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Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by acherion »

Victerius wrote: post #13
Tomte wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's where fans can submit their own creations. At 10k supporters Lego takes a closer look (fitness for the Ideas series, cost of production, IP rights etc.). If Lego decides to build it, the fan gets a share of the profit from the set. Lego Ideas is the premier adult Lego series, with lots of cool sets at high price points.

10,000 people on a website looks like an easy number to reach, and one that bots or a group of loosely organized trolls (4chan) could easily game. Maybe 50,000 should be the requirement?

If 10,000 votes is easy to reach by bots or organised trolls, why is 50,000 not?

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by omoikane »

Daneel_ wrote: post #25

For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this "aircraft engine workshop": https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...

I wonder what's the story for including "international spy"?

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by mortenjorck »

Daneel_ wrote: post #25

For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this "aircraft engine workshop": https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...

I'm not an aviation geek, but I love the clearly deep level of aviation geekery on display with this one. The industrial-espionage minifig cracked me up.

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by xeromal »

Victerius wrote: post #13
Tomte wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's where fans can submit their own creations. At 10k supporters Lego takes a closer look (fitness for the Ideas series, cost of production, IP rights etc.). If Lego decides to build it, the fan gets a share of the profit from the set. Lego Ideas is the premier adult Lego series, with lots of cool sets at high price points.

10,000 people on a website looks like an easy number to reach, and one that bots or a group of loosely organized trolls (4chan) could easily game. Maybe 50,000 should be the requirement?

10,000 just gets Lego to review it. They don't have to approve it.

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by GekkePrutser »

buildsjets wrote: post #23

It's cool and all, but Boeing appears to license their IP to Cobi (yet another questionable decision), so this project seems unlikely to proceed. edit - add link to Cobi sets https://www.boeingstore.com/search?q=cobi&type=product&optio...

Maybe take an Airbus cockpit instead then. Makes more sense also to have a European aircraft as a European toy :)

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by GekkePrutser »

loudmax wrote: post #26

The Boeing cockpit looks awesome, but still waiting for Lego Van Gogh's Starry Night to be made available: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/acc7c4c8-3967-4563-8fb5-a498... It was approved in 2020 but no release date yet. There's evidently a long lag between approval and actual release.

Wow this is very cool, definitely one to watch out for. Thanks for the heads up

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by polack »

omoikane wrote: post #33
Daneel_ wrote: post #25

For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this "aircraft engine workshop": https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...

I wonder what's the story for including "international spy"?

Guess it got something to do with this: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/30/airbus-coul...

Re: Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters

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Post by zymhan »

omoikane wrote: post #33
Daneel_ wrote: post #25

For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this "aircraft engine workshop": https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...

I wonder what's the story for including "international spy"?

Decades of corporate/industrial espionage, of course
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