40697 Light-up Carved Pumpkin revealed
Posted by Huw,
Hong Kong retailer HobbyDigi has revealed what is either a forthcoming gift with purchase or LEGO exclusive: 40697 Carved Pumpkin. The 254-piece set can be built with a happy or more sinister face, and includes a light brick to illuminate it from the inside.
It's likely to be available during October, so we'll let you know when we have more details.
Sorry, I'm not going to call it a Jack-whatever because that's not a term we use over here in the UK :-)
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I will...
Jack-O-Lantern!
;P
Pff where is my light up neep lantern?
I'm not seeing the "limited edition"or GWP mark on the box.
Looks pretty nice! Nothing too crazy, but it works
@watcher21 said:
"I'm not seeing the "limited edition"or GWP mark on the box."
I don't think that many of the GWPs have such markings.
I like it! Especially the option for a second carved face!
Good gourd.
Also comes with free ghost popsicle.
Spooky!
And i'm surprised it's a gift with purchase. It includes a light-up brick which must be pretty expensive to make.
I'm from the UK and I've always called it a Jack-o-Lantern! Looks like a nice little set, I like how it (and the ghost!) can turn friendly c:
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
The ghost is very cute. Love how the expression changes by just rotating one piece!
OMG this is so cute. Reminds me of 3047 from my childhood.
Not bad, but I still prefer them made the traditional way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IVdvQqV8-U
The set number indicates it is a GWP. There has been free Creator branded GWP’s previously, including for Halloween, I recall a witch a few years ago.
I don't think it will shine as brightly as on the box art...
Nice build, I require this.
@MisterBrickster said:
"Pff where is my light up neep lantern?"
Agreed, we want representation - light up tumshies for all the Scots :)
That aside, this is a great wee build!
@KIERAN2400 said:
"The set number indicates it is a GWP. There has been free Creator branded GWP’s previously, including for Halloween, I recall a witch a few years ago."
There have also been Creator branded, regular sets that have not been GWPs in the number range. Given the piece count and inclusion of a light brick I suspect that it will be available for sale; if it were a GWP it would be a high price point.
@choo_choo said:
" @KIERAN2400 said:
"The set number indicates it is a GWP. There has been free Creator branded GWP’s previously, including for Halloween, I recall a witch a few years ago."
There have also been Creator branded, regular sets that have not been GWPs in the number range. Given the piece count and inclusion of a light brick I suspect that it will be available for sale; if it were a GWP it would be a high price point."
40562 Mystic Witch was a Creator GWP that did have almost exact same price count, and the extra design being a 3-in-1, no light brick however.
@TeriXeri said:
" @choo_choo said:
" @KIERAN2400 said:
"The set number indicates it is a GWP. There has been free Creator branded GWP’s previously, including for Halloween, I recall a witch a few years ago."
There have also been Creator branded, regular sets that have not been GWPs in the number range. Given the piece count and inclusion of a light brick I suspect that it will be available for sale; if it were a GWP it would be a high price point."
40562 Mystic Witch was a Creator GWP that did have almost exact same price count, and the extra design being a 3-in-1, no light brick however."
Really good set.
The Mystic Witch had a threshold of £100 late Oct 22, and £115 late Oct 23. I imagine this having a threshold around £130. Looking forward to it.
Hoping for the next (last) shop first though.
I forgot gwps existed for a second there, and was really looking forward to getting it. I hope it’s just a set, but if not I guess I’ll have too pretend it doesn’t exist.
Oh My Gourd!!! A pumpkin face off......literally!!
40697 Light-up Carved Pumpkin revealed
Posted by Huw, 21 Sep 2024 16:00
Sorry, I'm not going to call it a Jack-whatever because that's not a term we use over here in the UK :-)
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Why don't you mention term you use in U.K.?
Left me maybe us?, Hanging wandering what term is?
So I did some research, because the jack-o-lantern claim just seemed weird to me.
While you might not use it anymore, it seems like the term has its origins from the British Isles!
Am I a know it all? Sure. But it was just such a weird comment!
@missedoutagain said:
"40697 Light-up Carved Pumpkin revealed
Posted by Huw, 21 Sep 2024 16:00
Sorry, I'm not going to call it a Jack-whatever because that's not a term we use over here in the UK :-)
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Why don't you mention term you use in U.K.?
Left me maybe us?, Hanging wandering what term is?"
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I assume they call it a pumpkin or carved pumpkin, since that’s the set name and Huw seemed fine calling it that.
Regardless, I really like this set! It’ll be nice getting a light brick in a set that small.
Reminds me of Pac-Man.
Is it me or is the happy face even more terrifying?
@Legoarcher87 said:
"So I did some research, because the jack-o-lantern claim just seemed weird to me.
While you might not use it anymore, it seems like the term has its origins from the British Isles!
Am I a know it all? Sure. But it was just such a weird comment!"
There are a lot of cases where the word or term used in America isn't a case of us deciding to be different, but that the Brits decided to change it, and we didn't get the memo.
looks like a fine halloween lantern, but I would love to see a good old fashioned Tumshie Lantern to frighten the spooks and spectres away on All Hallows Eve
Is this the first time an electronics component appeared in such a small non-Service Pack (or whatever you call these) since the 1980s?
@Atuin said:
"Is this the first time an electronics component appeared in such a small non-Service Pack (or whatever you call these) since the 1980s?"
A light brick also appeared in 40600 which was also a GWP.
@missedoutagain said:
"40697 Light-up Carved Pumpkin revealed
Posted by Huw, 21 Sep 2024 16:00
Sorry, I'm not going to call it a Jack-whatever because that's not a term we use over here in the UK :-)
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Why don't you mention term you use in U.K.?
Left me maybe us?, Hanging wandering what term is?"
Carved pumpkin.
@Legoarcher87 said:
"So I did some research, because the jack-o-lantern claim just seemed weird to me.
While you might not use it anymore, it seems like the term has its origins from the British Isles!
Am I a know it all? Sure. But it was just such a weird comment!"
"the term originated in 17th-century Britain, where it was used to refer to a man with a lantern or to a night watchman. At that time, the British often called men whose names they didn't know by a common name like Jack. Thus, an unknown man carrying a lantern was sometimes called "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern." ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-history-of-jack-o-lantern )
'Carved pumpkin' will do to describe carved pumpkin...
@Huw said:
" @Legoarcher87 said:
"So I did some research, because the jack-o-lantern claim just seemed weird to me.
While you might not use it anymore, it seems like the term has its origins from the British Isles!
Am I a know it all? Sure. But it was just such a weird comment!"
"the term originated in 17th-century Britain, where it was used to refer to a man with a lantern or to a night watchman. At that time, the British often called men whose names they didn't know by a common name like Jack. Thus, an unknown man carrying a lantern was sometimes called "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern." ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-history-of-jack-o-lantern )
'Carved pumpkin' will do to describe carved pumpkin..."
Additionally, when the tradition of carved vegetable lanterns emerged on the Isles, they used Turnips, not Pumpkins. So carved pumpkin would be correct following the strict definition.
A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one.
@Huw said:
" @Legoarcher87 said:
"So I did some research, because the jack-o-lantern claim just seemed weird to me.
While you might not use it anymore, it seems like the term has its origins from the British Isles!
Am I a know it all? Sure. But it was just such a weird comment!"
"the term originated in 17th-century Britain, where it was used to refer to a man with a lantern or to a night watchman. At that time, the British often called men whose names they didn't know by a common name like Jack. Thus, an unknown man carrying a lantern was sometimes called "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern." ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the-history-of-jack-o-lantern )
'Carved pumpkin' will do to describe carved pumpkin..."
Nice save, Jack.
When I was growing up in the 1980s we used to carve Mangels (fodder beet) as pumpkins weren't so readily available. My dad grew vast quantities for his cows, so it was only right to re-purpose the odd one! I'll admit the results were usually quite 'rustic' but it was great fun at the time, and it became a family ritual for several years!
One of my least favorite things about this site is its tendency to change set names on a whim to satisfy their British superiority complex. Like, I don't care what you call something like this, the set name is the set name and I'd prefer the database being accurate.
@Lyichir said:
"One of my least favorite things about this site is its tendency to change set names on a whim to satisfy their British superiority complex. Like, I don't care what you call something like this, the set name is the set name and I'd prefer the database being accurate."
But.....has the set name been oficially revealed? I can't find anything official from Lego, and none of the pictures show the name either. Which makes me think all of the other sites are just copying each other.
@Lyichir said:
"One of my least favorite things about this site is its tendency to change set names on a whim to satisfy their British superiority complex. Like, I don't care what you call something like this, the set name is the set name and I'd prefer the database being accurate."
This. It's always telling when there's a wave of site updates for set pages and it's to change a word to a British spelling (I remember a "jewellery" instance recently) or British word regardless of what Lego actually writes on the set's box, and even funnier, contrary to a set's description on the same page. Checking the changelog of an updated page is often a fun exercise to see if it's either a correction or compulsory Britishness.
This is a database, and messing with accuracy to reflect the owner's preferences arbitrarily is a problem. Ideally, there should be a field in the set info for alternative/regional names or typo fixes and having the search system check those fields when fetching results, so you don't have asinine instances like the red insect girl CMF's set and individual minifigure pages not show up in each other's search criteria for Ladybug and Ladybird. (Yes, I know that specific name difference is because of Brickset and Bricklink's separate inventory/naming systems, but it'd be better to have either word return either set and have relevant search results appear across cultural preferences.)
Funnily, people probably wouldn't have drawn attention to Huw *not* calling this set a Jack-o-lantern if he didn't make a point of it.
Regardless of nationality, being smug and provincialist or contrarian about the way your country says something just doesn't have any charm to me. You can love your place without having to qualify it as better/more sensible than another. Odd.
Brickset may be a British site, but is it really a *British* site? The purpose is to be a database and review hub for all users.
@Lyichir , @Alia_of_AGL , @8BrickMario , thank you for your comments which have been noted.
LEGO uses British spelling on its British website, so colour, jewellery, and so on, so names with those words spelled that way are just as 'accurate' as those spelled otherwise and this being a site run by English people, we will use them.
We do record regional names where there is a significant difference but not when the only difference is spelling.
As for this set, I will change it once the name on the British LEGO.com pages is known.
@CCC said:
" @missedoutagain said:
"40697 Light-up Carved Pumpkin revealed
Posted by Huw, 21 Sep 2024 16:00
Sorry, I'm not going to call it a Jack-whatever because that's not a term we use over here in the UK :-)
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Why don't you mention term you use in U.K.?
Left me maybe us?, Hanging wandering what term is?"
Carved pumpkin."
Thanks, I missed seeing the name of the set.. also thought be different word..
Will be interesting to see how much light is visible through the joints between the bricks rather than from where it's meant to come from!
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Spooky!
And i'm surprised it's a gift with purchase. It includes a light-up brick which must be pretty expensive to make."
That's what LEGO always tries to imply, when in reality these components cost pennies. Same with the Technic motors etc. These things are dirt cheap if manufactured in the thousands (millions?). Economies of scale.
It's just a marketing ploy to make us believe we should have to pay a fortune for them. But as you can see from sets by alternative manufacturers, electronic components are nothing special and certainly no reason for massive extra cost added.
Much better than 40721 Halloween Barn!
@Alia_of_AGL said:
" Funnily, people probably wouldn't have drawn attention to Huw *not* calling this set a Jack-o-lantern if he didn't make a point of it."
@8BrickMario said:
"Regardless of nationality, being smug and provincialist or contrarian about the way your country says something just doesn't have any charm to me."
Gourdy lordy. Press that button and lighten up, guys!
IT IS A GWP
According to Lego, the official name is “Halloween Pumpkin”
It's a GWP.
It's now listed on LEGO's website https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/halloween-pumpkin-40697