![]() ![]() What properties does a good toy have? These are my personal preferences, but hopefully other people can agree with me on some of the points. Anyways, I better formalize my thoughts here: Although, many other builders tend to focus so much on design that their vehicles end up looking like a pilot seated in a pile of greebles, and that's abstract too. I think that the official lego sets are a bit too barren and abstract. I think elaborate mecha designs in particular could be made a lot more sturdy and playable if there were proper ball joint parts available. Should I make something which I think looks great, or should I worry about the market, keeping the number of parts down and articulation (joints) sturdy? Should the designs focus on play functions, design or detail level? Maybe it's a false choice? There are so many things for me to consider when going into this project. It seems people generally have good memories from whatever they got as a kid, especially if it was a big ship or base set, so maybe there are pretty big tolerances. An antenna keeps popping loose but otherwise this set is perfect. Pretty much without exception, a big ship or base set gets the following review: "This is the first set I got as a kid and it's one of the best sets Lego ever made. I also researched the sets which I missed when I was in my 'dark age' and scribbled down ideas while browsing. I also bought and played the Lego Battles RTS (DS) game. I sorted and built about 3 crates worth of my old sets (stuff from 1975 up to 1988 'Futuron'), then ordered some 200 dollar worth of new bricks from and built some 'mocs'. The research phase of this project was actually pretty extensive. I discovered that other companies had made parts just like the ones which I wanted. The likelihood of convergence on certain ideas is pretty big. It goes for parts as well as figure and set designs. When researching Lego Space, I discovered that Lego had done many of the things which I wanted to do, just not in the way I wanted them done. Also unorthodox construction techniques sometimes have to be used to. A figure with many parts are more likely to break, and will not be durable enough to play with. Many builders focus on doing great designs and dioramas, and often these involve many more parts than an official lego set. Perhaps we play a bit differently as adults though, if it can even be called playing. Later as an adult some of us realize that it's childish to not dare to be childish and have fun, so we start eyeing Lego sets again. This means that buying Lego felt silly and I wanted to do more mature things. I grew up with the classic space lego and about halfway into the Futuron series I entered the "dark ages". I forgot most of the details of what I was doing, but I tried to fill in the blanks best I could just to put something online. Some of the new releases might also be available here on Amazon, but in most cases you'll want to stick with LEGO to take advantage of their promotions.I started on this page last year (2009) but derailed and didn't finish. After the launch, they will shift here in the "Available Now" section. If you want to dive into the deep end, you can find all of the upcoming releases here in the "Coming Soon" section. That said, you can take advantage of LEGO Insiders (formerly VIP) offers by signing up for a free account right here. There will likely be promotions attached to select purchases, so keep an eye out for those. Note that all of the LEGO sets listed here will launch via their respective links at 9pm PT / 12am ET tonight, September 30th / October 1st. Details about that, and the rest of the must-have LEGO sets for this month, can be found below. It will be the latest Star Wars LEGO set in the Ultimate Collector Series (UCS) lineup, so we don't expect it to last long especially since the initial allotment will only be available to LEGO Insiders. A new month means new LEGO drops, and tonight, September 30th / October 1st, 2023, is set to be a small but significant event with the big draw being the 5,374-piece Star Wars Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser (75367). ![]()
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