The problem with BrickLink Designer Program
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Five more finalists have joined the long list of LEGO BrickLink Designer Program sets, painting a picture that is becoming distinctly medieval.
Series 4’s selection of upcoming sets in the LEGO BrickLink Designer Program has been revealed, rounding out the lengthy list of every set in the program’s series so far. That is until Series 5, 6 and 7 have their sets picked out.
Every series of the BrickLink Designer Program (in its latest iteration) has now featured at least one Castle-adjacent build (with the exception of Series 2), and Series 4 includes two: Bricks_fan_uy’s Medieval Seaside Market and SleeplessNight’s Siege Encampment. (Hanwas’s The Riverside Scholars is also tangentially Castle-related, or at least fantasy-inspired.) That hasn’t escaped the notice of those with their finger on the pulse - at BrickLink or in the community. 
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Castles are fine but we really don't need every single one to be a Display-first moc-level set that costs as much as half a wave of regular castle sets would
One might say there hasn't been a regular line of castle for a decade and it might be skewing the perceptions of would be buyers.
@@Rocketboy1313 It could still happen, I mean space is back, like really back, we are even getting a space themed series 26. Also this kind of proves to Lego how badly we want a castle wave.
It just seems to me like this is the overflow of demand for a more regular medieval/castle theme.
Even if you only like classic space, you’ve still consistently seen a space oriented theme be available from Lego over the years, including more modern additions of recent space technology.
There isn’t a theme that meets some of the general demand for castle stuff.
I think we could see a decrease in this saturation if we had a more regular castle theme, instead of the bi-annual, icons/ideas set release.
Agreed. There is a growing demand for Castle and Kingdom theme sets that Lego isn't quite rising up to the task to meet, and the results of the latest rounds of the Bricklink Designer Program is evidence of that.
@@arcturionblade1077Perhaps the DnD line might be planned to expand into general fantasy. DnD is the baseline for a lot of fantasy, and I wouldn’t be surprised if we saw LEGO character designs getting rolled into the DnD aesthetic, and it functioning as a castle/medieval/fantasy theme.
I like a castle theme the more general it is. LEGO should be able to touch on all sorts of elements of fantasy. On the other hand, I think LEGO would like to put their own spin on stuff.
Overall, it is weird to see the lack of a medieval theme. I don’t know, maybe LEGO has a limited number of “fantasy” themes that they want on shelves.
On the other hand, the theme was cancelled for a reason. There is huge demand from a (relatively) very small niche.
@@FabuBrik It was canceled because Castle 2013 was released at the same time a Lord of the Rings, and then that was canceled after the last Hobbit movie was out. Leg is most likely under the false pretense that Castle, or, in general, their original themes, don't sell.
Yes, of course. But if you under-supply a nostalgia market you can charge so much more.
I don’t like how Lego used this Designer program to have designers create more castle sets when Lego has the ability to make these sets themselves knowing how there’s a community base that loves Castle theme.
I want a proper CASTLE Theme, with not just Castles, but also bring back medium and small sets including again making bridges, houses, shops, towers, workshops, walls, siege engines, army-building packs, etc.
My dream would be a CASTLE Theme with a re-launched and fleshed out Fright Knights vs the "Pink Knights" (aka Crown Knights such as 71034-11 Knight of the Yellow Castle). I want high fantasy with Pink, Yellow, and Rainbows with Unicorns, Fairies, Elves, Knights in Shining Armor, and Wizards vs Vampires, Werewolves, Dragons, Warlocks, and Goblins, etc.
I'd also love fleshed out/proper launch for the factions from early Castle (like the Trefoils, Green Chevrons, and the Maltese Cross from the Yellow Castle), or relaunch/fill out the Wolfpack or Dark Forestmen, etc.
yeah I started to buy pieces for a yellow castle and was going to have it a little bit like that. with a rainbow draw bridge onto a white rock formation like a cloud. now I am a little more inspired to make a bat knight tower... but they are going to be fruit bats... yes vegetarians.... scary but harmless. haha
@@jacobelmslie3862 Fruit bats vs. vampire bats, eh? Brilliant!
I think so, the scariest faction could be the friendliest! They just look scary to keep the threats away.... the vikings also do not covet gold... they are trying to steal the sweet treats from the royal flour mill bakery. They are tired of fish, and have a sweet tooth.
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Hope there will be Pirate/Imperial Guard fans! Need those forts, outposts, ships!
I think that LEGO just saw how fast the Castle in the first series went away and they thought that Castle fans are willing to pay extra for these sets (low cost to produce -> high price -> high profit). I would much rather have these sets as normal lego ideas sets though> I am not loving the price (I got one of the castles in series one, but can't justify getting more than one like I usually do with the other releases that Lego has themselves. I really hope they won't relegate castle sets behind these huge paywalls and limited editions (without new pieces / prints / factions). I do hope they realize that people like these castles and just make all the other factions in normal ideas / 18+ sets and also a fun "new" castle city wave like they did with space.
Brick Fanatics, your takes and insights are getting to be spot on and focused on topics that LEGO does need to address, vs some channels that make entire videos on nitpicks of little consequence. Keep it up!
As a castle fan (I've got Lion Knight's Castle, Rivendell and specifically BDP Castle in the Forest and 2x Mountain Fortress), my perspective is that we were absolutely STARVED for real castle sets. Nexo Knights, while great for kids, was such a scourge for AFOLs! That's why we all threw all the money at the aforementioned sets, but, you are right, we've been satiated with large castles!
It's time for some $20-100 sets full of thoughtful design and character to flesh out the world.
This is such a great LEGO channel. You always talk about interesting relevant subjects in each of your videos. You don't farm negative content either, anytime it is "negative" content (like this vid) it's completely called for and is worth talking about.
I think 1-3 were doing fine, but series 4 was just overkill. There were so many awesome sets, even if they wanted to do buildings, there were plenty that gave us a different feel than castles. And the siege was a big miss, as it's another high piece count set, but yet again, castle based
AFOL They pay, they don't care about the money at all, they are just afraid that they will not get one of the thirty thousand copies. All Lego needs is 30,000 people who don't care about money. This is the simple story
Maybe the DESIGNER program needs to have multiple teirs based on size or weight or maybe price.
The program in it's current iteration has had four crowd votes but not delivered a single set yet. So those people who at the first round were clamoring for castles, trains and western sets, are still clamoring for them when round two is voting, when round three is voting and when round four is voting. Is it any surprise the same themes are being voted for in those rounds when people still don't have the sets in hand to satisfy the craving that drove round one results? I'm positive this will play out in the round 2 vs round 4 western train battle. My guess is the sales of the round two train will be much lower than they would have been now the (arguably) better round four version in on the table.
I agree with you. I'd like to see more variety. And certainly, like is happening in wave 4, not multiple of a single 'theme' within a wave. Having 'a' castle set in there is fine, but having multiple, imo, is not.
Castle, Trains, Space are all perennial themes/subthemes and remain popular so why not give people what they want.
Coz the last time they made a proper castle theme flopped badly
@@hanzocloud Because it sucked. If they expanded on popular historical factions like Black Falcon etc it would have been different. It's because they brought in fantasy and other crap to the castle theme, contrary to eg The Medieval Blacksmith that just retired and which was a best seller.
As someone who has submitted designs to every BDP series thus far, it's disheartening to spend so much time on something for it to be selected over "yet another light grey castle". I love castle stuff myself but some variety wouldn't go astray. I think you're correct though, there is a huge difference between voting on something on ideas or BDP and actually opening up your wallet to purchase something via crowdfunding.
I completely agree, I was hoping for some of those more unique buildings, things that LEGO would never consider. I am one of those who do not want 10 castles. I have 2 and that is enough for me (well, and 2 Disney castles). I want more sets like the Science Observatory and the Winter Chalet. I love the chocolate factory in series 2. I was hoping for more like those two sets.
We went without castles and pirates for years, it unreasonable to expect people desire castles. The market speaks volumes.
Very informative vid. Thanks. The castle wave is still building. I’m hoping for smaller sub sets. I’m guessing different factions will see more sets in the future.🌊
In your video, you are speaking to one of my primary concerns. I was inspired by the recent castle sets (Lion Knight's Castle and Medieval Town Square), and I have been working hard to prepare two smaller castle themed sets for the next BDP Program (May 2024). Even before the winners of Series 4 were announced, I had an inkling that castle fatigue was setting in, and I realized that if I don't make the next submission period, castle would reach market saturation. Hopefully, I am not too late. Both my sets are around ~1,500 pieces and neither have the light-bluish gray castle walls, so I am hoping for the best!
I love Lego castle, but let's expand that for some forestman themes, space, city, or whatever. The ones I preferred lately has been city stuff like the Retro Bowling Alley, 1950's diner, and the Snack Shack. Series 2 maybe the Ominous Isle. Series 3 probably Camping Adventure. and Series 4 I will probably pass on. All are great and would love to have them, but too pricey or at least spread the love for other genre's.
The bricklink designer program has a similar issue to lego ideas in terms of always having castle ideas/submissions. I got 3 of the bricklink design program sets pursuit of flight, kakapo, and winter chalet the last 2 are some of my favourite sets of all time, the Chalet was the most expensive one. I now sort off lack space more more lego and none of the sets in the series interest me. Getting back to castle and pirate inspired, I would love to see a wave of these sets, the last regular castle theme was in 2014, they then tried nexo knights, the last pirate theme was some time ago however lego can only do a limited number of themes, which are Duplo, Disney (both star wars and princesses), Friends, city, icons (in all its forms), harry potter, technic and speed champions with a few others and sadly I can only see castle and pirates to be included in icons as massive sets as I can't see lego ditch any of those themes because they sell too well
I think this is a current paradigm, it will likely remain for a few more years and then something wildly different will slide in and break the paradigm.
A wildly different style of castle will likely be the first signs of it cracking.
Also, there's a big wait between hearing about a castle build being selected and actually getting said castle build. So the first castles haven't been received yet and series 4 is being picked.
I just feel like the BrickLink designer program has the same few things that keep popping up over & over again. None of which fall into my interests with Lego, Space, Dinosaurs, Spider-Man, & Ninjago. I was so disappointed when the Exoplanet Explorer got rejected for series 2 & the mini golf course for series 1. Thankfully, stuff like Rebrickable & the MOC Pop up shop exist as a means for me to get these non castle set ideas I like. I just wish the BrickLink designer program had more variety like Space sets for example. I love the fact that there’s so many different themes dedicated to space this year with City, the CMF, Technic, Friends, etc.
There are never enough castles. Provided they don't all look alike .
Ya ehat a huge oversimplification to say these look the same, castles are castles, maybe they look the same if your not interested in which case people should support non castle projects
This man gets it.
I 100% agree that Lego should be taking advantage of this program as an incubator for new ideas, not just rehashing what is known to already work. I see so many interesting things in both programs that don't necessarily fit into what Lego has traditionally done. But maybe allow those quirky niches to find an audience. What particularly comes to mind are many of the amazing builds being done by women that could be described as "traditionally feminine" in nature. The Lego botanical have drawn a lot of people into the Lego AFOL fold that had been overlooked for many years by Lego Group. Yes, there are women who build trains, and castles, and space themes. But the for instance the Designer program mushroom house that is about to go into pre-sale is creating huge excitement in the female afol arena. If it sells out quickly (as I expect it will) maybe Lego could use that as a jumping off point for a miniature woodland sprite theme series. The program could also be used as a test for interest in interesting abstract "art for art's sake" sculpture.
1 - Your articles are brilliant 2 - Yes, why on Earth having LEGO received so many signs that dedicated Castle, Pirates, Trains themed sets are wanted, they still prefer to launch them occasionally under Ideas, Creator or Icons? It beats me out. Is it fear of what? They could suspend the themes after each two or three years to reflourish demand. Maybe the theory that they will not do dedicated themes for adults as there is an idea that kids don't like Castle, Pirates, and Trains? I dont't know, but it is frustrating! Why not making affordable nice priced sets for adults? They should know either way, adults do buy sets aimed to children. Like City sets. I know I do. My favorite theme. PS - Maybe its not fear, its Greed.
The Lego castle community is not a small niche though as you portray it to be at 8:58. It's one of the top Lego themes started way back as early as the eighties, it's a huge community within the Lego community. I do understand that if you're not into the castle theme, then it might be disapointing to see so many castle stuff in the Designer program.
Lego themselves first pick among the Lego Ideas (10K+ votes), then the BrickLink Designer program gets the "scraps". Lego can decide to be balanced all it wants on their initial production decisions. I don't mind the popularity contest of the Designer program at all at the BrickLink Designer program. While I do wish there were more fans of Modular houses, at least Lego produces one of these per year keeping the sets consistently styled and within the same time period - I can live with that. I can certainly tolerate the trains and castles rising to the top. I do think that better designers are likely to get repeat votes. I do wish everyone to continue to participate regardless. Its a shame I can't seem to see what I voted for in the first place after the winners are selected. I haven't read the TOS on the Lego Ideas submissions but I don't recall seeing their IP lines like Star Wars show up. So there seems to be filters already applied as layers on top of the overall experience. There have been some really fantastic seafaring ships but weirdly enough we see a fishing boat picked but those main ships passed upon in later seasons. I bought that fishing boat and thinks its fine.
As potentially rude as this sounds, I think this year was just stock full of really really good designs and I think the winners were right up there with many others. The fact these landed by repeat designers isn't a coincidence, its due to their quality. Lego might just want to take a hint and hire them onto their staff we'd all probably benefit from that observation longer term. By doing this, they would improve the quality of their castle and train lines and let other designers rise up in the BrickLink programs of the future. Problem solved. Its not so much about balance its about top talent being recognized. Do more than just watch them win BLD programs consistently. Let them join the club. No offense to the existing Lego designer staff of course but lets be honest. Many of these designers are raising the bar for the themes they are competing in. I appreciate the vast numbers of sets we get to vote upon. I think even though sets are not chosen as winners its really respectful to a lot of designers just to see their sets accepted. To be fair, maybe a lot of these top quality designers are fully time employed doing something they wouldn't give up for being invited to join Lego permanently. I'd understand that. Perhaps you could place the top consistent winners into some league of champions on their own where they are simply invited back to offer sets such that everyone else doesn't have to compete with them to allow for more variety. Or you say if you win one season you have to take a one season off as a break. I'm not really too keen on the idea of forced breaks. I say let the chips fall with the invisible hand. What I would be warry of, and I don't think we've seen ANY evidence of is some kind of rigging, where a bunch of fake accounts are created to help someone win. One disadvantage of separating votes from money is that its a bit more trustworthy voting wise when folks have to put their money where their mouth is. We could all vote for a spectacular set that most of us couldn't afford once offered. OOPS. So we have to be careful what we wish for when voting. Perhaps another way to say this is they could have category(theme) and class(number of bricks) leagues within the series competitions. Maybe they should commit to building sets of varying sizes and split the votes apart for each size they want to offer. Rather than have it be a free for all popularity thing. We could have carve outs for Castle, Trains, and any others deserving to be offered its own competition. Then everything that doesn't fit those rigid themes, can go into the Free for All voting category. By splitting votes by size its like many sports with weight classifications. We could have a fight among the feather weights (pieces under 250), light weight (
I’d would like to see more sets in the 10-100 Euro price range. Impossible to spend 300Euro+ every other months on these sets.
Your insights are great, raising points I hadn’t thought about, in large part because these sets are beyond my budget.
This truly shows there is strong demand for another castle theme that includes smaller, cheaper sets. Throw in a few Black Falcons and these will sell like hotcakes.
Totally agree, castle should be a theme; however, I think the designer program/exclusivity is being used to force fans to buy now rather than wait for a discount on "regular" sets.
I am a big castle fan and would love for Lego to just offer a general theme where there are lower priced sets to flesh out the scene. There is also fatigue for the wallet with so many expensive castle from BDP. I too would want to see more variety so that others can benefit. I am surprised there are not more modular buildings chosen given the demand.
It’s also a collector based economic decision. Limits drive up more demand. It may not be today that all of these sets are desired but in 5 years these sets will 4x or more in price. This also gives Lego valuable real time data about what is desirable to help them make decisions about future themes. As to no castle sets now in mass production? There are. What you refer to are waves of planned themes. Behind closed doors Lego are taking this all in and making plans. It takes years of RnD to get waves out. We can only speculate now based on initial what we see live in the market.
You make some very good points. I think castle fans would really appreciate sets of various sizes that aren't just new big expensive castles. Maybe a joust, a ship, a watchtower or gatehouse, various carts or carriages. how abou a peaceful little medieval peasant/far, with several animals? We've had enough blacksmiths now over the years that Lego blacksmiths need their own guild. How about a tavern, or a merchant?
I noticed all the castles too but the Mountain Fortress is above and beyond all those that are following. Glad I nabbed that one and the rest are an easy pass. The Mushroom House is the only one coming up that really captured my wants.
Be sure to check out series 5
That's exactly what Alex Nunes says he likes castles but bricklink sets are expensive
As a fan of sci-fi rather than castle, the Bricklink program doesn’t really tickle my fancy.
You can see why people turn to CADA and Funwhole. I have!
@@RobinHullBuildsdidn't know about them. Funwhole's steampunk theme is nice.
How about Space Castles? 😄
@@joostdriesens3984where are these space castles of which you speak?
@@MutantProductionsOnly in my mind, but they need to become a reality! 😄
Well we did get to vote on the Bricklink program... so that is something
The fact that the same sort of things keep getting voted on should be a big flashing signs on which themes Lego should be making.... I bought 3 from the very first Bricking AFOL designer program and love how they are all different. Really looking forward to purchasing the mushroom house in series 2 because it is different from the others.
Would be nice of Lego did bring back some of the popular themes like Castle and Pirate and made some smaller sets as well as the big ones, the new market set could have been divided into to smaller sets to make it more achievable for fans to purchase (but might not have been cost effective I guess?)
I have exactly the issue you mentioned. I have enough for one castle… should I get the Lion Knights, Dungeons and Dragons, Forest Stronghold etc? I may end up buying none of them out of sheer indecision!
I’ve been overall happy with the picks! I expected to want 1 or 2 sets per wave, but have really been wanting most sets. No changes needed in my opinion
I completely agree with your comments, there were some great designs in the Series 4 round that never made the cut. Series 4 does seem to be a slight tweak of the Series 3 finalists. Whilst I quite like the castle theme you can have too much of a good thing as my waistline will confirm!
Spot on! As a Bricklink user, I am very disappointed in what has become the BDP (what LEGO made of the BDP?). In fact, I think I won't even waste time to vote in the next BDP designs: to find something that interests, something different, in the midst of dozens of homes, trains and castles - as good as they may be - and then see those small pearls that LEGO would not integrate in its releases disappear from the final selection, where only repetitive, huge and expensive sets pass is definitely an inglorious effort. I did my part in filling the BDP inquiry, but I will not waste much more time with the BDP.
Maybe this will help diversify the IDEAS program by shifting the mega castle/pirate/modular/train sets to DESIGNER.
EXACTLY
and no modulars. Why?
Not enough votes LOL
@@studebricker2845 😂
Tbf I like that they are offering a sets things in the same theme like the Wild West ones but some of the castles are a bit to similar
I think all the castles have a different vibe. The one from last round looks cool / wintery...of the upcoming ones, the one seems mediterranean / Spanish....the other more German, the forest one more fantasy / playful / foresty... I often dont like the regular LEGO stuff as its too colourful / childish looking. Bricklink designer sets look more artsy and sophisticated or something. I like how they are doing it and the sets that are chosen. All very nice in my opinion
Castle is King 🤴 Castle sets sell out in less than 3 hours. Give me all the castle sets and take my money.
Wow, really well analyzed and looked at from different angles. I'm a child of the 80s, my first set was the "Lioncastle" so of course I belong to the target group that the BDP currently serves. Of course I'm very happy that it's like that there
fantastic sets about knights, pirates, westerns but as you say, why doesn't Lego serve this themed series themselves? There can hardly be a better indicator for Lego. Anyway, I left some money in the BDP in February and will also buy some sets again for the next two series.
One more time
Praise for the great video!
I really wanted the Sushi Restaurant, and it seems more people liked it a lot. I'm into the castle theme, not into big castles, but I'm going to skip series 4. The castle designs from series 4 look like sets that need to be intergrated into a large diorama which I don't have (yet).
That was also a set I was desperate for, Disappointed it didn't make the cut (and surprised)
i keep seeing that castle in the thumbnail in my video feed and getting excited, just to see its another video against it instead of reviewing it haha. but yeah i get your point
The lack of new minifig parts and prints for these sets hold them back. Need more new peasants/civilians/forestmen in different colors than red for my sets along with new faction flags. These just populate the Castle table with the same soldiers and peasant torsos.
A castle theme would mostly not fulfill the needs for detailed medieval buildings. It would just be a simplier play theme.
Except if Lego creates a new concept.
It’s always just about the minifigs, most people are smart enough to build their own castle to be honest
You mentioned that castle fans’ wallets are getting tapped out from all of these expensive sets - herein lies the genius of The Lego Group - they know they people are willing to pay big money for castle sets on the aftermarket - so they have created a product that captures money that may have ended up in the aftermarket.
This is the same reason we are seeing so many very large and expensive mainstream sets - The Lego Group knows that a select group of people are willing into drop big money on single Lego sets - and they want to capture that money for themselves.
You’re right on the money with this. As much as I love castle, the designer programmer should be for more experimentation
I'd really like to see a broader selection. I don't need a castle, or wild west, at all. and for $300 a set has to be extremely amazing and unique. I'm glad for those chosen, and I'm glad that the design are selling out, but it does make me question if I should even engage with the Bricklink Designer Program in the future since I'm clearly not the target audience
HERESY! There's is never enough castles!
only not enough space to stock all of them... 😁
I was wondering why the bricklink designer program is getting inflated with castle theme sets, thanks for your insights. I hoped the series 4 finalists to include at least one smaller creative ~50$ build, it would be interesting to see the detailed result of the fan votes
We need LEGO Pirates, Castle, and Vikings to return to store shelves imo. All are so long overdue
While I like that we get Castle things I don't know what to think that 4/5 finalists were finalists in previous editions. Some even didn't sell out fully. For me, from a review perspective, this would be a handicap on their work and the build would have to be REALLY good to pass in another edition.
Not much Trains, far too many Castles. Out of the five series there is just ONE train, the series 4 wild west train. I cant include the Trellis logging train because it is not on proper rails and its far more a wooden trellis than a train, a train needs CARRIAGES.
I think your point on castle fans ending up being taxed to hard, is very on point. A full theme running along side the bricklink designer program would be ideal.
However i think one thing people are either forgetting, or neglecting to realize, you can change or add something to your lego builds, if you feel something is missing. Stop complaining so much about the sets. Here i am referring to sets the lego group put out. It isn't helpful criticism.
Iets be honest the last few sets that lego have made, most of them have just been better and better.
i vote love it for all castle and western themed sets, so personally i dont mind there being a lot of them here. clearly it shows the demand people have for castles in general. surely Lego sees this
Very good analysis.
I agree on the price thing... these are getting too expansive and they seem to be losing the low-cost options. I also agree Lego need to bring back a castle theme... I don't agree with the entire rest of the video. These are designs that are summitted and then VOTED on by the community. Maybe the community wants all the castles (and they are all very different by the way)/ trains/ buildings... it seems if the community wanted something "weird" as you put it, we would have it, but it seems as though no one is either designing them or voting for them, so they don't get made... Look, bottom line is the castle fans are starved for castle sets. We would love a new line but all we can seem to get are piecemeal sets and this type of sudo-Lego set. Don't try to take that away from us because you don't like the castle theme.
We need more unique and cheaper sets in the BDP
Lego should bring back the afol designer program sets
Lego needs to make a castle theme which includes cheaper sets also
Then the BDP will hopefully be better
13:54 Lego should bring residential houses back, now they only do modulars
What lego really needs to do is pay attention to the feedback also from people who aren't necessarily interested, not only the sales
It’s hard to make an intelligent argument against the castles when the castle sets are always the first to sell out.
Can't buy much castle from lego direct, unfortunately. Maybe with all these going through will make lego think we need to do more castle products!
You do realize they're voted on, right? It's not LEGO's eagerness to release them, if anything it feels like they're reluctant. The Lion's Knight Castle is massively popular and it's not only because it's an amazing set, but it's also the first castle set we've had in ages. The community clearly wants more castles and right now this is the best way to make that happen.
Aren’t these sets voted on by the public? I guess if people wanted other kinds of designs they would have chosen them right? Or is LEGO actually deciding what to include and it’s not really decided by public voting?
Hey if Lego isn’t careful they’re gonna run out of… *gulp* creativity!
people voted for castle and i voted for castle, these are the sets we want more!!
Not the point of your video, but as a Castle/Fantasy fan I’m really hoping that the D&D set is the solution to our problems, and that we see it emerge into a full line. Hopefully this will take the air out of the Bricklink isssue.
The evidence is clear there is high demand for castle when LEGO is not feeding into, at least on the affordable side. It'd be nice if people submitted and voted for more affordable sets
people voted and they want castles. now you could be mad that lego just simply hasnt released a castle line, that i understand. but people want them and the falcon castle was the first to sell out, so i have no problem making the bricklink series 1/5th castle. i do agree we could use smaller sets to balance them out, but i do love these new castles that have been released. the castle in the forest is by far my all time favorite build, and the new mountain fortress is also a wonderful piece to look at. along with the lion knights castle we have a lot of very large expensive builds. but they sell. most of the time when you here the loudest complaints, it does not reflect the opinion of the majority.
and if you look back on the offerings from brickling designers, it was clear some of the best designs were castles. if all 5 were castle sets, i would complain only for my wallet. i do wish one of the large ships made the cut, we certainly could use more pirate theme.
and as for certain designers being picked again, well yeah, they are clearly really good at what they do. it makes sense for them to be a better designer. doesnt guarantee, but it helps. many mocs are great looking, but if you sneeze on them they shatter. knowing a certain designer makes not only a great design but also a sturdy one will go a long way when being able to sell a lego set without the company spending a ton of time redesigning and restructuring it.
Now you can understand why fans of brick are looking elsewhere, such as CADA and Funwhole and even the reemergence of Kiddicraft!
If we get too many castles over the years from now on it will be boring!
I love castle and almost can't get enough of it. The siege battle pack ist fantastic. The harbor doesn't interest me - in topic, detail, building technique, I think it is a rather uninteresting set, the little ship build is really lame and so are the minifigure designs. I'd have prefered a battle ship. In general the BDP should have more smaller sets, like the snack shack in S1 or the Camper (S2?3?) which are great :)
Fans voted this is what the people want right now
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This is just an absurd take. First of all, the non castle stuff sat on Bricklink and didn't even sell. Maybe theyll produce it if you actually buy it. We basically have had THREE castles.
LEGO has produced many dozens of modulars over the years. Every Bricklink round has one or two as well, along with a small City style build. There have been far more trains and stations than castles. Just go to LEGO if you want your 89th recreation of a household object. In the whole anime/ steam punk genre we have multiple selections each round too. We've also had pirate stuff on there, and through LEGO.
Also, Bricklink only can make stuff from existing items. So, castle stuff will only be there while the life cycle of the castle sets on LEGO is in production. For the fist time in over a decade LEGO FINALLY produces a castle, and you a crying that fans make sets on Bricklink using the minifigures?
Frankly, while I'd love to have a city I think only elitist LEGO RUclipsrs can afford to dedicate their whole basement to a LEGO City layout.
I feel this isn’t that deep, Lego Ideas isnt producing the sets that are appealing to Lego fans, bricklink is more so so more people happy.
We voted on them so eat it buddy.
Colosally disappointed that they didn't approve the sushi restaurant
So you’re complaining about x sets being chosen on the designer program but you did not even buy the tower because the price a little higher?. Of course they’re going to chose the castle, they know people will buy them vs the tower people like you will skip buying.
Not saying your one purchase would in the end diversify the sets chosen, but it would. We will never know.
Smaller cheaper sets would be nice not so much theme.
Lego mismanages a LOT of stuff. The pricing on everything is absurd. The pandering to queer culture is absurd. The endless churn of star wars and harry potter sets. The in-store experience. The website that crashes every time there's an event that they themselves hyped up. Etc etc
Glad to see someone else noticing all this =)
Spunds like a very vocal minority complaining, obviously they are giving people exactly what they want since castle is what is selling the best out of these sets. I don't think most people really see an issue
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Terrible choices IMO
No more castles please!! I’m all castled out.
I want a cool space set or something different, sick of trains and castles and boring Modular’s
no such thing.
Honestly, a lot of the Bricklink designer sets aren’t all that great or interesting.
There is really nothing unique about any of these BrickLink designer sets. They are required to use only currently available parts with no new molds, new prints, or new recolors (there could be a sticker sheet which would be exclusive). So you are spending a lot of money for what can be considered a glorified MOC. The sets look great for sure, but these are able to be pieced together fairly easily given the availability of the parts, and possibly for cheaper than buying the set itself, especially if you already have a large part collection already. I would never recommend buying one of these sets on the crazy after-market...