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Fingers crossed that the leak is legitimate, because it is a BEAUTIFUL build. Makes sense for Legends to start focusing on location-oriented builds as well.

As much as I’m trying to maintain fairly grounded expectations, I really can’t wait to see the Doomsday wave. Lego Marvel’s output this year has been an astonishing improvement compared to previous years and I hope the Doomsday wave cap off the year on a high note. The Doom minifigure already makes me feel pretty hyped, they spared no expense with him.

Close enough to a 10/10 set IMO. I might just buy it and I’m not even a mega SpongeBob fan.

As an aside, I think it’s great we’re getting both the concept art minifigures and poster tiles as commemorative items for the anniversary based on whether sets are ‘normal’ Lego sets or 18+ ones. Anyway, I really need to know what the deal is going to be with the Ahsoka and Starfighter sets. Given that we still don’t have a firm release date on the former I’d love to see some sort of Double Force Friday push with merchandise for the show and film. A combined wave of sets based on both (maybe 4 from the film, and 2-3 from the show) would be a great sweet spot for next April.

I think these are wonderfully unique ideas to celebrate a milestone anniversary for Star Wars. I don’t think I’ll necessarily buy them unless they blow me away, but the concept at least sounds solid and I much prefer stuff like this to buildable slop. My remaining hopes for 2027 are as follows: - McQuarrie (TK) Stormtrooper minifigure. - Playscale Ahsoka S2 sets - A banger Starfighter wave. Some story leaks have come out from reputable sources over the past week and I’m feeling the excitement. - Ewok Village and Bounty Hunter Pursuit coming to fruition - A Stinger Mantis! Hahahahahahahahaha(sob)hahahahaha just kidding Exciting to think that there’s hopefully a full summer wave of playscale goodness next year that we don’t even know about yet. Patiently awaiting reviews for the Remnant-AT and Offworld Sandcrawler…

Damn, I guess I get it to a degree that not everyone would be able to afford (monetarily or spatially) the existing castle system so maybe a little downscaling won’t hurt. But I think I’ll check out now if the Astronomy and Clock Towers aren’t being addressed.

I think the frustrating distinction is that ‘getting Lego representation’ used to explicitly mean minifigures. Now, it’s very likely to simply mean buildable characters and that’s Lego’s way of covering them. I agree the trend is unfortunately here to stay, as much as I vehemently dislike it. With how fantastic Toy Story 5 was, I find it even more upsetting (within the context of being a fan of plastic building blocks) that there was hardly any System representation, especially without Buzz.

I missed the source on the Facebook link, so someone credible confirmed the castle system is getting revamped again? Crazy.

If this was one of the previous recent years for Lego Marvel, I would make some snarky comment how printing some lines on a black torso would absolutely bankrupt the theme’s budget. But this has been such a good year that I can’t even say that. Yeah agreed, he’s been featured prominently in one of the trailers and everyone with a pulse knows how popular Cyclops is. I’d be surprised if he isn’t in one of the other sets. Shame he’s not in the Sentinel set though, only because the display-oriented nature of the Epic Moments sets means we’ll miss out on a sick build of Cyclops unleashing his optic blasts.

I’m going to paraphrase Laszlo from What We do in the Shadows, but Lego really are the most devious b******* in New York Cit-I mean Billund. I’m not enthusiastic about McQuarrie Vader now being included with the buildable Luke rather than the Bespin Duel, but I can see the logic that including the minifigure in a non-System set probably allows it the budget to have a new helmet mould. Luke Starkiller in the Y-Wing might just make this set a guaranteed purchase for me now. Imagine displaying that and McQuarrie Vader fighting in the Tantive IV hallway! I assume he’ll use the Cad Bane rebreather piece. The vignette sounds really cool too, though given how often we’ve had its constituent minifigures I hope there’s something more to them than what’s been described. Hoorah for 18+ sets that don’t sacrifice the spirit of what Lego makes so charming in the first place! More stuff like this over the display slop please. Not to jinx things, but 2027 is sounding pretty good to me so far. My only worries are Ahsoka S2 not getting any sets and the General Skywalker figure not being a masterpiece like General Kenobi was. Given that the leakers have confirmed that the list of concept figures is not comprehensive yet, I can only imagine a McQuarrie Stormtrooper is on the cards for later in the year. But for the lineup we know of so far for 1HY27, it’s pretty awesome to get most of the main heroes / droids and Vader. @icm I know you’re trying not to jinx / draw too much attention to the fact, but major kudos to you for nearing the end of your PhD. All the best to you in the last remaining months of it

I find it ironic that the bust, a set ostensibly for those who want a display piece outside of the minifigure-affiliated playsets, just happens to have the most desirable version of the Doom minifigure anyway with the arm printing. That said, I find it weird that the head print for the Doom minifigure in the bust is different from the minifigure that leaked a few weeks ago. Maybe that was the playset version and we can still expect an arm-printed Doom in the normal playsets? The Sentinel Battle sounds AWESOME, totally called that being a set, not that it took any stretch of the imagination. Cyclops not being included is perplexing though. Wish the details for the remaining two Doomsday sets would just leak out now. Why so piecemeal?

On the topic of Delta-7b starfighters, I do wish Lego would deviate from the core build style of ‘central segment with two sides attached at an angle’. SNOT assemblies would help nail how sleek and nimble these things are supposed to look, but unfortunately when it comes to ship builds LSW tends to prefer small iterative updates rather than ground-up redesigns. 2022’s Delta-7 was a fantastic set though and very much a step in the right direction. I don’t think the ST is as of yet undergoing the retroactive resurgence in popularity the PT enjoyed a decade in (although the lack of captivating content set during that era does not help), but if Lego did choose to remake Black One, Kylo’s Shuttle, the TIE Silencer, and even the TIE Whisper, I’ve no doubt those would all sell well. I still think it’s quite painful that they went through the effort of resurrecting a Kylo Ren minifigure just to act as box art for the buildable BB-8 I’ve been mulling over the January set list, and the more I think about it the more I believe sets like Duel on Mustafar and Bespin Duel will be a new ‘hybrid’ set style that isn’t quite a playset, yet not quite a diorama either. It’s quite telling that the absence of ancillary minifigures beyond the anniversary ones will mean these sets will be very scene-focused, and I think one of the leakers (Carterbricks?) said Bespin was very ‘tall’. So hopefully we can expect some good builds that act as the definitive versions of these duels.

I’d argue the 2019 - 2021 black and white box art (or accurately box banner - box art specific to system sets has always been fantastic) of Lego greebling and minifigure art representing a set’s source content was the worst. It looked so fundamentally boring and uninspired. Whatever the new style is for next year’s box art, I hope they incorporate some gold tastefully. The Mandalorian banner this year was a great change from the usual 2022 - 2025 art style, I love it when proper artwork of actual LEGO minifigures is used. The Boba statue looks awesome, not for me but objectively one of the best buildable characters in this theme.

With the number of new themes we’re seeing every year, I’m telling myself that between that and Lego Ideas, we’re bound to get an Avatar: The Last Airbender set eventually. Seriously, a build of Appa along with the GAang, Zuko, and Iroh would make me so happy

If I had to guess, it’ll probably a diorama-esque build with the black base and some sand featuring a half-submerged Shai-Hulud travelling along the surface with Paul riding on top. An Atreides banner would add some good colour to it too. It’ll no doubt make for a beautiful display piece.