Amazing Lego Minimoog project - please support

[jonno1981]

It was a great holiday though. 52 danish krona for a one scoop ice cream in legoland. Ah joy. I picked up a few key rings as souvenirs, couldn’t afford anything else! The shop was worth a walk around. They had pretty much the whole catalogue to pick from.
Lego house was the surprise, we loved it more than legoland. Just loads to do and plenty of nostalgia for the stuff I bought when I was growing up. 

[itu]

What was missing from Billund, was the historical view to LEGO. I happened to visit

https://www.leksaksmuseet.se/

in Sweden, Stockholm (maybe 10 years ago). There were lots of old boxes and sets from maybe 60's and 70's. That was closer to the original idea of toys you can build and break and build again. Modern boxes look like collector's items.

[jonno1981]

There is a whole history section at Lego house in the basement. There is a section where you can view the complete catalogue year by year and select the models that you owned. I spent ages there! The room has loads of displays of the vintage sets. I agree that the new models aren’t quite as versatile as the originals, they’re still fun to build! 

[Quatschmacher]

Only 88 to go!

[bass_dinger]

Lego will have a shock when they put it into production, only to find out that all the votes came from poor musicians who are saving up for the real thing, or were bassists, or are waiting for Behringer to create a homage to the original instrument. 

 

 

[RhythmJunky]

4 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

Lego will have a shock when they put it into production, only to find out that all the votes came from poor musicians who are saving up for the real thing, or were bassists, or are waiting for Behringer to create a homage to the original instrument. 

 

 

Maybe Behringer should do the same and put a list of synths on their web page and we can vote on which one they rip off..oops.... sorry...'create a homage to' next. 😆 

[BassTractor]

5 hours ago, bass_dinger said:

Lego will have a shock when they put it into production, only to find out that all the votes came from poor musicians who are saving up for the real thing, or were bassists, or are waiting for Behringer to create a homage to the original instrument. 

 

 

I guess Lego are fully aware of how these things work, BUT since they could be bothered to post it, maybe they are indeed willing to put it out - provided most parts are standard and don't require new molds to be made. Maybe every part must be standard; I don't know how expensive molds are these days.
If they do, then I gather only massive sales will see another model later - - though I think the model pool is very tiny indeed.

As to the "homage", I didn't understand your post.
Did you mean the Behringer Model D or a possible future homage that is more its own thing?

 

[bass_dinger]

16 hours ago, BassTractor said:

I guess Lego are fully aware of how these things work, BUT since they could be bothered to post it, maybe they are indeed willing to put it out - provided most parts are standard and don't require new molds to be made. Maybe every part must be standard; I don't know how expensive molds are these days.
If they do, then I gather only massive sales will see another model later - - though I think the model pool is very tiny indeed.

As to the "homage", I didn't understand your post.
Did you mean the Behringer Model D or a possible future homage that is more its own thing?

 

Apologies, I wasn't clear.  Or, more likely, a bout of sickness has made my waffle even harder to read!

 

From seeing previous Lego projects, I know that even 10,000 votes does not guarantee that the item will go into production.  And even if it does, Lego designers may refine the model, whether to change the ease of build, or to reduce the piece-count.

 

My guess is that they probably won't produce new molds for new pieces, but they may reintroduce retired pieces or make existing pieces in new colours.  

 

I thought that the choice of an analogue synthesiser was a little "out there" and didn't match anything else they had produced (until I remembered the Lego typewriter  - wonderful!)

 

As for my "homage" quip, that was simply me making a silly joke - "don't buy the Lego version, wait until the inevitable Behringer copy of the same synthesiser".  However, I didn't realise that Behringer had already released a copy - the Behringer Model D (and thus, spoiled my punchline!).

 

Again, apologies for the lack of clarity.

[BassTractor]

1 hour ago, bass_dinger said:

As for my "homage" quip, that was simply me making a silly joke - "don't buy the Lego version, wait until the inevitable Behringer copy of the same synthesiser".  However, I didn't realise that Behringer had already released a copy - the Behringer Model D (and thus, spoiled my punchline!).

These things happen, and no apology needed.
Yeah, the Behringer was mentioned earlier in this thread, when we compared a potentially £300 Lego to a £169 Behringer. I guess you thought that was a joke (or didn't see it), but it was the actual price at the time. I got mine for slightly less even, at 1/26th of the Norse price of a real Minimoog.
I feel the Lego is cool as f, but for that money two Behringers give more sound. The Behringer hate must be strong in this one for me to opt for the Lego.

BTW, there exists a synth manufacturer who uses lotsa construction set parts. Say a knob is actually a cog.
Forgot the name and the details. Cool as the proverbial.