Metanoios

It could be Tom the Innkeeper from the Leaky Cauldron

Pigsy has printed medium legs by the way (first time outside of CMF)

The first arc of the animated series is about protecting the city and civilians from the invasion of the Demon Bull (Mech) King's army and the evil demon sorceress behind him (Princess Iron Fan). It's nice to have a few screaming and running civilians to complete the scene

It's google translated from Chinese because most of the current leaks and pics are from a Honk Kong toy store

Most well-off Chinese like exclusivity in a premium product. The same goes for cars with Americans or Europeans for example. This is a commonly used marketing strategy. The psychology behind it, is also the reason why there exist "limited" editions and con exclusives. It is to bolster your brand through exclusivity. This also apllies to a new and fresh theme especially for the Chinese

It is needed to capitalize on the Chinese market. Ninjago doesn't sell well over there but the hope is that a Chinese IP does

The prices on Instagram are probably wrong because the leakers just found the sets with the prices at the site of a Hong Kong toy store and applied the current conversion rate to US Dollars. But Lego is priced higher in China due to a different tax system. Normal Ninjago sets like Unagami's temple (71712) cost over 90 US Dollars there (if you convert it directly), but around here it's just 79,99 $ US/€. So the cheapest set in the monkey kid wave would be less than 30 $...

Great job!

I applied the stickers for sets 4565, 4532 and 4552 (some of the old 9 V train stuff from 1996) as a kid during Cristmas 97. All stickers are still on there with no peeling to this day. That's over 20 years. Those stickers are clear-backed. But also the paper ones that came with some of the first Prequel Trilogy Star Wars sets (like 7256 from 2005 which I hold in my hand as I write this) are still good (15 years). Same with the sticker in 4702 Harry Potter The final Challenge which is made of a thicker material. I did play with all those sets when I was a kid and then stored them for a long time during my dark ages. I am an engineer and have to deal with quality issues on a regular basis. Environmental and thermal conditions play a big role when it comes to long-term stability of adhesives. Edit: Concerning the cracks and disintegration of the paper: Did you by any chance leave your sets with the stickers in a room with prolonged exposure by direct sunlight through a window?

The longevity of the sticker adhesion depends largely on the storage conditions and the number of initial reattachements of the sticker. I have stickers from the 90s and early 2000s which are still savely attached. Some curved pieces do show peeling however. You should avoid high temperatures (or rather high changes in temperatures) like they occur when storing your Lego in boxes in the attic or garages. The combination of high humidity combined with higher temperatures leads also to degradation of the adhesive.

It is the regular door in dark brown (which only came in the Stranger Things set in that color previously)

Finally found the time to create this purist version of Sauron. Still sad that we never got an actual Lego figure of him but I think the Reinhardt helmet is the closest official Lego part. I know some already used it for minifig versions but I wanted my Sauron MOC to be the correct canonical size in reference to other minifigures. He's 9-10 feet tall in the movies, so roughly twice the size of a normal minifig. A benefit of the added size meant that i could add additional articulation and poseability. I will update this post with a few how-to-build shots in the next few days. The cloak work is layered and uses 5 Batman capes for example.

The headphones belong to Parker (see her hair piece for season 2, they are on her head in teal)

The Astronomy Tower set depicts multiple scenes and the Slug Club is only one of them. Draco is wearing is the black suit only in a few scenes in HBP. The slytherin torso is much more useful. Other possibility is that the Slytherin robe is from the cmf (Ron/Crabbe with Polyjuice) or it could also be from Diagon Alley, although the leak would be a bit early

They could still release the hare mould in brown in a city subtheme for example (along with the stag) like the tan owl. Since the seem to have a thing going with National Geographic for the Summer City Diver theme maybe they will create a wildlife subtheme next year. And speaking of the size of the hare. I think it's appropriately sized. It should be bigger than a bunny and a patronus is supposed to be a magical protector. I wouldn't want to see a cute little bunny fighting against an army of dementors^^

I also finished some renders just now for my dark red version (all pieces are existing for this mod): I also tried out a Dark Brown, Black and Dark Blueish Grey Version (still a WIP). This will use silver accents and a grey figure in the front. When fnished it should look somewhat like the Black Pearl (which I sadly do not own):

Pearl Gold or Flat Silver

I plan on changing the yellow railings to dark red (already checked, the pieces or some substitutes are existing pieces) and the yellow figure to gold.

Since you seem to have it all figured out, why don't you just set up your own company and start producing your great ideas? Instead of wasting hours online complaining, you could have already made big dollars with these sets. So please use your skills and enthusiasm in a productive way!

Could someone take a picture of the Viking helmet (without a beard) from the side, please?

I think Xenophilius is much more likely than Pettigrew or Mundungus

The original Dragon Ball (not Dragon Ball Z) is inspired by Journey to the West. Son Goku is obviously Sun Wukong (Monkey Kid) and Krillin is modelled after the bald monk (Tang Sanzang or sometimes called Tripitaka). Goku's staff and cloud are also straight out of the monkey king story. The characteristics of Zhū Bājiè/Pigsy are shared between Oolong (pig) and Roshi (his "character"). Some of the enemies are literal demons (like Pilaf and Picollo) and the quest for the Dragon Balls is equal to the quest for the scrolls in Journey to the West. Other characters are for example the Ox-Demon-King (Japanese: Gyūmaō): The inspiration for the Ox King We already saw pictures of the Ox-demon and will get him as a figure

They are just wearing fantasy armor. Not everything wearing armor deserves to be called a knight. Samurai do also wear armour and you wouldn't call it weird, as do some assasins and mages in other fantasy lore. These new armour pieces are more in the D&D/Warcraft style and not futuristic like Nexo Knights. Nexo Knights resembled the armour style of space themes like Insectoids (for example 2964 Space Spider). Armour is not exclusive to themes like Nexo Knights

Sadly it's only in black and white. The leakers have potato cameras... or colour costs extra.

Temper your expectations a bit. They are not native English speakers and a lot can get lost in translation. For some people black and green "ghoulish" skeletons fall in the "goblin" category and they only had a fast look over the prototype sets