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Recently built these two with my daughter.

What baloney, obviously we all know the new Castle should look like this: ETA (dang it, my pic looks decent. I really tried to make it look bad )

Why are we talking about this foolishness? Are people really that bored?

It could be a stunning set if done correctly. It could be the next Taj Mahal if taken seriously and designed for adult tastes.

I can't claim credit for this, but my 6 year old built this while I was at work this morning. Its the attack on the Second death star with an x wing flying into the superstructure with the Millennium Falcon and some star destroyers, tie fighters, a tie bomber, a tie defender, and a random z95 helping out. I was impressed!

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=122532&st=25#entry2534055 Over at Eurobricks, CM4SCI posted a source revealed the next direct to consumer (aka "exclusive") will be Cinderella's Castle. Brickfan reports it will contain minifigs (not the doll-like ones from Princess and Friends). Maybe a Sept, release... By the way, I found this page at brickset. I expect it will be based on the castle at Disney World or the 2015 movie. Likely the WDW version I also think this set will be huge if the design Is better than the last 3 2016 D2C sets. Disneymania will sweep through the LEGO community. http://brickset.com/sets/71040-1/Disney-Cinderella-Castle

Finally doing a big Lego build day with 2 friends tomorrow. I'm building 71016 (Kwik-e-Mart), one friend is building 76052 (60s Batcave), and the other is going all-out and building 75827 (Ghostbusters Firehouse) Should be a long, fun day!

Although a mini or micro version of the Cinderella's Castle would be cool, this would have to be a $400 set to do it justice. Let's face it, Cinderella's Castle is about as iconic as it gets with Disney, so why cheese out? I'm sure many of you that have visited Disney World/Land realize it is a vacation for the wealthy, with a stay in a Disney resort easily exceeding $5000.00 for a week for a small family. If people can afford $5000.00 or more for a Disney vacation, they can afford $500.00 for a set that could be considered the "ultimate souvenir." Price is not the issue with this set. My gut tells me it would be so successful, that if done correctly, it would never retire...

The picture of the VW Beetle isn't even LEGO...

This is what I have been waiting for since the minifigure series was announced. Castle, some rides, stands etc.. full blown disney world in my lego city..hopefully someday. If this castle comes true and it's park style I will be so excited, this would be my families number 1 choice for anything in lego LEGO Disney Cinderella Castle (71040) Rumored to be Released in September http://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-disney-cinderella-castle-71040-rumored-to-be-released-in-september/

We built this set over the weekend. I think it's a big winner. Really genius that they selected it. My son has spend the whole weekend off and on building new mazes. It just fits the Lego mindset so brilliantly. Then the little bastard made a covered maze where you can only see the start and finish spots. That is frustrating let me tell you.

I've been buying small things for us to build - like Speed Champions sets or Angry Birds sets - put nothing investment lately.

Well, we all know this ain't happening.

I thought the same about the UCS Assault on Hoth before the first pictures of that set showed up.

I'm not really a seller, I fall under the 'mint in box collector' category. If I happen to buy a kit that ends up being worth £1000s then I'll sell it, otherwise I'm quite happy just collecting.

I agree $299 seems about the highest realistic price point. But that price does enable 2500-3500 pieces in the build. In general, we tend to see the license fee pull the piece counts down relative to retail price, but on the other hand Lego sometimes pushes piece counts up on large sets (e.g. 500 tan cheese in Tower Bridge). I saw this comment over on Brickset, but I tend to agree -- my biggest fear for this set is whether the scale is minifig or architectural. The rumor is that it will come with at least one figure. If that's true, it seems highly likely that the set will include play features like some fold open sections, Cinderella's bedroom, etc. I'm really hoping that they let Jamie Berard design this one, or at least have a heavy influence. If we end up with an oversized version of the current Princess castle sets, it will be a garbage facade building just similar to the real castle. Based on Arkham Asylum and Classic Batcave, a facade set is certainly a possibility. if they approach this from the Modular Buildings design style, we should get a decent rendering of the castle that also has play features that don't distract from displaying the castle on a shelf. Out of everything coming out this year, this one is by far the most exciting to me.

These pictures are crap. The Big Ben would be a 7000 piece set if it actually was similar to the picture. The Disney Cinderella's Castle is a computer generated item and the Death Star is a 10188 that is photo-shopped.

Those pictures are BS.

This would bring in more lego fans than star wars does if it was a Disney Parks castle. Do not under estimate disney world/ disneyland fans. We are annual pass holders to disney world and go multiple times a year. This is our number 1 most anticipated set for sure. (Assuming it is based on the Walt Disney world castle and not the cinderalla movie)

Sellers that act in a professional manner don't have to wait on PayPal to release funds in order to ship an item. I get being broke, trust me I've been there, but the situation described is unacceptable.

Lady's night special continues here at Brickpicker After Dark with a classic from miss Taylor Dayne:

If no hiatus means it will be returning, does hiatus mean it's not...?

Ant Man Final Battle is currently at the height of a tall coat rack but it's headed to the roof.

Just finished building this thing of beauty, and I have to say, what an absolutely fantastic set, so much detail, one of my favourites! I just wish I had bought more a few years back because a set like this will just continue to rise in value!!!

I found a good use for this deal, actually, sweetened it a little bit more: I got $30 back in points on the purchase of 2 of these: http://www.shopyourway.com/akro-mils-10164-clear-64-drawer-small-parts-cabinet/209140744?seller=Sears.com The $20 back on $20 combined with a $10 back on $50 on these drawer cabinets, which were themselves on sale for $25.03 each (so making it $50.06 total, just above the $50 needed to create the $30 back). $25.03 for the Akro-Mils is the same price as Amazon.com has. I think that anyone with a SYW account should be able to get the same deal as these are generic coupons, so posting it here instead of in the "What did you buy today" thread - but if it needs to be moved let me know and I'll call the janitor.

I have never had an issue with the guest checkout option. (Zero feedback, random username) It always makes me nervous, but have never had problems.

I will try again. First attempt was to share my pics from Google photos.

Kids are fine with it? Or friends and relatives? Skimming off the top of little Timmy might need to go to ethics thread

Anything goes is what I am thinking. Official sets would still be fine in the original build topic but they could also go in the kids one as well. It could also be a great place to hear shared experiences.

Trade in your crystal ball for a magic 8 ball and then you are safe as houses.

After the GBHQ I would not be surprised at anything. That one is more niche than this castle. I feel that they went large with that one because they felt that anything less would cheese out. So my prediction is that this will be in the $300-$400 range.

I am guessing those who bought 20 or more would have got in at a very steep discount and are already well in the money. It is the newcomers who only bought a handful and who paid retail who will feel the burn in September. When the real images leak it is going to be chaos.

No, use Code VORTEIL4742 instead -> 15% off = 106,24 € for PC!

Hiatus is the speculated "time-out" for certain sets when they have been sold at conditions that are outside of what LEGO dictated (e.g. Sale pricing on exclusives). Or at least that's what the rumor is that several of us have heard.

But still an accurate moc, and well done given the subject matter.

I used to play Minecraft quite often (if i had time these days i still would be) and i always made it a priority to find these villages and build around them sinc ei thought they were so cool and having other villagers going about their business made it feel like a busier world. It's already been said in this thread; but this is so close to the source material its pretty amazing. I have been wanting to build a Minecraft display, and this would be a good buffer set, but the price for what you get is pretty much a turn off for me. I've still got a bunch of Minecraft sets kept stashed away (unopened) for myself in case i ever decide to go for it... but nothing has ever really pushed me over the edge to do so.

The PorkChopShop by monstrophonic

You should have reserved the Chima sets. It would have been very unlikely for those immoral people to grab those sets from the reserve counter

I recently finished the pool hall and started piecing my town together. Still have several buildings to add, just moving stuff around and coming up with ideas. I want to do two blocks and a park but I'm going to need a wider space.

I let my nephew build one of the morrow dragon ninjago sets I got for $35 a few weeks ago. It kept him busy for hours while the rest of us packed (we're moving somewhere warm) ☀️ It was so worth it for him to not keep asking me for something to do and make a mess

Here we go again

Damn kids and their "custom" figures. Sharpie is almost as bad as the KragL Oh and sorting stinks too today.

After reviewing the model with my dad, who's been on multiple occasions, I went ahead and did some tweaks. It didn't make sense that the mountain would crest above the aqueduct, so I trimmed it a bit. Then, looking at every arial shot, I couldn't avoid the fact that the hillside is completely forested. So I built some trees, had to get a little creative to make them small enough/fit the scale. Used a similar idea to what's done on the Detective's Office street tree, but smaller. Put in some green slopes here and there to dot the rocks with greenery. Then added a display stand and tiles, to label it like an Architecture set. New projected price point ~$602 according to BrickOwl's calculator. It requires 12 ultra rare parts, the "Tan Slope 1x2 Triple" (the cap pieces to the angled flanges on the bottom tier struts). There is only 1 seller in the world with stock, and he's charging $5.35 per piece. I guess there are more expensive parts out there, but rarely do you need 12 (or in the case that my dad wants a copy, 24) of them. Ugh. Quite happy with how it's turned out though! It would be super cool if Lego explored an "Ancient Architecture" sub theme at some point in the future. At this scale I suppose this is sort of a cross between Architecture and Creator Landmark, but it sure would be cool if they did it at any scale! Edit: ^^ Click in and go Full size, it's a huge detailed render, preview on the thread doesn't do justice to BlueRender's abilities!

Went and tried out that Blue Render app. Very cool stuff. I ran into a problem with my MOC; the 1x4x5 arches only come in light tan, and the 1x2 masrony bricks only in dark tan. I wanted the masonry brick effect, but I didn't like the blocky chunks of different colours. Went in and did some plate bricking, I think the effect is much nicer, but still not sure I'm satisfied with it. The renderer really makes it look pretty though! Projected cost via BrickOwl: $550 CAD for 1843 pieces. And back around the time I joined up, I was working on reverse engineering a MOC I'd seen online. Tried getting in touch with the creator to no luck, so went into LDD and built my own. Pics were posted before this thread existed, but I fired off a render of it today for fun; probably lots of new users who never saw this. As more work gets done to BluePrint for Mac, I'd be happy to generate instructions for this little guy when it's ready if anyone was interested. Happy to share my .lxf as well. Comes in at 298 pieces, and is quite a fun micro build with some neat techniques.

That´s what that guy says to me in the bathroom mirror every morning.

Says something about timing and picking wisely...