Lucarex

Words can't express how much I want that Dragon Dance

Waiting for the obligatory lo-res blurry watermarked pics

Still pining for the much-rumoured orca, that failed to materialise in the City Arctic sets this summer.

I hear you @thorin but sadly from a commercial perspective, the older sets (particularly those with low recognition outside of architect circles, like FallingWater and Villa Savoye), are gone the way of the dodo. Skylines are here to stay for the time being supplemented with larger builds like the Guggenheim, Liberty etc.

Nothing. Sets are done and dusted.

Nice review @henrysunset For me, even if I ignore the dubious architectural value of a city as insipid and soulless as Las Vegas, the Bellagio is a nice improvement but the set remains let down by that awful Wynn build.

Venice and St Mark's Basilica say otherwise. Think we'll see ND myself, along with La Defense Arch, Tour Eiffel/Arc de T and a tiny Louvre with glass pyramid

Guaranteed that the 007 license is disproportionate/well in excess of the Aston Martin license.

Some humour much needed in this thread -- I guess those clearly unhappy and criticising the look as being "unrecognisable as a DB5" it might be worth considering that Aston Martin are, even amongst high end car marques - extremely protective about their brand values and perception. Especially when it comes to their legacy - such as this iconic model, forever associated with an equally iconic character. Basically, if it looked like a pile of Megabloks and "unrecognisable" they wouldn't have approved it as agreed. Yes, it's highly subjective but with the noted exception of the perfectly blocky F40, that's the case with all Lego cars. As for complaining about the price and PPP ratios, well that's an argument to be had across the whole Lego landscape. But unusually there are two licensing entities here don't forget.

Love how the licensing deal didn't include the famous theme, so TLG had to make do with a really awful soundalike on the designer video.

Really? If we're talking pure aesthetics, to my eye, the Beetle and Mini sets are only accurate representations (not sure "good looking" applies in either case) if you squint, like really really hard.

Price confirmed on S@H. I've already posted why I think it's unrealistic to expect Superleggera curves in Lego brick form. Don't get me wrong I'm equally disappointed that's the case, but it's very much tempered by the fact the build and gadget features look great. Instant buy for me but each to their own I guess.

Ejector seat, rear bulletproof shield, extending hubcap tyre shredders, front machine guns and what hopefully appears to (really hard to make out) revolving or interchangeable number plates.

18 hours to go until the big reveal. Cue the inevitable "discussion", which hopefully will be free of irrelevant mentions of a completely unrelated BBC sci-fi series.

You actually believe that? Okaaay....