Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[jonwil]

The good thing about the new botanic garden is that other than the sticker sheet, all the new stuff should appear on LEGO online PaB sometime early next year so for those who, say, already have the Friends garden (or multiples of that) you will be able to get and add some of the new stuff from this one if you want.

[DonQuixote]

On 10/25/2024 at 10:18 AM, PK82 said:

After reading two reviews, I'm sold on the Botanical Garden. May wait a bit and see if price goes down or double VIP, but I've already ordered all necessary parts (road plate with curve and parts for sidewalk) to integrate it in my city.

A review from a member of LAN is not a real review. It's a commercial. 

[Murdoch17]

2 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

A review from a member of LAN is not a real review. It's a commercial. 

That's like, your opinion man.

[Blazej_Holen]

14 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said:

That's like, your opinion man.

Mine as well :)

[karrit]

3 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

A review from a member of LAN is not a real review. It's a commercial. 

Definitely agree with this.  Most of these reviewers only got into LEGO during the Covid pandemic and know little about the history.  Heck, most of them haven't even been alive for much longer than the millenium if even that long.  LEGO should be sending me free sets considering how long I've been buying.  But I'm not about to post on facebook, you tube, tik tok or whatever is the social media platform of the day.  Social Media Influencer is not a real job in my opinion.

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, karrit said:

Social Media Influencer is not a real job in my opinion.

It's definitely not a real job, but it can be very lucrative for those who make it to the top of the pile.

I do admire some of the LAN members. Racing Brick is great. He's on this forum and very active. Has been doing it for a long time. I like the reviews and the break downs. Where it's Technic or cars, it's clearly his thing. The move to reviewing the more popular sets that LAN provides doesn't always hit the mark, but his recent review of the 1966 Batmobile was great, as he pointed out a load of stuff that I hadn't seen from others - mostly negative.

I do wonder whether a lot of the skepticism for LAN content is because they are all generally so positive. But these people are generally LEGO fans, so like building block models. The sets are generally very well designed, otherwise LEGO wouldn't be such a huge company. And the complaints you generally get are about colour consistency, stickers, and price. They do sometimes call that out, but it can get a bit old, because LEGO clearly isn't going to change. And on the price, even the non-sponsored reviewers generate enough money from views to not worry about it a huge amount. You probably want people who have a strict, limited budget to provide an opinion on that and whether it was worth it compared to something else you might get. But that's not really possible. And if it were, it would be hugely subjective.

I wish more of them would speak about the building experience, what they liked about it, how it might fit with other things, potential mods that lead to a decent comment discussion. I've never really understood the reviewers that only look at it as a final model and don't even build it themselves. They're missing out on so much of the total value.

I do like JANG for this reason. He goes through so many aspects. The build, the parts use, the history, the way it might fit with other things, the different considerations of value.

[DonQuixote]

9 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

 

I do like JANG for this reason. He goes through so many aspects. The build, the parts use, the history, the way it might fit with other things, the different considerations of value.

Yeah, Jang is the best. I often watch his reviews even with sets I am not interested in. He has a really nice voice to listen. 

Edited October 31, 2024 by DonQuixote
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[Pirate_King_1982]

8 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

Yeah, Jang is the best. I often watch his reviews even with sets I am not a a Lego in. He has a really nice voice to listen. 

I’m pretty sure Jang buys all the sets he builds and reviews, so he’s very impartial and will give criticism where it’s due. He also comes across being a very warm and genuine human being.

[Roebuck]

Sometimes you must read between the lines in the reviews to get that they are not very impressed with the set. I think Tiago Catarino has nice reviews and he point out a lot of cons with the sets even if he probably know a lot of the designers personally..

[Stereo]

I liked the Friends botanical gardens, but actually look at them side by side and this new one has so much more architectural detail.  Like I think it's pretty noticeable what the extra money gets, and 2x or 3x set MOCs can't reproduce that cause they don't have all the greebling parts, they just get larger.  It's a little odd that they did them in identical colour scheme though.

[RichardGoring]

Placed my order for the Botanical Gardens and got the Bookshop modular DLC (40698 Books Are My Passion), which will hopefully be decent to mod and mean that the Bookshop modular actually features a decent number of books!

[Lion King]

8 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

Placed my order for the Botanical Gardens and got the Bookshop modular DLC (40698 Books Are My Passion), which will hopefully be decent to mod and mean that the Bookshop modular actually features a decent number of books!

Oooh, i haven’t thought of that GWP! Thank you for the excellent idea!!

[Shiva]

On 11/1/2024 at 2:44 AM, Stereo said:

I liked the Friends botanical gardens, but actually look at them side by side and this new one has so much more architectural detail.  Like I think it's pretty noticeable what the extra money gets, and 2x or 3x set MOCs can't reproduce that cause they don't have all the greebling parts, they just get larger.  It's a little odd that they did them in identical colour scheme though.

I think it is possible to have more than one building for a botanical garden :)

[Lego Nostalgia]

On 10/31/2024 at 12:25 PM, Roebuck said:

Sometimes you must read between the lines in the reviews to get that they are not very impressed with the set. I think Tiago Catarino has nice reviews and he point out a lot of cons with the sets even if he probably know a lot of the designers personally..

I feel like he's always depressed and sad when reviewing sets lol

On 10/31/2024 at 5:30 AM, Pirate_King_1982 said:

I’m pretty sure Jang buys all the sets he builds and reviews, so he’s very impartial and will give criticism where it’s due. He also comes across being a very warm and genuine human being.

Jang is a good reviewer, I like MandR too, his humor and the energy he brings even though some people don't like him, I enjoy that

Anyone remember Nightshroud999 ? he used to be a reviewer back in 2008,2009,2010,2011,2012, I loved those times, brought me back, he used to review Power Miners,Fantasy Era,Agents and Space Police

I hate Lego Youtube now besides MandR,Jang and Ashnflash, all it is now is just Mr Beast type videos, even the stop motions are childish now, most of them are just weird fetishes, Blender Animation or just very childish, I miss stuff like Forestfire101,Keshen8,MichaelHickox

[PK82]

On 10/30/2024 at 4:05 PM, DonQuixote said:

A review from a member of LAN is not a real review. It's a commercial. 

Let me rephrase it then. The pictures in the reviews did the trick.

[Lion King]

It’s November now and i think it’s confirmed taht it’s no error that the next modular. Building will be released on January 1st, per Brick Clicker’s claim. 

[Westbrick]

2 hours ago, PK82 said:

Let me rephrase it then. The pictures in the reviews did the trick.

I saw it in real life today in the Leicester Square Lego store and it looks very good. I’ll definitely buy it at some point. 

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

It’s November now and i think it’s confirmed taht it’s no error that the next modular. Building will be released on January 1st, per Brick Clicker’s claim. 

I think you may be right. It’s a nice idea (in theory) to get it at Christmas and actually have some time to build it, but oh well. 

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, Westbrick said:

I think you may be right. It’s a nice idea (in theory) to get it at Christmas and actually have some time to build it, but oh well. 

I hope i am wrong!  So we will wait and see. I do understand that we have discussed. About it but we think Natural History Museum being released on December 1st might be sold poorly.  For me, I prefer waiting until I order it to get modular GWP. I know some of others here prefer waiting for discounts. Personally, I don’t like the idea of having family member or freind get a big modular building for me for Christmas.  

 

[Lego Nostalgia]

23 hours ago, Lion King said:

I hope i am wrong!  So we will wait and see. I do understand that we have discussed. About it but we think Natural History Museum being released on December 1st might be sold poorly.  For me, I prefer waiting until I order it to get modular GWP. I know some of others here prefer waiting for discounts. Personally, I don’t like the idea of having family member or freind get a big modular building for me for Christmas.  

 

I only wish it released December 1st so I can see the pictures already, I'd probably get it late January, I still have the Notre Dame,Milano and Milky Way Art to get

I also started getting into Hot Toys so that makes it a bit more harder to keep up with these new sets

[Agent Kallus]

On 11/4/2024 at 7:32 PM, Lion King said:

Personally, I don’t like the idea of having family member or friend get a big modular building for me for Christmas.  

 

None of friends or family are rich enough to drop over a hundred quid on a Christmas present for me , I'm probably the most extravagant gifter in the group and even then a modular building would be pushing it.

[Yoggington]

Wild idea, you can just wait and pick it up next December 1st :)

 

 

(Don't kill me)

[Agent Kallus]

16 hours ago, Yoggington said:

(Don't kill me)

Glad you clarified I was just gonna get my bow out, now I'll spare you. 

But yeah, Modulars are sets I don't tend to buy day one, my only exceptions (of the ones I own) so far have been the marvel ones with limited GWPs.

[Alexandrina]

On 11/3/2024 at 2:35 PM, Lego Nostalgia said:

even the stop motions are childish now, most of them are just weird fetishes, Blender Animation or just very childish, I miss stuff like Forestfire101,Keshen8,MichaelHickox

I was very active in the brickfilming scene in the early 2010s and all of those things were absolutely present back then too. Most brickfilms were crude one-liners or simple, childish scenes, and there were lots of Blender WWII brickfilms kicking about too. (I actually remember Forrestfire being on the childish side; the 'serious' frontier back then was people like Nathan Wells, France et Alex, 0ldScratch and Doug Vandegrift!)

5 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

But yeah, Modulars are sets I don't tend to buy day one, my only exceptions (of the ones I own) so far have been the marvel ones with limited GWPs.

I've never got the impression that Lego particularly wants people to buy them day one (any more than they want to sell any set day one). They don't usually have specific related GWPs like you got with things like the Eiffel Tower, Endurance, etc., nor the licensed tentpoles. They're sort of more big prestige pieces that will sell steadily throughout their life cycle. (I say this having bought one modular ever, so I'm no authority!!)

[Lego Nostalgia]

6 minutes ago, Alexandrina said:

I was very active in the brickfilming scene in the early 2010s and all of those things were absolutely present back then too. Most brickfilms were crude one-liners or simple, childish scenes, and there were lots of Blender WWII brickfilms kicking about too. (I actually remember Forrestfire being on the childish side; the 'serious' frontier back then was people like Nathan Wells, France et Alex, 0ldScratch and Doug Vandegrift!)

I've never got the impression that Lego particularly wants people to buy them day one (any more than they want to sell any set day one). They don't usually have specific related GWPs like you got with things like the Eiffel Tower, Endurance, etc., nor the licensed tentpoles. They're sort of more big prestige pieces that will sell steadily throughout their life cycle. (I say this having bought one modular ever, so I'm no authority!!)

When I said Childish I didn't mean Forestfire. crude one-liners were great. I mean like youtube kids type stuff

Forestfire and Keshen8 were my childhood

[Lion King]

I think I’m going berserk when there is no proper descrption about the next ocular building. Ike- what would it look exaclty? A townhouse-styled bed & breafkst buidling sided with cafe?