Some thoughts on Lego City

I was perusing the Lego aisle the other day, I think it was at Toys 'R Us.  My Lego tastes tend to lean heavily on the licensed sets. Especially the Super Heroes line.  That's probably because my main focus is on the minifigures.  And while I don't hate the generic townspeople minifigures I really like the ones that depict characters I know.  So before I start rambling and get off topic, I was checking out the new sets in stock and started looking at all the Lego City sets.

It occurred to me that the Lego City line is so broad and encompasses so many themes that I wonder if it be worth Lego's time to divide them up.  Hear me out.

Within the Lego City line of toys you have very distinct themes, police, fire, trains, racing, arctic exploration, mining, buildings, construction, coast guard, etc.  You get the point.  And I'm sure there are collectors and builders that focus on just one or a few themes (I had thought about working on the fire fighter theme for awhile, but I really don't need more hobbies).

That all being said I thought maybe it would be helpful if each theme had it's own label, like Lego City - Fire, or Police, Contruction... you get the idea.

I was also thinking how cool the Lego City Trains theme is.  I really like the new train sets, although I have yet to buy one, mainly because they are so expensive.  It would be nice if Lego could expand on that theme by offering smaller sets.  I know that I would love to be able to buy just different types of engines and cars, as well as train themed buildings, I know they have a few already.

Living up in Alaska I would think it would be sweet to be able to buy an Alaska Railroad engine for my tracks. You could have tank cards, ore cars, passenger cars, car haulers, box cars, timber cars, just about everything and if you made these cars separate small sets you could make your own train or just buy the cars you want.  I think the train theme is underutilized and has the greatest potential for crossover hobbiests.

Anywho thanks for reading my ramble.

30225 -Lego City Coast Guard Seaplane Polybag

I was out looking for a nice Valentine's Day card for my sweetie at Target and saw a pile of these in one of the aisle.  I figured why not treat myself as well and pick up a polybag I didn't have.  Part of the City Coast Guard theme we get a nice little seaplane and pilot.

 I also like the plane features a throwable life ring.

 The minifigure comes with a snazzy life vest and hat.

 He also has nice body detailing.

Cool little set for a four dollar bill and you get some nice elements too. At a little over a dime a piece that's not too shabby.

Lego Space Moon Buggy - 3365

I couldn't resist heading out to Wal-Mart and Target after Christmas to check and see if there were any good deals on Legos.  And while there wasn't much I did manage to find a few good deals.

I hadn't picked up any of these small box sets yet and having this one marked down to under $4 I had to pick it up.

It's a fairly simple set and it clearly says on the packaging that it is.  But with the cool helmet backpack it's almost like getting two mini's in one.

Not quite sure whythe moon buggy needs a trenching tool for on the moon, maybe to lay some cable or something.

So Buzz here comes all suited up in his space suit and you have to option to keep him in training mode with his cool blue cap or suit him up for space.

This is the first space themed mini and set I've gotten, but I'm going to assume that there are all sorts of add on's to the backpack.  It has a slot on tome and space on the sides to add things.  Maybe like a rocket launcher or laser cannon.

The only bad thing about the helmet is that the visor is fixed so you can bring it up to see the mini's face.

Here's what he looks like with the visor off.

Not a bad little set.  And the price was right.