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Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
Yes it's the same piece. -
WOW the skeleton dragon looks incredible! Wu's dragon is fantastic too, an excellent $20 set!
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Jurassic World 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
Box art pics make the sets look even better! I see the trees have a function so they can be knocked over. That's great for play with bothe the I-Rex and the Ankylosaurus. I'm still super impressed by the build of the gyrosphere ride frankly if more JW sets were of this quality I would have way more sets from this theme. -
Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
The box pic definitely makes the Helicarrier look much better as I would've expected. As others have pointed out, it does seem like the rotors are tilted slightly. It makes me think the set might have a function built in to turn all 4 rotors simultaneously. Overall I quite like the set and look forward to getting my hands on it. Hopefully back of the box pics will leak soon so we can get a glimpse of the interior and functions. -
Jurassic World 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
Wow, I'm super impressed with these sets! I get my favorite dinosaur in not one, but two sets as both a baby and an adult!? Definitely getting the lab set with the baby Ankylosaurus and the gyrosphere set with the adult Ankylosaurus. I'm especially impressed by the latter, just a really, really well done build with 2 large dinos and a few figs. I'm super happy with how good the Ankylosaurus looks, i do hope the tail can move a little bit. The prices seem pretty reasonable too. -
Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
The Helicarrier itself is a little disappointing but it's on par with what we've come expect from this theme sadly. The figures are really what sells it though, very good as is the brick-built MODOK. I plan on picking it up, I'm sure-- as it always happens-- I'll enjoy the set once I have it in hand. When it comes to the Marvel sets I've learned to set my expectations low. I'm just happy they at least nailed it with the figures. Would I like it if LEGO could go back to having great figures AND great builds like in 2016? Absolutely! Do I expect it to happen? Sadly no. -
LEGO Monkie Kid 2020
Toa Palpo replied to Classic_Spaceman's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
I'm very pleasantly surprised by how good this theme looks. All of the sets are really well designed and have tons of detail. I'm especially blown away by the the 2 giant mech sets, they're just so massive and so cool looking! My only real issue is the prices. Man these sets are big and expensive. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
I definitely hope this means we'll get a Siege of Mandalore set with Maul and this new hilt piece but I love the Maul from the book, if that's all we get I'm happy. I do hope that long hilt is remolded in pearl silver pretty quickly regardless. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
I have to agree. The dioramas are really nice especially displayed together. This new one looks pretty good, I just wish it was the first Death Star trench run so we could have a scene from each film in the OT. I want them to eventually do one for every film. I can imagine some really cool ones for the PT. -
Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
I quite like the new helmet myself. I like the invincible Ironman helmet far more than the flip-up visor. It's just so much more versatile. As nice as it is, there's only so much you can do with the mcu helmet. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Wow that looks fantastic! -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Everybody get your bingo cards ready! Hilarious, but sad in how true it is. -
Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
I think the helmet looks fine, yes it's over sized but so are the Ironman and Captain America helmets but people have gotten used to it. I think it'll look even better with a mohawk. I look forward to seeing how they'll reuse it for other characters. I could definitely see it in green for Kree soldiers for example. -
Marvel Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
Yeah I don't understand why they keep using that hairpiece when neither character has EVER styled their hair like that. Not in the movies, not in the comics and not in the cartoons. It's baffling, like many other decisions with this theme. The new Captain Marvel looks good and I'm glad she's getting a helmet. Hopefully the rest of the figures will be a s good and hopefully the builds are well done. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
I'm in the camp of prefering just black heads for Stormtroopers and Clone Troopers so that black is shown under the helmet, plus it's cheaper, black heads are far more useful in general and it's not like anyone takes their helmets off. The Stormtroopers with printed black heads to represent bolas were really nice but LEGO seems unwilling to properly print light colors on dark pieces. They've never been great at it but they've somehow gotten worse at it over the years. Hopefully they fix that someday but until then I'd rather they just avoid it as much as possible. As far as the printing goes on the 501st helmets, I actually think it's a big improvement, especially with the T visor. The last standard phase 2 clone I felt the T was too wide and thin. With the new one I feel the T is in better proportion to a minifig head and where the eyes of the fig would be looking through the visor. It's not 100% accurate but I think it looks pretty darn good. Btw, does anyone else wish that they'd use dark blue for the 501st? That seems like it would be more accurate and would look better to me. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
That seems pretty likely to me and would help the AAT set to be a great counterpart for army building to the 501st set. On a seperate note, I'm glad to get confirmation that Razor Crest will be available to play in the Skywalker saga game, though I had already assumed it would. I like the idea of the set giving an unlock code for the ship in the game but as long as that doesn't become a precedent. Unless of course, the ship is already in the game and the code just allows you to unlock it right away rather than unlock it through gameplay. Then that's perfectly fine. -
Jurassic World 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
Ankylosaurus was always my favorite herbivore so I'm very excited by the baby Ankylosaurus mold! I'm glad it comes in the same set as the baby Triceratops too. Now I really need a full-grown Ankylosaurus! -
DC Superheroes 2020 - Rumors & Discussion
Toa Palpo replied to Captain Nemo's topic in LEGO Licensed
I honestly have zero interest in Wonder Woman or the new movie but the set looks really nice. I love the build and the figures look really good. -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
That set looks excellent! Sadly it appears the AT-RT's legs are about as poseable as every other large version they've made. The box pic doesn't do the design of the front any favors but the out of box pic makes it look much better. The BARC Speeder looks really nice and the figures are supurb! 3 standard 501st troops and 1 jet trooper was a good call and their printing ans level of detail look really good! A must-have set for sure. -
Surely not all of the sets are like this right? Right!?! *sigh* At least there's a cmf series... While it's an interesting and innovative idea, it just isn't at all what most people wanted and the fact that none of it is minifig scale or includes actual minifigs is really disappointing. Definitely an easy pass for me, which I guess is good as it saves me money. Edit: Never mind, apparently there's no cmf series. Seriously, what the heck LEGO!? I guess the whole theme is a wash then. I can't wait to see j2g have a complete meltdown over these sets.
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LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
The out of box pictures definitely make the Stormtrooper helmet look so much better. I still really like the Boba Fett one but the visor just doesn't look quite right. They're quite small though and certainly not worth $70. -
Let's also not forget that there's a Super Mario animated film coming out next year. I think this is amazing. Nintendo is a perfect fit for LEGO and vice versa. I can only imagine the possibilities if the partnership proves fruitful and grows in the future to encompass more of Nintendo's properties.
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LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
What if these helmets are actually intended to look like the minifig versions of the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett helmets? The more I look at the Stormtrooper helmet, the more it looks like the old minifig Stormtrooper helmet. Thinking of it that way actually makes it look a little better to me. Ninja'd by Mandolorianknight -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
They do look quite nice, especially the Boba Fett helmet. I wasn't planning on picking any of them up but now I'm tempted to get that helmet for my Boba Fett display... -
LEGO Star Wars 2020 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!
Toa Palpo replied to MKJoshA's topic in LEGO Star Wars
Yup and I'm definitely going to be replacing those with blasters to replicate the weapon storage. Honestly though, aside from that I'm not sure what else I would have to have for the interior so I appreciate that it's so spacious. It makes me wonder if it was on purpose and they plan to release a small to medium, sized set that includes Kuill and a Blurrg that can fit inside. That's going into speculation territory though. As the set is though I think there are 2 things it really needed. One, a floating cradle for the child and two a speeder bike for the Scout Trooper/IG-11. Also I do wish they had done more to differentiate IG-11 from IG-88, heck if they had just made him mostly a different color that'd be enough.