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  • monstblitzmonstblitz Member Posts: 653
    I've spent a lot of time (too much time) over the years on all kinds of different message boards - sports, fishing, alumni, other hobbies, etc.  I've even administered a very small one myself and learned the hard way that trying to regulate what is talked about where AKA being a thread nazi is a fools game, and it's much easier and better for everyone involved to have general categories and let the conversation flow naturally.  I think this forum does a beautiful job of it.  In my humble opinion, I wouldn't change a thing.  But that's just me. 

    To get back on topic - I'm not familiar with the history of the design videos.  Yes, there is a tiny MF and a space slug, but to me that seems a reach to suggest this means a UCS Falcon is in the works.  Is there more backstory here of similar teases?
    Bumblepantsstluxpharmjodjosekalel
  • arathemisarathemis Member Posts: 604
    OMG, the amount of gibberish talk on this thread is appalling.

    Or did anyone from Lego say that the new MF will have as many pieces as this thread has posts in it? And now all of you are trying to inflate that number? (for the same price of course)
    fourstud
  • Rainstorm26Rainstorm26 Member Posts: 1,013

    CM4S said:

    16 new posts.. no news. I think we should settle down on the non-news posts 


    I think we need McCutchen back. 
    Bumblepantseggshen
  • sonsofscevasonsofsceva Member Posts: 542
    Off-Topic? Yes. Still generally positive though? Absolutely. That is what keeps me coming back to the Brickset community. We might dog the bad sets, but I have rarely come across such a positive community on the Internets. So thanks to everyone for being great!

    On-Topic - On the video, my first thought was Tremors and the other designer was just running, and I thought that was a bit random. It was only when I came on this forum that I was sent back to see the MF in the guy's hand. Anyone else think Tremors (or heard of Tremors)?
    stluxfourstudprevereYodaliciousSumoLegocatwrangler
  • MrKettleMrKettle Member Posts: 137
    A Lego Tremors set would be awesome. Minifigures scale grabboids. 
    gmonkey76
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Member Posts: 5,478
    ^ Six Degrees of Brickset?
    VorpalRyu
  • GalactusGalactus Member Posts: 260
    ^^^ I just googled for Tremors mocs and there are some really nice ones out there! If it wasn't adult orientated it would make for a good Ideas set imo.
  • SithLord196SithLord196 Member Posts: 1,161
    Could someone please explain this teaser that was inside the Carousel Designer Video? 

    I have heard of stuff like that occurring before, but since I don't generally watch the Designer videos I'm a bit confused as to exactly what people key in on as being a teaser.
  • princedravenprincedraven Member Posts: 3,764
    Guess it's the giant Space Slug at the start of the video.
  • MrKettleMrKettle Member Posts: 137
    @SithLord196
    at the start of the video for the ucs snowspeeder, @CM4S pointed out the designer doing a spinning round motion and guessed that the carousel would be released next and he was right. 
    At the start of the video for the carousel for a brief second they are holding a giant cardboard space slug (someone will know the correct name for it) chasing a teeny tiny MF.
    There have been other things that point to the MF being released soon but this is pretty compelling for me. 
    SithLord196
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    I suppose one could go back through all of the videos and 'creatively' interpret someone spinning around as a clue to the next set.

    Or, it could just be referencing an older set?  Like a Fairground Mixer?

    Anybody catch the pre-Snowspeeder clue where Marcos is crushed by an AT-AT?  Or the pre-Cinderella Castle clue where he was cleaning the floors for his evil step-sisters and Lady Tremaine?

    I made a majority of those up.
    gmonkey76BumblepantscatwranglerAdeelZubair
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark Member Posts: 4,268
    Ok, so I come online and see 48 new posts in here - can there have been an announcement?

    A leaked image?

    Anything?



    Of course not. Bah.
    SumoLegofourstudRainstorm26MynattBumblepantsAdeelZubairbobabricksJELJ1S
  • BrewBrew Member Posts: 183

    I'd just like to point out that the 'Jamie spinning around' thing has been in at least 3 designer videos (Assembly Square, Silent Mary and Snow Speeder) so if it was a teaser it has been around a while. If Space Slug is a teaser, who knows how many times we'll have to see it before it actually pays off.

    I for one believe that a UCS MF will be re-released if not this year, next year. My question is, how much better does it have to be to pay $700-800 for it. I have the 'original UCS MF' so for me it will have to blow me away to pay that much for it. It would have to be equal in size, with a fully detailed interior, constructed so that you could lift it without it falling apart (a la Slave I) and include a slew of really cool minifigs. Something like 7000 pieces.

    So, what would it take for you?

    catwrangler
  • playwellplaywell Member Posts: 2,304
    edited May 2017
    SumoLego said:

    I suppose one could go back through all of the videos and 'creatively' interpret someone spinning around as a clue to the next set.

    Or, it could just be referencing an older set?  Like a Fairground Mixer?

    Anybody catch the pre-Snowspeeder clue where Marcos is crushed by an AT-AT?  Or the pre-Cinderella Castle clue where he was cleaning the floors for his evil step-sisters and Lady Tremaine?

    I made a majority of those up.



    @CM4S didn't go back he said it at the time and he was right which is what @MrKettle said.

    I'll just edit the rest out, no need to be mean.

    SumoLegofourstud
  • SeanTheCollectorSeanTheCollector Member Posts: 765


    Brew said:

    I for one believe that a UCS MF will be re-released if not this year, next year. My question is, how much better does it have to be to pay $700-800 for it. I have the 'original UCS MF' so for me it will have to blow me away to pay that much for it. It would have to be equal in size, with a fully detailed interior, constructed so that you could lift it without it falling apart (a la Slave I) and include a slew of really cool minifigs. Something like 7000 pieces.

    So, what would it take for you?



    A simple reproduction would be enough for me to buy it! I'm unwilling to
    part with £3K-£5K for an original. However, I really want it to be at
    least as big as the original set! A really nice bonus would be some interior but that's probably not going to happen based on the Death Star re-release.
  • pharmjodpharmjod Member Posts: 2,916
    If it is indeed released as an $800 set, anything less than the same or similar size with at least a decent interior if not full interior will be an insult to the fan base. A $300 price increase over the original can't be justified any other way. I would rather it not come with figures and focus on the ship personally. I can do without $20-$30 worth of rehashed figures.
    gmonkey76
  • MrKettleMrKettle Member Posts: 137

    SumoLego said:

    I suppose one could go back through all of the videos and 'creatively' interpret someone spinning around as a clue to the next set.

    Or, it could just be referencing an older set?  Like a Fairground Mixer?

    Anybody catch the pre-Snowspeeder clue where Marcos is crushed by an AT-AT?  Or the pre-Cinderella Castle clue where he was cleaning the floors for his evil step-sisters and Lady Tremaine?

    I made a majority of those up.


    I get what you are saying, making the facts fit the story is never the way to go. But he seems to have a track record of 'predicting' things and I'm sure he didn't just base it on one second of footage but rather he came to that conclusion and the spinning footage just helped confirm it which suggests that Lego is in the habit of leaving Easter eggs.

    Same with the MF, the rumour is that it will contain a mynock (sp?) and be based on Empire (Lego LOVES Empire donchaknow) so it kind of fits. It would either be a huge coincidence or trolling of an epic kind to include a one second clip of the very thing people are obsessing over. 
  • FauchFauch Member Posts: 2,679

    Paperballpark said:

    Ok, so I come online and see 48 new posts in here - can there have been an announcement?

    A leaked image?

    Anything?



    Of course not. Bah.


    yeah of ninjago movie and justice league sets. wait, actually no one cared about that.
    VorpalRyu
  • Legopassion8Legopassion8 Member Posts: 1,181
    Shout out to @B0SSK...

    (Sorry not sorry :P)
    SumoLegogmonkey76
  • flakmaniakflakmaniak Member Posts: 50
    If that leaked image about an $800 D2C set were real... When would that imply the announcement? Forget for a moment what set it even is. If that image is real, when will the depicted set be announced? Surely we should all cool off until that date. (And maybe speculate about whether that image is real.)
  • Rainstorm26Rainstorm26 Member Posts: 1,013
    I heard from a Lego store employee the announcement is tomorrow.
    SumoLego
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,370

    Rainstorm26 said:

    I heard from a Lego store employee the announcement is tomorrow.


    I've heard that from someone else too but I seriously just don't believe it. They also said we'd get a surprise RELEASE on the 4th. 

    Which I think is impossible because 
    A. We would know
    B. We would have seen it by now
    bobabricks
  • ARo2891ARo2891 Member Posts: 114
    Plus I would think an announcement tomorrow would overshadow the U.S. release of the snowspeeder...
    fourstudgmonkey76JELJ1S
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,370

    ARo2891 said:

    Plus I would think an announcement tomorrow would overshadow the U.S. release of the snowspeeder...


    Really though, who cares about that... ;P
    ARo2891MrKettle
  • ARo2891ARo2891 Member Posts: 114

    CM4S said:


    Really though, who cares about that... ;P


    Hey don't look at me!  I'll be glad to find out in two days if I need to set aside $800 for that special day in October...
  • GalactusGalactus Member Posts: 260
    What are the chances that it is in fact a teaser for a small Millennium Falcon with mynock? Wouldn't that be plausible?
    bobabricksJELJ1S
  • MrKettleMrKettle Member Posts: 137
    A small aluminium falcon with a HUGE space slug. 
  • BillyBricks84BillyBricks84 Member Posts: 355

    MrKettle said:

    A small aluminium falcon with a HUGE space slug. 

    Is that the announcement? That LEGO will be changing what their pieces are made from? 
    bobabricks
  • cavegodcavegod Member Posts: 811
    snowspeeder was released on 29th though  albeit vips but you could sign up in store if you wern't. 
  • cavegodcavegod Member Posts: 811
    when did they reveal 10179?
  • prevereprevere Member Posts: 2,923
    I really no longer care at this point. If the UCS MF does happen - great, but it's still going to be a boatload of cash, no matter what it costs.

    I've got my monies locked in for Apollo Saturn V. Reasonable price / looks amazing.
    fourstudGalactuswaynlewiscatwranglerbobabricksAdeelZubairJELJ1Ssnowhitie
  • RTORTO Member Posts: 85
    I sold my sealed #10179 a couple months ago in the hopes this rumor was true. My reasoning was I could buy two of the new sets and still have a couple thousand left over to partially fund a trip to Billund (my wife's idea). 
    preverewaynlewisKingDaveFollowsCloselypharmjodbobabrickssnowhitie
  • C0chiseC0chise Member Posts: 47
    Its very odd that its May the 3rd and we still have no idea what the sale/announcement is for tomorrow...
    omnium
  • CoviCovi Member Posts: 334
    The announcement will be that there is no announcement. ;-)
    fourstudstluxomnium
  • Coolguy5000Coolguy5000 Member Posts: 1,585
    59 new posts and nothing :(
    fourstudMuftak1SumoLegoSirBrickalotOfLegoMynattRainstorm26Johnyk668
  • waynlewiswaynlewis Member Posts: 86
    This set is going to be re-released very soon. How soon? Very....
  • waynlewiswaynlewis Member Posts: 86
    Here's a pic of the interior..

  • C0chiseC0chise Member Posts: 47
    Haha I wish!
    SeanTheCollectorbobabricks
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,370
    That's a MOC. Pleeeease don't get peoples hopes up like that 
    SumoLegobobabricksmadforLEGO
  • gratefulnatgratefulnat Member Posts: 431
    edited May 2017


    cavegod said:


    when did they reveal 10179?




    Well, I remember seeing the first pictures from the NY toy fair Feb 2007. Was absolutely just blown away. I can remember pictures of the designer holding it in the air and delicately swooshing.

    I know it was up for pre-order on [email protected] at some point in March (yes, pre-order!!) for delivery end of September, begining of October.
    Received notification of required payment in September, and the beast arrived the beginning of October.
    It's the only set I know of that was available for ordering 6 months prior to release.
    LEGO must have been really nervous about putting that set into production.

    The designer, at that time the head of SW team, built it in his free time and apparently had no company restrictions/requirements. Somewhere there are articles/interviews about this, unfortunately didn't find them with a quick search, but they're there somewhere.

    And another post with no new information about a hopeful new release...
    fourstudstluxSeanTheCollectorcatwranglerstevecook132GalactusMuftak1
  • waynlewiswaynlewis Member Posts: 86
    So, if it was available 10/2007, it would only be fitting that it would be the same this go around with it being 10yrs since the original release and it's the 40th Anniversary. So this could actually be accurate then...

  • waynlewiswaynlewis Member Posts: 86
    The one thing that'll piss me off, and probably all of you too, is if Lego only releases a limited number of sets via a sweepstakes as they did with the Bat-Pod and Space Slug sets.. that'll be messed up!!
  • spepperspepper Member Posts: 157
    ^ Star Wars or Star Wrns?
    waynlewisRainstorm26YodaliciousFollowsCloselybobabricks
  • chrisalddinchrisalddin Member Posts: 3,041

    waynlewis said:

    So, if it was available 10/2007, it would only be fitting that it would be the same this go around with it being 10yrs since the original release and it's the 40th Anniversary. So this could actually be accurate then...



    that image you posted had got to be the most real looking one i seen.
    it would be nice to get this again but it price point. is way to high.
    waynlewis
  • flakmaniakflakmaniak Member Posts: 50
    Well, that depends on the part count and detail amount, doesn't it? If it's 8,000 pieces and has lots of internal detail, surely the price looks more reasonable? (I would have put size in there too, but the UCS is already minifig scale, isn't it, so surely they shouldn't go bigger. Unless... Technic figs of the characters!)

    That said, if all we know is "$800 D2C set" and not that it's a Millennium Falcon... Then I hope it's some giant Ninjago thing!
  • flordflord Member Posts: 797
    What the hell is a Global Exit Date? Is that photoshopped hogwash? Whether the rumour is true or not if it was a good seller, why would you pull it from the market?
  • AstrobricksAstrobricks Member Posts: 5,478
    ^ Chill. That image was an April fools prank. See waaaaay above.
    bobabricksJELJ1S
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