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Thanks for both of the responses! Makes sense site-wide double points is probably my best best.

Been looking at Rivendell since it came out and recently got a surprise bonus at work. I want to use some of it for this set, but looks like I already missed a chance at double points earlier this Summer. Sorry for a question no one likely knows the answer, too…but: What are the chances we see a Lord of the Rings-exclusive double points promotion in September again? Seems like they try to do something around Bilbo’s birthday? Just trying to decide if it’s worth waiting a month or not. Thanks!

I was thinking the same thing. As great as it is to get minifigures, we’re still going to get non-minifigure display sets still.

Glad to be finally getting some details and excited that it’s coming in January! It strikes me as similar to Animal Crossing’s first wave. AC had about 1500 pieces across its first five sets. They totaled about $180. Mario’s first wave (six sets) will have under 1700 pieces, so I’m anticipating that January’s wave will cost somewhere around $200. Maybe more since we’ll probably have a lot of unique molds, a big fig for Bowser, etc. Nothing screams a large Princess Peach castle yet by piece count. LEGO will probably get everyone to buy this first wave and then entice people to buy the characters again with a D2C Peach castle in the Summer or Fall. And they’ll get me! LEGO would really have to mess up the minifigures for me to not buy the whole wave. Been waiting years for this.

I agree with Bloquerto, I think the only way a LEGO Toon Link works for Nintendo is with a molded head. You’re forgetting one “near-human” we know is getting a molded head: Mario. The Ocarina and Breath of the Wild Links are both realistically proportioned, so the regular minifig fits them. But Toon Link, like Mario, is exaggerated and cartoony. I think Nintendo would only approve his design as a minifigure if it had a molded head like Mario. I bet means we’d probably only get Link from Wind Waker and no other figures. Even if he had a regular minifig head, Toon Link’s hair isn’t parted down the middle, so he would need a new hair/hat mold.

I agree. We already got an Ocarina of Time set this year that keeps that Link minifigure accessible (and introduced a new Zelda and Ganondorf). My guess is that they’ll want another Breath of the Wild set to keep that version of Link around now that the Deku Tree is retiring (or retired, since it seems to be sold out). Then classic/modern fans each have a set to get “their” Link. Besides, Nintendo and LEGO haven’t really been coordinating their marketing around game or movie releases for Mario, Zelda or Animal Crossing sets. I don’t think Nintendo lets LEGO in on any upcoming game releases with enough time to develop sets on them. So at best we could expect something based on this new Ocarina of Time remake in like 2-3 years. Kind of like the Mario Wonder set we got in that line years after the game.

Yes, I think they’re the same as the original Disney World Castle set? Or near-identical, at least. There’s currently no Parks version of Mickey and Minnie in a set, so that makes sense to include them. Edit: the mini Disney World Castle still has the Mickey with eyebrows, but the less said about that design the better, in my opinion!

Agreed we’ll know for sure soon, but to my eyes they’re clearly on 16x32 baseplates. They’re obviously on baseplates, but does LEGO still make any baseplates other than 16x32, 32x32, or 48x48? I think it’s a poor angle because the Fire Station technically doesn’t connect to the Emporium, so they’re trying to depict the actual placement. My initial reaction was that it felt too colorful, but after looking at pictures of the real Main Street, I think they did a good job. Main Street is more color than I remembered. I agree that it feels a little too detailed, or the pieces they used were too big for the finer details they were going for, so I might have to modify it a little eventually. And I agree that more Disney characters would’ve gone a long way (Mary Poppins and Bert, come on!) but enjoy the tourists. Ive been using 3D-printed Mickey ears and some “illegal” balloons using glued pieces. They got the job done, but I’m excited for these official parts. I don’t see a churro, though. That’s criminal. Edit: Seeing the additional pictures and the interiors are great! I spy in the Emporium mini builds of a Disney castle, train, and It’s a Small World. Are they hinting at the next Parks set…?

I think the set looks nice, and I think the comments I’ve seen about “where are the 4,000 pieces” will make more sense once we can see the interiors? Hopefully? The overall negative response to this set has me confused though. Did people really expect 3 fully-enclosed Modular’s? I think the angle of the photo is making them look more thin than they are. That said, they’re still thin/facades, but so is Diagon Alley? The Disney train station is maybe a little deeper on one side, but most of it is maybe 10 studs deep. I feel like I’m unique in that I prefer to have open back sets so pieces can be used elsewhere, as most of my sets will be up against a wall/shelf anyway, not viewed from 360-degrees. Personally, that’s also why I’m glad it’s not both sides of the street. With both sides, you’d be looking at the backside of at least half of Main Street. I know I’m probably the target audience for this though. There are plenty of other sets I think look boring that other LEGO fans drool over, so I’m glad the shoe is on this foot now. The new molds and exclusive prints for shirts are enough for me to get this day one, and I can keep expanding my Disneyland entrance to my custom Sleeping Beauty castle.

My theory is that because the actual Disneyland Main Street has been behind scrims getting refurbished for a little bit, LEGO hasn’t had a chance to take promotional images of the set in front of Main Street, so the reveal is going to be last-minute.

Really going to have to see this set to know if it’s worth getting. Total first world problem, but I have four 48x48 baseplates in my office that have a customized Disneyland entrance (with flower bed, tunnels, train station, and train) and I rebuilt the newest Disney World castle into Sleeping Beauty’s with a moat and entrance into Fantasyland. But adding Main Street just means devoting so much space to Disneyland…

As someone who’s been playing Animal Crossing since Gamecube, I agree that they capture the aesthetic of the games well. My only complaint has been the bases, as I’ve rebuilt/moved the sets to regular baseplates to create an island. I’ve ended up with quite of a few of those rounded corner plates that I don’t know what to do with. Wish they had just gone with standard plates. I’m guessing the Mario minfigure sets will use those same plates, as LEGO seems to like the “level-building” approach for Animal Crossing and Mario.

Whatever the Animal Crossing set is this year, I imagine it will include Isabelle. Both sets she was in have retired, and we got Tom Nook again this year after his set retired. As a fan, I’ve loved the theme, but I bought a few sets on release day only to see sales later. So now I’m just holding out for the museum to get a good discount this Fall/Winter. I wouldn’t be surprised if other people are doing the same. It’ll be a shame if the theme ends and we never get some of the must-have characters present on every island, like Timmy, Tommy, Sable, etc.

This would be the perfect set! They fit perfectly on Main Street. Disney Parks fans have had it pretty good, though. The list of Disney characters that appear often enoughin the Theme Parks as walk around/meet and greet characters but that also do not have LEGO minifigures yet is getting really short. Here are gaps I can think of: - Pluto (in theme park form) - Mary Poppins and Bert - Max Goof - Clarabelle - Pete - Baloo and King Louie - Merlin - Anastasia and Drizella (Cinderella’s step-sisters) - Country Bears - Mirabel - Merida - Joy and Sadness - Figment Would be great to check off more of these and get more cast members like the Haunted Mansion, but pretty good!

Definitely not going to be full modulars. If it’s minifigure scale, I imagine it’ll be like Diagonal Alley/Hogsmeade with 16x32 baseplates and open-backed buildings. But the Disney Castles and Train Station didn’t use baseplates, so they could also approach it with regular plates like the play scale Diagon Alley and Marvel small modular street. That way it could just focus on the buildings and let people arrange them. With maybe a horse and carriage. Either way, I’m more interested in the exteriors of the buildings and they can make the interiors shallow. Just curious how much of the street they’ll make. Will it include City Hall and the Opera house? Anything from around the hub? Expecting them to make the partners statue a GWP…