[HN Gopher] Lego Ideas: Insect Collection - Botanicals meets ani...
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Lego Ideas: Insect Collection - Botanicals meets animals
Author : sohkamyung
Score : 59 points
Date : 2023-08-29 12:19 UTC (2 days ago)
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| agumonkey wrote:
| Wow, beautiful out of the box ideas.
| philips wrote:
| The designer has a delightful YouTube channel and "reviewed"
| their own set. https://youtu.be/eFB8mHx1wAI?si=dA_NzI5Z_sC0ANC5
| digging wrote:
| I've been thinking about this kit since my partner came across it
| the other week. Neither of us are huge LEGO fans, as I generally
| prefer non-plastic anything and have an actual collection of
| insects. But... well we both love insects, and model building in
| general is quite fun. Thanks for the informative review, I think
| we'll look for this after release.
| rtkwe wrote:
| LEGO has a lot of really neat "display" sets available now for
| the more adult audience along with their traditional play sets
| for kids etc.
| r00fus wrote:
| My office at work is huge on these kinds of legos as they
| display well, are fun to inspect/play with while desk-visiting
| your colleague, and they have some geek cred.
|
| At first I was skeptical (loved legos from childhood, but hey -
| this is work!) and then I capitulated with their succulents
| collection.
| digging wrote:
| I wish they could make them out of wood or something. I mean,
| I understand _why_ they 're plastic, it just feels bad to me
| to put more plastic in my house. Truly a pointless struggle,
| though: I'm aware no amount of self-denial I do can clean up
| the oceans or my bloodstream.
| r00fus wrote:
| I was about to say that Legos are all very durable and not
| likely to degrade like other plastics (80% ABS, which last
| hundreds of years with minimal microplaslic generation),
| then after researching found out I had no idea how many
| types of plastics they used:
|
| https://www.lego.com/ms-my/sustainability/product-
| safety/mat...
| araes wrote:
| @digging above, based on the link just provided, you have
| less to worry about. Anything that looks plant-like in
| LEGO is made from 98% renewable sugarcane polyethylene.
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| IE, LEGO plants are actually made from plants.
|
| Now LEGO just needs to make the insects from ground up
| insect shells.
| AnotherGoodName wrote:
| We got the birds version of this since we're bird watchers. A fun
| little kit and decently accurate in the confines of lego. A fun
| couples activity to build it and sits nicely on the shelf. Wish
| there was more and they were a little cheaper.
| ModernMech wrote:
| Ugh, I've restricted myself to only buying robot, space, and
| architecture legos (I will never not add the "s" at the end)
| because otherwise I'd buy too many. I want Bowser, but I can't
| justify it. But I had a pet praying mantis as a kid, so I can't
| not get this one. Damn you Lego!
|
| As an aside, I call legos my adhd medication (nothing helps me
| focus better), and I really wish I could use my hsa funds to buy
| them lol!
| mcphage wrote:
| > I want Bowser, but I can't justify it.
|
| They have a Rivendell model, and it looks absolutely beautiful,
| and I can't justify it to myself. Ah, well.
| dexwiz wrote:
| The fact they got the butterfly wings right, and didn't default
| to dead and on display shows such great attention to detail.
|
| https://www.emilydamstra.com/please-enough-dead-butterflies/
| [deleted]
| digging wrote:
| Excellent article, thanks for the link.
| benrmatthews wrote:
| In celebration, I'm going to plant $US $79.99 worth of
| wildflowers that are supportive of butterflies to breed in their
| natural environment. I hope many others who read this do the
| same.
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