75827 - Ghostbusters HQ (Coming In January 2016?)

prevere

Third-largest set ever. Fine. Wonderful. But I'm still scratching my head a bit over the size and cost.

MattsWhat

^oh right, just the links broken, here: https://twitter.com/LEGO_Group/

not sure if that was just me.  Is it me or is that the spitting image of the original ideas build... royalties? Branding going to be ideas?  Gonna blow the top end piece count for ideas sky high!

SuperTramp

Love the deep red color over the Ideas one. 

lordzarak

I'm liking it so far. Is that red or dark orange?

prevere

lordzarak said:

I'm liking it so far. Is that red or dark orange?

Dark Red. I was really hoping for some high quantity dark red masonry bricks.

SuperTramp

Gotta be honest though, i can think of a million and one things i would have preferred over this.

TheLoneTensor

It still could be an elaborate hoax!

Btw, how is it that the real building hasn't installed a permanent Ghostbusting sign hanging over the door?

emilewski

I like it, but too much $ for me for a modular add-in to my city that I will not be playing with. Maybe I will bricklink the exterior only at some point with minimal interior (and no minifigs as I have Ecto-1). I cannot wait to see more pics though.

Chubbles

no interiors yet?

binaryeye

TheLoneTensor said:

It still could be an elaborate hoax!

Obviously, someone at Entertainment Weekly has hacked LEGO's Twitter account.

SuperTramp said:

Gotta be honest though, i can think of a million and one things i would have preferred over this.

This pretty much sums up my feelings about the set. I realize there's a film tie-in next year, but this seems like an awfully large set for the IP. The Ecto-1 must have sold very well.

brickupdate

I'm looking at Fire Brigade on my shelf, and thinking that for $150, it has the same general theme (and impact.) Why did this set have to b $350 and sooooooo huge. Don't get me wrong, the designers did a wonderful job, the set looks great. And I'll eventually buy it because modular type buildings are one of the few things I still collect. But $350 is a lot of money...

Chubbles

It looks like what I expected it to look like, still reserving judgement until we see the interiors

TXLegoguy

Lego just posted on Facebook about the lego ideas 21108 Ecto-1 will fit inside. 

pharmjod

Will be very curious to see this in a modular layout just to see how people decide to fit it in. I haven't started building any of my mods yet so I'm not sure how I would fit a building like this one.

prevere

Cue the Ecto-1 going out of stock on S@H. Oh wait, it's already there.

TRU still has available...and at $50 (discounted of course).

tecjam

Damn! January will be expensive and it's usually the month I'm skintest (if that's a word!)!

I'm still glad this comes out 6 months before the new movie ruins the francise forever.

tamamahm

binaryeye said:

SuperTramp said:

Gotta be honest though, i can think of a million and one things i would have preferred over this.

This pretty much sums up my feelings about the set. I realize there's a film tie-in next year, but this seems like an awfully large set for the IP. The Ecto-1 must have sold very well.

This is where I'm at. For $350, I can think of many other sets that could have been made or considered.  I do find it a bit shocking that they invested that much into what I would have thought was a fairly unproven IP. I never considered Ecto a huge seller out there.   Glad for those that plan  to get this set. 

kempo81

Looks like Peter Venkman minifig is new. "Slimed" version!!!

dougts

tamamahm said:

binaryeye said:

SuperTramp said:

Gotta be honest though, i can think of a million and one things i would have preferred over this.

This pretty much sums up my feelings about the set. I realize there's a film tie-in next year, but this seems like an awfully large set for the IP. The Ecto-1 must have sold very well.

This is where I'm at. For $350, I can think of many other sets that could have been made or considered.  I do find it a bit shocking that they invested that much into what I would have thought was a fairly unproven IP. I never considered Ecto a huge seller out there.   Glad for those that plan  to get this set. 

 This is what I've been saying since day one also 

prevere

So I'm going to start saving for the $400 BTTF (...cough Town Hall...) Clock Tower now. 

dragon114

is this thing on a baseplate or will i have to buy one

sonsofsceva

@thelonetensor The firehouse actually does have the sign, but on the wall just inside the main door to the firehouse, so it's there if you walk by when the door is open. At least it was there a few years ago.

binaryeye

dragon114 said:

is this thing on a baseplate or will i have to buy one

It looks to me like it's on a 32x32 + 16x32 like the Ideas submission.

dougts

the building itself is 20 wide, 42 deep, and about 36 bricks high

prevere

Sounds about the same height as FB, but with much larger depth.

Crowkillers

The mood slime was a nice touch..

 

Crowkillers

kempo81 said:

Looks like Peter Venkman minifig is new. "Slimed" version!!!

leetshoe

Looks like they have the printed yellow piece on the trap now. That was different on the Ecto 1 version

SumoLego

And we have confirmation of sausage.

SumoLego

As funny as this sounds, it may be out-of-scale for a modular town!

prevere

SumoLego said:

And we have confirmation of sausage.

Good call. I can't see Slimer eating a croissant.

gmonkey76

Will have to make a hot dog cart that Slimer can pop up out of now. If only I knew where l  could get more sausage pieces.

gmonkey76

Looks like the doors are brick built and 10 wide with minifigure door built in. 

Pmh

Its real, can not believe it.

Am very happy with this set,contrary to other people I can not think of 3 other sets that I would have preferred instead. I did see the original movie in the cinema as a kid,maybe that helped.

Think it fits very well with the modular,it makes it all a bit more playfull.

If you don't have anything with ghostbusters then I can imagine this set being a disappointment but for me it is one of the best sets they could possibly release.

Not sold on the dark red,the original building is clearly orange. Firedepartment always is red,think making it orange would be a nice touch and make it a bit different but will probably buy it regardless. Will be expensive,brick bank and now this.

William_Townsley

Well we may remember our Credit Cards and Debit Cards as the Fallen Soldiers of this Winter 

brickedin

I really like it, judging by the piece count it must have loads of interior detail ( or 1 x 1 plates ). Definite buy for me either way. 

Slimed peter venkman looks fantastic.

dougts

prevere said:

Sounds about the same height as FB, but with much larger depth.

FB:  32x18x~30 high
HQ: 42x20x~36 high

so volume wise, it's about 1.75 time bigger, for 2.33 times the price.  Better be a heck of a detailed interior

AdeelZubair

What I don't get is how the LEGO one has 4,634 pieces and this MOC has 2800+ pieces. Both are very close in design and the MOC one has a fully detailed interior.

http://www.swissgb.ch/lego-ghostbusters-hq-v1/

FollowsClosely

^ Don't forget to account for inflation, the FB is old.

madforLEGO

Likely getting one. Looks to be a nice addition though I think it will be a monster sitting on someones layout compared to most other LEGO buildings.

Rsa33

are there interior pics?

so far this looks a lot like sergios...gets a giant meh.  I do like dark red, however the dark orange was also nice :)

unless the interior is ridiculous, this will prolly be a pass.  Ill just bricklink the minifigs

brickupdate

Adzbadboy said:

What I don't get is how the LEGO one has 4,634 pieces and this MOC has 2800+ pieces. Both are very close in design and the MOC one has a fully detailed interior.

http://www.swissgb.ch/lego-ghostbusters-hq-v1/

Wow - I hadn't seen this MOC before, and that's a great point about what is possible with 2,800 pieces.

LEGO must have some incredible research that says sentimental 40-somethings will gladly spend $350 for this, for Ewok Village, Death Star, and so so so many other high priced sets. 

I'm just wondering: where is the limit? 

legomatt

The design of the station outside looks good, (though maybe the colour seems a tad bright). However, I'm sad to say that I'm disappointed, as once again that bl**dy 80's cartoon continues to pollute the (proton) stream. 

Don't get me wrong, The 'Real Ghostbusters' cartoon series was a bit of fun in the eighties for me as a child looking for anything remotely GB related - I enjoyed it even when they swapped voices mid-scene or got the colours mixed up between characters - and I even collected quite a few of the comics, and an easy to draw child-friendly cartoon ghost made sense to appeal to little kids back then.

But I watched it due to being a Ghostbusters FILM fan. Now that 30 years have passed I am thoroughly sick of seeing its ceaseless, festering influence continue to impact on every damn GB related product to come out since. Why won't it DIE!?!

Won't someone - please!? - cross the streams and destroy the awful thing in a nuclear blaze of protonic fury! :o)

But no... It seems we are destined - doomed even - for every license holder to insist on re-using that god(s)awful globule of guffawing snot for 'Slimer'. But it's simply wrong. Slimer looked nothing like that. *sigh*

I could understand repurposing the same jumpsuit colours, cartoony (ninjago) ghosts, and stuff from dimensions if they wanted to make this as cheaply as possible to appeal as a childrens set (from the 1980's) but this is not cheap, and at this price is one set for the adult collector of 2016. As fun as the 80's cartoon was, it is the FILM we're fans of - won't somebody get it bl**dy right for once!?

If this had movie-slimer, I'd buy it without thinking. Now? I'm having to pretend Lego have omitted to include the iconic Sedgwick Hotel ghost in their Ghostbusters set... again.

:o)

dougts

dougts said:

prevere said:

Sounds about the same height as FB, but with much larger depth.

FB:  32x18x~30 high
HQ: 42x20x~36 high

so volume wise, it's about 1.75 time bigger, for 2.33 times the price.  Better be a heck of a detailed interior

thinking again, surface area is a better comparison than volume.  so, surface area of the 4 vertical walls:

FB:  ~3000 1x1 bricks
HQ: ~4464 1x1 bricks

so, about 1.5 times the surface area for 2.33 times the price.  Again, the interior better have a hell of a lot to it, even given time inflation and IP costs

dougts

^ I'd also add that the FB clearly has a much more detailed and intricate front exterior, and certainly uses many more parts on the front facade than any of the four walls of the HQ uses, so that makes the value ratio even worse than the 1.5/2.33 cited just above.  

Again, we need to see the interior to understand what in the world justifies the $350 price tag.  Even the FB had a fair amount of interior detailing, and of course the old time fire truck to boot.

dragon114

SumoLego said:

As funny as this sounds, it may be out-of-scale for a modular town!

if i have to ill connected it to the roadplates

BuriedinBricks

The funny part about the FB comparisons is that I'll probably sell my NIB copy to pay for the Ghostbusters set.

dougts

outside of the IP factor, this building is a complete bore.  I get the appeal of Ghostbusters, it's just unfortunate to me that the subject matter is just a big red/grey box with very little in the way of interesting architecture.

it's a big pass for me.

legomatt

dougts said:

Again, we need to see the interior to understand what in the world justifies the $350 price tag. 

Indeed, because it clearly didn't go on printed signs, we know that much. :oP

bluedragon

^shocking!!