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23 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:
Could the PS set be a Quidditch set based off the first movie? With last years troll and this years challenges it seems the only remaining key scene.
And at $170 would be plenty of pieces for the stadium
I would expect something like the Hogwarts Icons Set, not necessarily including a buildable animal. Not sure what elements would be included aside from the stone itself, of course.
17 hours ago, brickbride said:Or it's LEGO listening to the customers. And noticing that everyone went "Yay, Hagrid's DH motorbike, finally!" when the previous one was announced and then went "WTF is THAT? And where are the minfigs?" when they saw what we were actually getting.
That set is just from January, so it would be way to soon for a set to be based on it´s feedback ;).
4 hours ago, Virginia_Bricks said:I’m guessing the Hospital Wing will connect to the Main Tower at the Devil’s Snare challenge and be about as long and tall as the Gyfinndor portion of the Main Tower. Include the trio, Pomfrey and Dumbledore from POA.
But I’m scratching my head on what they put in the first level and underground chambers.
Underground I would guess for the Slytherin Common room. Chambers of Secret would be the other option that commes to mind, but pretty sure we will get that one in the summer wave. Wouldn´t be that surprised if the hospital wing would be in the first floor with just the clockb tower and roof above it. If not, maybe the libary?
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Not that excited about this news, but I will judge the series once we get more infos about it and especially when we get pics. Hope we get more animals to the costumes.
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5 minutes ago, icm said:
I wonder what scale the Ford will be this time, or what else it will come with, to justify that price point. The minifig-scale car on its own is worth $15, and the last two large sets it came with were the Whomping Willow and castle wall ($70 in 2018) and the Dursley House ($80 in 2020). So is it a big car this time (but still much smaller than any contemporary non-F1 Icons car), or is it part of a larger scene that the leaker doesn't know about yet?
I would bet that it is just a buildable bigger version of the car. I don´t think we would get another minifig one and if it would be a whomping willow set for instance I am sure that one would have been mentioned.
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18 hours ago, hikouki said:
Licensed CMFs from the same theme still come once every two years, at the closest interval, correct? Could be longer, but has a licensed theme been two consecutive years? Just considering future releases (e.g., series #2 and #3, if there will be).
Well, the D&D Series was last year, so it would be 2 years apart unless it would be the second series next year - but eitherway I don´t think that there is any hard rule about it anyways and it doesn´t have to be next year either - but if we wouldn´t get any the next years I would be totally suprised as it would be such a big missed oppertunity.
4 hours ago, Triceron said:Sounds about right if we're using something like Marvel or Harry Potter as an example. But it really depends on Lego and the licensees and their roadmap for what's ahead. I'd love more D&D figs even if my wallet will be hurtin' again. This was the first series that I got a full set of, with many intended repeats on top!
And despite having no real urge to get Red Dragon's Inn, I do feel it tempting the completionist in me.
I´m just happy that that one isn´t going to retire this year alongside with the Lion Knights Castle and the Town Square
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2 minutes ago, Cyprinus said:
Lego clearly doesn't believe neither Castle nor LotR are viable for a full theme. I doubt they'd consider doing a CMF series catering to the groups specifically (we had the DND one recently, but that one was even more broad, appealing to fans of fantasy in general, Castle and people with a DND/RPG background who could be pulled towards lego.
Also, the original lego LotR theme launched alongside a Castle theme, included battlepacks, and apparently didn't do all that well.Well, but that was a long time ago and nowadays there are way more people that would buy it imo. The number of Adults buying Lego has increased by a lot since then IMO and while they would of course target kids with such sets as well, the adult would be the main target group.
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5 minutes ago, Moexy said:
But when Rivendell released they had already planned the following sets. The fact they branched out this year into a smaller set must be an attempt to measure what the interest is for more smaller sets? And then it was with a set where no interesting/new figure is present.
I don´t think that they tested much more with the booknooks, than if they would sell. In the end you can´t really compare that one with playsets and not even that much with display sets, though they would certainly come closer.
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16 hours ago, Mister Phes said:
Now someone point out how certain third-party manufacturers have little regard for violating intellectual property and produce licenced sets anyway...
Yeah, this and stolen mocs or even straight 1 to 1 copies of Lego Sets. Always surprised how many people just don´t care about that... (though of course especially with stolen mocs it is very hard to even know something was stolen).
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25 minutes ago, MAB said:
Rather than doing a licensed set battle pack to feed Castle demand, they might as well do a Castle battle pack.
Which they would only do if they would have a castle theme on the shelves ;).
But anyways, a LotR Battlepack would suit for both castle and LotR fans, and among the latter, I am pretty sure there are enough aswell that do Armybuilding and/or can need some figs for displaying battle scenes etc.
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With how well the last CMF did, I would be quite surprised if we don´t see a second series.
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13 hours ago, Roebuck said:
Probably, kids would not have much interest in that I think
Well to be honest, I don´t see much difference between a LotR CMF and the D&D one in that matter ;)
8 hours ago, MAB said:I think so, partly down to the distribution of characters. They seem to be quite firm on the 12 figures per series now (Muppets, Looney Tunes, Marvel 1 and 2, D&D, series 21 onwards, I think only Disney 100 has broken it recently). I think the problem with LOTR is that The Fellowship has 9 characters, which is high compared to the core characters in other themes - HP having Harry, Ron, Hermione or Simpsons having Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa, Maggie. If they do those 9 in a series of 12, it leaves little space for anything else. Of course, they could two series to give 24 characters, but would they really use two CMF slots for LOTR? I doubt it, when it is not likely to be as popular as HP, Marvel, etc.
If they would make two, they wouldn´t be one after another and some characters like Frodo, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas and Gandalf would have to be included in both, so there would still be no 24 charactes with two series - but otherwise I do agree but that is generally a problem I see with the decreased amount of figures per series. For something like the Spiderverse series, or unlicensed ones it might be no problem, but for other licensed series, there isn´t just that much left if you make the main characters and the most important/famous/popular side characters.
5 hours ago, MAB said:I really wonder how many people do want a LOTR battle pack especially if it is generic orcs or soldiers. It seems to me it would only really sell to either people that have the original sets or people that have bought the new sets. It is not the type of thing people will buy if they don't have any other LOTR sets. In that sense, I imagine more people would like smaller LOTR sets rather than a battle pack.
I think you are underestimating the demand for such packs and more importantly, you are forgetting a whole group of people that would buy them: The Lego Castle community ;). And personally, I would totally buy such a set for Armors and Shields alone (not for full price though).
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5 hours ago, icm said:
I passed on pre-ordering the Siege Encampment in February because I didn't have the Lion Knights' Castle and the Medieval Town Square, but when I learned that the LKC and MTS were retiring this year I got an intense case of FOMO and bought them during the June double-points period for effective 10% discounts of $40 on the LKC and $23 on the MTS. Of course, that meant I had to have the Siege Encampment too.
3 hours ago, RichardGoring said:I also passed on the Siege encampment. It's great, but I just didn't think I would ever actually display it use the various mini builds. My plan is to part out the tower and maybe one tent this week through Pick A Brick. I hope it doesn't get too much over $50 though. $500 to part out the entire set seems incredible!
I was on the fence of ordering it, but was undecided. I liked the set, but then again it was another big and expensive set and I ain´t got space for it anyways. I was undecided with the Forestmen Stronghold aswell, and didn´t regret to not order it, but I kinda did with the Siege encampement - well, I actually decided to oder it, but got redirected to the wrong Lego shop where I was able to put it into the basket. Changed to the german one, but when I wanted to buy it there it said it was sold out - so really bad timing there.
So yeah, I would like to get it still, but at the same time I am not willing to pay more than it actually was sold for. Anyways, still got LKC and MTS on my list, so this year is still going to be expensive eitherway - still waiting for a nice GWP though.
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On 7/5/2025 at 10:48 AM, Yperio_Bricks said:
10 years have past and there are much more people into bricks right now.
All the other companies sell pirate sets. Just some examples: Bluebrixx offers ships and the whole modular island line, Pantasy offers the fancy and flamboyant Pirate Pub, there are brick companies I have never heared of selling pirate ships such as the Flying Dutchman and locations and even the smallest company of them all, the new Kiddicraft, sells a pirate battlepack with 5 minifigs. The question is, how all these companies can live off these pirate sets while Lego can not. So what is the answer? Would Lego Pirates sets sell so badly, that it would be a loss-making business?? A loss-making business for Lego while all the other companies make profit? And there's always POTC for Lego.
I would say the answer to this is quite easy. It is not a question whether they could make a profit with those sets, but if they would make more profit if they produce something else instead - and since we know they do a lot of research on what kids like etc., I would guess they just prefer something more modern, and probably cooler (like Ninjago) over those themes.
If we look at past sets for those themes, all of them were marketed towards adults, aside from the creator sets - which I think shows that Lego can sell those sets, even towards kids (though many adults bought them too ofc), hence we got a new castle, even though the old retired not that long ago - and maybe there will be another pirate ship too, since the last one was on the shelves for a quite long time, which would genreally speak for it selling not that bad ;).
Anyways, what I was getting at, Lego can sell them, but it is likely just not worth it for them to make it an own line - but who knows, maybe one day...
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16 minutes ago, zoth33 said:
Then Why have the BF and Lion knight stuff in the for the BDP series 8 because when that goes into production it won't be available as those sets retire at the end of this year.
Well, no idea, as I mentioned before, I wouldn´t be surprised if they get changed in the process, we will see what they are going to do with those in september when series 6 will be finalised. To me it doesn´t seem that unlikely, that they just left those in the parts pool so there are knight pieces avaiable for castles, since Lego knew there would be new knight torsos in production anyways.
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7 minutes ago, BitByBrick said:
Need a translation please… does this mean that these parts will end up either online PAB or in store BAM? Don’t want to spend a ton now if they will be available cheaper later on. Thank you
Well, noone can know for sure ofc, but there is absolutely no reason why they shouldn´t show up at PAB (unrelated to the point that they are included in BDP sets). Would expect them to hit PAB in october, but that is just a guess based on when other parts went there after their release.
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21 hours ago, zoth33 said:
Really the sheep is in a city set on the shelves now that's weird
Is it? That set is going to retire this year, so will be long gone when the sets for Series 9 go into production.
4 hours ago, Triceron said:I noticed that set doesn't even have the wool piece, which makes it only half a sheep to me.
I missed out on them on PAB the first time around, almost threw down $80 to get the barn just for sheep. Luckily I found em on Bricklink for decent price.
That wool piece was ever only in one set, but I do hope it returns someday. I think I ordered just one, would have liked to get more, but in the end it wasn´t exactly a cheap part.
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Well, the beta mould is definitely the most accurate one, size wise - all others are way oversized (though actually the baby version would even be more accurate in that matter). Aside from that the original one easily wins, just because it has way more ways to pose it, while newer versions can just open and close the jaw.
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12 hours ago, Roebuck said:
Some interesting new prints? in one of the sets also:
Looks more like stickers to me.
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On 7/1/2025 at 4:10 AM, RichardGoring said:
It would be a pretty poor move by LEGO to have one half of a pair in an extremely time-bound, limited availability set. A bonus character, fine. Smeagol was a decent example. Not critical to any of the LOTR sets at all. But Pintel and Ragetti are a pair and would be bad form to split them.
So yes, it will probably happen.
The source of the leak said not to get the hopes up for it, so I wouldn´t expect an exclusive minifigure in it.
First leaks only included 7 minifigs, now another two got added and I would totally expect that both Ragetti and Pintel are included in the set - which would be 10 minifigs, which also is what I would expect from a set of this size.
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6 hours ago, williejm said:
Lol.
I’m actually willing to bet money on them repurposing the existing shepherd pup/ wolf cub mould as a fox kit down the line. Though the fox is smaller than the others, the ‘babies’ have a limited lower size they could usefully be, and in think they’ll just use the existing one in a new colour.
Assuming we *do* get a red fox soon, what are folks thinking they will use for the body colour? I’m assuming either dark orange or the new red/orange colour. The fox costume in CMF used orange, and the Creator 3 in 1 was mostly dark orange if I remember correctly.Well, as with the wolf. for me that mould doesn´t work, but we will see - they used it for the wolf too, though it fits even less for a fox IMO.
I would guess reddish orange, that probably fits the most.
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4 hours ago, Roebuck said:
That is definitely a possibility
If not City pulls the trigger first
I hope if they do, it comes in an affordable small set.
1 hour ago, JohnTPT17 said:Or there's a fox in the January CMF.
Or, they do it like the plush from this year, and it's released in several different sets at the same time.
Yeah, but they wouldn´t make the same fox in the CMF as they would in City and Dreamzzz - I could see them including a fox pub in the CMF though and a Adult one in City and Dreamzzz (or an Arctic Fox pub in the CMF and later in City a fox family?)
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6 hours ago, SpacePolice89 said:
I hope that the new Black Pearl will have the following things:
1. Shooting cannons
2. Cloth sails
3. Hull pieces
1st is almost granted given they haven´t used non shooting cannons for years now, though of course they could still choose to use brick built ones (or just omit them completely)
2nd has even better chances I think - and the 3rd would at least explain the high price to piece ratio, so we will see.
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4 hours ago, Legoman123 said:
So just to clarify here then do we have a reliable source for them confirming it’s just seven minifigures or not?
I don´t think so.
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9 hours ago, Roebuck said:
Why?!
Are you out of points? I thought it would be easier for most people to get a insider reward than another GWP you must spend a ton of money to get?Personally, for points you always have to spend extra "money" for them, while as a GWP you get them for a purchase you would do anyways - in the end it depends on the sets you want to get - and for this year there are still some exclusives on my list that are going to retire this year - but so far none of the GWPs really were a must have to me.
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2 hours ago, danth said:
The helmets and bald heads ruin it. They look terrible!
Since it is a set for Insiders points, I won´t get it anyways, but if I would, I would switch them out for real helmets for sure.
2 hours ago, danth said:The original had the real fish bowl helmets with hair.
These pieces are still in production so Lego had no excuse here. They just cheaped out.
You got a set they are included in or a Bricklink number or anything of them?
If not City pulls the trigger first
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I wouldn´t be to surprised if she is included at least, but I seriously don´t expect them to skip Ron here, especially because he wasn´included in the manor already.
Well noone said we would get it, my point was, that the chamber and the Slytherin common room are the two things that are missing right now, which I would expecgt to happen in this system, but I also said that I would expect it for the big summer set.
Anyways I wouldn´t expect the slytherin chambers to be as crappy as the hufflepuff ones, since that one was just a very small module to make the other two modules fit - there is more room for a Slytherin oneActually I have to admit, I looked it up again and it isn´half as bad and small as I remembered and the Gryffindor Common room isn´t really that much bigger aside from including the dorm room, so yeah it will be similar to those two.Is it really that strange? I mean we had more than one buildable hedwig on the shelves aswell as the Hogwarts Express or WWW those where also different approaches on the same thing but still way closer than what we are getting now. And well coincidence? I actually think they knew when they where doing the first that they would do the other thing - or at least talked about how cool thst scene would be in minifig-scale etc.