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I remember Gordon and Susan, Bob and his girlfriend Linda, and Luis and Maria. I am even barely old enough to remember Mr. Hooper. They've always been an important part of the show. They helped normalize, in the minds of viewers, the idea of people of different races living in the same place and socializing with each other. That was a really controversial facet of Sesame Street back in the day.

Those are keysmashingly cute.

Outstanding as always, @Robert8! You know me--I am always here for the fantasy, mythology, and holiday-related figures, and Uncle Sam and Prince Charming have been on my wishlist for a long time. Eris is an unexpected delight--I think a lot of people would want her for that golden apple alone! Great re-use of the new flamingo part as a topiary for the Landscaper! EDIT: I am MASSIVELY looking forward to that Advent Calendar! Surprising no one!

This is wonderful! I would definitely want this if it were an official set!

The brick-built Christmas tree designs are getting more sophisticated.

Elven Queen Gender: Female Occupation/print on torso: Dark green gown bodice w/ intricate silver embroidery Type of headgear: Elaborate hairdo w/ pointed ears & pinhole, silver crown w/ pin Type of facial expression: Dignified smile Color on torso/legs: Dark green gown skirt w/ intricate silver embroidery Accessory: Silver scepter/staff w/ leafy/floral design

A dream series indeed. I would want all of them!

I guess it depends on whether you think of Space as a literal location or more of an aesthetic.

Thanks for the info!

A specific one, or just grab a bag off the shelf, or what?

There has been a hiccup in shipping and now I don't know when I will have my hot little hands on that train station...Fedex, why must your office hours be so inconvenient?

I don't have any Disney character costumes...I wonder if I could get away with it using my Donald Duck Disney-bound outfit...

Feeling the CMF bags is cheating. It also wrecks the appearance of the display for whoever comes after you--rumpled bags lying askew. You should just pick out some and hope you get what you want.

There was nothing wrong with the color-coding in Knight's Kingdom 2. Likewise, fantasy-based Winter Village sets are fine.

What if the recurring character........WAS A MONSTER? The same monster masterminding everything that the disparate bands of heroes have to fight? And then once every couple of years there's a big crossover set featuring all the heroes (or at least the most popular/fun ones from each individual lineup) versus said over-villain? And maybe from time to time a heroic character could "jump the line" and join a different band of heroes for a while. It would give the concept a sense of continuity and progression. I think maybe the human heroes in these pulp lines tend to be less interesting than the monsters because the lines were so short-lived. We didn't have much to work with in imagining their personalities and adventure specialties. Whereas with the monsters, we also had the history of more traditional media featuring those kinds of monsters informing our imaginations--e.g. Lord Vampyre is a Dracula expy, so we can import all kinds of Dracula-related lore into our perceptions of the character. There's less of a tradition of unique monster hunters or pulp adventure teams (as opposed to solo characters) that's familiar enough to all to make the same impact.

Placed my VIP early order for the train! And now the waiting game begins...

This is awesome! I am oddly impressed by the "nanoscale" elephant in Animal Kingdom. Definitely unorthodox part usage!

One of my ideas for a set is "Fantasyland Ride Vehicles"--about a half-dozen builds of iconic vehicles such as a Snow White mine cart, spinning Tea Cup, and Mr. Toad's motor car...each one paired with an appropriate character minifig! As for the character you have trouble placing... Cruella DeVil: Main Street Firehouse. That's where her character makes appearances in Disneyland, presumably because of the firehouse--> Dalmatian connection. Quasimodo, Esmeralda, Rapunzel, and Flynn could all be featured in a set based on Fantasy Faire--admittedly not the most thrilling concept for a LEGO set, but I bet Castle fans would ADORE its "medieval village square" aesthetic. Carl and Russel have been known to appear in California Adventure at the Redwood Creek Challenge Trail. Now there's a set concept with amazing playability, as you could send those or any other minifigs whizzing along rappel lines or bouncing along rope bridges. Darkwing Duck kind of stumps me. His show is a spin-off of DuckTales, which in turn was adapted from the Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge comics, which were in their turn inspired by the Donald Duck cartoons. So there's a very tangential possible connection with Mickey's Toontown, where all the classic Toons live. It's hard to make the idea gel, though. On the other hand, since it looks like Disney is getting ready to pull the trigger on re-launching Darkwing as a series, maybe he could show up in a CMF wave after all? (And while we're at it, let's not forget about all the Disney parks not located in Anaheim!)

I know two isn't really enough to establish a pattern, but with the Disneyland Railroad and Main Street Train Station joining Cinderella's Castle as the Disney D2C sets following waves of CMFs, it's well worth wondering what other theme park sets they might release! I know a lot of people--myself included--are hoping for a Haunted Mansion...but so far, Disney seems more interested in including well-known animated characters with these sets than figures more unique to the parks. Regardless, the prospect of more theme park-based LEGO sets is great news for theme park fans like me...but maybe not so great news for people whose primary attachment to Disney comes directly through the films and characters. Not only that, but it looks like the CMF waves themselves are going to be mostly geared toward promoting characters related to recent, in-progress, and upcoming film and television releases that the Disney corporation wants to keep on the public's radar. The recent wave of characters seemed pretty tailored to tie in with Mickey and Minnie's 90th Anniversary, the live-action Aladdin, the new DuckTales, and Frozen 2. What all this means is that if you're hoping for a minifig that's not directly related to a contemporary film project...your best bet might be to hope for a theme park set that could logically feature that character. Hence this thread! The idea here is to think of cool Disney theme park sets that could also be good excuses to release much-desired characters in minifig form. If you don't know the parks, toss out some characters you want to see and I--or any other theme park fan who cares to participate--can propose set ideas that would work. Here are a couple of examples: I've seen more than one person wish for a Lilo minifig to go with Wave 1's Stitch. There's no Lilo & Stitch ride (anymore), but there is a classic attraction with a Hawaiian/Polynesian theme: the Enchanted Tiki Room! Lilo would fit in nicely there...and as a bonus, such a set would practically demand new bird molds to represent the variety of tropical birds that perform in the attraction. Another popular pick that is definitely on my wishlist is Mickey Mouse in his Sorcerer's Apprentice costume. There are two prime opportunities here. We could get a Mickey's House set, with his "movie barn" out back where the costumed character does meet-and-greets in the parks, sometimes in the Sorcerer garb. Or--and I like this idea better--the minifig could accompany a brick-built Maleficent dragon, representing the nighttime show Fantasmic! wherein the two face off. Hopefully you've got the idea by now. I'm eager to here other ideas!

Jungle Cruise boat, baby!

Waaaaaaiiiiiit, I just realized the Woodcutter Pig is a follow-up to the Farmer Pig from several series back! Does that mean we have a Bricklayer Pig in the near future, and perhaps a Windbag Wolf?

Amazing as always, @Robert8! I think the only one that has nothing to offer me is the Cyclist, and that's probably because we're getting one in S19 anyway. The costumed dad takes the prize for cutest this time around. Nice homages to both Van Helsing (the best bad monster movie ever!) and Metropolis! And what--four different holidays referenced this time around?

This is superb! I love how the "wings" of the house open to show the interior details! You even managed to include the little statue that keeps getting knocked over in the movie!

I like the way you think! I'm not much for designing, but I actually have a custom Captain EO minfig I made a while back. I'll have to see if I can get this place to start letting me upload photos...

No one seems to have addressed this: Because the Monkey King is a literary/folkloric character who is consistently identified as male within the source material. How do we know that the S5 Detective is a man and not a woman with an unusual hairstyle? Because he's instantly recognizable as Sherlock Holmes. That said, I agree more with the position that we need more definitively female minifigures than with the position that "they can be whatever you want them to be, so it doesn't matter." The sad fact is that in our culture, male is treated as the default and specific indicators are needed for a character to read as female, especially in the ultra-simplified style of minifigs. A face with no lipstick or eyelashes and no facial hair could be either, but in practice most people will assume it's male--including most of the little girls who could really benefit from increased representation in building toys.