OttoRiver

I wonder if the sales numbers of the clamshell and Disney Castle are a contributing factor as well. I can see Lego looking at the two biggest Disney Princess centric sets last year not doing well as a sign that Disney Princess only sells if they are minidolls and chose to swap an Aurora and Philip minifigure for minidolls as a result. Snow White might have been too far into production (with the new Dwarf beard molds) to change but I haven't looked into the cottage sales to know if its enough to make Lego second guess themselves.

I meant more that there was rumor it would be based on the Lego Disney Princess special aired on Disney Plus. Dragon Maleficent shows up with Gaston and fighting Tiana and Ariel so it was unsure if it would be off of Sleeping Beauty or the Special.

Looks like a few more rumors are confirming minidolls for the Dragon Maleficent set, but sounds like it is based off the original film rather than the Disney Plus special with Aurora and Philip included. I'll probably pick it up for the dragon build alone but man, disappointed. Especially as they just released Philip and Aurora as minidolls last year.

New leak is suggesting it will have an Aurora minifigure, same one from the CMF. Not sure how to feel if its a repeat figure or how Lego can't seem to be consistent with this line of sets.

Winnie the Pooh's original submission included Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit and brick built Tigger and Eeyore. Eeyore ended up getting a mold while Tigger was made into a minifigure. By all accounts, the original minifigures made it to the final set. The original submission for Nightmare Before Christmas included: Jack, Sally, Zero, Dr. Finkelstein, Lock, Shock, Barrell, Santa, Jack Santa. The question is would any of this figures get cut especially if too many new molds are needed and would they add Oogie Boogie given he is super popular but not in the initial submission.

I honestly don't see a world where the Nightmare Before Christmas set doesn't come with Oogie Boogie. He's the 2nd/3rd most popular character from the film and there's no way Lock Shock and Barrel make it in but not him in what will most likely be the only Nightmare Before Christmas set we get. Best case scenario: we get Jack, Sally, Zero, Finkelstein, Lock, Shock, Barrel, Oogie, Santa Jack. Worst case scenario: we get Jack, Sally, Finkelstein, Zero

Being a Disney minifigure fan really is just hoping for the best but preparing for the minidolls anyway.

I think the Encanto sets hold that distinction, but this is the first Pixar film to have minidolls outside the Princess Line as only Merida had been done before.

It looks exactly like I thought it would but was not expecting minidolls. Odd choice to give Anxiety over Sadness and with 2 random memory workers but oh well. It's a pass from me but I feel like the Ideas set may be the real last time we get minifigures for the foreseeable future (unless those get changed as well)

My first thought at seeing them. I know Tarzan is fairy easy to make out of official pieces but is Jane as easy?

It's so pretty. With all this talk, do we think there are any films where sets just don't work, best to get the characters in a CMF or variety type set? I'm just thinking of something like Bambi where no scene makes itself a compelling set and Bambi showing up in the camera set is probably the only way we would have gotten him.

I would throw serious money at a Mary Poppins set but I understand its a more niche IP than others. Fun fact: this year is the 60th anniversary of the film. Honestly though, I feel like a Jolly Holiday set has more chances of getting made. The costumes are a bit more vibrant and unique than their London garb and are familiar to those who go to the parks. Penguins in bow ties, a merry go round or a small farm build would sell as a playset more than the standard doll house. But Id be happy to get them in a CMF too.

I have so many white horses from the old Lord of the Rings, Scooby Doo, and Beauxbatons Carriage sets so it will be easy to add. And with how many new animal molds Lego does every odd year or so, I'm holding off on the forest animals for now. Don't want to BL only to see chipmunks, tan bunnies, racoons, and new deer mold come out in a year.

Looks like 77073 is the Battle Bus, which is the most obvious choice of set but happy to know it's coming. Which 10 figs do we think they're going to pick?

Didn't the leaked piece count for the Ideas set list it at over 1,000 pieces? Given the competition had a hard limit of 800 or less, it seems to have ballooned. Unsure if that means more figures or if construction required more pcs which means minifigs may have been cut to meet the projected price. Really wish we could get some more information on it.