6 hours ago, crayxlp said:

Why Church.. dont be so petty.. a large-scale graveyard with massive tombstones would give something xtra to everyone! -TLG does not need to invent any new pcs since everything is readily available + you could pack it together with Halloween skeleton sets  

Actually that would be a cemetery if we wanna be nitpicks. Technically, a graveyard is only a graveyard when attached to a church, hence the 'yard' part. ? Otherwise it's a cemetery. Though a lot of people use the words the same. 

Just snagged this off of Reddit before it was pulled down.

On ‎9‎/‎9‎/‎2018 at 4:05 AM, Baragon said:

Just snagged this off of Reddit before it was pulled down.

This looks pretty good! Id like to see the reverse but the height and color is nice when compared to other buildings in this series.

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1 hour ago, CosmicSpeed said:

This looks pretty good! Id like to see the reverse but the height and color is nice when compared to other buildings in this series.

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Interesting set...not what I was expecting. 

Edited September 9, 20187 yr by eliminator

 

2 hours ago, eliminator said:

Nice job - I didn't think they could pull it off (with the limited size/piece count that are typical with the Winter Village sets).

I am pleasantly surprised.

I was on the fence about this theme for my personal collection, but this set looks pretty good. I guess I should pick up the train and train station before they retire.

Every fire station should have a lowrider tender.

More pictures here: https://www.brothers-brick.com/2018/09/09/lego-reveals-10263-winter-village-fire-station-as-their-next-holiday-set-news/

and more photos at LEGO

https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Winter-Village-Fire-Station-10263?CMP=EMC-SAH2018_09_09_Fire_House_Announcement_EN+_US&HQS=hero_b_cta_NA_EN&RMID=SAH_2018_09_09_Fire_House_Announcement_NA&RRID=20394272

I have mixed feelings this morning.

I like the fire truck. Looks good.

I feel like the building itself should be deeper. But I can’t remember how deep Santa’s Workshop is. I feel like they are similar? In which case it’s fine.

Not a bad effort, but £84.99 is a bit steep IMHO as there's no licence.

3 hours ago, Alpinemaps said:

I feel like the building itself should be deeper. But I can’t remember how deep Santa’s Workshop is. I feel like they are similar? In which case it’s fine.

I believe that, with the exception of the cottage, all the buildings in the WV line are pretty shallow front-to-back.  I have a feeling this will fit in just fine, though I think it will easily be the tallest building in the village.

17 hours ago, Stud-Flipper said:

Actually that would be a cemetery if we wanna be nitpicks. Technically, a graveyard is only a graveyard when attached to a church, hence the 'yard' part. ? Otherwise it's a cemetery. Though a lot of people use the words the same. 

hey! thanks a lot for the explanation (absolutely no sarcasm at all).. Now Ive learned something new in English  

A fire station seems to make sense in this line; with the winter village expanding, they need someone to extinguish all the house fires caused by faulty Christmas lights!

It's funny, I'm usually wondering how people can be so negative when we first get pictures... and this time it's the complete opposite. Everyone seems to like it! I hated it and was originally gonna ***** and moan about it.... but it is starting to grow on me. I like everything except the tree lol

what is the purpose of that dog minifigure.. ? Do dogs generally stroll around firehouses and such.. ?

8 minutes ago, crayxlp said:

what is the purpose of that dog minifigure.. ? Do dogs generally stroll around firehouses and such.. ?

Dalmatians are something of a firehouse mascot in the USA.

I like it. Just wish the station have a bit more depth. Get rid of the ice rank and the tree and spend more effort on the station. I was expecting something more complete, perhaps, like the Bakery or Toy Shop? They can always sell a Christmas Tree as a polybag.

Edited September 9, 20187 yr by tacsniper

3 hours ago, jimmajenga said:

 I like everything except the tree lol

Agree - I also think that tree looks pretty bad.

I would guess they were trying to do a different kind of tree build, which I guess they did succeed in doing.

4 hours ago, crayxlp said:

what is the purpose of that dog minifigure.. ? Do dogs generally stroll around firehouses and such.. ?

Dalmatians, in particular, we're used in the late 19th century and early 20th century to run along-side horse-drawn fire wagons to serve as a barrier between the horses/wagon and other people and animals on the street, as the wagon raced through to a fire.  A short description of the history can be found here, for example: https://www.livescience.com/33293-dalmatians-official-firehouse-dogs.html  

If you ever happen to visit Boston with little kids, the Boston Fire Museum is a great place to take them. It's small, but loaded with historical trivia such as this.

Edited September 10, 20187 yr by SpaceFan9
fixed the date reference

 

It has bothered me all weekend that I couldn’t remember the name of that Joe. It finally came to me - it’s Leatherneck.

24 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said:

 

It has bothered me all weekend that I couldn’t remember the name of that Joe. It finally came to me - it’s Leatherneck.

 

I believe you mean Footloose. Leatherneck was the infantry trooper replacement for him a couple seasons/figure waves later. As such, they had similar looks.

 

 

On ‎9‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 10:07 PM, Stud-Flipper said:

 

 

Wow... I still really hate that tree   

 

6 hours ago, jimmajenga said:

Wow... I still really hate that tree   

It's still much better than that cheap cardboard monstrosity that they insulted us with last year.