Disney Properties 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

Neat surprise to see the Luxo Jr. project pass after all!  Must‘ve been a technical issue they had to solve first, because license-wise, this should‘ve been a walk in the park! 

9 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

[…] throw in a few minifigs […]

 

 

[Aramar]

44 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I wonder if they'll keep it as-is, or if they'll make it a little bigger, throw in a few minifigs, and sell it at closer to $100, a-la Disney Villains or the Ideas Disney 100 set.

I wonder who they would throw in, if that is the case... There's a lot of good options, and several minifigs I'd love to see, but I also don't know how many sets I want to keep buying with just our semi-related minifigs, half of which are reused in later sets...

They could add Woody or Buzz, Nemo (similar to Flounder), Merida, Joy or Sadness and Linguini with Remy. I won't buy the set if it has no minigures (although I like the idea), so if Lego wants my money, they should add new minifigs :)

[OttoRiver]

I definitely feel like they would need to add something more to the build to at least make it more clear its a Pixar set. Take away the iconic ball, and its just a desk lamp similar to the Polaroid camera, radio, or Phone booth. Even the Disney 100 camera had the film strip of past Disney films and a small animation desk inside the camera with a Mickey Mouse sketch to denote its ties to Disney. Minifigures would help but I'm wondering what else could be done to it to make it clear it is a Pixar set outside of the ball.

[JohnTPT17]

35 minutes ago, OttoRiver said:

Minifigures would help but I'm wondering what else could be done to it to make it clear it is a Pixar set outside of the ball.

The only things in the original Luxo set are the lamps and the balls - I really don't see what else they could add, unless they do an entire Pixar logo (which feels a little ridiculous).

The way I see it, there are basically four options:

1. Keep the project as it is - just one lamp, and one ball. It could make for a cute, more budget friendly set, but it could also be less interesting to those not deeply interested in Pixar.
2. Make it a "Tribute to Pixar Shorts" set, and include a few small vignettes (Tin Toy, For the Birds, etc) to go with the lamp. I think this is unlikely, though., since the project wasn't pitched as a "Pixar Tribute."
3. Make it a Pixar tribute, but focus on the real-life people behind Pixar and include minifigures of them, possibly on some kind of a plaque (kinda like the Disney camera). Think Pete Docter, John Lassater, Brad Bird, etc. I also think this one is also unlikely, partly due to the controversy around some of these men, but also that they would probably make for uninteresting minifigures.
4. Make it a Pixar tribute, centered around the lamp and ball, with 4-5 minifigures to go with it (like Villain Icons or Disney 100 Ideas). This would probably be the most expensive option, but also the most interesting, especially depending on what minifigures/figures/animals they would choose to include.
   1. If I were to speculate on figures, I would probably go with one from the early films (Hopefully someone new, like Flik, minifig Stinky Pete, etc), a 2000's film (Boo, or big-body Mr. Incredible), a 2010's film (probably Merida from Brave), and a 2020's film (Probably either Turning Red or Inside Out). These four could then accompany a custom-molded Remy and a mini Wall-E and EVE, or Lightning McQueen to hep round out the late '00-early '10's "Golden Age" Pixar.

I think it's obvious that I think the fourth option would be the best (and most popular), but only time will tell!

[hikouki]

4 hours ago, OttoRiver said:

Agree. I'd love to see them "complete the story" so to speak with some of the Disney films they've already represented with minifigures before moving onto variants/new IPs. Crazy to think Snow White is pretty much totally covered outside of the Huntsman.

Perhaps because her cottage showed up several times in Ideas submissions and they thought she was very much sought after?

3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I wonder if they'll keep it as-is, or if they'll make it a little bigger, throw in a few minifigs, and sell it at closer to $100, a-la Disney Villains or the Ideas Disney 100 set.

I wonder who they would throw in, if that is the case... There's a lot of good options, and several minifigs I'd love to see, but I also don't know how many sets I want to keep buying with just our semi-related minifigs, half of which are reused in later sets...

Yes, more minifigs!!!

2 hours ago, Aramar said:

They could add Woody or Buzz, Nemo (similar to Flounder), Merida, Joy or Sadness and Linguini with Remy. I won't buy the set if it has no minigures (although I like the idea), so if Lego wants my money, they should add new minifigs :)

Merida!!! Is she the only other princess not yet made in minifig form???

[Aramar]

6 minutes ago, hikouki said:

Merida!!! Is she the only other princess not yet made in minifig form???

She and Raya are the official princesses missing in minifigure form.

[JohnTPT17]

8 minutes ago, hikouki said:

Is she the only other princess not yet made in minifig form???

Raya's only in minidoll form, but she doesn't seem very popular, so I imagine she'll be skipped and/or softly be "decanonized," like some other Leading Ladies have been over the years. I'm far more interested in getting Meg or Mirabelle!

[hikouki]

5 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

Raya's only in minidoll form, but she doesn't seem very popular, so I imagine she'll be skipped and/or softly be "decanonized," like some other Leading Ladies have been over the years. I'm far more interested in getting Meg or Mirabelle!

With Bruno in the latest set, they ought to make Mirabel! 

[JeanGreyForever]

14 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

That's the only reason why I have been slightly tempted to get the princess sets, but I figured I can always get the parts for cheaper off brick owl. I also want to get the Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather round tiles, but I feel I will need to get the latest Sleeping Beauty set for that; however, I'm still too bitter at Lego for ditching the diorama haha.

Yeah it's pretty much the case with Lego for anything we want for Disney at this point. Where there are new prints and new molds needed, there are no sets and minifigures to come unless it's really worth it for Lego...

I would love a new Alice, though this time either small legs or the medium sized ones.

Yes Hook is quite pricey unfortunately. I think for me I will either have to choose Hook or CMF Pan if there aren't any decently afforable ones available. I agree the new Peter Pan is lackluster with it's plain legs - but the new Tink is much nicer in my opinion too!

I think at some point I will find the push I need to get some Peter Pan characters, regardless of Lego's design choices. Not sure when, but I think eventually at some point. I'm just struggling with space at the moment to even store figures let alone display sets.

Agreed, but what can you do. Interestingly, Sally hasn't gone up - I saw one for $15 AUD new the other day. Thought she would have sky-rocketed seeing her newest design lacks the more accurate hair piece that has since been retired in the red colour.

Get the parts instead. That's what I did because the sets are too expensive especially if they're several years old. The individual objects or pieces that make up the objects are fairly cheap in comparison. I probably will get the new Sleeping Beauty set just for the dragon. I don't blame you for feeling resentful about it lol.

Animal molds in particular are something I'd like to see more of for Disney. Figaro, Abu, Jaq, Gus, Lady, Tramp, Thumper, Flower, etc. 

If we ever get an Alice remake minifig, I think she will have smaller legs. 

Maybe Hook will get a new minfig somewhere down the line since Lego seems to like reusing Peter Pan. The new Tink also doesn't have that fabric skirt which I felt was unnecessary on the original. Now it's just printed on.

I have the same problems with lack of space. It's why I used to collect Harry Potter as well but I simply don't have room (or finances) for that now.

Yes, Sally is very cheap which is why I got her a few weeks ago for basically the same price you mentioned. I don't know why she didn't jump up in price but I'm not complaining. 

11 hours ago, OttoRiver said:

Agree. I'd love to see them "complete the story" so to speak with some of the Disney films they've already represented with minifigures before moving onto variants/new IPs. Crazy to think Snow White is pretty much totally covered outside of the Huntsman.

Snow White got its own full set, a rather expensive one, so it was able to complete the movie lineup. The other Disney films really haven't had their own individual sets so we've only had a sampling of characters. Only Winnie the Pooh which is why we got the core cast although the designers did say they wanted to make more sets to feature the other characters too.

9 hours ago, Aramar said:

They could add Woody or Buzz, Nemo (similar to Flounder), Merida, Joy or Sadness and Linguini with Remy. I won't buy the set if it has no minigures (although I like the idea), so if Lego wants my money, they should add new minifigs :)

I'd love that. I'm not interested in the set but if there are characters included, I'd pick it up. Would definitely love to see Ratatouille represented and also Merida and Nemo.

[TheFriedChimken]

2 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Get the parts instead. That's what I did because the sets are too expensive especially if they're several years old. The individual objects or pieces that make up the objects are fairly cheap in comparison. I probably will get the new Sleeping Beauty set just for the dragon. I don't blame you for feeling resentful about it lol.

Animal molds in particular are something I'd like to see more of for Disney. Figaro, Abu, Jaq, Gus, Lady, Tramp, Thumper, Flower, etc. 

Will do then! Yeah there's a lot from the princess line I want to pick from, so definitely would the wiser to just order the things I want then buy a whole bunch of sets.

Would love some animal molds too. I've most especially been wanting Jaq and Gus!!

2 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Maybe Hook will get a new minfig somewhere down the line since Lego seems to like reusing Peter Pan. The new Tink also doesn't have that fabric skirt which I felt was unnecessary on the original. Now it's just printed on.

I'd hope so. I would love a new Hook for more polished torso printing and for an angry expression to use in a displayed fight between Hook and Peter.

And yes I agree that the fabric skirt for Tink was too much and looked like it was possibly one good tug away form tearing. Skirts or even capes with lots of zags just put me on edge after one very unlucky exprience with my TLBM Poison Ivy as a kid.

2 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

I have the same problems with lack of space. It's why I used to collect Harry Potter as well but I simply don't have room (or finances) for that now.

Oh my god, yes the Harry Potter sets do take up so much space haha. I had to stop and I have since stored it all away. You've got the grey roofed castle sets that zip and zag in ways that it takes up a lot of room, and the modular castle needs the room to stretch in way where it's not obscured by or obscuring other sets. They are brilliant nonetheless. 

Currently I have a whole table almost taken up by a modular city for my DC characters, and then I've got two combined smaller tables currently fully taken up by Cinderella's castle and Snow White's cottage 😅

2 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

Yes, Sally is very cheap which is why I got her a few weeks ago for basically the same price you mentioned. I don't know why she didn't jump up in price but I'm not complaining. 

Yeah I might buy her myself while she's affordable. To be honest, I feel like the CMF version looks better in terms of her expression and hair. The new one is amazing too, but she seems more angry and the hair doesn't speak to me in the same way as the CMF does.

[hikouki]

Thinking about the Snow White cottage more... I wonder if Lego might consider releasing one D2C every year or two about other classic fairy tales?

Weren't we supposed to get a Maleficent dragon set but that got canceled [bummer!].

It is great that Lego released the Snow White set ahead of the upcoming remake because there appears to be no saving that moving, telling by all the internet backlash! I do think Lego should focus on classics.

Aurora and Belle will be needing their princes to make an appearance.

[TheFriedChimken]

3 hours ago, hikouki said:

Thinking about the Snow White cottage more... I wonder if Lego might consider releasing one D2C every year or two about other classic fairy tales?

Weren't we supposed to get a Maleficent dragon set but that got canceled [bummer!].

It is great that Lego released the Snow White set ahead of the upcoming remake because there appears to be no saving that moving, telling by all the internet backlash! I do think Lego should focus on classics.

Aurora and Belle will be needing their princes to make an appearance.

I would love some more D2C, but I really would like for them to focus on the silver age and the renaissance before touching the revival properties. Ideally, I'd enjoy them exploring iconic movies chronologically.

I agree that releasing the Snow White set before the movie was probably a safer move while also keeping it to the classic. I'm not sure how well the Clamshell has sold, but I've seen that it's now on special a lot. I just don't find the live actions have the same sense of life to them and feel lackluster when compared to the animations -  nor do they do much to make the stories a bit more meaningful for the new generations - with the exception of Cinderella.

In addition to Beast and Philip - we need an Eric! Technically a human Ariel as well.

[bRICK99]

It would be cool if next years D2C is Beast’s castle. 

[TheFriedChimken]

3 hours ago, bRICK99 said:

It would be cool if next years D2C is Beast’s castle. 

I think this would be a fun idea. I wonder how big it would be. Would we get a decent sized castle or something smaller to maintain the grand size of Cinderella's castle 🤔

A fun idea, if possible, would be recreating the facade at Walt Disney World - a fake small castle on a mountain from one side, but turning it around the internal side is actually the castle interior.

Maybe that's just me though. I'd still equally love a full on castle build, but I'd imagine Lego would cut out some of the towers and sections as they did with Cinderella's castle. For Belle's castle, I think this would make it a litle bare.

[JeanGreyForever]

On 9/7/2024 at 12:05 AM, TheFriedChimken said:

I'd hope so. I would love a new Hook for more polished torso printing and for an angry expression to use in a displayed fight between Hook and Peter.

And yes I agree that the fabric skirt for Tink was too much and looked like it was possibly one good tug away form tearing. Skirts or even capes with lots of zags just put me on edge after one very unlucky exprience with my TLBM Poison Ivy as a kid.

Oh my god, yes the Harry Potter sets do take up so much space haha. I had to stop and I have since stored it all away. You've got the grey roofed castle sets that zip and zag in ways that it takes up a lot of room, and the modular castle needs the room to stretch in way where it's not obscured by or obscuring other sets. They are brilliant nonetheless. 

Currently I have a whole table almost taken up by a modular city for my DC characters, and then I've got two combined smaller tables currently fully taken up by Cinderella's castle and Snow White's cottage 😅

Yeah I might buy her myself while she's affordable. To be honest, I feel like the CMF version looks better in terms of her expression and hair. The new one is amazing too, but she seems more angry and the hair doesn't speak to me in the same way as the CMF does.

The early CMF series figures were definitely missing alternate expressions. 

Oh, I don't blame you for feeling that way then about any fabric sort of piece. My Tink's skirt hasn't torn, thank heavens, but I've always been worried about it fraying.

Exactly, the old gray roof castle sets took on so many angles that they're really hard to fit anywhere. And the modular one, even with stacking, is so bulky from all the sets. I haven't even started with the new castle sets for that reason because I really don't have room anymore.

I used to collect DC and Marvel. Even though I'm a big Marvel fan and only a casual DC fan, I used to like the DC sets more. But I've gone back to Marvel thanks to the modulars. If I had room, I'd keep my Disney sets altogether with the Cinderella Castle as the main piece. The Disney Train Station in front of it with the train wrapping around the castle, plus Winnie the Pooh's house, Snow White's cottage, and Steamboat Willie's boat.

The CMF version is definitely better. The new hairpiece doesn't fit her as well and I think the new Sally doesn't have printing on the sides of her legs like the old one did. 

11 hours ago, hikouki said:

It is great that Lego released the Snow White set ahead of the upcoming remake because there appears to be no saving that moving, telling by all the internet backlash! I do think Lego should focus on classics.

Aurora and Belle will be needing their princes to make an appearance.

Thank goodness for that. From what I've heard with the infamous clamshell, that was a Disney decision rather than a Lego decision.

Also Ariel's Prince Eric! 

7 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

I would love some more D2C, but I really would like for them to focus on the silver age and the renaissance before touching the revival properties. Ideally, I'd enjoy them exploring iconic movies chronologically.

I agree that releasing the Snow White set before the movie was probably a safer move while also keeping it to the classic. I'm not sure how well the Clamshell has sold, but I've seen that it's now on special a lot. I just don't find the live actions have the same sense of life to them and feel lackluster when compared to the animations -  nor do they do much to make the stories a bit more meaningful for the new generations - with the exception of Cinderella.

In addition to Beast and Philip - we need an Eric! Technically a human Ariel as well.

I don't have any fondness for the new movies, besides Frozen, so I'd also like to stick to the Walt era and the 90s. Ideally, I'd love to see Geppetto's Workshop and Cherry Tree Lane from Mary Poppins. Both were wonderful Ideas submissions with Cherry Tree Lane getting rejected twice. There was also an ingenious Wonderland design of Alice's face (like one of the old Polly Pocket playsets from the 90s) on one side while the back of her head was all of Wonderland. 

Besides seeing lots of negative reviews online, I've seen it mostly on sale. The only live-action movies I've enjoyed were Cinderella and The Jungle Book. I've noticed those were also the only two where the movie makers didn't demean the original and talk about fixing or improving it. They talked about cherishing the originals and making the remakes to honor them.

Yes, human Ariel is necessary too. I'd like wardrobe changes for the princesses in general like Cinderella in her rags, Aurora in blue, Jasmine in purple, Belle in her village dress, etc.

7 hours ago, bRICK99 said:

It would be cool if next years D2C is Beast’s castle. 

I think we probably won't see one until the current Disney castle gets retired. Not sure if that'll last as long as the old one did.

[TheFriedChimken]

3 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

The early CMF series figures were definitely missing alternate expressions. 

Oh, I don't blame you for feeling that way then about any fabric sort of piece. My Tink's skirt hasn't torn, thank heavens, but I've always been worried about it fraying.

Exactly, the old gray roof castle sets took on so many angles that they're really hard to fit anywhere. And the modular one, even with stacking, is so bulky from all the sets. I haven't even started with the new castle sets for that reason because I really don't have room anymore.

I used to collect DC and Marvel. Even though I'm a big Marvel fan and only a casual DC fan, I used to like the DC sets more. But I've gone back to Marvel thanks to the modulars. If I had room, I'd keep my Disney sets altogether with the Cinderella Castle as the main piece. The Disney Train Station in front of it with the train wrapping around the castle, plus Winnie the Pooh's house, Snow White's cottage, and Steamboat Willie's boat.

The CMF version is definitely better. The new hairpiece doesn't fit her as well and I think the new Sally doesn't have printing on the sides of her legs like the old one did. 

Definitely understand the concerns with the fraying - hopefully it never does so for you.

I'm overall the opposite with DC and Marvel haha. I'm a bigger DC fan than Marvel and slowly stopped collecting Marvel sets when TLBM sets really got my attention - but with the decline in interesting DC sets I rarely make a purchase. Kinda now leaves Disney for me to be the only thing for me to be excited about Sounds like you have fun and awesome collection though - very well displayed from how you've described it!!!

I didn't realise the new Sally didn't had side leg printing - I definitely should get the CMF one then!

3 hours ago, JeanGreyForever said:

I don't have any fondness for the new movies, besides Frozen, so I'd also like to stick to the Walt era and the 90s. Ideally, I'd love to see Geppetto's Workshop and Cherry Tree Lane from Mary Poppins. Both were wonderful Ideas submissions with Cherry Tree Lane getting rejected twice. There was also an ingenious Wonderland design of Alice's face (like one of the old Polly Pocket playsets from the 90s) on one side while the back of her head was all of Wonderland. 

Besides seeing lots of negative reviews online, I've seen it mostly on sale. The only live-action movies I've enjoyed were Cinderella and The Jungle Book. I've noticed those were also the only two where the movie makers didn't demean the original and talk about fixing or improving it. They talked about cherishing the originals and making the remakes to honor them.

Yes, human Ariel is necessary too. I'd like wardrobe changes for the princesses in general like Cinderella in her rags, Aurora in blue, Jasmine in purple, Belle in her village dress, etc.

Yeah I'm not too crash about the recent Disney properties after the first Frozen - I just found they started to kinda blend in terms of character tropes and messages. No hate for anyone who enjoys them but, like you, I have a softer spot for the older films. It's a shame that Lego is not taking interest in those Ideas submissions - especially when they are hitting the needed votes several times over. I get it that something being highly supported doesn't mean it will necessarily sell and be worth creating, but it would be nice if they could at least use this information to create smaller scale sets or something to test the market.

I haven't watched the live action Jungle Book out of fear it would be another "odd" experience, but if it's good I'll give it a try. I'm also very much over this retconning classic Disney values or half-fasting messages. I think expanding and diving into themes with more specific detail/messages should be the priority.

I would also enjoy Snow Whites rags (for the well) and Cinderella's in her mother's gown in addition to all those! Can only dream at this point in time.

[Jarreth2]

@TheFriedChimken I’m wondering if you might have seen this before .. it was a submission to the Disney 100 Years Challenge, but sadly not chosen. Featured Snow White in her scullery maid rags, Cinderella in her work clothes too and Princess Aurora as Briar Rose. All great figures, but the books were amazing too.

https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/9c8bbdc4-3edb-46ef-be42-8ab173a9a94f/application/e71c1f95-b173-47c3-bc10-12710822410b

I agree that it would be great to have the Princesses in their alternate costumes.

[hikouki]

15 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

I would love some more D2C, but I really would like for them to focus on the silver age and the renaissance before touching the revival properties. Ideally, I'd enjoy them exploring iconic movies chronologically.

I agree that releasing the Snow White set before the movie was probably a safer move while also keeping it to the classic. I'm not sure how well the Clamshell has sold, but I've seen that it's now on special a lot. I just don't find the live actions have the same sense of life to them and feel lackluster when compared to the animations -  nor do they do much to make the stories a bit more meaningful for the new generations - with the exception of Cinderella.

In addition to Beast and Philip - we need an Eric! Technically a human Ariel as well.

I would definitely agree with those choices!

But with the Clamshell being the controversy that it is, it may perhaps take them more time to come up with another mermaid-themed set.

15 hours ago, bRICK99 said:

It would be cool if next years D2C is Beast’s castle. 

We have all been clamoring for that!!!

But again, since they decided to release the current version of the castle, Beast's castle may take a while. However, they could perhaps feature a vignette???

2 hours ago, Jarreth2 said:

@TheFriedChimken I’m wondering if you might have seen this before .. it was a submission to the Disney 100 Years Challenge, but sadly not chosen. Featured Snow White in her scullery maid rags, Cinderella in her work clothes too and Princess Aurora as Briar Rose. All great figures, but the books were amazing too.

https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/9c8bbdc4-3edb-46ef-be42-8ab173a9a94f/application/e71c1f95-b173-47c3-bc10-12710822410b

I agree that it would be great to have the Princesses in their alternate costumes.

What a cool idea!!! I would definitely buy that!!!

But we all know why Lego/ Disney would not produce this - to protect those micro doll sets. I almost feel like that someone at Lego/ Disney wants to keep this theme for "little girls only."

[TheFriedChimken]

7 hours ago, Jarreth2 said:

@TheFriedChimken I’m wondering if you might have seen this before .. it was a submission to the Disney 100 Years Challenge, but sadly not chosen. Featured Snow White in her scullery maid rags, Cinderella in her work clothes too and Princess Aurora as Briar Rose. All great figures, but the books were amazing too.

https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/9c8bbdc4-3edb-46ef-be42-8ab173a9a94f/application/e71c1f95-b173-47c3-bc10-12710822410b

I agree that it would be great to have the Princesses in their alternate costumes.

Oh yes I saw this a while back but completely forgot about it! It's a very cute design and it would be nice if Lego did like a little heroine icons set, similar to the villains one. I think it would be very fun!!!

5 hours ago, hikouki said:

I would definitely agree with those choices!

But with the Clamshell being the controversy that it is, it may perhaps take them more time to come up with another mermaid-themed set.

Perhaps they could do something in the style of the recent Gringotts. Have Eric's castle at the very top, designed to be detached. Beneath it, you'd have random mini-ish builds of the ocean - Ariel's grotto, ursula's lair, ship-reck, Triton's throne. Unfortunatly the ocen bit would be pretty much be repeating the clamshell features.

[Coryo]

10 hours ago, Jarreth2 said:

https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/9c8bbdc4-3edb-46ef-be42-8ab173a9a94f/application/e71c1f95-b173-47c3-bc10-12710822410b

I agree that it would be great to have the Princesses in their alternate costumes.

This could work well as a subtheme like the Hogwarts Moment book sets from Harry Potter, maybe coming with each princess in their main + alternate outfits, the princes, and maybe some new animal pieces.

I'd much prefer that to those mini-minidoll storybook sets they were doing.

[JeanGreyForever]

12 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

I'm overall the opposite with DC and Marvel haha. I'm a bigger DC fan than Marvel and slowly stopped collecting Marvel sets when TLBM sets really got my attention - but with the decline in interesting DC sets I rarely make a purchase. Kinda now leaves Disney for me to be the only thing for me to be excited about Sounds like you have fun and awesome collection though - very well displayed from how you've described it!!!

I didn't realise the new Sally didn't had side leg printing - I definitely should get the CMF one then!

Yeah I'm not too crash about the recent Disney properties after the first Frozen - I just found they started to kinda blend in terms of character tropes and messages. No hate for anyone who enjoys them but, like you, I have a softer spot for the older films. It's a shame that Lego is not taking interest in those Ideas submissions - especially when they are hitting the needed votes several times over. I get it that something being highly supported doesn't mean it will necessarily sell and be worth creating, but it would be nice if they could at least use this information to create smaller scale sets or something to test the market.

I haven't watched the live action Jungle Book out of fear it would be another "odd" experience, but if it's good I'll give it a try. I'm also very much over this retconning classic Disney values or half-fasting messages. I think expanding and diving into themes with more specific detail/messages should be the priority.

I would also enjoy Snow Whites rags (for the well) and Cinderella's in her mother's gown in addition to all those! Can only dream at this point in time.

I've heard about the decline in DC sets. What a shame. At least there's the occasional Batman exclusive to keep the theme going a little while longer. I did hear from lots of DC fans that TLBM sets were really the last time Lego made any effort with DC. Thank you, tbh I keep most of the Disney sets in a large cupboard so that's why I'm able to mostly fit them all together.

I double checked the Sally minfigs and I was wrong about the lack of side printing. The new Sally does have side printing on her legs but she doesn't have printing on her arms anymore. The original Sally minifig has her stitches printed on her arms. The original Sally also has dual molded legs so her skirt pattern continues on the back of her legs.

Even the Frozen films can sometimes be a bit of a mess but I enjoy the songs and the characters for the most part. I did get the Ice Palace, the only minidoll set I own, because I liked the palace design. Even if I don't use it for Frozen, I can use it as an ice castle for the fairy tale Snow Queen or White Witch from Narnia. The original plans for a Wizard of Oz theme park in Kansas originally featured an ice castle for Glinda since the MGM movie makes her the Good Witch of the North, so I thought this set could work for a lot of different characters and movies. I agree with you that it's a shame so many great Lego Ideas submissions never make it as sets. The Ratatouille one was also very popular and got the necessary amount of signatures multiple times, but Lego's always rejected it.

Jungle Book is worth a watch, especially for the ending scene which bookends with the original movie. It's also more accurate to the book and some of the original concepts for the animated movie which were scrapped. In many ways, it's like a blend of the book and the animated movie, taking the best of both worlds. Disney really seems to be ashamed of their legacy now. The worst was that their recent Snow White anniversary Blu-Ray had a bonus feature about how movies like Frozen and Encanto are the real Disney classics. Snow White's legacy is paving the way for those types of films and this is why it may be "problematic" and "outdated," but we shouldn't cancel Snow White because we need it for the Frozens and Encantos.

It's been 8 years of Disney mininfigs and there's still so many major characters missing that I can see why Disney hasn't really bothered with existing characters in different outfits, outside of the Mickey characters and Stitch. Still hoping we'll get more alternate looks sooner rather than later.

[TheFriedChimken]

18 minutes ago, JeanGreyForever said:

I've heard about the decline in DC sets. What a shame. At least there's the occasional Batman exclusive to keep the theme going a little while longer. I did hear from lots of DC fans that TLBM sets were really the last time Lego made any effort with DC. Thank you, tbh I keep most of the Disney sets in a large cupboard so that's why I'm able to mostly fit them all together.

I double checked the Sally minfigs and I was wrong about the lack of side printing. The new Sally does have side printing on her legs but she doesn't have printing on her arms anymore. The original Sally minifig has her stitches printed on her arms. The original Sally also has dual molded legs so her skirt pattern continues on the back of her legs.

Even the Frozen films can sometimes be a bit of a mess but I enjoy the songs and the characters for the most part. I did get the Ice Palace, the only minidoll set I own, because I liked the palace design. Even if I don't use it for Frozen, I can use it as an ice castle for the fairy tale Snow Queen or White Witch from Narnia. The original plans for a Wizard of Oz theme park in Kansas originally featured an ice castle for Glinda since the MGM movie makes her the Good Witch of the North, so I thought this set could work for a lot of different characters and movies. I agree with you that it's a shame so many great Lego Ideas submissions never make it as sets. The Ratatouille one was also very popular and got the necessary amount of signatures multiple times, but Lego's always rejected it.

Jungle Book is worth a watch, especially for the ending scene which bookends with the original movie. It's also more accurate to the book and some of the original concepts for the animated movie which were scrapped. In many ways, it's like a blend of the book and the animated movie, taking the best of both worlds. Disney really seems to be ashamed of their legacy now. The worst was that their recent Snow White anniversary Blu-Ray had a bonus feature about how movies like Frozen and Encanto are the real Disney classics. Snow White's legacy is paving the way for those types of films and this is why it may be "problematic" and "outdated," but we shouldn't cancel Snow White because we need it for the Frozens and Encantos.

It's been 8 years of Disney mininfigs and there's still so many major characters missing that I can see why Disney hasn't really bothered with existing characters in different outfits, outside of the Mickey characters and Stitch. Still hoping we'll get more alternate looks sooner rather than later.

Yeah it's a shame with what's happened to DC but it's understandable considering the issues within DC itself.

That's all good if there's no side leg printing - still worth having anyway if she has the arm printing and dual molded legs. I can just mix and match things if I ever get the new TNBC set, otherwise the CMF is pretty good as is 🙂

The ice palace does look quite awesome and could certainly pass for a minifigure intended set at first glance. It looks as if it fits the style of the first Cinderella castle with those angled slopes built on the sides. Considering you have the Wizard of Oz minifigures, it would be a fun trialing out displaying it as Glinda's ice palace - didn't realise that was a thing, but makes so much sense being the witch of the North. What a cool lil' idea to know, haha!

I saw the Ratatouille set and it looked excellent as well. I think after watching some videos on Lego idea rejections, my eyes are somewhat opened by people's opinions that it's a system solely for catering to introducing non-existing set lines to draw in new Lego fans. Yes there's like the occassional set that is based on an existing Lego line but some video I watched, can't remember who I was watching sorry (if I find it I will link it because it was quite interesting), kinda compared how much effort they put into new concepts vs how they dial it back on concepts Lego already covers.

That actually seems fantastic in terms of blending two materials for the live action Jungle Book. Yes I do want some tribute to the original film, but I equally want something new that doesn't bash the classic. Sounds like they did what they got right with Cinderella, so I'll watch the Jungle Book.

While Frozen and later movies are cute, I find that some don't offer much thought into how they are valuable on a personal level. Yes they are fantastically marketable, but I feel they don't give the same energy in terms of instilling life-worthy values. Enchanto was good though, I actually liked how it shed some insight into generational trauma. I just don't understand some of the controversies of the classics. I also wonder why they don't use the live-action films to re-articulate the original message to clarify misconceptions, rather than abolish stuff.

For example, the new little mermaid. I've heard for years people go "Ariel gave her life up for a man" in the classic and the solution in the live action seemed to be dedicating time to Ariel being semi-interested, semi-disinterest (in the form of memory loss) in what she wanted with Eric. You've now got Disney wanting to cull Snow White's relationship with Florian. Both princes were a support network - they didn't rob them of ther identity through love/saving them in certain senses, they genuinely appreciated their hopes and dreams that were establisbed before ever meeting the princes. Snow White and Ariel were two individuals distressed in a life that confined them to situations they did not desire, and one act of kindness opened their eyes to the possibility of having something that they not only wanted but should be allowed to experience. It is a beautiful message, and I think it is fantastic for those who have gone through life in similar situations. I don't know how that is "weird" or dated "very evidentally so" as certain individuals have described (bashed) it... if anything, I think it's more relevant today than ever given the rise in social distraction such as technology and how we're often blindsided by other people and their need for genuine and heartfelt connection.

... Sorry for my rant...

[hikouki]

13 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

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While Frozen and later movies are cute, I find that some don't offer much thought into how they are valuable on a personal level. Yes they are fantastically marketable, but I feel they don't give the same energy in terms of instilling life-worthy values. Enchanto was good though, I actually liked how it shed some insight into generational trauma. I just don't understand some of the controversies of the classics. I also wonder why they don't use the live-action films to re-articulate the original message to clarify misconceptions, rather than abolish stuff.

For example, the new little mermaid. I've heard for years people go "Ariel gave her life up for a man" in the classic and the solution in the live action seemed to be dedicating time to Ariel being semi-interested, semi-disinterest (in the form of memory loss) in what she wanted with Eric. You've now got Disney wanting to cull Snow White's relationship with Florian. Both princes were a support network - they didn't rob them of ther identity through love/saving them in certain senses, they genuinely appreciated their hopes and dreams that were establisbed before ever meeting the princes. Snow White and Ariel were two individuals distressed in a life that confined them to situations they did not desire, and one act of kindness opened their eyes to the possibility of having something that they not only wanted but should be allowed to experience. It is a beautiful message, and I think it is fantastic for those who have gone through life in similar situations. I don't know how that is "weird" or dated "very evidentally so" as certain individuals have described (bashed) it... if anything, I think it's more relevant today than ever given the rise in social distraction such as technology and how we're often blindsided by other people and their need for genuine and heartfelt connection.

... Sorry for my rant...

Great to see another Disney fan who knows how to appreciate classics.

Some literary pieces have to be taken in the context of its history or the time in which it was written. Classics are indeed classics. And it takes scholarly reading in order completely digest the beauty of these timeless tales.

I think indeed, it is a big gamble for Lego to release sets based on an upcoming or recently released movie, regardless of how it will do. The material is untested.

Again, I agree with them releasing the Snow White cottage ahead of the movie. But I hope they continue releasing classic-based sets regardless of whether movies are coming or not.

[Aramar]

I love Disney classics and I would love to get a Jungle Book temple set and the maleficent dragon diorama. However, I also like modern Disney films and I would love to get Rapunzel's tower or the floating lantern scene as a diorama, Tiana's bayou or Palace sets, San Fransokyo set, sugar rush set and, of course, Zootopia sets.

With the huge success of Zootopia 1, I hope we get several sets in 2025 for Zootopia 2:

- A small set for the elephant ice cream shop

-A small set for Gazelle's concert 

-A large size set for the police department 

 

[JeanGreyForever]

19 hours ago, TheFriedChimken said:

Yeah it's a shame with what's happened to DC but it's understandable considering the issues within DC itself.

That's all good if there's no side leg printing - still worth having anyway if she has the arm printing and dual molded legs. I can just mix and match things if I ever get the new TNBC set, otherwise the CMF is pretty good as is 🙂

The ice palace does look quite awesome and could certainly pass for a minifigure intended set at first glance. It looks as if it fits the style of the first Cinderella castle with those angled slopes built on the sides. Considering you have the Wizard of Oz minifigures, it would be a fun trialing out displaying it as Glinda's ice palace - didn't realise that was a thing, but makes so much sense being the witch of the North. What a cool lil' idea to know, haha!

I saw the Ratatouille set and it looked excellent as well. I think after watching some videos on Lego idea rejections, my eyes are somewhat opened by people's opinions that it's a system solely for catering to introducing non-existing set lines to draw in new Lego fans. Yes there's like the occassional set that is based on an existing Lego line but some video I watched, can't remember who I was watching sorry (if I find it I will link it because it was quite interesting), kinda compared how much effort they put into new concepts vs how they dial it back on concepts Lego already covers.

That actually seems fantastic in terms of blending two materials for the live action Jungle Book. Yes I do want some tribute to the original film, but I equally want something new that doesn't bash the classic. Sounds like they did what they got right with Cinderella, so I'll watch the Jungle Book.

While Frozen and later movies are cute, I find that some don't offer much thought into how they are valuable on a personal level. Yes they are fantastically marketable, but I feel they don't give the same energy in terms of instilling life-worthy values. Enchanto was good though, I actually liked how it shed some insight into generational trauma. I just don't understand some of the controversies of the classics. I also wonder why they don't use the live-action films to re-articulate the original message to clarify misconceptions, rather than abolish stuff.

For example, the new little mermaid. I've heard for years people go "Ariel gave her life up for a man" in the classic and the solution in the live action seemed to be dedicating time to Ariel being semi-interested, semi-disinterest (in the form of memory loss) in what she wanted with Eric. You've now got Disney wanting to cull Snow White's relationship with Florian. Both princes were a support network - they didn't rob them of ther identity through love/saving them in certain senses, they genuinely appreciated their hopes and dreams that were establisbed before ever meeting the princes. Snow White and Ariel were two individuals distressed in a life that confined them to situations they did not desire, and one act of kindness opened their eyes to the possibility of having something that they not only wanted but should be allowed to experience. It is a beautiful message, and I think it is fantastic for those who have gone through life in similar situations. I don't know how that is "weird" or dated "very evidentally so" as certain individuals have described (bashed) it... if anything, I think it's more relevant today than ever given the rise in social distraction such as technology and how we're often blindsided by other people and their need for genuine and heartfelt connection.

... Sorry for my rant...

I think DC might have a chance with Superman's new movie. But then again maybe not. I can see Lego holding back and not making as many sets for that film. It's the same even with Marvel, where Lego seems more interested in making sets for the Phase 1-3 movies than the new ones. 

Sorry, just to clarify because I think my comments were too confusing. Sally's new minifigure does have side leg printing and the original does too. So on both minifigs she does have printing on the sides of her legs. What the new Sally minifig is lacking is printing on her arms to depict her stitches and her legs are no longer dual molded. 

I use minifigs in the Ice Palace and thankfully the minifigs work just as well as the minidolls do. Since it's the only other unique Disney castle we have besides the Disney Parks Cinderella castle, it particularly stands out. The Oz minifigures would work better in this setting if we had an actual Glinda minifig though.

That's an interesting theory and quite believable. I think Lego is hoping that certain submissions they approve of can be popular enough to start a new theme. Like the Winnie the Pooh and Sesame Street sets, which were given a lot of new molds. We know the Lego designers talked about wanting to make more Winnie the Pooh sets and Sesame Street even had a place where the set could potentially connect to a future one. I was under the impression both sold well but the lack of any new extension sets makes me think otherwise. I guess not everything can end up as popular as the Friends set which did get a second set.

Jungle Book also has some of the original songs that are sung. Some people didn't like that because they felt it was rather jarring in the live-action format. But this was also before Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, as the remakes at this point all didn't feature songs (Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Cinderella) so it might be less off-putting to watch it now after exposure to those films.

I completely agree with you on everything you said. Tbh, I didn't really like Encanto either. I watched it on Disney+ to see what all the hype was about and the songs didn't register with me, and nor did the characters. Especially the lead heroine who I felt was incredibly annoying and cut from the same mold as Rapunzel/Anna/Moana as being adorkable, which seems to be the only template Disney knows now for their heroines. Only the visuals were nice. Even from a story point of view, just when I thought the movie was really starting to pick up and would start the conflict is when the movie ended.

Agree with you entirely on all this too. Sadly the media only gives exposure to articles like "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" and Disney responds to that, rather than the defense from fans who point out that the classic princesses were much stronger than given credit for (and emotionally were much tougher than the new lot imo). How Ariel was already interested in the human world before meeting Eric, he was just the catalyst. How Snow White was orphaned and reduced from princess to scullery maid. At age 14, of course she'd be dreaming of a prince because having lost her family, her only hope at being raised back to her previous station in life and having someone to love her would be to marry. Even Walt Disney made the choice of making Snow White and the prince meet and fall in love before she falls asleep, but we still have some people claiming that Snow White's kiss is an act of assault because there's no consent. I suppose leaving her dead would be the best thing to do in that case, according to these critics. After The Lion King, I've stopped watching the remakes altogether.