Ideas for new City sets

[TeriXeri]

8 minutes ago, The Brick Boss said:

Good ideas, but I think he was talking about other subthemes other than police, fire, hospital and construction. 

Yeah but there should be more room for those once subthemes like Stuntz and Space retire as well.

With the new City airplane having no building whatsoever, and City doing buildings pretty much seperate now, an airport terminal building could even still be possible.

And with City sets referencing Park more (sets having more small pine trees as well) , a larger Park, or Forest set could be possible (and I don't mean purely as Forest Fire)

 

Edited June 18, 2023 by TeriXeri

[The Island Chronicles]

48 minutes ago, TeriXeri said:

Yeah but there should be more room for those once subthemes like Stuntz and Space retire as well.

With the new City airplane having no building whatsoever, and City doing buildings pretty much seperate now, an airport terminal building could even still be possible.

And with City sets referencing Park more (sets having more small pine trees as well) , a larger Park, or Forest set could be possible (and I don't mean purely as Forest Fire)

 

How about something new? Like a post office? Or a garbage dump? 

Edited June 18, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[Lion King]

15 hours ago, Quandale Dingle said:

This is to replace the police subthemes and explorers themes.

Why replacing explorer subtheme? Explorer subtheme come with a LOT of new animals… Take a look 2020 - 2023 summer subthemes. 

[Quandale Dingle]

7 minutes ago, Lion King said:

Why replacing explorer subtheme? Explorer subtheme come with a LOT of new animals… Take a look 2020 - 2023 summer subthemes. 

They have nothing to do with living in a City,

[Lion King]

7 minutes ago, Quandale Dingle said:

They have nothing to do with living in a City,

Ok so what? I mean, animals in City sets can be sold real good. Plus, it’s just subtheme, not a main theme.

Animals do exist in the City world - they are realistic. 

And it’s nice to get away from “urban” settings. 

[Quandale Dingle]

23 minutes ago, Lion King said:

Ok so what? I mean, animals in City sets can be sold real good. Plus, it’s just subtheme, not a main theme.

Animals do exist in the City world - they are realistic. 

And it’s nice to get away from “urban” settings. 

We could have a zoo subtheme instead. The farm subtheme can stay.

[The Island Chronicles]

3 hours ago, Quandale Dingle said:

They have nothing to do with living in a City,

While I do agree with you....

Word to the wise, if its a subtheme that has a surplus of animal molds, don't even speak of cancelling those in front of @Lion King. Because as far as Lego is concerned, animal molds are his life! I'm almost certain that his room is full of them. 

Edited June 19, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[Lion King]

5 minutes ago, The Brick Boss said:

Word to the wise, if its a subtheme that has a surplus of animal molds, don't even speak of cancelling those in front of @Lion King. Because as far as Lego is concerned, animal molds are his life! I'm almost certain that his room is full of them. 

Yup! Thanks to City for brining us more animals! :)

I’m waiting impatiently for seals, polar bear cub, big turtle and THAT orca until August. My bin is almost full already. 

[The Island Chronicles]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

Yup! Thanks to City for brining us more animals! :)

I’m waiting impatiently for seals, polar bear cub, big turtle and THAT orca until August. My bin is almost full already. 

To be honest with you though! That kind of stuff can really be its own theme. Sorta like a spin-off type of theme. Its not like its going to cost Lego money. Then you can have all the animal moulds you want. 

4 hours ago, Quandale Dingle said:

We could have a zoo subtheme instead. The farm subtheme can stay.

Now that I can agree with. If we had a zoo subtheme alongside the farm subtheme, then it would still be on topic AND it'll still help animal molds to be pushed and sold. Now everyone is happy. Though for the zoo subtheme, I'd call it Wildlife Preservation as a sequel subtheme to Wildlife Rescue. That way, Lego won't face backlash. I meant to acknowledge your subtheme Ideas btw.

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

School

Personally I don't really see how a school subtheme would work. But that's just me.  The school set from 2022 pretty much has a representation of what school is about such as; the paints for art class, the drum set for music, a microscope for sciene, a skeleton for health, a bacteria chart for biology, a rock climbing wall to represent PE (or gym class), hopscotch for recess and a multiplication table to math. Everything except for a cafeteria. Along with a school bus. I dunno. But if City were to have an even better school building that's about the same size as the 2022 hospital, there would definately be more room.

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

Buildings

Now THAT'S a subtheme that I'd need to save hard for. This year for summer 2023, we have a house, an apartment and a shopping mall (or Urban Centre). I think this can be the start of a subtheme for buildings that don't fit into a particular subtheme. But for me, I'd just put those and great vehicles into the town subtheme, which would fit lesser known lines of work such as the slushy van or downtown set. 

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

Transport

My favorite topic in City sets. But for me personally, I'd separate transport into two subthemes. As a bus driver, I would be 100% a mini Public Transit subtheme with a maximum of four sets. Along the 60335 Train Station (or as I like to call it, the Transit Center) and the 60337 High Speed Passenger Train, I'd also add a bendy bus set and a taxi set. There is your public transit subtheme. The other subtheme would be Mail and Cargo which would focus on the mail carriers and UPS-style transport workers of Lego City. This could include a mini postal plane, similar to the one from 2020, a cargo heliplane like the one from 2013, a post office with mail van one of the medium base set and a cargo ship dock with cargo truck as the big base set. 

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

Racing

Earlier in this forum, I came up with the idea of a Petrol subtheme which would center around the Octan corporation's gasoline side and racing set put together. The idea was made back in 2021 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Octan Coorporation. Here they are:

• Road Rescue - Perhaps some type of broken down car (why don't we try orange or yellow instead of blue or red) along with a tow truck that's the same size as the one from 60056, but somewhat of a nod to the Octan tow trucks of the mids 90s and early 2000s. 
• Race Car Transport - I haven't seen something like this since 2013 when they had the Grand Prix Transport. Given that haulers sell, why not have another one of those. But unlike the the 2013 Grand Prix Transport, this race car transport will have three race cars instead of one. Similar to the indy transport from the 90s. Perhaps the cars could be blue, green and yellow just like them. That would probably go for almost $40. 
• Petrol Transport - As its name suggests, this is a fuel truck like the ones from 2010 and 2013. 
• Race Car Duel - Similar to the fast track finish set - only difference being the road plates being updated to today's standards. The race duel includes a tower where the announcer speaks and an audience stand along with a road plate with a finish line. Red and black cars for this one anyone? 
• Petrol Station - The base set of this subtheme that would go for about $90 or $100. Includes snack shop, garage, car wash gas pumps, electric charging station and Octan versions of Harl and Tread from the television show. Vehicles could include two civilian cars (a blue petrol powered car and a green electric vehicle) and a special Octan colored race car on display that's a nod to 6546. 

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

Sports

Soccer sets seem to be a thing with Lego. If Lego could bring a Soccer subtheme into City, I'd definately buy.

On 6/17/2023 at 1:19 PM, Quandale Dingle said:

Park

Park sets do seem to be a thing in City. Perhaps a one year test run. 

Edited June 19, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[Lion King]

@The Brick Boss,  yeah. Although, it’s still nice to hae explorer subthemes that bring us different types of vehicles, sceneries and animals. Subthemes basically last for a few years like 2 years. Take an example, Adventureers only last for short time. Or Aquazone. Or Arctic (theme).  I think City is more fitting for all around-the-world subthemes. Plus, there is a few named characters showed up in subthemes from the main City Adventure tv show. Like one lady showed up in submarine in 2020, I think? And Farm subtheme goes along with Grocery set last year, right? But I’m still happy that explorer subthemes bring us more animals! 

I do think zoo subtheme is a nice idea but we NEVER got any zoo subtheme in City so I’m not exaclty sure why?

and i think we already have a racing subtheme - 2K Drive?

[The Island Chronicles]

On 6/19/2023 at 12:42 PM, Lion King said:

and i think we already have a racing subtheme - 2K Drive?

I wouldn't really call it a racing subtheme. More like a subtheme centered around custom cars. 

[Lion King]

24 minutes ago, The Brick Boss said:

I wouldn't really call it a racing subtheme. More like a subtheme centered around custom cars. 

But still… it is a racing subtheme based off a racing video game “Lego 2K Drive”. 

Edited June 20, 2023 by Lion King

[TeriXeri]

I definately see those 2K sets as a potential new "racing" subtheme, I mean, they already advertised a lot more content coming to that game.

I can even see it as a potential replacement of Stuntz as currently with every Stuntz projected to be retiring this year, something new and likely vehicle based could take it's place.

I mean, LEGO already had the Stunt Team and later that Orange/Purple monster truck set that really had similar style of later Stuntz sets.

With City doing more buildings as standalone sets (Car Wash included, comes with a small car but I count it as a Building set), wouldn't surprise me to see a new service station , pit-stop, or start-finish line as possible part of the 2K racing subtheme.

 

Using minecraft as an example, the game still gets content updates , and LEGO is still releasing sets related to those updates, instead of purely going back to just existing old game content.

 

 

 

Edited June 21, 2023 by TeriXeri

[The Island Chronicles]

@Lion King @TeriXeri I think @Quandale Dingle meant generic racing cars like the ones you saw being made for the Race subtheme back in the 90s. When you see the cars from 2k Drive, that's more like a Fast & Furious-style type of racing where you customize cars and race them on the streets. The racing that Quandale is speaking of is like NASCAR and/or F1 racing. Motorsports in other words. 

 

[TeriXeri]

14 hours ago, The Brick Boss said:

@Lion King @TeriXeri I think @Quandale Dingle meant generic racing cars like the ones you saw being made for the Race subtheme back in the 90s. When you see the cars from 2k Drive, that's more like a Fast & Furious-style type of racing where you customize cars and race them on the streets. The racing that Quandale is speaking of is like NASCAR and/or F1 racing. Motorsports in other words. 

 

Oh yeah I can see how that definition of racing was different yes.

Town was full of those numbered cars  usually 1 being white, 2 blue, 3 red, 4 yellow/black.

Later there was that Ferrari theme , and even later there were some 6 wide Speed Champions formula cars.

The most recent comparable Racing "subtheme" was under Friends in 2018 , since it had 5 sets, with 8 same-sized Go-Karts to collect, along with garage/car wash/start+finish builds.

https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Friends/subtheme-Racing

 

Something like the Friends Racing subtheme can certainly work in a City subtheme, doesn't need to have go-karts per se.

 

Edited June 21, 2023 by TeriXeri

[Lion King]

19 hours ago, The Brick Boss said:

@Lion King @TeriXeri I think @Quandale Dingle meant generic racing cars like the ones you saw being made for the Race subtheme back in the 90s. When you see the cars from 2k Drive, that's more like a Fast & Furious-style type of racing where you customize cars and race them on the streets. The racing that Quandale is speaking of is like NASCAR and/or F1 racing. Motorsports in other words. 

 

That’s fair - You you make a point yourself there.  However, City themis not 100% generic or realistic. 

[The Island Chronicles]

On 6/19/2023 at 7:42 AM, Quandale Dingle said:

They have nothing to do with living in a City,

Well...they call it City, but that's not entirely accurate. Its not really a theme about town building. The City theme itself is the job market from a child's POV. When you are a child, you think of jobs like policing (POLICE), fire fighting (FIRE), railroading (TRAINS), airplane piloting (AIRPORT), building (CONSTRUCTION), saving lives (EMERGENCY), sailing (COAST GUARD/DIVERS) and racing (2K DRIVE/TURBO WHEELS). The explorers subthemes are still kinda in the realm too, especially astronauts (SPACE). I think if anything, with the explorers themes, City isn't actually going against its name, but rather......its evolving! 

Edited June 28, 2023 by The Brick Boss

[Lion King]

18 hours ago, The Brick Boss said:

Well...they call it City, but that's not entirely accurate. It’s not really a theme about town building. The City theme itself is the job market from a child's POV. When you are a child, you think of jobs like policing (POLICE), fire fighting (FIRE), railroading (TRAINS), airplane piloting (AIRPORT), building (CONSTRUCTION), saving lives (EMERGENCY), sailing (COAST GUARD/DIVERS) and racing (2K DRIVE/TURBO WHEELS). The explorers subthemes are still kinda in the realm too, especially astronauts (SPACE). I think if anything, with the explorers themes, Lego is trying to evolve the theme 

Exactly! Workers can be sent out to other locations (mountains, ocean, Arctic, savannah, jungle, volcano, etc) to study habitats OR rescue wildlife.

If I reember correctly, there is a named character from TV industry did show up in Ocean Expeditiion in 2020 (submarine set)? Sharon or soething. That woman would bring documentary over to City so citizens would be aware about ocean pollution. Or rescuing wildlife needs support from City’s public as in our real world. And we have Farmer’s Market Van that transport their veggie over to Gorcery Store. 

And MORE ANIMALS! We haven’t gotten fox, moose, fawn, kangaroo, emu, rhino, giraffe, gorilla, swordfish (not sawfish), updated octopus, updated bat, ostrich, new fish speices (not standard fish), and more you name i. 

I could argue against replacing explorer subthemes for several hours… I mean take a look at Freinds theme - it dos have explorer subthemess. Different explorer subthemes could make both Freinds and City more interesting. 

[The Island Chronicles]

13 hours ago, Lion King said:

Exactly! Workers can be sent out to other locations (mountains, ocean, Arctic, savannah, jungle, volcano, etc) to study habitats OR rescue wildlife.

Yeah if you want animal molds, space and volcano isn't really your friend. 

[Lion King]

5 hours ago, The Brick Boss said:

Yeah if you want animal molds, space and volcano isn't really your friend. 

Maybe they will do a space-dog for space sets. LOL but yeah space and volcano themes are such habitantless. For animals. 

 

[Jiesdeo]

19 hours ago, Lion King said:

fawn

Now I'm just imagining how insanely cute a Lego fawn would be.

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An updated one? Because we've already gotten one in the Prince of Persia line.

[Lion King]

55 minutes ago, Jiesdeo said:

An updated one? Because we've already gotten one in the Prince of Persia line.

Yes, an updated one. The Prince of Persia ostrich does look like it’s a Duplo to me. 

[williejm]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

Yes, an updated one. The Prince of Persia ostrich does look like it’s a Duplo to me. 

Hush. It’s beautiful. 
 

I’m another vote for more animals, and a more diverse understanding of ‘City’. I think the locations like forest, swamp and Arctic are all fine - but even if one was being purist, there are cities which have bears, leopards, monkeys, etc

[Lion King]

13 minutes ago, williejm said:

Hush. It’s beautiful. 

Okay, okay, you caught me red-handd!

15 minutes ago, williejm said:

i’m another vote for more animals, and a more diverse understanding of ‘City’. I think the locations like forest, swamp and Arctic are all fine - but even if one was being purist, there are cities which have bears, leopards, monkeys, etc

Agreed. 

[The Island Chronicles]

25 minutes ago, Lion King said:

i’m another vote for more animals, and a more diverse understanding of ‘City’. I think the locations like forest, swamp and Arctic are all fine - but even if one was being purist, there are cities which have bears, leopards, monkeys, etc

Given that Lego has YET to do a town-based City set with wild animals running around, I think City is sticking to what you would see in MOST metropolises. You don't USUSALLY see wild animals running through cities. Only in certain ones. 

I have another idea too! Collectible Animal Molds (CAMs) anyone? 

Edited June 23, 2023 by The Brick Boss