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New Grand Carousel?

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  • bricktuarybricktuary Member Posts: 987
    Next time can we ask our friendly lego employee about the Big Ben?
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark Member Posts: 4,270
    bluedragon said:
    @Paperballpark, next time you see one of your reliable sources would you please run the Carousel rumor past them? 
    Oh don't worry, I intend to (if I remember). I'll also ask about future CMF lines too. Could be a few weeks before I'm next in there though.

    As for the Big Ben thing, as far as I'm aware that's all but confirmed, with the listing for #10253 on brickset.
  • TigerMothTigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343
    bricktuary said:
    Next time can we ask our friendly lego employee about the Big Ben?
    Big Ben is supposed to be about the same price as the Opera House with an autumn release.
  • just2goodjust2good Member Posts: 247
    Haven't heard anything about this.
    LegoTTTheLoneTensorDedgecko
  • LegoTTLegoTT Member Posts: 487
    just2good said:
    Haven't heard anything about this.
    Your YouTube channel was the first thing I checked for validation of this... I hope you find out if there's a new 'ride' this year soon!
    SprinkleOtterjust2goodkiki180703
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,378
    I don't remember a Ferris Wheel, and I've got a list of a lot of the D2Cs this year - 

    75159 The Death Star
    75144 Snowspeeder
    75098 Assault on Hoth  
    75257 Ghostbusters Firehouse HQ 
    76052 Classic TV Series Batcave 
    71040 [Minifigures]
    21128 The Village
    10251 Brick Bank 
    10253 Big Ben
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark Member Posts: 4,270
    I'm curious to know what #10252 will be.
  • bandit778bandit778 Member Posts: 2,397
    edited March 2016
    ^ A re released winter village  modular sausage , with a white range finder.
  • theLEGOmantheLEGOman Member Posts: 1,524
    Pitfall69 said:
    ;)
    Is Jar Jar holding a sausage in that pic?
    SprinkleOtterkiki180703
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,378
    bandit778 said:
    ^ A re released winter village  modular sausage , with a white range finder.

    Haha, close! I think it's considerably a re-release. ;) 
  • wayneggwaynegg Member Posts: 394
    SprinkleOtter said:
    Are you sure they weren't taling about the fairground mixer?
    Yes, but I'm not certain a new carousel is coming. I asked her, not because she's a LEGO store employee but because she's had accurate insight in the past as an afol, if she new of anything new coming to the fairground theme and she said she'd heard a new carousel was coming soon.
  • CCCCCC Member Posts: 20,555
    waynegg said:
    Yes, but I'm not certain a new carousel is coming. I asked her, not because she's a LEGO store employee but because she's had accurate insight in the past as an afol, if she new of anything new coming to the fairground theme and she said she'd heard a new carousel was coming soon.
    But not necessarily a new Grand Carousel? To me, the Mixer and the (original) Grand Carousel aren't really in the same league. The Ferris Wheel is closer, but not really. I could see a new carousel coming along in the theme, but not at the same level / part count as the original. If it was, the theme is jumping from ~ 1750 to 2500 to 3500 parts, so doubling in "size".

  • MattsWhatMattsWhat Member Posts: 1,643
    Paperballpark said:
    I'm curious to know what #10252 will be.
    Logic suggests it will be B.B.
    Maybe a modular Bed & Breakfast!
    tallblocktookiki180703
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark Member Posts: 4,270
    B.B.?
  • pharmjodpharmjod Member Posts: 2,916
    Big Ben I assume 
  • luckyrussluckyruss Member Posts: 872
    edited March 2016
    #10251 Brick Bank
    #10252 B... B...
    #10253 Big Ben
    MattsWhatRonyarkiki180703gmonkey76The_Mad_Vulcan
  • MattsWhatMattsWhat Member Posts: 1,643
    ^hey, at least one person got it.  That's not a bad score around here.
    tallblocktooRonyarSumoLegokiki180703gmonkey76The_Mad_VulcanJackad7
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    It was clever I thought anyways.  I did catch it before reading the explanation. 

    SumoLegokiki180703
  • PaperballparkPaperballpark Member Posts: 4,270
    Bl**dy B*ll*cks...
    SprinkleOtterJern92kiki180703The_Mad_Vulcan
  • fourstudfourstud Member Posts: 1,378
    luckyruss said:
    #10251 Brick Bank
    #10252 B... B...
    #10253 Big Ben
    Blue Beetle? 

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    wardmkiki180703Lego_Star
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    ^Not a chance but I for one would love it.
    fourstud
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,237
    CCC said:
    waynegg said:
    Yes, but I'm not certain a new carousel is coming. I asked her, not because she's a LEGO store employee but because she's had accurate insight in the past as an afol, if she new of anything new coming to the fairground theme and she said she'd heard a new carousel was coming soon.
    But not necessarily a new Grand Carousel? To me, the Mixer and the (original) Grand Carousel aren't really in the same league. The Ferris Wheel is closer, but not really. I could see a new carousel coming along in the theme, but not at the same level / part count as the original. If it was, the theme is jumping from ~ 1750 to 2500 to 3500 parts, so doubling in "size".

    I endorse the suggestion that any new Carousel would probably be a Mediocre/Barely Past Adequate Carousel.

    Woo-hoo!
    gmonkey76
  • tallblocktootallblocktoo Member Posts: 497
    Mediocre is better than none!  I mean if its anything like the Friends roller coaster than no thanks but I love my Ferris Wheel and if its as good as that I'd be happy. 
    SumoLegoVortexkiki180703gmonkey76
  • Pitfall69Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454
    The Ferris Wheel is great, but to make a great carousel, there has to be much more put into it. I would love non-brickbuilt animals, but I would imagine that would be more expensive than what we got with the Grand Carousel. A carousel is definitely not out of the realm of possibility, but I am sure most of us will be disappointed with a sub-par carousel. 
    dougts
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,237
    Disappointed... but probably still buying one...
    Jenni
  • HokieJoe99HokieJoe99 Member Posts: 351
    The way things are going, the set will have about 2000 pieces with about a third dedicated to the obligatory helicopter and the rest used to make half of a carousel so we have to buy 2 mediocre carousels to get a full circle. 
  • VortexVortex Member Posts: 342
    edited March 2016
    Too much pessimism going around here. The recent trend by Lego has been one of the " The Great, The Okay, The Ugly "

     The Ferris Wheel , I felt was one of the recent greats. I see no reason why they will not follow it with a great Carousel. The ability is there clearly and so is the fact that TLG is getting bolder in the recent 2 years about making really high piece count( even if they are getting a bit smaller, the pieces ) sets. 

    I see them very capable of dishing out a "Better" designed ,more stable Carrousel in the count range of 2800 with lights or music brick and chucking it in the USD $280 Bat cave bracket.

    Also any moderately good Carousel is better than none just like the Falcons. Win win ?

    Whatever it may be though , one thing is certain , the words uttered by one employee are gaining steam here :)
    KazJYlegomentalpharmjod
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,237
    ^ We'd eventually get around to speculating about it (or the next fairground Creator set) between now and the end of April anyway.

    We've been pre-emotive speculating about the 2017 modular for months already...
    pharmjodkiki180703
  • gmonkey76gmonkey76 Member Posts: 1,833
    If LEGO continues the "fairground" theme I can see the small carousel you see at kiddie/town fairs in the USA. It will be small and able to be moved on a truck. My favorite from when I was little was the one with cars and motorcycles. So here I my ultimate version for a set. 

    A carousel with helicopters, cars, and motorcycles. A lighthouse ticket booth, and a hot dog/sausage cart.
    BumblepantsPitfall69SumoLegoricecakelegomentalkiki180703Ronyar
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,237
    SumoLego said:
    We've been pre-emotive speculating about the 2017 modular for months already...
    Pre-emptive.  Thank you auto-correct.
  • Pitfall69Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454
    edited March 2016
    ^Sausage fingers?

    I just saw the trailer for the new movie "Sausage Party" ...funny :)
    catwranglerkiki180703MynattNeilCrosbyfourstudSumoLego
  • piratemania7piratemania7 Member Posts: 2,146
    When is this supposed to be released?  I hope the music box is included and updated with some modern songs, let's go Taylor swift! 
  • TheLoneTensorTheLoneTensor Member Posts: 3,937
    Contact your nearest Lego store employee for further details.
    kiki180703bgl_84
  • Jern92Jern92 Member Posts: 893
    Image popped up on Facebook half an hour ago. smaller than the Grand Carousel with rather subdued colors, presumably to match the existing fairground sets. Still looks pretty cool though
    SumoLegosid3windrJennirock99rockkiki180703
  • SumoLegoSumoLego Member Posts: 15,237
    Bonus points for resurrecting this zombie thread!
    sid3windrsnowhitiekiki180703
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    Yeah I read the first post and was like, woah, Lego employee now confirmed it too, then I saw the date. Still, I'm so getting this because the old one is out of my wallet's reach now... :( :)
  • mh3490mh3490 Member Posts: 329
    Link... pic... anything plz
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    I've been looking too, can't find. But it's not allowed on this forum anyway. :)
  • iso3200iso3200 Member Posts: 2,065
    edited April 2017
    Nice, but not very grand at all is it? I'll reserve judgement until we see better pics. Looks a bit more solid though.
    fourstudkiki180703
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,727
    edited April 2017
    reddit.com/r/lego/ > First Look at the new Creator Carousel submitted by Amoeba Pig
    gmonkey76kiki180703
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,727
    I was fully expecting to be able to ignore this one but man, that looks fun. I think my girls especially would like it.
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    Here I was looking at the legoleaks reddit, while it was wide open in the lego one. Thanks @Bumblepants ! Seems to be 32x32 now instead of the 48x48 of the old one, that's awesome for my layout. :)
  • stevecook132stevecook132 Member Posts: 112
    Counting studs, I think the size of the green base is 40x40 with the corners cut off. I think it looks quite nice and will appear in the middle of quite a few Modular cities :)
  • MattDawsonMattDawson Member Posts: 1,492

    stevecook132 said:

    Counting studs, I think the size of the green base is 40x40 with the corners cut off. I think it looks quite nice and will appear in the middle of quite a few Modular cities :)


    Agreed - it looked to be 12 studs to the centre line from the start of the 'cutout', and the cutout itself is an 8 stud by 8 stud triangle. It's also built on plates rather than an actual base plate...
  • redarmyredarmy Member Posts: 741
    Where's the helipad?
    Bumblepantsgmonkey76SumoLegokiki180703
  • IstokgIstokg Member Posts: 2,366
    Wow... a 40x40 baseplate.... it has be 45 years since that size baseplate was produced... only by USA Samsonite from 1971-72......

    https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=bb40&in=S
    pharmjodkiki180703
  • sid3windrsid3windr Member Posts: 1,460
    Are you sure the cut corner is 8 studs? Then you're right, as I also count 24 + 2 cut corners :)
  • BumblepantsBumblepants Member Posts: 7,727

    Istokg said:

    Wow... a 40x40 baseplate.... it has be 45 years since that size baseplate was produced... only by USA Samsonite from 1971-72......

    https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=bb40&in=S


    It is plates adjacent to one another in this case though. Not a true baseplate. Would've been cool though.
    SumoLegokiki180703
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