If there was a set from discontinued line that was never made but you wish it was, what would it be?

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• CCC Member Posts: 20,556

  November 2016

  Minas Tirith for me.

  

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• prevere Member Posts: 2,923

  November 2016

  Key scenes from the last few Potter movies.
  

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,241

  November 2016

  PotC - Flying Dutchman.  No doubt.

  

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• madforLEGO Member Posts: 10,836

  November 2016

  I guess Im thinking 'old school' but Blacktron I - Monorail set.
  
  

  SumoLego said:

  PotC - Flying Dutchman.  No doubt.

  
  It could pop up for the next PoTC movie line.
  

  

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• natro220 Member Posts: 545

  November 2016

  I agree with Minas Tirith.  My only explanation is that they anticipated the theme would sell better, and Minas Tirith was planned as a later set, maybe even UCS or that size.  I think it might have worked had Lego acquired the license when the original movies were in theaters.  They would have pumped out sets in multiple waves over 3 years and no doubt they would have sold much better then.  They could have even anchored it with a big D2C Rivendell for Fellowship, kept the Tower of Orthanc for Two Towers, and then Minas Tirith for Return of the King.

  I know someone will respond that The Hobbit was in theaters when sets came out and they didn't seem to sell all that well either.  Well, The Hobbit movies were not nearly as well received as LotR was in its day (the last movie won the best picture Oscar).

  The one impediment I see with why Lego didn't pursue the license then was Harry Potter.  2001-2004 - the years LotR was popular and in theaters - was also the years the first 3 Harry Potter movies were in theaters, and the first Harry Potter sets were on shelves.

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• davee123 Member Posts: 864

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  #3817 Flying Dutchman
  http://brickset.com/sets/3817-1/The-Flying-Dutchman
  
  
  I don't see the problem.
  
  DaveE
  

  

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• piratemania7 Member Posts: 2,146

  November 2016

  In terms of Classic Pirate sets - I think TLG really made the rounds, great Pirate bases and ships - great solider bases and ships - I guess the only thing that would have been cool is a large scale "treasure island" type set.  I've always had the idea of MOCing a large scale island/pirate port one day...

  

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• ImABrickManNow Member Posts: 270

  November 2016

  Any set from the original Adventures line,as those were a little before my time.
  

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,779

  November 2016

  The last wave of Exo-Force, the original models for Alien Conquest, the Shadow Toa from Bionicle, the British Cities from Pirates...
  

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• flord Member Posts: 797

  November 2016

  I would wish for a UCS Battle of Hoth.

  

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• VorpalRyu Member Posts: 2,318

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  While I don't collect much in the way of SW, there is one thing I would really want, will likely never be: the Ebon Hawk, as a predecessor of sorts to the Falcon, one approximately to the scale of the current MF to display along side it.

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• Bumblepants Member Posts: 7,728

  November 2016

  Minas Tirith for sure. Not only the lack of that setting but so many minifigs left out by not covering Gondor as well. 
  
  I would have also enjoyed Wolfpack getting another set or two to round them out a bit more. The last two Pirate lines didn't capture the magic of the old trading posts which is also regrettable.
  
  I also wish stand-alone Train cars and engines were still a thing. More sets like the BNSF locomotive for example.

  

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• catwrangler Member Posts: 1,895

  November 2016

  SprinkleOtter said:

  The last wave of Exo-Force, the original models for Alien Conquest, the Shadow Toa from Bionicle, the British Cities from Pirates...
  

  I went looking; is this what you mean? These seem to be prototypes rather than sets, but they're a lovely glimpse of what might have been. There's also a Flickr account linked in the thread that has some photos from a video shown at a convention - TLG apparently only let the images be shown because it's stuff they're never actually going to make...

  

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• paul_merton Member Posts: 2,967

  November 2016

  I'd have liked the "tank" from Indiana Jones to have been produced as a set.
  
  It probably would have been reasonably easy to convert it into a real Mark VIII tank, too.
  

  

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• eggshen Member Posts: 602

  November 2016

  SprinkleOtter said:

  ... the original models for Alien Conquest....
  

  Does anyone have high res images of these? I would love to moc the one I can find online, but the image is pretty bad and I can't really make it out. Are there others?

  

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• Redbullgivesuwind Member Posts: 2,140

  November 2016

  A pirate ship to rival the Imperial Flagship. I would buy it in a heartbeat.

  

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• LusiferSam Member Posts: 574

  November 2016

  As a big fan of classic Pirate and Castle there are a number of sets from that era I wish existed.
  
  Pirate wise, I always thought a pirate lighthouse would be cool.  For some reason I've always thought it would look cool to have the pirates have a lighthouse as a base.  Another one that they had elements of, but never really did was a "tavern" set for the pirate to be lazy in.  A Governors Mansion I thought could be a good Soldiers/Guards set.  Early on there was this whole big back story about a group of settlers, where were their sets?  There are so many great ideas here I don't even know where to start.
  
  In terms of Castle, there were a number of village type sets like 6041 and 6040 I thought should have been done.  A stables, mead hall and village square are ones that lead in my mind.  The Forestmen, Wolf Pack and Knight's Kingdom I were all subthemes I thought were too short.  I think Wolf Pack and the Bulls from KKI had more legs then what they were given.  A Bulls' castle or fortress would have been nice. As would other Wolf Pack fortress and some type of army builder set.  The Forestmen I felt could have gone on longer.  More carts or some type of sneak attack and a large castle ruins with trees growing out of it for them to occupy. 
  

  

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• Bitsyww2 Member Posts: 27

  November 2016

  Redbullgivesuwind said:

  A pirate ship to rival the Imperial Flagship. I would buy it in a heartbeat.

  THIS!!!!!!    
  Also:
  Shell cottage, The Ministry of Magic and Malfoy Manor from Harry Potter
  Battle packs, Minas Tirith and Rivendell from LOTR/The Hobbit
  
  I'd also like to see the forester/Robin Hood line make a comeback with some big tree fort sets that could be built seperately or tied together.
  
  

  

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• richl Member Posts: 246

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  I figured this might be a LOTR thread at heart...and yes, Minas Tirith is the standout. But I'd also have liked a Balrog...
  
  EDIT: Oh, and a Rohan soldier Battle Pack. The Battle of Helm's Deep is awfully one sided at the moment...
  
  And an Elf battle pack for the same reason, and then an Uruk Hai one because it's supposed to be pretty one-sided after all.

  

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• CCC Member Posts: 20,556

  November 2016

  We almost got a Rohan battle pack.
  
  Something else I would have likes is a MF Bride of Frankenstein type set.
  

  

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• bookmum Member Posts: 1,512

  November 2016

  I always thought fabuland should of had a canal barge or a traditional gipsy style caravan. 

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,241

  November 2016

  LusiferSam said:

  Pirate wise, I always thought a pirate lighthouse would be cool. 
  

  I want a Pirate Helicopter.  And a Pirate Landspeeder.

  

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• wardm Member Posts: 888

  November 2016

  SumoLego said:

  LusiferSam said:

  Pirate wise, I always thought a pirate lighthouse would be cool. 
  

  I want a Pirate Helicopter.  And a Pirate Landspeeder.

  Don't forget the Pirate Volcano (those seemed to be 'in' this year) 

  

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• MattDawson Member Posts: 1,492

  November 2016

  I'll leave this here..
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_Swp72LZM4
  

  

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• JudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,591

  November 2016

  I'll add a vote for a LoTR Minas Tirith and Bridge of Khazad-dûm with Balrog.

  

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• dragon114 Member Posts: 642

  November 2016

  the ninjago train

  

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• Jackad7 Member Posts: 555

  November 2016

  I feel like minas tirith is too big to fit the style they were making. The sets in that line were more geared for playability and there is no way you could make a playable and semi-scaled minis truth. I would have loved to see it in a form like the new disney collectors castle.

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• Scott1 Member Posts: 48

  November 2016

  Since there was a Skeleton warship and a Troll worship in the Fantasy Era Castle line, I think a Crown Knights galley or trireme would have been pretty cool. 

  

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• CCC Member Posts: 20,556

  November 2016

  Jackad7 said:

  I feel like minas tirith is too big to fit the style they were making. The sets in that line were more geared for playability and there is no way you could make a playable and semi-scaled minis truth. I would have loved to see it in a form like the new disney collectors castle.

  I didn't have to be the whole city, just like the Mines of Moria wasn't the whole mine and The Council of Elrond wasn't the entire Rivendell.
  

  

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• Bumblepants Member Posts: 7,728

  November 2016

  Even a $30 chunk of white wall with a catapult/flick fire something alongside a few Gondor soldiers and a Faramir would have gone a long way.

  

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• CCC Member Posts: 20,556

  November 2016

  Or even a Gondor Soldier or two with Aragorn as king (as lego like repeating main characters) and a white tree or some other small build.
  
  

  

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• richl Member Posts: 246

  November 2016

  CCC said:

  Or even a Gondor Soldier or two with Aragorn as king (as lego like repeating main characters) and a white tree or some other small build.
  
  

  Add in a flaming John Noble and you have a winner!
  
  

  

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• LEGO_Dad77 Member Posts: 243

  November 2016

  LusiferSam said:

  As a big fan of classic Pirate and Castle there are a number of sets from that era I wish existed.
  
  Pirate wise, I always thought a pirate lighthouse would be cool.  For some reason I've always thought it would look cool to have the pirates have a lighthouse as a base.  Another one that they had elements of, but never really did was a "tavern" set for the pirate to be lazy in.  A Governors Mansion I thought could be a good Soldiers/Guards set.  Early on there was this whole big back story about a group of settlers, where were their sets?  There are so many great ideas here I don't even know where to start.
  
  In terms of Castle, there were a number of village type sets like 6041 and 6040 I thought should have been done.  A stables, mead hall and village square are ones that lead in my mind.  The Forestmen, Wolf Pack and Knight's Kingdom I were all subthemes I thought were too short.  I think Wolf Pack and the Bulls from KKI had more legs then what they were given.  A Bulls' castle or fortress would have been nice. As would other Wolf Pack fortress and some type of army builder set.  The Forestmen I felt could have gone on longer.  More carts or some type of sneak attack and a large castle ruins with trees growing out of it for them to occupy. 
  

  
  

  piratemania7 said:

  In terms of Classic Pirate sets - I think TLG really made the rounds, great Pirate bases and ships - great solider bases and ships - I guess the only thing that would have been cool is a large scale "treasure island" type set.  I've always had the idea of MOCing a large scale island/pirate port one day...

  @piratemania7, I finally ventured into this thread... was going to say pretty much exactly ^this. XD
  
  So now I'll just say.... AGREED. :)
  
  And to @LusiferSam, AGREED as well.

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,241

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  richl said:

  CCC said:

  Or even a Gondor Soldier or two with Aragorn as king (as lego like repeating main characters) and a white tree or some other small build.
  

  Add in a flaming John Noble and you have a winner!
  
  

  With some fresh tomatoes.  And a palantir.
  

  Bumblepants said:

  Even a $30 chunk of white wall with a catapult/flick fire something alongside a few Gondor soldiers and a Faramir would have gone a long way.

  Something along the lines of the Lake-Town or the Battle of the Five Armies sets.  That would have been better than the excessive amount of Hobbit sets.

  

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• ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101

  November 2016

  An american style steam locomotive from the defunct Creator Expert line. (Well, the Creator line is still on-going but apparently trains are dead.) 

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• MichaelSmith Member Posts: 13

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  The unreleased Hospital (1979) from the Town theme. But I've built one instead :) https://www.flickr.com/photos/128620745@N05/29151032442/in/album-72157657758656849/

  

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• piratemania7 Member Posts: 2,146

  November 2016

  You know what would have been cool is if the Western Theme back from the 1995-1997 era was expanded.  Some more rough and tumble scenes would have been nice.

  

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• natro220 Member Posts: 545

  November 2016

  ecmo47 said:

  An american style steam locomotive from the defunct Creator Expert line. (Well, the Creator line is still on-going but apparently trains are dead.) 

  
  I don't know if I'd call it dead...Horizon Express wasn't discontinued that long ago, just a couple years.  I bet they knew that the Holiday train was in the pipeline and didn't want to release another specialty train set that could cannibalize market share.  I would expect to see another nice Expert train in a couple more years, there are so many possibilities they could do with it.......

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• MattDawson Member Posts: 1,492

  November 2016

  Creator advanced trains are a little weird - Modern diesel, historic steam, retro electric... but if there was supposed to be another it should've come out in 2015... so it's a little late. Maybe it'll be unveiled next year?

  

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• PeteM Member Posts: 447

  November 2016

  With #31015 loosely referencing the Emerald Night, maybe #31054 hints at a nice A4 Pacific for the future? (Utterly wishful thinking I know....)

  

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• ecmo47 Member Posts: 2,101

  November 2016

  PeteM said:

  With #31015 loosely referencing the Emerald Night, maybe #31054 hints at a nice A4 Pacific for the future? (Utterly wishful thinking I know....)

  I like the way you think! I'd be on board for that.

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• Istokg Member Posts: 2,366

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  This is an interesting topic.... 
  
  I had always loved the old 1970s Hobby sets 390-398 (no 397).  There were 3 antique cars (Rolls, Cadillac, Renault) a Harley Davidson and Norton Motorcycles, a Formula 1 Racer, a U.S.S. Constellation tall ship, and a (396) Thatcher Perkins 1863 era western American locomotive set.
  
  I had always wondered what a likely rejected 397 model would have been?
  
  So I took the idea of the 396 Thatcher Perkins (USA) locomotive.....
  
  
  
  
  And basically made a European (German) train of the same era (no cow catcher there)... by flipping the 396 around and changing the color combinations..... to make a 397 "Werra Coburg" Locomotive... based on an about 150 year old German train line called the "Werrabahn", that followed mainly th Werra River valley.  Coburg (northern Bavaria) was one of the terminus's of the line, and it was where I was born, which is why I chose that name.... as a sort of book-end pair.
  
  
  
  Just an idea that never went very far.... ;-)
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Aanchir Member Posts: 3,043

  November 2016

  Well, it is a shame that Bionicle G2 never got a Makuta set, either of his original "mask maker" form or his transformed/corrupted form. And I'm sad that Exo-Force never had a proper battle machine for Hitomi, who was IMO one of the theme's most interesting characters.
  
  The main licensed theme that I felt never lived up to its fullest potential is Avatar: The Last Airbender. It only got two sets based on scenes from season one and none based on scenes from seasons two and three (since I didn't get into the show until later on I never ended up getting any of the sets). The season one sets were somewhat poorly realized, and we never got sets of iconic subjects like Aang's flying bison, Appa.
  

  

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• dougts Member Posts: 4,110

  November 2016 edited November 2016

  CCC said:

  We almost got a Rohan battle pack.
  
  Something else I would have likes is a MF Bride of Frankenstein type set.
  

  The LOTR series was the PERFECT theme for battle packs - just crying out for them:
  - elves
  - dwarves
  - orcs
  - gondor soldiers 
  - Rohan horsemen/soldiers (maybe two mijiigigs with horses two without per pack)
  - mordor soldiers 
  
  just a huge missed used opportunity to sell a ton of mini figures. People would have bought dozens and dozens each 
  
  LEGO really took the entirely wrong approach with LOTR. They treated it like every other normal kid based theme, which was a poor understanding of the audience.  What they should have done instead was to do about half as many sets, but make them all medium to large size covering all the main locations, then augment with $20-$25 mini figure packs to fill out armies. 
  

  

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• CCC Member Posts: 20,556

  November 2016

  ^ Yes. I imagine they saw The Hobbit as a kids' film, and they only seemed to do LOTR to get The Hobbit (if not, why not do it earlier when LOTR was more current), so LOTR became a kids' theme too. But even then, they could have done battle packs like in SW, castle, etc.
  

  

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,779

  November 2016

  Aanchir said:

  Well, it is a shame that Bionicle G2 never got a Makuta set, either of his original "mask maker" form or his transformed/corrupted form. And I'm sad that Exo-Force never had a proper battle machine for Hitomi, who was IMO one of the theme's most interesting characters.
  

  I know- Hitomi was more interesting that three out of four of the theme's main four pilots. It's arguable that she is more interesting that Takeshi, and I wouldn't argue against it.
  
  She was so interesting, in fact, that Pacific Rim just took her out of Exo-Force, and plopped her into their story...
  
  In the story, she commonly hijacked piloted the Blazing Falcon. Why they put Ryo in that set, I'll never know.
  

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