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That's what I was thinking, CptMugWash - more like animal parks/safari parks than a zoo. It would offer up more possibilities for sets, as you point out - particularly your idea of animal researchers in the wild. As for what we will actually get in 2016 - who knows?

While I'm interested in a lot of the ideas that people have already proposed - Wild West, Mythological, Wildlife Park (rather than Zoo) in particular - I love the idea of a school/college theme. You could have some interesting sets - not just classrooms, but a library, a gym/sports event, school mascot (for a small box or polybag), school bus, school parade float, day trip/field trip sets, all sorts of things. The truth, though, is that I'm not certain whether it would appeal to children, and it would have to, of course, for TLG to produce it. Another theme that would be interesting is a modern archaeological theme, which could incorporate a couple of elements from the school/college them, such as a library. Sets could include a museum, a few different digs, of course, as well as some Greek/Roman ruins, or maybe Mesoamerican (which would allow for some jungle bits too). Because TLG love producing vehicles, you could have a couple of different off-road vehicles, a recovery vehicle, heavy vehicles for digging and so on, and of course lots of different minifigs, and maybe some animals too (or dinosaur bones, as somebody has already suggested). I'd buy everything in a theme like that! (for my son, of course....)

Thanks, Balbo!

@Fred - I've noticed the same thing about DBG tiles. There aren't many sellers with large quantities, and they're more expensive than 2x2 tiles in what I would consider less common colours - medium blue, for example. You're right in general in that bricks in grays seem to be more expensive than black or white, although I need less for modulars than I would for a castle. And as far as castles go, my son loves knights, so if there is a Castle release in 2016, I might well end up getting interested in Castle MOCs too!

You're probably right about the other modulars, Fred. I have my eye on the Parisian Restaurant, and while I'd love to get the Pet Shop, it's already quite a bit more expensive (at least here in the U.S.) than the others. I have started my own modular MOC, although it's going to be a lengthy build, as I'm at the stage in my AFOL life where I have to build up my Lego collection. Dark Bluish Gray tiles are high on the list things I need to get, and 1x by bricks in the colours I'm more likely to build in - the grays, dark tan, tan, and white. Bit by bit!

Thanks, Graham, and thanks dr_spock. It's good to be here.

Hello all, Like a lot of AFOLs, I suspect, I was brought back to Lego after a long Dark Age because my son, who is now five, loves Lego. Buying him sets over the last year, I started to see the wonderful things that people are doing with Lego now that I couldn't have dreamed of thirty years ago. Sci-Fi and Modulars are my thing, especially after getting the Detective's Office a couple of weeks ago. What a great set! A fun and interesting build (and my son helped, of course), and on top of that hard-boiled detective fiction is what I do, so I loved it on lots of different levels. Now I have plans for some modular MOCs to go along with the feel and implied era of the Detective's Office - a Deli and a Hat shop (side by side, with apartments above) and then an old-style boxing club, I think. I'm looking forward to the adventure! My son's enjoying it too, needless to say.