tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post2864302484527684488..comments2024-03-27T08:37:54.894+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: LEGO® DC Comics Super Heroes Review: 76139 1989 Batmobile – The New ElementsAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-21765047080315270582019-12-09T01:14:45.203+00:002019-12-09T01:14:45.203+00:00How is it an issue? All the colorful pieces are hi...How is it an issue? All the colorful pieces are hidden away and we get awesome recolors like this out of it. It also makes it easier to distinguish between pieces while building rather than EVERY SINGLE PIECE being black or dark gray. It's not a problem since they all get covered up.GoldenNinja3000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-40550144125843424782019-12-08T04:02:32.622+00:002019-12-08T04:02:32.622+00:00@Roger_Smith:
Set designers like to incorporate ea...@Roger_Smith:<br />Set designers like to incorporate easter eggs into their set designs. In 2018, one of the Friends set designers visited Brickworld Chicago, and listed off a bunch of these easter eggs. One of the common ones is to slip the colors of their homeland's flag into the model. Given that there aren't many countries that have solid black flags, sets like the Batmobile require these elements to be internal. One of the designers of this set may have helped bring Teal back last year. Or we may see it come out soon in another set where it's displayed more prominently, with the Batmobile designers simply picking up on its timely availability.<br /><br />Whatever the case, I just built the mini Gingerbread House GWP, and I got the distinct impression that a lot of the internal structure was chosen just to make it easier to tell where to place various elements. Certainly that's the only logical reason I can think of for why they would have packed it full of lime 1x1 round bricks, dark-bley 1x3 bricks, and red 1x1 bricks, when none of them are visible on the finished model.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-92075601582960118182019-12-07T16:08:33.191+00:002019-12-07T16:08:33.191+00:00Yes, because what other element would you expect i...Yes, because what other element would you expect in the all-black Batmobile than a friggin 1x16 brick in Dark Azure.<br />Please Lego, stop it with all the hideously unfitting colors hidden away in sets!Roger_Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-78375645062131033402019-12-05T23:07:52.499+00:002019-12-05T23:07:52.499+00:001 x 1 trans-yellow brick is back!!!!
Showing as ou...1 x 1 trans-yellow brick is back!!!!<br />Showing as out of stock at bricks and pieces though.<br />Hopefully it will get used in other sets and become more readily available.Allthenamesaretakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13655049229918123680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-32469208826510158372019-12-03T02:20:21.100+00:002019-12-03T02:20:21.100+00:00Regarding the Vicki Vale head, I think it's ju...Regarding the Vicki Vale head, I think it's just the designers facing the inevitable conclusion. The CMF theme churns out a ton of basic human expressions because they skew towards 100% original deco with every minifig released. There was a time when the licensed themes tried to follow suit, and I recall it resulting in two minifigs where the only noticeable difference between their faces was that on one the left eyebrow was slightly raised, and on the other it was the right one. At some point it's just less hassle to pick from a group of generic minifig heads unless something character-specific is needed.<br /><br />Speaking of character-specific stuff, I really wish they'd made the cowl without the attached cape so it didn't always have that windswept pose. The bib with the 1989 emblem I'm fine with, but the cape is so limiting.Purple Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-17075111522249162322019-12-03T01:50:28.721+00:002019-12-03T01:50:28.721+00:00Dang, it's like all white ladies look the same...Dang, it's like all white ladies look the same or something.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03992848787198365868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-53002559261370512832019-12-02T08:23:58.541+00:002019-12-02T08:23:58.541+00:00Correction; Roaring Roadsters came out in 2006Correction; Roaring Roadsters came out in 2006Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com