Any idea when the Ideas Van Gogh set will be released?

I don't know anything about Seinfeld, never watch it, but I like this set
Maybe I will get one

Lovely to see another minifig set that's entirely focused on the interior. Lots of interesting wall angles too.

@Starik20X7 said:
"Ggggggggggiddy-up! Feels like I've been waiting forever for this reveal! I love the photo of Larry David on the fridge.

My only very minor complaint, and its easily rectified, is I would have thought they'd maybe use the medium length legs for George, Elaine, and Newman, to more accurately reflect their relative heights respective to Jerry and Kramer. But, all three colours are readily available so it should be an easy swap."

You could put a matching 1 x 2 plate on top of Kramer's hips/legs to make him just a bit taller than the others. Just a thought.

Woah, this set looks so boring.
Friends set was filled with cool builds, here its all basic stuff...

Come on, really??

Its a set about nothing, bada bing!! I'm here all day...

@Ladendorf I agree on all counts. Luckily the first two are fixable, while Jerry's face I'll just have to come to accept. I thought the Ideas concept was better for all the figs, and it didn't have the couch or cupboard issues either. Central Perk was so much better than the submission, while this is a slight step back. Still a day one purchase, though!

Lego is once again one step closer to licensing every IP under the sun.
Also, Lego is wasting no time in giving product reveals this week. I wonder how many more 'special' reveals we-ll get next week. And the week after that. And the week after that. etc.

That said, I'm happy if people are fans of Seinfeld and are now able to buy a dedicated lego set.

But ehm... the 'set' design is just less vibrant and interesting-looking than the Friends sets (the licensed ones, not the minidoll ones) IMHO. At least as a set in and of itself.

I hardly know anything about Seinfeld, but I guess no Soup Nazis for you?

I'm very excited about this set! I can't wait for it to come out.

I spent many hours watching Seinfeld and my friends the same age as me still quote it on a fairly regular basis.

From what I can see it looks like they did an incredible job re-creating the main set, Jerry's apartment and I absolutely love that they included a Festivus Pole!

The price seems fair as well, although it would have been nice if they could have kept it under $100 CDN.

I'll be buying this as soon as I can!

Although I used to watch the occasional episode late at night and it looking a very impressive set, it's not one that I'll be buying.

However, this and the two Friends sets, just make me wish they'd made the same effort with the Big Bang Theory set, which looks very poor by comparison.

Not too much of a Seinfeld fan, but this is a nice interior space. It matches photos of the set except the computer room is smaller & then they added a little extra wall angle to hang the picture on since the bookcase wall isn't set back enough to hold the picture.
I am surprised to see white walls though, as TV shows usually have colored walls. I would have thought light blue for the walls but the white is fine. I wasn't initially interested in this set, but I really like the angled walls and all the little detail items.

I can't wait to never buy this.

Great value and pieces. I modified Central Perk into a modular building, and I'll likely use the parts from this to build Jerry's apartment into one of my custom buildings. The level of detail and all the little easter eggs in here just makes me wish we were getting that Community set

In Italy i've never heard of Seinfeld, but i think i take this set and transform in a generic AFOL apartment.
The minifigures also mean nothing to me, i think i will put them in the assembly square.

Never seen an episode, that being said I’ll probably get it when it’s reduced in price. Would love a Frasier set next

Recognise that this has to represent the source material, but the plain walls just seem to drain it of life, I’d hesitate to say boring, but it just seems to be missing the fun and energy that the Friends sets have -

Never watched Seinfeld, just like Friends. But this set does interest me, unlike the Friends sets.

Really good price, a fairly good interpretation of Brent’s sub but could have been a wee bit better. Still, I’m only a Fringe Seinfeld fan and I’m def getting this.

If only there was a fanbase big enough to get his X-Files set through the system, then I could die happy.

What is the room on the right? a bathroom?

@Gabriel_Voyager said:
"What is the room on the right? a bathroom?"

The rightmost door is the entrance to Jerry's apartment.

What did they do to Jerry's face? Both he and Elaine looked better in the fan submission.

@tfcrafter said:
" @Gabriel_Voyager said:
"What is the room on the right? a bathroom?"

The rightmost door is the entrance to Jerry's apartment."

Oh i think that the entrance was the room in the middle...
so what is the room in the middle? :)

man, i was gonna just *shrug* over this - but seeing it made me smile, and the price is good too. looks like i'll buy it after all!

@8BrickMario said:
"What did they do to Jerry's face? Both he and Elaine looked better in the fan submission. "

I think they look pretty good actually - No soup for you!

I hope stick stacks nicely on top of the Big Bang Theory and Friends rooms to build one giant sitcom apartment

It's the price a was hoping for, as I am an avid fan (so probably day one purchase for me), but also believe licensing 90s/00s shows and games is some kind of cash-grab directed at AFOLs

How many more of these 'sitcom' sets? And again 18+...

Aren't there much better themes that deserve great and detailed sets? More fantasy, more action please!

Wow [sarcasm]
Meh

I thought I would want FRIENDS and I thought I would want this, but in the end I just don’t need them. Selling off my TBBT one for the same reason.

It's sooooo simple, but having spent many a fun evening in the early 2000s at the Comedy Cellar on MacDougal, where Seinfeld was a regular, the brick wall is my absolutely favorite build! It will soon have a home in my office.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…

Computer says "no".

Really wish they had gone with the printed Elaine legs from the ideas set

I think the set looks great and it's a good price for it too! I'm a fan of Seinfeld though, so it appeals to me. If you aren't fan then I can see why it wouldn't.

You don't have to love every set they make though, they're not making them for everyone! I mean they make hundreds of sets a year, you can pick and choose the ones you like :)

Proof that it’s not just Star Wars that can produce big monochrome boxes as sets XD

I like it. I think it will look nice next to the original F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and Big Bang Theory Ideas set.

@PurpleDave Fusilli Jerry is a sticker, the microfig is probably Superman. As for the couch, I think they probably based the set a lot on that studio model, where the couch looks greenish.

Not sure if this has been said already but seems an odd choice as so many people seem Uninterested in it going by the results of the poll….

*shrug* I've never seen a single episode. It always ran far too late on German TV. Don't know if it has a strong fan base in other European countries.

@J0rgen:
Geez... Yeah, you have to get a really high-angle shot to see over the back of the sofa to where Fusilli Jerry is sitting on the lowest shelf under the stereo. It's visible, but blurry, in the shot where Elaine is standing (vs walking) in the doorway to the apartment. The tile is visible, but the sticker is blocked by Kramer's head in the shot where George is sitting on the floor between the sofa and chair. It's visible and in sharp focus in the wide shot where Newman is drinking pop on the sofa, which is also used on the back of the box. The real prop has a dark-blue base, which is why I was thinking you might have been looking at the trophy fig.

But the couch really was light green. Whether it appears green or blue seems to depend on the lighting, as the real color falls somewhere between sand-blue and sand-green, with a less saturated color. Here's a BTS shot where it definitely looks closer to sand-green:

https://images.thestar.com/content/dam/thestar/entertainment/television/2014/07/03/why_seinfeld_still_matters_25_years_later/seinfeld.jpg

However, note that the chair to the left does not match the couch, where it does in other episodes. As I said, I was able to find proof of four completely different couches, but I was left wondering if there was at least one more post-Poppie. From the description on their site, the replica was designed with access to the original set and props, and was carefully matched to the look, or it wouldn't have gotten approval.

We've seen similar controversial color-matching issues with Han's parka from Ep5. That item looks dark blue to almost black in the film, but the claim is that the actual costume is a weird purpley-brown. They made one minifig with a dark-brown parka, and the Hasbro equivalent was to make the parka closer to sand-purple. One of the other things that's not really factored in is how much cloth can fade over the years. Han's parka was filmed under bright winter lighting and got tons of sun exposure at the time. Jerry's primary couch may have been used for several seasons, and been faded by the intense studio lighting (for a sitcom set, they probably lined the set with 1000w fixtures).

Even though I am not really a Seinfeld fan, the set looks quite nice.
Plus, I am amazed at how reasonably priced it is.

Compare it for example with the new City Stuntz line of sets, which are outrageously expensive even though they are not licenced and don't contain anything remotely worth the money.

Nice set but I don't watch Seinfeld... Im more of a Monica's apartment kinda Guy lol
I do think other shows deserve a lego set like fresh prince, Schitts creek and Will & Grace

Needs a couple more items...a chinese food container (for the episode Elaine's getting sued) and a map tile for the Risk game Kramer and Newman play in his apartment.

@legoDad42:
The framed picture of the grey car is based on the real set. There's a bit of wall to the left of the alcove, and another bit of wall to the right of the kitchenette. They kept the cameras off those walls, so you only really see them in BTS photos and video clips that pull back far enough to include the cameras and stage lights. There were elements incorporated into the sets to give the camera operators warning that they were getting too close to the edge of the set, which included these extra bits of wall. In terms of the actual in-universe apartment, the two bits of wall that framed the sides of the set would have been opposite ends of a single wall behind the TV, but only the studio audiences ever really got to see them.

The red car is just a magnet from the fridge. There's a photo of the set that shows a red sports car magnet and Superman magnet on the doors, and oven mitts that look like a cat and a cow on the left side of the fridge. The bit on the right that has a black line over a red line appears to be a magnet for the Skip Barber Racing School. These three items are probably more just set dressing than references to actual bits in the show.

Was really hoping for Little Jerry Seinfeld to make an appearance. Might be an easy fix. Really great set and the price is perfect. I'll probably grab this one sooner rather than later.

So what's the story with Lego releases these days?

I feel like the angles are a bit off, it could have had a couple more details but do I feel tempted to recreate some scenes. I might be going to get this at one point. Also, it would be amazing to get a Minifig pack for this with some side characters. And Larry David. That would be pretty, pretty good.

@PurpleDave It's definitely a Han's parka type of situation. Both the couches and the parka are clearly shades of blue in the respective source materials, so going by the props/behind the scenes photos isn't ideal. I need a blue couch for my set, so I hope I have the parts for it.

@yamaki said:
"I feel like the angles are a bit off..."

The angles are nearly dead on. The set was built with weird angles to give depth from multiple camera angles. Had the office alcove been 90 degrees to the living room it wouldn't have been so prominent to the TV viewer. This also made the set / apartment feel bigger than it was.

Here is a photo of the set:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/18/98/31/18983109ebc796fd99e309999862d069.jpg

And here is a fan-made blueprint that is probably as close as you can get to accurate:
https://i.etsystatic.com/11409628/r/il/f586fc/1632845940/il_570xN.1632845940_9fc0.jpg

Since I never watched Seinfeld, I wasn't expecting to be interested in this set. Instead, I find it more appealing than the FRIENDS apartments, and much more reasonably priced. Nice to see some complex sets priced under $100, and very nice to see more buildings/interiors than I feel have been available in the recent past!

Never saw this or Friends or Sesame Street.

I demand an X-Files set.

I rewatch it (ALL of it) every few years.

@Pekingduckman said:
"I hope stick stacks nicely on top of the Big Bang Theory and Friends rooms to build one giant sitcom apartment "

That idea feels like a massive missed opportunity. These could of been the vertical equivalent of the modular theme!

@tm76:
The intent appears to be to precisely recreate the studio sets for the last two (less so for TBBT, which leaves out quite a bit of the main living space), so if the studio sets had different footprints, so should the LEGO sets.

This is a little bittersweet for me. This is amazing, but it means I’ll probably have to move Central Perk somewhere :(.

Nonetheless, I think this is fantastic. Maybe a bit too big, but I’ll pick this up as soon as possible!

@Pekingduckman said:
"I hope stick stacks nicely on top of the Big Bang Theory and Friends rooms to build one giant sitcom apartment "
Friends and Seinfeld perhaps as they’re both in NYC, but Big Bang Theory is in Pasadena

The release of this set offers the question of which sitcom will be a lego set next. Community,Modern Family, Schitt’s Creek,the Office(US version), and Parks and Rec seem like the most likely candidates (in no particular order).

@PurpleDave said:
" @legoDad42:
The framed picture of the grey car is based on the real set.

The red car is just a magnet from the fridge. There's a photo of the set that shows a red sports car magnet and Superman magnet on the doors, and oven mitts that look like a cat and a cow on the left side of the fridge. The bit on the right that has a black line over a red line appears to be a magnet for the Skip Barber Racing School. These three items are probably more just set dressing than references to actual bits in the show."

Yeah, I just looked at the real life set pics, it's definitely a Porsche car poster/picture.
Above Jerry's computer is a baseball poster, but can't make out the player from the real life set pics.
On the counter, I just can't remember if the tea kettle was something and next to it, is that like the butter Kramer was using to moisturize...lol.

With the couches, Jerry had I believe 4 couches?
The sand greenish one, then a blueish gray one, then a blue one with black arms and bottom black, then like a lavender one which had Popi's pee stain. lol.

80 bucks for 1326 pieces. Pretty cost effective if you think about that.

@Iguanaboy:
The Office has been repeatedly shot down, and someone else mentioned Community being rejected at least once. Schitt's Creek probably isn't even available to anyone who doesn't live near the Canadian border, which really kills its potential viewership. P&R seemed like a critical darling, but (like Community) one that never really conquered the ratings. Modern Family is the only one I can see having real potential, but the cast is just too big. There's six adults and seven kids just in the main cast! And even then, it simply didn't have the ratings that Seinfeld had. Ten times as many viewers tuned in for the Seinfeld finale than did for the Modern Family finale. M*A*S*H was a rare show that had an even bigger audience than Seinfeld, but is patently off-limits due to the fact that it's built entirely around a military unit.

If you want to talk series that have a legit chance of clearing 10k and getting approved, the one remaining show I see that hits on all marks is I Love Lucy. I'm just not sure it still has enough of a fanbase to pull it off today.

The price looks amazing! Might get it at some point. Was a fan!

The best chance at another TV Show set would be a Little House on the Prairie set, with the Ingalls house, the horses and buckboard, chicken coop,etc.
Nice detail farm house, with Charles, Caroline, Laura, Mary, Cari, Albert, the dog, plus there's tons of easter egg builds to give the fans something unique from the 1800's.
Another a very cool 3 part set up for Wanda Vision. Either broken up into thirds or quarters., circular build..the black/white 50's style interior and figs, a full color 80's or 90s home style and Halloween figs, then the modern Wanda and Vision with both the regular Vision and White new Vision fig.
Another would be good an could sell is iCarley. Tons of colorful builds in Spencer's apartment, with the upper level for Carley's web show. Spencer's weird sculpture's and tons of easter eggs for this show would make it a great set.

Does Jerry only have one face print?

Never a Seinfeld fan. I'm waiting for the Van Gogh set. I've really come around to the idea.

If there is one sitcom set I would buy, it would be wings. My all time favorite.

Sitcom sets are becoming the next entry in Lego's Hall of Bland, right next to police and fire stations, dragons and mechs. Rebuild The World starts to focus more and more on the 're' and less on the underlying idea. On to the next announcement; they come in droves anyway.

This won't work for me. I wanted to do the parking garage episode

@todd1981 said:
"This won't work for me. I wanted to do the parking garage episode"
You have the key players and Lainey even has the goldfish.

And with Lego you can challenge yourself to recreate the set.
If I remember correctly it was one set and they changed the cars and signs to make it look like the gang was in different sections of the parking garage.

I have considered recreating this episode myself. :-)

The biggest holdup for me is some of the minifigs aren't very good representations of the characters, especially in the important area of facial likeness, in particular Jerry.

"What's the deal with..."...all these sit-com sets...?
Now, don't get me wrong; I do appreciate the fact that this set is a "set" (as in: having lights, cameras, and so on), instead the 'same ol' approach' (treating the 'sit-com' as 'real life').

That said: the piece count should be zero...why? It's 'the set about nothing'...NEWMAN!:D

.... "Hello Jerry..... Hello Newman".... love it!!

But someone already mentioned Schitt's Creek... with that show sweeping the Emmy Awards... many more people will be viewing it, and be interested in a scene out of that TV show as LEGO.. and for a very good reason! That show would make for the ULTIMATE in minifig hair pieces... just the vast number of Moira Rose wigs, would be a dream come true for minifig fans.... beyond any other...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOBmh-UoK2Y&t=45s

@legoDad42:
So far the discussion has only extended to sitcoms. I hadn’t really considered what dramas might have a shot. WandaVision is right out as they already have the Marvel license. And was iCarly on Disney Channel? I don’t think any of those shows have enough of a fanbase to make the cut.

@alfred_the_buttler:
One thing home viewers might not realize is that, due to the need to play to a studio audience, the hallway would be a separate set, and Kramer’s apartment would be a third set. You would never just line the three up where you could walk through them. For TBBT, they either had a separate set for each floor as they walked up the stairs, or they had to quickly redress the same set for each floor.

Incredible how familiar this guy and his show are for many members here. I guess we must have been missing something here in Italy. The set though is very well thought up with lots of interior details and - at last - a reasonable price tag. Bummer I'm missing all the references though.

Well I watched Series 1 of Seinfeld a few years ago, and you can lump me in with the group that 'didn't get it'. So this is an easy pass for me, but glad to see that the fans of the show seems to like it.

I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!

@Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

There are different levels to 'adult', related to what is shown on screen in this case.

Don't you like the GOT sets that Mega Construx has made?
I didn't watch the show, but I really like the iron throne with the interchangeable sigil.

@Turbulence said:
"Any idea when the Ideas Van Gogh set will be released? "

Next year?

@BooTheMightyHamster said:
"Well I watched Series 1 of Seinfeld a few years ago, and you can lump me in with the group that 'didn't get it'. So this is an easy pass for me, but glad to see that the fans of the show seems to like it. "

The first couple of seasons are not the more accessible. You should start around season 4 (who is the quality peek for me) and then come back to season 1 if you like it.

Doesn't look as interesting as FRIENDS sets - the colors are more boring, and the doors with stickers and projectors look horrible.

@Maythebrick said:
" @BooTheMightyHamster said:
"Well I watched Series 1 of Seinfeld a few years ago, and you can lump me in with the group that 'didn't get it'. So this is an easy pass for me, but glad to see that the fans of the show seems to like it. "

The first couple of seasons are not the more accessible. You should start around season 4 (who is the quality peek for me) and then come back to season 1 if you like it."

Agreed! When I introduced my girlfriend to the show we started by watching selected favourites of mine from later in the series before starting from the beginning. The pilot episode of "Seinfeld" is an especially bad jumping in point, so I'd rather start somewhere in season 3 or 4, with an episode like "The Parking Garage", "The Subway", "The Bubble Boy", "The Contest", "The Visa" or "The Outing". The first two seasons are really great as well, so you should absolutely watch them, but you get a better feel of the show from later episodes, and apart from some season-long storylines in seasons 4 and 7 all the episodes work very well as stand-alone stories.

@PurpleDave said:
"Schitt's Creek probably isn't even available to anyone who doesn't live near the Canadian border, which really kills its potential viewership."

It's streaming somewhere (Netflix?), and a good number of my friends in both southwest Ohio and southern California (two relatively different markets) are BIG fans of Schitt's Creek (admittedly, I have not gotten into it yet). But as has been pointed out elsewhere, its clever title is probably an automatic "NO" from LEGO's perspective.

BTW, @PurpleDave, I always enjoy your insights and the sheer amount of data that you bring to these comments - thanks for posting!

@Feroz:
dammit.

I really didn’t want to buy this set, and now I have to think about it. Parking garages, while appropriate for many of our displays, are visually unappealing, so I don’t think anyone has ever brought one to a show. Parking lots, on the other hand, take up very little space and can provide needed space to stage scenes in an otherwise packed cityscape. I’ve got about a dozen baseplates built for parking lots, and could easily drop the four main characters on one with the goldfish.

@Altair1970:
Wow. Where to start... I think the fact that I had seriously typed up a list that included an entry for “garden-variety incest” says it all. By the time they finish listing all the parts of the show they _wouldn’t_ want to put their logo on, I think all that’s left is Hot Pie’s bakery, and Gendry rowing towards the horizon.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Feroz:
dammit.

I really didn’t want to buy this set, and now I have to think about it..."

Happy to inspire you. ;-)
Where can I see your creation if you decide to go for it?

it's not funny.

Nice set at a nice price!
Now we need one for The Office!!!

@PurpleDave said:
" @legoDad42 :
So far the discussion has only extended to sitcoms. I hadn’t really considered what dramas might have a shot. WandaVision is right out as they already have the Marvel license. And was iCarly on Disney Channel? I don’t think any of those shows have enough of a fanbase to make the cut."

iCarly was on Nickelodeon and has a huge fan base. They're looking to bring it back on air.
It's on Netflix now and is one of the most watched on netflix the past few months.
Little House has a HUGE fan base, from the show as well as the books.
Wanda/Vision definitely could be made with 3 different sets designs.

@Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

GAME OF THRONES?? Yikes!!!

Just from my memory... here's the scenes you can't show....

Purple Wedding
Red Wedding
Hardholm
The Eyrie... the Moon Door with Lysa Aryyn falling thru...
Littlefinger having his throat slit by Arya Stark in the Great Hall at Winterfell
The destruction of Kings Landing
The taking of Mereen
Khaleesi coming out of the funeral pyre with 3 dragons
The blowing up of the Sept of Baylor
Shame...
Any scene with the Night King raising of the dead
Hold the Door (Hodor)...
Tiereon's Trial in the Throne Room...
Trial by combat to save Tiereon's life
Drogon laying waste to the Lannister army

I could go on... but GOT is never going to be a LEGO theme or single set,

@Feroz:
I mean, there wouldn’t be much to it besides the minifigs in a parking lot. We slip a lot of pop culture references into our club layouts. Sometimes it’s just stock minifigs, like having the Beatles from the Yellow Submarine walking in a crosswalk. My earlier Seinfeld reference would be far more interesting, where I had the Dimensions Midway Arcade minifig pushing his Defender arcade cabinet across the street while S12 Video Game Guy carries the car battery.

@Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

Mega Construx has the license.

@Istokg

Mega Construx kept it simple with their line:
- A small snow/ice wall set up battle scene with Jon Snow, Night King and Undead Wight figs.
- An Iron Throne build with Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, the Night King and Cersei Lannister figs. Interchangeable sigils too.
- Large Drogon dragon build with one minifig.
- Large Vyserion dragon build also with only one minifig.
- Large Castle Winterfell playset with Jon Snow, Sansa Stark, Arya Stark, and 3 White Walker figures.
- Like mid sized Targaryen Ship Playset with Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, Grey Worm, and an unsullied soldier figures.
- 2 small mini build castles, The Red Keep and Castle Black (sold separately).
- 3 separately sold Dragon Eggs with build-able Vyserion, Rhaegal, and Drogon.
I think there's more? But not sure. Also they are doing individual figures sold separately.

Problem with Mega is now that their brick quality if much improved you can't find these sets regularly. Some are out there while most come out initially, seem to be always low stock, sell out fast and never return to shelves.

Ironically, as a big Seinfeld fan I'm not that excited for this set. It's a good rendition of Jerry's apartment but there aren't as many details like the Friends Apartments or Central Perk. (I see there are a couple - don't get indignant about it.) Come to think of it, Seinfeld didn't have a lot of stories or gags based on props like Friends.

I like the minifigures but you don't see them and immediately identify them as Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer or Newman - it's more like someone put the pieces together to approximate them.

I'll stick to my t-shirt of "The Kramer" painting and a couple of prints I have of the cast.

@DavidBrick said:
" @mr_Fikou said:
"This just looks like the first Friends set but white. Should be cool for big fans of the show, but to me it looks rather bland."

As a fan of the show I'd love the figures but this looks off. The whole left side of the apartment wasn't that angled and makes i look really bad."

Yes, that left side is poor. The office was never a separate room or even a nook. It was a corner of the living room. It seems like they based this model from a previously made miniature replica which has the same angles and also puts the office as a separate area.

This looks great! The comedy wall is a nice touch!

@PDelahanty said:
" @DavidBrick said:
" @mr_Fikou said:
"This just looks like the first Friends set but white. Should be cool for big fans of the show, but to me it looks rather bland."

As a fan of the show I'd love the figures but this looks off. The whole left side of the apartment wasn't that angled and makes i look really bad."

Yes, that left side is poor. The office was never a separate room or even a nook. It was a corner of the living room. It seems like they based this model from a previously made miniature replica which has the same angles and also puts the office as a separate area."

Definitely not a separate room but the on air set does have Jerry's little office there in a nook.
I had something like this in my old apartment in NYC. It's open and it's very shallow but separate.
Not like the way it is in this set, like you said, which makes it look like another room.

@Feroz:
While looking for the image linked below, I found one from the parking garage (apparently having Kramer's car fail to start at the end of the episode was unintentional). It seems I need to supply Kramer with a giant box to carry if I end up going through with this.

@PDelahanty:
@legoDad42:

http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/2183782/84345463.jpg

That's an actual BTS shot of the stage, revealing things that were never shown on camera. Besides all the stage lights that look like they're mere inches overhead, you can clearly see the lintel that marks the line between the living room and the office nook. During filming, this would have set the boundary for where the camera operator was allowed to focus the shot. If they could see that lintel in frame, the camera was aimed too high. If they could see the wall to the left of the nook, the camera was panned too far to the left. The reason they do this is so that if, during filming, you _accidentally_ aim the camera too far in any direction, you don't ruin the shot. Having a little bit more set that you're never supposed to see means it masks the backstage stuff that shouldn't be there. The unintentional result of this, however, is that it duped at-home viewers into thinking that the office wasn't intended to be a separate room. Only the studio audience would get to see proof that the nook was not just a corner of the living room, as many of us (including myself) believed for years.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Iguanaboy:
The Office has been repeatedly shot down, and someone else mentioned Community being rejected at least once. Schitt's Creek probably isn't even available to anyone who doesn't live near the Canadian border, which really kills its potential viewership. P&R seemed like a critical darling, but (like Community) one that never really conquered the ratings. Modern Family is the only one I can see having real potential, but the cast is just too big. There's six adults and seven kids just in the main cast! And even then, it simply didn't have the ratings that Seinfeld had. Ten times as many viewers tuned in for the Seinfeld finale than did for the Modern Family finale. M*A*S*H was a rare show that had an even bigger audience than Seinfeld, but is patently off-limits due to the fact that it's built entirely around a military unit.

If you want to talk series that have a legit chance of clearing 10k and getting approved, the one remaining show I see that hits on all marks is I Love Lucy. I'm just not sure it still has enough of a fanbase to pull it off today."

I agree. They all seem to be regional or have too large of a cast. I forgot I Love Lucy to be made as a set, but personally, I would definitely like to see the show made into a set.

@Feroz said:
" @Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

There are different levels to 'adult', related to what is shown on screen in this case.

Don't you like the GOT sets that Mega Construx has made?
I didn't watch the show, but I really like the iron throne with the interchangeable sigil."

No, I saw these, but I don't really like them. For me there is only Lego I am afraid ;-)

@Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

Mega Construx has the license.

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Lego could have easily obtained the license if they wanted. And GOT sets would have been amazingly successful. They really missed on a great opportunity there...

@Altair1970 said:
"I still can't believe Lego was not clever enough to do Game of Thrones sets, although they have done plenty of adult sets... I had to get minifigs of all the main GOT characters from custom designers (only with legit Lego parts) but it cost me a lot!"

GAME OF THRONES?? Yikes!!!

Just from my memory... here's the scenes you can't show....

Purple Wedding
Red Wedding
Hardholm
The Eyrie... the Moon Door with Lysa Aryyn falling thru...
Littlefinger having his throat slit by Arya Stark in the Great Hall at Winterfell
The destruction of Kings Landing
The taking of Mereen
Khaleesi coming out of the funeral pyre with 3 dragons
The blowing up of the Sept of Baylor
Shame...
Any scene with the Night King raising of the dead
Hold the Door (Hodor)...
Tiereon's Trial in the Throne Room...
Trial by combat to save Tiereon's life
Drogon laying waste to the Lannister army

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Nobody said they would have to show these scenes... they could very well have done just a few sets with the key GOT locations and minifigs, for example:

Winterfell and the Stark minifigs
King's Landing and the Lannister/Baratheon minifigs
The Wall and the Night Watch minifigs
Meereen and the ''Daenerys team'' minifigs
And of course a set with at least one of the dragons (probably Drogon)

But you are right, it is now quite unlikely that we ever see these sets... so I have been working on my own MOCs in small format ;-)

@JRBricks said:
"Aw was hoping for a Superman microfigure. Oh well, cool set still. "

Odd, they didn't do one, considering that they've already produced Captain America and Iron Man microfigures
https://brickset.com/minifigs/90398pb002
https://brickset.com/minifigs/90398pb004c01

@Mr__Thrawn said:
" @lORDoFtHEbOARD said:
"How many more of these 'sitcom' sets? And again 18+...

Aren't there much better themes that deserve great and detailed sets? More fantasy, more action please!"

There have been four sitcom sets. Ever.

Currently, LEGO produces the following action/fantasy themes:
Ninjago
Star Wars
Vidiyo
Monkie Kid
Marvel Super Heroes
DC Super Heroes
Minions
Super Mario
Harry Potter
Jurassic World

That’s four sets vs ten entire themes, every single one of which exceeds sitcom-based models in number of sets."

There’ve actually been six previous sitcom sets (one apiece for The Big Bang Theory and The Flintstones, two apiece for The Simpsons and Friends; I’m guessing you’re forgetting the animated ones), making this Seinfeld one the seventh, but your point is absolutely valid. Even with seven such sets (across the same number of years, at that, not all at once), they’re still an eensy part of TLG’s total output.

And note also that The Big Bang Theory, Friends, The Flintstones, and Seinfeld all happened because people literally specifically requested them, and got literally thousands of people to support their proposals. Obviously there are plenty of people who do want these (not directing this at you, Mr_Thrawn, but at the person to whom you’re responding and the others here with similar responses). Not every LEGO set need appeal to every fan of classic LEGO play themes, and everything produced through Ideas happened because somebody specifically did want it. Why begrudge others their joy?

@Diggs2145 said:
" @JRBricks said:
"Aw was hoping for a Superman microfigure. Oh well, cool set still. "

Odd, they didn't do one, considering that they've already produced Captain America and Iron Man microfigures
https://brickset.com/minifigs/90398pb002
https://brickset.com/minifigs/90398pb004c01"

Including a Superman micro figure would undoubtedly require separate licensing from Warner Bros. If Seinfeld was a Warner production itself, it probably could have happened.

@Goujon said:
"I just want to see the stranger things tease come to something "

When and where was that teased?

"What's the deal with all these Lego sitcom sets?" - Not Seinfeld

@Blondie_Wan:
While the format is technically similar, I'm not sure Simpsons or Flintstones actually count as sitcoms. Certainly neither Simpsons set had anything to do with Ideas, and the second Friends set (like every Minecraft, Ghostbusters, BttF, Doctor Who, or Adventure Time set after their respective first sets) was released outside of the Ideas theme. The Friends keychains may be the first instance where a single set yielded more than one product under the Ideas theme on LEGO.com. Also, Adventure Time is another sitcom-esque TV series that got an Ideas release. Doctor Who appears to be the only regular drama series, and I'm not sure if Winnie the Pooh is based more on movies or TV shows, but other TV shows that did get Ideas releases are Sesame Street and Voltron.

A Superman trophy fig wouldn't be a problem at all. Not only did they include a clearly recognizable sticker of a Superman minifig representing one of the magnets on the fridge, but WB owns Castle Rock Entertainment. Sony got their hands on the distribution rights, but I'm pretty sure WB owns the IP, so Superman's "in the family".

@jrbookworm:
https://brickset.com/article/59294/lego-stranger-things-teaser

@Sunnie505 said:
" @Ayliffe said:
"As someone that's never watched a single ounce of Seinfeld that uh, """Festivus pole""" sure is raising a lotta questions in my mind...!"

https://time.com/4617553/festivus-holiday-origins-seinfeld/"

It's another Festivus miracle!

I love this set and thanks to the creator Brent for the amazing work. I am a big fan of Seinfeld and the series. Having so many references to episodes is so well done.
Now I just need to wait for the "Get Smart" set with maybe the Chiefs office and a Hymie minifig and include the Cone of Silence.

It's the show about nothing, that's really something.

@PurpleDave said:
" @legoDad42:
The bit on the right that has a black line over a red line appears to be a magnet for the Skip Barber Racing School. "

The story the instructors like to tell is that Seinfeld went through the schools and did a few races out in California. (It is true that he’s a past client. I believe he’s on the list they have on the website.)
He crashed a few cars, and to make up for it, he gave Skippy massive free publicity by putting the logo sticker on the upper right corner of his fridge. It’s in every episode from the time he decided to do so. After all, it was his show, and stickers aren’t as easily removed by prop managers/set designers as magnets are.