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  1. Pauolo
    This, and I wish we got similar sets from Ideas too. I'm very fond of the Old Fishing Store, Motorized Lighthouse, A-Frame Cabin, Botanical Garden and Italian Riviera sets, but they are not city buildings like the modulars and BDP's Art Factory and Sushi Restaurant.
  2. Pauolo
    Like Roebuck said, BDP is not an indicator of the broader market. At best, it's closer to Ideas, without Lego filtering the projects based on what they think would sell best. Also, there's a distinction to be made between sets that are inspired by modern Asian settings (BDP's Sushi restaurant) and sets that are inspired by festivals (the Lunar Year ones) or fantasy settings (Monkie Kid, which seems to be currently discontinued). They don't have the same appeal.
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    It all depends whether there is a market for it or not in the US/Europe. Also, the competition is selling that kind of set already both in the Asian market and outside of it, so Lego may not see it a worthy investment.
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    I wish Lego would make more retro vehicles like that. I'm less interested in modern-looking vehicles from the City theme. Even the recent 60407 Double-Decker Sightseeing Bus feels off to me. I'd rather try and make a MOC of a minifig-sized red London bus from the 50s with actual stairs inside to access the top deck. I also recently learnt of another exclusive and extremely rare set, 4000008 Villy Thomsen Truck. It's a reproduction of a truck the Lego company used for delivering their production across Europe in the 60s. Stickers aside, very few of the parts are rare, so I'm thinking of ordering parts on PAB to build it. I think it will look good next to GE.
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    Speaking of GWwp series, here's an upcoming minifig-sized one. It's a Japanese-themed food stand: https://www.lego.com/en-id/product/restaurants-of-the-world-japan-40906 It's also not a Ninjago set.
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    An Asian-themed modular would be nice, despite standing out from the main line.
  7. Pauolo
    You can actually access them from the Builder app: https://www.reddit.com/r/legomodular/comments/1pbvual/im_sharing_the_employee_gift_4002025_digital/ The link is down the comment section. No PDF though, only the 3D version.
  8. Pauolo
    Imho that really depends on the sets themselves. I can't imagine a large audience is missing out on most of exclusive sets when they are more related to Lego as a company, its activities and history than to a specific theme. Even the Friends' 10th anniversary set isn't that interesting compared to the creativity of the commercialized sets in that theme. The only exceptions I can see from these are 4002019: Christmas X-wing (which is currently sold on the 3rd party market at an indecent price because it's Star Wars), 4002021 (I guess? I'm not into Ninjago) and 4002025, as I mentioned previously. These 3 feel the most like they could have been commercialized to some success as seasonal sets. I'm also baffled Lego isn't even releasing the instructions for these sets, to let people buy the parts on PAB to build them.
  9. Pauolo
    I'm going to speak out of personal experience, having built MS, CC and GG from parts bought here and there. The main problem I have with PAB is the parts limit per amount, but most especially the limit per types (which isn't well communicated if you don't know where to look for that information). I tried to be smart about it when buying parts for both CC and GG at the same time, but it still took me months organizing myself and at least 2 seperate PAB orders + several orders through Bricklink of both current and older parts. Older parts aside, I would have not been able to get all the parts for either of them in a single order because of PAB's limits. That aside, you will find that most of the parts you need for older modulars are available through PAB, so it's a huge convenience, besides having to pick parts one by one on Lego's not-so-convenient-yet website. Rare parts can still be replaced, sometimes at the cost of remaking the instruction plans with cheaper parts. Now with Bricklink, I faced a similar "limit" to PAB's : chances are high you won't find a single seller from which to buy all the parts you need and in the quantities you want (both common, retired and rare/unique ones). Plus, you have to take into account that * There will be shipping fees, multiplied by how many sellers you have to go through. * You will probably have to order from sellers in different countries. So the shipping fees but also import taxes and fees may vary. * Some sellers actually sell parts at a higher price than on PAB. So consider spending more time on prices. You can parameter Bricklink to automatically find all the sellers you need based on your geographical preferences and budget on each part, but the outcome will most likely be expensive because of all those extra fees. So yeah, if you need to order 1000+ parts, chances are you won't save much money compared to using PAB, unless you spend a lot of time carefully picking up sellers. The actual cheapest way to get parts is probably through Lego stores' brick walls, but that's the lowest possible variety in parts and colors. Also, some stores manage to have more useful parts than others, it's up to whoever manages it. Another wayIto acquire parts for cheap I guess would be buy cheap sets you can part out for the bricks you need. You'll just have to deal with all the extra bricks however you want. ===== To sum up, if you want to save yourself a lot of time and effort, PAB is the better solution. But if you have all the time in the world, try a combination of all solutions to save the most money. You can also remake instructions to save money on rare parts, which I did for both CC, GG and MS. Still, be warned that it may take you months of preparations just for a 2000 parts set, and will still cost you more than the original set's market price.
  10. Pauolo
    Like Roebuck said, a lot of employees worldwide resell their sets. Some Bricklink resellers (from where I got mine) take advantage of that and obtain a lot of them to resell them in specific regions, but you also find some on eBay and other marketpkaces. In the end, with the initial price, the shipping fees, the rate conversion of US dollars to Euros, the import taxes and fees, it cost me around the same as the Tudor Corner at market price. If I didn't get a better deal, I would have bought the parts separately to build it instead. The set doesn't contain any exclusive parts besides its sticker sheet. Btw, the texts on the boxes and instruction booklets were translated in 10 different languages. The set itself however isn't actually named besides its reference number. I think someone at Brickset or Bricklink came up with the name "Toy Store" / "Toys Store" instead.
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    On a different subject, I just got and built 2025's Lego employee exclusive set, the Toys Store (4002025) which is modular compatible. The designs of the custom box and instructions booklets aside, I'm surprised that this set was not commercialized instead. Its design brims with originality, from the mirrored buildings on two 16x32 baseplates to the story told throughout the set. It also has a different building technique for the spiral staircase, angled windows and angled roofs than other modulars. Looking up past Lego employee exclusive sets on Brickset, 4002025 looks more like a cancelled modular set for the Winter Village collection, like 80107 is for the Chinese Traditional Festival theme. Also, the stickered tiles making references to Lego sets from the 60s-70s and the old Lego Systems logo would be a perfect fit for GE's last floor, if you stick to a past time era style for your modular city.
  12. Pauolo
    As far as I remember, Pet Shop (top floor of brown house), Brick Bank, Assembly Square (top back of the flower shop) and the Jazz Club have what amount to brick-built stained-glass window. I'd love to see more brick-built windows like that, or more printed windows lile Brick Bank's.
  13. Pauolo
    Some GWP have unique printed elements, with the last I know of being the display plate on the Goonies' GWP. I'm just saying, expecting 9 new printed tiles for a GWP, Ideas or otherwise, is unrealistic. Except maybe if those tiles are reused in other sets, like City for example.
  14. Pauolo
    I don't expect so many printed tiles just for a single Ideas GWP. But with hope, they'll find use to such parts in City sets. What I hope more though is that they play on the art style so it looks like portraits the designer themselves drew, rather than computer-assisted art.
  15. Pauolo
    The winner for the Ideas City Life Creations challenge was just announced: https://beta.ideas.lego.com/blog/97465d76-154e-4366-a164-246867670351 I'm glad this one was selected. I think it'll make for an original addition to modular cities, especially paired with the Corner Kiosk and Fountain past GWP.
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