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This could also simply be a reference to the DA D2C set, which still hasn’t reached its EoL yet I’m surprised we haven’t had a new version since 2021 yet, as the hairpiece introduced in the BTS set would be perfect for him!

Since this mostly concerns Marvel, I don‘t expect much of an impact on SW, which has way fewer projects overall. Maybe it’ll be one new season each year rather than two. Personally, I hope they shift the focus back on movies rather than shows, which seems to be the case already anyway LEGO-wise, I don’t think there will be any difference since a vast majority of sets each year is based on previous material anyway

I’m wondering about that as well. A lot of the DA/KA shops aren’t well-known enough to carry their own set, I’m afraid. Gringotts, Flourish & Blotts, and Borgin & Burkes seem like the best candidates to me, which could each be accompanied by a lesser-known shop

Exactly. I’d expect 6 sets based on the new movie, another skull/brick-built dino, plus two others (JP, JW, or CT)

Light side Vader looks cool in my opinion Nice to see figure leaks coming back, they’ve been pretty rare recently!

Late September or early October would be my guess. The set itself may inadvertedly show up in a store early (as has happened multiple times before with D2C sets) or the minifigs could look leak around late August, but I wouldn’t hold my breath for either of these scenarios

True, codenames for themes have little to no bearing on anything, but this might be different since it’s the codename for a single Icons set rather than a theme Still, you’re raising a fair point!

Doubtful at best. These catalogues have become useless and basically only feature sets already on shelves by the time they get released The Jan-June one for instance didn’t even showcase the already revealed March sets! So yeah, I highly doubt there’s anything noteworthy in there. Funny to think that this was how the 2021 August sets were “leaked”, essentially ruining the reveal scheduled for LEGO Con. Maybe that’s why they stopped showing new sets in there

Sometimes within the same set even! @Ashnflash had three copies of the same portrait in the GH set

I think they‘ll be included in next year‘s sets as well, just like the chocolate frog cards continued for an additional year The grand staircase tower for instance just asks for it!

Except the codename is „Clown“, so how would that make sense? Granted, Skinner is a clown, but not a literal one

No, there’s also a GWP set, but we don’t know yet if it’s tied to the Burrow or not

@TandNbricks is a believable source, so I‘m cautiously optimistic! Since there‘s a ten year gap between this and the last offerings, I hope they won‘t „waste“ too many spots on characters we‘ve had before. But if the two LOTR D2C sets are any indication, there should be a healthy mixture of redesigns and new characters!

Put these two sentences together and we have the likely answer @TandNbricks implies it‘s a Simpsons set! Admittedly, I‘m sceptical about rumours of a 2025 Icons set this far in advance, but TandN has a good track record, so I‘m cautiously optimistic. Well, even without the Simpsons hints, it‘s unquestionably an Icons set. A DC D2C set would have a set number in the normal Superheroes range, not 10XXX

Good thing we know this is not a DC set, otherwise I wouldn't put it past them

Has that ever happened though? Sure, we had false rumours before (like the Tower of Fate that turned out to be Thor's hammer instead), but we've known all the set numbers this year for quite some time, including retail exclusives, GWP sets, and D2C ones. I wouldn't get my hopes up

It‘s a shame the 2011 GL movie harmed the brand the way it did since there‘s so much potential here, not only film-wise but also in terms of sets! I still don‘t understand why they keep insisting on making a show out of it rather than movies though. Earth-based GL stories sound very limited in scope and the effects do require quite a sizeable budget! Hopefully Gunn does something cool with Guy next year, even though he will likely be a comedic side character

There are no unknown Disney sets for the rest of the year in general, minifigs or not, except for 40749, which seems to be a GWP set

Fair point. Noses, ears, and fingers do exist in the LEGO universe, but how they‘re handled varies quite a bit Elves have ears, Pinocchio and Voldemort (ironically) have noses, and a lot of SW alien minifigs feature both. Personally, I wouldn’t mind if they kept Enoch’s nose, but I also wouldn’t miss it if they decided against having it. Enoch is likely a human (or at least near-human), so removing it from his helmet would be consistent with most human minifigs, but then again, it’s only the helmet, which we have no other examples of They don’t usually modify helmets much…

Exactly. The sets themselves are awesome, but boy is this the most boring range of minifigs we‘ve ever seen in a Marvel summer wave I appreciate the updated designs (and the fire demons), but would it have killed them to include Kraglin or Howard the Duck in the Milano to spice things up a bit? Or at least include new variants of characters we haven‘t seen in ages, like Quicksilver, Strucker, or Ultron? It is what it is tho. Still a great wave overall!

Huge bummer to hear that, as I was stil looking forward to that one The decision must‘ve been made after the survey leak, as it wouldn‘t have made much sense to feature a cancelled set in there

That‘s the main issue. Enoch is the only SW character I can think of who wears a helmet with a realistic moulded nose Including it would likely look pretty silly, but omitting it would leave out an important detail… Not sure what they‘re gonna do.

The Ezra minifig leaked as well! Wrong hairpiece, but it looks good Fingers crossed for Enoch next!

I‘m sure the theme will provide some nice-looking sets if they‘re on par with the recent Friends offerings and we‘ll likely get quite a few interesting new parts out of it if the teaser‘s any indication, but it‘s still a bummer it‘s a minidoll theme I get why they went this route tho

The Peridea set is definitely the one I‘m looking forward to the most out of the entire August wave! One new character, two sought-after new versions, and two very welcome new variants. Still sounds too good to be true, but I‘m glad it isn‘t! Too bad there‘s no Nighttrooper BP to accompany it though, so we‘ll have Thrawn and Enoch without any of their troops At least for the time being.