jonwil

I am surprised they are making any further HP products at this point given the controversies surrounding the franchise.

Considering that a major part of the Dune universe revolves around a highly addictive drug (the consumption of which is essential for interstellar travel) and around the war over who controls that drug, I don't see Dune as a good fit for LEGO products.

Absolutely the high demand stuff should be limited quantity. Things like animals, Castle and space fig parts etc.

More James Bond cars would be interesting as well (I think there will be many people here who would love to get their hands on that Lotus submarine)

Currently assembling Optimus (I managed to piece him together except the stickers and printed parts thanks to my collection, some parts from BL and local sellers and a bunch of parts from LEGO online that finally showed up yesterday) and its a very fun build so far. Can someone suggest a good trailer MOC to go with it that doesn't require any weird/rare/expensive parts?\ Wow Optimus looks cool (probably look cooler if I could get hold of the printed and stickered parts but that's not happening at the prices they are going for). Well worth the effort I put into obtaining all the parts :)

So many movie cars I want to see. The black Lambo from the opening scene of cannonball run. Kitt. The Chevy Lumina from days of thunder. The XB falcon from mad max. The bluesmobile. The Mack truck from convoy. The trans-am and Kenworth from smokey and the bandit. Many of these will never happen due to the content of the film in question (violence in things like mad max for example) or the licensing (getting all the licensed for days of thunder would be very hard I suspect) but they would still be cool to see.

If anything, my wish for a steam train would be a detailed US style steam train (something like the one in The Lone Ranger or Back to the Future or Wild Wild West with the big fat funnel)

Has anyone else noticed that the US flag in the Titanic set is incorrect to what it would have been at the time the Titanic sailed?

We are getting an Orient Express steam train in the Ideas line.

Doesn't look like there is anything unique in the robot polybag and it doesn't look difficult to re-create either.

One cool detail in the police academy is that (for what I think is the first time in a LEGO set) the computer in the set includes not just a keyboard but also a mouse.

Can someone who has bought the new skate park set tell me if the helmet/hair combos in that set are the same mold as https://www.bricklink.com/catalogItemIn.asp?P=54647pb03 and https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=54647pb02 or if they are a different new mold just for minidolls?

I snagged my Blactron set yesterday (thanks to some City stuff, a build-a-minifig pack, the Australian Postcard set and a Big Bird keychain) and its a great build. Would have been nice if they could have made the 3 x 6 wedge plates in trans-red again but its still a great looking set.

Snagged the police academy, emergency vehicle HQ and sports car yesterday (as part of hitting the threshold for the Blacktron GWP) and all 3 sets are full of nice parts. I love all the neon yellow across the 3 sets, the printed battery tiles in the sports car, the driver of the sports car (including the white baseball cap that was previously exclusive to the mini Adidas shoe set), the teal wheel arches and other teal parts on the ambulance, the new heads in the police academy and emergency vehicle HQ, the new police torsos in the police academy, the 3 x 3 corner plate, the nougat hair in the police academy and some of the cool stickers in the emergency vehicle HQ. Only other first-half-year City sets I am thinking about buying are the gaming truck, the ATV with the otters and the 4+ police station chase.

Scored the new bam at the dreamworld Lego store today (as part of hitting the threshold for the space gwp).

Saw the new movie today and now I want more of the sets (I own the base and helicopter set)

I wonder if Looney Tunes did well enough to get a series 2 at some point... (there are still quite a few very popular characters that never got made...)

There are definitely things I want that I could justify buying to snag the gwp, like the Australia postcard, maybe new City sets, maybe the marvel red gauntlet or the Chinese New year set with the purple airtanks.

A Captain America shield would be cool, I have the iron man helmet, hammer and gold gauntlet (and want the red one) and more buildable things would be cool.

Its clear from my previous packages that they ship orders in bulk to Australia via whatever means and then hand them off to Australia Post once they get here.

Hopefully my order (shipped 14th/15th or so) arrives soon here in Australia...

Whales of any kind would be good, as would seals, sea lions or walruses. I wonder if the mammoth will make a return or not.

Some of the sets that have less pieces than the description might otherwise suggest (e.g. car wash) could be 4+ sets.

More sonic to go with the ideas set would be awesome.

2023 might be the first year in a while where the best city set of the year is from the first half.