cosmic

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  1. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    I agree the wings are perfect for Angel, they're perfect in general I must add. I didn't feel particular about the energy blasts, they don't seem any more accurate than the previously produced energy blast pieces.
  2. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    And honestly that's still being modest! Classic variants feel necessary but there have been so many else world stories, alt universes and comic reboots that we have quite a few variants for quite a few characters to cover. I'm gonna be honest, I am really surprised we've never gotten a specially molded classic Thor Helmet, a comic accurate MK1 Iron Man, or a red (not orange) haired Black Widow. Which is kind of frustrating for me. With few new movies coming out, it would have been a great opportunity to give us some comic content. This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think Infinity War Legacy sets should focus on movies we haven't covered. Captain America: First Avenger, Thor the Dark World, or scenes/characters we have not yet covered. Black Widow in Iron Man 2 for example, would be fun to get. But a diorama of a scene that had no impact on the MCU at large, was basically a filler scene in its own movie, with no new figures such as the upcoming AoU set? That feels like such a waste of a slot. Not too mad at the Milano since it might to be a bigger scale, but the OG was fine imo and the Benatar did not do much with its price point due to the allotted build for the stand, it didn't feel like impressive. So while the Milano has hope, with the OG having 4 seats, I wonder if they'll pull off any noticeable improvements... Which leads me to think maybe the release of the Milano is not necessarily to produce the set at a better scale, rather as a display set for those who missed out. I wouldn't enjoy that, seeing as it would feel to me like a robbery of a more exciting concept. Over at Star Wars, we've only gotten 1 SINGLE Queen Amidala figure EVER. We haven't had a Gungan Sub since 2011. We've not seen the Bounty Hunter chase from Episode 2 since literally 2002. And Slave Leia is likely never going to be produced again. There's this sense over at Star Wars that if you snooze, you lose. New content keeps coming and we understand that certain characters/sets may never be revisited, and the timeline for when they are can be dramatic to say the least. Maybe it doesn't have to be that drastic here at Marvel, but I can't help but feel like its too soon to be revisiting older material we already produced, in place of new content. This is, at the very least, how I feel. I wouldn't mind skipping legacy MCU sets for a year if it meant getting a comic Ant Man, Wasp, Vision, Scarlet Witch etc. Just me? Side note: if Groot is brick built AND fits inside the Milano...... that would be so cool.
  3. cosmic

    Dream Lego Licensed Themes

    I wouldn't be surprised if only 1 company could hold the building block license for Pokemon at once, irregardless of its scale. That said, does anyone here enjoy or collect the mega bloks sets? I think they look neat but I have always been interested in how Lego would handle the license.
  4. cosmic

    Dream Lego Licensed Themes

    The possibilities would be endless. The quality of the builds would be much more impressive as well. Still, there's a charm and nostalgia to the older Spongebob sets that I doubt anything could replace.
  5. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    For some reason I swore he was part of the Great Lakes Avengers, or Avengers West Coast. Interesting. Either way, there's still a lot to pull from for inspiration for sets so the idea that this theme is "running out of ideas" is still silly. Arm Fall Off Boy may not be from Marvel, but Marvel still has lots of interesting designs to produced. I'd enjoy getting classic Vision for example.
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    Dream Lego Licensed Themes

    Yeah, now I'm hooked and want to know more about the situation. I'm actually of the opinion that Spongebob is a theme worth revisiting. I actually wouldn't mind a Fairly Odd Parents set or two. it's a shame they're supposedly unlikely to be produced. In other news, Lego NEEDS to produce Pokemon. With Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Mario being existing or upcoming IP's Lego is working with, it feels natural that Pokemon would be the next theme to be produced. What's tricky is that the theme would need an exorbitant amount of new moulds. From the smaller pokemon, to head moulds for larger Pokemon who could possibly have parts of them to be brick built, to hair moulds for the characters, there's going to have to be a lot of new Pieces introduced for this theme. It's certainly an obstacle that could be overcome, seeing how much budget Pokemon and Lego has to contribute. Pokemon may be one of if not the best brand selling merchandise, which means they should in theory be able to contribute budget to new moulds. I speculate they wouldn't do so, but a man can dream.
  7. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    Which is hilarious because there's still so much for this theme to explore. I fear sounding redundant so I won't pester too much about this, but it can't help but feel obvious to pull from more comic sources for content. I understand the need to address the 4+ audience but I wish we had 1-2 sets max per wave or year for those, to allot more space for other media. Namely, I want Squirrel Girl and Arm Fall Off Boy. But I'm sure there's other obscure characters like the Fantastic Four, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Antman/The Wasp who could use a comic variant or two
  8. cosmic

    Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    I agree I'd like to see Black Adam, Mad Hatter and King Shark, but my point at large is that this theme would do good with an exciting poly bag. Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, and Trickster were all super exciting. Whether it's through a new book, movie or video game, I'd like to see Lego release a promotional figure that is not a Batman variant. Of course I'd still like to see sets with new designs, but something affordable and attainable that adds depth to our DC collection is a current craving I have from this theme. But to be honest they do so little with this theme, there's all sorts of wants I have lol. But for once I have something to be excited about! This Gotham Skyline is incredible!! I was certainly not expecting to enjoy this set as much as I am. Thought it would be an easy pass actually. But no, this is stellar. Firstly, it's actually super practical. It's interesting because it is and is not mini figure scale, depending on your perspective. Of course up close it'd be considered micro scale, but when displaying the figures at a reasonable distance in front of the mural, it actually makes sense? it's a city back drop, so it actually does serve a purpose for figures by being, well a back drop! The details are exciting and dare I say cute? And who thought Catwoman would excite me this much? Such an exciting and necessary addition to the Selina Kyle variant library. What's interesting about Harley is I would look at her old figure and feel like something was a bit off, and its striking to now realize that her head should never have been completely white. The red and black on her head do wonders for accuracy. She looks really good. Also, just a personal opinion but this is THE best Joker figure we have ever gotten. Lego has given so many characters both in and out of this theme quite cartoonishly kind and happy, that it's refreshing to see a figure have that genuine sense of creepiness, eeriness, malicious demeanor this figure has. He is so accurate and really pulls me into memories of the animated series. He looks just as creepy and evil as a Joker figure should. His color scheme is also refreshingly pastel and softer than traditional Joker figures. I almost feel like I'd get this set just for him, but I know that's not true since its a very well rounded set. I'll shut up now but I'll finish by saying Batman is funny in that he is the ugliest figure of this set, he looks cartoonish but not in a way that's accurate to the show lol. His printing Is quite nice but yeah, I hate this cowl mould. Maybe it'll grow on me.
  9. cosmic

    Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    So while I do agree that, to portray him accurately he should have dual molding, I was speaking in a more practical sense, Lego loves to cheap out on Superhero printing. Jessica Drew, Hal Jordan, and John Stewart all need dual molding but didn't even get side leg printing. I was alluding to the sentiment that if he was hypothetically released, I understand he too would be produced in such a manner. As for his film appearance, now that you mention it, this would make him an unlikely candidate for a polybag release anytime soon. Still, I stand by the general sentiment that throwing us a polybag to keep us excited should be something the company considers. If not him, are there any characters you'd like to see produced that could do without excessive moulding or printing (ala Martian Manhunter, Plastic Man, Clark Kent, and Trickster, the latter 2 appearing in DVD releases)?
  10. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    76291 has got to be one of the most disappointing rumors since “the X-Jet has the same roster as the 2014 set”. Luckily that was wrong and we ended up getting Rogue (a hideous version of her but whatever). So maybe this will be wrong? I mean no new characters is kind of lame. Especially given how they didn’t particularly stand out on their own. Iron Man still needs arm printing and Cap needs dual molded legs and possibly leg printing if you want to be generous. If these figures add those details maybe it might be worth looking at but practically speaking they won’t. Hopefully they do release a second wave with sets focusing on the second half of the movie. With Quicksilver, Ultron and Vision being the most desirable figures from that movie it seems silly to not produce the scenes they were in. It’s also kind of silly to divide a 2015 movie into 2 waves given how much comic and also even MCU content we have yet to cover, and that same movie had 6 sets accompanying it during its initial release to begin with. Kind of wish we could really focus on new territory and only give a few legacy sets per movie instead of focusing on older movies we already paid attention to. When revisiting these films we should get a set or two not 2 waves, imo. Thats assuming they do a hypothetical second wave. Its just as disappointing if they only do one wave and get it this wrong lol.
  11. cosmic

    Disney Properties 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    Haha nothing wrong with a little crossover. I actually wouldn’t mind a House of Mouse set so I can justify crossing over all my various Disney figures in a more formal setting.
  12. cosmic

    Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    Honestly just throw us a polybag. Do you guys remember when the New 52 Martian Manhunter was a GWP in 2013? I remember being so excited for future releases and they never really did anything like that again. I think we did get Plastic Man but that was coinciding with the release of Lego Batman 2. If there is indeed another Lego Batman game, I need the promotional figure to be anything but Batman. Someone who needs no new moulds but is exciting enough to generate buzz. My first thoughts are Red Tornado or Guy Gardner. Both Leaguers who could use leg printing but don’t need dual molding, similar to Martian Manhunter and Plastic Man.
  13. cosmic

    Marvel Superheroes 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    So wanted to confirm the leak was true and my local Lego store did have those new BAM figures! I got 2 of those white tussled hair pieces, one for my spare 90s Storm, and the other for my 2014 Storm figure. I've been wanting to give her this hair piece for the longest time. While there I also snagged a reddish brown version of Cyclops hair. I find it interesting that Lego currently has Cyclops hair in a more accurate reddish brown color, along with the tussled white hair in white, which is accurate for a comics 90's Storm, available for sale as BAM pieces. It's not explicitly stated but I feel like they released these simultaneously so fans can modify their X-Men figures. Call me crazy but I truly believe that BAM Clown girl was released shortly after Marvel CMF Series 2 for this very reason!! Okay maybe that does sound crazy, but at the very least its super convenient, which is really nice doncha think?
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    Batman (DC Superheroes) 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    Gotta say I kind of want them to make a Lego Batwing figure. Far fetched seeing as they still got wayyyyy more ground to cover than just him. The weird thing with Batman is we never got a figure of him with boots that have the Bat shape on the top. I get that its not the most used design currently, but Batman has had these boots often, I'd like to get them seeing as we don't frequently get Bats with leg printing. I wonder if we'll ever get a second CMF for this Series seeing how things are going so downhill not just for DC but Warner Bros at large. Probably not, which sucks. There's just so many characters I wish we could have gotten. Big fig comics Bane, Scarface and Ventriloquist, Mad Hatter, Clayface figure, Cassandra Cain, Batwing, Lucius Fox, Spoiler. And then the figures from the DC Universe at large like Zatanna, Fire, Ice, Booster Gold, Ted Kord, Vixen, Star Sapphire, Tempest, Speedy, Mongul, Metallo, Mirror Master, etc. I'd absolutely love for this theme to have a random renaissance because we just have so much ground to cover. I hope somehow it can happen.
  15. cosmic

    Disney Properties 2024 - Rumors & Discussion

    WOAH upon further inspection it really does look like the Evil Queen is on the right hand side of the reveal image. The figure selection is impressive! From what I've seen of the back side it is open ended which is not a huge deal but I suppose it would be slightly better if it had that fully enclosed doll house appeal, I still can't be too mad since the overall finished product was so well produced. Still, I must say I wish we had more animals in the set. Namely, the deer and the tortoise. It kind of made me realize we don't have deer or tortoise moulds in Lego. I hope one day soon enough they get produced. Also chipmunks! Sure we have squirrels but looking at reference images of Snow White it seems is was actually chipmunks that accompanied the rabbit, deer, birds and tortoise to save the princess. So yeah, the animals included are nice but some of the more prominent animals are missing and when they eventually get produced I hope we get like a little expansion pack. Snow White, and some animals would make a great small set, or GWP. On another note, I was looking at Goofy reference images to see where the design from the Train Staton came about and while it does seem there have been a few instances of Goofy wearing a yellow vest in animation, he seems to predominantly wear the yellow vest in theme parks... Similarly, the black vet he sports is one of his most common animated attires, and we currently only have this black vest Goofy design available in the form of a key chain. That inspires 2 thoughts for me, firstly, that the black vested Goofy design is a shoe in for Lego Disney CMF Series 4, and also that the Lego Disney Train Station is not only inspired by the theme parks in its source material, but in the figures themselves. My conspiracy is that this is canonically a Lego figure of a person in a Goofy suit... not a "Goofy" character. Hilarious as that seems I have the same view of Mickie and Minnie! The figures of Mickey and Minnie which came in the first Disney Castle, in my eyes, were lego versions of people in Mickey and Minnie costumes. Seeing as those were literal theme park costumes. And on a final note I gotta be honest and say that while I'm fine with these dwarves for now, the only one I'm really happy with is Dopey. This may be an unpopular opinion but I'd like for the Dwarves to be reinterpreted with specialized head molds in future CMF series. I feel the same way about Captain Hook. Side note, I feel both Captain Hook and Pinocchio should have had specialized head molds. not just the hair/hat combos they were given. Seeing those figures I think, if you were gonna make a new mould for the hair/hat, just include his face and head as an all encompassing piece so he can truly reflect his animated appearance. My Simpsons figures look identical to their reference images, but the Disney figures look like awkward compromises between the source material and Lego. Some pull it off well, like Hercules, Jack, Sally, and Pocahontas. But others, like Captain Hook, Pinocchio and the Dwarves do not pull me into the source material the way my Simpsons figures are super reminiscent of their cartoon. So yeah, hopefully those get reimagined.