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The next Fortnite BrickHeadz set has been revealed with a Supply Llama and Fishstick! The llama is slightly cursed, but I like them both ^^

The Monsters Inc BrickHeadz set has been revealed! Mike looks hilarious

Two more minifigs have leaked! One is certainly the monster hunter, no clue what the other could be… Looks more like a BAM figure to me (minus the dual-moulded printed legs) Edit: Duh, the torso and legs are for the Bionicle Cosplayer, but the head can’t be right! A carved pumpkin with a worm coming out?! Maybe it’s the faceprint underneath the Trash Monster’s slime headpiece?

Yeah, the only chrome piece still in production is the One Ring. I think the reason is a negative environmental impact of their production (like toxic gas).

Fingers crossed Mudbray is in one of the Pokémon sets to make that 4

Pooh looks great, Piglet… eh Nice to see the minifigs return, but Christopher Robin would’ve been a welcome addition! Also, there’s only thing that comes to my mind when looking at the piglet figure: FIRMLY GRASP IT!!

There are multiple years in hold in high regard, ordered chronologically: 2008: Very nostalgic year for me, with SpongeBob, Indy, and SW all having really memorables waves! 2012: The Lord of the Rings finally got sets, the Hobbit also had a great first wave, Star Wars was on a roll with that Jabba’s Palace and some cool TCW sets, and both Marvel and DC had their big return! 2014: The LEGO Movie, need I say more? The Hobbit sets were also fantastic additions, especially the Smaug set, and Simpsons had their debut with the first (non-sports) licensed CMF series. Rebels had really cool sets too and I miss the times we had 4 yearly battlepacks 2015: TFA had a fantastic first wave, Marvel shined with the AoU sets, and DC had awesome JL comic-based sets. 2017: The LEGO Batman movie had some of the best DC sets to date, The Ninjago Movie sets were also excellently designed, and TLJ got plenty of cool sets. 2018: The big return of Harry Potter with one of my favourite CMF series to this day, and the Solo sets were top-notch as well. Infinity War also had a great range of sets. And I never forget the moment we finally got a Minecraft chicken after waiting for 4 years! 2019: TROS had some really solid sets, but what makes this year special to me is the Upside Down, which still firmly sits in my top 5 sets ever released. The LEGO Movie 2 also provided some instant classics. 2023: The glorious yet short-lived return of Indy alone makes this year memorable, but we also had a couple really good Marvel sets like the Final Battle from NWH, some solid Mando S3 sets, the fantastic Ahsoka sets, the JP anniversary wave, the return of LotR with Rivendell, plus the long-awaited Gringotts! Oh, and Sonic came back with a full theme! 2024: The SW anniversary was fun, Marvel had some bangers, and the sets from the survey leak were all impressive (particularly Barad-dûr, the Snow White Cottage, Burrow, Deku Tree, Simba, and Jabba’s Sailbarge). Plus the debut of Animal Crossing! 2025: Babu Frik and TROS Palpatine alone elevated this year for me, but we also had the debut of the fantastic One Piece sets, the new Black Pearl, the large-scale Mario Kart set, our first Star Trek sets, and the return of Simpsons! 2026: It’s early, I know, but this year will easily go down as one of my faves as well. More Zelda, Stranger Things, Minas Tirith, Luigi, M&G, One Piece S2, Pokémon, and now Shrek? And even more new themes? Sign me up

It is, because if a GWP is expected to sell out in half a day, some people will get the respective required set on day one, who otherwise probably would’ve waited for a sale. Of course you can argue that few people overall act like this, but it’s still a rather questionable tactic No, I didn’t mean they should continue producing the GWP sets, but rather create a large enough supply that lasts them longer Of course storage space is an obvious problem here.

The list is accurate, as it’s from Maxbautde It’s not the first time we had a full list of the September CMF before getting detailed information on or pics of the May series. Pretty sure that also happened in 2024 with the D&D series! If I remember correctly, there was also one year where we had pictures of the May series before the January one was on shelves even

No. Shrek will have a moulded head with a standard torso and legs Plus some of the mutant characters in the TMNT sets ^^

In my opinion, they should crank up the production anyway. There can never be too many copies of a GWP. If it’s attached to a set which then proceeds to bomb, simply attach it to another one They could probably even produce enough to provide one for each purchased set for its entire lifespan, and still come out on top! It’s a win either way, since the goal is to get customers to buy directly from LEGO The artificial scarcity to induce FOMO is the issue in my book, not the idea of a GWP as such.

Sorry, couldn’t resist

Correct! He said they were either postponed or cancelled, but he thinks it’s the former, which makes a lot more sense So 72421 and 72422 are mostly likely based on the 5th movie. In the video, he also said that Shrek and Fiona will have specialised head pieces rather than the standard minifig head, which I think is for the best!

Out of the franchises that actually have a chance of getting a LEGO theme, I can only point to a small handful that I really want In terms of TV shows, I would like to see the return of SpongeBob. Nuff said. Avatar TLA (be it the cartoon or the LA Netflix show) would also be more than welcome, and the same goes for Gravity Falls. The Mystery Shack, Appa, and the Krusty Krab are probably the three projects that reached 10k votes the most times on Ideas I forgot the tally, but all of them made it at least 5 times I think, some probably closer to 10 As for movies, Shrek was one of the few major kid-friendly franchises that wasn’t covered yet. I can’t even really think of anything else here, besides other Dreamworks and Disney movies! Video games, now here I have more IPs I want to see! Kirby, Splatoon, Metroid, Spyro, Crash, Layton, and Ace Attorney are all firmly on that wishlist! Doubtful any of them ever get made, but we used to say the same thing about Mario, Zelda, and Animal Crossing.

That is indeed an issue. Some GWP sets run out of stock within hours and others are still available at the end of the period, sometimes even returning a few months later! By now they should have enough data to definitely know which kinds of GWP sets will run out quicker than others and adjust production accordingly. Even without sophisticated analyses it’s become super obvious that licensed ones are guaranteed to run out quicker than any other GWP. I didn’t imply that the way GWP are handled is flawless, as there is certainly a lot of room for improvement. My point was merely about it not being a full-blown scam

That could look cursed very easily DEWIT

I’m not a fan of Shrek the Third in any way, shape, or form, but I did enjoy Eric Idle’s performance as Merlin That would’ve worked really well!! Too bad, but I think it’s still a strong line-up for the CMF series. It’s not gonna happen, but how awesome would it be if the CMF version of Puss was actually based on TLW, and the set version based on Shrek 2? I love the Shrek movies (minus the third one), but nothing else Dreamworks ever did beats TLW in my eyes

You can dislike GWP sets for multiple reasons, but a scam they are not. There is no trickery or deceit involved, and the conditions are transparent: buy set x or meet a threshold, and you get an exclusive set valued at a certain price as a bonus. Not sure where the scam’s supposed to be Creating FOMO is questionable ethically, but it still doesn’t constitute a scam. You get what you pay for

Yeah, there aren’t too many options overall! Maybe Stonewars used “Gaming” as a generic placeholder because of the set number. Or Lollipop isn’t KPDH at all and that theme instead gets a completely different number, leaving it for the returning theme! Fingers crossed the identities of those two themes will also be revealed soon, but I’m already very satisfied with Shrek getting both sets and a CMF series ^^

It’s definitely an option! The main issue is that Portal isn’t overly relevant right now… It’s been 10 years since Dimensions and there hasn’t been a new game since. And calling any Dimensions-only license a “returning theme” is a bit of a stretch

Another set: 21596 The Evoker’s Attack on the Village, 607 pcs, $89.99. Finally, an evoker!!

I thought so too at first, but this year marks the 25th anniversary, and Shrek is popular enough for sets and CMF series to do well even before the next movie comes out

The prophecy came true!! Lisan-al gaib!! (Can’t stop stomping that one into the ground )

That’s exactly our current conundrum… If Lollipop is KPDH, which one is the returning gaming theme, assuming Stonewars got it right? Also, both Lollipop and P only have one set each, not much of a “theme” to be honest! Which theme would return with a single set anyway?

72423 also comes with a Puss in Boots minifig! I wonder how it differs from the CMF version. It’d be hilarious if it was the FA version