2012 LEGO City sets bring hillbillies, bears, forest fires, & park rangers [News]
In an odd but awesome twist, LEGO City leaves the, well, city and heads for the hills in 2012. All of the law enforcement and emergency services that form the core of each year’s LEGO City sets are represented by wildland firefighters and park rangers instead.
Looks like there are some interesting new brick…bricks.
Oh yes, there are bears. I am so building a moonshine still out back of this hillbilly cabin.
In the same vein, the firefighters battle forest fires with their bulky wildland equipment.
I wonder if wunztwice will approve of the chainsaws…
Via Eurobricks.
October 19th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
New “bricks” indeed – and they appear to be two sided. (Note the one on the bottom of the police station sign.) Don’t miss the new pieces on the trees either – round plates with arms/stems. Also, I’m seeing some of the new tile pieces (1×1 rounds) for headlights on a couple of the vehicles. Lots of good stuff in there.
October 20th, 2011 at 12:07 am
Whoa, I might actually buy a City set this year!
October 20th, 2011 at 5:55 am
These sets are really interesting, an articulated bear, new minifigs hats and that chimney on the 4438 looks like a sculpted brick! Will TLC produce bricks that look like brickwalls?
October 20th, 2011 at 6:30 am
Aww yea! Guess who’s pumped for the bears! This guy.
October 20th, 2011 at 7:16 am
At last. Smokey and the Bandit MOCs.
October 20th, 2011 at 7:18 am
Crowbar! Mushroom disk!
October 20th, 2011 at 9:30 am
@ Andrew: LOL! Yeah, that is a pretty decent chainsaw! However it still drives me nuts that the firefighters are wearing respirators. WE DON”T DO THAT, WE SUCK SMOKE ALL DAY!
; )
October 20th, 2011 at 11:43 am
Am I the only one who didn’t like the new “brick” bricks? I’m not intending to be a hater, but they’re making LEGO looks more like MegaBloks day after day =/ What’s wrong with the old solution for brick walls (bricks with studs on sides 1×2 tiles)? That technique would give us much more room for piece sortment and different arrangements on our alternative models. “Brick” bricks can only do… brick walls.
October 20th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
Check out the “girl LEGO” sets further up in the folder.
Hedgehogs, lipstick, cupcakes… My daughter is going to go crazy when she sees these.
October 26th, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Wow! Great twist on the familiar theme…