Bellville - updated release of ice castle

[jof]

It looks pretty similar to the last ice castle, but you get a horse instead of a bear & a door (like princess & pea set) at the back.

Selling for

[Cutty]

Had to mention it, as my daughter says there is too much boy lego everywhere

I say your daughter (how old, btw?) is very observant. Yet Lego could cure this lack of female fans (SheFOLs - Female Fans Of Lego... doesn't sound that good when I think about it...), when thyey'd just start releasing decent town sets with any other premise than action again. Or a Paradisa-Reborn as a City tie-in.

Won't happen in my lifetime though...

[gylman]

My two girls now aged 6 and 8 outgrew Belville in about a year, and now play only with System. Constant complaint about lack of female figs. Not even a nurse in the hospital as was discussed recently.

They LOVE my Paradisa sets.

This is one area where Lego has failed to listen to users in the last couple of years. It's a circular argument. Boys are mostly the target audience, so the need for female figs is less. However, if they want to get some more girls into it..... then get the female figs first.

Seriously, how much can it cost to paint a set of lips and put a long hair wig into the set, or shudder to think, just throw in an extra female fig.

A theme with strong female charcters, like Adventurers, would be ideal. Make a female villain, or make the female hero (Pippin Read) bring alone her two sisters (Flippin Read and Drippin Read) to beat the bad guys on one or two of 6-8 sets they make for each release. Orient expedition would have been ideal, but they only used one female character, Jing Lee, and that was it. Still, that fig is very popular both at my home and on eBay.

ARE YOU LISTENING TLC?

<end rant mode>

oh yes... and no freakin' fleshies please.

[5150 Lego]

LOL. I was actullay thinking ofgetting the bellvile cabin cruiser. Would make a great techinc size boat. I'd have to change out all the pink bricks of course. ;-) Ithink this would also look great being towed behind set 4404!

[Mister Phes]

A theme with strong female charcters, like Adventurers, would be ideal. Make a female villain, or make the female hero (Pippin Read) bring alone her two sisters (Flippin Read and Drippin Read) to beat the bad guys on one or two of 6-8 sets they make for each release. Orient expedition would have been ideal, but they only used one female character, Jing Lee, and that was it. Still, that fig is very popular both at my home and on eBay.

ARE YOU LISTENING TLC?

How does a company listen to text?

Anyway... Is there any picturs of this updated Ice Castle, because I'm obviously dying to see it!

[5150 Lego]

[Mister Phes]

That is beautiful Mr 5150 Lego! Good work!

[gylman]

A theme with strong female charcters, like Adventurers, would be ideal. Make a female villain, or make the female hero (Pippin Read) bring alone her two sisters (Flippin Read and Drippin Read) to beat the bad guys on one or two of 6-8 sets they make for each release. Orient expedition would have been ideal, but they only used one female character, Jing Lee, and that was it. Still, that fig is very popular both at my home and on eBay.

ARE YOU LISTENING TLC?

How does a company listen to text?

Anyway... Is there any picturs of this updated Ice Castle, because I'm obviously dying to see it!

Well, I have this foolish notion that there is at least one Lego employee in marketing who trolls these fan web sites, and tries to get the pulse of hte community and what people want. The need for more female figs is a consistent theme across many sites over the past few years. Not ending the great Adventurers theme is another..... *sing*

[Mister Phes]

So what you actually meant was...

ARE YOU READING TLC?