Winter Village Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[lifeinplastic]

I think we’re overthinking it here. It’s a winter village. Some sets are set in European style Christmas markets or towns where it snows. Others are in the North Pole or wherever Santa and his elves live. Keep them separate or combine them however you wish. We don’t need plots and characters - sometimes it’s nice to have a blank canvas for people to use their own imaginations for a change.

Edited Sunday at 05:57 PM by lifeinplastic

[RichardGoring]

5 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

I think we’re overthinking it here. It’s a winter village. Some sets are set in European style Christmas markets or towns where it snows. Others are in the North Pole or wherever Santa and his elves live. Keep them separate or combine them however you wish. We don’t need plots and characters - sometimes it’s nice to have a blank canvas for people to use their own imaginations for a change.

I agree with you entirely. This position also has strong evidence to support it, as my children do exactly this every year. Some of the things they come up are incredible!

[hikouki]

Some people here and also some Lego fans are confusing why we have "Christmas" sets or even CNY. I think the Christmas sets, and winter village, for example, began as culture-specific themes. Of course Christmas is a traditional event in Europe, where Lego came from. I really feel it is natural for them to have this theme, and likewise Pirates and Castle as well. Over the years, Lego's "readership" has expanded across the globe to areas that may have other celebrations and views, and may not immediately get the "rationale" to these sets to begin with.

I pointed out on the CNY thread that the sets that Lego makes is specific to those who celebrate it and these same sets are apparently not really appealing to many outside of the target market.