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Probably because most of the upcoming unknown Superheroes sets will be based on Marvel instead? Didn’t we know that already though?

The latter It has a 1x2 brick sized “hole” in the back to insert a saddle I can. I don’t think they’re willing to create that large of a mould and a brick-built one would clash stylistically with the other dinos

I don't know what the exact circumstances were last year, but since all attendees had to sign a NDA this year, the chances of secret reports have dropped almost to 0. I doubt anyone would be willing to risk serious charges just to make a few AFOLs on the internet happy Anyway, this could turn the upcoming factory leak season quite interesting since there might be an overlap between regular leaks and leaked CMF (unless the DC series was an outlier and we're back to schedule with WW series 2). Without a minifig list, it could be tricky to tell what the leaked minifigs or parts thereof belong to

They used to show everything at the NYTF, but that has changed recently. Last year, the only new sets they had on display were from Jurassic World, Star Wars, Toy Story 4 and Hidden Side. Ninjago, Harry Potter, City, Friends, Minecraft and so on were absent. Basically, all they had were 1HY releases plus a handful of 2HY themes (JW & HS).

Last year‘s HP sets were neither at the Nuremberg nor at the NY Toy Fair, so don‘t expect them to be on display at either place this year The last time a WW set was on display at a toy fair was at the 2018 NYTF where they presented a prototype of the Great Hall set. Unless there‘s a brave LTF attendee going rogue, we won‘t hear any details for quite some time. Sure, a set list could show up any day now, but for other details we have to wait for parts to leak on IG

Random civilian to the rescue! Seriously though, I hope it‘s Maxwell Lord since we already have a version of Steve (and I want a face for the Mando!). But knowing TLG, a ‚two heroes vs one villain‘ type of set is more common than one of the ‚one hero vs two villains‘ variety, so Steve is more likely

Nope, brickset said they were instructed not to share any information about what was on display there LTF thus continues to be useless „100%„ may be a bit too optimistic I think, but it’s at least pretty likely, judging by last year‘s Hidden Side reveal

You'll probably have to as it doesn't look like anything will be revealed at the LTF If we're lucky, we might get some descriptions from Nuremberg and perhaps get to see pictures at NYTF, in a similar fashion like they handled Hidden Side last year Though I can't shake the feeling that people might be disappointed once we learn what the theme actually is about since the mystery surrounding it may hype the theme up a tad too much, I think. As always, we should keep our expectations in check

If it follows the same pattern as last year, we should get a set list near the end of the January, factory leaks during March and April, and finally an official set reveal in May Last year we also received a minifig list shortly after LTF, courtesy of a fellow EB member, but that most likely won’t happen again.

Short answer: no. Slightly longer answer: most likely not since the new sets - if they’re even there in the first place - are displayed in a secret, separate showroom that not many people have access to and those who have aren’t allowed to disclose what they’ve seen there

From the looks of it, I fully expect this year’s TFs not to bring us any noteworthy news, neither today nor at the Nuremberg Toy Fair. I’m making a conscious effort not to set myself up for disappointment this year

If that was the goal, then what is even the point of toy fairs? Exactly. There’s plenty of potential sets they could include the Weasley twins in, no need to waste precious CMF slots on them The same could be said for other CMF identical siblings in the past (looking at you, Zan, Jayna, Huey, Dewey and Louie), but in those cases it was at least more justified since they were harder to put into sets, especially the latter three.

Yeah, those leeches are so fast they sometimes manage to release their knock-offs before the official launch The TF-situation has thus become quite dire, but with lowered expectations we might still get some enjoyment out of this year’s season. Just don’t expect anything mind-blowing (or better yet, anything at all).

Oh, you’re right, I’d forgotten... ...Man, that’s a sad statement. Before 2018, I used to look forward to the Toy Fair season more than a 6-year old anticipates Christmas, but now the ‘magic’ is gone, so to speak. Wouldn’t mind being wrong though In fact, we might get to see a single official set reveal like the Rexcelsior last year, but I doubt it’d be a WW set. I’m fully expecting the yellow pill monstrosities to get some attention in this year’s TFs, plus Dots and the theme codenamed ‘Leaf’.

Exactly You can’t really compare the mould budget of a regular theme with that of a CMF series. I’m sure that the Middle-Earth themes would’ve gotten moulds for Anduril, Glamdring and Orcrist if the theme had a CMF series dedicated to it. Including new swords in the sets themselves sure would have been appreciated, but TLG produced so many other new awesome moulds for the ME themes that a lack of sword moulds (besides Sting that is) never really bothered me. Neither does the current lack of the Sword of Gryffindor, for that matter Nice to have, but overall pretty low on the priority list of new moulds