Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Saturday, September 29, 2012

BIG LEGO Train Surprise! 10233 Horizon Express

10233_box1_na by fbtb
10233_box1_na, a photo by fbtb on Flickr.
HOT OFF THE PRESS:

LEGO has JUST unveiled cover art for a new skilled train set! This looks a lot like the TGV in France.

More info:
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=74649

Price to Piece ratio is affordable, at under 10 cents a part. I think having this as part of Creator is brilliant as it is indeed one of those types of sets.

If you ask me, I find it one of the most beautiful sets ever produced. Very realistic, sleek, and modern. I will be getting this for Christmas!

Saturday, September 15, 2012

2013 January City Sets

This thread on EB has written information about the more-or-less confirmed January releases for the city line:

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=74000

With all due respect, LEGO... Why fire and police...again? I understand SWAT is a new look at things but already the agents line looks SWAT enough. All that this Fire, then Police, then Fire strategy is going to lead to is so much redundancy that will lead to virtually no sales. Kids turning 11 years old today would already be exposed to two maybe three fire stations since they met the 5 year old age group, starting from the 2005 Fire Station to the 2007 then the 2010 or 11 (I don't even remember!).

The only plus about the police line is that there will be a different series of sets. Instead of having a full station there will be a Museum Heist... that reminds me of LEGO Studios in 2001 with the bank set. The chase is interesting but we've seen similar sets in the past.

Now the great vehicles are OK this year. I appreciate the updates to the Tow Truck (from 2009) and the Cement Truck (from 2007) but another fuel truck, and a shorter one at that isn't necessary. If I were LEGO I would invest more into a delivery truck/van, city bus, food truck or the like. In that sense, I agree with what Klaus-Dieter opined in page three.

I hope and duly hope that in the summer of this coming year that we see some variety. If LEGO took to doing buildings such as a supermarket, post office, or corporate office, then maybe there would be interest in those. I do expect to see new LEGO trains in 2013 maybe in the summer even though the cargo train came out in 2011.

It seems like the City line is not being taken to its full potential... Not such a great move, LEGO.