WesternOutlaw Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Just received a mail message from LSAH asking my opinion in regard to future sets: Here Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted November 30, 2005 Author Posted November 30, 2005 Here's the choices I got for each of the themes after checking just one theme at a time to see what comes up. This gives you an idea of what people are asking for (sorry if this message wrapped or spaced funny (because of pasting from the internet). Star Wars Sets with many minifigs and and specific ones like Tarfful and have lightsabers too Episode III, the part where Anakin kills the Jedi B-Wing (Episode VI) A set with an Aayla Secura mini fig. any kind of space craft, the one to two man ships that are like 30 to 50 dollars each more minifigure packs from battles such as the battle on Hoth including snowtroopers and rebels Ultimate Collector Series: Venator-class Star Destroyer from Episode III The sleek silver ship Anakin and Padme fly around in (I don't know the name) More completed version of Jabbas Palace. Lightsaber sets. and more sets from Episode 1 and two. STAR WARS bucket of bricks including minifigs with more earth tones,greens,browns,tans,whites,grays,blacks,for making more your own creative ships/bunkers from the STAR WARS universe and with extra goodies like hoses, hinges, plates Castle More weapons for the knights. More knights. reissue kits from 80's and 90's like guarded inn and black falcon's fortress! we know you can do it!!! Mini Figure packs from Knights Kingdom sets Have sets of warriors and knights so there can be huge real size battles Castles and buildings similiar to the mid-80s style. Modular, detailed, and not overly simplistic elements. Castle items focused more on historic options like accurate siege machines Castle parts packs - castle walls, turrets, grey bricks, grey steep slopes, black roof sections. Just a huge set of medieval knights with infantry, pikemen, horses, and catapults. focus more on the medieval town. several of the offerred castles have large opennings in the walls (windows?) instead of classic small castle windows "Redwall" characters at Redwall Abbey, otters, mice, rabbits, from the books by Brian Jacques Town a country club Re-issue old sets from the 80's and early 90's MORE Legends of the old townhouse/House type of sets. Regular people need housing vs. 3 police stations in the past few years. Sets that are as realistic as possible, with lots of detail, reflecting European towns futuristic looking trains and buildings for a more interesting town Another Designer set but this time with many new window and door sizes and types. Parking garage (like 6394) a hotel wild west school playgrounds Train Bring back the snowplow track remover Model real US or European stations Steam Train A Christmas Train that could be added to each year with a different model Consider adding some European looking train sets. Bridges Interesting looking engines every 6 months a turntable and roundhouse Complete trains like SOO, C&O, etc. more types of freight cars Ancient Civilizations Historically accurate French Revolution Mythology. Great stories, even better characters. Hercules, Zues, Cerebrus.... Historically accurate early explorers like Norsemen Highly detailed, high-piece count models of the Seven Wonders of the World (probably not a big seller...) Wild West/Old West Roman type buildings with pillars and fountians horses and chariots. less empasis on fighting, more on culture, archetecture and the arts Swiss type moutain village buildings Ancient Greece - Trojan war, Oracle at Delphi, The Odyssey World War II sets Pirate Pirate figures Battleship Bismark More Viking and Pirare related sets - coastal forts, deserted islands, etc Ships from the U.S. wars like the Civil War. Spanish Galleon PIRATE SHIP SCULPTURES all new PIRATE system themed sets to compliment the older pirates. LEGEND the imperial trading post! Pirates vs. Good Guys We love the container ship. More industrial ships. Pirate ships Space I agree with ALL the other suggestions I see here, but I'd love to see tie-ins with other Sci-fi themes. Lego Stargate, Lego Battlestar Galactica, Lego Matrix, Lego Firefly! Good shows with good tech should all go Lego! classic space sets like 442,452, 487, 6702, 6701,886 = please bring back classic space :) smaller sets with mini figures, at least one per set I always enjoy the smaller sets that you could use together ALIEN BASE Larger space ships with multiple decks Space sets that give you a few ideas of of what to build but give you LOTS of extra pieces w/ minifigures to build your own sets with. LEGO Gundam series Futuristic spaceships that contain innovative uses of existing pieces and colors Apollo moon mission set with Saturn V, Lunar Module, etc. Buck Rogers space center Imaginary/Comic Heroes Disney type Princesses Cartoon Network's Code Name Kids Next Door (Ships,Treehouses) Quidditch World Cup (HP IV) I think you should make some Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Brothers Legos Hulk Dollhouse spongebob and his friends and bikini bottom scenery X-men with Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Magneto's Prison... Harry Potter Quidditch field or Harry Potter In The Preficts Bath Legos based on books like Broken Sky Quote
snefroe Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 outch... it seems to me the fans are asking for practicaly everything they can think of... in any case, i didn't get any message, so it might be an american initiative Quote
gylman Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 outch... it seems to me the fans are asking for practicaly everything they can think of... Yeah. If there is no commonality among what people want, and they want crazy stuff (Disney princess??), then it's all just static. Sigh (wishes for 5000 piece castle in 1980's King's Castle style) Quote
Cutty Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 Somehow people want strange things...below an edited, abbreviated list as my personal commentary. Ancient Civilizations Historically accurate French Revolution ->"Ancient"? What's ancient about the french revolution!? I lol at the mere thought of blood drenched LEGO guillotines...  Mythology. Great stories, even better characters. HerAKLES, ZEUS, KERBEROS....(fixed)    Highly detailed, high-piece count models of the Seven Wonders of the World (probably not a big seller...) ->exactly! Though those might be a great opportunity for LEGO designers to show off their architectural skills through antiquity-based buildings, they'd be shelf-warmers for the usual crowd. I'd buy them in multiples ^^    Roman type buildings with pillars and fountians horses and chariots. -> too much to screw up!  less empasis on fighting, more on culture, archetecture and the arts -> too less play-value... I can't imagine a person, apart from myself, seriously craving a "Philosopher on the agora/forum" set...  Swiss type moutain village buildings -> WTF?!  Ancient Greece - Trojan war, Oracle at Delphi, The Odyssey -> the odysseia isn't "Ancient Greece"...it's an ancient greek epos...and thereby falls under mythology. I say Battle of Marathon, Sea-battle of Salamis, Spartans vs. Persians at Thermopylae, The Akropolis of Athens, Spartan Village, Pella (that's in Makedonia, where Alexandros the great comes from), Alexander in Babylon or Egypt or India...endless possibilities  World War II sets -> NO period. Pirate    Battleship BismarCk ->in minifig or UCS scale?  More Viking and Pirare related sets - coastal forts, deserted islands, etc -> agreed concerning Vikings  PIRATE SHIP SCULPTURES -> nice parts supplies    Space  I agree with ALL the other suggestions I see here, but I'd love to see tie-ins with other Sci-fi themes. Lego Stargate, Lego Battlestar Galactica, Lego Matrix, Lego Firefly! Good shows with good tech should all go Lego! -> no more licences...  ALIEN BASE -> only if H.R.Giger sculpts the aliens!  LEGO Gundam series -> friggin' Exo-Dorks  Futuristic spaceships that contain innovative uses of existing pieces and colors -> what a modest wishing!  Apollo moon mission set with Saturn V, Lunar Module, etc. -> why not?  Buck Rogers -> mmmh, that directorate fighter does sound mouthwatering...  space center -> umm, yeah...?! Imaginary/Comic Heroes  Disney type Princesses -> Super Arielle to the rescue!  Cartoon Network's Code Name Kids Next Door (Ships,Treehouses) -> no  Quidditch World Cup (HP IV) -> YES!!!  I think you should make some Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Brothers Legos -> somehow I wanted sets like that as a child...why not, I would buy them!  Hulk -> no  Dollhouse -> scala, belleville?  spongebob and his friends and bikini bottom scenery ->hihi  Harry Potter Quidditch field or Harry Potter In The Preficts Bath -> Quidditch GO, nude Potter NO Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted November 30, 2005 Author Posted November 30, 2005 outch... it seems to me the fans are asking for practicaly everything they can think of... in any case, i didn't get any message, so it might be an american initiative The list is randomely generated from an existing list plus what others add. You then have to rank up to five sets. Not sure how Lego compiles the results with everyone ranking different sets. I'm guessing that the probability of a certain set/theme popping up is the same (somehow on a cycle). In trying the survey again, I only saw a few of the same choices per theme. With the ranking though, I think that Lego is trying to get an idea of the high demanded themes and sets. Those sets added by others (some of the silly ones) may not be as high on the list (like the Disney princess set/theme). It sound like Lego is trying to get our input, and that's good. Quote
snefroe Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 yeah... i guess they will be looking for the general lines, still, good luck to the people who are going to analyse all this information! i think they will find at least two major requests: 1) army building historical theme, like "Rome" 2) based on the popularity of the old Pirate sets, a new Pirate theme Quote
languages Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 I want an Ancient Lego theme..also Doctor Who would be cool.... Quote
SuvieD Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 LEGO surveys drive me crazy. The choices they give you are often times awful and after you answer they show you the top answers which were all 10x better than those you could pick. *wacko* I wish LEGO would do a better survey with more definite answers and have it encompass everything. Then send it out yearly, analyze the trends and make sets that would practically fly off the shelves. Quote
JINZONINGEN73 Posted November 30, 2005 Posted November 30, 2005 LEGO surveys drive me crazy. The choices they give you are often times awful and after you answer they show you the top answers which were all 10x better than those you could pick. *wacko* I wish LEGO would do a better survey with more definite answers and have it encompass everything. Then send it out yearly, analyze the trends and make sets that would practically fly off the shelves. My experience with them is that they tend to crash... like I'll get right up to the end, but have no way of exiting the survey... usually meaning I get redirected BACK to the first page of questions. The last time I did it, I went through the same survey 5 times only to have me leaving the site not knowing if any of it'd gone through. Quote
Athos Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 I live in the US and didn't get a survey. I wanted to lobby for more Adventurers. :( Steve Quote
WesternOutlaw Posted December 1, 2005 Author Posted December 1, 2005 I don't believe Adventurers was even one of the theme choices. Quote
Legoman Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 The sleek silver ship Anakin and Padme fly around in (I don't know the name) queens starship and yes they need one of these i have wanted one for ages :) Quote
Akkhraziel Posted December 1, 2005 Posted December 1, 2005 Ancient Greece - Trojan war, Oracle at Delphi, The Odyssey -> the odysseia isn't "Ancient Greece"...it's an ancient greek epos...and thereby falls under mythology. I say Battle of Marathon, Sea-battle of Salamis, Spartans vs. Persians at Thermopylae, The Akropolis of Athens, Spartan Village, Pella (that's in Makedonia, where Alexandros the great comes from), Alexander in Babylon or Egypt or India...endless possibilities Citing that the Trojan war is generally accepted to have happened in some form or fashion, as well as even critiqued for lack of proper supplies and proper planning by Thucydides in The History of the Peloponnesian War, its not too much of a stretch to state that some sort of Trojan War happened historically. Which is to say, the Trojan War as a theme could be either, and as TLG seems to like fantastic elements, its a decent bet this would be a theme they might look at if were were to get a Greek theme. Of course, I'd kill for a Chian siege set, but I know I'm pretty much the only one. Akkh Quote
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