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This is a nonsensical statement. Those "2 decades" are roughly the time that LEGO sets were reliably priced at about 10 cents per piece. And during those 20 years, the average size of a piece gradually decreased. It's a kind of "shrinkflation" rather than standard inflation, but it slightly disguised the fact that the toys were steadily getting more expensive alongside most everything else. In any case, you can't characterize what LEGO is doing as price-gouging, because LEGOs are a luxury, and a rather specific one at that. If you can afford them, props to you for your success in life, and if you can't, you'll have to do something else with your leisure time and/or decoration space. Options are abundant in this world. I'm not defending everything they do in pursuit of profit; corporate business practices are generally reprehensible. But TLG, at least, as the purveyor of a product no one actually needs, isn't actually hurting anyone in the process.

"Irish Parade Fan," maybe?

Do my taunts aggravate the crrrippling arthrrrritis in yer index fingerrrrrrrs?

The Nintendo tax--especially for this relatively prestigious brand--says hi. Look, I'm not going to claim it's not a high PPP (and I'm also not going to say TLG isn't profit-motivated like any corporation), but I honestly think that's what we might have to expect going forward, just from normal inflation + increased production costs for specialty plastics. LEGO stuck with a rough 10 cents per piece for a long time by progressively decreasing the size of the average piece, but I think that tactic has gone as far as it can and the only thing left is to raise the PPP.

A plaid bag of skin that screams in battle? I think the word you're looking for is "Scotsman."

Are we assuming that it does?

It occurs to me that the differences of opinion between the other community and here might come down to whether people are approaching the question mainly as Zelda fans or LEGO fans. Here, we're presumably approaching it as LEGO fans, and we want the Zelda LEGO figures to maintain the LEGO design integrity, but people who are approaching it as Zelda fans first might be hoping for more visual fidelity to the source material.

Don't forget the ocarina! New musical instruments are always welcome, but I feel like there are more winds that can look good when piece-built, versus strings.

Also, unusual ears tend to be molded as part of the hair and/or hat, not part of the head, keeping the head itself clean and LEGO-standard.

Aren't there like 5 different shapes for electric guitars?

My take exactly. Actually, I think the nose on OoT Ganondorf is as much an artifact of the 64-bit low-poly modeling as a deliberate design choice. His whole head is a bit flattened from side to side which makes it look elongated front to back.

For a change of subject, I've seen a few people express disappointment that the Ganondorf minifigure doesn't have a unique molded head with a prominent nose. What do people here think? Personally, I think it's unnecessary--while the schnoz is a fairly distinctive trait of the OoT character model, I don't think it's essential to his character the way it is with e.g. Pinocchio (a comparison someone made).

Aw, but I wanted an Amaury Guichon expy! Joking aside, flamboyant period clothing (and if it's a Willy Wonka-alike, it will be flamboyant) is always fun to have for minifigures, you can reuse it for some very fun characters.

Thank you for this. It gets very frustrating trying to discuss what is and isn't suitable for LEGO conversion in an all-ages market when you have people going: "Why wouldn't they do a theme for my favorite movie, The Dismemberment Explosion Squad? They did sets for Toddler Central, which has an episode where the kids sneak downstairs after their bedtime and the background audio heavily implies that the parents are watching an R-rated action movie!"

That's a cruel thing to say to someone who no longer has access to a good fabric store thanks to predatory private equity. (Look up what happened to the Joann's chain last year for info.)

While everyone is debating who or what the "mysterious ronin" is and whether or not the unicorn elf will come with a unicorn foal, may I just note that I adore the elf's dress? I might go for multiples of her just to kitbash some nymphs and wood goddesses!

These are all good points, and honestly? Using the film release as a launchpad for playsets based on the games is probably the best plausible scenario for the theme going forward. It just strikes me as a wasted opportunity if they take this license for a series of video games that generally get E10 ratings and only use it to make display sets catering to adult nostalgia.

Painting of a unicorn, tapestry of a unicorn, book with a unicorn on the cover... That said, a unicorn foal does seem the most likely--it's not as if any new molds would be required.

Is...is the Chocolatier an expy of Amaury Guichon?

octane thermoplastic has done three alts of that set. If you've built the BotW version and want to do something with the OoT spare parts: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-201551/octane thermoplastic/skulltulla-arch-spare-parts-builds-from-77092/#details Conversely, if you've built the OoT version and want to do something with the BotW spare parts: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-195331/octane thermoplastic/satori-mountain-spare-parts-build-from-77092/#details And finally, if you want to try a third version of the Great Deku Tree himself: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-198363/octane thermoplastic/wind-waker-great-deku-tree-alternate-build-of-77092/#details

There are significant differences between Mario and Zelda as franchises that might result in them handling things differently. The main one is that Mario merch doesn't tend to be "of" any specific Mario game, but rather the franchise as a whole, because Mario is more a collection of icons than a set of defined stories. Which Mario game is being referenced by The Mighty Bowser set? No specific one. How would you even indicate that a given rendition of Bowser was from this game as opposed to that one, or the ride at Universal Studios for that matter? It's nearly impossible, because Bowser is always the same. Mario is always the same. But Link and Zelda and Ganondorf and the Great Deku Tree and Bokoblins and Zora and Kakariko Village and Hyrule Castle--everything that might be considered iconic or emblematic of the Legend of Zelda--are different each time. So you can make merch of just one Zelda game--or movie!--that you can't with Mario.

Now that the second set in this theme (#77093 - Ocarina of Time - The Final Battle) has been officially revealed and made available for pre-order, I thought the theme should have its own thread separate from the overarching Video Games thread. The only serious speculation I have at this time is that they might release some tie-in playsets when the live-action movie comes out next year, but without more information about said movie, I can't imagine what the sets might be like.

Pre-orders are now available!

Should Legend of Zelda get its own thread now that there are officially multiple sets?

I've been feeling similarly lately--the IP licenses are not inherently a problem, but I think LEGO has found so much success with them that they sometimes (often?) focus on being The Cool Licensed Thing at the expense of being LEGO and doing what LEGO is best at. So much emphasis is placed on visual fidelity to the thing being recreated, that once-essential factors like accessibility or versatility are ignored.