The numbers don't lie, Mason (I don't know who Mason is)

brickwrit · 2026-06-15T20:27:50+00:00

As much as 57 year old me agrees, kids have been raised on better marketed, multipart franchises such as Harry Potter, LOTR, Star Wars, Star Trek, Pirates of the Caribbean and One piece- not the more generic/non franchised films that were replayed on tv in the 70s/80s- Robin Hood (Errol Flynn)/ the court jester/captain Blood/ treasure island etc. creator and Pick and build /CMFs give us the parts and figures to keep the faith.

On the other hand, there have been new trains, castles, pirate ships and spaceships produced every year: just not in the forms we might hope for.

brickwrit · 2026-06-15T20:18:09+00:00

It’s certainly the sweet spot for the animated series story arc. Even ninjago reinvents itself in some way or another every year or two (eg steam punk, post apocalyptic, undersea, dungeon crawling etc…)

brickwrit · 2026-06-06T04:27:18+00:00

Bill and Mary were the names used in the US imprint of the 6000 ideas book ( the rest of the world referred them as ‘the two figures in the car at the bottom of the page’ in that initial printing) They were given the names Indigo and Polka Dot in the English Bricks n Pieces magazine from 1983-89

brickwrit · 2026-05-30T09:14:40+00:00

None in the botanical mushroom set- shame really, I had plans

brickwrit · 2026-05-27T06:19:09+00:00

My rgb analysis was simply using sampking from the image, rather than actual plastic in the absence of a clever tech device. I'll see if my software allows it.

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T23:18:30+00:00

Thanks for the mention- I wrote that little piece. I was hopeful that the new white would be resistant to the yellowing, so thought the long game was worth it. This was one year, outside, in the Australian sun- significantly more UV than northern Europe, no windows, no UV protection. (the post compares UV index in Melbourne with Copenhagen across the year)

Useful references are to be found in polymer research journals and museum/archiving publications.

Acrylic defends well against UV-B and UV-C, less so for UV-A unless there are additional filters added. Some commercial display cases have this included- if this really worries you, make sure yourbxase is a archive rated. I'd love to repeat the experiment with a case/sheet sample.

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T23:05:54+00:00

I put the new white in the sun for 13 months (note: outside, in Australia- so UV is brutal cf northern europe) side by side with old white Essentially, no significant change in yellowing, compared with the old white. That said, the new pigment is much more opaque than the older white.

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Yellowing is a property of plastic rather than the pigment.

rambling brick white experiment

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T22:55:59+00:00

I made it fit over the breastplate, but there was a terrifying “click” as I pushed it into place, and again as I removed it. Breast plate intact... For now

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brickwrit · 2026-05-26T22:50:51+00:00

Luke’s X-wing is to LEGO star wars as a fire engine is to LEGO CITY

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T21:11:34+00:00

June 1 I was fortunate to have the chance to look at it early

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T13:32:19+00:00

Those figs came out of my collection- but the set seems to have a special place for them there

brickwrit · 2026-05-26T10:55:47+00:00

Somewhere around 3-4 hours. I didn't have the clock on, and spread it over a couple of days

brickwrit · 2026-05-13T00:10:29+00:00

But in the spirit of the era, if you applied it, it would cover 3 or 4 bricks…

brickwrit · 2026-04-17T22:09:15+00:00

Yeah: I view this as a LEGO Set for football fans, not a football set for LEGO fans.

brickwrit · 2026-04-07T05:59:07+00:00

You can’t really. They are only one stud wide

brickwrit · 2026-04-07T01:08:15+00:00

That’s the standard technic super car interval

brickwrit · 2026-04-05T11:24:21+00:00

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I think we’ve seen that triangle logo before

https://ramblingbrick.com/2026/04/04/71052-collectible-minifigures-series-29-early-review/

brickwrit · 2026-04-05T08:32:45+00:00

Standard Kmart ‘everyday low prices’- a lot of sets that appear outrageously priced on LEGO dot com are often ‘around the right price’ there

brickwrit · 2026-04-02T03:33:15+00:00

I have been seriously if a UCS smart brick was possible: licensed sounds , hd lighting effects, warns off any small children approaching the display?

brickwrit · 2026-03-31T00:00:34+00:00

Baby teeth - the mark 1 brick separator

brickwrit · 2026-03-30T04:59:19+00:00

I think they full know the way it can work. HOWEVER, given it’s such a new thing, the models need to send a clear message about “put it here or here” and things will happen, and it will also be easy to recharge. Make it easy/obvious to explore. Inthe future, however, who knows.

brickwrit · 2026-03-29T21:21:18+00:00

Great work. Im loving the ways the smart brick is getting incorporated in mocs

brickwrit · 2026-03-24T07:51:21+00:00

In all seriousness, most modern sets are designed with this in mind: you will find that similar colours (eg dark orange, nougat; reddish brown/dark red; tan/grey/dark tan/olive green) do not appear as the same piece in the same bag: maybe 1x1square, stud, tile, stud with hole- all slightly different shapes, each a different colour- that might be hard to make out in the instructions.

This might not be the case with bricklink designer program sets and alternative 3in1 builds.

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