CM4Sci Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Good news, Architecture fans! (Images updated on 16 Dec 15 by WhiteFang) 21028 New York City 21026 Venice 21027 Berlin 21031 Burj Khalifa Summer: 21028 US Landmark 21029 Buckingham Palace Edited December 16, 2015 by WhiteFang Quote
rollermonkey Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Um... Whole cities? Anyone able to give a better translation than Google? New York City Building and Construction Toys? Edited August 5, 2015 by rollermonkey Quote
CM4Sci Posted August 5, 2015 Author Posted August 5, 2015 Um... Whole cities? Anyone able to give a better translation than Google? New York City Building and Construction Toys? Maybe it's a micro build of a portion of the city, like Times Square or something. Quote
Steve309 Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 (edited) Good news, Architecture fans! 21028 New York City 21026 Venice 21027 Berlin 21018 Burj Khalifa (didn't they already do this?) Burj khalifa is 21031. 21018 is UN headquarters 21025, 21029, 21030 has no mention Each listing has the box size and weight in grams and they are all different from each other Edited August 5, 2015 by Steve309 Quote
Legocity2713 Posted August 5, 2015 Posted August 5, 2015 Um... Whole cities? Anyone able to give a better translation than Google? New York City Building and Construction Toys? Pretty sure its temporary, just indicating from what city the building/model will be from. Quote
henrysunset Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 My guess is that each will be a single building in the respective cities. They might be located to existing or planned LEGO Stores, like the Flatiron set which came out very close to the opening of a store in the Flatiron district. As per usual, religious buildings are unlikely candidates. Some candidates for NYC: Chrysler Building (my preference) One WTC (most likely - notable and brand new - big visitors center planned.) Citicorp Woolworth Building Hearst Tower. NY Public Library Some candidates in Venice: Villa La Rotonda, by Andrea Palladio (technically outside Venice, my pick.) Campanile di San Marco (can be completed in a reasonable sized model.) Doge's Palace (difficult to create a reasonable sized model.) Some candidates in Berlin: I've only visited Berlin once, so I can't speak to which seems most likely... Reichstag (lots of history, and blend of old and new with 1992 renovation.) Berlin TV Tower Charlottenburg Palace As for why they decided to create a new version of the Burj Khalifa - my guess is that they feel like there is money to be made with a better model of this famous building. (The existing model is one of the weakest in the entire Architecture series.) I would still rather a completely new model than a remake. What do you think? What iconic buildings have I missed? ---Tom Alphin Quote
XAxles Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 As for why they decided to create a new version of the Burj Khalifa - my guess is that they feel like there is money to be made with a better model of this famous building. (The existing model is one of the weakest in the entire Architecture series.) I would still rather a completely new model than a remake. What do you think? What iconic buildings have I missed? ---Tom Alphin Burj Khalifa may probably be a re-tool of sorts using this part and long cross-axles, or maybe built to be in scale with Robie House. Quote
Steve309 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 21031 Could be a mistake and Burj khalifa should actually read Burj Al-Arab Quote
Mooste Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Burj Al-Arab? Would be interesting to see how they would make the curved survaces. Quote
Herky Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 None of the links are working now so maybe it was all just a mistake...NYC we have enough NYC buildings...move along TLG, move along. So many good buildings to choose from it is sad we get only 2 or 3 offerings a year, just waiting on Sept 1 to get the Louvre. Waiting on another Sydney Opera House large size building as well. Quote
henrysunset Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 Burj Al Arab would be easy - Spencer Rezkalla already designed a perfect model in an appropriate scale. LINK: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/514606694894243655/ ---tom Quote
Steve309 Posted August 6, 2015 Posted August 6, 2015 None of the links are working now so maybe it was all just a mistake...NYC we have enough NYC buildings...move along TLG, move along. I think lego just asked them to take the pages down because not formally announced yet. Few years ago Barnes and Nobel put up 2 early on their site Eames house and villa Savoye (I think) Eames house ended up getting cancelled and leaning tower of Pisa came out instead. So you can be right and these may not come out. As for New York. It has been over done. Chrysler tower has been seen in one of the photos from the Sears tower or John Hancock tower instruction book. But those are on scale as the first 4 sets. And seems like those aren't done any more. Recent towers have been bigger ( Burj, Pisa, Eiffel) If it is a New York building I'm hoping it's one world trade centre. Quote
Stephane769 Posted August 7, 2015 Posted August 7, 2015 My guess is that each will be a single building in the respective cities. They might be located to existing or planned LEGO Stores, like the Flatiron set which came out very close to the opening of a store in the Flatiron district. As per usual, religious buildings are unlikely candidates. Some candidates for NYC: Chrysler Building (my preference) One WTC (most likely - notable and brand new - big visitors center planned.) Citicorp Woolworth Building Hearst Tower. NY Public Library Some candidates in Venice: Villa La Rotonda, by Andrea Palladio (technically outside Venice, my pick.) Campanile di San Marco (can be completed in a reasonable sized model.) Doge's Palace (difficult to create a reasonable sized model.) Some candidates in Berlin: I've only visited Berlin once, so I can't speak to which seems most likely... Reichstag (lots of history, and blend of old and new with 1992 renovation.) Berlin TV Tower Charlottenburg Palace As for why they decided to create a new version of the Burj Khalifa - my guess is that they feel like there is money to be made with a better model of this famous building. (The existing model is one of the weakest in the entire Architecture series.) I would still rather a completely new model than a remake. What do you think? What iconic buildings have I missed? ---Tom Alphin Tom, about Venice, I incline towards Rialto Bridge. Quote
henrysunset Posted August 10, 2015 Posted August 10, 2015 Tom, about Venice, I incline towards Rialto Bridge. I think that's a good guess. I forget to include landmarks that aren't buildings. They proved a willingness to be flexible with the recent Trevi Foutnain Set. (Which has some excellent Baroque detailing.) ---tom Quote
CM4Sci Posted August 10, 2015 Author Posted August 10, 2015 All the names are final. Nothing new found during today's search. Quote
rollermonkey Posted August 11, 2015 Posted August 11, 2015 Then it seems we may have a new flavor of Architecture sets coming. Quote
jluck Posted August 15, 2015 Posted August 15, 2015 (edited) http://www.hothbricks.com/2015/08/lego-architecture-offrez-vous-lhotel-hilton-paris-opera/ This article about a nonofficial architect set roughly translates to say the same list as was given above. Edited August 15, 2015 by jluck Quote
LegendsOfNinjago Posted September 4, 2015 Posted September 4, 2015 I would love to see how they would do the WTC One. I really want one for the New WTC towers. Long history with those buildings Quote
DanSto Posted September 5, 2015 Posted September 5, 2015 I would love to see how they would do the WTC One. I really want one for the New WTC towers. Long history with those buildings I would like to see if there is another way to do it than what I did : http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=76694 Quote
LegendsOfNinjago Posted September 6, 2015 Posted September 6, 2015 I would like to see if there is another way to do it than what I did : http://www.eurobrick...showtopic=76694 I had never thought about that before, I like it. Quote
6ix Posted September 15, 2015 Posted September 15, 2015 Is there something to say about when to expect these sets to be released, more particular the New York City set? Beside the ideas mentioned by CM4Sci (Times Square would be awesone) and Tom Alphin, how about Grand Central with the MetLife building, the Public Library with Bryant Park or maybe Bethesda Terrace and Fountain? Quote
CM4Sci Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 Yep, whoever guessed they'd be micro builds of the cities was right! Please ignore my really bad thing of not knowing these buildings. Berlin - Brandenburg Gate. Tall needle-like building, red and white. Black building that looks round. Tall statue, has a gold trophy fig on top. Tan building with grey roof. Next to the building are two 1x2 tiles with prints on them, they look like banners/advertisements/something. New York - Statue of Liberty (sand green trophy) Empire State Building, building blocked by a flash, white/glass building, One World Trade Center Venice - houses on a bridge, water underneath. white, brown building with sand green roof. Tall brown building with green roof, looks like Big Ben. Another white building Burj Khalifa is huge. Much better than the last one. Quote
Steve309 Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Yep, whoever guessed they'd be micro builds of the cities was right! Please ignore my really bad thing of not knowing these buildings. Berlin - Brandenburg Gate. Tall needle-like building, red and white. Black building that looks round. Tall statue, has a gold trophy fig on top. Tan building with grey roof. Next to the building are two 1x2 tiles with prints on them, they look like banners/advertisements/something. New York - Statue of Liberty (sand green trophy) Empire State Building, building blocked by a flash, white/glass building, One World Trade Center Venice - houses on a bridge, water underneath. white, brown building with sand green roof. Tall brown building with green roof, looks like Big Ben. Another white building Burj Khalifa is huge. Much better than the last one. Thanks for the description Can't wait to see pictures. To see the new line https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin For Berlin I believe this would be the tower And Chrysler tower covered by flash id assume Edited September 18, 2015 by Steve309 Quote
XAxles Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Yep, whoever guessed they'd be micro builds of the cities was right! Please ignore my really bad thing of not knowing these buildings. Show Tom Alphin the photos and he'd probably know them all. For now, here are my guesses. Berlin - Brandenburg Gate. Tall needle-like building, red and white. Black building that looks round. Tall statue, has a gold trophy fig on top. Tan building with grey roof. Next to the building are two 1x2 tiles with prints on them, they look like banners/advertisements/something. Huh, so they'll be to scale. Good thing. New York - Statue of Liberty (sand green trophy) Empire State Building, building blocked by a flash, white/glass building, One World Trade Center Dissed that they didn't use the minifig, though maybe it's not to scale with the ESB? We're looking at the Manhattan area with the two known towers, so I'm taking a stab at calling either two of the glass-clad towers in this photo for the white/glass building. The other one's more tricky. Quote
Emmi Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 Berlin, New York, Venice will be my first Architecture sets then. I hoped for miniature scaled models of the cities. Quote
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