Chronicler06

I just checked the progress and it seems all five winners are already completely sold out. For the record, the winning models were Mountain View Observatory, 1950s Diner, Winter Chalet, Studgate Train Station, and Modular Construction Site. I guess it's good to at least see half of the models that interested me got enough support.

Well, at least things seemed to mostly go a lot smoother this week. Not much else I can say, other than that I now have a better idea of which challenges to suggest as higher priority. Anyway, Episode I is completed, and three more levels left to go to finish Episode II (and from what I've seen in the guide, there apparently won't be much else to do between those upcoming levels to complete that episode, so we'll see if that means another quick finish next week).

Although I won't be making any preorders for any of these (I'm saving my funds for some other official Lego sets that I'd like to get soon), I will say that the ones among these that interest me are Working Waterfall, Space Troopers, Mountain View Observatory, and Modular Construction Site. I certainly look forward to seeing if any of those four will be among the five that'll receive enough support for production.

I guess one notable flaw with this new Lego Star Wars game is that you need to be standing in just the right spot to be able to utilize certain abilities, often with no specific indicators on the ground or otherwise to help out. Well, at least you finally got the achievement for completing all three challenges in a single level. (And I guess I shouldn't bother with checking the guide for every single challenge, if you're going to spend so much time trying to figure out games mechanics that I'm sure had been explained sometime earlier.) Anyway, two more levels left to go to complete Episode I, then it'll be on to Episode II.

And now the original trilogy is fully completed. Interesting to see the abilities of the scavenger class of characters, so that's something to look forward to for the sequel trilogy. For now, it's onto the prequel trilogy. The interesting thing about the guide I found is that progress on it was done in chronological order, so its contents of the prequel trilogy will be more complete than the original trilogy, so hopefully that'll mean you'll soon have a potential opportunity to complete all three challenges in a single level.

Finished with Empire Strikes Back and two levels done with Return of the Jedi, so it may be possible to complete the three remaining levels of that movie within the next stream, next week (especially if there's one vehicle level like with the two previous movies). For all your success with collecting studs, you don't seem to be getting many challenges done at all, and only slightly better at collecting minikits. Hopefully, it won't be much longer before some people start writing guides that I can check out to perhaps help you out a little with that. Personally, I prefer to stick with the intended characters while going through story mode, but you're the one playing this game and not me, so I'll try not to ruin your fun by my silly insistence on waiting until after completing all story levels before checking out any additional stuff.

Interesting to see some other new mechanics in action. There were some things I would've liked to point out, but the two-minute delay I had with the chat made it impractical for me to provide any quick advice. As for those special bricks (I can't remember what it is you're calling them), there's certainly quite a lot of them to find (especially since six for each level would total only 270), but considering the vast amount of upgrades there are to purchase and how progressively more expensive they become, it's no wonder there's over a thousand of those bricks to collect. Not much else for me to mention that I didn't already talk about, so I'll look forward to next week's stream with the last level of Empire Strikes Back and the first level or two of Return of the Jedi.

Okay, so not only do we now have a better idea of how the game is structured, but also Episode IV: A New Hope is already completed. Five levels for each movie, and each level has five minikits and three challenges. While some levels seem to go by rather quickly, others seem to take a little bit longer, though still short enough to get through, I'm guessing, three on average for each stream. At that rate, I'm anticipating it'll be July or August by the time you finish Story Mode for all nine parts of this game (assuming you don't take any weeks off, of course). Nice to see you also unlocked a few more achievements, though I wouldn't be surprised if they were simply the relatively easy ones. Also, it's a good thing I intend to play this game myself sometime later, because I'll learn from these streams when I should be patient so I can listen to the entire dialogue.

I think you accidentally linked to contest #78 instead of #79 (not that it matters much, since the intended topic is somewhat easy to find). Anyway, I voted for entry 4, as it's really the only one I'm familiar with, as far as the theme of this contest goes.

That sure was fun to see. So many new gameplay aspects, and yet there's plenty of familiar things to remind us that it's still a Lego video game. I'm definitely looking forward to when I'll have an opportunity to play this game, myself. For now, I look forward to next week's stream (and since some gamers will inevitably be playing this game for several days in a row, perhaps it won't be long before we start seeing some early guides show up that might help out a bit).

Good progress this week, and an excellent stopping point ahead of switching to the newly released game next week. Also good to see you got the achievement for that high dive from the ship. (What I remember from that specific location when I had played this game is that, in my efforts to obtain the True Pirate rank without using any stud multiplier red bricks, I got to True Pirate on that level when I collected the purple stud at the end of that high walkway, so it was literally the last thing I did before making the final strike against Davey Jones that ended the level). Just five more levels left to go through in freeplay mode, along with the bonus level and whatever few remaining achievements are left. (And hopefully, you won't need too many reminders of how this game works by the time you return to it after several weeks of Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga.) Definitely excited for next week to see what that new Lego game will be like. (Of course, with it being a newly released game, there will be no guides available to help, so I'll be trying to figure things out alongside you as you play, at least for the very first day.)

This sure looks like an interesting new kind of Lego game. The graphics kinda remind me of Lego Builder's Journey, but this time we have actual minifigures. From what I saw in the video, what I find especially neat is how the building feature utilizes somewhat realistic physics, which means these builds can fail if your design is not properly balanced, as if you were actually building with real Lego bricks. I'll definitely be interested in getting this game once it's available, though just like with that other upcoming Lego game, I'll probably wait until sometime later to see if I can buy it on Steam during a sale.

While it's certainly nice to see Bionicle represented in this set, I'm honestly excited by the wide variety of other iconic sets and themes that are also featured in this set, such as a city police station, the original yellow castle, the classic spaceship, a Technic vehicle, a classic train, the original pirate ship, the Adventurers sphinx, a Ninjago dragon, and of course the old wooden duck that started it all. Needless to say, this one is definitely going to be a must have for me.

Some rather good progress this week on Lego Pirates of the Caribbean. Yes, there is that achievement for high-diving into the maelstrom, and from what I've read, it must be specifically from the highest possible place to jump off from, which is basically the very last platform you need to reach in the swordfight against Davy Jones (in other words, it'll have to be done in the same location where you would take out the last heart to end the level, so pretty much just be careful to not get too eager to finish the level so you don't miss that achievement). Also, for that achievement of riding all animals, it seems the giant crabs on the last beach of that first level you played today might not be necessary, so if that's true, then the only animal you have left to ride would be the giant spider on the final level of the fourth movie, and that'll be necessary for collecting a minikit, so at this point, you might be all set for that one. Lastly, I would highly suggest that you go right in the hub area towards the dock past the lighthouse where the minikit ships are located. Not only will riding all of those ships be necessary for another achievement, but also a gold brick will appear after you complete all five minikit ships for each movie (so two should be available by now, and a third will be unlocked if you manage to complete the last two levels of movie three next week), so make sure you don't forget to check that out. As always, I'll be looking forward to see how well you do next week.

I haven't yet been able to watch that video, but from reading the article and seeing the few images along with it, I continue to have high hopes for this game. Even though I probably won't get around to trying this game for a while due to others things I've got going on these days, I am still definitely looking forward to watching the game content on Twitch Tuesday before I eventually have the opportunity to play it myself.

As much I find this new DeLorean Time Machine set to be very interesting, I think I'll pass on it, as there are other new sets this year that I'm even more interested in. Besides, I already own the early Ideas themed set that came out around ten years ago, and since I'm not really much of a Back to the Future enthusiast, that's probably good enough for me.

There have been many announcements over the last few weeks regarding this year's new content following after last year's New Generation movie. The main series, using the same 3D animation as the movie and like the movie will be on Netflix, will be titled "Make Your Mark" and will consist of a 44-minute special coming out on May 26, the first season (consisting of at least 8 episodes) will be out on September 26, and there will be a 44-minute holiday special on November 26. Additionally, there will also be a 2D animated series that'll be available on YouTube, starting on April 7. Unlike the story-driven main series, this series, titled "Tell Your Tale", will be short episodes that focus more on everyday life. Finally, there will also be a video game coming out on all the major consoles on May 27, titled "A Maretime Bay Adventure". (I consider this news particularly significant, considering that the FiM series we were all familiar with over the past decade never got a console video game at all.) We certainly have got a lot to look forward to, this year.

As much as I would like to see the reviews of these two Lego City Space sets, I have no desire to make any social media accounts, so I guess that leaves me unable to check it out.

Okay, now with the forums back, time to get a little caught up with recent progress and what's coming up. For Pirates of the Caribbean, while you do already have everything done on that last level of movie 2, I would recommend at least starting up that level and cycling through all of the available characters, just to be sure you've covered everyone for the extra toggle characters achievement. I recall that the last level you went through during that 24-hour stream was the first level of movie 3, and if you had also collected everything in that level, I would again recommend at least starting up that level, cycling through the available characters, then quit the level since you wouldn't need to go through the whole level for that particular achievement, just need to play as each extra character. As for the riding all animals achievement, aside from some crabs in the very next level you'll be going through (second to last of movie 2), there will be only two more animals remaining, one will be necessary to complete a level in movie 3, and the other will be necessary to collect a minikit in the final level of movie 4, so at this point, I think you'll be all set for that achievement. For Lego Dimensions, at least bringing in the Cyberman means you'll now be able to destroy silver objects underwater. And after you get through that final Year 1 Team Pack (Joker and Harley Quinn) and visit the DC Comics world, that'll leave just three more worlds to visit among the Year 1 content; the Lego Movie with the Fun Packs of Emmet and Unikitty (there's also Fun Packs for Benny and Bad Cop, but their abilities are covered by other characters you've already unlocked, so those can be set aside for later); Wizard of Oz with the Fun Pack for Wicked Witch of the West (literally the only pack for that theme); and Legends of Chima with Fun Packs for Laval, Eris, and Cragger (aside from the Chima ability those three have, Eris can fly and Cragger and dive underwater, so I'll let you decide which of those three to open (or perhaps simply open all three at once)). After all of that is done, there's a few options on what to do next (open the rest of the Year 1 packs all at once, playing through all the story levels again to collect all of the minikits, or trying some of the levels with some of the Year 2 packs), so I'll wait until we get to that point before discussing what to do later. Not to mention, I'll also be looking forward to Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga. Of course, with that being a newly released game by the time you start play it, there will obviously be no guides available to help out, so I'll be figuring things out alongside you.

Although I had purchased this set as soon as it was available, I have not yet had an opportunity to assemble it. Good thing this review has provided me with a little insight in what to expect once I eventually get around to it (such as how I should exactly follow the instructions to minimize difficulties with the building process). While I can already think of some minor adjustments I could make to the finished model, I think I'll just stick with the intended design when I eventually build this set.

I got all of the previous Lego City Space sets (the Mars exploration setting from 2019), and I'm definitely eager to get all of the sets in this new wave of Lego City Space. But unlike with the Globe, I won't be in a mad rush to get these sets as quickly as possible. I'm willing to be a little patient for a good opportunity (such as when double VIP points are next promoted).

I'm disappointed that the Outer Solar System Explorers submission was rejected, and I honestly don't really care much for the two projects that were accepted. Looks like the James Webb Space Telescope will be among those being reviewed next, so I'm hoping to see if that one will be approved.

Alright! Now I can make comments on recent news that won't be quickly buried on Discord.

While post rank images and titles still don't show up in the posts, at least I can see them by simply moving the cursor over the member's username or avatar to automatically bring up that small profile box, which I recall had been showing up as a blank error message in the initial days after the forum upgrade, so I guess that's another feature that's now back to working as good as usual.

I can see the six gold gears icon identifying you as an admin, but I currently do not see any other post rank images or titles showing up here on these forum posts. And yes I can see other member's post rank titles and images on their profile pages, so thanks for letting us know about that at least.