Decent price drop for those after this set, was previously $125.
13/2 update: Price dropped from $112.50 to $110.
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Thanks for posting Chinese New Year deal.
I agree. If they want to be inclusive, the set should also include a cat! LOL
Let's talk about inclusive, how about we say 1st Jan is also Chinese New Year, because we also celebrate on that day! Let's see what will all those lefties say! XD
@AussieGargain: You mean you don't want to answer my question based on your comment but instead, you replied with another question?
@ptl93: What’s with this nonsense…so you acknowledged that you don’t any literacy about the WHO virus naming rule, then go find yourself. I’m not your teacher.
@AussieGargain: Haha all good. You still haven't answered my question so I don't acknowledge your take on the CNY name.
Don’t know why people are arguing about this. Both Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year are correct and represent the same thing. Lunar calendar originates from China after all. Anyone can borrow and use it. But just these two, calling it anything else is for sure culture appropriation.
Lunar New Year is a culture appropriation. Chinese New Year is based on agricultural calendar, which is a mix of solar & lunar calendar. The days of celebration are based on Chinese agricultural calendar. Lunar calendar has different days. Celebrating for the days for CNY but call it LNY is cultural appropriation.
@AussieGargain: Given that most countries that celebrate Lunar New Year (rather than ‘Chinese’ new year) were once part of/colonised by China (eg Vietnam), it’s not exactly cultural appropriation as much as having had Chinese culture forcibly shoved onto them. And then using Lunar to say ‘we are no longer part of China and don’t celebrate the festivals of our colonisers’
@dtc: 1, learn how to use quotes,
2, celebrate whatever wanted for LNY, but don’t use Chinese theme, don’t use CNY calendar for LNY celebrations as CNY and LNY calendars are not the same,
3, China never colonised Vietnam (or any other countries), nor was Vietnam part of China, so your comment are not worthy to reply any further. I won’t waste more time to someone like you that don’t have any factual knowledge in “brain”.
"Lunar New Year" was introduced by Western as a way to de-emphasize the Chinese identity of the holiday. Most of the countries that celebrates CNY is following the Chinese agricultural calendar. Agricultural calendar is not a lunar calendar that observes the cycle of Lunar, it is a Lunisolar calendar that references both Sun & Moon. So all the origin starts from CNY
There's 福 written all over the place on that set. Not sure if the Vietnamese would like you saying that represents them. Which part of Asia are you from that you are defending Asian inclusiveness? In Chinese, it's just 新年快乐 happy new year, in Vietnamese it's chuc mung nam moi, literally happy new year. So for people in Asia, it's literally just called new year. If you want to address it properly let's call it new year and 1 Jan can be called western New year or Gregorian new year instead, how about that.
Vietnamese here. I used to be bugged by people calling it Chinese New Year and insisted on calling it Lunar New Year. Then I married my wife who is a Chinese and none of that shit mattered anymore. Now it is just simple Chinese New Year when I addressed it to Aussies and just New Year to the rest of my Vietnamese accquaintances here. I know lots of Vietnamese people are still getting triggered by that little thing but tbh I don't care. It is, at the end of the day, Chinese New Year because it was originated there.
So can’t say Chinese New Year anymore?
Those replies are more like the ones triggered. culture thieves. What do you expect? They don’t want recognise and no respect to its genesis so to steal and rebrand to present it’s theirs.
Learn from Japan, they acknowledge where they get from. They have culture confidence. Chinese culture appreciate. Those who steal and don’t recognise = self-abasement.
@AussieGargain: The Western power recognises Japan as Japan is a follower. They never consider Japan as a threat so there is no point to de-empersise any Japanese culture element. While they always treat China's rise as the threat and refuse to communicte & coorparation. The ideology of China is quite different to the West. And they don't want to see another power nation arise, just like the Russian before.
@bullying520: You’re spot on. My point is Japanese acknowledge the origins from what culture elements they learnt from and not trying to appropriate.
@AussieGargain: The example of Japan just reminds me of another Asian country… quote from guo degang: “(this country) invented the world; we invented this country” lol
Haha. Really happy to see these young guys stands up for their culture. YYDS
18 minifigs is quite a haul
That rabbit looks evil. Like the rabbit from Dragon's Crown
These Chinese new year sets have really gone down hills since the first sets.
Like most of other lego sets.
The sets of this year are better than last year, imo.
Good to know. I just buy them every year, which becomes kind of a cultural thing. Hope one day kid could appreciate and build these sets. 30% off is good for me.
same here, but missed out one or two sets of the first year.
I wonder who they're price matching, waiting for a $100 deal!
If history repeats, you’ll see these at 50% in a couple of months time.
Last year's New Year Traditions is still popping up at close to RRP - I saw two sets on a shelf at Big W this week ~$109. The Lego Store and the AG Lego Stores sold them off at $55 around Eastertime last year.
The same stes were in Big W's 20% Off Toys promotion around Christmas, but they wouldn't price match so they have them left.
I found a set in Target recently too - at $80, and they also wouldn't price match the Lego Stores.
I also saw Sydney airport had a whole display full of them at full price when I passed through a couple of weeks ago - unfortunately the woman was closing up so I didn't have time to press her about the price.
As for the Chinese / Lunar New Year debate - isn't it more simple: calling a celebration Chinese in any other country would raise questions and resentment, "Why are they celebrating their festival over here?" Call it Lunar New year and anyone can now join in.
Lego have been slipping 'easter eggs' into these sets to sell them to a wder audience - if you want to complete the purple classic spaceman from the torso in the CMF series 23, you need to buy this set. What does a purple space helmet and purple oxygen tanks have to do with Chinese or Lunar New Year?
Culture appropriation has nothing to do with inclusiveness. It’s about de-emphasising Chinese impact like others said earlier. Vietnamese, Malaysian and Singaporean celebrate, enjoy and call it CNY.
That “purple space helmet” is from Chinese culture. It’s a big-head-doll helm for celebration and nothing to do with space. https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-play-big-head-doll-s…
@AussieGargain: I can see the big doll head in your picture and the Lego set, but not the purple 'space' helmet.
If you look at the Lego box, the figure on the last float has a purple space helmet (and plain purple legs). You can find the figure in some of the other pictures and see the purple oxygen tanks too.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52519779779_6eab9d31c7_c…
@sam buster: Ahhh I see what you meant now. Just want to share that during CNY, people celebrate and don’t care what is adapted in the CNY theme. Like below, nobody feels offended to their culture but find it funny af. That resonates inclusiveness. It won’t be odd if transformers are in the CNY theme. Lego took advantage of it, so did many many businesses.
https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/comicbook.com/dc/amp/news/th…
Hopefully! Last year I snagged the ice festival for about half price from Target. Actually never got around to building it, so does leave me questioning why I keep buying them…
FOMO kicking in hard!
Haha, just like when Tea was stolen from the Chinese.
Speaking of copyrights…
There is a minifig in the set with an admirals hat. Perhaps he's there to trade
Why is there a redhead in the set?
Tourist
Thanks OP!