Christmas is almost upon us, and thanks to my son’s
ever-expanding list of things he’s hoping will magically appear under the tree,
free from the constraints of money, availability, or time, I’ve decided to make
my own list of dream LEGO themes. Once the holidays are here and gifts are
unwrapped, I know I’m going to be assisting in the construction of quite a few
sets (thanks grandparents and Santa!) and my fingers will be sore until after
New Year’s.
1. Star
Trek, first Classic, then TNG. Why hasn’t this licensing agreement happened
yet? I want a rocky planet set complete with a green Gorn and a cute mommy Horta.
Not so thrilled with the idea of a bridge, but I’d go for sick bay and
engineering in a heartbeat. The mini figures would be so fun. Kirk would have
several heads to cover all his facial expressions and imagine all the different
forehead designs for Klingons over the years.
2. Jurassic
Park. Please! LEGO did the dinosaur hunters sets, but I want Muldoon and Ian Malcom
mini figures. The park control room would be fun to build and there could be
breakaway walls and windows for the velociraptor attacks. Cool functions, as my
son says. Sadly, LEGO would have to include packets of fake blood for realism
and that might upset the kids.
3. The
Walking Dead. Herschel’s farm, Dale’s camper, the prison, all would be fantastic
constructs. Imagine a whole herd of walker mini figures, some missing their tiny
little hands. Gruesome but fun. The special, limited edition set would feature
Daryl, his crossbow, motorcycle, and his brother Merle with a modified slicer
arm. Again, gruesome, but fun.
4. Ice
age. No, not the movies, but caves, fires, smilodons, wooly mammoths, and all
sorts of cool stone tool accessories for fur clad figures. They could even
create a frosty clear blue brick by the thousands to have a glacier set.
5. A
cruise ship. My son and I have discussed this one extensively. Pool deck,
buffet, cabins, casino, engine room, bridge, elevators, all could be standalone
sets eventually assembled into a whole ship.
While we’re at it, I think it would be incredibly
fun to have some themed mystery figure series. For those of you unfamiliar,
Lego puts out different groupings of individual mini figures in tiny bags. When
you buy it, you have no idea what’s inside, which is part of the fun. I think
it would be great to have a Star Wars series, classic 80’s television
characters (Mr. T! Buck Rogers! Magnum P.I.!), or literary heroes.
I have a feeling I won’t be seeing any of these on
the shelves in the future, but I can dream.
