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I'm fine with the increased number of sets. There's just too much Star Wars content now with the OT, PT, ST, Anthologies, EU and various TV shows that just having one or two waves of sets per year isn't really enough to cover them.

The new Batmobile is absolutely amazing! Definitely going to be an instant buy.

Vicki Vale is a pleasant surprise. I too was expecting we'd only see Batman and Joker. All three minifigures look great and I'm glad that we're finally getting the characters from the 1989 film.

Not mine - but for anyone doubting it couldn't be done...

I think the existing pilot torso is fine to be used on both genders. The flightsuits are meant to be baggy and they didn't bother giving curves to either Paige or Tallie's minifigures. Its also worth pointing out the Sandspeeder Gunner shares the same torso as the pilot despite being a man. I don't think the hip indentations are intended to be because its a woman but because of the side straps pinching the uniform. I agree Jess Pava would be an awesome minifigure. Charal (the witch above) too.

I don't think it will have an impact at all. The sets from Rebels sold poorly but that didn't affect the Lego Star Wars brand as a whole. They simply phased the show out from the toy line up and focused their attention on other areas of the Star Wars universe.

Cap and Thor's new minifigures look pretty good but I'm also not keen on the design of the AIM Soldier. I prefer their more traditional hazmat look.

The battle damage detail looks nice and the leg printing is an improvement. Overall its a decent minifigure but the decision to stick with using dark orange for the hair/beard color does make it feel a little outdated when there are more accurate colors to pick from.

Hawkeye looks great! Probably my favorite minifigure variation of him yet. The Spider Noir figure looks pretty cool too.

The new T-16 Skyhopper Pilot looks nice. Face, torso and helmet all have updated printing.

I think it will just be Rey that's absent. Kylo Ren's TIE Fighter is supposed to be one of the three Microfighters coming out next year.

The new Anakin figure looks pretty good overall. The printing for the torso is much more detailed now and the 2018 legs go perfectly with it. The only downside is it reuses the Clone Wars hair piece when there are better options out there but at least they've toned the color down to a lighter brown.

What's cartoony about the existing hair piece? It matches up to the live action version just fine.

I think it depends on the direction of the Disney+ series. There may not be much reason to revisit the anthology films if much of what's missing ends up reappearing in the upcoming TV shows. The Cassian Andor series in particular is already tied to Rogue One and could easily bring back many characters from the film including Saw Gerrera.

For anyone after the new Rise of Skywalker sets - David Jones already has them out on shelves with their 25% off sale still running until Monday.

Hasbro is also releasing a toy of Poe's new X-Wing and the figure included has the same flight suit as before. Even the black helmet remains unchanged. I don't think there's anything indicating he'll have any major costume changes in the movie apart from the flight suit and Nathan Drake cosplay. A character working among spice runners sounds like a solid candidate for a "spicy character".

The 89 Batmobile looks awesome! Hopefully it will be released to the general public, but even if it isn't the parts are common enough that it will be easy to Bricklink once the instructions are out. Batman's new cape/cowl combo looks absolutely amazing! By far the best version of the black batsuit yet!

Shame there will only be one new minifigure in the X-Wing. Would have been nice to get an additional Resistance character (I suppose there's still the inevitable Resistance B-Wing for that). Hopefully we won't have to wait long to find out who the mystery character is. Its only a matter of time for Jannah to show up with how prominent she is in the recent merchandising.

The seating around the Dejarik table is one area I thought they improved on. It seats one extra minifigure and captures the round shape better than the TFA Falcon, while also being located in a better position than the one on the Kessel Run Falcon. The only set that did a better job with it is the recent UCS Falcon. The build for the chair by the computer console is also well done and not as bland as previous iterations.

Video review for the Falcon is up on Youtube. Seeing the new one next to the Force Awakens version really shows how much they've improved the shape of the ship to become much more accurate. Moving the cockpit has also made better use of the interior space in that area. Its not without flaws though. Although the gaps between the panels have been fixed there are still plenty new ones in other areas (between the roof and mandibles, next to the cockpit, behind the top of the front center panel, a few on the floor). The new hyperdrive build is also VERY basic compared to its predecessors.

I don't think Padme is expected to play a part in any of the upcoming story arcs (Bad Batch, Ahsoka's Walkabout and Siege of Mandalore). Seeing her appear in a Clone Wars set next year seems pretty unlikely to me. Although I don't have an issue with another TPM/Geonosis figure down the line. Theed Battle and Droid Factory variants are just as important as a Mustafar one being that they're her main action outfits.

Someone on Reddit compiled a pretty comprehensive list of all the IPs that are allowed and not allowed: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GKyJjtA3bFOaJ3MjCfbYsoRDqrjz5f2NRd6nGVx_wEM

I thought Lego's CGI version was a good compromise between the two. The fin was closer to ROTS, but having the open face makes it easy to switch between TPM/AOTC style with a printed face or ROTS version with a plain black head. If the Senate Guard could only be done once, that would be how I'd like to see it. Still I'll update the list to include both versions.

Very interesting tool. Useful not only for submitting projects but also getting an idea where the company stands with certain brands. Going through their library of inactive IPs it looks like they're accepting submissions for more than half of them. Allowed Avatar: The Last Airbender Beetlejuice Bob the Builder DC Superhero Girls Indiana Jones Knight Rider Mission Impossible Pirates of the Caribbean Portal Scooby Doo Sonic the Hedgehog SpongeBob SquarePants The A-Team The Goonies The Lone Ranger The PowerPuff Girls The Simpsons Thomas the Tank Engine Not Allowed Adventure Time Back to the Future Doctor Who Ghostbusters The Big Bang Theory The Hobbit The Lord of the Rings The Wizard of Oz Not Yet Evaluated Gremlins Prince of Persia