@Bricky_Dee_Williams said:
"Does Brickset have a review forthcoming of 76417 Gringotts Bank and/or the 40598 Vault gift with purchase?"

Obviously yes. Every flagship set is reviewed on brickset.

The printed elements are great. Look at the details on the sheilds!

Sold my complete original Viking theme a month ago, doesn’t have any really good display sets, this one will suffice even though it’s a bit too small.

Superb! Looks great and appears to have a really affordable price! Uthred would be proud.

those visible technic pins in that roof....aaaaarrrrrccch!!! Why oh why!?!?
LEGO, stop reinforcing builds with unnecessary technic structures! Please, do rely on the clutchpower of the brick like you did in the old days....

160 CHF… I think I will wait for a discount. But I really like it.

@nldarklord said:
"Not as good as the original Idea imho, but still a very nice set.
And an affordable one!
Might wait for a discount, but I'm pretty sure it'll brighten up my living room at some point."

dont get me wrong, i love ideas line, but lets be honest, almost every original idea is better than final lego product.
but yeah this will pair great with creator viking ship, i will get both now probably

@BelgianBricker said:
"those visible technic pins in that roof....aaaaarrrrrccch!!! Why oh why!?!?
LEGO, stop reinforcing builds with unnecessary technic structures! Please, do rely on the clutchpower of the brick like you did in the old days....
"

These are purely there for esthetic reasons, they don't reinforce the structure. You can just take them off with that gold 2x1 technic brick.

What a wonderful set, thankfully my wallet is easy knowing I won't buy it.

This looks good, but based on these pics, it's fairly standard fare for building techniques and parts. I do like the printed elements.

One thing that bothers me: why not use one of the dark brown or black (or opal variations) of translucent for the ornate part used for smoke?

These high res pictures only made me more confused, I need to see it in person. It looks both empty and full diorama at the same time.

I would prefer the minifigures to have more neutral expressions. And I'm not convinced by the smoke of the chimney being brick built.
But everything else seems great.

I know it's not exactly "historically accurate," but vikings without dragons just doesn't feel right.

isn't this the lowest PPP we've seen in the last years?

I’m so happy that lego is having castle, pirates, lotr and viking sets but to be honest, it’s a bit dull for me. Houses and two couples..

@elangab said:
"These high res pictures only made me more confused, I need to see it in person. It looks both empty and full diorama at the same time."

That's interesting. Looks full to me. Why do you see it empty?

Definitely want it, but how many?
Ooo, I'm getting an Icewind Dale vibe from this! Perhaps the fish are knucklehead trout.
A dark green hood on the archer would look excellent.
Three different shapes of fire.
The cave looks to be a copper mine.

All prints too?

It would seem that the blacksmith, too, is deemed "worthy" by Mjölnir...

@thor96 said:
" @Bricky_Dee_Williams said:
"Does Brickset have a review forthcoming of 76417 Gringotts Bank and/or the 40598 Vault gift with purchase?"

Obviously yes. Every flagship set is reviewed on brickset."

Not relevant to the topic at hand, but Ninjago City Markets never got a review....

@ThisAndThat said:
" @elangab said:
"These high res pictures only made me more confused, I need to see it in person. It looks both empty and full diorama at the same time."

That's interesting. Looks full to me. Why do you see it empty?"

I think the bridge section is making me feel so, a lot of "air" on the right side of the set. Maybe a bigger long house, and instead of the left most cabin 2-3 merchant cart, and another tower to the right of the bridge. Maybe not full/empty, might just be the balance of the build's stage.

Anyway, this is nitpicking. It looks like a fun Lego set and a great display piece, but I do wish to see it in person first (Not just with that set, some sets I was sure to be a must buy but when seeing them in person it was let down, and with some it was the other way around).

@Loerwyn said:
"The female characters look really good and in-line with (as I understand) pretty much our understanding of Vikings, but why on Earth do the helmets on the men have horns? It's not a representation of history. I find the dissonance between the really good women and the goofy helmets on the men a bit odd."

It's a marketing thing called "audience resonance". I'm certain the designers know the historical accuracies, but they are building a set for pop culture, not history. Like it or not, vikings in pop culture have horns.

Many Lego fans would expect horns and ask "where are the horns?" If they hadn't included them.

Luckily, it's Lego, so you can remove the horns if you like ??

Well, given that historically only one single Viking helmet has been preserved, unhorned, I don't think there is real substantial evidence for either side. What's apparently known is that they at least were used in rituals.

I'm disappointed that Lego made a great historically accurate Viking CMF, and not once has that been used to full effect. We have had the new Viking helmet piece included occasionally in sets, and yes it is included here, but is it really that wrong to include Vikings without horned helmets? The CMF minifig also had great torso and leg printing.
@Jumperstud Agreed, as I said in the forum it's a real shame they went with the Hollywood 'girlboss' style when instead we could have had a great set showing off Viking life. The Viking Lady CMF is a good example, just take away the horned helmet. (Lego really hates females in dresses don't they? Viking women did fight to defend their village if the men were away raiding, but I doubt they went around in full battle armour.)
The printed details are nice. I agree with other commentors that something seems missing. It's a decent size, but feels empty. I reckon it's lack of minifigures. We literally only get 2 viking warriors with helmets in this $230 AU set. I also think a small boat of some sort would have been nice, like a fishing boat.

The 1x4 brown tile with the serpent print might prove to be a budget option for builders working on a parted-out version of Green Grocer. Compare with the original: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=2431pb043&idColor=88T=P&C=88

Not identical, but I'm convinced it is a reference to this design.

Since alot complaining bout helmets horns, was Nordic Bronze age... 900 B.C.E., nearly 2,000 years before the Vikings.

Viking age... Have no proof yet.
maybe berserker "A depiction of a berserker wearing a horned helmet found on a 5th-century golden horn discovered in Møgeltønder, Denmark."

Off Subject ------ Caveman meant Cave woman actually fought along side hunters ..
history has us all rethinking everything.

There is some nice detailing around the buildings and rocky coastline. First thing that comes to mind is to try and build just one large banqueting hall but then it wouldn't be a village any more.

So stoked for this. Love the arrangement of the buildings at different angles.

@Brickchap said:
"I'm disappointed that Lego made a great historically accurate Viking CMF, and not once has that been used to full effect. We have had the new Viking helmet piece included occasionally in sets, and yes it is included here, but is it really that wrong to include Vikings without horned helmets? The CMF minifig also had great torso and leg printing.
@Jumperstud Agreed, as I said in the forum it's a real shame they went with the Hollywood 'girlboss' style when instead we could have had a great set showing off Viking life. The Viking Lady CMF is a good example, just take away the horned helmet. (Lego really hates females in dresses don't they? Viking women did fight to defend their village if the men were away raiding, but I doubt they went around in full battle armour.)
The printed details are nice. I agree with other commentors that something seems missing. It's a decent size, but feels empty. I reckon it's lack of minifigures. We literally only get 2 viking warriors with helmets in this $230 AU set. I also think a small boat of some sort would have been nice, like a fishing boat.
"

Lego.com has it as $210 AUD, which these days seems quite reasonable.

I like the nod back to the image on the Viking ship sail, 7018, with the print on the barrels and at the blacksmiths.

Horns or no horns? I totally prefer the horned ones...Thanks LEGO.

@legoDad42 said:
"Now seeing the pics clearer. There's a traditional Viking helmet.
And if that Viking CMF drops in price, the camp that wants those more traditional helmets can swap out from the horned ones.
And army build with all these new torso's, leg prints, etc.
"

I don't know why this would cause the CMF price to drop. That helmet is still unique, being printed. Torso, legs, and shield also have unique prints. Head probably does too. The accurate helmet has been readily available already, having shown up in a Doctor Strange set, and online PAB.

@Ridgeheart:
So totally beat you to the punch on that one:

https://brickshelf.com/gallery/PurpleDave/Humor/opera_vikings.jpg

@Ridgeheart:
If you look in the background, I’ve got the dino tails you mentioned, plus Chima spider legs, flaming candles, longhorn steer horns, unicorn horns (remember, you have to bag _two_ to manage that helmet), and regular bull horns. In the foreground, you can see another set of bull horns (that one’s from Minessota), and taps. The taps have since been updated, I think with 1x1 round bricks. Others were not visible in that shot, or have been added since. I’ve got a shield maiden with the CMF female Viking helmet who has large potted flowers on her helmet. The smoke from this set is another piece I’ve been eyeing, and I most recently added a part that looks kinda like a monkey’s tail, but I don’t remember which part it was or which set I got them from.

But all that I’ve done with this has been strictly in white. I did look at the giant bull horns that have been used in I think Monkie Kid and Ninjago, but they don’t exist in white. Yet. I started doing this at our Henry Ford Museum exhibit back in December, and have regularly checked PAB updates with this in mind. As bigger and more ridiculous pieces become available, I’ll probably keep updating them. As more Opera Vikings get released, I’ll probably keep adding to the crew.

target has preorder

@PurpleDave said:
" @legoDad42 said:
"Now seeing the pics clearer. There's a traditional Viking helmet.
And if that Viking CMF drops in price, the camp that wants those more traditional helmets can swap out from the horned ones.
And army build with all these new torso's, leg prints, etc.
"

I don't know why this would cause the CMF price to drop. That helmet is still unique, being printed. Torso, legs, and shield also have unique prints. Head probably does too. The accurate helmet has been readily available already, having shown up in a Doctor Strange set, and online PAB.

@Ridgeheart:
So totally beat you to the punch on that one:

https://brickshelf.com/gallery/PurpleDave/Humor/opera_vikings.jpg"

lol those huge horns

@ambr said:
"There is some nice detailing around the buildings and rocky coastline. First thing that comes to mind is to try and build just one large banqueting hall but then it wouldn't be a village any more."

Vahalla.. why can't be baquet hall in village. thought even some outposts had them.

@Ridgeheart:
I looked them all over, and some (like the flower pots I mentioned) are cobbled together from various pieces. For single-piece solutions I forgot the claw/horn piece, and more significantly, hockey sticks (and remember, you have to bag _two_ hockey players to manage that helmet). The curly tail I mentioned comes in 30636.

@missedoutagain said:
"lol those huge horns"

Never make fun of things in half measures. Start with double and work up from there.