LEGO Ideas 21362 Mineral Collection announced!

They had to change some of the minerals:(

I'm not sure how accurate either rendition is but I prefer the amethyst of the original submission - the dark bluish grey surround it now has looks a bit like a overbearing frame and it detracts from the other samples in my opinion.

@EtudeTheBadger said:
"Needs a Rock Raiders minifig."

Well I know what I'm doing next time I find one in a bin buy.

This has got to be the dullest set ever...

That’s a quartz no from me.

You know, I'm not so keen on minerals but this looks kind of decent. However, I have a LOT of transparent pieces lying around, so I can probably build stuff like this from my collection.

For the first time in my life, I feel that a LEGO set is actually boring.

For the price, they are a bit sparse looking to me.

I like it! I'll pick one up when I see it out in the wild.

We need Bert and his plethora of geology jokes.

Now excuse me, I've got to listen to some rock music...
:-)

I don't know about the minerals but the stands look great. I think I may copy them.

@FlatSixLego said:
" @damien said:
"This has got to be the dullest set ever..."

"I love collecting rocks, but I don't like to go outside so now I collect plastic on demand rocks."

I mean to some degree I understand the demand and popularity for botanicals, I feel this is a attempt at feeling how warm the water is to expanding this theme.

I can't wrap my head around how the gold is being constructed. Both frontal cubes are new pieces?"

I think they are minecraft heads.

They've improved on the original, but it's still a set that I will pass on.

A souless set.

@yellowcastle said:
"I got a rock."

You blockhead!

@AustinPowers said:"
We need Bert and his plethora of geology jokes.

Now excuse me, I've got to listen to some rock music...
:-) "

Bert was in another set. And while I like this, I don't have the space for it, so 10334 will have to do me for my rock music needs. (Seriously, I tried out the "hide your smartphone and play music" feature by playing Chuck Berry's Greatest Hits.)

Looks great. Love the windows on the shelving.

I preferred the geode in the original submission (at least, that's what I thought it was) but otherwise I think this is very successful--and a reasonable price as well! (Also a great transparent parts pack, if I can ever persuade myself to disassemble it!)

Hank will be very happy

@Lyichir said:
" @Somnium said:
"A souless set. "

This seems cruel to say about any Lego set but especially so about one created by a fellow fan. Somebody put hard work into representing one of their interests in Lego just for someone like you to call it "soulless"."

Agreed, it is very cruel and saying so is a very harsh way to critique a set that could express severe disappointment and dislike, even.

This set is soulless.

@tedgarb said:
"I have had "doorbust the f'ing lego store" on my calendar for October 1 for months, with no idea why I put it there. Now I know :)"

I want on to my calendar and realized that New ninjago has been around for longer than Old ninjago, pre-redesign in s8!

I'd bite if it had a Power Miners or Rock Raiders connection.

Peak. I'm surprised the poll has a majority of "No, it doesn't interest me'.

I'm sorry, but I'm feeling that these are pretty underwhelming. The blue fluorite looks good, and the purple amethyst geode is okay, but the other builds just seem rather bland to me. It's just some stacked transparent bricks for the most part. IMO it doesn't have the same appeal as many of the botanical flower sets.

I think a mineral collection is fun, but I have no desire for a Lego made one, sorry. :(

Rocks!

If it had a single chrome crystal I'd buy 15 of these sets, but you're not getting any of my money lego. Missed opportunity.

I like this set a lot, only one thing I would change. Instead of having shelving, they should've made some of them bigger. And while we're at it I'd buy a much bigger version of amethyst, rhodochrosite and fluorite.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Peak. I'm surprised the poll has a majority of "No, it doesn't interest me'."

I am very surprised by that, too. Although, I selected on the poll "yes, buying it, if it is discounted". This is a beautiful set. Very well done! I was impressed by the orginal and this official set from TLG is more so impressive. (I'm thinking of the Vader quote as I write this.)

@yellowcastle said:
"I got a rock."

Damnit! Beat me to it.

@CC said:
" @danieltheo said:
"I'm not sure how accurate either rendition is but I prefer the amethyst of the original submission - the dark bluish grey surround it now has looks a bit like a overbearing frame and it detracts from the other samples in my opinion."

I don't know if it is more accurate than the submission, but it looks to me like they were trying to mimic the minifig scale geode part, Bricklink ID 49656pb02.
"

@GoldenNinja3000 said:
"Love this set and I like that the geode mimics the actual LEGO brick, but I wish we also got an up-scaled version of the classic crystal piece here! "

Wait...that geode is supposed to be a Mimic? Sold!

@Norikins said:
" @FlatSixLego said:
"I can't wrap my head around how the gold is being constructed. Both frontal cubes are new pieces?"

They are Minecraft heads."

Specifically, they are Minecraft animal heads, with the overhanging chin, and the wide base at the neck.

Oh dear... that's the 5th excellent set under £55 coming on Oct 1st that I'll have a lot of trouble waiting for offers! 21362, 40820, 40809, 10374 and 72046 and thats even before the Winter Village set gets announced. I hope there are some very good GWPs for October!

I actually really want this, it looks great.

Although I completely agree with the comments upthread. It needs a rock monster, a couple of Rock Raider minifigs (Power Miner figures in a pinch) or both.

I might not *love* them for display pieces, but they will look pretty good built into my lego mountain near all the mining equipment . I really wish they would produce a mining truck to minifigure scale (caterpillar 797!)

@gearwheel said:
"The pyrite, amethyst geode, and tangerine quartz look pretty much like what they're supposed to be.

The rhodochrosite is shaped right, but the color is a bit off - it should be more pinkish. I think if Lego did a trans red core faced with trans pink tiles, that would get closer to the actual mineral's color.

The blue fluorite is blue, but it doesn't look much like typical fluorite. Fluorite usually has a cubic habit, so this should be shaped more like the pyrite and rhodochrosite. Fluorite can be octahedral, so I guess this is supposed to be a massive octahedral sample.

The "watermelon" tourmaline is tourmaline-shaped, but it sure isn't watermelon. That variety is red or pink in the center with green edges, like an actual watermelon. This one is yellow or orange at the core, with colorless edges."

This. If, at least, Lego would have made a small plaque (preferably without errors) for each pieces, giving the name and composition then this set would have a fairly good educational value.

Finally a set highlighting my favorite bricks, beautiful transparent pieces & painted gold. I even like the stand even though I don't like brown, it looks really good.

@EtudeTheBadger said:
"Needs a Rock Raiders minifig."

Yeah.

Imo The original submission was WAY nicer in colorsa

I do WANT to like this set, but it's just not quite there for me.

The Pyrite looks fantastic. If nothing else, I might have to pick up a few of those golden mob heads to create some sort of Pyrite Golem at some point.

The Rhodochrosite and Tangerine Quartz look good. Not much to say other than that.

The Amethyst Geode is... eh. Going for the shape of the minifig-scale piece is cute and looks better than the Ideas submission, but it's just not a shape that screams "geode" to me. There's more rock than crystal and there are no pics of the back and it's just a bunch of cheese slopes. If you can swap out the opaque plates/brinks in there with some transparent ones and an off-brand light brick or something, then maybe it'd be okay.

The Watermelon Tourmaline is bad. I can see they tried for a "raw" appearance, but it is not working. Neither are the trans yellow plates over the opaque green SNOT bricks.

The Blue Fluorite is... well it's okay. But I have to admit that green and purple fluorite are my favorite crystals, so having their inclusion missed for the blue variety is a little painful. Though on a second look, it uses opaque green at the base and has a darker chunk that certainly looks purple, so maybe I shouldn't complain too much. The light blue should certainly glow nicely under a blacklight (or some blue LEDs) like the real thing! So perhaps I truly can't fault them on the choice.

The shelves are cute. The choice of nesting them or displaying them separately is a nice choice for a set like this as it gives more options for display. They're also parts-thin enough that I feel like they don't affect the price as much as some of the "18+" sets do with their bases.

Hmm, maybe I DO already like the set. I might have to look to see if I could design my own scaled-up power crystal (or see if someone else has done so) to replace the Tourmaline. But I can't see myself picking this up without at least a small discount or a good GWP to reach and there's the new Halloween stuff still waiting for an excuse in line first (and the Dreamzzz wave that got delayed here in NA).

@Jewels_Hardstone said:
"The light blue should certainly glow nicely under a blacklight (or some blue LEDs) like the real thing! So perhaps I truly can't fault them on the choice."

Trans-light-blue looks fluorescent, but it’s not. Trans-medium-blue doesn’t look fluorescent, but the official internal name for it was trans-fluorescent-blue (or some variant thereof).

@ohrmazd said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @GBP_Chris said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @Somnium said:
"A souless set. "

This seems cruel to say about any Lego set but especially so about one created by a fellow fan. Somebody put hard work into representing one of their interests in Lego just for someone like you to call it "soulless"."

Agreed, it is very cruel and saying so is a very harsh way to critique a set that could express severe disappointment and dislike, even.

This set is soulless."

I thought maybe I could appeal to people's better nature and suggest voicing their critiques in a way that didn't insult the work and creativity of their fellow builders, but maybe the truly soulless ones are the Lego fans who don't have any empathy or consideration for other people's passion even if it isn't subject matter they personally share an interest in. "

Hi! Welcome to Brickset. You must be new here."

Nice.

@PurpleDave said:
"Trans-light-blue looks fluorescent, but it’s not. Trans-medium-blue doesn’t look fluorescent, but the official internal name for it was trans-fluorescent-blue (or some variant thereof)."

Huh, I just tested what I've got next to my bed and you're right, trans-light blue doesn't fluoresce under UV. That kinda sucks.

It does look like there might be some white bricks as a backing, which WOULD fluoresce and the frosted slopes might help catch some of that light, but it's still disappointing.

I quite like this but I'm not sure I like it enough to buy it... but since I'm always saying I want to see more unique, non-IP sets from Ideas, I feel like I ought to buy it on principle :)

Would sure go well with a UCS Rock Raiders set or a nice big M Tron truck.

This would make a perfect purchase-with-gift...

@Jewels_Hardstone said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Trans-light-blue looks fluorescent, but it’s not. Trans-medium-blue doesn’t look fluorescent, but the official internal name for it was trans-fluorescent-blue (or some variant thereof)."

Huh, I just tested what I've got next to my bed and you're right, trans-light blue doesn't fluoresce under UV. That kinda sucks.

It does look like there might be some white bricks as a backing, which WOULD fluoresce and the frosted slopes might help catch some of that light, but it's still disappointing. "

I don't recall if white ABS fluoresces, either. With ABS, it's really hit and miss (presumably the same holds true for MABS). For instance, red ABS does glow. It looks almost exactly the same under UV light as it does under white, except I know someone who has a few red 1x2 bricks that have a flame pattern under UV. When Bionicle first came out, I found two distinct batches of old brown parts. One was a very dark shade of purple under UV, and I can't remember what the other color was. I've also got whole minifigs where parts in one color react while other parts in the same color don't (most notably Jawson from Space Police III, but even some of my S1 Spacemen react differently from each other).

Ooh shiny

@MrBedhead said:
"Looks nice, but for me this would mainly be a transparent parts pack"

I have to slightly correct myself here. This would actually look really cool with a quality lighting kit.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @ohrmazd said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @GBP_Chris said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @Somnium said:
"A souless set. "

This seems cruel to say about any Lego set but especially so about one created by a fellow fan. Somebody put hard work into representing one of their interests in Lego just for someone like you to call it "soulless"."

Agreed, it is very cruel and saying so is a very harsh way to critique a set that could express severe disappointment and dislike, even.

This set is soulless."

I thought maybe I could appeal to people's better nature and suggest voicing their critiques in a way that didn't insult the work and creativity of their fellow builders, but maybe the truly soulless ones are the Lego fans who don't have any empathy or consideration for other people's passion even if it isn't subject matter they personally share an interest in. "

Hi! Welcome to Brickset. You must be new here."

Nice."

How very dare you.

@Crux said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @ohrmazd said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @GBP_Chris said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @Somnium said:
"A souless set. "

This seems cruel to say about any Lego set but especially so about one created by a fellow fan. Somebody put hard work into representing one of their interests in Lego just for someone like you to call it "soulless"."

Agreed, it is very cruel and saying so is a very harsh way to critique a set that could express severe disappointment and dislike, even.

This set is soulless."

I thought maybe I could appeal to people's better nature and suggest voicing their critiques in a way that didn't insult the work and creativity of their fellow builders, but maybe the truly soulless ones are the Lego fans who don't have any empathy or consideration for other people's passion even if it isn't subject matter they personally share an interest in. "

Hi! Welcome to Brickset. You must be new here."

Nice."

How very dare you."

Strange voices are sayin'
Oooh, what did they say?
Things I can't understand.

It's a cruel, cruel summer.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @ohrmazd said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @GBP_Chris said:
" @Lyichir said:
" @Somnium said:
"A souless set. "

This seems cruel to say about any Lego set but especially so about one created by a fellow fan. Somebody put hard work into representing one of their interests in Lego just for someone like you to call it "soulless"."

Agreed, it is very cruel and saying so is a very harsh way to critique a set that could express severe disappointment and dislike, even.

This set is soulless."

I thought maybe I could appeal to people's better nature and suggest voicing their critiques in a way that didn't insult the work and creativity of their fellow builders, but maybe the truly soulless ones are the Lego fans who don't have any empathy or consideration for other people's passion even if it isn't subject matter they personally share an interest in. "

Hi! Welcome to Brickset. You must be new here."

Nice."

Mean, actually, that's kind of the point.

Love this one much more then the new death star

Dull. Subject is dull Build looks dull. Aesthetic looks dull. Dull

Not for me, but I have a very good friend who is geologist

@taalrob said:
"Love this one much more then the new death star"

This is actually what was left of Alderaan after the Death Star was through with it.

Now this is a great display piece.