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What are people's thoughts on the supposed Endor GWP doing the rounds on Instagram? I assume it's fake since the box design doesn't match the other 20th anniversary sets (and the Hoth set), but a few people are claiming it's a real set.

It could (that's why we never saw F4 merchandise), but Spider-Man has always been the biggest seller. Even before the MCU / Sony deal we got quite a lot of Spidey sets (just not tie-in ones). I expect we'll keep getting them since he still makes Disney an absolute fortune.

For some reason, I thought he'd asked about the official reveal, not the release.

Most likely early September

I think we're most likely to see Deathstroke using a printed version of the comic Iron Man helmet piece. My biggest concern is that it would be all black, with just the orange printed on the face plate, rather than being split down the middle fully.

Tbh, for $10 it'd be worth picking them up just for the minifigures (provided they're decent quality). If we get lucky they'll be around £9 in the UK, based on the price of the Star Wars Micro Fighters in the US and UK.

Same here, I haven't been following the HP news closely, so with all this discussion of Diagon Alley I thought there were at least some solid rumours (like the Star Destroyer). It seems it's just a lot of conjecture and wishlists. It could just as easily be any other theme, though. As far as we know it could be series 21, another Disney series or an entirely new licensed series. As far as anyone here knows, there could have been a renegotiation with Disney (since their contract with Hasbro is due for renewal) and we're now getting a Star Wars or Marvel CMF. There is currently no confirmed info on Harry Potter, just theorising and guess work.

Do you have any logic for it being Harry Potter, or are you just hopeful?

It looks perfect as an Obi Wan head.

There are always variations in the colours of knockoffs. Have a look on eBay and you'll see a number of variations of all the Chinese knockoffs. The leg and hip printing is identical to that knockoff and Lego aren't exactly known for printing the toes and hips for Marvel minifigs.

It doesn't look like it has scales to me. If it is the a real one and not custom, then it looks great. It's a shame not to get a scale suit, but the detail on it is awesome and we even get printed legs for it.

No. The only info is 1 endgame set, then some more sets with the vague information of "bike", "truck", "Thanos mech". It seems they're comic sets rather than movie sets.

I doubt we'll see a regular Fat Thor at all (unless he's a polybag / Bricktober / SDCC minifig). What I'm hoping for is a Viking Thor with a new braided beard piece. As much as I am not expecting any more MCU specific sets, I'd like the see a mix of comic and cinematic minifgures in the upcoming wave. Similar to the inclusion of Coulson in the Iron man set.

I'm not sure why anyone is surprised that we're getting a lot of comic-based sets. We aren't due another MCU film until May next year. This is the perfect opportunity for us to get some comic sets.

An Ideas set would not be listed under this new "Zebra" theme. They are always part of the Lego Ideas theme.

Yeah, it wouldn't make sense for it to be a new theme in this case, unless they wanted to bring the UCS idea out as a separate theme, like a licensed version of Creator Expert. I'm going to keep assuming it's something simple and unexciting until there is more evidence. Not going to start getting my hopes up for a big new special theme.

Never mind, just ignore my post.

You're really over thinking this whole thing. The only information available is that it's a theme that crosses several licenses. The only other theme to do that (besides Dimensions) is the Brickheadz theme. Some kind of similarly display-based theme would make sense, but beyond that there's no hint. The word "zebra" is likely randomly chosen and has no meaning at all.

There was a Harry Potter mosaic GWP available in (I think) Singapore. They were free if you spent quite a large amount (around the cost of the large Hogwarts Castle set).

It's because that was the information provided the first time the list of "zebra" sets was leaked.

Minecraft was only about a year after the game was released. Overwatch has only been around for 3 years or so.

It's a gift with purchase It is the XLIII. The artwork on the box is generic Avengers, but this is Avengers Tower from Age of Ultron, not Stark Tower from Avengers Assemble. The Mark VII couldn't be worn as half a suit, it opened up and fully encompassed the body.

I'm pretty sure that's just a reflection.

The problem is that: 1) The leaks are often how the Chinese companies get hold of the information 2) It'll be Disney as much as Lego who are angry at the leaks 3) Going after the leakers is something that can actually be achieved. Trying to stop the Chinese companies costs a fortune, takes years and doesn't really do much good. It sucks, but that's the reality of the situation

Yep, pretty much just us, Australia and possibly one or two EU countries that got unlucky with their Toys R Us stores. The one glimmer of hope is that with a full US release they should become cheaper in the second hand market. You'd think that if Lego produced enough of these for a world-wide Toys R Us promotion, they would be looking for an opportunity to release them in any country that was due to be part of the original deal.