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  1. lifeinplastic
    Happy Burns night, wiliejm! I wouldn't say no to more wee timorous beasties...
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    Another good idea! I’d like to see a track that inclines too.
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    I agree 100% with this - would have loved the option of buying more Orient Express carriages separately or something like the Metroliner (my favourite set of all time), where they released a separate compatible club car. I do wish Lego trains were more than just a new passenger train, freight train and platform every few years. Would be great to have lots of sets a bit like Hornby with various additional parts like bridges, signals, etc
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    Zero for me but at least I can just use the same guesses for the next game! I think you can have a full point for that even if not!
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    There is a Zelda film coming out next year.
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    Oh that’s good. I don’t think we have ever had more than 2 new animals in a CMF series but hopefully there will be two at least. My guess would be a beaver with either a Canadian fig or a lumberjill and an Amazon Explorer with a sloth. If asking for new moulds is too much for Lego, I’ll guess a recoloured fox with a refuse collector (foxes near us love to raid bins) and a recoloured raven with a dark wizard/sorceress.
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    I'm optimistic every year for new animals but have learned it's not wise - better be surprised than disappointed I suppose! I guess the set names don't really suggest settings where animals are particularly abundant (e.g. nothing implies the forthcoming sets will take place in a more natural landscape like a rainforest, savannah or national park where you'd expect a bigger variety of animals). This just leaves more urban or domestic animals - I suppose we have a lot of foxes in built-up areas here in the UK so that is a possibility for a re-colour of the arctic foxes. However, visitors from abroad always seem surprised to see them, so it clearly isn't a common thing in a city setting!
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    I moan a lot about Lego now but promoting inclusivity is something I feel Lego does very well these days.
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    Yeah - 2026 looks to be a very bad year for new animals in Lego City. Hopefully this isn’t part of the new lead designer’s vision going forward, in particular as I don’t particularly like what we’ve seen so far.
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    Yes - don’t get me wrong they are far far better than stickers, which is why I always look forward to the modular sets. I just wish the designers would be more considerate of usage outside the specific set. A more general ‘Sale On’ or ‘Clearance Sale/Everything Must Go’ tile without the chair image would have been better as this could apply to many businesses. Another example is the name tag on the CMF waitress torso, which made the figure too specific and restricted multiple use. If we are paying greatly increased prices for products these days then they really need to be the very best and worth paying for.
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    I don’t see them having much use for MOCs as they seem a bit specific to the set. The Brickleys sign is on a curved window and I don’t really want to use that name, the Sale print cannot be used as a general sale sign for a non chair-selling business and the ocular chair/throne looks a bit too specific and maybe old/fashioned. Lego often spoils things by adding too much and not considering that people may wish to use the prints to build something outside the set. For example, the Jazz Club had a nice ‘live music’ sign, which would have been awesome but they decided to add ‘and Magic Show’, making it a very weird venue indeed.
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    The printed parts in this modular are rather disappointing. One of the things I like about modular buildings are the lack of stickers so a bit annoying the printed parts aren’t very useful.
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    I also echo the dislike for Minidolls and cartoon-like animals, which are incompatible with the ‘System’ (Minifig) sets. It’s just annoying that Friends seems to explore more interesting themes than City - much more ‘leisure’ and exploration whereas City regularly churns out the usual dull Police, Fire, Cargo, Construction. Don’t get me wrong, City should include these subthemes but I’d much rather build something that reflects either more enjoyable and relaxing topics (hobbies, beach themes, restaurants) or those set in more exotic or wild/rural parts of the world like rainforests/jungles/national parks/countryside/rivers/ocean/polar regions/mountains.
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    My glass is always half full. Probably because if I drank the rest of it, I’d have to buy another round and I can’t afford it these days thanks to the price of bricks!
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    Surely the older we become, the quicker a year seems to pass as it is a smaller proportion of our lifespan? e.g. a year for a 10-year old is 1/10th of all the time they have experienced, whereas a year for an 80 year old is only 1/80th and therefore relatively less?
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    I’ll keep complaining until we get justice for all the missing African Iconic 4…! Yes, we’ll get 2 at the very most, unless Lego decide to finally reward us for this 220 page thread and give us a proper all animal series, which I can’t see happening especially straight after the costume series. They won’t include the missing African Iconic 4 though as they are too big. I’m thinking the next most likely new CMF animals would be a beaver as this could be linked to a lumberjack/lumber hill or Canadian Mountie or a meerkat just because they are popular. I’d most like a swan though as this would work so well in the Lego City (my dream is an affordable canal boat set with swans and no big ugly helicopter or similar included).
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    I don’t believe Lego are just simply giving away things away out of the goodness of their heart. GWPs are far more prevalent these days to try to justify the enormous increases in price in recent years, which will have been altered to factor in giving away so many sets ‘for nothing’. It’s a marketing ploy to make people think they are getting something more and yes, those that buy earlier will benefit whereas those that don’t may miss out (or actually benefit from a different GWP available at a later date). The specific GWP may not be linked to the cost of specifically that set, but it is quite naive to think customers don’t end up paying for them in the end. It’s just a case of having to play the game to make sure as a customer you feel you are getting something more than the next customer. The same with double points weekends - it’s all designed to make sure as a fan base we spend more overall. Lego doesn’t care two hoots if it’s fair or not but it’s no ‘gift’!
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    I don’t really care for GWPs. Would much rather Lego spent the money giving us the best set they can. In fact they’re not really a ‘gift’ at all as the cost will have been accommodated into jacking up the set price. i was hoping the music shop rumours would be somewhere that sells musical instrument and hopefully providing us with some new moulded instruments like the Jazz Club’s double bass. However, the Star Trek set includes a character with a brick built trombone - Lego choosing the cheap option yet again.
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    I’ll join the noise of people here and elsewhere feeling disappointed that the LNY sets aren’t locations but just objects. I won’t be buying either of these. This sort of thing annoys me about Lego - they don’t ever seem to put enough thought into this type of thing. It’s the same as the Hogwarts students where the uniforms were changed so those partially trying to build up a collection representing the two more obscure houses could not do so over time as the uniforms were changed. Also, things like the Collectible Minifig diner waitress, who was given a name badge so you couldn’t then buy several to represent multiple staff as they’d all have the same name! It might seem trivial to some but it’s just a bit thoughtless in my view.
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    Don’t you dare play the Duplo card with me! 😅😅😅 I suppose the turkey’s counterpart is the food piece too, right?
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    Giraffe, Llama, Raccoon and Guinea Pig costume figs currently writing to Lego HR about their lack of counterparts! 😭
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    I feel the same - I can't wait to have a classic regular series again. Hopefully filling gaps of both missing accessories (e.g. sports gear, animals, tools) and absent themes (historical, cultural and former Lego themes), which is something the early series generally did. This is a fun series though and certainly for me much more exciting than Formula 1, Spider-Man, which do not really offer anything new or useful to general Lego themes. From my most favourite to least favourite... Peacock Koala Frog Goldfish Crocodile Parrot Dolphin Monkey Lion Rabbit Dalmatian Cat It does still also leave lots of opportunity for other costumed animals in future.,
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    I’m hoping for geese - it’s only a small set though so probably unlikely to have a new mould. A recoloured sheep would be good. The rest of the rumoured sets don’t sound too likely to produce new animals - but I’m hoping the ‘Great Vehicles’ sets provide a surprise - perhaps safari vehicles (with one of the missing 4 - hippo, giraffe, rhino, zebra), a National Park ranger’s vehicle (with a bison), a canal boat (with swans) or a coastal boat (with sea lions) and that the trains are an Outback train (with kangaroos) or an Andean train (with llamas). Doubt Lego will give us anything though!
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    I always enjoy seeing your builds @snaillad - instantly recognisable!
  25. lifeinplastic
    Apparently Lego puts a lot of time and thought into their pricing - sadly most of this time appears to be spent thinking how best to rip off fans.
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