Jay66
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https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/icons-10361-10361
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And here it is
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So I have the option this year of expanding my village with the new Hogsmeade which is very compatible with the style of my village, or going with the official WV offering. I think I already have a Lego train set (fairly sure) so a new train might not be for me. It depends how attractive it is. I regret not buying the station though. I still have last year's offering in the box. On reflection, I am not so keen on the Santa stuff and it doesn't go with the rest of the WV. It needs a separate North Pole display. They don't go together. I would love a church but I know that Lego refuse to do them so I may need to sort that out separately. I am trying to create more of an English Winter Village vibe which means you can mix up medieval, victorian, early 20th century and modern builds all together, rather than the vibe of WV which is a weird mix of Santa kids stuff, modern Alpine village and older USA winter traditions. So many of the sets don't really 'go' together. Maybe I am being too fussy.
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Don't like the colour but at least it is roughly on topic. Hated the firestation. I want a UK/European feel, but it seems to be heading very strongly towards a US feel. So I have bought the Harry Potter Hogsmeade set which fits in beautifully - I always thought my village should have a pub. I have a moc church too.
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I'd buy it.
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Ooh I do hope so...a couple of years ago somebody made a beautiful moc one for the winter village build competition. It was a thing of beauty.
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Not a thing in Europe though.
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Or Mountain Rescue... But I highly doubt a restaurant in a barn as that is a very specifically USA thing. Same goes for a 'gas' station.
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It is on the lego video channel. At 0.33
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The Instagram leak appears to be via our very own Dimaks, but as I am not sure how Instagram works I may be wrong...
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Fantastic MOC - please get it on Ideas!
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I second this, and this would put paid to the ridiculous prices being charged for old sets. £360 on Amazon for the cottage? I would like to see all the sets re-released on a running programme. PLUS a new release.
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Just found this - love it - and I am sharing it with my electrician (husband) because the lighting is exactly what I want!
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There is an entry on Amazon UK for the new set, marked Confidential. It is 1.3kg and gives product dimensions. This suggests the big reveal will be very soon... Edit: as Dimaks13 points out so helpfully, this entry has been there some time already. The Hungarian toy shop lists release as being due 1.12.18, so I am going to give up now! If it is released late, it won't be ready in time - hey ho.
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The main problem with some of these ideas is the time period for me: the buildings are 'old' and European in styling. I would like to keep with that theme (although I have added an English church to mine). The vehicles are old-style (cart) but the bus and snowplough are 1920s to 30s. The carollers wear Victorian style clothes (but that could easily be just dress-up) whilst all the others wear modern-compatible clothing. A ski lift could be 1930s, but snowboarding is recent - 1960s. I am fine with old buildings (I live near York which has buildings from the Roman occupation, built in 300s and still in use, all jumbled up together with modern stuff), but the vehicles and people need to be consistent.
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Fantastic news! Hopeful that all Lego bricks will soon be made from sustainable sources.
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We have just had a big heatwave here and all I can think of is the snowiness of the new winter village release: I will keep checking every day in August till it happens!
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Mmmm - I see what you mean with the steam train, but skiing in the Alps goes back a long way but we have the Americans to thank for the first ski lift in 1936, and the bus looks anything from 1920s to modern times.
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This is so good - I just love the little details such as the injured skier with his banana skin motif jumper, and also how you have stuck with lego to make the ski slope, and the recoloured Friends ski sets - I love it all.
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I am putting all my money now on an outdoor sports or ski chalet, using the ski poles from set 60202-1, which I spotted last month which also appear in 31080, and I can use the skier and snowboarder I have already in 10249 plus maybe a ski slope like 4134 (without all the garish colours) or even 31080, which I might buy anyway. But if it is a cottage, I would be happier. Edit - also a bit disappointed by the City advent 2018 by comparison with the Star Wars advent 2018, which is miles better.
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It has already been allocated a box number 10263 on the creator expert series, which is promising.(according to Rebrickable). Edit: And a price of £90 ish in Hungary according to Brickset forum.
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I want a sleigh ride.
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Lol. The hot tub would certainly add to the village facilities.
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Thank you @Feng-huang0296, that was very useful to know and I will watch out for such fake trickery when looking for sets. It is quite hard to spot the difference, especially when they come up on a site which looks genuine.
