Landscapes - a future replacement for Architecture

Dedgecko

The architecture line is pretty impressive, but I'm consistently impressed with a variety of landscapes done in community MOC's.  How can we get that kind of detail in an officially released set from TLG.  A new line, Landscapes.

Iconic mountains, arches, canyons, mesas, buttes, valleys, etc!

So search sucks, has there ever been a concept like this tossed around in the past?

MattsWhat

Choose a mountain (the Matterhorn gets my vote) and submit it to ideas.  If it takes off it'll start a theme (like minecraft and ghostbusters).
Although, to be honest, I can't see how this works in quite the same way, how many people know what a butte or a mesa is, let alone recognise one from a small scale model?

Bumblepants

might make an interesting Ideas project. Would probably really struggle to get votes though.

dougts

have some examples to link to of what you are referring to?

brumey

modular landscape sets for displays to properly display all those lego creature/villains/whatever...
ponds, brickbuilt trees, rock formations, 32x32 baseplate, winter summer autumn spring edition, 
themewise there could be:
desert, swamp, alpine, coastal, wood, steppe, underwater, grasslands ...

Bosstone100

If anything, it would end up being a MOC parts pack. Might sell out quick though. 

Dedgecko

The Matterhorn was my first thought as well.

Other examples, mostly from USA southwest:
Devil's Tower, Wyoming
Double Arches from Arches National Parks or Messa Arch from Canyonlands Utah
Monument Valley, Arizona 
El Capitan and Half-Dome in Yosemite Park
Haystack Rock on Canon Beach, Oregon

Tianzi Mountains, China

It's mostly geological formations that interest me.

Paperballpark

Gee, I always wanted a LEGO 'Tundra Landscape' set. :/

ecmo47

I don't see a Lego rendition of the Matterhorn being very interesting but nature inspired vignettes always catch my eye like these examples:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=119478

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Bonsai-American-Sequoia-Redwood-Instructions-Only-Modular-Custom-Pot-Tree-/301857452465?hash=item46481b31b1:g:AD0AAOSwyQtVk3BP 

MattsWhat

Paperballpark said:

Gee, I always wanted a LEGO 'Tundra Landscape' set. :/

They do this already, although it is a very small scale:

brumey

there we go  :)

a "deep in space" theme
with various spaced out themes based on fictional planets
a mushroom planet
a volcano planet
...

matticus_bricks

brumey said:

there we go  :)

a "deep in space" theme
with various spaced out themes based on fictional planets
a mushroom planet
a volcano planet
...

A planet where all the residents are hot dog people.
An ice cream planet. 
A planet where all the trees grow sausages and Jar Jars. 

Fauch

a planet where residents are babies jar jar in hot dog costumes riding wheelchair and eating hot dogs. and trees grow rails like a rollercoaster.

brumey

... a pink rollercoaster. ice cream planet could be the thing. 

thinking of cloud cuckoo land now ....

brumey

there we go:
every biome from lego worlds = 1 set

 

Spring Forest- forest with pink trees and lightly colored grounds. You can find Japanese towers in these! 

 

Summer Forest-more deeper green grounds, and green, small tree forest.

 

Fall/Autumn Forest-forest with the brown and orange colored small trees.

 

Winter Forest-forest with white leaved trees and snow on the ground 

 

Pine Forest-forest with A LOT of mushroom models and those big tall pine/evergreen trees.

 

Spooky Forest-Tall leaf-less trees with curly branches. Filled with spooky themed models, also have pale green grass.

 

Jungle-Forest with LARGE trees, lush green grass and all those weird plant models.

 

Swamp- Small trees that have a lot of roots, brown ground, slightly hilly, and green water.

 

Mushroom Biome- Has giant, colorful mushrooms, grass stocks, and rocks. 

 

Crystal Biome- Dark gray ground with glowing little gems and sometimes giant glowing gems of different shapes. Typically full of small mountains.

 

Canyon Biome- Dusty brown ground, lots of rock shapes. Filled with Bones and Catus models.

 

Desert- Somewhat hilly, sand covered biome filled with palm tree models, pyramids, and spinxs.

 

Plains Biome- Large, Treeless grassy landscape with sometimes a barn, and filled with farm models.

 

Candy Biome- Pink and brown ground, filled with giant pies, cakes, lolipops, and other sweet treats. Pink water.

 

Artic Biome- Slightly hilly, white ground, filled with Orange models and Icy structures. Sometimes has an iglu or two.

 

Mountain Biome- Giant grey mountains with snow covered peeks.

 

Lava/Volcano Biome- Black ground, lots and lots of lava, and volcanos.