G_Brickley

This might reflect moreso my own wants but here goes. I've tried to space out the whole fellowship across a wave, plus some characters and locations that were left out in the OG sets. Fellowship of the Ring: Boromir's Stand. Probably the least likely one given how dark the subject is, but I was struggling to find any other scene that would provide the characters I was missing. Builds are the ruins where Aragorn tells Frodo to run, along with some additional trees and foliage. Figures are Aragorn, Boromir, Merry, Pippin, Lurtz, and two additional Uruk-hai. Two Towers: Nazgul Attack. I'll be honest, I mainly just want a Fellbeast. Builds are a small portion of Osgiliath and a Fellbeast. Figures are Frodo, Sam, Gollum, Faramir, and a Ringwraith. Return of the King: Mumakil Charge. Another creature build that I want to see (there may be a slight pattern to this). Build is a Mumakil. Figures are Legolas, Gimli, and three Haradrim. The Hobbit: Smaug. I think Lord of the Rings adopting sets similar to the Hungarian Horntail or the Tallneck would be a great way for some smaller but still displayable sets. Build is Smaug with a base of piled-up gold and jewels. Figure is Bilbo in his blue coat. Diorama: The Bridge of Khazad-Dum. Plenty of people have already expressed a want for this as a set in this thread. Builds are the Balrog and a portion of the bridge built on a black base with a "You shall not pass!" quote tile. Figure is Gandalf. I'm not good with imagining hypothetical prices and piece counts, so I'll leave that to anyone else if they so wish

I think a Lord of the Rings based Bag End with some additions would be more likely than a Hobbit one. Including Bilbo's party and Gandalf's cart would help expand the figure selection and piece count, whilst also not taking up so many pieces that it detracts from Bag End itself. The only rooms we'd need for Fellowship would be the entryway, parlour, kitchen, and Bilbo's study. Plus, all the Hobbits would be cheap to make with the new dual-moulded legs and a few extra recolours of the hobbit hair. Not that Thorin's company wouldn't be nice to get (the only Hobbit sets I got when they released were ones with no Dwarves) but as discussed Lego likely doesn't have the moulds to do those designs justice.

I think the leaked set name mentioned a battle of Wakanda, so I'd assume that's IW, could be misremembering that though. Very happy with the new Cap, if it's from the Quinjet then I'm hopeful we'll get all six Avengers + Loki, but I doubt it. Thor at least would be easy reuse from the Thor's hammer set, though a new head would be ideal since he didn't have all that much of a beard in the movie. I could see Hulk being omitted on the basis that he never interacts with a Quinjet in the film, with the real reason being that Bigfigs are expensive haha.