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My apologies. Won't happen again.

@Peppermint_M For what's its worth, I remained as calm as possible. That guy is always asking people to provide facts to back up their claim, when its simply a point of view. That kinda gets annoying.

Listen up. You don't have to be a wise guy. Now I'm not defending Lego messing up the City theme with so many police sets. So......there we go.

I'd say management is greedy. Not Lego itself.

Yes it is. I may not work for the company and I may not know how much the make specifically, but I can draw inferences and comprehend perfectly. Thank You very much!

Well what do you think? Is what I said based on fact or isn't it?

Well.....is other people's argument that police is the ONLY thing that brings in money to the City theme based on fact?

Why else would they continue to update them every three years? If they didn't sell as much as police, they'd all be axed and it would be renamed to Lego Police!

Yeah! They should make an updated version of him for CMF.

Or Sam Sinister. Or Mr. Hates.

Police does make money. The same amount of money as Fire, Trains, Coast Guard, Arctic, Space and any other permanent City subtheme - which is a pretty substantial bundle. I mean....do we really need an entire police theme every single year? Why not just make two or three during non-police theme years? Considering what I just said...I can only come up with two reasonable conclusions. City has a sworn contract with the police force in Denmark - which is pretty huge. Or......its just easier to make and advertise. But I do agree with you on Prison Island as it was mainly focused on the prison system and bringing the caught crooks there. No catching them after escaping. From my POV, Prison Island in opinion was more of a spin-off theme to Police. It was basically on the same level as Demolition Experts and Mining Experts, which were Construction spin-offs and Cargo, which was a spin-off of the Airport theme. I've been begging for a Buses or a Truck Drivers subtheme which in a way would be Trains spin-offs. Yeah.... there are more City sets in a single year than we had LEGO sets in a single year 20-30 years ago. I can give people that one! But how many out of those actually surprise. Very few. I mean most of those happen to be subjects we've seen before; catching crooks, rescuing civilians, vehicle shows or making great discoveries. I wanna see a subtheme that would surprise me. I want to see them to a subtheme that I never expected Lego to do before with City. One that does NOT involve violence or danger.

WOW!!!!! If they delete your comments, that means you've won the argument. That was a strategy that was started on Google Plus, which unfortunately has been shut down. City Police in my opinion, should be the only police theme; coming out every three years just like every other theme does. As for dessert police.....eh......I think I'd rather see them revive the Outback theme from 1997. I wouldn't mind if they were to release a police set under that theme though. A small Outback Sheriff's Dept would be good, but most of that theme would be focused on Outback culture in general.

This would usually be MY response. 1) No it isn't. Its for anyone who wants to play with them. 2) No! If the sensible side of your consumers don't like it, don't sell it! That's how you run a company properly. 3) No! I'll give you a better idea. If WE don't like it YOU change it! Ikr! Like I said, people take it as a personal insult. Its nothing towards them. I guess they're just afraid because they know its a possibility that Lego reads this stuff. Man screw it! I'm gonna do some criticisms. If Lego is seeing this than this would be the GREATEST opportunity to let Lego know how you roll. I mean if you dislike it when people criticize, then you probably shouldn't be on a forum. No attacks intended, moderators! I'm just giving advice.

That's funny! Though I am shocked that I haven't been banned yet despite being less than tactful when expressing my opinions on City, which in one of LEGO Life's little ironies is my favorite theme. And to answer your question...The regular police sets that come out every three years are being released in 2020.

Nah. Sadly I'm not very great at MOCs or big modifications.

I'm not a whiner. But I do sometimes feel that I am almost alone in my opinions here. I have only met two people so far who agree. But everyone else here pretty much makes me feel like a criminal for expressing my views. The reason I don't like it when you write long statements is because I don't know how to back up my claims against yours. I also don't like being seen as annoying. I've been called annoying on here because of my views. I'm also a 90s kid. According to your page, you're actually only older than me by a year. I believe in a way, they have lost their roots. I do remember telling you and your brother here that Kjeld Kristiansen wouldn't be too happy that his prize Lego theme has been reduced to a police state. I can't really say it was better in the 90s or 80s as things weren't very organized. But there were certainly more jobs showcased though. Today, things a little more organized with City - with there being subthemes that is. I'm going to go as far as to say this. And get ready because I'm going to go through a lot of toil and despair after saying this. I don't really know how to say this without singling a certain TLG division out. But City is pretty much the ONLY Lego theme that doesn't follow its name very much. It not only have brought out of the city situations into City but those subjects have dominated the City theme which have pretty much defeated the purpose, which is to educate children about jobs that are in the City. Jobs like life guards and sailors, urban area cops, urban area firefighters, doctors, chefs, train drivers, postal workers, etc. The former has gotten so out of hand that the majority of jobs that actually take place in the city have been cast aside in favor of jobs involved out of the city. That doesn't disappoint me! That angers me! City only has a few jobs that take place in the city nowadays. If I'm to believe any other jobs other than a rescuer or science that exists in LEGO City today, I'm gonna need to see either buildings or subthemes dedicated to those jobs. The police sets are really hard to ignore. Truthfully speaking, if they wanted things centered around swamps, forests, deserts, mountains and islands - my solution would've been to make explorers themes (which sell much better than police) based off of those. They've done it before and its worked like a charm. I personally have nothing against the out of the city subthemes. Come to think of it, I think that's what the In/Out themes are. Though people argue (to which I somewhat agree) that explorers as a whole should break away from City and be its own theme. Which would of course means that arctic, deep sea divers, jungle and volcano would be under explorers. I wonder how that would work out though and they were originally part of the Town theme so it wouldn't make sense. But I do see the big picture of what those people are saying. So I both agree and disagree at the same time. I wouldn't have had an issue with it if it were marketed as Park Rangers or Park Police since cities have parks. Just look at New York City. Central Park is one of the biggest parks out there. Its nice too! Prison Island is probably the only special police theme that I never had an issue with as it wasn't really a police theme. More like a theme based on the prison system.

https://lego.fandom.com/wiki/2020

Badmouth other City subthemes (including classic police) and you won't get hate though.

So is anyone gonna have me banned? I've always wanted to become a political prisoner in the Lego world.

That doesn't mean people don't have a right to express their opinions. People take our opinions as personal insults. Its not. We have nothing against police sets. Its the way TLG does it. Fire sets sell too. But the way TLG pumps those out is just perfect. We're getting two more in 2020 btw. Btw, what's the Lego Apologist Corp???

@koalayummies True! But just as people have a right to like them....people also have a right to dislike them as well. They also have a right to give recommendations of improvement without being seen as a crook.

I love that burger bar. The service station too!

That probably isn't the full list. Besides, they're still missing the mobile command unit. I understand

@Aanchir I think people complain simply because TLG's City division does a subtheme for police every year. I understand that you may be a little annoyed by the criticism of the police themes. But let's come to an understanding on something. Critics are actually seeing the big picture here. The big picture is that they are still police sets. I believe that they know that it changes every year. But it doesn't matter to them because they look at the word on the stickers.....POLICE. Tbh, to shut those people up, but make a bundle and some happy children at the same time....I propose that City makes classic police THE police subtheme for City. Outside of that, they should only do one or two police sets in the other years. An entire police subtheme year after year though doesn't seem to be necessary to customers. And in a successful business, customers should matter more. Yeah...you and a lot of the other people on Eurobricks love them, but you're just a minority.