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Another couple of unpopular opinions for y'all The Elvis and Rolling Stones logo pictures, and the replicas of specific football grounds look impressive but they don't feel right and the reason is that they represent the kind of things that people get into when their Lego dark ages begin. They also perhaps open up a wider discussion about the countless licence agreements that TLG have entered into. They have done so on the basis that the brands in question will continue to be uncontroversial and family friendly. But if, for example, what happened at the Mestalla stadium in Valencia at the end of last season were to happen at Old Trafford or the Nou Camp, would this still be considered to be the case? Ancient Greek mythology feels like the pool that TLG is going to forever dance around, but never actually dive into.

Unpopular opinions then: Fright Knights paved the way for Fantasy Era, as well as being a hugely underrated subtheme in their own right. This is absolutely not to criticise the thought or talent that went into the Modular buildings, but the feeling they give me is one of too much chocolate cake. Looks great in the bakery window, but how are you going to feel if you eat the whole thing? I don't know if anyone has seen the shot of the unreleased jazz age/gangster theme, but it shows that these kind of buildings could have been done to the scale of other City buildings, and at a much more affordable price point. I would be quite happy if Lego released a minifig for every character JRR Tolkien ever wrote, even the ones who were so minor that they didn't even get a speaking part. And moulded versions of all the monsters and creatures. Except maybe Ungoliant, giant spiders seem to work better as brick built creatures. Taken together, the flesh tone minifigs and grey/brown colour changes were the worst decision the company ever made, and one I'd be happy to see them reverse tomorrow.

ChrisW, I haven't checked but I'm almost certain that neither the Ambassador's hat nor his torso ever appeared elsewhere. The early Pirate 'two-ended' hats were in the ballpark, but not the exact same shape. The rest of him is generic and easy to acquire, but it's the hat and torso that make him. The square medals and buttons are a great touch. A shame as his receptions are noted in society. GZ, great ideas! I would take any CMF that could fit into a Pirate setup, especially nobles, civilians, women or Armada, there were always too few of these in a line which split almost all its minifigs into factions.

Not sure I can predict what Lego will come up with in the next CMF series, but I would like to see two minifigs that previously appeared as keychains: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?G=3977b and http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?G=850744 I've been able to build the princess, though without her cloth skirt. The hair and head have appeared in other sets, the torso is (or was) available separately on Bricklink and one of the Harry Potter figs had legs that match the colour. The ambassador could have this flag as an accessory if he did appear: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3596pb03 or this one http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=3596p01

Late to this, but I do love these pictures, and would snap up these sets if they ever did appear. Here's hoping, or at least for some of the parts to appear, especially the giant red roof cones. But I also wondered that if the Europa line was test marketed before Lego decided not to produce it, are there a lucky few dozen people in Denmark who have the contents of the picture in their Lego collections? Imagine your parents giving those away for a song when you moved out Doesn't bear thinking about.

Would definitely support the idea of a theme based on ancient Greece and Rome. There are so many exciting possibilities. After Greece was conquered by the Romans, they adopted many of its ideas and aspects of its culture, architecture and mythology. So although it's clear that they were two separate civilisations in different locations, it's probably fair to say that they would be close enough in many people's imaginations (and certainly would be in Lego form) to be part of one theme. To start with, sets drawn purely from history would be mouthwatering: Roman legions with their distinctive armour, weapons and standards. Chariot races. Amphitheatres. Competitors in the ancient Olympic Games. A detailed Colosseum with various gladiators and animals. The Roman emperor. Classical statuary. All the architectural pieces such as columns, pediments, domes and keystones, to enable structures such as temples, villas, arches, the forum and so on. Then you move into Greek mythology, with its fabulous range of gods and goddesses, heroes and monsters. Imagine Zeus, Aphrodite and Athene, Perseus and Heracles, Pegasus and the Minotaur, all rendered in Lego. The home of the gods on Mount Olympus, a range of giant figs (maxifigs?) to represent the Titans and the Cyclopses. Each set could tell a story, so smaller as well as larger sets could appear. Apollo's chariot, Persephone in the underworld, Perseus, Andromeda and the Gorgons, the twelve tasks of Heracles. The really epic stories such as the Iliad, the Odyssey and Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece, could spin off into mini-lines of their own. Exciting possibilities indeed!

Really looking forward to these sets, and to the movie, which surely can't be any worse than the third one in the series. The Queen Anne's Revenge (Blackbeard's flagship, not his only one) looks fantastic, and London Escape looks interesting too. I've always liked the idea of 'civilian' land-based Pirate-era sets, and minifigs which are not specifically pirates or soldiers. During the first wave of pirate sets, I always wished Lego would swap the colours of the omnipresent Cap'n Redbeard to give us Blackbeard with a red outfit. Could this be about to happen? I wonder if this or future POTC episodes will see an appearance by the Spanish navy. Then the Lego Armada might sail the high seas once again! The only drawback is flesh-toned minifigs. I still haven't got used to these. I wish Lego would offer the heads in yellow as an alternative, even if they are not used in box art or publicity material.

These little scenes are so clever! My favourite is probably the Blitz scene in the British history one, I like the way the cone piece has been used for two completely different things in the same picture. How about doing the history of Russia and the Soviet Union next? Plenty of interesting scenes to build there!

If we see Jango again, I suspect (and hope) that it will be in a Geonosis Arena playset, with creatures, stands, other VIPs etc. Lego seems to be getting into these big 'location' playsets, and the Episode 2 sets are probably next in line to be updated after the run of Episode 1 updates a couple of years back. On a similar theme, a really big Jabba's Palace would be nice. The old one wasn't as big as it could have been, as well as missing out the Rancor and several other creatures and minifigs, so here's hoping.

Apologies if I've been a tad slow, but I've only just noticed that it's Chancellor Palaptine rather than Emperor. He's one of the minifigs I've wanted to see for some time, but never really thought we'd get. Sounds promising!

I don't know very much about the world of Batman, so most of these suggested villains' names don't mean anything to me But I'm surprised that we haven't seen Batgirl or Commissioner Gordon yet, as they were in the 90s series of movies. And how about a pack of Gotham police vehicles and officers, perhaps styled after those in Batman Returns, otherwise Batman and the boy wonder will be in real danger of being hopelessly outnumbered! But I would support the ideas of villains' hideouts which riff on their characteristics, ie giant playing cards for the Joker, a greenhouse for Poison Ivy etc. Could be fantastic parts packs

I wondered about this, because I know I do. In fact, my usual Lego dream is the only recurring dream I have. In the dream, I'm always in a shop where I've found some sets that I didn't know existed. (Even in the dream, I remember which sets Lego released, so I always know when I've 'found' some new ones). The sets are always classic Castle in an 80s style, with the yellow 'sunset' background on the box. So then I get all excited and 'think' to myself 'I've got to get these before I wake up'. And of course that's always the point at which I wake up. Even though I sometimes get as far as getting out the money to pay for them, I never reach the point of buying the sets. My latest Lego dream was different however. This time, I was reading a catalogue and saw a different, much bigger version of the Guarded Inn. It was a different shape and lacked that set's fortified parts, but it had all four walls in the distinctive red and black, the roof made up of black slope bricks, and was listed as 'tavern' or 'inn' in the catalogue, which had it down as being released in 1984. I suppose the closest waking events to these have been finding much-desired, out of production sets on shop shelves (which has happened for me a couple of times, but not for many years, and one of which was the Guarded Inn) and discovering on Lugnet the existence of all those superb Castle sets which were never released outside the States, and of which I was totally unaware until the internet came along. So there they are. I hope nobody finds this post too boring or self-indulgent, but since we're all into Lego, I thought it would be a good place to share. I would be intrigued to read about any Lego dreams that anyone else has had.

It's a shame if there's not going to be an interior, but as long as there's plenty of room to MOC one, that's fine by me. The cockpit was always the main reason I held back from buying the Falcon in the past, and covering it might be a bit tricky if the transparent parts don't exist to do the job. But if this a display model, might there not be a canopy in the finished set? BTW, I love the shots of those guys gazing rapt at the model, while simultaneously preparing to take pictures of it. They're in love *wub*

Erm, as it says really. They're not in my 1996 catalogue, and until the advent of the internet I didn't know they existed. It wouldn't surprise me if they weren't-some really peachy Castle sets seem to have been US-only :-( See also Forestmens Crossing, Smuggler's Hayride etc, and especially Knight's Challenge *wub*

With the original trilogy remakes well under way, and the first ones from Episode 1 due later this year, I wonder which sets, that have yet to be remade, will reappear in the future. AT-AT: Every chance of this one coming again. It was hugely popular first time round, and there's scope for expansion with the inclusion of a second pilot, a commander and a walkway through the neck of the craft. Tie Bomber and Interceptor: Not so sure. The existing sets do the job well, and they don't need any more minifigs than just the one pilot. That said, they might turn up in a 'fleet' set. Droid Escape: Strange that this hasn't appeared already. Maybe Lego are saving it to rerelease as part of a huge Blockade Runner (remember there was a UCS one before). Perhaps next time it will include a hatch, so that having escaped from Darth Vader, the droids can then escape from their escape pod X-D Skyhopper: So marginal that I'd be surprised if we saw it again, unless it came as part of a Lars homestead set. Jabba's Palace: This could be trebled in size and still not cost more than the sandcrawler. With a Rancor, Oola, Salacious Crumb, 8D8 and a couple of new cronies for Jabba, a new version of this would have selling points aplenty. Ewok Attack: The speeder bike was a redesign, the glider and the catapult might feature in an Ewok village set, if Lego ever release such a thing. Sith infiltrator: Highly likely IMO. The first one looked very blocky, and Darth Maul hasn't been available for years. AAT: yes please. Flash speeder: another very marginal set, which doesn't have the bonus of being a 'battle' craft. And I think Lego did it very neatly first time around. Cloud car: To judge from Bricklink, this wasn't a strong seller, so Lego may decide against a remake. Podrace/Watto's junkyard: A wealth of colourful and varied parts, a chance to design some different racers, new pit droids, a Sebulba (or is it Gasgano?) that doesn't look like a breakfast cereal giveaway, a stand with Jabba's VIP box and the prospect of being able to charge a pretty penny for the whole thing...if I worked for Lego, I'd be designing this already ;-) Sail Barge: erm, it's only just been released. And if Lego do decide to remake it, it would have to go some to compare to BaronSat's version. I've got the instructions, and I can't wait to have all the parts. Cantina: as with Jabba's palace, a lot of scope for a bigger building and more minifigs. Maybe the speeder would be dropped to make way for them. On the subject of playsets, the only really big one that we've had so far is Cloud City. I wonder whether Lego are saving them up and preparing to astound us by releasing them in quick succession. Here's hoping! The Hoth one is rumoured to be on its way, and others could include the Theed palace, pod racecourse, Geonosian arena and droid factory, Ewok village, Jabba's palace, the bridge of the ship on which Anakin killed Count Dooku (can't remember its name), the senate chamber and the hideaway where Anakin slaughtered the Separatist leaders. And one final thought about the new droid arms; who's planning to upgrade all their existing tan battle droids? And will the same thing happen with the sand red ones, and other non 'battle' droids, and what about IG88, who appeared only last year?