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My guess would be June 1st

Also, they hilariously call it a “vehicle” rather than a tank Not sure what this means for a potential Megatron Icons set, if anything!

OMG, the boxart pic of the Shadow set on s@h is the preliminary design, complete with watermark and placeholder name Now that’s a first!

The first new animal in an AC, but not the first new part in general Last year’s City AC had a new and still-exclusive Xmas tree costume, and the SW one introduced a new piece for Babu Frik that has just been reused in a M&G set ^^ The new reindeer calf is very cute, and I think it can double as a fawn, considering the stag doubles as a reindeer I think I can hear angry biologist noises in the distance.

Ohhhh, I thought they were human soldiers like in the movies

Pictures of the set are out, and there’s no GUN Trooper to be seen. Shadow’s opponent in the set is a robot

Hey, Timmy and Tommy are in the upcoming set! …NOT LIKE THAT!!! Seriously though, it’s a great-looking set, but I hope we’ll get them as minifigs next year!

That’s putting it lightly. It was a pretty big flop with grossing only $20 mio on a budget of $30 mio. And even if sets were ever in the cards, they would’ve capitalised on that when the movie came out 1.5 years ago Personally, I liked it, but I’m not sad about not getting sets based on it. No surprise there, as the show’s rights are with Amazon, not WB. I imagine it’d be quite messy if TLG was interested in RoP sets.

Or they couldn’t reach a deal with the license holder Sometimes, they also run into issues regarding certain actor’s likenesses. Don’t quote me on that, but I believe actors can object to their likeness being used for toys and other merchandise. I wish they’d give us more insight into their decision-making, especially why projects get removed from the parking lot, but I get why they won’t (or even can’t). It would only encourage gaming the system

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but in what universe is that an Xmas movie house? It’s a gothic castle, and it doesn’t look like the story is even set in December Or do you classify it as such because the movie came out in December? That’s a stretch and you know it

Well, I’ve had two projects on Ideas so far, one got rejected and the other is on the way to 10k, and I do feel insulted when people in ambiguous terms say that the kind of project I’ve been working on is low-effort trash. Of course I know nobody was targetting anyone in particular, but as someone who really wants to see their set on a shelf one day, this kinda hits a nerve Simple, it’s possible to advocate for classic themes without shredding licensed themes to bits at every opportunity. I didn’t say I was revelling in other people’s dissatisfaction, only that the constant bashing makes me less sympathetic to their cause.

By that logic, every project based on a classic theme is also the exact same idea then Creating broad categories to make everything sound the same is very easy Again, that’s an insult to everyone who puts hard work into their projects. It’s not less work just because the building/vehicle/object already has an existing design, you still need to translate it into a realistic set, and that’s still a challenge And you can’t tell me that Ideas projects based on something more generic like the A-Frame or the Medieval Blacksmith didn’t use any reference material. The design process isn’t that different overall. And 90% of projects never reach the 10k, no matter whether they’re licensed or not. You still need to create something presentable to get there People don’t vote for actual low-effort slop.

Last time I checked, ramen and la catrina weren’t licensed, and what is a hipster set supposed to be exactly?

Can you back that up? Last time I checked, the split between licensed and unlicensed Ideas sets was still around 50:50 And how exactly is reimagining a set from the 80/90s a creative masterpiece, but recreating a location from a movie “slop”? Hate to say it, but it’s attitudes like these that make me less inclined to feel bad for fans of classic themes. You can advocate for something without tearing other things down

That’s quite an insult to fan designers, you know People obviously put in a lot of effort here. It’s not automatically “slop” just because it’s attached to an IP. By that definition, my projects that I put hours and hours of work into are also just “slop”? There’s nothing stopping you from submitting something “original” to Ideas if IPs offend you that much.