Alpinemaps Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 Someone over on Eurobricks pointed to the site Pricevortex, which is showing a new Creator set for 2016 - 10253 Big Ben. No other details given. Let the speculation begin. I, for one, think a landmark sized Big Ben would look pretty cool. Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 Assuming this is not just a huge bell, I hope it includes more Westminster palace, not just the tower like the Architecture set. 3 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted November 6, 2015 Author Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 5:40 PM, Darth_Raichu said: Assuming this is not just a huge bell, I hope it includes more Westminster palace, not just the tower like the Architecture set. Expand That's what I was thinking, but you actually said it. I agree completely. Quote
themoose9 Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 5:32 PM, Alpinemaps said: Someone over on Eurobricks pointed to the site Pricevortex, which is showing a new Creator set for 2016 - 10253 Big Ben. No other details given. Let the speculation begin. I, for one, think a landmark sized Big Ben would look pretty cool. Expand Tower Bridge scale!?!?! That would be sweeeeet...and huuuuge. Quote
Crustybeaver Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 I'm guessing Ghostbusters HQ's status of being the third largest Lego set will be short lived. 1 Quote
Popular Post Kevink24 Posted November 6, 2015 Popular Post Posted November 6, 2015 Oh, please have a space for a battery pack at the base and a functioning time clock...that way I can totally justify displaying this in the living room...I can see many of us justifying it now, "but honey, its not a toy, its a clock"! 10 Quote
Ed Mack Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 6:25 PM, Crustybeaver said: I'm guessing Ghostbusters HQ's status of being the third largest Lego set will be short lived. Expand That would be great. I hope it's a 6000 piece set. Quote
tacsniper Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 Time to load up on SOH over the next few weeks if this Big Ben is in the same scale. On 11/6/2015 at 6:29 PM, Kevink24 said: Oh, please have a space for a battery pack at the base and a functioning time clock... Expand I have the same thought! 1 Quote
Crustybeaver Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 If true it raises two questions: Will an existing landmark make way for it and if so which one? Quote
Pedilego Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 5:40 PM, Darth_Raichu said: Assuming this is not just a huge bell, I hope it includes more Westminster palace, not just the tower like the Architecture set. Expand On the other hand, it could fit nicely with modulars/minifigures if it is just the clock tower. Quote
tacsniper Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 6:51 PM, Crustybeaver said: If true it raises two questions: Will an existing landmark make way for it and if so which one? Expand Considering Tower Bridge got the cube expert logo box refresh and SOH did not, I am putting my chips on SOH will make way. Plus, I doubt SOH is a hot seller at this moment. Quote
legopocalypse Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) The sculptures/landmarks are some of my favorites to build and display. I wish they would release these yearly, instead of every 2-3+ years. There's only what, 5 large sets like this so far: Statue of Liberty-2000, Eiffel Tower- 2007, Taj Mahal- 2008, Tower Bridge-2010, & Sydney Opera House-2013, with Big Ben-2016, being the possible 6th set. Edited November 6, 2015 by legopocalypse Quote
Ed Mack Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 Will the "Fat Lady" sing for one of the large Creator sets when Big Ben arrives? Quote
themoose9 Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 7:28 PM, legopocalypse said: The sculptures/landmarks are some of my favorites to build and display. I wish they would release these yearly, instead of every 2-3+ years. There's only what, 5 large sets like this so far: Statue of Liberty-2000, Eiffel Tower- 2007, Taj Mahal- 2008, Tower Bridge-2010, & Sydney Opera House-2013, with Big Ben-2016, being the possible 6th set. Expand Judging by your avatar, I assume you'd MOC a basement scene for this.... 3 Quote
Val-E Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 6:51 PM, Crustybeaver said: If true it raises two questions: Will an existing landmark make way for it and if so which one? Expand The Death Star! On 11/6/2015 at 7:36 PM, Ed Mack said: Will the "Fat Lady" sing for one of the large Creator sets when Big Ben arrives? Expand Or maybe she will waltz? 1 Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 7:36 PM, Ed Mack said: Will the "Fat Lady" sing for one of the large Creator sets when Big Ben arrives? Expand There. You have a title for your next blog article. 1 Quote
Crustybeaver Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 7:36 PM, Ed Mack said: Will the "Fat Lady" sing for one of the large Creator sets when Big Ben arrives? Expand On 11/6/2015 at 8:26 PM, Darth_Raichu said: There. You have a title for your next blog article. Expand Or 10253 Big Ben all tock and no action. 2 Quote
Ciglione Posted November 6, 2015 Posted November 6, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 7:36 PM, Ed Mack said: Will the "Fat Lady" sing for one of the large Creator sets when Big Ben arrives? Expand She probably will be singing opera! 1 Quote
tyclin Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 6:25 PM, Crustybeaver said: I'm guessing Ghostbusters HQ's status of being the third largest Lego set will be short lived. Expand it is not the case for tower bridge Quote
chipbee Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 On 11/6/2015 at 6:29 PM, Kevink24 said: Oh, please have a space for a battery pack at the base and a functioning time clock...that way I can totally justify displaying this in the living room...I can see many of us justifying it now, "but honey, its not a toy, its a clock"! Expand This should work, considering that decorative clocks do cost quite a bit of money too. You can also incorporate the ideas birds into the clock and make it into a cuckoo bird clock, double the appeal to women. Quote
citymorgue Posted November 7, 2015 Posted November 7, 2015 This is exciting news for me. I myself love these big landmark sets. I hope though, that it's a huge set, not just because I like big piece sets, but because I think in order to do this set justice it needs to be highly detailed. So if it's just a clock, I hope we are looking at like a nice 2-3 foot tall clock that is undeniably Big Ben if they only focus on the clock. If they add on the rest of the building, hopefully it can be scaled enough to still be able to instantly recognize it. I'll stay optimistic that's for sure on this. They've done extremely well on all the other landmark sets, so I doubt this will screw this one up. Quote
Crustybeaver Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 It looks like Big Ben has an official page on Brickset (don't know if this is common knowledge) http://brickset.com/sets/10253-1/Big-Ben Quote
mattyman Posted December 23, 2015 Posted December 23, 2015 Just doing some random googling and spotted the below - some of Jamie's fairground rides before he was employed by Lego; recognise anything? Can you spot the big (little) Ben! Looks like some some more fairground rides also coming along at some point. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZmt2INoDRI&feature=youtu.be 2 Quote
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