City, Connected!

[ilikeboomerang1]

This topic came to be from a discussion we had on page 9 of the 2016 LEGO Trains thread. @xboxtravis7992 suggested that City should be a more ''connected'' theme, and I agree with him. Every set should be connected to each other. Here is my idea from the thread with a few changes: The police set where the policemen fill up the cars is connected to the fire theme, since the gas station is on fire, which is connected to the pizzeria, as the gas station was close to the pizzeria and the pizzeria got on fire, and there was a guy who got burned, so it's linked to the medical theme, which is linked to the tow truck, because the ambulance was broken down, which is linked to the trains, since the tow truck needs to be sent over from another place, which is the harbor, so it connects to the harbor theme, but the harbor was partially destroyed from a boat that crashed, so it needs to be repaired by the construction theme and street light truck guys. So back to the topic of this thread, what are YOUR opinions about a connected CITY theme? Does it sound like an excellent idea, a terrible idea, or an OK idea?

[THERIZE]

Hmm its OK. The big problem would be that you have to buy all sets to get em connected. Would be good for LEGO but I don't thninparents will like the idea. And personally, City isn't a incredible realistic theme. It's a city as how a child would see it. Having fun with the police while there is a fire somewhere. I don't think a child would want all this.

[Fuppylodders]

Im not quite understanding what it is youre trying to achieve exactly...?

I thought that was the whole point of childrens imaginations when playing with these sets, regardless what sub-theme in city they come from... Children make up storylines and interact all their sets together making up the story as they play, your one mentioned above, being one of many millions of possible 'play' stories...?

Imagination is the connection.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Fuppylodders

[ilikeboomerang1]

Im not quite understanding what it is youre trying to achieve exactly...?

I thought that was the whole point of childrens imaginations when playing with these sets, regardless what sub-theme in city they come from... Children make up storylines and interact all their sets together making up the story as they play, your one mentioned above, being one of many millions of possible 'play' stories...?

Imagination is the connection.

Actually, it wasn't my idea. As I said in the first sentence of my post, I made this topic from the discussion that @xboxtravis7992 in page 9 of the 2016 LEGO Trains thread.

[paul_delahaye]

Actually I don't think you can say anything is connected. Everyone would see something unique in a set. A police car has a blue brick and so does the airport.

This is just like the modular building discussion each year were folk look for and find remote clues in each set which they think links that set to the next one. It's just one persons perspective and the chances of a link are slim.

I can't see this going anywhere.

Paul

[ilikeboomerang1]

Actually I don't think you can say anything is connected. Everyone would see something unique in a set. A police car has a blue brick and so does the airport.

This is just like the modular building discussion each year were folk look for and find remote clues in each set which they think links that set to the next one. It's just one persons perspective and the chances of a link are slim.

I can't see this going anywhere.

Paul

''Sigh'' You're right. This won't go anywhere.

[Legocitycustoms]

This topic came to be from a discussion we had on page 9 of the 2016 LEGO Trains thread. @xboxtravis7992 suggested that City should be a more ''connected'' theme, and I agree with him. Every set should be connected to each other. Here is my idea from the thread with a few changes: The police set where the policemen fill up the cars is connected to the fire theme, since the gas station is on fire, which is connected to the pizzeria, as the gas station was close to the pizzeria and the pizzeria got on fire, and there was a guy who got burned, so it's linked to the medical theme, which is linked to the tow truck, because the ambulance was broken down, which is linked to the trains, since the tow truck needs to be sent over from another place, which is the harbor, so it connects to the harbor theme, but the harbor was partially destroyed from a boat that crashed, so it needs to be repaired by the construction theme and street light truck guys. So back to the topic of this thread, what are YOUR opinions about a connected CITY theme? Does it sound like an excellent idea, a terrible idea, or an OK idea?

The way you describe it the sets looks perfectly connected to me, unless you want to see sets connected with pins , I don't see the problem...

[notaromantic]

It would actually defeat the purpose of LEGO, whose beauty lay in its builder's, whether child's or adult's, approach. For instance, I can build my city however I wish; as can you. If I choose it to be a Fabuland City, or a Modular-esque City, or a Classic Style City, or a mixture of whatever, wherever that floats my fancy, I can build as it as I envision it, and then flip it all around at my whim, if I like, as well.

To restrict the ways in which we build, i.e. by pre-determining what connects to what, seems to be antithesis to what LEGO is known and liked for.

And everything is already out there, and available, to 'connect' one's city. Its not a new idea at all.

But if you mean that LEGO, themselves, should release city sets, or a series of them, with a certain plan in mind, or still yet, release an official series of town or suburb plans that comprise a mixture of sets old and new, to create neighborhoods, well, I don't know - there are people who would enjoy that, especially if it involved small, polybag types of scene or scenic complimenting sets, as well as new offerings of road and base plates...

If it just allowed for a better selection of doors and windows, I'd be for it.

And, I don't what exactly is out there, but even to develop a software that allows one to mix and match LEGO sets upon a landscape, without much difficulty, and to build within that environment, would be really interesting. One can probably do it already, but I imagine the time involved in importing things would be phenomenal.

Edited November 23, 2015 by notaromantic

[ilikeboomerang1]

It would actually defeat the purpose of LEGO, whose beauty lay in its builder's, whether child's or adult's, approach. For instance, I can build my city however I wish; as can you. If I choose it to be a Fabuland City, or a Modular-esque City, or a Classic Style City, or a mixture of whatever, wherever that floats my fancy, I can build as it as I envision it, and then flip it all around at my whim, if I like, as well.

To restrict the ways in which we build, i.e. by pre-determining what connects to what, seems to be antithesis to what LEGO is known and liked for.

Yeah, I can see where you're going. Now that I think about it, I agree with you. It does defeat the purpose of LEGO.