Hoth Rebel

To be fair LEGO does probably market this to 18+ non afol crowd. So a microscale one-off wouldn’t be a bad thing to do from that standpoint. The problem is that this forum and many afol want playscale and an entire wave afterwards and that is what they expect as the bare minimum. I hope I’m wrong and we get something like the harry potter return in 2018, but the piececount, price and history of recent (18+) sets makes me think a lot of people will be disappointed.

Are any minifigures ‘confirmed’ by leakers? All I know is that it’s rivendell and apparently 6167 pieces which tells me it’s microscale.

About the car: if you just don't place the sticker than you have a Morbius car (don't know why he would need one though).

For what it's worth, that's (Rivendell) also what I heard from my sources and they haven't been wrong before. However, I don't know if it's systemscale or micro-scale. Normally I wouldn't even think of micro-scale, but since the Hogwarts Castle was micro-scale and earlier LOTR sets didn't sell too well I wouldn't rule it out. I probably think it has a bigger chance to be micro-scale as I think LEGO thinks that we (18+ AFOLs) would want that as a display piece, but that is just my opinion and based on nothing else.

Still got 1 day to decide if I want to buy the Hogwarts Express for €400 with 2 promos and double VIP.. Probably one of the best deals to ever come by but do I actually need it.

Plus if there's a OG Quinjet then the Avengers will be spread out over the amount of sets coming out. If we get 6-7 figures then at least 2 of them will be generic villain (Chitauri).

While I rather have a playset or minifig scale build, all I ask for is a Sauron minifigure. If they give me that then everything else is extra.

I think I would rather buy parts on Bricklink (after a few weeks/months) than waiting weeks/months for B&P and finding out that most of the parts I want are in the same pricerange as on Bricklink. Before the prices were much lower so waiting for B&P was worth it, but right now I don't see a reason to wait. Especially if they sell out within hours.

Lamb sold out as well.

In my mind the 76105 Hulkbuster was €250 for some reason, but it was €140 retail here. That actually was a good price looking back even though it has it flaws. I simply hope LEGO doesn't look at the sales of the Hulkbuster/Black Panther bust and think people don't want €350+ sets. It's their (and/or Disney) choices that don't make any sense. I suppose the sets would be fine if the prices were 20-30% lower although I still think they wouldn't sell better or as well as playsets. It's simply not what adult collectors want right now imo.

I wouldn't rule out anything regarding D2C sets lately :p But yes, it would seems very unlikely.

If the rumor for the D2C is real, I don't see them do Minas Tirith or Rivendell. If it's a playscale set it will probably be Helms Deep. Something like the 90th anniversary castle but then with an extended wall. My worst fear is that it is real and it's like a microscale or bust/statue with 0-2 minifigures.

Imo all licensed themes should be in this section with the exception of Star Wars due to it's following. It don't think it has much to do with historic but is only there because LOTR has castles and there were no sets so the topic here would be on page 3847 a few years ago. If it's coming back it should be in the place were most people who come here for the first time will expect it and that is in the Licensed section. That the contents of the forum beneath the name mention it says nothing as this one states Simpsons.. Also the fact that Licensed is crowded isn't even true as it has one of the lowest amount of topics (only the Action Figures section has less and Historic has twice as much and that's not even counting the Guilds of Historica). Eurobricks should do an overhaul of the themes as somethings are outdated and/or don't make sense. Either way, someone has to make a decision about what to do with the 3 topics that exist now.

It could be yeah. Jabba's Palace Throne Room based on the Boushh scene is coming, however the question remains if Promobricks simply got or understood given information the wrong way (ie. they got info on a throne room and thought about Death Star instead of Jabba's Palace which in all is quite logical. If people talk about the throne room I think most of us will think about the Death Star scene) or that they got the right information with the wrong set number. Either way it doesn't make sense that they would list it as €70 as Jabba's Palace setnumber was €100 from the beginning. So I would think the Death Star Throne Room set is still coming and there was a mixup with the setnumbers. Since there were 3 diorama sets this year it also make more sense that there are 3 next year.

Jabba's Palace is €100. From my understanding/sources it indeed has the Throne Room set number, but I don't know why Promobricks has listed that set as coming so I assume that that is a store exclusive like the Trash Compactor. I do know that Promobricks didn't/couldn't have any info on Jabbas Palace so the Throne Room rumor must have come from somewhere. It also doesn't have Max Rebo, Salacious or Oola so if you don't have them yet I would probably start looking into them as they will most likely skyrocket even more after the set is revealed.

Although I do find it too expensive and don’t see it selling well, the difference between a helmet and the bust (which doesn’t include the hands in the picture above) is pretty significant.

That's probably because the set images for Marvel were blacked/whited out and then you can only see the figs they intend to put into the set (kinda like prelim images, but then even less details).

Morbius is all I need.

Tbh I think the Thanoscopter isn't that strange considering all the hints. Although I doubt many people would recognize it so that wouldn't make sense. Funny to see nobody has mentioned the Blackbird yet.. That would be awesome. I just hope that the set includes detailed and unique minifigures, but if the set does includes figures they're probably missing leg printing or whatever haha.

Would be a cool idea, but I rather keep it with one big 616 sanctum. Thanks for the input. All are good points and some that I wanted to do for sure. I will make a special base for the sanctum and display it by itself. The idea is to double/mirror the build (I will figure out what parts to use for the roof) and make it wider/deeper. I'll try to start working on it next week, but probably next month during my vacation.

Alright, so I bought 2 Sanctums to modify them. Any suggestions for what to enhance?

Yea, my idea would be making both sides symmetrical and maybe enlarge the window sections by 2 studs each (an extra window), but I don't know if that would conflict with the sanctum printed dish piece as I can't make that one bigger.

Has anyone tried to combine 2 (or more) Sanctums into a wider building? Would be great to see if it's worth it before trying it myself.

The inside of the wagon pictures do make think it looks pretty good.. Hmmm

I think this is a good set for people who only want 1 or 2 Harry Potter sets as a display piece. The train looks great and instantly recognizable although the size does require some real estate. For those who look for minifig or system scale sets it's just too big and are probably better off with the 2018 set. I must say that I really like the platform 9 3/4 but would have preferred if they expanded it more (maybe next to the entire railroad). I will probably not pick this up unless I can get it for a good price.. But even then I don't have the space for this haha.