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I don't think the color of the hat works and his furr looks darker than it should be. Not sure what they were going for here but it doesn't really fit the live-action or anime in regards to the color scheme.

I think it had some influence at least, we got Shadow with his bike, a Shadow & Maria tile and an SA2 inspired Biolizard set. For Sonic Movie 4 we've already got Metal Sonic who'll need a re-release in a set in 2027 and perhaps we'll get a Sonic Heroes inspired Metal Overlord set featuring Neo Metal Sonic. ---

I forgot Bogard existed in the live-action, but throw him in also for more Marine related characters xD Baratie would probably still sell due to Mihawk. They started filming in late 2025 so it's possible it gets a Summer 2027 release.

@BrickBob Studpants 2023: Sonic, Tails, Amy, Robotnik 2024: Shadow, Rouge, Knuckles, Super Sonic 2025: Metal Sonic, Super Shadow 2026: Silver I'd hope we get one more character in Summer. I think Blaze would pair well with Silver. I'd hope 2027 will give us more sets and characters, with Sonic Movie 4 releasing it'll hopefully encourage them to take more risks with characters.

Honestly, disappointed with the set list. Unless we get another part of this wave we have zero chance of getting a lot of the characters. As for guesses: $29.99 - Chopper (Small Form), Dr Hiriluk. Build would be the lab they experiment with, featuring an exploding feature. Chopper in his small form, likely requiring new molded pieces, is why I'd lean to this just being two figures. $59.99 - Luffy, Smoker, Alvida, Buggy. Build would be Smokers Bike and some Circus Stalls. $69.99 - Chopper (Reindeer Form). Build would be Chopper in his tiny form. $79.99 - Buildable Dorry, Buildable Broggy, Luffy, Usopp, Nami, Zoro, Vivi, Mr.5, Mr.3, Miss Valentine. If the giants are included then they take the piece count, if not then it'd be focused on the candle trap and a tree. $99.99 - Luffy, Chopper (Human Form), Sanjii, Vivi, Dr Kureha, Wapol, Dalton, Miss All Sunday. Build would be a Castle and Sleigh. $169.99 - Garp, Helmeppo, Koby, Smoker, Tashigi, Generic Marine, Mr.9. Build is the Marine Ship featuring prison cells containing a captured Baroque Works member - Mr.9. I feel this layout would cover the primary Baroque Works antagonists: Mr.9, Mr.5, Mr.3, Miss Valentine and Miss All Sunday. Miss Goldenweek I have left out as she didnt really fight anyone. By having Choppers three forms split over the sets it'd encourage people to get them all.

@FinlayTheFaithful Sonic Movie 4 in 2027 presumably is inspired by Sonic CD & Sonic Heroes so perfect time for a few Sonic Heroes inspired sets to give us the Chaotix probably with Neo Metal Sonic. 2028 can then be focused around whatever is inspiring the spin-off Sonic movie, which is probably Shadow, so a brick-built E-123 Omega, Black Doom, etc... @spiderfan2000 @BrickBob Studpants Throw Blaze in with Silver for 2026 as part of the 20th anniversary Sonic 06 nostalgia then end the year with Super Silver also. Mephiles would be neat as his warped Shadow The Hedgehog form would be easy for Lego to do as it's just a repaint of Shadow. I'd like Mephiles' crystal form but I think that's asking a bit much and more ideal for a CMF. I'd guess He-Man

The advert opens with demonstrating all the adult responsibilities and it ends with him actively choosing to ditch all of those responsibilities, including his work uniform, and instead meet up with his coworkers to get Lego Pokemon while someone expresses concern at his actions. Trying to insult people who acknowledge the adverts content doesn't change the adverts content. Here is a popular fan commercial by John Wikstrom that encapsulates what they were going for better, the idea of revisiting your youth while also showing the passage of time such as reading a kindle as opposed to playing a gameboy. The slogan was never intended to be a chore, it's a dream, an adventure and a journey. You can have the 'Gotta catch/build 'em all' as a slogan, but pairing it with how they handled the rest of the advert and the release it makes it feel extremely manipulative. No real time to view the sets prior, released during a working day, a GWP exclusive to the larger set and in a limited number, all of it's designed to create FOMO and rush people into spending without letting them think. Even the sets themselves which really should have been focused entirely on the Pokemon include unneccessary display areas and shove multiple Pokemon together to inflate the pricing.

I'm kinda glad honestly because I'm a massive fan of Pokemon, yet none of these appeal. The closest would be Eevee, but the head is too square when it should have been handled similar to the curved body. The three fully evolved starters, each probably about £150ish individually, being shoved into a singular set with a base and calling it £580 is insane. Especially when you can still buy the three versions of each Kanto starter from Megabloks for around £40 each. Which do you choose, Nine posable and detailed Pokemon figures for £120 OR £580 for three brickbuilt Pokemon statues with barely any movement and a base. Megabloks did this and it was pretty cool, so I dont really see why Lego couldn't do this. Perhaps a mixture of molds and mixed style building techniques. The way it is currently they are not achieving the level of accuracy needed, especially for the pricing they are asking. I think its an evil tactic to depict your target audience as focused entirely on the monotony and the only thing that can save them is buying your product. 'You should ditch your responsibilities and bills because you have to buy lego' Its not simply having a sense of fun as an adults, its neglect everything else and focus entirely on buying Lego to build them all.

Pikachu looks terrible, it's stretched and elongated in varying sectors. The pose doesn't really look good when on the stand and it's about 4x more expensive than the running Megabloks version with less posability and no features. The face is the worst part of it, which is pretty much the main thing you need to get right on Pikachu, the eyes look like they are attached to a visor instead of naturally being part of the face. The mouth bending outwards so they can get the nose looks really silly, his nose is supposed to be out, not his upper mouth. The Pokeball just isnt curved enough, it's just a box with some curved segments put on it. When the entire point of the set is for display you have to nail the visuals and this just doesn't. On the bright side it means despite being a massive Pokemon fan this is an incredibly easy skip. Still hope they can nail the designs at a smaller scale with hopefully some molded pieces.

Adding these to the existing list, that gives us: 75641: 271 pcs, $30 75642: 547 pcs, $60 75643: Tony Tony Chopper - 576 pcs, $70 75644: Giants of Elbaf - 733 pcs, $70 (Lower price?) 75645: 1063 pcs, $100 75646: Garp’s ship - 1705 pcs, $170 75645 is likely Drum Island Castle. That leaves 75641 and 75642, I'd guess one is based on Reverse Mountain. Loguetown would make the most sense for the other, but they could roll the figures from that into Garp's Ship so perhaps it's Whisky Peak. I'd guess it'd have to feature some S2 figures, otherwise it simply hasn't got a lot going for it. Probably: Garp (Repeat), Helmeppo (Repeat), Koby (Repeat), Bogard, Smoker, Tashigi, Buggy (Repeat) and a Marine Soldier. They could maybe include Mihawk again because he showed up on the ship briefly and characters like Nezumi are also possible. Interested to see how they do them at that pricing. I'm guessing they'll be handled similar to 76289's Surtur (245 pieces) as opposed to full-on constraction figures. Then maybe the Tokudai Candle Service Set with the remaining pieces.

Leaning towards the statue option then as I imagine Lego would expect Iron Man statue to sell but be a bit unsure of Captain America and Thor selling individually. Pairing them together also works thematically given Captain America holding Mjolnir for example. I've not seen the apparent Helicarrier rumors, but that's definitely overdue a remake as part of the lead into the 20th anniversary of the MCU. The only reason we might not see a Marvel Modular for a while is that they'll probably be focusing on the upcomming Avengers movies and the 20th anniversary. When they do happen, my expectations would be: The Citadel at the End of Time/Castle Doom (If featured in Doomsday/Secret Wars) Oscorp (Comic Inspired) Avengers Compound Iron Man Malibu Mansion (2028 for 20th, 15th and 10th anniversary of key aspects of MCU's Iron Man history) Baxter Building (Comic Inspired) Unless we start getting Legacy Modulars in which case Doc Ock's Hideout would be a dream.

In the leak, usual place, it states that "All summer sets are Smart Play sets" which they state would "allow the Pokemon to react to the sets and each other" so it sounds like they either include them or bricks that would interact with them - which is certainly going to be a factor in how the figures and sets are designed along with the pricing.

Not heard that passed around anywhere, but if it is, I'm down for it. Last version was in 2015 and it was something I'd previously speculated on. The previous model had a piece count of 2996, so 3057 is not much of an increase... but it could definitely be refined a lot with pieces that have released in recent years. Hopefully if it is we get printed runways this time and not stickers.

I think the most logical would be one of these: Captain America & Thor Collector's Edition - Enables you to build statues of both Captain America & Thor at a similar scale to 76344: Iron Man. Iron Man was 1297 pieces, so two of a similar scale would be 2594 with the additional 400ish pieces being used for Captain America's Shield and Thor's Hammer. Avengers: Compound - A modular based on Avengers: Endgame with the primary focus being a way to include a lot of the Endgame characters in a single set, re-using practically all the recent Endgame figures. The Hulkbuster - Either the MK1 or MK2 version, but more akin to a statue with a heavy focus on its detailing as opposed to playability. A direct counter to the complaints against the previours Hulkbuster and it'd scale similarly with the Iron Man statue but not be designed to fit it inside. Though I'd personally hope that it's the Iron Man Malibu Mansion for display/figures OR Doc Ock's Hideout from Spider-man 2 for it's design.

My guess is that they skip Whisky Peak and fold characters from those into the other sets. Spoiler tagged speculation for characters:

The execution of the Pokemon will make or break this theme... but considering they apparently all have the Smart Brick I'm expecting poor quality and expensive unfortunately. Only interested in Mewtwo's Labratory at this time.

Here is all the Superhero sets we know of for April/June, for release dates I've went with JediJACPenguin's list but obviously some could be switched to June. April: 76345 - 18+ 76347 - 9+ 76348 - 9+ 76354 - 18+ (3057 pieces) June: 11209 - 4+ 11211 - 4+ 76346 - 12+ (813 pieces) 76349 - 7+ (367 pieces) 76350 - 8+ (534 pieces) Thoughts: As applicable to most the list above, these could be DC or Marvel 9+ has been used for both the 'Epic Battle' sets so it's possible that 76347 and 76348 are 'Epic Battle' collection sets, the only other 9+ rated sets recently are the Spider-Man vs. Doc Ock Subway Train Scene & Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure. 7+ sets we've had so far this year are almost all comic-inspired except for Iron Man & War Machine vs. Hammer Drones. 4+ sets normally denote the Spider-man & His Amazing Friends style sets or the junior focused stuff. If Spider-man: Brand New Day sets are happening they would likely be in either the June or August wave of sets. 76350 and 76346 would be my expectations if they are in the June wave, the inclusion of Punisher could be what has required the 12+ rating on the larger set. Would'nt be so sure about Punisher, could easily be just a torso print. I'd imagine the initial wave would be two sets with the figure list being: Spider-man Sadie Sink's character Punisher Hand Ninja's Tombstone Scorpion Bruce Banner &/OR Hulk

I've become comfortable with the idea that at least it may eventually result in some cool figures, but yeah... the movie is almost certainly going to be the worst Avengers movie. Hopefully the budget is more focused on the Epic Moments collection and Spider-Man BND this year.

My hope would be that it's a 25th anniversary CMF series for Bionicle - you could have the main characters of Mask of Light. Realistically it is probably a general celebration of Lego over the years.

I'd lean to us getting Blaze and probably a set with Super Silver. Most themes generally get 2-3 years and are extended based on popularity/sales. Unsure but I could see them do Silver, Blaze and Super Silver for 2026 and that be the end of it. If it did go into 2027 then they'd probably have loose movie/game tie-in sets based on Sonic CD/Heroes that would work with the popularity of Sonic Movie 4.

I believe the sets are releasing in January, which means we should be seeing them soon. I think a lot of other themes have been revealing early. I would'nt be surprised at this point if they are not going to get an early reveal and instead are just added to the Lego website on January and our first look at them is someone finding them on shelves early. I hope this isnt the last wave of Sonic sets, if they can keep going until Sonic Movie 4 in 2027 then maybe we'd get partial tie-in sets.

Obviously really glad that we are getting more Raimi Spiderman stuff. Venom looks cool even if I think he could have benefitted from a bit more printing. In regards to the Epic Moments, here is my expectations on how they handle Spider-man: ● Tom Hollands Spider-man - 'NWH Bridge Battle' - Iron Spider, Doc Ock, Green Goblin with Glider. Scaffolding, taxi, portal. Probably the most logical way for us to get the classic Green Goblin design and allows for a reuse of figures. ● Tobey Maguire Spider-man - 'New Goblin Attack' - Peter Parker, New Goblin, Symbiote Spider-Man. Build is a brick wall with floating debris. The only costumed fight that New Goblin gets outside of the final battle and I think they'd throw in Symbiote Spider-man as his only other full fight appearance is facing off against Sandman next to a train. ● Andrew Garfield Spider-Man 'TASM2 Clock Tower' - Spider-man, Electro, Goblin. Bunch of overlapping gears with an electric pylon. Gwen could be skipped to keep the focus on the conflict as opposed to being viewed as being about her death. I think with Rhino, Mysterio, Sandman and Venom getting some representation in the other sets in the wave, combined with the above that only really leaves out Vulture and Lizard for those wanting a version of each of the primary antagonists.

I really hope not as it's the worst idea Lego have ever had. Batteries expand over time and can be known to explode and leak and these ones are seemingly permanently in-place with no method to remove. Requires wireless recharging which degrades battery life and cause overheating issues. It's unclear what technology is actually inside the figure and there's no 'off switch' to any of it. It devalues the visuals of the figure as the warnings are printed on the figures sides. The torso is attached to the legs so the figures are not as customisable. Lego may create versions of characters using this that have never had a normal figure, meaning we miss out on the normal figures - imagine MCU Doctor Doom comes with this junk, or perhaps Symbiote Spider-man? Lego will use it as an excuse to raise prices further and keep prices raised even in sets without the AI Bricks. Lego raised prices and switched to paper bags for renewability and is now creating figures with a bunch of electronics nobody wanted that cannot be recycled and will need to be disposed of much more regularly as opposed to normal figures. I really hope that whatever sets have these don't sell, I know I won't be buying any set with those figures or 'smart' bricks. I feel this is another misguided or malicious attempt to shove technology into Lego. They know symbiote Spider-man would sell and I imagine we'll be getting a version of him by 2027 regardless thanks to Spider-man 4 and Doomsday/Secret Wars. No chance they miss out on having a symbiote suited Spider-man to help entice people to see one of those. If we get Spider-man 3 I'd imagine it'd be two sets, one focusing on Spider-man Vs Sandman during the bank van chase featuring an exclusive normal Spider-man and Sandman minifigure with partially converted sandy sections along with a bank vehicle build. The other would probably be an 'inspired by' Final Battle that rolls in all the elements featuring: Battle Damaged Spider-man - Damage to upper chest, right arm and mask. Spare head included for non-battle damaged mask and for Peter Parker head. Symbiote Spider-man - Printed arms and boots, tying with the Battle Damaged Spider-man for the figures with the most detail Venom - Printed torso, open mouth grin/snarl expression (The one he does repeatedly during the final battle) Sandman - Unsandy version, just his striped shirt and plain trousers New Goblin - Headprint is just visor and mask, printed torso and right arm, dark green/black legs, could include alternative battle damaged Harry Osborn face if desired. Mary Jane Watson - White t-shirt with tie and black legs pieces, she wears this during the final battle Gwen Stacy - Pink shirt with the jacket and black leg pieces, she wears this when awarding Spider-man. Though not featured in the final battle it'd help with balancing out the figures citizen to hero/villain roster and would be the first live-action movie-verse Gwen we've gotten. Eddie Brock - Grey shirt with black leg pieces, from when he's pulled from Venom during the final battle J.J.Jameson - Outfit from this scene. Set would be the upper segment of the construction yard with a brick-built Sandman hand, some pipes and a taxi made to look suspended in a web as the main focus of the build along with a play feature where you can put a minifigure in a construction barrel and spin them around to transform them from normal to alter-ego such as Eddie Brock Jr. into Venom.

Thanks, I'm unsure how many of these will wind up being Marvel though as I'd imagine that they'd have already allocated at least three sets to Spider-man: BND and probably an initial wave of four/five sets to Avengers: Doomsday based on concept art. I would'nt be entirely surprised if around half of those end up being DC sets, such as a comic-inspired Daily Planet, 'The Bat' with Bane & maybe Talia from TDKR (Pair with 76303) and an Expansion set for the Arkham Asylum. For Marvel I could see them going comic-inspired Baxter Building, another legacy set and at some stage potentially another D2C Hulkbuster to display alongside the buildable Iron Man. Though I'd probably be more partial to an Iron Man's Malibu Mansion for display purposes for figures.

Hopefully not as it's just another idea that disconnected higher-ups have thinking that they need to add technology to Lego in order to get kids to buy it - as opposed to just making fun creative sets at an affordable pricing. It'll just be used, like everything else, as an excuse by Lego to increase the prices - so I am expecting another price increase in 2026 regardless of if the sets include the smart brick. I'd expect that we'll see smart bricks sprinkled in specific sets to begin with. primarily in late 2026, before broadening out. The rumor is they've latched a lot of them onto the Pokemon theme, which given its nature should be a hit seller, so if they are smart they'd use public reaction from that to determine if they should include them in other themes - though naturally they'll have sets planned in advance and want to be testing the waters. For Marvel I'd imagine it'd be in four/five sets in 2026. Probably the Hulkbuster, spaceship, creature build such as the buildable Rocket Raccoon/Groot and perhaps in one of the dioramas or 18+ sets. Though given a lot of the budget and focus should in theory be going to Spider-man: BND, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars it's possible that we'll be saved from a lot of the Smart Brick until 2027. I imagine it would be 76334 if we got a Sentinel, likely a smaller version of the one we got prior featuring re-used characters from the mansion. I'd imagine Wolverine would feature, would pair nicely with the potential venomized version in 76336, and probably Magneto to add conflict and it'd sell well. I haven't been keeping track as much as previous years, so the list below is probably incomplete, but I believe that is correct for January: 76334, 76341, 76342, 76343 - with one being the Hulkbuster. I'd guess X-Men 97' Sentinel, Hulkbuster, Infinity War Titan Battle Diorama and probably another legacy set. Though honestly still hope that they revisit more of the Raimi Spider-man movies. 2026 List: January: 11206: Spidey On His Motorcycle VS. Rhino 4+ (61pcs, $9.99) 11207: Spidey: Underwater Vehicles 4+ (154pcs, $34.99) 11208: Team Spidey Pirate Ship 4+ (201pcs, $49.99) 76334: Unknown Marvel 9+ set (201pcs, $24.99) 76335: Ghost Rider Bike 6+ (72pcs, $9.99) Spider-man & Ghost Rider 76336: Venomized Wolverine With Spider-Man Car 7+ (134pcs, $19.99) Spider-man & Wolverine 76337: Miles Morales Mech 6+ (135pcs, $14.99) Miles Morales & Spider-man 2099 76338: Spider-Man & Doc Ock Mech Battle 6+ (315pcs, $29.99) Spider-man, Spider-Gwen, Doc Ock 76341: Unknown 10+ Marvel set (604pcs, $59.99) 76342: Unknown 10+ Marvel set (781pcs, $99.99) 76343: Unknown 9+ Marvel set (413pcs, $49.99) 76344: Buildable Iron Man 18+ (1297pcs, $129.99) February: 30725: Spider-man Vs Anti-Venom Heist Polybag (31pcs) June: 11209: Unknown Spider-man 4+ set 11211: Unknown Spider-man 4+ set Disclaimer: Information subject to change including names, prices, details, etc...