New Set Rumors

Peter1975

@Ondra‌ I guess around 1500 pieces according to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfzJb7F8-0g

luckyruss

FollowsClosely said:

^ Does set number correlate to piece count in any way?

If we pick another scale model car as an example :
10187 VW Beetle 1626 pieces
10189 Taj Mahal 5922 pieces

So by that logic 10188 DS must have about 3774 pieces - actually 3803, so close!!!

;-)

Ondra

I talk about sets in one year only in exclusive range, I never understand TLC logic of giving number to sets. :-)
My guess is about 1800 pieces for Mini Cooper, but in look like thar UCS mini cooper that is on cuusoo.

Paperballpark

My guess is 2345, because it's a number I plucked out of thin air.

plasmodium

^No. Not as far as I know. You might be able to say it does since exclusives often have more pieces and exclusives have 5-digit set numbers, but it's tenuous and doesn't make any sense now that they all have 5-digit numbers.

I think what @Ondra‌ is saying is that the set number is in between those sets, which means it is a similar type/theme of set, and thus he would expect it to have a similar piece count.

Ondra

Thank you Plasmodium, this is exactly what I mean :-)

plasmodium

No problem. I just realised I somehow missed this whole third page of comments when I wrote mine this morning. :-P So the "^" up arrow thing was meant to point at Ondra's comment on the bottom of the last page....

Paperballpark

I've seen rumours that #10244 Carnival/fairground ride will be the May 15 VIP set. $150 apparently, so probably between £100 and £120 in the UK.

Not a 'modular building', just a Creator Expert set.

FollowsClosely

^ have you seen pictures?

Poisso3

Who are the 3 people on the BrickSet listing that say they own #10244 already?

Legoboy

Poisso3 said:

Who are the 3 people on the BrickSet listing that say they own #10244 already?

@SofieKirkKiaerKristiansen, @ThomasKirkKristiansen and @AgneteKirkThinggaard

Pitfall69

Well, there you have it :)

FollowsClosely

I can check the box also, but I dont really own it

Legoboy

^ Certainly not if you BL'd it!

Poisso3

^Zing! Have to say, that thread is one of the oddest arguments I have ever seen in any of the fandoms I have been around.

Pitfall69

Hahahaha.

Legoboy

^^ ......and that thread was refreshing by way that we could all suggest each other was talking crap without anyone getting upset. One of the most enjoyable threads in a while I'd say.

Pitfall69

^For sure. There was just enough sarcasm without sounding like complete jerks. Just a bunch of opinions :)

Pitfall69

Poisso3 said:

^Zing! Have to say, that thread is one of the oddest arguments I have ever seen in any of the fandoms I have been around.

I won't back down either. I will stick to my guns until the bitter end :)

Yodalicious

^ You and me both. 'Complete' sets without boxes for all! YEE HAW!

JamesJT

Is this the real lego mini cooper? I like it!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/new-lego-classic-mini-cooper-mk-vii-kit-exclusive-video

Diggydoes

JamesJT said:

Is this the real lego mini cooper? I like it!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/new-lego-classic-mini-cooper-mk-vii-kit-exclusive-video

My initial thought was "fake"but if you check at the front bumper there are the new 1x2 curved slopes in metalic silver built in and i'm not sure if someone would fake it with these new elements! If it is indeed the real set it's pretty awesome and it's british racing green!!! Yaaay

TechnicNick

JamesJT said:

Is this the real lego mini cooper? I like it!
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/car-culture/new-lego-classic-mini-cooper-mk-vii-kit-exclusive-video

Looks good. Some of the angles aren't quite right; still a day one purchase :-)

DadsAFOL

21 photos... Here are a couple

maniac

I love it! Day One purchase. Since the US July calendar states early VIP release too and this is out Aug, It's now obvious what that early release is.

Basta

I love it too, best set of the year (So far) IMO.

adello25

Mehh....nice details but the curves are horrible...too boxy to be a mini cooper

mathew

adello25 said:

Mehh....nice details but the curves are horrible...too boxy to be a mini cooper

Looks pretty accurate to me. More so than the VW camper. They could have sloped the rear a little more but it may not have been possible with the scale. Overall I like it, but at $100 with no foreseeable discounting I will probably pass unless they off a mini-mini cooper polybag giveaway.

HokieJoe99

Hopefully they will include alternate build instructions to show how to build it with the steering wheel on the right side of the car.

What are the chances of a $20-$30 Midi Mini-Cooper to go along with a Mini Mini-Cooper polybag?

CurvedRoadPlate

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

pvp3020

I like the car, but I love the water bottle - so simple yet so effective. :o)

mathew

CurvedRoadPlate said:

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

Why would you want such a thing? Where would you put it? Who would buy it? Does Lego even make a rubber tire big enough? This model is perfect. Good scaling and will easily fit on a shelf or desk for display.

Legoboy

mathew said:

CurvedRoadPlate said:

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

Why would you want such a thing? Where would you put it? Who would buy it? Does Lego even make a rubber tire big enough? This model is perfect. Good scaling and will easily fit on a shelf or desk for display.

For the same reason anybody would prefer a UCS X-Wing over a System set I imagine. I cant imagine its tyre size would be any bigger than the Volvo Technic set out later this year

Venunder

Wow! I wants it.
https://us.v-cdn.net/5015319/uploads/FileUpload/54/d3e1219740fdf40ba69a051e918572.jpg
I just hope the price is right.....

CurvedRoadPlate

That was a joke, I was responding to the midi and mini mini cooper comment above mine. I like that Lego is currently producing sets in such a wide range of piece counts and price counts. It's a great time to be buying Lego.

mathew said:

CurvedRoadPlate said:

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

Why would you want such a thing? Where would you put it? Who would buy it? Does Lego even make a rubber tire big enough? This model is perfect. Good scaling and will easily fit on a shelf or desk for display.

mathew

Legoboy said:

mathew said:

CurvedRoadPlate said:

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

Why would you want such a thing? Where would you put it? Who would buy it? Does Lego even make a rubber tire big enough? This model is perfect. Good scaling and will easily fit on a shelf or desk for display.

For the same reason anybody would prefer a UCS X-Wing over a System set I imagine. I cant imagine its tyre size would be any bigger than the Volvo Technic set out later this year

He was joking. A giant Lego model would look rather ridiculous considering the dimunitive nature of the mini . And unlike a Star Wars set where detailing is enhanced with the larger size I don't see the same for the mini. You can debate that all you want but you'll be still wrong in the end ; )

legomatt

pvp3020 said:

I like the car, but I love the water bottle - so simple yet so effective. :o)

Yes, I was immediately drawn to the gingham picnic cloth and hamper. I just want that bit. :o)

Legoboy

mathew said:

Legoboy said:

mathew said:

CurvedRoadPlate said:

I'd like to see a $399 UCS Maxi Mini Cooper

Why would you want such a thing? Where would you put it? Who would buy it? Does Lego even make a rubber tire big enough? This model is perfect. Good scaling and will easily fit on a shelf or desk for display.

For the same reason anybody would prefer a UCS X-Wing over a System set I imagine. I cant imagine its tyre size would be any bigger than the Volvo Technic set out later this year

He was joking. A giant Lego model would look rather ridiculous considering the dimunitive nature of the mini . And unlike a Star Wars set where detailing is enhanced with the larger size I don't see the same for the mini. You can debate that all you want but you'll be still wrong in the end ; )

No debate at all. Just pointing out that you in fact you are wrong and that Lego already make tyres big enough for a larger Mini. ;o)

Pitfall69

legomatt said:

pvp3020 said:

I like the car, but I love the water bottle - so simple yet so effective. :o)

Yes, I was immediately drawn to the gingham picnic cloth and hamper. I just want that bit. :o)

Interesting. In the US, we put our dirty clothes in the hamper.

scrumper

Pitfall69 said:

legomatt said:

pvp3020 said:

I like the car, but I love the water bottle - so simple yet so effective. :o)

Yes, I was immediately drawn to the gingham picnic cloth and hamper. I just want that bit. :o)

Interesting. In the US, we put our dirty clothes in the hamper.

That's disgusting! It would ruin the cucumber sandwiches.

Then again my uncle puts manure on his potatoes. :o)

carlq

scrumper said:

Then again my uncle puts manure on his potatoes. :o)

Before or after he boils them? ;-P

rancorbait

^^ And then he turns them into manure again!

Assuming he puts it on after they're harvested...

;oP

Pitfall69

I guess I shouldn't go on a picnic in the UK :)

GreenArrow57

Don't go on a picnic in the UK, it will either rain, or the insects will make your life a misery, or if you're at the beach, you'll get sand in the cucumber sandwiches...

Legobutterfly

GreenArrow57 said:

you'll get sand in the cucumber sandwiches...

It just sucks when that happens

carlq

...while sand in your beach cafe fish and chips, however, merely adds to the texture. ;-)

iso3200

Well, as this is the rumours thread, all I can repeat is what I heard today from a TLG employee who knows me as an AFOL. I have zero track record in predicting sets, nor can I back up in any way what I was told. But I guess that's what a rumours thread is all about isn't it? - and I'd love this to be true. Interestingly enough, the info was volunteered to me in casual conversation, I wasn't especially fishing.

I was told that the next Modular will be a Detective Agency.

In my own mind I'd long formed an opinion that a modular Police Station could be coming now that the Fire Brigade has been discontinued, so this would seem a close but much more creative fit. And with the last Lego Ideas review period having the Sherlock Holmes set in it, that could be one of the reasons it was turned down as it was clashing with something TLG already had in development.

If the rumour turns out to be true, I'd love to see a retro style building with super sleuth type minifigs, rather than a more modern bureau type design with *suits* style minfigs.

I know I'm putting myself up for long term ridicule if this doesn't work out, but hey ho, just had to share.

I also attach a picture of a pinch of salt that you may use if required ;-)

Shib

^that would be amazing but just seems so unlikely. I could certainly believe a police station but a detective agency just doesn't seem to make sense, unless it's the upstairs office with something like a restaurant below it.

Still getting som private eyes in trench coats and trilby hats would be so good!

plasmodium

I don't know. The Fire Station was 1930s and the Cinema could have been 50s. Town Hall was obviously set some time between/around then. I think we could be in with a shout of a type of private eye sort of detective agency. I'm thinking the type of police/detectives you would expect to see trying to track down Al Capone. Maybe a car chase with some bootleggers or something, or am I getting too excited? ;-)

One can hope!

bluedragon

So what are the odds of this rumor becoming reality? Below or above 27%??