LEGO City 'Citizen' Issue

LEGO City ‘Citizen’ Issue

By Tanner Hoyal

            Will the LEGO Group lose money this Christmas? There has been some ongoing debate in the LEGO.com Message Boards, a forum where LEGO fans can discuss LEGO-related issues, about how the LEGO City theme hasn’t been producing as many so-called “citizen” sets as the fans would like. Many LEGO City fans are upset by this, and may not ask for as many LEGO City sets this Christmas.

            This is a post on the LEGO Message Boards by State Trooper012 addressing the LEGO City citizen issue; “I definitely think that there should be more citizens; I don’t have enough, [sic] my city is almost entirely made up of city workers!”  There have been many other posts just like State Trooper012’s on the LEGO Message Boards.

           

            In an interview with Hunter Hoyal, age 8, from California on September 30^th, 2014, when he was asked if he agreed with the LEGO City fans who wanted more LEGO City “citizens”, he replied, “I think the idea of more citizens is great.”  When Hunter was asked why he thought LEGO City had too few citizens, he answered, “It has too few citizens because the little kids would rather play with cops than with citizens”.

            In another interview with Dallin Christensen, age 11, from Utah on October 3^rd, 2014, he said that he thought if LEGO City doesn’t start to do something about the LEGO City Citizen issue, chances are that LEGO City will lose customers.

            In our third interview, Bradley Bourgeous, age 12, from California on October 1^st, 2014, remarked “I think that they could improve the amount of citizens by decreasing the amount of police and robbers they sell in all the LEGO City sets.”

            Even though most LEGO City fans want more LEGO City citizens, there are still some who don’t. Clbgolden10 on the LEGO Message Boards started a topic called ENOUGH WITH THE CITIZENS! criticizing most of the posts on the LEGO Message Boards that address the LEGO City Citizen issue. Only a few people agreed with clbgolden10’s topic.

            There has been a few new “citizen” typed sets, but apparently not enough to satisfy all the LEGO City fans. Still, the battle over more LEGO City Citizen typed sets continues… Will the LEGO Group ever satisfy their toughest customers?