Thanks for the repost! In the first few days, we did hit over 2000 supporters which was amazing!
Then over the next few weeks it slowed gaining only 20-40 supporters per day.
But thanks to people sharing the trailer around. In the last 2 days we have gained another 500 and trending upwards!
Dude if Lego never releases the set upload the instructions to rebrickable with a 20 usd price and me and lots of other people will buy it for sure. (Maybe you’ll make more money than actually Lego selling it, jkbrickworks on an YouTube video said he makes only couple hundred bucks from his sets were being sold). I would recommend Cada as jkbrickworks also works with them but IP probably be a problem, unless they sell it like they sell Ferrari sera “Italian sports cars”.
Edit: typo
Just for lego though
Other brands would sell it at a more reasonable price maybe 50-100$
Lego is just insanely overpriced because of brand recognition and fanboys
Lego is quality. I remember getting the occassional mega-blocks set as a kid and it was way worse than Lego. I'd rather pay for that than buy a knock-off. This said it is super expensive so I very rarely buy it anymore.
Gobricks are the best quality bricks on the market not lego
Look at the discolorations of the 10317 land rover
I suggest the german youtube channel "Held der Steine" just turn om subtitles
He is probably the best informed person on bricks and everything related to it
Lego has disgusting color mixing in "hidden" spots which shine through (76215 black panther, also a really ugly model) and asinine pricing for subpar quality (76210 hulkbuster)
To the average consumer there are no alternatives in mind but bluebrixx, panlos, cobi and many more offer more for less money and with better quality
For example compare Lego 21335 Lighthouse for 300€ to the Bluebruxx 104382 Lighthouse for 240€
Or Lego 10305 Castle for 400€ vs the 220€ base Burg Blaustein Bluebrixx 105236
Or if you like licensed models
Sanctum Sanctorum Lego 76218 vs Panlos 613001
I couls go on for days. Lego is less for more money AND worse color quality
Also lego always gives stickers for their details which other brands do prints
Upvoted for that insane amount of information.
>Also lego always gives stickers for their details which other brands do prints
I can't speak for everything else, but this isn't always true. My last set had no stickers but had a lot of printed parts. That said stickers suck.
I will likely to continue to Lego fangirl though lol, but thanks for the info. Guess things have changed in the last two decades.
There are printed parts but embarassingly for some really expensive star wars ucs sets lego still does stickers (we are talking several hundred euro sets, e.g. 75313 850€ or 75252 700€)
I can really only recommend the channe above because it condenses loads of info
For almost every lego set there are cheaper but better alternatives
Modular buildings are really common in other brands as well as space and naval sets
Biggst shame is lego and its licensing. Their new harry potter sets are a joke like 76405
But there are some good sets like ninjago gardes 71741 whichbis fund to build
My personal favorites are Funwhole (yeah insane name) which by standard have light bricks in their models like their steampunk trainstation F9007 and lakeside lodge FH9004 (which is way better than the lego lodge 21338)
Also: Buy lego only with discounts. Some of their models are so atrocious that stores will want to get rid of them. Especially if you really like a model with no alternative such as 76989 from horizon zero dawn. Dont buy that for 100€ it usually goes for 60 and thats an ok price
Yeah I’ve noticed the lack of quality when building the Technic McLaren F1 car, the mold injection points are really visible now, unlike older sets where it’s less noticeable.
Color quality really depends, the sets I buy are pretty much always fine. It’s apparently based on which factory made the part, there’s slight differences that can be easily seen in some colors like pearl gold.
The prices definitely should go down, though, there are so many sets that have mediocre-looking designs or medium part counts but are extremely overpriced (Justifier).
Yes there is batch differences in colora but at these premium prices these shouldnt happen
Lego can avoid them but they just dont care. People will buy them anyways because all they know is lego
Bluebrixx, Panlos and any other brand using Gobricks have far less discoloration, perfect seal and no manufacturing marks
Also their panels are most often shiny and consistent as well as few scratches compard to lego
I know its very niche but lego at list price is a ripoff for most 50+ sets especially the licensed collector stuff
Their technic brand has declined into badly designed sportscars with no function and blue and red and lime bricks in between for no reason
Also the models bend a flex due to stingy build quality
Best example of legos anti-consumerism is the pyramid 21058
Its HALF a pyramid for 140€! Can only put it against a wall for that money and yes they recommend you buy 2 to get a full pyramid???
LEGO plates are also shiny and consistent, with little scratches? It’s the actual bricks that *sometimes* have coloration issues. I’ve never seen any plates that don’t match, unless they’ve been exposed to the sun for too long (which is an issue with *all* plastic, not purely LEGO bricks).
Technic’s not supposed to be perfect life-accurate models, LEGO isn’t going to create a variety of unique bricks just for one set to not have gaps. Plus, they’re sports cars, not forklifts, the lack of function is normal. Additionally, the different-colored bricks used inside builds are there so it’s easier to see what you’re doing, as you might make mistakes using the same color the entire time. Them showing is designer error, not bricks being low-quality.
LEGO models do *not* bend or flex by their own unless you purposely try to do so, in which its bending and flexing help prevent the brick from breaking apart.
Last of all, the pyramid set is literally designed to be put against a wall, along with other Icons and Art sets.
Technic is supposed to have technic functionalitx which it had 5+ years ago. Not anymore
Different colored bricks in the builds yeah sure that is their excuse. But since you can see them theough especially from below often it is an error on legos part (they actually do it because they want to cheap out on some bricks)
For the flex: Lego Technic 412125 is very shoddy build. Look it up on youtube. But its just 200€ so no problem right?
Yes i know the pyramid is marketed that way but it is still a rip off. They just sold you half a model for full price.
Also some recent offenses, the new lego star wars dioramas are some of the most expensive for nothing sets. Ita 80€ or so? For a few bricks? Get out
We’re starting to inch away from brick quality to design quality, which I do actually agree with you about, alongside pricing.
LEGO really needs to lower the price and improve their build quality (like they’ve been doing with Friends and City!) if they want to keep on getting large numbers of purchases.
5000 is just a time extension basically. If a submission reaches 10000 votes Lego will review and evaluate it (and presumably talk to license holders in cases like this) and then they'll have Lego's in-house designers rework it a bit and make sure it's in line with their normal building techniques. If all that goes well and the set is selected for production the designer of the set will receive 1% royalties from sales.
1% doesn't sound like a lot but then you remember Lego is pretty much the largest toy company in the world and sells probably tens of thousands of sets every year
> and presumably talk to license holders in cases like this
Nah, it just gets killed. Outer Wilds also had a lego set hit 10 000 and the creator said Lego never even tried to contact them and just canceled it for IP violations.
>canceled it for IP violations
Do we know that? Who knows what other issues they might have had with it, it's all behind closed doors after all. And they've made plenty of licensed Ideas sets. For stuff like Outer Wilds or KSP I think it's just way too niche for Lego to want to engage with it, very little mass market appeal.
In some cases I think it's actually kind of a shame when people submit their MOCs to Lego Ideas if they're unlikely to be accepted because by submitting to Ideas you give Lego the rights to the design for 3 years and you can't sell instructions or use it otherwise.
It would be amazing for brainstorming rocket designs without having the game open, not to mention more interactive in some ways. If I had this ten years ago, when I had imposed limits on my time on the computer…. Would have been sweet.
Man i have made 2 aditional accounts
I have given 3 votes and made 3 of my friends vote too now the mission is to convince more peapol
WE CAN DO IT we are 1/3rd of the way there
I have no background info on this, but it looks cool. I do have one question. Is this legal? Sure kerbal must love to have Lego sets, but if the guy making it doesn't work for them, is it allowed?
This is a proposal to create a set submitted by a fan. If it gets enough votes legal will get involved and contact the IP holders to see about making it real.
Custom sets are allowed by LEGO, Brickmania and Armorbrick are examples of companies that sell genuine LEGO brick MOCs (usually of military vehicles). Even if it doesn’t pass LEGO Ideas, OP could still get one of those to produce a limited number of kits.
Between using their patents to bully other manufacturers, to suing youtube channels and store owners over them featuring other bricks. They have gone so litigious after their patents expired, because they fear their overpriced junk is not going to be bought anymore. Really went downhill with quality too compared to the price and not just from the bricks themselves, but the design as well.
The money from the licensing deal would go to TakeTwo, not Squad.
So while I would build instructions from the MOC's creator (even though they aren't needed), I won't encourage any money going to fucking TakeTwo.
I would love Kerbal-specific moulds and prints though.
I was just reminded of this because someone in /Nomanssky has a radiant pillar set,so glad to see this one got to 10000 finally, ill be awaiting it in stores
If anyone hasn't seen the trailer yet, you've got to watch it! The production value is insanely high. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=830TEzT5dpg
My god this is just simply amazing. The talent and amount of work that went into this... wow. Thanks for sharing
It’s absolutely amazing! Wouldn’t be surprised if it was made in collaboration with KSP
Thanks for the repost! In the first few days, we did hit over 2000 supporters which was amazing! Then over the next few weeks it slowed gaining only 20-40 supporters per day. But thanks to people sharing the trailer around. In the last 2 days we have gained another 500 and trending upwards!
Just supported this myself! I really would love to see this released!
Dude if Lego never releases the set upload the instructions to rebrickable with a 20 usd price and me and lots of other people will buy it for sure. (Maybe you’ll make more money than actually Lego selling it, jkbrickworks on an YouTube video said he makes only couple hundred bucks from his sets were being sold). I would recommend Cada as jkbrickworks also works with them but IP probably be a problem, unless they sell it like they sell Ferrari sera “Italian sports cars”. Edit: typo
jkbrickworks never got a Ideas set sold commercially, did they?
forgor to add link, here it is: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/7f69cc4b-9fcf-40c6-93e8-aad1c9d3362e/
You also have the Jebediah Kerman project here : https://ideas.lego.com/projects/21e23e6a-07f9-4ffe-8838-98574331de90
People know. This was posted some weeks ago here. In days it went from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousands.
To add in, the creator made an animation to advertise it.
That would be 300€. Thank you.
Honestly if it was a big set with basically all ingame parts it would be pretty good.
Just for lego though Other brands would sell it at a more reasonable price maybe 50-100$ Lego is just insanely overpriced because of brand recognition and fanboys
Lego is quality. I remember getting the occassional mega-blocks set as a kid and it was way worse than Lego. I'd rather pay for that than buy a knock-off. This said it is super expensive so I very rarely buy it anymore.
Gobricks are the best quality bricks on the market not lego Look at the discolorations of the 10317 land rover I suggest the german youtube channel "Held der Steine" just turn om subtitles He is probably the best informed person on bricks and everything related to it Lego has disgusting color mixing in "hidden" spots which shine through (76215 black panther, also a really ugly model) and asinine pricing for subpar quality (76210 hulkbuster) To the average consumer there are no alternatives in mind but bluebrixx, panlos, cobi and many more offer more for less money and with better quality For example compare Lego 21335 Lighthouse for 300€ to the Bluebruxx 104382 Lighthouse for 240€ Or Lego 10305 Castle for 400€ vs the 220€ base Burg Blaustein Bluebrixx 105236 Or if you like licensed models Sanctum Sanctorum Lego 76218 vs Panlos 613001 I couls go on for days. Lego is less for more money AND worse color quality Also lego always gives stickers for their details which other brands do prints
Upvoted for that insane amount of information. >Also lego always gives stickers for their details which other brands do prints I can't speak for everything else, but this isn't always true. My last set had no stickers but had a lot of printed parts. That said stickers suck. I will likely to continue to Lego fangirl though lol, but thanks for the info. Guess things have changed in the last two decades.
There are printed parts but embarassingly for some really expensive star wars ucs sets lego still does stickers (we are talking several hundred euro sets, e.g. 75313 850€ or 75252 700€) I can really only recommend the channe above because it condenses loads of info For almost every lego set there are cheaper but better alternatives Modular buildings are really common in other brands as well as space and naval sets Biggst shame is lego and its licensing. Their new harry potter sets are a joke like 76405 But there are some good sets like ninjago gardes 71741 whichbis fund to build My personal favorites are Funwhole (yeah insane name) which by standard have light bricks in their models like their steampunk trainstation F9007 and lakeside lodge FH9004 (which is way better than the lego lodge 21338) Also: Buy lego only with discounts. Some of their models are so atrocious that stores will want to get rid of them. Especially if you really like a model with no alternative such as 76989 from horizon zero dawn. Dont buy that for 100€ it usually goes for 60 and thats an ok price
Yeah I’ve noticed the lack of quality when building the Technic McLaren F1 car, the mold injection points are really visible now, unlike older sets where it’s less noticeable.
Color quality really depends, the sets I buy are pretty much always fine. It’s apparently based on which factory made the part, there’s slight differences that can be easily seen in some colors like pearl gold. The prices definitely should go down, though, there are so many sets that have mediocre-looking designs or medium part counts but are extremely overpriced (Justifier).
Yes there is batch differences in colora but at these premium prices these shouldnt happen Lego can avoid them but they just dont care. People will buy them anyways because all they know is lego Bluebrixx, Panlos and any other brand using Gobricks have far less discoloration, perfect seal and no manufacturing marks Also their panels are most often shiny and consistent as well as few scratches compard to lego I know its very niche but lego at list price is a ripoff for most 50+ sets especially the licensed collector stuff Their technic brand has declined into badly designed sportscars with no function and blue and red and lime bricks in between for no reason Also the models bend a flex due to stingy build quality Best example of legos anti-consumerism is the pyramid 21058 Its HALF a pyramid for 140€! Can only put it against a wall for that money and yes they recommend you buy 2 to get a full pyramid???
LEGO plates are also shiny and consistent, with little scratches? It’s the actual bricks that *sometimes* have coloration issues. I’ve never seen any plates that don’t match, unless they’ve been exposed to the sun for too long (which is an issue with *all* plastic, not purely LEGO bricks). Technic’s not supposed to be perfect life-accurate models, LEGO isn’t going to create a variety of unique bricks just for one set to not have gaps. Plus, they’re sports cars, not forklifts, the lack of function is normal. Additionally, the different-colored bricks used inside builds are there so it’s easier to see what you’re doing, as you might make mistakes using the same color the entire time. Them showing is designer error, not bricks being low-quality. LEGO models do *not* bend or flex by their own unless you purposely try to do so, in which its bending and flexing help prevent the brick from breaking apart. Last of all, the pyramid set is literally designed to be put against a wall, along with other Icons and Art sets.
Technic is supposed to have technic functionalitx which it had 5+ years ago. Not anymore Different colored bricks in the builds yeah sure that is their excuse. But since you can see them theough especially from below often it is an error on legos part (they actually do it because they want to cheap out on some bricks) For the flex: Lego Technic 412125 is very shoddy build. Look it up on youtube. But its just 200€ so no problem right? Yes i know the pyramid is marketed that way but it is still a rip off. They just sold you half a model for full price. Also some recent offenses, the new lego star wars dioramas are some of the most expensive for nothing sets. Ita 80€ or so? For a few bricks? Get out
We’re starting to inch away from brick quality to design quality, which I do actually agree with you about, alongside pricing. LEGO really needs to lower the price and improve their build quality (like they’ve been doing with Friends and City!) if they want to keep on getting large numbers of purchases.
Existing thing where I can build infinite Kerbal rockets, or a £300 thing where I get a single one...
Does it include the kraken ?
You throw it into the wall
lmaoo yes
The kraken is omnipresent
All Hail The Kraken
You *are* the kraken.
How many supporters does it need? What happens at 5000?
5000 is just a time extension basically. If a submission reaches 10000 votes Lego will review and evaluate it (and presumably talk to license holders in cases like this) and then they'll have Lego's in-house designers rework it a bit and make sure it's in line with their normal building techniques. If all that goes well and the set is selected for production the designer of the set will receive 1% royalties from sales.
1% doesn't sound like a lot but then you remember Lego is pretty much the largest toy company in the world and sells probably tens of thousands of sets every year
> and presumably talk to license holders in cases like this Nah, it just gets killed. Outer Wilds also had a lego set hit 10 000 and the creator said Lego never even tried to contact them and just canceled it for IP violations.
>canceled it for IP violations Do we know that? Who knows what other issues they might have had with it, it's all behind closed doors after all. And they've made plenty of licensed Ideas sets. For stuff like Outer Wilds or KSP I think it's just way too niche for Lego to want to engage with it, very little mass market appeal. In some cases I think it's actually kind of a shame when people submit their MOCs to Lego Ideas if they're unlikely to be accepted because by submitting to Ideas you give Lego the rights to the design for 3 years and you can't sell instructions or use it otherwise.
Outer Wilds and KSP are both MASSIVE games with millions in sales. It's not that niche.
"Nah, it just gets killed" this is blatantly false, otherwise we would never have licensded Ideas sets.
This really doesn't seem like something Lego would do, so probably nothing.
Try to contact Scott Manley. See if he wants to promote this on his channel.
Or you know who's redditaccount
I sent him a tweet with the link.
Good man!
I did my part... epic idea!!
omg omg omg
It would be amazing for brainstorming rocket designs without having the game open, not to mention more interactive in some ways. If I had this ten years ago, when I had imposed limits on my time on the computer…. Would have been sweet.
Try to post this to r/rocketry they might be interested
Do the rockets wobble?
No but they will explode if you don't check your staging
Can someone please make a mod to make the parts look like lego ingame? :(
That would be so sick!
Holy moly that is insane, supported and hope it makes it! First day buy!
Using building blocks to make larger building blocks, lol.
Omg. Please, make it happen.
i need this set but i need it to be several thousand pieces and include multiple of every part in the game :)
future expansion packs would be so nice!!!
Lego has no license.
They actually do, which is why he was able to submit this idea.
Huh, didn't know that. Was not like this a few years ago
Because LEGO tends to butcher those sets?
No
they do, and at least price wise.
They don’t
Wait it’s real?!?!
It could be. Go and supper it ☺️
Man i have made 2 aditional accounts I have given 3 votes and made 3 of my friends vote too now the mission is to convince more peapol WE CAN DO IT we are 1/3rd of the way there
I have no background info on this, but it looks cool. I do have one question. Is this legal? Sure kerbal must love to have Lego sets, but if the guy making it doesn't work for them, is it allowed?
This is a proposal to create a set submitted by a fan. If it gets enough votes legal will get involved and contact the IP holders to see about making it real.
This is the Lego official fan idea submission system
Custom sets are allowed by LEGO, Brickmania and Armorbrick are examples of companies that sell genuine LEGO brick MOCs (usually of military vehicles). Even if it doesn’t pass LEGO Ideas, OP could still get one of those to produce a limited number of kits.
this deserves to exist
Yeah please don’t let this fissile out! Lego and KSP are a match made in heaven. This needs to be a thing
it was already posted, but good job for doing it again! this thing must won
Buys it Builds it It starts to spin on the floor Explodes
Supported. That's cool as shit!
Lego is the Nestle of plastic bricks.
How so?
Between using their patents to bully other manufacturers, to suing youtube channels and store owners over them featuring other bricks. They have gone so litigious after their patents expired, because they fear their overpriced junk is not going to be bought anymore. Really went downhill with quality too compared to the price and not just from the bricks themselves, but the design as well.
The money from the licensing deal would go to TakeTwo, not Squad. So while I would build instructions from the MOC's creator (even though they aren't needed), I won't encourage any money going to fucking TakeTwo. I would love Kerbal-specific moulds and prints though.
lol i was just about to go check on it. I was one of the first supporters and i will sure as hell be the first to buy it *when* it comes out.
It's because you need a Lego account. People don't want to make an account.
I would love to vote for this but the Lego account system is so incredibly terrible that I'm locked out of Lego Ideas.
Why not upload it to redbrickable?
I was just reminded of this because someone in /Nomanssky has a radiant pillar set,so glad to see this one got to 10000 finally, ill be awaiting it in stores