Ancient Roman monument teased by LEGO Italy

@Zordboy said:
"I have to be honest. I'm not remotely interested. It's going to be gigantic and hugely-expensive, and for what? A bunch of grey and tan arches?

Definite nope."

It's going to be around 499 euro, and there appear to be a lot of tan parts (a lot of arches), at over 9000 pieces.

There is a picture at https://www.brickfanatics.com/rumoured-lego-10276-colosseum-may-be-biggest-ever-set/ ?
The 75192 Millennium Falcon is currently the largest set with 7541 pieces retailing at the Lego shop $800 or £650, which is on everyone's Christmas list. Although the price per piece is high for Star Wars, whereas the nearest historical reference is probably 10256 Taj Mahal Tower Bridge with 5923 pieces for £300. So maybe this will only be around £400?

$1K?

9000+ parts for a massive set designed to be minifig scale you're looking at a minimum of £800 I would imagine, even without any licensing deals. That also looks to be the most repetitive build ever and little in the way of colour variation. I'm sure there are cheaper ways to get a large purchase of tan bricks ;)

I'm sure it will look cool but good luck finding space for something like that.

I reckon around the £700 mark, but trying to keep up with this years releases is a huge struggle on my wallet

Let see if I can fit it in my Lego train set... definite must if it looks good and decent price.

If it isn't the Circus Maximum, I'm not buying it. The Colosseum is nowhere big enough.

@yuffie said:
"As ever with the leaked photos it's difficult to get a true feel for the set but it does look like another effort from Lego to make a model look as little like a lego set as possible.

It also looks a hideously repetitive build but I guess that will still appeal to anyone who liked Tower Bridge, Big Ben or the Taj Mahal."

I have Big Ben and the Taj Mahal, and they’re gorgeous on display, but I have to say that Big Ben is the only LEGO set I’ve never completely enjoyed building. It was super repetitive and painful on my fingers to constantly line everything up. The Taj Mahal was a lot better, but this Colosseum looks more like Big Ben to me. I’m looking forward to seeing the HD pictures.

Jury is out on this. I'll have to see what it actually looks like.

Hereby the first to answer the question asked in the article:
Dkk 3.500... Around €500.

Which isn't enough for 'the largest Lego set ever made' . But that would be my absolute limit for a set.

Thing is, I wouldn't normally be into sets like this which are only good for display. But this one has piqued my interest. Why? It seems half the building is in ruins as it exists today, and the other half is as it was back in the day. I'm interested to see how this has been achieved, and if it looks as good as it sounds, they might just prize some cash out of my wallet. Unless they've cheapened it with stickers.

Wait: apparently I've been hoodwinked and the "leaks" of a half and half set are a pretty good MOC. Ah well.

I love architecture --- the actual thing, not so much the Lego versions, but I am partials to modulars. This is too big and too expensive. So no.

It's the kind of thing I think I'd be interested in, but it depends how interesting the build is. I buy LEGO for the building process first and foremost so if it's a dull build I'd probably wait to buy a set second hand and then sell it on after building (oh for a hire/library service for these big sets). I'm still saving for the Grand Piano so this would probably have to wait until I've got that.
But gone are the days when an AFOL could collect all of the adult-oriented sets LEGO makes.

Lego shouldn't be making sets in 2020 that commemorate people who commit genocide like the emperors Vespasian and Titus did.

The Colosseum should be bulldozed by the Italian government today and the land used for some humanitarian project.

Damn it, My bday was today, Oh well have to wait for Christmas haha

^^Hmmm...some double standards being casually tossed about, no? Where's the V-22 then? Fix the faulty gear load issue and release it.

In the meantime, keep the pile of tan bricks. The real thing isn't much better. 'Visit the Colosseum day' was a disappointing day in Rome. Couldn't even get inside without succumbing to the throngs of aggressive scalper 'tour operators' who attempt to wrangle the minimum number of tourists to call it a tour. What a scam. Walked around the outside and dipped out...lame. Watch a 4K aerial drone tour instead - chances are your living room smells much better, too.

Oh if only I wasn’t being made redundant. Would love this!

@mafon2 said:
"Wait, is it going to be minifig scale?

P.S. Remember someone joking that Lego'd never make the death arena set ?"

Based on the leaks, It is not.

Won't be getting this for the same reason I haven't gotten Taj Mahal: boring, repetitive, expensive build in more or less 1 colour. I did get and loved building Big Ben though, but at somewhere round €180 for such a big building with a rather small footprint (which I've enjoyed modifying a bit to fit my display space) that was fine. Bigger isn't always better :)

If this has minifigs plus a relatively small footprint (he says, optimistically), then I might be able to persuade the wife to let me get this . . . though in place of the cantina set.

Maybe the sell it as quarter Parts so you choose 4 duplicaties for a complete arena or two or one for smaller display.

I will buck the trend and say that I cannot wait for it. I have seen a few purported leaks and I think it looks good. And if the leaks are accurate I think it looks awesome.

I probably have a higher chance purchasing this massive expensive set than a larger rehash of the Ghostbuster Ecto.

I haven't looked at the leaked photos (I tend not to). But even without having seen them, and before reading all the comments, I suspected that building the coliseum would be very repetitive, at least in many parts. Having seen the original (a few times), it seems kinda unavoidable, even in the state it is in today :)

So, I guess I'll marvel at how it looks, but am unlikely to buy it

Bold move, potentially insulting for Christians as thousands christians have died in Colosseum. Controversy might be even bigger than the one with Jabba's palace. Let's wait and see, I'm curios to see how this unravels.

Big Ben is over 4000 parts for 200€ so if this is say 8000 pieces it should be 400€ or just below. Maybe 450€ max??

I actually want this set desperately but with all the licensed sets I want to get it may unfortunately fall by the wayside

@jdm said:
"Big Ben is over 4000 parts for 200€ so if this is say 8000 pieces it should be 400€ or just below. Maybe 450€ max??"

Taj Mahal was 330 Euros for 5923 parts, or 0.056 Euros per part. So for 9,000 parts my guess is about 500 Euros.

yes yes yes. take my money

Wouldn't we all feel silly if it turned out to be an advertisement for a Brickman display at the somewhat less grand Colliseum arena in Hampton, Virginia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Coliseum

There most probably will be exactly zero minifigures.
And it should rather be called "The ruins of...", because a good chunk of it is missing and you would need 2 sets + extra parts to make a whole building.

Would more likely buy a Rome Skyline set.

this leaked a long time ago, pretty sure for $600

@Zander: It's a myth that Roman Empire was universally persecutory and hateful of Christians. However, explicitly for the content of their faith and how it was perceived at playing out in civic/political alliances, and regional tensions, it most certainly was brutally and severely persecuted in several lengthy regional and at-large persecutions under a handful of its leaders.

@rahservizi said:
" @CopperTablet said:
"Lego shouldn't be making sets in 2020 that commemorate people who commit genocide like the emperors Vespasian and Titus did.

The Colosseum should be bulldozed by the Italian government today and the land used for some humanitarian project."

with the same speech also all the Christian churches......how many people has the Church killed?"

Lego hasn't made a church set in over 60 years. Your comparison isn't sound.

I wonder why they would post a picture of it with minifigs and minifig scale details if the actual model wont be minifig scale?

I want! A lot! Repetitive buildings have a nice solution: share the building with your wife, kids, nephews, friends, neighbour kids' and so on. Sometimes I sense some urge in having the set building. Why is that? Me, I like to enjoy it slowly, some builds take many days. I enjoy to just stare and contemplate the various building phases. It's all fun!

Look, I don’t mind paying out huge sums for huge sets, to me as long as it coincides with all the other modelling product prices then if it’s the largest ever made, I’d expect to be paying near enough £400 as I’m upto £350 so far n it’s gotta be bigger than that too, so I’m all for this but won’t be able to buy straight away but I’ll own eventually, I say I’ll buy something, I buy it, if I like it n it’s Lego product, it’s bought n practically anything that says Lego is purchased no matter the cost even if it were a grand I’d still pay

So if the MF loses its record for largest set ever, then it would be logical that no one will be interested in buying it and it will be put on sale for $50 just to get it out of the warehouse (I hope someone from the Lego accounting department is reading this).

I will say that walking into the Colosseum was one of the most exciting experiences of my life (the Pyramids of Giza would be up there as well). But can a “massive” Lego set really provide the same feeling as a truly massive ancient structure? Personally, I’d rather have a very thick book that discusses the Colosseum in detail than a Lego model of it. Although I do agree with the size of this set as a smaller set wouldn’t be large enough to stage battles in.

Perhaps if I was from Rome (or even Italy) I may want this set. But as a Chicagoan I’ll wait for a 10,000 piece Wrigley Field set to come out. Of course I would want the bad guys to be the Indians so I could reenact 2016, and oh boy, here comes more controversy!

Im thinking it will be cheaper than a star wars branded set for how many parts :D which is great but still probably over my budget :/

[edit] i wonder if its really a big set then, would they do bigger lego sets in the future?

@quixotequest I'm kinda surprised - as an Italian Lego fan - that they have done relatively few Italian-based Architecture sets, and only ONE skyline set.
I would really like landscape models of some italian cities (Milan, Turin, Florence, Rome, Naples), there are really many iconic buildings (historical and modern) that haven't been made in Lego form!

To be honest, for the quantity of things that are present in Rome, they would need to make two diverse skyline Rome sets XD

@CCC - that's because St. Mark church is also an historical monument - that's why they designed it to be a Lego set.
They could do the same thing with the main churches in Milan (Duomo di Milano), Paris (Notre-Dame chatedral), London (Westminster Abbey), explicitly stating that these are national and historical monuments.

@jeanloup said:
"9000+ parts for a massive set designed to be minifig scale you're looking at a minimum of £800 I would imagine, even without any licensing deals. That also looks to be the most repetitive build ever and little in the way of colour variation. I'm sure there are cheaper ways to get a large purchase of tan bricks ;)

I'm sure it will look cool but good luck finding space for something like that."

It's not going to be minifig scale, more like Architecture scale, plus I heard some rumors that is going to go for about $500

Went to the colosseum a few years ago and left unimpressed. Weeds everywhere, it’s crumbling and not as big as you’d think. Can’t see the point of this model

As commented above, the teaser pic is from this MOC:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmcnaught/7463445758

@holdre007 said:
"There most probably will be exactly zero minifigures.
And it should rather be called "The ruins of...", because a good chunk of it is missing and you would need 2 sets + extra parts to make a whole building."

Not to mention a lot of paint as the building when completed and in use really, really wasn't just bare brick(s) yellow ;-)

@brickadier said:
"Am I the only one who hopes the set will include 100 stickers that says "ROMANI ITE DOMVM" :D"
I think you mean
ROMANES EUNT DOMUS
;-)

@brickadier said:
"Am I the only one who hopes the set will include 100 stickers that says "ROMANI ITE DOMVM" :D"

Brilliant :-D

@Astrobricks said:
"As commented above, the teaser pic is from this MOC:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanmcnaught/7463445758"

Why would the official LEGO site be using a picture from Flickr on it's own teaser?

If the picture is representative of the final thing I'm very interested

So, Lego is releasing a slave pit. Can't wait for the usual protests.

Interestingly, the Italian LEGO site has just been updated to remove the 2nd photo.

@ambr said:
"There is a picture at https://www.brickfanatics.com/rumoured-lego-10276-colosseum-may-be-biggest-ever-set/ ?
The 75192 Millennium Falcon is currently the largest set with 7541 pieces retailing at the Lego shop $800 or £650, which is on everyone's Christmas list. Although the price per piece is high for Star Wars, whereas the nearest historical reference is probably 10256 Taj Mahal Tower Bridge with 5923 pieces for £300. So maybe this will only be around £400?

]

Funny, I’ve never heard of the “Taj Mahal Tower Bridge”, in Lego or elsewhere!
;)
"

If the supposed Leak Pics are real, that is quite a bargaign for its size if really 500€

...but where is anyone supposed to put this

My condolences to anyone who was planning on "keeping up" with all the d2c releases this year, they really went above and beyond with how many large sets were released this year, I'm looking forward to seeing what this one is going to offer though.

(and yes I'm well aware you're not supposed to keep up, but I feel like they're overdoing it a bit)

Wow - so this is what they top the roughly 7500 piece Millenium Falcon with? A worthy successor, it seems!

@quixotequest said:
" @Zander : It's a myth that Roman Empire was universally persecutory and hateful of Christians. However, explicitly for the content of their faith and how it was perceived at playing out in civic/political alliances, and regional tensions, it most certainly was brutally and severely persecuted in several lengthy regional and at-large persecutions under a handful of its leaders."
I don't deny that. There is a case for looking askance at the Roman Empire. I'm not saying that I necessarily take that blanket view of the Romans, merely that condemning the Colosseum *in particular* as unfit subject matter for a LEGO set on the grounds that that is where Christians were in their 'thousands' (according to kraken) 'torn to shreds' (according to Cooliocdawg) is to form a view not supported by evidence.

@Cooliocdawg said:
" @Zander said:
" @Cooliocdawg said:
"I’m a Christian, so, if anyone has a reason to be against a colesseum set, it’s me. The shear number of people of my faith that were torn to shreds by wild animals for entertainment in that building is staggering. But I view the colesseum as a cultural land mark, and a symbol of Italy. If I had the large amount of money, I would get this set in a heartbeat."
@kraken said:
"Bold move, potentially insulting for Christians as thousands christians have died in Colosseum. Controversy might be even bigger than the one with Jabba's palace. Let's wait and see, I'm curios to see how this unravels. "
There is no evidence whatsoever that Christians were killed in the Colosseum for being Christian. It's a myth. Christians may have been executed there but their religion was incidental.

On the other hand, it is well documented that the Colosseum's construction was financed by plunder from the siege of Jerusalem and the sacking of the Temple there. So if anyone has grounds for a grievance, it's the Jews, not the Christians.
"

Um, I’m not even gonna a that load of historically inaccurate bull. Ever heard of someone named Nero?"
Not sure which part you doubt: that there is no evidence of Christians being murdered for their faith in the Colosseum or that the building was financed from the proceeds of the Jerusalem campaign.

With regards to the former, Smithsonian Magazine had this to say: "Despite numerous accounts of saints’ lives written in the Renaissance and later, there is no reliable evidence that Christians were killed in the Colosseum for their faith" (January 2011). If you have documented evidence to the contrary, I suspect that many scholars of the period would be most interested in it. I have heard of Nero. You cannot show that Christians were martyred in the Colosseum during his reign as that would be impossible due to the chronology.

With respect to the latter, this is from Wikipedia: "Construction was funded by the opulent spoils taken from the Jewish Temple after the First Jewish–Roman War in 70 CE led to the Siege of Jerusalem. According to a reconstructed inscription found on the site, ‘the emperor Vespasian ordered this new amphitheatre to be erected from his general's share of the booty.’"

"are you interested in a mega-sized model of the Roman amphitheatre? How much would you be willing to pay for it?"

Yes.
Whatever Lego will be charging.

YAY! Time to redesign my Lego City to make it look like MY city. YAY! Did I say I'm very, very excited? I'm very, very excited. There, now. YAY!

@Lego_Lord_Mayorca said:
"I've been to the ruins of the Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum as it is known now. It is breath-taking even in its ruined state. It is still stable enough one can walk up inside it and look down upon the arena floor, imagining for a moment there is a pitched combat between gladiators. As I looked around at where the seats should be, I could envision the masses of Rome's citizens, cheering, yelling, and conversating as the carnage commenced below. But snapped back to reality, I realize that long after the bloodshed and cruelty were finished, this amazing edifice remained and endured. Today it stands not as a portal to death as entertainment, but a monument to immortality, a symbol for the lasting effect the Roman Empire has had, for both good and ill, on our governments and societies to this very day.

All that is to say, of course I'm going to buy this set! "

Man, I wish I had your writing potential. And I'm replying to you just to have people read your tremendous post one more time. Yay!

@brickadier said:
"Am I the only one who hopes the set will include 100 stickers that says "ROMANI ITE DOMVM" :D"

Well, ultimately we have. But only after taking barbarians off trees and leaving them with a few tips on law, engeneering, architecture, military strategy, language, economy, art, culture... ;-)

@inversion said:
"So, Lego is releasing a slave pit. Can't wait for the usual protests."

Haven't there been enough already? :-D

I feel like the only people looking forward to this gigantic set would be the LEGO influencers getting this set for free. LOL.

In all seriousness, the size and price point is what turns me off however intriguing a Roman theme might be.

From the looks of things it's gonna be huge. Thank god I neither have the budget, nor the space :)

A few more hours and

AVE LEGO, EMPTORES TE SALUTANT.

Austin, did I get it right?

Waiting for Friday, 00:01 hours, Rome Time :-D

Sorry for spamming, ladies and gents, but did I say I'm very excited?

@Snazzy_Bricks said:
"So in other words you didn't read my reply :D"
I did, it’s just that I mostly agree with you and generally don’t respond to posts simply to concur or quibble small points.

I disagree with your selective quote from Wikipedia. If you read further down that entry, you’ll see that Roman persecution of Christians was ‘sporadic’, depending on who the emperor was and, in the provinces, on the local governor. There were periods lasting over a century when Christians weren’t persecuted at all.

The only other point of yours with which I disagree is that political matters shouldn’t be discussed as much in the comments. Where politics intersect with LEGO products or policies, it seems to me that the comments is exactly the right place to consider them. Of course, it isn’t down to me or you; that’s Huw’s call.

These two points of disagreement are minor though and I would not normally have addressed them.

Tons of small,mostly tan pieces. Should be lots of repetitive builds. Bland-looking display which only appeal to certain people.

$500 saved.

I might be willing to spend $600 USD if it's as big as I hope it will be. I'm excited!