[HN Gopher] Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters
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Lego Ideas Boeing 747 Cockpit Achieves 10k Supporters
Author : softwarebeware
Score : 68 points
Date : 2022-02-08 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| loudmax wrote:
| The Boeing cockpit looks awesome, but still waiting for Lego Van
| Gogh's Starry Night to be made available:
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/acc7c4c8-3967-4563-8fb5-a498...
|
| It was approved in 2020 but no release date yet. There's
| evidently a long lag between approval and actual release.
| GekkePrutser wrote:
| Wow this is very cool, definitely one to watch out for. Thanks
| for the heads up
| dgritsko wrote:
| I'm out of the loop here - what is "LEGO Ideas", and why is it
| noteworthy that this has 10,000 supporters?
| belter wrote:
| https://ideas.lego.com/
| Tomte wrote:
| It's where fans can submit their own creations. At 10k
| supporters Lego takes a closer look (fitness for the Ideas
| series, cost of production, IP rights etc.).
|
| If Lego decides to build it, the fan gets a share of the profit
| from the set.
|
| Lego Ideas is the premier adult Lego series, with lots of cool
| sets at high price points.
| dgritsko wrote:
| Very interesting - thanks for the response!
| Victerius wrote:
| 10,000 people on a website looks like an easy number to
| reach, and one that bots or a group of loosely organized
| trolls (4chan) could easily game.
|
| Maybe 50,000 should be the requirement?
| xeromal wrote:
| 10,000 just gets Lego to review it. They don't have to
| approve it.
| ocdtrekkie wrote:
| Presumably LEGO will raise the limit if they get swamped,
| but 10,000 is just the bar to get considered by the staff,
| it confers no guarantee of success and hence isn't super
| worth gaming.
| thehappypm wrote:
| I think Lego wouldn't need to spend too many resources on
| throwing out 4Chan ideas
| [deleted]
| acherion wrote:
| If 10,000 votes is easy to reach by bots or organised
| trolls, why is 50,000 not?
| [deleted]
| [deleted]
| netsharc wrote:
| As others said, "crowd-sourced" LEGO sets. To see what the fans
| have came up with, here's someone's list of the top 10 best
| LEGO Ideas sets: https://www.dudeshopping.com/top-10-best-lego-
| ideas-ranked/
| baybal2 wrote:
| > Error establishing a database connection
| mzs wrote:
| Here's the project itself:
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2eee0d6e-74db-4414-ba89-0d56...
| flyinprogrammer wrote:
| Clearly not Web Scale.
|
| Edit: this was a poor attempt at humor
| andyford wrote:
| It's one guy with a Lego fan hobby blog. Not everything needs
| to be Web Scale all the time
| flyinprogrammer wrote:
| I 100% agree!
| rolivercoffee wrote:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20220207213153/https://www.thebr...
| steffen84 wrote:
| Bricked
| throwaway889900 wrote:
| Probably not going to pass by LEGO's review board, like a lot of
| these aircraft projects.
| Victerius wrote:
| Would Boeing be entitled to a share of the proceeds from the
| sale of 747 sets?
| Tomte wrote:
| That's part of the review happening at 10k supporters.
|
| For all practical purposes the answer is yes. It would have
| to licensed from Boeing. This set doesn't make sense (at 150
| to 200 Euros, based on the number of pieces) without being
| able to call it a "Boeing 747". Few people would buy a no-
| name airplane cockpit. So Lego needs the trademark license.
| sschueller wrote:
| I seem to recall Lego had figures that fit those chairs in
| Technik back in the 80-90 that where not minifigs. Does anyone
| remember that?
|
| Edit: yes, they where called "Technic figures" and would fit
| better with this set than minifigs.
| post_break wrote:
| I still have a couple. They are awesome.
| kayson wrote:
| Direct link:
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2eee0d6e-74db-4414-ba89-0d56...
| spywaregorilla wrote:
| The newer 787 model comes with a dedicated block for the faulty
| MCAS system.
| buildsjets wrote:
| It's cool and all, but Boeing appears to license their IP to Cobi
| (yet another questionable decision), so this project seems
| unlikely to proceed.
|
| edit - add link to Cobi sets
| https://www.boeingstore.com/search?q=cobi&type=product&optio...
| GekkePrutser wrote:
| Maybe take an Airbus cockpit instead then. Makes more sense
| also to have a European aircraft as a European toy :)
| davidpolberger wrote:
| Boeing is a military contractor[1], and Lego appears to have a
| strict policy against doing military sets[2] (unlike Cobi[3]).
| Here's another company which makes Lego-compatible military
| sets[4].
|
| [1] https://www.boeing.com/defense/
|
| [2] https://www.zmescience.com/other/did-you-know/lego-
| military-...
|
| [3] https://cobi.pl/en/armed-forces/
|
| [4] https://bricktanks.co.uk/
| bathtub365 wrote:
| The 747 isn't a military vehicle. LEGO have released a Boeing
| branded set before, for the Dreamliner:
| https://www.lego.com/en-
| us/service/buildinginstructions/1017...
| DishyDev wrote:
| That's awesome. I don't think Lego are likely to approve though.
| There was an awesome looking project to do a Rolls-Royce UltraFan
| Jet Engine that was rejected a few years ago
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/f18a11c6-f704-4827-b06a-fba8...
| MKais wrote:
| The James Webb Telescope got his 10k votes too. I hope it'll be
| approved by the LEGO review board.
|
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/3decd220-889e-4eb3-b938-96aa...
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aR62coEAaY8
| google234123 wrote:
| That looks more likely to be made into a set than this (since
| it's self contained, not just a part of a plane). Very cool and
| beautifully well done.
| pcurve wrote:
| It looks like a legit kit!
| rahkiin wrote:
| I don't see this happening. Others mentioned IP issues already,
| but the sell quality is just low: For playing it does not work,
| as it is not minifig scale and is only the cockpit so what is
| there to play. For visuals I am missing the plane and I don't
| find the build to be directly recognisable as a very famous plane
| either. (I am no plane expert, just an adult lego builder). The
| outside on its own is a bit odd in my opinion and it is the first
| thing you see.
|
| I think it works better as an instruction guide / rebrickable for
| plane enthusiasts than an IDEA set.
| pcurve wrote:
| This would be for adult and I don't think they would actually
| play with the completed kit?
|
| A lot of adults are into aviation and they are probably the
| target audience.
|
| Personally growing up with lego sets in 80s I prefer kits that
| do not have too many specialized blocks and parts because it
| kills composability, so even though I love planes and Lego, I
| don't think I'd buy this.
| OJFord wrote:
| Some context/background from a few clicks deep:
|
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/2eee0d6e-74db-4414-ba89-0d56...
|
| > Congratulations on reaching the 10,000 supporter milestone!
| What an achievement it is!
|
| > We now officially advance this project to the Review phase.
|
| > What happens now?
|
| > This project moves from the Idea stage to the Review stage. A
| "LEGO Review Board" composed of designers, product managers, and
| other key team members will examine the idea. [...]
| amelius wrote:
| How much money does it cost to build?
| Daneel_ wrote:
| For those interested, a second aircraft-related Ideas submission
| that has a higher likelihood of making it to production is this
| "aircraft engine workshop":
|
| https://ideas.lego.com/projects/224b606d-44d0-452e-9693-88be...
| mortenjorck wrote:
| I'm not an aviation geek, but I love the clearly deep level of
| aviation geekery on display with this one. The industrial-
| espionage minifig cracked me up.
| t0mas88 wrote:
| Nice! And very cool to see the photos and videos done with KLM.
| omoikane wrote:
| I wonder what's the story for including "international spy"?
| polack wrote:
| Guess it got something to do with this:
| https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/30/airbus-
| coul...
| zymhan wrote:
| Decades of corporate/industrial espionage, of course
| 908B64B197 wrote:
| Maybe this [0]?
|
| [0] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-raytheon-engineer-
| sent...
| bathtub365 wrote:
| I don't think this is a very interesting design and seems to rely
| heavily on stickers or printed pieces for a lot of the detail.
| Without those it would just be a tan panel. There are also
| exposed plate bottoms on many sides which are kind of an eyesore.
| pcurve wrote:
| Agreed. I'm surprised there are more than 500 parts. I guess to
| do a proper Justice the kit would need to be twice as big with
| 5 times more parts
| jamesy0ung wrote:
| Saw this ages ago and clicked support. Glad to see it has made
| it.
| SSchick wrote:
| If they do this I really hope they do proper printed-on bricks
| and not use stickers for absolutely everything, Lego product
| quality has gone down :/
| ghostly_s wrote:
| I remember my lego sets coming with apply-your-own decals in
| the 90's...
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