On October 3, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Crustybeaver said:

Have I missed something here?

http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=114763&st=200#entry2345950

I think it would be cool to have a Big Ben Landmark set.  I also have my reservations.  I would love to see a castle or something along those lines from another country, instead of another London set.  There are plenty of other iconic places that could be used.

Of course, I'm curious, if this is true, are they just going to have a huge tower for the clock, or scale it down to include a part/rest of the building with it???

St. Basil cathedral from Moscow - again, this colorful and interesting building could be wonderful set.

St Basil Cathedral would be INSANE to have.  Take it to a new level with most pieces ever...they would almost have to with all that intricacy 

+1 for St Basil. It will be beautiful in Lego. 5000 to 6000 pieces, $400.

But it's a chuch, it's in Red square in Moscow. Not gonna happen.

Edited October 22, 201510 yr by legone3

+1 for St Basil. It will be beautiful in Lego. 5000 to 6000 pieces, $400.

But it's a chuch, it's in Red square in Moscow. Not gonna happen.

Yeah, probably never gonna happen.  But it would be nice.  But it's making me wonder... what if they made it, or some other landmark, next level of detail and complexity, and it was 10,000 pieces for $999?  Completely unexpected and never done before.  I wonder what kind of turnout that would have?  I'd have to pick one up

Whats wrong with Red Square?

I don`t see the problem with another London Landmark. There have been five sets from five different countries. So they were bound to go to one of those countries again in time. London is the premier city of the world and is a very popular tourist destination. Tower Bridge has sold well for it to continue for 5 years. London has many landmarks so it is natural to come back to it again.

I agree it would be good if they did a new set every 2 years as they are amongst my most popular sets.

The most beautiful bridge in the World and the most beautiful parliament building in the World would make perfect companions. However, I'd love to see St Pancras station or Buck house. If it's another country, the Rome Colosseum gets my vote.

i can think of several challengers for the beautiful bridge title. 

27 minutes ago, Migration said:

i can think of several challengers for the beautiful bridge title. 

I can think of several challengers for the most beautiful parliament building as well.

2 hours ago, g978 said:

I don`t see the problem with another London Landmark. There have been five sets from five different countries. So they were bound to go to one of those countries again in time. London is the premier city of the world and is a very popular tourist destination. Tower Bridge has sold well for it to continue for 5 years. London has many landmarks so it is natural to come back to it again.

I agree it would be good if they did a new set every 2 years as they are amongst my most popular sets.

Prrrrr..come on.... there are too many other big or important countries in the world, which should have a lego set... For example Germany (bigger market than UK), China, Spain, Italy, etc, etc. Repeating the same country is acceptable only if  1) TLG is producing landmarks 100 years, 2) there are 2 fantastic landmarks in 1 country - and sorry, it is not situation of UK. Big ben is just simple tower with clocks - yes, well known, but nothing special, neither from visual nor from architectural point of view.

The most beautiful buildings mostly are related to religion. Lego won't touch that subject. So I guess they will be out of ideas soon.

They still have the Bilbao Guggenheim and Alhambra Palace to do in large scale.....

Edited November 24, 201510 yr by valenciaeric

Wish they would do something in large scale from Roma / Rome or the US. Many diff non-religious tourist attractions especially in Roma.

A landscape would be interesting, ie. Mount Rushmore.

I would love this:

 

5 minutes ago, Ciglione said:

The most beautiful buildings mostly are related to religion. Lego won't touch that subject. So I guess they will be out of ideas soon.

Out of ideas in landmarks? Even if you ignore religious buildings, you can have for example:

- Roman Colosseum

- Pyramids + sfinx

- Neuschwanstein castle

- Burj al Arab or Petronas twin towers or other modern buildings

- Pisa tower

- Acropolis or Luxor temple (ancient greek and egyptian temples are now politicaly neutral, i hope)

- Angkor wat

- Hermitage / Kremlin

- Piazza San Marco in Venice

All much better than Big ben...

Or this:

 

 

I would buy Saint Basil's Cathedral in a heartbeat.

http://i68.servimg.com/u/f68/11/29/64/44/moscow10.jpg

Come on Lego, I want such a set to replace the Tower Bridge or Sydney Opera !

 

9 hours ago, mesje said:

Out of ideas in landmarks? Even if you ignore religious buildings, you can have for example:

- Roman Colosseum

- Pyramids + sfinx

- Neuschwanstein castle

- Burj al Arab or Petronas twin towers or other modern buildings

- Pisa tower

- Acropolis or Luxor temple (ancient greek and egyptian temples are now politicaly neutral, i hope)

- Angkor wat

- Hermitage / Kremlin

- Piazza San Marco in Venice

All much better than Big ben...

The Roman Colosseum, Neuschwanstein Castle or Acropolis would make really good choices, however the Pyramids would be a boring uninspiring build.

10 hours ago, mesje said:

Prrrrr..come on.... there are too many other big or important countries in the world, which should have a lego set... For example Germany (bigger market than UK), China, Spain, Italy, etc, etc. Repeating the same country is acceptable only if  1) TLG is producing landmarks 100 years, 2) there are 2 fantastic landmarks in 1 country - and sorry, it is not situation of UK. Big ben is just simple tower with clocks - yes, well known, but nothing special, neither from visual nor from architectural point of view.

London is ranked number one top city for tourism and spending 5 times out of the last seven years (link) Saying that Germany has a bigger market than the UK based on population(?) doesn't give a true indication of what is popular, sells or being most iconic. While I agree that there are many world landmarks that would make great Architecture\Expert Creator sets disregarding Big Ben because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't necessarily reflect on public perception. Big Ben 21013 has been in production for 3.5 years now which would suggest that it moves numbers, same can be said for 21006 White House which has been going for close to 5 years. Parliament buildings like these are iconic the world over and make logical sense for Lego sets. 

"Big ben is just simple tower with clocks" Simple isn't a word I would use to explain the intricacies and detail of the Houses of Parliament

 

11 hours ago, Migration said:

i can think of several challengers for the beautiful bridge title. 

Rialto Bridge in Venice is the only one that springs to mind. A quick Google search for most beautiful bridges has Tower Bridge predominantly appearing in the top three. Golden Gate Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge would be difficult to interpret in Lego bricks because they're pretty plain in design.

10 hours ago, gregpj said:

I can think of several challengers for the most beautiful parliament building as well.

The only parliament building I would consider to be better looking architecturally speaking would be The Hungarian Parliament building, but is it more iconic? Would it sell as many sets? I'm sure Lego consider many factors when deciding which sets to put into production. 

1 hour ago, Crustybeaver said:

The Roman Colosseum, Neuschwanstein Castle or Acropolis would make really good choices, however the Pyramids would be a boring uninspiring build.

A boring uninspiring build? Not if you have to align them with the stars!

While all this speculation is going on here... hasn't it already been confimred that the "US landmark" will be the Capitol in Washington?

11 hours ago, Ciglione said:

The most beautiful buildings mostly are related to religion. Lego won't touch that subject. So I guess they will be out of ideas soon.

There are exceptions, don't forget Jabba's Palace!

18 hours ago, Crustybeaver said:

London is ranked number one top city for tourism and spending 5 times out of the last seven years (link) Saying that Germany has a bigger market than the UK based on population(?) doesn't give a true indication of what is popular, sells or being most iconic. While I agree that there are many world landmarks that would make great Architecture\Expert Creator sets disregarding Big Ben because it doesn't appeal to you doesn't necessarily reflect on public perception. Big Ben 21013 has been in production for 3.5 years now which would suggest that it moves numbers, same can be said for 21006 White House which has been going for close to 5 years. Parliament buildings like these are iconic the world over and make logical sense for Lego sets. 

"Big ben is just simple tower with clocks" Simple isn't a word I would use to explain the intricacies and detail of the Houses of Parliament 

Your post is the evidence, that big ben is not ideal landmark for lego - because you need to show detailed photo if you want to see the beauty of it. In lego scale, it will be just simply tower with a clock. In lego scale you need to have interesting and complicated outline of the building to be able to build perfect model in small scale, or you must go to deep detailed set with 10000 pieces and more. On the other side, there are many landmarks, which need just 1500 - 2000 pieces to build an attractive model.

If they put Big ben together with Parliament and make it with 5000-6000 pieces, than it is another story... but i bet on simple tower..

They would do much better choosing Tower instead of Big ben - there is no castle in such scale in lego history...