New Lego Architecture 21007 Rockefeller Center

[Lord Admiral]

TL;DR, It's a pretty boring place on the outside, and being on this scale is just making it more bland.

If only there was a bit more detail, like the ice skating rink and all. There's a lot more to the complex that a few buildings. There are plenty of statues, reliefs, and other works of art all over the place including inside the buildings. There is the giant Christmas tree they put up every winter. The central area is pretty much a large urban garden with plants and water fountains smack in the middle of midtown Manhattan. Below, there's a network of tunnels that run underground with shops and restaurants that open up into the ice skating rink. There's also neat stuff higher up, but most of it is off limits to the general public.

The buildings themselves aren't terribly interesting (and I don't imagine you can make it much more interesting with a tiny miniature made out of Lego), though the set probably fits well beside and is to scale with the empire state building set.

[CommanderFox]

Nice job lego! You have succesfully created a tan - tile parts pack!

Seriously, at least put a tad bit more detaile into it.

Thanks for showing though, Grogall and Whung.

CF

Edited November 2, 2010 by CommanderFox

[Pile-of-Bricks]

im pretty new to eurobricks and i have a couple of the architecture sets that havent been reviewed yet so it would be great if someone could tell me how to do a review. thanks

[captain crossbricks]

To be honest i think i might buy this set.

I am a big fan of miniscule and i have always wanted to make the small city.

This would definetly be perfect. Lets just see what the price is depending on these days.

[Pile-of-Bricks]

how do you write a review?

[The Yellow Brick]

how do you write a review?

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[Big Cam]

I like the design of these but they are a bit too overpriced for what you get if you ask me.

[Pile-of-Bricks]

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Thanks for the help but i just cant get the pictures from my floder to eurobricks. When im on the review page how do i just start working on a new review.

[gylman]

These architecture sets have potential, but the price tends to limit their purchasability.

I have the Fallingwater one, which is excellent.

The White House one is also good.

They both sit on my desk at work.

The others are just too little brick for too much money.

But I wouldn't discourage LEGO from trying more such sets. I doubt they are losing any money on them.

[prateek]

These architecture sets have potential, but the price tends to limit their purchasability.

I have the Fallingwater one, which is excellent.

The White House one is also good.

They both sit on my desk at work.

The others are just too little brick for too much money.

But I wouldn't discourage LEGO from trying more such sets. I doubt they are losing any money on them.

Hey! Look who's back. I agree with you. There is a ton of potential, but IMO, Lego has only made a few good sets in this line so far.

[Aanchir]

Hey! Look who's back. I agree with you. There is a ton of potential, but IMO, Lego has only made a few good sets in this line so far.

Keep in mind, though, that those "few good sets" were primarily the more recent ones. Perhaps the simpler, less impressive sets were LEGO's way of "testing the waters" to see if an Architecture theme was actually marketable. The Rockefeller Center seems to follow in that tradition of increased complexity, so I imagine future releases will also fall into that category.

[prateek]

Keep in mind, though, that those "few good sets" were primarily the more recent ones. Perhaps the simpler, less impressive sets were LEGO's way of "testing the waters" to see if an Architecture theme was actually marketable. The Rockefeller Center seems to follow in that tradition of increased complexity, so I imagine future releases will also fall into that category.

True. I hope you're right though.

[Bricks2000]

I found the rockfeller center for sale at:

http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp?p=Nannan

[GRogall]

Added images and more info on the first page!

Available November 2010.

Edited November 13, 2010 by grogall

[Darth Jar Jar]

Its now for sale for a whacking $40

[Mrlegoninja]

40 is way to much. Should be around 25.

[jonwil]

With any luck the instructions will be posted online and I can build my own (minus the printed tile) just like I did for the Empire State and Solomon R Guggenheim

[darthlucas]

with any luck maybe one we could see a whole new york city in brick form, in this scale. because we already have the empire state building and now the rockefeller center!

[L@go]

Well, I built mine yesterday, having ordered it from Brickstructures, and I have to say I agree with most of you - it's not a really great set. I own the entire Architecture line, and while Fallingwater is in a class of its own and the White House isn't all that far behind, complexity-wise, I'd rate this set behind the Guggenheim and the Space Needle as well. The SNOT stuff is ok, but apart from that it isn't very innovative and, as several people have already noted in this thread, it all looks a bit bland.

As everybody who's been there and seen the impressive wedge in real life knows, it's all the details that make the original stand out. In this scale, there's no way you can make a building like stand out in the same way.

So, all in all, this is - in my book - on par with the Empire State, the Sears Tower, and the John Hancock Center. Nice and iconic and fits well on a shelf, not too much detail.

[IAmWillGibson]

Just in case you're going to visit.

[prateek]

That still doesn't justify the set for me