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Okay cool, thanks for the clarification :)

Hot take but I'd almost prefer they stop including minifigs in UCS sets in general. So much of the online discourse gets tied up in arguments about minifig quality/exclusivity for massive sets that often aren't even minifig scale/compatible. A couple of $5 minifigs aren't really a huge value add to a $300-800 display model at the end of the day, and it would likely quell some of the community outrage (e.g. Gunship/Venator) to present these sets for what they are: display models that are mostly outside of the minifig "world". The midi-scale ships are an example of this already, and - prices aside - they don't actually need figs included. What we do need are more opportunities for good figures, meaning either a Star Wars CMF, or more fig-focused playsets with better overall quality.

Some other pictures of the new colour crocogator also show a new colour for the baby crocogator! I think it's a sand green? But a little hard to tell. Could be included with the adult the $20 set (or a different set entirely)!

The mould looks really cool! Seems like it would work well as a realistic raven/crow if it was recoloured and given the standard eye print (maybe next year?)

Here's hoping Jabba will be available in another set next year.

Question: 60427 seems unaccounted for in the current City lineup. Do we think it's a cancelled set? Or is there a possibility it's a retailer exclusive and we just don't know what it could be yet?

Stego let's gooooo!

According to brickclicker, there will be just one red panda in the $10 set, and two adult gorillas plus the baby gorilla in the largest set.

I'd love to see the internal budget for this one, because what you're getting for $30 is rough. Obi-Wan's starfighter is the same price for a more substantial build and a new minifigure mould, or the new clones/droids battle pack is practically the same piece count with a bunch of extra characters to boot. This set should be 25-30% off, minimum.

You're right about the standards that are in place for LSW, 4 minifigs for a $70 ship is fairly typical these days. Of course, I think most of us would like to see more, and I find it disappointing that Lego sort of skimps out on minifigure numbers so often. As mentioned by another user, the real issue is arguably the lack of TPM minfigs overall. Lego is only releasing 1 playset for the movie's 25th anniversary, and that 1 set only includes 3 characters from the film itself. On top of that, these three characters are all retreads with nothing much new or exciting - you can essentially buy similar figs on Bricklink for reasonable prices. Think of all the other possibilities we're missing out on: new Padme costumes, an updated Panaka or Nute Gunray, TPM C-3PO, Shmi, Boss Nass, updated Jar-Jar or Sebulba, TPM Palpatine, Watto, Chancellor Valorum, new Naboo pilots or guards, the list goes on. But instead of us getting ANY of these characters to celebrate 25 years, we're looking at another Sith Infiltrator with pretty much the 3 default characters it could include. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for Qui-Gon to be here with his poncho again, but there have been a dozen Maul figures over the years, and young Anakin isn't anything special (compared to many other Anakin variants they could make). Sigh, I guess we'll try again in 2029 :(

Wow I didn't expect they'd actually do a new mould for the tiger head, but it looks pretty good from the pic available! Also forgive my colour-blindness, but what colour is the new croc? I can't tell by looking at it. Edit: Red panda also leaked!

Wow, so is this to say the 4 sets we know of are all that's coming for jungle? Unless there are significant details missing, that seems a bit disappointing compared to some of the past few summer waves. Two new species and no tiger cub?

I think some of these issues could be alleviated if there were additional castle (or similar) sets available on shelves to accompany the big Icons sets. A small medieval farm with a few animals for $30-50 - for example - would give people a chance to get in on the action at a lower price point.

Yeah to be honest, the Clone Wars version of him we got a couple years back was pretty much perfect. Even though he's not in his Episode I costume, given the great level of detail and solid facial expression, I'd be willing to say it's the best Maul minifig thus far.

That's crazy! The well build must be 50+ pieces, how on earth can that be as expensive as a single reused animal mould? I know that prints play a role in piece price, but that seems ridiculous. Very curious to know how this gets weighed by Lego's budgeting department.

I understand some level of excitement for the set, but I don't know if a set based on a small cameo scene from one episode of a series realistically "needed" to happen. I do agree though that getting the Nubian ship with some Naboo guards would have been a better angle for the set, since that would be relatively new content that also works for the 25th anniversary of TPM. Both 501st and Shock clones are available in cheap sets already, as is Grogu. I sort of agree on the pram, though it's pretty easy to build a custom one with simple parts. Beq could have been in the Nubian ship set as an alternative, or I would argue that there are a ton of other small characters that we've never gotten at all that would have led to more interesting sets (e.g. Shmi, Boss Nass, Wat Tambor, Yaddle, Jocasta Nu, Dexster, etc.)

Looks pretty good. I must admit I'm a bit disappointed that we're getting this set, only because it's a cheap minifigure-based playset that doesn't actually give us anything exciting in terms of characters. Grogu is easily available, as are 501st clones, and Beq is realistically not a figure with a lot of interesting/unique details in comparison to some other Jedi. The scene in Mando was cool, but I can't help but imagine what a different $30 set could have given us. For example, a Phantom Menace playset with Padme/Jar Jar/Boss Nass, or Panaka/Obi-Wan/Padme, or Shmi/Watto/Sebulba (you get the idea). Perhaps the larger issue is how few minifig-based sets we get nowadays with the swaths of new midi-scale/helmet/buildable characters Lego is releasing. So as a result, the Grogu Escape set seems like a missed opportunity for other characters.

PAB to the rescue! Is it safe to assume the goat here will be available on PAB in a few months since this isn't a licensed set?

A little bit disappointing given the number of moulds available, even if they were just recolours I would have loved to get another cow/calf/horse/etc.

The first pics of the Snow White Cottage have leaked. As far as I can tell, it includes a grey squirrel, white bunny, blue bird, two white birds, and a plain light yellow butterfly. Nothing new, unless more is revealed by the official photos.

Pics of the midi-scale ships have leaked, and y'all are still busy arguing about the clones The ships look fairly good, I think the Invisible Hand is my favourite of the 3, with the Millennium Falcon looking a bit too chunky for my liking.

Honestly! We've gotten some reasonably priced sets so far this year for a change (4+ notwithstanding). I'm still shocked Lego didn't release the Tantive hallway as a $70 set with 4 figures

Yeah after he spent several videos last year spreading a post from a eurobricks troll as a real "rumour" (the swamp speeder having Rex and B2s iirc), I stopped listening to him entirely.

Agreed. If the last few years are any indication though, it's gonna be a long wait until May 1st or so 😭

Or if we're really lucky, we'll get matching baby and adult crocs together in a new colour!