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^Thats pretty sweet. Did a quick check on the prices and nope, not gonna pay that much for a non-flying rocket. $120 for the Lego kit was my top end lol.
I am so glad that Lego came out with it and so many are enjoying it. But personally, grand Lego models with custom parts just does not do it as something I'd like to buy.
I am so glad that Lego came out with it and so many are enjoying it. But personally, grand Lego models with custom parts just does not do it as something I'd like to buy. As a kid I really loved doing Legos, and trying to make up things out of imagination using the generic/basic parts (this was in the 1960's, long before the special kits with custom molded pieces). And for my model-building work I sometimes use Legos to make up a crude fast jig or as a retainer wall for pouring an RTV mold.
If I wanted to pay a lot for a Saturn-V to display, I'd go for the 4D Vision 1/100 cutaway model.
George inherent to the rules that LEGO Ideas set follow as I believed was discussed above there are no "custom molded parts" they are all stock LEGO Bricks, I will give you that the "Plate with bow 2x3x2/3" that makes up the bulk of the first and second stage exterior is a newer component, and the "Plate with bow 1x3x2/3" which it is an expansion from is only about a decade old they are really just profile changes / extensions of the 2x2 and 2x3 slope bricks that go back at least to the '80's, but even the old sets had lances, trees, wheels and other "Special" parts that weren't the classic 2x4 that everyone believes makes all the '60 and 70's era sets. Brickset.com has a wealth of data for when various parts came into service back to 1980 and products/sets back to 1949. (ie gears in 1965 https://brickset.com/sets/001-1/Gears). I do applaud and remember the creativity of the blocky building style of old, but much like rocketry as a company they couldn't not innovate and grow. (most AFOL's (Adult Fans of LEGO) will give you that the late '90's and early '00's things did get really specialized and "juniorized" but that things have improved greatly since then.)
I thought I had read an article about the "part specialization" with in the last few years but couldn't find it readily I will have to look deeper later but I did re-find this excellent and well researched article on LEGO prices that may interest some of you
https://www.realityprose.com/what-happened-with-lego/
As for imaginative use one can see it greatly with a quick scroll through Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/lego/pool/ a general LEGO photo pool that a wide variety of folks post too
https://www.flickr.com/groups/2167827@N22/ Iron Builder scroll through the discussions this is where very prominent builders face off one on one to build many models in a month with a difficult "seed part"
I seem to recall seeing the MegaFactories episode in Lego, and from memory they were saying for every custom new piece they add to the fabrication, it costs them €2mil...
If that's the case, I can understand their desire to avoid making new pieces if it can be avoided!
That's amazing. I did some research and reading when building my Porsche, and even something like an existing part being cast in a new color gets noticed by the diehard fans.
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This is the first Lego I have ever purchased. Amazing quality and consistency in the bricks.
I won't take credit for that one. Saw it somewhere.Nice display! I like the pseudo-cutaway idea.
yeah there is a whole blog dedicated pretty much to new piece designs and colors. https://newelementary.com/That's amazing. I did some research and reading when building my Porsche, and even something like an existing part being cast in a new color gets noticed by the diehard fans.
Is it really worth that much? *Looks at space shuttle parts...*I'd love to get a Space Shuttle kit but the one I saw on Amazon was over $400
Is it really worth that much? *Looks at space shuttle parts...*
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