Herky

Been away for a while, life stuff, anyway, 2026 for me has continued to disappoint. Paris and New York (my kids live in Brooklyn so I am there quite a bit) did not need to be made. The only saving grace for NY is there is a subway hidden under the buildings is my understanding. That is a nice touch, but the big apple background...oof. Just a historical note, the reason NYC is called the big apple is due to horse racing slang for a big payout. There are very few, if any apple trees there. I digress. Tower Bridge - less pieces, more expensive, a mini version of what we got in 2010 and you can likely still find that set on ebay at a decent price way less than this new version coming out. Sagrada - this is one I really like, BUT, I don't have the money or space for this thing. Is it just me or has Lego gotten lazy and just rehash a lot? I would love new buildings, there are a plethora we have discussed through the years on this thread alone but others as well. I don't get it. Are they under a mandate to not be creative and original? We did get the Pyramid, I like that set but used the MOC instructions for the full pyramid. If you want to rehash, then update that one into a Chichen Itza maybe? Same structure different part of the world. Buildings - so so so so many to do. They get creative with the modular sets but not architecture, I am just baffled by this. In any case, life is still good, there are sets I like, I also like trains, wish they would do a Big Boy locomotive at least, if they want big sets this would be perfect. Hope everyone is having a great summer in the northern hemisphere and good winter in the southern.

While I know Notre Dame was a church, would they do another church so quickly in the line?

To follow up, there is a post on a facebook page for 21064 at $80 now and it is a 958 piece set for Paris...which kind of makes no sense to me, so treating this as a rumor for now until we get more info, anyone have more info?

Saw a rumor today for 21064 to be released on 1st Jan 2026 with a price around US $70. Maybe a skyline or smaller building.

That's amazing, but is that only 3500 pieces? If so, sign me up.

It sounds like set 21063 is the Neuschwanstein Castle, 3455 pieces, August 1 release, do not find the cost yet. Anyone have a picture or the cost value of the set?

We were supposed to get 2 sets, but it would be nice to get back to something under $100 that is a nice build and not a repeat.

really? Why are they just recreating sets we already have? Can they not do new buildings? This may be the first set I skip or maybe just get it and not build it. Frustrating when there is so much good architecture out there and they do repeats.

The rumor is 2025 will bring two new sets. Nothing is known at this time other than the set numbers of 21062 and 21063. Skyline again maybe? New building? Long way away right now.

21061 is showing a June 1 release date on brickcatch.com

Maybe I missed it, there is a new postcard?

Well, it is December 12 and no rumors and no confirmations of anything new for 2024 in Architecture. Used to be we would get 2 skylines on January 1, now we get nothing. One large set in Himeji was all in 2023. Hey Lego, did you forget about us?

I like the restaurant but I am more excited for the dragon, think I might be the only one.

oh me too, but I think since it falls under religion then TLG won't touch it

well I only visited it once, but that was enough, usually just pass through it...it looks nothing like it did originally and it's incredibly smaller than I thought it would be. I edited my reply...see above. Had no idea we had a LUG here.

You must live in the Lou like me...South County...and then I looked at your post again and read that you do. So do you pop into the Minifig store? Always fun to see what they have in Kirkwood. DId not know there was a LUG here. I have slowed down a lot on my collecting due to space to display issues. I know the Arch will be hard to do, but one can hope. I would settle for a mini set that somewhat resembles it. Train stations work for me, one that might be fun to see is also the Hall of Justice building in Cincinnati I think is where it is...I know it's not called Hall of Justice but do not recall the actual name. KC's Union Station isn't bad.

Chinese New Year is a bit later this year, in February so the sets might get released a bit later as well. As far as running out of ideas, I can see that. I don't think they are going to do some of the things that normally take place during that time, like going to the Buddhist temples and such.

Having been to and through Times Square several times, I have to say please dear TLG NO...Times Square is the most boring touristy place in NYC. My wishes...Taipei 101, the Arch in St Louis, Angkor Wat is a great one, can we get an onion dome church from Russia? the Shard, Chicago's Loop Office Tower or Marina Apartments, Petronas Towers...there are lots of FLW too and I really don't think they are truly tied to Atom, but I could be wrong. Getting one set only in 2023 sucks.

Very interesting the difference in the tan slopes...you can see it and I wonder if others will see the same in their sets.

I think what is missing now is 21059. Interesting that we get the Castle set before they announce the 21059 set. Of course this is not the first time they have skipped numbers in the theme, several sets that were going to be released never were.

If you go to the St Louis Science Center you will find a beautiful Lego rendition of the Arch. Not sure how many pieces it is, but if they put that set out I would get it in a heartbeat. Done by Tucker of course. I am sure they could scale it down. I have an AFOL friend who started it and hated the repetitive nature of it, so he shipped it to me and I spent the last week putting it together. Here is my issue, just like most tall buildings that TLG has done of this type is that it wobbles on the 4 base legs. I need to go to a Lego store to see how they did theirs but I also want to see if theirs wobbles. I have been doing Lego since the 1970's so I am not a novice and I know I followed the directions to a T. I am going to wait a month and redo the 4 legs I think but it does stand near 5 feet tall, not sure if my math is correct but a meter and a half? It's a lot of dark grey pieces and a LOT of repetition. If someone gave me 3 sets to choose from, Eiffel Tower, TItanic or the latest HP train, I would choose the Tower last.

Was chatting with a friend about this line. Seems we are getting fewer and far between anymore. I am expecting 2 skylines in January...well hoping I guess. It would be nice to get back to buildings though vs skylines. Anyone heard anything?

I do like that one better, it just looks nice IMO. I may have to do this when I get mine.

I saw Deep Shen post about this. I get the accuracy thing, but I figure I am just going to get the set and display it. I have never been there and likely never will get there, too many other places I want to go first, but while it bugs me a little, I am going to go with "it's just a toy" approach here.

and now I see Lego is going to release the Ulysses again tomorrow...interesting