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By: The Brothers Brick - LEGO Blog » Blog Archive » Brothers-Brick.com interviews Chris Giddens and Mark Sandlin

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:22:27 +0000

[...] been more than a bit of speculation about the upcoming fan-designed Space sets (a couple more pictures), so I asked Chris Giddens and [...]

By: Horace

Horace — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:58:43 +0000

David, I don’t see why you have to go on rants about something you apparently do not have all the information. If you are so against it just don’t buy it when it comes out.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:40:44 +0000

I would love to see an astronaut fig wearing the blue plaid shirt. Look at Firefly’s costumes or Han’s outfit in Ep. IV: might be a good way to suggest that the tech is advanced enough that no one needs to show it off or worry about it.

David, I don’t think anyone was trying to say you shouldn’t or weren’t allowed to state your opinion. One can certainly have a negative impression based on a single picture. On the other hand, a good judgment is backed up by knowledge–and we’ve only seen a fraction (50%?) of the sets.

My bigger beef is that it seems like some are taking this set as an example of massive failure on the part of LEGO Group. I’m not at all convinced that ’stickers vs. printed’ represents everything they’re doing wrong. It seems to be a fannish belief that all a company has to do is change one or two specific practices–which are so clearly ‘wrong’–in order to become good (in most cases, good means “like it used to be”).

For my part I dislike stickers only because I go nuts trying to apply them exactly right! If they’re even a bit off, I’ll have to force myself to ignore it every time I look at the model. I’m the same way when I place 1×1 tiles (every piece this not squared drives me nuts if I don’t try to ignore it).

By: David

David — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:19:52 +0000

I’m not giving anyone a break as I’m expressing my opinion.

I’m sure they did do the best they could with what LEGO told them to do, my problem is more with LEGO on these sets than the designers.

LEGO is the one that made sticker torsos for $100 set. For that we should get more than 4 minifigures.

LEGO also made the set $100. Like I have said numerous times several smaller sets would be better.

By: Keith Melton

Keith Melton — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:12:51 +0000

“I guess I could have put this torso on the space figs: http://www.peeron.com/inv/parts/973pdd”

We need more flannel in space!

I can’t wait to see these sets.

By: thwaak

thwaak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:21:57 +0000

Thank you, Dez, but I wouldn’t count on me for your hope. I’m 36 years old, and I have been on the internet since 1993, applying an out-dated idea of respect, honesty, and politeness to my dealings with others, whether on-line or in person. I’m afraid I’m a dying breed.

By: Dez

Dez — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:06:41 +0000

Brent, it’s people like you who give me hope for the Internets…

By: thwaak

thwaak — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:00:24 +0000

I must admit that I missed the information that said the sneak peaks where not the entirety of the set(s) to come. I thought what we’ve seen so far is all there is to it.

Now knowing this, I take back my previous statements (here and elsewhere) of disappointment, and reserve judgement until I’ve seen everything.

My apologies.
-Brent

By: mike yoder

mike yoder — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:20:33 +0000

I might be alone in this, but I prefer the flexibility of stickers over the rigidity of printed parts, provided the stickers are printed on clear sticker sheets. With the printed piece, it must be integrated into the MOC during the design stage: you must know what printed elements you want to use, and find a way to work that piece into the MOC. With stickers, you can build the creation first, and then “decorate” it any way you wish, putting the stickers on any piece you wish, in any orientation you wish. Most of my printed parts end up getting the Brasso treatment, and I gotta tell you that removing printing is more difficult than cleaning up after a sticker.

I have stickered parts that are 4-5 years old now, and show very little signs of deterioration. All of my printed parts from my childhood are so beat up, I would never or rarely use then in a MOC. I fail to see the advantage, but YMMV.

I think this project is brilliant, fun, and an honor to the AFOL world in general and an honor to Admiral Giddens and the Grand Admiral in specific. I will but these sets happily.

By: Toradoch

Toradoch — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:22:28 +0000

Being familar with their work, these sets should more than please both in piece count, repetition and model ingenuity.

Perhaps for comparison we could see a side by side with Moderated’s created sets? It would be interesting to see how the design elements differ from… oh. Right. Nevermind.