I saw the Mona Lisa set earlier today and it was getting absolutely wrecked in the comments. I don't know what Lego has been doing lately but I don't like it at all.
I also have and love both those sets, but they have been pumping out a not insignificant number of stinkers lately, and it only seems to be getting worse.
Is the Notre-Dame de Paris the first time since 1957 that Lego has made a set with a direct and specific religious basis? Not counting Advent calendars or Indiana Jones [edit: or Thor] sets. As far as I can tell at the moment, 1309 Church was the one and only religion-based set. I don’t think the Taj Mahal sets would qualify since the building seems to just a mausoleum and not a temple per se?
It’ll be interesting to see how it does. I personally have zero interest in spending a shit pile of money to have a massive Catholic Church in my place. I’d be willing to bet it will make more people who are interested in this sort of set decide to get something else than it will attract people who wouldn’t get this sort of set decide to get it
I personally have zero interest in spending a shit pile of money to have a massive Catholic Church in my place.
I can understand where you are coming from, and have a hypothetical question: If the church were to be sold to a secular organization, would that affect your interest in the Lego set?
In the future, will it be possible to appreciate churches purely for their architecture, or will they always be "tainted" in some way?