Wheel of Time: An Empty Road

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-21T23:53:04+00:00

I know they tested it on Star Wars, but I think there was several themes they tried it on.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-21T16:09:01+00:00

The box sizes are primarily designed to sell the product. LEGO tried two sizes of boxes on the same sets back in 2010-ish. The smaller boxes were roughly 15-25% smaller and reportedly did not sell as well. After the marketing test LEGO went back to the larger original box sizes.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-21T01:58:06+00:00

Now I'm trying to envision a LEGO movie version of Westeros. The very happy and excited Emmett in the grim dark world of GRRM.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-10T15:40:55+00:00

I would highly recommend just giving the first episode of try rather than watching the trailer though. The trailer is filled with quite a few spoilers and personally I'm really glad that I saw the show without having seen the trailer first.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-10T04:55:47+00:00

"Erased" 12 episodes. (A great drama/suspense and has a great story. Hooked me quite well in the first episode.)

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-08T22:07:13+00:00

The only thing "illegal" means is that it is a techniqe that LEGO currently won't use in set designs. So technically by definition of they use it in a set than it isn't illegal. Currently a single sticker across multiple pieces is "illegal," though in the past that was very common in sets.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-08T22:03:47+00:00

The only thing "illegal" means is that it is a techniqe that LEGO currently doesn't use in set designs. Currently a single sticker across multiple pieces is "illegal," though in the past that was very common in sets. Illegal techniques are usually ones that stress/damage pieces, are not strong structurally, or they are deemed too complicated. There is a range of legality regarding complex techniques. Some techniques that are used in Creator expert sets would not be used in a regular City set, and obviously there are a lot that would never be used in 4+ sets.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-05T05:34:44+00:00

I've bought a set for one piece...

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-05T05:28:54+00:00

I saw one of these on BrickLink several years ago. I regret not buying it at the time. They aren't useful, but they are just so cool.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-09-03T06:04:09+00:00

Thom being Jain Farstrider

Lews Therin's madness was hearing Rand's voice from the future in his mind.

Mat's memories were from his previous lives.

In Crossroads of Twilight Mat is with Tuon the whole time but at the end of the book there is a meeting set up between Rand and Tuon (Semirhage.) When I got to the end of Crossroads of Twilight I never considered that the "Tuon" going to meet Rand was real. On the flip side my sister assumed that the Tuon meeting Rand was real and that the Tuon with Mat the whole time was an imposter. Neither one of us had considered the other possibility at all until we talk to each other. It was a long wait for the next book to figure out which of us was correct.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-08-18T22:30:11+00:00

Very nice, just missing the Pearl Silver and the Trans Green frogs.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-08-18T13:51:57+00:00

I experienced the slog only the very first time when I was waiting for books to be published. I don't think it exists on re-reads. And honestly I didn't feel like it would have existed in the original publication if New Spring had be released at a different time, but that came out after CoT and exasperated the slower part of the series.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-08-17T22:11:30+00:00

This is a more general one, but I have never gotten annoyed by a character in the books. I hear a number of people say that the don't like a POV or a plot line because such-n-such character is annoying. And I do not understand that. Everyone does stuff that I don't agree with, there are a number of characters who may be annoying to interact with in real life, but I am sitting and reading a book I'm not actually living with them. They can be as annoying as they want on page and it does not affect me personally.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-08-05T02:27:48+00:00

Black in is cheaper than colored ink and every single instruction page is a full color print. I certainly don't know, but I highly suspect that these were actually cheaper to produce.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-07-25T22:52:14+00:00

Dual for the Throne of Gondor Based off of early notes by JRR Tolkien, this plot line was later significantly changed.

After Merry and Pippin are captured by the Urik-hai Legolas and Gimli pursue the Hobbits, but Boromir and Aragorn go to Minas Tirith. Sauron has Mina Tirith besieged and the two men sneak in through the mountains. After Denethor is slain the people of Gondor choose Aragon as the Lord of Minis Tirith. Boromir is filled with jealousy and evil overcomes him. He sneaks off to Isengard and betrays the Fellowship in exchange for Saruman's aid to help him become the Lord of Minas Tirith. After the battle of Pelennor Fields and the defeat of Sauron, Aragon returns to Minas Tirith. As the moon rises Boromir returns and challenges Aragon for the throne. In the end Boromir is defeated and slain by Aragon.

--Summarized from "The Treason of Isengard" By: JRR Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien

Brick_Ninja · 2022-07-16T03:36:17+00:00

One page if C.S. Lewis wrote it.

Brick_Ninja · 2022-07-15T15:19:13+00:00

LEGO has several plants around the world, but they produce different themes. This is done so that the factory that does Star Wars (Denmark) is the only one that needs the molds for things like Darth Vader's helmet and c-3po's head, etc. So all of the Star Wars figures/set are produced in Denmark and distributed out to the rest of the world. I believe (though I'm not sure) That the Mexico plant does Super Heroes. Some themes are produced in multiple locations, like Creator (one of the reasons why you see a smaller selection of unique parts in Creator sets) but the IP themes with lots of unique molds are produced entirely at individual factories and then shipped out from there.

All of that to say the difference in printing is most likely just from a different machine, or a different setup and variance in the production rather than a regional thing.

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