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Huh? We have City, Ninjago, Dreamzzz, Monkie Kid, and the Lunar New Year sets (which more often than not have minifigs), plus 50% of Icons and Ideas. If you count non-minifig themes, we also have Classic and Creator, plus Friends as a minidoll theme. And like 80% of Technic

That’s what the majority of the sets is gonna be We have the 3 large-scale Pokémon that just got released, 3 more in August (Arcanine, Rayquaza, and Munchlax), the Pokéball that comes with minifigs and moulded Pokémon, and the other 12 sets are all small-scale buildable Pokémon that are compatible with the Smart Brick system. The small-scale Pikachu has leaked months ago to give you an idea what they’ll look like (i.e., a bit Mario-esque except a bit less blocky) Plus another GWP and two paperbags.

If it’s indeed the baby torso and head, then we have two problems: 1) How would they attach the hat since baby heads only have a bar-sized mini-stud as a connection point, and 2) how would the same hat fit both a baby and a minifig? After all, the hat doesn’t magically grow in size when Chopper transforms Of course they could have designed two hats, one with the head attached (meaning only one facial expression was possible then) and the other without, but that doesn’t solve the size issue

The Pokéball is the only set said to have minifigs and moulded Pokémon this year, so this goes without saying Pikachu is a given, but I wonder what else they may pick. My money is on a Gen I starter ^^

A sketch of the Rave Cave set can be found in the usual place! The set might introduce the rollercoaster pieces in the new blue violet colour, the description says ^^

Nope, he has a regular minifig torso

Because it’s a timeless movie Very few things remain relevant for 50 years or longer. Comparing ANH to comparatively short-lived LEGO themes from the 80s and 90s is a bit disingenuous.

I have a feeling some of you are a bit stuck in the past It’s not the 80s or 90s anymore. Kids’ interests just aren’t the same anymore and generic themes that are so generic you can’t even tell the good and bad guys apart don’t cut it anymore. TLG is the number 1 toy brand today, not the quirky underdog it was 40 years ago AFOLs liked to point at Playmobile to prove that castle, pirates and the like could still be viable nowadays, but A) Playmobile have jumped on the license train too, even acquiring some of the same licenses, and B) they have been in a bad spot financially for years. That said, I do wish they created a couple of new in-house themes. Not at the expense of the licensed themes, but Monkie Kid and Dreamzzz need good replacements!

Do Pokémon count? The moulded Eevee just leaked!

That Eever looks great! I’m curious to see how many moulded Pokémon we’ll get in total ^^

He’s nowhere near as small as Babu Frik or Grogu though Sure, LEGO proportions can be funky, but a minifig works way better in my opinion ^^

LEGO have officially revealed a teaser video, showing (the upper half of) the Chopper minifig! Love it!

If even a flipping Ninjago movie underperformed, what chance would movies based on themes from the late 90s/early 2000s stand?

Yeah, I was wrong, but it still took em 7 years

I‘m not one to scoff at new dual-moulded pieces, but the budget can indeed have been spent better In general, this could be a pretty loaded wave in terms of new pieces. The two minifigs confirmed so far both require a new piece each (Dr Hiriluk’s hairdo and Chopper’s head), and some of the unconfirmed but likely to appear characters too, particularly Wapol, Mr 3, Alvida, and Miss All Sunday. The Straw Hats don‘t need new pieces this season as Usopp‘s goggles can be realised as a print on last year‘s bandana piece. Smoker, Tashigi, Miss Valentine, Mr 5, and Dalton could also all be done without new pieces. Other characters I‘m 50:50 on. Miss Wednesday would benefit from a new hairpiece, but they may just as well repurpose an existing ponytail piece. Mr 9, unlikely as he sadly is to appear, may reuse the existing crown/hair combo piece, despite the hairstyle not matching. Where are the factory leaks when you need them?!