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A slightly better image has surfaced! Hermione has the TLBM Batgirl hairpiece (I think?) and Lupin‘s also appears to be different ^^ The Grey Lady is definitely a new version too!

Droids aren‘t a faction though. Themed calendars are a great idea, but I hope they continue with themes that encompass the entire franchise like this year‘s does, rather than era-specific themes like rebels or Imperials. A spiritual successor could be based on creatures, a location, or a broad group like bounty hunters Okay, the last one isn‘t particularly jolly, but you know what I mean

Brickset posted a review of the Lightning McQueen set! Kinda funny considering a lot of other January sets haven‘t even been revealed yet The stickered eyes are a huge annoyance tho.

Ohhhh, I like that idea much more than Ultraman coming back as Bizarro! MoT has a lot of potential, even though I still find the idea of Lex becoming a protagonist rather iffy after everything he did in Superman. Why would anyone trust him after that?

That‘s what I keep saying, trivial as it may be: They have ALL the sales data, whereas we have to piece things together and still won‘t ever see the full picture Any decision they make will always be more informed than our guesswork. Not always the best decisions of course, but at least they have the data to back them up Out of curiosity, I checked the bestsellers for a big Swiss online shop (basically our equivalent to Amazon) and I only spotted two SW sets in the top 50, one being the 2024 Clone BP and the other the 327th Not representative at all of course, but it adds more anecdotal evidence. The BP selling so well is no cause for concern to me since the much cheaper Night Trooper BP is not far behind!

So you will lead us to hell? Not very nice of you Unless that‘s where the TIE Avenger is hiding from us!! Remove the /s. We must punish the heretics.

Yes, but I’m more extreme by not modifying anything, not even swapping hairpieces That requires a different term. Ultrapurist? Too bad the Hospital Wing pic is such bad quality! I like what I see tho ^^

I’m a purist, so no, I’m not gonna modify my minifigs Fingers crossed the design team is aware of the piece at least!

To be honest, I vastly prefer having a regular minifig head over that particular headpiece, which makes him look like a random grandpa Bald characters not having a head attachment is a tried and tested method at this point and I see little reason to change that ^^

I’m happy with every CMF series Sure, the F1 one should’ve been a side series à la Unikitty, but I even liked that one While I personally prefer licensed series, I’m all in favour of balance ^^ Next year with one regular, one themed, and one (presumably) licensed series sounds like a great mix!

Huh? Why are y’all acting as if it’s been a century since the last regular non-themed series came out, it was last January

The only one I can think of is Egghead’s from TLBM, but that obviously wouldn’t work at all

What a strange feeling to see leaked grainy boxart images again, it’s been a while The M&G boxart looks great I have to say, even though it doesn’t follow the current default style. Then again, neither did the anniversary sets last year!

We don’t and never will, as TLG don’t reveal sales figures for individual themes, let alone specific sets. Anecdotal evidence exists but is highly unreliable. It’s possible we might see another one at some point, but I guess 2026 will be Marvel’s turn again

Not likely. We still know very little about the March wave and most of the May and June sets are based on M&G, and details about sets based on new movies tend to leak later

Let’s gooooooooo The final battle against Ganon, complete with an OoT Zelda figure!! Fingers crossed it also includes a Ganondorf minifig!

A new Batman villain would be a bold prediction at this point. Predicting a year with more Soup sets than Batman ones which even 2013 didn’t have isn’t just bold, it earns you a free stay inside a luxurious padded cell On a serious note, while you’re right that Superman did pretty well (alongside its merch), it’s still too early to tell whether TLG will ever be on board with the DCU. Supergirl and Clayface will surely face uphill battles and Superman’s success was nowhere near the level of other franchises that were skipped but did get sets based on later instalments, so they might still be hesitant in 2027.

I know we’re all jonkling here, but you have to be a member of the High Council of Jonklers to believe we’ll ever get a DC set again that isn’t based on Batman Hell, not even movies actually featuring Man are safe bets after The Flash (which, granted, had more to do with Ezra Miller’s whacky criminal high jinks, but still)! The Soup mech this year must’ve been an accident.

Smells like heresy in here. It’s gonna be huge! Tremendous! [insert other bigly words here]

Thank you, I almost choked on my breakfast This is very unlikely to be a new character, let alone a non-Avenger.

There’s gonna be a new Avenger-centric DK book next year with an exclusive minifig! The blurb at the bottom about “unlocking the mysteries of the Marvel Studios multiverse” implies it could be based on the MCU, but who knows The Ultron shown on the preliminary cover isn’t the AoU version, for instance. Probably a new Iron Man or Cap

That fits incredibly well! Which means they’re never gonna use it for her

Yeah, I’m aware of the absurd price on PAB, but it will surely lead to a red fox, hopefully appearing in much cheaper sets!

Actually, it was the menace Corncob who used Paramount to bribe John L. Ego into putting all the Batman budget into the Enterprise set, it’s the only explanation! Just kidding, no bribery necessary. As if John L. Ego needed any enticements to hate DC