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Economic downturn and financial crisis...... LEGO launches factory set is still a question. If LEGO cancels the plan, I can understand it. But...... train? Will they launch train set? So far, they said new technology will be used in new train set. How does it progress? I bought so many 9V train track. Luckily RC train can run on 9V train track. Now, the new train from new system can run on 9V train track? In earlier time, some LEGO fans said the new wind turbine set has a vehicle. Some even said Vestas is going to change the design of wind turbine. Let us bless to God, 4999 is going to shelves. :) I have no much detail about wind turbine.

Apologise...... I did not see the wind turbine set in Creator set or under farm theme. Farm is under city theme, in fact. You can build a customise 4999 for yourself. I built one and followed the part list in Bricklink. I have all of parts except instruction book. It cost USD100.00 in Bricklink. It is very nice. Don't worry about the wire cable. The 50cm wire cable is now available in Shop at home. Perhaps, it is truth. Some prices are quite higher. Depend on market demand. No matter the wind turbine set is available under Creator, 4999 is a rare set and a promotion set of Vestas. None of wind turbine set can replace the 'status' of 4999. I followed the information given in earlier time. The new wind turbine is without red house. Unless we all don't mind the existing of red house. I am still waiting to see...... LEGO launches TV station, Mobile or telecommunication company and post office. LEGO launched so many TV vehicles and helicopter..... No TV station. This year, we have cargo plane and mail plane..... No cargo centre and mail despatch centre..... I hope LEGO can release full related sets as same as Playmobil.

I have posted another 3 blurred photos. 2 city sets and 1 creators http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=358870 I used 1 megapixel built in camera. Of course, the result of photo is not good. Last few years, I always browsed the new sets which was posted by our LEGO fans in Bricklink and Eurobricks. But this round, I had waited to see photo of new sets. However, no photo was shown. So, I tried to search and shared with you. I know all of us cannot wait for seeing new sets. It is quite excited something we hope is going to shelves. For 7641 City corner...... I am very sure the passenger alighting door is normal house door. The inner seats are 2 seats in same row. I believe it is a 6 studs wide vehicle. This is 3rd time, LEGO launches bus model. The 2nd time is soccer bus. The 1st time was launched in 30 years ago. I hope the openning door design can be similar like airplane. Hopefully LEGO designer can change it. Shop is a bicycle shop. Bicycle is still a red bicycle. The last bicycle shop was launched in 1987, 20 years ago. The model no is 6699. I feel doubt.... the logo of bus stop is same with train...... The pizza shop has a lot of 1 x 4 x 6 windows It has 2 roof windows. But the building..... it is not nice. I thought the design of building should not far away the standard of 10182 or 10185. Or at least design is near to 6376 restaurant. I am not sure it is a 3 storey level of building. This set does not have any road plates. Has road light, no traffic sign. For 7642, the base plate is same with 7993 petrol station. It is not fire station base plates. You can also find out a new green container. It is used to become a rubbish bin with recycle sign. Vehicles are quite common. For my view, this garage set should be another version of 6434 which was launched in 1999. OF course, the design is better than Junior set. I remembered I saw 6754 in Brickshelf before. Not sure who posted it over there. Nice model. I found out a small pool and a duck (created by part). Camper is a 6 studs wide. Red bicycle and yellow board This is 4th version of camper since 1984. 6694 - 1984 6590 - 1988 6351 - 1992 7639 - 2009 (in planned) I also found some new torso assembly design in Agent sets. Can be used as town folks in city set.

Today, I was finally finding out how the following models looks like. 7638 Tow Truck 7639 Camper 7641 City Corner 7642 Garage 8402 Sports Car I was quite in disappointed in City Corner. This model has 1 yellow public bus. But its door is normal house glass door! Pizza house .... compare with 10182 or 10185...... the design is not nice. Bus stop is too simple. I thought it is almost same with the platform of 4032 train level crossing. Another shop is also found in this set. I don't know what it is. The whole set caught my attention..... Because colour matching is nice..... See carefully.... seem nothing special. Camper set is nice. The new female hair gear is found in this set. But the bicycle is still red colour.... I am still waiting for green bicycle. This set is nice, can keep for collection! Garage.... If you had several of garage sets in past, this latest model is a huge set to you. You can find out something special. Building is a bit similar with 6426. I would buy this. Tow truck is a bit similar with 6670 Sport car is similar a red car in 7898. Creator has a new town house..... Look quite pretty. Model no is 6754. But existing parts can be ordered in Bricklink. Yeap..... Agents set has new female head gear. Red colour of bb364. I found out new 13 models in City theme. Plus another two found in Brickset.... Total 15. Will LEGO launch new train system and any super sets (10182 or 10185)? I am in doubt....

Hi, If you filter "LEGOLAND theme park" in Google or Yahoo, you can find out more news about the 1st Asia LEGOLAND theme park in Malaysia". I don't think I should copy those news and paste it at here, since they are quite similar with past few days. I think more and more LEGO fans in South East Asia and East Asia would be very excited. Hope this dream would become truth.

This news is captured from The Straits Times Online on December 14, 2008, Singapore http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNew...ory_314267.html Legoland park coming up To be ready in 2013, it will be on a 51ha site near Second Link in the Iskandar development region A RM750 million (S$311 million) entertainment park offering roller coasters, boat rides and adventure walks themed on the famous Lego bricks, will rise in Johor in five years' time. The Legoland Malaysia theme park will be a 15-minute drive from the Malaysian immigration checkpoint at the Second Link which leads to Tuas. The park will have a built-up area of about 51ha, equivalent to the area of about 72 football fields. In comparison, the Universal Studios theme park coming up at the Sentosa integrated resort will be 20ha in size. Legoland Malaysia will be the second such project outside of the US and Europe, with Legoland Dubai slated to open in 2011 - two years earlier than the one in Johor. There are also Legoland parks in Denmark, Germany, the United States and Britain. The Johor entertainment park forms part of the ambitious Iskandar development region which Malaysia wants to build up as an economic, leisure and residential hub next door to Singapore. Last month, the government gave details of international names which are coming to Iskandar's education hub, including Newcastle University's medical faculty, a British boarding school and a Swiss hospitality school. Speaking at the signing ceremony for Legoland Malaysia yesterday, the chairman of government-backed Iskandar Investment, Mr Azman Mokhtar, said: 'This is a significant first step in developing Iskandar Malaysia as an international tourist destination.' He sees the project attracting 'more tourists from neighbouring countries and the Asia-Pacific region'. Legoland Malaysia will be managed by Merlin Entertainments, which manages all Legoland parks as well as attractions such as Madame Tussauds and the London Eye in Britain. The Johor park is 20 per cent owned by Merlin and 80 per cent by Iskandar Investment. Merlin is owned by US private equity firm Blackstone Group, Dubai International Capital and Lego Holding/Kirkbi. Officials said while details of the Malaysian park are still being worked out, it will be based on what is found in the other Legoland parks. Some 55 million Lego bricks were used in Britain's Windsor Legoland, including those used to form a near-lifesize replica of a Boeing 747 jet's cockpit. In Legoland California, 35 million Lego bricks were used to shape a dinosaur and an Egyptian pharaoh, among other attractions. Mr John Jakobsen, managing director of Legoland Parks, said he expects visitors to the Johor attraction to top one million. For Singaporeans, the Johor park with its 40 attractions will be the closest to home after the Universal Studios park in Sentosa, which is slated to open in 2010. Asked whether Universal Studios Singapore will pose competition to the Johor park, Mr Jakobsen said: 'I think it will be very complementary. They are completely two different products.' Other theme parks in the region include the 126ha Hong Kong Disneyland, the 51ha Tokyo Disneyland and the 49ha Tokyo DisneySea.

This is another news which was released in 3 hours ago..... Captured from http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_...s.php?id=378151 JOHOR BAHARU, Dec 13(Bernama) -- The RM750 million investment to open the first Legoland theme park in Asia in Iskandar Malaysia is clear proof of the confidence of investors in the corridor launched in 2006. The Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that although the global economy was uncertain at present, the momentum for the development of Iskandar Malaysia was unaffected. He said that to date, Iskandar Malaysia had received RM40.25 billion in both local and overseas investments, representing 86 percent of the RM47 billion targeted for the first phase until 2010. "The RM750 million is a big investment. It is a symbol and proof of the confidence of investors in wanting to continue to invest in Iskandar Malaysia. "Iskandar Malaysia has displayed convincing progress to enable it to emerge as a high quality and successful development area," he told reporters after witnessing the signing ceremony for the building of the Legoland theme park here today. The agreement was signed between the managing director of Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) Arlida Ariff and the managing director of Legoland Parks, John Jakobsen. Apart from Malaysia, similar Legoland theme parks are found in Denmark, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. Merlin Entertainments will design and operate the theme park with a 20 percent stake in the project, whilst a consortium led by IIB will own the balance. The Legoland theme ark will be built on a a 145-acre site in Medini Iskandar, known previously as Node 1, and is expected to be opened by the end of 2013. According to the Prime Minister, the emergence of Asia's first Legoland theme park in Malaysia was good as the country did not have any competitiors in attracting tourists to a similar facility. "This means if tourists want to visit a Legoland theme park in Asia, they have to come to Johor Baharu and Malaysia.This is very good as we do not have to compete with other Asian countries," he said. He also said that the authority responsible for developing Iskandar Malaysia would strive to get more companies to open theme parks in the corridor. On the development of the other corridors in the country, the Prime Minister said that Iskandar Malaysia had achieved more progress as it was launched earlier. He said that while Iskandar Malaysia was launched two years ago, the other corridors were only launched last year. "However, I wish to see the other corridors also succeed. Various incentives and government financial resources have been given to the authorities concerned and they need to think of multiple strategies to succeed," he said. He wanted the authorities responsible for the development to redouble their efforts to promote their corridors to investors, especially those from the Middle East,China, India and also throughout the world. However, he stated that, development in the corridors was for all investors, both overseas and local. The Prime Minister, who is also the joint chairman of the Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA) attended its fifth meeting and the third for the Iskandar Advisory Council. Also present was the Menteri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, the managing director of Khazanah Nasional Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar, the managing director of IRDA Datuk Ikmal Hijaz Hashim and the Johor state secretary Datuk Abdul Latif Yusof.

Refer to this link: http://www.todayonline.com/articles/292319.asp ASIA’S first Legoland theme park, and only the fifth in the world, will be coming up at the Johor development corridor of Iskandar Malaysia. Work on the RM750-million ($312-million) project on a 145-acre site in Nusajaya, near Johor’s second link with Singapore, is expected to start early next year and be completed in 2013. It will be developed and operated by the Blackstone Group of New York, an investment and advisory firm, under its Merlin Entertainments Group brand. Ownership, however, will be largely in the hands of Iskandar Investments with Merlin taking a minority stake. The park is aimed at families with children between the ages of two and 12. Legoland, which started in Denmark, has sprungsimilar parks in Germany, England andCalifornia, and annual visitorship is around 1.5 million people at each of the parks. The parks all have rides which are Lego-themed and made to appear as if they are built out of Lego bricks. They tend to be based on one particular line of Lego: For example, a popular ride at all four parks is the Dragon Coaster, which is loosely based on the Knights’ Kingdom Lego sets. All the parks include a Lego miniland, a model village which includes models of landmarks and scenes from around the world made from millions of genuine Lego bricks.

This is a news, captured from this link. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Fri...icle/index_html JOHOR BARU: Work on the first Legoland theme park in Asia is expected to start here next year. Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) will sign a deal tomorrow with the Lego Group, the Danish manufacturer of interlocking plastic bricks, to develop the theme park in Nusajaya. The theme park, an integral component of Iskandar Malaysia, will be Lego Group’s fifth after Billund in Denmark, Windsor in the United Kingdom, Carlsbad, California, in the United States and Günzburg in Germany. The skyline of Iskandar is set to change once the 200ha project, with an initial investment of RM800 million, is completed. Legoland will be one of the three theme parks to be built in Nusajaya. Sources said IIB was negotiating with other global theme park players to set up operations in this economic region in southern Johor. They are Universal Studios and Disneyland. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will witness the signing of the deal between Lego and IIB. Legoland theme parks are built from Lego’s interlocking plastic bricks of different colours to create mini structures such as buildings and vehicles, among others. The name Lego is an abbreviation of the two Danish words — leg godt, meaning “play well”. It was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. The Denmark- based company has passed from father to son and is now owned by Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, a grandson of the founder. Lego is a global enterprise and the world’s sixth largest manufacturer of toys. IIB, the investment arm of Iskandar, will be the local partner in the project. At the Cityscape property exhibition in Dubai in October, IIB managing director Arlida Ariff had been reported as saying that three theme parks were being considered in Iskandar. “We have learnt from the Disneyland Hong Kong’s experience, which is operating with insufficient visitors and revenue. It is better and more appealing to operate a cluster of theme parks. “If Iskandar has only one theme park, visitors from Singapore may return to the republic the same day. “We want them to stay at least one or two nights so that there would be multiplier effects on the economy.” The plan at Nusajaya is to have a core theme park and a few smaller theme parks. About 1,200ha have been set aside for theme parks, including supporting commercial developments. Other supporting sports and recreation to be built are golf courses and eco-tourism facilities.