LEGO Ideas - 123 Sesame Street

[Surge]

I guess there is a silver lining, It will be almost half the price! However that is likely a downside to some if not most.

Just now, 8fifty said:

So when do you guys expect the set to be released alternatively? In the past, Lego didn't hesitate to bring out two Ideas sets in two months in a row so is there a chance we can already get in in September? 

I believe the Piano was rumored to release November, so I would assume then.

[7982Brick2]

11 minutes ago, 8fifty said:

Yes, you were right. Probs to you, I fell for a false information ?

The fact that I have to wait even longer for Sesame Street really bothers me at the moment. A $350 set would have been something we could have expected a lot of... 

That surprised me as well as they are usually pretty reliable...but ok, they related to a listing on Amazon. Everyone can list products on Amazon so that seems to be another stage of spreading fake news ?

So when do you guys expect the set to be released alternatively? In the past, Lego didn't hesitate to bring out two Ideas sets in two months in a row so is there a chance we can already get in in September? 

Probably in the fall 

November seems likely since it coincides with its 51st Birthday. 

[Surge]

what if Sesame Street has a working piano in it, that's possible right??!??!

[8fifty]

28 minutes ago, Surge said:

I believe the Piano was rumored to release November, so I would assume 

15 minutes ago, 7982Brick2 said:

Probably in the fall 

November seems likely since it coincides with its 51st Birthday. 

Well, that would at least spare my wallet a little bit because major release dates get pulled apart ?

15 minutes ago, Surge said:

what if Sesame Street has a working piano in it, that's possible right??!??!

But only if it includes a talking Oscar minifigure as well ?

[7982Brick2]

The price point might not be as big as the Playable Piano but I’m sure the designers will do a great job with the set. 

[8fifty]

6 minutes ago, 7982Brick2 said:

The price point might not be as big as the Playable Piano but I’m sure the designers will do a great job with the set. 

I hope so! I'm pretty excited about what they're gonna do considering new moulds for the minifigures and which figures they choose to include. 

[Blondie-Wan]

On 7/16/2020 at 7:35 AM, Robert8 said:

Well, there are no minifigure in the Super Mario sets... that explains it, doesn't it?

 

Now that I think about it, during this year TLG didn't introduce a single mold that could be reused in this set, right?

I wonder if this will be the first IDEAS with new molds....

Technically, that would be the Mickey Mouse Steamboat Willie set, which introduced new hat molds for Mickey-as-Willie and Minnie. The molds were created for the second series of Disney Minifigures, but the Ideas set was released first.

The first set to introduce any new part shape was the one before that, The Flintstones - the diecut textile element for the roof of the Flintstones’ car - but that doesn’t use a mold (new or otherwise), of course.
 

On 7/16/2020 at 7:46 AM, 7982Brick2 said:

Y’all might want to temper expectations cause 21233 most likely will be Playable Piano 

 

On 7/16/2020 at 8:14 AM, 8fifty said:

Set 21323 has already been listed as Sesame Street on Amazon for a very short time. The release date was set to November which would fit into Lego's usual policy that sets are sold exclusively for three months after which they go to a couple of retailers as well.

 

On 7/20/2020 at 10:11 AM, 7982Brick2 said:

LEGO ideas just dropped a teaser for 21323 Playable Piano. 

I haven’t looked at outside info yet, but just following this discussion I can’t help but notice 21233 and 21323 are different numbers. You could both be right, with 21233 being the Piano and 21323 being Sesame Street.

[Robert8]

But the CMFs are designed a year in advance

So, they already had the molds in the works

[7982Brick2]

39 minutes ago, Blondie-Wan said:

.I haven’t looked at outside info yet, but just following this discussion I can’t help but notice 21233 and 21323 are different numbers. You could both be right, with 21233 being the Piano and 21323 being Sesame Street.

I do apologize for the mix up but 21323 is Piano. Sesame Street should be set number 21324.  

[MatthewRC]

3 hours ago, Blondie-Wan said:

The first set to introduce any new part shape was the one before that, The Flintstones - the diecut textile element for the roof of the Flintstones’ car - but that doesn’t use a mold (new or otherwise), of course.

That is true, making new cloth parts doesn’t require a mold. The Pirates of Barracuda Bay also used new cloth sails designed exclusively for that set.

[8fifty]

I can imagine that it's much cheaper to cut some fabric into specific shapes than to make new plastic molds by injection molding...but I really can't imagine minifigures of Sesame Street's characters without using specific molds ? I heard that the Winnie Pooh Ideas set will get new molds because a Disney series 3 CMF will follow - do you think it's realistic that it happens the same with Sesame Street?

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, 8fifty said:

I can imagine that it's much cheaper to cut some fabric into specific shapes than to make new plastic molds by injection molding..

That is probably just to program the machine into cutting some new shapes and should be no trouble at all.
A new mould however is more like inventing a completely new part for the machine from scratch and that cost a lot of money and takes time..

With the low budgets Ideas sets have a few new prints is probably all they can afford and the rest of the new parts they must "steal" from other themes like the designers on the Pirate bay did

[Robert8]

I'm starting to wonder if something happened with this set

Next month it will be a whole year since this was announced and we havent seen anything about it. Like nothing at all... 

[7982Brick2]

27 minutes ago, Robert8 said:

I'm starting to wonder if something happened with this set

Next month it will be a whole year since this was announced and we havent seen anything about it. Like nothing at all... 

You do realize that there is about 4 months and a half left of 2020. Grand Piano was just released less than a week ago and LEGO ideas usually release four sets a year. 

[Huigberts Builds]

On 8/9/2020 at 12:02 PM, Robert8 said:

I'm starting to wonder if something happened with this set

Next month it will be a whole year since this was announced and we havent seen anything about it. Like nothing at all... 

Yeah it's taking really long. Personally I think they're waiting for some other sets to release with new molds they could reuse to get the best possible end result. Like minions came with the perfect Bert hairpiece. Do we know of any other upcoming sets or themes that might introduce new molds like that?

[7982Brick2]

1 hour ago, Huigberts Builds said:

Yeah it's taking really long. Personally I think they're waiting for some other sets to release with new molds they could reuse to get the best possible end result. Like minions came with the perfect Bert hairpiece. Do we know of any other upcoming sets or themes that might introduce new molds like that?

That’s is a good theory about the lack of any leaks/announcements. However, the molds for the Sesame Street characters are far too unique. That’s if LEGO decides to go that route instead of just printing faces on regular minifigure heads. I think many people are waiting anxiously to see if this will be the first Ideas set with new molds that aren’t introduced before it’s launch or recycled from future products. 

[MAB]

On 8/9/2020 at 11:35 AM, 7982Brick2 said:

You do realize that there is about 4 months and a half left of 2020. Grand Piano was just released less than a week ago and LEGO ideas usually release four sets a year. 

I don't think there is anything usual about IDEAS sets, they tend to follow their own "rules". Recent years have sometimes had 3 releases, sometimes 5 sets. Sometimes they are released out of order (Voltron being later than Women of NASA). Sometimes IDEAS sets are released close together, sometimes spread out.

I imagine they will release when they are ready.

[7982Brick2]

55 minutes ago, MAB said:

I don't think there is anything usual about IDEAS sets, they tend to follow their own "rules". Recent years have sometimes had 3 releases, sometimes 5 sets. Sometimes they are released out of order (Voltron being later than Women of NASA). Sometimes IDEAS sets are released close together, sometimes spread out.

I imagine they will release when they are ready.

You definitely aren’t wrong about LEGO ideas being random. I think many see 123 Sesame Street being the next set in line since the two projects that were approved alongside it are now sets. I still believe my theory about 123 Sesame Street being released in November since the show debuted in that month over 50 years ago.  

Edited August 12, 2020 by 7982Brick2

[Megbricks]

On 8/12/2020 at 6:40 AM, 7982Brick2 said:

I still believe my theory about 123 Sesame Street being released in November since the show debuted in that month over 50 years ago.  

That would be great can’t wait!!

[Pulp Detective]

How expensive do you guys think this set will be? 

Hopefully it's bellow the 200€ price range. 

[7982Brick2]

15 minutes ago, LOTR34 said:

How expensive do you guys think this set will be? 

Hopefully it's bellow the 200€ price range. 

Rumored price point is $119.99

[Pulp Detective]

1 hour ago, 7982Brick2 said:

Rumored price point is $119.99

Huh really? A recent post from #Legoleaks on Instagram claims it's around 150 dollars.

Where did the 119.99 rumor came from any way? 

Edited August 28, 2020 by LOTR34

[7982Brick2]

1 minute ago, LOTR34 said:

Huh really? A recent post from #Legoleaks on Instagram claims it's around 150 dollars.

Where did the 119.99 came from?

 

From a leaker who saw the price in the LEGO store system

[MatthewRC]

4 hours ago, 7982Brick2 said:

Rumored price point is $119.99

Well, that’s more affordable for me than other large LEGO Ideas sets. When are we supposed to expect leaked images?

[Pulp Detective]

It would be a shame if Lego doesn't utilize the medium short legs for the characters in this sets.Bert and Ernie for an example are perfect for those legs.