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Thank you to everyone posting links. Really good of you to share your finds with those of us not so quick off the mark. :thumbup::classic:

Im crying right now as I have the tiniest budget imaginable but want all of the city sets. I'm really going to have to prioritise and have a vote off to see which sets I'll end up buying.

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HR Images of the January 2012 City Sets!

All Pictures Link to 2000+ pxl. versions

There are 175 HR pictures here (and a lot of work) :sick:

4206 Recycling Truck

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4208 4 by 4 Fire Truck

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4209 Fire Plane

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4427 Fire ATV

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4430 Mobile Fire Command Centre

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4431 Ambulance

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4432 Garbage Truck

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4433 Dirt Bike Transporter

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4434 Tipper Truck

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4435 Car and Caravan

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4436 Patrol Car

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4437 Police Pursuit

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4439 Heavy-Lift Helicopter

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4440 Forest Police Station

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4441 Police Dog Van

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Ok, that's all of them........

Enjoy! :classic: :classic: :classic:

Edited by grogall

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Next year is panning out to be another good year(sorry wallet). These City sets are no exception. Minus the fire sub-theme, which I'm not too hot on, :tongue:. The crooks hideout with that ratrod! the HQ. Now I'm going to have to buy some more green baseplates to expand my city to add a forest area.

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Thanks grogall for taking the time to post all those pics. Still dissapointed that Lego decided to do another round of police and fire but excited to try out some of the new parts. It will be nice to have another fender option for cars and the 4 x 6 wedge triple curved plate is going to be available now in dark red and light bluish grey. The vehicle line looks good will definately pick up some those for my city.

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Much happier with the upcoming year's city sets as opposed to this past year's City stuff. The whole police stuff they did this year just never appealed to me and the rest of it didn't really intrigue me either. Next year though...oh boy there's lotta stuff I'm interested in. Most of the forest police stuff not so much (but I do like that set 4438), but the regular city vehicles...I like.

Edited by Canada_7

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Check out what appears to be a new blue colour in the Recycling Truck set! Looks like there's a couple of new colours being used.

I will definitely be looking to get the Car and Caravan set, having owned and being very fond of 6351 (although it's closer to 6590), and also the Garbage Truck. Maybe the Fire Plane for all those transparent 1x1 round bricks. I also want at least one of those new wheelbarrows.

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Thanks for the pics. It looks like the 6-wide vehicles outnumber the 4-wide vehicles now...

Still no pictures of the caravan opening up, which is a shame. Are the trailer hitches the same height on all trailer-compatible vehicles?

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Looking at the high-res of the police station, I can now see that the unknown accessory I asked about earlier is in fact a walkie-talkie.

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Alien Conquest Azure blue being used in the Recycling Truck. I think the new roof piece is also in the police car in the patrol car set. 2 seater! Maybe the crook want to bribe the cop to a cup of coffee? :grin: The car and caravan set looks great! We'll wait for the interior pics for more judgment. After seeing the patrol car's extra thingy stuff something I know now a better way to make a level crossing [train] without buying hard to find parts on bricklink.

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Grogall-- you're literally helping me decide how to spend money. Thanks alot!

I'm in for all of the vehicle sets, most of the police, and the Fire Truck and ATV. Very cool stuff!! LOVE all the new torsos!

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Fantastic new pictures, Grogall! But I'm very much missing what will probably be my favourite City set of 2012, the crooks' hideout with that wonderful hot rod. No hi-res pics of that one yet, then?

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Alien Conquest Azure blue being used in the Recycling Truck. I think the new roof piece is also in the police car in the patrol car set. 2 seater! Maybe the crook want to bribe the cop to a cup of coffee? :grin: The car and caravan set looks great! We'll wait for the interior pics for more judgment. After seeing the patrol car's extra thingy stuff something I know now a better way to make a level crossing [train] without buying hard to find parts on bricklink.

I actually think the cans in the Recycling Truck set might actually be Medium Azure, which is lighter than Alien Conquest's Dark Azure. Both colors will be appearing in next year's Friends sets.

Anyway, still kinda disappointed that the police badge has changed from the snazzy version that had been current for years, with the four-stud pattern. Of course, I'm glad that otherwise, the special "POLICE" patterns match last year's, even though these sets' color schemes tend to have heavier use of blue than last years', which favored white.

Why is the Garbage Truck set covered in recycling logos? It's flat-out misleading, IMO.

Finally, look at the base of the "POLICE" sign in front of the jail! It seems to be the brick piece used elsewhere, but it has no vertical grooves. This suggests to me that the piece's two sides are not identical. By alternating the sides with and without the vertical grooves, or by exclusively using the sides without the vertical grooves, you could change the look of a brick wall made with these pieces.

Very fond of these sets overall. I'm not really into City, so I probably won't be buying any, but I still like to pay close attention to City since I feel it sets the standard for "real life" in LEGO, and all other themes are variations on that standard. And for the most part this upcoming wave gets my approval.

EDIT: Note that the police/forest ranger torsos come in both male and female varieties! Both can be seen in the police station set! I also can't help but love the "redneck crooks", even if they're still wearing prison stripes. Hope we get more wonderful LEGO City mini-movies like this year's showing off the fun stories you can create with these sets!

Edited by Aanchir

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Thanks for the high-resolution pictures! I think these new sets are awesome, I can't wait to get my hands on a few of them. The police line is very refreshing with the whole new style, those bears are great. There's a nice variety of vehicles in the new City line. I also like the fact that there are much more female figures than earlier years. Great stuff!

Edited by Matn

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Thank you for the wonderful hi-res pictures Grogall! I don't really like the new Fire and Police sets, but I'm really liking the regular city vehicles. I'm going to be spending alot of money next year. :laugh:

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:oh: Look at the front lights of this! I see they learned their lesson and changed the random colours to orange to represent turn signals :thumbup:

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The bricks with brick texture are remarkable! I don't think it is a sticker.

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The bricks with brick texture are remarkable! I don't think it is a sticker.

They clearly are not stickers. Yay for brick bricks! :grin:

Also, as Aanchir pointed out, they might be two sided, with the other side representing "logs" instead of "bricks", though the log brick could also be a separate piece.

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Also, as Aanchir pointed out, they might be two sided, with the other side representing "logs" instead of "bricks", though the log brick could also be a separate piece.

I'm convinced it's the flipside of the 'brick' element (similar to what they've done with the grille brick). It's visible in the pictures that there is texture on two sides of the element and I can't imagine that being 'wasted' on the same pattern on both sides.

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Best City line yet.

Honestly, the quality of the builds has skyrocketed. New parts, and the figs are fantastic. I know it's still Police and Fire, but it's a ways away from the normal City versions of those.

Whoever came up with the $20 vehicles is a genius. Simply genius. 5/6 vehicles for $20 apiece. Simple, fairly easy to obtain them all, and all have something good to offer.

I love the new Police and Fire Rangers, especially the new criminals.

Great work, LEGO. :thumbup:

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