2011 City sets

[Derek]

I know! The small speed boat uses these two pieces for the hull-

Brilliant usage of these pieces.

-Derek

Edited December 29, 2010 by Derek

[prateek]

I know! The small speed boat uses these two pieces for the hull

I think that was kinda obvious, but I do agree it looks really nice.

[Rick]

Is it this one or perhaps this one?

I don't think it's either of those. There seems to be a 1 stud deck on top of the hull and the two you link either have no raised deck or a two stud raised deck. So it's likely a new mold, although it appears to be roughly the same size (over 20 studs long).

By the way: Why is there a blue hull depicted in the bottom left corner of the box?

[metalgearsolid]

Hi, found prelim pics of the City Brickmaster.

Looks to be a Police themed set with a policeman minifig, criminal minifig, blue car and helicopter from the prelim jacket.

Have a look from my blog HERE (not deeplinked cos marked as prelim)

[buddy]

Hi, found prelim pics of the City Brickmaster.

Looks to be a Police themed set with a policeman minifig, criminal minifig, blue car and helicopter from the prelim jacket.

Have a look from my blog HERE (not deeplinked cos marked as prelim)

Thanks for the pics of the City Brickmaster book! I like the car model included best, because it use these two pieces for the wheels and tyres instead of these two, this makes it look far more realistic than having the wheel and tyre sticking out at the side. I also like the black and blue colour scheme of the car, with the car being mainly black but having this piece in blue.

~buddy~

Edited December 29, 2010 by buddy

[Zorbas]

I don't think it's either of those. There seems to be a 1 stud deck on top of the hull and the two you link either have no raised deck or a two stud raised deck. So it's likely a new mold, although it appears to be roughly the same size (over 20 studs long).

That was my initial thought too, that we 're dealing with a new mold. The thing is, it seems that there was a good number of boats/ships that were released during my dark ages (1994-2008) that I wasn't aware of and I guessed that it was already an existing part.

The only combination I could make (if it's not a new mold) is having a pre-existing hull mold along with something like this:

By the way: Why is there a blue hull depicted in the bottom left corner of the box?

The same one is on the new Marina box too. Subliminal message in order to force us buy as much Police Boats as we can?

what i hate is the marina..and why is that a marina anyways? it just looks like a confused set with bricks thrown all over the place with no real structure.

Couldn't agree more. The comparison with the 1994 Sail N' Fly Marina is inevitable.

[lightningtiger]

Well, did anyone spy the minifigs in the marina set....the same ones spotted in that cluster of minifigs posted last week.....so the girl holding the cup is the one downstairs and don't forget the guy with the sweatshirt up top.

Plus I notice the brickmaster for city......I won't beleive they are final till the time comes....still looks like they are in early stages of finalising !

Keep on wishing for 2011 !

[Joebot]

The comparison with the 1994 Sail N' Fly Marina is inevitable.

Inevitable and unfortunate, because the new marina falls way short of that much-beloved set. The Sail 'n' Fly Marina is one of the few classic sets from my childhood that is still built, and relatively unmodified, in my town.

[Mrlegoninja]

Looking at bigger pics, I think the shop on the marina is nice, but the rest is terrible. Modification time!

[Zorbas]

The Marina though ... it looks like we're back to the old "four posts and a window = a building" style of construction that I thought TLC had moved beyond. And that bridge is terrible.

Inevitable and unfortunate, because the new marina falls way short of that much-beloved set.

I wanted to comment when I first saw your initial post but I forgot it. This is exactly how I feel too.

Call me crazy but everytime I look at the new Marina, this image pops into my mind:

[vader11]

No deeplinks with confidential stamp!

Here are undeeplinked pictures

Speeder Boat

Fishing Boat

Marina

Harbour

Anyone noticed there's a pic of a bigger boat at the bottom left corner of the marina box, which is not shown in the set?

[Mrlegoninja]

Anyone noticed there's a pic of a bigger boat at the bottom left corner of the marina box, which is not shown in the set?

I am guessing thats just the police boat.

[sens1992]

The marina is rather disappointing . The harbor is okay but it is kind of weird that the pier seems to be at ground level...

[freeedrik]

No deeplinks with confidential stamp!

Here are undeeplinked pictures

Speeder Boat

Fishing Boat

Marina

Harbour

Thanks for the pics prateek! I love all the new sets except the marina, it looks like something is missing :/

[vader11]

I am guessing thats just the police boat.

Oh yes I think that's the police boat but why is it there?

Also, the police boat also appeared on the fishing boat box...

Edited December 30, 2010 by vader11

[The Yellow Brick]

Oh yes I think that's the police boat but why is it there?

Also, the police boat also appeared on the fishing boat box...

Because that's not the final design for the box art.

[lightningtiger]

I just noticed something also different in the marina set, a 4x3 window frame in dark bluey grey, in all the sets I have (which is a lot ) I don't have any of these.

Though I like this set, I feel a boat repair shop like in this 1994 classic......

would have been a great addition. (I know.....I'll MOC one.....simple )

Brick On Everyone !

[prateek]

Oh man, that is amazing. This makes the new one look like $#!+#@%@$%!

The new one doesn't even have a proper dock.

[lightningtiger]

Oh man, that is amazing. This makes the new one look like $#!+#@%@$%!

The new one doesn't even have a proper dock.

Yep, like I said I like the new one, but there is stuff of the 1994 set that should have been included......I'm working a quick little add-on design right now !

Brick On !

[lifeinplastic]

I was looking forward to getting a new marina, hoping it would be similar to the 6543 'Sail-n-Fly Marina' posted above or that we'd see something Paradisa-esque but without all the pink bricks. Sadly though I really dislike the 2011 marina and seems a bit of a flashback to the previous days where the 'Lego Island Xtreme Stunts' sets were Lego's best offering to the beach theme, which effectively started my dark ages of not buying so much Lego. It looks like I will be saving my money again this year.

This marina looks awful and I can't believe it was approved for release, assuming these pics are final. The bridge stucture looks poorly designed and the set doesn't even seem to have any novel parts with a lack of boats. As somebody above mentioned, the structures seem to be "a few windows and a roof = a building". I hope that this along with last year's equally disappointing 'Family Home' set are not signifying another end to what has in recent years been a new golden era of Lego City. Sorry for such negative feedback but as a paying customer I can only speak as I find and as I believe Lego uses fan sites like Eurobricks to gather information about what their customers think, I feel letting them know how we feel can only be beneficial to them in the long term.

I am a huge fan of Lego's own themed sets (non-licensed themes) and hope that a gender neutral Paradisa will appear in the not too distant future. A proper beach theme could combine sets similar to the old beach cafe, villa and playgrounds with other aspects of the City theme, such as the old Divers line and a tropical island airport (think palm trees) to create a new Summer Holiday subtheme. The old 'leisure' sets were my favourite as a kid and I feel deserve a regular showing as much as the usual police/fire.

[MAH4546]

I am a huge fan of Lego's own themed sets (non-licensed themes) and hope that a gender neutral Paradisa will appear in the not too distant future. A proper beach theme could combine sets similar to the old beach cafe, villa and playgrounds with other aspects of the City theme, such as the old Divers line and a tropical island airport (think palm trees) to create a new Summer Holiday subtheme. The old 'leisure' sets were my favourite as a kid and I feel deserve a regular showing as much as the usual police/fire.

A successor to Paradisa is being introduced in 2011, but it will not be gender-neutral. It will have pink.

[prateek]

A successor to Paradisa is being introduced in 2011, but it will not be gender-neutral. It will have pink.

How do you know? We've seen most of the summer sets, so I think there is a very slim chance of new sets being introduced.

[lightningtiger]

A successor to Paradisa is being introduced in 2011, but it will not be gender-neutral. It will have pink.

Two things, I agree with 'prateek'....how do you know this ?

Secondly, PINK.....that's sexist.....why does Lego think girls only like PINK ?

True, they do like that colour.....sometimes.....light blue, purple and even orange....just look at their fashions....girls even like black !

This is 2010/2011, not the 1970's blue for boys and pink for girls !

Anyway, I'm a conformist! everyone !

[BrickWild]

Two things, I agree with 'prateek'....how do you know this ?

Secondly, PINK.....that's sexist.....why does Lego think girls only like PINK ?

True, they do like that colour.....sometimes.....light blue, purple and even orange....just look at their fashions....girls even like black !

This is 2010/2011, not the 1970's blue for boys and pink for girls !

Anyway, I'm a conformist! everyone !

Mid or late 2011?

[Jargo]

Hear hear! Lego needs More empowering inspirational female characters. Scientists and power dressed business women. Female Police chief and so on. Reading these forums it's clear that many people crave more females In Lego sets other than licensed themes and many with children would prefer less gender stereotyping. While it's realistic to have some female characters as mothers or sales assistants the wider world has moved on from the 1970's and as an iconic product Lego should too.

I am slightly biased in that I despise pastel colours.