The Brick Fan just uploaded this interesting tidbit earlier.

The short of it, a new Architecture set will be released sometime in July and consist of 1,210 all white parts, and the first ever building event for the theme will be held. (Check link and below for information.)

Place: Oceanside, California

Store: Barnes & Noble bookstore

Address: 2615 Vista Way, 92054

Date: Friday, July 26th, 2013

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Another B&N will be holding this event (thank you bheltzel for pointing it out).

Place: Atlanta, Georgia

Address: 2900 Peachtree Road, 30305

Date: Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Quacs pointed out this one.

Place: Oak Brook, Illinois

Address: 297 Oakbrook Center, 60523

Date: Thursday, July 25th, 2013

Time: 4:00 p.m.

The event is free to the general public.

The Architecture Studio set itself will be available for purchase from July 25th to the 28th.

Price is believed to be around $150.

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>Architecture Studio (21050)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvarmGbMlWI

Some shots from today at B&******. Apologies for the sideway shots. Uploading from iPhone is cool but limited.

Here was my experience at the event: http://www.thebrickfan.com/barnes-noble-lego-architecture-studio-event/

Some shots from today at B&N. Apologies for the sideway shots. Uploading from iPhone is cool but limited.

Nice to see so many children having fun. I know it is Lego after all but Architecture doesn't quite strike me as a kid theme.

Dang, the book being held in the second picture looks HUGE!

Here was my experience at the event: http://www.thebrickfan.com/barnes-noble-lego-architecture-studio-event/

Cool news post as usual.

I know these aren't Archtecture esque builds but I would love to see them as released modular house sets!

>Barnes & Noble LEGO Architecture Event by tormentalous, on Flickr

I haven't had as much time to mess around with it yet, but I will be reviewing the Architecture Studio set later on this week.  Because it isn't a traditional set, I am looking for suggestions as to what people want to know.  I will have pictures of the book, and maybe a few of my lousy designs...

 

Throw out any other ideas.

JimButcher of Eurobricks already beat you to it.

Here's his review of Architecture Studio.

ABC News covered the building event and did a small article with video titled "LEGO Offers Box of Bricks for Adults".

Here is another review on FromBricksToBothans and an interesting article from The New Elementary.

Also, you can buy the set right now from Barnes & Nobles website or wait for it to be available on Shop-at-Home in a day.

If you have a Barnes and Noble card you save 10% knocking the price down to $135 usd.  

Went to order this set and S@H says its not available in the US........I will just chalk it up to technical issues and try again in a few days.

Went to order this set and S@H says its not available in the US........I will just chalk it up to technical issues and try again in a few days.

It's showing Available Now. Probably was just the servers acting up from the "41999 asinine order....ine"? :scratchhead:

I've been monitoring how the 21050 Architecture Studio has been doing since it was introduced. It has consistently been in the top 10 of the 25 top selling sets on LEGO Shop at Home. It had a top spot of #2 on 8/2. Now, it has even sold out on LEGO Shop at Home. 

 

 

It's a fantastic set. I loved playing with it at the Barnes & Nobel event. All this info leads me to believe its going to be a great investment. 

I've been monitoring how the 21050 Architecture Studio has been doing since it was introduced. It has consistently been in the top 10 of the 25 top selling sets on S@H. It had a top spot of #2 on 8/2. Now, it has even sold out on S@H. 

 

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It's a fantastic set. I loved playing with it at the Barnes & Nobel event. All this info leads me to believe its going to be a great investment. 

 

I agree that this is a great set.  My only concern with it from an investment standpoint is that it's designed to be a teaching tool, which means this thing may not retire for a long time.  Without EOL, this will not appreciate significantly.

I agree that this is a great set.  My only concern with it from an investment standpoint is that it's designed to be a teaching tool, which means this thing may not retire for a long time.  Without EOL, this will not appreciate significantly.

 

Good point. I think it is more of a niche teaching tool however, which may help speed things along.

I might pick one up next time I get a Barnes and Noble % off certificate....

I've had very very good luck selling this internationally so far. Making 50-60 bucks a set..

I've had very very good luck selling this internationally so far. Making 50-60 bucks a set..

 

That's a great thing to hear!

I saw it at the Lego store, it was pretty impressive.

Going to try and pick this up September or October.

Sold out LEGO Shop at Home for now...whats going on???

I've been planning to pick this one up - I've got a feeling it'll be back at LEGO Shop at Home soon enough. Seems like it'll be a solid Christmas seller.

It will be another good datapoint on what "sold out" means on LEGO Shop at Home. If this comes back in the US, a good sign that the sold out tag doesn't mean much (which of course I think we already know to some extent). I picked up another one at Barnes and Noble yesterday. The cashier said he was glad they had gotten some in, they sell out very quickly when in stock. On Amazon they had about 600 of them left a few days ago, down to just over 200 now, so might sell out on there soon.

Also, I hadn't looked before, looks like this was US only? Another reason I am liking this set more and more if it is retired. There is always going to be some professor assigning this to an Arch 101 class, and college students shell out hundreds of dollars for textbooks already, buying this for $300-$400 for a class after it retires will be no big deal.

I would grab one from Amazon now before they are gone.  There is limit of one on Amazon.  They are sold out on Lego.com

 

Get one from Amazon.com Now $149.99

 

Get one from Target for $149.99

 

Get one from Barnes and Noble for $149.99

 

I went to my local Lego store yesterday, and looked around, and I did not see any Architecture Studio in the store. I asked one of the employees about the set and they said that they were all sold out in the store.

Only 70 something left on Amazon.  These things sell fast.  I think anyone who stocked up on it is about to be very happy.