JohnTPT17

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  1. Posted

    4 hours ago, MAB said:

    Unlimited production of CMF is very unlikely. Unlimited production of individual CMF based on their past sales is even less likely. LEGO doesn't have records of which CMFs are disappearing from the shelves faster than others, especially those sold by other retailers. And then to evaluate the market, produce, package and ship individual CMFs isn't going to happen in a short time frame. So they'd have to go to long shelf time sets, each CMF with its own SKU and say 1 or 2 year lifetime. Then it is no longer a CMF it becomes essentially a regular set, especially if the additional costs of processing them means they have to include extra parts and increase the price.

    Of course, they could try to work out which they could produce based on aftermarket prices but even that defeats itself. If people know LEGO will reproduce those that go above a certain price, they don't pay that price and wait. And if they don't hit that price, they don't get produced.

    I think the closest Lego has ever gotten to something like that was the "VIP Top 5" set, which brought back some popular picks from pervious series due to a fan vote (though there were also some odd inclusions in there). That was well over a decade ago, though, but Lego could always have some other "allstars" pack again if they wanted to, at least in theory.

    4 hours ago, MAB said:

    Personally,  I don't see a problem for those that want a complete series. There are enough sellers that buy boxes and sell them as sets. It is harder for the army builders than set collectors these days.

    Agreed. There's several sellers on eBay, and even a few on Bricklink, that sell full sets for MSRP - sometimes even with free shipping. It's a lot easier to do that than the old series, which had uneven numbers of minifigs in each box, so I imagine that's why it's a lot more common nowadays. It is trickier to army build or get in-demand individuals, though.

  3. Posted

    5 hours ago, TheDoctor said:

    Forgive my crude photoshop, but it's convinced me that Sauron should have used the Long Arm/Leg combo, the proportions look fine...

    Nice job! But I'll go against the grain and say that I still think the regular sized one looks better. He looks far too much like a lithe Barbie/Friends minidoll with the big limbs for me. I think the helmet alone makes him tall enough to be imposing, IMO.

  4. Posted

    30 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

    With so many AFOLs interested in (armybuild) minifigures nowadays, i feel we are at a point where the whole CMF 'system' is screwed. Regular battlepacks would be the way to go imo.

    It really is bizarre that Lego seems to have gotten allergic to traditional Battle Packs over the pack decade (with a few random exceptions here and there). If anything, I would think those are fantastic "gateway" sets to getting into new themes. And if they wanted to test the waters/limits the releases, just keep the packs exclusive to lego.com and don't do full retail releases with them (which they kinda did with some of the Build a Minifig options, but that doesn't work for those of us who live far away from stores).

    At worst, Lego could just go back to the old minifigure chessboard strategies, especially for something like Castle. 32 minifigs, even with repeats, if a great way to quickly fill out numbers. But, no, we have to play the Pick a Brick restock waiting game to maybe be able to get the figures...

  5. Posted

    3 hours ago, MAB said:

    Even though the set is marketed at adults, it is still a LEGO toy. If (somehow) someone injured themselves with it, it is a bad look for them so presumably they apply the same reasoning to parts in adult sets as for kid sets.

    Maybe, but there's lots of hard plastic spikes/horns/claws on lots of current Ninjago sets - which do target kids. So, in this instance, I think it's moreso about getting details on a complex piece that about safely.

  6. Posted

    3 hours ago, Minishark2000 said:

    It's for safety purposes for those spikes they they have. Not sure there was any other way around it.

    The set's not being targeted to little kids, though - this is clearly an 18+ set. Though Lego has rubber-ized plenty of other mold like horns and spears though...

    I think it's moreso about the details on the molds - either of those might have been tricky to make using a standard hard mold. Not impossible... Just harder and more expensive, which it seems like Lego didn't think was worth it. 

  8. Posted

    6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

    ( I might follow this post up with a wishlist for a TotK/BotW CMF )

    I'll give it a go, but go a little bit wider:

    1. Midna, with Wolf Link as the accessory (which can then be reused for normal wolves)
    2. Sheik
    3. Zelda (based on the Smash design?)
    4. Ganondorf (OoT?)
    5. Tingle
    6. Either Fi or Ghirahim, for SS representation
    7. Skull Kid
    8. Toon Link
    9. Toon Zelda/Tetra
    10. A ReDead
    11. Master Kohga/Yiga Clan
    12. Purah (maybe with tall and short legs?)

    Or, if you wanted a mix of more of Hyrule's species, then possibly:

    1. Midna, with Wolf Link as the accessory (which can then be reused for normal wolves)
    2. A Zora of some variety
    3. A Rito of some variety
    4. Ganondorf (OoT?)
    5. Tingle
    6. Either Fi or Ghirahim, for SS representation
    7. Skull Kid
    8. Zelda (based on her Smash design?)
    9. A Goron of some variety
    10. A ReDead
    11. Master Kohga
    12. Purah (maybe with tall and short legs?)

    That's just a random assortment without a ton of thought, but it's a possible start. 

  9. Posted

    1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

    Simpson has been hinted by tandnbricks that there will be additional products and a minifigure series related to springfield coming up next year.

    Source? I didn't notice anything on @TandNbricks's Instagram. Not to mention the fact that a third Simpsons series makes zero sense - the second one bombed, and what interesting characters are left?

    1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

    Horizon has just had an article recently, so I think everyone knows.

    That leak comes from a gaming leaker, which makes me think it has something to do with either Lego Fortnite, or Lego bonus items in a game, like the Sonic skins. Unless we hear more, I'm not going to assume we get any physical bricks.

    1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

    Also, with Rivendell in 2023 and Barad-dur in 2024, it may be a given that there will be a new Lord of the Rings product coming out in 2025.

    That's a best an educated guess, not a leak until there's actual set numbers/descriptions.

    1 hour ago, Rokswi said:

    Pokémon were also recently hinted at something related to pikachu by maxbautde.

    Again, source? This is the first I've heard of it.

    I also haven't heard anything about the Indiana Jones theme coming back - heck, the rebooted sets haven't even retired yet!

    So, yes, unless you can direct to more specific information, it's just clickbait - especially when most of it has nothing to do with Star Wars.

  10. Posted

    31 minutes ago, NXS7 said:

    The gap between Marvel CMFs was 2 years, so there's a good chance to see series 3 next year, but I doubt it'd be January. More likely the end of the year after more projects have released to cover (Daredevil, Ironheart, YFN Spider-Man and hopefully X-Men 98)

    You're probably right, but there might be enough shows out/almost out to have a January wave. X-Men 97, Agatha, What If Season 2, Daredevil (out a few months later, which is the same gap Echo was), and, if they go back further, Loki 2 or Secret Invasion (though I imagine they'd skip Secret invasion). They might even have designs for YFN Spider-Man, since that's gotten delayed so many times. But, yeah, later in the year is probably more likely.

  11. Posted

    That minifigure lineup sounds... Fine. A baseline of the characters I would expect. But, for a $300 set, I would have needed a great or exceptional line of minifigs to get me more interested - especially if I already have three of the characters from the last CMF. Ah, well, here's to hoping for a Gambit mech next summer...

    Though, if we want to theorize about getting Jubilee, Nightcrawler, Cable, Sinister, etc as minifigs, there's a small chance the January CMF wave could be Marvel. Or, at least, one of the ones for next year. If so, it might make sense why Morph is in the mansion - his printing would be pretty simple - over those others, who might need more complex printing. If that is the case, then we would probably know who's in that series by the time the mansion releases, at least. 

  13. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

    Also, in regards to the fel beast, this along with that droid carrier from the start of the month is proof that lego can't win with GWPs. If it's as good as a retail set and/or there's desirable exclusives, people are mad they can't buy it normally. If there's not desirable exclusives, people are mad they aren't there.

    Here's my suggestion: have a set available as a GWP for a certain time, then let it have a retail release 3-6 months later (maybe even keep it exclusive to Lego.com). Those who buy early get early access to the set, but no one is locked out of it completely, and Lego gets money from both the early access people and those just wanting the set (or those wanting multiple, like with the Droid Carrier). Yeah, maybe that's not a perfect solution, but it might satisfy most customers. 

    I also don't want there to be any kind of desirable exclusives locked behind big sets. I can swallow things sub-$200 or so, which is what got me to buy the Viking Village to get the Galileo set. But, say, if the Witch King/Eowyn were locked behind a narrow buying window on a super expensive set? Nah - that's no good, IMO.

  14. Posted

    31 minutes ago, Rokswi said:

    Brick Clicker and tandnbricks said it seemed to be a buildable lola

    Nah... That doesn't sound right to me. Why have Young Leia as an Anniversary Figure, but then package her in a set that she already "matches" with? If they wanted to make a buildable LOLA with a Leia minifigure, that's one thing, but that makes more sense as an Obi-Wan Kenobi set, not an anniversary thing.

    That, and if that set was a thing, that thing would rot on shelves. The stores around me still can't get rid of the Lola toys that released with the series - an expensive Lego version would be an even more difficult sell.

  15. Posted

    3 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

    I’m pretty sure the figure they were talking about ended up being Young Leia and everyone was very confused with the hints. 

    I think you're correct. I remember some of hints being "they're not a main character" and "their name has an O", and a lot of people were thrown off of Leia because of that first hint.

    I'm still willing for it to be a one-off goof from that leaker, though.

  16. Posted

    So, now that we've got new molds and prints, we can reuse them in smaller, cheaper sets for those of us who don't have the money for these $500 sets... Right?

    Due to the cost, I won't be able to buy this, but I still think that it looks like a great set. The new minifigs all look really good to me, besides Gollum - his arms now look really stubby, and he's got the same cataracts that Maul and Ezra have. I also think that Sauron looks fine as he is - I think the Avatar limbs would look wacky. It's a shame they skimped on the mace, though, when they obviously made other new molds throughout the set. And having a little more height on the tower maybe would have helped with the proportions, but I imagine it's another case of "how it looks IRL vs in photos." Happy for those that will be able to get it, but I'll just have to enjoy the photos!

  18. Posted

    4 hours ago, Black Falcon said:

    I would love a castle series, though I agree it doesn´t seem that likely. Wouldn´t wonder if we see a 3rd Harry Potter Series at least one normal one of course.

    With as many new minifigures as there are for the Harry Potter sets, I don't think a third Harry Potter wave will be likely. A bunch of ghosts, teachers, critters, etc are in new sets, and I think the list of minifigures that could make up a meaningful minifig series (especially after the mandatory Harry/Ron/Hermione/Dumbledore variants) is getting smaller every wave. It could even the the case that those new minifigs help push expensive sets, letting Lego get more money than just having them in a CMF (IE, Bill in a Shell Cottage set might sell more units than just having him in a CMF). 

    2 hours ago, Shiva said:

    D&D CMF Series, the one with the eaglehead + small dog etc?

    I either forgot, or skipped over those news.

    Most of the discussion about the series has been over in the Historic forum, so you could have missed it that way! That, and we got descriptions/ a leaked leaflet fairly early.

    5 hours ago, FinlayTheFaithful said:

    The only prediction I have for a 2025 series is another dino costume minifigure, we just gotta take a guess as to what dino specifically

    A stegosaurus is my guess!

  19. Posted

    If we want to start making predictions, I think it'll be a licensed series in January 2025. Lego has usually had a 2:1 ratio of licensed to normal numbered series, but this year we've gotten Series 25, 26, and D&D. So, I could see the year starting off licensed to "make up" for it. So, I think it could go: Licensed, unlicensed, licensed next year.

    As far as specific themes go? Well, for licensed ones, I could see it being Fortnite or Animal Crossing still - either of those would be pretty popular. The one towards the end of next year could maybe go back to either Disney or Marvel (specifically an X-Men '97 series - especially if it launces near Season 2!). As far an unlicensed theme goes, I would love a Castle series to mirror the Space one we just got, but I don't think that'll happen - it'll probably just be the usual assorted dozen.

  20. Posted

    That's totally fake. The "label" on the top isn't even on straight, and it's missing any kind of imagery on the sides or top for the scale. Not to mention the fact that the minifigs are huge compared to the build, and we can only see two (and we know a lot more than two in the final build).

    Cast that fake into the fire! Destroy it!

  21. Posted

    Well, that should put to bed any doubt about those oddball sets later this year! Darth Jar-Jar is real!

    I doubt full set images will release anytime soon, though. The short won't be out until September, and we have other minifigures that have been teased first that haven't have their sets revealed yet (Ezra and young Leia). 

  22. Posted

    21 minutes ago, Renown said:

    Lord Vader, the battle station plans are not aboard this ship, and no transmissions were made. An escape pod was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard.

    Tantive IV playset? Unless it's another new Escape Pod set - it's been a few years since we've gotten one of those.

     

    Also, it looks like Tarkin isn't on the star destroyer, so that Big Brother Tarkin theory could be wrong (unless it's a hint towards a January set)

    I didn't notice any BD-1 in any of those set photos... Wasn't he in the trailer that first showed off Cal, though? I wonder if he's still around.

  23. Posted

    Glad Rex looks so nice! And everything else in the wave looks pretty good too, though I'll only be getting the Y-Wing.

    Just now, icm said:

    I think I'll probably buy the microfighter and the mech, sell the builds and keep the figures.

    The only issue with that is every AFOL is going to try to sell off their Y-Wings since they only want Rex :pir-laugh: Probably the same route with the mech, but not near as bad as the Y-Wing.

  24. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Lyichir said:

    JB Spielwaren has bigger pics of the two sets:

    Nice find!

    Golly, Resident Services looks tiny from the back. It's only 18 studs across, compared to Fauna's house which is 14, and I think it's only a stud or two deeper. There's not even room for the desks! It's also too bad there doesn't seem to be any easter eggs on the bulletin board... A note from Redd, Blathers, Joan, or Lief would have been a cool nod. And, if I get to continue to nitpick, I think having two clips on the flag would be preferable to one. That just feels like it's asking to break as-is.  Overall, this one feels a little underwhelming to me, and probably should have been two separate sets with the RV as a stand-alone. Then again, Rosie and Nook were together, so it's not unheard of. At least it has lots of little "bits" to play with, with the cupcakes, music box, and instruments, but I'm pretty underwhelmed, especially as an $80 set.

    That being said, the airport is even more laughable. That interior is not super good looking - especially the plant. I do like the exterior slightly better than Town Hall, though, and the sea plane is fine for what it is. I do feel like it's missing a little heart, though. Maybe a fishing pole, so you can fish off of the pier? Introduce some fish shadows to go in the water? Some wildlife other than just a generic crab? (At least the Kapp'n Marshall set had a much cooler hermit crab) I dunno, but something feels a little off to me.

    Overall, I think these two sets are much weaker than the first wave. I feel like the first wave had a lot of heart to most of the sets, with lots of fun little details like fossils, Bells, and DIY cards - just something do do and explore. I feel like these sets are really missing some of that charm. At least the figures are as solid as ever, and hopefully I can get a couple of them on Bricklink without completely ruining my wallet. Overall, though - I feel pretty "meh" compared to Wave 1. 

     

  25. Posted

    I really do think the only way Lego is going to deliver a satisfactory representation of Animal Crossing characters is going to be through a CMF. There's just a lot of characters to go through, and if we only get 1-2 new ones per set, there's no way Lego can produce a huge number of them to cover all of the villagers and NPC's people want. So, hopefully January or May next year!