Khscarymovie4 Posted November 26, 2017 Hello eurobricks! I have seen this done in the past here and I thought it would be a great idea to do it again for 2017 now that The Joker's Manor is starting to be released. Basically post your favorite theme, minifigure, and set from this year. Then post you least favorite theme, minifigure, and set. If you want you can put your most anticipated set, theme or whatever for 2018. For an example here is my list. Best Theme: The Lego Ninjago Movie, Honorable Mentions: The Lego Batman Movie, Lego Ideas Best Minifigure/bigfig: Gladiator Hulk, Honorable Mention: Two-Face Best Set: Ninjago City, Honorable Mentions: Assembly Square, Knighton Castle, Destiny's Bounty, Old Fishing Store, The Joker's Manor, Arkham Asylum, Carousel, Resistance Bomber, NASA Apollo Saturn V Worst Theme: Minecraft Worst Minifigure: Snoke Worst Set: The Ocean Monument Most Anticipated 2018: Harry Potter sets, Honorable Mentions: Avengers: Infinity War sets, Modular Building, Nexo Knight's, D2C Fairground set 2017 was a great year for Lego and I hope 2018 is even better. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BlueberryWaffles Posted November 26, 2017 Purely out of what I bought from this year: Best Theme: The Lego Batman Movie Best Minifig: Wonder Woman (76075) Best Set: Arkham Asylum Worst Theme: Marvel Super Heroes Worst Minifig: Kiss Kiss Batman (for not being released outside of a keychain) Worst Set: ATM Heist Battle Most Anticipated 2018: Harry Potter coming back! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Megaflora Posted November 26, 2017 Batman included the best licensed minifigures yet. The Ninjago Movie had some of the best actual sets. Ideas had some really good stuff too. To narrow things down... Best minifigures: Two-face, Poison Ivy, N-Pop Girl, Disco Joker, Bane, Retro Space Guy. Best sets: Ninjago City, Old Fishing Store, Destiny's Bounty, Saturn V. Most disappointing minifigures: Lady Iron Dragon (due to face printing), Hela and Grandmaster (both really needed more printing and the later doesn't look like Goldblum at all). Most disappointing sets: Star Destroyer (pricy, it just looks meh and the figure selection is terrible). Both Ragnarok sets have some ugly builds. I'm sure there are others, but I typically ignore and forget sets that don't interest me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Koori Posted November 26, 2017 (edited) Based on what I acquired this year except the worst set. Best Theme: The Lego Ninjago Movie, honorable mention: Lego city Jungle, Lego Elves Best Minifigure/bigfig: Agent Coulson Honorable Mention: Rocket (guardians of the galaxy) Best Set: Destinys Bounty Honorable Mentions: Assembly Square, Carousel, Worst Theme: Nexo Knights Worst Minifigure: Lego batman movie Robin Worst Set: Moana's Island Adventure Most Anticipated 2018: Harry Potter sets! Honorable Mentions: Avengers: Infinity War sets, Modular buildings, Lego city mining sets, blue baseplates Edited November 26, 2017 by Koori Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAB Posted November 28, 2017 Best Theme: Creator Expert, Honorable Mentions: Star Wars, Creator, Ideas Best Minifigure/bigfig: Retro Spaceman (CMF), Honorable Mentions: Darth Vader from 75183, Beetlejuice, Butterfly Girl (CMF), Elves Goblin King, The "I" from 40178. Best Set: Ninjago City, Honorable Mentions: Old Fishing Store, NASA Apollo Saturn V, Assembly Square Worst Theme: The Lego Batman Movie, Honorable Mention: Brickheadz Worst Minifigure: TLBM Robin or Dick Grayson, any and all variations. Worst Set: 70917 (Ultimate Batmobile), Honorable Mentions: 70905 (Batmobile), 70906 (Joker Lowrider), 10256 (Taj Mahal reissue) Most Anticipated 2018: I'll wait and see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AFOLguy1970 Posted November 28, 2017 Best Theme: Lego Ninjago Movie, runner up Creator Expert Best Minifig: Aayla Secura, runners up Sushi Chef and N-Pop girl Best Set: Apollo Saturn V, runner up Assembly Square Worst Theme: Nexo Knights Worst Minifig: Not sure, probably anything from Nexo Knights Worst Set: The Desert Skiff escape, inferior to the previous one--where the heck is Lando? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theycallmemrdarko Posted November 28, 2017 Best Theme: Creator Expert, Ideas Best Minifig: Bane Best Set: Old Fishing Store Worst Theme: Nexo Knights Worst Minifig: Ms. Marvel Worst Set: Chewbacca Buildable Figure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koalayummies Posted November 29, 2017 Best Theme: The Lego Ninjago Movie Best Minifigure: Misako Best Set: Ninjago City/Saturn V/Women of Nasa Worst Theme: Angry Birds Worst Minifigure: All non-yellow minifigures that don't represent real non-fiction people (i.e. Women of NASA excluded) Worst Set: Ideas Adventure Time Most welcomed 2018: Any re-release of retired products. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted November 29, 2017 Best Theme: The Lego Batman Movie. Best Minifigure: My avatar, duh. Best Set: Ideas' The Old Fishing Store. Most Anticipated for 2018: Creator (Non-Expert), at least hopefully for the second half of the year. But, I'm looking forward to pretty much anything that may be in store for the most of the year, even if that mean picking apart all upcoming offerings piece by piece. Oh, yeah, now as far as 2017's worst offerings go, I can't really say, since most everything has something to come away with, so there's nothing really I can be that pessimistic about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmperZand Posted December 5, 2017 (edited) Nod to @koalayummies as we seem to share similar tastes in LEGO: Best Theme: The Lego Ninjago Movie Best Minifigure: Elf Girl (Series 17 CMF) Best Minifigure That Isn't Really a Minifigure: The Black Panther (6193919) from the Jungle Half-Track Mission set (60159) Best Set: Green Ninja Mech Dragon (70612) (though I modded my mech to turn it into a model of a real dragon) Worst Themes: Minecraft and Angry Birds Worst Minifigure: All non-yellow minifigures Worst Set: Women of NASA Edited December 5, 2017 by AmperZand Corrected chronological error pointed out below by @Digger of Bricks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lordofdragonss Posted December 5, 2017 Best Theme: ELVES - for being great fantasy line Best Minifigure/bigfig: Lord Krakenskull NEXO KNIGHTS - for being one of the coolest badguys Lego created Best Set: Ninjago City - No mcomment needed Worst Theme: Brickheadz- for being noting new but cashgrab Worst Minifigure: Rocket Racoon - He get new mold for head this year - yet they still molded it with armor once again so It can't move his head. Worst Set: Stephanie House for being the worst colored Friends sets to date Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted December 5, 2017 13 hours ago, AmperZand said: Worst Themes: Minecraft and Angry Birds Angry Birds was a 2016 theme though. Brickset - The Angry Birds Movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmperZand Posted December 5, 2017 41 minutes ago, Digger of Bricks said: Angry Birds was a 2016 theme though. Brickset - The Angry Birds Movie Good point! So traumatised was I by it, that it felt more recent. I have corrected the error in my post above. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koalayummies Posted December 6, 2017 9 hours ago, Digger of Bricks said: Angry Birds was a 2016 theme though. Brickset - The Angry Birds Movie But so are Nexo Knights and Brickheadz, and Creator and Ideas are 2003 and 2008 respectively. So it seems many are citing any currently-available-through-Lego theme as the theme's offerings or appeal stands for the year 2017, for example one theme can be great upon introduction but then not have as great offerings or appeal the next year or vise versa. If we only go by themes introduced for 2017 it appears its only Batman Movie, Ninjago Movie and Boost (based on theme introduction dates from wikipedia). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted December 6, 2017 Just now, koalayummies said: But so are Nexo Knights and Brickheadz, and Creator and Ideas are 2003 and 2008 respectively. So it seems many are citing any currently-available-through-Lego theme as the theme's offerings or appeal stands for the year 2017, for example one theme can be great upon introduction but then not have as great offerings or appeal the next year or vise versa. If we only go by themes introduced for 2017 it appears its only Batman Movie, Ninjago Movie and Boost (based on theme introduction dates from wikipedia). Angry Birds was a one wave, one year theme. It didn't return for a second year in 2017, as you can see in the Brickset link I posted initially. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert8 Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) Best Theme: City Jungle subtheme Best Minifigure: CMF S17 Elf Maiden Best Set: Ninjago City Worst Theme: Nexo Knights Worst Minifigure: Bunny Batsuit Worst Set: Ideas Adventure Time Most Anticipated 2018: CMF Series 18! Edited December 9, 2017 by Robert8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vindicare Posted December 9, 2017 (edited) On 11/28/2017 at 5:26 AM, MAB said: Best Theme: Creator Expert, Honorable Mentions: Star Wars, Creator, Ideas Best Minifigure/bigfig: Retro Spaceman (CMF), Honorable Mentions: Darth Vader from 75183, Beetlejuice, Butterfly Girl (CMF), Elves Goblin King, The "I" from 40178. Best Set: Ninjago City, Honorable Mentions: Old Fishing Store, NASA Apollo Saturn V, Assembly Square Worst Theme: The Lego Batman Movie, Honorable Mention: Brickheadz Worst Minifigure: TLBM Robin or Dick Grayson, any and all variations. Worst Set: 70917 (Ultimate Batmobile), Honorable Mentions: 70905 (Batmobile), 70906 (Joker Lowrider), 10256 (Taj Mahal reissue) Most Anticipated 2018: I'll wait and see. Why so much dislike for Batman Movie sets? I recently built 70917, it’s a fun build & a cool & creatvive model. I don’t like low riders in any form, but I adore Joker’s. The Batmobile is a fun, different take on the vehicle. I will echo some sentiments though... As to to the topic, Best Theme: unlike MAB , Batman Movie. Best Minifigure: Poison Ivy Best Set: Assembly Square Worst Theme: Brickheadz Worst Minifigure: Hmm...how about any female with that grey jacket, purple scarf torso. I have so many! Worst Set: Taj Mahal- at least update it... Most Anticipated: Harry Potter Edited December 9, 2017 by Vindicare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
koalayummies Posted December 10, 2017 On December 5, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Digger of Bricks said: Angry Birds was a one wave, one year theme. It didn't return for a second year in 2017, as you can see in the Brickset link I posted initially. We're getting into splitting hairs territory which I like to avoid but while it may not have returned with any new offerings for 2017 it is still available for purchase from Lego. As such with no new offerings or just on its own as a theme and still being sold by Lego it should qualify as an option or clarify as stated that we're only talking about-new-for-2017 themes (which again would be limited to Batman Movie, Ninjago Movie and Boost as the only new themes for 2017, which really narrows down what people can say are their personal best and worst themes) or that any theme new-for-2017 or not that had new products offered for 2017 is an option. So which is it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted December 10, 2017 Just now, koalayummies said: We're getting into splitting hairs territory which I like to avoid but while it may not have returned with any new offerings for 2017 it is still available for purchase from Lego. As such with no new offerings or just on its own as a theme and still being sold by Lego it should qualify as an option or clarify as stated that we're only talking about-new-for-2017 themes (which again would be limited to Batman Movie, Ninjago Movie and Boost as the only new themes for 2017, which really narrows down what people can say are their personal best and worst themes) or that any theme new-for-2017 or not that had new products offered for 2017 is an option. So which is it? Well, I just presumed that the discussion here was focused on products introduced this year. Perhaps though, maybe we are also discussing products still made available this year from previous years? Maybe @Khscarymovie4 would know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khscarymovie4 Posted December 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Digger of Bricks said: Well, I just presumed that the discussion here was focused on products introduced this year. Perhaps though, maybe we are also discussing products still made available this year from previous years? Maybe @Khscarymovie4 would know. Honestly I don't think there is any rule for what you pick. I feel by making rules it makes the topic less fun. But in my opinion what counts as a 2017 theme is any theme that released a new set this year. I don't count Angry Birds as that theme had no new sets this year, but I do count Nexo Knights, Ideas, and other's because they had a least 1 new set this year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Digger of Bricks Posted December 10, 2017 10 hours ago, Khscarymovie4 said: But in my opinion what counts as a 2017 theme is any theme that released a new set this year. I don't count Angry Birds as that theme had no new sets this year, but I do count Nexo Knights, Ideas, and other's because they had a least 1 new set this year. That's what I sort of was figuring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AntiKragle Posted December 11, 2017 Overall an excellent year! Best Theme: 1st The Lego Ninjago Movie, 2nd TLBM, 3rd Ideas Best Set: 1st Ninjago City, 2nd Assembly Square 3rd Old Fishing Store Best Minifigure: 1st Flying Monkey (70917) 2nd Vacation Batman CMF 3rd Volcano Garmadon CMF Worst theme: Nexo Knights Worst Set: Hulk vs Red Hulk Worst Minifigure: Corn Cob Guy ( not looking forward to series 18) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroDiva Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) Another really good year on the whole. Here's my list (nod to @Robert8 's formatting): Best Theme: Batman Movie Honourable mentions: Ideas, Creator Expert, Ninjago Movie Best Minifigure: Hela Honourable mentions: Admiral Thrawn, Bigfig Bane, Glam Metal Batman Best Set: Assembly Square Honourable mentions: Old Fishing Store, Saturn V, Penguin Arctic Roller Worst Theme: Nexo Knights Dishonourable mentions: BrickHeadz, DC Superhero Girls, Marvel Superheroes (completely phoned in for 2017) Worst Minifigure: Wonder Woman mini-doll Dishonourable mentions: CMF 17 Gourmet Chef, Dimensions Goonies Sloth, Bigfig Red Hulk Worst Set: The Fortrex (it's an abomination that epitomises everything wrong with Nexo Knights) Dishonourable mentions: Ideas Adventure Time, Hulk vs Red Hulk, First Order Heavy Scout Walker (wtf..) Most Anticipated 2018: New Trains !! (assuming we actually get some) Edited December 11, 2017 by ElectroDiva Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robert8 Posted December 11, 2017 44 minutes ago, ElectroDiva said: Worst Set: The Fortrex (it's an abomination that epitomises everything wrong with Nexo Knights) Fortrex was a 2016 set, not 2017. Maybe you meant 70357 Knighton Castle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ElectroDiva Posted December 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Robert8 said: Fortrex was a 2016 set, not 2017. Maybe you meant 70357 Knighton Castle See - i took such a dislike to it that I carried that over into 2017:) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
