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I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
Fair, so naturally I went...
I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink. They haven't been resized yet and may
have some miscategorization so I wouldn't rely on this folder name working
forever, I'll fix them up (probably) when I get time and at that time I will
delete the "raw" folder. So if youi come on this a year later and can't find
them, walk the tree up and nose around, or start here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=lar
Random comments: Mostly sorted by theme. There is a big new theme coming, Dino
Attack. The Technic Brick (with studs on top) is NOT dead. It's just not used in
TECHNIC much! Note also the fact that no one can spell my name right, as seen in
the 03-swag subfolder. I was too excited to even notice at the time. There's a
death star coming. They had the design manager of the current Star Wars line
there. he thinks (but is not sure) that it has more pieces than the ISD.
LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
Here's the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
the subfolders already.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
If you want to ask me specific questions please feel free, I'll answer as best I
can. Note that there were a lot of other fans there and other sites no doubt
will also be posting pictures, most surely better than mine because I wasn't
using a tripod.
You are hereby warned, bandwidthwise... These images are massive, dialup users
should avoid. They haven't been rotated, cropped, resized, cleaned up, or
anything else either.... but I need to get a good nights sleep for tomorrow I
fly back to DTW, then DTW-MSP-AMS-SIN, putting me in SIN on Tuesday afternoon,
so it was these or nothing.
FUT set to year.2005 because that's where generic new discussion about 2005
stuff belongs... Enjoy.
++Lar
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Duh! I forgot what I think is pretty big news. The Thomas rumours are true.
He'll be along later this year. In Duplo, but still... hope LEGO didn't have to
pay through the nose.
And, I saw the long awaited LEGO StarWars game, it's now almost done and will
come out around Ep 3 timeframe, as it has Ep 3 stuff in it (which I didn't see
and couldn't talk about even if I had). Very cool game, it has FPS, platformer
(collect hearts to boost your health type things), 2d (ala Zaxxon) ship combat,
and path driven in flight ship combat among other things, depending on what
level you are on.... they had it on the PS2 but I expect it will be on mutiple
platforms (if it's not on Game Cube, Nik will be quite annoyed, I am sure, he's
the sweet spot for this game and it should be a hit, alhtough probably would
have been a bigger hit a year ago)
I got to play with the big new Technic crane, it's sweet. Lots of clever stuff
in there and it (or at least this prototype, not all the models we got to play
with are production yet) has the Racers motor rather than a gray motor. I know
people were interested in how the two technic cylinders can be mated back to
back so I tried to take alot of pics of that.
The Technic big forklift has technic bricks in it... in the pallet that it picks
up! Everything else is studless.
The new Designer Sub set... TOTALLY ROCKS! It's going to have some sort of FLL
tie in too, according to the media kit I got.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala
event at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this
year’s Toy Fair, so naturally I went...
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Larry, I don’t recall pictures like this (from yourself or anyone else) from
past Toy Fairs... so just let me say thanks right off the bat for taking and
posting these images for us. (1)
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Here’s the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
the subfolders already.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
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I noticed something interesting in this pic:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1112482
Is that a microfig scale Status of Liberty? Cool. :)
Thanks again Larry!
Best regards,
Allan B.
The LEGO Builder’s Guide
(1) Of course just because I can’t recall them doesn’t mean we didn’t see
similar pictures in past years. My apologies if I’ve missed such a thing in the
past.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> And, I saw the long awaited LEGO StarWars game, it's now almost done and will
> come out around Ep 3 timeframe, as it has Ep 3 stuff in it (which I didn't see
> and couldn't talk about even if I had). Very cool game, it has FPS, platformer
> (collect hearts to boost your health type things), 2d (ala Zaxxon) ship combat,
> and path driven in flight ship combat among other things, depending on what
> level you are on.... they had it on the PS2 but I expect it will be on mutiple
> platforms (if it's not on Game Cube, Nik will be quite annoyed, I am sure, he's
> the sweet spot for this game and it should be a hit, alhtough probably would
> have been a bigger hit a year ago)
It's for PC, PS2, XBox, and GBA - not the 'cube. Which is what I have, so my
boys are likewise miffed. The screenshots and demo movies so far look awesome.
> The new Designer Sub set... TOTALLY ROCKS! It's going to have some sort of FLL
> tie in too, according to the media kit I got.
Excellent! I saw pix of that a few days ago, I'm so gonna get that one. I'm
interested to see what the FLL tie-in is, even though I'm not yet actively
involved with FLL.
Thanks for the great pix, Larry. They rock. Good luck on the round-the-world
trip!
- Kelly
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
> at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
> Fair, so naturally I went...
Well, naturally ;) "Lar went to Toy Fair and all I got was this lousy Brickshelf
gallery..." - j/k!
> If you want to ask me specific questions please feel free, I'll answer as best I
> can. Note that there were a lot of other fans there and other sites no doubt
> will also be posting pictures, most surely better than mine because I wasn't
> using a tripod.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1112540
Um, just one (loaded) question: bley?
> FUT set to year.2005 because that's where generic new discussion about 2005
> stuff belongs... Enjoy.
Actually, I set this particular FUT to .color, for I hope obvious reasons.
- Kelly
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In lugnet.year.2005, Allan Bedford wrote:
That looks like the senior winner entry from the 2nd week of the Lego Factory
competition.
It was created by former Lego Master Builder Nathan Sawaya. See:
http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/news.html
Spencer
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In lugnet.year.2005, Allan Bedford wrote:
Yep, that looks like Anthony Sawaya’s winning entry in week 2 in the
LEGO Factory competition,
and the town hall is a winning entry from week 3 (this one deservedly beat out
my entry for that week).
Coolness.
Also, according to a
recent LEGO press release, the LEGO Factory will be expanding to do other
things:
“Notable in the System’s 50th year is LEGO Factory, a tool that meaningfully
blends virtual and physical building worlds to make every child a LEGO Model
Designer. Users browse an online warehouse of LEGO elements to create their
brick pallet and design their own LEGO models. This summer, custom models can be
ordered and will arrive in packaging that shows the model and name on the front
and includes the pieces and one-of-a-kind step-by-step building instructions for
building it in real life.”
Kelly
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
> at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
> Fair, so naturally I went...
>
> I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink.
I know, sometimes a typo is just a typo. ;-)
> Here's the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
> the subfolders already.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
Thanks for posting the pics! And thanks for not giving Clikits short shrift!
:-)
Maggie C.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
http://www.action-figure.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14013&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
The new direction Lego has taken may just save the company, but yet, at what
cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns)
and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon…
What compromise is this?
...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one!
But the new gun-heavy Dino line, and darker-realism of Harry Potter are a
solution to a juniorization trend. Albeit a drastic one, yet nevertheless
something better perhaps.
The grittiness of Vikings, and the ghoulishness of the grave corpse/zombie are
truly a wake up call to the world…TLG has seemingly chosen to evolve.
And it seems that under a new directors management, Lego has finally grown up.
This is an interesting ride…
--==Richard==--
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In lugnet.year.2005, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
> > at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
> > Fair, so naturally I went...
> >
> > I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink.
>
> I know, sometimes a typo is just a typo. ;-)
>
> > Here's the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
> > the subfolders already.
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
>
> Thanks for posting the pics! And thanks for not giving Clikits short shrift!
> :-)
>
> Maggie C.
What’s with you and the critique of language in all its forms?
Is this how you playfully jab at people in an affectionately cute sorta way…
Well, you do it admirably!
BTW, haven’t seen you in a while.
Just thought I’d say hi…
But I had to mask the initial sincerity in a mildly clever retort.
Yah, I guess you know what its like though!
=p
Take care,
--==Richard==--
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In lugnet.year.2005, J. Spencer Rezkalla wrote:
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In lugnet.year.2005, Allan Bedford wrote:
That looks like the senior winner entry from the 2nd week of the Lego Factory
competition.
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It is. Both that one and the Microfig Statue of Liberty were winners. I am not
100% sure but I got the impression that Nathan’s set is going to be one of the
first ones out of the chute in the set project.
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It was created by former Lego Master Builder Nathan Sawaya. See:
http://www.nathanbrickartist.com/news.html
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Nathan was there at the Gala, in fact. I wish I had gotten a chance to say more
than hi...
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In lugnet.year.2005, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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In lugnet.year.2005, Allan Bedford wrote:
Yep, that looks like Anthony Sawaya’s winning entry in week 2 in the
LEGO Factory
competition, and the town hall is a winning entry from week 3 (this one
deservedly beat out my entry for that week).
Coolness.
Also, according to a
recent LEGO press release, the LEGO Factory will be expanding to do other
things:
“Notable in the System’s 50th year is LEGO Factory, a tool that meaningfully
blends virtual and physical building worlds to make every child a LEGO Model
Designer. Users browse an online warehouse of LEGO elements to create their
brick pallet and design their own LEGO models. This summer, custom models can
be ordered and will arrive in packaging that shows the model and name on the
front and includes the pieces and one-of-a-kind step-by-step building
instructions for building it in real life.”
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Yes, this release was in our press kit as well. Reading between the lines of
some of the comments, I got the impression that (not surprisingly) they don’t
have the fulfillment of this completely sussed yet, as pricing wasn’t discussed.
They confirmed that you will be able to choose models by others as well.
If they can pull this off at a decent price point, even from a limited pallette,
it will be VERY exciting. I have to wonder if the “personal PaB” being
experimented with in the UK is a precursor or teething for this fulfillment
process.
The models that the factory contest produced prove, to me anyway, that it’s VERY
possible to produce great stuff with a limited pallete, if you restrict the
subject matter. Going Microfig, was, in my view, a stroke of brilliance.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink.
>
> I know, sometimes a typo is just a typo. ;-)
Yes it was. I was in a hurry. Don't get me started on BL, please.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Mike Walsh wrote:
> Thanks for the pics Larry.
You're very welcome!
> Anyone catch the age range on the Magnetic toy in this picture?
Obviously learning a bit from LEGO!
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1112604
The free issue of the toy biz trade rag had an editorial about how Toy
manufacturers need to realise that kids abandon toys at earlier and earlier
ages, because they want to grow up, and adults go back to toys, more and more
(not all adults, but a growing segment). Their path to growth is, in that
writer's view, to embrace that, and to compete against the retailers that sell
adult toys (Harleys, high end electronics, etc. etc.).
I'll try to see if I can find that online when I get a chance if there's more
interest.
If anything I think LEGO is a bit ahead of some other manufacturers in embracing
that, although they could go farther. His counterexample was TRU. A giant
giraffe has zero appeal to adults, so he was saying TRU was sending the message
that they don't validate adults playing with toys. (certainly they have never
formally trained their cashiers not to make snide comments...)
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
> at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
> Fair, so naturally I went...
>
> I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink. They haven't been resized yet and may
> have some miscategorization so I wouldn't rely on this folder name working
> forever, I'll fix them up (probably) when I get time and at that time I will
> delete the "raw" folder. So if youi come on this a year later and can't find
> them, walk the tree up and nose around, or start here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=lar
>
> Random comments: Mostly sorted by theme. There is a big new theme coming, Dino
> Attack. The Technic Brick (with studs on top) is NOT dead. It's just not used in
> TECHNIC much! Note also the fact that no one can spell my name right, as seen in
> the 03-swag subfolder. I was too excited to even notice at the time. There's a
> death star coming. They had the design manager of the current Star Wars line
> there. he thinks (but is not sure) that it has more pieces than the ISD.
>
> LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
> teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
> because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
> down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
> the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
>
> Here's the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
> the subfolders already.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
>
> If you want to ask me specific questions please feel free, I'll answer as best I
> can. Note that there were a lot of other fans there and other sites no doubt
> will also be posting pictures, most surely better than mine because I wasn't
> using a tripod.
>
> You are hereby warned, bandwidthwise... These images are massive, dialup users
> should avoid. They haven't been rotated, cropped, resized, cleaned up, or
> anything else either.... but I need to get a good nights sleep for tomorrow I
> fly back to DTW, then DTW-MSP-AMS-SIN, putting me in SIN on Tuesday afternoon,
> so it was these or nothing.
>
> FUT set to year.2005 because that's where generic new discussion about 2005
> stuff belongs... Enjoy.
>
> ++Lar
Thanks for passing along the pictures! Especially love those of the Technic
crane and fork lift!
Question- Did they have the Technic Enzo you could pick up and look at?
Thanks again,
Adr.
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Larry, thanks for being first out the gate with such detailed pics set!
My question: Do you know the piece count and price of the huge Technic crane
8421? I can’t make it out from the pics you posted. I only know it will have
more than 1000 pieces (making it a must-have for me), and I’d have to drop big
bucks for it.
That, 8653, and 4886, and the anniversary tubs, are high up on my wish list for
this year.
And that lime racer just fits perfectly in a tuner import racing game like
NFSU2. (I was away for a month playing NFSU2, and look what happens! Bwahahaha)
Keith
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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@ascentialsoftware.DOT.com> wrote in
message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com...
> I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala
> event
> at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's
> Toy
> Fair, so naturally I went...
At BZPower one reporter also at the event states at
http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=2243 "The revelation that there will be
no Vikings sets this year was the biggest shock."
Was that your understanding? If so, given that they were shown at Nurenberg
perhaps they will be Europe only this year.
Huw
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> If anything I think LEGO is a bit ahead of some other manufacturers in embracing
> that, although they could go farther. His counterexample was TRU. A giant
> giraffe has zero appeal to adults, so he was saying TRU was sending the message
> that they don't validate adults playing with toys. (certainly they have never
> formally trained their cashiers not to make snide comments...)
Interesting observation. In the past ~8 months I have noticed a major change in
the store-stocking attitude of TRU. Stores which used have shelves oveflowing
with older stuff are now clean as a whistle. The store directors seem to be more
communicative than ever before.
Ray
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In lugnet.year.2005, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > If anything I think LEGO is a bit ahead of some other manufacturers in embracing
> > that, although they could go farther. His counterexample was TRU. A giant
> > giraffe has zero appeal to adults, so he was saying TRU was sending the message
> > that they don't validate adults playing with toys. (certainly they have never
> > formally trained their cashiers not to make snide comments...)
>
> Interesting observation. In the past ~8 months I have noticed a major change in
> the store-stocking attitude of TRU. Stores which used have shelves oveflowing
> with older stuff are now clean as a whistle. The store directors seem to be more
> communicative than ever before.
Maybe in your location but here in Charleston, SC the TRU employees bring new
meaning to rude and incompetent (so much for so called "southern hospitality")
and the stores are still trying to sell old sets with damaged boxes at full
price.
-Orion
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In lugnet.year.2005, Adrian Egli wrote:
> Question- Did they have the Technic Enzo you could pick up and look at?
No. They only had the smaller Enzo, not the space frame (ala SuperCar) one.
Unless I missed it.
I didn't get many pics of the smaller one because it's released product. The
reason I took any pics of released product at all (unless I forgot) is where the
model they had differed from the box art (for example the CITY large crane
wheels are different).
++Lar (from DTW!!! Argh! Supposed to be enroute to AMS and asleep right now)
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In lugnet.year.2005, Huw Millington wrote:
> "Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@ascentialsoftware.DOT.com> wrote in
> message news:IC6vyG.1p88@lugnet.com...
> > I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala
> > event
> > at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's
> > Toy
> > Fair, so naturally I went...
>
> At BZPower one reporter also at the event states at
> http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=2243 "The revelation that there will be
> no Vikings sets this year was the biggest shock."
>
> Was that your understanding? If so, given that they were shown at Nurenberg
> perhaps they will be Europe only this year.
I missed that completely, I have no idea. Sorry!!!! Was wondering why they
weren't on display but forgot to ask. I was pretty sick, unfortunately, so was
not operating on all 8 cylinders.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Keith Hui wrote:
> Larry, thanks for being first out the gate with such detailed pics set!
>
> My question: Do you know the piece count and price of the huge Technic crane
> 8421? I can't make it out from the pics you posted. I only know it will have
> more than 1000 pieces (making it a must-have for me), and I'd have to drop
> big bucks for it.
They had little placards with that info. I thoguht I got one pic of the placard,
but I don't offhand remember the numbers. Hopeuflly someone else got that info?
Sorry!
Waitaminit! It's in the 2005 Product Guide they gave me (which doesn't have
Vikings in it...)
8421 Mobile Crane Ages 10+
1867 pieces 149.99 USD or 199.99 CAD
8416 Forklift Ages 9+
729 Pieces 69.66 USD 99.99 CAD
8420 Street Bike Ages 9+
506 Pieces 49.99 USD 69.99 CAD
All 3 "available in August" (which probably means July as we know.)
I can't scan that catalog here but maybe once I get to Singapore? Or I could try
to take pictures of it (which will be terrible but might work) page by page.
Hope that helps.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Lego StarWars 2005 V.I.P. Gala event
> at the LEGO showroom at 25th and Broadway, in NYC, as part of this year's Toy
> Fair, so naturally I went...
>
> I uploaded a bunch of pics to BrickLink. They haven't been resized yet and may
> have some miscategorization so I wouldn't rely on this folder name working
> forever, I'll fix them up (probably) when I get time and at that time I will
> delete the "raw" folder. So if youi come on this a year later and can't find
> them, walk the tree up and nose around, or start here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=lar
>
> Random comments: Mostly sorted by theme. There is a big new theme coming, Dino
> Attack. The Technic Brick (with studs on top) is NOT dead. It's just not used in
> TECHNIC much! Note also the fact that no one can spell my name right, as seen in
> the 03-swag subfolder. I was too excited to even notice at the time. There's a
> death star coming. They had the design manager of the current Star Wars line
> there. he thinks (but is not sure) that it has more pieces than the ISD.
>
> LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
> teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
> because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
> down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
> the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
>
> Here's the folder. Sorry no deeplinks but I think Kevin has moderated most of
> the subfolders already.
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
>
> If you want to ask me specific questions please feel free, I'll answer as best I
> can. Note that there were a lot of other fans there and other sites no doubt
> will also be posting pictures, most surely better than mine because I wasn't
> using a tripod.
>
> You are hereby warned, bandwidthwise... These images are massive, dialup users
> should avoid. They haven't been rotated, cropped, resized, cleaned up, or
> anything else either.... but I need to get a good nights sleep for tomorrow I
> fly back to DTW, then DTW-MSP-AMS-SIN, putting me in SIN on Tuesday afternoon,
> so it was these or nothing.
>
> FUT set to year.2005 because that's where generic new discussion about 2005
> stuff belongs... Enjoy.
>
> ++Lar
Looking at the construction/town sets, I have one question...which crane is the
release version? There seems to be a built model, and a box for the set, and the
two are completely different vehicles (look at the wheels for a start.)
Benjamin Whytcross
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In lugnet.year.2005, Benjamin Whytcross wrote:
> Looking at the construction/town sets, I have one question...which crane is the
> release version? There seems to be a built model, and a box for the set, and the
> two are completely different vehicles (look at the wheels for a start.)
Yes. That's why I took the pics, as this is a released set in the US and I have
one on order. I skipped taking a lot of pics of most of the released sets.
I think/hope the box (bigger 6 hole wheels, but fewer of them) reflects the
production copy. That particular box was a printed box, not a mocked up one like
many of the august release stuff boxes.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Benjamin Whytcross wrote:
>
> > Looking at the construction/town sets, I have one question...which crane is the
> > release version? There seems to be a built model, and a box for the set, and the
> > two are completely different vehicles (look at the wheels for a start.)
>
> Yes. That's why I took the pics, as this is a released set in the US and I have
> one on order. I skipped taking a lot of pics of most of the released sets.
>
> I think/hope the box (bigger 6 hole wheels, but fewer of them) reflects the
> production copy. That particular box was a printed box, not a mocked up one like
> many of the august release stuff boxes.
Here you can see the released version:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1109990
And yes, it is the one from the box. I must say; it is a great build and nicely
detailed.
But my 6361 Mobile crane is afraid of it!
Mark "so is my dragon" de Kock
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
> teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
> because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
> down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
> the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
First, THANK YOU for posting these pictures! I'm already drooling over some of
these new sets, and that hasn't happened in a while. 2005 looks like it should
be a good year for LEGO and AFOLs.
2nd, I think we'd have to handicap a LUGNET team in the ISD build event - perhaps have them build TWO ISDs, since there is no way a 'media' team could come close to the speed of a LUGNET team... *grin*
(And no, I'm not volunteering to be on the team!)
JohnG, GMLTC
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In lugnet.year.2005, John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
> > teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
> > because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
> > down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
> > the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
>
> First, THANK YOU for posting these pictures! I'm already drooling over some of
> these new sets, and that hasn't happened in a while. 2005 looks like it should
> be a good year for LEGO and AFOLs.
>
> 2nd, I think we'd have to handicap a LUGNET team in the ISD build event - perhaps have them build TWO ISDs, since there is no way a 'media' team could come close to the speed of a LUGNET team... *grin*
>
> (And no, I'm not volunteering to be on the team!)
>
> JohnG, GMLTC
Awe, the heck w/ the ISD build. Let's make 2005 the year of the Death Star!!!
Adr.
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> I uploaded a bunch of pics ...
Hey Lar,
Great set of pics. I had to wait til Monday so I could look through them at work
with a higher res. tube than here at home on my laptop.
I was very happy to note you made sure to focus (mainly) in on some of the new
parts which are on the way. And there are loads of them, aren't there!
Don't go much for the one piece figs and dinos, but some of the other "real"
pieces look really useful.
Did I note that some of the pieces looked like they came from a 3D rapid
prototyping system with paint applied?
Enjoy Singapore.
JB
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Greetings all,
New poster here.
While looking at Lar's pix from Toy Fair, I noticed that Lego had moved the
minifigs in the Harry Potter theme from traditional LEGO yellow "skin" color to
colors intended to more realistically match the actors portraying the roles.
This is something I first noticed with the Spiderman sets, and also with the NBA
minifigs.
Looking back I now see that LEGO actually made the switch in the HP line with
the Azkaban sets. (Sets for the first two HP movies used traditional yellow
minifigs.)
When I fisrt noticed the minifigs in the Spiderman sets, I wondered if the
choice of how to color the minifigs had anything to do with licensing contacts,
or some arcane brand marketing requirement.
Now I'm guessing that they're just trying to be 'unfortunately... realistic'.
In lugnet.year.2005, Richard Noeckel wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=117978
>
>
> http://www.action-figure.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=14013&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
>
>
> The new direction Lego has taken may just save the company, but yet, at what
> cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns)
> and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon…
>
> What compromise is this?
>
> ...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one!
Snip...
DD
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In lugnet.year.2005, John Barnes wrote:
> In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > I uploaded a bunch of pics ...
>
> Hey Lar,
>
> Great set of pics. I had to wait til Monday so I could look through them at work
> with a higher res. tube than here at home on my laptop.
>
> I was very happy to note you made sure to focus (mainly) in on some of the new
> parts which are on the way. And there are loads of them, aren't there!
Yes!
> Don't go much for the one piece figs and dinos, but some of the other "real"
> pieces look really useful.
I think there are a lot of nifty new pieces coming too!
>
> Did I note that some of the pieces looked like they came from a 3D rapid
> prototyping system with paint applied?
I noted that too.
> Enjoy Singapore.
I packed some chewing gum, so we'll just see what happens. Supposedly it's not
illegal any more but if you get notes from prison, you'll know why!
++Lar (From AMS)
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In lugnet.year.2005, David DeNuzzo wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> New poster here.
>
> While looking at Lar's pix from Toy Fair, I noticed that Lego had moved the
> minifigs in the Harry Potter theme from traditional LEGO yellow "skin" color to
> colors intended to more realistically match the actors portraying the roles.
>
> This is something I first noticed with the Spiderman sets, and also with the NBA
> minifigs.
>
> Looking back I now see that LEGO actually made the switch in the HP line with
> the Azkaban sets. (Sets for the first two HP movies used traditional yellow
> minifigs.)
>
> When I fisrt noticed the minifigs in the Spiderman sets, I wondered if the
> choice of how to color the minifigs had anything to do with licensing contacts,
> or some arcane brand marketing requirement.
>
> Now I'm guessing that they're just trying to be 'unfortunately... realistic'.
Search back in LUGNET, this has been discussed at some length. Briefly, LEGO is
using flesh for figs based on real people or on movie characters (which are
played by real people) and retaining yellow for generic people.
That's not a very good explanation, like I said, search...
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In lugnet.year.2005, Keith Hui wrote:
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And that lime racer just fits perfectly in a tuner import racing game like
NFSU2.
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Mmmmmmmmm... Nitrous.
Darrell
ps Thanks for the pix, Larry!
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In lugnet.year.2005, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
<SNIP>
> LEGO is going to do an ISD build contest at Celebration III and is soliciting
> teams of the media to compete. I asked if they were going to exclude AFOLs
> because we would so obviously dominate the media since we have smoked the record
> down a lot several times, and the answer was 'bring it', so a "LUGNET" (that's
> the badge I was there under) team could be entered if so desired.
> <SNIP>
> ++Lar
Need more info, as in who to contact about getting a team in on this.. Since it
is taking place in Indianapolis, which is where I live... maybe I could get some
of the local LUG in on a team.. or recruit one from the HS or JHS down the
block....
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In lugnet.year.2005, Richard Noeckel wrote:
> The new direction Lego has taken may just save the company, but yet, at what
> cost? The ideals of the past gave relevance to the notions that Military (guns)
> and Mortality (graves) were not the ethics the company was founded upon…
>
> What compromise is this?
>
> ...unfortunately, it’s a realistic one!
>
> But the new gun-heavy Dino line, and darker-realism of Harry Potter are a
> solution to a juniorization trend. Albeit a drastic one, yet nevertheless
> something better perhaps.
>
> The grittiness of Vikings, and the ghoulishness of the grave corpse/zombie are
> truly a wake up call to the world…TLG has seemingly chosen to evolve.
>
> And it seems that under a new directors management, Lego has finally grown up.
I must respectfully disagree. I don't see the new Dino and HP lines as a new
compromise. Lego has had guns before (pirates, space, adventurers) and graves
(adventurers, castle). From what I saw, it doesn't apppear to be much of a
radical departure from what has come before. Also, the guns issue doesn't mean
that Lego will start having military figures or more realistic modern guns
either.
I will say that I like what I have seen from ToyFair this year and am
enthusiastic; but I don't see Lego changing it's ethics or ideals in order to
'save the company'. Of course, I didn't know Lego was in trouble so I may be
misinformed.
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