Shop at Home feedback

[Jeff VW]

Shop at Home has asked the LEGO Ambassadors to get feedback from the comunities about the concepts listed below; The response we gather and compile will be used to, decide which themes to develop further:

Make sure you read the legal disclaimer below :)

Here is what S@H wants to know:

Do you like these concepts? What do you like about them? What do you not like about them? What should S@H pursue and what should they throw out? Is there anything specific that you

[Zane]

I like the idea of everyday buildings in the Town theme. I don't think railway stations are needed, though. I'd like to see banks (real big ones) and maybe a mansion, along with a few houses (or maybe on set with a bunch of houses?). Make sure there are plenty of civilian minifigs, though.

The Empire State Building might be a nice thing, but I'm not really fond of the idea of any world buildings....I'd only get the Empire State Building if it came with a giant gorilla...and that won't happen.

So, Vehicles. I'd like to see hot rods and stuff. I never really get these sets, but to me, all the Ferrari's look the same to me, and I think something different should be tried.

Aircraft: I'd like classic planes in minifig scale. There could maybe be a pack of several smaller planes, and several larger ones. Perhaps it could be a designer set with a bunch of detailed planes to build.

Other stuff: I know a lot of people want an oilrig, but I don't really care. I'd much rather have a minifig scale amusmant park. Maybe that could also be a designer set, or there could be several rides on baseplates that could interlock. There's have to be detail (ice cream sellers!) and a really, really big working rollercoaster. That's maybe be a $100 set or something. Maybe along the edge of the track could be interlocking Technic cogs, and you turn a handle and the cogs move, and so move the rollercoaster along. And the carriges would need their own unique designs. Maybe the Theme Park could just be like one of the LegoLands, maybe, like exactly the same, for us poor people who can't go. But it'd probably end up costing like

[xwingyoda]

Guys, please help the ambassadors with this I am starting to write my post hehe

And please just type your replies, no answers to other posts... If you have something to add, please edit your post !!!

Lets make a clean and easy compillable thread :smile:

Tks in advance !!!

Yoda

[jof]

Definitly more city houses & buildings. We havn't had many for a while.

Remember, they don't need to be enormous. I want things of a reasonable cost that my kids can save up & buy. Saying that though the new designer house is v good value at

[gylman]

Town

• Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays
  OMG yes. People have been clamouring for this for years. Not just police stations, gas stations, fire stations and hospitals. How about grocery stores? Movie theatre? How about a school? How about a modular mall - this has been done by fans - standard footprint of 16 x 16 or 32 x 32, and we can build whatever shops for the mall we like, over and above a few shops which come as sets. We can put a fountain in the middle, a kids' play area.... etc etc.
  
• Bridges
  MEH....
  

World Buildings

MEH. Too hard to do well at an affordable price. I don't think the Lego Factory premade sets did very well because of the perceived high cost relative to what was being obtained (maybe I'm wrong), and I suspect there would be the same issue here. No point making a joonyerized Taj Mahal

• Taj Mahal
  
• Sydney opera house
  
• Empire state building
  

Vehicles

My personal opinion. Lego does enough cars. No more please.

• Muscle cars, hot rods
  
• Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented
  
• Classic cars
  

Aircraft

Same as for cars above

• Civil transport planes
  
• Classic planes from the early days of aviation
  

Other Structures

• Oil rig with functions OK, I guess
  
• Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides YES!!!!!!
  

OTHER:

1) UCS-Castle. 3000 pieces, internals nicely made, several floors that lift out, old style castle, NOT KK style. Sort of like King's Castle (6080) on steroids. No crazy colours, decent army, more than just a wall and a gate. No raised baseplate. I would buy this set at any price

2) Steal some ideas from lugnet. How about a medieval marketplace. Again - modular stalls, 16 x 16, which we can put together to make a medieval fair.

3) More microscale from Lego. Good quality stuff, like we see on Lugnet, or like the Lego Factory sets, but better value for the money please.

4) along the lines of stealing from AFOLs, there are many city vehicles that can be done a lot better than anything ever released by TLC. http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=256

I'm sure more will come to mind and I wil try to edit.

***** AND BRING BACK ADVENTURERS PLEASE ("Old West" theme would address the high demand for Western elements too. See discussion at Legofan) **********

[Lost Viking]

A UCS Castle is a dream that many of us have... Also when we asked for pirates, we did not mean Duplo...

[tophdawg]

i would certainly buy the oil rig and amusement park

[snefroe]

1) town substance! we need houses, bus stops, car dealers, gardeners, road maintenance, farmers, ... small and medium sets would be nice, or just one combo set... i don't really see a need for bridges. we can easily order bulk for bridges thru SAH or BL

we also need sets to link train and town, like warehouses...

2) we once proposed "7 wonders of the Ancient World" and "7 wonders of the Modern World"; i'd still be interested in those. I guess that would include taj mahal, Opera House and Empire state building

3) i wouldn't be interested in cars/vehicles because they very often don't resemble the real thing very well, but a classic car series would be nice, sure...

4) Aircraft please!! I can think of several classic airplanes that would easily fit into a "Flyer-Red Baron" series: planes like "Spirit of St Louis", Lindbergh's plane; a DC-3, probably the most universal plane ever; a classic british "Handley-Page"; Nasa's X-15...

civil transport planes don't make much sense to me. I'm not really interested in an Ilyushin or whatever...

5) other options:

PIRATES; WESTERN themes. they're extremely popular, prices on BL indicate it would be a commercial success...

6) a UCS Castle would be great....

[Kikuichimonji]

Shop at Home has asked the LEGO Ambassadors to get feedback from the comunities about the concepts listed below; The response we gather and compile will be used to, decide which themes to develop further:

Make sure you read the legal disclaimer below :)

Here is what S@H wants to know:

Do you like these concepts? What do you like about them? What do you not like about them? What should S@H pursue and what should they throw out? Is there anything specific that you

[Skinny Boy]

I think everything is great except the cars. I just want some average everyday cars

Edit: I think they should bring out some small playsets for town. You know like a policeman, a robber and a small building/scenery. This could also work for a builder and a punk/skateboarder or a fireman and a civilian.

Other Structures: Billboards. It would be awesome if they brought out some sort of billboards. :happy:

[xwingyoda]

Lets go !!

Town

Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays

Bridges

As a city/town fan, we definitly need the above !!!!! We need businesses like restaurant, small food stands, news stands

[Hobbes]

Funny that S@H is doing this survey... but anyhoo, here we go:

Town

• Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays
  
• Bridges
  

If I had a webcam you'd see me jumping up and down in joy. Yes, definitely.

How about some sort of "modular Main Street": one or two models of a house and maybe a store, in different colors (sand green!), that fit together and are stackable. Villas, restaurants, bus stops, taxis, schools, banks, supermarkets, post office, basically everything the 80s had in the new look.

A new harbor sub theme maybe?

Railway stations are always needed. Make it "extendable", though. Railway stations always come a bit too small. Make some small "value packs" to add to the station.

Bridges I'm not really fond of, especially if they look like this year's. And while we're at it, if there really will be new City sets of whatever couleur, get a new design team before they start designing. This year's hospital is not a good reference. As gylman said, ask some AFOL builders and give em a free set or something - it'll pay off millionfold...

Another thing: scale the cars down a bit. Current models are too big. I know that they are more in scale with the MFs but not everybody has their own loft to display their layout. Just a tiiiiny but smaller, please.

World Buildings

• Taj Mahal
  
• Sydney opera house
  
• Empire state building
  

Hmm... are we talking UCS? I haven't bought a UCS yet, too expensive and not my kind of models. Depends on how those World Buildings look in the end and what the pricing will be. The idea is ok.

Vehicles

• Muscle cars, hot rods
  
• Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented
  
• Classic cars
  

Umm... maybe the classic cars. Again, depends on how they look.

Bring back Model Team!

Aircraft

• Civil transport planes
  
• Classic planes from the early days of aviation
  

Uh... no. Planes were either too small (in the 80s) and now are too big. Unless someone comes up with a reeeeaally good design, no thanks.

The classic planes we had so far didn't look too bad, though. I never got to buy me one but I liked them.

Other Structures

• Oil rig with functions
  
• Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides
  

:ohmy:

oilrig... oilrig... I'll buy that in MF-scale, UCS, what-EVVVVA!

*faint*

*recover*

An amusement park would also be nice. And a MF-scale zoo. I like the Duplo zoo. Something like that, with additional animal packs.

Thanks for the survey!

[Mithrandir]

World Buildings

• Taj Mahal
  
• Sydney opera house
  
• Empire state building
  

This sounds absolutely amazing. I imagine it will be something like the Skyline set (5526), and that's really cool.

Vehicles

• Muscle cars, hot rods
  
• Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented
  
• Classic cars
  

I'd like to see more technic cars that are more functional than the current line of Ferrari cars. The F1 (8386) and Enzo (8653) are just okay; I would have been far more impressed with them if they were like the Williams F1 (8451) and the Super Street Sensation (8448). Also, I'm getting a little sick of red cars... it would be awesome if we could have a slick navy blue sports car for once. The Nitro Menace was a step in the right direction, but again, it didn't have as much technical elements as I would have liked (CV joints, a transmission, suspension, etc).

It looks like the new designer set (4896 Roaring Roadsters) is going to be absolutely wonderful, so looking good!

Aircraft

• Civil transport planes
  
• Classic planes from the early days of aviation
  

Definitely yes! Airplanes rock. I've had my eyes on the Wright Flyer for a while now and the only thing that's holding me back from it is that many people say it's kind of flimsy. A DC-7 or 747 would definitely be cool. While you're at it, how about making a new technic airplane with more features than the last one? :)

Other Structures

• Oil rig with functions
  
• Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides
  

I bought a K'Nex rollercoaster recently and thought to myself "Now why the heck doesn't Lego have anything like this?". It was great and you should think about it. As far as an Oil Rig, I think that would make an excellent technic set.

[MattZitron]

Town

• Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays
  

Yes please!!! With Batman coming along we need a bigger city. I've always seen Gotham as a city to be the most important part of the Batman mythos. So not just houses, I'd like shops, and warehouses etc.

• Bridges
  

If done well. And they should be able to fit to rows of traffic (one going each way).

World Buildings

• Taj Mahal
  

Would have good pieces to fit with Adventurers!

• Sydney opera house
  
• Empire state building
  

I've never bought a BIG BIG Lego set. These 2 building would change that. Fantastic idea. Once the dimensions are out, a giant Gorilla I shall build.

Vehicles

• Muscle cars, hot rods
  
• Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented
  
• Classic cars
  

I'd only be interested in minifig scales. UCS isn't my thing. If this was a UCS line, maybe make just one classic can in Minifig scale. That'd be amazinG!!!

Aircraft

• Civil transport planes
  
• Classic planes from the early days of aviation
  

I like these ideas. I'd love Minifig scale fighters, and a HERCULES!!!

If its UCS the only plane I'd 100% not hesisitate to get (even though UCS isn't my thing) is a Spitfire.

Other Structures

• Oil rig with functions
  

Maybe if its Minifig scale. But it doesn't sound like a particularly interesting model.

• Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides
  

YES YES YES. You could do a whole range of Minifig scale rides, and you buy each one to make the park up.

Great for bulking up a city!

[Jipay]

Town

Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays Yes, this is definitly what is missing, but another train station would be a letdown. What about houses ? Think, houses... mhm, those stuff people are living in...

Bridges Yes

World Buildings

Taj Mahal No

Sydney opera house No

Empire state building No

To me, it is almost impossible to do those buildings with a good level of details at an affordable price. I can't see die hard Sydney opera house fans anywhere that would be ready to spend 369 euros on a set (unlike SW fans)

Vehicules

Muscle cars, hot rods No, too many of them already

Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented No, too specific

Classic cars No

Aircraft

Civil transport planes Yes, if they are different from those we already have (the two available world city sets containing airplanes. Smaller or bigger planes with different kind of engines would be cool

Classic planes from the early days of aviation Yes !

Other Structures

Oil rig with functions Depending on the functions, and more importantly, it has to be MF scale

Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides definitly a great idea !

[SuvieD]

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[Freddie]

Town

• Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays
  
• Bridges
  

I'll say yes to the first one. Everyday buildings is something I've been longing for, taking into consideration that I never got the chance to buy those available in the late 80's/early 90's.

My personal suggestions:

- Bank

- Motorcycle dealer/garage

- Homes, villas, cottages and vacation homes

- A retake on 6394 Metro Park & Service Tower perhaps?

Obviously, all of these with minifigs and probably also vehicles included.

I'm neutral on the bridges, though.

World Buildings

• Taj Mahal
  
• Sydney opera house
  
• Empire state building
  

If UCS-sets were in mind, I'll have to say I'm neutral.

Vehicles

• Muscle cars, hot rods
  
• Ferrari e.g F40, F50, specific historical race represented
  
• Classic cars
  

Minifig-scale: Ice-cream van, a taxi, family-cars, vintage cars.

Ferrari: The Ferrari GTO, featured with features like transmission, suspension etc, like the best Technic-sets (like 8448) would be great.

Classic cars: The Ford Model-T, if featured with technical stuff mimicking the real machine it would be awesome. '59 Cadillac Eldorado would also be recomendation.

Aircraft

• Civil transport planes
  
• Classic planes from the early days of aviation
  

Other Structures

• Oil rig with functions
  
• Amusement park with functioning mechanical rides
  

Neutral to the aircraft. The Oil Rig would be cool, but should be a playset with lots of playability, including an oil-tanker. I'm neutral to the Amusement park, though a rollercoaster would be very cool.

[Jeff VW]

Thanks for the Info everyone, I am currently compiling the data and will be sending it back to LEGO shortly.

Jeff VW

Lego Ambassador

[jedijeff]

wait amusement park meaning roller coasters??? if so i would like to see that with the battery powered cars

[4brickmoney]

Amusement park. Thats what i want to see

[5150 Lego]

A service garage would be sweet. One with an ofice, waiting room and a large garage. The garage (or shop) should have 4 work bays with lifts, tool boxs, various other tools, engine stang, engine lift (cherry picker) and of course, some cars, and mechanics. Or, even better, a car dealership, with all of thee above, plus a show room!

[tophdawg]

A service garage would be sweet. One with an ofice, waiting room and a large garage. The garage (or shop) should have 4 work bays with lifts, tool boxs, various other tools, engine stang, engine lift (cherry picker) and of course, some cars, and mechanics. Or, even better, a car dealership, with all of thee above, plus a show room!

i think this would be a great idea. I would definately buy it

[DarthBrick429]

I think the town sets a definite "yes" for me. I would love to see bridges and minifig scale buildings. It's definetely something that I would purchase.

I think the world buildings have potential. I'm not sure what people would think of it. There will be numerous impressions. It's something I'm willing to look into, though.

I'm not too much of a vehicle person nor am I a plane person so I can't really help you too much there.

I love the idea of an Oil Rig and especially the amusement park. Those are the ones I'm definetly going to purchase no matter what. I could just imagine a theme park with roller coasters and ferris wheels in lego form! It would be terrific!

[5150 Lego]

Another idea that popped in my head today, was the idea of a truck stop, or a loading /shipping dock. The truck stop could have a restrant, and service station, and of course some trucks!

The loading dock could have a dock for the trucks to back up too, a large warehouse full of whatever, and a forklift. I'd espeacially like to see trucks around the size of the Ferrari Sceudera truck.

[speaknspell]

Thanks You guys for your input. I know the LEGO Direct people are really excited about it and we'll hopefully get to see some really good stuff coming from them soon. Thanks again.

Steve :cool: