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More like reek Every set has its fans and you can‘t really argue about taste, but to me that was a blocky monstrosity Out of the ROTJ versions, the 2009 one‘s where it‘s at!

Still no set news, but NH will get LEGO furniture! Kinda crazy to see LEGO in a Nintendo game!

Mario Day has just gotten more interesting Since the sets will now definitely get released after S2 (my guess is August again), they definitely won‘t have to worry about „spoilers“ and all S2 characters should be fair game ^^ Well, except for Sir Crocodile. He certainly will only have a cameo before a proper appearance in S3.

Indeed. Some people may think that the show, if it gets sets, will breath new air into the theme, but I‘m very sceptical about that. From what we‘ve seen so far, all that will differ is some aspects of the minifigs, and maybe some additional characters that weren‘t in the movies. The uniforms, Hagrid’s costume, Diagon Alley and the Hogwarts Express will all look almost identical and Hogwarts will likely not differ in any meaningful way either, so set-wise it would be more of the same with slightly different minifigs And less variety, since the show will take at least 10 years to get to DH, if they even make it that far.

Oh, it absolutely was! The Didney execs wanted to make the pre-set deadline at all cost, and it shows. While I like TROS more than most people do, it‘s apparent it was rushed and a lot of plot points sure would‘ve resonated more if A) there was a plan for the ST from the get-go, and B) there was more time to develop some of the ideas. There are still way too many holes in the timeline of events, and now The Acolyte created even more of them with the reveal that Qimir is the founder of the Knights of Ren. Medium rare.

Well, it takes some mental gymnastics to interpret „secret potion classroom“ as „Snape teaches Hermione in secret“, as opposed to „the cauldron has a secret classroom inside“ I highly doubt a single person buying this set will perceive it as creepy. At no point is it ever implied that anything weird is going on between them, beyond Snape ignoring her in PoA and generally not treating Gryffindor students all that well. Yeah, child abuse is undeniably present in the story, but interpreting the set in this way is quite the stretch

Thanks to the latest Ideas review results, we will get sets based on the Smurfs, Power Rangers, Downton Abbey, and ET! Can’t say I expected them to pick 5 projects (plus one from the parking lot), let alone these specific licenses!

I think that‘s trans-purple satin, the same colour as the potion effect piece

You mean the 2x2 round jumper plate with a Technic ball on top? I thought it was lavender at first, but the more I look at it, the more I‘m convinced it is in fact a new colour! Too bad there‘s no flask piece as I‘ve hoped, but the printed minifig head representing a labelled jar is a cool addition, and the boiling potion piece getting another recolour is also nice to see.

…excellent point, never even thought about it! It’s never been clearly explained whether the Final Order / Sith Eternal was cut off from the rest of the galaxy or if some FO members were in contact with them. The prominent FO characters definitely weren‘t as the existence of the Sith Eternal was a surprise to all of them. Minimal or no contact would explain why they use older designs, like the xyston-class SDs being based on the Imperial rather than the FO version. In that case, FO TIE pilots don‘t make sense unless the TIE Daggers were only manned once the First and Final Orders joined forces. …but then again, both Jumptrooper versions look identical apart from the colour. That one is trickier to explain since the helmet and armour follow FO rather than Imperial design conventions and thus can‘t be explained away by being based on old discarded Imperial designs That‘s the least of TROS‘ issues, but I still wish they thought through things a bit more. JJ gonna JJ!

I don‘t see how China being a dictatorship changes what I said. I don‘t really want to get into all that since I try to avoid the topic as much as I can, but I will quickly justify my choice of words regardless. „Regime“ is an appropriate term for a government where checks & balances no longer apply, separation of power ceases to exist, congress is bypassed, and where the government threatens to use the army against its own citizens, and that‘s just the tip of the iceberg You can downplay it as much as you like, but the trajectory this takes is not leading anywhere good.

Hey, leave the TIE Dorito out of this, that‘s a great TIE design Yeah, not a fan. It‘s basically a regular SD with some red lines. Riveting. Even a completely red version would‘ve been better! Not sure if this is fanart or leaked concept art, but something like this would‘ve been so much cooler:

A picture of the cauldron is out! Gotta say, I looove the new boxart! Kinda strange not to have the trio on there, but it looks great nonetheless! Also, looks like I was right about the patroni being trans-light blue satin

I don‘t doubt they sell somewhat, but whether they can compete with the big boys is the question Castle 07/08 didn‘t have Ninjago to compete with, for instance.

That‘s exactly my point though, Gunn himself has stated that the international box office was very likely affected by it. And in regards to BNW, I brought that one up because there was a very vocal social media campaign in China, urging people to boycot it in favour of Ne Zha 2. And people are boycotting the US, as tourism for instance has unsurprisingly taken a hit in many places.

Bold claim. Based on what evidence, exactly? I highly doubt the previous castle themes ever outdid their competitors, be they in-house or licensed. I don‘t see why a generic castle theme would ever be able to compete with or even best well-established themes like City or Ninjago, let alone Harry Potter or Star Wars. People used to point at Playmobil for comparison, but guess what, they nowadays have just as many licensed themes as LEGO does, and their financial reports aren‘t looking so good I wouldn‘t mind castle returning with a new theme to replace Dreamzzz, but it‘s not gonna be the #1 best-selling theme. That‘s delusional, frankly

As I said, they could‘ve done a third series in 2022, but even then we already got the obvious candidates like Kreacher, Pomfrey, Pince, Yaxley, and OotP Tonks anyway, and other characters frequently appearing on such wishlists have since showed up in sets and books as well, such as Rita Skeeter, Karkaroff, Bill, and Narcissa. Now the final character you‘d often see on such lists - Xenophilius - gets released in January, leaving exactly nobody Well, maybe not nobody, but a CMF with only 12 minifigs would need some heavy hitters, and Mundungus Fletcher, Scrimgeour, the Carrows, and random students just aren‘t it. And I doubt a series only consisting of updated minifigs would be much of a draw. So far, every CMF series has mostly featured either new characters or noteworthy variants that haven‘t been done before.

People like to bring up the 2016 Bridge Battle, which is indeed one of the best SH playsets (if not the best), but a lot of the other sets from that era don‘t hold up all that well Despite its flaws, this year‘s Oscorp blows many of those out of the water. The Bridge Battle was an outlier, not the standard ^^

At this point, I‘ve pretty much given up on new side characters or villains showing up in regular sets, so updates of existing minifigs is the best I can hope for In that sense, Mysterio and Rhino sound like good additions! With all the new elements introduced since the last Rhino mech in 2015, I‘m sure the new version will wipe the floor with that one And no stupid angry Clone!!

That was the first one, the second series only featured HP characters Yes, but we don‘t need a CMF series for that. Nowadays we regularly get CMF-quality minifigs in sets, so a new Snape Boggart could easily appear in a future set, even with a new hat piece. The appeal of CMF series is to get characters and versions we otherwise wouldn‘t, not slightly update already existing minifigs

Hm, what could‘ve happened between MoS and Soup that negatively affected the perception of the US? The movie has definitely been boycotted to some extent internationally. Cap and Soup both can’t be divorced from being representations of the US and both recent movies have suffered as a result. Personally, I‘m not gonna boycot Hollywood productions because I love movies too much, at least until they start using genAI or openly bow to the regime.

Nobody‘s offended. Reasonable criticism is more than welcome! However, I think it‘s perfectly valid to poke fun at people who have been complaining about a rather minor issue like that for years while acting as if helmet holmes ate their hamster and killed their grandma

No offense, but that‘d be a pretty terrible CMF series. We had both of those before with little room for improvement, and none of the missing characters warrant appearances in a series either. In 2022, I would’ve supported a third series, but that train has since departed

Well, if you ignore the giant T-shaped hole Also, nicely put together argument for why not to use AI in writing ^^ Couldn‘t agree more! I just finished a script for one of my courses and a paper I‘m about to submit, and I refused to use genAI for any of it. Besides dehumanising the entire process, it all sounds like the same homogenised drivel in the end.

Huh, I never even thought to ask ChatGPt to come up with set ideas Just for fun, I wanted to see what garbage it would surprise me with. It did not disappoint. Behold!! Sith Inquisitor Strike Speeder with two TIE apprentice minifigs. What the **** is a TIE apprentice? A Venator with „classic Republic grey/blue markings and a hidden trooper compartment“. BLUE?? Jedi Temple Council Podium: a buildable display piece for Jedi Council meetings FO Flametrooper Battlepack: Two flametroopers, two stormtroopers, 1 buildable small turret and revolving flame-launcher module. Hoth Echo Base: Playset-style; includes Echo Base command centre, snow-crawler, 4 minifigs (Rebellion/Empire) & hidden secret panel. ChatGPT really likes its hidden panels and troop compartments No wonder people aren‘t using it for fake rumours, way too easy to detect!