literally buy a 3D printer, filament, pay for the power bill, pirate this set, and it's still going to be cheaper than buying it
>>730672841Kids don't play Pokemon games. Adults have nostalgia for Pokemania (hence why all the memorabilia is always gen one stuff). Adults don't buy toys, but they do buy collectables and figures. Kids do play Mario games, hence they want toys that go with it.Lego knows which audience they're catering to with each.
>>730665540>>730665620i might be nitpicky but it doesn't really give off a lego vibe and more of diy vibe but not in the way that one library book with all those technic parts feels a homebrew feel
>>730661147The reboot was 11 years ago and was cut short 10 years ago because sales didn't meet their expectations. It's not coming back in any meaningful way.
>>730660752I would literally buy that if this was palworld
>>730673130the poorfag bait only works for something below $500 anon learn how to ragebait better
>>730660818>There's no way its $200 dollars>https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/pikachu-and-poke-ball-72152>MFW it's real
>>730665163Just like that one Mario creepypasta.
>>730673130i don't even care if it's ugly, i can buy it and you guys can't.
>>730673251>that one library book with all those technic parts feels a homebrew feelI remember that book. Lego Education has always had a weird vibe that doesn't feel very "Lego". Probably because they're going for an educational aspect first and foremost and not trying to make a fun toy and all kids hate stuff with the word "education" in it.
>>730673130Wouldn't even buy it if were $40. Those cheap Jazwares people shit on look better and are more accurate.
>>730673335You're a poorfag if you cannot spend $1200 on a collectable Lego. That's like less than 2 days of work for me.
>>730671881The boxes would just get torn open, like minifig blind bags, but more often.
>>730661162>>730661382>posable>actually looks better, simpler look>less than half the priceMan, imagine getting mogged by fucking Mega Bloks of all things
>no regular trainer minifigs and pokemon partner molds I wouldn't take this shit for free.
>>730663196THIS IS A MARKETING POSTI REPEATTHIS POST WAS MADE BY A PAID MARKETER
>>730673965>A PAID MARKETERI wish.
>>730673740b-b-but you risk the card getting only a lame PSA 9.8 and not a PSA 10 and be worth 70 mobillion dollars
>>730672668HERE I COMEROUGHER THAN THE REST OF THEM
>>730674756>rouge is flatgrim
Rich manchildren are the only audience left. Nobody's having kids and the few that do would rather play on a tablet
>>730674756>Flattest Rouge has ever beenhot
>>730674756KNUCK FIGURES
I'm hyped for the X-Files lego set that got approved last year.Hopefully they will actually make it and won't be forgotten.
>>730661147everyone wants bionicle but nobody wants lego to do it
>>730674909I still remember when I was like 11 or 12 there was a Star Wars set in the Lego catalog featuring slave Leia. My mom saw it and said "Lego's getting too risque. No more legos for you!" and she never bought me another kit.Thanks Lego.
>>730661890>towns>pokemart>poke center>gyms>routes>set pieces like the space museum, SS Anne, team rocket hideouts, poke safari, bike routeTake your f-cking pick, bro.
>>730674756>only set with Rouge in itWhy the fuck is Knuckles riding a giant mech with rocket launchers?Why is Rouge THE BAT flying using a machine? I hope to God she gets a Crossworlds set alongside Blaze minifig
imma need an architecture series of each regions skyline
>>730669550The problem probably is how most of the colored bricks wouldn't be needed and are either there because they want to jack up the brick count or their designers are mongoloids who don't know how to optimize the structure.
Should i buy this so i Can sell it later for more to dumbasses? I need money for ram.Will it go Up in price?
>>730673197maybe if you don't mind a whole year of print time
>>730674756The most assholish part about this:the shrine is a separate set
>>730675370>BlazeYes, more waifucore characters
>>730661147I genuinely never got why anyone gave a shit about Bionicle, that shit always seemed super boring to me
>>730675591
I'm starting to have pokemon fatigue lads.
>>730675716starting to?
>>730660752Lego peaked at baracuda bay and that sweet ass blacksmith and it's been a swift downfall since
>>730663554Some of those chink bricks are actually good quality and unique builds.
>>730665982Yeah but gate kept in an ugly 300 dollar set
>>730663787Literally nobody wanted them to do that, though. I can't think of a single way in which making every Mario figure an electronic toy rather than a normal Lego minifig makes them more fun to play with.
>>730660752lego is as bad as mtg these daysits just a vehicle to whore out IP these dayssculptures are especially anti-lego, since half the point of legos is to build random shit out of them, but these things just collect dust on man-childrens' display cases
>>730664241Actually this shit sucked. Half the pieces are just giant low utility large mold. I think modern lego with it huge brick density is way better than this shit. Here is the catle I got when I was a kid. It's the worst one, they do way better now.
>>730664365That'll teach you to have hope and optimism.
>>730676006I bought a huge fucking warship that's like 2.5 feet long for $60 on Aliexpress. Lego would never because>muh violenceand it's not Star Wars, and if they did they'd charge $300 for it.
My fucking 50 year old uncle loves Legos. Its become a massive normie sensation.
>>730664365What did you expect from modern PokemonThere hasn't been a single, and I mean a SINGLE good thing produced under the Pokemon brand name since 2018
>>730676371Are you sure he wasn't just one of the OGs?
>>730676192With all that extra shaping from the bricks in the face it kinda reminds me of that one bootleg ride.
>>730666023No, he's right. You just want to validate your manchild tastes.
>>730676141MtG is still worse, they torched decades of lore and world building for no good reason.
>>730675869For me, it was Destiny's bounty.
>>730676442when he was 30 im sure he would have called anybody older than 12 playing with legos a total and utter faggot
>>730663196>hey anon, that's a cute badge thing there, where'd you get it?>Oh, I got that for free for spending $650This is how brainwashed you retards are when corpos throw the word "free" around.Notice your "free" crap always involves money going from your hand to theirs.
>>730663196>free>you have to pay 700 dollars for itOkay.
>>730661147Never. People bitch about high price with low parts count every time even when you explain that they need a lot of unique molds not used anywhere else.
>>730677001a
>>730661664>DEI>>730661382>Merit
>>730676834The new bounty actually looks pretty sick
>>730666146jesus fucking christ you can get a 3d artist to make a custom anime figure of your waifu for less. no wonder scalpers are targeting pokemonfags
>>730661890Safari Zone
>>730668790
Would you buy it?
>>730664976Homosexuality is a virtue now?
>>730677737you just know that 90% of the pieces hidden in the walls are bright pink and dayglo orange
>>730677737Yes I've always wanted an age of empires 2 style castle but Lego isn't capable
>>730677810stop projecting
>>730677737this looks like it would rape your fingers
>>730665665You forgot the part where the interest in starwars sets dropped to zero after the sequel trilogy ended and the financial crisis hit. They were a hair away from bankruptcy before they found the adult audience who are willing to pay 400$ for a set.
>>730677737>13214 pcs >for a fucking squareare you mad bitch
I always wanted that spy car but never ended up getting it
>>730678823Check out the Captain America shield with 3.2k parts.
>>730676248Don't even bother arguing with 90s nostalgiafags. Lego was insanely expensive with low piececounts and had tons of one-off specialized pieces and they even almost went bankrupt because of the stupid shit they were doing
>>730660752If only you knew how bad things really areThe end result of Jews and dei weg wokenessPokemon has fallen
>>730661947that bird was fun, it's a shame almost all modern sets are either IP slop, plants or the eiffel tower
>>730664114Lego water can look nice if done by competent people
don't talk shit about my bonsai
>>730671943>2012You're kinda proving my point.
>>730673551i forgot about this one but i was pretty much talking about this one
>>730661664Why is the kanto trio one 650 set? Nobody can afford that shit. They should've made it three seperate pieces that can be combined voltron style.
>>730665713Both Eevee and Gengar were popular during Pokemania
>>730661732A lot better. If you managed to get GoBricks their quality is even above Lego. iirc Mould King and Panlos use them for their sets.
>>730680341Not really.
>>730676248Hard agree but I miss Fantasy era "generic" fantasy minifigs and such like a shitton of those fun skellies and trolls and dorfs. Now 99% of it all is licenseslop
>>730660752I think it looks fine, but it's still inferior to whatever knockoff lego brand produced the Venusaur and Gyarados that I bought from EBgames. If you happen to like Pikachu though there's nothing wrong with this aside from the fact that I'm sure it's overpriced and that Pikachu is shitting ice for some reason.
>>730666146It's 200 leyenbucks on European Amazon.
>>730675083I doubt it'll look like that once it releases. The Orient Express was such a disappointment after the great Ideas set.
>>730680905I remember that one. Trainfags expect a greater dose of autism in their sets, the released set was really dumbed down and it was like what 7 studs wide or something silly like that?
>>730660752man, even the temu mini legos did a better job than this
>>730679932The plants are pretty cool. I like how they utilize parts like frogs and bananas to make up the plants. I've got these two and they make for nice home decorations.
>>730663645susanoomon
>>730663196You fags don't get to make fun of anyone else's merchandise anymore.
>>730681234>get flower bouquet set for my gf>she now wants more lego flowersDown the rabbit hole I go
>>730681362At least they're cheap compared to the IP stuff. Anything related to an established IP has like a 60% tax on it.
>>730681405Yeah if I had to pay for all those Harry Potter sets women tend to love with <200 pieces that cost $40+ each I'd kill myself
>>730680905>>730681047>meanwhile the knockoff looks like the ideas set>has steam>can be remote controlled without touch screen crap>and is cheaper
>>730664976>There comes a time to put childish things away.agree.just look at this fucking loser, without the ability to put his shit together and achieving anything in life due his childish hobbies.
>>730681532or this one.holy cringe.
So fucking glad I gave up Lego for plamo years ago.
>>730663196The free set doesn't even have any printed parts, it's just stickerslop
>>730664976Imagine the power bill and failure rate of having just that there turned on.
>>730682076Thanks for the heads up. I called Lego and told them to take it off my preorder. I don't want garbage.
>>730681249>anon discovers lego
>>730682740And I'm worse off for having done so. I thought this shit was just for autistic kids, not fully grown adults.
>>730661664I mean, the Eevee one looks kind of okay. Still looks like shit, but less shit then the rest.
>>730660752>>730660818Make that at least 300 with scalpers
>>730683593>not fully grown adults.you're really overrating the concept of adults. most adults are just people who were lucky enough to not die yet. spending $600 on a lego set is probably one of the least wasteful ways people spend their money. And no, i don't buy lego, shit costs way too fucking much. they'd have to slash prices to one fourth what they are before i considered buying some.
So just making a pikachu out of bricks like true autists have already done hundreds of times takes too many pieces or something?
>>730685002gol
>>730685002pikashart
>>730681653Well those funcos are indeed cringe.
>>730660752>>730660818>mogged by mega for less than half the priceYou can even make it move with the crank:https://d2cdo4blch85n8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MEGA-Pokemon-Motion-Pikachu-Building-Set.gif
>>730661147The new SW2 Joycons made me think of Slizers / Throwbots*sssip*
>>730660752I would've loved Lego Pokemon when I was kid many years ago.Do kids still like Legos or Pokemon? Feel like they're over a decade late for this to have any market appeal. Or is this supposed to be for balding 30/40 year old reddit basedlennials?
>>730686598only interesting for people who can scalp. haven't had a kid i know in my friend's circle who actually wanted any of that shit.
>>730661147they genuinely don't know how to make good bionicles anymore, or any ambitious sets with moving parts for that matterthe most advanced thing I've seen from modern lego is that one transforming Optimus Prime and even that was done better by fans decades ago
>>730664976an anon once said that this looks like a pedo's trap room or whatever they're called where they try to entice children with whatever toys and video games they're interested in
>>730686598>Do kids still like Legos or Pokemon?No, which is why they made $200-$600 collectable statues instead of a playset. This is for millennials high on nostalgia.
>>730687007Didn't Michael Jackson have his house done up like this, except, 70s/80s instead of modern toys?
>>730686598>>730687098fun fact: these fags almost died if it weren't for the "adult toy" strategy pivot. as faggy as it is, it is what it is.https://f-franco.medium.com/from-playtime-to-primetime-how-legos-adult-strategy-is-reshaping-the-toy-industry-57b40dddb7dc
>>730686598most of the market for lego and traditional toys in general is made up of manchildren who grew up with themkids nowadays are more interested in video games and sports than toys
>>730664976Imagine having to clean and dust all that every few weeks
>>730681530Can you even call it knockoff at that point
>>730660752did people actually think lego was going to make unique mini-figure molds for all 1000+ pokemon and some of the human characters?
>>730687172Yes, except he wasn't a pedophile and never molested anyone.
>>730687524for $200 you better also give me a 20 min handjob m8
>>730687524no, because everyone already knows how shit lego is these days and saw these ugly statues coming from a mile away.
>>730687534he did beat the allegations but he was mentioned in the recent epstein files leak so now it seems like maybe he was an actual pedo
>>730661664>587 pieces for eeveeWat
>>730676371My older sister used to buy me legos when I was a kid and now buys sets for herself. Her husband started doing so as well. These are confusing times, really.
>>730661664I'll buy one of each and in 30 years i'll sell them and become a trillionaire.
Take the lumibricks pill.
>>730680905I ended up getting the actual OE set, it's actually pretty good. The biggest issue is the locomotive's a little small but if you add the wind spoiler thingies on the side it's not bad.
>>730687847you people are weird but in a good way
>>730676371My grandfather in law has a shitload of them, like thousands of dollars in reward points because he buys so much. Dude sent me an extra $400 set he had lying around.
>>730688459is it good? does it have any weapon series like chinkbricks? brb googlin.
>>730666292It's a statue, not a toy.
>>730688858It's good. I've got several, the main thing is that it's got lights and electronics.
>>730677041Boats are probably one of the set types to have benefited the most from new pieces.
>>730677737It would had been better if they left the top studded.
>>730680004Hey I remember this booklet.
>>730661664id rather just pay for a blastoise by itself man
>>730681653Now matter how successful you are, if you fall for Funko's schemes you are indeed a loser. >>730681532This guy seems pretty cool though.
>>730688934nice chicken
