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At least we have a pre-existing minifigure for him even if that is from a set so many years old now.

Oh, hearing that I'm reducing my expectations. As nice as it would be to see an actual enchanted ceiling, now it sounds like it could just be the Mirror of Erised after all. It was included in the one before the Chamber of Secrets Great Hall anyway so I could see them bringing it back especially since it's themed to the first movie.

It just dawned on me that this is the first Great Hall to actually feature an enchanted ceiling.

That's good to hear. I'm sure we'll follow his exploits in space the way S2 always ended every episode with a few minutes on Xavier and Magneto trapped in the Savage Land.

I'm definitely expecting Xavier as well. Unless it turns out there's some sort of GWP that may include him instead. I'm also expecting Magneto, if not a reuse then of him in his classic red and purple costume. I feel like they'll complete the main cast so definitely Jean, Gambit, and Jubilee. Gambit is a fan favorite anyway so it would be hard to exclude him. And I can see Morph being included because he's also a fan favorite and because that generic yellow and blue X-Men uniform seems like an obvious one to make. Beyond that, I think we could get either Bishop or Sunspot but not both. I do feel like we'll get one of them because the racial optics of excluding both wouldn't look good. I'm sure Wolverine and Beast will be reused. They'll probably skip Storm and Rogue. Cyclops can go either way but if he was included, I wonder if they would upgrade his legs to feature an actual yellow belt and leg printing. Honestly, I feel like they can skip villains but I can see from a play point of view why it would be necessary to include at least one villain especially since the only other villain we have so far is the Sentinel. Maybe this is where they'll throw in Sinister since he's the big bad. If Xavier is being included, even though he's not in the show, maybe they could get away with it by featuring Xavier as the X-Men's leader and villain Magneto instead of his reformed version like in the X-Jet set. I don't see Iceman showing up, regardless of whether or not he's one of the Amazing Friends. I haven't heard anything about him being in the show. I posted sometime back about some characters who were confirmed to show up (Colossus, Magik, Longshot, and Havok), but Iceman wasn't one of them. His inclusion would be as random as Deadpool being part of the set. Iceman's best chance is for a future Spider-Man set that features him as a guest character.

I think the problem with a skyline set for Spider-Man is that there's no iconic skyline besides NYC which is as generic as it can get. Batman has Gotham City with its dark, noir atmosphere plus all the easter eggs from the show. For Spider-Man, it would just be a generic skyline but with Spider-Man zipping around and maybe his enemies in the air. Also for the Batman set, it's specifically stylized on the 90s show which also gives it a particular look. Agreed, the X-Mansion from the 90s show has a radically different look. Most people take the X-Mansion from the movies to be the default and the comics in the 2000s did change to match but it's important to remember that the 90s X-Mansion is from a completely different era. It doesn't just have a different exterior but even the interior will have little in common with the iconic X-Mansion from the movies. Cerebro does not have a special spherical chamber, it's just a machine. There are no classrooms because the X-Mansion isn't a school in the 90s show (or the comics in that decade either). Characters will be completely different because this theme is based on the show. Morph would never show up in an X-Mansion set based on the comics or movies, but he's a fan favorite of the 90s show and heavily involved in the marketing and merchandise for this new one. I can't imagine the X-Mansion set wouldn't feature him or Bishop. Snubbing Jubilee seems unlikely either since she was the main POV character of the original 90s show, one of the most iconic, and also adds Asian representation, so she's another character I would be shocked to see not included.

The embarrassment emotion would probably require need to be a bigfig. But based on the set price and description, if we even get 2 minifigs, we should count ourselves lucky. I'd like to see the five core emotions get minifigs at least.

Do you mean like a skyline set or something based off of the 90s animated series?

The set is nice looking but the $300 price tag is shocking. I don't think I could ever justify that for this type of set. Especially with only 4 minifigures. This is definitely where there should have been at least a dozen or so minifigs.

I actually would like to see another Grey Lady minifigure but one based on her appearance in the first two films rather than Deathly Hallows. She had a way more intricate dress design in the first movies.

I wonder if it's possible we could ever get an X-Men related advent calendar. Especially considering the 90s show had a holiday-themed episode. But I guess between the MCU and Spider-Man, Marvel knows those two have more appeal and widespread recognition for an advent calendar compared to a TV show.

I hope this Great Hall will not only have all four tables placed parallel to each other but also have enough room for multiple teachers at the back. I feel we've never gotten that definitive Great Hall set since most are always cramped and not tall enough for my taste. I wonder if it may have been better for the set to just focus on the Great Hall itself and not other rooms like the Potions classroom and Hufflepuff common room. That being said, I'm glad that classrooms and common rooms are a part of the Hogwarts castle again. The modular system, as much as I enjoyed that, really skimped on classrooms. We never got one again after the first Great Hall/Chamber of Secrets set. Also glad to see the troll finally included. The Hufflepuff common room underneath the Great Hall makes me wonder if there was ever any consideration to include the kitchens underneath too. As for Madame Malkin's Robes, I hope it's not too incompatible with the D2C Diagon Alley sets. Surprised Draco was not included considering his first appearance in the books is in this shop.

I never realized that the Legacy set was a Lego Ideas set. That does make me rethink if Ares will get any Lego tie-ins. I know the Tron sequel has been many years in the making with lots of cancellations and revamps which reminds me a bit of the tumultuous history that Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny had and it didn't seem like Lego had any faith in making products for that sequel either. At least we got tie-in sets for some of the original movies though but Indiana Jones was already an established Lego franchise before that, with its own video games to boot. I also remember hearing that the Tron Uprising show was cancelled, not because it wasn't successful, because it was actually popular, but the problem was that it was only popular with adults and not enough with kids. And Disney wanted kids to watch it so that they can sell merchandise and toys. That didn't happen so they cancelled the show after one season. If Disney already feels that Tron doesn't sell toys, I can see Lego skipping Ares. It's funny the Disney movies that did get Lego sets like Prince of Persia and Lone Ranger though. All your ideas for sets for the classic movie sound great. What a shame that Star Wars and Indiana Jones can get so many sets from their original movies but not Tron. Even one collectible set, like the Batman 1989 set, to commemorate the original film would be nice. Maybe the best way to get a Tron set would be for someone to submit a Lego Ideas submission based on the original movie and for that to get accepted. I especially love the ideas for Flynn's Arcade, Sark's cruiser (whatever size it would end up being), and the final battle against the MCP with a large brick-built Sark. The solar sailor I feel would be a favorite.

With Tron: Ares being announced for 2025, I'm wondering if we'll get sets for that since we did for Tron: Legacy. I would actually like to see a minifigure for the classic Tron.

Those are superb! Thanks for sharing! I remember browsing through the different submissions for that contest and there were so many wonderful choices but that one really is inspired. I would love to see storybook sets like that on the classic Walt Disney Princesses with them in their peasant dresses. Same for Ariel, Belle, and Jasmine.

Yes, that's true for Mary Poppins. I had no idea that there could be a licensing issue with the MGM Oz movie. WB has the rights to The Wizard of Oz and they've never had a problem with Lego adapting their other properties like the Looney Tunes, DC and LOTR. I did think it was odd though that last year for WB's 100th Anniversary they never considered making a special Oz set. Maybe there is some merchandising issue with licensing because I remember a few years back there was lots of rumors and speculation about Oz sets. I would love to see a whole CMF series on Oz with the different types of munchkins plus the characters you listed. Dorothy could get her new hairstyle from the Emerald City. If the wishing well in the Snow White set had been its own separate GWP, i wonder if we could have gotten a minifig for her in her rags. And yes, I thought the CMF could have given us Aurora as Briar Rose and the Maleficent set could have featured her in her princess gown (preferably blue). Wouldn't it be more expensive to repackage a set? Oops I'm so sorry, it is BTS Jimin! I'm actually using the Cedric head for my custom Tarzan and got them mixed up when I was writing out the parts. Cedric has the lines on his face to portray the angular nature of Disney's Tarzan's face without making him look too old. The cocky grin for Jimin seemed perfect for John Smith and has matching brown eyebrows as well (I saw a custom John Smith using Luke's face but John Smith doesn't have blonde eyebrows and his face isn't that naive and innocent either). The hairpiece Jimin used could also work for John Smith but in bright light yellow if the Thor hair isn't preferable. I'm also using BTS Suga's head for Cinderella's prince, Henry. I thought Henry and Florian looked awful with the heads Lego gave them, way too old looking. Suga's head is generic enough and even has a rather practiced but bored alternate face that suits Henry when he's bored at the ball. For Florian, I'm using Frodo's head from Rivendell because he looks young and boyish enough to match Snow White. The alternate face doesn't have much use unless you consider him cursed by the Evil Queen though.

Probably The Hunchback of Notre Dame since we're getting an Architecture set for Notre Dame. With that covered, I wouldn't expect to see any other locations or scenes from the movie that could get their own set. A CMF or variety type set (like a parade set) would be the best way to get Quasimodo and Esmeralda. Or maybe another villains icons type set to get Frollo or whatever the set would be themed after. Speaking of Bambi, I'd love to get Thumper and Flower. As well as Timothy Mouse from Dumbo. Wish we had more animal characters including Simba, Timon, Pumbaa, Figaro, Jaq, Gus, Abu, Meeko, Percy, Pongo, Perdita, Lady, Tramp, etc. If Disney movies got regular waves of sets like Star Wars and Harry Potter does, a village set for BATB could be likely in the Diagon Alley style. But considering we're lucky to get a few sets from specific films, if we ever did get a BATB set, it would probably be the ballroom scene. I also think Lego is probably done with Disney cottages for now. Maybe in a few years we could see Briar Rose's cottage or Belle's. Another good reason to portray a scene like Gaston's failed marriage attempt is we could get a new Gaston in his wedding suit. Honestly, I'd love to see a full-scale Beauty and the Beast castle like the Disney castles we've gotten so far. That way, it could feature every major room from the movie so we don't have to pick and choice between the ballroom, library, dining room, West Wing, etc. For minifigs, we could also get the enchanted objects in human form. Some stained glass pieces as well from the beginning or ending of the movie.

It's probably the most iconic family film after The Wizard of Oz and Oz never got any sets either, so I wonder if that indicates that Lego thinks these films wouldn't be able to sell standalone sets. This year is actually the anniversary for a lot of Disney classics besides Mary Poppins including Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King (also Tarzan but Disney doesn't have the rights for that anymore). We're getting Sleeping Beauty and Lion King sets this year so maybe fingers crossed for Mary Poppins or at least the announcement of the Lego Ideas set being approved. Good point about Jolly Holiday. In fact, when Barbie did a line of Mary Poppins dolls many years ago, they also stuck with the Jolly Holiday theme for Mary Poppins, Bert, and the Banks Children. You could easily make a carousel set out of it with the horses. Throw in some penguin waters or the band. Maybe they could even power the carousel to make it rotate on its own?

It would be interesting if Disney could get a D2C set every year depending on how well this one sells. We've also been lucky that we've had four Disney submissions made into sets from Lego Ideas between Steamboat Willie, Winnie the Pooh, Hocus Pocus, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. Of course, that isn't including the ones rejected (some over and over) like Ratatouille, Aladdin's Friend Like Me, Lilo & Stitch, Monsters Inc, etc. Right now, there's a Mary Poppins set based on Cherry Tree Lane up for review but it's also been rejected in the past before. I've always wanted a Mary Poppins set and minifigures so I hope it gets approved but I also think the original submission was far superior. That one focused entirely on the 1964 classic. This new one, to justify another entry, incorporated Mary Poppins Returns and I can see that hurting it in the long run. That film was a flop and left no impact on audiences. Even Disney cancelled their Mary Poppins Epcot expansion afterwards so I can see the sequel's inclusion in this set hurting it. For example, Glynis Johns' Mrs. Banks was in the original submission but she was removed from the new one to make way for sequel characters. There's something particularly irksome about taking away the mother of the Banks children for a bunch of sequel nobodies, especially when the film's entire theme was about reuniting a family but then we might not be even able to that in the actual set. It feels even more out of touch considering Glynis Johns just passed away two months ago at the age of 100, so if the set does get approved, I hope Disney/Lego retools it to being just based on the original film again. So as to what sets we could expect next, I feel the following are the most likely: Geppetto's Workshop from Pinocchio Mad Tea Party from Alice in Wonderland Ballroom diorama from Beauty and the Beast Cherry Tree Lane from Mary Poppins The Jolly Roger from Peter Pan (especially since there's been a lot of requests for a Disney pirate ship and Lego seems to love going back to Peter Pan. What people really want is a revamp of the Black Pearl from POTC but until there are more POTC movies again, I don't see that happening. And even if we do get more POTC movies, they likely won't feature Jack Sparrow anymore since Johnny Depp said he refuses to work with Disney again when they didn't support him, so I can see a new movies without him getting the Dial of Destiny treatment and no sets assuming those movies are ever even made). BATB has so many iconic scenes that you can get away with making just about any of them into a diorama or set. The ballroom but also the West Wing, dining room, library, etc. I could even see a village set like the Medieval Market Village, featuring Maurice and Belle's cottage, Gaston's tavern, the bookshop, the bakery, etc. with a bunch of minifigs based on the villagers like Belle, Maurice, Gaston, LeFou, the Bimbettes, the librarian, and the baker. You could throw in lots of animals too like the sheep at the fountain, the pigs and chickens at Belle's farm, and of course Philippe the horse. Maurice's contraption that Chip uses at the end to save Belle and Maurice from being locked up in the cellar could also find a place here.

Meeko is a walkaround character in the Disney Parks, like Tinker Bell, Jiminy Cricket, Chip and Dale, so that is a possibility. Although so is Pluto and we didn't get a full minifigure for him. Personally I'd prefer a smaller version for Meeko and also Percy to match. It would be nice to see some birds appear in Lego form as well like Flit, Scuttle, Zazu, Iago, and Maleficent's raven Diablo. Until we get an official John Smith minifigure, I would recommend this MOC design for him because you can more or less replicate him with all official pieces. bright light yellow hair from Thor cocky grin face from Cedric Diggory/Solo medium blue armor chestplate (never seen this in a set but it's available in this color on BL. You can also use the traditional silver/gray armor which also does the trick but I feel like using that makes him come across less like Disney's John Smith and more like a custom minifigure) bright light blue torso from Fleur Delacour (it's hard to tell in the photo but it's a lighter shade of blue than the armor. It's the color of Cinderella's minifigure whereas the armor is the color of Stitch, Genie, and Alice). legs from Oswald

Finished building the cottage set. It truly looks lovely especially next to Winnie the Pooh's house. Space is a bit cramped inside though so it's hard to place the dwarfs around, like in their beds or at the dinner table. There seems to be a trend of the character's names being hidden. Like the flowers around Snow White's coffin almost completely cover up her name on both sides. The dwarfs' names on their beds are also barely visible because Doc's bed covers most of them. Two other small nitpicks are that the wishing well could have been a bit higher (an easy fix) or that Grumpy's hat I feel is too light a brown. Hope that piece ends up coming out in more colors.

At least TROS got some merchandise. Dial of Destiny didn't even get one single Lego set.

It's only available on Day 1 for VIP members so for the first few days it definitely won't be available at other retailers. Not sure about afterwards. Also review is up for anyone who wants a closer look at the set. I'm glad Snow White's name on the coffin and Grumpy's name on the pie are printed pieces. https://www.brothers-brick.com/2024/02/22/lego-disney-43242-snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-cottage-a-beloved-classic-review/#comments

Finally found an image of what's on the right side of the fireplace. It's the stocking that Snow White finds when she first enters the cottage. There were stockings draped over the fireplace as well before she cleans up.

Good reminder about a horse! I'll have to add that to my list.