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Hi there,
last weekend a small group of LEGO designers took a couple of prototypes to the
fabulous german fan event in Frechen.
Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should LEGO
make?).
Mustang
Aston Martin
DeLorean
VW Beetle
The designers made a poll and asked the fans which car they prefer, which style
they like (with visible studs, or studless) and how much money they would spend
for a car like this.
Modular house project:
The announcement:
Firehouse
Hotel
Bank
For this project the designers wanted to know, which type the fans prefer, which
details they like and how much money the fans would spend for a house like this.
These prototypes were build by fans! LEGO invited them to join a workshop in
Billund called: INVOLVE. I strongly hope that LEGO will continue inviting fans
to workshops like this. It’s another great step to improve the collaboration
between afol’s and the LEGO company.
cu
-Stephan (xSpeed)-
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
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Hi there,
last weekend a small group of LEGO designers took a couple of prototypes to
the fabulous german fan event in Frechen.
Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should
LEGO make?).
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Hi Stephan,
Thanks for sharing these images.
Are you saying this thread is a poll, and you’d like feedback here? Or were
you saying these designs are as a result of a poll? I ask because there was a
poll on LEGOFan several months ago that I put up at LEGO’s request - it’s good
to see the results of that poll here, these four cars were among the top-ranked.
But that wasn’t an Ambassador’s poll, so I’m a little confused about the
feedback expected here, other than “that’s nifty!”
Kelly
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
Hi Stephan,
Thanks for sharing these images.
Are you saying this thread is a poll, and you’d like feedback here? Or were
you saying these designs are as a result of a poll? I ask because there was
a poll on LEGOFan several months ago that I put up at LEGO’s request - it’s
good to see the results of that poll here, these four cars were among the
top-ranked. But that wasn’t an Ambassador’s poll, so I’m a little confused
about the feedback expected here, other than “that’s nifty!”
Kelly
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You’re right, I didn’t wrote it clearly enough. The designer wanted to get the
local fan’s opinion via pen & paper (very classic and userful way ;)) Actually I
didn’t know anything about an online poll.
So this posting was just for letting you know, what happened at the event.
cu
-Stephan-
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
Hi Stephan,
Thanks for sharing these images.
Are you saying this thread is a poll, and you’d like feedback here? Or
were you saying these designs are as a result of a poll? I ask because
there was a poll on LEGOFan several months ago that I put up at LEGO’s
request - it’s good to see the results of that poll here, these four cars
were among the top-ranked. But that wasn’t an Ambassador’s poll, so I’m a
little confused about the feedback expected here, other than “that’s
nifty!”
Kelly
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You’re right, I didn’t wrote it clearly enough. The designer wanted to get
the local fan’s opinion via pen & paper (very classic and userful way ;))
Actually I didn’t know anything about an online poll.
So this posting was just for letting you know, what happened at the event.
cu
-Stephan-
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Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying. And since they already have their poll info, I
won’t spoil anything by saying that the original LEGOFan poll showed the VW in
the lead by a long margin. And the VW model shown in this thread is also one of
the better ones, IMO.
Kelly
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You’re right, I didn’t wrote it clearly enough. The designer wanted to get
the local fan’s opinion via pen & paper (very classic and userful way ;))
Actually I didn’t know anything about an online poll.
So this posting was just for letting you know, what happened at the event.
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Hi Stephan,
thanks for sharing this great topic to the lugnet’ers as well.
But why not offering everybody to say his/her opinion right here in the lugnet
newsboard. This might give TLC another bunch of information ...
I try to remember the questions on the paper:
Cars
How old are you?
Which car do you like most?
Why?
Which style do you prefer? Tiles only, studs only, mixture of both?
How much will you spend on such a LEGO set? (< 50 $ 50-100 $ 100-200$ >
200 $)
If LEGO has to cut costs down on the set, where should they safe money (less
chrome, no interior, smaller scale, ...?)
Houses
How old are you?
Which house do you like most?
Why?
How much will you spend on such a LEGO set? (< 50 $ 50-100 $ 100-200$ >
200 $)
If LEGO has to cut costs down on the set, where should they safe money (less
windows, less details, less stories, ...)
Holger
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
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Hi there,
last weekend a small group of LEGO designers took a couple of prototypes to
the fabulous german fan event in Frechen.
Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should
LEGO make?).
Mustang
Aston Martin
DeLorean
VW Beetle
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Hi,
Very nice designs. I just fell the overall look too much “grey”. Well I guess
it’s a reasonable choice for cars produced before the 70ies.
And what about the DeLorean? She’s obviously modified to fit the look of Back to
the Future movie car but what about licence !!
Didier
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Hi Didier,
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Very nice designs. I just fell the overall look too much “grey”. Well I guess
it’s a reasonable choice for cars produced before the 70ies.
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These models are moreless scatch models. They are all grey/black only to get an
idea of the size and the details or the choice between studs, tiles or both
building ways.
They didn’t cared about the colors at all. So don’t worry about a palette of
grey cars form LEGO ;-)
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And what about the DeLorean? She’s obviously modified to fit the look of Back
to the Future movie car but what about licence !!
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I hope LEGO will talk to the film industry to get a licence free model.
Holger
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Modular house project:
The announcement:
Firehouse
Hotel
Bank
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I can see where the new creator set (below from Eurobricks) fits in. I can
hardly wait to buy!
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
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Hi there,
last weekend a small group of LEGO designers took a couple of prototypes to
the fabulous german fan event in Frechen.
Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should
LEGO make?).
Mustang
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This is not my creation, but this is the one for which I would vote!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2239762
Gorgeous car, Arvo!
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Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should
LEGO make?).
Mustang
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This is not my creation, but this is the one for which I would vote!
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=2239762
Gorgeous car, Arvo!
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Seconded! I really, hope that they will steer, it adds so much playability :-)
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You bring us a great news Stephan !
I can hardly believe it, Wow... Modular Buildings Products !?
Could you tell me "the modular" means actually...
A:
Modularized buildings to make My Own Town.
i.e. Hotels, Shops, Firehouses, Police-stations, a City-hall, Churches,,,
B:
Modularized floors to make My Own Building.
i.e. Ground-floor, 1st floor, 2nd-11th floor(like Santa-Fe Passenger cars), and
top of the building,,,
C:
Modularized architectures to make My Own Building.
i.e. Windows, a Gate, Doors, Facades, Terraces, Gargoyles,,,
I hope TLC-designers' dream would come true.
Anyway, thank you for sharing !
Earl-0/Kotaro Ono
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How many studs to LEGOLAND?
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I gotta tell you I really love the modular town idea, and I really like the
attention paid to architectural design. I just really hope LEGO prices these
well enough for them to be a real hit. Bravo!
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A while ago the ambassadors asked for
ideas for a possible future car set. The restrictions were:
•The car will be for display, which means it will have little functionality
•The car will have a System body
•The car should be very iconic (well-known) in both Europe and North America
•The car should be from sometime in the last 30 years
The last two restrictions combined actually made it very difficult to think of
any suitable cars and it is interesting to see that of the four models presented
at Frechen, only one actually fits(1) (the rest are too old, although the Beetle
was produced within the timeframe).
While I’m not certain of the link between the poll and these models I’m glad to
see that the designers have gone further back in time to produce some great
models.
Tim
(1) I’m not too hot on my Mustangs but I’m thinking it is a pre 1976 model.
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I always liked the classic bug. I am not sure how it would sell in the USA, but
classic is always good.
I do think offering copies of new cars with the dealers would be a great
specialty set. Same with the airlines, copies of the planes people rode on
would sell well also (through the airline store, and/or in the terminals as well
in mini form)
I find the tourism market is always good, and if people can get some future use
out of their buy it now, not sure why I bought it. That works as well.
Hobby market is good as well. In that case the Delorian would sell well. I
personally love that car, but I am not sure the “kiddie” fueled market for toys
would work well on that one.
The Kubrick idea of making grab type “super hero” and other LEGO based toys was
weird, but seemed to catch on quick. Shame too, LEGO was the founder, but other
companies are grabbing revenue off of the “brick” design idea. I am sure kids
are grabbing up the Kubrick figs just to use with their LEGO sets.
Dan Brown
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Stephan Sander wrote:
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Hi there,
last weekend a small group of LEGO designers took a couple of prototypes to
the fabulous german fan event in Frechen.
Very huge cars, for which the ambassadors initiated a poll (what car should
LEGO make?).
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Very nice models!
My favourite is the DeLorean, it is in my opinion the best model to be made out
of LEGO. In any case except for the DeLorean, I would certainely hope the cars
to be in other colors. A bley beetle looks...weird to say just that. There are
so many other appealing colors, that those grey tones should be avoided. There
is already enough LEGO model (I.E. the batmobil, or the latest sportscar) in
black.
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The designers made a poll and asked the fans which car they prefer, which
style they like (with visible studs, or studless) and how much money they
would spend for a car like this.
Modular house project:
The announcement:
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Very nice design also!
As for the colors... they could be more “happy” in other colors, but those tone
are fine.
Good initiative from TLC!
Jean-Marc (I hope it was OK for me to reply in this tread?)
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Firehouse
Hotel
Bank
For this project the designers wanted to know, which type the fans prefer,
which details they like and how much money the fans would spend for a house
like this.
These prototypes were build by fans! LEGO invited them to join a workshop in
Billund called: INVOLVE. I strongly hope that LEGO will continue inviting
fans to workshops like this. It’s another great step to improve the
collaboration between afol’s and the LEGO company.
cu
-Stephan (xSpeed)-
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