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So….I have never built mosaics but these look interesting! Anyone buying them? A seemingly good deal at $119 for 3000+ 1×1 round pieces!The only tough part for me is buying 4 to get the full series of each at nearly $480. Thoughts?
LEGO Art revealed as mosaic sets of The Beatles, Marilyn Monroe, Star Wars Sith and Iron Man [News]
I think these look interesting, but overpriced. I would rather use the plethora of studs I already have to make my own.
Can we all agree to dub the new brick separator the Adult Brick Separator? It can only be purchased by 18+ year olds after all. “Kids, keep your hands off my Adult Brick Separator. Go use one of the dozens of orange kids ones you already have.”
Why do you suppose they are using round plates instead of square plates for these mosaics? My guess is that is that the orientation of a round plate does not matter compared to a square plate, so its easier to complete. This way, you place all the yellow ones first and then do a different color without having to painstakingly reposition all the little squares.
I think round plates are easier to put on and remove (although in theory the brick separator should make that moot). Or maybe they just liked how it looked with the round ones.
I am looking forward to this. I would like to at some point get all the parts to build the large Darth Vader and Iron man. I don’t think buying 3 of each would be worth it, but maybe buying the needed parts from Bricklink or Bricks and Pieces, but time will tell.
If you want only the exact build pieces for one picture, I’d say BrickLink may be cheaper. If it isn’t too rare a color. Each set comes with more pieces to enable you rebuilding the other two pictures so you may only use them 2000 of the 3000 pieces…we shall see. I still think the set is cheaper though plus you get the fancy box, a manual, that cool new brick separator, and a theme song download included! All for a pittance of $120!
These are in store now! I saw the Iron Man yesterday. The box looks awesome and I still think it’s a better deal to buy the set.
@paulamalu, you gotta build the 4 Marilyns and put em up behind Darth Vader! Totally Pittsburgh!So….the Sith one has a part out value on Bricklink of $1300! It has new color and rarer color studs plus those big bricks. I guess it is cheaper to buy it but it may be worth grabbing 2 and parting one out!
But the part out value drops once a new set is made with the rare part, doesn’t it?
I’m sure over time, yes.
Hey @tcsbgdady! I’m trying to get us TO the Warhol museum! Fingers crossed! THe new head of marketing at LBR is from PITTSBURGH! WHOAH!
LBR = LEGO Brand Retail
Julia Goldin
Global Chief Marketing Officer at the LEGO Groupwent to U of Illinois undergrad but could not find Pgh roots
(thanks Google!)
So….here is what 9501 pieces looks like sorted and ready to build the ultimate Iron Man mosaic! Wish me luck! Of course, only 6912 of those are studs actually in use and then the 27 brick plates. So there will be some left over….what to do with them? Decisions. Decisions.
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Speaking of Mosaics and Mosaic making….Lego.com just released a set that was only in like 2 stores worldwide! Set is 40179. 6002 pieces for $129.99.
You can upload any pic you want and create a greyscale image on Lego.com, save the image as a mosaic to your device, then order the kit and build the picture at home! Pretty cool concept! I am attaching a couple of examples.
You can add black, white, gray, and yellow to make the mosaic in different hews. My plan is to see if you can order one and modify the mosaic as I build with different colors maybe. We shall see. Very cool idea from Lego though in my opinion.
Enjoy!
LEGO had make-your-own mosaics once before. The old ones used 1×1 square plates and 32×32 baseplates. Each kit came with bags of 100 plates, depending on how many you needed of each color. As I recall, there were also designs with a tabby cat, a LEGO dinosaur and a Jonny Thunder explorer minifig head.
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