OttoRiver

Given how classic sets seem to be on the table for Lego Disney's future, I feel like CMFs would be better suited to showcasing characters that we would not likely see in a set in the future. Example: Ariel in human form and Eric would make sense for a small Kiss the Girl diorama but King Triton doesn't have an obvious scene that translates. It would be better to put King Triton in a CMF and save Ariel and Eric for an actual set then.

Kind of shocked no Maui in the sets. You'd think he would be a selling point. Also really like the foldable island set. Reminds me of old Polly pocket sets. Any thoughts they replace the storybook sets with this type of closable playsets?

A nitpick from me: Why doesn't Lilo's skirt block have printing on the backside as well? Seems like its the same pattern on the front and back of her torso, could have just duplicated the print on both sides. Seems lazy. On the other hand, Belle getting back printing on her skirt when none of the other Princesses from the CMF or castle got any is wild. Wonder why Belle got it but Cinderella or Tiana weren't considered.

I'll be honest, I'll be buying it for the figures only. I don't expect I'll even build the actual set. I agree, Mickey's face doesn't look great but I appreciate that they chose to give us new figures as opposed to repeated ones. Also decided to get a Beast minidoll head and make a custom Beast with what I had on hand until we can get a true one from Lego. Didn't want Belle to get here without a Beast.

To be fair, I think Beauty and the Beast has an easier roster to complete. Belle in blue dress, Beast in ballroom outfit, Beast in cape, Maurice, Lefou, (Beast in human form if the ballroom version isn't able to switch) The Madrigal Family only has 1/12 so far. While not every family member is popular, it begs to question of who makes the cut or not. Mirabel, Luisa, Isabella, and Abuela come to mind as ones we definately need but Antonio, Dolores, Peppa, and Camillo are fan favorites in their won rights as well.

I definitely feel like they would need to add something more to the build to at least make it more clear its a Pixar set. Take away the iconic ball, and its just a desk lamp similar to the Polaroid camera, radio, or Phone booth. Even the Disney 100 camera had the film strip of past Disney films and a small animation desk inside the camera with a Mickey Mouse sketch to denote its ties to Disney. Minifigures would help but I'm wondering what else could be done to it to make it clear it is a Pixar set outside of the ball.

Agree. I'd love to see them "complete the story" so to speak with some of the Disney films they've already represented with minifigures before moving onto variants/new IPs. Crazy to think Snow White is pretty much totally covered outside of the Huntsman.

Now you have me wishing for a Lady Tremaine or Mother Gothel. Looking at it, its odd there is not Silver era representation. For one of the more iconic eras, its missing representation in the set.

Has an Ideas submission ever deviated this far in terms of minifigure selection? Happy to eat my hat though with all of these new figures. Bruno and Simba are probably my biggest shocks.

Wendy with Alice's face and Alice with Wendy/Cinderella face. I think it works for Alice but Alice's face looks a bit too oddly spaced on Wendy's head.

Keeping expectations low can't hurt but I agree. With the piece count being much higher than the hard line 800 limit on the contest, it wouldn't shock me some minifigures were cut to save some money.

I wouldn't be too put out by the Maleficent set. The fact a Lilo & Stitch minifigure set is being planned for next year means that Disney is at least entertaining the idea of making more minifigure sets in the future, not to mention a possible CMF series as well. I think we can all agree that Disney is the only IP that would break the 2 waves curse and still have steam to keep going.

Namely the torso. Sparkles where there are none (but that's an issue with Snow White as well) The ribbon on her corset is gold rather than pink, and the lace/frills on her corset are gold instead of white and pink as in the film. Similarly, gold printing on the trim of her skirt where it would be pink/purple. We could also bring up her hair being shorter than Jasmine's but I think that a fancy new mold price I don't have the budgetary access to fully comment on.

https://www.brickfanatics.com/lego-nightmare-before-christmas-minifigures/ Really interesting look into the NBC set. Turns out Sally's old hair piece mold doesn't exist anymore so they had to pick one that looked close enough, hence the Dumbledore hairpiece used. Same goes for Jack's bow tie thought they've done a good job of replicating it. No word on Oogie Boogie's potential though.

It's so pretty. Having missed Brick Cross Station, I'm going to have to keep an eye on that one.