Lego Thread - Because KF wasn't already autistic enough.

[Space Police]

I got one of those new Animal Crossing sets (the cow birthday party), and man, it sure did a good job of invoking Fabuland. I especially like the Duplo-like cake piece and the lamp post. My only complaint is that I wish it had more minifigures so it can truly be a party, but even then, one minifigure is reminiscent of those small Fabuland outdoor sets. It's also interesting that they used a flexible plastic piece for the banner rather than an actual thread piece.

 

[Wahgonga]

Put together a couple of new models from the Icons series of sets. Both are fairly large 1/12 scale. Land Rover Defender 90, and the Porsche 911. About 1500 parts for the 911, and 2300 for the Rover. Really fun builds and solid designs.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

New Lego Notre-Dame set.

 

[SentinentCloud]

my lego thread was better

 

[The Lawgiver]

New Lego Notre-Dame set.
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Ah it's the actual cathedral that got burnt va mysterious means and not the redesigned version they were trying to get it replaced with! Nice nice.

 

[Soyteenager]

Put together a couple of new models from the Icons series of sets. Both are fairly large 1/12 scale. Land Rover Defender 90, and the Porsche 911. About 1500 parts for the 911, and 2300 for the Rover. Really fun builds and solid designs.

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Quality legosmanship

 

[WhatInTheActualFuck]

I love doing small-scale stuff. Have some Lego Gundams and spacecraft:

 

[ToroidalBoat]

LEGOs of 20th century:

more generic themes like "space" with a lot of room for creativity

LEGOs of Current Year:

"Hey kids! Build this thing from this famous corporate franchise!"

 

[Patrick Bait-man]

LEGOs of 20th century:

more generic themes like "space" with a lot of room for creativity

LEGOs of Current Year:

"Hey kids! Build this thing from this famous corporate franchise!"

LEGO started going downhill when they switched to focusing on external properties for their sets in the latter half of the 2000s.

I want more unique and awesome stuff like Rock Raiders, not another fucking Star Wars set.

 

[The Lawgiver]

LEGO started going downhill when they switched to focusing on external properties for their sets in the latter half of the 2000s.

I want more unique and awesome stuff like Rock Raiders, not another fucking Star Wars set.
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latter half of the 2000s is when they had Power miners which was basically rock raiders 2 without being rock raiders lore wise. The logo was even the fucking same more or less. I remember thinking it was pretty cool they did something similar but slightly different in concept, but it was especially cool how they had a gimmick where the little rock monster guy minifigs could "eat" stuff. They also kinda sorta started bringing back classic space themes and original concept stuff in general before something happened in the mid 2010s. fuck itdoesn't feel like nearly to exactly a decade ago now time wise.

 

[Space Police]

They also kinda sorta started bringing back classic space themes and original concept stuff in general before something happened in the mid 2010s.

I think that what happened is that they resigned their Star Wars contract in 2014, so they couldn't do high-concept space outside Star Wars from then on. Also their new attempts at "big bang" properties (Chima, Nexo Knights, Ultra Agents) failed to live up to Ninjago and were never as popular as the licenses, so they decided to stop bothering with them.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I want more unique and awesome stuff like Rock Raiders, not another fucking Star Wars set.

Towards the end of the '90s there were sets like "Black Tron" and "Ice Planet" which were less generic than "Castle" and "Space", but there's still flexibility with the kits. Doesn't seem to be as much creativity with a "Millennium Falcon" or "Hogwarts" kit from now.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Towards the end of the '90s there were sets like "Black Tron" and "Ice Planet" which were less generic than "Castle" and "Space", but there's still flexibility with the kits. Doesn't seem to be as much creativity with a "Millennium Falcon" or "Hogwarts" kit from now.

at least with Hogwarts there's lots of different rooms and you can argue that castle magic made them different looking today, the Falcon's the Falcon

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

LEGO is obviously selling a shit ton of nostalgic sets (half of Walmart’s toy aisle is clearly marketed at adults) but I think the other secret is they’re big enough and star warts has hurt themselves enough in their confusion that they have the license at a moderately decent price.

LEGO creator and friends is also doing pretty well based on shelf space.

 

[Jewthulhu]

Towards the end of the '90s there were sets like "Black Tron" and "Ice Planet" which were less generic than "Castle" and "Space", but there's still flexibility with the kits. Doesn't seem to be as much creativity with a "Millennium Falcon" or "Hogwarts" kit from now.

The old Star Wars sets had fun alternative builds on the back of the instruction manual. It's been a years since I got something that wasn't a display model, are they still doing that with their "regular" sets?

 

[Wahgonga]

The old Star Wars sets had fun alternative builds on the back of the instruction manual. It's been a years since I got something that wasn't a display model, are they still doing that with their "regular" sets?

Yeah, none of the Star Wars sets I've seen in the last 10 years or so have any alternative or B-model instructions in the box or available online. The latest Creator 3 in 1 sets as the name says come with instructions for 3 models in the box. Also, a fair number of Technic sets still come with an alternate model instruction book. The exceptions being the big display models like the Ferrari Daytona and Yamaha MT-10. It's spotty across the entire range really. Some do, some don't.

Thread Tax-

One of my older builds. The R/C Technic Volvo L350F wheeled loader from about 10 years ago.

It's full 4 channel R/C- steering, throttle, the lifter arms and bucket tilt. Has full time 4WD, working suspension and working diesel engine with pistons. I rarely build a set stock, and with this one I made extensive cosmetic changes and added some missing details. Fairly large at 2 feet long and 6 lbs. It's a solid working design and a fun one to drive around. The bucket can lift more than the weight of the vehicle itself. Around 1900 parts with my modifications.

 

[Fartificial Insmelligence]

The old Star Wars sets had fun alternative builds on the back of the instruction manual. It's been a years since I got something that wasn't a display model, are they still doing that with their "regular" sets?

I assume they don't do that anymore 'cuz Disney is so anal about their properties, can't let kids be creative and build things off-model!

There's a cool place I stopped by the other day called Bricks and Minifigs, they're a resale shop for Lego and third-party accessories. They had an awesome spread of older sets, though the prices were a little high (though apparently they just priced stuff based off BrickLink listings?). I was really tempted to get a Rock Raiders drillship haha

 

[TheArtilleryman]

I had this bad boy as a kid. They don't make em like they used to. I'm really excited to start buying and playing LEGO again once my babby is old enough. We're going to build a big castle.


EDIT:

I just found this, and they still have new ones in stock



Ooooooooooooh I'm tempted bros. I am so tempted.

 

[Agamemnon Busmalis]

LEGO started going downhill when they switched to focusing on external properties for their sets in the latter half of the 2000s.

I want more unique and awesome stuff like Rock Raiders, not another fucking Star Wars set.

When I was a kid I wouldn't even have wanted a Star Wars set, I wanted to come up with my own ideas and stories.

Rock Raiders kicked ass.

 

[WonderWino]

Towards the end of the '90s there were sets like "Black Tron" and "Ice Planet" which were less generic than "Castle" and "Space", but there's still flexibility with the kits. Doesn't seem to be as much creativity with a "Millennium Falcon" or "Hogwarts" kit from now.

Blacktron was late 80s and lingered into the early 90s, ice planet was 1992 - 1993. Always liked ice planet, it didn't last nearly as long as it should and disappeared from stores surprisingly fast

Still prefer the old pirates stuff and the western stuff from 1996. Still find it funny that they came with guns and pirates had guns but the cops never did

lego really wend downhill in the last decade or two. I kind of feel bad for kids growing up with the overpriced shit they have out now

Also the lego friends stuff has to be the lowest point they've ever hit. That shits just embarrassing. I'm not even sure who the market is even supposed to be for that. Surely not kids. No zoomer baes or alphas would be paying for that shit. 40 year old autistic wine moms maybe?