UPDATE: The newest LEGO Architecture sets are Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater and Guggenheim Museum.
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The two newest LEGO Architecture sets are now available from the LEGO Shop.
I’m particularly pleased to find the Seattle Space Needle available, since I see it everyday here in, well, Seattle!
The Empire State Building is another iconic landmark now available as a set:
Update: As the locals in the comments indicate, $20 for our beloved needle seems a bit steep, so Ochre Jelly suggests this one for 30 cents instead! :-D
I also enjoy the Space Needle on a daily basis, but I’m not sure I’m ready to fork out $20 on a model of it made in the wrong color!
$19.99 for 57 pieces does seem a bit steep, doesn’t it?
Appears to be US only… Not that I would get those sets, but still.
@Ochre Jelly – I was thinking the same thing. Wrong color, wrong base, wrong price. I think proportions are off too, but I haven’t compared the model with a picture. The upper section looks a bit big, but I could be wrong.
But I still kind of want it, just so I can have an official tile with “Seattle Space Needle” on it. :oops:
These sets make me glad that I’m not a completist when it comes to set collecting. The price per part ratio on these is just attrocious. They also don’t give the impression that they’d be able to teach me any new building techniques.
hey, there is also one new power miners set up: http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=8707&cn=556&d=70
How did they do the Empire State building?
Steve
No new pieces, or old pieces or in new colors…heck, I think I can even make both models with pieces from my current collection (if I didn’t live in a dorm room and a six hour drive away from my collection, that is)
*shrug*
^ lots of half stud offsets with jumper plates
yeah, nowhere near the right colours
from wikipedia
“…With paint colors named Orbital Olive for the body, Astronaut White for the legs, Re-entry Red for the saucer, and Galaxy Gold for the roof…”
Perhaps this version will be more to everyone’s liking…
http://shop.lego.com/Product/Factory/Product.aspx?p=LFH002&mid=978f1eae-2c83-44c9-9eb3-69167ca3df9b
…at a paltry 30 cents, its much lighter on the wallet. And its even in the RIGHT COLOR too!
xx
oj
^ Bwa ha ha ha ha ha! Awesome. I’ve updated the post. Hey, it’s a legitimate S@H link!
Hey,
As I noted when I blogged this, I don’t think that we are the audience for these sets. Neither are kids. These were first sold in souvenir shops and museum stores, so they seem to be more for someone to get an put on their desk in their office. As such, I think that’s a pretty cool way to promote the hobby to the non-AFOL world.
Bruce