Chinese New Year sets
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 8:50 pm
Hey all,
Related to [url=http://classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27127]my post[/url] in the Castle MOC forum on Chinese New Year related MOCs, I just noticed on Brickset two great new sets released for Chinese New Year. This may be old news, but I just saw them and thought I'd point them out. They are set in modern era, but with the traditional architecture these could be relevant to Asian-themed castle builders just by swapping out the figs.
[url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair]80105 - Chinese New Year Temple[/url]
[url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49386341 ... 3994_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49390397 ... 3ab4_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49389026 ... bb83_w.jpg[/img][/url]
Brickset has a full review [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair]here[/url]. As I noted above, the architecture here is great, especially all the detail on the main central temple. Lots of other great details that would be great in an Asian-themed castle setting, like those trees, the lamps, the fireworks, and various architectural elements. While most of the figs are modern, two of them (shown above) are in traditional dress and could fit in a castle era creation (maybe swap out the heads because of the eyeglasses).
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance]80104 - Lion Dance[/url]
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49363353 ... 23f8_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49364283 ... e019_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49364072 ... 2685_w.jpg[/img][/url]
More great architecture, and here almost all of the figs could easily fit into an Asian-themed castle MOC with no modification. Plus those lions are adorable.
Last year LEGO produced three fig-scale sets for Chinese New Year ([url=https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Seasonal/sub ... e-New-Year]see them all here[/url]), but unfortunately these were not available in the US (or maybe later they were? at least when I first looked I could not get them, and I really wanted the kinetic sculpture of the dragon). These show up on LEGO.com as available to order, but currently (January 28, 2020) one is listed as out of stock and the other is on back-order. Hopefully LEGO is learning their lesson that these sets could be really popular and will continue to make them and make them more widely available.
BTW, not fig scale and not very castle-y, but the sculpture [url=https://brickset.com/sets/40355-1/Year-of-the-Rat]40355 - Year of the Rat[/url] is super cute.
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/40355-1/Year-of-the-Rat][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49378795 ... 18c5_n.jpg[/img][/url]
I know China is a huge market, which probably was part of LEGO's motivation, but I think there would be a huge benefit if LEGO continued to make sets centered in different locations and cultures from around the world, but also made them available to everyone. E.g. I see there is another new set (completely non-castle-relevant) based on the [url=https://brickset.com/article/48356/review-10 ... ter-united]Manchester United football stadium[/url]. More like these, please, LEGO.
Bruce
Related to [url=http://classic-castle.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=27127]my post[/url] in the Castle MOC forum on Chinese New Year related MOCs, I just noticed on Brickset two great new sets released for Chinese New Year. This may be old news, but I just saw them and thought I'd point them out. They are set in modern era, but with the traditional architecture these could be relevant to Asian-themed castle builders just by swapping out the figs.
[url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair]80105 - Chinese New Year Temple[/url]
[url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49386341 ... 3994_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49390397 ... 3ab4_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49389026 ... bb83_w.jpg[/img][/url]
Brickset has a full review [url=https://brickset.com/article/48328/review-80 ... emple-fair]here[/url]. As I noted above, the architecture here is great, especially all the detail on the main central temple. Lots of other great details that would be great in an Asian-themed castle setting, like those trees, the lamps, the fireworks, and various architectural elements. While most of the figs are modern, two of them (shown above) are in traditional dress and could fit in a castle era creation (maybe swap out the heads because of the eyeglasses).
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance]80104 - Lion Dance[/url]
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49363353 ... 23f8_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49364283 ... e019_w.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://brickset.com/sets/80104-1/Lion-Dance][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49364072 ... 2685_w.jpg[/img][/url]
More great architecture, and here almost all of the figs could easily fit into an Asian-themed castle MOC with no modification. Plus those lions are adorable.
Last year LEGO produced three fig-scale sets for Chinese New Year ([url=https://brickset.com/sets/theme-Seasonal/sub ... e-New-Year]see them all here[/url]), but unfortunately these were not available in the US (or maybe later they were? at least when I first looked I could not get them, and I really wanted the kinetic sculpture of the dragon). These show up on LEGO.com as available to order, but currently (January 28, 2020) one is listed as out of stock and the other is on back-order. Hopefully LEGO is learning their lesson that these sets could be really popular and will continue to make them and make them more widely available.
BTW, not fig scale and not very castle-y, but the sculpture [url=https://brickset.com/sets/40355-1/Year-of-the-Rat]40355 - Year of the Rat[/url] is super cute.
[url=https://brickset.com/sets/40355-1/Year-of-the-Rat][img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49378795 ... 18c5_n.jpg[/img][/url]
I know China is a huge market, which probably was part of LEGO's motivation, but I think there would be a huge benefit if LEGO continued to make sets centered in different locations and cultures from around the world, but also made them available to everyone. E.g. I see there is another new set (completely non-castle-relevant) based on the [url=https://brickset.com/article/48356/review-10 ... ter-united]Manchester United football stadium[/url]. More like these, please, LEGO.
Bruce