Houses of the World 4 official images
Posted by TheBrickPal,
40599 Houses of the World 4 has been officially revealed today, with images added to LEGO.com.
We can therefore predict that the 318-piece set will be available as a gift-with-purchase within the next couple weeks, with an expected threshold of £220 / $250 / €250. We will let you know when it is live.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments, and view more images after the break...
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Strong Ninjago vibes!!
Sushi restaurant modular building, anyone?
Excellent. Maybe the best of the 4. I do hope it makes it along with the Mini Steamboat Willie on the 23rd, as rumoured.
Likely won’t pick it up but a wonderful build all the same! Only downside: I spot 18 stickers
Why is the price threshold so high for these? The price threshold borders on the piece count with this one.
Where's the weight room?
@Trigger_ said:
"Why is the price threshold so high for these? The price threshold borders on the piece count with this one."
No one knows.
Apparently LEGO seems to think these houses are more popular than other GWPs and therefore people will accept the higher threshold.
I certainly don't share that opinion. To me these houses are not interesting at all and I would not even be enticed to buy something just to get one if the threshold was 150 Euro. But that's just me. Perhaps these houses are as popular as LEGO thinks, but the fact that some of them have already appeared as GWPs several times suggests differently. Or at least that they might have produced a little too many of them.
In any case, something like the retro Blacktron ship or the currently available Maze or so many other past GWPs seem far more enticing to me.
@AustinPowers said:
"Perhaps these houses are as popular as LEGO thinks, but the fact that some of them have already appeared as GWPs several times suggests differently. Or at least that they might have produced a little too many of them."
All 3 houses have had 2 runs. Just the same as the Blacktron, Bionicle and numerous other very popular GWPs. It's pretty obvious that this is a preplanned strategy so that a GWP can be offered against different sets of new releases, but I appreciate that that doesn't really fit the 'Lego must have screwed up' agenda!
I suspect part of the reason the threshold is high is because LEGO know a substantial enough number of people will want to collect them all, and would rather meet the threshold multiple times than live with the FOMO of having two or three out of four.
It looks nice I guess, but not for the threshold.
@sjr60 said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Perhaps these houses are as popular as LEGO thinks, but the fact that some of them have already appeared as GWPs several times suggests differently. Or at least that they might have produced a little too many of them."
All 3 houses have had 2 runs. Just the same as the Blacktron, Bionicle and numerous other very popular GWPs. It's pretty obvious that this is a preplanned strategy so that a GWP can be offered against different sets of new releases, but I appreciate that that doesn't really fit the 'Lego must have screwed up' agenda!"
No one said anything about having screwed up, but thanks for clarifying anyway.
Also no need for suggesting an agenda just because one doesn't get the reasoning for the absurdly high threshold for these houses,especially compared to other comparable or even more substantial GWPs.
Like the Disney GWP just recently that was both licensed, included a licensed minifig, and had a 100 Euro threshold. It's just mindboggling imho.
@AustinPowers said:
" @sjr60 said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Perhaps these houses are as popular as LEGO thinks, but the fact that some of them have already appeared as GWPs several times suggests differently. Or at least that they might have produced a little too many of them."
All 3 houses have had 2 runs. Just the same as the Blacktron, Bionicle and numerous other very popular GWPs. It's pretty obvious that this is a preplanned strategy so that a GWP can be offered against different sets of new releases, but I appreciate that that doesn't really fit the 'Lego must have screwed up' agenda!"
No one said anything about having screwed up, but thanks for clarifying anyway.
Also no need for suggesting an agenda just because one doesn't get the reasoning for the absurdly high threshold for these houses,especially compared to other, comparable or even more substantial GWPs.
Like the Disney GWP just recently that was both licensed, included a licensed minifig, and had a 100 Euro threshold. It's just mind boggling imho. "
Not judging the popularity or the volume produced correctly sounds like a suggestion of screwing up to me!
The threshold would be quite high if it was on it's own, but if that threshold gets 1 or 2 other GWPs as well then fair enough.
People do get a bit obsessed with GWP thresholds but if you only buy sets that you would have bought anyway, that can't be bought cheaper elsewhere, then the GWP is just a nice little bonus, and the threshold is pretty irrelevant. For those who don't meet the criteria for a particular freebie, just forget it. No GWPs are that essential.
Pity this series has only four sets....how does TLG represent all houses of the world with just four designs? Didn't see my house represented...Cape Cod style...just sayin