tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post769203192740681631..comments2024-03-28T22:25:17.706+00:00Comments on New Elementary: LEGO® parts, sets and techniques: What new LEGO® pieces were released in September 2021?Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05188856208086872634noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-90330313872936051202021-09-13T18:14:03.113+01:002021-09-13T18:14:03.113+01:00I might have read your post sloppily.
I wonder if...I might have read your post sloppily.<br /><br />I wonder if it could have had something to do with transparent parts being made of another kind of plastic?<br /><br />And you should probably be able to get a replacement part for free from Lego. Seems the system works fairly well as long as there aren't any suspicions of abuse (such as someone ordering a lot of minifig parts for rare geek favorites and so on)...Håkan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00767889630145885090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-64436647468564879462021-09-13T03:56:55.229+01:002021-09-13T03:56:55.229+01:00Agreed. But that still doesn't explain why the...Agreed. But that still doesn't explain why they didn't use that 4x4x2/3 dome piece they developed for Vidiyo for the bottle tops in the Harry Potter collector set? They've used it in non-Vidiyo sets already, and it was available last year because it showed up first in a non-Vidiyo set. But instead they created a 4x4x1 dome with a 1-plate inset in the top for, so far, a single Harry Potter set? nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518013024314796671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-89232935153448076792021-09-09T22:25:28.869+01:002021-09-09T22:25:28.869+01:00Lego has released a surprisingly huge amount of ne...Lego has released a surprisingly huge amount of new moulds for Vidiyo, considering it seems to have been a massive flop, commercially. They must have had huge expectations for the theme.Håkan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00767889630145885090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-84555949704438386042021-09-09T20:49:24.503+01:002021-09-09T20:49:24.503+01:0079850 (the clear 4x4x1 dome being used as the bott...79850 (the clear 4x4x1 dome being used as the bottle tops in the big Harry Potter set) seems like an odd part to introduce. Why not use the 4x4x2/3 dome (65138) used, among other places, on the sides of the Vidiyo beatboxes? Both put the piece on top of them 2 plates above the piece below them. <br /><br />I mean, I’m always happy to have new parts, of course, but the last few years seems like we’re seeing a proliferation of new molds that are only used in a handful of sets (often licensed sets), and I’m worried about TLG getting into similar trouble to the mid-'90s and early ‘00s due to stretching themselves too thin. Especially when I combine this proliferation with what seems like some quality-control problems, particularly relating to color consistency and opacity. <br /><br />(I also just last month had my first set missing a piece since…1983(?), but I realize that’s probably just a statistical fluke. So I may be a little jumpier than I otherwise would be. And if it /is/ representative, 1 missing piece per ~300,000 is a pretty good error rate.)nathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05518013024314796671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-240262105646413662021-09-08T14:15:25.713+01:002021-09-08T14:15:25.713+01:00It's listed, alright, but it was sold out when...It's listed, alright, but it was sold out when I tried ordering it. Hopefully it will appear in greater numbers in due time.Håkan S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00767889630145885090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-91501575960959507662021-09-06T21:21:21.736+01:002021-09-06T21:21:21.736+01:00One piece that's not technically "new&quo...One piece that's not technically "new" as such but is finally becoming more available is the standard female ponytail hairpiece in black (element 18227 design 6365482)<br /><br />Its previously only been available in an impossible-to-obtain Team GB CMF and an even more impossible-to-obtain Toys R Us promotional set but it now appears in the big Jurassic World boat set.<br />Hopefully it becomes available for sale on Bricks & Pieces as I would love to get my hands on a few...<br />Jonathan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312603931099975568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-276033407505619194.post-1459547217028796102021-09-06T14:39:38.581+01:002021-09-06T14:39:38.581+01:00I was just recently thinking about how useful dark...I was just recently thinking about how useful dark red 1x2x2 window frames could be! I realized that they'd make a great replacement for the 1x2x2 panels in 71391 Bowser's Airship, to fill in some of the gaps where the lanterns are attached. It's already an amazing set but I might have to order some of those new window frames to make it even better!Andrew Barnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723179808721244651noreply@blogger.com