Ideas for new City sets

[Lion King]

4 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

Great ideas dude. How about a circus train? 

Thanks! Even tho circus is not considered as a zoo stuff, I like that idea!

[jonwil]

Given that the use of wild animals (elephants, big cats, monkeys/apes etc) in circuses seems to be something people no longer view as appropriate these days maybe a circus train with animals wouldn't be the best idea.

 

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

17 minutes ago, jonwil said:

Given that the use of wild animals (elephants, big cats, monkeys/apes etc) in circuses seems to be something people no longer view as appropriate these days maybe a circus train with animals wouldn't be the best idea.

 

Yeah! That's kinda true! Given that we are living in the age of cancel culture, Lego would be under some huge scrutiny - it not more than when the elite police sets came out in late 2020 or the crook's hideout that was supposed to be released in early this year. 

[Lion King]

1 hour ago, jonwil said:

Given that the use of wild animals (elephants, big cats, monkeys/apes etc) in circuses seems to be something people no longer view as appropriate these days maybe a circus train with animals wouldn't be the best idea.

 

That’s quite true. And there was also animal cruelty in circus in these past days. BUT I still think circus train may be more colorful (just like Madsagcar 3 moie) or the circus train was seen once in Indiana Jones movie.

1 hour ago, Poodabricks said:

Yeah! That's kinda true! Given that we are living in the age of cancel culture, Lego would be under some huge scrutiny - it not more than when the elite police sets came out in late 2020 or the crook's hideout that was supposed to be released in early this year. 

Yeah, I agree with you on a cancel culture. Welcome to the 21st century I guess!

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

So I came up with a subtheme to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Octan Corporation as Octan has been the gas station company in Lego City since 1992. Though my ideas would be more geared towards the Octan Cup racers rather than the gas station aspect.  So without further to do, here are my ideas for a Petrol subtheme. 

• Road Rescue - Perhaps some type of broken down car (why don't we try orange or yellow instead of blue or red) along with a tow truck that's the same size as the one from 7638, but somewhat of a nod to the Octan tow trucks of the mids 90s and early 2000s. 
• Race Car Transport - I haven't seen something like this since 2013 when they had the Grand Prix Transport. Given that haulers sell, why not have another one of those. But unlike the the 2013 Grand Prix Transport, this race car transport will have three race cars instead of one. Similar to the indy transport from the 90s. Perhaps the cars could be blue, green and yellow just like them. That would probably go for almost $40. 
• Petrol Transport - As its name suggests, this is a fuel truck like the ones from 2010 and 2013. 
• Race Car Duel - Similar to the fast track finish set - only difference being the road plates being updated to today's standards. The race duel includes a tower where the announcer speaks and an audience stand along with a road plate with a finish line. Red and black cars for this one anyone? 
• Petrol Station - The base set of this subtheme that would go for about $90 or $100. Includes snack shop, garage, car wash gas pumps, electric charging station and Octan versions of Harl and Tread from the television show. Vehicles could include two civilian cars (a blue petrol powered car and a green electric vehicle) and a special Octan colored race car on display that's a nod to 6546. 

So those are my ideas. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[Vilhelm22]

5 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

So I came up with a subtheme to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Octan Corporation as Octan has been the gas station company in Lego City since 1992. Though my ideas would be more geared towards the Octan Cup racers rather than the gas station aspect.  So without further to do, here are my ideas for a Petrol subtheme. 

• Road Rescue - Perhaps some type of broken down car (why don't we try orange or yellow instead of blue or red) along with a tow truck that's the same size as the one from 7638, but somewhat of a nod to the Octan tow trucks of the mids 90s and early 2000s. 
• Race Car Transport - I haven't seen something like this since 2013 when they had the Grand Prix Transport. Given that haulers sell, why not have another one of those. But unlike the the 2013 Grand Prix Transport, this race car transport will have three race cars instead of one. Similar to the indy transport from the 90s. Perhaps the cars could be blue, green and yellow just like them. That would probably go for almost $40. 
• Petrol Transport - As its name suggests, this is a fuel truck like the ones from 2010 and 2013. 
• Race Car Duel - Similar to the fast track finish set - only difference being the road plates being updated to today's standards. The race duel includes a tower where the announcer speaks and an audience stand along with a road plate with a finish line. Red and black cars for this one anyone? 
• Petrol Station - The base set of this subtheme that would go for about $90 or $100. Includes snack shop, garage, car wash gas pumps, electric charging station and Octan versions of Harl and Tread from the television show. Vehicles could include two civilian cars (a blue petrol powered car and a green electric vehicle) and a special Octan colored race car on display that's a nod to 6546. 

So those are my ideas. 

Excellent idea!

However it’s the 30th anniversary...

 I feel like as we’re progressing to electric cars in real life, there should be the inclusion of something Octan E somewhere?

Also, I’d be in favour of a new tanker wagon for the railway.

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

2 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Excellent idea!

However it’s the 30th anniversary...

Oh dang it! 30th anniversary is correct. 

2 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

 I feel like as we’re progressing to electric cars in real life, there should be the inclusion of something Octan E somewhere?

I did include a charging station and a green electric vehicle in the petrol station.....

2 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Also, I’d be in favour of a new tanker wagon for the railway.

Most definately 

Edited August 17, 2021 by Poodabricks

[Lion King]

Now I just came up with a few ideas for Forest subtheme!

1.) Hiking Trail - two minifiugres, one raccoon, one small tree 

2.) Horseback Trai - two minifiugres, two horses, a small camp with campfire 

3.) Water Rafting Adventure - three minifigures, raft (boat?), new “road” plate that represents river, buildable small cliff and a small tree

4.) Bear Encounter! - two minifigures, one adult bear, one bear cub, a buildable cave

5.) Bison Stampede - three minifigures (two crooks and one ranger), two bisons, a helicopter 

6.) Raginig River Chase - four minifiugres (two crooks and two rangers), a raft (boat?), a “river” road plate

7.) Ranger Station - five minifigure (all are rangers), one bear, one bion, a vehicle & a station (this is a base set of subtheme)

8.) Crooks’ Shack - two minifigures (both are crooks), a bear cub, a small shack that serves as a hideout in forest

9.) Wildfire Rescue - three minifigures (all are rangers), a fawn (baby deer), two trees that have flames, a vehcile that serves as an animal transport 

10.) Mystical Forest - two minifigures (both are hikers), two nanofigures (fairies), a small clearing area with a hollow tree (i was inspired by FernGully movie). 

19 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

So I came up with a subtheme to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Octan Corporation as Octan has been the gas station company in Lego City since 1992. Though my ideas would be more geared towards the Octan Cup racers rather than the gas station aspect.  So without further to do, here are my ideas for a Petrol subtheme. 

• Road Rescue - Perhaps some type of broken down car (why don't we try orange or yellow instead of blue or red) along with a tow truck that's the same size as the one from 7638, but somewhat of a nod to the Octan tow trucks of the mids 90s and early 2000s. 
• Race Car Transport - I haven't seen something like this since 2013 when they had the Grand Prix Transport. Given that haulers sell, why not have another one of those. But unlike the the 2013 Grand Prix Transport, this race car transport will have three race cars instead of one. Similar to the indy transport from the 90s. Perhaps the cars could be blue, green and yellow just like them. That would probably go for almost $40. 
• Petrol Transport - As its name suggests, this is a fuel truck like the ones from 2010 and 2013. 
• Race Car Duel - Similar to the fast track finish set - only difference being the road plates being updated to today's standards. The race duel includes a tower where the announcer speaks and an audience stand along with a road plate with a finish line. Red and black cars for this one anyone? 
• Petrol Station - The base set of this subtheme that would go for about $90 or $100. Includes snack shop, garage, car wash gas pumps, electric charging station and Octan versions of Harl and Tread from the television show. Vehicles could include two civilian cars (a blue petrol powered car and a green electric vehicle) and a special Octan colored race car on display that's a nod to 6546. 

So those are my ideas. 

I like your ideas. GREAT IDEAS!!!

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

8 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Now I just came up with a few ideas for Forest subtheme!

1.) Hiking Trail - two minifiugres, one raccoon, one small tree 

2.) Horseback Trai - two minifiugres, two horses, a small camp with campfire 

3.) Water Rafting Adventure - three minifigures, raft (boat?), new “road” plate that represents river, buildable small cliff and a small tree

4.) Bear Encounter! - two minifigures, one adult bear, one bear cub, a buildable cave

5.) Bison Stampede - three minifigures (two crooks and one ranger), two bisons, a helicopter 

6.) Raginig River Chase - four minifiugres (two crooks and two rangers), a raft (boat?), a “river” road plate

7.) Ranger Station - five minifigure (all are rangers), one bear, one bion, a vehicle & a station (this is a base set of subtheme)

8.) Crooks’ Shack - two minifigures (both are crooks), a bear cub, a small shack that serves as a hideout in forest

9.) Wildfire Rescue - three minifigures (all are rangers), a fawn (baby deer), two trees that have flames, a vehcile that serves as an animal transport 

10.) Mystical Forest - two minifigures (both are hikers), two nanofigures (fairies), a small clearing area with a hollow tree (i was inspired by FernGully movie). 

A forest subtheme sounds great. Forest Exploration was something I've been fighting for the City theme since explorers subthemes started. Only for me, the forest subtheme would focus on the ancient castle ruins just outside of the city limits. 

[Lion King]

58 minutes ago, Poodabricks said:

A forest subtheme sounds great. Forest Exploration was something I've been fighting for the City theme since explorers subthemes started. Only for me, the forest subtheme would focus on the ancient castle ruins just outside of the city limits. 

Yeah! I’m hoping for farming and forest subtheme one day. You make a good point. Or ruined Roman post outside city limits. In reality, some bricks were found in the forest somewhere in Northern Europe. 

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[Driver Brandon Grumman]

3 hours ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Yeah! I’m hoping for farming and forest subtheme one day. You make a good point. Or ruined Roman post outside city limits. In reality, some bricks were found in the forest somewhere in Northern Europe. 

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It would definately bring some closure to the various complaints on these forums about there not being any castle sets. 

Castle's State: I N  R U I N S

[Lion King]

8 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

It would definately bring some closure to the various complaints on these forums about there not being any castle sets. 

Castle's State: I N  R U I N S

Currently, there are Disney Castle, ice Castle, Medieval Castle (from Creator), Medieval Blacksmith (from Ideas), Hogwarts Castle, and few yet to be revealed, like Peach’s Castle. 

But yeah, I agree with you. No Castle theme since 2013 at all. 

Well, I think a ruined castle in City theme would be really neat!

[Lion King]

Okay, I have another ideas… I was hoping designers would do hot air balloon for City theme soon. Somehow, I missed the opportunity when there was a prison island set. 

1.) Hot Air Balloon - three minifigures (one pilot and two passengers), a hot air balloon, an eagle mold

2.) Hijacked Hot Air Balloon! - three minifigures (two crooks and one cop), one hot air balloon and police helicopter, a new bird mold

3.) Landing Spot - two minifigures (both are crew), a hot air balloon transport

4.) Sky High Adventure - four minifigures (three skydivers, one pilot), a small airplane with cargo door in back

5.) Sky Rescue - three minifigures (two rescuers, one passenger), a damaged hot air balloon or plane that would be stuck in a tall tree 

Edited August 18, 2021 by DBlegonerd7

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

47 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Okay, I have another ideas… I was hoping designers would do hot air balloon for City theme soon. Somehow, I missed the opportunity when there was a prison island set. 

1.) Hot Air Balloon - three minifigures (one pilot and two passengers), a hot air balloon, an eagle mold

2.) Hijacked Hot Air Balloon! - three minifigures (two crooks and one cop), one hot air balloon and police helicopter, a new bird mold

3.) Landing Spot - two minifigures (both are crew), a hot air balloon transport

4.) Sky High Adventure - four minifigures (three skydivers, one pilot), a small airplane with cargo door in back

5.) Sky Rescue - three minifigures (two rescuers, one passenger), a damaged hot air balloon or plane that would be stuck in a tall tree 

Ok! I know I'm at least two years too late with this joke. But Hot Air Balloon Police anyone? 

[Lion King]

8 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

Ok! I know I'm at least two years too late with this joke. But Hot Air Balloon Police anyone? 

Hot Air Balloon Police? *starting to picture when police pursues crooks via hot air balloons across city* it sounds…weird but interesting!

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

33 minutes ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Hot Air Balloon Police? *starting to picture when police pursues crooks via hot air balloons across city* it sounds…weird but interesting!

Yeah! I say I'm too late though because City doesn't oversaturate with police anymore. So the joke is kinda dead. But ngl though, I wouldn't mind seeing a set where they're chasing a crook's hot air balloon in a police hot air balloon. 

Edited August 19, 2021 by Poodabricks

[Lion King]

19 hours ago, Poodabricks said:

Yeah! I say I'm too late though because City doesn't oversaturate with police anymore. So the joke is kinda dead. But ngl though, I wouldn't mind seeing a set where they're chasing a crook's hot air balloon in a police hot air balloon. 

Definitely it would be a slow chase if both cops and crooks use their hot air balloons!  I didn’t know City used to oversalurate with polices - I didn’t notice that before I joined EB last year. 

[Vilhelm22]

1 hour ago, DBlegonerd7 said:

Definitely it would be a slow chase if both cops and crooks use their hot air balloons!  I didn’t know City used to oversalurate with polices - I didn’t notice that before I joined EB last year. 

Oh the oversaturation was ridiculous.  There was forest police, night/secret police, swamp police,  sea police, mountain police, air police and of course regular police.  They came out on a 3 year rotation, 1 regular then 2 weird.  Meanwhile fire was only every 3 years and hospital every 6.  It was absurd.  Air police, the last one, was dreadful and sold poorly and they’ve stopped since that.

[Lion King]

21 minutes ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Oh the oversaturation was ridiculous.  There was forest police, night/secret police, swamp police,  sea police, mountain police, air police and of course regular police.  They came out on a 3 year rotation, 1 regular then 2 weird.  Meanwhile fire was only every 3 years and hospital every 6.  It was absurd.  Air police, the last one, was dreadful and sold poorly and they’ve stopped since that.

Oh thank you for explanation! Wow, that sounds terrible… I do remember seeing Mountain and Swamp Polices themes a couple of years ago. But I remember that Sky Police theme like a few years ago and I rolled my eyes at the boxes and walked away.  100% agree with you, it’s definitley absurd. 

 

[TeriXeri]

Sky Police was actually not too bad imo  the armored truck, helicopter, and jet sets were pretty good designs, LEGO doesn't do "military" vehicles that often (beside Chinook/Sea-Knight styled helicopters even way back in Town), and sky police did come fairly close with it's Apache/Cobra type helicopter, Armored truck and generic Jet. Other option in LEGO would be stunt/rescue vehicles like they made a F-22/SU-57 type of stunt jet this year.

Weakest point was the "air base" set, mostly being about a hollow plane and not a nice building.

Of course I prefer a location focused Police style of sets, and I wouldn't mind a re-releases of Forest HQ, Prison Island HQ in modern figures/colors, LEGO can use a proper Police Station again, the 2020 version just doesn't appeal to me.

Now, I know it's not City, but if there will be more recolors, I still hope for recolors of some 3-in-1 houses/shops.

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by TeriXeri

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

1 hour ago, TeriXeri said:

Of course I prefer a location focused Police style of sets, and I wouldn't mind a re-releases of Forest HQ, Prison Island HQ in modern figures/colors, LEGO can use a proper Police Station again, the 2020 version just doesn't appeal to me.

Get the 2014 one. The building to that one was so nice and easy to customize. 

[TeriXeri]

1 minute ago, Poodabricks said:

Get the 2014 one. The building to that one was so nice and easy to customize. 

Ty for the suggestion , that one is certainly great, but it's pretty low priority right now, I think I might get the 2016 re-released fire station first if the re-release/recolor ends up happening.

[Driver Brandon Grumman]

2 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

Ty for the suggestion , that one is certainly great, but it's pretty low priority right now, I think I might get the 2016 re-released fire station first if the re-release/recolor ends up happening.

Honestly though. If they were going to re release a fire station, why didn't they choose the one from 2013. The 2013 looked better. 

[Faefrost]

How about a Winter theme? Maybe the City gets hit with a Blizzard? I was noting the NYPD winter gear and uniforms, with the skater type beanie caps with NYPD on them. The bulkier coats and scarves. It's a look that Lego has all the pieces for to pull off. And you could get some interesting new sets just from the change of season.say a Fire Dept Ice Rescue? Police on snowmobiles instead of ATV's? Public works crews and trucks to deal with it?  Mayor Fleck having to wear his cold weather corn suit? 

[jonwil]

On 8/20/2021 at 9:20 AM, TeriXeri said:

Sky Police was actually not too bad imo  the armored truck, helicopter, and jet sets were pretty good designs, LEGO doesn't do "military" vehicles that often (beside Chinook/Sea-Knight styled helicopters even way back in Town), and sky police did come fairly close with it's Apache/Cobra type helicopter, Armored truck and generic Jet. Other option in LEGO would be stunt/rescue vehicles like they made a F-22/SU-57 type of stunt jet this year.

I think the bad guy helicopter from the Sky Police line looked really cool and futuristic (reminds me a bit of the helicopter from Avatar or the Orca from Command & Conquer) and more of the same would be neat to see.