tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post5401974950723329500..comments2024-03-23T19:15:40.820+00:00Comments on Gimme Lego: Proper LEGOdrdavewatfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046583913458496903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-26328952743209424212011-03-24T20:43:20.421+00:002011-03-24T20:43:20.421+00:00I know this is an old thread but I've just rea...I know this is an old thread but I've just read a review of the 2010 passenger train at reevo, it was by a mother, she says: 'A nice train set, very small compared to how I thought it would be for that price, (child) likes playing with it, but It's always falling apart, not very well constructed or made, all the parts come apart, took me ages to assemble for him on Christmas day too.'Matthew Butlerhttp://www.brickset.com/profile/?LegoCoastGuardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-62538893738664020312010-12-02T14:52:03.256+00:002010-12-02T14:52:03.256+00:00Honorary POOP indeed - what a cracking acronym !Honorary POOP indeed - what a cracking acronym !drdavewatfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046583913458496903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-74828053233499204372010-12-02T09:04:12.653+00:002010-12-02T09:04:12.653+00:00The AFOL jargon for unnecessary large elements, th...The AFOL jargon for unnecessary large elements, that could be replaced with more smaller elements, is POOP - Piecies Out of Other Pieces - which says it all really :-)<br /><br />Technically, the big wings & the recent nose & tail cones aren't POOP, as you can't exactly replicate them from other bricks, but I think they count as honourary POOP.BlueMuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14764251264960267346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-28530829785582719292010-11-09T16:01:51.846+00:002010-11-09T16:01:51.846+00:00Large pieces are generally not fun and have less u...Large pieces are generally not fun and have less use than a series of smaller pieces. It's like proportionately reducing the possibilities the fewer pieces there are.<br /><br />I agree that most of the fun was in building, though playing was plenty fun too.HardtravelingHerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934695675331373414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-29040731713780634682010-09-07T14:36:59.875+01:002010-09-07T14:36:59.875+01:00I, for one, hate these pieces. I have always loved...I, for one, hate these pieces. I have always loved Lego aircraft, yet I feel like the last two large planes have had many pieces that are unfit for lego and are more of a fisher price feel...yes fisher price...big bulky plastic pieces. The wings are not the only problem, I'm talking about the nose/cockpits and the tails. Lego did make up for it in the new commuter jet, where the wings are built and the pieces are less bulky. I recommend that plane, but not that huge city planes with the uni wing. Awful. I wish we could petition such pieces, not just for the want of other pieces and smaller ones, but so that builders could enjoy the build again. <br /><br />I also do agree that Lego has gotten better over the last few years. For a while it was atrocious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-82973811356765764642010-09-07T04:52:43.415+01:002010-09-07T04:52:43.415+01:00That is something that has bugged me for a while t...That is something that has bugged me for a while too. I've made peace with it under the assumption that the bigger pieces cost less to make than multiple small pieces. So in the interest of keeping lego set costs down I grudgingly accept it. I still think of it as cheating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-49725590273135376652010-09-06T04:23:45.007+01:002010-09-06T04:23:45.007+01:00I don't know, playing surely was fun, but buil...I don't know, playing surely was fun, but building was the main thing for me. And I never understood these huge pieces, I always felt "cheated", as if they didn't want me to have more proper Lego.ikarushttp://www.rolug.ronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-15351338183500105792010-09-06T01:12:20.402+01:002010-09-06T01:12:20.402+01:00I think that in the time of the UFO subtheme it us...I think that in the time of the <a href="http://www.brickset.com/browse/themes/?theme=Space&subtheme=UFO" rel="nofollow">UFO subtheme</a> it used to be a lot worse, and that was one of the reasons LEGO wasn't doing to well at the time. Since then they have cleaned up their act with things like the <a href="http://www.brickset.com/browse/themes/?theme=Creator" rel="nofollow">Creator</a> line, and overall most of their sets have improved a lot.<br /><br />I agree that too many of the 'play' sets still exhibit this problem, but it's not as bad as it used to be.Branko Dijkstranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-795049240604897581.post-41199398749953197922010-09-05T20:07:44.914+01:002010-09-05T20:07:44.914+01:00I had the exact same thought when I opened up this...I had the exact same thought when I opened up this set. I could almost forgive it if it worked really well, but the finished set will fall apart if you breathe on it, so playing with it becomes frustrating too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08449161262095405953noreply@blogger.com