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No expense spared, so he can be the first to complain about Rex in person ;)

I hope we get a later wave as well. My assumption is that the theme is making enough money to justify more sets, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Rumors for any potential summer sets probably wouldn't drop for another couple of months.

I love that piece! It actually also came in the Spring Fun VIP Pack earlier this year iirc, I've been using them in some grocery/farm setups.

Yeah I could see them keeping the arm printing, as it would potentially make the manufacturing more complicated to make a second version of the same figure with different arms. For LEGO it might be cheapest to just throw in the exact same figure and ditch the pauldron. Here's hoping! Either way, this Rex will absolutely be available on bricklink for under $50 within a few months, so I'd advise nobody buy the whole set just for him!

They really need to start revealing sets like this a bit earlier, especially when products are already being shipped to stores. The set looks good though, pretty much what I expected. I don't have space for it, but I hope those that plan to buy it will be happy with the design!

Honestly this sounds amazing. I'm sure there will be some nitpicks, but for the price in this day and age, it seems like a great 2-in-1 army builder with generic enough figures and builds to work in lots of situations (as well as a cheap standalone playset for kids). This will be a rare day 1 buy for me!

The holiday set feels like less of a rip-off than this year's $35 sets, so I'm pleasantly surprised :)

This seems to be the case from what we can so far tell. It has been the better part of a decade since they've released much of anything for Episode I, and since it lines up with the anniversary of the first Lego Star Wars sets (many of which were for TPM), it would make a lot of sense for a mini-wave to celebrate. So far we have (theoretically) the Podrace diorama and the buildable Droideka, plus the AAT polybag. Could be indicating a playscale AAT (Naboo style), and potentially more?

Does anyone know whether legocity_prez on IG has reliable info? They just posted a list of some of next year's polybags, including 30680 (Star Wars) listed as an AAT. Not sure if this is legitimate yet?

Brickclicker usually has good videos that include upcoming gwp rumors, I'd check out his channel

I agree, it's a shame we haven't had more instances of AotC characters. Even most Phantom Menace sets have been given a few different remakes. I think LEGO has prioritized the broader "Clone Wars" subtheme over specific movie scenes for that time period of the canon, which I can understand, but so few figs of Dooku/Jango/Padme/Anakin from the movie itself is a bummer of an omission in my books.

Yeah nothing too exciting based on the set list, but it's not uncommon for them to sneak in a new mould here and there, like this year's puppy. Here's hoping! And of course we have CMF Series 25 to look forward to; I'd expect 2-3 new animals there 😀

Impressive... MOST impressive. You're living the dream!

Maybe one of the unknown sets could prove to be a diorama that's currently under wraps? I guess time will tell.

Definitely similar to last year's spooky pack, but I'm glad to get a cat. Also the food selection is notably good with cookie and waffle prints, bread, apples, and pumpkin pie!

Hearing that the Tantive IV Boarding may not be a diorama actually makes a lot of sense. The price point is really low for an 18+ set (especially one with minifigs) given what they've been putting out the past few years. This could present a much better value as a simplified play/display set like the Dark Trooper Attack, and leave space for extra minifigs to fill it out.

Absolutely! Thank you Renown for clearing up some of the misconceptions. I feel like this is the 10th time in a week we've been misled by some "rumor" started by Lifebricks and then quoted by somebody (i.e. brickreporter) 🙄 I look forward to finding out what the builds will actually be!

Really looking forward to seeing the Burger Truck. The $20 food truck/vans have consistently been some of my favorites!

Brickmerge tells us we're getting 2 sets in January, which is interesting in and of itself. 76963: Baby Dinosaur Rescue Center - $39.99 (139p, 4+) 76964: Unknown set - $39.99 (577p) Curious as to what these could look like? That second one has a lot of pieces for $40, so I don't know what dinosaur could be included, unless it's brick-built or something?

Disappointing, though not unexpected. I don't see a reason to pick this one up (animal-wise) since both the dog and kitten are available on PAB.

"Minifig-scale" is always hard to define given the non-human proportions of a figure, but this gunship seems to be pretty close going off Lego's size description. It looks about 10% smaller than it "should" be, but no doubt the previous playsets were somewhat oversized compared to what would be canon accurate.

Yeah I'm pleasantly surprised, the build looks pretty decent and I'm a fan of the figures personally! I hope it reflects well in person :)

I've literally seen this happen multiple times now. People need to stop listening to Lifebricks as if his word is gospel; half of his videos are purely speculation (but enough to stretch the runtime to 10 minutes for that sweet ad revenue, lmao)

Thinking out loud, I'd advise nobody gets their hopes too high on the Tantive IV diorama, just given it's price point. Considering LEGO charged $80 for the rather small Endor diorama, I can't see the hallway being very built-up, nor it having more than 3-4 minifigs (tops).

I agree; they definitely seem to be pushing the 18+ sets in the first half of the year (diorama, midi, buildable, UCS, etc.) The downside there is that the 18+ sets routinely have higher mark-ups and fewer minifigs compared to playsets of the same size, even if they are more detailed and appeal to the "adult collector" market. Just my opinion, but I hope to see more playsets revealed in the unknown sets.