Ideas for new City sets

[TeriXeri]

45 minutes ago, pooda said:

@TeriXeri I can attest to the last statement. Though I do think that as far as shops and restaurants are concerned, they should leave that to City. Creator can stay with houses. 

Shops, Businesses and Restaurants (and food/shop vehicles) overall seem to be fairly complicated subject as they are divided between many themes right now, and I don't think they can simply put it all under 1 theme.

I think the main advantage of putting some shops under 3-in-1 still are the alternate builds, in the last 5 or so years, there's been multiple shops that turned into entirely different shops with the alternate builds.

Recent examples are the 2017 Corner Deli into a Flower Shop , 2018 Sweet Surprises Shop turning into a Swimming Pool, 2019 Petshop/Cafe turning into a Barber+Dentist or Bank, and 2020 again Toy Shop into Flower Shop or another Cake Shop.

 

I'm not saying City buildings can't be repurposed or MOCed into different shops, LEGO used to have basicly 2-3 alternate builds on the back of boxes, now it's up to the builders themselves. 3-in-1 just acts as a little extra guideline.

 

However we seem to be getting more and more shops in City sets lately.

- Pizza Van being sold for nearly 3 years, now, (retiring soon) , Ice Cream truck likely the direct replacement

- Donut Shop / Toy Shop set

- Ski Resort (Ski Shop / Hot Chocolate stand)

- Burger Bar

- People packs / Polybags / Magazine Gifts : Icecream/Hotdogs/Pizza

Also various food items within other sets, like pizza in space sets, popcorn in 2019 fire station, hotdogs/chicken legs in camping sets, cupcakes in hospital shop, cookies/donuts in advent calendars , and then Xtra food packs.

 

I'd love to see more non-food shops (beside just toys/pets) in City/3-in-1 as well like minfiig accesoires , hair salon (hairpieces) , torsos/legs as clothes shop, and a true supermarket minifig set, but most of this seems to be just under Friends right now.

Maybe also Xtra packs with just minifig heads / torsos / legs to expand customization , I know people packs kind of serve that purpose but aren't cheap.

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2019 by TeriXeri

[The Island Chronicles]

@TeriXeri How in Sam Jackson are you able to pull out so many good points from my statement? 

Edited August 6, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[MAB]

3 hours ago, pooda said:

Well everyone needs a little advice sometimes and Lego doesn't always know what they're doing.

Not from a specific football club though. The advice from Man Utd would be to have their branding over as much as possible. Totally unnecessary within City.

3 hours ago, pooda said:

If all they need to do is change colors, I wonder why they just don't do that. Not really the same if it isn't City. 

Probably because they don't think that there is a market for it or that it will not sell as well as their current City line-up. They put a lot into their Sports theme 15 odd years ago but I don't think it sold too well. Of course, it was more game focused than regular LEGO and there are way better football based games than those LEGO produced. Plus I think boys tend to want specific teams on football (soccer) shirts, whereas girls are more accepting of plainer shirts for sports (of course, this is a generalisation).

[The Island Chronicles]

1 minute ago, MAB said:

Plus I think boys tend to want specific teams on football (soccer) shirts, whereas girls are more accepting of plainer shirts for sports (of course, this is a generalisation).

They could just make up names! You know how much Lego encourages the imagination. But I do see your point though. 

I'm just apalled that Lego's City division thinks that all little boys love is rescue and explorers themed crap. I mean....there are lots of things that boys love that could be made into City sets. Plus that is what this forum is for. Its called Ideas for new City sets. 

[Maple]

I want a postal van/truck. There is no reason two have two postal planes (which I have never seen) over having a $20-30 truck or a $10 van.

[The Island Chronicles]

2 minutes ago, Maple said:

I want a postal van/truck. There is no reason two have two postal planes (which I have never seen) over having a $20-30 truck or a $10 van.

I would like to see an updated version of this set. I guess planes sell better so they made it a little jet instead. 

[Maple]

Its a plane not a jet but I digress. I agree, I never bought that and would like it to be modernized a bit and made into a $10-13 set.

[TeriXeri]

So we were talking about City Sports earlier, and now I noticed this on brickset : 

A new Xtra  40375: Sports Accessories (yes that's the best picture they have right now)

https://brickset.com/sets/40375-1/Sports-Accessories

 

 

 

 

[The Island Chronicles]

On 11/24/2019 at 2:16 PM, TeriXeri said:

So we were talking about City Sports earlier, and now I noticed this on brickset : 

A new Xtra  40375: Sports Accessories (yes that's the best picture they have right now

Welp! I guess we'll have to make our own stadiums. 

Edited December 1, 2019 by pooda

[MAB]

15 hours ago, TeriXeri said:

So we were talking about City Sports earlier, and now I noticed this on brickset : 

A new Xtra  40375: Sports Accessories (yes that's the best picture they have right now)

https://brickset.com/sets/40375-1/Sports-Accessories

I'm surprised that there is not a skateboard or a surfboard in there.

[TeriXeri]

2 hours ago, MAB said:

I'm surprised that there is not a skateboard or a surfboard in there.

Surfboard was in the Xtra sea accessoire pack.

Skateboard was in the Xtra Bicycles pack.

So I don't mind them missing in this as long as those other Xtra packs are still sold, of course they could be different color but I understand they chose different sports.

 

I'll probably end up buying 2 of this sports pack as there's usually spare parts of the ice and rollerskate, and ski-pole parts, so you end up with an even number (6) if you buy 2 polybags.

Edited November 25, 2019 by TeriXeri

[MAB]

1 hour ago, TeriXeri said:

Surfboard was in the Xtra sea accessoire pack.

Skateboard was in the Xtra Bicycles pack.

 

Yeah I know, but they get everywhere.

[Digger of Bricks]

A few here have previously brought up the possibility of City revisiting the Australian Outback as a future Exploration subtheme (subsequently acting as a successor to the 1997 subtheme of Town), and I was pondering what the expeditionary focus of a modern iteration of such would be. Could it perhaps it be a paleontological one, centered around the excavation of Dinosaur fossils? 

Edited December 1, 2019 by Digger of Bricks

[The Island Chronicles]

56 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

Could it perhaps it be a paleontological one, centered around the excavation of Dinosaur fossils? 

It could. Or it could just focus on Outback life in general. Though the latter wouldn't really appeal to children as much as the former. 

I'm very excited for 2020 though. This is the best wave we've had in three years. Race cars will be my first pickup. 

[Digger of Bricks]

1 hour ago, pooda said:

It could. Or it could just focus on Outback life in general. Though the latter wouldn't really appeal to children as much as the former. 

One thing a new Outback subtheme shouldn't forgo though is the introduction of some new Australian wildlife molds, particularly for a Kangaroo and a Koala; so, having said that, I wouldn't want to trade-up that opportunity if a paleontological focus would leave no room for such.

[The Island Chronicles]

On 12/1/2019 at 5:05 PM, Digger of Bricks said:

One thing a new Outback subtheme shouldn't forgo though is the introduction of some new Australian wildlife molds, particularly for a Kangaroo and a Koala; so, having said that, I wouldn't want to trade-up that opportunity if a paleontological focus would leave no room for such.

Ok! That I would pay for. But if the Outback theme is a no go, they can always make some Xtra packs for wild animals. 

Edited January 9, 2020 by pooda

[Digger of Bricks]

6 minutes ago, pooda said:

But if the Outback theme is a no go, they can always make some Xtra packs for wild animals. 

Unfortunately though, we haven't yet seen the Xtra theme debut any new molds, so I wouldn't yet count that as a possibility.

[The Island Chronicles]

57 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said:

Unfortunately though, we haven't yet seen the Xtra theme debut any new molds, so I wouldn't yet count that as a possibility.

My friend, with Lego, all things are possible. Why do you think I dislike my hopes and dreams for Lego being crushed? 

Edited December 1, 2019 by pooda

[Digger of Bricks]

36 minutes ago, pooda said:

My friend, with Lego, all things are possible. Why do you think I dislike my hopes and dreams for Lego being crushed? 

Of course, and I'd like a Space theme inspired after pulp science fiction of the 1930's, yet there still are plausible reasons one can figure for why some things just aren't so.

[The Island Chronicles]

The next train wave should be put into various subthemes. If it were up to me, this is how it would go. 

• Cargo Train - Cargo 
• Passenger Train - Transit 
• Police Train - Police 
• Fire Train - Fire
• Ambulance Train - Medical 

Edited December 10, 2019 by pooda

[jonwil]

On 11/25/2019 at 8:31 PM, MAB said:

I'm surprised that there is not a skateboard or a surfboard in there.

A Snowboard would have been the obvious choice (its not in any xtra pack already and the new sports xtra pack already contains skis and ice hockey gear)

[The Island Chronicles]

Wishlist for summer 2020

• Harbor
• Pizzeria (probably in the 2020 town plan set) 
• Mini Food Market (same as above) 
• Post Office (same as the second one) 
• Barber Shop (don't be judgmental - same as second one) 

Edited January 9, 2020 by pooda

[ivanlan9]

The Detective's Office modular building had a barber shop on the first floor (the blue part; the stone part had a pool hall).

[The Island Chronicles]

Just now, ivanlan9 said:

The Detective's Office modular building had a barber shop on the first floor (the blue part; the stone part had a pool hall).

What's your point?

[TeriXeri]

53 minutes ago, ivanlan9 said:

The Detective's Office modular building had a barber shop on the first floor (the blue part; the stone part had a pool hall).

2019 Apocalypseburg had a Barber/Tattoo parlor, Creator 3-in-1 2019 Townhouse/Petshop had a Barber Shop/Dentist alternate build, and 2020 Friends has a Barber shop as well.

But that doesn't mean that they can't have a City Barber at some point, with the overlap between themes not impossible, especially now that City is making more shops again (2019 Burger Bar, Donut/Toy Shop, Ski Resort Shop)

Edited December 31, 2019 by TeriXeri