M'Kyuun
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I loved the first movie. Looking forward to this one as well.
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There are two different cowl molds, the original from the 2006 sets, and the newer one which more closely resembles the Christian Bale Batcowl(more culpting around the "ears"). As for Batplanes, there have been two official sets released, the excellent large one with stand in 2006, and a smaller simpler version in 2012. The one from the LEGO Movie is a new model, and would be quite substantial in size, since it has both a front and back seat to carry 4 or 5 minifigs. I hope they produce it as a final LEGO Movie Exclusive, complete with instructions to rebuild it into the Batmobile. That was a badass looking Batmobile, more akin to an armored vehicle than a car. I'd get two copies just to have both vehicles at the same time.
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Roger that.
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If you do the mod, I'd be interested to see pics.
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1/6 TOA HEAVY INDUSTRIES SYNTHETIC HUMAN
M'Kyuun replied to southpaw's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
That'd make a cool kitbashed Eva. Reminds me of the Boomers from Bubblegum Crisis. -
Missed opportunity. But I guess the aft section is pretty useless as anything but an engine compartment, since it's no more than the wing extension mechanism with a small compartment on top for storing the little classic robots. Still neat that they included those, since they were a staple in a bunch of mid-80's sets. I wish they'd forgone the wing extension in lieu of a set of swing-out double doors and ramp for storing a small vehicle/cargo container like the old sets. I'm a sucker for working cargo features. The Sea Cow is a pretty cool set. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmHRA2scSGw I hope LEGO produce Batman's Batplane/Batmobile set. That would round out the collection nicely, and both models look stunning. I'd prefer it over the Sea Cow.
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I don't remember them taking a jab at Bionicle. It and the Star Wars license pretty much saved LEGO's bacon back in around 2003, when the company was facing serious financial losses. I was never a Bionicle fan myself, but I've had a chance to see some amazing stuff, especially by a very cool and talented lady named Breann Sledge. I'm not sure if Hero Factory is quite the hit that Bionicle was, but it shares a similar look. As far as the original brick built figures go, this year marks their 40th anniversary.
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M'Kyuun replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I think clown feet were pretty much inevitable, given his alt and the way he transforms. I'll withhold judgment until we get a proper pic. -
Admitting your addiction is the first step to being cured.
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Yep, definitely a bit of nostalgia thrown in there. Great movie.
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Most of my old space guys still have the gold intact, for the most part. I never had a cracked helmet, either, as far as I can remember. I never played with my figs much, so most of them still have stiff arms and legs. My bricks, however fared differently, since I had teeth, but no brick separator. Putting those little orange separators in large and some medium sets nowadays is a great idea, although I have a couple dozen of 'em floating around here. As well as the classic space sets, I'd love to see Blacktron return. It was my favorite space line, and I have nearly every set from the black/yellow first line, and four of the black/white sets. In fact, my Aerial Intruder is sitting on the shelf in my LEGO room, looking incredibly bad-ass, and my Alpha Centuri Outpost is still in pristine condition in its box. Unfortunately, all my black and yellow sets were pieced out for building stuff when I was still in my teens. Someday I'll attempt to restore them all.
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Well, the beauty of LEGO is that there are any number of ways to approach shaping. Unfortunately, LEGO has to meet a price point, as well as a battery of tests and production screenings before the final design is accepted. Generally, something is lost during the process for one reason or another. It sucks, but LEGO's a business looking to make a profit above all. I always like to see proto pics of sets when they are infrequently shared; it gives some perspective to the process. In many cases, the protos look better than the final set. As for shaping with plates, look up Shfio on Flickr...guy's a true artist. For some reason I can't link to the webpage. As for the X-Wing UCS sets, while the new one is superior in just about every aspect except for the nose; slopes were used on the old one to give it a far better tapered look than the curved slopes and squared off wedge bricks used on the new one. Given all the parts at their disposal, one wonders that they couldn't have found a better solution keeping within price point. I'm bummed that their AT-AT sets seem to downgrade with each release, rather than improve like most of the other sets redone over and over. 4483 still has the best proportions, IMO. It's certainly not perfect, but it's bigger and far more detailed than the last set or the upcoming set. I'm not including the walking AT-AT, since it was more of a Technic set than a System set, and doesn't look that great IMO, either.
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Which was wise. I actually had to use the second one. I still can't understand why they didn't just print that canopy.
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David, from your lips to Jorgen Vig Knudstorp's ears. If it ever happens, it'll be wish fulfillment on a far grander scale than LEGO realizes, I think. I agree that they needn't do straight rereleases, but updated versions of those old sets with today's play features would be fantastic. And yes, blue, grey, trans yellow, with some white and trans blue thrown in for good measure would be most welcome. If anything, Benny's ship shows that the old space color scheme still looks great.
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M'Kyuun replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I wish Hasbro would rerelease MP Optimus in his regular colors instead of the Year of the Horse version. I missed the boat when it was being sold through TRU, and now I'm kicking myself. -
I agree. I have the UCS ISD, and I don't really need any more big grey wedge shaped ships. I find the smaller ships much more interesting in the UCS line. For the most part, I think they've done well on them. The one that left me feeling lukewarm was the UCS Snowspeeder. It's one of my favorite SW ships, and the way they did the front section is just terrible. It's all brick built with slopes, but IMHO, utterly fails to capture the faceted look of the ship. I'd rather they'd used plates and tiles, angled accordingly. The UCS B-Wing was larger than minifig scale, hence no figs. No gear, but a nice stand that keeps it perched at an angle as if it were flying. I don't get too plussed over gear as much any more, since LEGO tend not to put landing gear, esp retractable gear, on much of anything. I really wish they would, esp on those large City jets...there's room enough to swing that gear if they remove one of those large rounded belly parts and brick build a proper wheel well with working doors. A few SW ships have retracting gear, but not many. I think the larger price point on the B-Wing was due to a lot of larger parts being used throughout. Still, it was a fun build, and looks great.
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Good for you! It's pretty impressive once built. It wasn't up for sale for very long. Guess it was limited run, or just didn't sell as well as hoped. Glad I got mine when I did, since I procrastinate on these big sets sometimes. The Parisian Restaurant will be my next Exclusive set (got to see it unveiled by the designer, Jamie Berard, in person). I'm on the fence about getting the Sea Cow...but it's wickedly cool.
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My two concerns for the new YF are the wing links remaining tight, and the sturdiness of the LERX pivot. Hopefully that thing will lock down to the back of the hip, rather than just hang there held by friction. New YF-21? Has that been announced? If so, here's hoping they'll find a better balance between sleek skinny fighter and not so skinny legged battroid. My 21 was the odd man out on my shelf for quite some time, since I keep all my valks in battroid, and he stayed in fighter. I was always afraid of his falling over, and the legs just didn't look right. He's back in his box for safekeeping.
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Well, given that they had an already excellent platform to work from, I'm keeping a positive outlook for the YF-19. Hopefully they'll fix the ankles. That's really the only glaring flaw I see in my VF-19.
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Well, if they follow SOP, the 2x4 blue wedges with the space logo and any stock tiles will be the only printed elements; everything else will be stickers. Looking at that cockpit, all the controls, via stickers, are in the backseat, and Benny just has a red and green light up front, unless there's a control panel underneath that you can't see in the picture. However, LEGO makes quite a number of vehicles/mecha with no controls, or controls far out of reach of the fig. Lots of telekinesis in the LEGO universe. Go easy on the click hinges...they're incredibly useful, and essential to building mecha, esp transforming mecha. For years I hoped and prayed for them, so I was elated when they were finally made. I've been praying for small ball and socket joints for years, and now we have those too. I just picked up a couple Mixel sets yesterday just to see how strong those joints are. They'll be great for small poseable builds. The Mixels themselves are....interesting. They're wacky, to be sure, and I'm guessing the show is going to be mired in ridiculousness. Anyway, the Sentinel in the upcoming X-Men set, with the really sh!tty Blackbird, uses the new ball and socket joints extensively. As far as the old school method for connecting the wing ships, I'll have to go with the technic pin solution, as that was pretty standard for anything modular back in the day, and even now to a greater degree. I have no issue with their using the click hinge to connect them, so long as said hinges are well secured in their prospective models. I don't see LEGO getting rid of them anytime soon, as they are heavily employed across all themes, used in all sorts of ways. They're great for shaping, as well as movement. I love 'em.
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Those new Classic Space printed parts from Benny's ship are gonna sell like crazy on Bricklink; I don't even wanna think how much they're going to charge for them. Makes me wish either LEGO themselves, or a company like Reprolabels would make a batch of Classic Space stickers, in various colors, with the space logo and various other markings, and an LSS sticker with two sets of numbers in white in the Classic Space font. It would be helpful for inept people like me who don't have Photoshop.
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I remember thinking as a kid that 6940 was LEGO's version of the AT-AT. I wish they'd redo all these old sets in a modern Space theme.
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Exactly. If you're in the neighborhood of 1000 pieces for $100, you're doing well. The ones that hurt are the 650 piece/$100 type sets. Usually those are licensed with popular minifigs, or sets with a lot of large parts. I also suspect that forward section separates on Benny's ship. As far as colored space guys go, the classic black was the rarest, showing up in only 8 sets, followed by Benny's blue brothers in 12 sets. I only have one black, and 4 or 5 blue classic space figs in my collection. The Polaris 1 Space Lab came with 3 blue guys just by itself. Great set.
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The potential is certainly there; however, given my lack of experience, I can't speak to the fidelity or integrity of the materials currently employed. One must consider the stresses involved on LEGO elements every time they are interlocked. Shapeways, which employs 3D printing, uses a nylon based plastic, and I've seen a number of parts designed specifically to work with LEGO on the site, the vast majority being gears and Technic liftarms. As to how well any of these parts actually function and for how long they hold up under constant use, I have no idea. What I do know is that the ABS LEGO uses is chosen for its integrity and endurance, as well as the extraordinarily specific tolerances in the molds themselves, ensure a very durable product. Parts I have from my childhood still have the same, and sometimes greater, clutching ability as those elements produced now. That's quite a testament to their engineering and choices of materials over the last 30 some odd years, and beyond. I would personally love to see 3D printing become an industry capable of producing parts that are compatible and close or equal to LEGO's own, and that there will be folks out there with the knowledge and drive to produce parts that LEGO can't or won't for whatever reason. I saw a presentation at BrickCon last year where one of our guest speakers, a fellow AFOL, spoke about this and the potential to hurt LEGO in the long run. I don't see it. Consider that there are companies out there now utilizing the same technologies that LEGO uses, but yet still do not match LEGO's quality, reputation, or profits. I think it'll be the same for 3D printing, and other rapid prototyping technologies rising to the fore: even if the tech becomes equivalent quality-wise, there still need to be people with sufficient knowledge and desire to produce these parts, and I don't think that number constitutes a threat to a multi-billion dollar company enjoying not only enormous annual success and growth from its own IPs, but also from numerous historically popular and financially successful licenses. There's a reason they are the most financially successful toy company in the world, and probably the most well known anywhere in the world. I'm a very happy and unashamed contributor to their success, and I hope to see LEGO continue to make great sets, wonderfully ridiculous themes, video games, and hopefully more movies throughout my lifetime and onward. As long as there's imagination and creativity, LEGO will never lose its relevance and ability to inspire.
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Ha! I have those hubs, somewhere. The farm tractor (#851) was my first technic, I mean Expert Builder, set way back when. They made for a great smooth steamroller, unlike anything currently in the palette. They've retired a number of parts that were enormously useful, and I wish, given that they're extraordinarily prosperous again, and are cranking out new molds regularly, they'd revive some of those old parts. Agree with you 100% about the UCS Lambda nose. It's one of the most distinguishing traits of the shuttle, and one of my favorite attributes, and they missed the mark by a mile with that overly tapered and pointy nose. Add to that the landing gear were a separate piece, and the majority of the wings were technic liftarms. I think they still got more right than wrong overall, but I couldn't get past the nose. Seems trivial, but everyone has their quirks. Agree as well concerning the UCS X-Wing. The nose on the new one was blunt, which ruined the look of it, not to mention the always too-small engines. I have it, it was a fun build, but it has its faults. Their UCS B-Wing, however, is a thing of beauty. Can't wait for Benny's Spaceship. I'll probably get 2 copies, one for parts and the other for the set. The "Sea Cow" is pure wonderful ridiculousness. I can't stop smiling when I see these LEGO Movie sets. Loving that Super Secret Police Dropship, too. Gonna be a financially draining LEGO year. I noticed the whole atmosphere surrounding Toy Fair seems much, much more guarded this year. Every year I look forward to seeing lots and lots of photos, and friendly LEGO reps eagerly showing and telling about all the products for the various media folks, who capture all the talk, action, features, and enthusiasm on video for the fans' consumption. It seems rather subdued and limited this year. I hope it's a fluke and not the new norm, but, to quote Han Solo and his friends, "I have a bad feeling about this."