LEGO FORMA

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• datsunrobbie West Haven , CTMember Posts: 1,487

  January 11 edited January 11

  I got 18 updates, all from [email protected] If you see no emails, try searching for them by the email address across all your mailboxes and they may turn up.

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 11

  Just had a text to say my LEGO order is arriving tomorrow. Looking promising!
  

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• Mr_Hobbles San FranciscoMember Posts: 279

  January 11

  Nope, no emails about Forma, or from that email address, in any inbox or spam folder of mine. It's fine, I can read the updates on the Indiegogo page. :)

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• TheFew EnglandMember Posts: 1,497

  January 11

  Speedman29 said:

  Just had a text to say my LEGO order is arriving tomorrow. Looking promising!
  

  Me too!

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• RogerKirk BrightonMember Posts: 350

  January 11

  TheFew said:

  Speedman29 said:

  Just had a text to say my LEGO order is arriving tomorrow. Looking promising!
  

  Me too!

  Same here. Very excited. I was confused at first as I forgot and thought I'd accidentally checked out the items in my basket at the Lego store. For a minute I thought I was going to be in big trouble with my wife.

  

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• COOLEGO B'ham/SolihullMember Posts: 204

  January 12

  Partner just accepted this delivery, let’s say she wasn’t happy at first but when she opened it up, she actually said it looked quite good so we’ll be building it together tomorrow night

  

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• TheFew EnglandMember Posts: 1,497

  January 12

  Just got my super pack. But what the hell do I do with it now?

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• PJ76uk Derby, UKMember Posts: 459

  January 12

  Not had any emails re delivery only requests to complete surveys, also realised the phone number listed on indiegogo is my landline but haven't had an actual phone plugged in for years!
  
  Just gonna have to hope the sets turn up...

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• rwsales Member Posts: 47

  January 12

  Mine has arrived too - koi and shark skin.
  

  

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• Fireheart Suffolk, UKMember Posts: 518

  January 12

  Got mine as well, so a super box, is just the normal FORMA box, and skins sleaves packs, all sent as one package. And not a super box with all contents in one FORMA box....

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• PJ76uk Derby, UKMember Posts: 459

  January 12

  Arrived! Now just need to find time to build...
  
  
  

  

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• Fireheart Suffolk, UKMember Posts: 518

  January 12

  I wasn’t that impressed when I first opened the box.. but now I’m more interested! LOL.
  
  
  
  There is another on ebay for £900 as well, but that’s just pushing it too far! 

  

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• PJ76uk Derby, UKMember Posts: 459

  January 12

  Quick search on UK ebay shows £399 and £799 for the Koi and the 3 skins plus £900 for just the Koi!
  
  Wonder if I could persuade the wife she doesn't really need/want hers and just share mine!

  

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• DeMontes North YorkshireMember Posts: 567

  January 12

  Those eBay prices are ridiculous - let’s see a sold one on there for a better idea if @PJ76uk should hide his wife’s one 😉 

  

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• TheFew EnglandMember Posts: 1,497

  January 12

  Yeah... Are they just the offer prices. Have any sold.

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• iso3200 97 miles from Brickset TowersMember Posts: 2,041

  January 12

  2 Koi basics kits are showing as sold today. One for £199... and one for £45.

  

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 12

  Mine never arrived. Stuck in the depot still!
  

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• caterham7 UkMember Posts: 391

  January 12

  I ordered two, one for me and one for my fathers birthday... only received one so far, no second shipping email / text yet.

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• jasonord69a UKMember Posts: 411

  January 12

  I had a text yesterday saying my delivery would take place today. Unfortunately dhl are saying the delivery is delayed  :(

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• JudgeChuck UKMember Posts: 1,116

  January 13

  Mine arrived yesterday and I have already built it with the default Koi skin.
  
  Overall, I really like it and even the other half commented on how good it looks, so it's currently being displayed on the living room coffee table.
  
  The mechanism is interesting and I do hope that TLG do put this theme into production, as it will be very interesting to see where they take it.
  
  My only quibbles are, similar to the review on BS, that the skins do leave a lot of the internals visible, but it's not a major problem and that swapping the skins looks to be a little bit fiddly, what with having to pull out all the attachments, without inadvertently damaging the skins.
  
  Anyway, I'm going to swap the skin for the shark one shortly and see how that looks. Daughter #2 is especially looking forward to seeing that one! :-)

  

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• Lyichir United StatesMember Posts: 755

  January 13

  I think the internals being visible... isn't entirely a bad thing?
  
  AFOLs often aim for a sense of realism that disguises the nature of MOCs as being assembled from bricks, such as by eliminating visible studs on builds. But sometimes, especially with functional builds like FORMA, I feel like that can actually lessen their impact. Many toy companies can make a motorized creature and make it totally seamless, hiding the intricate systems that make it function. But for Lego, I sort of think that allowing a glimpse at the internal intricacy of a functional model makes them more impressive as a display piece—non-FOLs will be able to see not just the finished product but also the work that went into making them function.
  

  

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• JudgeChuck UKMember Posts: 1,116

  January 13

  ^I do agree, thinking about it. You do need to see the internals and seeing the gearing mechanism below as well, is good.
  
  The shark skin looks excellent, but I think I still prefer the default Koi skin at the moment. I haven't tried the Splash Koi skin yet, though.

  

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• PJ76uk Derby, UKMember Posts: 459

  January 13

  I felt the same @JudgeChuck , I had to change back to the default Koi skin from set #81000 as I felt it looked better than the shark #81001 despite my expectations. Will leave it that way for now, will try #81002 and #81003 skins another day!
  

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 14

  Allegedly due for delivery late this afternoon.

  
  

  I picked the main set and shark skin only. I'm planning on using my wifes card cutting machine to produce some different skins, thinking dragons or similar. As long as the attachment points align and nothing catches it should work fine.
  

  

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• Djblythe05 NorthantsMember Posts: 35

  January 14

  Arrived this morning, now need to wait for children to go to bed so i can put it together in peace. 

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• OrmskirkBricks England, UKMember Posts: 265

  January 14

  I have had a Lego delivery at home today. I have nothing outstanding from Lego so hoping this is it! I have received a few emails over the last few weeks, feedback etc
  
  

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 14

  Pint, slice of Christmas cake and a bit of TV set. Let's get building....

  
  

  

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• Gibbo1959 Northumbria UKMember Posts: 289

  January 14

  ^ gotta love Mr Portillo and his great railway journeys!

  

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 15

  Gibbo1959 said:

  ^ gotta love Mr Portillo and his great railway journeys!

  His series are enjoyable viewing. Have you caught Chris Tarrant's Extreme Railways on Ch5? Another interesting program!.

  
  

  Back on Forma, my daughter was blown away by the fish and its movement. She has named it Puffer! Now I have to swap to the shark skin tonight. Oh and can I buy another set for her so she can make her own fish!
  

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• dmcc0 Nae far fae AberdeenMember Posts: 765

  January 15

  Speedman29 said:

  Pint, slice of Christmas cake and a bit of TV set. Let's get building....

  
  

  You still have Xmas cake left in the middle of January? Would be long gone in my house

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• Speedman29 UKMember Posts: 1,363

  January 15

  dmcc0 said:

  You still have Xmas cake left in the middle of January? Would be long gone in my house

  There were too many other treats that needed eating up first!

  
  

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• CCC UKMember Posts: 18,043

  January 16

  dmcc0 said:

  Speedman29 said:

  Pint, slice of Christmas cake and a bit of TV set. Let's get building....

  
  

  You still have Xmas cake left in the middle of January? Would be long gone in my house

  I bought some yesterday. At 20p a pop, I've got enough christmas cake for the next three months.
  

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• lord_relish Member Posts: 17

  January 24

  oh oh.....

  I understand that the US shipments won't occur for another week or so, but I have changed mailing addresses since I ordered mine.  is there any way to contact them and change the address?  I surely don't want to lose this by having it sent to an old address.

  anyone else tried to do this?
  

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• lee1980 Bristol, UKMember Posts: 34

  February 4

  I built mine last nite, really cool I like it, the movement to me looks very realistic and the was the skins bend around works well overall. I hope we see more and are able to buy more skins as I just got the standard Koi.
  Will appeal to more and be one to put on display more to.

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• daewoo TexasMember Posts: 354

  February 19

  Has anyone in the US received an update or the set yet?  I haven't heard a peep.
  

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• ReesesPieces Member Posts: 835

  February 19

  daewoo said:

  Has anyone in the US received an update or the set yet?  I haven't heard a peep.
  

  I received mine a week and a half ago.
  They send update emails saying they were looking into the damaged skins and the people affected by it will have delayed shipment.

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• leetshoe USAMember Posts: 252

  February 19

  I got mine on Saturday. They never sent me a shipping notice, I just got an email from USPS that a package was on the way and I was trying to guess what it was. 
  
  I built it and it's on my desk. It's really nice as a desk accouterment

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• Mr_Hobbles San FranciscoMember Posts: 279

  February 19

  I haven't received mine either (SF, CA). Also not a peep from them. I got the update email about damaged skins but no communication about whether mine is one of them, or a tracking number, shipment notification, etc.

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• ReesesPieces Member Posts: 835

  February 19

  Come to think of it, I never received a shipping confirmation or anything saying mine was shipped.  It was just a pleasant surprise when I opened the package to find what it was.

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• tomahawker Member Posts: 174

  February 19

  I received mine on Saturday.  No email notification either.  I was surprised to see it was shipped from the Chicago area fulfillment center, just like any other [email protected] order.  

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• MegtheCat Houston, TXMember Posts: 497

  February 19

  ^Same here. In fact it arrived at the same time as my [email protected] order so I was confused at having 2 identical boxes.

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• Mr_Hobbles San FranciscoMember Posts: 279

  February 20

  I contacted the Forma email address who got back to me promptly. Turns out I put the zip code of my home not my office, so FedEx returned it to sender. They're sending out a new one today. :)

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• CCC UKMember Posts: 18,043

  March 8 edited March 8

  I've seen a few people asking about skins (mainly elsewhere). Remember you can download this PDF if you don't mind printing and colouring one in.

  
  

  https://www.lego.com/en-gb/aboutus/medialibrarydetails/LEGO--FORMA-printable-koi-skin-a3a359ce056942f9a567fce3fed8b075

  
  
  

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• PJ76uk Derby, UKMember Posts: 459

  March 8

  ^ the advantage of buying an official skin pack, such as #81001 , #81002 and #81003 is they come with the pins to connect to a frame which I believe is the only part currently unavailable if you try building your own from the recently released instructions for #81000

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• Astrobricks Minnesota, USMember Posts: 2,557

  March 8

  PJ76uk said:

  ^ the advantage of buying an official skin pack, such as #81001 , #81002 and #81003 is they come with the pins to connect to a frame which I believe is the only part currently unavailable if you try building your own from the recently released instructions for #81000

  Where are the instructions available? They aren’t on BS yet.

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• DeMontes North YorkshireMember Posts: 567

  March 8

  From the Brickset front page article here Build your own Forma Koi
  
  If you weren't able to buy the FORMA set that resulted from LEGO's first foray into crowdfunding and want to have a go at building it yourself, you can now download the instructions to do so.
  

  

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