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

OOS for 30 days...or less.

Check your local Lego store.

16 hours ago, ichiroll said:

This set can be had for 20% off right now via LEGO Shop at Home. Who else is jumping on this?

I am hoping it will still be on sale when double VIP hit....     - is that wishful thinking?    PP

I am hoping it will still be on sale when double VIP hit....     - is that wishful thinking?    PP

IIRC, this is for one week...

Did this set ever appear on Canada LEGO Shop at Home? Currently not even on the site...

 

1 hour ago, lobo1969 said:

Did this set ever appear on Canada LEGO Shop at Home? Currently not even on the site...

 

It did, and was 20% off for a while.. But did not show up on the deals list until you searched for it directly.

On 6/24/2015 at 8:45 AM, exciter1 said:

Is anyone still picking up a few of these here and there for the long haul?

I picked this up last night for grins and giggles, I was blown away by the quality of the book. It's really detailed both factually and in terms of its visual layout. It includes interviews with architects representing some of the biggest firms today, in which they explain their personal connection to LEGO and how LEGO imbues the core concepts of design in children (of all ages!). I will probably pick up a few more sets for play, but I don't see this as much of an investment set for the same reasons others have cited: I think it will be in production for a long time, and the price per brick is inflated.

For those interested in buying this set to explore the concepts of architectural design, I would also recommend the LEGO Architecture book by Tom Alphin. It's a lot less dense than the book that comes with 21050, but for someone with very limited knowledge of architecture (like myself), it gives a quick and engaging overview of the history of architecture. It also includes instructions for small builds that are representative of the various styles of architectural design, which makes it a great companion piece for the set. Even without this set, it works well as a nice little coffee table book. 

But you don't have to take my word for it!

 

Edited March 10, 20169 yr by tjj1984

Very enthusiastic!

Since it's been a year since this thread was active and it looks like this set is finally going to disappear, just wondering what anybody's thoughts were on its EOL future.  If I recall these were going for $350 way back when they were correcting the problem with the book.  I'm getting them for $102 but even being conservative and having these go for $275 will still make me do jumping jacks.  Thoughts?

9 hours ago, LegoSteve said:

Since it's been a year since this thread was active and it looks like this set is finally going to disappear, just wondering what anybody's thoughts were on its EOL future.  If I recall these were going for $350 way back when they were correcting the problem with the book.  I'm getting them for $102 but even being conservative and having these go for $275 will still make me do jumping jacks.  Thoughts?

It's a tough call. These have hardly been discounted in the UK, but are often 33% off at Amazon EU. They've been around for so long that they're not rare anymore. I'll only bite if 50% off and will only get a couple.

I believe it was discounted last year for Black Friday at SAH. Hard to judge how it will perform.

can get them at TRU right now for under $100 with gift cards. but for investment this is a very high risk set. the odds of not getting a refresh are slim.

With tomorrows delivery I should be around 150 AS's and that will probably be my limit unless I really start to see sparks fly towards the end.  While I can't prove this I believe that there are a lot of schools that use this set so there will be a demand for it long after it's gone. 6166 & 5560 are still in amazons top 50 after all these years.  I got rid of all of my 6166 years ago when it hit $60. Btw, I have some AS's with 06 for the seal code year but the last two shipments I got straight from the LEGO warehouse were 04 for the year.

Edited November 13, 20178 yr by LegoSteve

4 hours ago, LegoSteve said:

With tomorrows delivery I should be around 150 AS's and that will probably be my limit unless I really start to see sparks fly towards the end.  While I can't prove this I believe that there are a lot of schools that use this set so there will be a demand for it long after it's gone. 6166 & 5560 are still in amazons top 50 after all these years.  I got rid of all of my 6166 years ago when it hit $60. Btw, I have some AS's with 06 for the seal code year but the last two shipments I got straight from the LEGO warehouse were 04 for the year.

Sometimes I think I have gone mad with buying a certain quantity, but then you guys come around the corner ?

My biggest concern would be a 2.0 version.  This seems like the kind of set that might make sense to keep around in one form or another.  I could see them releasing an architecture pack through their education line, but I'm not sure how many schools would be looking to get this set on the secondary market.

5 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

My biggest concern would be a 2.0 version.  This seems like the kind of set that might make sense to keep around in one form or another.  I could see them releasing an architecture pack through their education line, but I'm not sure how many schools would be looking to get this set on the secondary market.

Back when I was selling 6166 I had a back & forth with a dad & he said that his kids school had it on the syllabus even though the school was aware that the set was retired. Seeing how slow public education moves I guess I shouldn't be surprised why 6166 is still in Amazon's top 50. I've also experienced a new phenomenon this Q4 for me, ebay buyers picking up 5, 10, even a dozen of one set at a time. One guy purchased 5 trevi fountains and was going to ship them to China which i now hear happens a lot. Another guy purchased my last 10 Space Needles. Hoping to have the same luck with ASs starting this June.

V2 will be a lingering concern, but this will get back to $300 pretty quickly I bet. Textbooks can cost hundreds these days, I'm sure a few teachers will put this on their syllabus after retirement.

7 hours ago, LegoSteve said:

Back when I was selling 6166 I had a back & forth with a dad & he said that his kids school had it on the syllabus even though the school was aware that the set was retired. Seeing how slow public education moves I guess I shouldn't be surprised why 6166 is still in Amazon's top 50. I've also experienced a new phenomenon this Q4 for me, ebay buyers picking up 5, 10, even a dozen of one set at a time. One guy purchased 5 trevi fountains and was going to ship them to China which i now hear happens a lot. Another guy purchased my last 10 Space Needles. Hoping to have the same luck with ASs starting this June.

Yeah, Lego prices are much higher in China and you-know-who haven´t cloned that line yet so importers can still make money on them.

Well, the price wars between Amazon and Wal-Mart has begun. So, any speculation on how this set will do EOL after a year? 

My own take: $150 which is still at retail. It's a niche set and a bunch of white bricks.  I like it buuuut...it ain't no Lincoln Memorial.

At the current price, money can be made on it. I'm not overly high on it, but there will be demand for it at a sale price near retail in the future. 

Hovering close to $200 on amazon.  Not bad for a set that went EOL two months ago.  There's still a bunch of low ballers on ebay but hopefully they'll all get bought out by June & we'll be looking at a pricepoint of $275.

Yes, this set is looking like a good prospect. Just pray there isn´t a remake coming soon.

I may have underestimated this arctic Minecraft set.

in Poland already eq of 200GBP whatever the currency exchange shows and very few listings.
RPP was 159Euros as I recall so not bad really. Local online stores are OOS everywhere so there are just literally few boxes BNISB available in a whole country.

18 minutes ago, Shewie said:

in Poland already eq of 200GBP whatever the currency exchange shows and very few listings.
RPP was 159Euros as I recall so not bad really. Local online stores are OOS everywhere so there are just literally few boxes BNISB available in a whole country.

its still possible to get in CZE (new) for like 130 GBP + shipping.  Not on the official LEGO e-shop but local toy chains.