Lego Re-releases - What would you like to see?

[Artanis I]

I should've said "no self-respecting AFOL" - I have seen those videos of Death Stars being dropped from a height in slow motion. Pretty cool visual but not cool practice!

[x105Black]

Doesn't everyone want to blow up a Death Star?

[ElectroDiva]

Are TLG giving us a hint of re-releases to come with the 60th anniversary gift set ?

 

"It contains micro versions of four classic sets from the 1970s and 1980s, one from each of its evergreen themes: Town, Castle, Pirates and Space: 6399 Airport Shuttle, 375Castle, 6285 Black Seas Barracuda and 928 Space Cruiser And Moonbase"

 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2017 by ElectroDiva

[Digger of Bricks]

Just now, ElectroDiva said:

Are TLG giving us a hint of re-releases to come with this 60th anniversary gift set?

I'm pretty sure we would never see complete rereleases of any of the four portrayed in that set. Now yes, I know that the Black Seas Barracuda was indeed rereleased in the Lego Legends line back then, but for something like the Airport Shuttle, that's just a plain old impossibility.

Anyway, I personally would rather see reimagined homages of classics as opposed to flat out verbatim remakes.

[ElectroDiva]

4 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said:

Anyway, I personally would rather see reimagined homages of classics as opposed to flat out verbatim remakes.

 

Reimagined homages would be fine by me :)

[x105Black]

On 11/29/2017 at 7:47 PM, ElectroDiva said:

"It contains micro versions of four classic sets from the 1970s and 1980s, one from each of its evergreen themes: Town, Castle, Pirates and Space: 6399 Airport Shuttle, 375Castle, 6285 Black Seas Barracuda and 928 Space Cruiser And Moonbase"

Evergreen, my behind.

On 11/30/2017 at 12:57 AM, ElectroDiva said:

Reimagined homages would be fine by me :)

Same.

[danth]

On 11/29/2017 at 9:57 PM, ElectroDiva said:

 

Reimagined homages would be fine by me :)

 

1 hour ago, x105Black said:

Same.

Reimagined homages would be even better. Imagine something like Benny's Spaceship but with multiple Space minifigs with remolded non-broken helmets and non damaged chest symbols. My brain would explode.

[Isavarg]

I would like to see the Vikings sets redone, as I missed out on those before I started collecting Lego again, I'd love to see the Winter Village sets redone because I've missed out on those for one reason or another, the Medieval Village set (for the same reason as the Vikings one), and the classic Star Wars ones like Jabba's Palace, the Rancor pit and one or two others of the Castle line, such as the Blacksmith shop.

 

I'd like another chance to get some of the Hobbit/LOTR sets that I missed, but I doubt that they will be done. It seems that the sets which are more likely to be done again are the Star Wars ones or the Winter Village sets from looking at what they've re-released so far.

[ElectroDiva]

17 hours ago, x105Black said:

Evergreen, my behind.

Ah that made me laugh :) 

 

We really do need to stop calling Castle, Pirates and Space evergreen. It's so ingrained in the Lego fandom though. We just don't want to accept the lack of love for those themes from TLG in recent years

 

3 hours ago, Isavarg said:

I would like to see the Vikings sets redone, as I missed out on those before I started collecting Lego again

 

Same here. They're the biggest gap in my collection from my dark ages. I've picked up a few figs from that era but would love to see sets like these again:

 

 

[Aanchir]

18 hours ago, x105Black said:

Evergreen, my behind.

In fairness, I sometimes see conflicting information on what "evergreen" means. I'm still not 100% sure if it has to be a theme that's present year-in, year-out, or if a theme like Castle that has a stable three-year renewal cycle can still be considered "evergreen". I'm also a bit fuzzy on what it takes for a theme to be considered part of an evergreen series. We've seen that an evergreen theme can have its name changed, what with Castle becoming Kingdoms and then becoming Castle again. We've also seen that LEGO is willing to re-imagine evergreen series well outside the constraints of how they were originally envisioned (like how Castle morphed into Ninja in the 90s or Nexo Knights in 2016). But if, say, a licensed theme like Pirates of the Caribbean filled in for an evergreen category for a year or "cycle", would LEGO still consider the broader category evergreen?

Perhaps the weirdest official instance of the term "evergreen" I've seen was in the New York Toy Fair press pamphlet from 2012, which called the single-wave Dino theme "an evergreen in construction". Did LEGO expect it to continue year after year? In that case, that certainly didn't go as planned. But if it was just something they wanted to keep on a steady three-year renewal cycle, and licensed incarnations do in fact count, then technically they are still on track for that, since they had Jurassic World sets in 2015 and will have Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets slated for next year.

Edited December 2, 2017 by Aanchir

[x105Black]

6 hours ago, Aanchir said:

I'm also a bit fuzzy on what it takes for a theme to be considered part of an evergreen series. We've seen that an evergreen theme can have its name changed, what with Castle becoming Kingdoms and then becoming Castle again. We've also seen that LEGO is willing to re-imagine evergreen series well outside the constraints of how they were originally envisioned (like how Castle morphed into Ninja in the 90s or Nexo Knights in 2016). But if, say, a licensed theme like Pirates of the Caribbean filled in for an evergreen category for a year or "cycle", would LEGO still consider the broader category evergreen?

I largely agree with this analysis.  I think that if LEGO's language is calling them "evergreen," then they consider that theme a mainstay.  If they are calling Castle, Space, Pirates, and Town "evergreen," then those themes are likely to return in some form, which could be a licensed theme taking up that slot.  In that sense, I can understand the consternation of Space fans as long as Star Wars is around.  But also, us fans can take it as a nod to the classic themes we want to see, that they're not really going anywhere.

But while a lot of Star Wars ship sets can provide parts for Space fans, sometimes the "cycle" differs wildly from the original evergreen theme and you get Nexo Knights in place of Castle.  Nexo Knights is more of a mash-up of Castle and Space.  I would have much preferred a mash-up of Castle and Pirates, I think those properties could work much better together.

Edited December 3, 2017 by x105Black

[MAB]

On 02/12/2017 at 6:05 PM, ElectroDiva said:

We really do need to stop calling Castle, Pirates and Space evergreen. It's so ingrained in the Lego fandom though. We just don't want to accept the lack of love for those themes from TLG in recent years

 

 

The same is true for Classic, when put in front of Castle and Space. Personally, I never want them to produce a Classic Castle set again. To me, Classic Castle means something that is nothing like the more recent Castle / Kingdoms sets.

 

[ElectroDiva]

I think I agree with you @MAB - classic castle had a certain timeless charm (heavily nostalgia driven), but the castle theme has evolved a huge amount over the years.

 

Objectively Kingdoms was far superior (arguably the pinnacle)

[x105Black]

A mashup of Classic Castle and Kingdoms would be cool.  I like the more nuanced and evolved Kingdoms subtheme, but I am also fond of the Classic Castle (1978) factions.  In Kingdoms there was a Black Falcon knight a little while ago, and that was a nice update to the design.  I'd love to see that concept applied to Classic Castle.  Anything up to the Dragon Masters era would be nice.  That was the first Castle subtheme that I thought was a little too much.

[MAB]

On 04/12/2017 at 9:20 PM, ElectroDiva said:

Objectively Kingdoms was far superior (arguably the pinnacle)

 

Yes, I'd much prefer re-releases of Kingdoms compared to Classic Castle. Although I'd prefer no re-releases at all, and for them to move on to something called maybe Castle Eras ... a historic range spanning the centuries.

[Kalais]

On 2.11.2017 at 1:13 PM, LegoMonorailFan said:

However, there are rumors of a Creator Expert modular series train station coming out. So, (assuming it's the case) maybe we'll get a train shed eventually!

That sounds interesting! What's the source for this rumor? You have some link maybe? Thx!

Edited December 7, 2017 by Kalais

[Digger of Bricks]

18 minutes ago, Kalais said:

That sounds interesting! What's the source for this rumor? You have some link maybe? Thx!

Those rumors didn't fall through, as next year's modular turned out to be the Downtown Diner.

[danth]

I found a set I want rereleased:

https://brickset.com/sets/1592-1/Town-Square-Castle-Scene

Because it's kinda crazy. Although it has multiple StOMPs (Stickers over multiple pieces) which is a no-no. I wouldn't care if they replaced some bricks with panels to avoid that. And bring back the hair pieces and hats that are now out of production. Which will never happen of course.  

I miss those bullet helmets.

[Artanis I]

On 16/12/2017 at 10:02 AM, danth said:

I miss those bullet helmets.

I wondered why they aren't used anymore, but now I think it could be because they often got stuck, and there was nothing to get a good handle on to remove them when that happened (usually resulting in chewed Lego)

But that doesn't quite make sense now that heads have holes in the stud, so unless the head is too loose on a neck you should be able to twist the helmet off easily.

[BubbaFit45531]

5892 Sonic Boom fighter jet ok without power lights etc.

[Gnac]

THE TITANS OF DESIGNER SETS and some essential entries in the history of BIG multibuild sets. Almostbutnotquite Model Team, these are still excellent builds after almost 15 years. Nearly crapped my kecks when CREATOR Expert happened and then this. I thought my favourite displaymeats were going to die out forever.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I need reasons. I want other people to enjoy building, seeing and having them. That's it!

Edited December 26, 2017 by Gnac

[Digger of Bricks]

Just now, Gnac said:

THE TITANS OF DESIGNER SETS and some essential entries in the history of BIG multibuild sets. Almostbutnotquite Model Team, these are still excellent builds after almost 15 years. Nearly crapped my kex when CREATOR Expert happened and then this. I thought my favourite shelfmeats were going to die out forever.

Absolutely, but for me, I'd rather want to see the return of Creator's Designer subtheme, as it was such an amazing concept!

Creator's current formula of three-in-one sets are fine, but more often than not, their alternate builds are usually inferior to the set's star build. Designers sets, on the other hand, were more like mega part packs. 

[Gnac]

11 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

I'd rather want to see the return of Creator's Designer subtheme

Oh I would definitely like to see all such as 16-in-1 (or more) sets make a return. I think that the designers of the time did their best according to some secret internal stipulation of what non-specialised bricks were and that they must use them, and through that avoidance of relying on special moulds, they spawned the Creator theme wot got me out of my third Dark Age. When the Classic theme made a return, I got wet eyeballs upon remembering the polybags and multibuild sets from the criminally brief Designer period. They absolutely do that thing that they did back then which I am having a bit of trouble describing.

Edited December 26, 2017 by Gnac
BOOZE heh

[Digger of Bricks]

6 minutes ago, Gnac said:

Oh I would definitely like to see all such as 16-in-1 (or more) sets make a return. I think that the designers of the time did their best according to some secret internal stipulation of what non-specialised bricks were and that they must use them, and through that avoidance of relying on special moulds, they spawned the Creator theme wot got me out of my third Dark Age. When the Classic theme made a return, I got wet eyeballs upon remembering the polybags and multibuild sets from the criminally brief Designer period. They absolutely do that thing that they did back then which I am having a bit of trouble describing.

Well, particularly, the 4508 Titan XP was one darn cool looking set, but if Lego adhered to those same design standards that you mentioned but applied current aesthetics and color schemes, they could make an even better set I think.

Lego really could use some serious looking mecha in the Creator theme now, especially with some MOC standards applied to their construction and design.

[ElectroDiva]

On 26/12/2017 at 11:10 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

Lego really could use some serious looking mecha in the Creator theme now, especially with some MOC standards applied to their construction and design.

 

Surely we're well served with mecha these days? There seems to be at least 2 or 3 mecha sets every year and have been for the past few years.