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Just seeing this now over on Brickset. Not as good as the Toy Workshop IMHO, but still a pretty cool set, and one that will make another great addition on a winter village layout. 

 

Edited October 20, 201411 yr by jaisonline
updated title. also added a poll.

Yeah, I was hoping for it to pair well with the Santa's Workshop like the first one did, but this one is still pretty neat.

looks like the extra poly bag they forgot to put in Winter village carnival.

I like everything except those 'hockey sticks'...

perfect little giveaway / promo set.  compliments just about any Winter set.

 

regarding the hockey sticks, they would look better once the flat 1x1 tile are removed. 

I like everything except those 'hockey sticks'...

i thought it might be curling brooms.

Edited October 20, 201411 yr by cladner

Perhaps the intent is that the girl is curling, not playing ice hockey 

Those are Wooden Japanese Sake cups.
Not impress with this one. 
The elves promo will do much better.

I think the Toy Workshop promo is better too, unless somebody spots some rare piece here.

i thought it might be curling brooms.

Perhaps the intent is that the girl is curling, not playing ice hockey 

Ya no kidding guys! Only thing is the net, looks like Lego couldn`t decide haha. 

 

 

perfect little giveaway / promo set.  compliments just about any Winter set.

 

regarding the hockey sticks, they would look better once the flat 1x1 tile are removed. 

The next part Lego needs to invent is that 1x1 Modified tile with clip, but convert it to a flat tile on top so it is still 1x1x1, instead of 1x1x2 like it is now with the other piece. That would be ideal for this type of usage. Better yet they could invent an entirely new piece shaped like a hockey stick, but I don`t see that happening any time soon. Would be awesome though, either piece that is. 

There's already a hockey stick piece. Came with the hockey player CMF.

It's cute. I'll probably just buy one so I can add it to my village. But nothing fancy, and I'm a little disappointed.

I like it.

 

It will fit perfectly with the frozen pond of the 10216 WV bakery.

 

There's already a hockey stick piece. Came with the hockey player CMF.

It's cute. I'll probably just buy one so I can add it to my village. But nothing fancy, and I'm a little disappointed.

 

 

yup.  pretty cool minifig from series 4 i believe

 

It is what it is, but I'd rather have twice as tall snowy hill for (2) sled(s) OR twice as big ice rink. Not a fan of half hill, half rink design

Edited October 20, 201411 yr by Darth_Raichu

Yeah .... it looks weak.........the more I look at it the more I'm a little disappointed. Maybe they should have chose one theme (ice or snowy hill) and stuck with it. 

I don't like it.  I thought it would have been smarter to make it interconnect with the first one in some way.  It would have forced me to buy 7 of the new version to pair them.  

On the positive note, I will not be rushing to the stores during that week.

I`m definitely ordering more Toy Workshops before the month is out, was planning to wait for this promo, but honestly it`s highly unlikely to be a huge seller, and definitely not more than the Toy Workshop. That said I still think it`s decently cool, albeit underwhelming, especially when I`m sure most of us were hoping for something much better. Now is the better time to buy especially with X2 VIP. Disappointing, oh well, always next year. 

 

Wonder if we`ll get X3 VIP over Black Friday again this year?

yup.  pretty cool minifig from series 4 i believe

 

Ah! Forgot about that one. What possible reason could Lego have for not including it then? Seems odd, other than to bump up piece count, but come on, that is just lame. 

They are clearly playing Broomball!

I don't like it. I thought it would have been smarter to make it interconnect with the first one in some way. It would have forced me to buy 7 of the new version to pair them.

Yup, with how connected 2011 and 2013 sets were, I was hoping TLC would have followed the same pattern. Perhaps this year TLC purposedly changed things up to be more unpredictable (heavily alluding to other thread/set) ;) ;)

Excellent, everyone hates it. SLEEPER!

In retrospect, there were signs pointing to set 1 not having any connection to set 2. Where were my detective skills when I needed it ? :(

Well, as a result of this announcement, I placed an order this morning for another Santa's Workshop, some holiday sets, 2x VIP and another Elf Set.  I think the Elf Set and Santa's Worshop might flip with this holiday season.  I'll probably only get one of set #2 when I use my VIP $$$ next month.

Disappointing. I guess there will be a big move on the elf sets now.

Weak for display but nice playability. Kids will enjoy it.

The black lamp post is the only thing I like about it.