I actually am reading more into this line:

Whether it’s their favourite film moments, sport icons, travel destinations, buildings, fairgrounds or vehicles, LEGO sets help to bring these to life in brick form.

I like the overall approach in essentially dividing the Expert line into more themed approaches. Those are already in effect in the packaging for FILM Batmobile,  SPORT Old Trafford, TRAVEL DESTINATION (Maybe Next?), BUILDING - Next Modular, FAIRGROUND - Haunted House, VEHICLES - Lamborghini

I wonder if we see old sets get this new box treatment as a sign they are sticking around for a while.

Article on Brickset talking about the motorization of the Haunted House.  Curious why it needs two motors.  I'm wondering if one lifts the cart to the top while the other winds up the flywheels, somehow providing resistance on the way down.  That's my best guess.  Others were speculating that one motor was for the chain system while one was for the door but someone else said it looked like a door latch was used and that one motor should be controlling both the chain and door latch.

Anyone here have ideas why/how two motors are required?

https://brickset.com/article/51367/motorising-the-haunted-house

Edited May 13, 20205 yr by MusiKyle

5 hours ago, MusiKyle said:

Anyone here have ideas why/how two motors are required?

https://brickset.com/article/51367/motorising-the-haunted-house

The designer video said the front doors "open on their own".  Could this be the second motor?

Was randomly looking at LEGO exclusives highest price to lowest just to see what was in stock and saw this!

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/haunted-house-10273

First thought was the ideas set but that never got approved did anyone see this coming?

1 minute ago, Saruman said:

Was randomly looking at LEGO exclusives highest price to lowest just to see what was in stock and saw this!

https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/haunted-house-10273

First thought was the ideas set but that never got approved did anyone see this coming?

 

That's going to look nice next to the older haunted house. 

That's going to look nice next to the better haunted house. 

Ahhh, that's better.

Thanks--that is, of course, what I meant. 😉

1 hour ago, marcandre said:

 

All I know,  is this better be what we see when the doors open. 

15 hours ago, KShine said:

When you run out of space for your LEGO, you are supposed to buy a bigger house.

That is exactly what we did... happy wife happy life oh and plenty of room for more LEGO (evil laugh insert here)

Between the various build techniques, style of architecture, playful designer video, and how much this reminds me of the retired Tower of Terror ride, this set is built on pure win. It just works on so many levels. Perhaps a bit small beside any of the modular houses the Creator series is well known for and there are some borrowed elements from the prior Haunted House but still a delicious design for such a dastardly denizen of Lego's legendary lineup. Also I can see having this in a sort of Universal Studios' backlot where all those prop houses are kept.

9 hours ago, TheOrcKing said:

Between the various build techniques, style of architecture, playful designer video, and how much this reminds me of the retired Tower of Terror ride, this set is built on pure win. It just works on so many levels. Perhaps a bit small beside any of the modular houses the Creator series is well known for and there are some borrowed elements from the prior Haunted House but still a delicious design for such a dastardly denizen of Lego's legendary lineup. Also I can see having this in a sort of Universal Studios' backlot where all those prop houses are kept.

I don't think it is small compared to a modular at all. It's got a 25 x 25 cm base which is the same as the 32x32 stud baseplate used for modulars. It is 68 cm high, about half of which is the tower, which means about 34 cm up to the roof line. That makes it basically the same height as Green Grocer, but with a tower over a foot high stacked on top. The only modular with a higher roof line (ignoring towers and such) is the Town Hall, but TH's tower doesn't go nearly as high.

so, who is hoping for a Coronavirus Quick flip on this one?  on sale in a few hours...

 

14 minutes ago, House Schubert said:

so, who is hoping for a Coronavirus Quick flip on this one?  on sale in a few hours...

 

How quick do the "expert" sets sell out these days?

Pulled out my old bricks (and bough more) over this quarantine and and now obsessed. 😂

Definitely considering a buy one to build, buy one to sell later purchase...

I'm in, thanks for the reminder. A-wing worked, this will too. Probably backordered within a week.

Has not unlocked for ordering yet

hmmm... usually it is 12 midnight EST... nothing showing up for me.

 

 

Just now, House Schubert said:

hmmm... usually it is 12 midnight EST... nothing showing up for me.

 

 

Likewise.

Yeah, same here.

And now we wait...

waiting....

I've gotten so used to these late night wait til midnight, quick order, sign out and go to sleep within minutes.  I wasn't expecting this to not unlock at midnight.   It was a good run though... I guess it's time for some coffee...

Production issues finally affecting brand new, day one sets?

nah... someone forgot to click a "make available at midnight" box in the backend...

 

is it naive to wish that LEGO threw us west coasters a bone and it goes live midnight PST?