tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post4108885805286194680..comments2024-03-19T05:24:06.613+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: LEGO® Ideas set review: 21318 TreehouseAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-91350079094307881002019-12-25T06:53:42.811+00:002019-12-25T06:53:42.811+00:00https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2NtO1CLAZX0/XUlTWId6X-I...https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2NtO1CLAZX0/XUlTWId6X-I/AAAAAAAALqs/FjWfoeYEMbUtbR7iu50c_8AzsbXYpoXuQCEwYBhgL/s640/04-technique-upper-trunk.jpg<br />"The build process is pleasing and not strictly repetitive – within the main trunk, there is literally only one instance of the dreaded "2x" callout warning you that you'll need to create a sub-build twice. Everything else is unique, although there are many similarities in each sub-build, which is comforting but doesn't allow you to switch your brain off because small differences in decoration and construction are always appearing."<br />^The Above section is my literal deterrent right now. That bottle shaped section with the x cross ring through it is preventing me from finishing this as a gift build for a parent. I was frustrated enough I put it aside and sought out help, even going so far as to message lego themselves asking if there's been a revised bag 14 for the kit. <br />https://imgur.com/0n6Bg3I<br />https://imgur.com/dG124LU<br />https://i.imgur.com/prEMEKM.jpg<br /><br />The third image if the pegs connect they inevitably break the cap of the 'bottle' shape. Ixantirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09580550114960250913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-68068101496586814032019-08-10T00:49:17.761+01:002019-08-10T00:49:17.761+01:00Just started building 70423 Paranormal Intercept B...Just started building 70423 Paranormal Intercept Bus 3000 and all transparent parts in this set are of that new material. It actually feels a bit polypropylenish.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871563761370765769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-63547511514972725162019-08-09T07:53:00.133+01:002019-08-09T07:53:00.133+01:00Nice Article! I suggest maybe you look at the 40 t...Nice Article! I suggest maybe you look at the 40 tooth gear, and how it appears in a few odd colors in some clock sets from 2000-2002.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713567070589126550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-61615876499569465962019-08-07T22:09:46.769+01:002019-08-07T22:09:46.769+01:00But isn't the article only talking about food-...But isn't the article only talking about food-related products? It's about banning bisphenol A that's a long-term health risk in baby bottles - I can't imagine kids licking their Legos enough for a ban to be imaginable. <br /><br />That's for the health reasons. As for the environmental ones, there are plans to ban quite some stuff, like cotton buds & plastic straws very soon, but that's because they end up in trash, pollute seas & fill bird & tortoise guts. While Lego sometimes end up in the sea, I just can't imagine a related ban on Lego here, plus it's not related to PC, but all plastics (or anything that last nearly forever).<br /><br />anothergolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063659558378517999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-6110512458266681392019-08-07T22:07:47.688+01:002019-08-07T22:07:47.688+01:00Too hard for kids? I've snapped off 4L bars w...Too hard for kids? I've snapped off 4L bars when trying to remove them from cones! I mean, there was a point where they just had to accept that they had an unanticipated engineering snafu on their hands. Word is the 4L and 3L bars ended up being made out of a different material than polycarbonate (can't remember if it was ABS, or something entirely different), specifically because they couldn't prevent consumers from shoving them into cones.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-18772440236410496832019-08-07T21:00:19.910+01:002019-08-07T21:00:19.910+01:00Looks like the continue reading break is missing s...Looks like the continue reading break is missing so the whole article is displayed on the front page.Xevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17650615840259388416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-56844787001292614702019-08-07T15:02:16.187+01:002019-08-07T15:02:16.187+01:00I have just edited the article with an interesting...I have just edited the article with an interesting update: Since publishing this article, my New E colleague Francesco Spreafico has made me aware that many European countries may be intending to ban or restrict the use of PC from consumer products for environmental and health reasons. This sounds like an extremely likely reason for this change, however there is no such official statement from The LEGO Group on this.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-54672557047064118672019-08-07T11:12:10.761+01:002019-08-07T11:12:10.761+01:00As written above, it may indeed have to do with th...As written above, it may indeed have to do with the fact that (as forbidden in Lego's "rulebook") PC parts inside other PC parts are too hard to remove for kids.<br />That, or they wanna look more like Lepin, since foggy trans clear was typical of clone brands?<br />For a second I thought this was an article on new 1x2 rounded plates in trans clear, sadly not..<br /><br />Btw this reminds me of the 44676 trans clear flag that was, in some SW battlepack (75166), randomly clear or frosted. But it probably had to do with the molds of 44676 that have different textures, some shiny some not. Still, funny that some people got an obviously frosted one.anothergolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00063659558378517999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-78269487032276596432019-08-07T11:12:07.213+01:002019-08-07T11:12:07.213+01:00I just examined the trans-purple, trans-dark pink ...I just examined the trans-purple, trans-dark pink and transparent bricks in 70825 Queen Watevra's Build Whatever Box!, and compared them to the trans-dark pink bricks in 10703 Creative Builder Box from 2017, and I can confirm that trans-purple and trans-dark pink are also being made with the new material. In particular the new trans-dark pink is noticeably more opaque and less refractive. I'll try to provide comparison photos once I finally get around to reviewing the set on my site.Daniel Tan (LegoSonicBoy)https://novalistic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-53689080832181551122019-08-07T11:03:41.789+01:002019-08-07T11:03:41.789+01:00Is there any change in the clutch power of the new...Is there any change in the clutch power of the new transparent parts? It was sometimes something of an issue that PC on PC created a comparatively huge amount of friction, most notably in that a 1x1 cone on a 3.18 shaft is basically impossible to remove if both are transparent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-41436879438082939262019-08-07T10:27:09.713+01:002019-08-07T10:27:09.713+01:00True, I did intend to mention this is far from the...True, I did intend to mention this is far from the first change to Transparent and pull out some examples, but I was going on a bit as it was! - suffice to say, this is a more significant change imhoAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-82671803429852825992019-08-07T10:26:02.589+01:002019-08-07T10:26:02.589+01:00I see what you did there.I see what you did there.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-77211749447183687862019-08-07T09:52:25.137+01:002019-08-07T09:52:25.137+01:00Trans-clear has long been a problem, but most peop...Trans-clear has long been a problem, but most people haven't really noticed. Just in polycarbonate, it came in three distinct shades: clear, yellowish, and bluish. Spencer Rezkalla, of miniscale fame, has lamented this on several occasions (usually when he gets a batch of the yellowed clear from LUGBulk). I've had to carefully sort clear parts for when I'm building cars so I don't end up with tiger-striped headlights on modern body styles. If they can start being consistent, I actually wouldn't mind having a permanent tint like this.<br /><br />Also, the UV thing will probably be _very_ welcome, especially as I know someone who is really upset after finding out that Trans-Medium Blue (Trans-Fluorescent Blue) has been culled from the production color list.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-57097690728775265742019-08-07T07:16:58.119+01:002019-08-07T07:16:58.119+01:00I will not excuse your transpa-rant. Puns like tha...I will not excuse your transpa-rant. Puns like that are a pane. Clearly.AddictedToStyrenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121470091208531530noreply@blogger.com