Did my voting duty. It's time for a new castle. We have had new pirate ships and rebuilds of classic space through the Lego Movie. Bionicle just doesn't feel like it fits in the realm of iconic Lego sets. Time for a Castle.

If anyone has pics from BrickCon please add those too! Most of mine came out blury but I'll add the few I do have.

@mybrickyard actually they have asked for photos in the past

There is a pretty cool prize for this LEGO Ideas contest: "We invite you to show us your LEGO moment in space! Use your imagination to create the ultimate space model – make it as sci-fi or realistic as you wish, just stay within a base of 16 x 16 studs. One lucky winner has the chance to have their entry transformed into a new Gift with Purchase set, and will win a collection of past exclusive Gift with Purchase sets!"

@sema4 yea it was a spy plane so I have my fingers crossed lol and @Krista honestly I just like the concept of modular so it may be wishful thinking but the video I watched the guy pointed out that they only release 1 modular this year and they already released one this year but I have to assume that because it's part of the ideas it might get extra consideration but I do t really know how the ideas system works anyway lol

@vdog Ya I had no idea about loot boxes (I'm not a gamer) until I read the article from the LAN. Very interesting that at least one country has made them illegal. It will be interesting to see if TLG makes a statement about this or factors it into their decision when designing the packaging for future cmf series'.

I will throw part number 25214 or more commonly known as the macaroni tube into the mix.

@sema4 all good. You raised a good point though and I wanted to know! Your question actually started a whole other discussion on the LAN and turns out many Ambassadors also wanted to know the difference between set size variants and just different fire station sets. Guess we'll never know unless the pilot is successful and it becomes something they put into practice (if they even tell us at that point lol).

Thanks for posting this Mike. Its a way better site than the one I have been muddling through to put all my Star Wars dudes back together.

@vdog I started seeing posts about people getting their sets last month, but perhaps they were all in the states so it was quicker or they are distributing in US first and then internationally? Or by set? Who knows.

@flyboy I agree, their use definitely warrants a higher price compared to the power functions motors.

Something this large is likely best shot outside on a cloudy day as Mike mentioned. You can do it on a sunny day but you will need a reflector to soften the shadows. You can also try turning the lights 180 degrees and reflecting the light back with large white cards or vinyl sheet (just don't melt it) Also if you have an overhead light aimed at the backdrop right behind the shuttle it will kill nearly all of your shadows. You can try a backdrop light that is brighter than your other lights so it overexposes your backdrop so it becomes just pure white. You could also have a look at this video: https://fstoppers.com/commercial/product-photography-tutorial-shows-how-shoot-large-objects-55863 Though it's harder to do what he does without proper studio lighting. Good luck! PS and yes, Photoshop out those wrinkles... that's the best and fastest fix. Pixelmator is great software for this. Use the Clone tool rather than erasing.

@vdog lol that was actually pretty well done! Lots of inside jokes, and the animation must have taken a while.

Pretty close to the 30 a day! Looking good!

I've renamed the Category "Shows and Conventions" to simply "Events". We didn't really have a good place for events that weren't shows or conventions, so it made sense to just make that category more general.

too late!

@krista thanks - it's easy to make the pics look good because the display is excellent!

@vdog yes, as expected, but they are good enough for me! I don't need the fancy Steamboat Willie version so I am happy to see them appear in the cmf series! There has been quite the discussion on the LAN about the box misprint. Production stopped and it was corrected. It remains to be seen if the misprinted boxes will reach all markets.

@ian it shouldn't unless they changed the rules, as I've done the master build and the regular speed as well as other ones at the same con. The only one that is the issue is the elite speed and that only removes your eligibility from the other individual speed builds, nothing else.