Lego Con and more Advent Calendar Pictures
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acciobrickThe first ever lego Con has been announced, scheduled for 26 June, a 90 minute live event starting at 5PM in London, 12PM New York, and 9AM Los Angeles. You can participate by clicking the link at that point in time, more (sketchy) details on what to expect beneath the fold.
(dodgy official advert / promo for the Con that makes me wonder if I'm truly going to "love it" 😆 or if I'm remotely the target audience...)
There are also a couple of new Advent Calendar pictures, here the box art:
and beneath the fold, a potential spoiler of how the game contained might be played:
Lego Con... As it's the first ever, we don't really know what to expect as a whole, but for the Harry Potter fandom, we do know that at the least there's still a D2C (direct to customer) set in the pipeline and a polybag. (Some past polybags from the series, if you're unfamiliar with the term.) There's some thought the details could be announced during this event. Additionally recent fan interviews with lego designers have revealed that we should also be seeing a couple more of the gold 20th anniversary minifigs, obvious candidates are Draco and Professor Dumbledore, although we don't know for sure. If we stuck to the idea they're recreating the 2001 line of minifigs in "modern" and gold, then in addition to those two, we're missing Hagrid and Peeves. Hagrid is expensive to produce because of the unique colour moulds*, so he isn't deemed likely, and as Peeves never made it to the films... *shrug* Some fans consider it possible they might make a golden Professor McGonagall minifig instead. (It's a little more probable as the Voldemort minifig means we already have a golden skirt piece, which also makes seeing the Headmaster in robes more likely.)
* What are "unique colour moulds" and why are some minifigs more expensive to produce? The average minifig consists of at least ten parts, nine of which are (generally) distinct: two different legs, the hips, the torso, two different arms, two (of the same) hands, the head, and hair / some form of headwear. There may also be beards, physical representations of clothing or accessories (like wands and stands) adding to the count. Other lower body parts include skirts and short legs, which are single pieces.
So to create a minifig, first they need the mould that gives them pieces in a given shape, and then they have to print those pieces. Even if they use existing moulds, creating a piece in that mould in a new colour increases the costs involved in a minifigure's production. Each new / unique print then adds to that price again. When we look at the six golden minifigs released thus far, the arms on all of them are the same. (So there's a left arm, a right arm, and a hand mould needed for the figs, but those are the same for all six figs.) Hagrid's arms, however, require two new arm moulds in gold. Hagrid also needs a new torso and new hair / beard mould in gold, and of the remaining four pieces, his face would require a new printing as well.
By contrast, when you compare the figs below, the trio have the same bodies and only required a unique hair piece and a unique printing for the faces. This means, comparatively, Draco would be fairly inexpensive to produce, which increases his likelihood (all other things being equal, which of course they never are 😉).
And that concludes our little lesson in minifig-onomics...
Right, so back to lego Con. Here's the official press release:
LEGO® CON IS COMING!
Get ready for the first LEGO® CON | 26 June, 2021
Want to get closer to the LEGO world? We’re excited to let you in...
That’s why we’re hosting our first ever LEGO CON, the online experience for LEGO fans everywhere!
Join us for 90 minutes of live entertainment, world-first reveals, behind-the-scenes access and never-tried-before build attempts.
It’s something new. It’s something fresh. And it’s all online.
We’ll be going live from LEGO House (The Home of the Brick) in Billund, Denmark to bring you the latest news, world-first set reveals and some very special guests...
Plus, you’ll be able to VOTE, share your own builds throughout the show and connect with an awesome community who share your passion for the brick.
Livestream the event [...], for free...
Emphasis mine. And that's all we know so far, folks. When I learn more, I'll pass it along. ❤️😘
(dodgy official advert / promo for the Con that makes me wonder if I'm truly going to "love it" 😆 or if I'm remotely the target audience...)
There are also a couple of new Advent Calendar pictures, here the box art:
and beneath the fold, a potential spoiler of how the game contained might be played:
Lego Con... As it's the first ever, we don't really know what to expect as a whole, but for the Harry Potter fandom, we do know that at the least there's still a D2C (direct to customer) set in the pipeline and a polybag. (Some past polybags from the series, if you're unfamiliar with the term.) There's some thought the details could be announced during this event. Additionally recent fan interviews with lego designers have revealed that we should also be seeing a couple more of the gold 20th anniversary minifigs, obvious candidates are Draco and Professor Dumbledore, although we don't know for sure. If we stuck to the idea they're recreating the 2001 line of minifigs in "modern" and gold, then in addition to those two, we're missing Hagrid and Peeves. Hagrid is expensive to produce because of the unique colour moulds*, so he isn't deemed likely, and as Peeves never made it to the films... *shrug* Some fans consider it possible they might make a golden Professor McGonagall minifig instead. (It's a little more probable as the Voldemort minifig means we already have a golden skirt piece, which also makes seeing the Headmaster in robes more likely.)
* What are "unique colour moulds" and why are some minifigs more expensive to produce? The average minifig consists of at least ten parts, nine of which are (generally) distinct: two different legs, the hips, the torso, two different arms, two (of the same) hands, the head, and hair / some form of headwear. There may also be beards, physical representations of clothing or accessories (like wands and stands) adding to the count. Other lower body parts include skirts and short legs, which are single pieces.
So to create a minifig, first they need the mould that gives them pieces in a given shape, and then they have to print those pieces. Even if they use existing moulds, creating a piece in that mould in a new colour increases the costs involved in a minifigure's production. Each new / unique print then adds to that price again. When we look at the six golden minifigs released thus far, the arms on all of them are the same. (So there's a left arm, a right arm, and a hand mould needed for the figs, but those are the same for all six figs.) Hagrid's arms, however, require two new arm moulds in gold. Hagrid also needs a new torso and new hair / beard mould in gold, and of the remaining four pieces, his face would require a new printing as well.
By contrast, when you compare the figs below, the trio have the same bodies and only required a unique hair piece and a unique printing for the faces. This means, comparatively, Draco would be fairly inexpensive to produce, which increases his likelihood (all other things being equal, which of course they never are 😉).
And that concludes our little lesson in minifig-onomics...
Right, so back to lego Con. Here's the official press release:
LEGO® CON IS COMING!
Get ready for the first LEGO® CON | 26 June, 2021
Want to get closer to the LEGO world? We’re excited to let you in...
That’s why we’re hosting our first ever LEGO CON, the online experience for LEGO fans everywhere!
Join us for 90 minutes of live entertainment, world-first reveals, behind-the-scenes access and never-tried-before build attempts.
It’s something new. It’s something fresh. And it’s all online.
We’ll be going live from LEGO House (The Home of the Brick) in Billund, Denmark to bring you the latest news, world-first set reveals and some very special guests...
Plus, you’ll be able to VOTE, share your own builds throughout the show and connect with an awesome community who share your passion for the brick.
Livestream the event [...], for free...
Emphasis mine. And that's all we know so far, folks. When I learn more, I'll pass it along. ❤️😘
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Date: 2021-06-04 04:32 am (UTC)Thanks! 🥰🥰🥰
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Date: 2021-06-04 04:48 am (UTC)Oh wow!!!!! This is all fascinating. I loved your explanation regarding the Hagrid mini fig
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Date: 2021-08-04 12:32 pm (UTC)That gripe aside, the set *is* beautiful. See the most recent post here for pics. (Gorgeous, truly a thing of beauty. Were I made of money and my home a good deal larger... lol)