M'Kyuun Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 8/4/2024 at 1:41 PM, J.T. Silversmith said: Me and my son just built Cole's Titan Dragon Mech, and have really been enjoying it. It is just so well built, It has really useful articulation. It is really stable in a pose, it does everything that I think a mech should do. Yesterday when we were looking at it my son noticed that the eyes have light piping! I had not seen anyone else mention it yet. There is a clear white 1x1 tile on the back of the head to let the light pass through to the clear orange eyes. Has anyone heard of any other Lego set with light piping? I wanted to share a tiny little detail on this awesome set that might get missed! This is under normal light. This is with my finger blocking the light. This is with a flashlight to show it off. I thought it was a cool extra that could be missed. This was the swan song of designer Niek van Slagmaat (Toothdominoes) who has been working on Ninjago for years. He is changing positions, but as a love letter to Ninjago fans coupled with his love of robots and mecha in general, he wanted to create a mecha set with as many bells and whistles as possible and IMHO, as both a mecha fan and a Ninjago fan, I think he succeeded. The head design, light piping notwithstanding (I hadn't noticed it, so thanks for pointing it out) is probably the weakest part of the whole build. The articulation is amazing, especially the sliding kneecaps which echo any number of Gundam and other modern mecha designs. The ankles are of note as well, as on most LEGO mecha, they are severely limited in their range of motion for stability's sake, but on this model, the friction actuators add the requisite stability to the ball jointed ankles enabling a decent range in all directions. It's an impressive set that hopefully will inform future mecha sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Brick Veteran has a sweet looking MiG-29 coming up. This first one of theirs is limited to 100 kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted September 14 Share Posted September 14 The X-Mansion is probably going to be expensive but I'm still planning on buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 UCS Jabba's Sail Barge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe Q Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 The Barge and minifigs look cool but there are too many exposed studs for my liking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 (edited) I‘m on board. Great to see the Hut Slayer Leia figure making a return. Still need to figure out were to put it since I added a UCS Super Star Destroyer to my display earlier this year. Do we know the dimensions of the barge? [edit:] Apparently the Sail Barge will be 77cm (approximately 2‘6“) long. Edited September 17 by Scyla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 No Jedi Luke or Boba Fett minifigs? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted September 17 Share Posted September 17 I would bet that's because the missing key figures (Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Lando, and Boba Fett) all came with (or will in the future come with a new version of) the smaller skiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 3 hours ago, Tking22 said: No Jedi Luke or Boba Fett minifigs? WTF? 3 hours ago, Chronocidal said: I would bet that's because the missing key figures (Luke, Han, Chewbacca, Lando, and Boba Fett) all came with (or will in the future come with a new version of) the smaller skiff. They come with the 2025 $80 add-on set to the Sail Barge (on shelves now): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 Ok, I am going to say that is pretty disappointing for $80. Not even including any of the actual guards there feels a little silly, and the skiff looks severely undersized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 11 hours ago, Scyla said: They come with the 2025 $80 add-on set to the Sail Barge (on shelves now): Okay that makes sense lol, and you know if someone is willing to drop $500 on the big boy barge, this thing isn't even a thought, it's simply a must-buy if you don't already have those minifigs. Damn you Lego, you got us again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 18 Share Posted September 18 41 minutes ago, Tking22 said: Okay that makes sense lol, and you know if someone is willing to drop $500 on the big boy barge, this thing isn't even a thought, it's simply a must-buy if you don't already have those minifigs. Damn you Lego, you got us again. I will wait for deep discounts both on the Sail Barge and the new Desert Skiff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted September 18 Author Share Posted September 18 12 hours ago, Chronocidal said: Ok, I am going to say that is pretty disappointing for $80. What, you don't want a $20 skiff plus a $60 mound of sand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted September 19 Author Share Posted September 19 Lol. Of course they would try this. https://brickset.com/article/113691/lego-may-be-considering-phasing-out-paper-instructions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 (edited) Yeaaaah, uh, that's gonna be a really good way to completely destroy their younger audience. When a kid has to borrow their parents' phone or computer to actually build a set they got, we've hit a brand new level of suck. Edit: I can't actually find the survey they're discussing though, it looks like the backlash may have been so severe they already pulled it down. Let's hope so. Edited September 19 by Chronocidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 21 hours ago, danth said: Lol. Of course they would try this. https://brickset.com/article/113691/lego-may-be-considering-phasing-out-paper-instructions Electronic instructions are the worst (at least the ones I tried). I can’t build in front of my computer and on the smartphone the screen goes always dark and there is not enough screen space to look at it comfortable. Also building LEGO is a outlet not to interact with computer so I don’t know why Lego would encourage people to spend more time with their smart device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 Yeah annoying they can't include the booklets like they used to. How much could that be? Or have a SKU with booklets and a SKU without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 (edited) I finally found the new Speed Champions F40 at the local Walmart, and wow, what a difference 5 years make when you compare it to the older F40 from the same line: I'm convinced Lego got inspiration from various MOCs to produce their latest iteration of the F40, especially this one: Regardless, I had fun buiding this new kit, and for a kit this size, Lego nailed the silhoutte: I found the use of spoons for mirrors ingenious, but I didn't like the empty space where the main headlights are. I reckon I could use clear parts to fill the void, but that would mean changing the shape of the front side, which I don't want to do. What I felt needed changing though was the size of the windows, which looked quite small right out of the box. To fix this, I removed the paint at the bottom of the windscreen piece with some rubbing alcohol and cotton swabs, then applied carefully measured adhesive vinyl strips and shapes to make the windows appear larger: I've seen a few cool mods that give this kit opening doors and an opening rear hatch, but I don't think I'm going that far. With my larger windows, I'm gonna call it a day. I fear this kit is a gateway for me to discover similarly sized MOCs of other fine autos. Edited September 26 by Valkyrie Hunter D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 (edited) On 9/18/2024 at 6:26 AM, Chronocidal said: Ok, I am going to say that is pretty disappointing for $80. Not even including any of the actual guards there feels a little silly, and the skiff looks severely undersized. So I bought the set at an Amazon sale for ~$50 and having built it I can somehow see how the penny pinchers at Lego came to the conclusion that it should be $80. The Sarlacc pit is massive. Build out of plenty of 2x4, 2x2 and 2x6 bricks. Something you don’t see often outside of Minecraft sets. The decision to have just 2/3rds of the pit for tue sake of a gimmick I strongly disagree with. It doesn’t look right outside of specific angles used for product photography. For some reason the maw is also a oblong shape and not round (probably to save on pieces). The skiff has some nice details in the controls and the wings. But I think I like the previous one from 2017 better (75174). The Minifigs are just ok. I bought the set to have the Skiff Guard Lando, Jedi Knight Luke with the robes and a representation of Nien Nunb and they are all fairly well done. Don‘t care about Chewie and Han since they are the same from the previous set but I understand why they are included. Boba Fett is in his ESB outfit and no cape so into storage it goes. In general I would loved if they include three or four additional Skiff guards. Edited September 26 by Scyla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sh9000 Posted October 17 Share Posted October 17 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/x-men-the-x-mansion-76294 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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