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LEGO Vidiyo Theme Review

Forgive this review I am trying to recreate it as I had an issue with posting it originally a month ago and am trying to remember all the finer points I made in it back then as the draft did not save. Basically, it boils done to the fact that the sets are way over priced for the amount of pieces you get in them.

You get only 70-80 some pieces in a $20 dollar set. The sets are comprised of a bunch a specialized parts that are reminiscent of the early 2000s when LEGO was getting crazy with all those special parts for Jack Stone and other themes. Most of these new parts won’t be usable in MOCs and are pretty much just huge Pods (also a points part in the LEGO system).

When I first saw this piece I really could not see anyone ever using it for anything other than these DJ houses. Surprisingly some AFOLs have been using them as spaceship cockpits.

Other ideas I came up with were microscale bio-domes or green houses. What ideas can you come up with for the clear plastic covers from the Vidiyo sets?

The handle. This one I was sure no one could find another use for as there are NO in system connections (LEGO missed an opportunity to add studs on these like the did with the Dots bracelets.) I have recently seen a MOC or two that has indeed used these to my surprise.

A little more System connections found. It will hold 16 of the beat bits tiles and a minifigure. But that is pointless because the figure requires its stand (see the bottom images) to play with it in the app. So I guess you could house a bunch of loose tiles in there instead.

This piece could have been brick built. Why make a new piece when you already have the parts to make this?

Mario brought us a lot of rounded corners. Just some more. This is probably the most useful part in the lot.

The larger domes are cool and snap right onto the white clips. But what else are we going to use those clips for?

The minifigures are fun as minifigures should be. Their cost is $5 which is what we pay for the CMF figures. They are now in a box so it makes it way to hard to find the ones you want. If I get one more stupid Ice cream dude I am going to scream. Yes, I know these are trading toys, but seriously do you know anyone that actually trades them? I don’t. If you know where I can trade them let me know.

The only way to get some of these figures and their fun accessories is to buy the overpriced big sets and that sucks.

I bought a few and at this point I am just going to wait until they hit clearance for any more.

Green Army Guys

I got a set of the classic green army men from Brick Mini during Bricks LA and have to say they are pretty darn cool.

They work on a LEGO stud or minifig hand so your sigfig can sit around and play with them.

You get eight standing (all in different poses) and three tank parts (the dude coming up out of the tank and two tank hatches, one opened and one closed).

LEGO VIDIYO Review

I wasn’t going to buy into these, but I kind of liked the figures to some degree. But the sets so far are way overpriced for what you get.

Right now there are four sets and 12 blind box figures. The sets all average around 70 pieces and retail for $20. At close to $.30 a piece that is (as I have said) a bit overpriced.

I guess we are paying for all those unnecessary new part molds. It feels like we have stepped back in time to when LEGO was making specialized parts left and right. The problem with these are they don’t really fit into the system in any way other than as the boxes they are.

Too many specialized parts like these will become a pile of unused parts in my LEGO room.

Seriously though why give us something like this when they could have designed this around the Dots bands?

Less specialized parts have promise but not much. At least they work better inside the system.

As I said, I also picked up some of the figures. They at least come with a few parts plus the tiles for the app.

I only picked up four and got one duplicate. With not being able to feel these I think they may be the downfall of this theme. I don’t want more than one of each figure. I don’t need all the tiles as I have already tired of the app.

Not a fan of the music on the app. Plus you have to have your figs with you to play with it (bad idea if you’re outside as you may wind up losing them). And who wants to have these AR videos of the inside of their house out there for the world to see? Not me.

You can’t share the videos outside the app not even with a screen capture app. Which is great for kid’s safety but takes some of the fun out of it for AFOLs.

Guess I will wait for these to hit clearance before I buy any more. Or buy them on BrickLink.

Grouchy Xmas

We Grouches prefer the holidays after they are over.

Another LEGO Holiday Habitat

These little builds are kind of addicting.

I did another build of what my plans are for the holiday.

Sitting around with my cats reading a book and watching the yule log on TV.

This may not be completely accurate as I also intend to watch Wonder Woman 1984 and The Mandalorian while building some LEGO sets.

Happy Holidays everyone.

Comparison of Old LEGO Ghost with New

Comparing the ghost of old with the new ones. Not a fan of the new ghosts in the Haunted House set.

The old ones are just more ghost-like than the new ones. Plus GLOW-IN-THE-DARK. Hello?!

Hope this was just something they were trying out and will go back to the good ghosts or maybe a new sculpt for the sheet over a fig style.

LEGO Police Helicopter Polybag 30367

Picked up this little set the other day. While I feel LEGO has done the helicopter and car sets to death, this isn’t a bad little set.

Only 39 parts but for the most part they are just standard pieces to make up the helicopter. Unlike those larger sets with all the specialized bits.

The minifure is pretty nice. Although I don’t see him being much use outside a police force.

The 1×2 cheese slope is printed which is always nice. The cockpit/windshield also makes a nice little waterfall.

I can see this little set patrolling above any LEGO city. At only $4 worth grabbing it.

Blobfest 2020: The Home Edition

For the last several years I have been attending Blobfest — a local festival celebrating the movie the Blob at the theater shown in the classic film. Each year I set up my LEGO MOCs of the Colonial Theatre featuring a minifigure run out, the Downingtown Diner and some other MOCs featuring bits from the movie including a brick built Blob.

This year due to COVID-19 they are having a stay at home edition of Blobfest. So I created a new digital MOC of the festival’s street fair using my theatre MOC and two LEGO modular sets (the brick bank and the new bookshop).

You can see the street vendors (food, collectibles, t-shirts), a car show, retro roadmaps camper, and a minifgure run out from the theatre and a smaller brick blob (can’t not have him).

Super excited that the folks at the Colonial and Blobfest liked this display enough to share it on Facebook and Instagram.

Part of the fun is that they are including us at home. Having an at home run out, costume contest, Miss Blobfest, and Blob Across America. I did a quick stop motion video with my sigfig for that.

New Gru. LEGO Minion Set 75549

Minions! Set # 75549 is only 136 pieces selling at $20. I do not feel $.15/pieceis a good deal. The @lego prices are going up and the piece count going down.

I was excited about this set, but honestly. It isn’t worth $20. New arms for the minions are cool. Used a regular minifig hand instead of the older version of these being all one piece.

Gru isn’t special at all. I think the face prints have been seen before and his hair is just Emmet’s in black.

The minions are okay. The goggles are part of the dome. The eyes are printed light bley round tiles ( you get one extra of each eye). Lower body is all one piece.

Cat Butt

I picked up some parts in the BAM (build a minifigure) area of the store the other night when we were at the adult (yeah right) build. I was hoping for the Winter/Valentine’s parts I have been seeing on the web (penguin, pink elephant head piece, pink torso with red heart, heart shaped glasses head, ice king). But no such luck.

I did get some black scottie dogs, charcaol kitty, dude in suit with bowler hat, and a few left over elves.

Once I was home and playing with them I noticed on the back of the cat the odd placement of the sprue mark (the piece of plastic that is left attached when the parts are molded).

It is at the exact spot of a cat’s anus. Yup, LEGO has unknowingly given us cat butt.

The scottie dog did not have this ossue as the sprue was on his back.

I am probably going to have to paint one. Just because.