Vintage Taxi revealed

Will this stack with the Tiger GWP? As that is now slated to run into February.

do you have to buy the latest modular to get this, or is it just if you spend however much you'll get it?

It's cute, but not my cup o tea. I'll take a pass on it, as the globe won't be a day one purchase for me. But if I could pick up another year of the tiger set with the Easter bunnies and some other things, I'd be over the moon.

@PurpleDave said:
"Compared to the sailboat, this doesn’t feel like it should require more than a $100-150 spend."
Indeed, the sailboat was way more substantial. May get this from Bricklink just like I did with that, expecting this to be much cheaper.

@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"City cars don't tend to have a specialized brick-built auto body like that."
The base is actually built around a standard chassis piece (28324)

@Mr__Thrawn :
"I believe that this set actually seats two minifigures"
It sure does, it even has space for the suitcase!

Happy Grilles, to you…until we meet again…

Is Friday going to be the new GWP release day, I wonder? Last year they were pretty much always released on a Monday.

If the Home Alone house ever comes back into stock this would be a nice little extra.

Looks like it uses several of these brackets which are very new, https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=79389&name=Bracket%201%20x%201%20-%201%20x%202&category=%5BBracket%5DT=S&C=11&O={%22color%22:%2211%22,%22ss%22:%22CA%22,%22iconly%22:0}
Going to be tough to build this for a while probably

Not yet live in North America but likely soon. It'll be a nice birthday present to myself, My Precious.

This looks like 2/3 London black cab, 1/3 NYC yellow cab. Is there anywhere that has taxis that actually look like this? Or is this just an imaginative design for a Lego city not based on an real style of taxi?

The £200 gets me. I would buy the Hotel, but that is £175, and the other sets I want won't be available until Feb 1st. But the GWP might be sold out by then.

Guess that's another gwp to look for on the aftermarket. Lego got my £100s on Jan 1 for the Hotel. Can't justify another £200 so soon after ??

Poor timing by the lego group

@Mr__Thrawn:
Not if the passenger has any luggage (especially not the new air-friendly rolling suitcase). Driver’s got to have someplace to stash the giant lunch he’s carrying.

@Wellspring:
While waiting in line at the local LEGO Store, I think to buy the 1989 Batmobile, I ended up chatting with one of the store employees who was also in line to buy presents for grandkids. She said there’s three types of spending thresholds. When they say $200, it could mean that you actually have to spend $200, and the system won’t even let them fudge the penny. Sometimes it means $199.99, and they just say $200 (this probably happens most often with GWPs that are paired with specific sets but not exclusive, like when Christmas GWPs had spends that were one penny higher than the newest Winter Village set). And sometimes it actually allows you to go all the way down to $199.00 and still qualify. They aren’t told which type of threshold any given GWP is set for, so the only way to find out is test it (much easier online than driving to the store and pulling potential purchases from the shelves).

@CCC said:
"If they had done it in green, I might have spent £200 on other stuff. Just for that roof.
"

I think a lot of people would have... It would be another "Maersk-blue construction hat situation".
pre 10219 the hats (part 3833) were going for $200 (US) each because of multiple factors (such as age, due to be only released one time in 1980 in a promo set before the 2011 train set).
After that train set released, with three hats in each copy of the set, the price went down to where it is now: $2.40 US is the average price as of today.

As for the green roof in a similar situation, it was only available in one SDCC set with a very limited run. (I believe I've seen a single roof part go for $600 once on Bricklink a year ago) So, even though LEGO didn't re-release it now, it's only a matter of time before they do...

@Murdoch17 said:
" @CCC said:
"If they had done it in green, I might have spent £200 on other stuff. Just for that roof.
"

I think a lot of people would have... It would be another "Maersk-blue construction hat situation".
pre 10219 the hats (part 3833) were going for $200 (US) each because of multiple factors (such as age, due to be only released one time in 1980 in a promo set before the 2011 train set).
After that train set released, with three hats in each copy of the set, the price went down to where it is now: $2.40 US is the average price as of today.

As for the green roof in a similar situation, it was only available in one SDCC set with a very limited run. (I believe I've seen a single roof part go for $600 once on Bricklink a year ago) So, even though LEGO didn't re-release it now, it's only a matter of time before they do..."

Now that Lego owns Bricklink, they(Lego) should look into that. They know that specific minifig sells. They should also know that specific parts in specific colours would also sell. For example, they can easily make a query like: select all parts from BL where wanted number is max(or top 3) and not currently in production. Then look at those parts and see if they can use them in their upcoming models. That way, they would sell sets not because people really want them but because they contain the parts in the colours they need. They would not have to make them all but let's say they 'try' to incorporate 10 of them per year - I'm sure they would notice a difference. They could also search for pieces (still in production) that sell at insane price.

Note: black and yellow cabs: Barcelona (as mentioned above), India and Singapore.

Note2: Threshold should always be: threshold - 1 to avoid problems with .99

I assume the Globe will be just a few cents short of the threshold? I echo the sentiment this should have been with the new modular instead.

Just checked Lego website and don't see instructions for it yet. Do they release the instructions for GWP sets like this? Wasn't sure...

Set looks fantastic: I'm glad Lego included a space for a passenger (which is hardly a guarantee).

How many retro Modular vehicles are there now? You have the fire engine in Fire Brigade, the limo in the Palace Cinema, the teal GWP Corvette, the tow truck..

I need this to join my other vintage car GWPs to populate my winter village and modular town. Love the sleek look and colors. Fenders remind me of 70911.

Does anyone know if BnP purchases count towards $200 threshold?

@JRBricks said:
"Just checked Lego website and don't see instructions for it yet. Do they release the instructions for GWP sets like this? Wasn't sure..."
Yes, normally a week or so after the set releases. (same with the regular new releases)

NZ $279 to get taxi so ordered Creator Bookstore $279.99 :)

@8lackmagic said:
"If 10297 is £175, then they should have set this price as the GWP threshold too. Where there's an obvious link between GWP to a regular set, then the GWP threshold should either reflect that or just be "free" with the purchase of the main set (e.g. 40140 to 10246, or 40433 to 76139). To always seemingly set the threshold slightly higher seems disingenuous and what would have previously felt like a nice "bonus" (as it used to be not so long ago with the 2 examples that I've mentioned), now-a-days, GWP just feels like a cynical marketing/sales ploy."

Totally agree with you. If you buy 10297 in UK you have to spend another £25.01 to get to the threshold, but buy the same set in US or Germany and you have to spent less than $1/1 euro to get to threshold. They should have set the thresholds at comparable exchange rates ie $200/£150/180 euro

Who would pay 200 for this.

AUD 279 should convert to £150 threshold which is marginally better than the suggested £200.

Lots of people seem to not understand the purpose of a GWP. It's not "poor planning" for Lego to offer this after release, it's actually far better planning.

Scenario 1: They release the Hotel with the GWP at the same time. Everyone who would have bought the Hotel without the GWP, buys it, and people who *wouldn't* buy the Hotel without the GWP do *not* buy it.

Scenario 2: They release the Hotel without the GWP. Everyone who would buy it without the GWP, buys it. Later on, they offer the GWP. Now, everyone who was waiting will buy.

Scenario 2 obviously results in more sales. For a company, sales are good. It would also definitely make more sense for this to be $175 to match the set, I'll agree that that aspect doesn't line up. But displacing the set and GWP makes more than enough sense, which is why they've done it very often in the past and will probably continue to do so.

"Smart" for lego for profit making, but of course the opposite for the consumers, as always. Simple as that.

BTW, some people never thought or mention this: what if lego only release the GWP when the high dollar sets (e.g. the hotel) is out of stock...so doesn't really matter even if you try to wait for the hotel with GWP lol
And agree with most people that the threshold is high. Seems like even buying the hotel wouldn't be enough.
What's next? $300, $400 threshold (when the set itself is out of stock)? And people still shouldn't say a word? lol
What about consider releasing GWP later on as individual sets...

@Venunder said:
"AUD 279 should convert to £150 threshold which is marginally better than the suggested £200.
"

There is hope yet then for a £150 threshold. Time will tell.

I do like this ever since seeing the leaked images. If the threshold means buying the Hotel alone will be enough, I'd consider it a good opportunity to buy. If the threshold does turn out to be £200 then forget it, LEGO.

@vader11 said:
""Smart" for lego for profit making, but of course the opposite for the consumers, as always. Simple as that"

Sorry friend, but Lego is a company. Having to spend a bit more for an add-on doesn't really seem like breaking the back of the proletariat. Lego could also get a bit less profit and sell everything for $50 less, but that wouldn't be a good idea for long

loool what are they smoking… 200€? I bet most of us here can build this with the pieces we have and maybe a few from BAP or BL. No need at all to spend 200 of anything

Despite the fact that I don't care for the model and the ridiculous $200 price point, this is an example of how Lego is not helping themselves or their customers in being able to plan purchases in advance since the store calendar has been discontinued.

Plenty of people complaining online they're not getting this because they already shot their wad.

Not normally one to criticise Lego, but the access price point and release date for this are infuriating. At best its thoughtless, at worse it just profiteering. In either case it shows little consideration for Lego fans.

@fakespacesquid said:
" @vader11 said:
""Smart" for lego for profit making, but of course the opposite for the consumers, as always. Simple as that"
Sorry friend, but Lego is a company. Having to spend a bit more for an add-on doesn't really seem like breaking the back of the proletariat. Lego could also get a bit less profit and sell everything for $50 less, but that wouldn't be a good idea for long"
That's exactly my point though...
That's why I said "smart" move for lego as a company, but not so good for the costumers...and I never say it would break anything, we don't need that for a living...don't get it wrong lol
Still doesn't mean people cannot express their opinion, read the comments, most are negative, which is expected.
What do you expect...

I ordered the Boutique Hotel and Ahsoka BrickHead a couple days ago, the latter of which has shipped but the hotel is still on backorder. I wonder if I can contact LEGO and get them to add this promo to my order sometime seeing as the hotel probably won't ship until its available.

I think the set looks good. I think the price is a bit steep for what you get (but it is a gift with purchase) and I'm assuming the higher threshold allows it to be available for a bit longer. Plus, ya know, LEGO is getting hit like the consumers. They need to eat too, so raise those prices. Their profits can't take more of a hit... ;).

I jest, but I think this set should be pretty easy to build once the pieces become available in a high enough quantity. Some look newer, but I don't think anything unique to this set.

Now if anything I wanted was in stock, maybe I'd consider it..

$300? Man, I think I’ll have to pass.

It's a gorgeous little set, and I love it. It'll go well with the hot rod and vintage car they've released the last few years.

But I have to spend almost $300 to obtain it?

That's a hard pass.

£200 threshold is way too high for this type of GWP !!

@NatureBricks said:
" @vader11 said:
""Smart" for lego for profit making, but of course the opposite for the consumers, as always. Simple as that.
."
Actually it's not. If it was $100 or $120 I would have bought sets from LEGO. They would have made greater profit from me buying directly from them. Now I'll wait and hope to get what I want on sale from a different company."
At least that's their philosophy for profit making. Surely they didn't make it $200 so that they can make less profit. Not to mention it would depend on how many people are like you vs people who are not like you (who would pay $200 to get this GWP). If there are more from the latter, then they make more profit. And looks like it works for them since this is not the first time they did this.

No, no, no… No. Although I did go in for the $200 GWP Sailboat, I refuse to support this one. The threshold is too much and I don’t want them thinking they can make a habit of this. …MAYBE if they hadn’t canceled the monthly calendars so that we can plan ahead for purchases like this, but I refuse to drop $200 with this little notice. Nope.

(Sorry for the rant, I usually try to stay more positive…)

@SirBrickalotOfLego said:
"Will this stack with the Tiger GWP? As that is now slated to run into February."

They do stack. I just placed an order for the Boutique Hotel and it added both the car and the Tiger GWP.

@NatureBricks:
Printed parts in 40487? Two minifig heads, two minifig torsos, and two dolphins (just the eyes). There’s also four drum-lacquered gold parts (plus one extra). That’s it. The “Éloïse” nameplates are stickers.

@HOBBES:
No, I’m fine with them sticking to their guns on spend thresholds for GWPs. I just want them to shift them one lower. Instead of $75, $100, and $150, just make them $74, $99, and $149. Sure, they don’t look as clean in print, but it would eliminate confusion on when you qualify, and frustration when you don’t. It would save people like me from trying to find something on the extreme low end to pick up the final dollar. And if they’re going to keep pushing the spends so high, it’ll feel like even just a tiny bit back when you’re not having to overshoot by $10-20 every time.

Regarding the 60312 police interceptor, my dad was a gearhead growing up in Detroit, and sometimes mentions that there was a car shop on Woodward Ave that could modify your car so even the cops couldn’t catch it. And then the cops took their cars to the same shop.

@CopperTablet:
40448 Vintage Car has nothing to do with the Modular line besides timing. That was an Ideas contest. You did miss the pink car, though.

@fakespacesquid:
I think your logic did a belly flop. In scenario 1, people who would not buy the hotel without a GWP _still_don’t_ buy it even when the GWP is freely offered?

I wouldn't even mind the high thresholds except for the fact that most of their high priced sets are out of stock. I'd gladly order the Hotel to get it, but it's not in stock in the US...along with all the other high dollar items on my list (and many low dollar items).

I wish they'd let you backorder more items that they know will eventually come back in stock. I'm not in a hurry for them, but I'd have been a lot happier if I could have backordered the Modular to get the free promo. I wouldn't even have minded throwing on a low dollar item so they could ship the promo now and not have to hold onto it and then ship the Modular hotel whenever it's available.

@sjr60 said:
"
If what you really want is the sealed box but there aren't £200 worth of sets you want, tough luck. Your issue, not Lego's. Why should they fuel your investing?"

That’s a pretty dim view of the people on these comments… I suspect most people on here are collectors because they love LEGO as a hobby, not an income stream! So yes the boxed set is important to some of us

@mcbbvb said:
" @SirBrickalotOfLego said:
"Will this stack with the Tiger GWP? As that is now slated to run into February."

They do stack. I just placed an order for the Boutique Hotel and it added both the car and the Tiger GWP.
"

Ah, this is even worse than I thought. I decided to buy the Hotel seeing the Tiger GWP and deciding they're probably not doing a special one. Seeing it not only there, but also overlaping with the GWP I already got... it hurts!

@ResIpsaLoquitur said:
"You people are awfully angry that a business isn't giving you free stuff."

I don't think it's just that... most folk are pissed that they bought the hotel a couple of weeks ago and now have to find £200 more stuff to buy a set clearly designed to go with it.