Vindicare

I may end up going that route...I’m currently being distracted by JP sets. I’m still hoping to get the sets because they look like fun sets & cool builds.

Forgot to add the Grimkeeper set for Cooper. Just really jumping into the characters, didn’t know the little dudes had names. Bought Mateo and Z-Blob the Robot this morning & I’m taking a better look at the theme.

This along with the Pegasus is my road to getting the full lineup(minus Oz sadly) with the least amount of repeats. The Stable set is another option, but I like the other sets offerings more. It looks to be that the Dream Village is only available from LEGO in the US? I haven’t seen it at Walmart. Barnes & Noble & Target don’t even have it listed on their site either.

I loved the show. After hoping for a second season my next thought was maybe LEGO will give more love to MK if the show takes off & there shows to be more interest in the story. I want the sets to at least show up in LEGO stores, but would love to see them in Target & Barnes & Noble as well. It seems the only way that’s going to happen is if there’s more outside interest. Seeing as the the theme has lasted this long without being canceled means it has to be a decent seller...so one would think LEGO has enough faith I. It by now. I sure hope so. It’s been an amazing theme since the beginning. Three years is usually the norm for action themes such as this...but it hasn’t been treated like the usual action theme, so who knows... I’m trying to stay focused on saving for the Hideout, but I keep seeing stuff that I go “ooh, I want that!” I gotta remind myself to keep on target & get the other stuff after.

The next Ninjago Modular....in 2025. The next WV & Modular are always up there on anticipation. The latest rumor of Gringotts has pushed my excitement back up as it’s said to connect to DA(and not the smaller WWW like was thought to be possible). Even though I have nowhere for it given how I have DA set up...that’s a later on problem. Those are the biggies for me, I’m always in anticipation for regular sets as well. Anything Monkey Kid is gonna get me too.

I’ll echo this. I’m always looking at videos of people’s cities just to ideas on different placements to see what works or not to me & little detail builds to add around.

Finished building Markets...what a build it was. It has everything you expect from a Ninjago Modular. The tram is a delight(although I need to come up with a handle for the crank as it’s a slow go otherwise). Details & build techniques are great. It’s not even top heavy to move with everything on it, which is a nice bonus.

Let’s try getting this back on track... While I’m not sure it’s a no brainer(on their end) it’s certainly a great idea from an AFOL perspective. Whenever I meet up with friends who are AFOLs we inevitably bring up something that we think would be a gold mine. I would especially love the City idea one. Road signs would be great. It’s always fun seeing the third party movie posters in Palace Cinemas. They have done that one sticker pack a handful of years ago... As someone else mentioned, those VIP Add-Ons would be the perfect way to do that.

Could very well be, but you’d think that would be across the board. Weirdos. I did see a YouTuber who finally got it, along with City sets...oddly enough. No review, it was just an unboxing video. I don’t even read reviews of sets I plan on buying I just found it strange. The last one I remember was with Rivendell. All the social media folks I follow had it in hand when it was revealed.

I wonder why nobody who would typically have Markets has it...not even Brickset. Usually when a reveal happens they have a review ready to go. The only person I follow on Instagram who, finally, has one is Tiago...and that was recently.

It looks just like every walkway area in the past sets. The only real difference is there’s no ladders & 1x2 green slope plates like in the first two. The water tiles, I think, are different colors underneath to represent different depths(little bit of trans tikes aside). Of course they’re not going to dirty sidewalks in a set, same way they have pristine sidewalks in the Modulars. It serves the purpose of being an open air for a market to take place. The set is light on that...but then every set is light on what they’re meant to be. Not much of a garden in last year’s set. Fair...just the picture alone shows off the variety in the skyline whether someone has all the sets or not though. That’s always been my biggest complaint about the other Modulars, they’re all basically the same height & square building. They didn’t waste any measurable parts(I’m sure) I’m the toilet...and parts definitely weren’t wasted on the cable car, that’s a great addition to the theme.

For those saying it feels empty, what would you want? Because if they filled that empty space the cable car wouldn’t exist because it would crash into the poor citizens below or into a shop. Looking at the 4 sets lined up together, the skyline looks a lot better with varied height & width that we have.

Well said. I love what’s going on here. Taking another look....and depending on how people display these sets, you could easily bulk out the upper area with some facades. The walkway in the previous sets are all 4 wide while this one appears to be 8. Just relocate the torii gate & omit the railings on the backside.

To make the bottom feel more lived in, I was thinking you could add Ham’s stall from Ninjago City Chase set. You’d have to put the smaller stand in the other spot & put Ham’s there as I don’t think there’s another spot for it to fit.

I love everything about it. Empty space works if it’s used right...Andy I think it’s used wisely here. When I think market I think open air. So having a spacious area for it is great. And that’s the one thing that bothers me a bit about the regular Modulars, it’s just big building after big building all basically the same shape. I love the variation in height, width & overall shape...and the distance between buildings in this case. The higher walkway between the two leaves a little to be desired however. Love the tori gate & flower pots & I see what they were going for with the garage pieces, but it’s just not enough going on. It just needs a little something more I feel, like the lower railings with advertisements or some different kind of barrier instead.

Heh, that’s exactly what I told my buddy...I hope this shows up at Costco. I want it, just not really at regular price since I have DA. He got the Up House there about three weeks ago, if you haven’t checked lately.

Why are they doing this to me?! A third pants color for Quidditch players?! Unnecessary for them, but the new colored hood accessory is welcomed.

Well, I’m not entirely sure how I feel about WWW. The new addition is ridiculously small but I still kinda want it because it’s new. Same with the two new wizards. If I can find it miraculously on a good discount I may snatch it.

I’m gonna jump on this hope with you. I have no interest in another express since adding 3 more cars to the 2018 one. But I really want that station.

It looks like it! Hard to see on the Ravenclaw one, but Harry looks to be wearing one. Admittedly, I completely forgot about this set when I bought 7 Quidditch polybags. Now I have an extra one.

Now we’re getting more & more City! Even though the two straights are longer, I’m not overly excited bout every other year we get a corner. At least it won’t be as frustrating as the other Modular line since we don’t have to worry about sidewalks or roads but it still sorta limits how things can be placed. A small complaint that I’m definitely jumping the gun on.

Blurriness aside, it looks fantastic & I’m so excited. There was a tram in the movie, so that must be it..so it might be a good ,I’d of show & movie as well. I still can’t believe we’re getting a two baseplate set. Wow! I definitely think it’s two. The buildings dot look as far as City & Gardens but that is a good amount of water in between the two. The bridge looks to be similar to that in the Airjitzu set. I’m glad it’s so different from the City one. I sure hope the wait for a better pic isn’t too far away. I NEED to see this thing better!

Totally get that. The middle section having that sloped roof & alley on the one side add a lot to the overall look but definitely makes stacking a problem. Which makes the middle section look quite empty, especially with two modern bits on either side overlooking it.

I’m wondering if we’ll see a reuse of the Banner Quidditch sweaters. Or maybe they’ll be extra generous & either give us two Quidditch torsos for each house or a sweater & regular. The other trunk came with 6, so two more isn’t unreasonable. The broom switch is definitely an odd mystery...I like the new ones. A good selection of heads will be nice, since I have a bunch of Cho Changs that need replacing More personally, since I already have a full team of Ravenclaw & Hufflepuff I’d like to see just Gryffindor & Slytherin as I stil need to fill out those teams.

I think realistically two is feasible at the $370 price. Make it more the height of Docks and that could expand to fit an addition 16x32 & somewhat higher. I know that’s why Docks was frowned upon by many, but I liked the height difference. So something similar with two levels to make the walkways connect would be great. That little shrine is kinda strange in the context of the sets, but I see how it works with the Legacy theme. If I had more room in that area of my city I’d make it more of a solitary thing, I just didn’t have enough open water to do so.