raindog Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 5 minutes ago, 10230 said: Imagine that at the size of the SOH, or even half of it. Pure gold. I would be in on it no matter the cost. Kinda like a UCS for Architecture. In my book, it would rival the Taj Mahal set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10230 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 True. There are so many landmarks that, if built as large model, would just scream "buy and build me", and I know I couldn't resist. https://geoguessr.com/images/3c494f619cdf80940033c3a9819476f4.jpg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10230 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) And here one that was missing so far (take it with a little salt): 21029: Buckingham Palace And another one: 21030: US Capitol (Could this be the beginning of the end of 21006?) Edited December 27, 2015 by 10230 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inversion Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Still missing the modern architecture showcase buildings. Will we only get tourist traps from now on? Where are the FLW and kind (Farnsworth, Savoye)? I enjoyed those much more. But I can imagine touristy stuff sells better. People associate more with those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10230 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 1 hour ago, inversion said: Still missing the modern architecture showcase buildings. Will we only get tourist traps from now on? Where are the FLW and kind (Farnsworth, Savoye)? I enjoyed those much more. But I can imagine touristy stuff sells better. People associate more with those. I personally like "old architecture" more, so I don't complain. They might be tourist traps, but they for a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val-E Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 These 2 are likely to be 2H releases and I expect WH and mini Big Ben to make way for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilrock Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 4 hours ago, valenciaeric said: These 2 are likely to be 2H releases and I expect WH and mini Big Ben to make way for them. Maybe.. it looks like they are retiring six sets (Imperial Hotel, UN Building, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Space Needle, Brandenberg Gate, Villa Savoye). There are six new architecture sets due this year. So, maybe if there is any retirements, it won't be until January of next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbacunn Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Spotted the Berlin and new Burj sets at TRU today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I wonder if the new version of the Burj Khalifa will have some rare "melted and burnt" bricks? LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohwp85 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 10 minutes ago, Ed Mack said: I wonder if the new version of the Burj Khalifa will have some rare "melted and burnt" bricks? LOL ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickolodon Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Have you heard about double fire-works tonight?...in Dubai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teohwp85 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 5 minutes ago, brickolodon said: Have you heard about double fire-works tonight?...in Dubai. I know the Address Hotel caught fire. But was the Burj affected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregpj Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 12 minutes ago, teohwp85 said: I know the Address Hotel caught fire. But was the Burj affected? I don't believe so... none of the news articles are reporting it was affected and they had their fireworks display anyways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 LOL...Sorry...Wrong building. That's what I get for listening to some wack job customer. He told me the Burj Khalifa was on fire and was still standing after being on fire for 12 hours. During the same conversation, he said the Trade Center Towers were blown up on purpose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravtation Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Set 21028 New York City Architecture might be a good one !! ?? Any thoughts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Mack Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 7 minutes ago, gravtation said: Set 21028 New York City Architecture might be a good one !! ?? Any thoughts ? I think so. I love the new "city" versions. Very creative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcdfan Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 I like the NY & new Burj. I think the 2 other sets look underwhelming now to me... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinemaps Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 1 hour ago, gregpj said: I don't believe so... none of the news articles are reporting it was affected and they had their fireworks display anyways. The video I was watching online a few hours ago, showed the Address Hotel going up in flames quickly. It's near BK, so the smoke from the fire was drifting toward BK. The fire happened before midnight in Dubai. It definitely didn't burn for 12 hours, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FRS-Lou89 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Does anyone have pictures of the U.S. Capitol or Buckingham Palace? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudoty Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 52 minutes ago, FRS-Lou89 said: Does anyone have pictures of the U.S. Capitol or Buckingham Palace? Nope not yet, but this thing looks great in person. Was able to get it cheap on TRUTH so well worth the cost. Some neat building techniques. ESB was my fav and OWTC was most challenging. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOrcKing Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seal Cutter Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 So far, reselling-wise, selling on ebay from the UK, the NYC set is popular within the UK. The new Burj Khalifa is not popular anywhere, and the Venice/Berlin sets are popular on mainland Europe. Nothing too surprising really. This from a very small number of ebay sales made. Building the BK right now. Piece counts seems, on opening the box, a bit low for the size of box. New BK already looking like a bit of a dud to me. And if you don't want the new taller better BK, i see no reason anyone barring an absolute completist would now want the orginal BK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinner41 Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Seal Cutter said: And if you don't want the new taller better BK, i see no reason anyone barring an absolute completist would now want the orginal BK Indeed. The old was caught by the new one just as it was about to get interesting price-wise. Sad. (Or: well played, LEGO) Edited January 9, 2016 by dinner41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbacunn Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 One note on the new BK. For those of you that display in Detolf cases, it's slightly too tall to fit on any of the shelves but will fit on the lower shelves if you remove round brick at the top and just have the antenna on the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seal Cutter Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 3 hours ago, dinner41 said: Indeed. The old was caught by the new one just as it was about to get interesting price-wise. Sad. (Or: well played, LEGO) Old BK made money at its peak if (as always) you bought at a nice discount. I still made a few £ recently flipping NISB ones from ebay auctions onto my own BIN sales If you have the money for only one to build, i can't see anyone buying new BK over NYC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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