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  • CharmiefcbCharmiefcb Member Posts: 451
    edited April 2022
    Productive Lego long weekend. Cleaned up alot of sets and put them in containers. Making a good start on the backlog. Also got a couple of the Jurassic World sets a day early on Saturday.
    You ever had a set for a long time and you don't want to build it? That's me right now with Ninjago City. Got it in 2017 and it's still sitting there. I have to make myself make a start on it.
    JudgeChuckOnebricktoomanyKungFuKenny
  • JudgeChuckJudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,583
    Yup, I have all three Ninjago City sets (City, Docks & Gardens) and none are built yet, as I just don't have the space for them. I do want to build them though!
    SumoLegoOnebricktoomanyKungFuKenny
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,430
    SumoLego said:
    autolycus said:
    There has, indeed, been a statement on the issue...
    “Any time any toy company works with a licence partner, it’s through a contract,” he explains. “Simply put, the contract that we have with Lucasfilm and Disney is to develop construction toys. We can include minifigures in our construction sets, because that’s part of the play experience, but we do not have a licence to develop action figures.”
    It's funny - this is one of those non-answer answers that crafty attorneys, marketing, and PR people use to appear to answer a question, but avoid doing so, and also leave all possible options still available for the future.

    LEGO isn't producing action figures.  And that wasn't the question.  I sincerely doubt, by any legal or colloquial definition a minifigure is construed as an action figure.  That answer could also have been 'we do not have a license to develop sportswear'.

    And as a side note, Constructible Figures?  If you're going to have an objection as a competitor to anything, those are clearly in the action figure realm.  And there exist two full series of Disney CMFs and a Marvel CMF series.  I get that there could be different contracts for different IP, but that's not how the quote is framed.

    Anyway, not really relevant to the instant point I'm illustrating.  I think all along the answer is whether LEGO (and LucasFilm/Disney) would potentially make less profit on the SW license by making figures that appear in sets ranging from $9.99 to $799.99 available for $5.99.  My educated guess is that the answer is no.  And LEGO really doesn't want to answer a specific question posing that hypothesis with a truthful and direct answer.

    Providing an obscure statement that doesn't actually answer a question is easier than being transparent.
    The line Lego has drawn relates to the number of pieces involved in a set:

    “On our side [there’s] a clear rule that they have to consist of so many pieces so you can call them construction toys, and so that you can make activities,” Jens adds. “And in the past, okay, we’ve done different things [like] the magnets, but that’s merchandise. That’s not toys.”

    With the constraction figures, they believe the number of pieces justifies the position that it's a construction toy within their license. Is their position the correct legal interpretation of a contract none of us have ever seen? I obviously have no idea.

    I just think it's strange for people to think that Lego could do a Star Wars CMF line and has chosen to not do it for some unknown reason while pretty much lying about the reason. They'd easily be a profitable series and there are hundreds of characters they could do that wouldn't have even the slightest affect on their ability to still put desirable figures in sets to keep driving set sales.
    SumoLegoOnebricktoomanyiwybsFizyxdatsunrobbie
  • lessjunkfoodlessjunkfood Member Posts: 130
    Found the Muppets CMF series filling the hooks at my local Target’s checkout aisles. Stinks because I was looking to grab the ones I still need from series 22. 

    I got several of the Simpsons series but after a year or two decided I didn’t really love them after all and sold them. I’m deciding to skip the Muppets series completely because I can see the same thing happening. 
    iwybsSumoLego
  • CharmiefcbCharmiefcb Member Posts: 451
    Just on what I said yesterday. The seals on Ninjago City have been cut. It's been there long enough.
    BumblepantsWesterBricksSumoLegoFizyxCymbeline560HeliportJudgeChucklessjunkfoodKungFuKenny
  • JudgeChuckJudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,583
    Charmiefcb said:
    Just on what I said yesterday. The seals on Ninjago City have been cut. It's been there long enough.
    Hah! I cut the seals and threw away the boxes for all of mine years ago, it's just that the bags are all stored away in containers for now.

    Enjoy the build, I am very jealous! ;-)
    CharmiefcbOnebricktoomany
  • CharmiefcbCharmiefcb Member Posts: 451
    Getting along with Ninjago City and I have had enough of clear blue tiles. I was also able to pick up The Trench Run and Dagobah training dioramas early. I love my local toy store.
    560HeliportWesterBricksOnebricktoomany
  • bpk2300bpk2300 Member Posts: 248
    ^ was confused but then remembered those in the UK refer to flashlights as torches.

    Where does the light come from? I am not familiar with these. 
  • ModeltrainmanModeltrainman Member Posts: 1,222
    bpk2300 said:
    ^ was confused but then remembered those in the UK refer to flashlights as torches.

    Where does the light come from? I am not familiar with these. 
    Foot, I think.

    My LEGO status? Reading through Isaiah, and wondering what Vibrant Coral counts as. I've been putting it with pink, purple, but I wish Brickset's color guide was newer than 2016...
  • PJ76ukPJ76uk Member Posts: 974
    bpk2300 said:
    ^ was confused but then remembered those in the UK refer to flashlights as torches.

    Where does the light come from? I am not familiar with these. 
    Mostly from feet, although Vader is from his lightsaber. I stored them without batteries otherwise I'd have switched them on! Some do include bases that light up when the figure is switched on, haven't found the box that contains these yet!
  • asherkobinasherkobin Member Posts: 194
    I'm trying to understand the fascination with toilets in most of the Modulars/Friends sets. Is it something they design in or during the design process they have some extra area to put something.
    SumoLego
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    asherkobin said:
    I'm trying to understand the fascination with toilets...
    Kids (and adults) love poop jokes.
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  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,430
    SumoLego said:
    asherkobin said:
    I'm trying to understand the fascination with toilets...
    Kids (and adults) love poop jokes.
    What a load of crap!
    Switchfoot55SumoLego560Heliportgmonkey76bookmumMarshallmariopxchrisdatsunrobbie
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks Member Posts: 846
    Sorting a bulk lot I recently received. This little buddy is going to pay back most of what I paid for the whole collection. Shame the rest of the Sandcrawler isn’t here.


    SumoLego560HeliportvanvonfullSwitchfoot55The_RancorKungFuKennyFizyxMarshallmariodatsunrobbie
  • autolycusautolycus Member Posts: 1,430
    Status: very thankful for my Makita impact driver… Ikea finally had the Norden gateleg table in stock in my area. My wife helped me build it today. Shoulder Would be shot from all those dang wood screws!

    also: excited I now have a table that can be configured as ~10x30”, 30x40” or 30x60” for various display options behind my desk. Most of the time it will be 10x30 so I have more space for my chair, but wintertime it’ll be a glorious village!
    560HeliportWesterBricksRussell844CymbelineKungFuKennyOnebricktoomany
  • Russell844Russell844 Member Posts: 2,420
    I have that table in white as my dining room table. Unfortunately I had no power tools to help build it.
    autolycusOnebricktoomany
  • pxchrispxchris Member Posts: 2,385
    I've been doing some rearranging in my LEGO room this weekend to finally get a few more things out on display that I've been wanting to. The main concern was that I had completely run out of room for the big vehicles, so I still haven't built the #10290 Pickup Truck and didn't have any place to put the Vespa once I got that either. I now have space set aside for both of those and probably one more vehicle (looking at you DeLorean...).

    In other news, I just knocked one more set off the list towards completing the entirety of the classic Pirates line. Only a few more to go now.
    KungFuKennyWesterBricks560HeliportSumoLegoBumblepantsiwybsOnebricktoomanyeMJeeNL
  • flightriskflightrisk Member Posts: 210
    Am rearranging my LEGO room also.  For the same reason.  I like having all the modulars next to each other but that’s not possible anymore.  Two 8ft shelves are filled and I need to add another shelf.   It’s been like this for months.   It’s a real hassle moving the sets around to move the shelves around.  But it’s getting done.  Finally.   
    WesterBricks560HeliportBrickfan50
  • vanvonfullvanvonfull Member Posts: 268
    edited April 2022
    My two year old picked out #76907 Lotus Evija for my birthday, according to my wife. It was sweet. He carries my speed champions around the house a lot. 

    The McLaren Elva and the Toyota Supra stay together really well. Others I’ve built… are needing repairs. 
    BumblepantsSwitchfoot55bpk2300MarshallmarioSumoLego
  • asherkobinasherkobin Member Posts: 194
    SumoLego said:
    asherkobin said:
    I'm trying to understand the fascination with toilets...
    Kids (and adults) love poop jokes.
    The beauty of Lego is that you can modify it. I just built the Police Station modular and ripped out the annoying 3rd floor toilet. Not only is is cramped (fixed by removing the wall), I made the conference room bigger and added a stockade with a flaying knife nearby.
    Brickfan50
  • WesterBricksWesterBricks Member Posts: 846
    ^ well that escalated quickly.
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  • GrannyLEGOGrannyLEGO Member Posts: 357
    I want a picture of that stockade with nearby flaying knife ... please!
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Member Posts: 366
    @pxchris, how do you not have the entire classic pirates line? What sets are you missing? After your awesome display at Bricks Cascade this year I would have guessed you had like 3 of every set.
    SumoLegopxchrisKungFuKenny
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Member Posts: 366
    @KungFuKenny, you cannot post pix containing Geeki Tikkis! No matter how sweet they look, I am not starting on another collection. There is no way to just buy 1 or 2 of those. For the safety of others here, please blur out future pictures of those monsters.
    SumoLegoautolycusOnebricktoomanygmonkey76KungFuKennybandit778andhe
  • Lo1sJessLo1sJess Member Posts: 668
    @KungFuKenny I like the tikis
    SumoLegoKungFuKennyMarshallmario
  • JudgeChuckJudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,583
    @Switchfoot55 Minecraft, you say? ;-)

    https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Minecraft

    I've got every set released so far, including the micro-scale sets, polybags and BigFigs, with a few duplicates of useful small sets. I only do not have #MINECON-1, which I'm not bothered about and #66646, which is a bundle. I've also BrickLinked and built all of @veyniac's MOCs as well, so it's a Minecraft Plus collection. ;-)

    I have been sort-of half-hoping Lego would stop making any more Minecraft sets, so that I could call it a day, but they keep coming out with new ones! I see 7 unannounced sets for 2022 in the database, so my quest continues. It's a bl**dy nightmare! I just checked and I believe that I have about 47 Steves in various guises! :-D ;-)

    Joking aside, apart from the fact that this could end up being a never-ending theme, I am still enjoying collecting the sets and will stop when the enjoyment also stops.
    WesterBricks560HeliportKungFuKennyBumblepantsbandit778SumoLegoMarshallmarioBrickfan50
  • Brickfan50Brickfan50 Member Posts: 478
    Here you go…


    Oh wait, you said don’t post pics? :-)
    I see Folio Society and Easton Press. As well of dust jackets protected by Mylar archival covers. You’re certainly a connaisseur! I’lll try to not post pics of my collection…
    SumoLegoKungFuKenny
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    bookmum said:
    The Vespa is a strange size. Had to improvise with a driver.
    Calico Critter?  

    I think those are more expensive than LEGO per ounce...

    One thing I do not miss about TRU.
    Switchfoot55bookmumiwybsKungFuKennypxchrisgmonkey76
  • bookmumbookmum Member Posts: 1,511
    Calico Critter yes - or as we call them in the UK (and pretty much everywhere except North America) Sylvanian Families.
    I love Sylvanian Families. So adorable...but yes expensive !!

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  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,353
    My parents had a house fire a couple of years ago that, among most everything else, destroyed their collection of Calico Critters they had built for the grandkids. The insurance appraiser balked at the replacement cost my parents submitted for review. After quoting a few different stores/sources for the destroyed items, it was finally sorted out. They're no joke!
    KungFuKenny560HeliportModeltrainmanandhepxchrisSumoLegoFizyx
  • eMJeeNLeMJeeNL Member Posts: 789
    Switchfoot55 said:
    My parents had a house fire a couple of years ago that, among most everything else, destroyed their collection of Calico Critters they had built for the grandkids. The insurance appraiser balked at the replacement cost my parents submitted for review. After quoting a few different stores/sources for the destroyed items, it was finally sorted out. They're no joke!
    They should train those insurance company employees a lot better. ;)
    560HeliportSwitchfoot55SumoLegoKungFuKenny
  • Switchfoot55Switchfoot55 Member Posts: 3,353
    ^I may have influenced my parents response when the initial denial came back. I helped "educate" the adjuster. 
    560HeliporteMJeeNLModeltrainmanSumoLegoMarshallmarioKungFuKennyMaffyD
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,229
    ...um... my vintage beer cap collection is worth tens of thousands...

    ... it's funny that my Faberge Egg collection and all of the paperwork and all of the photos of the collection were all destroyed in the fire...
    560HeliportSwitchfoot55KungFuKennygmonkey76lowleadiwybspxchris
  • MarshallmarioMarshallmario Member Posts: 366
    @KungFuKenny..."We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!"
    KungFuKennySumoLegoCymbelinegmonkey76lowleadpxchris
  • ShibShib Member Posts: 5,469
    Just found this while digging through an old box I’d completely forgotten about…



    Bit of a blast from the past!
    The_RancorWesterBricks560Heliportpxchrisgmonkey76Speedman29bandit778GothamConstructionCo
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