Day 183, 15/08/2013:
Decided to clear up some of the backlog of older sets with a trip to BrickLink.com which netted me a few smaller but very city-esque sets:
The 2009 8402 Sports Car set is a simple set, but thought it’d be nice to have something in the city that resembled everyday life, as opposed to something from civil services or that clashes with said civil services. Plus it comes with a tree! 😀 And an emergency phone with an actual handset! :O Thankfully the car design is different from others already in my city, adding a bit of variety.
Clearly license plates in Lego City are unnecessary, though with such a small population, I guess everyone should know each other 😛
I got the 2009 City Mini-figure Collection set because I wanted to boost the number of minifigs in my Lego City city, and felt the collectible minifigs you can get are a bit too ‘costumed’. Plus you can’t go wrong with a boombox.
I also got the 2012 30017 Police Boat polybag:
Considering how many polybags there are, and that they rare get released here (apparently they’re often given away for free in Europe/UK -.-) this could be an expensive sub-collection Especially considering they dont have many pieces and are basic in construction. But the smaller sets will help make the city seem less sparse and more active 🙂