I'm sure some of you here have played at least one of the other LEGO games, I for one think they are a pretty fun way to kickback and relax. Less stress, lost of humor and always very detailed in regards to recreating scenes and elements from the movies they are based on.
So my question for you would be, would you play the game if it was made? I am hoping to get it at least considered by the LEGO group and show a strong interest from the community and support for the Star Trek franchise, and any help this community could offer would be amazing.
I know the trekkies are high in number and enthusiastic about the original franchises. I don't at all think it would be too hard with a little grassroots campaigning and spreading the world by all of his here amongst ourselves, to our friends and on other Star Trek fansites to reach the 10,000 person support we need to get the project considered.
If you are interested please let me know here and spread the word? I'd be happy to hear/ discuss your opinions and ideas for characters, level designs, missions etc.
If you'd like to support the cause it's easy, you can login with your FB account and just have to hit the "Support" button: http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/44672
Best case scenario we get it done, worst case we show strong interest in the theme for LEGO and maybe a little chance to see the theme down the road.
The other Lego games he has such as Batman and Star Wars were very good at the time, but now with operating system changes they no longer work and Lego do not release patches to fix them.
And that's one of the perks of not upgrading your OS the instant there's an upgrade...
Got Windows 7, LSW 1-3 work just fine, Indiana Jones 1-2 also work, Harry Potter 1 works fine, Pirates of the Caribbean works fine, and LotR works fine. :P
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
And that's one of the perks of not upgrading your OS the instant there's an upgrade...
Got Windows 7, LSW 1-3 work just fine, Indiana Jones 1-2 also work, Harry Potter 1 works fine, Pirates of the Caribbean works fine, and LotR works fine. :P
Don't be so Rude. Not everyone has even an extra penny to spare for upgrading their OS system. Sheesh.
My son was an avid fan of Lego Universe, their only MMO, as an 8 year old he was utterly engrossed and did really well, we bought him a subscription and he enjoyed it so much - until they pulled the plug. He was heart broken, along with many hundreds of thousands of other little kids, huge campaigns were started to try and keep the game alive but all to no avail. Lego didn't give a toss that they upset many devoted children, they only saw pound signs, as if the huge profits they make from their kits weren't enough to help subsidise their MMO whilst it became fully established.
We must have spent several thousand UK pounds over the years on Lego for my son as he grew up, the kits are extremely expensive considering they manufacture thousands of bricks a second. After LU went under he began to lose interest in Lego completely and now at the age of 9 he hardly plays with his tens of thousands of bricks and we don't have to splash out the stupid amount of money that this company charges.
STO by comparison is a very cheap game to play for him and provides a lot more entertainment as he grows up.
The other Lego games he has such as Batman and Star Wars were very good at the time, but now with operating system changes they no longer work and Lego do not release patches to fix them.
Lego are interested in one thing only, short term product profitability, they care nothing for the kids whose lives they disrupt and I for one would never buy another thing from them again.
This makes me sad. I'm sorry to hear that. It is such a shame when their is no care for others . It seems to be a common denominator of this planets present era's people. (Not all but many).
I'm glad though that your son , (if I understand you correctly), has got into STO. It is quite a good game indeed, for all ages. And also it should be a game that won't close-down anytime soon.
Lego are interested in one thing only, short term product profitability, they care nothing for the kids whose lives they disrupt and I for one would never buy another thing from them again.
I don't think that's true at all. From all that I could see, LEGO cancelled Universe because they realized that it wasn't going to make a profit (it's hard to justify throwing good money after bad to a for-profit company, and honestly a kid-centered MMO is a hard sell), or at least not one comparable to actual bricks (which means that it's a better use of their money to focus on the latter), and that they decided it would be better to pull the servers than let the game and its community go stale as it languished in maintenance mode.
If they truly cared only for short-term profitability, they wouldn't have tried to make an MMO in the first place, and if they cared nothing for the disruption the cancellation caused, they probably wouldn't have offered full refunds for already-purchased game time.
Hmm don't follow you here, I always wait months if not years to upgrade OS.
One of the issues I have is LSW will install on XP but won't run any more. I don't remember the specifics but it had something to do with DRM and the company running it no longer provides a code or something, sorry to be vague, all I know is it wouldn't run, neither will batman, and LU has been cancelled, so buying into any Lego software seems to be a risky venture to say the least.
What you're saying about LSW is a bit strange, and I don't know about Batman, as I don't have it. Pretty sad, though.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
It depends at what scale you're trying to build at. At micro, hand sized scale, it would work really well. At medium scale, hand holding scale, it wouldn't work well at all. At large scale (2 feet+ models), you can build a superstructure out of technic bricks and bars to give things strength where they need it.
Problem is to make curves look good with LEGO, since everything is very angular by nature.
Especially when building my Favourite ships like the Galaxy Class or Andrew Probert's CONCEPT Ambassador Class for example (i just love flowing shapes), you need to make it very big in order to make it look good. (of course i could never afford the necessary brick to do that)
So i would first create a interior superstructure, something like a super strong Spaceframe and build then the outer layer.
Similar to how the ship was build in "real", according to the TNG tech. manual (grin).
This construction would still be very fragile, especially at the very small neck of the Galaxy class. (I heard about people building thing with LEGO and using glue to make structures more sturdy. I haven had LEGO bricks in hands for years now but still the very thought of gluing LEGO bricks gives me the creeps. lol.)
I think it's time someone invents some real structural integrity fields, lol.
A ship like the Constitution on the other hand wouldn't require such a massive amount of parts, just a (very) sturdy Spaceframe to get some strong pylons and neck. Saucer, Engineering hull and Nacelles could be build with ordinary bricks.
Another thing is to get the angle of the Pylons right, for example. Depending on the final size of the ship it could become some problem. (If the ship is only 40-80 cm long for example, i wouldn't recommend to make it even smaller if it is supposed to be sturdy and look good.)
I imagine connecting Saucer with the Neck and Nacelles with the Pylons as a nightmare, lol.
Btw. sorry for being off topic.
"...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--"
- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
Yeah IDK! I personally think that Disney is gunna ruin the look and feel of Star Wars.
Just cause Disney is all about mainly the kids and younger ages, and SW dosent seem like that at all.
Thats the only reason i think Disney will ruin SW, cause there gunna make it for the viewers of kids.
"This is Admiral BumBleBush!..Captain of the U.S.S. Prometheus!..I order you to lower your shields and weapons or ill be forced to fire upon you!!!"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] "This is Fleet Commander BumBle!..
Vice Admiral of the U.S.S. Prometheus!..
I order you to lower your shields and weapons or ill be forced to fire upon you!!!"
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My god man, YES I think I would lol
And that's one of the perks of not upgrading your OS the instant there's an upgrade...
Got Windows 7, LSW 1-3 work just fine, Indiana Jones 1-2 also work, Harry Potter 1 works fine, Pirates of the Caribbean works fine, and LotR works fine. :P
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Don't be so Rude. Not everyone has even an extra penny to spare for upgrading their OS system. Sheesh.
Second:
This makes me sad.
I'm glad though that your son , (if I understand you correctly), has got into STO. It is quite a good game indeed, for all ages. And also it should be a game that won't close-down anytime soon.
God Bless you.
But I said "NOT upgrading"...?
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
I don't think that's true at all. From all that I could see, LEGO cancelled Universe because they realized that it wasn't going to make a profit (it's hard to justify throwing good money after bad to a for-profit company, and honestly a kid-centered MMO is a hard sell), or at least not one comparable to actual bricks (which means that it's a better use of their money to focus on the latter), and that they decided it would be better to pull the servers than let the game and its community go stale as it languished in maintenance mode.
If they truly cared only for short-term profitability, they wouldn't have tried to make an MMO in the first place, and if they cared nothing for the disruption the cancellation caused, they probably wouldn't have offered full refunds for already-purchased game time.
What you're saying about LSW is a bit strange, and I don't know about Batman, as I don't have it. Pretty sad, though.
Infinite possibilities have implications that could not be completely understood if you turned this entire universe into a giant supercomputer.
Problem is to make curves look good with LEGO, since everything is very angular by nature.
Especially when building my Favourite ships like the Galaxy Class or Andrew Probert's CONCEPT Ambassador Class for example (i just love flowing shapes), you need to make it very big in order to make it look good. (of course i could never afford the necessary brick to do that)
So i would first create a interior superstructure, something like a super strong Spaceframe and build then the outer layer.
Similar to how the ship was build in "real", according to the TNG tech. manual (grin).
This construction would still be very fragile, especially at the very small neck of the Galaxy class.
(I heard about people building thing with LEGO and using glue to make structures more sturdy. I haven had LEGO bricks in hands for years now but still the very thought of gluing LEGO bricks gives me the creeps. lol.)
I think it's time someone invents some real structural integrity fields, lol.
A ship like the Constitution on the other hand wouldn't require such a massive amount of parts, just a (very) sturdy Spaceframe to get some strong pylons and neck. Saucer, Engineering hull and Nacelles could be build with ordinary bricks.
Another thing is to get the angle of the Pylons right, for example. Depending on the final size of the ship it could become some problem.
(If the ship is only 40-80 cm long for example, i wouldn't recommend to make it even smaller if it is supposed to be sturdy and look good.)
I imagine connecting Saucer with the Neck and Nacelles with the Pylons as a nightmare, lol.
Btw. sorry for being off topic.
The Taco has his priorities strait.
Just cause Disney is all about mainly the kids and younger ages, and SW dosent seem like that at all.
Thats the only reason i think Disney will ruin SW, cause there gunna make it for the viewers of kids.
"This is Admiral BumBleBush!..Captain of the U.S.S. Prometheus!..I order you to lower your shields and weapons or ill be forced to fire upon you!!!"
"This is Fleet Commander BumBle!..
Vice Admiral of the U.S.S. Prometheus!..
I order you to lower your shields and weapons or ill be forced to fire upon you!!!"