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I love that they kept the Mickey and Minnie different from the ones in the Steamboat Willie set. I prefer the ones in the set, so it may encourage me to get it.

Well I guess I missed it.

Yeah, they look awesome. Really curious to see how they will turn up. Good use for that new coral color, too.

Right, but with a maple leaf print. So that's new, anyways.

I'd love to see Castle adapted. Preferably this would be episodic, because there's a lot to go through. Story-wise, start with Classic Castle and go through the Dragon Masters era with the dragons and Majisto. Delve into the different factions (Crusaders, Black Falcons, Black Knights / Dragon Masters) and their backstories, alliances, and conflicts. Use the Forestmen and Wolfpack as well. Don't necessarily use the sets and minifigures as they were. Re-imagine them in a modern LEGO context. Give them better pieces, better prints, better building techniques. Make an AFOL recreation of what Castle would be like if it came out today. Then release new sets based on the series. As for the tone of the series, make it more mature. I'm not talking Game of Thrones, because I'm aware enough to understand that something like that is not going to come from LEGO (and it's a bit more than I would want to see from a LEGO production). For an example of the maturity I'm talking about, I find The LEGO Movie to be more mature than the LEGO Batman Movie. Even the LEGO Ninjago Movie is a bit more mature. But the Ninjago, Nexo Knights, and Elves television shows are infantile by comparison. It's OK to have fun, to have jokes and gags, but don't overdo it or make it too cheesy or goofy. Make sure to keep it grounded and try to include a positive (possibly heartwarming) message. If it was done well, I would watch every episode and still want more. I would buy every set (within my budget). All of that said, Castle is a (large) niche within the LEGO niche, so I don't ever expect to see anything this wonderful in my lifetime.

I love the new maple leaf piece!

Yeah, that looks like a great piece.

I really appreciate the way you lay out your purchases, Exetrius. It's a bunch of random pieces, but you make it look like art.

The Molten Man Battle set has a couple of good minifigures I plan to use. The Hydro Man set has a nice water elemental...

Thanks for sharing!

I see. I took those as 2 unrelated statements...

Indeed, please do!

The minifigures in the Molten Man Battle set look great. I don't care about the fireman, but the other 2 are fantastic. I will definitely be looking to get them.

Thanks for the information! I am a huge fan of Pluto, so I'll have to look out for that two-pack. This series looks really good. I'm going to end up collecting pretty much all of them...

The Ninjago stuff is a little too niche for me, but not bad overall.

Their guidelines are pretty arbitrary. It really is more like the Goonies. And you're right, they will make it if they want to, guidelines be damned.

I liked Hemlock Stronghold as well, but it just wasn't a good enough set all around when it came time to make a decision. I wouldn't be surprised to see it win the whole thing, it's a fantastic set.

Thanks for sharing. It's always illuminating seeing what other people are buying.

I see someone voted for 6103 Castle Minifigures. It's a great set. I had a couple of them as a kid. But Medieval Market Village is just a great all-around set, whereas this was just minifigures. That said, I do miss the days where you could buy a box of 6 minifigures with accessories.

Very easy to vote. Medieval Market Village, hands down.

Fair enough. Thanks for the response.

Exactly.

That's a pretty lame excuse...

I'm curious to know what differences caused you to refrain from voting for it.

Awesome, thanks for sharing!