Sailboat Adventure revealed

Yes! Perfect timing for all of the great 8/1 releases.

I’ve spent so much on Lego this month I could have done with a quieter month in august. Doesn’t look like I will now! Love that!

It looks easy enough to build from own parts . Shame it has brick sails...

Does anyone know at what time LEGO sets available on 8/1 go on sale? Historically has it been at midnight in a particular time zone?

@Bags said:
"Does anyone know at what time LEGO sets available on 8/1 go on sale? Historically has it been at midnight in a particular time zone?"

Typically the sets go up a few minutes before midnight EST; however the GWP goes up exactly at midnight or a few minutes after so you could potentially get an order in for new sets and not get the GWP. (This has happened to me) That is assuming the site is working at all when things go up for order.

@willworkfortoys said:
" @Bags said:
"Does anyone know at what time LEGO sets available on 8/1 go on sale? Historically has it been at midnight in a particular time zone?"

Typically the sets go up a few minutes before midnight EST; however the GWP goes up exactly at midnight or a few minutes after so you could potentially get an order in for new sets and not get the GWP. (This has happened to me) That is assuming the site is working at all when things go up for order. "

Thanks for this info willworkfortoys, I really appreciate it!

Beautiful.

I like it a lot! Very desirable, I think!

@meesajarjar72 said:
"A-ha… now a great reason for me to buy Ninjago city gardens."

Me too! That was my plan exactly when I first heard of this GWP and the $200 threshold.

I do like it, but I’m pretty caught up - not sure I want anything enough to reach 200

@Bags said:
"Does anyone know at what time LEGO sets available on 8/1 go on sale? Historically has it been at midnight in a particular time zone?"

Last year LEGO had some serious release problems. The set I wanted (along with most others) wasn’t available until halfway through the month (and I don’t think it ever was on 8/1). Does anyone else remember this?

I hope the sails won’t yellow like the fin on my 2021 imperial shuttle

Kicking myself in the bum for just spending 87.00 on LEGO.com, which would've gotten me nearly half way there had I waited another week. How much does a pint of blood go for these days?

Assuming the UK threshold is £200 then.

Outside of one City set, this is the first time I have seen the modern dolphin piece in anything but a Friends, Elves or Disney Princess set. Nice.

Good thing the new Star Wars sets are coming out then though I would have loved to get this over the Christmas Story set again (i'm guessing Lego was just clearing out inventory). My wife is going to kill me...

I don't imagine it'll be hard to spend $200 at all and that is ADORABLE. While many would just like to buy it outright I am incredibly grateful that it's available at all.

I'm not sure what the amount that we will need to spend for the Aussie store (if they make it available at all), but it will be very tempting, no matter the price. This is a beautiful little set. Plus my wife will flip out over the dolphins :)

Pretty set with a big price tag.

@Mikey_1703 said:
"I'm not sure what the amount that we will need to spend for the Aussie store (if they make it available at all), but it will be very tempting, no matter the price. This is a beautiful little set. Plus my wife will flip out over the dolphins :)"

That’s if we get it at all! Still waiting on the Adidas mini shoe…

@DavidGraham:
Jibs do have booms, called jib-booms...but that’s not what they look like. A jib-boom is an extension attached to the bowsprit to move the lower end of the forestay further away from the mainmast, allowing use of a larger jib. A flying jib-boom can extend this even more.

There’s also whisker poles, which can serve a similar purpose to a boom when running downwind, but they’re placed temporarily between the mainmast and the clew, or lower aft corner of the jib.

But yeah, they way they have this rigged, that jib would be locked in place at all three corners, which would basically force the bow to turn downwind. I want a copy because I used to work for a guy who built wooden boats back in high school, but I’d probably want to build a heavily modified version for use on public displays.

The boom on the mainsail is also unusually high, and they’d need a ladder to reef the mainsail. A simple fix would be to make the mainsail bigger and lower the boom enough to put the “boom” in the boom, and then replace the foreboom(?) with white parts so it looks like part of the jib.

@MeisterDad:
71020-6

What will these reach on eBay?

Another awesome minifig scale GWP that Id love for my city, but I will miss out on because 1. Australian stores never get any stock
2. I cant get to a Lego store thanks to closed borders. If only Anastasia Palazcky (no idea how to spell her name) was an AFOL, then she would understand!

Ooh, how ominous. A big boat must be coming out soon. ;-)

@MeisterDad said:
"Outside of one City set, this is the first time I have seen the modern dolphin piece in anything but a Friends, Elves or Disney Princess set. Nice."

I believe it’s the same dolphin that also came with a recent CMF. Regardless, it is definitely nice.

@DavidGraham said:
"Only the main sail should have a boom, not the jib. "

That’s the first thing I noticed as well, besides how high up the actual boom is. But what do I know, I’m a power boater.

@lippidp said:
"Throw in a 2x VIP points day and I'm there! "

Just had one in July. Maybe to clear inventory for these August releases? The earliest we might see it again is October.

do I see panels in the sails?
That would mean the other side of the sail will look horrible...

So buying the VW Camper won't be enough to get this. :(

@namekuji said:
"Ooh, how ominous. A big boat must be coming out soon. ;-)"

Could it be a boat of *titanic* scale?

I like this. So do we have confirmation it will be released as GWP worldwide and not just USA? And how does the early VIP access work - do you just have to have a VIP account or do you have to redeem a VIP reward?

Very nice. It's giving me a Zelda Wind Waker vibe!

For 50$ less I would have ordered something but this is really too much. This would have made a beautiful little set to buy directly...

@MeisterDad said:
"Outside of one City set, this is the first time I have seen the modern dolphin piece in anything but a Friends, Elves or Disney Princess set. Nice."
It's actually a different mould than the Friends etc dolphin. This will be its fourth appearance after 60153, 71020-6 and 71029.

@lippidp said:
"Throw in a 2x VIP points day and I'm there! "

There was one of those just last week, all week!

Absurd price threshold but I guess this will be sold for a hefty price at BL (35-50€) thus reducing one's expenses of 200€ to acquire it... Scalpers, it's your time. Again.

@HugeYellowBrick said:
"What will these reach on eBay?"

They always do, eventually. And Bricklink too.

Beautiful little set!
As many have said, pity it’s not available as a stand-alone purchase!

Also, is this the closest TLG has ever kept to an IDEAS submission?? Normally the final product sails very far from the original creator’s!
Other than the missing tree & small island, which would have been nice, it’s almost identical!

@lemish34 said:
" @BulbaNerd4000 said:
"I hope the sails won’t yellow like the fin on my 2021 imperial shuttle"

Already?!
That’s terrible!! On a brand new set!
Did you leave it out in the sun for a few weeks, or is LEGO’s renowned quality falling rapidly by the year!?
"
Some of the white pieces on current LEGO sets look yellowed even when you just take them out of the box. Must be a different formulation perhaps. Compare these LEGO "white" bricks to white bricks from Cobi, which are so bright white that a direct comparison looks like one of those before/after shots in whitening toothpaste commercials.

i have a small purchase planned, but not going to bump it to that level. i'll wait until the instructions are available and bricklink what i don't have to make mine.

@kolaxanthe:
The way it worked for the vintage car was you could only qualify for it with a VIP account on the transaction, but otherwise it works like a normal GWP. Since we’ve seen a GWP threshold for this, I’d expect the same.

@lemish34:
They dropped the island, and changed the minifigs, so there’s still some pretty significant variance between the project and the set. And I can’t remember which one it was, but I believe there was a regular Ideas set that looked virtually unchanged from the original project.

@AustinPowers said:
" @lemish34 said:
" @BulbaNerd4000 said:
"I hope the sails won’t yellow like the fin on my 2021 imperial shuttle"

Already?!
That’s terrible!! On a brand new set!
Did you leave it out in the sun for a few weeks, or is LEGO’s renowned quality falling rapidly by the year!?
"
Some of the white pieces on current LEGO sets look yellowed even when you just take them out of the box. Must be a different formulation perhaps. Compare these LEGO "white" bricks to white bricks from Cobi, which are so bright white that a direct comparison looks like one of those before/after shots in whitening toothpaste commercials. "

Even MegaConstrux white bricks are ridiculously white. I'm not sure how the formulas differ, but maybe LEGO needs to take a lesson from these other companies (unfortunately).

@AustinPowers:
@Sethro3:
Natural ABS is closer to tan than white, and a little translucent. To get it as white as commercial-grade printer paper, you’d have more pigment than plastic. With other plastics that maybe have a transparent base, this may be less of an issue, and a stark white color may be possible. Styrene is a plastic where a very clean white is possible, but I’d rather carve my own bricks out of wood than build with polystyrene LEGO bricks.

‘Cloth’ sails would have been better. They could be made and added. The boat itself is quite good.

I think I already know the answer, but... since Bricklink designer program sets go through lego.com, do they count towards GWPs?

@tees:
You earn points (and theoretically could spend points), but they don’t count towards GWPs. I can’t remember if they count toward free shipping, or qualify for it if the rest of the order earns you free shipping.

@MrClassic said:
" @MeisterDad said:
"Outside of one City set, this is the first time I have seen the modern dolphin piece in anything but a Friends, Elves or Disney Princess set. Nice."
It's actually a different mould than the Friends etc dolphin. This will be its fourth appearance after 60153, 71020-6 and 71029."

Wow, you're actually right. The fins on the "girly" version are slightly more swept back and it has a blowhole. I wonder why such minor alterations were made. Makes no sense why the blowhole was removed. You'd want the dolphin to be able to breathe, plus it is a connection point!
Lego probably asked for a new dolphin mold, but the element designers were lazy and slightly altered the Friends 2013 mold because they had no knowledge of cetacean anatomy, and removed the accessory hole because they though it was just for accessories, like on most Friends-style animals, misunderstanding that similar holes exist on actual dolphins! Normally the mini doll animals are stylized counterparts to the more realistic minifigure animals, but here it is the opposite case!
Since they had the slot for a new mold, Lego should have chosen a "horizontal" dolphin like the old one, to complement every other marine animal they have done; sharks, sawfish, octopi, rays... Those have connections on the bottom so they could be attached to a hinge or clear stand if you want them to be in a jumping position, but instead the new dolphin sticks out like a sore thumb due to basically being a slightly altered stylized Friends mold! Even if you'd try hinging it to be in a normal swimming position, alongside the other animals from the National Geographic divers sets, for example, it wouldn't work because of its permanently curved back!
I'm sorry for the long-winded rant, but I was under the impression that Lego had simply been reusing the Friends dolphin all this time. That always peeved me at Lego's perceived laziness of reusing the piece, but now that the truth is known its so much worse knowing they could have done so much better with the new mold. At least the old dolphin and Friends dolphins can breathe!

@PurpleDave said:
" @tees:
You earn points (and theoretically could spend points), but they don’t count towards GWPs. I can’t remember if they count toward free shipping, or qualify for it if the rest of the order earns you free shipping."

They count towards the free shipping threshold. If they are over then it’s free shipping, if they are under you need to add something else but if it costs £40 and threshold is £50 you only need to add an extra £10.

Does this set have a sticker or not? Some images of the bow of the ship have a sticker on one of the dark tan curve pieces and some do not.

@Emmafofemma:
I see one image of the official set with a sticker on the bow, and two pictures of the original project it’s based on with no sticker. If the guy has on a Captain’s cap, it’s not the actual set.

I have to say that the only thing that I prefer of the original submission are the minifigs

@PurpleDave said:
" @tees:
You earn points (and theoretically could spend points), but they don’t count towards GWPs. I can’t remember if they count toward free shipping, or qualify for it if the rest of the order earns you free shipping."

i earned a gwp when i purchased my bricklink designer program items, but then again i also added a regular set....

@minecraft_lego_mom:
Well, it seems that when they add new functionality to their LEGO.com site, whatever they say about how it will work, flip a coin. If it lands, things will not work as claimed.

I really love this set, but i don't think i can spend $200 in august. any idea how much it might cost on ebay or bricklink after?

@PurpleDave said:
" @Emmafofemma:
I see one image of the official set with a sticker on the bow, and two pictures of the original project it’s based on with no sticker. If the guy has on a Captain’s cap, it’s not the actual set."

The pictures used by brickset includes a captain’s cap. Are you saying those pictures are not of the actual set?

@Martin_S:
That is exactly what I’m saying. The guy wearing the Captain’s cap is also wearing the “winter” Navy uniform, with white pants and a dark-blue top. The top photo shows the guy wearing a white shirt with dark-blue pants, and PFD.

This was the result of a contest held by LEGO Ideas to design a GWP with an aquatic theme. The boat with the Captain’s cap and the island won the vote, and then the Ideas team tweaked the design. One of the other major changes I can see is that the gunwale was brown flex-tube with white or dark-bley “brackets”, and now the entire gunwale is pearl-gold. The bowsprit is still partially brown, however.

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