Lyichir

Very nice review! The casual style felt very refreshing. This set looks lovely. I really love how Eevee and especially Lapras look in this style. The other accessories and setting aren't outstanding, but I appreciate their inclusion if only to help contextualize this pairing a bit, giving the set a basic story and sense of adventure instead of just a pair of contextless action figures. Your collection of other non-Lego Pokémon and anime toys and figures is also impressive!

Hadn't thought about how much type coverage there was! Makes me excited to see what other Pokémon we could see in this style. For Steel-type, I feel like Magnemite could look very cool (You could even potentially make a set that comes with the parts for both Magnemite and Magneton). For Bug, it probably wouldn't take much to build a good likeness of the already blocky Charjabug! But of course, I expect a lot of choices to also be made based on popularity—so for both Steel and Fighting I wouldn't be surprised if we see Lucario before long.

Huh, interesting. I'd think a franchise like that would be better suited to something like a CMF series (since a lot of the most iconic aspects of the series seem to be the characters rather than specific settings). But that might just be my relative unfamiliarity with it.

Bigger sets do tend to be second half of the year releases generally. 755 pieces is not that big for an 18+ set, so I expect that rather than being another minifigure-focused set I expect 72059 might be a standalone display item like the Game Boy or Piranha Plant.

Just noticed that 8193 (a new wing/tail piece introduced in Speed Champions) is now available in blue—between that and the grey one that was already out could be very fun for Classic Space MOCs. The 2x2 27° wedge tiles are new in blue as well.

I just wish we'd get owls outside that theme... not exactly keen on adding to a wealthy bigot's coffers.

Cute video of some of the stars playing with their Lego versions:

Definitely strange news. After not getting any cartoon episodes this year I wouldn't have expected Dreamzzz to live on as a framing device for a random licensed crossover. Don't really know how to feel about it.

This is a really cool MOC, but to be honest I think an issue with brick-built monorails as far as set potential is concerned is that they could end up being a very tedious building experience. I don't think it's a coincidence that most Lego train and road systems of any type use big prefabricated parts—while hobbyist AFOLs can often have the dedication and patience to put lots of work into a large layout, I think for most builders the vehicles and buildings are the "exciting" part of the build, so having so much of the build consist of assembling brick-built track sections could majorly drag down the experience of putting it together.

Oh, I'm not suggesting that's what I think THIS set would be, it's just a thought of what they could potentially do for a future set at some point.

Speaking of buildable objects, another potential one that occurred to me due to the popularity of the Botanicals sets would be a buildable Silent Princess from Breath of the Wild. Perhaps it could even come with a vase/flowerpot that has a minifig-scale diorama inside like the flowerpots in the Disney Princess or Wednesday sets (perhaps Zelda's study from Hyrule Castle, which could potentially be a good way to make BotW Zelda more widely available in a cheaper set).

If it's standalone (i.e. not establishing a whole new subtheme), I kind of hope it stays the same style (or at least something somewhat compatible).

Technically the current horse tail is attached to the back legs, not the body. So they could presumably introduce new components for the head and back legs/tail while using the same body piece. That said, at that point I don't know if the savings would be that worth it compared to making a wholly new zebra.

I definitely think a bigger "heavy point" Chopper appearing in sets is an inevitability sooner or later. I don't know if its execution here is my favorite way of going about it—the large surface for torso printing is versatile, but the lack of shaping/texture on the torso ultimately feels a little "flat" compared to bigfigs or previous mid-sized figs like Axl from Nexo Knights. But if they did go with this for the actual sets, I suppose I could get used to it. Looking through the trailer I also see Zoro in his guard uniform from Drum Island. Kuroobi looks good too. Both are figs I hope we might see in sets if they someday revisit Season 1 and 2 scenes. I'm curious who's animating this... is it a studio that's done previous Lego animated specials, or a new one? It looks pretty good, nicely toy-accurate but with some good cartoony motion.

New trailer for the Lego One Piece special: