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What's that 6-sided star-shaped piece?

So is Cole not black and grey anymore? Or am I just not looking at the right minifigures?

I'm pretty much the same.

Space Police should have aliens in their ranks, too. Unless we're likening them to the Empire...

What a great concept, and the execution is fantastic. This reminds me of Breath of the Wild. I love the guard's surprise. The design of the archway is really nice, and the use of dark red is wonderful. Very well done.

Voltron should be the next selection. There are others with mass appeal, but Voltron is an easy win in my opinion.

This could be a lot of fun. That's one opinion...

Maybe they're planning a set based around video games. People at the Arcade or something could be a cool set. Either way, I like those pixel styled designs and hope that they are released one way or another. I really like how the female gamer isn't just a "Player Two" version of the "Player One" Gamer Guy. Instead, she's a "Level Up."

Nice design and execution. I really like the vine and the roof of the tower. The concept is also nice. I love those old Forestmen as well, and they look good here. Good work!

I've been looking at these recently. The idea of building my own is even better. Thanks for posting the process. How sturdy is this?

That's a great example of what I was talking about earlier when I said not to do anything too outlandish. 7947 is a much better looking structure than either 7093 or 70403, and it would be the same if you swapped color schemes.

... Or if they didn't use so many pieces on a catapult, which could be a set of its own.

I really like that dark grey female ninja outfit.

That's actually pretty cool. I hope to see other forms in the future.

I have a lot of strange colors for the same purpose. And I have nieces, so that's where my minidolls tend to go. But not getting minifigures in a set kind of spoils some of the fun.

Couldn't agree more. This is also my suggestion, especially with the pricier sets. I've saved a lot by buying parts on BrickLink and B&P, and didn't have the hassle of trying to sell of anything I didn't want or need.

I had no problem whatsoever with the 70401 Carriage. And I don't care much for that style of staircase in 70403, but I'll agree that the structure is lacking.

I think he also meant it was not the correct lineup.

I think a Castle theme could do very well today, even without the multimedia campaign (which it could also easily pull off). They should certainly try to branch out a bit from the formulaic sets of previous iterations (castle, chariot, tower), but those are also key elements to a Castle theme. I'd rather see them spread these out over a year, and bring in a few new ideas to accompany them. Here are some ideas of sets that could branch out from the norms: I'd love a Forestmen treehouse fortification of some sort (like a combination of Tolkien sets 79002 Attack of the Wargs and 79102 Mirkwood Elf Army, or a Castle themed 10236 Ewok Tree Village). I'd like to see a different take on the Castle Gates (examples include 751396 Battle on Takodana and 79007 The Black Gate). I'd really like to see some civilian sets (like a more fleshed out and less colorful 41174 The Starlight Inn, or the 3739 Blacksmith Shop, or larger like 7189 Mill Village Raid and 10193 Medieval Market Village). Anyways, I'm sure that LEGO can come up with something better than repetitive siege engines. Focus on the buildings and on nature. I'm personally annoyed when I get a structure set where 1/4 to 1/3 of the pieces are some sort of catapult or spear crossbow rather than using those pieces to better flesh out the structure build itself. It seems to be how LEGO design their sets, unfortunately, and they do tend to provide me with fairly useful parts in useful colors, so I've dealt with it. But I'd rather see those pieces used on the build, with separate siege engine sets if they deem it necessary. Carts and carriages are the only vehicles I'm likely to purchase in a Castle theme, though. Sorry about my rant against siege engines. There should, however, always be a Castle. I'm hoping that the sets stay away from anything too outlandish. While fantasy elements are great and expected, the style of building should still be fairly straightforward. I guess what I'm thinking about here is 70403 Dragon Mountain. It's a very scant building with many many bricks taken up on the catapult. For a $50 set called Dragon Mountain, I'd hope for a more substantial Dragon Mountain in the build. 70404 King's Castle and 10223 Kingdoms Joust, however, are good examples of structural builds in the Castle theme. Looking outside of the Castle theme to find Castle builds, there's 70323 Jestro's Volcano Lair, which is great for a Nexo Knights set, but a little too out there for Castle. There are too many bricks used for the toothed volcano and weird throne in my opinion. This year's 70357 Knighton Castle is, again, great for Nexo Knights. But in a Castle theme I'd change the space ship into a normal tower, remove the big brick built monsters, and use those pieces on more fortifications. 41180 Ragana's Magic Shadow Castle is also a little overdone in design (though I admit I appreciate the black / grey / purple color scheme), as is 41188 Breakout from the Goblin King's Fortress (which frankly has a terrible color scheme), though both are great for the Elves theme. 41078 Skyra's Mysterious Sky Castle is better for Castle, if you do away with the magic portal and the bright colors. Of course, I'd love for them to go full 71040 Disney Castle, or Creator Expert Modular level of detail for a Castle set, but I find it unlikely. But this is all personal preference. I'm sure that I speak for more than just myself with these views, though, and I hope that these discussions influence future Castle themes. Ultimately, I'll just be happy to see the theme return.

If it wasn't for the Minidolls... Rosalyn's Healing Hideout has a really nice dark blue elf hair piece with the dark flesh ears. Breakout from the Goblin King's Fortress has this cool bird:

Some of that is very interesting. It's like Nexo Elves with a little bit of LOTR / Fantasy thrown in. I mostly just want their animals: I'd love to see more of this in the next Castle theme.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. That's one character I really wanted to see.

Harpies in general interest me. Stone Harpies, not so much. Stone Clay is kind of a cool concept, though.

Isn't that an Elves hair piece in new colors on the Stone Harpies?

That's a good point, and I would argue that both of those sets were among the best Castle sets ever produced.