Fenghuang0296

What If…? Episode 7 is out!

Yep. The two ‘base’ and ‘monastery’ sets are modular in that they’re comprised of segments that can be interchanged and swapped around. Kinda like waaaaay back in 2011 with the original Monastery Training set, that one Skeleton Bowling, and the tiny Cole Archery Training thing that could all be put together. They’re not Ninjago City or anything of the sort.

Okay, saw the list, and . . huh. Are the ‘EVO’ sets going to be the new Legacy stuff? Because . . call me crazy, but as a PR/Sentai fan I’ve been dreaming about having some kind of Ninjago Megazord for the last decade. And with the ‘Ultra Combo Ninja Mech’, the name sounds . . meh but it sounds like my dreams might finally be coming true! Then, it’s equally noteworthy that so many of the vehicle sets have ‘EVO’ in their name rather than ‘Legacy’. This is probably much too optimistic, but what if the ‘EVO’ means that they cause the big Mech to evolve . . by combining with it? I’m probably going to be disappointed. But I really can’t wait for pictures and descriptions now.

Where did you see Chinese New Year sets on clearance, ever? I’ve regularly had a near impossible time trying to get those for a good price. It sounds like that store might be an outlier.

Aw, man! It’s not built on a standard grid like most of the previous sets have been, it’s got A-wedges and hinges making it angled? Damnit. That’s going to make it way too hard to integrate into my city . . guess I’ll have to pass on this one, take the pressure off my wallet. Oh well . .

What colour swapped sets are these?

This looks to me like gunmetal smeared with blue dye. Weird. I’d have said gunmetal with dark blue print but I’ll reserve judgement until we actually see her in What If…? because they might have changed her design.

. . . And #5?

I don’t know about that video but there’s a different list on Instagram; Samurai XL Mech, Samurai Dragon, Samurai’s Temple, Kai’s speeder bike and Pixal’s Modified Storm Fighter. I’m iffy, since it seems weird for them to do what sounds like Samurai X stuff after what happened to Nya last season, and if the new Storm Fighter is Pixal’s then maybe the samurai stuff would be the villains? Not sure I buy it though. Regarding the above video, it seems more likely given the abundance of ninja vehicles listed (unfortunately), but it’s also unlikely that they’d do another big Zane Mech. I could see a 4+ Zane mech, but . . eh, guess we’ll find out.

Y’now the more I look at Gideon’s Cruiser, the more I dislike it. Jang’s review really showed me the ugly sides of that model. I’m not so sure I want it now.

Regarding Killmonger, he doesn’t look all that different from the figure we already got back in 2018, so I think it’s fine that they left him out. Though an unmasked version would be nice . . and come to think, I can’t think of any wigs that match his dreadlocks. Definitely missing Infinity Ultron though.

So, has there been any word on the release of Bandmates Series 2? I really want a couple of them.

Ooh new set reveals! . . LEGO what is this? I’m so disappointed. I thought we were going to have a Fortnite gameplay sticker in Thor’s house! That is not Fortnite, that’s some LEGO game! Not even one that exists, since no game has that version of Korg in it! Ugh. Damnit LEGO you had one job. Anyway. Spider-Man. Men. Spider-People? We’ve got three completely new suits? Whoa. Ditko suit, great we all expected that. Iron Ditko suit? That’s weird but cool. And . . uh . . the black and gold Spider-Man looks awesome but . . is it a LEGO original design? I don’t remember ever seeing anything like it. What’s it from? As for the sets, the Sanctum Workshop is a bit of a mess but has some nice builds nonetheless. I’ll use the furniture to spruce up my modified 2018 Sanctum. Plus, Wong. Finally. I couldn’t get the Bricktober back and it’ll be great to finally have Wong. And that new Cloak is gorgeous! The Vulture set looks great, even if that drone is ridiculous and destined to be dismantled. And 4+ Mysterio set? Well, it’s cute and has nice figures but it’s a fairly low priority, if the same Spidey Minifigure comes in a Wave 2 No Way Home set then I won’t feel bad about skipping it.

Okay, new set pictures! Yay for Bee Mario, I love the bee suit! Sumo Bro tower looks cool! I can see what they’re going for, and I’ll take it. As for the other two . . I had to Google what a ‘Raznor’ is, and I’m not impressed at all. It’s like, I can see what they’re going for, but instead of that big complicated Ram mechanism, why not just design it so that you spin the wheel and move the Raznor over a seesaw, that Mario then jumps on to knock them off? Or, better yet, just have Mario headbutt them from underneath. Y’now, like he does in the actual fight in-game? (According to the wiki anyway, and given how closely the design mirrors what I saw there I think that’s what they’re going for.) And then we have Lakitu’s Cloud World . . uh . . It looks fun? But also like a huge mess. I can’t even tell what you’re supposed to do with any of it? There are sliding platforms and a semicircle and . . uh . . I don’t know? I’ll be very interested in the reviews for this one. Still making the airship top priority though!