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LEGO did make their (Fantasy) space sets in 2019 via LEGO movie 2. Sure, that's also a (in-house) license, and a movie, but I do count it as an in-house space theme, even if it were 1 short-lived wave, it existed in-between Star Wars 8 and 9. And I don't rule out more Creator type Space sets either. 2019 City brought some nice space figures as well via the people pack + the alien head again. I can see Creator 3-in-1 being used for more "Classic" themed sets, and maybe 18+ for larger sets, at least that's 2 ways to get some sets out on the market without entire wave of sets. Pirates just got their big coverage via IDEAS, and still LEGO also made their largest ever 3-in-1 set Pirate Themed on top of that, so I'm not ruling it out at this point to see some more classic sets. By the time the IDEAS Medieval Blacksmith comes out, maybe LEGO will see a chance to release some Castle related sets on the side of it.

Interesting to see the Freya McCloud 2020 helmet+hairpiece in there, but I can imagine set 60248-1: Fire Helicopter Response not being very popular since the "flying" helicopters don't really work well at all. The Red Torso+Leg combo is nice as well for sure for a fire hazard figure.

A new Motorcross Dirt Bike set could be nice, last one was 2013. The 2017 BMW was more like a dual-purpose travel bike with the luggage compartments. If licensed, could be anything Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Husqvarna, or Yamaha. I know LEGO has done motorcycles like the Creator Harley, or Ducati Panigale very recently as well, but no Motorcross sets for a while.

Nice build. Lance had hair in 2 magazine gifts , which did use 87991, but this a LEGO MOC, so "Everything is Awesome" I actually like seeing (purist) variations on figures, that look a bit different from the sets.

This site isn't an image hosting site, use some image hosting service like Imgur for quick uploads, or something like Flickr if you want albums of pictures. Generally the 10kb is just for avatars afaik.

*moved to wishlist topic*

Ok, that makes sense, since those activists were really focusing on the Boeing brand, more then anything. LEGO did make a generic Technic tiltrotor in 2006 which looked much more like the AW609 (at the time BA609 due to Bell/Agusta), which originated from the same project.

Out of all the 3-in-1 sets from 2020 , the only one retiring already next year is the Rocket Truck. Still not sure why that set had such a bad price to volume/part ratio compared to the rest (at €25) . Still not as badly priced as the 31108-1: Caravan Family Holiday in comparison ,but that's a fairly large set, it's just really badly priced in some countries at €89,99. Hopefully LEGO will make some more buildings for 2021, Creator venturing into the Castle universe would be nice as well, now that they basicly also went Pirates and Space.

I'd love to see more Castles, Pirates and Space under creator , especially now that LEGO is somewhat in focus about their jets and helicopters. Hidden Side is likely retiring as well so that Castle won't be on official shelves for long.

Nice model for sure, nice parts usage. White clothpiece wasn't what I expected until I read it twice. (not familiar with hobbit sets as they came out during my no-LEGO time)

I'm not sure if those Frozen II and Disney Princess sets have same designers as Elves, but the Frozen II Tree House, and new Aurora's Cottage does give me Elves vibes. However the prices are just crazy in comparison to what Elves had.

I want to like those sets, but just like the Frozen II sets, those prices really are inflated. The cottage does give me an Elves theme vibe, as did the Frozen II Treehouse.

Piano set isn't my thing, but I can certainly see it as a piece of art, so the 18+ here makes perfect sense. I think the 18+ category certainly is a good direction for LEGO, I can see the IDEAS typewriter becoming an 18+ display piece as well. Sesame Street is a very kids oriented show, so I doubt that'll be a 18+ set as that would look odd imo.

I think LEGO should also show that the Boeing License itself isn't the issue here (despite that being the main point of those protesters). Maybe LEGO should make good use of their Boeing License and make a 747 jet, as they are retiring fast worldwide due to Covid even faster then planned, and no new orders after the next 16 currently on order are being finished.

I think LEGO would be pretty 2-faced if they'd make some generic Creator 3-in-1 jets/helicopters next wave. (the military lookalike sets) I certainly can see why those sets weren't an issue then, and they were mostly overlooked, but now the focus is on them for sure. I'd rather have them openly admit to their mistakes and widen their policy, either make those licensed vehicles 18+ or something, rather then never seeing any jet/helicopter ever again.

I didn't mind Nexo Knights as much, and not just because it was the theme that got me back into LEGO. It also had quite a decent variation in generic soldiers on each side, from minifigs+squirebots, vs minifigs/globlins/scurriers/bricksters/infected squirebots, depending on the 2016, 2017, or 2018 sub-themes. Monkie Kid sets have the Monkie Kid in every single set, and others do repeat quite often as well, same thing with Hidden Side having a ton of Jack, Parker and Spencers. And yes, Nexo did repeat it's characters but it still had generic bots+soldiers as I mentioned. The villain side of things is more generic , even in themes like City/Monkie Kid/ there are quite a few different criminal figures, but Duke Detain, like Monkie Kid, or Jack , appear just too much imo, and I don't find them army builder characters either. Even Ninjago Season 13 isn't that repetitive in comparison imo, more on the level of Nexo Knights in main character distribution, and the characters are "Heroes" which makes sense in the boardgame theme.

An all red version using this as "face" would be a fun mod , I know it's a different piece, but a fun print to use.

That's how it used to work with Creator 3-in-1 sets, bags weren't numbered until 2019 and the instructions just had this illustration to pour and sort.

I know what you mean. Other companies literally have been selling plastic model kits of military equipment for decades. And those model kits were based on real-world models, often even including specific stickers of a particular army/navy/airforce, and also either included or suggested buying paint for camouflage. Other lego-like toy companies are now starting to fill in that sector of models as well. Almost 3000 people responded to the poll on https://brickset.com/article/52715/official-technic-bell-boeing-v-22-osprey-cancelled and so far it's 75% don't agree with the cancellation. So there certainly is a demand for such sets from LEGO. I never was opposed to the set, I just find the way they handled it a bit strange, putting this set in catalogs and then cancelling it. LEGO just needs to clear up where they stand, as I can see people losing brand-loyalty over the way they handled this.

I think overall, in-house LEGO sets are suffering from too many repeated named characters, even City started that trend at the end of 2019 with it's TV show and characters. Only Ninjago has managed to stay around for so long, but when multiple themes have "teams" of the same characters repeating over and over, it starts to get boring. I rather have 10 generic City police dudes then 10 Duke Detains, and I loved the City Space-Research people pack. When there are like 6 themes going at the same time, running their own team of characters it gets boring. Named characters also don't really have an army building/collecting element some AFOLs like. Unlike Castle , Space, or Pirates which had a lot of generic figures. Monkie Kid has a lot of generic bull-villains, but then the good-guy side of thing is again a team of the same repeatedly, and there is no cheap Starter/ArmyBuilder/Battlepack type set in the lineup. Season 13 Ninjago does have a decent balance on spreading the hero-ninjas across the sets, it's possible to get a full team of ninjas in 2 sets, and Wu is seperate in a smaller set.

I think after this fact, LEGO has to be more clear on their policy when it comes to releasing vehicles that look similar to something used by some real-world military. People can see those look similar to a F-35, manufactured by the largest Defense company in the world. So at the time those sets came out, they were just generic named sets like Blue Power Jet, or Air Race Jet. And while people certainly could see the references to a F-35, LEGO did somewhat get away with it, by using those generic names it seperated the toy from the real world. Do I think those sets are problematic? No, but I can imagine LEGO will have an harder time getting away with generic named vehicles. I can certainly see a lot more vocal feedback on future sets. I also don't think they should stop making generic named vehicles, but they have to be clear on what their current 2020 policy is, the majority of LEGO customers aren't going to dig in some document to look for some 2010 article.

Gotta admit, after seeing the calendars, for me it's more of a case of being a bit disappointed in what the Friends calendar offers, instead of being super hyped for the City calendar. But the City calendar certainly is a nice way to pick those named characters without having some of the other sets. City calendar is also the cheapest of all 4 calendars for 2020, which kind of makes sense for what it offers in terms of volume.

Absolutely, The License is the main cause of this whole subject, as it connects the model to a real world manufacturer or user of said vehicle. I won't deny LEGO made dozens of military looking vehicles , but never called them by their real-world models. And I know this has been said before, I don't think anyone had an issue with this under City : And even a 2020 set like this , LEGO just calls it "Taskmaster's awesome armed Helicopter" , and not "Boeing CH-47 Chinook" And just to put it there, here's another 2018 Chinook lookalike in City , it's simply called "Police Helicopter" Personally I still have no issue with set 42113, but LEGO did overstep it's own 2010 rule : The basic aim is to avoid realistic weapons and military equipment that children may recognize from hot spots around the world Licensing the vehicle is as realistic as it gets, as it directly 100% confirms it's that particular vehicle. As for the Red Baron Triplane (2002) or Sopwith Camel (2001 and 2012), sure they are based on their real world counterparts, but on the other hand not exactly licensed, as the manufacturers were defunct by the time the sets came out.

Some people don't like to know what's inside as they open the set each day over the course of 24 days in December, sites like Brickset even make their daily news posts about it. So beside the box art, the official set pictures somtimes show more than is shown on the box.

Exactly. LEGO made a tilt rotor Technic set before , it just had zero "official" connections to a V-22 as it wasn't anywhere on the box. https://brickset.com/sets/8434-1/Aircraft Putting the real-life craft's name and model, and it's manufactuter on the box, made the set connected to the real world. And LEGO also literally made dozens of Boeing Chinook lookalike transport helicopters before, but never put AH-47 Chinook on the box. And my opinion is that Boeing or Bell by itself isn't even an off-limits license for LEGO , but LEGO would be in a similar situation if they did put the text AH-47 Chinook on the box for this set : https://brickset.com/sets/42020-1/Twin-rotor-Helicopter If Boeing by itself was the issue, LEGO would never have made sets like this : https://brickset.com/sets/10177-1/Boeing-787-Dreamliner