#AFOLs

[cherrybladebun]

You’ve been visited by the LEGO BLAHAJ! Remember that if you ever fall apart, you can always put yourself back together!

[whataslacker]

Unicorn was correct. #lego #afol #whataslackeraboutbricks #afolcommunity #afols https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbsZhDpEZ-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ts-the-blacksmith]

My LEGO build has been submitted for IDEAS.

10,000 supports are needed to be a real LEGO set.

Please support it, if you want to make it real.

[evancelt]

A couple prototype minifigures from the upcoming Rocky Mountain Minifigs woodland creatures 6-figure initial release.

Planned figures:

Dark Tan Abbey Mouse with Sword

Orange Abbey Mouse with Sling

Long Patrol Hare Officer with Spear

Long Patrol Hare Soldier with Spear

Corsair Rat with Cutlass

Vermin Wildcat Sage with Staff

[yuri-badiner]

Terraforming

A photo story about people who are not afraid to do something truly important for the benefit of the future, which they themselves will probably not live to see.

“It’s just a pity that we won’t be able to live in this wonderful time – neither you nor I.”

N. A. Nekrasov, poem “The Railway”, 1864

[legodna]

You guys wanna see a science Lego set? Well, here's Lego DNA!

With a scientifically accurate DNA model, and a historically accurate lab + 5 scientists!

Aims: to promote science to kids and honor Rosalind Franklin.

Less than 4,000 votes needed to get it considered as a real official Lego set to be sold worldwide!

If you like it, please support here and share with your friends: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/c92cd95b-49e7-46ec-b844-ac6482c51139

[taskera]

Blossom 🌸

[concelug]

Nuestros amigos @_sol_45_ y @felii._.f , andaban paseando en el mall del trébol, y encontraron ropa para #AFOLs ! (Adulto Fanáticos Of LEGO®) Les pasamos el dato, para quien quiere estar a la moda!!! #lego #viral #legostagram #ConceLUG #legophotography #legominifigures #legoland #legophoto #legomania #legogram #legoart #legofan #LEGOenchile #legomoc #legochile #legocity #afol #legography #legominifigure #legomovie #legoninjago #legohaul #legobricks #legominifigs https://www.instagram.com/p/CpRLtw9r7o3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[square-boys]

Character Takeover: Hector's left arm suffers from a vampire hunter's weapon attack...Barry seeks to find help... Follow along with their takeover in my story or there highlight🇮🇳🇪🇸 #barrysnyder #badrisudarshana #hectorschorr #squareboys #lego #LEGOphotographer #legophotography #afol #womeninlego #wafol #afolcommunity #afolclub #afols #afollife (at Mumbai - मुंबई) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpDOHZ4rTM9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[archiminibricks]

My big mechanical friend

[songofthemist1]

Yes you word my thoughts perfectly!

I've been getting upset at some people for celebrating the supposed cancelation of dreamzzz then saying they hope for a better new theme soon.. Buddy dreamzzz might be the last hope

They're not making new ips like they used to and dreamzzz has the potential to be the thing to fill in a lot of the void that lego struggles with

Give the theme a bit more time to warm up and rough out it's edges, I truly think it has a lot of potential to be something great

Hi Angel back again to offer her unsolicited meta opinions about Lego themes (specifically Dreamzzz).

So, because of recent leaks, I’ve seen some speculation online Dreamzzz is going to come to an early end, possibly not making it past 2025. Now, before we go any further, let me make something extremely clear:

That is all rumors and speculation based on different rumors/alleged leaks about a canceled large set. To my knowledge, nobody who has actually worked on the theme in any capacity (show or sets) has said anything in relation to either of these. The information about the canceled big set came from leakers and the other speculation derived from that. This is ALL hearsay from the past 24-48 hours. Nothing is official, take it with a pinch of salt.

Ok now that we’re on the same page about the validity (or potentially lack thereof) of the claims/speculation, time to get into a mini rant/ramble I have so Buzzfeed-ishly titled:

Why Dreamzzz Being Cancelled Would NOT be a Good Thing AT ALL For Lego (and why even non-fans should care!)

So, you may ask: “Angel, why would you say this is a negative for Lego as a whole? Themes get canceled early all the time! In the hypothetical-and-currently-unsubstantiated-scenario Dreamzzz is canceled, it wouldn’t have that much of an impact!” well, nonexistent strawman I made up because I suck at making my point, it has to do with the way original Lego IPs are currently set up. Like it or hate it (or in between!), the beginning of Dreamzzz, even a before that, one could argue, was the start of a new era for how Lego handles their IPs. Gone are the days of getting multiple new themes a year, each lasting a planned 2-3 years, before entering a mapped out and anticipated retirement, maybe being cut short or extended a bit depending on sales. From what I’ve observed, it seems the priority is longevity of a theme over quantity of themes. Another factor is this is the ideas from those many themes over the past few decades have been slowly merged into other, larger themes like City, Friends, or even Ninjago. So, back in ye olden days of the 90s to the 2010s, a theme (specifically an original IP) being cut short was no big deal because there were like- 3-4 others running alongside it and several more in the foreseeable future. But, currently, that’s not the case because Dreamzzz is the only new IP to release and be running in the 2020s. Think about Lego’s currently running original IPs, not original themes as a whole (Icons, Creator, Ideas, etc.), but IPs (Ninjago, Power Miners, Atlantis, etc.). As of right now there’s really only four:

City, Friends, Ninjago, and Dreamzzz.

Take Dreamzzz out and you’re left with three. As much as it sucks, Dreamzzz being canceled won’t bring back the old format of IPs, in fact, I personally believe it would push back any return of that format or a similar one even further. Why do I believe this? Well, unfortunate as it may be, we’ve seen this song and dance before with plenty of other brands. New, original thing fails, executive people have to look at the “why”, and the conclusion is that people just don’t want new stuff and we should rehash the same stuff over and over and over again. Obviously that’s the very WRONG conclusion, but look at Disney and Pixar as a prime example of this. Of course I have a LOT (like- a lot a lot) more faith in Lego than I do the mouse, but do we really want to run that risk?

Also, circling back to my point about IPs being cut earlier than planned wasn’t as big a deal back then because there were a bunch of others already out and planned for release that could fill that void quick. But now? With the new formatting for IPs? As far as we know, there’s no new Lego IPs planned for the foreseeable future. Unless Lego’s somehow kept some new IP under such wraps that not a single person outside the company, not even online leakers, have found anything out about it, even its existence, (which very rarely happens to my own knowledge), there’s nothing currently planned. If Dreamzzz goes, there’s nothing to take its place or keep new IPs chugging along.

So then, hypothetically say Dreamzzz is canceled and doesn’t make it to 2026 (which, I am going to say I do not think will happen, I personally believe, if the big set being cancelled is true, it may be to make room for smaller, more affordable sets, since that’s the most consistent criticism of the theme as a whole). What then? Well, if the path most other companies have taken of “nobody wants new things” comes into effect, then that would probably mean not getting another new IP for a while. While Ninjago, City, and Friends all have a lot to offer, it’s clear people want something new. To be clear, it’s not the guaranteed path in this hypothetical-and-currently-unsubstantiated-scenario.

What’s my solution? Well, I’m a teenager on the internet with no business knowledge or expertise in any kind of related field so OBVIOUSLY I’m qualified to talk on this (/lh /s). But, in all seriousness, the best I can say is make criticisms known, but with the stipulation of that the theme should be able to continue and buff out the dents, as I would argue we’ve seen happening. I believe Dreamzzz has potential, a lot of it. But losing that potential to an early cancellation could possibly spell trouble down the road for Lego’s original IPs.

Once again, this is just a sleep deprived Angel spewing her opinions onto the internet. Hope I made my point clear enough and that this isn’t a totally incoherent mess of a post. Also, I’m personally not looking to debate/have to defend my thoughts here, as shallow as that may seem, so if you disagree vehemently with every word: that’s alright! I’m just not interested in an online back and forth about it (especially cuz I’m a terrible debater, lol-). Anyway, thanks for reading this long-ass post if you’re still here, have a wonderful rest of your day/night, and wear your seatbelt! /ref

[aurora-pixels]

@mikufigureoftheday 🥺

[whataslacker]

Lunchtime build. Can you guess which set it is? #lego #afol #whataslackeraboutbricks #afols #afolcommunity #snaillug https://www.instagram.com/p/CqbAYFJJA0I/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ts-the-blacksmith]

5,000 supporters!

That means a lot to me.

Thank you so much for everyone gave me support.

Let’s go to 10k supports

[tipsynaga]

it's Kim Kitsuragi's Coupris Kineema!

[palaciosworks]

Some cool new Bionicle art for ya