Recently, some fans were telling me that they feel like giving up on collecting. They cant get the earliest 3 and they don't see an end to the line. Its like dangling in mid-air; being neither here nor there.
What I told them was, Modulars are not all of LEGO.
Every year, LEGO releases more than 500 sets of LEGO. Modular building is just one of the 500. If I were to define a point that makes modular stand out from the rest, I would say its only its high count with a price to part ratio comparable to Creator series.
If you just gave it more time, you will realize that there is more aspects of playing LEGO than just modular.
In fact, being buildings, it's on the simpler end of LEGO structures. Buildings only build from bottom up, deploying simple SNOT when creating its facade. Starwars and Chima vehicles uses a number of techniques in other to make an irregular shape stable.
Ultra Agents makes use of a lot of new techniques in other to have the vehicles transformable and perform special functions. Yeah, that's the reason why the ocean HQ needs to have a brick built hull instead of a single piece that can float. So quit nagging that you don't want a ship that can't float. I don't see you throwing your Imperial Flagship into the pool either.
Modulars have a maximum minifig count of 8 (Townhall has the highest count). bad news for army builders. And at the same time, all the minifigs are generalized with classic faces so it will not be drawing attention away from the building. unlike Collectible Mini Figurine Series will gives every character a different expression, which had allowed me to recreated my friend's wedding photo in LEGO form. though my friend didn't know, I had to use an expensive Roman Legionnaire face mirror his expression. Bro, wedding leh, smile abit can?
Other area of LEGO, will include but not limited to, Landscaping, Minifig Mod (Gollum voice: Murderer~~); Minifig Molding; Micro Builts, Mech Builts, Mosaics, Giant sculptures, Life Size Replications.
So why does Modulars draw so much attention? another M word Money. Modulars has proven themselves to be highly effective investment vehicles. Even better than stock market as my investor friend exclaimed. But why does it hold so much value? Any bricklinker will tell you, its not worth the current market price as long as you are willing to alter the build slightly and accept a different colour replacement.
I would feel that the only reason is that, as long as you have older Modulars, it is very easy for you to gain envy and importance. Which sound more important? I built the entire Singapore, out of 20k bricks. or I have the entire Modular range. To a newbie, most of the time, the second line will draw out a lot of envy. You don't have to build it; You don't need to wreck your brains to solve issues in the midst of building; You just need to spend crazy money, buy the series, sit back, relax and throw out the line to steal the limelight from a MOCer.
Time and Money are the issue most ppl had problems with. Personally, with a toy that stress and encourages Creativity, I feel that it is ironic that this is happening. This is a gap that most ppl who just started will almost never be able to close. That is why a lot of veterans will advise looking forward, never look back. Its more important to have a healthy bank account than overpriced bricks. Pace yourself, LEGO collecting is not a sprint, its a marathon.
End of the day, every Modular release has me excited. Who don't like new parts and all Modulars are guranteed to have an exclusive part. You need to appreciate its beauty and not clouded by its value. I think the designer rather hear lines like how you never tot certain parts could be used to create certain looks; that it looks awesome and wonder how he came up with it than how much you think you can sell it in future and how much profit you can gain from it.
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