July Activity: Suggestions

[Bluesecrets]

Hey everyone. A few years ago, I tried to come up with a new activity for every month. I am pretty sure I did not complete the year, but we'd like to try this again.

July is all about suggestions for the CCC. I don't remember a time that we asked for category suggestions before. I may be completely mistaken about that, but I would like to this year.

So, until July 31st, when we'll lock this thread, we're going to accept suggestions for categories. We might pick some, none, a bunch, a few. We might take an idea and play with it a little. Who knows? But sometimes the best ideas come not from staff. (Before I was staff, I ran a bunch of contests here.)

Reply to this thread. I'm excited to hear what you think.

[jtooker]

I always liked having some civilian-focuses categories. While "Village Life" has been a popular category, something more specific would be better.

[Kurojaki]

A category where year/era specific parts are used. Especially I see it as a possibility to give some love to 'classic castle'. Not too long time ago I went through the Idea Book articles on CC articles page, and now finally somehow the most recent topic on the board made me think about this... It could be made easier (if needed) by allowing the use of bley bricks etc. But it also could be more specific: for an example create a building x / scene y using bricks from years blah blah

I'm not sure if there was something exactly like this before, but I remember there being a category where more recent sets were re-designed using pieces from 70's/80's?

Apart from this I don't have any ideas yet, but I'll be thinking and hopefully write up more soon

[Elephant Knight]

A category where year/era specific parts are used. Especially I see it as a possibility to give some love to 'classic castle'. Not too long time ago I went through the Idea Book articles on CC articles page, and now finally somehow the most recent topic on the board made me think about this... It could be made easier (if needed) by allowing the use of bley bricks etc. But it also could be more specific: for an example create a building x / scene y using bricks from years blah blah

I'm not sure if there was something exactly like this before, but I remember there being a category where more recent sets were re-designed using pieces from 70's/80's?

Apart from this I don't have any ideas yet, but I'll be thinking and hopefully write up more soon

A few years ago there was a category where the premise was to recreate a more modern type castle set in the style of the 80s. I remember I took the KK2 set Citadel of Orlan for my entry.

I certainly like this idea. Try to build a MOC that wouldn't look out of place at all in an era of Castle sets.

EKnight

[soccerkid6]

I second jtooker on always appreciating civilian based categories. Maybe one focused on medieval farming and husbandry?
Churches, monasteries, nunneries, and so on are also really fun to see represented in LEGO.

After reading Kurojaki and Elephant Knight's posts, one idea that came to mind was a category where you are creating new 'sets' in the style of a specific faction. For instance you might build a mighty catapult for the Bull Knights, a hidden supply cache for the Forestmen, or a summer residence for the Lion Knights. Essentially expanding factions with models built in the style of their official sets. That way it gives a lot more freedom to explore new things rather than having to reference the same pool of existing castle sets, which have often been revamped numerous times before.