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LEGO |OT6| We Only Build in Black. And Sometimes Very Dark Grey.
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PhoncipleBone
Banned
I mentioned that before. Unfold the box for a diorama.
LordOfLore
Banned
I'm surprised they haven't just done a set. Put in the security room, the hall where Ben and Vader fights, a way to move TIE fighters(not included) into position and enough room to fit either two TIE variants, the Tydirium or the Falcon. Docking Bay 327 comes with 6 stormtroopers(2 with Han and Luke faces), 2 officers, a mouse droid, Vader and Ben.
It is hard to say what will be the size, the ratio pieces/pages differs over themes, years and evens set types (as expected).
Just taking the SW part, there are the smaller UCS with lower density. And then there is the renewed Death Star where the instructions were not "diluted to easy mode" and are still quite dense.
So one theory is that if they could keep the 'density' of instructions for new DS similar to the old set, they could do the same for the MF. This could bring us over 7k pieces with similar ratio as old MF and ~500 pages.
...or they go with less pieces, high Disney tax and lot of non-instruction pages in the manual (like Porsche)
Just taking the SW part, there are the smaller UCS with lower density. And then there is the renewed Death Star where the instructions were not "diluted to easy mode" and are still quite dense.
So one theory is that if they could keep the 'density' of instructions for new DS similar to the old set, they could do the same for the MF. This could bring us over 7k pieces with similar ratio as old MF and ~500 pages.
...or they go with less pieces, high Disney tax and lot of non-instruction pages in the manual (like Porsche)
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Creator Expert 10189 Taj Mahal 176 pages 5922 pieces 33,6 ratio
Creator Expert 10253 Big Ben 211 pages 4163 pieces 19,7 ratio
Creator Expert 10255 Assembly Square 308 pages 4002 pieces 13,0 ratio
Creator Expert 10257 Carousel 196 pages 2670 pieces 13,6 ratio
Ideas 21309 Saturn V 200 pages 1969 pieces 9,8 ratio
Technic 42055 BWE 552 pages 3929 pieces 7,1 ratio
Technic 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 580 pages 2704 pieces 4,7 ratio
Disney 71040 Disney Castle 491 pages 4080 pieces 8,3 ratio
PotC 71042 Silent Mary 264 pages 2294 pieces 8,7 ratio
SW 10179 UCS Millennium Falcon 316 pages 5197 pieces 16,4 ratio
SW 10188 Death Star (2008) 264 pages 3803 pieces 14,4 ratio
SW 75060 Slave 1 299 pages 1996 pieces 6,7 ratio
SW 75144 Snowspeeder 318 pages 1703 pieces 5,4 ratio
SW 75159 Death Star (2016) 299 pages 4016 pieces 13,4 ratio
GB 75827 Firehouse HQ 419 pages 4634 pieces 11,1 ratioThis has to go down as TLG worse secret. Now they are just acting like that person that keeps telling you about your Christmas present they got you. They spoil it way before they realize it and then just finally straight up tell you.
Speaking of Christmas every year my family just goes in together and gets me one big thing for Christmas because they never know what to get me otherwise. They just told me they would pay for the Falcon if I want it. I literally accepted I could never afford it and was not going to get it. I'm kinda stunned.
toythatkills
Member
I'm sure they've known for ages that everyone knows already, now they're just having some fun with it. The fact that it's such an open secret is the joke.
Wow, that's great of your family! My parents give me a nice amount of money each year ("we rather have you enjoy it know so we can see it, then have you have it as inheritence"), but no way I can convince my wife I can put it toward a 700 or 800 euro Lego set, no matter how big it is.
Not sure I convince myself even. I allready get sweaty palms at the prospect of spending 350 for Ninjago City. And then there is the fact I won't have space to display the Falcon anyway;
Damn good advertizing campaign.
You described me pretty much. There are $350 sets I've just not been able to convince myself to buy, And here is the Falcon costing more than double that.
Your family sounds awesome! I'd ask my immediate family to pool together and get me it but I'd probably look rather silly when I need a laptop for University. I dunno though, they've literally said I deserve a big present this year so I could push my luck.
I'm fine spending <£200 on sets but above that things get a lot more difficult. Spending £220 on the Tower Bridge last year was a massive ask (especially since it was my first set after the dark ages) but spending £600-£700 on the Falcon is on a whole other level.
You have room to just leave that stuff hanging around for six months?
This is normally a joke but I'm starting to look at storage units (in preparation of putting the house on the market). I hid all of my latest haul in a suitcase. Running out of places to store unopened Lego boxes.
Caddywompus
Member
So I found a Ultimate Bridge Battle 76057 for $50 and ended up getting it, even though it didn't feel like as good of a deal compared to some of the other sets I've found. Especially when it's half a bridge. Does it feel like you need another set to complete the build?
Also is Creationary worth tracking down? I could probably piece together a makeshift version cheaper than finding a complete game.
Also is Creationary worth tracking down? I could probably piece together a makeshift version cheaper than finding a complete game.
Yea I love my family, some times. Not all of them though.
I agree with the sentiments that its a very hard buy otherwise. There are so many great large sets out right now that would be more bang for your buck together than one set. I'm ecstatic to have this opportunity though because I know this would be one of the regrets that would eat me up inside.
When you get to the storage and display conversations of Lego buying its over. Its done, just accept who you have become and you have reached full "one of us" status. Congratulations!! Start looking into a Lego room now. It may not be a dedicated room but a room you are going to co-opt, your bedroom, a kids room, even the bathroom. Start clearing out a whole closet for the empty boxes. You think breaking them down is enough at first but no, its never enough. They just keep piling up. If you can get a storage unit for your backlog sets that would be awesome. Hiding sets is impossible at a certain point. I guess maybe if you stack them to resemble a couch and throw a sofa cover over them that could work.
I agree with the sentiments that its a very hard buy otherwise. There are so many great large sets out right now that would be more bang for your buck together than one set. I'm ecstatic to have this opportunity though because I know this would be one of the regrets that would eat me up inside.
You have room to just leave that stuff hanging around for six months?
This is normally a joke but I'm starting to look at storage units (in preparation of putting the house on the market). I hid all of my latest haul in a suitcase. Running out of places to store unopened Lego boxes.
When you get to the storage and display conversations of Lego buying its over. Its done, just accept who you have become and you have reached full "one of us" status. Congratulations!! Start looking into a Lego room now. It may not be a dedicated room but a room you are going to co-opt, your bedroom, a kids room, even the bathroom. Start clearing out a whole closet for the empty boxes. You think breaking them down is enough at first but no, its never enough. They just keep piling up. If you can get a storage unit for your backlog sets that would be awesome. Hiding sets is impossible at a certain point. I guess maybe if you stack them to resemble a couch and throw a sofa cover over them that could work.
Yeah I don't buy the Lego Star Wars stuff, but I'd have to ask myself whether I would buy a AU$1000 Modular set just to keep the collection going... damn, I'm going to say I'd give it a miss. Even Assembly Square was a bit of a stretch honestly, but a good discount on that made me pull the trigger. $1000 could go a long way in other forms of entertainment... like go on a holiday.
Props to whoever is getting the Falcon though.
Haha yeah its inevitable isn't it? My absolute dream house will have 3 spare rooms for all my stuff, but in reality it'll probably be just the one spare room for lego and consoles.
Currently I'm storing my sets in these which I get from Daiso -
These make it easy to keep see all the pieces, build and pack and store in the one box. Anything around 500 pieces and the box works well, at 700ish pieces, it becomes a little bit more difficult to find things. It's fine for kids for now and they can mix the sets if they choose to, I do have to do a bit of sorting to sometimes to get the set back to the original pieces. I'm not sure if and when I'll combine everything like most Lego fans do.
BentBricks
Member
LEGO should have released it on April 1st. Lack of leaked photos would have driven people crazy thinking it may be an April Fools joke.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Bridge Battle is worth it at full price. Half price makes it even better. Even if the build were half as good as it is (and it is very good), it would be worth it for the figures alone.
Enjoy your awesome set. Ghostmind will sing the praises harder than I will. It was his #1 last year.
Just finished putting together the Assembly Square last night, great fun. Unfortunately I'll be sending it back, I can't believe Lego would have the gall to call it a "square" when it's clearly a rectangle, for shame.
Something that I didn't realise I was doing until now though; lining up the Lego logos on as many pieces as possible so that they all face the same direction. Does anyone else find themselves doing this, or am I just a crazy person?
Something that I didn't realise I was doing until now though; lining up the Lego logos on as many pieces as possible so that they all face the same direction. Does anyone else find themselves doing this, or am I just a crazy person?
Yep I made sure all those 1x2 tile pieces (don't know exact name) were all the same way!
EvilRedEye
Member
I've been meaning to bring that up actually. I totally do that. I'm wondering if it's just insane or if I should just lean into it. I base my method for doing this on the angle of the build in the instruction booklet but then builds get turned around so they're not facing the same way anymore... Do Lego do this in product photos, I wonder?
Finished Ecto-1 last night just as General Grievous arrived. Love all the little details on the roof. Kind of making me want the firehouse and the new Ecto.
I do not do this. The bits on on in whatever orientation they come.
I do not do this. The bits on on in whatever orientation they come.
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Yep. This occurred to me for the first time last week and then I thought "nah, I can't even tell from up close."
toythatkills
Member
What if you have two 1x2 pieces at 90 degrees to one another?
They can red either top to bottom, or left to right.
I always line the logo on the pieces up as much as possible, with correct alignment from the front having highest priority, and then left to right when that's not possible. It makes the building process slower, but I don't really mind. There's something almost Zen-like in aligning the bricks properly for me, and it does make the end result look better.
I remember it was one of the things we talked about when my wife and I built our first modular (and came out of our Dark ages): would there be people lining up those bricks with the logo's to one side.
I figured at the moment that was impossible, as you have building going on on multiple axes, but lo and behold, I should've known OCD's prevail everywhere.
I figured at the moment that was impossible, as you have building going on on multiple axes, but lo and behold, I should've known OCD's prevail everywhere.
anonymous_abc
Member
Just use a long piece to push against and align them.
formated4tv
Member
I either use the side of the orange prybar if it came with that set, or I just push the flat end(s) against my table after I attach all the 1x1s. It usually comes out straight enough for my liking.
Grassclipper
Member
The only logo-alignment I've bothered with so far are the doorknobs, I try to make sure that the logo is horizontal. Otherwise I don't bother.
On a different note, when you guys are doing MOC's, are you including some kind of play feature? I have an idea for a small MOC (I don't have that many pieces, and considering my dark age just ended probably not that much building skill) and looking at videos for the modulars, a lot of them seem to include fun little features such a the break-in through the chimney or money laundring on the Brickbank. I think these really set official sets apart from a lot of MOC's that I've seen.
On a different note, when you guys are doing MOC's, are you including some kind of play feature? I have an idea for a small MOC (I don't have that many pieces, and considering my dark age just ended probably not that much building skill) and looking at videos for the modulars, a lot of them seem to include fun little features such a the break-in through the chimney or money laundring on the Brickbank. I think these really set official sets apart from a lot of MOC's that I've seen.
EvilRedEye
Member
I'm one of the crazy aligning people... but I don't align the doorknobs.
whaaaaaatttt???!?
whaaaaaatttt???!?
LordOfLore
Banned
Photobucket doesn't work.Do people have all these different way round then?
I'm not OCD about anything really but I did make sure all these tiles on AS had the moulding bit on one side.
Humble Bundle with some LEGO books.
Rodney McKay
Member
I'm not too OCD about LEGO positioning, but I do like to make sure the window panes are all aligned the same, or at least the same pattern of how they're positioned between different windows.
Chiaroscuro
Member
I would lie if I say I did not consider to align the Lego logos, but soon I noticed that due to the nowadays building technics it was impossible. So I don´t mind anymore.
But as many here, I do align the logo in some cases, like doorknobs. And I also align the moulding points. And crazy align any small tile...
But as many here, I do align the logo in some cases, like doorknobs. And I also align the moulding points. And crazy align any small tile...
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