alex54 Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Hey! Yesterday, I've bought the new 7641 city corner set (for only 40€ ), so I built it when I came at home. Nothing really special during the building process. I started to build the minifig from the bike shop. And came the moment when you have to put the red cap on the cylinder in the shop. So I keep the cap and… What?! My red cap is damaged?! The visor was not flat but curved! Impossible! I mean I never had a damaged piece in a new set! But after all, with all the quality problems from those year, why not? And after a quick and closer view, it seems that I’ve got in my hand an all new LEGO cap! It looks more Playmobile IMO, and a quite more modern in its design than the regular one. The visor is shorter and more curved, everything looks more rounding, and the back is shorter too. So, if you want to look like a 50cent, with the visor in the back, now you can see! Well, some pics are better than words in this case so enjoy! It's a little out off topic, but I've also got a "strange" flag (not in the city corner of course!). You will see in the next picture the regular flag on the top, and the "strange" one below. It's exactly the same, but it’s its symmetrical version! Very strange… Quote
Luke McAwesome Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 It's also snubbed! Thank you for sharing this with us! Quote
Matn Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Woah, I didn't knew this. I'm not sure which one I like more, but that new cap is very, very cool! Quote
UserNameInvalid Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 So, if you want to look like a 50cent, with the visor in the back, now you can see! Nice find. I liked the old caps, but like you say, you could not turn them back to front. The set is on my wish list too. Quote
Clone OPatra Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 It doesn't look damaged to me, it does look like a new mold. But is that blue cap in the picture also from City Corner? I wonder why one cap would be new and the other would not. Quote
Luke McAwesome Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 It doesn't look damaged to me, it does look like a new mold. But is that blue cap in the picture also from City Corner? I wonder why one cap would be new and the other would not. Maybe the new one is meant to be child sized? Quote
Natman8000 Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Yowza! I've always wanted a smaller hat. I'm glad the Lego fairy listened to me Quote
Eilif Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Great observations. I like the size and curve of the the "new" cap. Hopefully it is a new mold, but I have a feeling it might me a mistake. Howver, I have to say that your observation about 50 cent is way off. These days, no gangster worth his salt is going to bend the bill on his new lid. Quote
Lordofdragonss Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Woah! I always wanted Lego baseball cap like this! And Flag "problem" is really old, I have one, I found it in 2007 in Castle set... Quote
posades Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 It's nice that minifigs can finally see with their hats on backwards. Hopefully it's a new mold since it's always nice to have more variety, though I wish they would have made the bill even more curved to differentiate more from the old version. Now we just need licensed hats so my sigfig can rep the Red Sox! Quote
Natman8000 Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 . Now we just need licensed hats so my sigfig can rep the Red Sox! As a hard core Yankee fan, don't get me started. thats a great idea actually. Quote
Freddie Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Never noticed until I saw this topic, but I own a cap identical to alex54's - mine also came in 7641. Furthermore, PaB Online also has the new cap in their sortiment, last time I checked, which heavily suggests its a new mold. A new, nice, mold, IMO. Quote
Navy Trooper Fenson Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) I´ve got the new hat, too. It probably would have decayed in the bike shop if you didn´t started this topic. Thanks! Now I need this cap in blue and I Edited June 30, 2009 by Navy Trooper Fenson Quote
Tom Bricks Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 This is really interesting. I'm going to have to get some of those. Also about the flags I have some green ones that are inverse of all my others. Quote
The Green Brick Giant Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 I actually really like the new cap look. Quote
Erdbeereis Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 I really hope this will be a regular piece now. It is a very nice improvement. I have plenty of the old ones anyway. Quote
Darth_Legois Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 I really hope this will be a regular piece now. It is a very nice improvement. I have plenty of the old ones anyway. Agreed I think it looks alot better then the old ones, I hope they do a rainbow of colours for these! Dark Blue Lime Green Green Dark Green (Would look great. ) Dark Red Blue Medium Blue Black Purple Orange Yellow (maybe not...it would work with fleshies though ) Pink (For girls...) I hop they do the darker colours (dk blue, dk red, dk green) Thanks for pointing it out. Quote
UdaQuai Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 As Freddie said, the new caps are available from PaB online in red: I always wondered why it showed a red cap and blue cap as not available and another red cap and blue cap as available. I would have thought that one style would be available in both colors, but the ones it shows available are the old blue cap and the new red cap. Quote
MarcusV3 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 I don't think anyone should run out to buy city corner just for the new hats because I'm afraid I think it has to do with luck. I received 2 old hats in my set and no new hats. Quote
Modulex Guy Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Wow! I cant wait to get some of those! Its nice to see you can put them backwards on a minifig! Quote
CP5670 Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 The new cap looks nice enough. However, does anyone else think the caps in general are way overused in City sets? More minifigs have caps than hair, and it has been that way since the late 80s. I would like to see less of them altogether. Quote
AwesomeStar Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) I'd already got one in my City Life set, on the delivery man, but never thought it worthy to post... Your not alone! ~A.S. Edited July 1, 2009 by AwesomeStar Quote
giorgio Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 BTW, alex54, where did you find the 7641 for 40 € ? Thanks, Quote
Sandy Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Oh yeah! I just bought a City Corner a few weeks ago, and didn't even notice the difference! The new cap is better looking, and it fits minifigs much better than the old one with the ridiculously long visor. Pink (For girls...) Sexist pig! Quote
mtMOClug Posted July 1, 2009 Posted July 1, 2009 Lucky you alex54! I have the same set, and it still had the old hat in it... must have been an early product run. You're the first I've heard of with the new cap in a set. Congrats! If you want to take a look from another perspective, I did a comparison of the old and new hat and posted a photo set to my Flickr account. I too am hoping these come out in a rainbow of colours... great for creating more realistic baseball teams... now if TLG would only come out with a baseball mitt... Quote
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