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  1. Lucarex
    Confirmed 21060 Himeji Castle Price: 159.99$/€ Release: August 1st 2125 pieces
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    That TV series 1 finished a good 4 months ago now and yet it's still being discussed here? I'd be surprised if LEGO make any sets based on it anytime soon, especially before S2 is done, given the negative tsunami the show (rightfully) received. I'm very far from a Tolkien/LOTR fanboy (indifferent at best) but painful price aside, there's no doubting that Rivendell set is a thing of beauty. The Brickheadz trio is also a fun introduction to the theme.
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    Doesn't translate automatically into sales. Especially when they see what an expensive empty void of creativity it actually is. I get that it's aimed at pre-teen girls (and their mums probably) but that's no excuse for it to look like it was designed by one. The Spice Girls BH set also got a lot of attention at launch, but sold very poorly and heavily discounted (40-50%) at S@H before long, lined up for an early EOL fate thereafter.
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    Let's be honest, from concept to execution, it's a embarrassing entry in the history of IDEAS that'll deservedly gather dust in bargain bins before long. WTF were they thinking? Cringeworthy. That minigolf set that lost out in the vote (Target?) to the Viking village, needs an invite to the BDP party.
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    And that right there - literally - is the elephant in the room. Aside from obsessed Francophiles with space to fill, sales of this will be very very limited. Too big, too expensive and lacking the subject interest of the Titanic. To paraphrase Jeff Goldblum’s dinosaur scientist “those LEGO marketeers were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should”.
  6. Lucarex
    Still waiting in vain for the cancelled orca (*sigh*) In the meantime, I've just picked up all 3 squirrels (black, brown, grey) and finally at long last, a goat. Yes 'that' goat.
  7. Lucarex
    Discontinued? Why the 3.5.4 update released only a week ago (including new ghosts) then? Just a final last Halloween season hurrah?
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    If that’s 300 euro, it can be powered by a micro cold fusion cell and I’ll still pass. Insane price. The OFS in my house is sat alongside the HS lighthouse (which this just looks like a bigger more boring version of). Sure at almost equal heights, it’s out of scale but still looks great, especially adorned with various suitable minifigs. Honestly I’ve better uses (Knights’ Castle) for 300+ notes than this IDEAS set, motorised or not. Oh and just as a comparison, this new lighthouse if the price rumour is true, works out at almost double the OFS price for an almost identical part number. Just let that sink in…
  9. Lucarex
    Ah, so it’s an inside reference. Lost on me haha
  10. Lucarex
    Err, in what way exactly??? I’ll be modding that ridiculously clunky and long sticky out strut and place Vincent more flush within his own painting First the Giza pyramid and now this, never mind this year, how about this month! 😆
  11. Lucarex
    That’s an embarrassing post tbh. The price isn’t “totally out of touch” and your comparison is ludicrous. Sorry to be harsh.
  12. Lucarex
    Never has the phrase “knocked it out of the park” been so apt. Every lacklustre mediocre touristy “architecture” set of the last few few years is now forgotten. This is a BEAUTY and everything I didn’t dare hope for
  13. Lucarex
    All this discussion and description sounds to me like it will very similar in size, layout and scope as the Pharaoh's Quest scorpion pyramid, except "adultified".
  14. Lucarex
    @Herky Yes that’s the one!
  15. Lucarex
    At that price, I’m praying they go for detail AND an interior of sorts, not just scale. FWIW, the PQ pyramid was about the same price back in the day, and what a fantastic set that was.
  16. Lucarex
    It’s a lovely set and I imagine that within the year, it’ll be sold openly in Billund. In fact, it’s basically the next LEGI House 21037 (which was sold at Billund and eventually even went online S@H in the UK and Europe for a limited time). It’s just employees get the early VIP treatment here. That’s what I’m hoping anyway - and reassured by the Architecture branding also - because if this really is a one-off exclusive for employees and Campus launch opening guests only, it’s a massive slap in the face of us Architecture fans and god knows we’ve had a good few slaps already over the past few years.
  17. Lucarex
    Finally some promising news… 31207 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA New York) 2870 bricks £69.99/€74.99/$79.99 Released Jun 1st Hopefully they do the building and atrium with garden, justice. Also hopefully TLG don’t let today’s stabbings/attack on museum staff by a disgruntled nutcase, affect anything like it did with the sheer horror of Mandalay Bay and the LV skyline. Truly horrible thing to hear, thankfully all victims non-critical and stable it seems.
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    I’m not so convinced TLG’s “religion avoidance” is still a thing (the reissue of the Taj Mahal for one thing) but either way, it’s still an iconic world famous statue synonymous with Brasil, on a continent long overdue representation in this theme.
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    Knowing TLG, it’ll just be a composite skyline of Eiffel, Liberty, Big Ben etc 🙄 Seriously though, if we take that codename to be a thinly-veiled reference to the modern day wonders of the world, there’s several standouts they haven’t touched before… New Seven Wonders of the World Great Wall of China. Great Wall of China. ... Chichén Itzá, Mexico. ... Petra. the Khaznah. ... Machu Picchu, Peru. ... Christ the Redeemer. Rio de Janeiro ... Colosseum. Colosseum. ... Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal.
  20. Lucarex
    Boringly predictable.
  21. Lucarex
    Think you might want to check your own spelling there 😉 Insomniac - someone who regularly can’t sleep, and exhausted and desperate will usually try every remedy possible. I was obviously suggesting building this set would be a cure.
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    Looks an insomniac’s dream build and a painfully dull aesthetic to me, even more boring than the previous 2 stadium efforts and that’s saying something. It’s not even the hugely renovated Bernabeu, a wreck that like the San Siro, had its hey day in the ‘90s. And this isn’t tribal either as I wouldn’t want to see my team’s (equally as iconic) stadium. Proof that the marketing bots have taken over at TLG. You know what would have been infinitely better? A new unlicensed football “Sports” theme or controversially, a tie in with the World Cup at the end of the year in Qatar.
  23. Lucarex
    Entirely predictable. These stadiums’ release schedule clearly show they have been in development at the same time, just at different stages. Next up, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Juventus etc. When you realise that these are the biggest clubs in the world, both commercially and in terms of support, with adult fans easily spending €350 for a single ticket and travel without a second’s hesitation, then the market seems obvious to LEGO. Only problem is these things are so large (and incredibly boring to build) that they are almost impossible to display as usual, unless you have a very understanding wife or a dedicated LEGO room.
  24. Lucarex
    Like everything else in Singapore! Can see this choice being true, I have the standalone MBS set so no interest in a Skyline, but if this is all that’s on the horizon for 2022, then LEGO may as well put the theme out of its misery and retire it altogether.
  25. Lucarex
    It’ll either be a rebuild small scale Eiffel Tower or an uninspired choice of Skyline (like Chicago) at that price.
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