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Nice review and I think it is a nice model. I really like that they give the option of either a Turbo or a Targa with nice details like the engine changes and different wheels The only thing that is disappointing for me is a little thing but something they could have done better and that’s the dashboard. I don’t like the difference between the sloped dials and the round dials. For that age 911 it would have been nice to see a row of just the round dials vertically behind the steering wheel. Seems like an afterthought bearing in mind the effort that has gone into the seats and the door trim Thanks again for the review

I would agree that no classic space sets appear in catalogues before 1979 However, in 1978 the catalogue for 1979 would have been available, people would have been aware of the space sets in the pipeline and no doubt some would have sneaked into shops and into people’s hands at some point so maybe that’s where the disparity comes from?

Defo no paddle so I have contacted Cust Svcs I have never had a piece missing from a collectable minifig so will see what they say

I bought my first of the new series of collectable minifigures today and was really pleased to get the surfer girl with the dolphin However, while the leaflet with the mini figure shows her with a paddle, I didn’t get a paddle and got a blue lifejacket instead I don’t mind as I actually prefer the lifejacket but wondered if I was the only one or if everybody has got the lifejacket instead of the paddle? Or, should there be a paddle and a lifejacket and I am missing a piece? There is no lifejacket on the leaflet The dolphin is awesome btw

I always buy the new modular every year on the first day my local Lego store is open (normally 2nd Jan) Stocks are normally pretty good there with plenty out back to replenish as those on the shop floor are sold and if there is a queue it tends to be pretty short However, this year the store is closed along with all other non essential retail so I have been unable to. I thought about buying online but as going to the store is part of the experience for me I am waiting until retail is allowed to reopen (maybe February...) Might see if my local large supermarket has any 2021 Lego in stock (they normally have a few small City sets) when I go there food shopping later this week to tide me over until I can get to a Lego store

That’s exactly what I have done 20200409_104439 by Roger Riggs, on Flickr

They are really good. The shape of the Escort is a particular success. As for them being selected as Ideas sets, I fear that they are not known widely enough around the world to be selected.

Scale is the issue really. I have got round this by having the centre of my town made up of modular with the 3-in-1 sets and City buildings out of the centre. I use larger City buildings like the fire station and hospital to bridge the divide and it works quite well. I have added backs to most of the 3-in-1 and City buildings and put modular-like pavements along the front. I have the traditional white lampposts in the old town centre and more modern lampposts in the City end of town. All the buildings of all types are setup along Lego roadplates. It all seems to work ok.

The garage is lovely but the minifigures working on the cars highlight the scale issue with the new cars. It looks like children are working on the cars. It might have been better if they just made the new cars more Creator-like (Model Team...) and left the minifigures out of the steps. The eight wide cars look great but are too big for minifigures, too big for road plats and too big compared to City vehicles.

The smaller house “half” of the set works really nicely in my layout as it gives me a good building to use for transition between my modular neighborhood and my row of Creator houses so I am quite happy with it. It also is quite a nice traditional looking building in its own right with no gimmicks which again suits where I have placed it. As much as I really like the corner garage from last year it was much more of a challenge to place in my layout without looking out of place. You need the mixture of the sublime and the ridiculous in a town.

That is what I was thinking of doing. While a lot of what has been said about the six wide car proportions is true for some of them I like the fact that you have cars in LEGO City scale which look like cars from real life from real brands.

I am sure you can hide the size difference in photos to some extent but it won’t help when displayed alongside their 6-wide counterparts or alongside 6-wide City cars

Interesting to see those new windscreens. I think you could use the red one in the middle to build a great 6-wide Lambo On a slightly SC-related note there is a real life Quattro for sale on eBay UK right now if anyone fancies buying it to put alongside the new SC model: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F114043162095

While I quite like the selection of models available, 8-wide is tricky for me to display with everything else 6-wide as I both like to display the SC cars together where the width difference will show but also in my town layout amongst the 6-wide City cars. The bigger issue for me though is the price hike from the 6-wide cars to the 8-wide cars. In the UK the price has increased from £12.99 to £17.99 for the single cars. The increased width and increased price mean I am unlikely to buy any SC cars this year even though until now I have bought every single one.

Agreed. I have all of the Speed Champions cars and they look great together on display and also work really nicely in my City layout which predominantly uses std LEGO roadplates. Eight wide will look odd in either situation so I am not looking forward to this. In the last year or two the details and quality of some of the cars has got really good which at six wide is challenging and I like to see the result of clever thinking. Just making them bigger has some benefits but I think loses out in backwards compatibility and as a showcase for what can be achieved at six wide. Cheers Rog

I went with the option of positioning my modulars onto standard LEGO roadplates so the modular width pavement fits right up to the edge of the baseplate’s roadway. It does make repositioning them more fiddly than if they were separate but the flip side is that they look very neat. Over the years I have become a dab hand at separating the buildings from the roadplates with just some tidying up of tiles needed to complete most repositioning. Cheers Rog

Great little set with some nice details and a well balanced contemporary facade. Stick it by a pavement and road and finish off the back of the building and it’s ace. Fits in really nicely next to modular as well as the floor heights and proportions are the same. Cheers Rog

Nice review I would love to have the red Mini but as I have no interest in the buggy or the workshop accessories this makes it a very expensive single Speed Champions car. That said, green was the right colour for the buggy to contrast with the red Mini as red is the colour of the iconic championship winning Mini of the 1960s. It was interesting that when you made the “civilian” version of the classic Mini it actually looked more like the modern BMW MINI than the classic.

I only rally collect City and Creator but every so often a set comes along in another theme which is a must have. This set was one of those as, while I am not really into it now, Classic space was a big part of my childhood. Sets that don’t fit with my mainstay sit on shelves on the other side of the room from my main display of models. So, alongside these new spacemen are Ghosbusters, Lone Ranger, Wall-E, Ferrari F40 and a couple of Star Wars Sets. I say at this price point and with such cool mini figures you should just do it.

It’s really well done considering what you were trying to achieve but I think it has lost the GB feel through the change in proportions and just looks like a really nice modular fire station. The front needs to be narrower for its height to give the GB feel. You then could make it deeper to fit the interior detail.

I thought the back wheels were close to the back too but the side loading and look of the truck makes me assume it is North American in style in which case wheels right at the back is appropriate. If it is meant to be European in appearance then I agree the wheels need to move forwards. i also have some reservations about the cab design which looks a bit too simple and has a bit of a Juniors look to it which is at odds with the technical and detailed design of the back of the truck. I think it just the grille and lights so would be a simple adjustment. With regard to the mechanism itself I think it is brilliant and the video really shows it off well.

I got my CG yesterday morning and built it yesterday afternoon/evening. I am really pleased with the design and the details in it. Despite the workshop looking barren in some of the product photos it actually is quite well done and the tyre machine and toolbox are really nice. With a big truck/car on the ramp there’s not much free space. The angled walls are good with no gaps and are sturdy when finished (although a bit of a pain when part built). The detail in the vet’s office is also good with the microscope being a particular favourite if mine. Again, not a lot of free space in there which is good. The only bit which is a bit plain is the roof. The stairwell trap is nice enough but the rest is very plain. I left off the lounger and brolly as they looked a bit cheap and will probably add an air con unit or two. The only bit of the build I didn’t really enjoy was using the qtr circle tiles to make the patterns in the front edges of the second floor and roof. Just a bit fiddly to get tidy and straight (for my big fingers anyway!). I also left the petrol pump off as it felt too big next to the minifigs and as this will be across the road from my 2016 petrol station it’s a built surplus anyway. This afternoon I will be setting it up in my modular street where it will be next to DO on one side and an alleyway between it and DD on the other. I see that some people say it looks a bit American but there are plenty of similar buildings which are garages or ex-garages in the UK that look similar to this so I am quite happy with the design from that POV.

This is expensive but I like it and it is different to the other modular which is nice. I will probably lose the petrol pump from the front to remove some clutter and will add to the interior and roof but I do really like it. Probably like DD and AS more but that doesn’t detract from this one. Since I started collecting the modular buildings I have started putting £10 a month to one side. This makes the modular “seem” very cheap by the time they come round each year.

Completely agree. Love the classic MINI but had no idea what the buggy is supposed to be without Googling. They could have done the rally version of the Countryman if they wanted to go down this route instead which would have been more recognisable to more people. Shame.

Unfortunately not. I did play about with stairs and looked at the lift in the Town Hall but either just takes too much floor space. Thanks guys!