If that rocket doesn't say "Captain Ross" on the side and "I Hate Monica" on the bottom, then we are wasting our time here.

(Yes, that was an Apollo rocket rather than Artemis, but shut up)

I guess I won't be spending much on Lego in 2024.

@DaLegoNerd1 said:
"List of unconventional parts in 31212 The Milky Way Galaxy Flag, .............., and Fork. See if you can spot them all! ;)"

Also found a printed 1x1 round brick alien piece!

For the Milky Way, it looks better when you hold the screen away from your face.

@Kynareth said:
" @sipuss said:
"Very ugly Milky Way unless you look from (very) afar.
Artemis, on the other hand, looks fantastic. Seems like a fairly boring build with a lot of repeated steps, though."

I disagree. It looks good from a distance, from the mid distance you start.to realise that it’s not flat and you can enjoy the greebling up close. I can imagine that some might not enjoy the mid distance ambiguity though."

While I can appreciate the idea of 31212, and it doesn't bother me too much, I can also imagine that folks with mild-to-severe trypophobia (such as my lovely wife) are going to _hate_ it.

@Potters said:
" @DaLegoNerd1 said:
"List of unconventional parts in 31212 The Milky Way Galaxy Flag, .............., and Fork. See if you can spot them all! ;)"

Also found a printed 1x1 round brick alien piece!"

There was a piece I couldn't distinguise, it's in the bottom middle of the white center. do you recognize it?

I love LEGO and I have patience, but not enough for the Milky Way.

I really want to like the Milky Way; I was so excited for it. But I think the pink and purple area is too large, like it should transition to blue much sooner as you move outward.

@DaLegoNerd1 said:
" There was a piece I couldn't distinguise, it's in the bottom middle of the white center. do you recognize it?"

Maybe you mean the feather plume?

that milky way is hideous, ugh

I'm a huge space fan and yet the Artemis set is so big, I would have difficulty finding a space for it. The Artemis is also not a rocket that I have any sentimental attachment too. Maybe after it starts carrying astronauts back to the moon that will change.

Love the Artemis, but the Milky Way is not by cup of tea.

Artemis looks like an absolute sticker fest. I guess only Star Wars gets the privilege of printed display plaques?

@StyleCounselor said:
" @DaLegoNerd1 said:
"List of unconventional parts in 31212 The Milky Way Galaxy
Flag, Cupcake, Bike Helmet, Hairbrush, Carrot, Wisk, Aero Blade Base (from Ninjago), Binoculars, Crown, Flame, Cherries, Eggshell, Grass, 3 different flower elements, Hermit Crab, Mug, Twig, 2x1 tooth plate, Leaf, Frog, Heart, and Fork.

See if you can spot them all! ;)"

Hair brush battlepack. "

And it seems like a glow-in-the-dark-parts battlepack as well! Which is the only interesting thing for me.
I don't hate it, but man I am faaaaar away from the "You are here" tile to be able to afford such a luxury product.

@Huw said:
" @ForestMenOfEndor said:
"While I can appreciate the idea of 31212 , and it doesn't bother me too much, I can also imagine that folks with mild-to-severe trypophobia (such as my lovely wife) are going to _hate_ it."

TIL a new word and fear: thank you!"

Trypophobia is an aversion to the sight of repetitive patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. It is not officially recognized as a mental disorder, but may be diagnosed as a specific phobia if excessive fear and distress occur. Most affected people experience mainly disgust when they see trypophobic imagery. Wikipedia

The umbilical tower for the SLS is very small (again not the same scale as Saturn V 1:160 vs 1:110). At 1:110 the footprint is 14 x 14 studs. Here, at 1:160 the footprint is 10 x 10 studs. Still looks reasonably good but a lot smaller. The fences on the mobile platform will definitively have to be changed (the part exists and is in production) since they are most likely double the size they should be. Also, as mentioned on a previous post , the diagonal support beams do not connect to anything - they float in mid air - this is very lazy of Lego. Even a 1x2 plate would make them 'look like' they connect a little bit. Very lazy indeed.

I like the milky way from a distance (quite a large distance). Must be tedious to build (but if you make an error it probably does not mater much). I'll see what the price for this will be...

Edit: just saw the price. Nope. Artemis: a bit more than expected but I'll bite the bullet anyway - hopefully there will be discounts eventually.

Artemis is amazing and probably a day-one buy for me even if I'm extremely irritated by the stickers when Saturn V was exclusively printed. Nevertheless, really looking forward to this build!

Man that Artemis rocket and especially it's launch pad will be super boring to build. I like the model, but it will get repetitive really fast.

Oh man, that Milky Way is going to be so boring to build.

Artemis looks good, but not something I really want.

The Milky Way 31212 is a hard no for me. I'm a big fan of most things astronomy related, but this doesn't do it for me. It's very interesting mix of the colors and textures, but there's something off about the whole thing.

Artemis 10341 is likely one I'll get. Looks decent enough.

They look neat, but I don't have room for them. The Milky Way looks awesome. I love the colors and depth/texture.

Did I read something wrong? Description says rocket includes a printed plaque, but photos show it as a sticker?

That rocket has to go on the edge of a City, it seems as if it can carry about 8 minifigures and 1 dog, so where’s the door?

I love 31212 and will get that. As for the rocket, nope, I'm still a Trekkie first and I take my Earl Grey hot and black.

Artemis seems a fair price but it's a shame the real thing doesn't have a red launchpad. The other thing thats lets it down compared to the Saturn V is the stickers, which won't stand the test of time on curved parts.

N… AS …A

@Huw said:
"Ridiculous. Who knows what a pound is nowadays?
While I could forgive the 'incorrect' spelling of meter, it should at least have an s on the end!
Still, it would not be a genuine LEGO plaque without a mistake or two."
:-D At least it's not in stones...
Maybe it was an attempt to honour NASA with the pounds and ESA with the metres, only they got it wrong with the American spelling of metre?

I really love the Artemis set, the Milky Way not so much. And I’m actually a fan of most LEGO art sets.

Just seems too expensive and not really… I don’t know, it looks messy to me! I’m not sure it really reads as a “galaxy” even from a distance, it looks mostly just like a piece of abstract artwork.

@brick_r said:
"From 'far away' it ("Milky Way") looks beautiful and impressive...'up close', it looks :|...hmmm...I guess; art can also imitate life.:D

also: @AustinPowers: Second, maybe third fave Eric Idle song; behind "Always look on the Bright Side of Life", and the one time sung "Lumberjack Song" (at the Hollywood Bowl performance)...Buuuuut then again, he does also sing the title song for movie for which you are refencing, so...:D

And adding:
"Everybody lives on a street, in a city
Or a village or a town for what it's worth
And they're all inside a country which is part of a continent
That sits upon a planet known as Earth
And the Earth is a ball full of oceans and some mountains
Which is out there spinning silently in space
And living on that Earth are the plants and the animals
And also the entire human race!

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny little specks
About the size of Mickey Rooney
It's big and black and inky
And we are small and dinky
It's a big universe, and we're not!...":D"

The animation for that song sequence was odd / strange, even by Monty Python standards. IMO, Meaning of Life was the most strange / unsettling film they put out. 'Holy Grail' was the best, the TV show, then the pre-movie featurette 'The Crimson Permanent Assurance', then 'Life of Brian', a few other live things they did, then 'Meaning of Life'.

As excited as I am about the direction LEGO is taking with Art sets, I’m struggling to pay $200 for Jamba Juice vomit being flushed.

I really don't like this set. There are too many 1x1 holes shown and the center with the white looks too aggressive to me and a bit disgusting.

The stickers are really horrible. No way I pay that much money for a product ruined by such greedy decisions.

I love the finished look of the milky way, but I don't think I'd take much pleasure building it unfortunately. I like novel parts use when you have to figure out what they were going for, but here it's kind of arbitrary.

The Service Module part will make a good astromech droid head for a Star Wars droid mod.

I LOVE that Milky Way set. Wasn't sure about it up close, but the greebling is fantastic and the colors pop so much from a distance. I like the Artemis set too, but the stickered plaque is a joke considering they're all printed in UCS sets now. I usually don't mind stickers, but the other stickers look pretty bad in official pictures too. The build looks great and the price definitely feels reasonable so I'll probably pick it up.

All in all, I'm loving the Space subtheme this year and how it's impacting almost every product line! It's a really creative idea and the sets are standouts.

@sipuss said:
"Very ugly Milky Way unless you look from (very) afar.
Artemis, on the other hand, looks fantastic. Seems like a fairly boring build with a lot of repeated steps, though."

Yes, it reminds me looking at a 320X200 jpg that you need to squint hard so it'll look OKish.

I think 31212 was intended to be similar to 21312

@Murdoch17 said:
" @brick_r said:
"From 'far away' it ("Milky Way") looks beautiful and impressive...'up close', it looks :|...hmmm...I guess; art can also imitate life.:D

also: @AustinPowers : Second, maybe third fave Eric Idle song; behind "Always look on the Bright Side of Life", and the one time sung "Lumberjack Song" (at the Hollywood Bowl performance)...Buuuuut then again, he does also sing the title song for movie for which you are refencing, so...:D

And adding:
"Everybody lives on a street, in a city
Or a village or a town for what it's worth
And they're all inside a country which is part of a continent
That sits upon a planet known as Earth
And the Earth is a ball full of oceans and some mountains
Which is out there spinning silently in space
And living on that Earth are the plants and the animals
And also the entire human race!

It's a great big universe
And we're all really puny
We're just tiny little specks
About the size of Mickey Rooney
It's big and black and inky
And we are small and dinky
It's a big universe, and we're not!...":D"

The animation for that song sequence was odd / strange, even by Monty Python standards. IMO, Meaning of Life was the most strange / unsettling film they put out. 'Holy Grail' was the best, the TV show, then the pre-movie featurette 'The Crimson Permanent Assurance', then 'Life of Brian', a few other live things they did, then 'Meaning of Life'."
Everyone has different tastes.
My favorite is Life of Brian (by far)
Second is Meaning of Life (it's so ridiculously gross that - to me - it's funny again)
Holy Grail is my least favorite. Sure it's got a few extremely funny scenes, but on the whole I find it rather boring. Plus that ending...

@sipuss said:
"Very ugly Milky Way unless you look from (very) afar.
Artemis, on the other hand, looks fantastic. Seems like a fairly boring build with a lot of repeated steps, though."

Funny, my response was quite the opposite. I find the textures very interesting and a good use of Lego for creating an image. Much more interesting than just 1x1 stud pieces. And the colors are really cool.

I don’t buy the arts sets and I probably won’t buy this one. But if I ever did buy one I’d pick something with texture like this or The Great Wave set.

Has anyone yet been able to find the "famous" Milky Way objects listed in the announcement? I get the hermit crab mentioned by @Potters for the Crab Nebula. I initially thought the trans-pink flame to the upper right of the Sun was the Flame Nebula, but that's too far away, so perhaps that's supposed to be the Pillars of Creation (M16 *is* in that general direction). So maybe the Chi piece (I think that's the trans-blue part) just to the lower left is the Pleiades, and the magenta ice cream to the upper left represents Trappist-1?

I don't know... I feel like the Milky Way is a good idea for an Art set, but the execution is a bit of a miss. The "famous objects" are all so nearby the Sun, and also so small relative to the galaxy, to be really distinguishable. Also the greeble-style and angle chosen squish out so many of the details - the Perseus and Centaurus Arms are there, and a bit of the Sagittarius and Outer Arms, but the Orion Spur is basically lost, as are all the larger nebulae. The set should be more blue/white overall, with pink reserved for accurately-placed star forming regions (Carina, Rosette, etc.). As it is, the set looks almost nothing like how we imagine the Milky Way looks. Perhaps doing Andromeda (which is naturally at an angle from our perspective) would have been better, though it loses the "You are here" factor. Overall, I'm not impressed.

The Artemis set, on the other hand, I do quite like, to the extent I answered "Maybe" on the poll instead of my usual "No." Lots of good details there, though the plaque annoys me a bit (thrust is fine in pounds, but weight should've been in tonnes; and it's meter*s*).

Also, no idea what the grey dish off to the left of the Milky Way is... a satellite doesn't make sense if they're accurately including famous galactic objects, and the LMC and SMC are off to the right side from this angle. Maybe it's meant to indicate Andromeda far in the background, but then why is it grey?

@R0Sch said:
"N AS A = No Aligned Stickers Anywhere"

Well, luckily they're stickers, so you can perfectly align them yourself when you place them on the model. So what if they end up overlapping multiple pieces?

If these parts were printed, you'd be stuck with the bad alignments for all time.

@abri123 said:
"Overall I like the Artemis set, but the stickers drag it down a lot when you see closer images.

I don't mind stickers generally, but these are excessive, and the white of the stickers doesn't colour-match with the white beneath it. Disapointing. "

What's the record for stickers / set? I just finished my first technic set VTOL 42181 and was overwhelmed with the number of stickers. Two sheets!

I think pictures can't convey how Milky Way feels like in person. I like the idea but I'm not sure if the result is worth it. Hope I can find it on display somewhere, like the LEGO store maybe.

Artemis is really nice, I look forward to seeing it on display at the planetarium. I think the toy version from 60351 is enough for me.

Got an eye headache and nausea just looking at that Milky Way. Artemis looks good. Repetitiveness level 8.5/10 though.

@Duq said:
"Who approved that plaque? Height in metric, weight in imperial?
Why are thrust and orbit not capitalised?

Anyway, good looking set, good price, but it's BIG!"

The height isn't even given in a metric unit, it's some weirdly arbitrary value. The SLS is 98 *metres* in height, using a metric unit of measurement. A "meter" is something entirely different.

What could have been a really good set has been left as a big disappointment. Besides the woeful sticker for the plaque, the actual structure leaves a lot to be desired. And those floating diagonal braces are laughably bad.

@Block_n_Roll said:
"The height isn't even given in a metric unit, it's some weirdly arbitrary value. The SLS is 98 *metres* in height, using a metric unit of measurement. A "meter" is something entirely different."
You know Americans can't spell English properly. To them this is how you spell metre.
And to my Dutch brain it looks fine too ;-)

Seeing 31212, I think I can probably make my own Space Junk Galaxy with the tiny pieces and minifigure accessories I already have at the bottom of my bins.

@ra226 said:
"so do we know what the grey thing is supposed to be? Because none of our probes are going to get out that far for a very, very long time..."

Aliens.

I'm baffled since they decided to include features they didn't include the supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy.

Can someone explain to me why they don't like the Milky Way? Cus' it isn't perfect, but I think it looks good.

@Duq said:
"Who approved that plaque? Height in metric, weight in imperial?
Why are thrust and orbit not capitalised?

Anyway, good looking set, good price, but it's BIG!"

In addition, weight and thrust are physical quantities that correspond to forces, therefore they should have used pound-force (lbf) or newton (N) for the unit of measurement.

I like the rocket but not the tower. Although it looks like everything is stickered, so I'll build it from existing parts and bricklink. And the Milky Way 'art', it is definitely not for me.

@BLProductions said:
"Has anyone yet been able to find the "famous" Milky Way objects listed in the announcement? I get the hermit crab mentioned by @Potters for the Crab Nebula. I initially thought the trans-pink flame to the upper right of the Sun was the Flame Nebula, but that's too far away, so perhaps that's supposed to be the Pillars of Creation (M16 *is* in that general direction). So maybe the Chi piece (I think that's the trans-blue part) just to the lower left is the Pleiades, and the magenta ice cream to the upper left represents Trappist-1?

Also, no idea what the grey dish off to the left of the Milky Way is... a satellite doesn't make sense if they're accurately including famous galactic objects, and the LMC and SMC are off to the right side from this angle. Maybe it's meant to indicate Andromeda far in the background, but then why is it grey? "

I haven't a clue where the named features are, but as they've enrolled experts presumably they will be described and pointed out in the booklet.

The grey dish thing is aliens. Definitely aliens. On their way now....

@Fizyx said:
"Wow, amazing sets! And the prices are way better than I expected on both of them. Very excited!"

Exchange rates to AUD hurt a bit. Guess this excludes all forms of taxes. Converting back AUD your looking ~ $293 USD . We do tend to see sales so its like they just factor in extra rrp now.

I like the Art related sets, the galaxy one actually looks pretty cool. Though at $200, it seems a bit pricey. If it had been around $120 like the other art sets i'd be more inclined to buy it.

Milky way looks interesting, but I can't decide if I like it or not. Might be a look at in person first.

Artemis is cool, but way to big to display easily, and not as cool as a classic Saturn V or Orbiter.

"Pounds" is also a US unit for force, its 4.45 N or the amount of force required to stop a pound falling in Earths gravity.

To avoid confusion they could have used kip, for 1000 pounds of force. Or Newtons like the rest of the world.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @ItisNoe said:
"Can someone explain to me why they don't like the Milky Way? Cus' it isn't perfect, but I think it looks good. "

I don't like the Milky Way because it doesn't have a pleasant feel in my mouth. Same with 3 Musketeers bars. I think it's a sensory thing, tbh.

...We were discussing candy bars, right?"

I mean, galaxy, chocolate bar, potato, tomato, they're all the same right?

love the "you are here sign"

@yellowcastle said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
" @ItisNoe said:
"Can someone explain to me why they don't like the Milky Way? Cus' it isn't perfect, but I think it looks good. "

I don't like the Milky Way because it doesn't have a pleasant feel in my mouth. Same with 3 Musketeers bars. I think it's a sensory thing, tbh."
I thought it was just me! That exactly describes my problems with those 2 bars. Snickers and Kit Kat have more oomph and Twix is just right. :o)
"

You had me until you said Twix was good. Otherwise, you're spot on.

In which galaxy does $260 USD equate to $450 AUD. I believe $400 would have been closer to the mark. Come on LEGO you can do better.

@woosterlegos said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"If I knew I had the space to build it, I would be sorely tempted by 31212 , but I haven't even gotten 21226's Spaceman hung yet.

@woosterlegos said:
"Love the Artemis, but the Milky Way is not by cup of tea. "

So you don't like milk in your tea?"

I don't even like tea. I'm a coffee person :)"

I don't like either, myself; I just couldn't resist the joke.

@Bricklestick said:"Looking forward to complaints about the Milky Way having a Friends colour scheme"

Now we know what Olivia's *real* mission is. "Screw "Rebuild the World," I'm rebuilding the galaxy!"

@yellowcastle SAID:"What's the record for stickers / set? I just finished my first technic set VTOL 42181 and was overwhelmed with the number of stickers. Two sheets!"

https://brickset.com/article/56577/which-set-contains-the-most-stickers

@Murdoch17 SAID:" @ItisNoe said:"Can someone explain to me why they don't like the Milky Way? Cus' it isn't perfect, but I think it looks good. "

I don't like the Milky Way because it doesn't have a pleasant feel in my mouth. Same with 3 Musketeers bars. I think it's a sensory thing, tbh.

...We were discussing candy bars, right?"

I'm not sure I've ever had a Milky Way. but I actually like Three Musketeers. Interesting trivia on that one: The title comes from the fact that each bar originally contained three flavors (chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla) before rationing during World War II forced them to remove two flavors. But anyway, I'll take a Reese's candy bar over any other candy bar. Which Reese's candy bar? Doesn't matter.

Thanks @TheOtherMike - not sure how I forgot that article.

@Norikins said:
" @ra226 said:
"so do we know what the grey thing is supposed to be? Because none of our probes are going to get out that far for a very, very long time..."

Aliens.
"

I accept that answer! Now I see the resemblance to 7052.

@Spike730 said:
"I guess I won't be spending much on Lego in 2024."

It’s only April - there’s still heaps of time for LEGO to take all of your money!!….
;)

@derekthetree said:
"Milky way looks interesting, but I can't decide if I like it or not. Might be a look at in person first.

Artemis is cool, but way to big to display easily, and not as cool as a classic Saturn V or Orbiter."

Artemis is roughly the same footprint as a modular. A modular is 32x32. This one is 32x36 (so four studs 'deeper').

BTW. The real thing is 165 feet by 135 feet. To be at the correct scale, the base should be 32x40 studs. I guess Lego shrank the thing a little bit.

Milky Way GALAXY. Reminds me of the Kingfisher BIRD. Next up, the Lamborghini Countach CAR maybe!

2 great sets. Loving the superb way that the Milky Way has been done, rather than just a flat mosaic. Probably quite heavy going to build, needing a few sessions (or the suggested 5 people)!

Will probably get the Milky Way before the Artemis as I've got more available wall space than table space!

I love the Milky Way- I bet they hid a few Easter eggs in there like the Kanji they did in the world map.

@CCC said:
" @BLProductions said:
"Has anyone yet been able to find the "famous" Milky Way objects listed in the announcement? I get the hermit crab mentioned by @Potters for the Crab Nebula. I initially thought the trans-pink flame to the upper right of the Sun was the Flame Nebula, but that's too far away, so perhaps that's supposed to be the Pillars of Creation (M16 *is* in that general direction). So maybe the Chi piece (I think that's the trans-blue part) just to the lower left is the Pleiades, and the magenta ice cream to the upper left represents Trappist-1?

Also, no idea what the grey dish off to the left of the Milky Way is... a satellite doesn't make sense if they're accurately including famous galactic objects, and the LMC and SMC are off to the right side from this angle. Maybe it's meant to indicate Andromeda far in the background, but then why is it grey? "

I haven't a clue where the named features are, but as they've enrolled experts presumably they will be described and pointed out in the booklet.

The grey dish thing is aliens. Definitely aliens. On their way now....
"

It looks like Gaia, an European Space Agency's mission, mapping the Milky Way:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Gaia/Gaia_factsheet

@legofanboy said:
"In which galaxy does $260 USD equate to $450 AUD. I believe $400 would have been closer to the mark. Come on LEGO you can do better."

Our galaxy. $260 USD (pre tax price) is $400 AUD. Add on your tax, $440. The extra $10 AUD is probably economy of scale for a large population vs small plus shipping costs to a fairly remote and sparsely populated country.

I like the 3D art concept for the Milky Way, but difficult to know how realistic as only comparing against photos which reduce in detail when you have to go so far out to see the whole picture.
I hope they do other more colourful subjects which fill the whole picture.

Think Milky Way looks cool and would 100% get it up on a wall, it will surely be a lot more interesting in real life.
But I would never pay for it.

@Librarian1976 said:
"The great thing about LEGO is that if you move to a different part of the galaxy, you can reposition the “You Are Here” sign to a different place."

Do you know how to relocate to another part of the Galaxy? Some sort of Hitchhiker's Guide, perhaps?

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"The great thing about LEGO is that if you move to a different part of the galaxy, you can reposition the “You Are Here” sign to a different place."

Do you know how to relocate to another part of the Galaxy? Some sort of Hitchhiker's Guide, perhaps?"

I feel like I heard something from Lego recently about a rocket.

@Andrusi said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"The great thing about LEGO is that if you move to a different part of the galaxy, you can reposition the “You Are Here” sign to a different place."

Do you know how to relocate to another part of the Galaxy? Some sort of Hitchhiker's Guide, perhaps?"

I feel like I heard something from Lego recently about a rocket. "
Need something with a bit more poke....
Fireball XL5 should do the trick. That'll fly you round the universe!

And then Lego can make one!

@CCC said:
"The grey dish thing is aliens. Definitely aliens. On their way now...."

Since they are still on the far side of the Outer Arm (which, to be pedantic, is missing its recently discovered extension, but any pink/blue parts pack can fix that), they'll be here in just 20-25,000 years if they're not going over the light speed limit. Better start getting ready!

GORGEOUS~~!

@sjr60 said:
" @Andrusi said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Librarian1976 said:
"The great thing about LEGO is that if you move to a different part of the galaxy, you can reposition the “You Are Here” sign to a different place."

Do you know how to relocate to another part of the Galaxy? Some sort of Hitchhiker's Guide, perhaps?"

I feel like I heard something from Lego recently about a rocket. "
Need something with a bit more poke....
Fireball XL5 should do the trick. That'll fly you round the universe!

And then Lego can make one!"

Why limit yourself to the just this Universe? How about all of time and space, alternate timelines, special separate realities, pocket dimensions, and be back before you left! Next time, take the TARDIS and go home the long way 'round!

As much as I like the Artemis, even in the official pictures those stickers look terrible. The people at Lego should be able to see that, right? Do they just not care? And once again I wonder why they didn't do clear backed stickers, while those might have their own issues, they look a lot better..

Maybe James May can give us some insight into why Lego is so bad at stickers, and why they seemingly aren't even ashamed to show their incompetence?

Can we all be honest here? Maybe 10 of us tops are going to buy that Milky Way Art set. Huw/Cap will get it free and then donate it to a semi-loved one.

@Murdoch17 said:
"You had me until you said Twix was good. Otherwise, you're spot on."

Twix is totes amazeballs, and you know it.

@EtudeTheBadger said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"You had me until you said Twix was good. Otherwise, you're spot on."

Twix is totes amazeballs, and you know it."

TWIX original. That thing with cookies/cream is an abomination.....like Milky Way and 3 Musketeers. :o)

I will pass on Artemis which is too small compared to my beloved Saturn V and has too may stickers. But I will definitely get the Milky Way which looks great from a distance (at a discount as the base price is exaggerated)

@yellowcastle said:
"Can we all be honest here? Maybe 10 of us tops are going to buy that Milky Way Art set. Huw/Cap will get it free and then donate it to a semi-loved one."

Considering that 395 people want the set, according to its database entry, I think you're underestimating the set's appeal. Granted wanting a set does not necessarily equate to intending to buy it, but I think it's safe to say that it will sell better than you're expecting.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @yellowcastle said:
"Can we all be honest here? Maybe 10 of us tops are going to buy that Milky Way Art set. Huw/Cap will get it free and then donate it to a semi-loved one."

Considering that 395 people want the set, according to its database entry, I think you're underestimating the set's appeal. Granted wanting a set does not necessarily equate to intending to buy it, but I think it's safe to say that it will sell better than you're expecting."

It was a bit hyperbolic but the intent is clear. Set reveals on Brickset usually get a healthy mix of yays and nays but I was seeing the reponse lean significantly more towards the yay, which surprised me. This one feels like we as a group will more likely support it with our likes than our wallets. Additionally, congrats to the semi-loved one who can expect this set from Huw/Cap. ;o)

@DrSchlepenstein said:
"I like the Art related sets, the galaxy one actually looks pretty cool. Though at $200, it seems a bit pricey. If it had been around $120 like the other art sets i'd be more inclined to buy it. "

The $120 art sets are 48x48, so 2304 studs ($0.052 per stud). This is 50x82, so 4,100 studs ($0.049 per stud). Those are two-dimensional comparisons, and this one also appears to have more depth. There's also a much greater variety of piece types and maybe colors, too--the "regular" Art sets are capped at 16 different colors of dots.

@SuicideSkwad said:
"Artemis looks like an absolute sticker fest. I guess only Star Wars gets the privilege of printed display plaques? "
The description states it is a printed plaque though.

Milky Way looks better than I expected - I was assuming from small pictures that it would be mostly tiles. The greebling is super nice - but the price point makes it fall outside my budget for the meantime. May keep it as a consideration as I need more decor, though.

Artemis Rocket looks neat, but not my thing. Exciting, though!

@Norikins said:
"I'm baffled since they decided to include features they didn't include the supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy."
Maybe they did, behind the white glare from the dense star population that surrounds it. In all seriousness, there's enough space beneath the white bricks for the designers to have put something in.