The Brick Fan just posted that Hungarian site, Kockamania, has reported two more Minecraft sets will be designed and released in the future. To clarify, this is not another production run but two newly designed sets which will complement the original one as extenstions.

 

Here's the article on The Brick Fan.

 

Considering how bare bones simple the original Minecraft set was, I wonder how exactly could they offer something different than before?

Will they ship enough stock for the demand?

"The Village" and "The Nether"

Here are the high resolution images of the sets.

 

Here is The Brick Fan article for the two new Minecraft sets Darth Lego posted images for above me.

Oh, and here are a few more images as well.

Hmm, I must say. The boxes make the set look a lot better than the actual build.

I got a couple on sale but I caved and returned them.  I just don't understand these enough.  I have doubts about the future of this line for resale purposes in the short term.  I don't think Lego is going to make the same mistake twice and underestimate the popularity.

I got a couple on sale but I caved and returned them.  I just don't understand these enough.  I have doubts about the future of this line for resale purposes in the short term.  I don't think Lego is going to make the same mistake twice and underestimate the popularity.

 

Did you buy the two new ones, Sadowk1?  Or the original CUUSOO?

I really like the original minecraft set but does anyone agree with me that these new ones aren't as good?

I never understood this until my son got the game on Xbox and I have played it a bit.  I now think they are pretty ingenious little microscale sets that a person probably shouldn't be without at least a couple down the road.  Minecraft, for as dumb as you may think it is, is extremely popular with kids that are of Lego age and AFOLS alike. I don't have any of the original yet, but plan on buying a couple during September to make them even cheaper with my VIP points and polybags. 

it is not labelled as a Cuusoo theme!!!....but numbers follow on from the other Cuusoo sets.

They look good to me - we're a family of Minecraft geeks. I'll get another 5 of each, so that'll be one set for our personal display collection and four sets to let age awhile.

Does anyone think this will devalue 21102 even further? I ask as I was silly enough to buy 5 of these VERY mass produced sets.

With these new minecraft sets coming out I think the value of the original one will go down at least for now!

http://brickultra.com/lego-minecraft-village-and-nether-set-box-images/

 

 

I just don't like them.  The original set was ok, but these I just don't like.

The allure of Minecraft is the ability to design and build anything you can imagine in the gamespace, from a house to a Starship Enterprise. I doubt many players would be satisfied with environments that looked like these sets. The two mediums definitely share similarities, but frankly Lego is well short of the mark set by Minecraft here. I'll pass.

I think the Minecraft sets are ugly little things, but that doesn't mean I won't flip the shiz out of 'em.

Hi everybody, do you think they will be a good invstment? Thanks

I know some will disagree, but I think the original 21002 sets are great investments.  Look at how well they sell on eBay and Amazon - they're the top 2-3 sets sold every month on both sites!  It has been this way for the last 4-5 months.  People love this set, and I don't see this cooling any time soon.

 

I would grab a few of the original ones, and wait on the new ones.  I don't think there will be another run on the new sets like the first MC release last year (TLC has to have learned their lesson from the first), so I think they'll likely have plenty in hand when they're released to avoid the dreaded "OOS" a week after its release.  That said, you never know with this theme - everyone here knows its popularity.

 

Also, with Minecraft becoming an official Lego theme now, I have to believe the new sets will be around for at least 14 months, if not longer.

I'm excited for the new sets! Should be great buys!

Thanks! In U.S. Is it possible to buy cuusoo sets only online or are they available in stores also?

I don't this so.  Lego know how many minecraft sets have sold and will adapt accordingly to the next waves.  If you are the first to get them you might make some money, but I don't think they will make the same mistake twice.

My only question on this is that video games seem to go in and out of fashion...quickly.  So you might be sitting on a bunch of minecraft sets and all the sudden people stop playing it and move on to something else.  Then you are left holding a bunch of sets that no one really wants.  I am starting to see less angry birds stuff, and my son wanted a new back pack.  Maybe Minecraft is different, I don't know a ton about it, but that would be my concern.

I think I would say for the most part that we should all wait and see.

 

Obviously right now, if you have discounts, these are easy quick flips. But it really depends on how long they are out. If they discontinue them before the game loses popularity, they will be some serious money in the bank. If not - they may peter out.

Thanks! In U.S. Is it possible to buy cuusoo sets only online or are they available in stores also?

 

It is considered an "Exclusive", so they are sold through Lego S@H and Lego Stores.  Some have seen them available at select ToysRUs stores, and they have been available on Amazon.  Target.com and Walmart.com sell it, although Target is listed $15 over MSRP, while Walmart is OOS.

My only question on this is that video games seem to go in and out of fashion...quickly.  So you might be sitting on a bunch of minecraft sets and all the sudden people stop playing it and move on to something else.  Then you are left holding a bunch of sets that no one really wants.  I am starting to see less angry birds stuff, and my son wanted a new back pack.  Maybe Minecraft is different, I don't know a ton about it, but that would be my concern.

I don't know of very many video games with as large of a following as Minecraft that just lost a fan base?

 

I thought Pokemon lost its popularity after my generation, but it turns out that it is still cranking right along.

Minecraft and Angry Birds are not comparable - Minecraft has a large, loyal, long-time fanbase to go with the new young crowd of kids discovering it now, where Angry Birds is a flash in the pan comet, like the video version of Beanie Babies.