At first sight i thought it was real but now i get more and more suspicious...
Things i noticed:
1) does the chef/cook has ears? In the image it looks like but i‘ve never seen a „normal“ lego fig with ears
2) AS has a woman who is taking a picture with a camera with a BLACK stud with hole as lens, this diner also does feature a woman with camera but this one has a transparent white lens. Why would they feature the same person again but change the build?
3) the strongman has a topless printed body part, it seems that TLG tries to avoid these, as the only two i know are the lifguard guy of minifig series 12 and the new 60153 fun at the beach. The diners strongman is the same print as the one of the lifeguard. So why printing a complete new one without defined muscles for a 2017 release? (Besides releasing a topless muscleman in a not beach related context doesnt seem what a company like TLG would do nowadays. Keywords sexism, body shaming... )
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I agree, plus in the diner image it looks like there wouldnt be any space to the right of the line-up to display it properly as advertisement.
If the diner is the real deal, would be slightly disappointed because of the change of style. I dont care if there is some „american“ buidings in my street but i think a diner is more a standalone building with maybe a parking lot in front of it (maybe with drive-thru?). Wont be able to resist buying it though.
How do you guys thinks about my concerns?