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Agreed. At $500, they kinda have to play it safe. That‘s not really the ideal price point for whacky, experimental ideas, is it

I highly doubt they‘d release a small buildable Iron Man, a Hulkbuster D2C set, and a $500 Iron Man statue all in the same year

That‘s cheating, you don’t telegraph April Fools pranks like that

The former Way too soon for the latter

Apparently, we will learn in roughly 24 hours what the $500 set will be Fingers crossed for the Avengers Tower!

A couple of years ago, I’d probably have been disappointed with the „accessory pack“ news, but given how short our list of missing characters has become (especially with Yaxley coming and a potential OotP Tonks), I don’t really mind We‘re almost at the point where everything new they‘re releasing feels like a bonus

Patience is a virtue I think it was mentioned recently that promobricks would give another update on their SH list early April I wouldn’t be shocked though if the remaining 5 to 6 sets were all Marvel

Hehe That remimds me: this being a Brickheadz set could mean that SoD is not even getting Brickheadz Big oof

Assuming it’s a Brickheadz pack, which professors do you think it’s gonna be? My guess would be Snape, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout. The latter two could also be replaced with Lupin & Moody

It was a complete hoax

Not too sad about that, since we already have all of the relevant characters in some form

They are Arm printing is already a rare commodity in regular sets. Combined with dual-moulding even more so, that’s an exception and not the rule

Preach. How hard can it be to wait for proper pictures before judging a set? That’s why I’m glad we don’t get many catalogue leaks these days And the new TCW version of Windu looks great! Nice attention to detail with the printed emblem And they’re really accurate to the non-canon source material with the 187th commander wearing airborne trooper-like armour!

I‘m pretty impressed by all three of these sets! Even the 4+ one looks good

Isn‘t it just this windscreen piece from Speed Champions?

Personally, I think the tank looks rather decent. Pretty sure it‘s just a bit of an unfortunate angle The minifig selection isn‘t mind-blowing or anything, but new clones are always welcome, even if their colour scheme isn‘t canon

Don’t you mean Pettigrew’s comedic knock-out? (I’ll never forgive them for omitting his poetic death scene) Malfoy Manor still seems like a good set candidate to me. If they can release Rise of Voldemort without any issues, Malfoy Manor should be a-ok I mean, while it is closely connected to Dobby’s death, he technically doesn’t even die there, so the connection is much weaker than the one the graveyard has to Cedric’s death

Still weird to me we’re not getting a minifig of Dodgson As kitbashed as he was, we did get Mills in the largest FK set, and that one seemed like a much less important villain in the grand scheme of things compared to what Dodgson appears to be Couldn’t have sacrificed one of the three Kaylas or Rainns or one of the twenty precious Owens/Claires for him, could we

Key word being “personally”. Not every designer may agree with this approach Besides, there’s a difference between a set-exclusive character and a set-exclusive variant So a common minifig spiced up with extra printing being exclusive to a UCS set is no big deal to me. Moreover, you can’t really expect this ultra-detailed Threepio to show up in every set from now on

Another thing that could be mentioned is that the designer quote was that the mechs were designed to be for kid collectors, not necessarily the minifigs A mech can still be collectable even if the minifig that pilots it isn’t exclusive Exclusivity is something adult collectors care about, not kids

Even if that option would be in the cards, I fail to see how this could be achievable with only 3 new prints These packs are mostly repackaged pre-existing minifigs or kitbashes, with 2-3 exclusive prints (or very rarely a recoloured piece) being sprinkled in If this rumour is true, I‘d expect the same Sinistra from last year, Grubbly-Plank as a kitbashed minifig, Lockhart in a new outfit (dueling club?), and perhaps McGonagall. Or Vector, if we‘re lucky

You aren't just Codyleaks in disguise, are you? Sounds pretty fishy. I'll believe it when I see it

Well, they could release a set based on the Battle of Hogwarts with some ruins, but I have a feeling in that case they'd rather release a normal set in the modular style instead, just with added explosion play features (like the 2011 set had) As for HBP, maybe Nocturn Alley (doubling as a CoS set)? Still a very niche set idea, especially for $120

That new Threepio is simply fantastic! They pulled no punches on that one.

That‘s actually a fair point. This year they‘re doing whatever they want, so a HBP or DH set cannot be ruled out Though the options are a bit limited compared to GoF and OotP. I doubt they‘d release yet another Hogwarts expansion this year, so it‘d have to be something else… Frankly, can‘t think of anything at that price point