DC Superheroes 2025 - Rumors & Discussion

[Mandalorianknight]

13 hours ago, Lionbear8 said:

if you look back at the theme for the last 14 or so years,  the amount of sets we get is steady year on year, with some spike in sets released in certain years  sad but true. 

The theme is objectively in a much worse state than it used to be. The only pre-modern era year for this theme that was this bad IIRC was 2007 back when it was just batman.

8 hours ago, BatDeanj said:

Isn’t the superheroes license linked? So if they cancel DC they would cancel marvel which they obviously won’t do for years. 

This would not be what's holding them back. I'm sure that if anything, given the superheroes design team statements, they're chomping at the bit to have that batman budget drain on their marvel theme shifted to icons.

As for the movie part, even superman didn't get a direct adaption. We've now had an MCU movie (and one of the only recent good ones, too) skipped entirely. I absolutely would not put it past them to ignore ANY DC movie. 

Edited May 8 by Mandalorianknight

[Agent Kallus]

13 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The theme is objectively in a much worse state than it used to be. The only pre-modern era year for this theme that was this bad IIRC was 2007 back when it was just batman.

As for the movie part, even superman didn't get a direct adaption. We've now had an MCU movie (and one of the only recent good ones, too) skipped entirely. I absolutely would not put it past them to ignore ANY DC movie. 

You're (painfully) correct. We had so much hope for a renaissance in the theme 9 months ago, how much these things change. 

Since the Batcave playset turned into a display Batmobile I fear what the 'Arkham Asylum' really is.

[BatDeanj]

19 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

You're (painfully) correct. We had so much hope for a renaissance in the theme 9 months ago, how much these things change. 

Since the Batcave playset turned into a display Batmobile I fear what the 'Arkham Asylum' really is.

I doubt it will change from arkham.
I think realistically it will be a modular set similar to X Mansion or Sactum, have 12 figures, 4 of which are reused, 3 are pursits, and most of the other new ones have the same jumpsuit with a new face print.
But I hope they don't use jumpsuits. really hope we get a figure list soon, other D2CS have, like the black pearl.

[wesker]

4 hours ago, BatDeanj said:

I doubt it will change from arkham.
I think realistically it will be a modular set similar to X Mansion or Sactum, have 12 figures, 4 of which are reused, 3 are pursits, and most of the other new ones have the same jumpsuit with a new face print.
But I hope they don't use jumpsuits. really hope we get a figure list soon, other D2CS have, like the black pearl.

I also hope they don't give the villains jumpsuits. Its boring compared to the characters having unique costumes. If they need to cut corners for the budget I'd rather they skip leg printing and get creative with the existing face and torso prints they have.

[psqidexslizer]

The minifigure lineup reveal is going to be interesting. On the one hand, we haven’t had a new character since, I think, Bronze Tiger back in 2020. If this is indeed comic based as rumors suggest, then this is the perfect chance to introduce someone new like Mad Hatter, Black Mask, Spoiler, Azrael, or Cassandra Cain. We all know Lego loves to stick highly desirable characters exclusively in large sets like these to entice minifigure collectors.
 

On the other hand, this is Lego DC and we haven’t even gotten a Robin since 2020.

Edited May 9 by psqidexslizer

[CloneCommando99]

13 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

we haven’t had a new character since, I think, Bronze Tiger back in 2020.

On the other hand, this is Lego DC and we haven’t even gotten a Robin since 2020.

So did Bronze Tiger kill Robin in the Lego DC canon?

[psqidexslizer]

20 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

So did Bronze Tiger kill Robin in the Lego DC canon?

Given how Joker and Batman are the only two characters still out there, and one of them has a no kill rule, I think we can safely assume what happened to everyone.

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, psqidexslizer said:

Given how Joker and Batman are the only two characters still out there, and one of them has a no kill rule, I think we can safely assume what happened to everyone.

Comic wise I think it depends on how far back we want to go, but we can reasonably assume Superman and Lex are also still alive, albeit they apparently took heavy enough damage that it took a half-decade to recover and yet they still need power suits to fight.

I'd say the characters still alive appear to be Batman, Jonkler, Batgirl, Mr. Freeze, Superman, and Lex. (Not counting direct movie or show tie-in sets)

2 hours ago, psqidexslizer said:

The minifigure lineup reveal is going to be interesting. On the one hand, we haven’t had a new character since, I think, Bronze Tiger back in 2020. 

This is my best-case scenario:

New, in costume: Robin, 1-2 villains, 1-2 Arkham doctors

Jumpsuits: 4-6 inmates, about half of which re-use face prints. 

(Re-uses) Batman, Jonkler, 2 guards (from city sets with generic flesh toned faces)

[psqidexslizer]

New Superman trailer this Wednesday. Can’t wait to see what Lego has planned for this film. 😁

[CloneCommando99]

43 minutes ago, psqidexslizer said:

New Superman trailer this Wednesday. Can’t wait to see what Lego has planned for this film. 😁

Can’t wait to see what Lego’s planned for the theme’s funeral.

[Lego Nostalgia]

5 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Can’t wait to see what Lego’s planned for the theme’s funeral.

I don't think we'll even have the luxury of getting a funeral, probably just thrown on the side of the road in a ditch

We probably won't even get an official announcement of the end of the theme, that's how dead it is

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, Lego Nostalgia said:

I don't think we'll even have the luxury of getting a funeral, probably just thrown on the side of the road in a ditch

We probably won't even get an official announcement of the end of the theme, that's how dead it is

I'd go even further- the theme won't end, we'll just stop seeing sets. The lego DC page will still be up in the shop for a 4+ set we'll get every five years or so. The superheroes theme is shared, DC will just no longer receive any of the budget.

[BatDeanj]

I just hope Arkham is good. Either go out with a bang or hopefully see more location based sets not just another Batmobile but more expensive

All I ask is a full building with a back wall, gothic, 1 new character and better than 2013 one. To me that is a win 

[DaredevilFan]

I hope we’d get the ultimate Batcave before the theme ends. Give me a big 4000-5000 one with the Giant T-Rex, penny, a Pad for the Batmobile, Batwing and batboat, big bat computer and a comic Alfred. 

Also with the prospect of the DCU potentially being popular and maybe even similar to the MCU I think LEGO will hold out just a bit longer 

Final ramble 😂 this year we only had the Fantastic Four which got a set but next year Doomsday is most likely going to get around 5. Then Spider-Man 4 will probably get 3. So with comic spidey sets and infinity saga sets DC could be more dead then ever next year 

[hvader]

Where did all the rumors about the theme ending come from?

[NovaBricks]

1 hour ago, hvader said:

Where did all the rumors about the theme ending come from?

The store shelves.

Personally I think Batman will soldier on for a while under the “Superheroes” label. He’s a big enough draw and it doesn’t eat that much budget to have one marquee set a year from a Batman movie. And they can still do a true Batcave, as well as UCS versions of the BTAS Batmobile and “The Batman” one as well. 

Edited May 12 by NovaBricks

[psqidexslizer]

2 hours ago, hvader said:

Where did all the rumors about the theme ending come from?

The state of the theme for the past half-decade.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, hvader said:

Where did all the rumors about the theme ending come from?

The writing that's on the wall.

(But seriously, you have to admit- these last few years, the sets have heavily declined in both number and scope. We've gone from DC superheroes to the occasional set based on an old Batman movie or show.)

57 minutes ago, NovaBricks said:

Personally I think Batman will soldier on for a while under the “Superheroes” label. He’s a big enough draw and it doesn’t eat that much budget to have one marquee set a year from a Batman movie. And they can still do a true Batcave, as well as UCS versions of the BTAS Batmobile and “The Batman” one as well. 

As I've said before, I honestly think without the 4+ sets we would have seen the theme fold into Icons already. As-is, given we know the superheroes team are primarily marvel fans, I'm sure they're looking for a way to hand off that budget drain to another theme.

Edited May 12 by Mandalorianknight

[Swordy]

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'd go even further- the theme won't end, we'll just stop seeing sets. The lego DC page will still be up in the shop for a 4+ set we'll get every five years or so. The superheroes theme is shared, DC will just no longer receive any of the budget.

Definitely the most likely option, unfortunately.

Batman/DC is too big of an IP for TLG not to have. Who knows what the new term of negotiation would be if the DCU proves a success—and even if not, Batman is too big of a icon to let fall into the hands of their competitors. Of course, WB and DC might switch over to another block-brand themselves, but then that line would be entirely dependent on the DC brand as opposed to the combined powers of the LEGO and DC brand—not to mention the LEGO minifigs are the main draw of the Superheroes line, and why we want DC revived, not the random Bat-vehicle.

In the end, it’s the kid who holds onto the special toy regardless if he’s playing with it or not, because if the kid decides to, he wants that toy to himself.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

That's exactly what the word peak was made for.

This movie has more potential for sets than all this year's Marvel movies combined; how we didn't get one for Superman is so absolutely beyond me.

I'm gonna be even worse next year with Supergirl (Superman: Woman of Tomorrow is my favourite comic ever), unless by some miracle we do get a set.

[hvader]

Lego missed out. Big time

[Mandalorianknight]

34 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

This movie has more potential for sets than all this year's Marvel movies combined; how we didn't get one for Superman is so absolutely beyond me.

I would say this is blatant Thunderbolts erasure but that movie was also robbed of a set in favor of The Fantastic Last of Us and Air Force One 2. 

But look we all know why this didn't get a set- lego doesn't have faith in DC. It's not like lego was able to watch the movie before deciding whether or not to make direct tie-ins, they didn't know what it would be like

[psqidexslizer]

So thankful Lego decided to make sets for Superman instead of doing something stupid like, IDK, a Batmobile for Batman Forever that costs $100. Boy, what a mistake that would have been. 😛

Some set ideas that could have been (spoiler tags don’t work, so just close your eyes past here):

 

Superman vs The Hammer of Boravia ($30… $40)

includes Superman, Lois Lane, Hammer of Boravia as a brick built figure with a guy inside

 

Superman vs Kaiju ($80)

includes Superman, Guy Gardner, Hawkgirl, Mr Terrific, giant Kaiju build

 

The Fortress of Solitude ($100)

includes Superman, Lex Luthor, Engineer, Ultraman, Krypto, two robots, and the Fortress of Solitude

Edited May 14 by psqidexslizer

[Murdoch17]

Just an FYI for everyone, spoiler tags have been fixed by the mod team.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I would say this is blatant Thunderbolts erasure but that movie was also robbed of a set in favor of The Fantastic Last of Us and Air Force One 2. 

Oh I'd kill for a Thunderbolts* set, but I wouldn't say it has much potential honestly. There's nothing particularly exciting that they could translate into a build... Red Guardian's limousine? Val's tower? The car chase is the only one I could see them doing, and let's be honest, we'd only buy it because of the minifigures.

Superman doesn't only have twice as many noteworthy characters with unique suits and powers, but the Hammer of Boravia, the Kaiju, the Fortress of Solitude all would make some damn good sets.

Edited May 14 by THELEGOBATMAN