Alpinemaps Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Approved June 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 Current rumor: Set number 31327 Sand green in color 2078 pieces Summer release $200 RRP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 I don't get it. I don't get the impression that the piano is a huge seller. I mean, how many people get excited about typewriters and pianos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrToes16 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, gmpirate said: I don't get it. I don't get the impression that the piano is a huge seller. I mean, how many people get excited about typewriters and pianos? oh...there's a few out there 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazuli16 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, gmpirate said: I don't get it. I don't get the impression that the piano is a huge seller. I mean, how many people get excited about typewriters and pianos? I think people are going to be more excited about the (I presume) printed alphabet pieces. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 4 minutes ago, lazuli16 said: I think people are going to be more excited about the (I presume) printed alphabet pieces. thinking the same thing...too bad they are round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozial Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 12 minutes ago, gmpirate said: I don't get it. I don't get the impression that the piano is a huge seller. I mean, how many people get excited about typewriters and pianos? Actually I own a type writer for birthday cards etc., it shows that you've put some effort into it. But the fan base of a type writer will be relativly small and compared to the piano audience with money this gonna be a huge turd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 14 minutes ago, gmpirate said: I don't get it. I don't get the impression that the piano is a huge seller. I mean, how many people get excited about typewriters and pianos? Just now, Sozial said: Actually I own a type writer for birthday cards etc., it shows that you've put some effort into it. But the fan base of a type writer will be relativly small and compared to the piano audience with money this gonna be a huge turd. It may be more about Lego's continued campaign to showcase the versatility of the system and how even unlikely configurations can be made from lego more than actual sales. Of course when you make new pieces for your new sets it detracts that argument. Anything can be made from lego pieces when you make new pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 2 hours ago, lazuli16 said: I think people are going to be more excited about the (I presume) printed alphabet pieces. The Dots Creative Designer Box (41938) coming this summer will also have letters. Now if only we had numbers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 10 hours ago, lazuli16 said: I think people are going to be more excited about the (I presume) printed alphabet pieces. This. Forget about parting out minifigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted May 6, 2021 Share Posted May 6, 2021 There is a quaint novelty seeing everyday real life items being recreated at varying scales in other mediums such as LEGO here. While this may not be able to actually type (at least straight from the box), it makes for a nice conversation piece on the coffee table ....or a moss-covered three-handled family credenza. Anyway as been pointed out already, the printed tiles and whatever other possibly unique pieces to come from this set will be the main draw for builders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Official pics are up, looking pretty good. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Thats a lot of stickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil B Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Thats a lot of stickers According to the reviewer on Brickset (review not yet published) the keys are all printed. There are a few stickers included. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coelian Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Thats a lot of stickers According to stonewars, the letters are printed. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcandre Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Looks nicer than the original design (for once). This could start a new series on obsolete tech. 8 track player, slide projector, fax machine, and outhouse all have potential. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 I'm old enough I typed reports on these in Elementary School and actually had to share time on manual typewriters in Typing Class in High School. This set definitely looks neat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, exciter1 said: I'm old enough I typed reports on these in Elementary School and actually had to share time on manual typewriters in Typing Class in High School. This set definitely looks neat. Pretty sure where you live , those haven’t been invented yet . 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, marcandre said: Looks nicer than the original design (for once). This could start a new series on obsolete tech. 8 track player, slide projector, fax machine, and outhouse all have potential. Rotary phone, VCR Someone with more talents than me should start ideas submissions for these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Darth_Raichu said: Rotary phone, VCR Someone with more talents than me should start ideas submissions for these LEGO Walkman, too. @TheOrcKing I think we have an idea for a new photo thread - Obsolete Tech 1 hour ago, marcandre said: Looks nicer than the original design (for once). This could start a new series on obsolete tech. 8 track player, slide projector, fax machine, and outhouse all have potential. I agree! It does look a lot better. This is definitely one of those times where they took the Idea, and improved the looks of it to make it a far better product. 1 hour ago, exciter1 said: I'm old enough I typed reports on these in Elementary School and actually had to share time on manual typewriters in Typing Class in High School. This set definitely looks neat. Me too. I took a semester long typing class in high school, on a manual typewriter. I think I ended the class with a 45 WPM score. Now I type something like 130 WPM? Something insane like that. But obviously not on a manual typewriter, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exracer327 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said: Me too. I took a semester long typing class in high school, on a manual typewrite. I think I ended the class with a 45 WPM score. Now I type something like 130 WPM? Something insane like that. But obviously not on a manual typewriter, lol. Same here. Does everyone know the history of why the typewriter keys are laid out in the weird arrangement? The original typewriter was laid out with ABCDE... all in order. It had to be changed to what we have today in order to slow down those who could type so fast they would jam the typewriter. Personally I thought it was fun to jam a manual typewriter, unless I had a paper I needed to get done for school. It was like a reverse break the ice game to pull each striker back until they all came apart. Of course, it was annoying to get the ink off your fingers afterwards. Once computers caught on they tried changing the the English keyboard back to ABCDE... but so many people were used to the typewriter configuration it was rejected. A LEGO real-to-real could be easy to motorize and with a smart phone, have it play music like the LEGO piano. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TANV Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, exracer327 said: Same here. Does everyone know the history of why the typewriter keys are laid out in the weird arrangement? The original typewriter was laid out with ABCDE... all in order. It had to be changed to what we have today in order to slow down those who could type so fast they would jam the typewriter. Personally I thought it was fun to jam a manual typewriter, unless I had a paper I needed to get done for school. It was like a reverse break the ice game to pull each striker back until they all came apart. Of course, it was annoying to get the ink off your fingers afterwards. Once computers caught on they tried changing the the English keyboard back to ABCDE... but so many people were used to the typewriter configuration it was rejected. A LEGO real-to-real could be easy to motorize and with a smart phone, have it play music like the LEGO piano. Here's a fun read about the origin of QWERTY The Origins of QWERTY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneknightr Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Man, I remember playing with that ribbon as a kid and getting ink all over my hands and also slamming a bunch of keys at once to jam the arms. Lego did a great job with this set. Is that sand green?? As much as I like how it looks, I don't know if it'll be enough for me to buy it. It doesn't really fit in my collection or style of sets I like to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Alpinemaps said: Me too. I took a semester long typing class in high school, on a manual typewriter. I think I ended the class with a 45 WPM score. Now I type something like 130 WPM? Something insane like that. But obviously not on a manual typewriter, lol. Typing was my worst class in highschool. Hated every minute of it. My fingers could never follow all of the rules (pinky for qaz, etc, etc). I developed my own rules (basically I map the keys in my mind and my fingers go all over the keyboards) and never look back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 Damn fine set right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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