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Discover a place where music is on the menu! Drop in at the LEGO® Creator Expert 10260 Downtown Diner, where you’ll discover a healthy portion of fun and surprises. This impressive model features removable building sections for easy access to the detailed interior, which comprises a ground-level 1950s-style diner with a large curved front window, red bar stools, jukebox, counter and an open-plan kitchen. The mid level has a gym with boxing ring, punching bag and weight training room, while on the upper-level you’ll find a recording studio, complete with vocal booth, mixing desk and a refreshments cabinet. The facade of the building features pink-and-teal Streamline Moderne styling with a large ‘DINER’ sign. Other external features include arched windows, balconies and a staircase, plus a pink convertible car and a detailed sidewalk, complete with mailbox, parking meter, flowerpots and a streetlamp. This incredible collectible toy has been designed to provide a challenging and rewarding building experience with a touch of nostalgia and charm. Includes 6 minifigures.

Discover a place where music is on the menu! Drop in at the LEGO® Creator Expert 10260 Downtown Diner, where you’ll discover a healthy portion of fun and surprises. This impressive model features removable building sections for easy access to the detailed interior, which comprises a ground-level 1950s-style diner with a large curved front window, red bar stools, jukebox, counter and an open-plan kitchen. The mid level has a gym with boxing ring, punching bag and weight training room, while on the upper-level you’ll find a recording studio, complete with vocal booth, mixing desk and a refreshments cabinet. The facade of the building features pink-and-teal Streamline Moderne styling with a large ‘DINER’ sign. Other external features include arched windows, balconies and a staircase, plus a pink convertible car and a detailed sidewalk, complete with mailbox, parking meter, flowerpots and a streetlamp. This incredible collectible toy has been designed to provide a challenging and rewarding building experience with a touch of nostalgia and charm. Includes 6 minifigures. • Includes 6 minifigures: a chef, waitress, boxer, rock star, manager and a bodybuilder. • The 3-level Downtown Diner comes with an array of brick-built details, including a detailed facade with pink-and-teal Streamline Moderne styling and a large ‘DINER’ sign, external staircase, arched windows, drainpipe, balconies, decorative roofline, opening skylight and a rooftop terrace, plus a detailed sidewalk with a mailbox, parking meter, flowerpots and an ornate streetlamp. This set also includes a pink 1950s-style convertible. • Ground level features 1950s downtown American diner styling with a large curved front window, red barstools, benches, jukebox, candy machine, counter, 2 soda dispensers, and a kitchen with a coffee machine, stove and a cooker hood. • Mid-level features a gym with a boxing ring, punching bag, weight training room, water dispenser and a wall clock. • Upper level features a recording studio complete with vocal booth, soundproofed walls, mixing desk and a refreshments cabinet. • Take a ride in the stylish convertible and head for a diner where fast food and music are on the menu. • Help the chef prepare the fastest food in town while the roller-skating waitress lines up the orders. • Drop in at the gym for a couple of rounds in the boxing ring or a good workout on the punching bag. • Open the skylight and eavesdrop on the making of a hit album. • Accessory elements include roller skates, guitar, golden record award and a buildable barbell. • Remove the building sections to access the detailed interior. • New decorated elements include a decorated door, album cover, lots of teal-colored and pink-colored elements, and a dual-face minifigure with singing and smiling expressions. • Special elements include new flower stalks and flower heads, plus 1x3 ‘jumper’ plates, 2x2 plate with 2 studs and a minifigure torso with boxing gloves. • Collect and build an entire town with the LEGO® Creator Expert Modular Building series 10243 Parisian Restaurant, 10246 Detective’s Office, 10251 Brick Bank and 10255 Assembly Square. • Measures over 13” (34cm) high, 9” (25cm) wide and 9” (25cm) deep. 10260 Downtown Diner Ages 16+. 2,480 pieces. US $169.99 - CA $219.99 - DE 149.99€ - UK £129.99 - DK 1399.00 DKK *Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing. Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning January 1, 2018 via shop.LEGO.com, LEGO® Stores or via phone: US Contact Center: 1-800-453-4652 CA (English) Contact Center 1-800-453-4652 CA (French) Contact Center: 1-877-518-5346 European Contact Center: 00-800-5346-1111 LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2018 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

Hehe nice! Thanks for joining the mini-contest and have fun building the Space Slug.

I agree with your assessment. One thing I'd like to add though. When I was young, I was totally unaware that a set had new parts. They were just....parts. Point being; I am not sure how aware kids are of new parts and how much it matters.

Thanks you sir That was a collateral benefit

Well, it was a combination of things. Siegfried had mentioned he was interested in doing the reviews and at the end of last year I was pressed for time (more or less like I am now). Somehow, I am always quite busy at the end of the year. I have been doing the reviews since there's generally not much interest among other staffers or RA teachers. It's not that I am entitled to the reviews or something. I just have been lucky to be the one in the right place at the right time.

Actually, I expected the review offer already, but I haven't seen it yet. Sidenote; I am really pressed for time at the moment, so if we get the sets, @Milan will most likely be the one to review them.

Some interesting insights, but don't expect to get loads of new information.

Hehe, nothing wrong with a good discussion. As long as we stay nice to each other. We're cool no worries.

Exactly. A Technic car needs to stand out in stores, so bright vibrant colors with flashy stickers. Grannie, mom or dad won't know this car doesn't have extra functions. They will buy it, because kids love cars and this car looks cool. And when the kid looks at the model in stores he will definitely not say "I like this car, but it doesn't have a lot of functions, so I will skip this one". This car has the functions a kid would expect this car to have. No more...no less. Admittedly, I am looking at it from a business point of view, instead of an AFOL point of view. I was disappointed that the 300 euro Porsche didn't have flexible drive height or rear wheel steering. On a 300 euro model, you expect some extra features.

However....don't get me wrong....I would have loved the rally car to have an extra feature. But I can easily accept the fact that this is just a rally car.

For us it might seem as a rehash, for most kids this is new. They will get one or two cars during their active Technic period. So the functions in this car are adequate. When you want more functionality, get an Excavator or Crane Truck or something. Even the Sailing Yacht has some cool functions. I really don't think that kids wanting this car will be disappointed by the lack of functions. They just want this cool looking rally car. And that's just what this is. Looking at Technic cars over time, they didn't have a lot more functions than the current (non-flagship) cars. Mostly suspension and steering. Occasionally there's a winch or something, but that's about it.

You are seriously comparing the 42077 with the 42037?! I get that some of you want it to be a supercar or something, but this is what it is. A cool looking rally car with basic functionality. That is, driving, steering, suspension, opening hood, trunk and that's about it. I fail to see why this is a problem. This thing will probably sell like hot cakes! No need for more than these functions.

I am working on the Creator Expert interview as we speak. I am using software to assist me with transcribing. Works really well, although it is still quite time consuming. However, semi-automated is better than fully manual. The software is quite remarkable, but every now and then you need to change "U.S.'s nose Peter" to "UCS Snow Speeader", but I can live with that When I am done, I need to send the interview to TLG for approval. But it won't be long now

Gearbox....no gearbox....I absolutely LOVE this car. Yes, it's simple...but I could not care less.

Great review for a great set. I love the demonstration videos, especially the ones showing the rollar coaster system. Well done.

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Eurobricks member Jeroen Ottens has created yet another this wonderful model packed with functions.Click on this link or on the image to visit the topic.

It does indeed look a lot lighter in these pictures.

That's not what he meant. He means that the 41999 can be built in Medium Blue or Dark Azure, depending on the color of the Rally Car.

I will seriously try to go through the audiofiles. The question has been haunting me in a Creator Expert topic as well. Time to get it off my list.

I will ask him about it. From what I have heard he has been way too busy with dozens of LEGO and non-LEGO related stuff. I will ask him if he can make some time to go through the audio files and transcribe them, before it's yesterdays news.

That's indeed totally different than the one I posted?! It's new-ish for Technic (in Red, been used in the 42070 6x6 and the Ultralight Helicopter) and it has been used in one set in Ninjago in 2012.

I think that's what he meant