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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Insert_blank » Sun Jan 31, 2016 7:00 pm

Voin wrote:P.S. I'm speaking as a LEGO customer in American stores... I dunno what my European brethren have going on over there... in a recent review I saw they don't list piece count on the boxes for some reason in Europe. WTF?
Same in Asia so I guess most of the world except the US doesn't list the piece count. You don't memorize each set's details and ppp ratio before you go to the store or use your phone to price check online? I do that when I'm in the US anyway.
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Insert_blank » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:09 am

@voin fucking clown shoes

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Overwatch_Elite » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:16 am

Insert_blank wrote:@voin fucking clown shoes

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To be honest, I’m kind of disappointed that people would flagrantly disobey the “no photography” rule on the Star Wars sets. People get mad at LEGO for being heavy-handed with embargoes and no-photo rules, but frankly they’d probably be more cooperative if they didn’t expect us to undermine what rules they had in place. Just as an example, it’s probably a lot easier for LEGO to prohibit photos entirely like they do in London than to only prohibit photos in SOME parts of their booth and then have people with cameras trying to sneak photos of things they’ve been instructed not to share. LEGO has no choice but to be heavy-handed when they feel like we as a community will take advantage of their leniency.

When I went to New York Toy Fair back in 2012 I was told not to take photos of a few things, such as a calendar showing the LEGO Group’s ad campaign schedule, and I didn’t have any problem complying. Yet it feels like some people don’t have the same journalistic integrity and think they can win points with the community by being sneaky.

Personally, I don’t think the Brikwars forums should be sharing pictures that were taken against the LEGO Group’s specific instructions either. It just makes you guys look bad and isn’t much better than sharing retailer’s catalog photos, IMO. There are plenty of legitimate pictures from Nuremberg Toy Fair by Promobricks and Zusammengebaut you could share with those sites’ permission. No need to stoop to sharing photos from less reputable sources.

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Insert_blank » Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:37 am

There are no “AFOLs” at these events — they’re industry-only events, as I understand it.

TBWF has and will continue to publish photos sourced elsewhere that are relevant and reliable — note the link to Brickset, who published the box photos.
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by aoffan23 » Mon Feb 01, 2016 12:55 pm

Overwatch just copy pasted a comment from the Brothers Brick post. Also whether or not they're "industry only" events, these pictures are still getting intentionally leaked out into the fan community. And god dammit they're going to allow photography at other events, so it's not like it's a now or never thing.

All that aside, that Jakku set looks cool. I hope the Luggabeast is dark azure
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Duerer » Mon Feb 01, 2016 2:30 pm

aoffan23 wrote:Overwatch just copy pasted a comment from the Brothers Brick post.
Or he just uses another nick on Gravatar, geez. >_>

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Insert_blank » Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:32 pm

aoffan23 wrote:Overwatch just copy pasted a comment from the Brothers Brick post. Also whether or not they're "industry only" events, these pictures are still getting intentionally leaked out into the fan community. And god dammit they're going to allow photography at other events, so it's not like it's a now or never thing.

All that aside, that Jakku set looks cool. I hope the Luggabeast is dark azure
Thanks fo the heads up. +1 upvote for you, sir.
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by aoffan23 » Wed Feb 03, 2016 3:10 pm

Insert_blank wrote:Thanks fo the heads up. +1 upvote for you, sir.
Well I'm dumb.
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Insert_blank » Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:00 am

Voin wrote:
Insert_blank wrote:@voin fucking clown shoes
Huh? Sorry, I just got up (long night, went out and helped some people that were involved in a car collision right outside my house - don't worry, no one was hurt), and I'm not quite getting the reference.
uh... i don't care? why would you go help random people who got hit by a car?
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by RedRover » Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:54 am

Because it is a good thing to do?

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Gungnir » Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:01 am

Insert_blank wrote:why would you go help random people who got hit by a car?
The edge is strong with this one.
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by stubby » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:22 am

Isn't Ib based in China or somewhere?
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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Overwatch_Elite » Thu Feb 04, 2016 1:51 pm

i can't tell whats ironic anymore

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Re: New sets discussion (2014/15/16)

Post by Silverdream » Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:53 pm

Voin wrote:
Insert_blank wrote: uh... i don't care? why would you go help random people who got hit by a car?
Wow, really, Nietzsche wannabe? Gee, hope you don't find yourself in that sort of situation someday, wishing someone would come along and help you out.
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