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  1. meliander
    Phew! We still have time to save for Assembly Square! I hope it's going to be around for the whole year, and not until spring or something...
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    I'm not sure about the whole sub-theme being about Safari. It could be interesting, but I couldn't imagine the whole theme is based on that. We'll see. I'm certainly looking forward to non-friends animals. I wish we get a school and a school bus and maybe something more for the hospital subtheme. Again I'm not sure what else to get (we already got the hospital, helicopter, and ambulance in one set), but I just like this subtheme so much. Wish there was more to it.
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    I just checked his blog where he explains the downtime. It's really is a period of the year when all sets are reviewed but nothing has been officially announced (except for the Batmobile) and I think he is working on his city + doing some commission work.
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    I second this question. Looks spectacular!
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    Looks awesome! Happy for you, this is something I want to do as well - design digitally and then order the parts. Was it too expensive though? 6k bricks? I'm just curious how it compares to buying the regular modular building.
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    Thank you! That list is a lifesaver! I have no idea how people catch modulars on sale, I'm always late for those. Good luck and don't miss PR!
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    While we are waiting for the next modular building to be revealed, what do you guys think about the next building to be retired. The long overstay of Parisian Restaraunt and quick retirement of both Brink Bank and Detective's Office (I hate to had missed both) last year makes me worry. This is just so unpredictable. I got the PR recently and now saving for Assembly Square. So what do you think the chances are for AS to be retired soon/in spring (like BB/DO)/summer/not retired at all this year? When they add a new modular - something has to go for sure otherwise it will be like 5 modulars selling at once...
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    That's a really cool idea, I like it!
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    Though I don't think that the current City state is too bad, it's certainly not the in the best shape like it was a decade ago (my personal opinion). But I'm ok with that, if they continue to release 1-2 good non-rescue sets a year AND creator 3-1 keeps doing what it's doing with the buildings. This way I can save some money for the incredible modulars. For me, City sets are not something that I will use in my own city as is (except for some vehicles). They are just means to get new accessories, minifigs and specialized parts. Almost every building in the City line is mainly just the front, lacking depth and the back side - it's not how I want the buildings to look in my City, so all of them basically need to use some work to make them look good with the modulars. @poodaIt's a great idea to start mocking. Try to make a simple building, i.e. out of the parts that you have from other themes, if you don't have enough - order some parts from Bricklink. I would use LDD for the start to check if you like it. I must say, it's a much more satisfying experience than buying a regular lego set and building it from instructions. It is what Lego is all about, and if you want to make a city like I do (look at Jang's city for inspiration) - you have to start at some point. Lego will never supply us all the necessary stuff to make a good city - they can help, but their focus is to sell stuff that's selling, so the main work is on our own shoulders. If you haven't done MOCing before - you will open a whole new wonderful world.
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    I agree with Shiva here. City's scale has always been 4-wide for cars... 6-wide SC cars like Porsche 911, which is not supposed to be big at all is huge next to minifigs strolling on the sidewalks and compared to the buildings and other City vehicles, like trucks, trains, airplanes. This is why SC is not a subtheme of City, but it's own theme, which is not supposed to play well with City (I know, I know they did a 6-wide police car to play with SC), they needed to up the standard 4-wide scale for better detail. Most kids which are the target audience for these sets, don't have their own city layouts. And even if some of them do, they don't care about the scale in a way adults do. They can even play with non-lego cars within Lego City layouts. But what they do care is how the cars look. And can you sit minifigs in the cars and how many? Do the doors open? Things like that. @ShaydDeGrai While I would like to agree with you that we need more expert vehicles in the line, and I would be much happier to see Porsche and Lamborghini within it, and not as part of SC - I don't think that 8-wide are bad display models (even though I believe their primary function is play). Because they offer multiple minifig placement, a decent amount of detail (SC, in general, is way too reliant on stickers right now) and, unlike the Creator Expert - could be reasonably priced for parents.
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    I guess it has been discussed a lot previously, but I really hope that for the 2020 line... Well, that's not going to happen. OK... that at some point in future Lego will bring back car doors. This is something that's puzzling me. TLG introduces so many specific molds each year and we still have cars without doors (not every car, I know, but for the most part). I hope they will come up with different designs of doors and bring this element into City back! We have so many detailing in today's sets and yet we have cars without doors and trains without doors. And the reason is... because the classic doors don't suit each and every model? I hope TLG will do something about it.
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    You're right, I didn't think about it being digital and not tested with real-life parts.
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    I don't mind the white color. Tan or white is not important for me. However, the dinosaurs in the original Ideas project looked way more like skeletons construction-wise. I don't care if they were sturdy or not - this is a display model - they looked real and attractive, and there was way more variety. The only thing I like in this set is the head of T-Rex, all the rest is just not up to the level of aesthetics of the original creation. It's a rare thing when I dislike the Ideas set, but I'm passing this one even though I like the subject matter. That's understandable. It's just that the set they made is less attractive than the original idea in the first place, which I personally expected to be the other way around.
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    OMG that school set is awesome! I would love to see a school in City. I think they haven't done it before, right? And with a school bus! This hidden side theme.... Ugh. I wish we got all that in City form - school bus, new train, school, shrimp shack, even the juice stand!
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    I'm not defending the increased price (infact, the whole line of frozen 2 sets is overpriced of course), but comparing these 2 is not a straightforward comparison. You need to adjust for inflation between 2015 and 2019. Also there 3 figures (mini-dolls) instead of 2. We know that the number of figures, be that dolls or minifigs, is something that Lego considers in their pricing. The amount of side builds is also higher, there is even a boat there, which I think adds to the playability factor. The number of pieces is higher, too. All these factors should account for the price increase, but not a $20 increase. Actually, if this set was priced at $60 it would be an awesome deal. But it's difficult to get that price per part ratio with licensed stuff (especially for the franchise as big as Frozen or Star Wars for that matter).
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    I'm not sure if that switch to 6 studs in City did actually happen. Yes, I can see one car in the Capital City set that's 6-wide and one particular model of Police car that's 6-wide. But all the rest seem to be usual, as they have been for a long time now. 4 studs for passenger cars, 6 studs for jeeps, vans and trucks. 8 studs for large trucks. Just looked at the recent Donut Shop Opening, which features both 4 and 6 wide vehicles. I have doubts they will upgrade the city to 8-wide anytime soon. Because the buildings will look very out of scale. They will then need to go bigger with larger vehicles, too (like trucks). Which all can result in either raising the piece count in sets or over-simplifying them with larger parts.
  17. meliander
    Congrats! This one has been on my whishlist from the announcement!
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    There are some words that he used in the video that makes me think, that the future of the usual modular buildings as we know it might be different. - First of all, he never said the word modular buildings. He is referring to them as modulars. For example. Can a gas/service station be modular? Or above mentioned bus terminal or train station? They could be something that doesn't look like traditional modular building but still be expert sets that connect and help form streets. - Secondly. He mentioned the sets in the whole product line as "iterations" hinting that they are essentially the same thing in general, just different design. AND "We don't just want to go back and keep doing the same thing. So with the modulars we have some new eyes on it..." Could that be that we can be talking about the modular building, but not neccessarily from the City? Let's say we get a modular building from Castle theme which will set off a medieval street? Could that be that he is hinting at something different with these words?
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    I really like the switch to 8 studs and I can understand the frustration of someone building the collection of 6-wide SC sets, but 8 studs really do look better proportionally. And side-by-side sitting is amazing. I don't have any SC sets, because I decided that they are too big for my city. Now, if 8-wide is going to be a new standard for SC, I'm going to start buying them as display models. I don't really need racing vehicles in my city anyway.
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    For me personally the 90s Lego just looks better. Not only in City but also in almost every other theme. It's just the beautiful simplicity and uniform design, like paintings written by a single artist, or a film from a single director. Yes, the builds today are more advanced and there is a gazillion of elaborate parts, but for me, it doesn't have the same feeling, the same unique aesthetic across most of the sets available in that time period. It's like old classic 2D Disney movies. I like the new Pixar and Disney films, but they will never have the same impact on me. However, saying that - there is one theme in today's Lego which is very City related - Creator Expert modular buildings and winter village, which is something that we never had in the 90s - and with that theme alone I'm very happy. I don't really care too much about the City theme anymore - I will still pick up anything that I think is good enough, maybe 1 or 2 sets a year because I need to save money for those expert sets!
  21. meliander
    Yeah, I know. Western is not hurrying to return because of those guns and rifles. And it would be silly without them. But GoT doesn't have guns, right? It's the same swords and bows and monsters that they had in Castle for many years. But because it's TV-MA (or 18+) they just don't want their brand to be associated with this franchise - is what I understand.
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    Fine with me!
  23. meliander
    And I was wondering why didn't Lego purchase the GoT license. It's all about the age rating... Well, that's not fun. I would die for a Game of Thrones or Elders Scrolls theme.
  24. meliander
    As somebody who missed the Detective's office, I would love to see the Police Station, old school with donuts and old computers. And that will be a great excuse to buy a police set (as I don't do that anymore). Also, the Fire Brigade is standing their too lonely.
  25. meliander
    I'm both for and against. Part of me wants to get excited from new sets more often during the course of the year. But then again, being honest with myself, I don't need more variety than is currently presented nowadays. My wanted list on brickset is enormous, much bigger than I can ever be able to afford. I wish the products had longer life, as they did in the 90s (or 80s I guess). Seeing it from the business perspective, I doubt Lego wants more sets. More sets -> more production costs, which doesn't necessarily translate into more purchases. And that's not only pure production costs, but it's also hiring more people, spending more on marketing (2 new waves is a big deal). According to Brickset, 2017 was the year with the highest amount of new sets - 839. It grew from roughly 150-250 in the 90s. But now it seems to be on decline 2018 - 788, 2019 (732 so far). I think their goal should be to make each set as attractive to the customer as they can so that they can produce and sell more of that set, and sell that set longer. Of course, assortment and variety are important, but I think that 700 new items each year is pretty huge variety already.
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