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The Trojan War, beyond the famous "horse", had Achilles as its epic hero. Jason and the Argonauts would give us a great Ancient Greek ship. Perseus vs. Medusa, the second half of which Lego has already created a version of. Herakles of course, using the Greek version of the name to avoid confusion with the existing Disney CMF fig. Then there's ancient Mesopotamia. Marduk, whom was considered handsome, had four eyes, four ears, and could breathe fire. He fought the enraged sea goddess Tiamat, along with a host of dragons and other monsters. In the myth he founded Babylon. The Epic of Gilgamesh probably has the most name recognition, and is considered a work on par with the Iliad. This would give us all kinds of interesting beard and headgear molds. Ancient Egypt's tales are so varied, with numerous gods and strange creatures. A wave of these could put Pharaoh's Quest to shame. Yes, a bunch of the stories would have to be distilled to something easily understood by kids, and avoiding a lot of sex. Such a theme would be greatly helped by the inclusion of a bit of text on the box (and possibly in the instructions) telling a bit of the story depicted.

Westchester, which is upstate New York.

Hagrid scale is probably best for Kingpin, though not that mold. Also he'd need a new head size. The minifig head is too small for the Hagrid mold without the large hair/beard piece.

Quite some time ago I had suggested that Lego could do a Fables theme that could last for years by doing scenes from various world mythologies. The Labors of Herakles alone could be a whole wave. Apollo's Chariot, Hades and Persephone, the Forge of Hephaestus, Jason and the Argonauts . . . and that's just a bit of Ancient Greece. There's a lot of overlap between the Ancient Grecian and Roman mythos, but there's a plethora of other mythologies that could be drawn from without touching on any modern religion. For those who want a Vikings aesthetic, The Epic of Beowulf has plenty of good stuff (and Lego avoids stepping on Marvel). There's a whole host of pre-Roman Celtic myths. Lego is already doing a take on Journey to the West with Monkie Kid, but there are some other east Asian fables that could be mined for scenes. I have an inch-and-a-half textbook of ancient mythologies on my kitchen table if you need more examples.

Friends is what Scala and Belville tried to be, Lego's share of the doll-buying market. The minidoll is only slightly larger than, and nearly the exact same shape as, the original Polly Pocket toys, which had been huge with young girls in my area for decades. So much of the Disney lines are minidolls because the Disney Princesses brand is predominantly a doll toy brand, and any Disney movie that has a character that could be added to that brand, should Lego get the license, will have minidoll sets. Because of the type of play associated with dolls isn't very combative, adversaries are basically a moot issue. Lego did try to bridge the gap between the dolls and action figures with the DC minidolls, but that doesn't seem to have done very well. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Adversarial play is the mainstay of castle and pirates toys, though multiple factions within such toys do not necessarily need to be depicted as such, or even in the same set. Just having multiple factions available at the same time is enough for the actual play experience. The biggest issue tends to be generating active interest in the theme when there is so much competition. There is hope for renewed public interest in historical fantasy, though, because multiple streaming services are in the midst of producing series in that genre. Yes, most of those are geared towards adult viewers, but if only a couple are family viewing friendly, an in-house Castle theme could capitalize on that.

A comic Kingpin, maybe, but not a MCU Kingpin. From what I understand, the Daredevil and Punisher rights have recently returned to Marvel, and Charlie Cox is confirmed for NWH, so Netflix Marvel characters may eventually get minifigs. I also don't think we'll see a bigfig in the D2C simply because the build type precludes the interior space for one.

For some Marvel characters, being a bigfig would make them too big. The Thing, Korg, and Kingpin would be better at the scale of Leatherhead and Axl.

Thanos having a removable head suggests the possibility of removable armor. This would make the base torso mold reusable for other characters. It would also make a post-snap Thanos easier to do.

It's there. There's a spoiler warning image in front of it.

Expect the character back in Thor: Love and Thunder, just no sets for that yet.

Bro Thor, Korg, and Miek, not in any known set. Pretty much suggests a New Asgard set.

What you probably want is a slightly smaller version of a Fantasy Era dwarf beard.

All this back and forth about you all having differing interpretations about a misleading article of an interview with someone that wouldn't know anything concrete. I'd rather discuss the potential kinds of sets Lego could produce should an actual theme get the go ahead. When it comes to non-licensed Castle, we need to consider who Lego's core audience is for the theme, and the kinds of play features that would appeal to them. If Lego were to continue with the Black Falcons, who would work as a good enemy? I was messing around in Stud.io, and recolored the shield of the CMF series 15 Frightening Knight. I made it white, and the look made a strange kind of sense. The torso prints available in Stud.io are currently quite lacking, but the old red/dark red heraldry torso print is there. The bear also ties well into the first red knight of KKII, Sir Santis. This would be a way of appealing to adult fans of Castle, while reducing some of the design budget. Also, a bear that can be a minifig's mount, or at minimum pulling a siege engine, would be awesome.

Castle/Space can be done right, it's just that Nexo Knights didn't do it. I was a fan of the original He-Man as a kid, which took the classic pulp barbarian aesthetic as a base, and added science fiction elements on top of it. Nexo Knights went nearly the opposite route by creating the castle shapes out of the base of sci-fi parts. Add to that the app based game which didn't really encourage building, just collecting the shields, most of which are difficult to use for Castle builds. Sailing vessels in a Castle theme can done nicely too, but unless you're going full high fantasy (D&D, Dragonlance, or Forgotten Realms), then the ships themselves are less likely to appeal to traditional Pirates fans. Magic: the Gathering actually does this really well, and also weaves in some fictional science (more steampunk than Space), but that is a license that's never going to happen. All four of the above properties are produced by Wizards of the Coast, which is owned by Hasbro.

I just realized something. The creatures in the Mythica promotional images, at least the bits that look like actual Lego, remind me of the Legends of Chima Legend Beast sets. If the rides are in the shapes of mythical creatures made of Lego, then any sets based on this idea would be high fantasy inspired. This kind of theme could sell alongside HP if what it is portraying are the later movies since they have less to do with magical creatures. Such potential Mythica sets would be more in competition with Ninjago.

Some of @Falconfan1414's comments leads me to believe that there are some comic/cartoon based sets yet to be revealed. Most of those that we've gotten before were either video game tie-ins, or used the comic variant of characters in movies that Lego did not have the rights to (Fox Marvel & non-MCU Sony). I still expect a comic variant Morbius set to show up eventually, probably based on the 90s Spider-Man cartoon storyline. However, with What If . . . Lego could do direct scenes, and potentially give us characters, and variants, we'd never expect. Marvel Cartoons have long been more faithful to the actual comics than live action ever could be. I don't expect any set releases that would spoil episodes, so if we get sets for this series, it will be later on. The only potential set I could see being released early would be a small Uatu the Watcher vig, with probably a few classic comic cover printed 2x3 tiles. Those could be original comics of which the What If . . . stories branch off from, or the What If . . . covers themselves. In any event, I hope the cartoon does What If . . . Wolverine Was Lord Of The Vampires, a comic I am very happy to own. All the previous discussion of all the Iron Man armor variants, and my own comic typing above, has me looking at a Captain America comic that has Steve in his own armor suit because of being paralyzed (April 95). I would love to have Jack Flag, who appears in the comic, as a fig, and Flag Smasher's goons are pretty funny idiots on skis.

Looks like a close-up of a Shang-Chi torso has leaked. If it's real, that's some serious detail. Some of the prints wished for might come true if this is the quality they're putting into Marvel.

And it confirms the Super Mario bases are not exclusive to that license. Yay!

I don't think anything regarding Stan has been confirmed, or disproven. It's just that some believe Lego's license might not cover his likeness. The thing is, his Watcher Informant character is already a Hot Toys figure. I don't see any issue with Lego creating one of his cameo characters, or even Stan himself. I don't know if Stan did the voice work himself in the 90s Spider-Man cartoon, but at the end of the Madame Web/multiverse storyline Spidey gives Stan Lee a web-ride across New York. Here's hoping NWH gives us Madame Web. In the Daily Bugle we could get the character Lee Kirby (an amalgamation of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby) as a fig.

There are scenes in the movie where the suit looks more grey than blue. His color gets desaturated quite a bit to match the lighting in the Thor's house scene.

No news on an actual theme, but some promotional images for Mythica at Legoland have surfaced on IG. It would be awesome if the designs they're using actually got made into Lego sets. Hopefully worldwide vaccine distribution gets well managed (I fully recognize the abysmal response the US has had to this pandemic), so that theme parks can see a surge in business. If that can happen, maybe we can prove to Lego that Castle can still be hugely popular on its own.

If you mean in the large set, I think you're mistaken. It looks like several of the posing stands attached to one another, with five of the LOTR One Ring pieces on the stud attachments.

Whiplash would be better off done in the CMF. The CMF line gets more detailed printing than set minifigs, and the arm and torso printing would need that level of detail. Also, to do the whips properly, they'd need to be flexible, and dual molded.

For the original series, you can buy each season on Amazon UK. AppleTV has the original season one. For the new series, there's a reddit page that claims it comes with the paid for Kids Pack on NowTV, but it may only be season 2. Another poster on that thread says it's on Sky on demand, which is apparently the same company. That's probably the best route to look for it.

Animainacs recently began airing new shows on Hulu. It's a resurrection of the original series, not a reboot.