LEGO Architecture 21067 Tower Bridge official images!
Posted by CapnRex101,
10214 Tower Bridge was released in 2010, as one of the largest sets ever made at the time. Sixteen years later, the spectacular bridge returns as an Architecture model! The press release follows:
21067 Tower Bridge
3,745 pieces, rated 18+
$349.99 / £269.99 / €299.99
Available at LEGO.com from 1st August
Recreate an iconic London landmark with the Tower Bridge (21067) LEGO Architecture model kit. This collectable building set offers a challenging and rewarding activity for any travel-loving adult. Inspired by the real structure, the build includes microscale vehicles such as a double-decker bus and cars, while the River Thames forms part of the base, with waves helping to bring the set to life.
Other details include raising central bascules, which can be displayed open or closed, a blue suspension ‘walkway’ and a coat of arms (an homage to the first LEGO Tower Bridge set). Once the final brick is in place, you can display this spectacular home or office decor piece as a travel souvenir or bucket-list reminder.
This recreation of the bridge is smaller than 10214 Tower Bridge and contains fewer pieces, but seems no less detailed. Indeed, features like the supports beneath the moving bridge segments are more realistic than they were on the previous version and the presentation is arguably a little more refined overall.
What do you think of the new Tower Bridge? Let us know in the comments and via our poll.
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What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?
I wonder how long until somebody makes it into a train bridge? I saw a few MOC's like that with the original, even though the real one is just a road bridge.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I wanna see the Gateway Arch given an attempt, which is possible, but very difficult. I've only seen three MOC's with it at a decent scale - a giant one by a fellow LUG member, a smaller one by a ex-lug member, and a glued one in the St. Louis Science center built by Adam Reed Tucker.
As a Londoner, the light transparent blue used for the Thames feels more like wishful thinking than anything..... :V
I like this architecture version of the Tower Bridge, but I’m not getting it, because I used to walk this bridge everyday back in the 90s, so now I’m just sick of it. Haha! I would love to own an architecture version of the Forbidden City of Beijing and the Angkor Wat of Cambodia.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I kind of get the complaint here, but then I thought, in earnest - what would people really want to see in a Dutch architectural set? Probably just the tourist-traps anyway. So that'd be tulip-fields, Kinderdijk, maybe a minifig-scale Red Light district. I could lie and tell you we have a rich cultural history that would provide awesome scenery, but people would likely just reply with "maybe, but we're just here for your weed and your stroopwafels".
Looks nice but that price is daft.
Funny how architecture is now a theme with good ppp.
How the turn tables.
Whatever happened to the nice, affordable $45-65 Architecture sets?
Seems like every set announced nowadays is about £270.
I already have 10214. This will be a welcome reprieve for my wallet. I for one do not mind them reissuing the same thing over and over, helps enormously with my fomo :)
Speaking of reissues, a new Fallingwater PLEASE
Another repeat sigh, I guess there just aren't enough other sources of inspiration (said with heavy sarcasm).
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
We haven’t had a Lego Sydney opera house since 2017, I think we’re due for a new one
Honestly, given the advances in building techniques and new pieces in the 16 years since the original, this is really underwhelming. There's a couple of areas that are noticeably better than the original (the bases of the towers for instance), but there's also others that I'd argue are worse (the bascules and road deck are far too chunky, and the "cables" are so thin and flimsy compared to the IRL ironwork). The rest of it is just so....basic for a 2026 set. Only the use of printed pieces give it any more detail over the original. Hard pass for me, I'll stick to my original one, thank you.
I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down.
Looks like a $200 set.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
How long ago was the last Tower Bridge released again?
Just a week before my 10 year anniversary of buying 10214. Would be interested in reviews showing if this new version has enough differences to be worth buying again. Somehow I doubt it! There are loads of other London (or whole UK) landmarks I would have snapped up instantly!
Is it the current fashion in the UK to wear no fewer than three collared shirts at once? Or is that just for those who can afford to live in homes with intricately carved wood panelling?
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
The Taj Mahal maybe?
@BovineBrick said:
"Is it the current fashion in the UK to wear no fewer than three collared shirts at once? Or is that just for those who can afford to live in homes with intricately carved wood panelling?"
Looks like 2 shirts and a “neckerchief” to me.
@Crux said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I kind of get the complaint here, but then I thought, in earnest - what would people really want to see in a Dutch architectural set? Probably just the tourist-traps anyway. So that'd be tulip-fields, Kinderdijk, maybe a minifig-scale Red Light district. I could lie and tell you we have a rich cultural history that would provide awesome scenery, but people would likely just reply with "maybe, but we're just here for your weed and your stroopwafels"."
Would love to see Dutch colonial plantations. :p
On a side note about architectural models in general - I would love to see the Lincoln Cathedral done, as it is one of the biggest in the whole Europe. Come to think of it - Florence Duomo, El Escorial, Havana Cathedral, Haga Sophia just to name a few. While this set is a lovely update of the original masterpiece, LEGO could expand its horizons.
@Jack_Sassy said:
" @Crux said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I kind of get the complaint here, but then I thought, in earnest - what would people really want to see in a Dutch architectural set? Probably just the tourist-traps anyway. So that'd be tulip-fields, Kinderdijk, maybe a minifig-scale Red Light district. I could lie and tell you we have a rich cultural history that would provide awesome scenery, but people would likely just reply with "maybe, but we're just here for your weed and your stroopwafels"."
Would love to see Dutch colonial plantations. :p"
Well, that makes one of us. Mind you, I would love to see you suggest that notion to https://ideas.lego.com/.
Be sure to report back here, I'm keen to find out how that lands.
It doesn't look bad, but dare I say this looks not as good as the old one? Granted, when comparing with the real thing the proportions of this one seem a bit better. But it's hard to pinpoint what exactly it is, but this one looks just a bit too smooth, making it appear a lot smaller than it actually is. Also not a fan of the flex axles, the old solution certainly wasn't perfect either, but this is not an improvement. The one thing that obviously is a clear improvement are the supports underneath the bascules.
And personally, I actually would have preferred it a lot smaller. In itself I do like sets like this, but running out of display space....
And indeed, have we really run out of famous landmarks in the world?
This set wasn't all that popular with the first version. Matter of fact you can still buy 10214 brand new cheaper than this one on Ebay. There's also some serious shrinkflation going on here too. The new set has 542 fewer pieces and it's $110 more. Wow.
I have 10214 and I think I prefer it to this one. The new model looks squashed and as if they've tried to make it look old, which looks a bit weird, along with the windows and roof colour.
@Jack_Sassy said:
" @Crux said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I kind of get the complaint here, but then I thought, in earnest - what would people really want to see in a Dutch architectural set? Probably just the tourist-traps anyway. So that'd be tulip-fields, Kinderdijk, maybe a minifig-scale Red Light district. I could lie and tell you we have a rich cultural history that would provide awesome scenery, but people would likely just reply with "maybe, but we're just here for your weed and your stroopwafels"."
Would love to see Dutch colonial plantations. :p
On a side note about architectural models in general - I would love to see the Lincoln Cathedral done, as it is one of the biggest in the whole Europe. Come to think of it - Florence Duomo, El Escorial, Havana Cathedral, Haga Sophia just to name a few. While this set is a lovely update of the original masterpiece, LEGO could expand its horizons."
Add St. Basil's to that list
I like it. I think it does look a bit better than the old one, but I don't think it's improved enough to tempt me into selling the old one and purchasing this instead. I will just stick with what I have and save some money!
@Ayliffe said:
"As a Londoner, the light transparent blue used for the Thames feels more like wishful thinking than anything..... :V"
Well, the blobs in the water seem on point.
Plenty of other bridges in the UK they could have used, Forth Rail Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Clifton Suspension Bridge etc
@emQ said:
"I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down."
Are you confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge?
@Bugpy said:
" @emQ said:
"I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down."
Are you confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge?"
As an American, you cannot convince me they're not the same. Bridge in London. ;)
At first I questioned how big an improvement this could be, but looking back on the original... it's a big one. This manages to be simultaneously smaller and more detailed than the 2010 set. The towers are much more detailed, and the drawbridge portion is greatly improved (the original only had the barest suggestion of a truss supporting it).
Of course, it also costs more... but over 15 years of economic chaos will do that.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
A fellow member of my LUG once tried to get the Grand Hotel (largest front porch in the world) from Mackinac Island. I would like to see them do the Old Faithful Inn (largest log cabin building in the world).
@Murdoch17 said:
"I wanna see the Gateway Arch given an attempt, which is possible, but very difficult. I've only seen three MOC's with it at a decent scale - a giant one by a fellow LUG member, a smaller one by a ex-lug member, and a glued one in the St. Louis Science center built by Adam Reed Tucker."
You masochist.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
A fellow member of my LUG once tried to get the Grand Hotel (largest front porch in the world) from Mackinac Island. I would like to see them do the Old Faithful Inn (largest log cabin building in the world).
@Murdoch17 said:
"I wanna see the Gateway Arch given an attempt, which is possible, but very difficult. I've only seen three MOC's with it at a decent scale - a giant one by a fellow LUG member, a smaller one by a ex-lug member, and a glued one in the St. Louis Science center built by Adam Reed Tucker."
You masochist."
I didn't glue it!
I saw this and 72051-1 listed on Argos this morning and thought I don't remember the announcement.. and here it is. One of those sets I'd like to build, but not to own. The other set is for Donkey Kong (which looks great)
Still no small towers at both ends. Still incomplete :-(
@emQ said:
" @Bugpy said:
" @emQ said:
"I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down."
Are you confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge?"
As an American, you cannot convince me they're not the same. Bridge in London. ;)"
My fair lady~
@Murdoch17 said:
[[I wanna see the Gateway Arch given an attempt, which is possible, but very difficult. I've only seen three MOC's with it at a decent scale - a giant one by a fellow LUG member, a smaller one by a ex-lug member, and a glued one in the St. Louis Science center built by Adam Reed Tucker.]]
You masochist.]]
I didn't glue it!]]
No, but you wished someone else would be tasked with designing it. Even the EPCOT sphere would be an easier subject.
Hey look! 10214 is today's Random set!
Huh? "official images"? Guess the site must've developed a hiccup over the weekend?
Hmm, so it's actually a new set, do we really need that?
At least it seems like the proportions of the area between the deck, towers and overhead walkway is closer to the correct 1-to-2 this time, rather than the awkward square shape of the original set.
But it's *still* missing the outermost sections, where the cables swings up to the end portal buildings (seen to the left in the picture of the real bridge on the back of the box).
Pretty expensive (for fewer parts/smaller size) too, 350$/300e would normally be 3000-3500 kr, instead it's 4000 kr here. Seems like I can get the original new for about half that (ignoring postage and taxes).
@Murdoch17 said: "I wonder how long until somebody makes it into a train bridge?"
I was always thinking that *if* I bought the original, I'd mod it so I could run the 10194 Emerald Night across it - seems like this one is a bit too small for that. Also, both needs a mechanism to make the halves open in sync by turning a single crank.
I ran a query to find out how high 10214 ranked in time on sale in the UK. It came tenth. The champions are 10696 and 10698, available since 2015. The New York and London skylines, 10220 Volkswagen T1, 31058 Mighty Dinosaurs, the UCS Millennium Falcon and a couple of other sets ranked second to ninth.
I believe I visited this once as a child in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. ;o)
It looks amazing for what it is. I think they captured shaping really well and the colors work. I'd be all over it, if I didn't have the original (which I have never built either since I never got around to it...).
But with that said, comparing the two, this one looks significantly smaller, but more expensive. Yes a lot more details/greebling noted, but still smaller overall. I mean the old one used actual window pieces compared to printed/stickered tiles or whatever piece is being used.
Either way, it does make me happy not having to have it but also upsetting since I'd take this one over the original if I had both side by side. Also upsetting since every set anymore seems to be so expensive. It just confirms you can't have it all.
Now this is amazing.
@Murdoch17 said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I wanna see the Gateway Arch given an attempt, which is possible, but very difficult. I've only seen three MOC's with it at a decent scale - a giant one by a fellow LUG member, a smaller one by a ex-lug member, and a glued one in the St. Louis Science center built by Adam Reed Tucker."
I believe they have one in Miniland at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort!
@Darth_Dee said:
" @Jack_Sassy said:
" @Crux said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I kind of get the complaint here, but then I thought, in earnest - what would people really want to see in a Dutch architectural set? Probably just the tourist-traps anyway. So that'd be tulip-fields, Kinderdijk, maybe a minifig-scale Red Light district. I could lie and tell you we have a rich cultural history that would provide awesome scenery, but people would likely just reply with "maybe, but we're just here for your weed and your stroopwafels"."
Would love to see Dutch colonial plantations. :p
On a side note about architectural models in general - I would love to see the Lincoln Cathedral done, as it is one of the biggest in the whole Europe. Come to think of it - Florence Duomo, El Escorial, Havana Cathedral, Haga Sophia just to name a few. While this set is a lovely update of the original masterpiece, LEGO could expand its horizons."
Add St. Basil's to that list"
Or Church of St Mary and All Saints in Chesterfield. Bit of a esoteric choice, yes, but I really want to see them replicate it’s famous crooked spire
Repeats are great: for those who already have 10214, your wallet is safe and for the folks that were born 10-15 years after you, they can now afford this nice landmark. New parts and new techniques lend themselves well to improving an old model. Nobody is against improvement, right? Lego Star Wars is doing it all the time (sometimes with negative improvement if there is such a thing). Back in the days, Lego was making about 200 sets per year (a remake would be annoying), now they are producing nearly 1000; there is still plenty of choice elsewhere.
I already own the first one. The new one is better built in some places (most notably under the bascules). The first one is however quite a bit larger and everything is brick-built - no stickers/prints for the windows. I would normally have a huge interest for this (I lived 10 years in London: EC1) but since I already have one, I will need to see it myself before deciding if it is a big improvement enough to justify the cost. This will definitely not be a priority - there is plenty of other stuff on my list before this, however nice it is.
I prefer the old one. It looks a lot less imposing. The windows are nit really built up (are those stickers or prints?). The suspension cable things are not brick built. And I miss the old baseplates. These must take up a significant amount of parts for an underwhelming result.
Oh, and it's smaller too. More shelf-friendly I guess, but that's not the price.
The level of detail is good though, and like the bases of the tower and the undersides of the bridge decks more.
@iamkevinwill said:
"I saw this and 72051-1 listed on Argos this morning and thought I don't remember the announcement.. and here it is. One of those sets I'd like to build, but not to own. The other set is for Donkey Kong (which looks great) "
Lego's tactic of doing announcements close to release has really started to fail, this is like the fourth time this year they've missed the defined street date they gave retailers. Trying this aggressively to prevent leaks or early reveals has gotten to the point of affecting the customer lmao.
Donkey Kong's been on shelves for about a week now.
I cannot wait to place Mysterio and Spidey on this Bridge and watch the destruction with a few Drones thrown in!
Anyone else?
@emQ said:
" @Bugpy said:
" @emQ said:
"I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down."
Are you confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge?"
As an American, you cannot convince me they're not the same. Bridge in London. ;)"
Funny story from 1968, American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch thought he was buying The Tower Bridge for $2.46 million. He had the dismantled structure shipped to Arizona in the United States, and then had it rebuilt to put Lake Havasu City on the map. It didn't take him long to realize that it was a different bridge.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
It's been 16 years.
@legoavenger14 said:
"I cannot wait to place Mysterio and Spidey on this Bridge and watch the destruction with a few Drones thrown in!
Anyone else? "
But they would look like giants on that bridge. :P
@HOBBES said:
"Repeats are great: for those who already have 10214, your wallet is safe and for the folks that were born 10-15 years after you, they can now afford this nice landmark. New parts and new techniques lend themselves well to improving an old model. Nobody is against improvement, right? Lego Star Wars is doing it all the time (sometimes with negative improvement if there is such a thing). "
All true, and considering the time between the two sets even more so. Though one major difference between Star Wars and Architecture: SW get dozens of sets each year, so if some of those are repeats, not much lost. Considering the number of Architecture sets though....
While this year could be seen as a good year for Architecture, considering we already had 4 sets (already the highest number in 7 years!), one of those is new (and priced and sized out of reach of many), one is a repeat, and the other two ar really stretching the boundaries of what can be considered Architecture. In that regard I have a similar feeling I had with the recent Hubble release: Why even a repeat when there are so many other subjects that have never gotten a Lego version yet?
I have the old one and hence do not need this remake. However, there will be people who'd be interested in this iconic bridge but who simply were not into the hobby or not into architecture models twelve years ago.
It is legit for LEGO to re-release. Those who don't want it can choose from a gazillion other sets.
That said: I'd like a dutch scenery with mindmills and tulips. Or some Austrian castle (Schönbrunn? Hochosterwitz? Or somethin from Salzburg to get the "Sound of Music" people?).
My small brick built architecture replica needs have been fully met and then some by Nanoblock — Tower Bridge included — but this seems like a nice version thereof.
(As far as the Netherlands goes I believe they did three, although I don’t have one of them and might have either forgotten something or missed new things in the post-Brexit wasteland of imports: Miffy and the Streets of Holland, Mauritshuis complete with Girl with a Pearl Earring poster, and a windmill from the Kinderdijk-Elshout heritage site which is nice but turned out to be highly vulnerable to falling ferries and is now banned from being on lower shelves. They’re much smaller than Lego, though, so I imagine they wouldn’t scratch the same itch for everyone.)
@CapnRex101 said:
"This recreation of the bridge is smaller than 10214 Tower Bridge and contains fewer pieces)"
And yet, it's more expensive, even taking inflation into account.
@WizardOfOss said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Repeats are great: for those who already have 10214 , your wallet is safe and for the folks that were born 10-15 years after you, they can now afford this nice landmark. New parts and new techniques lend themselves well to improving an old model. Nobody is against improvement, right? Lego Star Wars is doing it all the time (sometimes with negative improvement if there is such a thing). "
All true, and considering the time between the two sets even more so. Though one major difference between Star Wars and Architecture: SW get dozens of sets each year, so if some of those are repeats, not much lost. Considering the number of Architecture sets though....
While this year could be seen as a good year for Architecture, considering we already had 4 sets (already the highest number in 7 years!), one of those is new (and priced and sized out of reach of many), one is a repeat, and the other two ar really stretching the boundaries of what can be considered Architecture. In that regard I have a similar feeling I had with the recent Hubble release: Why even a repeat when there are so many other subjects that have never gotten a Lego version yet?"
Also all very true. Someone above mentioned Angkor Wat. That would be fantastic but to render it properly, it would have significantly more parts than the Sagrada Familia and thus prohibitively expensive. I also heard there was supposed to be a CN Tower coming up as well (pinch of salt). There are indeed many more place of interest - since Lego is now doing religious places, that opens a whole bunch of new choices as well. I would not mind a Chureito pagoda (even with a print of mount Fuji in the background).
I really, really wanted to like the Hubble telescope. This is right up my alley and I am definitely the target audience but I just cannot get over the light blueish grey instead the ink silver of the previous one. Even if I wanted to spend another $200 to buy the silver parts in PaB, they are just not available - I calculated that with existing silver parts, I would cover only about 10% of it (at great cost).
10214 was available for a long time - far longer than most sets, which suggests to me that it was consistently popular. Partly this was down to how gpod the design was and how well it aged. So the comment about the original not being popular is simply wrong.
Also, 16 years' worth of inflation will account for the price increase and part decrease. As will the removal of 480 Tan cheese slopes from the design...
Overall it looks very nice, but I got the original in late 2012 and had it on display until we moved in 2021, so I've no need for another one.
10214 was my first big Lego set. It was the small architecture sets that got me back into Lego. I remember that it didn't have numbered bags so I had to sort everything in containers. I've moved twice since then and I still have it on display.
@Snowy_Tabbert said:
" @legoavenger14 said:
"I cannot wait to place Mysterio and Spidey on this Bridge and watch the destruction with a few Drones thrown in!
Anyone else? "
But they would look like giants on that bridge. :P"
TMBG.
@HOBBES said:
"Repeats are great: for those who already have 10214, your wallet is safe and for the folks that were born 10-15 years after you, they can now afford this nice landmark."
I mean, no they can't because the average person doesn't have $350 laying around to blow on plastic, but that's more a comment on the state of the world at large than Lego specifically.
And those who are surprised at the price increase: have you been paying attention to the state of the world for the past 10 years? Turbulent markets, shrinkflation, and a growing demand for enormous profit margins above all other concerns is global, across all industries. And that *does* include Lego.
@HoMa said:
"Still no small towers at both ends. Still incomplete :-("
Actually, while I am very happy to own the old one (I've even got two of them, don't ask me why, I don't know myself), if I wanted an upgrade I'd buy the Reobrix version shown by Jang in his video because that one is indeed complete. Plus it's more in the style of 10214 which I prefer to this one.
Don't get me wrong I don't think this new one is bad, it's just not better enough imho for me to consider replacing my old one with.
After went to London two times and obviously visiting Tower Bridge this is a must to have set for me. It looks very accurate, however my only 2 complaints is the lack of window pieces and q bit pricy.
Check this funny fack: the last Tower Bridge set was released in 2010 when Spain won the World Cup, this one released in 2026, my predition:, Spain Champion!
@Rimefang said:
"Funny story from 1968, American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch thought he was buying The Tower Bridge for $2.46 million. He had the dismantled structure shipped to Arizona in the United States, and then had it rebuilt to put Lake Havasu City on the map. It didn't take him long to realize that it was a different bridge."
Tell the truth, now. You made up the name of that city, didn’t you?
@BionicleGuard said:
"I mean, no they can't because the average person doesn't have $350 laying around to blow on plastic, but that's more a comment on the state of the world at large than Lego specifically."
No, they do, but they insist on spending it on frivolous things like mortgage/rent, food, and utilities.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
Yeah, my first reaction to this was a sense of deja vu.
@Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
I do honestly think the opera house could use another crack. I'm not ASKING for it by any means, I'm just saying it would greatly benefit from newer wedges and slopes.
@Rimefang said:
"Funny story from 1968, American entrepreneur Robert P. McCulloch thought he was buying The Tower Bridge for $2.46 million. He had the dismantled structure shipped to Arizona in the United States, and then had it rebuilt to put Lake Havasu City on the map. It didn't take him long to realize that it was a different bridge."
One of my favorite pieces of trivia tbh. "Where is London Bridge located? WRONG!!!"
@PurpleDave said:
" @Rimefang said:
"Lake Havasu City"
Tell the truth, now. You made up the name of that city, didn’t you?"
Sir, IDK where in the US you live, but if you think Havasu is rough, you would not be able to navigate Wisconsin with cities like Ashwaubenon, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls, Oconomowoc, and Chequamegon Bay
@ShilohCyan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Rimefang said:
"Lake Havasu City"
Tell the truth, now. You made up the name of that city, didn’t you?"
Sir, IDK where in the US you live, but if you think Havasu is rough, you would not be able to navigate Wisconsin with cities like Ashwaubenon, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls, Oconomowoc, and Chequamegon Bay"
Michigan. Currently in Metro Detwah.
This build is definitely better (duh) but man that box is so ugly compared to the box of the original tower bridge
An improvement would be not to have the brittle brown pieces in it like the first set.
I have the previous version, but I do prefer the med azur to the blue for the walkway & cables. The improvements to the underside of the bascules look great. I also like the sand green versus the gray. These are improvements that I've always wanted and now there are parts to do them.
@PurpleDave said:
" @ShilohCyan said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Rimefang said:
"Lake Havasu City"
Tell the truth, now. You made up the name of that city, didn’t you?"
Sir, IDK where in the US you live, but if you think Havasu is rough, you would not be able to navigate Wisconsin with cities like Ashwaubenon, Wauwatosa, Menomonee Falls, Oconomowoc, and Chequamegon Bay"
Michigan. Currently in Metro Detwah."
I bought my first house in Ooltewah Tennessee back when you had to phone in Lego Shop orders. Every call was, "What? Please spell that for me."
@jBXavier said:
"I like this architecture version of the Tower Bridge, but I’m not getting it, because I used to walk this bridge everyday back in the 90s, so now I’m just sick of it. Haha! I would love to own an architecture version of the Forbidden City of Beijing and the Angkor Wat of Cambodia."
Ha, yes! If I was walking over the Bridge it had meant the Tube station was closed for whatever reason and I’d walked miles into the City.
@legoavenger14 said:
"I cannot wait to place Mysterio and Spidey on this Bridge and watch the destruction with a few Drones thrown in!
Anyone else? "
30443 Spider-Man Bridge Battle seems the perfect companion for this set!
II think I like the new one better as it just seems crisper. That being said, I’m not sure why they continue to taper the river around the piers. I’d prefer a uniform rectangular section of the Thames.
@Paperballpark said:
"10214 was available for a long time - far longer than most sets, which suggests to me that it was consistently popular. Partly this was down to how gpod the design was and how well it aged. So the comment about the original not being popular is simply wrong.
Also, 16 years' worth of inflation will account for the price increase and part decrease. As will the removal of 480 Tan cheese slopes from the design...
Overall it looks very nice, but I got the original in late 2012 and had it on display until we moved in 2021, so I've no need for another one."
Allow me to retort. The original 10214 Tower Bridge was available for 2 years and 3 months. About average for large Lego sets of the day. It was originally priced at $239.99. Today it sells on average on Ebay for $325.00 sealed with shipping costs or free shipping either way.
The 10218 Pet Shop was available for 5 years and 7 months which was unheard of at the time. It was originally priced at $149.99. Today it sells for about $300.00 sealed on Ebay.
The 10255 Assembly Square was available for 7 years which is incredible. It was originally priced at $299.00. Today it sells for about $375.00 sealed on Ebay.
Given that 10214 was only available for about 2 years is NOT a long time, it's average. The other two were available for more than 2 and 3 times as long. THOSE were popular sets. It has taken 10214 14 YEARS to climb up to its' original RRP and used copies frequently sell for less than $150.00. 10255 has only been gone 3 years and is above its' RRP right now.
Your entire post is nonsense.
@yellowcastle said:
"II think I like the new one better as it just seems crisper. That being said, I’m not sure why they continue to taper the river around the piers. I’d prefer a uniform rectangular section of the Thames."
Agree, this new one looks much more refined to my eyes, and it would indeed look even better without the "cutouts" of the base. Being the way it is can of course be explained with saving loads of pieces and $.
But more surprising for me, and what would annoy me the most if I could be bothered to get the set, is that they still don't get the shape right for the base of the towers. It's not supposed to be a rectangle with rounded corners. The real thing is fully rounded on both ends, a stadium shape. It can even be seen on the picture on the back of the box. And the lower most part that goes in the water should even be shaped like the bow of a boat, which makes sense for hydrodynamics in the moving water. With such attention to detail elsewhere, missing out on such large and fundamental shapes is weird to me.
The real question is whether it’s possible to recreate the Spice World bus at that scale, for Important Reenactment Reasons.
This is getting ridiculous... another London something....
I wish I had the space for this, but unless someone gives me a winning lottery ticket, the only Tower Bridge I'm ever going to have room for is the one in 21034.
@tfcrafter said:
" @Duq said:
"What an inspired choice, another Tower Bridge. What will they think of next, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House?"
How long ago was the last Tower Bridge released again?"
2017. The aforementioned 21034.
@emQ said:" @Bugpy said:" @emQ said:"I heard this set has a tendency to tumble over and fall down."
Are you confusing Tower Bridge with London Bridge?"
As an American, you cannot convince me they're not the same. Bridge in London. ;)"
As an Anglophile, I can assure you that they are completely different bridges.
PurpleDave said:"Even the EPCOT sphere would be an easier subject [than the Gateway Arch]."
That's no moon...
@HOBBES said:"I really, really wanted to like the Hubble telescope. This is right up my alley and I am definitely the target audience but I just cannot get over the light blueish grey instead the ink silver of the previous one. Even if I wanted to spend another $200 to buy the silver parts in PaB, they are just not available - I calculated that with existing silver parts, I would cover only about 10% of it (at great cost). "
And that's why it's gray and not silver ink, because the parts weren't already available.
The set looks nice, but I'd forgotten that they'd already done one before until I read some of the comments. I really like the ripple effect in the water.