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BrickMerge has more accurate set names for the Frozen sets with: 43198 Anna’s Castle Courtyard 43199 Elsa’s Castle Courtyard 43209 Elsa and Nokk’s Ice Stable This list seems a lot more accurate! I’m thankful they’re not continuing the 2019 castles as I really didn’t like those sets. I wonder what the Courtyard sets are just a few brick built pieces of scenery? It’ll be interesting to see what versions of Anna and Elsa they do for them. I also think it’s likely these courtyards might be made to join up with a remake of Arendelle Castle. I wonder if the Nokk will use the new Friends horse mould? From a kid’s perspective it would be a shame if they used the old mould as that’s less playability. Oh and a Bruni mould is confirmed for next year as there’s a polybag called 30559 Elsa and Bruni’s camp in forest. I’m very excited to see him! I’m curious which of the above three sets he’ll appear in. :3 Jasmine hasn’t appeared in a storybook and I don’t think she can as her hair is longer than a microdoll. The $40 Adventures set with her and Mulan doesn’t seem to be a storybook. @Captain Nemo I’m sorry I didn’t know!

If these are releasing next week I find it weird that coming soon isn’t listed under them on LEGO.com. Doesn’t that always happen when sets are listed there?

Welcome to the Disney Properties 2022 discussion thread! This thread is dedicated to all Lego related Disney & Pixar Properties (minidoll Princesses line, Toy Story, Lightyear, Disney Animated films, etc.) discussion throughout 2022--sets, rumors, thoughts, and general Lego Disney Princesses discussion. Enjoy! _____________________________________ First Half Year Releases 40552 | Buzz Lightyear Brickhead | 114 Pieces 40553 | Woody & Bo Peep Brickheadz Dual Pack 43198 | Anna's Castle Courtyard | $9.99 | 74 Pieces 43199 | Elsa's Castle Courtyard | $9.99 | 53 Pieces 43203 | Aurora, Merida and Tiana’s Enchanted Creations | $69.99 | 558 Pieces 43208 Jasmine & Mulan's Adventures | $39.99 | 176 Pieces Second Half Year Releases 76830 (Lightyear Set) | $19.99 76831 (Lightyear Set) | $29.99 76832 (Lightyear Set) | $49.99 10777 (Mickey & Friends 4+) | 103 pieces 10778 (Mickey & Friends 4+) | 184 pieces 10780 (Mickey & Friends 4+) | 215 pieces Unknown 43207 - Ariel's Underwater Castle - $84.99 43209 Elsa And Nokk's Ice Cream Parlour - $14.99 30559 (Polybag?)

Thank you these look like perfect versions of the characters to me! Now all I need to do is find a loose Rachel head. :P

So that Friends list was real after all. IIRC it came from a new account. We just got a Vet wave in March including an ambulance and vet clinic. I know these ones will be 4+ but most Friends sets are aimed at younger children so I’m surprised they feel the need to double up. I wonder how the turtle ambulance will differ from the regular one? The Animal Playground and Adoption Clinic both sound like they could be really fun unique sets. The rest of the wave in general sounds very refreshing. I assume glancing on the Beach is another glamping set, but the budget is bigger here and the beach is a completely different setting. The Food Street market sounds amazing too me. I wonder what cultures they’ll represent and if we’ll get any new food moulds or prints. We’ve got plenty of Houseboats in Creator but it’ll be fun to see Friends take on one. I wonder who will live there? The 2018 treehouse was a perfect Friends set IMO so I’m glad they’re trying a completely different price point with this one. Since the wave doesn’t seem to be a legacy one I wonder if this will be a special anniversary set? The Apartments is the biggest Friends set ever! But that probably means no D2C. I wonder will it be a skyscraper in style or a complex? I hope the set is catered to new or secondary characters rather then giving each of the girls an apartment of their own. I have no idea what a €30 tree planting vehicle could be but I’m excited to see! A cottage on the beach sounds very cozy. I wonder if it’ll be as good as the Beach Front from this year? The two retail exclusives are expensive for Friends standards so it looks like this is going to be a very pricey wave.

Ah that would be great!

Has anyone put/seen someone put Rachel’s head and Phoebe’s hair from this set on their figures from Central Perk?

Pocahontas appeared on LEGO’s Instagram! Hopefully that means she’ll be in a set in the next wave!

Huh. I haven’t bought the set or letter tiles separately yet and I didn’t notice that. That is sort of a shame. :( In other news : 41942: Inner the Deep - Bracelets with charms 41943: Gamer - Bracelet with charms 41944: Candy Kitty - Bracelet & Bag Tag Have shown up on Instagram. The source is the Ninjago wiki of all things so I don’t know the legitimacy. Adding dangling charms to bracelets seems like a very logical step. I really hope even if this list isn’t legit that the theme does continue into next year. I really love the 2 stud bracelets!

I think LEGO are reluctant to attach themselves with current celebrities as a result of cancel culture. YouTubers especially get cancelled left and right and that could result in the series being done before it even hits shelves. :S Also fame on YouTube is also not consistent. LEGO plans these series a year and a half in advance so there’s a chance that some of the people’s fame could have declined or they could have moved platform. I think there’s too many variables that will prevent a YouTubers/modern pop stars/influencers/celebrities series from ever happening. If they really wanted to do a famous people series I think this would be something more likely. Hisrorical figures could really only be done in yellow these days as people’s ethnicities spark debates and I doubt LEGO wants to get into that. Here you have a bunch of interesting looking scientists that would make appealing figures and would be educational to children. :)

These: 41695: tbd Friends 4+ Pet Clinic 2022 41697: tbd Friends Turtle Protection 2022 41700: tbd Friends New Camping 2022 41701: tbd Friends Street Food 2022 41702: tbd Friends Houseboat 2022 41703: tbd Friends Friendship Treehouse 2022 41704: tbd Friends Apartment Building 2022 41707: tbd Friends Mission Vehicle 2022 Power Are being shared around. I believe the source is just the Ninjago wiki though which doesn’t scream credibility. If this is real I’m a bit disappointed there’s no sort of legacy sets. This feels very much like a regular wave beside the apartment building which I’ll admit is exiting.

At this rate I think it’s very unlikely the Winter cubes are going to be released this year. It’s such a shame we never got to see even pictures of them! Especially since they were (and continue to be) listed on sites like Amazon and Walmart.

The Friends Advent Calendar finally feels fresh again! I’m not sure if this is going to convince more people to buy it but there’s more substance to this one. Last year most of the builds were a lot smaller compared to the ones from the others and this year they really stepped up their game. The whisk, nutcracker (or toy soldier as @Robert8 suggested) and ballerina are stand out as amazing builds and nearly everything else looks nice. You get a lot of rarer pieces too like the pink controller, sand blue cat, Marshmellow mug, cat painting etc. The girls do have new faces! Yay! I was worried they wouldn’t. I wonder why Olivia doesn’t have glasses. I still think the hairpieces look off as done Andrea not being FYO. It’s also strange that all the outfits are Christmas themed limiting reuse for both play and for future sets.

I’m surprised there’s still no rumours associated with 43200-43202. I doubt they’re going to be Encanto based as surly that house would cost a lot more than €50? Two of the sets being €20 makes me hopeful they’re trying to release more storybooks before Christmas, but the last one was more expensive and felt like it could be the final one.

It’s strange there still hasn’t been official pictures of the advent calendar right? It was revealed in early June and it comes out in a month. :S

The Friends advent calendar has been revealed along with the others in that Japanese catalog! It comes with micro versions of all five girls.

Belle and Rapunzel at the Stables - I don’t like the concept of this set and I don’t like the execution. Why overlap even more between Friends and Disney Princess when there’s only two minidoll themes?! If they’re going to make their own ideas for the princesses they could be more creative. The build feels like a €30 Friends set, but because it’s Disney it’s €50. XP I mean it looks fine for a 5+ build, but certainly not worth the price. The inside isn’t much better with only a couch for one , a trophy, horse food and a bucket of accessories (which I’m glad to see returning and in gold!). The stables themselves are very simplistic and small, which would be fine if this set was cheaper. XP Then what’s left is one jump. There’s no new characters included either. Maximus hasn’t been in a set in a while, but this new version of him just looks like any Friends horse. I imagine if a child really likes Belle or Rapunzel they’d already have/want these versions of them too and this isn’t that cheap of an alternative to those sets. I really don’t understand why they didn’t give them new outfits given they had the opportunity. It just feels weird for a licensed theme to have such a bad character line up. I guess the budget went into some recolours of parts of the build? But why is that necessary when you’re making up a location? I wasn’t expecting to like this build, but I’m saddened by this. I think it’s all the reasons why people dislike minidolls combined. XP Ariel, Belle, Cinderella and Tiana’s Storybook Adventures - Eh, I really like the outside of the book. White and gold really stand out amongst the other five and the accents of pink work surprisingly well. I think the inside would be fine, if Belle’s book still wasn’t on the market. This is basically the same thing. Again there seemed to be little to no creativity here. XP The inside just has a cabinet with cheese, stove, globe by a stickered bookcase and cushions. All of the other books had more and they were all cheaper! XP Tiana and Cinderella both look great from the head down, but darn that hair! Tiana doesn’t have bangs and Cinderella’s are styled differently. Ariel and Belle are reuses. :/ I was hoping for new dresses for both of them! Lumiere and Gus are great inclusions, especially as the former wasn’t in the other Belle set. I’m surprised they didn’t reuse Max for Ariel, but that dolphin Carraige is a fun build. Naveen I’m mad at though. How lazy. This is a second time in a row they just picked a green frog and called it a day. XP

Yay it has finally been revealed, very unceremoniously might I add. I think the shaping of the exterior is perfect. However who on earth thought it was a good idea to use white? It’s clearly a cost saving measure and that makes it look cheap. I don’t think all transparent blues would have looked good, but could they have not used various shades of blue? For something that’s intended to be a display model I think it should have been important for the colours to be done right. XP I will give the colour team credit for using transparent blue with Opal though, that is such a gorgeous colour and is such a welcome surprise! I think the interior is pretty perfect too. Yes they added two extra floors, but the colours are so consistent and it seems like what would have been in Elsa’s top floors. The bottom floors are very screen accurate and look fantastic. I guess the piano feels a tad unnecessary, but one could easily leave that out. I’m really sad about the figures and I love minidolls. What a lame line up. :( You just get the 4+ team with better bases for the Snowgies and capes for the girls. Kristoff‘s legs and torso are new, but I’d be shocked if he’s not reused soon. He also now has tan hair, but that’s because it’s a reuse. It’s a shame they wouldn’t invest and give Elsa tan hair instead. Speaking of which coronation Elsa is pretty perfect and probably won’t be reused. But after her there’s only the penguin plush from the Christmas short people didn’t like. XP Look, if they were going to avoid Hans and base it off the first two scenes with the Ice Castle they should’ve also included Marshmellow and Sven. If they didn’t want to introduce any bigger moulded figures and base it off general Frozen (hence Snowgies and Penguin) why aren’t there any rock trolls, earth giants or Bruni, Honeymaren, Ryder or Yelena? :/ I really like this set but I think a bad figure selection and the use of white on the exterior makes it needlessly worse. Olaf is also in the 4+ set that released today.

If it was August it would not have leaked already? I think mid June seems more likely?

I don’t know the first castle was quite bad and the second one while better in shaping it had lavender walls. Even when you remove the lavender and silly interior like I did below, the scale is completely off. What makes this set unique is its very film accurate (bar all that white) including being mostly to scale. The castle at least has stairs and a fountain. A dress transformation feature and a falling chandelier could fill up the rest? As for the characters you bring up a point I never see brought up about minidolls. It is likely true that minifigures would’ve brought more characters. :( Not including Hans is very puzzling, as with him you’d be able to recreate all three ice castle scenes now you can only create two thirds. Sven’s absence is even worse, as he’s already in a set currently in production. I very much dislike it when D2Cs don’t include characters on purpose to make purchases of the set to go and buy even more. :/ The first figure is Coronation Elsa. :)

Reviews of the summer sets have started to trickle out. I wonder does this mean the Circus sets are actually releasing in June like the other sets and not July like we previously thought? Retailers getting sets almost two months early would be pretty shocking. :P

I think the shaping of the build is absolutely perfect! I’m shocked they were able to achieve such! My only problem is the set uses too much white. There really should not have been any at all. I am kind of disappointed with the figures too. The only new character is coronation Elsa, though the second slot seems to be missing? The next three figures are just from the 4+ set with capes and there’s a new Kristoff (who now has tan hair?) too. I’m really sad there’s no Hans, as he seems like such an easy character to design and everyone wants him. XP Oh I do think the price is fair too! I’m sure there’s no interior, but it doesn’t look that much smaller than The Disney Castle which was €150 more and it definitely looks twice as a big as the Pooh set. I am definitely planning on getting this set and I am not really a D2C collector (I only have two)!

We only have Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Matthias in minidoll form. That’s only double the amount of minifigure characters. XP Then Bruni is a sticker, Gale, Marshmellow and the Earth giant are brick built. The Nokk, Sven, baby Reindeer, Olaf and snowgies are all pretty dead on for the animation they’re based off. I doubt they’d redo them with regular horse, reindeer moulds etc. So I really think the only characters minifigure fans are missing out on are Kristoff and Matthias + whoever potentially could appear in this set. I don’t understand why there’s a myth that AFOLs don’t like minidolls, there’s a vocal minority of us who love them! :P But indeed I imagine this set is also designed with rich little girls in mind.

Yay I for one am super excited! We’ve never had a minidoll D2C before and this is an important step for those figures. I am hopeful we’ll finally get at least Hans and Elsa’s Coronation dress now. :D

The retail exclusive has been revealed! https://www.brickshop.eu/lego/lego-friends/lego-41693-surfer-beachfront.html?f_theme=21 It looks amazing!