They don't look like April Fool sets so I'll assume they're not despite their availability date

Is that meant to be a Volkswagen Beetle?

The car looks odd. It probably just uses too many parts given its scale, and likely should just be one stud wide, not two.

Otherwise, I think this is a reasonable representation of Germany in the context of these postcards. I say this as a German, despite what my listed country may say.

@LegoMike said:
" @The_Boba_Brick said:
" @ohrmazd said:
"Is that meant to be a Volkswagen Beetle?"

You would think it almost certainly has to be the Beetle. The rounded slope in the back would suggest as much, but I'm not sure what's going on with the front. "

Yes, a Beetle would have an almost equally sloped front, so maybe this is a crude Porsche 911 ;-)
You'd think a Beetle though"

I get the 911 bit from the side, but what is happening with the front?

I'm trying to decide if it would be better to give 40871 as a gift still in its box or fully assembled. Either way, I like the mechanism.

Yay, I love them.

I was thinking the castle had to be Neuschwanstein as well, but I'm really not sure why they'd go with dark red for the roofing? Unless it is meant to be a different structure.

You'd think the point of these sets is to boil down these locations to their most recognizable imagery, but here we are debating several of the design elements. Oh well!

Will get the postcard, have all the others.

The only thing that really screams Germany would be a certain Ferrari :-)

@R0Sch said:
"Intercity train in the wrong livery is a fail. The sausage, beer and pretzel are missing too. 5/10"

minifig in a dirndl.

I like the postcards. I’m hoping they eventually do enough of them that I can use them as labels for my Nanoblock Sights To See kits.

To me as a German this postcard is totally Meh. Even the supposed Brandenburg Gate looks like sh*t. Let alone the random other buildings - no way is that Neuschwanstein Castle, not even close. And the large building could be any of a number of similar looking ones. I would have preferred a proper Brandenburg Gate, and then maybe the Cologne Cathedral, a Fachwerk town like Rothenburg, and a proper mini Neuschwanstein that at least looks somewhat similar to the real thing. The Frauenkirche Dresden would also have been a good choice. And if they were going for an ICE train, why the totally wrong colours?
Really bad effort imho.

"Cliffjumper's European Vacation"

It just so happens I'm going to Germany in April, and the city I'm staying in has a LEGO store.. I'll have to drop by and see if they have it.

Hmm no German flag? I assume it's copyrighted and not usable for commercial purposes like the Mexican flag?

Yeah, that postcard doesn't scream Germany to me at all really. Assuming that the castle is meant to be Neuschwanstein, it's not much like it. The car is also a bit random and the ICE train isn't the right colour. I like the town hall, but I think this one's a pass sadly. Cologne Cathedral should be there!

One idea I just had about the castle, maybe it's not supposed to be Neuschwanstein but one of the many castles along the Rhine. That would make a little more sense in terms of the landscape with the train track below too, and some of those castles look more like this one than Neuschwanstein.

@Crux said:
"I mean, is this really that bad? It seems like a pretty benign postcard. Compared to 40651, which was basically "Outback Despair (ft. Kookaburra)", the German postcard is a delight."

Seeing how you should insta-recognize wich country it is, when not having the name-tag on it, yeah I would consider this a fail and the Australian one a win.

Haha I thought my knowledge is poor that I recognize only Brandenburg Gate but even ppl from Germany don't know what this card suppose represent! xD
Sadly very poor design, they could include some iconic view from Dresden for example, maybe Zwinger? Plus Bavaria landscape.

I think this postcard looks pretty good. Half the fun is trying to work out what on earth they depict. Same as Speed Champion cars... some look excellent, but precious little like the claimed source, without seeing the name on the box!

Even before I started reading the comments, I was of the opinion that I'd rather have 21027 than that postcard, largely because I never had a lot of interest in the postcard sets, while I love the Skyline sets. But reading through this thread has only reinforced that decision.

Why is the red car so large compared to the other structures? Is there a large car in germany?

Also another one to add to my postcard collection, this will take it up to 8 now.

@Troncity1 said:
"Why is the red car so large compared to the other structures? Is there a large car in germany?

Also another one to add to my postcard collection, this will take it up to 8 now. "

Cliffjumper already has size complex, let's not make it worse for him. :o)

@yellowcastle said:
" @Troncity1 said:
"Why is the red car so large compared to the other structures? Is there a large car in germany?

Also another one to add to my postcard collection, this will take it up to 8 now. "

Cliffjumper already has size complex, let's not make it worse for him. :o)"

I always love it when people make Transformers references here,

Ooh, the postcards are starting to become more frequent now... I have Japan, Australia, and London but still missing Beijing (and Italy I'm still on the fence about) but might bite the bullet for Deutschland!