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BrickLink Designer Program - Series 7 - Crowd Support... VOTE NOW!!

There's only a short time left to vote for your favourite designs in the latest series of the BDP.

Visit the site now to click ‘love it’, ‘like it’, or ‘not for me’ and contribute to the support of the builds you believe should be amongst the finalists of this series.


Past finalist designers are back with new creations, and there are a number of other sets that I think might have a chance to be made official. Of course there are medieval submissions galore, as well as trains, boats, houses, and space ships… but which are the top designs? We LEGO fans shall have our say and help decide this, but I will give my own suggestions here for you to check out. Feel free to reject my theories and propose your own top designs in the comments!


A few of the smaller sized sets (or piece-count below 1,000) which I think aren’t half bad include:

‘Camping in the Forest’ - LarsHaakon

‘The Wright Flyer (1903)’ - TJJohn12

‘Skating at the Sugar Shack’ - JKBrickworks

‘Framed Color Chart’ - AllColors

‘Woodland Ambush’ - NightlordBuilds

‘Saxophone’ - legothomas12

‘The Wandering Scorpion’ - jonnyandrea

‘The Scientist’s Kit’ - JAGAMAX

‘Ice Fishing Shack’ - ArchyBrick

‘Food Stand Diners’ - Heckmaker



At 574 pieces, the camping set is possibly something I could make something similar by myself, though it does look nice and I love camping.

The ambush is a low-piece count medieval set, with a tree that can fall to aid the ambush, so this is definitely worth a look into.

The colour chart would be quite handy in the LEGO building room at times, and the saxophone would be nice on display, but the food stands would be a welcome addition to any LEGO theme park in your collection.

My favourites of these though is possibly ‘Skating at the Sugar Shack’ by JKBrickworks, as it has a handle to turn which makes both the flames in the fire dance, and the skater spin and twirl.


Some 1,000 to 4,000 piece sets worth a mention would include:

‘Antique Collection’ - terauma

‘The Hooded Crow Medieval Tavern - Justacityboi

‘Anchor Cove Imperials Shipyard’ - DelusionB

‘Northpoint Academy’ - KingCreations

‘Medieval Fishing Village’ - BrickHammer

‘Medieval Seaport with Cog & Crane’ - BrickPerfection

‘The Portal of Shadows’ - BrentWaller

‘Bandit Camp at the Old Ruins’ - zsobig

‘Mountain Fire Station’ - Marnus

‘Forest Haven’ - BeilbyBricks

‘Elven Haven’ - NicolasCarlier

‘Sushi Restaurant (寿司屋)’ - Brickproject

‘Japanese Hot Spring’ - pub

‘The Floating Market’ - ArchGian7

‘Polar Observatory’ - PepeFrost

‘Alchemist’s Temple’ - PepeFrost

‘Alchemist’s Shop’ - Shram

‘Alchemist’s Workshop’ - SleeplessNight

‘Mountain House of the Forester’ - GreenTraveler

‘Grand Winter Carousel’ - ties25

‘Dustmark Keep’ - brickhucker



The first on the above list is the only design less than 2,000 pieces, and it is a intricate cabinet with well designed table and chair.

For a fantasy themed set you may want to check out BrentWaller’s design with skeletons and a portal, or one of the havens; NicolasCarlier is a familiar finalist designer, but I do like the style of BeilbyBricks’ version… and though the piece count is almost the same, one looks much larger than the other (makes you wonder if smaller pieces will affect end price when they make that decision).


PepeFrost has quite a number of submissions, the observatory looks to be their more realistic design with a range of what seems to be uniquely fantasy themed creations. My favourite of PepeFrost would have to be the Alchemist Temple.

The alchemist dwelling idea was also done by others, and I really like Shram’s version with the giant potion bottle in the roof of the shop (even if it makes it less realistic it does look cool); It also has a horse and cart with a smaller matching potion bottle. But… with about 370 pieces more, though looking significantly larger, is the previous finalist designer SleeplessNight’s version of the alchemist’s building. It has his trademark details and, with his previous designs selling out very quickly, I suspect this is set for another top 5 finalist appearance.


I have mentioned this next design in a previous series as one that I liked, and I believe it has had some upgrades since then; the sushi restaurant is a very good 360 degree build, with plenty of detail and playable features. I think it deserves a shot at the finals, but there is some tough competition! The Japanese hot spring, and the floating markets, are 2 other oriental themed sets; and both look great, seem well designed, and have plenty of playable features as well. Surely one of these 3 will crack the finals, which do you think deserves to be there?


I do also like the mountain house by GreenTraveler, the landscape is nice though probably is soaking up the piece-count. And I was going to say it was nice to have a stream running through the scene without starting from a spring… but it does start from a stream at the edge of the design (though it is much more realistic than the water bursting forth straight into a gushing waterfall like many other LEGO designs).

I believe the carousel has a good chance too if the voters aren’t all fans of castles and/or modulars, as although the scale seems large (full sized horses and sleighs instead of child sized), it is a working model with the horses made to rock up and down, and can also potentially be motorised.


Finally, at the 4,000 piece limit, the castle themed build that I like the most, ‘Dustmark Keep’ by brickhucker. It has a very series-1-SleeplessNight-design feel to it, but with in sand instead of snow, and less gothic-castle and more fort-like in appearance. There is a functional bell mechanism (whether there is any sound from the bell though is unlikely).

It opens up to create a great wall facade too, and would look good displayed either open or closed.

Time for you lot to quickly get online and place your votes!


 
 
 

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