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London Toy Fair 2017

CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
edited January 2017 in Collecting
Just thought we could have a general thread about the event that starts tomorrow

Where all the new LEGO sets are presented but none of us get to see them! 


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  • William_TownsleyWilliam_Townsley Perth, Scotland Member Posts: 880
    What's expected to be presented tomorrow? 
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    edited January 2017
    When can we see something to do with the speculated city jungle theme?
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    William_Townsley said:
    What's expected to be presented tomorrow? 
    I would assume LEGO's new wave of sets for the year. Most of them.
    AllBrick said:
    When can we see something to do with the speculated city jungle theme?
    See? Nuremberg at the earliest I bet
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 United KingdomAdministrator Posts: 2,298
    No press will be attending the event, only buyers. I therefore doubt that any information will be released as it has been in past years.
  • Ma1234Ma1234 Member Posts: 693
    Lot's of summer LEGO City set pictures already leaked (preliminaries), so Jungle could leak any day now. 
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    edited January 2017
    Ma1234 said:
    Lot's of summer LEGO City set pictures already leaked (preliminaries), so Jungle could leak any day now. 
    Funny you say that, the biggest Jungle set was just posted on the internet. 

    CapnRex101 said:
    No press will be attending the event, only buyers. I therefore doubt that any information will be released as it has been in past years.
    Really? That stinks
    starwars4everClutchPower
  • Pumpkin_3CK5Pumpkin_3CK5 CaliforniaMember Posts: 785
    ^Is it the set with the plane crash site,  ruins and three vehicles? I'm just glad one of them is a helicopter. 
    CM4SflordSumoLegoYodalicious
  • Ma1234Ma1234 Member Posts: 693
    Oh wow really like ke what I see with the that jungle set! 
  • MattDawsonMattDawson Solihull, UKMember Posts: 1,230
    Also bear in mind Nuremberg is just over a week away...
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    CM4S said:
    Ma1234 said:
    Lot's of summer LEGO City set pictures already leaked (preliminaries), so Jungle could leak any day now. 
    Funny you say that, the biggest Jungle set was just posted on the internet. 
    I have looked and searched to no avail :(..
  • Gruff666Gruff666 United KingdomMember Posts: 213
    It's on 4chan ^
    SeanTheCollector
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,647
    ^Oh. Well after trying to decipher that site I am officially feeling old. I give up.
    AllBrickgmonkey76pharmjodYodalicious
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    @Bumblepants - In the same boat as you.
    Bumblepants
  • Pumpkin_3CK5Pumpkin_3CK5 CaliforniaMember Posts: 785
    @AllBrick @Bumblepants it's on tfw2005's Lego thread if you still haven't found it. 
    AllBrick
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    Pumpkin_3CK5 said:
    @AllBrick @Bumblepants it's on tfw2005's Lego thread if you still haven't found it. 
    Yep, found it, I think Bumblepants found it too.

    3 words, feed me Seymour.
  • stluxstlux LuxembourgMember Posts: 2,365
    @Pumpkin_3CK5 @AllBrick I think I found the site, but didn't see any pictures/link to pictures. Any chance you could post a direct link in the Leaks thread?
  • Gruff666Gruff666 United KingdomMember Posts: 213
    ^ now on reddit lego leaks 
  • Pumpkin_3CK5Pumpkin_3CK5 CaliforniaMember Posts: 785
    edited January 2017
    @stluxhttp://www.tfw2005.com/boards/forums/the-toyark.305/ is it okay to post a link to a bunch of threads? 
    MattDawsonstluxpharmjod
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,647
    Will be interesting to see if the bear remains or is a stand-in for a new animal mold. A jungle cat seems much more suited to the theme.
    catwrangler
  • Gruff666Gruff666 United KingdomMember Posts: 213
    It looks like a panther
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    edited January 2017
    Bumblepants said:
    Will be interesting to see if the bear remains or is a stand-in for a new animal mold. A jungle cat seems much more suited to the theme.
    Certain bears are jungle dwellers, not grizzlies though.

    Reminds me of the Monty Python Tiger in Africa joke.

    Gruff666 said:
    It looks like a panther
    I hope you're right.
    MattDawson
  • DougTemplarDougTemplar Edinburgh, ScotlandMember Posts: 602
    I'm assuming that there is no access for Brickset folks to go spying on other lines for me is there?

  • MaffyDMaffyD West YorkshireMember Posts: 2,822
    4chan is awful on mobile. Found the picture though. Confirmed it has nothing I want, so far. But it's really trying - that old aeroplane looks really atmospheric! And the plants...
    MattDawson
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    edited January 2017
    The yellow blobs blanking stuff out, monkey, bird, fish?
  • PoMoPinkPoMoPink UKMember Posts: 275
    I can't access 4chan from work as it's blocked reason pornography :(
    CM4SMattDawson
  • rdflegordflego in a world of his ownMember Posts: 324
    edited January 2017
    Am I right in thinking that there's only been two rumours to come out of the Toy Fair today; the City set and the Star Wars Advent Calendar?
  • CapnRex101CapnRex101 United KingdomAdministrator Posts: 2,298
    @rdflego - Press are not permitted to enter the LEGO stand so we won't be hearing any rumours from the toy fair this year. The images which are doing the rounds originate from a retailer catalogue.
    rdflego
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 19,303
    There's going to be a SW advent calendar? That's a shock.
    OrmskirkBricksgmonkey76
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    Hmm.

    Looks like @CapnRex101 is right. It's been awfully quiet. 


  • willobee498willobee498 CanadalandMember Posts: 349
    The City jungle theme better give some nods to Adventurers! 
  • OndraOndra Member Posts: 74
    What have they got in there, King Kong?
  • AllBrickAllBrick UKMember Posts: 1,430
    Its a risk but *drops box and runs off*
    catwrangler
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    Update:

    Star Wars and Super Heroes were not there because LEGO is getting 'frustrated with leaks'


    ClutchPowerBumblepantsFireheartAdeelZubair
  • OndraOndra Member Posts: 74
    CM4S said:
    Update:

    Star Wars and Super Heroes were not there because LEGO is getting 'frustrated with leaks'


    Well, I would rather close factory in China ...
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,647
    CM4S said:
    Update:

    Star Wars and Super Heroes were not there because LEGO is getting 'frustrated with leaks'


    Yeah it is really out of control this year. It is one thing for the March sets to be uncovered but I don't remember summer sets like the Elves and Nexo stuff, not to mention advent calendars, leaking as early as January before. Usually the toy fairs are the first sniff at any of that stuff.
  • FireheartFireheart Suffolk, UKMember Posts: 613
    Does this mean that they will not be at the Nuremberg Toy Fair either ? And what about the NY Toy Fair? 
  • CCCCCC UKMember Posts: 19,303
    CM4S said:
    Update:

    Star Wars and Super Heroes were not there because LEGO is getting 'frustrated with leaks'


    I think this is a good idea, even from a fan's perspective. 

    Look back at some previous London Toy Fair reports. Descriptions of what people remember about partially complete sets they saw, with stand in plain or generic minfigures. I'd rather wait for lego to officially release images when ready, rather than have second hand descriptions of sets that were not complete or ready. Also there have been some people covertly photographing or videoing them and then releasing the footage online, and we know this can lead to fakers getting their versions out before the official release date for LEGO. 
    FireheartAllBrickMynattcheshirecatAdeelZubairdspigelcatwranglerClutchPower
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    Ondra said:
    CM4S said:
    Update:

    Star Wars and Super Heroes were not there because LEGO is getting 'frustrated with leaks'


    Well, I would rather close factory in China ...
    I think a certain customizing Delta could be to blame.. but who knows 
  • MattDawsonMattDawson Solihull, UKMember Posts: 1,230
    I think the easiest thing would be to replace catalogues with price lists, with maybe a few interspersed images or 'stats' tables, with images being already released items featured in the catalogue or only available via a video loop at special events with restrictions on photography.
  • DEAD1974DEAD1974 Dark Side Member Posts: 23
    I am not an expert of course, but all the leaks are possible only from inside, so if the LEGO is so frustrating by them, why don't they fire the employees who did it...
  • arathemisarathemis sometimes here, sometimes thereMember Posts: 387
    edited January 2017
    ^ How would they know who did it? They won`t fire 100 guys, cause one of the leaked something...
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    There were two pictures of some Star Wars sets at a private show I don't think any of us were supposed to know exists posted online about a month ago.. I don't imagine it was that hard to track down who took those and fire them.. 
  • binaryeyebinaryeye USMember Posts: 1,734
    DEAD1974 said:
    I am not an expert of course, but all the leaks are possible only from inside, so if the LEGO is so frustrating by them, why don't they fire the employees who did it...
    It seems most of the leaks are from retailer catalogs, no?
  • MynattMynatt OH/NYMember Posts: 597
    I wonder if the next Technic supercar will be revealed at one of the future toy fairs like the porsche with the black and white stickers or if it will only be revealed when its a completed model with the official press release.

    Just finished building the porsche and found it to be an excellent build, can't wait to see what follows!
  • cakeinmilkcakeinmilk London, UKMember Posts: 33
    I think the ban on media at this year's Toy Fair could well be because last year Lego ordered sites to take down their news because it was all embargoed (this information definitely wasn't given at the Fair, though). I know BrickFanatics and Brickset were asked to take material down.

    There's been previous years when the super secret stuff was hidden behind curtains only the big retailers could get a look at anyway, but I don't think anything leaked then.

    The official line was that they have a smaller stall this year so wanted to focus more on their retailers. This is true - they had a much smaller space upstairs on the balcony.
  • DougTemplarDougTemplar Edinburgh, ScotlandMember Posts: 602
    What surprises me in all of this is why LEGO need to show anything at all to Major Retailers etc - they are likely to buy it whatever it is surely.
    sid3windrJugga
  • monkeyhangermonkeyhanger Member Posts: 2,976
    Maybe the secrecy is due to them having nothing substantial to show (Attack on Endor UCS, comprised of lots of little sets we've seen before. ;) - I hope not.
    CM4Scatwrangler
  • CM4SCM4S United StatesMember Posts: 1,364
    monkeyhanger said:
    Maybe the secrecy is due to them having nothing substantial to show (Attack on Endor UCS, comprised of lots of little sets we've seen before. ;) - I hope not.
    You are correct ;)

    Attack on Endor would be fine as long as we didn't get an Ewok set the same time!
  • SumoLegoSumoLego New YorkMember Posts: 13,448
    I suppose an Attack on Endor wouldn't have any Ewoks or notable Rebel Alliance members.  Just two guys with a blaster...
    Bumblepantsgmonkey76Lobot
  • BumblepantsBumblepants DFWMember Posts: 6,647
    edited January 2017
    ^But there will be a watchtower not seen in the films just because.
    gmonkey76CM4SLobotDedgeckostarwars4everMynattSumoLego
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