Not sure of the answer but I will say the unfinished bottoms allowed me to mount them to technic bricks and attach them to the wall with 3D printed mounts. With smooth plates on the bottom you’d need some complicated stand like they have with some of the bigger sets like the Discovery shuttle or Enterpise.
I wouldn’t really consider this that big of a deal outside of a case like OPs where they want to hang them from the ceiling. Additionally, if you think about it, nearly every other Lego set is made the same way you just don’t normally hang something like Hogwart’s Castle or the Saturn V from the ceiling to notice it.
I’m assuming it’s a holdover from the Studs Not On Top days.
The Stranger Things house is probably the single best counterexample, in that it has an entire house on the bottom of the house. https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/the-upside-down-75810
…or they could’ve just went ahead and finish out the bottoms. I agree with the OP…it’s weird. Is it a rule or cost cutting thing with lego?
Not sure of the answer but I will say the unfinished bottoms allowed me to mount them to technic bricks and attach them to the wall with 3D printed mounts. With smooth plates on the bottom you’d need some complicated stand like they have with some of the bigger sets like the Discovery shuttle or Enterpise.
I wouldn’t really consider this that big of a deal outside of a case like OPs where they want to hang them from the ceiling. Additionally, if you think about it, nearly every other Lego set is made the same way you just don’t normally hang something like Hogwart’s Castle or the Saturn V from the ceiling to notice it.
I’m assuming it’s a holdover from the Studs Not On Top days.
The Stranger Things house is probably the single best counterexample, in that it has an entire house on the bottom of the house.
https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/the-upside-down-75810
So, they do with some sets but not with others. As I said, it’s the thing that bothers me the most about Lego.
Can you give some examples? I legit can’t think of any.
There’s the Mandalorian ship that sorta has what I’m looking for. There are probably more.