Brick_MOCery

I am excited for this new lineup and the change. Real cars range greatly in sizes. This is why I have four wide, six wide and eight wide cars in my city. I even have one ten wide if you count the previous Ferrari truck they put out. Eight wide cars work in a modular city just fine. Granted some of my modular MOC's are larger than the standard modulars, but still just one baseplate in size, I have standard modulars mixed in as well. They don't look out of place in my opinion. The wheel wells of an eight wide car just touch the striping of each side on a normal Lego street plate. There is still room for cars on the other side as well as bikes. A ten wide truck fits on one lane on the street albeit with little room to spare. Low wide cars should be the same width as a tractor trailer truck because they are around 70+ inches wide in real life. This also puts a car like the Mini in a better scale overall. You can even mix it up more now with 5 and 7 wide cars which allow for more variation as I'm sure a new chassis is being used for the Lambo, perhaps a wider one like the four wide one they use which is much more useful for MOC's than the City style versions. With SUV's the extra width definitely makes sense. The same is true if you do MOC's of classic American cars which are huge even by today's standards. I am also digging the new parts I believe I see. I've been using train roofs to make that same shape as the Huracan windscreen, I've so wanted them to do a clear version of it with less attachment points instead of just the black or dark grey opaque versions that the train roofs come in. Got to buy a lot of those from Lego for the parts bin when those are available. That long smooth arch piece on the back of both looks new as well existing ones. Looks to be 8 studs long. Excited to have more options that aren't as restrictive. You have the six long brick, the four long slope that is notched at each plate level to be a stud high, or the 10 stud long slope that ends in a two stud long plate, but this actually throws designs off some. This looks to be a good in between version that is not a solid brick but notched out like the 4 stud long version allowing for more flexibility. I usually wait for discounts because LEGO isn't cheap, but I think I'm going to have to pick these ones up right away. Super cool. To me eight studs side by side with mirrors and wheel wells really doesn't look that dramatically different, but you CAN do so much more with the extra space. I encourage those who are heartbroken and giving up on the lineup to reconsider. If you have them displayed then do an eight wide shelf and a six wide shelf and it won't look so "funny." If you have a city layout like I do then the variation should be welcomed so it imbues that realism you are probably trying to recapture. If not, then realize that Lego itself never matches scale (a.k.a. Minifigure?) so why should a variation like this really destroy your dreams? Just my thoughts.

I'm surprised at the majority of negative outlook here. People complained about six wide, but they got used to it, so then they started to complain about how goofy some of the cars looked with the four wide windscreen and a six wide body and the proportions. Perhaps some people just need something to complain about. My Lego city is called Supercar City because most of the cars are Speed Champions. I have some mocks that are six, some that are eight. Personally, I think five and seven wide builds would be better, but with the current part set this gets to be a little tough. I love the extra detail versus the generic city stuff so I certainly don't mind some 8 wide instances. For me I do a lot of car builds and I think this move is wise to better capture the details of these cars. For example ever try to mock and old Lemans racer like they did with the 917? The proportions are all wrong on that SC set because you can't get a four wide windscreen low enough due to the fact that the way they do the fenders you are left with only two studs in between on a six wide build, so you either have to push the windscreen back or go an extra stud wider on each side. The 917 is a wide car and the windscreen sits low between the fenders, same with all of the prototype cars. These demand eight wide builds to really capture the look. Having to have huge straight angled fender pieces covering half of it. Kind of ruins the look. The new curved fenders help a little as the inner portion is a little lower, but it should be a plate or two even lower to allow for better front end detail. I personally, wish they'd do a plate based fender like the newer squared off ones, or even better, have a plate that sits lower down then a thin plastic "panel" like part that comes up and then goes out to handle the curve of the fender over the wheel. Another great addition would be a nice curved brick inverted and from the top like the 45 degree slopes in 1x2 and 1x3 format so you can create custom fenders that are inline with the side bricks or plates, versus encroaching on the interior. This would allow for nice six wide builds without this issue allowing things to be more accurate. I think this set looks great and I'm inspired to pick it up when it releases. Also excited about the six wide windscreen for some cool SUV builds. The city ones short of the 2x3x6 one are just to upright for my taste. I look forward to the next few release of this lineup.

I think both can be worked in together. I mean, in the real world we have more "plain" looking people and then those dolled up and a little more animated. I think the classic face looks like a plain happy go lucky person, while the newer more detailed faces look like younger hipper people or movie star like types. To me they work well together. I have a mix and I really just don't notice it. It's like the melting pot that is the world. Everyone is different and different is good. Plus, I don't know why with just this one set we are assuming that is the new norm? Who said they were moving to the new faces just because this "one" set doesn't have them? Did someone from Lego officially make this claim? Not that I am aware of. Seems like we are getting all bent out of shape because of a few posts that amount to nothing more than someone supposition which inevitably becomes a rumor and ends up being "true" as we see over the past few pages here.

Greetings everyone, I feel it is real with the two items noted above for parts colors and the Lego Worlds inclusion. I think the release will be before the end of the year because in the leaked image Palace Cinema is shown in color like all other modulars currently on the market while all those before it is are not shown in color. Since Palace Cinema is going away this year I'd expect the announcement to be before that occurs based on that portion of the image alone. I also think it came from a Chinese site because I am sure they are trolling the web and trying to get some inside scoop to create their knock offs from. Personally I like what I see so far. There could be some really cool detail on the sides we can't see. I just got my first modular and pictures or videos just don't do them justice. They are much, much better in person. I decided to skip PC so I started with the next oldest PR. I like the exterior, but not the interior so I went back and forth. I could certainly build out the interior more to my liking, however, I have too many MOC's planned to obtain parts for a set I am so, so on. I'd like to see some re-releases or at least GG, but not at the expense of not getting a new modular that year. For those that did not get an original, it may be easier and more cost effective to just collect the parts from one or two sources and build it yourself. You'd have genuine Lego (even if used) and the set without paying the current market prices for the complete set. I think parting it for a build would be better than a knock off purchase, but that's just my opinion and to each his/her own.