LEGO City 2020 - Rumors, Speculation, and Discussion

[Lordofdragonss]

Guys, You just get good School in Hidden side. You know you can collect other themes as well?

[The Island Chronicles]

5 hours ago, Lordofdragonss said:

Guys, You just get good School in Hidden side. You know you can collect other themes as well?

Thank You Captain Obvious! But we kinda want one from City. 

Edited October 15, 2019 by pooda

[Agent 86]

6 hours ago, pooda said:

I'm also waiting for a school from City. I mean, all they have to do is do some recoloring and some tweaks to Friends set number 41134. 

Fingers crossed! A Lego City school would be awesome.

[Vilhelm22]

19 hours ago, AnyColourYouLike said:

Yeah, LEGO should definitely dig up some Construction sets. 

Construction is one of the best themes in my opinion, for example 7905 Building Crane from 2006 which is massive!  However there is one set coming out this year tagged ‘construction’ - 60252.  Hopefully this will be a proper large crane of some kind - I’ve still not got a crawler crane and want one similar to 7632.

[Darnok]

2 hours ago, pooda said:

Thank You Captain Obvious! But we kinda want one from City. 

He is right though. I think it is unlikely that Lego will do "yet another school" so shortly after the HS one. I hope we get one sooner rather than later, I just doubt it.

[The Island Chronicles]

19 minutes ago, Darnok said:

He is right though. I think it is unlikely that Lego will do "yet another school" so shortly after the HS one. I hope we get one sooner rather than later, I just doubt it.

I said the same thing about the townhouse toy store that's suppose to come for Creator in 2020, considering that we got a toy store from City with set number 60233. So I don't think its unlikely. 

[Darnok]

Well I certainly would like to be proven wrong!

 

[The Island Chronicles]

Just now, Darnok said:

Well I certainly would like to be proven wrong!

 

Given previous statements of mine, I think I would prefer to be proven wrong too. Like my thoughts on a police and explorers set free year for LEGO City causing chaos or certain subthemes being unlikely for the City theme. 

[meliander]

OMG that school set is awesome! I would love to see a school in City. I think they haven't done it before, right? And with a school bus! This hidden side theme.... Ugh. I wish we got all that in City form - school bus, new train, school, shrimp shack, even the juice stand!

[The Island Chronicles]

14 minutes ago, meliander said:

OMG that school set is awesome! I would love to see a school in City. I think they haven't done it before, right? And with a school bus! This hidden side theme.... Ugh. I wish we got all that in City form - school bus, new train, school, shrimp shack, even the juice stand!

Ikr! What's Lego's problem? They deliberately sell things under other themes that should really be sold under the City theme. Friends is a prime example. Same with Creator and Hidden Side. 

[AnyColourYouLike]

2 hours ago, Vilhelm22 said:

Construction is one of the best themes in my opinion, for example 7905 Building Crane from 2006 which is massive!  However there is one set coming out this year tagged ‘construction’ - 60252.  Hopefully this will be a proper large crane of some kind - I’ve still not got a crawler crane and want one similar to 7632.

Well, I've got to disappoint you there... It's a bulldozer. Still better than another monster truck, I guess.

[The Island Chronicles]

5 minutes ago, AnyColourYouLike said:

Well, I've got to disappoint you there... It's a bulldozer. Still better than another monster truck, I guess.

....and a street sweeper is coming too. My hope is that some of the unknown sets are part of a new construction subtheme. 

Edited October 15, 2019 by pooda

[AnyColourYouLike]

1 minute ago, pooda said:

....and a street sweeper is coming too. My hope is that the unknown sets are part of a new construction subtheme. 

Fingers crossed, because it may actually happen. I think I've spotted a new cement mixer while watching a teaser for LEGO City Adventures on YouTube. I'll link it, if I find it. 

Got it. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozFfeEzWpLU&t=256s

Pause it at 4:16, you can see it for a very brief moment there. 

[Night City Dream]

8 hours ago, Darnok said:

He is right though. I think it is unlikely that Lego will do "yet another school" so shortly after the HS one. I hope we get one sooner rather than later, I just doubt it.

Why not?

if you remember, Coty hospital 60204 was released at the same time along with Heartlake Hospital as a Friends set. Both sell well.

[The Island Chronicles]

31 minutes ago, Night City Dream said:

Why not?

if you remember, Coty hospital 60204 was released at the same time along with Heartlake Hospital as a Friends set. Both sell well.

.....and because of that, they are both still on the shelves. In my opinion, hospitals should do 3 year rotations like police stations and fire stations do. 

Edited October 15, 2019 by pooda

[SFmuscle73]

I think the closest we will ever get to a school in the city line is a police academy as LEGO loves them any police themed set no matter how far a stretch - sky police anyone?

[The Island Chronicles]

3 hours ago, SFmuscle73 said:

I think the closest we will ever get to a school in the city line is a police academy as LEGO loves them any police themed set no matter how far a stretch - sky police anyone?

Don't remind me. 

Truthfully speaking, I only count the classic police sets as the only real police sets. Heck, it was classic police that started it all. Those extra special police sets mean nothing. 

Edited October 16, 2019 by pooda

[Anonknee Muss]

On 10/15/2019 at 10:41 AM, pooda said:

Thank You Captain Obvious! But we kinda want one from City. 

He right. You can easily convert the school into a normal one. Creativity is a thing ya’know.

[Roebuck]

On 10/15/2019 at 11:41 AM, pooda said:

Thank You Captain Obvious! But we kinda want one from City. 

"You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, well, you might find
You get what you need"

21 hours ago, pooda said:

Ikr! What's Lego's problem? They deliberately sell things under other themes that should really be sold under the City theme. Friends is a prime example. Same with Creator and Hidden Side. 

Lego do that because it is what customers want, so they sell more sets that way!

[AnyColourYouLike]

7 hours ago, SFmuscle73 said:

I think the closest we will ever get to a school in the city line is a police academy as LEGO loves them any police themed set no matter how far a stretch - sky police anyone?

Sky Police and Swamp Police are the most absurd ones. Oh, and the Moutain Police. 

I won't be suprised if they reintroduce Space Police as a subtheme for LEGO City in 2021...

[The Island Chronicles]

6 hours ago, AnyColourYouLike said:

Sky Police and Swamp Police are the most absurd ones. Oh, and the Moutain Police. 

I won't be suprised if they reintroduce Space Police as a subtheme for LEGO City in 2021...

Too true ol chap! But arguments against the unusual police themes are most likely to receive the most opposition on Eurobricks. 

[Aanchir]

On 8/29/2019 at 9:13 PM, Klaus-Dieter said:

• Could it be that 60255 Stunt Team, 60256 Racing Cars, 60257 Service Station and 60258 Tuning Workshop aren't part of a City Racing theme, but belong to that Lego City TV show? This would explain 60257 which doesn't really fit in the rest of the lineup, meaning in a racing theme. And it would offer the opportunity that in 60257 and / or 60258 we could get more buildings and stuff than only that what you think about when reading the set name (in comparison: The 60233 Donut Shop Opening included a toy store and many vehicles which you don't think about when reading the set name "Donut Shop Opening".)

How neatly stuff fits in conceptually isn't always a huge priority for how LEGO plans their releases… after all, just look at what sets were included in the airport subtheme in 2010! https://web.archive.org/web/20100704183312/http://city.lego.com/en-us/products/default.aspx

I think they've gotten somewhat better about making sure stuff ties together in a more understandable way, but I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see them all a part of a shared subtheme, especially if they all feature Octan colors and branding like many racing-related products in the Classic Town days. After all, they listed 6562 as part of the Racing subtheme in the 1996 catalogs!

Alternatively, I don't remember what the source was for a lot of these names, but depending on whether they were English originally or translated from another language, it could also be that the official name for 60257 might end up being something with a meaning closer to "pit stop", which would unambiguously fit with the racing theme. But your theory about them being tied to the TV show isn't a far-fetched possibility, either! I guess we'll find out sooner or later…

10 hours ago, AnyColourYouLike said:

Sky Police and Swamp Police are the most absurd ones. Oh, and the Moutain Police.

I don't see what's absurd about Swamp Police or Mountain Police. It's not like cities and towns only exist in places where there are no swamps or forests or mountains around.

Also, it might be bias on my part from living in the United States, but most of the Swamp Police sets feel really believable for cities/towns along the gulf coast, and likewise the Mountain Police sets feel pretty believable for cities/towns in the Rocky Mountains or Appalachian Mountains. They also have styles of architecture we simply wouldn't see at all if sets only focused on stuff that happens in the middle of a huge city like London, Paris, or New York.

It's weird to see so many complaints about how few houses Town has compared to City, and yet at the same time complaints that City should only focus on stuff that's unambiguously set in a big city. Many of the houses in Classic Town like 6552, 6592, and 6338 more closely resembled rural or suburban settings than anything that you might expect to see near a big municipal hospital, parking garage, or airport.

Sure, a subtheme situated in a swamp or in the mountains might seem unfamiliar to people who don't live near any cities or towns with that kind of biome. But likewise, a subtheme like Coast Guard or Divers/Deep Sea Explorers or Harbor would be just as unfamiliar to somebody living in, say, Kansas or Montana.

All in all, I don't see how it makes sense to try and solve the feelings of repetition people get from always having Police sets by making a rule against the LEAST repetitive aspect of those sets, and excluding loads of potential non-police-related sets in the process. Stuff like the Outback, Launch Command, Farm, Divers, Racing, Extreme Team, and Mining sets might never have existed if LEGO Town and City stuck to a "generic metropolitan subject matter only" rule.

[The Island Chronicles]

@Aanchir I think people complain simply because TLG's City division does a subtheme for police every year. I understand that you may be a little annoyed by the criticism of the police themes. But let's come to an understanding on something. 

Critics are actually seeing the big picture here. The big picture is that they are still police sets. I believe that they know that it changes every year. But it doesn't matter to them because they look at the word on the stickers.....POLICE. Tbh, to shut those people up, but make a bundle and some happy children at the same time....I propose that City makes classic  police THE police subtheme for City. Outside of that, they should only do one or two police sets in the other years. An entire police subtheme year after year though doesn't seem to be necessary to customers. And in a successful business, customers should matter more. Yeah...you and a lot of the other people on Eurobricks love them, but you're just a minority. 

Edited October 17, 2019 by pooda

[koalayummies]

14 hours ago, pooda said:

Yeah...you and a lot of the other people on Eurobricks love them, but you're just a minority. 

It's actually AFOL who are the minority. We represent approximately 10% of Lego total sales. So TLG is going to continue to cater to their primary and largest market: children. If anyone here would let a small fraction of their total sales dictate the product that they offer as a whole then its not surprising that they aren't in charge of TLG.

[The Island Chronicles]

@koalayummies True! But just as people have a right to like them....people also have a right to dislike them as well. They also have a right to give recommendations of improvement without being seen as a crook.