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Scarilian

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  1. Updated List: 76345 - 18+, $49.99 April 76347 - 9+, $49.99 April 76348 - 9+, $99.99 April 76354 - 3057 Pieces, $369.99 April (Seen a few sites shift to reporting this as June) 76346 - 'Spider-man Figure', 12+, 813 Pieces, $99.99 June 76349 - (Spider-man), 7+, 367 Pieces, $49.99/$59.99 June 76350 - (Spider-man), 8+, 534 Pieces, $89.99 June 76352 - (Avengers: Doomsday), $109.99 June 76340 - Advent Calendar, Usual Pricing September 76339 - $69.99 Unknown Release 10464 - Duplo Spidey's Team Headquarters $49.99 Unknown Release 40880 - Avengers Doomsday Brickheadz Set As always, all information relayed is subject to change, don't take it as confirmation. Recent info from Lego_minecraft_goat. Also I've seen some speculation that the April sets are Avengers: Doomsday sets that may have originally been scheduled for April when the movie was at one stage intended for a May release. If so they could be rescheduled to later in the year. Buy what you specifically like, but don't force yourself to buy sets you haven't got interest in. You don't need to switch to a new theme solely so you are buying Lego.
  2. Update from Lego_minecraft_goat combined with release dates from Jedijacpenguin's list: 76345 - 18+, $49.99 April 76347 - 9+, $49.99 April 76348 - 9+, $99.99 April 76354 - 3057 Pieces, $369.99 April 76346 - 'Spider-man Figure', 12+, 813 Pieces, $99.99 June 76349 - (Spider-man), 7+, 367 Pieces, $49.99/$59.99 June 76350 - (Spider-man), 8+, 534 Pieces, $89.99 June 76352 - (Avengers: Doomsday), $109.99 June 76340 - Advent Calendar, Usual Pricing September 76339 - $69.99 Unknown Release Interesting the Avengers: Doomsday set is listed as June currently via other sites, I wonder given the pricing if it's a Doctor Doom Figure which could explain the early release as a figure based on Doctor Doom would'nt necessarily spoil the movie. The lack of detail regarding 76345, 76347, 76348 and 76354 is interesting though, even if the speculation is correct and the D2C is a Helicarrier, what would they be surrounding it with? My hope is that the other three are Epic Moment Collections though. Obviously we'll probably get more sets later on in the year, Avengers: Doomsday in particular is definitely not going to just have a single set. Probably so. The price per piece is absolutely horrific though... 367 Pieces for $49.99? 534 Pieces for $89.99??? What is in these sets to justify these prices or are Lego hoping that people will just buy it anyway.
  3. @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
  4. I'm 50/50 on whether I'll aim for all the Epic Moments collection, hopefully one or more of the April sets is from that to help me decide. I really like the Spider-man 3 set and I'm curious what else the line will give. Got the AoU: Hulkbuster fight, it is definitely the weaker of the two. The The 'Airport/Bridge' sign should have been printed. Just a lot of stickers in general. Floating display concept is neat but you can't replicate the more iconic first punch or shooting repulsor blasts. The lack of joints is frustrating for posing and makes the Hulkbuster look more like it's doing a Sumo Wrestler pose. Iron Man minifigure is cool, glad it's fully printed, only one of the Tony Stark faceprints is appropriate, the other should have been the heads-up display.
  5. February 8th is Superbowl - with Spider-man: Brand New Day and Avengers: Doomsday teasers/trailers apparently. Febuary 14th-17th is New York Toy Fair where some of what was shown behind-the-scenes at London Toy Fair will be publically revealed The D2C could be revealed either at NYTF or kept for a reveal in late March. The other sets could either be shown off at NYTF or randomly revealed by Lego sometime. I've betted on NYTF in the past for reveals when we've had droughts like this but Lego decided to focus on other themes. I'd hope we get more details on the April sets soon though. I'm still leaning to one being an Epic Moments set and one being a Final Battle set. @brickbrideWell guessed. Spider-man, Hulk, Punisher, Sadie Sink's character, Scorpion, Tombstone. Maybe a generic guard or villain goon also. Then probably a spoilery set if information floating around is accurate about the final battle. As much as people want a bunch of the villains that are rumored, it's possible they are just adapting the discarded Raimi Spider-man 4 concept of having us see a montage of Spider-man beating villains.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. It's the info we know on one of the sets that it'll be a 'Spider-man figure', presumably similar to the recent Iron Man statue-like figure. People are speculating the figures design will be based on the Brand New Day suit. I'd imagine at least two sets initially - probably Spider-man, Punisher & Hulk in one with Spider-man, Sadie Sink's character, Scorpion and Tombstone in the other. Then maybe another set later in the year.
  10. April 76345 - $59.99, 18+ (Marvel?) 76347 - $59.99, 9+ (Marvel?) 76348 - $99.99, 9+ (Marvel?) 76354 - 3057 pieces, 18+ (DC/Marvel?) June 2026 11209 - Spider-man set, 4+ 11211 - Spider-man set, 4+ 76346 - 'Spider-man Figure' 813 pieces, $99.99, 12+ 76349 - 367 pieces, 7+ (DC/Marvel?) 76350 - 534 pieces, 8+ (DC/Marvel?) 76352 - (Marvel?) Unknown: 76339 (Marvel?) Hopefully we get more info on the April sets soon. Yeah it is a little odd @Clone OPatra we getting a new one? Same, managed to get it recently. I'm glad the tile is printed, so I may eventually use it for displaying a custom battle area for the characters. I'm probably going to order a New Goblin as I doubt Lego will release one, but I could easily see a set featuring Eddie Brock, Sandman (More normal looking) and Symbiote Spider-man representing where he broke the camera and went into the sewers to find Sandman. Unless they end up just releasing a Spider-man 3: Final Battle set and we wind up getting MJ, J.J.Jameson, Venom, New Goblin, Sandman, Spider-man and perhaps Symbiote Spider-man just thrown in.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. My guess is that they skip Whisky Peak and fold characters from those into the other sets. Spoiler tagged speculation for characters:
  17. 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.
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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...
  23. UCS Hulkbuster 2.0 for $1k to fit the new large buildable Iron Man figure ;)
  24. At that price my guess would be another Final Battle set - either Titan from Infinity War or perhaps Raimi's Spider-man 3 if we are lucky.
  25. I'd imagine it's because they believed the set would sell on its own with the characters included in the current state. They could use the alternative looks for potential Avengers: Doomsday sets, if they keep the same costume this gives more justification for the characters to be featured. Would definitely help playability for Avengers: Doomsday sets if the versions of the characters featured translucent segments for Invisible Woman, Red/Flame effects for Human Torch and stretchable arms for Mr.Fantastic. Makes sense considering they'd probably have been focused on Avengers: Doomsday for next year, which is now pushed back and will likely be pushed back again.
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