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Yup.

Showed a huge statue of the robot suit, then the regular size Ship and Reindeer costumes.

No doubt!

Supposed leak of an Avatar 2 set, which includes a blue alien horse. https://www.instagram.com/the_lego_leaker/

It kind of reads like they had a few designs for a Fall/Winter CMF, but then filled out the line with various other rehashes, leftover S.18 concepts and an anniversary nod w/the knight. I'm withholding judgement until pics surface, naturally.

Sure sounds like it.

On now. Pulling these translations from the [/quote]. Green dragon suit lady? a knight with pink shield and horse on a stick a girl in a fairy costume with white crown and trans-pink wings a girl in a reindeer costume with 2x2 gift A goat costume Nutcracker costume Snowman Costume girl in a blue robot costume Popcorn costume (like the hotdog, apparently) man with a ship costume and he looks like a captain man with a turkey costume, these chicken arms and new head girl in a elv-costume and a snowglobe

Finally!

four hours later... https://www.instagram.com/raymundo516/

Instagram has a pic of a magenta shark suit piece and soccer jersey purported to be BAM pieces. Can't speak to the legitimacy of the poster.

I think they have as good a shot as any. All those themes, save for maybe Western, have had regular appearances in recent waves.

Sure is.

Pretty good odds, I'd think. Hope that tan fur collar ends in a cheap set.

This. The LEGO sections around here were hit hard this holiday, and I imagine the Wal-Mart Christmas assortment (the only place with them) was no exception. I should have grabbed S.2, but just couldn't work up the care. I'll regret it, probably. You can wait for the post Christmas clearance, some might be unearthed and tossed over in that aisle.

Change the hair piece on CMF S.5 zookeeper and you have, for all practical purposes, a Jane Goodall minifigure. I suspect actual licensed minifigures of conservationists would be saved for a 21312-like DTC set, though "stealth" releases in the CMF line will happen at some point. LEGO already has the parts in the catalog to make a blatant "not-Steve Irwin" CMF.

Agreed.

That's where I'm at. Kind of surprised we haven't gotten a DdlM CMF, yet.

Another very strong series.

That needs to happen.

Captain Carter for that nice '40s hair piece, zombie Capt. because zombie. The Lokae are "maybes", and only for the animals. Call me when we're getting X-Men.

Agreed. I haven't much nice to say about Vidyo, other than that the minifigure designs have been really fun.

That largely depends on region. All Walmarts and Targets carry them, then you'll have various regional retail/grocery chains that carry LEGO. Usually the only place you'll see deeply discounted LEGO is Walmart and Target, and generally only at certain times a year.

Here in the States, Walmart will be where we see the biggest discounts. Fall reset is right around the corner, and if they don't go on major discount then, they will in the post-holiday clearance. I suspect $4-$5 BeatBoxes will not be uncommon, with some stores slashing them even deeper. Bandmates are harder to gauge, as CMFs rarely go on clearance even when they warm pegs. They tend to just "disappear" one day. Polybags do go on clearance on occasion, and if we go by past examples, anywhere from $1-$3 might be possible. It's a waiting game at this point. Target will probably start it all off at 30%, then follow their standard deduction protocol until it's all sold, or they get tired of printing new tags and just send the rest off to the shredder.

I don't mind them, they're reminiscent of Fabuland figures. I could definitely see myself using the shark or werewolf heads in Ninjago MOCs.

Have we discussed the leaked helicopter set with elephant, baby elephant and Hidden Side croc stand-in?