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I'm just glad for a trailer! It'd be better if more than just Sarah Vowell and Brad Bird were doing voice reprisals, tho.

Actually it's the Iron Man/Vulture helmet from last year. Sam's is the CMF football player with the Atlantis visor.

The price isn't too great, but it's worth it for the exquisite parts and minifigures. Rinzler in particular is excellent.

An Emperor's New Groove set would be amazing. A palace set would provide plenty of space for setpieces (throne room, secret lab), play features (PULL THE LEVER, KRONK), and figures, such as Pacha, Kuzco, Yzma, Kronk (Axl-style torso, of course), and Llama!Kuzco.

Nightmare Before Christmas?

If the rumors of TNBC Brickheadz are true, they may also continue the trend.

I guess that's better than nothing on the Frozone side of things. D'you suppose they'll add extra bricks to Incredible's upper body, or just use the stupid Hulk fists?

I beg to differ, Mr. Incredible's defining feature has always been his exaggerated musculature. For me, he never truly worked as a normal fig, and all of my own ideas for figs (I need a hobby) have used an Axl-esque top heavy torso.

Spider Boy. He comes with parts that are very useful for customizing my all-time favorite CMF, the Spooky Boy (Even if the bio doesn't make him the Spooky Boy in a suit). Plus the spider backpack is dope.

Yup. Definitely gonna need a lot of Spider Guys.

Heck yes. Fright Knights was before my time, but Monster Fighters will always be my favorite in-house theme.

You know what I'd like? I'd like a castle (or at least a medieval village) theme based around Halloween/Spooky aesthetics; it would take inspiration from MediEvil, the works of Tim Burton/Henry Selick, and Certain items from a game called Terraria. There wouldn't be many bright colors, but potential for a lot of dark purple or sand/olive green. LEGO could still get their faction fix, with monsters like zombies, pumpkinheads, or ghosts forming the bad guys and either a 'city watch' or pitchfork-and-torch mob on the protagonist side. Also available is the potential for new molds: sickles, crows, big wolves, more detailed bats, gothic arches... I know it's not likely to happen, but a boy can dream.

I didn't watch the Oscars, so sadly the only ones I could eyeball were Mark Hamill and Chris Evans, but I knew others' looks enough to immediately connect when I saw the names. Excellent work!

Thanks for the kind words @Robert8! Had to occupy myself during the hiatus somehow! I'm always down for more Calacas. Glad to hear it!

This should cover several of the bios that the writing team has since missed (anyone who wants to tackle the rest of the spares are more than welcome): Lacrosse Player "Hut, two! Hut, two! Hut, two!" If you're looking for the Lacrosse Player, odds are you'd find him on the training field. Instilled with a love of the sport from a young age, he spends literally all of his free time practicing for the day when he finally joins a team...which may be a while off yet, considering he's the only fig in his tiny town who even realizes lacrosse is a real sport! It may be mildly obscure, but the Lacrosse Player doesn't mind--you get much fewer crazy fans for a sport that small. So he trains, and trains, and waits for his day in the sun to come. Equestrienne "Come one, Sunray, you and me!" It was a sunny April day when a young Equestrienne first met the horse Sunray. Neglected and abandoned, the animal struck a heartwarming bond with the girl. Though her father discouraged her from going near it, a treatment of love and snacks slowly nursed the horse back to health. Eventually, the Equestrienne decided to run Sunray at her first race. And wouldn't you know it--it was a major success! With her father's renewed faith in her, the Equestrienne and her faithful mount have run many races in the days since, and her touching story has served as an inspiration to many of her peers. Lion Suit Guy "AAWHAWAZZAT" Let's not beat around the bush--the Lion Suit Guy is a pretty big coward. He'll jump at the snap of a finger, and is wary even when the only other person in the room is his own shadow. Eventually, he decided: maybe if he looked like a lion, he'd have the courage of a lion! One internet order later, and the Lion Suit Guy was born! So far, he's seen only marginal improvement--he still gets queasy around heights, spiders, and vampires, but he's definitely getting better! And with people like him, that's an exceptional achievement indeed. Pajama Party Girl "Guuuuuys, I'm trying to sleeeeeeeeeeeeep..." She may be enthusiastic about her friends, but the Pajama Party Girl is swiftly regretting inviting them over for an overnight party. Or perhaps the fault lies in her reasoning, for assuming that there would be any sleep at a party of this type. Nevertheless, her honored guests are simply too buzzed on junk food and sugar to do much but bounce about the house, making as much noise as a metal concert. This is not fun for the Pajama Party Girl, who was sure to partake in as many exhausting activities as possible in preparation for the upcoming festivities... White Chess Pawn "But...I was so...close." At the start of every great chess game, the White Chess Pawn is undoubtedly the first on the board, marching on the black army to surround the Black Chess King and force a surrender! They've been told that should they make it to the black army territory in one piece, they could get a promotion--to a bishop, a knight, or even a Queen! However, they never do, because no one bothered to tell the White Chess Pawn exactly how slow and unwieldly of attack they are. Only moving one square at a time, and with a truly infuriating sword that only hits on the diagonal, the White Chess Pawn has yet to receive the crown of a White Chess Queen. But they still hope... Movie Director "Cut! Thunder, how many times I gotta tell ya--shoot the spaceships, ride the dragon--NOT the other way around!" The Movie Director is considered by many to be a genius. Through his flawless method of fusing genres and cinematic stylings, he has created truly epic spectacles of film. However, stuffing Monster Fighters, Adventurers, Giant Robots, Pirates and more all into the same 2-hour timeslot has left the actors, crew, and everyone else around him frazzled, exhausted, and on the verge of mutiny. Sadly, his films are too popular for the studio to ever consider stopping their production, so the cast and crew have to express their dissatisfaction in whatever subtle ways they can. Ventriloquist "I think it's time we call it a night. 'You, think? It'th a niracle!'" Ventriloquism, while a nifty concept, is a little dated, belonging mostly in the vaudeville houses of days gone by. But that doesn't stop the Ventriloquist! He and his smart-aleck dummy have been touring small theaters and schools as far as their funds will take them, and they never feel to rake in the laughs. However, the Ventriloquist is something of a method actor, slipping into his dummy voice far away from the stage and his puppet. Some more paranoid types have began to wonder which of them truly is the 'dummy' of the relationship... Cow Suit Girl "Did you know milk has over seven essential vitamins and minerals?" Milk. It's delicious, and no one knows that better than the Cow Suit Girl. She may seem grating in her incessant milk slurping, factoid sharing, and constant mooing, but her genuine enthusiasm for bovines and delicious dairy turns out rather endearing after a while. Just ask the Milkmaid--the Cow Suit Girl hardly leaves her alone, but the two eventually became the best of friends! Martian "Forget taking me to their leader, I'd settle for them taking me SERIOUSLY." It's hard to be the front-line soldier of a galactic conquering army when one is 3 feet tall, green, and possessed of adorable deely-bopper antennae. Enlisted in the Alien Leader's intergalactic armada, the Martian has top-of-the-line weaponry, training, and hidden cybernetics, but no one he meets actually sees him as a credible threat. He's gotten kinda weird as a result, alternating between depressed monologuing and trigger-happy to vaporize anyone who looks at him funny. Festive Mariachi "Viva los muertos!" Ever since he was a baby bones in Monstertown, the Festive Mariachi has wanted to visit the human realm. Everything was just so alive there--the colors, the food and ESPECIALLY the music, especially the energetic, happy music of the mariachi! After finding a piece of old Monster Fighter technology, his deathlong wish was finally granted, and he entered our realm--lucky for him,the area where he entered was celebrating a regional festival of the dead, so no one looked twice at the actual skeleton walking past them, agape with awe at the wonders of a life never lived. On his journey through the human realm, he met so many interesting people and learned so many interesting things that he eventually decided to keep a journal of all the friends he had made along the way. Where is this journal, you may ask? Why, you're reading it right now!

If they do, I hope they branch out of their 'generic hypertechy superspies' rut. I'm hoping for something more along the lines of 007 or Kingsmen, tuxedo-martini style agents should they pick up the idea again.

Atompunk is a style of sci-fi based around 1950's art and culture. Probably the biggest mainstream example of atompunk is the Fallout game series.

I even have a storyline set up; though given it was originally meant to be an Earthbound fan game, it might be a bit too subversive and deep for LEGO.

I have been summoned by @Digger of Bricks to extrapolate on an idea of mine regarding an action/adventure theme based around Atompunk/50's sci-fi monster movies. At the basic level, it is similar to an updated Monster Fighters line, with less of a vehicular focus, as most of the bricks will go to building big monsters like blobs or mutated insects. To contrast with the hardened hunters of MF and Adventurers, the heroes will be archetypes of the 50's, thrust into extraordinary circumstances. My prospective team so far is: Teenage poodle skirt daughter with big ray gun Ice Cream Man Gray Alien (think Classic Alien CMF) attempting to blend in Fusion of the Standard 50's Father and Mad scientist. Antagonistic forces beyond giant monsters feature characters like Gillman, the Fly, and the MIBs (Which are a good source of vehicles). As a bonus, terrified bystanders will be an excellent source for new 50's hairstyles and prints.

Basically Monster Fighters, but Atompunk instead of Steampunk. Instead of hardened hunters, the heroes are just a team of random blokes thrust into fights with monsters that crawled right out of the silver screen.

Either would be good in my book! I've always been a sucker for retro stylings, 30's and 50's in particular. I'm leaning more toward Flash Gordon, since I have an idea for an in-house 50's sci-fi theme that doesn't have much to do with space.

Yes PLEASE?!

How would Nightmare Brickheadz even work? The main character's defining traits are his grossly exaggerated proportions; trying to condense Jack into the same squashed block as the others just wouldn't work out IMO.

An addendum to my previous list, concerning characters I'd like to see made into buildable figures: Rebel Trooper Yoda Count Dooku The Emperor Lando Calrissian Tusken Raider Ventress L3-37 Embo Anakin Skywalker (Seriously, How has this not happened yet) C-3PO and R2-D2

The only one of these figures I've owned is Grievous (working on rectifying this, however). How much do the arm-swinging functions hinder posing for display, and how difficult are they to remove?