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Also [US] Amazon.com now seems to have in its stocks (not 3rd party):
The Long Ranger sets, all about RRP.
and the Horizon express at 119
Its the first technic set ive laid eyes on where im acutally excited to buy one and build it, it just looks so much more fun than the unimog, and a much better looking model for display purposes.
42009 is the third crane in five years. Big deal... it is exactly my point, another yellow construction crane, what is new or different about it?
How about a Technic Eiffel Tower? How about a Technic Golden Gate Bridge?
Those would be interesting...
Technic is all about moving parts pneumatics and motors and gears etc and yes it would certainly make a superb display piece but technic isnt really aimed at being that sort of thing.
Now a steam locomotive DOES sound exciting :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIBO
How about that in Technic?
Maybe add on packs to mind storms?
But I did pickup one, might keep, might not. Not sure how I feel about it yet. I sold all mine last year, so happy to have the one.
Everyone does know that Monster Fighters is retiring this Summer, right? It won't be around for a full year.
Honda's Asimo robot. 10 min video showing the new 2012 model doing lots of new things.
I want one!
its certainly a remarkable feet in technology and you can't help but admire it
Asimo is top heavy and has no natural balance outside of gyros, so yea, I suspect walking is harder than it looks.
How many animals on Earth walk on two legs?
The real application for Asimo, before the home, is McDonalds. Once it gets to under $100K a copy and can flip burgers, there comes a point where the capital investment pays off to replace human labor with these.
When that tipping point is reached, we will have to find something new for everyone else to do. :)
Or maybe we don't need Asimo...
http://www.gizmag.com/hamburger-machine/25159/
Plus if it was a successful release it could become a whole new theme *.*
Seems like everyone I talk to absolutely adored MF. Even my parents that dont collect Lego for themselves bought some of the sets. I realize Lego has waves to keep it fresh, etc...it seems like potential lost with MF.
The pricing obviously had issues, but it had to have been somewhat profitable for Lego....right?
Staypuff Marshmellow guy would be my top choice; Godzilla vs. (pick one); King Kong; Gremlins; Jeeper Creepers guy; evil clown; the invisible man; wicked witch; the blob; etc. Each with a 75 to 450 piece set and fighters surrounding them.
These could be done easily without licensing (save maybe Staypuff).
I'd imagine these would need to be large figures (like Hulk, Goblin King, etc)
> Gremlins; Jeeper Creepers guy; evil clown;
To me, these are more modern than the classic horror monsters in MF range. The MF range used cartoony / cute versions of them. I wonder how well this would work for modern horror. Possible license problems too, esp for gremlins.
> the invisible man;
Yeah, either bandaged head with sunglasses or clear head - easy to MOC with existing parts (I did one with clear head, with a filed down stud on torso so it didn't stick up too much into the head).
> wicked witch;
She was in CMF series 2 and last MF series (halloween accessory pack)
That said, there's enough potential for both newer character sets like like the invisible man (which you mentioned), Dr. Jekyll (Mr. Good & Evil), Bride of Frankenstein (along with a Gollum-ish Igor!), Dorian Gray, etc. Also, there's potential for bigger/different sets for the existing ones like a bigger swamp scene with boat, the vampyre's crypt, the mummy's tomb, etc.
http://search2.lego.com/?q=10216&lang=2057&cc=US
10216 Winter Village Bakery went from 'Sold out' to 'Retired product'
10222 Winter Village Post Office was and still is labelled 'Retired product'
So what does this tell us? Have both been retired together?
I somehow doubt he would have the draw of the more classic monsters in MF though. He wouldn't really fit in with the kid-friendly, Munsters / Addams Family style MF.
1) Minecraft continues to be #1 on the list. Been there a long time.
2) No Star Wars sets.
http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Top-Sellers
Edit: Artwork
Did you look at the top 25? The observation isn't that there are no Star Wars sets, it is that there really aren't much of any sets. The Lone Ranger sets are there, and Palace Cinema, and a few minor items. The majority are really bits and parts.
Remember also, the top 25 is based on just today's sales, so at this time of year that can be easily influenced by a few buyers.
Maybe its extremely short shelf life will surely help it somewhat even if it is a virtually unknown ship in the star wars universe.