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Sent from my iPhone using Brickpicker Forum"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763862","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"fossilrock","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/fossilrock"},"datePublished":"2018-05-05T16:11:33.000Z","text":"Trimming of the herd. I will say now that it becomes less mainstream, the sets and innovation could be better. Some sets will be worth investing in.."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763863","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mathew","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/mathew"},"datePublished":"2018-05-05T16:15:02.000Z","text":"Kids only need so many Lego sets. One of those Rubbermaid tub fulls, thousand or so pieces. Aside from the occasional tower, most kids tend to build small things that don't require much, just variety. I'm amazed resellers are able to move as much product as they do outside of the holidays."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763864","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"fossilrock","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/fossilrock"},"datePublished":"2018-05-05T18:11:11.000Z","text":"Mathew said: 1 hour ago, Mathew said: Kids only need so many Lego sets. One of those Rubbermaid tub fulls, thousand or so pieces. Aside from the occasional tower, most kids tend to build small things that don't require much, just variety. I'm amazed resellers are able to move as much product as they do outside of the holidays. While I don't disagree with that, what I think we will see is that lego will go back to producing less sets as the next few years tick by. With TRU going belly up, that is going to change the game, a little bit. The amount of sets they produce a year will probably decline. The Star Wars theme alone could use a serious trimming down via the offerings every year. It would be nice to see it go back to how it was around 2009-2013 when they produced basically 2 waves a year, with only one UCS offering and that was it. Now, it's 3 waves a year, with 2 UCS offerings. If they do produce less because there is less demand, we will see them make better choices on what they offer (hopefully). I also think this year they have upped their game compared to previous years. The Roller Coaster and Diner are well done. It's sets like that which makes me drop a grand a year or more on this stuff for my own personal use."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763865","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"amrandazz","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/amrandazz"},"datePublished":"2018-05-05T19:38:50.000Z","text":"fossilrock said: 1 hour ago, fossilrock said: While I don't disagree with that, what I think we will see is that lego will go back to producing less sets as the next few years tick by. With TRU going belly up, that is going to change the game, a little bit. The amount of sets they produce a year will probably decline. The Star Wars theme alone could use a serious trimming down via the offerings every year. It would be nice to see it go back to how it was around 2009-2013 when they produced basically 2 waves a year, with only one UCS offering and that was it. Now, it's 3 waves a year, with 2 UCS offerings. If they do produce less because there is less demand, we will see them make better choices on what they offer (hopefully). I also think this year they have upped their game compared to previous years. The Roller Coaster and Diner are well done. It's sets like that which makes me drop a grand a year or more on this stuff for my own personal use. Meanwhile, it's the worst year for Star Wars."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763866","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"fossilrock","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/fossilrock"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T00:09:47.000Z","text":"amrandazz said: 4 hours ago, amrandazz said: Meanwhile, it's the worst year for Star Wars. Can’t disagree with that so far. The UCS Cloud City is the only thing I’m interested in."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763867","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"KShine","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/kshine"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T12:30:50.000Z","text":"The trend is at a 10 year low - Over the years, it has been a fairly reliable way to gauge the LEGO enthusiasm of the masses. USA has been a consistent leader in the trend (up & down) - so that might be worth watching."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763868","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"steelmelt","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/steelmelt"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T15:38:55.000Z","text":"The holiday was still strong compared to the last decade, but the dip after wards was the worst. I think there is a burn out factor. We just got Legoland season passes for the first time and that place is not slowing down."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763869","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"former-member","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/former-member"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T15:39:27.000Z","text":"LEGO need to focus on improving quality which has been lacking recently. The inconsistent colours are a huge problem for me as I've even had some sets returned, especially those with a lot of grey and yellow. Even though I don't agree with Lxxxx knock-offs, their colours are far more consistent. LEGO, improve or go bust!"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763870","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"amrandazz","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/amrandazz"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T15:51:20.000Z","text":"steelmelt said: 7 minutes ago, steelmelt said: The holiday was still strong compared to the last decade, but the dip after wards was the worst. I think there is a burn out factor. We just got Legoland season passes for the first time and that place is not slowing down. I'd like to see a chart of how many people return. I went to Legoland FL and that place was terrible when you compare it to Universal or Disney 45 minutes north. Maybe CA is better but FL was a run down mess. My wife won't go back and I dont particularly care to when you have to drive 45 min south of Orlando to get there and pay close to the cost of a Disney/Universal pass. Or maybe I just have high expectations of amusement parks after visiting DW and DL."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763871","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"thoroakenfelder","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/thoroakenfelder"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T16:24:10.000Z","text":"amrandazz said: 28 minutes ago, amrandazz said: I'd like to see a chart of how many people return. I went to Legoland FL and that place was terrible when you compare it to Universal or Disney 45 minutes north. Maybe CA is better but FL was a run down mess. My wife won't go back and I dont particularly care to when you have to drive 45 min south of Orlando to get there and pay close to the cost of a Disney/Universal pass. Or maybe I just have high expectations of amusement parks after visiting DW and DL. I'd say that the age range for LEGOLAND is much narrower and overall younger. Their hours are a joke compared to Disney and Universal, but make sense when you have younger kids. The rides are better for smaller kids (a lot less rides they can't go on.) You can usually find free kids passes or significantly discounted passes. It's a discount version of Disney catering to kids 4-10. It's really not for adults and kids of all ages. But if you happen to be in the area with younger kids, it's a good day."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763872","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"feed","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/feed"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T16:59:08.000Z","text":"Missing a couple movies this year so would expect demand to be flatter. Assuming the 2019 movies go ahead on schedule. The Lego Batman Movie 2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie 2017 The Lego Movie Sequel 2019 The Billion Brick Race 2019"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763873","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"justapilgrim","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/justapilgrim"},"datePublished":"2018-05-06T17:55:23.000Z","text":"Val-E said: Popular with Mormons though. https://brickemyoung.com/"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763874","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"steelmelt","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/steelmelt"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T17:31:23.000Z","text":"amrandazz said: On 5/6/2018 at 8:51 AM, amrandazz said: I'd like to see a chart of how many people return. I went to Legoland FL and that place was terrible when you compare it to Universal or Disney 45 minutes north. Maybe CA is better but FL was a run down mess. My wife won't go back and I dont particularly care to when you have to drive 45 min south of Orlando to get there and pay close to the cost of a Disney/Universal pass. Or maybe I just have high expectations of amusement parks after visiting DW and DL. Legoland is for kids 12 and under, my kids love it. I never went until I had them and glad I didn't. Once they hit 10-12 we are done. It's about 500$ a year for passes and ten minute waits on rides, where disneyland is 500$ a visit and long lines everyday now. Disneyland is awful these days. I did Universal LA last year, it was good. I like Knotts a lot too."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763875","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"marcandre","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/marcandre"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T17:50:28.000Z","text":"They never should have went past 2 year production cycles. All the lines are so bloated and boring now. Nothing feels special anymore. I expect the decline to continue."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763876","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"former-member","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/former-member"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T19:30:41.000Z","text":"LEGO Star Wars is getting a bit long in the tooth. It's about time that another toy company took over the licence. I'm not alone in saying that there's not one decent non-UCS Star Wars set available right now. C'mon, swap with Megabloks and get Star Trek!"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763877","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"former-member","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/former-member"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T20:19:17.000Z","text":"TabbyBoy said: LEGO Star Wars is getting a bit long in the tooth. It's about time that another toy company took over the licence. I'm not alone in saying that there's not one decent non-UCS Star Wars set available right now. C'mon, swap with Megabloks and get Star Trek! how bout no"},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763878","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"marcandre","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/marcandre"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T20:32:21.000Z","text":"TabbyBoy said: 59 minutes ago, TabbyBoy said: C'mon, swap with Megabloks and get Star Trek! Star Trek is going to save Lego? I do agree Star Wars should just go away for awhile. With a new movie coming out every 5 minutes that's just not going to happen."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763879","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Phil B","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/phil-b"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T21:53:02.000Z","text":"marcandre said: 1 hour ago, marcandre said: Star Trek is going to save Lego? I do agree Star Wars should just go away for awhile. With a new movie coming out every 5 minutes that's just not going to happen. At this point, Disney is just going to ..."},{"@type":"Comment","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/post/15582-the-lego-trend-is-not-our-friend-19186#comment-763880","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"steelmelt","url":"https://app.brickpicker.com/community/u/steelmelt"},"datePublished":"2018-05-07T22:52:26.000Z","text":"I would drop some money for Star Trek sets. I wont with megabucks"}]}