75827 Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters Discussion

[Rick]

I can also confirm this is legit using the S@H trick (why they have the name for this and not any other D2C is mysterious. Also the completely random set number)

This is very possible. I heard something about unnamed IP (meaning: licensed) theme with several smaller sets and one D2C set for 350€. From completely another source I heard that "Ghostbusters" theme is very likely to come next year, but I never made the connection. (I even speculated in pirate forum that it might next PoTC set). After seeing this, I'm almost sure that it will be firehouse. It's just a speculation, but it is possbile that we will also get stay pufft marshmellow man and some other, smaller sets.

Those two bits of information together make it a real possibility that there are more sets coming. TLG's been using the 75xxx range (there's nothing in the 758xx range besides a last-minute addition to the Speed Champions line though) for licenses and the rumoured HQ set number ending in 7 makes it likely there will be 7 other sets (75820-75826). That, of the number has some special meaning like the Arkham Asylum set: 10937 is LEGO(1) upside down.

[Kez]

It should be interesting to see how Lego could pull off the interior of the Firehouse HQ; I for one would be interested in seeing how they'd go about making the elevator (perhaps similar in the design to the Town Hall modular although it could spoil the exterior of the build). In addition to the large piece count, it wouldn't surprise me if they included a large stay puft marshmallow man, then again this could be something that is in the pipe works for another set.

Ps. (I couldn't include the fourth image as the file was too big to copy over http://www.ectozone.com/gbfl/gbc.php )

[MAB]

I totally disagree. I believe they could easily do a Firehouse set consisting of 500 pieces (or at the most 1000). Just have no interior; you only really need the exterior anyway IMO because you won't see the interior 95% of the time if you put it in a display case like I do. Also: I think for the vast majority of the public, £250 on a LEGO set isn't affordable. If I was LEGO, I would at the very least consider producing alternative smaller-scale sets of this, The Simpson's House and the Kwik E Mart.

Sometimes Lego does showpiece sets that are great display pieces to show what can be done, not necessarily available to all budgets. It would be sad if the most expensive set was £50.

[Borex]

When we were kids we dreamt of 100$ sets. And now when we're grownups we dream of 350$ sets. Isnt lego the best!

(Btw i think it will sell pretty well)

[PriorMarcus]

The rumour I saw is that about 500 pieces of that or so is made up by a to-scale, buildable Stay Puft.

[Emmi]

It will sell very very very well. AFOLs are dreaming of expensive sets like these packed with thousands of bricks. Can't wait for the official unveil, if it doesn't include Ecto 1 I'll buy the Ideas set of it immediately.

[LEGODalekbuster523]

Ghostbusters makes sense as a theme. There's a new movie coming out next year (with virtually guaranteed sequels), it matches up with City/Town (and maybe Scooby-Doo) well enough, the subject matter and material are generally suitable enough for Lego's audience, and there's nothing like it on the market to compete with (Diamond Select has an upcoming action figure line and that's it). Even CMF Series 14 works well with it.

Agreed. Ghostbusters will be in the limelight again next year; the perfect time, therefore, for LEGO to release more Ghostbusters sets. Hopefully they'll do a few based on the new film too. I'd quite like a Paul Feig Ecto-1 with female Ghostbusters minifigures to go with my Original Ecto-1.

What is the point of having just an exterior?

Because the exterior is all you'd see if you put it in a display cabinet anyway. Let's face it: nobody's going to risk playing with a £350 set and losing a few LEGO pieces on the carpet.

Sometimes Lego does showpiece sets that are great display pieces to show what can be done, not necessarily available to all budgets. It would be sad if the most expensive set was £50.

It doesn't even make sense as a display piece, though. As I say above, the interior won't be viewable when you put it in a display cabinet. Essentially, you're paying for at least 1000 bricks you won't even see.

[badbob001]

It doesn't even make sense as a display piece, though. As I say above, the interior won't be viewable when you put it in a display cabinet. Essentially, you're paying for at least 1000 bricks you won't even see.

One could just bricklink the exterior and potentially save some money, but it's hard to get close to LEGO's price per brick for a still-in-production set.

[LEGODalekbuster523]

One could just bricklink the exterior and potentially save some money, but it's hard to get close to LEGO's price per brick for a still-in-production set.

That's why I said 'at least'.

[ultron32]

Just have no interior; you only really need the exterior anyway IMO because you won't see the interior 95% of the time if you put it in a display case like I do.

That's a good point. They could probably bring the price down to $20 if they left out the back wall all together, I mean you're only going to see three sides if you put it in a display case right? /saracasm

Everyone who's replied to you has disagreed with you. I don't mean any offense by that statement, I'm just saying that it proves that there is in fact demand for an interior, and people would be angry if there wasn't one. Adults tend not to 'play' with LEGO sets (more often than not) but they can still love to look at the interior (not to mention the hordes of brick photographers, a completely separate subset of the community, who will love to take pictures of famous scenes in the firehouse). Plus not everyone uses cabinets, I just put my bigs sets on shelves, which I believe many others do as well.

Anyway, I'm excited by this news. It's a huge price but it's also a great price-per-part ratio, if 10 cents per part is the golden ratio we're getting upwards of 1000 parts free. I can't see them making the firehouse that big, so I would be surprised if this does not include Stay Puft as well.

[LEGODalekbuster523]

That's a good point. They could probably bring the price down to $20 if they left out the back wall all together, I mean you're only going to see three sides if you put it in a display case right? /saracasm

Everyone who's replied to you has disagreed with you. I don't mean any offense by that statement, I'm just saying that it proves that there is in fact demand for an interior, and people would be angry if there wasn't one. Adults tend not to 'play' with LEGO sets (more often than not) but they can still love to look at the interior (not to mention the hordes of brick photographers, a completely separate subset of the community, who will love to take pictures of famous scenes in the firehouse). Plus not everyone uses cabinets, I just put my bigs sets on shelves, which I believe many others do as well.

Anyway, I'm excited by this news. It's a huge price but it's also a great price-per-part ratio, if 10 cents per part is the golden ratio we're getting upwards of 1000 parts free. I can't see them making the firehouse that big, so I would be surprised if this does not include Stay Puft as well.

That's why they should offer two versions for these bigger sets IMO. The more detailed version for those who can somehow afford to buy such expensive sets and a smaller-scale set without an interior for the rest of us who can't and only need the exterior for display purposes.

[8BrickMario]

It wouldn't be worth their time to do that. Only their Architecture sets have zero play value, so to make a large facade set for those who would only display it wouldn't be seen as necessary.

[Borex]

Legodalekbuster, maybe you should print a hi-res ghostbuster headquarters, that should cost only 2$? ;-)

[kelceycoe]

Has anyone asked Brett or the other guys if TLC has contacted them about their HQ projects? Seems like a lot of people are talking for them and no one is inquiring whether they knew about this or not.

Either way, I hope the $350 price tag is exclusively for the building. TLC could have phased out the Ecto-1 but didn't for a reason and I bet this is it. Still, if they did include another Ecto-1, it would be about a $50 value, so a $300 building would still be huge. Look at this this way, the Movie Cinema was about $150 and the Haunted House was like $180. Those are huge sets and easy to compare to a multistory firehouse.

And no to a StayPuft build. Has anyone suggesting that ever seen the movie? He was never in any important scene with the Firehouse, it was Dana's apartment building where his scene occurred, so why does it make sense to include him? I know Slimer wouldn't make sense in that regard but he's a small build and wouldn't take up the piece count to make this awesome. What pieces would TLC use to even make this? Maybe as one of those action figure deals they're doing with Darth Vader but I don't see much else coming from that.

And this dude, get over it already. TLC never releases "two versions" of the same set at the same time. They're likely to rerelease any popular theme and sets (Harry Potter, Spongebob) but never two versions. Start saving your money now and stop blasting "your opinion" several times in this forum and flooding it. It's not practical for TLC to even do this. That's not "my opinion" - that's my business sense from my education. Like someone already said, Ghostbusters is more appealing to AFOLs and even their kids. There aren't a whole lot of Halloween specials kids nowadays know about or have been served - I think the generation behind me is all excited about Halloweentown. My generation still holds on to the classics that came before us - Charlie Brown, Grinch Night, and hordes of other Halloween specials. AFOLs are willing to dish out the money for something that huge. The same reasons we dished out the money for any major Star Wars set like the Death Star if we wanted to (I didn't, the Haunted House is my most expensive set until this Firehouse). Some kids love Star Wars but this generation after mine seemed to like only the new stuff that came out when they were younger so they're avoiding more of the nostalgic items and Star Wars appeals more to AFOLs.

I had no problems getting $100 sets as a kid. My 6th birthday party I got Black Seas Barracuda. Every year after that I'd only get about a $50 set for my birthday and then, at least, a $100 set for Christmas. I seldom asked for the ones under $100 but back then all LEGO sets were awesome so you were happy with just a small race car. I didn't care to complete collections when I was younger and I think the first collection I even aimed to complete was the Wild West & Indians, then I think I even completed all the Adventurers sets even though I wasn't a fan of the Asian ones. Until the Studios monster sets I didn't really go for collections, just for the pieces and minifigures and with a little allowance or at times my parents buying me random things I could get bigger sets. Then I collected the whole awful Knights KIngdom thinking there wouldn't be better Castle sets and didn't even aim to complete a collection until Monster Fighters. Normally what money I got for my birthday mainly went to Legos so what my parents didn't get me (the smaller sets) I got myself.

That's why they should offer two versions for these bigger sets IMO. The more detailed version for those who can somehow afford to buy such expensive sets and a smaller-scale set without an interior for the rest of us who can't and only need the exterior for display purposes.

I hope they use the idea from the guy who made a basement for it but I guess asking for a basement level is too much to ask for.

[badbob001]

Adults tend not to 'play' with LEGO sets (more often than not) but they can still love to look at the interior (not to mention the hordes of brick photographers, a completely separate subset of the community, who will love to take pictures of famous scenes in the firehouse).

I put my modular buildings on display and don't really "play" with them, by I do love getting inspired on occasion to change the exterior scene or make new interiors for them. I know the latter is not visible, but I know it's there and it felt great doing it. I've built all of the modular buildings and one thing I have to say is that the build would be extremely boring if the process didn't include builds of the interior. Some people may think the building part is a chore and just want to play with the finished product, but I rather enjoy the building steps. You get some insight on how the designer thought things through and often there are little details are only visible during the build. I would hate to be only happy that I've done with a boring build. I might as well get some 'finished' products from Hasbro.

[Emmi]

I don't understand some people here complaining about this surely one-of-a-kind D2C set - is there anything better than a huge, expensive set??? I don't think so, I love this because it is likely to become 3rd biggest LEGO set to date and the building experience will be amazing I reckon. Also to put this on display will be a blast and to look at the interior, all the details and stuff - I don't want cheap sets, I buy the expensive LEGO sets because for AFOLs these are the best. LEGO Technic, Creator Expert, Architecture and D2C sets, that's what my most favorite LEGO themes are.

Edited September 19, 2015 by Emmi

[jaesroe]

I put my modular buildings on display and don't really "play" with them, by I do love getting inspired on occasion to change the exterior scene or make new interiors for them. I know the latter is not visible, but I know it's there and it felt great doing it. I've built all of the modular buildings and one thing I have to say is that the build would be extremely boring if the process didn't include builds of the interior. Some people may think the building part is a chore and just want to play with the finished product, but I rather enjoy the building steps. You get some insight on how the designer thought things through and often there are little details are only visible during the build. I would hate to be only happy that I've done with a boring build. I might as well get some 'finished' products from Hasbro.

I totally agree with you. The modulars...though the interior is not as visible as exteriors...of course..we know that it has cupboard, freezer, coffee machine and oven with other interior details...Particularly to AFOLs, it would be utterly no point of releasing the HQ set only exterior like cafe corner or market streets...during the early days of modular building..

Moreover building a set with around more than 4000 pieces will be a great joy of enjoying building...I can't wait to see the official unveil of this set...4600 pieces !!! would show the TLG's quintessential detail of a building with exterior and interior.

Edited September 19, 2015 by jaesroe

[LegoFjotten]

Indeed Emmi & jaesroe, there are plenty of small sets - no need to skimp on the D2C sets, we want huge impressive sets that are highly detailed and fun to build.

[ultron32]

Calling it now. In 2012 LEGO's New York Comic Con booth was all about announcning TMNT. Last year it was all about Bionicle.

This year, I'd bet, it will be about Ghostbusters.

[BlueberryWaffles]

Ohhhh man. I don't even know how I'll get $350... but this sounds like a must-have. Great news.

[kelceycoe]

Great call... except just2good already said that in his announcement video a couple days ago.

Calling it now. In 2012 LEGO's New York Comic Con booth was all about announcning TMNT. Last year it was all about Bionicle.

This year, I'd bet, it will be about Ghostbusters.

[Rookie875]

Just2Good said look to Dimensions for answers, in the voice cast trailer Winston has Finn (from Star Wars) hair!!

[kelceycoe]

You mean when they show the Firehouse in one of the newer videos? Genius, that slipped my mind.

Folks here is what the Lego Firehouse will look like as just2goid suggested.

http://ghostbustersnews.com/2015/08/26/first-look-ghostbusters-hq-in-lego-dimensions/#prettyPhoto

https://m.facebook.com/ghostbustersnews/posts/1038176536222939

http://lego-dimensions.wikia.com/wiki/Firehouse

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Just2Good said look to Dimensions for answers, in the voice cast trailer Winston has Finn (from Star Wars) hair!!

Edited September 19, 2015 by kelceycoe

[Bricky Dee Williams]

Ohhhh man. I don't even know how I'll get $350... but this sounds like a must-have. Great news.

So glad I waited on the Helicarrier, this sounds way better! This sounds amazon, and I can't wait to see it! To date, my favorite set I own is the 2009 Fire Brigade, now that may change!

You mean when they show the Firehouse in one of the newer videos? Genius, that slipped my mind.

Folks here is what the Lego Firehouse will look like as just2goid suggested.

https://m.facebook.com/ghostbustersnews/posts/1038176536222939

http://lego-dimensions.wikia.com/wiki/Firehouse

That's a really good idea. Itis out in eight days, we'll see it by then, probably.

Edited September 19, 2015 by Aegis2000

[Darth Caedus]

That's basically £250 in British Pounds isn't it?

Way too much for a LEGO set and far too many pieces. I think they should reduce it to a 500-piece firehouse with four minifigures at around £50.

Personally, I'd rather sacrifice the interior for a more affordable price. You don't need the interior.

I totally disagree. I believe they could easily do a Firehouse set consisting of 500 pieces (or at the most 1000). Just have no interior; you only really need the exterior anyway IMO because you won't see the interior 95% of the time if you put it in a display case like I do. Also: I think for the vast majority of the public, £250 on a LEGO set isn't affordable. If I was LEGO, I would at the very least consider producing alternative smaller-scale sets of this, The Simpson's House and the Kwik E Mart.

I would prefer a smaller set because it would be more affordable. Bigger sets are great but the price is really an issue and until they can find a way to reduce it, I don't think they should offer just a large set. Either have both or make it small enough so it's affordable.

Your crusade against interiors is extremely odd and shows a fundamental lack of understanding regarding LEGO's design ideology. The minimalist, nearly-bare interiors are exclusively for basic City sets which are strictly geared for little kids. Ghostbusters is a theme with massive AFOL and general adult appeal, and for kids who love the franchise and want a really big gift for their birthday. This is more than enough of a market to tap into. Expecting LEGO to release "two versions" is hilarious in its absurdity, why waste 2 slots in a line on the same kit when you can do one right? A tiny fraction of fans, even AFOLs, put their sets inside display cases, so the 'only exterior matters' attitude is incredibly niche. I struggle to even think of a set they made which was exterior-only - the Death Star II? And that wasn't cheap so affordability goes out the window there.

The bottom line: LEGO kits which run hundreds of dollars/pounds absolutely *are* affordable to enough people that they all sell very well. If you want $50 sets, there are lots of them out there, the big expensive Exclusives take up a very small portion of the overall selection. You're thinking about this the wrong way - it's your wallet that has to stretch to fit LEGO, not LEGO who has to stretch to accommodate your wallet. The Helicarrier proved that you can make a successful $350 licensed set, so a massive Ghostbuster firehouse is a perfect followup to that revelation. Honestly, I really don't get why you would want them to gimp the design and make it under $100 - 4600 pieces makes this one of the all-time biggest LEGO sets, and the biggest available right now! That's awesome and worthy of celebration!