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All new animals now back in stock!!!

Here is my review on the new City 60314 Ice Cream Truck Police Chase: THE GOOD: New Ice Cream Costumes! These are great! Great Ice Cream Truck given its size and easily can repurpose to a genuine one (also remind me the LEGO movie one, very similar colour way) The front grill of the police car is a very interesting build. THE NOT SO GOOD: The price is high compare to the volume you get. The rear of the police car can be more streamlined. ATM doesn't really look like an ATM. I wanted to get this on 1st Jan but supply chain delay is really having an impact down here in NZ. But back to this set, I really like the ice cream truck, it's small but look great and can easily re-purpose to be a genuine ice cream truck quite easily. The highlight and main reason I bought this are the two ice cream costumes and these don't disappoint. Some elements could have been improved for example, the overall design of the police car and the ATM. However, the biggest draw back is the price, at NZ$60RRP really feel the price hike in general, even I bought this with discount still wish it further $10 cheaper. Anyway, will still recommend this set if you want to get the new ice-cream costumes and the cool ice cream truck!

I have an order placed 16th Nov, was sent out 18th Nov but still hasn't arrive, it seems like it takes 3 months + for order to arrive in NZ. I wonder if this means the order I just placed this month wont arrive until July XD

Penguin is back in stock, so as the tiger tail. Other animals still OoS.

I did a 700+ orders minus the new animals ....

all the new animals are out of stock =( The new fire fighters torsos also out of stock. Will just have to wait or phone for a back order I guess

kittens too. Also new unique minifigures parts from various themes like CNY, City and Monkie Kid =P

2021 the new city stuff only became in stock from February. I guess roughly the same timeframe this year.

yes, exactly, so if you type 40, then most of the exclusive sets starting 400x will pop up. I even manage to search the 9v train. unfortunately most part out of stock. interesting to find out the 9v train motor is NZD$52 lol not sure if this is a good thing though XD it just full of unexpected results =)

i just found out you can search sets now by a portion of set numbers or key words and it will return a list of possible sets matching. Some interesting results returned. I wonder when did they do this update? it used to search by exact set numbers.

oh I browse through each new set. The out of stock heads are the new ones

so the new parts just added but everything is showing out of stock. (which is good so you can tell which minifigure head is new). Sad the yellow afro hair is listed as $0.00

or they just want us to buy multiple of each set and make them not even listed in the system =P Since B&P saved me tons of $$$ in the past years

The new sets are up and returns results but none of the 2022 pieces are listed (e.g. squirrels ...etc)

yea, and I think they starting to run out new traditions to base off on. We already got most, so with 8 more zodiacs to go, I think they might start rehashing new years eve dinner or dragon dance. I hope you will enjoy it too =)

Here is my review on the other 2022 Chinese New Year set, 80109 Lunar New Year Ice Festival: THE GOOD: The frozen lake is the star of the set, both the look, design and building experience are excellent. Great display piece. Love the fishing hole. Ice Planet Homage!!! 2 variation of the Photo standee. Surprisingly no stickers! THE NOT SO GOOD: Lacking Chinese New Year vibes. Overall, I had a great time building this set. The building experience and in terms of display piece, it's probably a better one compared to 80108 Lunar New Year Traditions. The frozen lake is just great, as I never built anything like this before so the feeling was so refreshing. (It's like the first time building Ninjago City on how you build the water with clear tiles). I'm surprised it wall panels they used as when the set first revealed I thought it would be flat tiles. It's also great how many little things they fit under the layer of ice. Even the edges around the lake were fun the build. It's not just about the lake but a lot of little things around it as well, the fishing hole was nicely done. The end product just look great, and the same techniques could probably be used to build a huge ice skating arena. Surprisingly no stickers too. Well, 80108 did have a few so I thought the signage pieces would be stickers but it came as printed. Now I do really question what exactly is LEGO's policy on whether it's going to be printed or stickers. One thing though, I do feel the set lacking Chinese New year vibes. May be because the focus in the lake or the big portion of white colour but even so, there are minimum Chinese New year decor compared to other chinese new year sets. So in terms of a Chinese New Year set, 80108 is probably better in this regard. This is more like an oriental winter village. Anyway this is no doubt an excellent lego set that I would recommend to everyone. I was also one of those who wished LEGO to continue with base plates and modular compatible but after building this, I think the current design totally works, and it's massive (way bigger than what I thought it would be compared to the photos). Hope you enjoy this set the way I did if you bought this or going to buy this.

It will be even more awesome if it can rotates like the candy tray. shouldn't be that hard to make this modification. oh right, thanks for this.

Thanks, 80109 is half way built now =) even MOC can use similar concept, especially for people like me when display space is limited

Looks like NZ toy stores won’t get this until FEB :(

Local stores put this on shelf earlier than expected and here is my review on 2022 Chinese new year set, 80108 Lunar New Year: THE GOOD: Good concept and enjoyable building experience despite the base of each section are the same build. The mandarin tree is one of the best plant build in recent years. God of Fortune minifigure is awesome. Some fun call backs to previous sets in the form of stickers. Some great new minifigure parts. Love the sleeping dad face. Each tradition can be displayed on its own based on your preference. Some great new printed parts. Designed to be a fun family building experience. THE NOT SO GOOD: The modular stacking is not as easy as it seems. Can be a bit flimsy too when stacked up. The central piece has a few decorations but you can't really see if all connected. It doesn't look that good on its own. Overall, this set exceeds my expectation. Originally, I was more into 80109 but after building this set I started to appreciate this a lot. The concept of small section with LOTS OF DETAILS that can stack up in a modular way is great. And some of the small details in each section just blew my mind. (the mandarin tree). Once again the CNY theme delivers excellent minifigures and parts. The god of fortune is really authentic. Now I really hope all these new parts can be ordered from B&P from 1st Jan. Having each section to be built separately and having individual instruction booklet for each really promote the whole family fun idea. While this is a great set, I did find the stacking do not work as smooth as I would hope. However, the set is still too good to not recommend to everyone. The price is a bit high but I do believe the enjoyment and satisfaction from this set overweights the price. Highly Recommended.

So excited with No Way Home releases next week and just opened all the No Way Home sets. Excellent minifigures but the build were a bit meh ... Hopefully the new Spider & friends stuff are better, already feel the new pieces worth it.

Finally I received all my orders in Sept.... took a long time and now a happy man XD

Great review, I always wanted this but local store not yet going to 20%+ discount yet. I did buy the minifigs via Bricks & Pieces though. But the hood isn't available =(

The Stunt Bike Minifigures are so good. The alternate faces from wheelie stunt bike and selfie stunt bike are gold. Gotta thanks the Brick & Pieces service making the parts available. To be honest, the overall Stuntz sub-theme has some great minifigures too. For example, the clown.

it's because our port having huge congestion since covid started ... Eternals sets not even on shelf yet. I usually order from Toyco but since last year, local toyworld giving me 20% off for buying a box so it's hard to beat the price =P