Mr. Elijah Timms

Great review-- love the close-up pics. Coming from someone who used to spend all his time on the pirates page, this set really converted me as a City guy. This wasn't the first city set I purchased, but once I built it, there was no turning back...

The more I think of it, I'd have to agree with Klaus (I rarely don't, I suppose). So many of those figures in these sets are geared towards a circus theme, with a few more we practically have an small set of circus folk. It would certainly rain on the parade of the Collectible line by rolling out a big ol' circus set with the same clown, ringmaster and even magician. Now, they COULD give us something with a new clown, a lion tamer, perhaps a female gymnast or elephant rider or something... but it just feels like if that were to happen, we wouldn't have gotten any of those figs. BTW, for those of you that are lucky enough to have gotten an extra caveman-- switch out the head with a normal one, perhaps with some dark hair, throw a few skateboard wheel axles in his hands, and BAM! You've got yourself a great little circus strongman in an animal print get-up. Looks great standing next to the clown and magician, I must say!

Hey guys, just had to share with my EB friends-- pulled the trigger last night on the TRU BoGo 50% sale-- the new airport and the construction site, and paid less than $150 USD for both of them together!! A few weeks back I revealed my plans to wait on the airport for the potential 50% sale and asked for advice on what set to go with, and it definitely paid off... So, Lightning Tiger and others, I just wanted to say thanks for helping me out. Love the construction site, and I've already built the little digger and the transport truck. Great addition to my budding new city. Sounds cheesy, but this is a great example of how EuroBricks, as a community, can be such a great asset. Thanks again!

Valid criticism, in my book. If it means anything, I've never seen them in my Target or WalMart, despite the fact that the WalMart has been receiving lots of new stock like World Racers, etc. In my opinion, if either of these retail giants were to get any, they would've hit shelves long, long ago.

Ah, no really, what is that skater kid doing?? Looks like you had fun throwing this together. Lego=fun.

Great design... the front of that truck is incredibly well-executed. Nice job

Yabba Dabba Doo!!! Looks great, Fred.. a-hehe! a-hehe! (Sorry, that's the best Barney Rubble I can do in raw text).

I'd have to go with Apple Tree. I do own the Beach House but not the Apple Tree, but in terms of pure aesthetics, I think I just think it looks more realistic, more pleasing to the eye, and more surburban than the Beach House. I will say that while I cannot testify on the building experience of Apple Tree, the Beach House was a fairly substantial build with some very clever designs with the sliding glass door and eaves coming out of the roof. Great topic this is, Brickster

I was browsing the American TRU site this morning, and came across something interesting. First of all, the TRU truck now has an entry ($39.99), but is listed as out of stock. Not surprising, I'm sure they've just activated the page so that when the inventory is there the .JSP files are linked and ready to do business. The interesting find came further down on the second page, where there is now a link for City Train Station for $44.99. The problem is, the picture is for the 2007 Train Station set 7997, instead of the new one with the stairs on either side of the track. They even put the green 'New' graphic on the corner of the image. See for yourself. My guess is whoever's processing the graphics for the web page was thrown for a fast one, or perhaps they keep all of the images in a database and they used the same name for the 07 version as the new one. Either way, I'd expect someone to catch it, but certainly threw me for a loop on a warm Monday morning.

Agreed. Since the minifigs were launched, there's little doubt that there's some serious collectors in my area, obviously more dedicated and financially willing than myself. There's obviously some full-boxers around here as opposed to the get-the-set crowd like myself.

For those of you in the US-- Brickset is reporting a 50% BOGO at TRU (In-Store only)!!! Crunch time, people-- Decisions, decisions!!! I can spend $155USD and get the Airport and the Construction Site... OR I can spend $125 and get the Airport and the Passenger Plane... They're also running 25% Off all Clearance Items... So for $52USD, you can officially buy the Farm!! (The set, not the eternal fate)

I haven't been into City that long, but do have the Beach House and the Family House. They do blend in really well with the rest of the sets, and I would assume they certainly add the much-needed civilian look that so many layouts have missed in the past. What's interesting about them are the alternative building methods-- it's very different from building a traditional City set, most likely because they seem to focus more on structure than playability. And they're quite time-consuming. My biggest beef with them is furnishings, really. They're almost bare inside. I actually had some blocks left over from the Pirate Block set (the one with the cool torso featured in my avatar), and used some of those pieces to build some furniture, a kitchen counter, etc. But the colors are obviously a little wild. I'd love to see them do a big time furnishings set with maybe a few figs. They could REALLY push the inventive and simple builds used in the interiors of some of the big sets to create furniture, a refrigerator, appliances, etc. Think of the simple yet effective builds of the water cooler in the Police HQ or the drill press in the garage. That's the level of detail I'd like to see them go after here, and just build all the modern conveniences we have in our homes so they could furnish one of these houses. Sure, I could just build 'em all myself, but I'm not just much of a Pick-A-Brick guy.

Found a box in the most unlikeliest of places yesterday. A very small regional department store (only exists in a handful of states IIRC) had a box out, straight up $1.99 pricing. They do carry Lego, but usually don't stock a large supply and tend to let stuff sit on the shelf for indefinite periods of time. I won't name the store, because I'd like to protect my location and anonymity, but it's a small regional East Coast department store chain that typically serves as an anchor store for malls throughout the region. With that being said, I'd encourage you all to consider similar stores in your area. Dept. store chains, not national in scale, that carry Lego in some fashion but certainly not enough to compete with TRU's, Target's, or WalMart's inventory. They just might have gotten a box in.

Several years ago I was in a local department store checking out their Lego inventory when I saw a bunch of discounted sets... sitting there, a little beat up, was the 7888 Tumbler set not only with a Batman fig, but the Joker to boot!! And here's the part where you all call me an idiot-- $50 set discounted to $18USD!!! Eighteen bucks!! At the time, I was a straight Star Wars guy. No way would I spend money on another line when it could mean another SW set. I know, what an idiot. The Batman fig alone would have brought me a profit if I sold now, and the entire set is going for up to $175USD on eBay (not that I'm a reseller, but still!). I can still kick myself for not grabbing that thing at the time.

From one AI guy to another, very well done. With the exception of the Clone Wars guy's face, all of this stuff is top notch vector art.

I really love that little street sweeper truck. Favorite part of the entire set-- wish it came solo.

This is certainly more wishful thinking than prediction, but... How about a Hangar for the Airport theme? A big ol' building that houses a smaller non-commercial plane, and have a machinist's shop all set up inside for repairing the planes. Almost like a modular extension to the Airport? They could even throw in an Airport security fig or two...

Hospital theme would work for me-- a big ol' building with lots of details in the $100USD range, a $50USD rescue copter, and the $20 ambulance set sound perfect. There's a lot of Police stuff still being put out new on the shelves-- seems odd that they'd be in a hurry to start a new line. Personally I'd like to see them continue with more of the civilian stuff. Zoo was referenced, that sounds great. Library too. Love the idea of a bank!! Give something for my crooks to do when they break out of prison! I wouldn't be surprised to see a new service station and convenience store. How long since the last one? How about a school? I guess they're concerned that the last things want to play with when they get home from school is, well, a school. Finally, as I said in another thread awhile back-- TLG clearly has a hit on their hands with the Winter theme. I wonder if they'd ever expand it into a full line, or just keep with the one set a year concept? It certainly keeps demand very high.

I'm definitely up for a hospital and a separate ambulance set. Not so sure I can see Lego doing an ER, but that'd really be unique. The design complexity and aesthetics have increased exponentially over such a short amount of time, we may finally be in a place where they could truly do a hospital justice. Paging Dr. Bricksteen...

I used to be a genuine, diehard LSW OT collector and enthusiast. If something was introduced in the line, I got it, even if I didn't really care for it (Case in point, Imperial Landing Craft, or whatever the heck that thing was called). Up until about 2009, I had every mf-scale set in the OT excluding the first Falcon, the first B-Wing, Droid Escape, Jabba's Skiff, and that small little thing we like to call the Death Star. I've never bought a single UCS or mini set, but that's just me. In fact, it was the introduction of the Holy Grail aka Death Star that actually eased me up on the line as a whole. $400 bucks is just too rich for my blood-- and where does it end? Most of the essential scenes/vehicles/figures have been released, and the newer updates are great but out of my price range. It also probably helps that I gravitated first into Pirates and now into City. I'm definitely planning on picking up the new Wampa Attack, but beyond that I'm beginning to seriously question if I've gone into LSW semi-retirement... what would get me back? Lower prices, new sets that aren't re-releases of re-releases.

Fantastic! The Hall itself is especially impressive... it's so uniform and symmetrical. For what it's worth I'm very impressed!

Confirmed USA purchase at Five Below last night. There they were, just short of a full box, sitting there in some dumpy little aisle not that far from the door. If TRU is concerned about pickpockets, either 5B isn't worried or just doesn't have a clue, because the morally corrupt would have no problem getting these out the door. Grabbed another cheerleader, another forestman, a second ninja, and one last cowboy (for the guns!), all at $1.99 each. I think I'm officially done with Series 1. My advice to Americans who have yet to lock down a full set is to pay close attention to this site, and when someone reports a new vendor, GO there that very day before everyone else catches on. I bet if I go back to Five Below even today, it'll probably be cleaned out. Pay close attention to the reports here and act on them quickly. Worked for me.

Alright, I've been trying for days not to notice this, but enough is enough... KielDaMan, who IS that girl in your avatar??? I mean, dude!!

Question about the upcoming Spartan/Roman/Greek/etc. figure in Series 2: If it's so clear that we all want mountains of these, why not produce more of this figure than any other in the series? In a typical Series 1 box it seems that there are between 3-5 of each figure, but the Spartan is clearly going to be the MVP of the next run-- Why not include 6-8 of him and cut back on some of the others? Obviously they're already packaging them and it's too late... but it seems like everyone would be happy if it was not hard to get plenty of this fig over the others. My other question, for any and all, is-- how many Spartans do you want? 5? 10? 20? 100??? I'd love six, but I'm not a straight army builder like others are. Thoughts?

Five Below??? Wow-- even though I'm satisified with my Series 1, I'm tempted to go over there and pick out a few more Forestmen and Tribal Hunters, and maybe even a few more Cowboys or a Cheerleader. Am I the only one who thinks the word Collectible is one of the most dangerous terms in the English language??? As for the allure of the Surfer in Series 2, it's just that the sum of its parts is much more valuable than the fig itself. The hair is great and can be used for many characters, new great head, and the bare-chested torso is one of the single most valuable body parts in both Series 1 and 2 just for its versatility. I can easily see my pirate crew growing by 3 or 4 just by having a few going shirtless thanks to multiples of the surfer. Sure, I'll have an unwanted abundance of trunks, but you'll have that, I suppose.