BrickBob Studpants

Watch them pull a NWH and neither include MODOK nor Kang

Neither of the two previous versions had a stickered face The only stickers they used on the 2020 one were for his forehead gem laser thing and a vital sign (?) on his chest

MODOK doesn’t look big enough to be the main build of the set. Then again, neither did Iron Monger Personally, I hope he’s around the same size as the 2020 version with one of those ships being the main build instead

Exactly. That’s why I warned what punishment awaits those who suggest it If I got a dollar for every time someone suggested an unknown D2C set MaY Be An ArT SeT I could buy an additional Hermione Brickhead with that

I may not have claimed your hand, but this time I’ll get you, Batsy! Tell the Grindylows it was me who sent you

Something’s indeed fishy with that PPR. Not even the buildable figures or Creator Expert cars had ones like that The first person to suggest an Art set gets yeeted into the black lake

Dangit, now I want a LEGO gopher

Except it’s an 18+ set, which indicates it’s most likely either a buildable object or a diorama of sorts. In either case, they’d probably go for the first film, specifically the opening scene

Well, the Akator temple was the largest set of 2008 and the second largest of the 2008-2009 range as a whole, so it’s not unprecedented As long as we get a set with Spalko and the crystal skull before this iteration of the theme ends, I’ll be satisied

Too early. They should start working on them near the end of the year, since the whole process between set inception and release usually takes around a year

Usually, the shelf life of widely-released sets is 1.5 years. Unless they sell terribly, I'd expect them to stick around for a while

We now have prices too, thanks to electricbricks and jedijacpenguin: 21247 The Axolotl House: 242 pcs, $24.99 21248 The Pumpkin Farm: 257 pcs, $34.99 21249 The Crafting Box 4.0: 605 pcs, $69.99 21250 The Iron Golem Fortress: 868 pcs, $99.99 My thoughts on each of these: The Axolotl House sounds like the best of these sets. Mob houses are some of my favourite MC sets they've been releasing lately and the axolotl is a particularly cute mob. Hope it includes at least three of them like the previous set, and a newly-coloured one to boot! The Pumpkin Farm could be interesting. Farm sets are another highlight and while pumpkins are nothing that spectacular, they could include new villagers here! Maybe some Illagers too, like an Evoker. I sure hope the latest crafting box is better than its precursor in terms of mobs. 3.0 didn't feature a single unique mob, which was pretty disappointing. A donkey would be neat! The Iron Golem Fortress is the biggest wildcard in this wave. It could either be a giant Iron Golem, which would be my preference, or a fortress that houses multiple Iron Golems. Out of the four sets, this has to be the one that features the skin that won the vote at last year's LEGO con. All of the contestants were knights, so a fortress is the safest bet Btw, too bad this thread doesn't get pinned, but there aren't enough posts here to justify that, I assume

Jedijacpenguin said in a video that there might be two D2C sets this year. It’s possible, but I take it with a grain of salt until we hear more

No siree, not getting my hopes up AGAIN for the fourth time. I only start believing a Gringotts set is actually coming if it kicks my door down, metaphorically

Not sure if there's a mistranslation involved somewhere, but that is one of the most METAL set names of all time

Haha Still hoping for a proper one some day

That may be, but I’d rather spend time with beloved characters than watch Captain Crunch getting henpecked every episode I swear, Cereal Karn’s uncle Harlo better be the most amazing character ever put on screen in S2

I think the other delayed 2022 set has a decent chance of being an Aquaman 2 set. Either that, or The Flash gets two

Probably not, as the Nickelodeon licenses are still with Mega, if I’m not mistaken. Besides, I doubt they’d release a 4+ TMNT range My money’s on Trolls 3.

I don’t think that’s a fair comparison. I’d say the reason both Death Star playsets were so coveted by kids was their allure as the ‘ultimate’ LEGO Star Wars set, rather than the minifigs that were paywalled behind it, which were nothing to write home about in either case. As others have pointed out, what draws people to the idea of additional NWH sets are the minifigs, not really the builds associated with them. I doubt many kids (or parents) would buy a $200 Statue of Liberty set just to get the minifigs

Ahsoka was mostly featured to set up her own show We knew there was going to be a sequel series to Rebels ever since that epilogue showed that all of the main cast (except for Kanan) survived past ROTJ, and I thought it made perfect sense for her to show up in Mando. It's the correct timeframe (briefly after ROTJ), and as the only surviving (former) Jedi other than Luke and Ezra she was a good choice to explain Grogu's backstory. To me, it felt pretty natural.

That was an Ideas set though. I wouldn't expect Art sets to feature minifigs all of a sudden

Same. I’m extremely nostalgic for the 2010-2018 toy fair seasons, but I’ve come to terms with the fact that these times are over Also, the NYTF is in September this year rather than February. No big loss though Me too! Can’t believe they haven’t cashed in on that yet.

Also excited for that one I’m glad the Art theme is branching out a bit. As much as I like the mosaics, stuff like the Rolling Stones logo or the Great Wave are a nice change of pace

We don’t know the reasoning, but it’s not TLG alone who decide what to do with this theme, Nintendo also has a say in this. The consensus among fans is that they’ve avoided minifig sets so far to avoid self-cannibalising, which makes sense. I can see the course building system ending soon because TLG tends to plan in 3-year cycles (see the big bang themes and HP for instance) and the PPRs of the new sets are notworthy too, on top of the apparently missing digifig and character series. However, this is merely circumstantial evidence. Unless we hear clear rumours, I refuse to get my hopes up