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Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by slightwinder » Wed, Jun 16, 2021, 8:56 PM UTC

abruzzi wrote: post #38

This is really the opposite of what I always loved about Legos as a kid. All these complex kits seem more like jigsaw puzzles--only one way to go together. What I loved about Legos as a kid was making my own creations.

This set is from Lego Ideas, a site where people can add their own ideas and vote for them. The sets coming from there are usualy for adults, collectors, fans. They had single set from franchises like Voltron, WALL-E, Doctor Who, Mickey Mouse. But also have Artful sets like a Piano, this typewriter. Or even sets of real space-stuff like Saturn V-Rocket, ISS or Apollo Moonlander.

For kids they still have their regular simple or mildly complex sets, depending on age and franchise.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by slowmovintarget » Wed, Jun 16, 2021, 9:59 PM UTC

Tomte wrote: post #67

slowmovintarget wrote: post #65

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Have children. Then you get to buy as many Lego sets as you want, but they're really for them... honest. The Saturn V set is excellent, BTW.

I has nice building techniques, but unfortunately, it's all hidden behind a rather sparse exterior and doesn't look very exciting at first glance. The playing features are cool (several stages that can be separated and put back together), but way too fragile to actually have children play with it. It's a very fine display model, though. I've put it on a bureau right when you enter my apartment. The ISS is superb, too…

I just ordered the Space Shuttle (with model Hubble telescope). It's totally for my kid... really.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by wlonkly » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 3:00 AM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #99

mtnGoat wrote: post #89

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I believe there was a US based company doing it at one point but they went out of business.

There are a few US offerings: https://www.verywellfamily.com/best-lego-subscription-boxes-...

I believe those are all "recurring purchases", so your collection accumulates, where the European one upthread is "loaned and then returned", so you get the joy of building without the storage problems.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by spoonjim » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 3:00 AM UTC

ElijahLynn wrote: post #98

samizdis wrote: post #2

That's a lovely piece of kit, and I am sorely tempted to put in an order, but LEGO's promotional video and associated text descriptions seem to be a little deceptive. As far as I can tell, the model - which has a "LEGO first" - Black and red ink spool ribbon is a new fabric element. - and each key has a letter, and the carriage moves, etc ... doesn't actually type.

Same. The video shows a typed letter in the machine too, leading me to believe it actually worked. But further digging reveals this is not the case. A ton of people are going to actually buy this thinking it works, and it won't and they will be pissed.

The same thing happened with the piano. I assume it’s people who are interested in the subject matter (pianos, typewriters) and not that familiar with what functionality to expect from a LEGO set.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by bombcar » Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 4:15 PM UTC

aidenn0 wrote: post #97

bombcar wrote: post #84

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Yeah - just pointing out that in general LEGO has been printing prices that would have been stickers 20 years ago. Part of is also that they did a study and realized that stickers piss kids off because they’re hard to apply correctly.

As a kid, stickers were the bane of my existence for everything; Legos, Transformers, etc. I had to decide between doing it myself and having it look like crap, or getting my parents to do it and feeling embarrassed that I didn't do it myself.

As an adult I still have difficulty and often leave them off entirely.

Supposedly the best way is to float them on with a bit of water and use a pin to arrange it before it dries.